Herzog & de Meuron are of course the Swiss architects credited with the building, and Ai Weiwei the Chinese artist of considerable regard who served as the design consultant on the project, and is largely credited with creating the "birds nest" design which has made the aesthetics of the Beijing National Stadium so famous.
For a long time, I've believed that the credit for the design goes one step back from even Ai Weiwei. So with the spirit of the Olympics in high gear, the world as one and so on, I think credit needs to be given to the ones I would argue are responsible for the origins of the design – Chinese migrant workers. They are the ones who are literally building the new Beijing, so I feel credit is due when they have a hand in actually designing an icon of the city.
I've spent a considerable amount of time in Beijing over the past few years working with and exploring contemporary creativity in China, and, as is the case with much of my work, I've found that the most interesting aspects of what is going on are happening outside the formal channels. The design of the "birds nest" stadium being a prime example.
Driving around Beijing, the first thing you notice is of course the yellow air the staggering amount of building works taking place. New builds are everywhere, mostly built on top of razed Hutongs, but for the buildings being gutted and renovated, a deeper story begins taking place for me.
What I began to notice in almost every building is that, in the absence of formal safety equipment and structures, workers created intricate dense weaves in the upper story windows of the buildings they were working in to primarily, well, keep from falling out while they were working. These wooden weaves were always constructed with the same type of slats, and their assembly in a seemingly random fashion, yet after seeing dozens of them you begin to find a pattern in the repetition of assembly and structure.
Of particular note is that a secondary function of these wooden structures is to discourage birds from flying in and nesting in disused buildings. The stadium's design nickname of the "birds nest" takes on an even more interesting hue now.
Beyond the inspiration derived from the protective structures built by the workers in the buildings, there is credit due to the functional creativity of the migrant workers elsewhere. During an early exploration around the building site of Rem Koolhaas's CCTV building when work was first getting underway, I noticed that the tools the workers were using were almost entirely self-made. Pieces of iron from the building's raw materials would be welded together to create a crow-bar, or bolts would be welded side-to-side at their head to create a hexagonal wrench for tightening the same bolt in its original state. Thus, the building materials themselves were being re-purposed to create custom tools to continue building. A self-generating building site was taking shape.
I often find that these moments of incidental aesthetic and functional creativity often trumps the formal by leaps and bounds, yet go largely uncelebrated when the contributions enter mainstream focus. The CCTV building owes a great deal to the creativity of its workers, and the Olympic Stadium to its original designers.
So – a tip of the hat to the unsung inspiration for its design, IMHO.
you're commenting on aesthetics, just one part of a successful piece of architecture. One of the main design ideas that H&M have always touted, but what gets left on the media's collective cutting room floor, is the openness of the ground floor and how it plays into ideas of open processes, continuum between interior and exterior and unfettered democratic space. I do appreciate the origins of the sculptural aesthetics, but design encompasses much more than the look of a thing. It's unfortunate that so many buildings get evaluated based solely on their graphic and sculptural qualities rather than on their architectural design.
Slater – I certainly understand and agree that the aesthetics are only one part of a successful piece of architecture and only one element of the overall grand design of the building. But as you said, all the attention has been on the visual exterior aesthetic, and for that reason I felt it necessary to dig deeper into that aesthetic, as I felt it hadn't been explored as fully as deserved. But yes – it's only one slice of a much larger and impressive pie. Thanks for your comment.
Architects and artists are forever inspired by culture. It goes hand and hand. At the same time, it is a great challenge to formalize something very abstract- in this case a structure for safety and bird prevention.
I appreciate you observation and study of the origin of what inspired the bird's nest, but I don't agree with crediting the Chinese migrant workers for it.
Please, correct me if I am wrong, but I believe it was the people who dubbed the stadium Birds Nest and not the artist or architects.
I thing that the architects did great work if they took the element for the nest from the Bejing streets. How clever is that and how respectful for Bejing and people, who are building "New Bejing". Don't forget, that it's always creative job of designer, artist, architect etc. to be inspired by simple things and make them special, really visible and the subject to remember.


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We received great feedback from PSD on a few of the schools we applied to and nothing from the others. I'm struggling with the first choice/I love you letters since we don't have a first choice. I'm not sure what to do since positive feedback is not an automatic yes and don't want to alienate any schools with an ILY when they're expecting a FC.
Talk to your PSD about your preferences. She'll be able to communicate with the DOAs on where you guys are and what you're thinking. Your PSD may push the hand somewhat and ask you to come up with one or even two top choices of the ones you had great feedback. Good luck!
Thanks! After talking to our PSD, we ended up sending a FC letter and two ILYs to the other schools. I hope the FC letter comes through and that the ILYs don't hurt our chances with those other schools.


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Shahir Muneer, Founder and Director Divo Music on digital music company Believe acquiring Think Music
MUMBAI: Shahir Muneer, is the Founder & Director of Divo, one of India's leading and well-established digital media and music company based out of South India.
"It is a very significant move as Think Music has been one of the few regional major labels in India thriving and doing well in the current music industry and in the past decade. There is likely a movement towards more consolidation or acquisitions as the International majors and other international companies are eyeing Indian as an emerging and growing market. There has been a significant increase in the share price of the few listed Indian music labels in India and also of the international labels in their respective listed markets also showing the global market is very gung ho about this space and growth trajectory expected over next few years", shared Shahir Muneer, Founder and Director, Divo on what this acquisition means for the industry.
He started the company with, Vishu Ramaswamy in 2014 and in less than a decade has established Divo as one of India's largest multi-platform online video networks (aka as Multi Channel Networks / MCNs) working as enterprise content partners with 50+ digital platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Amazon Prime Video, amongst other platforms, worldwide.
Shahir started his career with tech majors like HCL Technologies and Tata Consultancy Services for 8 years in marketing and project management in media and entertainment domain.
Later the entrepreneur bug bit him and he moved on to start his entrepreneurial journey in 2012 with Divo with a small project of consulting a global Internet major to onboard one of India's leading TV networks on their video platform. From this single consulting project, he built Divo into other areas across online video, music and digital content marketing.
Today Divo has presence across Chennai, Bengaluru & Hyderabad with a roster of over 1000+ content creators, artists, influencers, talents and specialises in catering solutions for the South Indian market.
Shahir has keen interest in music, and video games and likes to travel and do food hopping. He is an ardent supporter of Italy and AC Milan football teams since he was 7!
Shahir Muneer music Divo Founder & Director of Divo
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Q: How to find out what algorithm [ encryption ] are supported by my JVM? I am using Jasypt for encryption. This is my code:
public class Encryptor {
    private final static StandardPBEStringEncryptor pbeEncryptor = new StandardPBEStringEncryptor();
    private final static String PASSWORD = "FBL";
    private final static String ALGORITHM = "PBEWithMD5AndTripleDES";

    static{
        pbeEncryptor.setPassword( PASSWORD );
        //pbeEncryptor.setAlgorithm( ALGORITHM );
    }

    public static String getEncryptedValue( String text ){
        return pbeEncryptor.encrypt( text );
    }

    public static String getDecryptedValue( String text ){
        return pbeEncryptor.decrypt( text );
    }

}

Uncomment the setAlgorithm line and it will throw an exception

org.jasypt.exceptions.EncryptionOperationNotPossibleException:
  Encryption raised an excep tion. A
  possible cause is you are using strong
  encryption algorithms and you have not
  installed the Java Cryptography Ex
  tension (JCE) Unlimited Strength
  Jurisdiction Policy Files in this Java
  Virtual Machine

api says:

Sets the algorithm to be used for
  encryption Sets the algorithm to be
  used for encryption, like
  PBEWithMD5AndDES.
This algorithm has to be supported by
  your JCE provider (if you specify one,
  or the default JVM provider if you
  don't) and, if it is supported, you
  can also specify mode and padding for
  it, like ALGORITHM/MODE/PADDING.

refer: http://www.jasypt.org/api/jasypt/apidocs/org/jasypt/encryption/pbe/StandardPBEStringEncryptor.html#setAlgorithm%28java.lang.String%29
Now, when you comment 'setAlgorithm' it will use the default Algorithm [ i guess it is md5 ], and it will work fine. That means md5 is supported by my JVM. Now, how to find out what other encryption algorithms are supported by my JVM.
Thanks,

A: The following will list all the providers and the algorithms supporter. What version of Java are you using? Unless you're on an old version JCE should be included as standard.
import java.security.Provider;
import java.security.Security;

public class SecurityListings {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        for (Provider provider : Security.getProviders()) {
            System.out.println("Provider: " + provider.getName());
            for (Provider.Service service : provider.getServices()) {
                System.out.println("  Algorithm: " + service.getAlgorithm());
            }
        }

    }
}

Edit:
Any reason why you don't use the standard stuff from the javax.crypto package?
1) Generate a Key using
Key key = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance(algorithm).generateSecret(new PBEKeySpec(password.toCharArray()));

2) Create a Cipher using
cipher = Cipher.getInstance(algorithm);

3) Init your cipher with the key
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key);

4) Do the encrypting with
byte[] encrypted = cipher.doFinal(data)

A: The Jasypt command line tool now comes with a script for doing this called listAlgorithms.bat for windows and listAlgorithms.sh for Linux.
You can find instructions on how to download and use it here: http://www.jasypt.org/cli.html#Listing_algorithms

A: If you don't have it installed already, then you need to install the JCE (Java Cryptography Extension) which provides support for the algorithms.
You can see how to install here:
http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/guide/security/CryptoSpec.html#ProviderInstalling
The library can be found here:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/tech/index-jsp-136007.html

A: I tried the code posted by @Qwerky, but it's not very helpful. I had added the latest BouncyCastle provider, and the results I got were very confusing. This shows in better detail who's the provider, version, and the algorithm type and name.
for (Provider provider : Security.getProviders()) {
    System.out.println("Provider: " + provider.getName() + " version: " + provider.getVersion());
    for (Provider.Service service : provider.getServices()) {
        System.out.printf("  Type : %-30s  Algorithm: %-30s\n", service.getType(), service.getAlgorithm());
    }
}

A: There is still a 'pending' question asked by Qwerky: why using Jasypt instead of using javax.crypto?
Well, I would recommend using Jasypt as it is a simple way to crypto for beginners and highly configurable for experienced users.
With Jasypt, you can start taking benefit of javax.crypto quickly with a little knowledge of JCE and the cryptography. Whether you want to manage user passwords or encrypt/decrypt data, the framework provides a simple abstraction to the question.
In the same time, the framework exposes all the possibilities of the JCE specification to allow experienced users to be in full control.
In addition to this, Jasypt provides many more features out-of-the-box for well known questions (dealing with sensitive data stored in the database, ...)

A: Using Java 8 and above,
Stream.of(Security.getProviders()).flatMap(mapper -> Stream.of(mapper.getServices())).flatMap(Set::stream)
                .map(Provider.Service::getAlgorithm).distinct().sorted().forEach(System.out::println);

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I have also had several displays / exhibitions of images and memorabilia that has generated a great deal of local interest.
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This being the case certain images can be purchased (as A4 Prints / digital files) and funds raised this way help support the group.
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Defence of Imperialism Cloaked with Deceptive Phrases
V.I. Lenin
1917	Socialism and War	V.I Lenin	Imperialism
Published in Pravda No. 47, May 16 (3), 1917.
That is what the proclamation of the Executive Committee of the Petrograd Soviet to the socialists of the world, published in today's papers, amounts to. It has a lot to say against imperialism, but all these words are nullified by a single little phrase which reads:
"The Provisional Government of revolutionary Russia has adopted this platform" (i.e., peace without annexations and indemnities on the basis of self-determination of nations).
The gist of the matter is summed up in this one phrase. This phrase is a defence of Russian imperialism, which it cloaks and whitewashes. As a matter of fact, our Provisional Government, far from "adopting" a platform of peace without annexations, is trampling upon it daily and hourly.
Our Provisional Government has "diplomatically" renounced annexations, just as the government of the German capitalists, those brigands Wilhelm and Bethmann-Hollweg, have done. In words, both governments have renounced annexations. In practice, both continue the policy of annexations. The German capitalist government forcibly holds Belgium, a part of France, Serbia, Montenegro, Rumania, Poland, Danish provinces, Alsace, etc.; the Russian capitalist government holds part of Galicia, Turkish Armenia, Finland, Ukraine, etc. The British capitalist government is the most annexationist government in the world, for it forcibly keeps the greatest number of nationalities within the British Empire: India (three hundred million), Ireland, Turkish Mesopotamia, the German colonies in Africa, etc.
The Executive Committee's proclamation covers up its lies about annexations with deceptive phrases, and thereby does great harm to the cause of the proletariat and the revolution. First of all, the proclamation does not differentiate between the renunciation of annexations in words (in this sense, all capitalist governments, without exception, have "adopted" the "platform of peace without annexations") and renunciation of annexations in deeds (in this sense, not one capitalist government in the world has renounced annexations). Secondly, the proclamation—without any justification, without any basis, contrary to the truth—whitewashes the Russian Provisional Government of the capitalists, which is not a bit better (and, probably, not worse) than any other capitalist government.
To cloak an unpleasant truth with a deceptive phrase is most harmful and most dangerous to the cause of the proletariat, to the cause of the toiling masses. The truth, however bitter, must be faced squarely. A policy that does not meet this requirement is a ruinous policy.
And the truth about annexations is that all capitalist governments, the Russian Provisional Government included, are deceiving the people with promises—they renounce the policy of annexations in words, but continue it in deeds. Any intelligent person can prove this truth for himself by simply making up a full list of the annexations of, say, only three countries: Germany, Russia, and Britain.
Just try it, gentlemen!
By refusing to do this, by whitewashing one's own government and blackening others, one becomes in effect a defender of imperialism.
In conclusion we would remark that at the end of the proclamation we have another fly in the ointment, namely, the assurance that "whatever the differences that have been rending socialism during the three years of war, no faction of the proletariat should decline to participate in the general struggle for peace".
This, too, we regret to say, is a deceptive phrase, an utterly empty and meaningless one. Plekhanov and Scheidemann both assert that they are 'fighting for peace", a "peace with out annexations" at that. But it is clear to everyone that they are both fighting to defend each his own imperialist government of the capitalists. What good do we do the cause of the working classes by uttering sugar-coated lies, by playing down the fact that the Plekhanovs and the Scheidemauns have gone over to the side of their respective capitalists? Is it not obvious that such glossing over of the truth amounts to whitewashing imperialism and its defenders?
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Unfortunately, I was unable to attend Tuesday's ANC 6B meeting due to a previous commitment. Here is a brief recap of the key issues/votes:
The Commission unanimously approved sending a letter to the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) requesting that the 700 and 800 blocks of 17th Street SE be included in the 17th and 19th Streets Safety Improvement Project. Though I was not present at the meeting, my "absentee" vote was counted in the final tally. Commissioner Francis Campbell (6B10) also announced that DDOT would be holding July 30 and July 31 public charrette meetings on 17th and 19th Streets.
ANC 6B voted unanimously to support Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham's Omnibus Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Amendment Act of 2012, legislation designed to improve the alcoholic beverage licensing process and its impact on neighborhoods. ANC 6B's letter of support (pdf) includes some additional suggestions to further strengthen the legislation. Thanks to Commissioner Carol Green (6B07) for participating on a task force that provided recommendations for the legislation.
A request by Barracks Row Main Street to close a portion of 8th Street SE for the Barracks Row Fall Festival on September 26 received unanimous support from the Commission.
The Commission voted 8-0 to send a letter to DC Water expressing concerns about damage the agency caused to a pocket park at the intersection of Potomac Avenue SE and M Street SE. DC Water paved over the park to create a staging area for its Clean Rivers Project.
On another unanimous vote, the Commission supported a second five-year term renewal for the Capitol Hill Business Improvement District.
In my absence, Commissioners Dave Garrison (6B01) and Jared Critchfield (6B06) announced that ANC 6B will be holding a September 17th Special Call Meeting to consider revisions to the ANC 6B bylaws and proposed standing rules. Documents related to the revised bylaws/standing rules will be posted by the end of the month.
ANC 6B will not hold a meeting in August. The next full commission meeting will be on Tuesday, September 11, 7 pm at the Hill Center.
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Pakistani cement's arrival in India is set to prove a boon for the construction industry. Pakistani cement, which is scheduled to hit Indian market by the end of October, is expected to lower the cement prices here considerably with Pakistani. . .
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Political assessments given a few weeks ago had indicated that the next general election would take place in December 2007 or February 2008. The fact that the Congress and the CPI(M) are trading charges on the India-US nuclear deal does not . . . .
Several disparate events over the past couple of weeks must cause disquiet over what appears to be a gravely disturbing trend. The nation needs to get its priorities right.
Ever since the Kerala High Court judgement (1997) forbidding the call to bandh and upholding it by a laconic order by the Supreme Court (1998) there has been among trade unionists and political activists a wave of disappointing indignation . . . .
A colleague recently met a Congress heavy weight and without asking got a low down on the current political situation. From the Congress perspective, that party is said to be the only one to gain from the current political uncertainty and possible . . . .
The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, defines civil contempt as wilful disobedience of any judgment, decree, direction, order or other process of a court or wilful breach of an undertaking given to a court.
CHELLAMMAL is a frail, old woman, shy otherwise, but anger surges through her as she speaks of Vijaykumar Mill in Palani. Her daughter was one of the 789 girls working there as apprentices under the "sumangali" scheme for Rs.15 as daily stipend.
A new film on the subcontinent is being lapped up, especially by nostalgic Indian expatriates and earnest Indophiles.
The Centre on Thursday asserted before a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court that the 27 per cent reservation provided to Other Backward Classes in higher educational institutions was not a sop.
This is with reference to a sweeping statement by KL Jhingan, based solely upon Jawaharlal Nehru's Discovery of India and AL Basham's Wonder that was India, in the article, "Kerala school missing in annals" (October 8).
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for a State-wide hartal on November 1, the Kerala formation day, in protest against the delay in forming the proposed railway zone and laying the stone for the coach factory in Kerala as announced by the Centre.
Sunday's mob attack on a 40-year-old hapless pregnant woman and her two children in Edappal, Kerala, is appalling.
UPA allies, barring the Left, like the NCP, RJD and the DMK are not keen on facing a mid-term poll due to which the Congress has come under immense pressure to buy peace with the Left on their stand-off over the India-US civil nuclear deal.
An editorial in People's Democracy makes it clear that the Left had given the UPA support because it wanted to fight both imperialism and communalism with equal force.
Special Court Judge K. Uthirapathy on Monday awarded sentences to 35 accused in the Coimbatore serial bomb blasts cases.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently told the first Congress on Groundwater organised by the Ministry of Water Resources that subsidised access to water for economic and commercial purposes can no longer be sustained.
The State committee of the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) has set October 12 as the deadline for the Kerala Congress (J) to come up with its Minister nominee.
INDIAN CIRCUS is more than 130 years old and Melur, near Thalasseri, in Kannur district of Kerala, produced many legendary circus artists. Circus artists did not have a life of their own.
On September 30, the Supreme Court passed an order restraining the ruling DMK-led coalition in Tamil Nadu from going ahead with a bandh the next day over the Sethusamudram controversy.
The game may appear to be over in Karnataka, with the BJP withdrawing support to the JD(S). This ends a 20-month association that had propelled former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda's son, HD Kumaraswamy, to the chief minister's chair.
This has reference to the article, "From Kerala to infinity", the interview with George G Joseph "Knowledge Travels" (August 20) and the editorial, "This is to certify" (August 14).
Convinced that the talks over nuke deal are heading towards a collapse with Congress president Sonia Gandhi defending the 123 Agreement with US and slamming its opponents, the Left on Sunday hit back at the Congress saying that "the party . . . .
The state of andhra pradesh on friday informed the supreme court that its Act enabling 4 per cent reservations for socially and backward classes of Muslims within the existing list of Backward Classes is "perfectly valid and legal" and not . . . . .
Cool breeze, cultural hub, coconut trees… no prizes for guessing…it is Kerala. It was for a show that I first went to Thiruvananthapuram. I was determined to go back and I did, the very next year. Luckily, I was advised to visit Coconut . . . .


The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) released its Semiannual Report to Congress (Report) last week summarizing health care fraud investigation activities for the second half of fiscal year 2014 and the full year's achievements. OIG reported expected recoveries of over $4.9 billion for fiscal year 2014 consisting of nearly $834.7 million in audit receivables and $4.1 billion in investigative receivables. In fiscal year 2014 OIG reported 971 criminal actions against individuals or entities engaged in crimes against DHHS programs, 533 civil actions for false claims lawsuits, civil monetary penalties settlements and administrative recoveries, and the exclusion of 4,017 individuals and entities from participation in Federal health care programs.The Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) and Medicare Fraud Strike Force teams continue to invest in new technologies to prevent and combat health care fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid systems. Medicare Fraud Strike Force investigations during fiscal year 2014 resulted in charges against 90 individuals, involved in a total of approximately $260 million in false claims billed to Medicare. The health care fraud schemes were based on a variety of fraudulent activities, including conspiracy to commit health care fraud, violations of the anti-kickback statute, money laundering, and providing medically unnecessary treatments to Medicare beneficiaries.
The OIG referenced reports published earlier this year which identified questionable billing practices in the Medicare Part D prescription drug program. The Report also highlighted limited compliance among home health agencies with respect to the Medicare face-to-face encounter rule, improper payments for evaluation and management services, and inappropriate hospital inpatient claims subject to the post-acute care transfer policy.
In addition, the Report addressed how the OIG is implementing and overseeing various aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including the Health Insurance Exchanges, Medicaid expansion, and the use of State establishment grants. The Report noted a number of issues with internal controls in the Health Insurance Exchange programs which limited the ability to prevent the use of inaccurate or fraudulent information in determining the eligibility of applicants for enrollment in qualified health plans. The Health Insurance Exchanges were also unable to resolve inconsistencies with applicant data due to operational issues with the CMS eligibility system.
The Report highlights the broad range of health care fraud activities that OIG is engaged in, and the significant financial return that OIG stands to gain from its investigative work. The Report amplifies the importance of provider compliance with the requirements of the Medicare and Medicaid programs and the need for providers to continuously monitor their compliance efforts.


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Ali Youssef (, ur. 5 sierpnia 2000) – tunezyjski piłkarz występujący na pozycji skrzydłowego w szwedzkim klubie BK Häcken oraz w reprezentacji Tunezji.

Kariera klubowa

BK Häcken
Youssef jest wychowankiem akademii BK Häcken. W czerwcu 2019 roku podpisał pierwszy profesjonalny kontrakt z klubem. Zadebiutował 28 lipca 2019 w meczu Allsvenskan przeciwko Djurgårdens IF (2:0). 1 sierpnia 2019 zadebiutował w kwalifikacjach do Ligi Europy UEFA w meczu przeciwko AZ Alkmaar (0:3). Pierwszą bramkę zdobył 29 lutego 2020 w meczu Pucharu Szwecji przeciwko Eskilsminne IF (0:4). Pierwszą bramkę w lidze zdobył 22 lipca 2020 w meczu przeciwko AIK Fotboll (4:0).

Kariera reprezentacyjna

Tunezja
W maju 2021 roku otrzymał powołanie do reprezentacji Tunezji. Zadebiutował 5 czerwca 2021 w meczu towarzyskim przeciwko reprezentacji Demokratycznej Republiki Konga (1:0).

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package com.alorma.github.ui.activity;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.view.ViewCompat;
import android.support.v7.widget.GridLayoutManager;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.widget.CompoundButton;
import com.alorma.github.R;
import com.alorma.github.ui.activity.base.BackActivity;
import com.alorma.github.ui.adapter.LanguagesAdapter;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class LanguagesActivity extends BackActivity
    implements LanguagesAdapter.LanguageSelectedListener {

  public static final String EXTRA_LANGUAGE = "EXTRA_LANGUAGE";
  private LanguagesAdapter adapter;

  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.languages_activity);

    if (getToolbar() != null) {
      ViewCompat.setElevation(getToolbar(), getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.gapSmall));
    }

    RecyclerView recyclerView = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.recycler);
    recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new GridLayoutManager(this, 2));

    adapter = new LanguagesAdapter(LayoutInflater.from(this));
    adapter.setLanguageSelectedListener(this);
    recyclerView.setAdapter(adapter);

    CompoundButton switchAllLanguages = (CompoundButton) findViewById(R.id.allLanguagesSwitch);

    loadList(false);

    switchAllLanguages.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener() {
      @Override
      public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton compoundButton, boolean isChecked) {
        loadList(isChecked);
      }
    });
  }

  private void loadList(boolean showAllLanguages) {
    int languagesRes = showAllLanguages ? R.array.default_languages : R.array.available_languages;
    String[] languages = getResources().getStringArray(languagesRes);
    updateAdapter(Arrays.asList(languages));
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  private void updateAdapter(List<String> strings) {
    adapter.clear();
    adapter.addAll(strings);
  }

  @Override
  public void onLanguageSelected(String language) {
    Intent data = new Intent();
    data.putExtra(EXTRA_LANGUAGE, language);
    setResult(RESULT_OK, data);
    finish();
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}

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Q: Get random entries in firebase real-time database This is my code to get 5 items from realtime database:
val database = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance()
val brandReference = database.getReference("brandGame").limitToFirst(5)
brandReference.addValueEventListener(object : ValueEventListener {
    override fun onDataChange(dataSnapshot: DataSnapshot) {
         dataSnapshot.children.forEach {
            ...
         }
    }
}

And this is how my real-time database looks like:

What's the best way to get 5 items randomly? I know there isn't a random function in real time database yet.

A: If you know the number of elements in the brandGame/-reference, you could pick 5 random numbers between 1 and numberOfElements and retrieve those. This would result in multiple calls to the database.
Alternatively, you could download everything from the brandGame/-reference and just pick 5 random elements using pure Kotlin. But then you must download everything in the reference, which could be a lot.
The best option is to set up a cloud function that does the "pick 5 random options"-logic server side. https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions/ But this requires that you write some js :)
As you say, there is no built-in way to get random elements from a reference.

A: To get a random brand, please use the following code user side:
val rootRef = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().reference
val brandGameRef = rootRef.child("brandGame")
val valueEventListener = object : ValueEventListener {
    override fun onDataChange(dataSnapshot: DataSnapshot) {
        val brandCountList = ArrayList<String>()
        for (ds in dataSnapshot.children) {
            val brand = ds.child("brand").getValue(String::class.java)
            brandCountList.add(brand!!)
        }

        val brandCount = brandCountList.size
        val randomNumber = Random().nextInt(brandCount)

        val randomBrand = ArrayList<String>()
        randomBrand.add(brandCountList.get(randomNumber)) //Add the brand product to list

        val arrayAdapter = ArrayAdapter(applicationContext, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, randomBrand)
        list_view.adapter = arrayAdapter
    }

    override fun onCancelled(databaseError: DatabaseError) {
        //Handle exceptions
    }
}
brandGameRef.addListenerForSingleValueEvent(valueEventListener)


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Analysis Of The Poem Those Winter Sundays By Robert Hayden
858 WordsMar 15, 20174 Pages
The relationship between a father and son is the most sacred relation which may eventually shape the son's identity and emotional stability in life. Some children are fortunate to be raised with a nurturing and interactive father, while others are unfortunate to receive a straightforward and "indifferent" bond and relation. During the 20th century, men were expected to fulfill the traditional role of a financial provider and sole breadwinner of the family. Men were deemed effeminate and unmanly if they expressed their emotions. Regarding love, unsaid words are often interpreted to misconceptions. The unexpressed sentiments and hostility towards a child transformed into abhorrence regarding the parents. In "Those Winter Sundays," Robert…show more content…
Under his "cold and rough" skin, the father was "warm." His simple actions had uncovered his fierce and tough love for the family. For instance, he "had driven out [in] the cold/ and polished [his son's] good shoes" (Hayden 11-12). The father did not expect acknowledgment or gratitude; he simply was following his concept of fatherly obligations. The narrator's father is depicted as quiet and reserved. On the surface, the father seems rigid and stern, but his actions contradicted the assumptions. The author would fear the "chronic angers of that house," but he would wake up from the "cold splintering" of the house, noticing that his father would not wake his family until "the rooms were warm" (Hayden 6-7,9). He "banked [the] fires blaze" (Hayden 5) to ensure the fire burns at a low constant. He was satisfied with the bare minimum of his relationship and did not need the sparks or flames to be content. Although he was not verbally expressive, the value of his physical actions indicates his emotions. Hayden uses the characterization of the son through winter imagery to reveal the overwhelmed guilt the son embodies to demonstrate the son's transition from ingratitude to recognition and remorse. In all likelihood, as a child the narrator probably strived for his father's attention and love;
Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden
Poets and Their Fathers "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden, "My Father as a Guitar" by Martin Espada, and "Digging" by Seamus Heaney are three poems that look into the past of the authors and dig up memories of the authors fathers. The poems contain similar conflicts, settings, and themes that are essential in helping the reader understand the heartfelt feelings the authors have for their fathers. With the authors of the three poems all living the gust of their life in the 1900's, their biographical
`` Those Winter Sundays `` By Robert Hayden
a postmodern poet, yet Robert Hayden did just that in his poem, "Those Winter Sundays." The poet utilizes his own alienation as a tool to reveal an insider's view on the issues of his time. Robert Hayden was born in a poor suburb outside Detroit on August 4, 1913. His name at birth was Asa Bundy Sheffey. He was raised, however, as Robert Hayden, the name given by his foster parents. Hayden's foster parents happened to live across the street from where Hayden was born. Hayden did not discover the story
Robert Hayden's 1966 poem entitled "Those Winter Sundays" is a seemingly superficial illustration of a typical Sunday morning in the narrator's childhood home. The short length of the poem, along with the use of straightforward diction, however, conceals the darker subject matter that the author is trying to convey. The poem describes the narrator's regret, in hindsight, that he did not recognize or appreciate his father's love during childhood. Through his strategic use of punctuation, specific
fatherhood and fathers. The poem "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden is an interesting poem. This poem tells of an adult's perspective of his father. From the poem, it is clear that there is the distance between the child and the father and inadequate communication. However, at the end of the poem, readers discover that love was present between the two. Although this poem is only 14 lines, it is packed with remarkable power in every single line. The unrhymed poem starts with a simple line that
Those Winter Sundays In "Those Winter Sundays", Robert Hayden introduces us to the theme of love unlike in any other poems. The theme of love in this poem is different from any other contemporary love themes because here, Hayden doesn't talk about the amorously affectionate emotion between young lovers like Romeo and Juliet, but the deep familial love between a parent and a child. This kind of love is not pretentious. Their love is not exhibited by kisses or hugs; while it may go unnoticed it is
social behavior. Caring parents contributes to a child's sense of security by creating a stable and loving environment for them meanwhile boosting their self-esteem. In the poem Those Winter Sundays author Robert Hayden 's acknowledgment to his father demonstrates the use of under appreciation, pithiness, and imagery. In the poem he shared to us readers his childhood memories of his father figure and how he realized his lack of gratefulness towards him that usually accompanies children of his age.
Analysis Of Robert Hayden 's ' Those Winter Sundays '
Showing love and gratitude goes a long way in strengthening relationships and makes us better understands the sacrifices others make on our behalf. In those winter Sundays, Robert Hayden stated a lot with very few words. This was possible due to brilliant use of imagery, metaphor and sound. His striking words invoke thoughts in the mind of the reader of this dedicated father, up alone exposed to the harsh elements who works hard each day to make his family comfortable, however they don 't value
best describes the father in Robert Hayden's, "Those Winter Sundays", as well as mine. Because of this I decided to write my first paper for this class about the relationship between a father and son. Before taking this class I was never able to relate to a poem quite like this one. Especially when it comes to how hard a good parent is willing work to provide for their family. How despite the fact that my Father, much like the father mentioned in Robert Hayden's poem, did not receive the recognition
Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden Essay
Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden Those winter Sundays written by Robert Hayden is a poem to ponder for a while. The poem may look simple, but analyzing it deeply shows that is a complicated one with a well-defined sentiment of no appreciation and sorrow towards his father. These sentiments will change to the end of the poem. Also, the poem can be understood in various ways: one way could be a positive feeling from the writer towards his father or the other
Analysis of the Poem: Those Winters Sundays by Robert Hayden
1.	In the poem Those Winters Sundays, by Robert Hayden, we find a son talking about a moment in his childhood that involves his father, and how his father did so much for him as a child that he never asked for. We can tell that the son is at the end of his life, and is reminiscing about the past. The reason one could believe, this is because he calls his home, "that house". This shows that he is thinking of the past. In addition, in the last stanza he states, " what did I know". This shows that
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import lombok.Getter;
import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

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King of titillating content Toutiao aims to become next big global tech platform from China
Tausif Alam
Chinese startup ecosystem has been able to set amazing examples before the world. This week, we are going to talk about a platform which is called the king of titillating content and is one of the biggest content platforms in the country. It is Jingri Toutiao (means Today's Headlines in English).
Launched in 2012 by Bytedance Technologies, Toutiao claims to have over 800 million registered user base and 200 million daily active users.
Overall, the company has raised over $3.1 billion till now. In August 2017, it was valued at $22 billion when it raised $2 billion in a private equity round from General Atlantic.
The platform has been able to capture a huge user base through its technology. Based on a user's location, smartphone model and click history, the ML algorithm sorts through the latest news, commentaries and videos from its 4,000 plus partner sites to find appropriate content for the user.
Besides, to attract the youth, it provides eye-catching news content with cartoons, GIFs, live streaming shows and interactive Q&A channels for entertainment purposes.
Its video section provides funny short videos and jokes to users. All the videos are around 10 to 15 seconds, covering a wide range of topics that keeps a user engaged. The video section user interface, makes it easy for users to binge watch.
DouYin, Flipagram, Xigua Video and Huashan Zhibo are some of the video platforms operating under Toutiao.
DouYin is a platform that allows users to create and watch funny music videos. It is similar to Musical.ly, which Toutiao acquired and later merged with Douyin to expand cumulative user base.
Flipagram is another app from Toutiao that has one sole purpose to help users make short movies out of their images. In the US, the app attracted a huge amount of attention from teenagers.
Besides, Xigua Video has over 100 million users while Huoshan Zhibo boasts of gathering thousands of powerful Chinese influencers.
It is important to note these platforms focus on producing original content and pay huge money to content creators.
Money making part
Over the past couple of years, Toutiao has turned to marketing and advertising for monetization. It leverages its 800 million registered users and 200 million daily active user base to attract brands which want to advertise over its platform.
Thus, a large portion of Toutiao's revenue comes from advertisement. According to an estimate, the company's revenue grew fivefold becoming more than $869 million in the last year. But as it has invested more in original content such as video, it is unlikely to record a profit this year.
Bytedance (parent company for Bytedance) expects the platform to earn $4-7 billion from news feed ads in 2018. The CEO Zhang Yiming said his next goal would be achieving revenue of $10 billion by 2020.
Controversy: Part and parcel of new-age Chinese cos
In April, Toutiao was strongly criticised for its vulgar content by the government in China and was ordered to take down its eponymous news app Jinri Toutiao from app stores for three weeks. It had to shut down Neihan Duanzi, a social media platform where people often shared jokes, videos, and GIFs.
Later, Bytedance's chief executive Zhang Yiming also issued a public apology and said, "Our product took the wrong path, and content appeared that was incommensurate with socialist core values. I am personally responsible for the punishments we have received."
Apparently, the founder had earlier said that the content on the platform is run according to the demand of users and he has observed a precipitous decline in viewership of alternative content such as international current affairs, science and technology which was offered.
However, these controversies are of little consequence for multi-billion dollar platforms like Toutiao.
Amidst everything, Toutiao's parent company Bytedance is reportedly considering a Hong Kong IPO that may value it at over $45 billion, according to a media report.
It isn't clear how much Bytedance intends to raise, but it would join a rush of Chinese internet and technology startups going public. However, the company denied of such rumour and said that it doesn't currently have plans for an IPO.
Learning for Indian tech media
The new-age media platforms in India are no different from the conventional old newspaper companies. Like its predecessor, they are still involved in disseminating news in the same old fashion just over a different platform, internet. There is no special use of technology in the ecosystem yet.
However, a Chinese platform NewsDog is doing wonders in India. It also works on a similar fashion like Toutiao and provides the most appropriate content to its target users.
The news aggregator platform claims to have over 50 million users in India. It recently raised $50 million from Chinese internet conglomerate Tencent. The funding amount is the highest so far in the Internet media industry.
Apart from this, there are other news aggregators such as Sequoia Capital-backed Dailyhunt and Tiger Global-funded Inshorts which are also leveraging technology to cater to users.
According to media reports, China's Alibaba group is in talks to buy a minority stake in Dailyhunt.
However, if we talk about various other media platforms which are churning out original content on a daily basis, they haven't been able to amass users anywhere close to the number Chinese news aggregators have gathered.
Dailyhunt, Newsdog, Toutiao
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Tausif Alam has more than seven years of experience in the media industry and has worked in both print and digital spaces. He began his career with Economic Times, where he worked for four years, and then switched to YourStory. Tausif is a straight-talker who believes in 'seedhi baat, no bakwaas', and aims to say things without mincing words.


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Emeritus Professor Helen Hughes FASSA
MA (Melbourne), PhD (London), Hon LLD (La Trobe)
Czech-born Australian economist Helen Hughes, who died aged 85, had a passionate belief that clear thinking could illuminate the world and free human beings to reach their full potential.
It was a belief she pursued all through her distinguished career as an academic specialist in development economics, before applying it with spectacular gusto, late in her life, to the remote communities of Aboriginal Australia.
Hughes was born in 1928 in Prague, emigrated to this country with her parents in 1939 and was schooled in Melbourne, before embarking on a teaching and research career, which reached its crescendo with an appointment to the World Bank in Washington DC. There, her particular social vision was strengthened by her study of Pacific Island region states in their post-independence phase. A range of books and papers followed: she became prominent in her field, and her exceptionally acute understanding of the interplay between ideology and economics was honed. Along with other expatriate political scientists such as Owen Harries, Hughes was one of the small nexus of Australian academics engaged at a high level in international institutions and policy-making during the pivotal post-war year
In 1983 she took up an offer to return to Australia as director of the National Centre for Development Studies at the Australian National University in Canberra.
Shortly afterwards she was appointed by then foreign minister Bill Hayden to a key committee reporting on Australia's foreign aid program.
But her attention was drawn increasingly by the condition of remote and regional Aboriginal communities, and by the role that economists had played in the formation of the social policy settings guiding their evolution.
After her formal retirement, Hughes turned to the dilemmas of Australia's own development crisis: she took up a post as senior fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies and studied the state of remote Australia. What she studied, though, was not just the economics and the social condition of the Indigenous communities and townships, but the total picture they presented to the outside eye.
Across the continent, from Marble Bar to Mosman Gorge, development policies were failing. The scale of the disaster was becoming plain: Hughes began writing position papers, and they led inexorably, in 2007, to Lands of Shame, her broad-brush publication on the state of the 'homelands', the outstations and small communities of the centre and the north.
It was a book that took no prisoners, and no mercy was shown her in return, for she was attacking an interest group in Australian intellectual life, as much as a set of policy prescriptions.
This was an unusual battle for a cerebral woman on the verge of her 80th birthday to fight – but Hughes plunged in. The coda to Lands of Shame expresses her credo: 'When Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children sit side by side with other Australian children at school, when they take their places as doctors and scientists, when it is no longer remarked that members of parliament and cabinet ministers are indigenous, and above all when there is no social or economic indicator that shows a lower standard for Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, only then will Australia be able to hold up its head because a 'fair go' will have become reality.'
Hughes did not live to see that day, but she helped transform the map of expectations: and it is very striking that the official blueprint for the commonwealth's Closing the Gap project closely resembles her wish-list of basic reforms.
This late-life campaign stemmed from her early experiences: it thus gave her course through time a distinctive shape. Her own country had been occupied, and divided down racial lines: her life's work after her childhood emigration was devoted to proving that human potential could flower in all countries, if the ground conditions for free expression were put in place.
What delighted her was progress on the ground, measurable outcomes. Even two years ago she was making four-wheel-drive field trips to remote outstations in northeast Arnhem Land. Australia had given her freedom, and the capacity to flourish. The source of her commitment to Aboriginal wellbeing was simple: she wanted to pass on that gift.
Nicolas Rothwell
This obituary was first published in The Australian on June 17, 2013.


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In 2019, the Omaha Film Festival was recognized as one of the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee by MovieMaker Magazine.
The Omaha Film Festival celebrates the artistic, educational, and historical importance of motion pictures. It gives independent film artists a platform for sharing their work and creating a dialogue with the community. It promotes the discussion and study of filmmaking.
We do have a screenplay competition. During the festival we have a Writer's Theatre in which local actors will publicly read a few pages from the screenplay finalists.
Over the last 15 years, the OFF has made great strides toward becoming one of the most accomplished teaching festivals in the Central United States, offering opportunities for filmmakers, students, and those who value the artistry of film to learn more about the craft of filmmaking through panels, lectures, and workshops taught by seasoned professionals at our annual Filmmakers Conference.
Recent past OFF's have included:
Hotel Mumbai (directed by: Anthony Mara; starring Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi)
The Tomorrow Man (directed by: Noble Jones; starring John Lithgow, Blythe Danner)
Borg vs. McEnroe (directed by: Janus Metz; starring Sverrir Gudnason, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård)
Beirut (directed by: Brad Anderson; starring Rosamund Pike, Jon Hamm)
The Lost City of Z (directed by: James Gray; starring: Tom Holland, Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller)
Personal Shopper (directed by: Olivier Assayas; starring Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz)
The Last Word (directed by: Mark Pellington ; starring Shirley MacLaine, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Heche)
The Invitation (directed by: Karyn Kusama; starring Logan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, Michiel Huisman)
The Lobster (directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos; starring Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Jacqueline Abrahams, John C. Reilly)
TBD for 2020. It is typically software and other filmmaking equipment from our sponsors. Last year over $30,000 in prizes were given to winning filmmakers and screenwriters.
Jury Prizes:
Best Narrative Feature Film
Best Documentary Film
Best Nebraska Short Film
Best Feature Length Screenplay
Best Nebraska Screenplay
Audience Choice Prizes:
-To be eligible the film cannot have a public screening in Nebraska prior to the film festival (with the exception of collegiate screenings and touring Academy screenings).
-Your film cannot be view-able in its entirety online on sites like YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook before the festival screening to be accepted into OFF. Trailers or clips from the film are acceptable.
-Nebraska Short Films: To be eligible for this category you must be a resident of Nebraska or the film has to have been shot primarily in Nebraska.
-Acceptable formats for submission: DVD or password protected online screener.
-All films that are not in English must have English language subtitles.
-Each entry must be a separate submission which includes form and payment for each submission.
-Entry Fees must be payable to "Omaha Film Festival" by check or money order. Fees from outside the US must be payable in US funds. No cash is allowed.
-Only submissions with completed entry forms and entry fee will be accepted.
-Exhibition DCP's must be sent to the Omaha Film Festival prepaid, and return requests must include prepaid packaging. All festival screenings will be from a DCP.
-All Short Films must be no longer than 25 minutes in length.
-Enclosed with an entry for the Student Short fee must be a copy of a current student ID.
-Releases for music and talent must be obtained by the filmmaker. The Omaha Film Festival is not liable for copyright infringement or unauthorized use.
-If your film has been selected to be screened at the festival we will request you send a press kit to include: stills, posters, postcards, a digital file of the trailer, and other publicity materials to maximize exposure for your film. These materials will not be returned.
-The Omaha Film Festival does not assume any liability for damage to films, videos, or publicity materials.
-Film must have been completed after November 1, 2018.
-Filmmakers will be notified of festival acceptance by approximately February 6, 2020.
Screenplay/Teleplays:
-Contact info must be included on title page.
-Screenplay submissions must not have been produced or optioned.
-Screenplays that are currently optioned or have negotiations and/or are sold before
March 3, 2020 are not eligible for competition.
-Applicants must notify OFF of any changes in status following
submission.
-Scripts that have reached the semifinalist level or above in previous years within the OFF Screenplay Competition are not eligible for resubmission.
-Teleplay submissions are acceptable for new/original works as well as spec scripts for
programs currently airing during this year's call for entries period.
-Short screenplay length is fewer than 30 pages.
-Feature screenplay length is between 31 and 130 pages.
Ryan Lloyd
Had a wonderful time attending this for my first time ever both as a film maker nominee and film lover this year. Great, creative people all around!
Festival Formula Ltd
Omaha you have been consistently marvellous! Is there a word that means beyond professional yet still fun? Thank you so much for screening 6 of our clients this year. Sadly we couldn't attend but we're very keen to do so.
Brigitte Timmerman
I've been attending the Omaha Film Festival for six years and have been attending other film festivals this year and have found OFF is by far the best run festival I have seen.
Darren Coyle
This was a great festival and we had a blast!
Todd Graves
Terrific festival! I would highly recommend it and plan on making another film just for the chance at participating again!
March 3 – 8, 2020
Narrative Feature: From 60 minutes to 180 minutes
Documentary: From 26 minutes to 180 minutes
Shorts: From 1 minute to 25 minutes
Animated Short Film
Animated Short: From 1 minute to 25 minutes
Nebraska Short Film
NE Short: From 1 minute to 25 minutes The film must have been shot in Nebraska, or the filmmaker must live in Nebraska.
Feature Length Screenplay Competition
- Contact info must be included on title page. - Short screenplay length is fewer than 30 pages. - Feature screenplay length is between 31 and 130 pages.
Short Length Screenplay Competition
Teleplay
- Teleplay submissions are acceptable for new/original works as well as spec scripts for programs currently airing during this year's call for entries period. -Screenplays/Teleplays that are currently optioned or have negotiations and/or are sold before March 6, 2018 are not eligible for competition. Applicants must notify OFF of any changes in status following submission.


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Member for Narracan Gary Blackwood has today announced, on behalf of Deputy Premier and Regional Development Minister Peter Ryan, Coalition Government funding of $221,175 to complete the first stage of the Noojee Heritage Centre.
"The project will also involve the relocation of a historic locomotive, currently located in Warragul, to provide a tourism attraction for the township of Noojee," Mr Blackwood said.
"The J550 locomotive, donated by Baw Baw Shire, will be relocated to Noojee to form a historical display as part of the project.
"The station will house information on the region's timber industry historically and to the present day, provide a linkage point for already established walking and cycling trails within the township and provide local and regional tourism information to visitors to the area," said Mr Blackwood.
Mr Ryan, in speaking about the project, said the project's aim is to provide a tourism attraction for Noojee that would link the existing tourism infrastructure and provide a central location for regional and historical information.
"The project will help promote Noojee as a tourism destination within Baw Baw Shire and also provide links to other tourism destinations as part of the Gippsland Hinterland trail such as Mt Baw Baw, Erica and Walhalla," Mr Ryan said.
Mr Ryan said Coalition Government funding towards the $300,500 Noojee Heritage Centre – Stage One project would be provided through the $1 billion Regional Growth Fund's Putting Locals First Program to the Noojee & District Historical Society.
"Putting Locals First is a $100 million initiative designed to enable regional communities to plan and deliver the services and infrastructure to meet local priorities," Mr Ryan said.
The Noojee Heritage Centre – Stage One project is scheduled for completion in November 2013.


The book of Acts records a curious phenomenon: "On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria… . Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went" (8:1, 4, NIV).
It is clear that all of the believers, save the apostolic leaders, were scattered. Those who were scattered (the whole church) went about preaching the Word.
Christians must participate in the ministry of the church, and every Christian must endeavor "to be Christ to his neighbor." To be Christ to your neighbor is not to be your neighbor's lord and savior. Rather, it is to be Christ's representative to your neighbor. We are to represent the mercy and ministry of Jesus to all who are around us.
We do not need volunteers driven by guilty manipulation or looking for merits to be redeemed. Christ has taken our guilt and supplied all the merit we need. We need volunteers because in the least of His brothers, Jesus is hungry, Jesus is thirsty, Jesus is homeless, Jesus is sick, and Jesus is imprisoned. We need volunteers who love Jesus in the afflictions of His least brethren.
In what ways can you be Jesus to your neighbor? What are you doing for the hungry, thirsty, homeless, or imprisoned?


EDEN ISLAND, Seychelles - Agnes Gerry Emmanuel was crowned Miss Seychelles... Another World 2013 at the Eden Island Plaza on May 25. She will represent Seychelles in Miss World 2013 in Bogor, Indonesia on September 28. Aisha Hoareau was the first runner-up and Lindy Barallon was the second runner-up.


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Bob Helbeck
Bob is a graduate of Cincinnati Bible Seminary (Cincinnati Christian University). He and his wife Sarah came to East Palestine in May of 1976 so Bob could serve as youth minister. Both of their children were born here, Carlie in 1980 and Chelsie in 1984. In 1978 Bob was elected senior minister and continues to serve in that position.
Jim Ostick
Jim Ostick is in his 23rd year with the congregation as Associate Minister/Minister of Music. He is a 1973 graduate of Kentucky Christian University with a Bachelor of Arts (double major in Bible and Music) and a 1978 graduate of Cincinnati Christian University with a Master of Music. He has served with churches in Enon Valley, PA, Byesville, OH, and the Project 7 Church in Quezon City, Manila, Philippines. He has been the head of the music department/professor at Platte Valley Bible College (now, Summit Christian College in Gering, Nebraska) and Manila Bible Seminary in Novaliches, Quezon City, Philippines and has also taught at the Hocking Valley Bible Institute in Logan, OH.
Chad Conard, MA, NCC, LPCC-S
Youth and Young Adult Minister
After serving 8 years in the U.S. Navy, Chad earned his Masters of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Ashland Theological Seminary. Chad uses Christian-based practices to achieve the highest outcomes and work through a wide array of mental health concerns. Chad is also available for leading seminars and inspirational speaking.
Tech Director
Jonathan is a graduate of NewLife School of Information Technology for computer programming and web design. He has been serving for over 10 years as the Tech Director at the church.
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A solitary confinement cell is shown in a handout photo from the Office of the Correctional Investigator. leading civil liberties group says a judge has denied a request to delay a lawsuit that challenges the use of indefinite solitary confinement in federal prisons.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO- Office of the Correctional Investigator MANDATORY CREDIT
Ottawa ordered to pay $1.12M in legal fees for prison segregation class action
Administrative segregation is the isolation of inmates for safety reasons where it's believed there is no reasonable alternative
The federal government has been ordered to pay $1.12 million in legal fees for a segregation class action in a judgment critical of Ottawa's arguments for paying less.
In awarding the costs to representative plaintiff Jullian Reddock, Superior Court Justice Paul Perell rejected the government's contention that the requested fees were unreasonable or excessive.
"If anything, it is the pot calling the kettle black for the federal government to submit that class counsel over-lawyered the case," Perell said.
The fee award comes in a class action involving the placement of inmates in administrative solitary confinement. Lawyers from McCarthy Tetrault and Koskie Minsky were involved.
Reddock launched the action in March 2017. He said he had sometimes spent days without leaving his cell and that he binged on an anti-anxiety drug.
In August, Perell awarded the thousands of class members $20 million in damages, with the right of individual complainants to push for higher amounts depending on their circumstances.
"The Correctional Service operated administrative segregation in a way that unnecessarily caused harm to the inmates," Perell said.
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Reddock requested $1.24 million to cover the legal costs of his successful fight. The government, however, claimed the fees were "disproportionate and excessive."
In its submissions, Ottawa argued a substantial cut was warranted because the Reddock lawyers from McCarthy Tetrault were also involved in a separate segregation class action against the government. That lawsuit, with Christopher Brazeau as one of the representative plaintiffs, involved mentally ill inmates placed in administrative segregation.
The lawyers' decision to separate the lawsuits was "duplicative" and the litigation approach "unreasonable," the government maintained.
Perell, however, rejected the arguments, noting among other things that the government did not say what costs would have been reasonable or how much it spent on its own lawyers.
"When an unsuccessful party does not file a bill of costs but alleges over-lawyering, courts are very skeptical about the allegations," Perell said.
It would appear, the judge said, that Ottawa spent at least as much, if not more, on lawyers than did the plaintiff.
The two class actions, Perell said, were substantively different and Ottawa's claim to the contrary was unjustified. Nor could it be said that pressing them as a single suit would have been more efficient, he said.
"The federal government was quite happy to take ironical and inconsistent approaches in advancing its defences and playing one case off against the other," Perell said. "It takes irony and hypocrisy for the federal government to say there were efficiencies to be achieved."
Perell did reduce Reddock's requested fees by $113,000 for a sliver of counsel overlap he found in the two cases.
Administrative segregation involves isolating inmates for safety reasons where authorities believe there is no reasonable alternative. Prisoners spend almost their entire day in small cells without meaningful human contact or programming.
Critics argue the practice can cause severe psychological harm and amounts to cruel and unusual punishment, facts that Perell — and other courts — have accepted. Ottawa has said legislation that takes effect Nov. 30 will alleviate the problem.
Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press
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