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Post Office in Pleasant Valley
European settlement in Pleasant Valley began when Roswell Spencer built a log cabin in 1833. The following winter, the family of J.B. Chamberlin moved into the very same cabin and stuck around long enough to be considered Pleasant Valley's first permanent settlers. In 1840, the town tried to ensure its future relevance by bidding for the county seat, but, unfortunately for Pleasant Valley, they lost to Davenport. In 1856, Spencer, now a permanent resident, platted the village of Pleasant Valley, first calling it Valley City. In subsequent years he built a sawmill, a frame house, and a grist mill. Stones from the grist mill were used to build Trinity Lutheran Church, and the church later became the post office—the only one in the United States that is housed in a former church, for what it's worth. In spite of the village's early promise, growth was minimal and the town has never incorporated.
For much of its existence, Pleasant Valley was marked by a distinctive aroma—onions. In the 1850s, Captain Isaac Hawley planted the first crop. By 1858, several others had joined him and a robust onion farming industry had taken root. Henry Schutter arrived in 1856 and eventually became the most successful farmer of the bunch, managing hundreds of acres and earning the nickname The Onion King. The Pleasant Valley onion farmers were "organic" before organic was cool. They used homegrown seeds and developed their own varieties; weeds were picked by hand instead of being controlled with herbicides; farmers enriched their soil with manure instead of chemical fertilizers; onions were harvested manually instead of by machine. Onion farming lasted for generations, but a 1927 infestation of Yellow Dwarf virus led to a slow decline in the industry, as many farmers switched to other crops or moved out of the area. Even as the industry was waning, onion farming was an important safety net for many area families during the Depression. In the late 1990s, Stanley Schutter, the great grandson of The Onion King, retired, closing the last remaining onion farm in the area.
Lock and Dam 14 Recreation Area (182nd St.; 309.794.4524) is just north of the village; it has a boat ramp, picnic tables, and two hiking trails. There is a rustic trail along the river that is accessed by the boat ramp, but a more interesting hike is the one-and-a-half mile trail on Smith Island. To reach the picnic tables and Smith Island, you get to walk across the top of a lock gate, in this case the auxiliary lock gate. Cool.
Post Office: 24621 Valley Drive; 563.332.6232.
Heading upriver? Check out LeClaire.
Heading downriver? Check out Riverdale.
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Chris Burleigh March 28, 2017 at 12:20 pm
My mother was born in Pleasant Valley in 1914. Her parents were Frank Avant and Katie Lee Fleming Avant. I can find no info on Katie'parents or family.
Dean Klinkenberg November 15, 2012 at 9:58 pm
Hi, Ken. Thanks for reading my post about Pleasant Valley; I'm glad you enjoyed it. I looked through my collection of old photos and didn't find any from Pleasant Valley but I do remember seeing some when I was doing my research. I think the Davenport Public Library would be a good place to start, specifically the archives section in the lower level. They were very good at helping me find the right materials for my research. Let me know how it goes.
ken brinkley November 15, 2012 at 8:25 pm
i enjoyed your artical of pleasant valley and stan schutter.i worked as a young man for stan in the late 70s and am looking for old photos if any can b found, maybe you have an idea that could help. thanks


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Philosophy East and West
Mulla Sadra by Ibrahim Kalin (review)
Edward Moad
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Mulla Sadra by Ibrahim Kalin
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Mulla Sadra. By Ibrahim Kalin. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Pp. 192. Paperback $24. isbn: 978-0-19-945117-3.
This introduction to the life and thought of Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Yahya Qawami al-Shirazi (Sadr al-Din al Shirazi, or Mulla Sadra), is part of the Makers of Islamic Civilization series, conceived by the Oxford Centre for Islamic studies, edited by Farhan Nizami, and published by Oxford University Press. The self-described aim of the series is to provide a set of introductory texts on outstanding figures in the history of Islamic civilization. This volume represents an important contribution to the literature on a neglected period of Islamic philosophy, by a scholar who is emerging as one of the most important contemporary Muslim thinkers.
Ibrahim Kalin states his own aims in the book in terms of its four main chapters. The first is to give a brief account of Mulla Sadra's life and influence. The second is to describe the cultural and intellectual context in which his thought developed. The third is to introduce Sadra's main intellectual contribution: his doctrine of the primacy of existence. The fourth provides an overview of Sadra's thought and assesses the extent to which it succeeded (or not) in arriving at a coherent synthesis." (p. 9)
Kalin thoroughly accomplishes the first two of these objectives. He does a great job of putting Mulla Sadra in historical context, including the preceding rise of the Safavid dynasty with Shah Ismaʿil's conversion of the Safawiyya Sufi order from Sunnism to Twelve-Imam Shiʿism in 1501. Sadra emerges a generation later, as a major intellectual at the beginning of Shi'a ascendency in Iran. Kalin provides a clear and readable account of the intellectual climate of the time, including the akhbari-usuli controversy and the emergence of a new Shʿia oriented Sufism. He shows how the work of Sadra emerged out of a bubbling cauldron of diverse ideas, including the peripatetic philosophy of Al-Farabi and Ibn Sina, the ishraqi school of Suhrawardi, the Sufi metaphysics of Ibn ʿArabi, and the various schools of Shiʿʿa and Sunni kalam. He is also generous in describing Sadra's influence on future thinkers.
Unfortunately, Kalin is not as successful with his fourth objective, of providing a critical assessment of the success of Sadra's overall project; and the reason for this seems to be that the way he approached the third objective, of introducing the 'primacy of existence' doctrine, upon which the success of [End Page 1] Sadra's project turns, was not such as to make a critical assessment possible. That need not necessarily detract from the book, because there is some reason to believe that the doctrine itself is simply not accessible to critical assessment, at least of any sort that can be accomplished in a book. As Kalin puts it:
For Sadra, one of the goals of philosophy is to equip us with the proper epistemic tools and cognitive means to 'see' the self-evident (badihi) reality of existence. This, however, cannot be achieved by mental or rational analysis alone because demonstrative and rational analyses give us only a mental picture of existence, not its reality.
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But there is some ambiguity on this point, which first appears in Kalin's account of Sadra's view of the relation between ʿirfan, and burhan. On the one hand, he says that "gnosis is not without cognitive content, and a true sage can explain his vision by using ordinary rational arguments." (p. 47). On the other, he quotes Sadra as saying "the knowledge of what is tasted and the knowledge of spiritual states cannot be captured in the garment of letters and words." (p. 49). The latter position lends itself to Wittgenstein's famous dictum, "that of which we cannot speak we must pass over in silence." But the former characterization of Sadra's position, and the fact that he did have a lot to write on the primacy of existence, whets the appetite for a satisfying burhani treatment of the topic; one that, as Kalin puts it, "ensures that...

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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey picks up NRA endorsement, expresses regret gambling didn't pass
Brian Lyman
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday said she was disappointed that the Alabama Legislature didn't approve a gambling bill during the just-concluded legislative session.
Speaking in Montgomery, where she picked up the endorsement of the National Rifle Association, Ivey said she was "not much for gambling" but believed the issue should go out to a vote.
"I do think the people have a right to make that decision," she said. "I wish that had passed the Legislature so people could vote it up or down in November."
Ivey did not specify which of the two gambling bills she would have wanted to pass. One, sponsored by Sen. Greg Albritton, R-Atmore, would have largely resurrected a comprehensive gambling package that passed the Senate in 2021 but fell apart in the House. Another, sponsored by Rep. Chip Brown, R-Hollingers Island, would have established a lottery in the state.
The governor convened a commission in 2020 to make a comprehensive study of the gambling. The commission, headed by former Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange, estimated that gambling would bring up to $700 million into the state and create 19,000 jobs. Ivey praised the group's work but kept a distance from the legislative debates over gambling in 2021. Authorizing a lottery or gambling in Alabama requires amending the state Constitution. The governor does not have an official role in that process.
Ivey picked up the NRA endorsement after signing a permitless carry bill within hours of it reaching her desk on March 10. Starting Jan. 1, individuals will no longer need a permit to carry a concealed firearm in most places in Alabama. Permits would still be needed to carry firearms in some areas and would be available for interstate travel. Drivers would have to declare possession of firearms to law enforcement officials during traffic stops, and officers with a "reasonable suspicion" that a driver is committing a crime or putting the officer in danger could take the firearm to run background checks.
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The change had long been sought by gun rights groups, who said the permits amounted to an unconstitutional burden on individuals Second Amendment rights. It was opposed just as long by law enforcement agencies, particularly the Alabama Sheriffs Association, which said the permit requirement kept guns out of the hands of dangerous individuals and gave law enforcement an additional tool for stopping crime.
"Nowhere in our Constitution does it say you can keep and bear arms as long as you pay for a permit," she said.
Ivey has consistently led polls of Republican voters ahead of the May 24 primaries, and her opponents have struggled to find a message to capture the attention of GOP voters. Tim James, a businessman and the son of former Gov. Fob James, has tried to make a play for social conservative voters, going so far as to attack a fundraiser held by Magic City Acceptance Academy, a charter school for LGBTQ youth based in Homewood.
Both James and Lindy Blanchard, a former ambassador to Slovenia, have called for the suspension of a 2019 increase in the gas tax amid higher gas prices. The measure, the first increase since 1992, was aimed at generating additional money for road and bridge maintenance and had broad support from business groups.
Ivey has deflected talk of suspending the tax by blaming the administration of President Joe Biden, who she called a "failure" on Monday. Gas prices fell significantly during the COVID pandemic due to low demand and limited travel. Prices had been going up prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which sent prices still higher.
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Singer Ronnie Spector's many friends and fans in music and beyond reacted to her death Wednesday. "Her mark on rock and roll is indelible."
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Inheritance Tax (IHT) – Dealing with Death & Incapacity
INHERITANCE TAX AND INCAPACITY
We're fast approaching that time of year when theatres across the land will announce which former light entertainment stalwarts and former soap opera actors will star in their Christmas spectaculars.
However, Britain has a cast of pantomime villains who don't necessarily tread the boards.
Take officials at HMRC, for instance, the very mention of whom is regularly greeted with a chorus of disapproval.
Without wishing either to be contrary or to curry favour, I think that the Revenue doesn't merit all of the criticism which is fired its way.
As this year's furore over the financial affairs of multi-national tech giants has indicated, most people, in fact, believe individuals and companies should pay their fair share of tax.
It's interesting, therefore, to read the response to coverage of a case in which a multi-millionairess has avoided a considerable sum in Inheritance Tax (IHT).
The Court of Protection has ruled that the woman's son – her sole surviving child – should be allowed to receive a near one-third million share of her £18.6 fortune (source) in addition to making further 'gifts' to a number of different charities.
He was appointed to look after her affairs eight years ago under a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) document.
The documents enable individuals to nominate someone to act on their behalf should they lose the mental capacity to make decisions relating to their finances, health and wellbeing or both.
Since executing the LPA, the woman has been diagnosed with dementia and now requires full-time care.
A judge acknowledged that whilst her son's application to effectively receive a chunk of his inheritance while his mother was still alive was "self-serving", it had "not been improperly brought".
The Court had heard how he stood to inherit the vast majority of her wealth anyway under the terms of her will but had the decision not gone in the man's favour, it would have meant 40 per cent of his mother's estate exceeding the Nil Rate Band of £325,000 being swallowed up in IHT when she died.
It's worth pointing out that the pair haven't completely avoided IHT.
If the woman passes away within seven years of the £6 million approved as a gift by the Court of Protection being made, it will still be factored into her estate for taxation purposes, albeit with a discount for each year that she survives from now on.
Even though the outcome of the case was interesting enough, I found the largely sympathetic reaction to it particularly intriguing.
After all, it's only three years since the Labour politicians David and Ed Miliband were criticised for using another perfectly legal instrument known as a 'Deed of Variation' to limit IHT liabilities after the death of their father.
Leaving aside the fact that any story involving party political figures is likely to divide opinion, I reckon that there is another issue responsible for the change in tone.
That is that more households in England and Wales find themselves at risk of paying IHT, mainly as a result of continually increasing property prices.
According to figures released only a couple of weeks ago by the Land Registry, the average price of even a relatively modest detached home is now above the Nil Rate Band threshold.
In some parts of the country, average prices are well in excess of that figure and appreciating still further.
That's one reason why the Treasury recently reported record annual IHT receipts of £5.2 billion – up eight per cent or £388 million on the year before.
It seems that people are less inclined to wag the finger at those seeking to manage their exposure to tax if they realise that they may also have to address such concerns themselves.
Although the Court of Protection case featuring in this week's news reports might seem unusual, it's also worth bearing in mind data published by the Office for National Statistics in July which noted that whilst "age-standardised" mortality rates for "cancer, circulatory and respiratory diseases" had decreased steadily over the last decade, the rate of deaths from mental and behavioural disorders, including dementia, more than doubled over the same period.
It might still seem rather morbid to some people but I think it's a good thing that the practical consequences of the end of a life are no longer taboo.
Just as people are arguably more conscious of the need to have life insurance or a pension and make a will, Inheritance Tax planning is a wholly worthwhile thing to do.
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The magical island of Langkawi has an idyllic new retreat. The Malaysian isle known for ancient rainforests and turquoise seas welcomes the Ritz-Carlton, Langkawi on September 21, presenting an enticing new escape for travelers in search of a sublime slice of paradise.
Set on Langkawi's jungle-filled southwest coast along a private stretch of sand overlooking the Andaman Sea, the Ritz-Carlton's 114 guest rooms include 15 suites and 29 pool villas, the largest of which is the four-bedroom Villa Mutiara boasting two swimming pools and exclusive access to a secluded beach. Designed by Philippe Villeroux and Tropical Area Architects, the resort takes its cues from traditional Malay palaces and the island's natural elements, incorporating such local architectural details as gabled roofs, intricate woodwork, and floor-to-ceiling windows.
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A macro that can scan/recognize(or something close) that a revision has been made to the drawing, accept that input (rev change, rev description, etc) and push that to other drawings that are referenced to that same part/assembly. This would be useful as I frequently have to make revisions to one part that requires multiple drawings for tooling and the like and would like to minimize inputs and mouse clicks required.
I'm sure I am out of my depth when it comes to what I want the macro to do and my nonexistent expertise in VBA. I would just like to know if this is possible before moving forward with development.
I have scanned the forums/google to find a similar macro with no luck.
I'm sure this would be possible but do not have anything ready.
On other hand why can not you derive the revision from the model to drawing?


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Q: iPad: Newly installed apps don't show up on Home Screens I am on my fourth iPad - and just as many iPhones — and I have accumulated a very large number of apps. I would like the luxury of going through them one by one and deleting the ones I don't use. But it's taking a while to get around to it. In the meantime, when I download any new apps they just never appear on my screens. I can locate them using Spotlight search, but the icons don't appear on the Home Screen.
Since I want to organize them onto my first Home Screen, I need to be able to find them to move them. I have tried restarting, hard resets — I even tried the recent suggestion on how to add another Home Screen by dragging an icon to the right to create a new page, but it won't work. I am on an 12.9" iPad Pro running iOS 12.1.2.

A: There's an upper cap on the maximum number of Home Screens that can be created on an iOS device. The count is a bit higher for iPad than for iPhone.
Once you hit the limit, any newly installed app doesn't show up on Home Screen, as no more screens can be created. You can still continue to install new apps as long as free storage space is available on your iPad.
You can search for an apps using Spotlight even if its icon is not visible. One way to view more apps is to organize apps within folders. A folder can house many apps (the limit varies between iPhone and iPad). Since a folder only takes up the visible are required for one app, you can see more apps when using folders than without one. (The maximum number of Home Screens or maximum numbers of apps in a single folder for a device are not officially documented and can be determined by experimenting.)
To create a folder, simply tap and hold on an app icon until all the icons start to wiggle. Now drag and drop an app icon onto another to house them into a folder. You can also assign a custom name to the folder to easily recognize it. However, you can not create a folder inside a folder.
Once you have organized apps into folders and are able to see the icons, you can drag to organize them on Home Screens as desired.
With iPad drag and drop support introduced with iOS 11, you can also quickly move multiple apps around.
Alternatively, if you have access to a Mac or a PC, you can also re-organize apps icons easily using iTunes.

A: To delete / hide apps on iPhone go to App Store while logged in.  Tap on Today icon on bottom of screen.  Then tap on your user logo in the right hand corner.  Then a screen appears - tap Purchased.  Select the category you want, All or Purchased.  then find the app and swipe left.  Detele should appear.  Select to delete.

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Baltimore, MD – In an unsurprising turn of events, the highest ranking Officer, Lieutenant Rice, was found not guilty on all counts for the in-custody death of Freddie Gray. Judge Barry Williams found Lt. Brian Rice not guilty of reckless endangerment, involuntary manslaughter, and misconduct in office, citing the prosecution had no real evidence to convict him. Sadly, we all already knew that, but Mosby still insisted on putting these heroes through hell to make a political statement. The good news is her witch hunt is coming to an end and these heroes are coming out on top.
Williams previously dismissed a second-degree assault charge, and prosecutors dropped a second misconduct charge.
The judge said the prosecution's basis for the assault charge was that Rice used the van in the alleged assault. Williams ruled that because Rice didn't drive the van, prosecutors had no evidence.
Rice is the fourth of the six officers charged to go on trial in Gray's death. Three officers' earlier trials resulted in two acquittals and a mistrial.
The other two officers charged, Sgt. Alicia White and Officer Garrett Miller, filed motions to dismiss their cases last month.
The defense countered that Gray's injuries did not take place until some time between the police van's fourth and sixth stops after Gray's arrest, and that Rice didn't have any contact with him at that point. They also called witnesses who testified that the death should have been deemed an accident. This countered the findings of assistant medical examiner Dr. Carol Allan, who determined that Gray's death was a homicide.
That makes four trails and four not guilty verdicts for the Baltimore Officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray. We are not surprised by today's outcome as the prosecution has no real case to convict these police officers of any wrongdoing.
No, three not-guilty verdicts and one mistrial. Porter is scheduled to be tried again, unless Mosby is forced to give up this circus performance before then. Next time, of course, he'll choose a bench trial, since we now know exactly what the judge thinks of these charges.


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Today's DIY idea is the easiest craft I have done recently. In sync with this week's Housewarming theme it is a must have for most kitchens- a chalkboard clipboard. You can note down anything between your grocery list to daily reminders of things-to-do. It makes for a great housewarming gift for young adults with packed schedules, they can even note a reminder to call their mom. You could design one with funky Hindi titles like the "किराने का सामान" (meaning grocery list) title or English basics "remember" or "to-do".
Paint the front of the clipboard with a coat of chalkboard paint. You could use either a flat brush or round brush.


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"This critical edition of T. S. Eliot's poems establishes a new text of the Collected Poems, 1909-1962, rectifying accidental omissions and errors that have crept in during the century since Eliot's astonishing debut, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." As well as the masterpieces, The Poems of T. S. Eliot: Volume I contains the poems of his youth, which were rediscovered only decades later; others that circulated privately during his lifetime; and love poems from his final years, written for his wife, Valerie. Christopher Ricks and Jim McCue have provided a commentary that illuminates the imaginative life of each poem. Calling upon Eliot's critical writings as well as his drafts, letters, and other original materials, Ricks and McCue illustrate not only the breadth of Eliot's interests and the range of his writings but how it was that the author of "Gerontion" came to write "Triumphal March" and then Four Quartets. Thanks to the family and friends who recognized Eliot's genius and preserved his writings from an early age, the archival record is exceptionally complete, enabling us to follow in unique detail the progress of a mind that never ceased exploring."--Amazon.com
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Criminals have guns because it's a convenient tool that does the job. No other reason at all. You can drive a nail with a wrench, but you really want to use a hammer. You can saw wood with a pocket knife, but you'd really prefer a Circular Saw.
Even if we somehow managed to get rid of every gun in the world, and there was no way to get another one, "criminals," would simply find another weapon. There are hundreds of instances in history where certain types of weapons were banned, yet that didn't stop criminals from finding tools just as effective at ending a person's life. Just look at Feudal Japan as a (repeated) example, swords are banned, so what did bandits use? Staffs, cudgels, sticks, and rocks. And they still managed to terrorize the country side, leaving hundreds of thousands terrified to leave the safety of their homes, and forcing leaders to band together to wipe out the scourge.
Humans are going to keep killing humans, that is the sad fact of our stupid species. Short of mind chipping everyone and pumping us full of mood altering drugs, it's going to continue to happen no matter what. Gun Control, whatever form new laws take, will only salve the emotional torture that the victims families are going through right now for so long.
What you will not see is any reduction in unfortunate tragedies like this, and many fear, you will in fact see a drastic INCREASE in such.
That is why the Pro-gun crowd and the anti-gun crowd disagree. Both sides are combatting an unknown fear – both of which are rooted in reality.


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Dream Girl – Ayushmann Khurrana Setting A Benchmark With Another One
Dream Girl lives up to its hype, thanks to its leading man Ayushmann Khurrana, who seamlessly switches between his two characters.
This is not the first time that we have seen an actor transforming into an actress in Bollywood, but with this film, the one thing it does well is break its stereotype. The plot of the film gets crazy as we go further into the film, and hence even a film with a 2-hour run time seems to be stretched at some point.
The film starts off with a young Karam, modulating his voice to sound feminine to save his best friend from being punished. The opening sequence also shows how he is asked to be Sita for "one last time" and that isn't over even in the present time of the film's world. This itself sets the dynamics of our leading man whose feet are touched by people around him for he plays Sita to Lord Ram.
With this film, the filmmaker tries to insert as many film references as he can. From the title to many other sequences like him saying "Ayushmaan Bhava" when a character touches Khurrana's feet, he says with an emphasis on his own name Annu Kapoor having a picture of Hema Malini and addressing her as "Dream Girl". Abhishek Banerjee, who plays Mahinder, inserts the "Vicky pleej" dialogue from Stree in a different context.
A young man without a job, Karamveer Singh (Karam) joins a shady call center, that employ women to sweet talk lonely men and women. Ayushmann convinces them by being able to talk in a female voice, hence securing the job. His clientele includes a drunk poet cop (Vijay Raaz), a young, rich Haryanvi brat, a journalist who hates men because of her past (Nidhi Bisht), and his fiancé's younger brother (Abhishek Banerjee). As expected, Puja's professional life intertwines with Karam's personal life and that's when his life goes through a landslide.
"Bajaao bhai, bohot badhiya bajate ho", this line sums up the midpoint in the film.
When Vijay Raaz and Karam come together, we know the movie is going to go down from there. By the time interval comes, there are so many subplots that have opened up, but their first interconnect is very seamless.
Then there comes the 2nd half curse, that comes with every movie. Ayushmann and Manjot try to untangle the mess they get into, but the results are even messier. However, suddenly you are then watching two movies for the price of one. On one hand, is this all out comedy, where jokes land and punches work with the kind of frivolity they're hit with, and on the other spectrum there is this broad commentary of self-reflectiveness, which both in tandem just don't work.
Using words like "Surgical Strike" and "MeToo" with relevance to rehearsing a scene from Mahabharata are words carefully woven into the dynamic showing contemporary relevance in the film's world. Every time the film's pace drops, a new set-up, which may not necessarily take the story forward as much as contribute to the existing chaos, emerges and gets the laughs. It doesn't stereotype one religion, but does use tropes from a lot of them. The scenes where Annu Kapoor switches religion for the sake of his quasi-imaginary lover are, sure, hilarious but are overstretched and milked to a point of being annoying and exploitative.
Then comes the climax, which is as dramatic as any Ekta-Kapoor-daily-soap-ever. It doesn't land as well as the rest of the film because the director literally spells out the meaning of the film, which may not be well received. The movie works best when it's silly with dark satire.
The romantic angle between Khurrana's Karam and Nushrat's Mahi feels the most underworked segment in the film, which starts off as lowkey stalking and within montages in a song, they're engaged.
Ayushmann Khurrana however steals the show yet again with another stellar performance. With endless exhibition of emotions and expressions, and effortlessly switching between both his characters, he just seems to have made the best of both these characters, and it shows through his organicity, and for that itself, Dream Girl is worth a watch.
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Q: How to add static values together without entering any values in html and jquery I want to add two static values together automatically without entering any values into the textbox and display the total amount inside the third box, but it does not work.

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I want to add two static values together automatically without entering any values into the textbox and display the total amount inside the third box, but it does not work.

Extract the ADD operation to a function, i.e: compute() and execute that function just after the DOM is fully loaded.

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Q: Change URL display but stay on the site I know this has already been asked but I never found an answer that worked for me. I tried understanding the mod_rewrite myself but I always got stuck. I searched a lot online and I've read the Apache documentation, Stackoverflow posts and a few tutorials (addedbytes/ smashingmagazine/ selfhtml/ and so on...).
Every URL the user sees looks like this at the moment: www.example.com/text/show/1 The number at the end varies, because the texts are numbered by the CMS. I would like to show the user an URL like the following: www.example.com/home while he visits www.example.com/text/show/1. Of course this should be possible on other sites as well. (Hint: The pages aren't numbered continously.)
I want to rewrite the URL the user visits, using the .htaccess. The user should stay on the same page but he should see a nicer URL. I don't have any file extensions, because I'm using a CMS from a coworker that works without them.
This is my .htaccess:
# Enable rewriting
RewriteEngine On

# Redirect non-www to www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

# Redirect old PHP-pages to new pages
Redirect /fancy.php http://www.example.com/text/show/6
Redirect /foobar.php http://www.example.com/text/show/12
# Here are a few more redirects

# URL rewriting
RewriteRule ^home/?$ text/show/1 [NC,L]

# Skip the bli and bla directories
RewriteRule ^(bli|bla)($|/) - [L]

# Skip existing files and directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

# Rewrite the URL
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [QSA,L]

I need the redirects because some pages of our old version of the websites where we used no CMS are still available online. The last parts (After Skip the bli...) are given from the CMS so I can't change them. I enabled the mod_rewrite on the apache so this should be the problem. I also reloaded and/ or restarted the apache after my changes.
Everything else works well but the RewriteRule ^home/?$ text/show/1 [NC,L] doesn't. Can somebody please tell me how I can fix this?
PS: I'm testing this on a local domain so I don't make any mistakes online.

A: This probably does not work because of the nature of your CMS. Your CMS is rewriting all requests to /index.php and is then probably using the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] PHP superglobal (which contains the URL of the request, ie. the visible URL in the address bar) to route the request.
If you are rewriting /home to /text/show/1 (internally) then the request is /home, not /text/show/1, which your CMS is expecting. I would guess that your CMS simply does not know how to route /home.
Since your CMS is already using "pretty" URLs, this is something that would need to be configured in the CMS itself (if it is supported).
Alternatively, you could externally redirect from /home to /text/show/1 - but then the user will see /text/show/1 in the address bar, which is not desirable.

Aside: As a general rule, you should not mix mod_alias (Redirect) and mod_rewrite (RewriteRule) directives in the same .htaccess file. Since they belong to different Apache modules, the order of execution might not be as expected.


Let's welcome Phil Hall to our blog today.
I'd love to visit with you, so feel free to contact me.
Lorcano, when he was a boy of sixteen, was envious of vampires: they were elusive, immortal, strong and powerful. But that was when he was foolish and young; and now, knowing what he knows, he understands that they are nothing but a plague on humanity--a disease that needs to be removed. He despises them because of the things they did, and continue to do, to the unknowing populace: treating humanity like nothing more than cattle. And, for that, they must be destroyed. This, his private journal--his memories--left for those who may find and read it, is a living record of the time when his destiny was first intertwined with unspeakable evil.
The Count is unleashed! A serial killer has the police on edge. The Count's victims are identified by the tags he's left draped around their necks bearing a single designation: a number. Each removed organ was carefully wrapped in plastic, labeled, and the piecemeal corpse was left to be purposefully found. Previously, victims One and Two were located, Four has just been discovered, and pretty, young Bree Wilson has just disappeared. Could she be next? With precious little to go on, Detective Zac Toumille and his partner, Jenny Clark, are dragged along in a media circus as the nightmare continues--all in the hope to end the reign of The Count and free the missing Bree before it's too late--before she is reduced to just parts--before she becomes--MINIMAL.
I don't like to use words out of context, but if I'm being honest with myself, I do it all the time. I'm working on not calling every cool thing 'awesome' and have always been diligent about not saying 'I hate' something that I simply don't like or agree with… But, when it comes to things that make me happy, bring me joy, or fill me with glee, it's difficult not to shout from the mountaintops that 'I love it', even when I just kind of like it.
With that said, I do, wholeheartedly, love music. I cannot imagine my life without it. If I had to live in a world without music, I can almost guarantee, that I'd be a different person than I am now. In my last series, I talked about angel lore and made the deduction that most major religions and cultures has some idea or variation of angels as part of their doctrine or theology. It's one of those ideas, that to me, crosses cultural lines. That's what music is as well.
Music is a movement, an idea, a form of expression that truly can cross language barriers, cultural and racial divides, and even political lines. It brings people, alike and different, together. And the best part of it all; it's unlimited. There are so many genres and variations of music that there are musical forms that haven't even been invented yet. Whether ancient, classical, modern, pop, or futuristic, music has and always will inspire, motivate, and convey emotion in a way that even written words can't sometimes accomplish.
I'll be exploring the various genres of music I listen to in the series installments to come, and with each article will explain how my work as a writer and blogger has been affected by music. I'll talk about mood music, playlists, character and setting development, and some interesting responses from other authors when asked about their connection to music.
My husband is a professional musician so your blogs will be interesting indeed.
I'm so excited to start my new blog series on music and writing.
Can music inspire one to write?
Toi Thomas shares her love of music on A Small Gang of Authors today!
Oh yes, I love music!! I also do my best writing when there's music in the background, stimulating my brain cells.
I am so looking forward to your posts on music!!
It's funny, I can only write certain books to certain music. One book was to one album only nothing else fit.
I can relate. I have to hear certain songs to write certain characters.
This is great stuff, Toi. Looking forward to many more installments. I think music has inspired my own writing as much as any other art form, perhaps even more.
That's cool. I think music inspires people more than they realize.
+Toi Thomas -- I agree. I learned that ages ago.
Today on A Small Gang of Authors, Toinette Thomas begins her series on her love of music, and the role it plays in her life.
I look forward to your blogs on music!
Books transport our minds to different places...maybe places we only dream of, but music transports our souls, our very beings into a world that is so filled with color and excitement. I, too, love music and it's part of my daily life...every day. Looking forward to your series on this subject.
I agree that music is very transportive (if that's a word).
Tastes in music, like writing, is subjective. I prefer certain types more than others. Sadly, I barely listen to any these days. No sure why that is.
I agree. I find that there is usually some type of music out there for everyone, but there are some who simply don't care for any type of music. Of course, that's the one notion I have trouble comprehending.


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Bollywood and Hollywood vow to stop piracy 'menace'
By Marc Chacksfield 2010-03-22T10:37:00.8Z Video
Had enough of dodgy DVDs
Bollywood doesn't like pirates
A coalition has been formed by Indian Studios and the MPAA, which hopes to stamp out DVD piracy in India.
According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, piracy cost the movie industry in India $959 million in 2008 – making it one of the worst countries in the world for creating DVD knock-offs.
Speaking about the coalition, MPAA chairman Dan Glickman said: "Free is great and everybody likes things for free. [But] in a civilised society, we need to pay for products and services.
"I believe that as an industry, if we offer people products at reasonable prices in a hassle free manner, people will not steal."
Glickman also noted that piracy was costing the industry jobs, saying: "The menace of copyright theft jeopardises a movie's ability to make money – if at all.
"This affects the level of investment available for new films and the ability to create new jobs for workers throughout the country,"
Non-bailable offence
Another person vocal in India's anti-piracy plight is Bollywood film-maker Yash Chopra, who said about the problems: "The Indian film industry loses millions of dollars every year due to piracy. India is also among the top 10 countries in the world when it comes to this crime.
"We need government support to implement stricter rules to prevent people from going to watch movies in cinemas with camcorders for copying purposes. If someone is caught, it should be a non-bailable offence."
We're hoping that the alliance will solve the piracy problem by challenging the pirates to a massive Bollywood dance-off. But, for some reason, it looks like the courts and police will more likely deal with the problem.
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Buildings of Nevada
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Landlocked, arid, and infertile, Nevada is one of the least hospitable regions in the United States. Although it is dominated by its wild landscape, Nevada boasts a colorful human history and a rich architectural heritage. This volume, the newest in the acclaimed Buildings of the United States series, offers a comprehensive tour of Nevada's highly distinctive architecture-from old ghost mining towns to the Las Vegas strip, pioneer forts to mega casinos, the silent majesty of the Hoover Dam to the quirkiness of drive-in wedding chapels. Organized by region, the book is a fascinating survey of more than 200 historic sites, including churches, courthouses, schools, homes, historic railroads, copper mines, forts, hotels, and more. Detailed descriptions set all of these diverse forms of building into social, political, historical, and stylistic context. Featuring 250 original photographs, maps, and drawings, this extraordinary volume is the most complete guide of its kind.
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Roy No. 55 amiibo
Roy, from the Fire Emblem series, brings his speed and talent for short-range combat into Super Smash Bros. for Wii U & Nintendo 3DS. His sword, the Sword of Seals, is uniquely powerful at the base of the blade.
You can use amiibo on your New Nintendo 3DS and New Nintendo 3DS XL by tapping them to the NFC area on the bottom screen. Alternatively, using the NFC Reader/Writer Accessory you can use amiibo on your Nintendo 2DS, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL.
You can also use amiibo on your Nintendo Switch by tapping them to the NFC touchpoint on the right Joy-Con Controller, or the NFC touchpoint on the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller.
amiibo can be enjoyed on your Wii U by tapping them to the NFC touchpoint on the Wii U GamePad.
Visit our amiibo compatibility page to see which amiibo work with compatible Nintendo games.
Platform: amiibo
Franchise: Super Smash Bros.
WARNING! Not suitable for children under 3 years. Choking hazard. Small parts.


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7 Great Films From the 2016 New Directors/New Films Series
Eric Kohn
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READ MORE: 'The Fits,' 'Neon Bull' Headline First Wave of New Directors/New Films Selections
Steven Spielberg. Spike Lee. Kelly Reichardt. Christopher Nolan. All of these filmmakers premiered their early works at the New Directors/New Films series, which has a long track record for heralding fresh talent. This year's edition, which runs March 16 – 27, is no exception. A joint production of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art, the series opens Wednesday with "Under the Shadow," Iranian director Babak Anvari's eerie period piece about a young woman and her daughter haunted by a demonic presence in the midst of the Iran-Iraq War.
Allegorical horror at its finest, "Under the Shadow" is a unique genre hybrid that showcases yet another promising newcomer. But it's not the only one. Here's a look at some of the highlights from this year's 11-day event.
"Cameraperson"
Kirsten Johnson opens "Cameraperson" with a note describing the project as "my memoir," but it's safe to say there's never been a memoir quite like this one. Cobbling together footage from her 25 years of experience as a documentary cinematographer, "Cameraperson" offers a freewheeling overview of the people and places Johnson has captured over the course of a diverse career. More than that, the two dozen projects showcased here alongside original footage confront the process of creation. This is a collage-like guide to a life of looking. Read the full review from Sundance here.
"Donald Cried"
The obnoxious man-child is a common trope in American comedies, but few recent examples can match the hilariously unsettling presence of Donald Treebeck, the obnoxious central figure played by writer-director Kris Avedisian in his effective black comedy "Donald Cried." Avedisian's feature-length debut builds on the distinctively off-putting persona first seen in his short film, a bespectacled pariah stuck in perpetual arrested development. While hardly reinventing the wheel, "Donald Cried" spins it faster than usual, taking cues from its memorably irritating protagonist. Beneath its entertainment value, the movie also hints at the tragedy of aimless adulthood.
While the story technically unfolds from the perspective of his old teen pal Peter (Jesse Wakeman), who returns to their Rhode Island suburbs from his Wall Street career after his grandmother dies, Donald welcomes his reluctant friend back to their world and won't leave him alone. Avedisian gives Danny McBride a run for his money in this pitch-perfect embodiment of a wannabe charmer all too eager to remain the center of attention. Read the full review from the SXSW Film Festival here.
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French director Lucile Hadzihalilovic's follow-up to "Innocence," her debut, blends dreamy storytelling with body horror of the best kind. Ten-year-old Nicolas (Max Brebant) spends his days in an isolated seaside hospital, along with several other children, all of whom are subjected to an alarming medical process. His mother, and the other women who tend to the boys, obscure the reasons behind the confined setting. When Nicolas spies on them after dark, he gets no closer to answers. But the puzzle pieces gradually congeal into a strangely consistent world of transgressive sexuality, body horror and laboratory birth. Nicolas doesn't piece it all together, but as he develops his individuality, he takes action against the ominous events around him. It's the year's wildest coming of age story.
Anna Rose Holmer's first feature is a surreal portrait of an unlikely young heroine. Eleven-year-old Toni (breakout Royalty Hightower) aspires to be a boxer while making her way through boring dancing routines at her Cincinnati middle school. As a convulsive disease begins to affect several of her classmates, "The Fits" gradually transforms into a "Twin Peaks"-like look at communal alienation. Hightower's extraordinary subtle performances meshes perfectly with the movie's rhythmic portrait of the mysteries and alienation of adolescence.
"Neon Bull"
Many filmmakers obsess over characters living on the margins of civilization, but Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro has the rare ability to burrow inside their experiences. In two narrative features and a handful of documentaries, Mascaro's filmography blends an textured storytelling with anthropological investigation. The newest of them, "Neon Bull," offers startling proof of this talent. Mascaro's vibrant depiction of Brazilian cowhands delivers a detailed look at a nomadic universe that's simultaneously flamboyant and gritty. While technically a fictional narrative, it provides a bridge to Mascaro's nonfiction background by emphasizing the sights and sounds of a contained environment. Lyrically involving and deeply sensual, "Neon Bull" showcases a full-bodied artist in command of his form. Read the full review from the Toronto International Film Festival here.
"Tikkun"
The travails of ultra-Orthodox judaism don't get more twisted than "Tikkun," the unsettling black-and-white drama from Israeli filmmaker Avishai Sivan. Set in an insular religious community, the story revolves around a young man whose near-death experience sends him on a path toward secularism that puts his family on edge. Swearing off meat and running away from home, he gets his first taste of sexual freedoms while contemplating the nature of his rebellion. Sparse dialogue and visionary dream sequences (beware the talking reptilian deity that emerges from the toilet!) endow "Tikkun" with a frightening expressionistic quality. But it's not without numerous contemplative moments, including a beautifully poetic scene in which the young man compares his shifting mindset to staring directly at the sun. A subversive riff on ideological restrictions, "Tikkun" is bound to start conversations among genre aficionados and religious scholars alike.
The second downfall of Anthony Weiner, during his disastrous New York mayoral campaign, became a national joke for obvious reasons. But the public couldn't see the sheer mayhem of the Weiner campaign as the politician faced one of the greatest public humiliations in recent history. "Weiner," which won the grand jury prize at this year's Sundance and closes this year's New Directors/New Films, pulls back that veil. Co-directed by former Weiner chief of staff Josh Kriegman with Elyse Steinberg, the movie captures Weiner and his beleaguered wife, Hilary Clinton adviser Huma Abedin, through a series of cringe-inducing circumstances as the media continually preys on the family's hardships. Weiner's attempt at pressing ahead against impossible odds results in a lively farce about the pratfalls of modern celebrity and the hubris involved in chasing power in the political arena. Read the full review from Sundance here.
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Q: Unknown class [A Collection View Controller] in Interface Builder file I wish to run iOS 6 programs on my iOS 5.1.1 iPad 1st generation, and all the UICollectionViews are all disappeared and debug console says
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Is it because of incompatibility with UICollectionViews in iOS 5?

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Crossroads: Drawing the Dutch Landscape
An investigation into how landscape drawings helped shape Dutch identity in the 16th and 17th centuries
Edited by Joanna Sheers Seidenstein and Susan Anderson
246 pages, 11 × 9 ¾ in.
138 color + b/w images
Hardcover, paper over board
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Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, amid enormous expansion in global commerce and colonization, landscape drawing played a key role in forging Dutch national identity. Featuring works on paper by Rembrandt, Bruegel, and Ruisdael, among dozens of other artists, this study examines how a hyperlocal impulse in many of these drawings inspired domestic pride and a sense of connection to the land, as they also reflected aspects of the broader ecological, social, and political change taking place in the era. The book's essays offer close readings that push our understandings of these artists and their work in important new directions, including topics related to eco-criticism, land use and environmentalism, race, and class.
Joanna Sheers Seidenstein served as the 2018–22 Stanley H. Durwood Foundation Curatorial Fellow, and Susan Anderson is curatorial research associate for Dutch and Flemish drawings, both in the Division of European and American Art at the Harvard Art Museums.
With contributions by George Abrams, Susan Anderson, Yvonne Bleyerveld, Anne Driesse, Joseph Leo Koerner, William W. Robinson, and Joanna Sheers Seidenstein.
The exhibition Crossroads: Drawing the Dutch Landscape is on view at the Harvard Art Museums from May 21 through August 14, 2022.
Funding for the exhibition and related programming was provided by the Stanley H. Durwood Foundation Support Fund and the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. The accompanying catalogue was made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Publication Funds, including the Henry P. McIlhenny Fund, and by the WOLFGANG RATJEN FOUNDATION, Liechtenstein.
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With indoor living, clothing and avoiding the sun inadequate levels of vitamin D are being seen increasingly in the UK population as a whole.
A nationwide survey published in the British Medical Journal found that more than 50% of the general adult population have insufficient levels of vitamin D, and that 16% have severe deficiency during winter and spring.
Public Health England now recommends that everyone in the UK take a vitamin D supplement in autumn or winter of 10mcg (400 IU) a day.
Ensuring regular sunlight in the spring and summer months will also help. Fifteen minutes each day of midday sun on the forearms and face without sunblock should produce sufficient vitamin D for Caucasians under the age of sixty during summer. Those who have darker skin or who are older may require thirty minutes or more.
Other's have recommended higher doses of vitamin D. The Vegan society makes a supplement containing 800 IU of vegan vitamin D3 a day (which also contains vitamin B12, iodine and selenium).


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Oven-Free Slow Cooker Dressing
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Oven-free stuffing worth getting stuffed on
Article and photos by Lisa Crockett
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year. A day dedicated to food, friends, and family. Most of us have sacred foods for this day, recipes that must never be tampered with or substituted. I am a firm believer in ritual and tradition and Thanksgiving has pretty well solidified into a list of foods and activities that I hate to change. Your pumpkin cheesecake may be delicious, but on the fourth Thursday of November, anything other than pumpkin pie simply won't do. Your family prefers prime rib instead of turkey for the big day? Sorry to say it, but you couldn't pay me to attend that celebration.
When I was growing up, my dad was always in charge of the turkey and its trimmings, and as much as I liked the bird, it was his sage and sausage-filled stuffing that kept me coming back for seconds and thirds. In the many years that have passed since I was at my parent's table for Thanksgiving, I've done my level best to make a stuffing as good as my dad's with varying levels of success.
Then, a few years ago, I went to a Thanksgiving party at my sister's home. She prepared most of the meal, but asked her guests to bring some side dishes to round out our feast. And that was where I was introduced to a new, tradition-shifting favorite. Heidi Christensen, my sister's friend and creator of my new favorite holiday food, not only came up with something so tasty as to dislodge a childhood favorite from my pantheon of Important Thanksgiving Food, but she had the genius to figure out how stuffing could be cooked in the Crock Pot. Using the slow cooker frees up oven space and simultaneously keeps the stuffing warm and moist during dinner, so a second helping tastes just as good as the first.
Using pre-seasoned bread crumbs or cubes provides great flavor with a minimum of fuss. Dried cranberries and pecans give the stuffing a wonderful richness and also give it an appealing look on the serving table. Water chestnuts and celery give it a satisfying texture with just the right amount of crunch.
If you simply cannot change your family's traditional menu, not to worry. For some readers, stuffing cooked outside the bird is tantamount to blasphemy. For others, a stuffing without oysters or red grapes or some other secret ingredient simply is not right. So, it's handy that this stuffing is also great with pork or chicken and comes together in a flash, easy enough to give a regular weeknight meal a festive feel. It's enough to fill any busy cook's heart with gratitude.
Super Stuffing
2 bags (12-15 ounces each) of good quality, seasoned bread crumbs or cubes
8 ounces chopped pecans
8 ounces sliced water chestnuts, drained
7 ounces chopped mushrooms, drained
3 stalks celery, thinly sliced
1/2 cup dried cranberries (or more, according to your preference)
32 ounces chicken broth
1 cup butter, melted
In a large bowl, mix all ingredients except water. Place in slow cooker and pour water over the top. Cook on low for 2 – 3 hours.
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Angie Stone says his music is "the resurrection of real soul."
Raphael Saadiq himself describes it as "gospeldelic," mixing old-school R&B with hip-hop rhythms and lyrics for a sound that is by turns sensual or inspirational, funkadelic or gospel-based. As it is with his friends Ms. Stone and D'Angelo, Mr. Saadiq's blend is a potent hybrid that's thoroughly engaging, as illustrated on his new release, "Instant Vintage" (Universal).


Penwald Drawings are a series of bilateral drawings in which Tony Orrico explores the use of his body as a tool of measurement to inscribe geometries through movement and course. His choreographic gestures derive from the limitation of (or spontaneous navigation within) the sphere of his outstretched arms. Line density becomes record of Orrico's mental and physical sustain as he commits his focus to a greater concept of balance throughout extended durations of drawings. The master of each drawing is a conceptual score of Orrico's efficacious techniques, imposed variables, and specified durations or objectives.
Tony Orrico developed his own physical symmetry practice as point of entry into his creative work. In his termed "state of readiness" he is interested in the application of a present body to a surface, object, or course. He avows that artists must prepare themselves as they would their mediums. With the notion that creativity is an emergent force, Orrico is fascinated with how physical impulses manifest into visible forms. He finds inherent beauty in what is lost through representation(s) and how ideas in motion may replicate, mutate, or disintegrate. His artifacts and performances often enter infinities of reflective and rotational symmetry. Centralizing on themes of cyclic motion and the generation and regeneration of material, the work draws on the tension between what is fleeting and what is captured.
Tony Orrico (b. 1979) grew up in Chicago, IL and studied painting as a child. He attended Illinois State University where he took his first dance class. He earned his MFA in choreography at University of Iowa in 2003 and moved to New York City to continue his pursuits. Orrico has been presented and exhibited in the US, France, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands and Spain. His visual work is in collection at several museums as well as prominent private collections. He has recently been presented at New Museum (NYC) and Poptech 2011: The World Rebalancing. As a former member of Trisha Brown Dance Company and Shen Wei Dance Arts, Orrico has graced magnificent stages. He was also one of a select group of artists to re-perform the work of Marina Abramovic during her retrospective at MoMA.


THE DESIGN PLOT is an ongoing performance project by SHELLEY LASICA including collaborations with six dancers and a cinematographer.
THE DESIGN PLOT uses the structure of dancing, with the discipline of scenography as a source for its design and development. Responding to the context, this utterance of the project will take over The SUBSTATION, unfolding through a methodology that includes open research sessions, public talks, installation and the development of performance mechanisms.
As part of this suite, and for Open House Melbourne., GREATER UNION is a new duet work for Lasica and Timothy Harvey with whom she has worked with over fifteen years. The duet considers the unstable specificity of particular project and the notion of the archive, or the organism of 'the body work'.
Shelley Lasica will also be in conversation with an independent writer, curator, and a part-time academic in the School of Architecture and Design at RMIT Phip Murray, discussing her own choreographic history in relation to collaboration and documentation.
The project has previously been presented at RMIT Design Hub, MPavilion, Gertrude Glasshouse, Minanoie, the Royal Melbourne Tennis Club and Sutton Projects.
Image credit: Shelley Lasica, The Design Plot (2016–). Video still. Videography by James Wright.


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NSW man jailed for alleged bestiality negotiating plea deal
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A northern NSW man accused of having sex with dogs and preying on women, children and people with disabilities is trying to negotiate a plea deal.
Prosecutors are considering submissions from Dean Anthony Sellenthin's solicitor, the Tweed Heads Local Court was told today.
The matter was adjourned until June 19.
Dean Anthony Sellenthin has been in custody since his arrest in 2017. (9News)
Sellenthin, 43, has not entered a formal plea to the charges.
Police allege that over a seven-year spree of deviant behaviour, the accused Bangalow man preyed on tourists, locals and dogs in the popular NSW tourist town of Byron Bay.
Sellenthin is accused of having sex with dogs at least 19 times, stealing hundreds of pairs of women's and children's underwear and swimwear, and indecently assaulting a person with a disability.
His alleged sexual spree began in 2011 and ended with his arrest in 2017.
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Court documents record allegations that Sellenthin committed acts of bestiality against a number of dogs, including a golden retriever and a dog named "Bear".
Dean Anthony Sellenthin is accused of targeting women, children, a disabled person and dogs in the Byron Bay area. (UNIVERSAL IMAGES GROUP)
The documents did not explain how police came to suspect Sellenthin engaged in these acts - or specifically how many dogs were involved - it is alleged a black and brown "male canine" and a dark short-haired "female canine" were involved.
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Types of Parasitic Nematodes
The Similarities Between a Sperm and an Ovum
Worms That Resemble Hair in Humans
Common Human Parasites
Saltgrass Nutrition Information
Characteristics of Nematodes
Basic Life Cycle
Abundant and Diverse in Habitat
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Written by Tricia Mangan
Nematodes are highly abundant, non-segmented worms that are present in a variety of habitats. Many are free-living (such as those that live in the soil), while others are parasitic and must attach themselves to a plant, insect, animal or human host to survive and reproduce. Some common nematodes include roundworms, Ascaris, hookworms and Trichinella. There are a number of characteristics shared by members of this large phylum.
Most nematodes have the same simple body plan. Their bodies are bilaterally symmetrical (one half is a mirror image of the other), and while most are microscopic, they can grow to as long as 8 meters. Many have a "tube-within-a-tube" body plan comprised of a long, cylindrical body that encloses a hose-like canal (called an alimentary canal). Food enters the alimentary canal on one end, and waste is expelled through the anus on the tail end. While nematodes have digestive, reproductive, nervous and excretory systems, they do not have a distinct circulatory or respiratory system. Adults are made up of roughly 1,000 somatic cells, and hundreds of those cells are typically associated with the reproductive system.
There is diversity within the life cycles of different nematodes; however, all nematodes follow the same basic pattern of growth and reproduction. The nematode life cycle has seven stages, including an egg, four larval stages and two adult stages 2. Sexual reproduction is generally initiated by adult female nematodes that have attached themselves to a host organism. The female lays eggs that are passed by the host to the external environment where the eggs then pass through three developmental stages before becoming larvae.
Nematodes are the most abundant group of multicellular organisms on earth. Approximately 20,000 different species of nematodes have been identified, although it is thought that there could be as many as one million, many of which have eluded identification because of their microscopic size.
Nematodes can be found in diverse habitats, including the ocean, soil, roots, stems and leaves of plants, fresh water, and tissues of animals and insects. In a single cubic foot of soil, as many as one million nematodes may be present.
Nematodes play an important role in the ecosystem. Some nematodes have the potential to harm the ecosystem by killing plants, insects and animals. For example, each year, nematode parasites cause billions of dollars in lost production to plant and vegetable growers in the United States. On the other hand, some insect parasitic nematodes are effectively used as biological control agents to control the population of pest insects such as mosquitoes.
Nematodes are also used as indicators of soil health 3. A study published in a 2008 issue of "Applied Soil Ecology" found that the composition of nematodes in the soil was an indicator of the biological properties of the soil used by banana growers. When used with other indicators such as measures of soil density and acidity, information about nematode composition could help improve the sustainability and environmental accountability of the banana industry in Australia.
Some nematodes have the potential to harm the ecosystem by killing plants, insects and animals. Nematodes are highly abundant, non-segmented worms that are present in a variety of habitats. On the other hand, some insect parasitic nematodes are effectively used as biological control agents to control the population of pest insects such as mosquitoes.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Nematology
U Penn: Basic Nematode Life Cycle
"Applied Soil Ecology;" Development of key soil health indicators for the Australian banana industry; A.B. Pattison et al.; September 2008
Insciences Organization: Unlocking the secrets of nematode populations
UC Davis: Nematology
Based in New York City, Tricia Mangan began her writing career in 2001. She has co-authored a National Cancer Institute report and a number of research articles that have appeared in medical journals. Tricia holds a Master of Arts in clinical psychology from Stony Brook University and boasts diverse clinical, research and teaching experience.
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Investing based on how you vote is still a terrible idea.
People, People, People must we go over this yet again?
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, since it's clear that so much — no, too much — human behavior is based more on feeling than thinking. Still, color me disappointed.
You read that right: For no other reason other than the outcome of the presidential election, Republicans bought more stocks, while Democrats shifted to bonds and cash.
Even worse, this was not a one-time allocation shift. Instead, it was driven by "active trading over a six-month horizon following the election." The study noted that the relative change in equity shares was "twice as large among previously active investors." Not only was there an asset allocation shift, but these investors traded more actively for the two quarters after the election.
Again, I must ask why the outcome of any presidential contest should lead to a belief that the correct strategy was to increase one's day trading.
Let us assume that perspective and sentiment were the key drivers, with different people holding very different worldviews — about the effects of tax cuts and deregulation, or a more muscular U.S. trade policy, or how well the domestic economy will respond to all of these inputs. Those different belief systems manifest themselves as different portfolio allocations.
This is not the first time we have referred to this phenomenon. As we noted in 2016, during both the George W. Bush (2003-07) and Barack Obama (2009-17) market rallies, partisan affiliation seemed to have affected investor performance for the worse. Those observations were based on anecdotes; the new NBER study now provides hard data that our intuition on the dangers of mixing politics and investing was on target.
I must point out the clever way the authors of this study used an interesting dataset to show how the election altered the behavior of people with opposing party affiliations. As they explain in the paper, they began with millions of households covering trillions of dollars in investable assets. They determined likely political affiliation by looking at Federal Election Commission reports of individual campaign contributions to party committees, campaign committees and political action committees during the 2015-2016 election season. The researchers used that information at the zip-code level to determine likely household party affiliation. Last, they overlaid changes in household investment portfolios against those affiliations.
It also implies that the total impact of the election was many times larger than that, since the study was confined to the investment accounts of one large but unidentified financial institution. If that 4 percent difference in affiliation is extrapolated, it suggests that about $80 billion in investment assets were changed due to the election outcome at this one firm. Given that the Standard & Poor's 500 Index has a market capitalization of about $23.7 trillion, the impact on the overall market was negligible. But the effect on individual portfolios might have been significant — in terms of taking on more risk or less — and thus enhancing or reducing performance.
Regardless, this serves as yet another reminder to avoid investing based on emotions and that the range of reason so many of us use to make investment decisions are impulsive, irrational and often costly. You (and your children) will be grateful 50 years from now if you keep this in mind.
2. According to the Pew Research Center, 48 percent of all registered voters identify as Democrats or lean Democratic, compared with 44 percent who identify as Republican or lean toward the GOP.
I originally published this at Bloomberg on Bloomberg, October 3, 2018. All of my Bloomberg columns can be found here and here.


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