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Serbia under Western pressure to reach deal on Kosovo, Vucic says | Politics News
Serbian president says Belgrade could face international isolation if it rejects a Western plan to normalise ties with Pristina.
Serbia has been given an ultimatum from powerful Western nations to normalise ties with Kosovo or face measures that would do "great damage" to the country, the president has said.
On Monday evening, President Aleksandar Vucic said he had been presented with a proposal, as part of a Western push to solve long-simmering tensions with Kosovo, during a meeting last week with representatives of the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, and the United States.
"[They] said – you must accept this plan, or you will face the interruption of the process of European integration, the halting and withdrawal of investments and comprehensive economic and political measures that will cause great damage to the Republic of Serbia," Vucic said.
Speaking during a televised press conference, Vucic said Serbia's parliament would have to discuss the proposal, and hinted at a possible referendum. He underlined that without the EU, Serbia would become "isolated".
The new Western plan for normalising Serbia-Kosovo relations has not been officially made public. Vucic said in his televised address that the plan stipulates that Serbia would not object to Kosovo's membership in international organisations, including the United Nations.
The US and EU want to push forward an EU-mediated dialogue that has been stalled for months because they fear Russia, a Serbia ally, could try to stir instability in the Balkans to divert attention from the war in Ukraine.
"These talks were among the toughest in the past decade," Vucic added, describing the meeting. "It was never like this."
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday that the meetings in Kosovo and Serbia had focused on "discussions on the proposal on normalisation of relations. We stressed that advancing on this proposal would bring considerable benefits for both sides".
Serbia has been a candidate to join the EU for more than a decade, and normalising ties with Kosovo has been a key condition to advance its application.
"Serbia must remain on its EU path … because we would be lost without it, economically and politically. If we were to be alone and isolated, that is not something I would accept as a president," Vucic said.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, after a bloody war in the late 1990s between an ethnic Albanian armed uprising and Serbian forces ended with a NATO intervention that forced Serbia to pull out of the territory.
Belgrade and its key allies Russia and China refused to recognise the move, effectively denying Pristina a seat at the UN.
Vucic previously said Serbia would never recognise the independence of Kosovo, which many Serbs consider the country's historic heartland, and the dispute between Serbia and Kosovo has remained a source of instability in the Balkans.
Last month, Western officials mediated in resolving a tense situation in northern Kosovo, where Serbs erected barricades on the main roads to protest the arrest of a former Serb police officer. In the latest incident, Serb officials said Kosovo police wounded a Serb man on Monday in the Serb-dominated north of the country.
Serbia has often drifted from Brussels' foreign policy line, most recently when Belgrade refused to sanction Moscow after the invasion of Ukraine. However, it has condemned Moscow's aggression at the UN.
Vucic said he believes that the pressure to resolve the Kosovo issue is a result of "changed geopolitical circumstances".
"They [the West] have their own agenda, which is Russia's defeat, and everything that stands in the way of that agenda will be crushed," Vucic said.
"Europe is de-facto in war, whatever they may say," said Vucic. "They [EU] want everything in their back yard – and Balkans is their back yard – to be the way they want it."
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What happens if an American goes to North Korea?
HomeNecessary tipsWhat happens if an American goes to North Korea?
Since 1 September 2017, the United States Department of State has prohibited the use of U.S. passports (except those with a special validation) for travel to North Korea, arguing that U.S. citizens have been subject to arrest and long-term detention for actions that would not otherwise be a cause for arrest in the …
What crimes are punishable by death in North Korea?
Capital punishment is a form of punishment in North Korea, allegedly for many offences, which can be grand theft, murder, rape, drug smuggling, treason, espionage, political dissidence, defection, piracy, consumption of media not approved by the government and proselytizing religious beliefs that contradict practiced …
Do North Korean citizens have cell phones?
North Korea has an adequate telephone system, with 1.18 million fixed lines available in 2008. However, most phones are only installed for senior government officials. Someone wanting a phone installed must fill out a form indicating their rank, why he/she wants a phone, and how he/she will pay for it.
What was the agreement between us and North Korea?
On 12 June, there was a meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un. The Panmunjom Declaration signed during the inter-Korean summit on 27 April pledged to consent to a peace treaty to officially end the Korean War 1950-53 by the end of 2018.
What is the dress code in North Korea?
North Korea is discouraging women from wearing skinny jeans or trendy pants while intensifying the dress code crackdown, sources said on Wednesday. According to Radio Free Asia, some North Korean residents who visited China said "women are banned from wearing pants in public from September this year".
Why do planes not fly directly over the Pacific Ocean?
The primary reason airplanes don't fly over the Pacific Ocean is because curved routes are shorter than straight routes. Whether a commercial airline is flying from the United States to Asia or elsewhere, it will have the fastest and most fuel-efficient flight by performing a curved rout.
Can you bring your phone to North Korea?
Yes, you can! Contrary to the many outdated reports on the internet, your cellular phone can be taken with you on most trips to North Korea (DPRK). Your cell phone does not need to be left at home nor does it need to be checked at the airport.
Does North Korea have an airline?
Air Koryo (Korean: 고려항공; Hanja: 高麗航空; MR: Koryŏ Hanggong) is the state-owned national airline of North Korea, headquartered in Sunan-guyŏk, Pyongyang. Based at Pyongyang International Airport (IATA: FNJ), it operates international scheduled and charter services to points in Asia.
Why do planes not fly straight across the Atlantic?
Despite what some theories suggest, the Earth is not flat, and so curvature becomes an incredibly important factor in routes aircraft take. Similar to the Earth itself, aircraft, therefore, take flight routes that also appear to be a curved line, tracing the Earth's shape.
Does the US have diplomatic relations with North Korea?
The United States and North Korea do not have diplomatic relations.
Is it dangerous to visit North Korea?
Health in North Korea. Your visit will be so tightly controlled that there should be no real risks to your health in North Korea. However, Malaria is a risk particularly in the south of the country, and Japanese encephalitis is not uncommon.

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Unable to craft an winning original tone over the course of four films, Zack Snyder and the team behind the recent batch of DC Comic extravaganzas crib from successful big-budget series in Justice League.
Buying into the notion that only Joss Whedon is capable of authoring a cinematic assembly of superheroes, Snyder recruits The Avengers' mastermind as co-writer alongside Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (and, let's give him some credit, Argo) scribe Chris Terrio.
Together, the pair craft a story that likewise centers on all-powerful boxes and imbue it with a welcome Guardians of the Galaxy-esque goofiness previously absent in the overly serious adventures of Bruce Wayne/Batman (Ben Affleck), Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman (Henry Cavill) and associates.
Prompted by an encounter with a flying alien pest — it's good to see the insects from John Carter getting work — Bruce and his faithful butler Alfred (Jeremy Irons) work on getting a gang of talented individuals together with help from Diana Prince/Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot).
Alerted to the return of world-destroyer Steppenwolf (Ciarán Hinds, sadly in a voice-only role) by her Amazonian sisters, Diana catches Bruce up to date on this baddie in a flashback so close to that of The Fellowship of the Ring's introductory stretch that she'd be forgiven for accidentally calling their enemy Sauron.
The resulting hodgepodge of styles and inspirations, however, is almost disarmingly entertaining and moves surprisingly well, thanks in part to an immensely helpful run time of just under two hours.
A step above the conventional origin story of Wonder Woman, Justice League has the advantage of hopping between numerous characters, an approach that keeps the mood from coagulating into the sludge of past DC installments.
There's also a huge improvement in the comedic timing department over its 2017 cousin. Credit in the cheerfulness department seemingly goes to Whedon, who also stepped in to finish the film and conduct reshoots after the tragic death of Snyder's daughter, plus the scene-stealing turn by Ezra Miller as Barry Allen, a.k.a. The Flash.
While easily the best of the current era of DC movies, there are still a fair amount of stumbling points — qualities unfortunately expected from a Snyder film, especially one in which another director is reportedly responsible for 15-20 percent of the content.
Wonder Woman's many shortcomings aside, the gratuitous booty shots of Gadot in Justice League suggest Synder paid little attention to the respectful, empowering way Patty Jenkins filmed her.
And strong as the writing generally is, minus standalone origin stories prior to teaming with their more famous allies, the character introductions of Barry, Arthur Curry/Aquaman (Jason Mamoa) and Victor Stone/Cyborg (Ray Fisher) awkwardly pack each person's backstory and central conflict into a single conversation with a loved one.
Complicit in that wonkiness, Amber Heard and BIlly Crudup aren't given much to do, but their screen time will almost surely expand in the forthcoming Aquaman and Flash movies, respectively.
Furthermore, long before Steppenwolf and his minions set up shop in a sleepy Eastern Block town — poor Sokovia, which had just started rebuilding after the whole Ultron debacle — there's a sense of disappointment that the filmmakers cast someone with as compelling a face as Hinds, then went with a completely CG character.
Other unintentional questions concerning the villain's powers, previous whereabouts and bizarre obsession with all things Thor — he rocks roughly the same horns as Cate Blanchett's Hela and travels via a Bifrost knockoff — plus Affleck's inability to consistently drop the Batman voice when out of costume momentarily derail the proceedings, though the refreshing light-heartedness even in the midst of a fairly standard climactic battle largely atone for these sins.
Where Snyder & Co. go from here and how the new additions fare in their own features remains to be seen, but should this one delightfully sloppy all-star game prove an anomaly, it was fun while it lasted.


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- (void)awakeFromNib {
    [super awakeFromNib];
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}

- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animated:(BOOL)animated {
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    // Configure the view for the selected state
}

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- (void)setLiveListModel:(TLiveListModel *)liveListModel{
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    [self.headImgView setImageWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:_liveListModel.creator[@"portrait"]] placeholder:nil];
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    self.nickNameLabel.text = _liveListModel.creator[@"nick"];
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    NSMutableAttributedString *attribute = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:str];
    [attribute addAttributes:@{NSFontAttributeName:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:16],NSForegroundColorAttributeName:[UIColor orangeColor] } range:NSMakeRange(0, attribute.length-2)];
    [attribute addAttributes:@{NSFontAttributeName:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:12],NSForegroundColorAttributeName:[UIColor blackColor] } range:NSMakeRange(attribute.length-2, 2)];
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        self.locationLabel.text = _liveListModel.city;
    }else{
        self.locationLabel.text = @"在WC?";
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Peter, who grew up in the Vicarage, has shared two pictures he holds; a sketch drawn in 1847; another commissioned by his father (the then vicar) in the 1960s (see below).
Opposite the vicarage is the newer cemetery, the land for which was gifted by the Rev. Robert Turnbull.


The Bold and the Beautiful (B&B) spoilers reveal that we've got some comings and goings news to share. First, let's talk about all the recent departure announcements. B&B is shifting gears and that means several cast members are on their way out.
Courtney Hope will be exiting the role of Sally in the near future, but there could be a silver lining. The Young and the Restless seems to be on the hunt for a Summer recast and there's been some buzz about Hope potentially getting the part. It's too early to say if that's true, but we'll certainly keep an eye on the situation for you.
Patrika Darbo will also be leaving as Shirley, but perhaps Days of Our Lives will want her for a return stint as Nancy. Alex Wyse (Saul), Danube Hermosillo (Darlita) and Courtney Grosbeck (Coco) are exiting the show as well. The whole Spectra gang has wrapped up their final scenes, so stay tuned for those down the road.
That's a lot of departure news, but there's at least one cast addition in the works. Nia Sioux will debut as a Forrester intern on April 24. The role obviously seems minor, but at least Sioux's character gets a name! The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers say she'll be playing Emma. It should be fun to see how B&B inserts her in a story.
Meanwhile, the CBS soap just celebrated a significant milestone. March 23 marked The Bold and the Beautiful's 31st anniversary. The show posted lots of great cast pics on social media. They had some fun posing and indulging in scoops of ice cream. "We are very grateful to all of our fans and viewers for your loyalty and commitment to watching #BoldandBeautiful," the Bold Insider account tweeted.
Let's hope B&B's around for many years to come! Thanks to Bill's (Don Diamont) attempted murder mystery, things are still heating up in this fictional version of Los Angeles. The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers say more shockers are looming, so stay tuned.
That's it for all the hot news. We'll give you updates as other details emerge. Stick with the CBS soap and don't forget to check CDL often for the latest Bold and the Beautiful spoilers, updates and news.


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import org.hipparchus.CalculusFieldElement;

/** Class for luni-solar only terms.
 * @author Luc Maisonobe
 */
class LuniSolarTerm extends SeriesTerm {

    /** Coefficient for mean anomaly of the Moon. */
    private final int cL;

    /** Coefficient for mean anomaly of the Sun. */
    private final int cLPrime;

    /** Coefficient for L - Ω where L is the mean longitude of the Moon. */
    private final int cF;

    /** Coefficient for mean elongation of the Moon from the Sun. */
    private final int cD;

    /** Coefficient for mean longitude of the ascending node of the Moon. */
    private final int cOmega;

    /** Build a luni-solar term for nutation series.
     * @param cL coefficient for mean anomaly of the Moon
     * @param cLPrime coefficient for mean anomaly of the Sun
     * @param cF coefficient for L - Ω where L is the mean longitude of the Moon
     * @param cD coefficient for mean elongation of the Moon from the Sun
     * @param cOmega coefficient for mean longitude of the ascending node of the Moon
     */
    LuniSolarTerm(final int cL, final int cLPrime, final int cF, final int cD, final int cOmega) {
        this.cL      = cL;
        this.cLPrime = cLPrime;
        this.cF      = cF;
        this.cD      = cD;
        this.cOmega  = cOmega;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    protected double argument(final BodiesElements elements) {
        return cL * elements.getL() + cLPrime * elements.getLPrime() + cF * elements.getF() +
               cD * elements.getD() + cOmega * elements.getOmega();
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    protected double argumentDerivative(final BodiesElements elements) {
        return cL * elements.getLDot() + cLPrime * elements.getLPrimeDot() + cF * elements.getFDot() +
               cD * elements.getDDot() + cOmega * elements.getOmegaDot();
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    protected <T extends CalculusFieldElement<T>> T argument(final FieldBodiesElements<T> elements) {
        return elements.getL().multiply(cL).
               add(elements.getLPrime().multiply(cLPrime)).
               add(elements.getF().multiply(cF)).
               add(elements.getD().multiply(cD)).
               add(elements.getOmega().multiply(cOmega));
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    protected <T extends CalculusFieldElement<T>> T argumentDerivative(final FieldBodiesElements<T> elements) {
        return elements.getLDot().multiply(cL).
               add(elements.getLPrimeDot().multiply(cLPrime)).
               add(elements.getFDot().multiply(cF)).
               add(elements.getDDot().multiply(cD)).
               add(elements.getOmegaDot().multiply(cOmega));
    }

}


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A Universidade Alderson Broaddus () é uma universidade privada batista localizada em Philippi (Virgínia Ocidental), nos Estados Unidos da América. É afiliada das Igrejas Batistas Americanas EUA.

História
A universidade foi fundada em 1871 em Winchester (Virgínia) como Instituto Broaddus pelo ministro batista Edward Jefferson Willis.  Em 1876 mudou-se para Clarksburg (Virgínia Ocidental), depois para Philippi (Virgínia Ocidental) em 1909.  Em 1917 mudou seu nome para Broaddus College and Academy. Em 1932, fundiu-se com a Alderson Academy para formar o Alderson Broaddus College.  Em 2013, tornou-se uma universidade.  Para o ano 2020-2021, teve 863 alunos.

Afiliações
Ela é membro das Igrejas Batistas Americanas EUA.

Galeria

Ligações externas

Universidades batistas nos Estados Unidos

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As Everything PR News traffic and readership continues to grow as a leading Public Relations news site, so too do tips from readers in the PR world.
We received an anonymous tip this morning from a reader who called our attention to an odd news release entitled "Neil Dhillon Discusses Work in Top 10 PR Firm." Issued with the website NeilDillon.com linked throughout it, rather than that of his employer, The MWW PR Group, it smacked of a cheap Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tactic.
The poorly written press release said that "Neil Dhillon, a top expert in the fields of public affairs, communications and media relations, recently discussed his work at MWW Group, one of the nation's Top 10 PR firms", and continued that "Dhillon, located on the web at https://neildhillon.wordpress.com/, notes that there were some transitional differences in working for a large PR firm from working for Congressman Bob Matsui or President Bill Clinton."
A Google search revealed that clearly Mr. Dhillon – a Senior Vice President at MWWPR is employing an online reputation management (ORM) company to hide negatives on Google – which remain on Page 1 of the search for his name, detailing his 1989 conviction for assault, which also involved racial slurs.
As The Baltimore Sun reported in 1994, "Neil S. Dhillon, regarded as one of the top contenders for the 6th District Democratic congressional nomination, was convicted in 1989 of assaulting a female bank employee in Virginia. A Fairfax County district judge found Mr. Dhillon guilty of the misdemeanor charge and gave him a 10-day suspended jail sentence and a $50 fine, according to court records. He placed Mr. Dhillon on 12 months probation."
Dhillon allegedly used racial slurs in the incident – and while he initially denied the incident to the newspaper, he eventually owned up to it, noting"I believe this is not the measure of who I am."
We tend to agree, and we chalk this one up to youthful indiscretion. It's a dumb mistake which shouldn't haunt him 25+ years later. However, we ask why hasn't he done proper SEO to move this story down Google?
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Q: Order results by count of that row I'm trying to make a function which will display the top X results of the row Y which I set, for this instance I'm using the row browser and the top 5 results from my table statistics, the where is just to eliminate Search Bot results from showing up. I also want it to return the count of the amount of rows as well. So say there was 10 results for the browser 'Safari', then it would return the count of 10 for that result as well as the result itself.
$display->show_list('statistics', 'browser', '5', 'WHERE browser!=\'Search Bot\'');

Here is my function. I'm cleaned it up a bit to remove certain checks and outputs if the query were to fail, etc.
function show_list($table, $row, $limit = 5, $where = NULL) {

$item = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT $row FROM $table $where LIMIT $limit");

            $result = array();

while ($fetch = mysql_fetch_array($item)) {

            $result[] = $fetch;
}
            return $result;
}

A: Not sure I understand the question, but what about using a group by clause, in your SQL query :
select your_column, count(*)
from your_table
where ...
group by your_column
order by count(*) desc
limit 5

That would get you :

*

*for each value of your_column,

*the number of rows with that value

*and you'd keep the 5 values of your_column that have the biggest number of rows

A: Change this line:
$item = mysql_query("SELECT $row, count(*) as rows FROM $table $where GROUP BY count(*) ORDER BY count(*) DESC LIMIT $limit");

After doing that, you may not want to mix this with your generic show_list function.
A random note.  DISTINCT tends to be somewhat expensive on the database.  I would avoid defaulting to doing it.
Incidentally your indentation is..interesting.  No decent programmer will want to work with that code without reformatting to some consistent indentation scheme.  There are endless arguments about the best way to format, but the following would be a reasonable indentation of your original code:
function show_list($table, $row, $limit = 5, $where = NULL) {

    $item = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT $row FROM $table $where LIMIT $limit");

    $result = array();

    while ($fetch = mysql_fetch_array($item)) {
        $result[] = $fetch;
    }
    return $result;
}

A: function show_list($table, $column, $limit = 5, $where = '') {
    $item = mysql_query("SELECT $column, COUNT(*) AS c FROM $table $where
            GROUP BY $column ORDER BY c LIMIT $limit");
    $result = array();
    while ($fetch = mysql_fetch_array($item)) {
        $result[] = $fetch;
    }
    return $result;
}

*

*Replace row with column - we are actually passing a column name in the variable.

*Replace $where = null with $where = '' - it will ensure that the query works correctly even when $where is null.

*Modify the query to generate the expected results (to the best of my understanding of your question)

*Re-format the code and indent it properly.

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Nexus seeks Lib-Dem partners
Nexus, the centre-left public policy network, is hoping to build contacts with the Liberal Democratic party. Identified with the Labour party and its Blairite wing since its launch earlier this year, Nexus wishes to expand contacts to the whole centre-left.
David Halpern of Cambridge University's faculty of social political sciences, one of Nexus coordinators, said: "We have seen the difficulties this has created for other groups as soon as anyone suggests something controversial and it is seen as a potential embarrassment for those with whom the group is identified. It can end up limiting you quite badly."
He added that Mr Blair's office was happy with the move.
Nexus organisers hope to replicate their strong links with the Labour journal Renewal by working together with its Liberal Democrat counterpart Reformer: But there was no likelihood of Conservatives being invited to join the network of about 1,000 names.
The strength of the Blair link will be reaffirmed today when he addresses a conference organised by Nexus and Renewal on "Shaping The New Century: Challenges for the Centre-Left".
Sessions include one on globalisation with a panel including Bob Rowthorn, professor of economics at Cambridge. "A suspicion is growing that globalisation is being used as a fig leaf by politicians who want to escape the blame for economic problems, or as an excuse for inaction," says the blurb. Future projects include a conference next March to draw together all the left-of-centre research groups on the topic of "Passing The Torch".
Nexus also hopes to bring together an advisory group for these to help ensure that they make the best possible use of scarce resources of time and people.


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Reissue Theory: Sting – "The Art of the Heart"
July 28, 2010 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments
This week's Reissue Theory is something a bit different: a proposal to reissue a record that's never actually been released!
When people talk about phenomenal live artists, the conversation doesn't often turn toward Sting's solo career. The Police were a hell of a live act – they built their career on constant touring all over the world – but Sting's solo career, however good, always has an air of stuffiness to it. How could the same singer currently on tour with a symphony orchestra ever be considered a loose, must-see live act?
There's a few pieces of evidence to the contrary; unsurprisingly, they're from the beginning of the onetime Gordon Sumner's solo career. It's all too easy to forget that in 1985, when recording The Dream of the Blue Turtles, Sting had some of the best jazz-fusion sidemen in his camp. Having moved to guitar from his usual bass, he employed then-twentysomething Darryl Jones, from Miles Davis' backing band, to keep the bass grooves limber. (Jones would of course become the unofficial bassist for The Rolling Stones after Bill Wyman retired in 1993.) Omar Hakim, who'd played in Weather Report and on David Bowie's Let's Dance LP, was given the heavy task of banging the skins after Stewart Copeland gave The Police its inimitable rhythm. Kenny Kirkland, the bespectacled, youthful keyboardist, was plucked from Wynton Marsalis' ensemble to play piano and synths (he in fact held down this duty during The Police's last shows in 1986).
It's known that Wynton Marsalis was vocally upset about a white Briton co-opting so many jazz musicians for pop purposes. Part of that anger may have stemmed from the fact that Sting recruited not only Kirkland from the elder statesman's employ, but his older brother Branford on saxophone. Branford Marsalis became Sting's secret weapon, capable of drawing out the most smoldering solos on not only Sting's new songs ("If You Love Somebody Set Them Free," "We Work the Black Seam," "Fortress Around Your Heart") but some of the many second-tier Police songs Sting brought from hibernation on his new tour.
That tour was rather greatly chronicled on the double-live set Bring On the Night in 1986. While Sting was the main draw for most concertgoers, it's safe to guess that many of them left with some of the other musicians' names on their tongues. When most of that core ensemble reconvened for the follow-up, …Nothing Like the Sun (1988) (less Jones and Hakim – Sting went mostly back to bass alongside Mark Egan of Pat Metheny Group fame, while Manu Katche – still a close collaborator with Sting – began his tenure at the drum kit), the result was less commercial but even better – arguably some of Sting's strongest work lives on this record.
What less people discuss was the tour – a sprawling affair that saw Sting take many diverse side players along with him. In addition to Marsalis, Kirkland, percussionist Mino Cinelu and vocalist Dolette McDonald (all of whom had worked with Sting on at least one of his first two solo LPs), Sting had drummer J.T. Lewis (an early drummer for Living Colour), Tracy Wormworth (ex-bassist for The Waitresses), session guitarist Jeffrey Lee Campbell and Delmar Brown as a second keyboardist. The sets were long, focusing mostly on …Nothing Like the Sun material but also delving into interesting covers and even solo turns from other members.
When the ensemble performed at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on July 27, 1988, Sting apparently decided that this show should get a good recording for possible release as a live record. As a result, the band were in rare form, diving into an hours-long set with plenty of vigor. Of course, as is usually the case, the live record – provisionally titled The Art of the Heart by some – never happened, but in the early 1990s the soundboard feed was leaked and heavily bootlegged.
Releasing the complete set – itself about three discs as a bootleg – would probably be a stretch. But an edited portion from these shows would be a fitting tribute to the underrated nature of Sting's prowess as a live artist. Have a look at the track list after the jump and share what you'd want to release in the comments.
Sting, The Art of the Heart (A&M, 2010 – recorded 1988)
Sister Moon
The Lazarus Heart/ Too Much Information
Straight to My Heart
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
Disc 1, Track 1 is a cover of the Gershwin standard. Was released as a B-side during the Sun era.
Disc 1, Tracks 2, 3a and 4-6 from …Nothing Like the Sun (A&M, 1987)
Disc 1, Tracks 3b and 8 from The Police's Ghost in the Machine (A&M, 1981)
Disc 1, Track 7 is a cover of the Squeeze song. A version from Japan was released as a B-side during the Sun era.
Disc 1, Track 9 from The Dream of the Blue Turtles (A&M, 1985)
Bring on the Night/ When the World is Running Down
Lonely House
The Idiot Bastard Son
I Don't Wanna Be – Dolette McDonald
The Promise – Delmar Brown
Blasphemy – Kenny Kirkland & Branford Marsalis
They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)
Consider Me Gone
Disc 2, Track 1a from The Police's Regatta de Blanc (A&M, 1979). Track 1b from Zenyatta Mondatta (A&M, 1980). The same medley was performed live on Bring on the Night (A&M, 1986)
Disc 2, Tracks 2, 4-6 discographical information is unclear. Does anyone know if these are originals – or, as the author currently lacks a copy of the bootleg, if Track 5 is a cover of the Arcadia song which Sting sang background vocals?
Disc 2, Track 3 is a cover of the Frank Zappa song
Disc 2, Track 7 from …Nothing Like the Sun
Disc 2, Track 8 from The Dream of the Blue Turtles
Disc 2, Track 9 from The Police's Synchronicity (A&M, 1983)
Be Still My Beating Heart
Little Wing/From Me to You
The Secret Marriage
Don't Stand So Close To Me
Disc 3, Tracks 1 and 5 from …Nothing Like the Sun
Disc 3, Tracks 2 and 11 from Synchronicity
Disc 3, Track 3 is a Portuguese version of the song from …Nothing Like the Sun. A recorded version later released on the …Nada Como El Sol EP (A&M, 1988)
Disc 3, Track 4 is a medley of two covers – Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles. Track 3a appeared on …Nothing Like the Sun
Disc 3, Track 6 from Zenyatta Mondatta
Disc 3, Track 7 is a cover of the Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht song sung in English and German. Sting would later appear in the musical this song is from, The Threepenny Opera, on Broadway.
Disc 3, Track 8 is a cover of the Italian song
Disc 3, Track 9 is a cover of the Jacques Brel song
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It would be an intriguing release, but Sting would never do it, as he'd think it an acknowledgement that his best work was behind him. (The Police reunion tour notwithstanding.)
I actually like the first handful of Sting solo albums. Mercury Falling is where I got off the train.
It's my understanding (and I may be way off here) that this was not a typical performance from this tour. It was a one off show intended for a live release.
At one point Sting comments about being able to do certain things in a theatre that you can't do in a stadium (like the various foreign language tracks) and at another point makes reference to playing the Forum the previous or following night. I've never understood why the solo spotlights in the middle of the show (and no, The Promise is not the Arcadia song) though. The songs are not that great apart from the Kirkland/Marsalis piece.
But by the end of the show Sting's voice is clearly shot and you can guess why the release never came through (even though I'm sure he could have done overdubs.)
ranasakawa says
I recently found a collectors CD that contains over 20 Jazz standards that Sting recorded over the years. Some are on Soundtracks, some B-Sides and others are unreleased.
Too heavily bootlegged to be worth releasing commercially. Bowie's Nassau concert is different, in that while it too was heavily bootlegged, it never existed in the DAT quality that Sting's Wiltern shows did.
Harrison says
I was lucky enough to buy a copy of this 3 disc set in Europe and have loved listening to it since. I doubt it will ever be officially released so those few who are lucky enough to know about it and own it should be happy. The Chicago Blues Sessions is also an excellent bootleg album available after a Google search.


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UK provides 2.5 million euros to Afghans after devastating earthquake
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United Kingdom provides 2.5 million euros to Afghans after devastating earthquake.
The United Kingdom is providing €2.5 million in aid for immediate life-saving support to people in Afghanistan affected by the devastating earthquake this week, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announced.
"A total of £2 million will go to the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) to provide shelter, medicine, water, sanitation and other basic needs. The IFRC already has staff and volunteers working on the ground to respond to the crisis and help address urgent humanitarian needs, including in Khost and Paktika, the 2 worst-affected provinces," a UK press release said on Friday.
UK stands in solidarity with Afghanistan after devastating earthquake
UK stands in solidarity with Afghanistan after devastating earthquake.
Another 500,000 euros will go to the Norwegian Refugee Council, which is already working on the ground, to provide shelter and cash assistance to those affected by the earthquake in Afghanistan, it added.
As we mentioned in The Truth Newsthe government said that this support will come from the UK aid fund for Afghanistan, which is 286 million euros this year, one of the largest bilateral programs.
Last year, UK funding supported emergency health services, water, protection, shelter, food and education through the UN Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund and the World Food Programme.
International partners, including the United Nations and the World Food Program, are coordinating the global response and rapidly assessing humanitarian needs. The UK is in direct contact with them to offer assistance and is ready to consider any request for help or other assistance. UK aid was already delivered to affected areas before the earthquake through the UN, NGOs and the Red Cross.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said: "The recent earthquake is a tragedy for the people of Afghanistan. The scale of the need was already dire before the earthquake struck, with more than half the population in need of humanitarian assistance. ".
UK funding is channeled through the UN and NGOs
UK funding is channeled through the UN and NGOs.
"The UK's support will enable life-saving supplies to be delivered on the ground. Our aid budget for Afghanistan is one of the UK's largest bilateral programs and we will continue to work urgently with our international team to respond to the humanitarian crisis." unfolding," he added.
The UK co-hosted a high-level international engagement summit with the UN in March 2022, to provide more vital funding. This helped respond to the UN appeal of nearly $4.5 billion for Afghanistan, the largest appeal on record for a single country, reflecting the scale of the humanitarian challenge the country was already facing before the earthquake.
UK funding is channeled through UN and NGO partners. No funding goes to or through the Taliban, the government clarified in the press release.
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14.01. [News of the day] • Tesla launches dogecoin payments, price jumps by 17% • and other articles
January 14, 2022 Maggie
Tether freezes $ 150 million in USDT
BTC hashrate at ATH when Jack Dorsey confirmed the Block mining system
Banks, crypto exchanges, companies
Tesla launches dogecoin payments, price jumps by 17%
OpenSea exceeds the limit of one million active user wallets
CBDC, Regulation
Last year, $ 1.5 billion in digital yuan transactions took place in Beijing
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After the last price drop on Monday, when the primary cryptocurrency fell below $ 40,000 for the first time in almost four months, the asset began to regain its value quite quickly. It jumped to $ 42,000 before another way up drove it to $ 44,000 on Wednesday when the US announced the highest inflation rates in 40 years.
After a brief retreat, BTC returned to the offensive and climbed to a weekly high of $ 44,500 yesterday. Here, however, the situation changed because the bears entered the game hard. Instead of heading further north, BTC fell by more than $ 2,000 in a matter of hours. To date, BTC has recovered several hundred dollars.
Altcoins have been mimicking BTC's performance recently and have made significant gains over the last two days. Today, however, the country is completely different. ETH approached $ 3,400 yesterday, but a 3% drop pushed the second largest cryptocurrency to less than $ 3,300.
BTC analysis – highs are still falling, will the price reach the target of $ 45,600?
Shiba Inu analysis – bounce from key support caused growth of 30% in just 3 days
Tether has added three more ETH addresses to its blacklist, which include stableTo USDT worth more than $ 150 million.
As a centralized company, Tether may blacklist addresses it believes are involved in crime, money laundering, or any other reason it chooses. This is the first time that Tether has blacklisted an address in 2022, but last year he added 312 addresses to it, and since November 28, 2017, when Tether did so for the first time, he has added a total of 563.
Tether did not disclose why the three new addresses were blacklisted, but nevertheless exercised his powers to blacklist addresses involved in cyber-attacks and law enforcement investigations.
BTC's hashrate has returned to an all-time high, although it has lost a key contributor to the hashrate. Meanwhile, amid insignificant price action, Block CEO Jack Dorsey has confirmed the creation of an open BTC mining system.
The BTC space continues to surprise and confuse critics and fanatics alike. Kazakhstan, the second most important country for BTC mining in the network, experienced an internet outage last week due to civil unrest. However, Hashrate did not weaken by more than 13.4% until it reassembled and reached historic highs.
The average hash rate reached 215 million terahashes per second.
Tesla first made BTC payments for Tesla cars in March 2021. Less than two months later, it withdrew the option, allegedly because Musk wants the Bitcoin to be greener. However, in October, the company pretended to resume crypto payments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Last month, Musk said Tesla would soon be accepting dogecoin payments. He is now fulfilling this promise – payments in DOGE in the Tesla online store have been launched for selected items.
According to CoinGecko, the Doge's price rose more than 17% in 24 hours and sells for about $ 0.199, the highest point since December 14. Trading volume over the same period also swelled to approximately $ 3.8 billion.
The OpenSea market platform for NFT trading continues its impressive development in the new year and its adoption and trading metrics are growing. The giant has reached a new milestone in the number of active users of the platform.
Data from Dune Analytics on Thursday, January 13, 2022 showed that OpenSea has now surpassed the one million active user wallets on the platform. This milestone is the latest evidence of OpenSea's continued growth in the early days of 2022, after enjoying massive expansion last year.
Thursday's report comes shortly after reports that the platform had traded more than $ 2 billion since the beginning of 2022 and could be on track to reach a new all-time high in terms of monthly trading activity.
According to official media, which refers to official figures, Beijing residents recorded transactions in digital yuan worth 9.6 billion yuan ($ 1.5 billion) in 2021, after several rounds of coupons.
China is aggressively promoting the use of digital yuan among the general public as part of a pilot effort to test their use in various payment scenarios.
Last year, users were mailed at least $ 53 million in digital yuan, officially known as e-CNY, in about two dozen batches in a dozen cities, including those hosting the upcoming Winter Olympics.
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It seems like everyone must complain about the difficulties involved in preparing for the Passover Seder. In spite of the exaggerated hardships, everyone makes a seder and everyone enjoys it. According to the effort put in, so the enjoyment that comes out.
Here are some of the main points of the seder to be aware of so that you can prepare it easily and still have energy to enjoy it.
This year, 2013 Passover night, the first seder, comes out on Monday evening, March 25th. In Israel there is only one night for the seder, but outside of the land of Israel, there are seders for two consecutive nights.
Salt water in a small bowl.
Bitter herbs, some people use romaine lettuce, some use horseradish, some people put the horseradish inside the romaine leaves. Note: horseradish is not the store bought mixture, but grated root of the raw horseradish - it is strong!
Charoset, a thick tasty mixture consisting of ground apples, dates, nuts, cinnamon, ginger and wine.
Hard-boiled eggs - for the seder plate and some have the custom of eating one before the meal.
Copies of the Hagadda, with an English translation - one for each of the participants.
Listed above are the bare bones minimum requirements for the seder. A festive meal should also be planned, such as soup, fish, and a main course of chicken and/or meat with tasty side dishes such as potatoes. The truth being most people can not eat that much as a normal Yom Tov since they have eaten matzoh which is filling.
Most people have a special seder plate on which the various items are displayed. Each participant to the seder is given a nice wine cup that holds at least 3 1/2 ounces. Three whole matzos are placed on the table. Many people have beautiful and special dishes just for this one evening. The matzos are covered with a cloth. During the seder, they are uncovered and recovered several times.
The chairs are arranged to permit the participants to recline while eating. This is a very important part of the seder, as reclining reflects the way a free man eats as opposed to a slave could not recline since he must be prepared to do his master's biddings.
Since the Seder follows a set form, it is important to have a clear and well written Haggadah for the seder. Going over the Haggadah before hand, will save much confusion during the seder.
The seder starts off with the kiddush as written in the Hagaddah. After recital of the kiddush, everyone drinks their wine or grape juice in a reclining fashion. It is best to drink the entire glass of wine, but at least half of the cup should be consumed. Afterwards the cups are re-filled and the seder continues.
The father (or leader of the seder) now breaks the middle matzo into two pieces. The larger piece is taken and hidden under a pillow which is near his chair. This afikomen is to become the dessert. The tradition in almost all families is that the children try to steal the afikomen when the father is not watching. The afikomen is eaten at the conclusion of the Seder. With out eating the afikomen, the seder can not be completed. The custom is for children to demand a high ransom for it with the father using his negotiation skills to make the payment realistic. Although this may seem ridiculous, it does help keep the children awake during the long seder.
At this point the youngest child asks the famous four questions and everyone listens to him. After the youngest child finishes, many have the custom to repeat it. After this the father relates the answer. It has become customary to let each person read a bit of the seder.
In the old days, the children were provided with nuts to eat in order that they not become bored. Today, many people sprinkle the evening with kosher for Passover candies for the children. It is recommended that you have some tasty candies on hand to bribe the children, as the seder seems long to them and a bit of candy as reward for particiaption can turn a long seder into a very merry experience.
At the end of the recitation of the haggada, the blessing is again made on wine and the second cup is drunk while reclining on the left side.
Afterward the hands are washed with a cup for the matzah. Two blessings are made upon the matzah as opposed to only one blessing on bread (or matzah on other nights). The three matzos (really two and a half as half was put away for the Afikomen) are held for the first blessing. For the second blessing, the bottom matzo is put down and the top matzah and the middle half of matzo are used. After the blessing, the matzo is distributed to each of the assembled who eat the matzah while reclining.
After eating the matzah, the bitter herbs are now distributed. Unlike the matzo and wine, the bitter herbs are not eaten while reclining. They represent the bitterness of slavery. Slaves do not recline as free men do when they eat. The bitter herbs are dipped into the charoset. The charoset is the color and consistency of the mortar with which the Jews worked in Egypt.
Next is the sandwich. The sandwich is the manner in which many ate the Pascal lamb during the time of the temple. The matzo, the bitter herbs and the Pascal sacrifice (the Pascal lamb) were eaten together. We do not have the Passover sacrifice, but we have the matzo and the bitter herbs. So we make a sandwich and we eat them together.
After this, many, but not all, take the hard-boiled egg and we dip it into salt water. This is in remembrance of a different sacrifice that was brought to the Temple. A festival offering was also eaten on the Passover night. The egg is a symbol of mourning, it is the first food that mourners eat when they return from the graveyard. We recall that we are mourners for the Temple, by dipping it into the salt water, which is symbolic of our tears shed for the Temple.
At this point, we now enjoy the delicious meal made in honor of Passover. Fish, soup, meat, poultry, vegetables etc, combine to make this an unforgettable Passover meal.
The last food eaten is the afikomen. The afikomen, as you may recall is that piece of matzo that the father had broken into two pieces and hid one half, causing the children to have a good time while trying to steal it. Now, hopefully the matza has been redeemed and each participant is given a large piece. More matza may be added to increase the size. The purpose of the afikomen is to give the final taste of slavery/freedom that lingers after the seder is complete. It is obligatory to eat this in a reclining manner. Nothing is to be eaten after eating the afikomen.
After the afikomen, the grace after meals is recited, followed by the third glass of wine (reclining of course).
After this we sing praises to G-d for taking us out of Egypt and for bringing us into the land of Israel, for giving us the Torah and for many other miracles and benefits that He bestowed upon us.
The fourth and final cup of wine is now drunk. We do not eat nor drink after the seder, (as if we had some room to put something in our stomachs). We wish each other that we shall merit next year to be together in Jerusalem, together with all of our fellow Jews, in the Holy Temple, that it should be rebuilt swiftly in the coming days. Amen!!


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On Friday, June 10, the Economic Development Department welcomed delegates from Guangzhou, China, with an extensive tour of Sacramento. This group was part of a delegation that attended the BIO International Convention in San Francisco from June 6-9.
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Q: How to convert StringBuilder[] to String[] I have an array of StringBuilder objects as shown below.
StringBuilder[] sbCmd = new StringBuilder[5];
int cntr = 0;
sbCmd[cntr++].append("add");
sbCmd[cntr++].append("sub");
sbCmd[cntr++].append("mul");
sbCmd[cntr++].append("div");
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Now I have a function which takes an array of Strings as input as shown below.
ConfigureMathOperation(String[] array)
{
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}

How can I call the same? I'm trying to avoid String[] here because it is immutable (I have some sensitive data which needs to be cleared after function call).
Do I have to call toString for each StringBuilder object stored in array? Sample code snippet would really help as I'm new to Java.
For example i want to call as below, but its not working since i'm not aware how to call for each StringBuilder object.
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A: To answer the question directly, you can use streams to convert your StringBuilder[] to String[] easily enough:
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I'm trying to avoid String[] here because it is immutable (I have some sensitive data which needs to be cleared after function call).

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Your only other option is to fork the library and remove the use of strings. Note that this is likely to be a time-consuming, and tedious operation however - it's not nearly as simple as just making sure no string parameters are passed in (as the library function could easily call sb.toString() and obtain a string.)
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Q: How to include custom type converter using Maven and Grails I am working on a Grails project that needs to compile with both Grails and Maven. Everything worked great except for my GSON converter I added (using the grails-gson plugin). Now I get the following when I run mvn install.
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New York Lizards' attacker Will Manny isn't your typical hotshot. Sure, he's one of the top scorers in the MLL, but he's also one of the hardest working guys in the league, and super passionate about coaching and growing the game. He currently serves as an assistant coach at the University of Utah. His best advice for being a top player? Coach.
As a player, what specific coaches had a major impact on your development?
The first would have to be my dad, which is interesting because he never coached lacrosse - he always did baseball. Still, he played a huge role in my development as an athlete. He always told me, "If you want to get good at something, you've got to practice." We would go out in the yard together – he would practice baseball and I would practice lacrosse. Because of him, I always valued and prioritized practice. I knew I wouldn't get anywhere without it.
In high school, Coach Doug Schreiber had a big impact on me. He told me point-blank: "If you want to play at the next level, you've got to put in the work." And he meant beyond after-school practice for two hours. At the gym, out on the pitch, at the dinner table eating, at home watching film…you've got to take it seriously and apply yourself, and always look for ways to improve.
Greg Cannella – my coach at University of Massachusetts – was also a huge mentor for me. He was there for me through everything in college. The highs and lows, the wins and losses. As a smaller attackman, he was a really relatable coach for me. Most attackmen are a little bigger in size, so it was interesting to learn from him and see how he played his size as a strength.
When I first graduated from UMass in 2013, I took a job working at Bank of America. It was a really great experience – the people were phenomenal and I learned so much about business, professionalism, and working with people.
That was my rookie year with the Cannons and as the season went on, I was itching to be around the game all the time. A buddy of mine on the Cannons – Matt Poske – reached out and offered me an assistant coach job at Wagner in exchange for a free ride to grad school. Who wouldn't jump at that? Free grad school and coaching at a D1 school…pretty sweet deal. That was when I first got into coaching. I fell in love with it and never looked back!
Intense! I try to have a good relationship with each of my players and tailor my approach to how they learn. Some kids can take a lot of heat and that's how they grow. Others don't respond as well to that, so I try to strike a balance there.
I work with an awesome group of coaches. Adam Ghitelman and Marcus Holman are two of my best friends. We coach and play during the week, and usually hit the slopes together or watch hockey on the weekend. We try to model a good work/fun balance for our players. Which isn't too difficult…it's a blast coaching with those guys!
Thoughts on working for Marcus' dad as the head coach?
Brian Holman is a legend. He's got a whole slew of national championships under his belt. It's unreal getting to work alongside him...it's a daily learning curve!
Do you have any specific themes or skills that you like to focus on with your team?
Fundamentals have been a huge focus for us this year – that's really the crux of it all. The basic skills stay the same – it's all about refining your stick work, and playing with precision and strategy.
We've also been working on building up a community around the team. We're in it with the players – we work out with them every day; plus in-season, we're on the field 3-4 days a week.
How has coaching improved your game as a pro player?
Hours of watching film haha…but seriously, you spend so much time studying the game, and how different maneuvers and plays work. You start to really think about the game and become more intentional with your movements. Now, I go back and watch film from my rookie season and analyze it at a higher level.
It also holds you accountable. You can't tell your players to break a habit or refine a skill that you're not willing to implement yourself.
On the flip side, how has playing pro impacted your approach to coaching?
It helps keep me in the player mindset. A lot of our guys trust us and feel like they can relate to us because they know we're all in the same boat. We train with them, we run drills with them, and then we go and compete just like they do.
Why should other lax players consider coaching?
It centers you as a player. You constantly have to check yourself: "Am I practicing what I preach?" Otherwise, you lose trust with your players.
Also - it helps grows the game. The more coaches the sport has, the greater the capacity for players.
And, from my experience, it broadens your connections and friendships in the lacrosse community. Always a win!
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A top leader of the United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) went missing six days ago on his way to Dhaka from Kanchpur in Narayanganj.
Chittagong Hill Tracts-based UPDF organizer, Michael Chakma, is also central general secretary of the United Workers' Democratic Front (UWDF).
Four UPDF-backed organizations on Monday issued a media statement, saying Michael went missing on April 9 when he left for the capital after organisational work in Kanchpur area.
The joint statement, signed by Ganatantrik Juba Forum President Angya Marma, UWDF President Sachib Chakma, Pahari Chattra Parishad President Bipul Chakma, and Hill Women's Federation President Nirupa Chakma, said Michael was abducted.
The four leaders said Michael went to visit several labour dense areas to organize programs for the Boisabi Festival and anniversary of the 2013 Rana Plaza collapse, which killed over 1,100 people.
After the programs at Kanchpur, Michael left for Dhaka and went missing. His mobile number was also found switched off since then.
In the statement, they also said the government could not avoid the responsibility and will be held accountable if anything happened to Michael.
Jatiya Mukti Council General Secretary, Fayzul Hakim Lala, said Michael's family would file a general diary soon.


Lyft puts the focus on the joys of being a passenger in its latest brand campaign from Wieden & Kennedy New York. The effort, which dropped this week, includes two spots directed by comedy pro Tom Kuntz of MJZ. In one, a guy stuck in gridlock gets so frustrated with his decision to drive that he travels in reverse all the way back home--so he can choose to order a Lyft instead.


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