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Crouching Eiga,
Hidden Dragging
aka Kaijû sôshingeki
Japan 1968 Directed by Ishirô Honda
Toho/Criterion Collection
Blu Ray Zone B
Well, the next up in my rewatch of The Showa Era Godzilla films, courtesy of Criterion's lovely Blu Ray Book Edition, is Destroy All Monsters and... well it's a bit of a curio. Especially since only one monster is actually destroyed in it.
Depending on which version of the film you are watching (Japanese or American), the film takes place in Earth's far future... at the end of the century (Japanese) or 1999 (American). After being introduced to some of the characters on the moonbase we are straight into a title sequence that, for some reason, I have no recollection of in terms of visuals but... well... the opening title music is absolutely stunning and you can tell right away that Akira Ifukube was back on board. One of the biggest strengths of this film is its wonderful score and, even if the visuals and drama in this were terrible, it almost wouldn't matter because I spent most of the film tapping my toes along to the music.
As it happens, it doesn't have terrible visuals or drama. Like Honda's previous films in the series, this one is strong on story and plot twists but, unlike his earlier works, this one gets straight to the monsters after the end credits. It seems that in our future, the monsters from various Toho films all live together on Monster Island... so Godzilla, Minilla, Baragon, Mothra, Rodan, Varan, Manda, Gorosaurus and Kumonga. Eagle eyed monster movie spotters will no doubt wonder why some of these creatures are still alive, having been killed off in earlier kaiju eiga but, I'm afraid I don't have an answer for you on that one.
Anyway, tragedy strikes as the people in the control sections of Monster Island (referred to as Monsterland in this iteration) are gassed... along with all the monsters. What is going on? Then tragedy strikes as the 'escaped' monsters start attacking the rest of the world. Rodan attacks Moscow, Baragon (kinda) destroys Paris, Mothra sorts out Beijing, Manda is malevolent in London and Godzilla takes out New York. What's going on?
Oh, wait. The monsters didn't escape at all. Instead they, along with the human staff of the island, are under the control of the Kilaaks, a race of space aliens who want to take over our planet. It's up to Captain Katsuo Yamabe (played by series regular Akira Kubo... who you might recognise from films like Mantango - Attack Of The Mushroom People and some of Kurosawa's masterpieces) and his trusty moon rocket crew, with the aid of Dr. Yoshido (played by another Gojira and Kurosawa regular, Jun Tazaki) to help the military resist and get up to all kinds of shenanigans as each twist and turn of the plot is revealed.
Luckily, the humans finally defeat the aliens who have been calling the shots on the moon and then regain control of the various 'Earth kaiju' so they can lead a big, all out monster attack on the alien's not so secret base under Mount Fuji. One complication is, as an eleventh hour surprise for everyone, the aliens summon space monster King Ghidora. There is much glee from the alien antagonists as they tell their human enemy, "Earth's monsters are no match for him." Which seems to be a bold claim and I can only assume the aliens haven't watched the previous Godzilla films to feature King Ghidorah. The Big G has needed much less aid than he has in this one to try to take down his old, three headed foe and, predictably, the 'big monster team' fight ferociously and suffer no casualties as they defeat the behemoth. Little Minilla, Godzilla's son, puts in a finishing touch by blowing one of his cute, trademark smoke rings over Ghidorah's last, surviving head, which proves to be the surprising last straw that breaks Ghidorah's defensive back. What's more surprising though, for a film set in the Earth's far future in the year 1999, is that little Minilla hasn't grown to become a big Godzilla like his father already.
This film probably has both more monster and human VS alien action in it than the majority of Honda's work in the Godzilla series but, in amongst all the set pieces, he still finds time to give us bright colours, nicely lit sets and some creative shot designs. There's a scene where a doctor who has been taken over by the aliens is being interrogated by Katsuo and Dr. Yashida, in which a kind of decorative screen is placed between the three actors and the camera. The elabourate screen has three circles in a row going the whole width of the shot and from the top to the bottom of the screen. The back of the doctor's head is large and more than fills the middle circle. However, with the perspective of the shot, the other two actor's heads are perfectly framed in the centre of the two circles on either side of this character. Yeah... there's some great stuff here.
This was supposed to be the last hurrah for the Godzilla films as the box office returns for the kaiju eiga were diminishing with every new entry... thus the idea to have a load of monsters in the one film (it would be many decades later before this many monsters in the series would be matched... or exceeded, in fact). However, this was a pretty entertaining movie and, I guess the audience thought so too at the time because, this one was a huge financial success for the company and kept them going with the Godzilla series for quite a few more films comprising the Showa era.
And I honestly don't have much more to say on that. I think Destroy All Monsters is one of the most fun in the series of films and, despite the unintentional hilarity of many of the scenes (or possibly because of it), it's certainly one I'd watch more enthusiastically than some of the others. Next up for the series, though, would be a very different kind of Godzilla movie indeed. I'll let you know about it after I've watched it again soon.
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Станіслав Юрійович Садальський (; * 8 серпня 1951, с. Чкаловське, Чуваська АРСР, Російська РФСР) — російський актор, почесний громадянин Грузії. Заслужений артист Росії (1992).

Життєпис
Народився в родині викладачів, родичі по материнській лінії — українці. Закінчив Державний інститут театрального мистецтва (1973).

Фільмографія
 1979: «Місце зустрічі змінити не можна», т/ф, 5 серія — Кирпич
 «Про бідного гусара замовте слово» — корнет Плетньов
 «Яблуко на долоні» (1981, Колька)
 «Білі Роси» (1983, Мишка Кисіль)
 «Спокуса Дон Жуана» (1985, Сганарель)
 «Політ в країну чудовиськ» (1986)
 «І ніхто на світі» (1986)
 «Моя люба» (1987, Сазонов)
 «Дама з папугою» (1988, Гена)
 «Передай далі» (1988, т/ф)
 «Фуфель» (т/ф, 1990)
 «Провінційний анекдот» (1991)
 «Блукаючі зірки» (1991)
 «Веселенька поїздка» (1994)
 «Сьома каблучка чаклунки» (1998, 4 с, відео)
 «Кроссмейстер» (2011)
та інших.

Література
 Всемирный биографический Энциклопедический словарь. М., 1998. — С.666;
 Раззаков Ф. Досьє на звезд: Кумири всех поколений. М., 1998. — С422-429;
 Кинословарь. Т. З. СПб., 2001. — С.71-72.

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Уродженці Чувашії
Діячі російської культури, що підтримали Україну

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Jorge María kardinál Mejía (31. ledna 1923 Buenos Aires – 9. prosince 2014, Řím) byl argentinský římskokatolický kněz, vysoký úředník římské kurie, kardinál.

Kněžské svěcení přijal 22. září 1945. Krátce působil ve farnosti Buenos Aires, poté odjel na další studia do Říma. Zde získal doktorát z teologie a licenciát z biblických věd. Přednášel na několika argentinských katolických školách. V letech 1956 až 1977 byl šéfredaktorem katolického časopisu "Criterio". Jako expert se účastnil jednání Druhého vatikánského koncilu. Byl předsedou ekumenické komise Rady latinskoamerických biskupských konferencí. V letech 1969 až 1972 zastával funkci předsedy Světové katolické federace biblického apoštolátu, v roce 1977 se stal sekretářem papežské komise pro kontakty s judaismem při Sekretariátu pro jednotu křesťanů.

V březnu 1986 byl jmenován titulárním biskupem a viceprezidentem Papežské komise "Iustitia et Pax". Biskupské svěcení mu udělil 12. dubna téhož roku kardinál Roger Etchegaray. V březnu 1994 se stal sekretářem Kongregace pro biskupy a sekretářem kardinálského kolegia. O čtyři roky později, 7. března 1998, byl jmenován archivářem a knihovníkem Apoštolského stolce, na tomto místě vystřídal kardinála Luigi Poggiho, který odešel na odpočinek. Při konzistoři 21. února 2001 ho papež Jan Pavel II. jmenoval kardinálem. V listopadu 2003 se vzdal své funkce vzhledem k dovršenému věku. Jeho nástupcem byl jmenován kardinál Jean-Louis Tauran.

V březnu 2013 byl kardinál Mejía hospitalizován poté, co prodělal srdeční infarkt.

Zemřel 9. prosince 2014 v římské klinice Pia XI.

Reference

Související články
 Seznam kardinálů jmenovaných Janem Pavlem II.
 Seznam kardinálů zemřelých ve 21. století

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 Profil v biografickém slovníku kardinálů Salvadora Mirandy
 Biografické heslo na catholic-hierarchy.org

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Président Vertut
by Etienne Gatti, catalogue of the 58th Salon de Montrouge
On 11 July 2011, on the Mont-Blanc Bridge in Geneva, a succession of flags CHOOSE ME presents man of providence. This exceptional leader is no other than the artist-businessman-politician President Vertut who, like any artist, erects himself as a program and is obviously not a good guy... Weak consensus and celebrity are foundations of Lethargy / Terror of the political regime of the extreme milieu. In this postmodern fascism, the writings of Greenberg call artists to protect their works from aesthetic degradation, from the political and moral debasement and from mass capitalism, are no longer valid.
The Grey Matters story borrows as much from artistic re-enactment as from uchronia but in a specific narrative structure. Indeed, all narration causes the presence of characters seized in a dramatized situation in a specific time and place. Above all it induces a narrative body that organises the point of view. President Vertut – "actorialized narrator"(1) – is the narrative body that reigns as master over this universe, but it finds itself being the product of a superior narrative body : Matthieu. Thus a complex narrative network is created where reality, fiction and different plot levels collide. The Global Average Grey, a character in its own right, is both a real fiction and a real colour, combination of white, black, yellow and red ; he moreover uses this paradox because he hides within himself the elements needed for rebellion against the system of which he is both the fruit and the perfect model. The GAG, an intradiegetic colour and a disruptive element for the story, escapes from the narration to contaminate the real. Reciprocally, Matthieu's works prove to be characters of this level of narrative. Untitled (I have worked in a champagne bar) adds to its autobiographical content a supplementary semantic film and assumes the role of "full length" sculpture of a grotesque totalitarian regime. The ominous rectangle of concrete that makes up the work creates connections with Donald Judd and Robert Morris. Between tribute, appropriation and cultural assimilation, the icons of minimal art are here the characters and stylistic effects of a new artistic story that is being constantly reinvented. Like in a game of childish semiotic construction where the elements are interlocking, Matthieu Vertut generates an artistic language of which he is the sole grammarian.
Thanks to Barthes, we know that the author is dead and that he "can only imitate a gesture that is always prior, never original."(2) However, in this narrative system, the author is made into a star, unless of course President Vertut finishes indeed by dying or disappearing in strange circumstances...
(1) Thierry Groensteen, Système de la bande dessinée, 2011.
(2) Roland Barthes, La mort de l'auteur, dans Le bruissement de la langue.
Essais critiques IV, 1984


Today we have clouds increasing. Upper mtn winds will start to pick up by afternoon, with gusts to 40+ mph. High temperatures in the 50's at the base, but may cool a few degrees into the 40's on the upper mountain.
For Tuesday we have a very weak system moving through. That will bring some cooler air with high temps only in the 40's at the base and 30's on the mountain.
This weak system could dust the mountains with some snow above 8,000 feet, with maybe up to an inch. Winds will be gusting to 50+ mph on the mountain tops.
Wednesday we may have a short break with some sun and highs in the 40's. The winds could still be gusty on the mountain with one storm departing and another approaching. By late Wednesday ridge top winds could start to approach 90+ mph.
By Thursday afternoon a strong cold front moves in with heavy snow ahead of and with the front, and showers behind it. The heaviest snow should fall Thursday afternoon into Thursday night and taper off to showers for Friday.
Snow levels start above 8,000 feet but fall during the day Thursday down to 7000 feet by evening and below the base early Thursday night.
By the time we total it up Saturday morning we could have totals of 9-14 inches at the base, 10-15 inches above 7,000 feet, and 13-19+ inches above 8,000 feet.
Friday into Saturday we start to clear out but with cold air behind the storm with some scattered snow showers possible on Friday.. High temperatures may only be in the 30's at the base and 20's up on the mountain.
It looks like the next storm could move in as early as next Sunday/Sunday night. This storm looks to have low snow levels and could tap into some significant moisture. We have to watch to see how much moisture it could bring in.
The storm door could remain open through the end of the month with more storms moving in the week of the 22nd.


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We have had a fantastic start to the term with our 'Love of Reading' Week. On Monday, we began the day by meeting together to share the ROAR reading challenge poems that the children had read and written out during the holidays. Thank you for your support with this. The children also had the opportunity to share books with other children from across the school which allowed for lots of co-operative and communicative learning, as well as developing our reading skills. We were due to have a visit from the Library Service, but unfortunately, this was prevented by the floods. However, they have kindly re-scheduled this for next Tuesday afternoon.
Our book character day on Tuesday was a great success, with again, many thanks for sorting out so many wonderful costumes. We had a big 'Show and Tell' in the hall together and then focused on some character description and book review activities.
On Wednesday it was great to welcome back our regular storyteller, Chris Connaughton, who enthralled us with tales of Sheherazade and Sinbad the Sailor. The children were very excited and joined in enthusiastically with the audience participation opportunities! Chris then set us some language activities to develop the children's story telling skills, which we shared in a final get-together at the end of the day.
Today (Thursday), has been our Authors Day, and Trendle Class have been thinking about the life and writing of Roald Dahl. We have done our research using the official website www.roalddahl.com/ and then made some information sheets to record what we have found out. This will prove invaluable in our future learning next half-term when we will focus in greater depth on one of his popular books.
Next week we begin our new topic learning about 'Super Structures', with a Forest School Learning Capture lined up for Thursday.


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Green Bay Packers pair want to run 75 plays per game
Ian O'Brien
Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy and quarterback Aaron Rodgers aim to boost their high-powered offense to a new level by running 75 plays per game, hoping that a quicker game can make the difference.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers missed nearly half of last season with a collarbone injury, but he returned in Week 17 to lead the Packers to a miraculous NFC North championship.
He will look to maintain elite form over a full season, and he and head coach Mike McCarthy have a new goal in mind.
They have both stated their desire to run 75 offensive plays per game. They ran 67.125 plays per game in 2013, and they ran just under 69 when Rodgers played, but McCarthy says the target is to step up that total.
"That seems to be the answer to some of the different things that defenses are doing," said the 50 year-old to ESPN, who has been in charge of the Packers since 2006.
Running back Eddie Lacy burst onto the scene in 2013 and was rewarded with Offensive Rookie of the Year honors.
McCarthy has expressed that he wants Lacy to become a three-down back so that the Packers can develop even more of a rhythm on offense.
They will also look to take advantage of their weapons at wide receiver with Randall Cobb returning healthy and Jordy Nelson lining up opposite him.
Running 75 plays per game will be a tall task for the Packers though. The Denver Broncos ran 72 plays per game as their offense broke NFL records, and the New England Patriots ran 71.
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The most requested excursion because its itinerary is a continuation of magnificent glimpses and a profusion of naturalist beauties together with the architecture and the magic of the unique places along the Mediterranean Coast:
Positano, the "jewel of the Divine Coast", a pearl set in a splendid natural background that with the charm of its narrow streets made of stairs and dome roofs never stops bewitching artists and visitors. According to the Roman legend, it was built by the god Neptune in order to seduce nymph Pasitea, but according to the history it was founded by the refugees of Paestum who had survived the Saracens, and even before it was known by the Phoenicians and Greeks for its sea village.
Praiano, perched on rocky spurs with small clefts that continue into caves and ravines, the most suggestive is the Grotta dello Smeraldo accessible either by land or by sea.
Furore, resort which gets its name from the fury of the small stream that for centuries has dug into the cliff creating the gorge where the village was constructed. On arrival you will be amazed by the beauty of the place: a bridge, from where fishers often throw their fishing line, connects the two boundaries of the fjord.
Amalfi, the first Italian Marittime Republic: admiring it from the sea it is difficult to believe that this village situated at the end of the Valley of the Mill has been one of the most powerful centres of the Mediterranean. The ability of its sailors, the invention of the compass by Flavio Gioia native of Amalfi, a real maritime code, an own currency and some shipyards that produced fleet for half of Europe, all contributed to the ascent of the city. It's the occasion to visit the marvellous Byzantine Cathedral of Saint Andrea, surrounded by a maze of narrow streets where the people of Amalfi used to defend themselves from the Saracen raids.
Ravello, an enchanting, late-medieval centre constructed on a rocky spur 400 metres on the sea wedged between the valleys of two streams. Examples of Arabian-Sicilian architecture of exceptional value are present everywhere: twined pillars, Byzantine and Moorish capitals, mouldings, architraves… the Cathedral, the historical hotels, the cloisters, the viewpoints, the villas of Rufolo and Cimbrone overlooking and admiring the beautiful view of the coast… There isn't an arrival in Ravello which is not accompanied by a desire to stop and understand with a glimpse the order of this place, while having a rest after the trip.
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Wrong Jovi are widely considered to be "the best Bon Jovi tribute band in the world!" So much so, that even the former Bon Jovi guitarist, Richie Sambora, has personally thanked the band for their hard work and unforgettable performances. In their 5 years of touring, the band have performed across the world and featured on the BBC prime-time TV show, Even Better Than The Real Thing. 2018 has seen Wrong Jovi perform over 100 shows around the world.
Selling out music venues and theatres across the UK and headlining festivals in Abu Dhabi and Bahrain, as well as back home in the UK - including a headline slot on the Electro Love stage at 2019's Isle Of Wight Festival.
Performing a set of greatest hits, live favourites and rarities, the band ensure that there is something for the casual follower and even the most die hard of Bon Jovi fans. Ally Ward takes on the role of Jon Bon Jovi, baring a striking resemblance to one of rocks most iconic showmen.
Not only does he look like Jon, Ally unleashes a vocal so strong that audience members actually believe they are watching Bon Jovi at their very peak - some say he is even better than the real Jon Bon Jovi.
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On keyboards is Simon Tabert as David Bryan - one of the UK's finest musicians, Simon performs the songs with precision like no other and is a key factor in ensuring Wrong Jovi are top of the tribute tree.
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I have code for Android Keylogger, which collects keystrokes and send to php file.
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*How I set particular time for getting logs?

*How I get all open app/window logs?

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Isa Soares Tonight
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RICHARD QUEST, CNN BUSINESS EDITOR-AT-LARGE: We are expecting half a percentage point-rise, it's less than the previous fora(ph) gains of three-
quarters of a percent. But half a percentage point is what's expected. Mainly, taking the foot slightly off the brake, because the latest
inflation numbers starting to suggest that the U.S. inflation has -- if not coming down, at least it's easing off, slightly.
And that allows the pause that the Fed is looking for. It's going to a clock, directly on the clock. So, now I'm just waiting to be told exactly
what the number is. Because the way this thing works, the Fed will bring out the announcement very much within seconds of what the decision -- they
announce it almost within 20-30 seconds of the top of the hour, and we'll be able to gauge this.
The nature -- we have it, it's 50-basis points, that's half a percentage. That's 50-basis points, half a percent! So this is exactly in line with the
expectation of the market. The Fed, having raised rates three quarters of a percent, over the last four moves is basically easing off the brake. Now,
the important thing here, Isa, is to realize they are still tightening. Rates --
ISA SOARES, HOST, ISA SOARES TONIGHT: Yes --
QUEST: Are still going up. But they're no longer going up as fast as the previous rises. And this, in a sense, is a pause that allows to see just
how the medicine is affecting the patient.
SOARES: So a little less aggressive, Richard, than the three-quarter hikes as you were saying that we have seen. Does it suggest the economic picture
is improving? Because yesterday, you and I were talking about that lowest TPI data on inflation. How -- what do you make of this?
QUEST: Right, so yesterday -- so today is a result of yesterday. The number of yesterday where we saw CPI, although we're really looking at core
CPI, we're sort of moderating. That's the phrase, it's off the talk. So, you see the top there, and were backup earlier this year, June-July of
earlier this year.
So we are off the top and we are moderating the rate. Prices are still going up, but they're not going up as fast, very small amounts. So, what
the Fed's logic is this, I'm waiting for the statement which will be printed and handed to me. What -- the Fed's logic is this, look, we are
worst -- we're past the worst.
But now, we have to get the number down. So, it's not getting worse, but we want to get the number. Now, bear in mind. You've got inflation at 7-8
percent. They want it down at 2 percent. So, they're going to see -- and the way the rate rises have gone in the last few months, they're like this.
It's not a step anymore. It's like it's straight-up.
And they're going to watch, Isa, and see how is the patient taking this medicine over the medium term? And doesn't -- now, the market is
interesting, it's literally gone in the opposite direction. There's no explanation --
SOARES: I mean --
QUEST: For that --
SOARES: No, I was going to ask because surely this was already priced when this is the expectation --
QUEST: Yes --
SOARES: I suppose they will be looking, Richard, in about 30 minutes or so for Jerome Powell, from any sort of signs of what the future may look like
in terms of rate hikes. That's probably --
QUEST: Well --
SOARES: What they're looking for --
QUEST: Exactly, and with dot plots and all sorts of --
SOARES: Yes --
QUEST: Things. We're looking to be seeing that famous document where they show us what their thinking is. There is no real immediate other than knee-
jerk reason why market would recently drop by 100 points for a result exactly. I'm waiting to see the statement because once I see the statement,
then obviously, I can see within it, I can pass the language and you can see what they're talking about. But as you can imagine, this is a statement
that just about everybody in the financial world is trying to --
QUEST: Print at the same time.
SOARES: And they're absolutely looking for like or sort of right projections for the next year. But I do remember --
SOARES: Jerome Powell saying in the previous Fed-rate hike that they were looking for clear and consistent evidence, Richard, I've got everything
down here, that inflation is going down. At what point do you think, the Fed says, OK, we've done enough, Richard?
QUEST: Oh, no, not yet. No, we're up to 4 and something on this number. I think you're looking at high level of 4, low level of 5. So, I think you're
looking at 2 or 3 more rate rises, probably maybe another 50-basis points and a few 25-basis points spread out towards the middle of next year, and
then it will top out as we say at around about 4 or 7.5 percent, 5 and a quarter. So it will top out in that sort of region. That will be the peak -
QUEST: Of the cycle, and then you wait and you wait. And I think the test then -- and it's a long way off, the test is, does the Fed hold enough?
Same for the Bank of England --
QUEST: Same for the ECB. Do they hold their nerve to wait for inflation to get down to the target rate of 2 percent or do they pivot, say, at 3
percent, 4 percent and say, we've done enough --
QUEST: Let's start lowering the rates.
SOARES: You were talking about the statement, Richard, I'm looking on my phone, just went to the website --
SOARES: Recent indicators point to modest growth in spending and production --
SOARES: Job gains have been robust in recent months and the unemployment rate has remained low, inflation remains elevated, reflecting supply and
demand imbalances related to the pandemic. Higher food prices and energy prices and broader price structures. Pressure is in, goes on --
QUEST: Right --
SOARES: Talking about the impact on the Russia war in Ukraine, Richard. I think you got the statement in front of you now --
QUEST: Right, yes, I have. So, the committee anticipates ongoing increases will be appropriate to get the number back. In other words, we've got more
rate --
QUEST: Rises to come. The committee continues to reduce -- but the issue on why they've decided to do it. The committee is prepared to adjust as
appropriate. So, really, what they're basically saying is, recent indicators point to modest growth, job gains have been robust, unemployment
remain low, inflation remains elevated.
But -- and this is the core, I think, of what you'll hear in the press conference, but you don't really see in the statement. You're going to hear
in the press conference Powell say we've given the patient a lot of medicine. We know the patient needs more, but we need to see the effect
of that of what we've done so far.
And that -- and that I think is going to be the crucial point here. That's why they're not saying it's all over -- oh no --
QUEST: There's more to come. But we need to see the effect of the medicine that's been throttled down the throat of the patient, which is the U.S.
SOARES: And we should be listening to those words in about 24 minutes --
QUEST: Oh --
SOARES: Or so we're going to hear from Jerome Powell. Richard, thank you very much. Richard Quest there, appreciate it, Richard. Of course, we'll
bring that to you as soon as that gets underway. I want to take you to Ukraine now, which is fighting off new Russian airstrikes.
Officials in Kyiv say they shot down 13 Russian drones flying over the capital region in what they described as two waves of attacks. Some
administrative and residential buildings were damaged, but there are no reported casualties nor any further damage to energy infrastructure.
Ukraine's Air Force spokesman says he's proud of his country's air defenses, and according to U.S. sources, they could be receiving highly
advanced Patriot Missile Defense Systems soon.
Will Ripley joins me now from Kyiv. So Will, another barrage it seems as strikes on the capital, but the air defenses were ready and prepared.
WILL RIPLEY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: There's been a drone attack or an attack of any nature here in central Kyiv in a number of weeks. And
we certainly heard the explosions this morning. Usually, we hear air raid sirens in advance, that did not happen this morning.
But what people were woken up to was that kind of moped-like wheezing sound of the drone engines as they went by, aiming, of course, towards the
embattled and battered power grid of Kyiv. Had they been successful in hitting their target, they could have potentially plunged, you know, some 2
million people who live here into darkness and cold yet again.
But instead, what happened was the drones were shot down. And the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was proud of the effort of the aerial
defenses. Some of whom by the way are actually doing it by hand. They are - - they literally are aiming at the drones and firing and shooting them down.
And there are some videos of this that have circulated in the past on social media. It is actually extraordinary and impressive if you realize
how these drones are being brought down. And in this case, there were 13 of them that were successfully. So, instead of causing widespread blackouts as
in previous attacks like for example in the Odessa region last weekend, when 15 Russian drones were launched, 10 were shot down, 5 hit their
targets, and that, of course, 1.5 million people were plunged into darkness for much of the weekend.
In this case, they got all 13 of them. That was however not the case with Kherson where air defenses were less successful, and there was a successful
rocket strike on an administrative building right in the center of Kherson, right in the heart of that city, which was liberated from Russian
occupation, but the people who live there have really been pummeled with a relentless barrage of attacks.
I was interviewing the Associate Director for Human Rights Watch here in Kyiv, who was saying essentially, they think that Russia is trying to make
life a living hell for people, not only in Kherson but across Ukraine. But particularly in Kherson, because, you know, when they retreated from that
city they have been firing pretty relentlessly, including using allegedly clustered ammunitions at least three times.
And so, Isa, clearly, this is a country that is under siege. And that is why the news here in Kyiv is so welcome that those Patriot advanced missile
defense systems are, you know, due to be arriving at some point. And that of course was first reported by CNN at the Pentagon.
SOARES: Indeed. Will Ripley for us there in Kyiv --
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Pardon me, thank you very much, Will. Well, the U.K. government says at least four people died when a small boat reportedly packed with migrants
capsized in the English Channel. British media reports that dozens of people were rescued on Wednesday morning during a joint operation with
France. Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak expressed sorrow over the incident. While Home Secretary Suella Braverman says these crossings must be stopped.
Have a listen.
SUELLA BRAVERMAN, HOME SECRETARY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: As the prime minister told the house only yesterday, it is not cruel or unkind to want
to break the stranglehold of the criminal gangs who trade in human misery and who exploit our system and our laws. He was right.
This morning's strategy, quite the loss of 27 people on one November day last year is the most sobering reminder possible of why we have to end
these crossings.
SOARES: Well, here with me is CNN correspondent, Nina dos Santos. And Nina, a pretty somber moment we saw there in the House of Commons given the
tragic accident -- incident that occurred. What is the U.K. government doing about this?
NINA DOS SANTOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, this comes just a day or so after the government announced a big grand plan to try and stop these so-
called small boats from making these treacherous journeys across the English Channel. And perilous conditions often at the dead of night.
And so, this really has shown a light onto the difficult situation that authorities on both sides of the coast, both in France and in the U.K.
having to deal with it, try and stop people taking such a dangerous journey. However, there was confusion just even yesterday about this
particular plan that was unveiled because many experts said, well, look, there are already drones that are up in the air to try and stop these types
of boats.
There are already special operational commands to try and stop these boats from setting off in France as well. The backdrop is also the fact that the
U.K. over successive years --
SANTOS: Since Brexit took place has had a more fractious relationship, let's face it with France. Just a few weeks ago, we had an announcement of
another multi-million dollar deal to try and stop these boats set off, essentially the U.K. paying France money to police their side of the coast.
Before people -- smugglers compact too many people into these perilous, very flimsy little dinghy ships.
And -- but that obviously so far as we can see tragically hasn't worked and four people have lost their lives. What we saw in the operation last night
was both the French Navy helicopters to U.K. coast guard helicopters, the Royal Life Guard Brigade, and even local fishermen's ships having to help
get about 40 old people out of the water and four sadly, perished.
SOARES: And unfortunately, as you and I have reported this before, no one puts their lives at risk in these bitterly cold conditions --
SANTOS: Right --
SOARES: And treacherous conditions, unless they feel they have no other option. So, are there any other safe and legal routes for these migrants
now, Nina?
SANTOS: This is the crucial argument that the government is coming under increasing pressure from. Now, remember that we're on a -- is a country,
the U.K. is on its second rather hard-line Home Secretary Priti Patel. Remember, the previous Home Secretary actually tried to devise a plan to
try and push some of these boats --
SANTOS: But even though she'd been warned that some of these boats would likely capsize and people would die. Now, we have another Home Secretary,
Suella Braverman who again is taking a hard stance on immigration, she's been accused of overcrowding immigration --
SANTOS: Asylum processing centers in Kent, the area that these people were trying to get to and one person is alleged to have died as a result of
infectious diseases contracted inside those facilities. So, the government is coming under pressure. They continue to say, the best way of tackling
the issue of illegal migration is to stop the people smuggling networks in the first place.
SOARES: How big --
SANTOS: Even members of her --
SANTOS: Own party is saying, A, that's really complex, and B, it doesn't answer the fact that there aren't safe routes for some --
SANTOS: People coming from --
Some parts of the world. Yes, there are schemes, so people coming from war- torn parts of the world like for instance, Syria, also Hong Kong as well where the pro-democracy movement is very much under siege. But it doesn't
help everyone. And that's why you're seeing people head on to these boats because there is no other route.
SOARES: Nina dos Santos, thanks very much, Nina, appreciate it. Well, still to come, we are watching, of course, the World Cup semifinal between
Morocco and France happening in this hour. But a tragic story from the tournament is also making headlines. Up next, how a security guard fell to
his death in Doha.
SOARES: There are demands for answers after another death of a migrant worker at the World Cup in Qatar, 24-year-old John Njua Kibue from Kenya
reportedly fell from the eighth floor of the Lusail Stadium while on duty. Qatar officials say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding
Kibue's death. But his family says they are being kept in the dark.
CNN correspondent Larry Madowo joins me now from Doha with the latest. So, Larry, do we know anymore to what happened? The circumstances around the
fall here?
LARRY MADOWO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We don't, Isa. And that's why the family is so distraught, because one, they lost a 24-year-old who just moved to
Qatar a year ago to change his life. He's been sending some money back home, and he was very excited to be here to actually finally have a job.
And then they were told on Saturday that he fell from the eighth floor of Lusail Stadium, that's where yesterday's Argentina-Croatia game was.
And he had been in intensive care unit at the Hamad Hospital here in Doha until Monday when they were notified that he had died. And they don't have
any more information beyond that. They haven't heard from the organizers of the World Cup or from his employer at the security company where he was
working, and they are just in need of information.
They say they are not wealthy enough to push for justice for him, but they want to know what happened. We spoke to his mother and his family in
Nairobi today. This is what she told CNN.
GRACE NYAMBURA KIBUE, JOHN NJAU KIBUE'S MOTHER (through translator): He used to tell me, mom, you helped me when I was jobless. I will never leave
you and I never want you to suffer. I know you pray for me and I want to help you as much as I can.
MADOWO: The family say that their son's life mattered. That he was loved, and that's why they want to know what happened here. The Kenyan embassy in
Qatar say they are offering considered assistance and waiting for official communication from authorities here. But he is the second migrant worker to
die since the World Cup began.
And it raises up more questions about the conditions that migrant workers operate in here in Qatar, even during the World Cup. We've been hearing
from migrant workers who say they have not been paid for months. They're working sometimes 14, 16-hour days without overtime, without regular
breaks. And some migrant workers tell me, for instance, they've been just exhausted after working that long.
And so far, FIFA and the Qatar World Cup organizers say they're investigating the circumstances that led to the death of this migrant
worker. But it really will raise more questions about what happened, because only recently did the World Cup chief here in Qatar acknowledged
that between 400 to 500 migrants could have died on projects connected to the World Cup, and they say they've made a lot of changes to the labor laws
here. But still, these questions keep coming up, Isa.
SOARES: And I know you'll stay on top of this looking for answers for that family. Thank you very much Larry Madowo for us there in Doha, Qatar. And
do stay with us, we will continue of course, to bring you the latest updates from the World Cup and more on the highly-anticipated France-
Morocco match, that'll be later this hour right here on CNN.
Almost 50 African leaders meanwhile are gathered in Washington D.C. at this hour for a U.S.-African Leaders Summit. President Biden and Secretary of
State Antony Blinken, are among the U.S. dignitaries addressing the group. But this isn't a social event, it's about trade, investment, yes, global
competition!
The U.S. hopes to rebuild its relations with African nations in commerce, technology as well as other areas. Even as China, of course, and Russia
deepen their influence across the continent.
JOE BIDEN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: This forum is about building connections. It's about closing deals. And above all, it's about the
future. Our shared future. We've known for a long time that Africa's success and prosperity is essential to ensuring a better future for all of
us, not just for Africa.
ANTONY BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE, UNITED STATES: Earlier this year in South Africa, I had an opportunity to set out our administration's strategy
for the region. And at its core, the strategy can be distilled in one word. You've already heard it spoken tonight, partnership.
SOARES: Well, CNN's David McKenzie is in Johannesburg with a unique perspective on southern Africa's future. But let's turn first to chief
White House correspondent, Phil Mattingly joins us now from the White House. And Phil, what can we expect to come out of this summit, because for
some leaders and some ambassadors, and I saw one quoted today, said that Africa has always been bottom of the U.S. foreign policy priority list. Is
that going to change?
PHIL MATTINGLY, CNN CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Yes, I think your framing of this being an effort to reboot the relationship is probably too
kind. To some degree, it's resuscitate. And I think when you talk to White House officials, when you talk to administration officials, they
acknowledge the reality on the ground, the reality in the region, where the U.S. has just simply not been a central player or more often than that
even, has made a lot of commitments.
Made a lot of big promises, perhaps had symbolic events, and then largely disappear or cut funding on foreign aid, not really come through,
particularly in the way that others -- other countries, other leaders, more specifically, China, but others as well, have over the course of the last
decade.
The primary element you've seen from White House officials here is to make clear that this is not just symbolic. This is not just three days and then
move on. This is something that's going to be maintained over series of years. Part of that, $55 billion in committed investment over the course of
three years, backing the African Union joining the G20.
Likely, we are told, President Biden will announce a visit to the continent of several countries swing at some point in 2023. Trade, investment,
leveraging the private sector, all of those really key elements here as well. But there's no doubt that underneath kind of this entire process
here, is a recognition that there is a real geopolitical competition underway.
China is significantly ahead when it comes to the continent, and the U.S. needs to change how it operates. That is a large part of what's happening,
even, I would note, as White House officials claim that is not the entire reason of what's happening over the course of the next three days.
Implicitly, it most certainly is a critical factor.
SOARES: Phil Mattingly for us there in Washington. Thanks very much, Phil. So David, as we head from Phil there, not just symbolic, but the reality is
that President Biden may have his work cut out here if he is really to woo African leaders away from China. What did the African leaders that you've
been speaking to, from the continent, what do they want to see from the U.S. here, David?
DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, what they want is something similar to what President Biden just said in his remarks. Which
is an equal kind of partnership, particularly on trade. It must be said the U.S. has had deep ties with the continent, particularly when it comes to
critical life-saving initiatives like PEPFAR.
Which in the worst days of the AIDS pandemic, was really a game-changer for many millions of people on this continent. But times have changed, and
there's been a shift in the way that the U.S. and other nations deal with countries in Africa. And that is largely moving away from a focus on aid
and towards trade and investment.
President Biden said they're going to invest in infrastructure and technology, in other entrepreneurial efforts on the country. But as Phil
said, they are way behind, in many ways, China, which has been the biggest payer on this continent. We went to a very special place here in southern
Africa to find out just what that means.
MCKENZIE (voice-over): This city's brand-new prime minister knows how to make an entrance. And millionaire diamond magnet Sam Matekane entered
politics just six months before the election. Now he's here to celebrate his win, and meet us at his mountainside mansion.
(on camera): Good afternoon, how are you, prime minister?
SAM MATEKANE, PRIME MINISTER, LESOTHO: Fine, how are you, Dave?
MCKENZIE: Very nice to have us --
MATEKANE: Thank you very much, thank you. Our country was gone. This is reality. Lesotho was gone because it could not do anything for itself. You
know, with the debt that we have, with many other things that were happening, we were not happy. Because we can see, this is now the end of
Lesotho.
MCKENZIE (voice-over): This tiny mountain kingdom entirely surrounded by South Africa has struggled for years with external debt, poverty and
unemployment. Past leaders often turning to one country for help. Lesotho's parliament, the state library, the Convention Center are all built by the
Chinese, even their state house, a gift from the Peoples Republic.
(on camera): Were those smart deals to make?
MATEKANE: Well, what happened in the past is the past. I am focusing on the future now because the debt is there.
MARIA BREWER, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO LESOTHO: I will often caution my African partners that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
MCKENZIE (voice-over): In a new era of great power competition, the U.S. government has recently taken a far more assertive line on China in Africa.
BREWER: We want this trade investment to be on an even playing field, and that's something that again is very important to us.
MCKENZIE (on camera): What do you mean by that specifically?
BREWER: That laws are fairly enacted, that development opportunities are open.
MCKENZIE: That would indicate that China's investment has been opaque in your mind.
BREWER: I think that we're always looking for more transparency.
MCKENZIE (voice-over): Unlike China's no strings attached policy, the U.S. explicitly ties trade deals like the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act to
measures like democracy and freedom. Argoa Ala(ph) companies like precious garments in Maseru to export these great Norman golf shirts quota and
tariff free. And employ thousands of mostly female workers like Matope Masakane(ph) who makes just under $150 a month.
"It's not enough to survive", she says. "But it still makes a difference and it's better than sitting at home." In a country with so few
opportunities, even these conditions and this work can provide a life-line for Lesotho's women. But this month, China announced it will allow tariff
free imports from Lesotho and a host of the world's poorest countries.
And China recently forgave some of Lesotho's debt. It's donating a brand- new hospital in Maseru, likely wary of its reputation for trapping countries in debt.
(on camera): If you look at the overarching trade, the Chinese have outstripped the U.S. significantly in Africa. So can you compete at this
point?
BREWER: We are what people aspire to be. America is what people aspire to become more and more like. We are not a perfect country and we don't claim
to be, but our model of development, our sense of individual freedom, those are things that I think people here on the continent still very much value
and want to emulate.
MATEKANE: Competition will always be there, whether we like it or not. It doesn't matter who is in competition with who. But it will always be there.
MCKENZIE: If you got the same offer from the U.S. or China, which one would you take?
MATEKANE: I would take both.
MCKENZIE: A savvy politician there, Isa. You know, we put the question to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs about these accusations of a debt
trap. They responded, robustly, saying that is complete lies and quote, "frame ups". They also say that "it's important that people work together
for the good of Africa, and that they shouldn't be spreading rumors, smearing and maliciously attacking other countries." Quote.
So certainly these -- this talk rubs China the wrong way. And you should see more competition, I think on the African continent between the U.S. and
China, even if both sides never really use each other's name. Isa?
SOARES: Fascinating reporting, thanks very much. Appreciate it. Now, still to come tonight, the U.S. Federal Reserve announces another interest rate
hike. Fed Chair Jerome Powell will be holding a press conference just minutes from now. You're looking at the live shot there from Washington.
And we'll bring that to you, next.
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SOARES: I want to take you to Washington D.C., where Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, is speaking. Let's listen in.
JEROME POWELL, CHAIRMAN, FEDERAL RESERVE: Before I go into the details of today's meeting, I would like to underscore for the American people that we
understand the hardship that high inflation is causing and that we are strongly committed to bringing inflation back down to our 2 percent goal.
Over the course of the year, we have taken forceful actions to tighten the stance of monetary policy. We have covered a lot of ground. And the full
effects of our rapid tightening, so far, are yet to be felt.
Even so, we have more work to do. Price stability is the responsibility of the Federal Reserve and serves as the bedrock of our economy. Without price
stability, the economy does not work for anyone. In particular, without priceability, we will not achieve a sustained period of strong labor market
conditions that benefit all.
Today the FOMC raised our policy interest rate by a half percentage point. We continue to anticipate that ongoing increases will be appropriate in
order to attain a stance of monetary policy that is sufficiently restrictive to return inflation to 2 percent over time.
In addition, we're continuing the process of significantly reducing the size of our balance sheet. Restoring price stability will likely require
maintaining a restrictive policy stance for some time. I will have more to say about today's monetary actions after briefly reviewing economic
The U.S. economy has slowed significantly from last year's rapid pace; although real GDP rose at a pace of 2.9 percent last quarter, it is roughly
unchanged through the first three quarters of this year. Recent indicators point to modest growth of spending and production this quarter.
Growth in consumer spending has slowed from last year's rapid pace in part reflecting lower, real disposable income and tighter financial conditions.
Activity in the housing sector has weakened significantly, largely reflecting higher mortgage rates.
Higher interest rates and slower output growth also appear to be weighing on business fixed investment. As shown in our summary of economic
projections, the median projection for real GDP growth stands at just 0.5 percent this year and next, well below the median estimate of the longer-
run normal growth rate.
Despite the slowdown in growth, the labor market remains extremely tight, with the unemployment rate near a 50-year low, job vacancies still very
high and wage growth elevated. Job gains have been robust, with employment rising by an average of 272,000 jobs per month over the last three months.
Although job vacancies have moved below their highs and the pace of job gains has slowed from earlier in the year, the labor market continues to be
out of balance, with demand substantially exceeding the supply of available workers. The labor force participation rate is little changed since the
beginning of the year.
FOMC participants expect supply and demand conditions in the labor market to come into better balance over time, easing upward pressures on wages and
prices. The median projection in the SEP for the unemployment rate rises to 4.6 percent at the end of next year. Inflation remains well above our
longer-run goal of 2 percent.
Over the 12 months ending in October, total PCE prices rose 6 percent; excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core PCE prices rose 5
percent. In November, the 12-month change in the CPI was 7.1 percent and the change in the core CPI was 6 percent.
POWELL: Inflation data received so far for October and November show a welcome reduction in the monthly pace of price increases. But it will take
substantially more evidence to give confidence that inflation is on a sustained downward path.
Price pressures remain evident across a broad range of goods and services. Russia's war against Ukraine has boosted prices for energy and food and has
contributed to upward pressure on inflation.
The median projection in the SEP for total PCE inflation is 5.6 percent this year and falls to 3.1 percent next year, 2.5 percent in 2024 and 2.1
percent in 2025; participants continue to see risks to inflation as weighted to the upside.
Despite elevated inflation, longer-term inflation expectations appear to remain well anchored, as reflected in a broad range of surveys of
households, businesses and forecasters, as well as measures from financial markets.
But that is not grounds for complacency; the longer the current bout of high inflation continues, the greater the chance that expectations of --
SOARES: You have been listening to Fed chairman Jerome Powell there who for the last 35 minutes, lifting rates by half a percentage point, a
smaller increase than we have seen in several months.
It is a shift, of course, from the Federal Reserve, where we have seen four months of consecutive rate hikes at 0.75 percent. It's the seventh straight
rate hikes as they try to, of course, keep a lid on inflation, the highest inflation the U.S. has seen since the 1980s.
It is important to listen to him to get a sign of how the Fed is going to react, how it will move come the new year, come 2023. The next Fed meeting
is not until February 11th, 2023. The stock markets, of course, will be looking for some signs of how exactly next year the Fed may move to try to
keep a lid on inflation.
What we heard from Jerome Powell, he says he understands the hardship that inflation is doing to many Americans around the country. Their action is to
keep, of course, to get to that 2 percent goal of inflation.
He said he has seen ongoing increases appropriate to returning inflation to 2 percent. He said the U.S. economy has slowed significantly since last
year's rapid pace. But there is modest growth of spending.
But a key line from him, I would say, is that there is substantially more evidence, though. He's saying they need substantial more evidence that
inflation is on a downward path before, of course, they can pull back on these rate hikes.
You are seeing the stock markets reacting there to what Jerome Powell has said. It's moved almost a percentage point, as you see the Dow Jones, as
the Fed chairman continues to talk.
Clearly, the Fed not done yet as it tries to keep a tap on that inflation. We will have much more on this story at the top of the hour on "QUEST MEANS
BUSINESS" and Richard Quest. We'll be back after this short break.
SOARES: In an exclusive CNN "As Equals" investigation revealed how Western aid donors who pledged to support LGBTQ+ rights have also funded supporters
of a controversial anti LGBTQ+ bill in Ghana.
In the five years up to 2021, at least $5 million in aid from Europe and U.S. went to projects run by or benefiting churches in Ghana, whose leaders
not only backed the bill but also have a long track record of hateful anti LGBTQ+ rhetoric.
Nima Elbagir and her team traveled to Ghana to see the human cost of the rhetoric. The following part of "As Equals," CNN's ongoing series on gender
inequality.
NIMA ELBAGIR, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT: The Jamestown lighthouse in the capital Accra overlooks the Atlantic. The
historic Gold Coast inextricably tied by the slave trade and Christian missionaries to the American shoreline an ocean away, ties that remain to
this day.
Today, the nearby market is busy and vibrant.
This is the beating heart of Accra. You can buy pretty much anything here. And here, like much of the capital, the spirit of God, the word of God is
omnipresent.
And you can see, its influence in all corners in this religiously conservative society.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The essence of the LGBTQI plus movement are completely at variance with the laws and principles of the almighty God.
ELBAGIR: A national prayer rally entitled, "Homosexuality, a detestable sin to God."
But it is also across mainstream TV.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In this country, I'm going to say it, they will say it's hate speech. If you find any gay person in your neighborhood, stone
them to death.
ELBAGIR: The guest, a leading opposition party member and the presenter are discussing a draft bill being debated in parliament that further
criminalizes the LGBTQ+ community.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Ghanaian pastors who are gay --
ELBAGIR: It is often disguised as family values but if passed without amendment. U.N. experts warn it will be a recipe for conflict and violence
across Ghana. A CNN "As Equals Investigation" has shown these same churches backing the anti LGBTQ+ bill received funding from U.S. and European
governments.
Over $4 million to the Catholic Church and over $1 million between other protestant churches, taxpayers' money even as they for years preached to
further criminalize being gay in Ghana. Their position has been no secret.
In press releases, churches were publicly vilifying homosexuality. In one instance, calling to stop those who propagate this evil agenda of those
with abnormal sexual orientations.
And in another stating that "Homosexuality is an affront to human dignity." This rhetoric and the bill it spawned has real life consequences.
This is like the rock star, the more come to the area. Assidi, not her real name, wants to take us back to her small neighborhood in Accra. She
identified as queer. For a long time, no one knew but she believes she always stood out.
ASSIDI: I didn't really get along with anyone generally. Because I had this label of a threat -- which are geared like from the tender age of
seven people though like I was a slut because I like to hang with the boys.
ELBAGIER: Assidi was outed when this video of her helping to clean up a local LGBTQ+ center was broadcast on various national TV stations. The
center was shut down, following calls from religious leaders. The videos from the community center went viral. And exposed Assidi to her community
and family.
ASSIDI: All of a sudden, I became this devious, devilish, bad person. And all kinds of stories were concocted about me.
ELBAGIR: At this point, Assidi says she could still live in her home. It wasn't until her neighbor said a man who looked like a relative was outside
her house with a group of male friends, that she felt in danger.
ASSIDI: they would have probably kidnapped me. Help me out somewhere. Probably at the family house. And tried various tactics to cure me. Things
could have gone anywhere from physical assault to corrective rape.
ELBAGIR: Corrective rape, the mistaken belief that the victims sexuality can be changed by being forced to have sex with the opposite gender.
ELBAGIR (voice-over): Assidi had to leave the country for a number of months. She had no choice. The police are not here to protect the LGBTQ+
community. It is already illegal to be gay.
SAM GEORGE, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT: It's already a criminal offense. So you must be minded if you are committing a criminal offense that you cannot
seek rights in the committing of an offense.
ELBAGIR: This is Sam George, a key proponent of the draft bill called the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values.
The new bill criminalizes not only same-sex relationships and marriages but also identifying as LGBTQ+, promoting and funding of LGBTQ+ groups and
public debate or education on sexual orientation and gender identity.
GEORGE: Let's be also very clear here. That there is no evidence whatsoever that the inception of this bill or introduction of this bill
into parliament has increased the wave of violence against practitioners of LGBTQ activities.
ELBAGIR: And yet, LGBTQ+ Ghanaians are increasingly targeted.
Some of these are forced confessions?
ALEX DONKOR, DIRECTOR, LGBTQ+ RIGHTS: Yes. Some of these are forced confessions. Some of these are even posted on social media by the
perpetrators themselves.
ELBAGIR: Alex Donkor says he receives these videos almost daily now.
What you are about to see is disturbing.
Video seen by CNN show attackers growing increasingly brazen, filming their violent abuse of people they allege are gay. Forcing them to confess. And
in some cases, name other people who are also gay.
ELBAGIR: It is not just the capital, Accra. Violence is permeating across this country. People are really afraid. Friends and neighbors are turning
on each other. For the safety of the people we're meeting, we've agreed not to disclose their location.
A worrying trend is that people need only to be accused of being part of the LGBTQ+ community. Mobs take it upon themselves to dole out what they
perceive as vigilante justice. In effect, a witch hunt.
These men after being beaten, falsely accused a woman of being a pimp. Her life as she knew it was destroyed.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They said I was selling gay men and women for sex.
ELBAGIR: But your case was dismissed?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
ELBAGIR: And nobody believes that you are innocent.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, until this day no one believes me. No one believes I did not do it. So I lost everybody. And I was also four months
pregnant and I lost my baby. And it was one of the most painful things. I cannot forget that.
ELBAGIR (voice-over): The church's place in Ghana is indisputable. The church's position toward the LGBTQ+ community, undeniable. The position of
some Western donors like the U.S., who say they stopped donations before the new legislation but refused to clarify whether they still support
church projects, unconscionable -- Nima Elbagir, CNN, Accra, Ghana.
SOARES: None of the churches in this story responded to CNN's multiple requests for comment. The Italian government told CNN it is not responsible
for the use of these identified funds.
The United States blamed the previous administration, saying it would not have prohibited funding based on the statement of anti LGBTQ+ rhetoric by
churches but would not clarify if it continues to support church projects in Ghana.
A German government spokesperson stated that they do not support any projects which endanger the rights of LGBTQ+ communities.
However, CNN reached out to organizations acting for Germany in Ghana, who confirmed they continue to support projects run by or benefiting the
Catholic Church and a number of protestant churches as well.
We will stay on top of that story. We are back after this short break.
SOARES: Thank you for watching tonight. Do stay right here. "QUEST MEANS BUSINESS" with Richard Quest is up next. We will have more on that Fed


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Intra-group interaction and the development of norms which promote inter-group hostility
Laura G E Smith, Tom Postmes
Research suggests there is more inter-group discrimination when rewards rather than punishments are distributed between groups (the positive-negative asymmetry effect). This study investigated whether intra-group interaction and the obstruction of in-group advancement moderate this finding. Participants were twice asked to divide monetary resources—individually (pre-consensus) and in interactive groups (consensus). Results confirmed that there was more discrimination when rewards were allocated. Although this replicates the PNAE overall, there were two moderators. First, there was no asymmetry when the out-group obstructed in-group advancement: obstruction was sufficient to legitimise punishment. Second, after group interaction the PNAE reversed so that there was more discrimination when punishments were administered. The severity of discrimination was contingent upon group norms that endorsed inter-group hostility. It is argued that norms changed as a function of group interaction, and so did patterns of discrimination. The results suggest that the intra-and inter-group context combined to cause in-group favouritism to slide towards inter-group hostility.
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Q: GET the content of an  in a  instead of the value I have the following HTML select FORM:
<select name="quantity">
        <option value="0" >Select</option>
        <option value="125" >1</option>
        <option value="250" >2</option>
        <option value="375">3</option>
        </select>

I know how to GET the value of each option above but is there any way to GET the variable (1,2.3...)

A: Try this:
<select name="quantity" onchange="javacript: var valor = this.options[selectedIndex].text;  alert(valor); document.getElementById('shadow').value = valor;">
    <option value="0" >Select</option>
    <option value="125" >1</option>
    <option value="250" >2</option>
    <option value="375">3</option>
</select>
<input type="hidden" id="shadow" value="">

With this combination you can accomplish your task.....javascript + hidden input, and php $_GET['shadow'] ;)
Saludos.

A: Under normal circumstances, when a form is submitted, only the value(s) of the selected item(s) in a select element will be submitted. The label will not.
Your options:

*

*Keep a map of values/labels on the server and use the submitted value to retrieve the label

*Store the label in the value (possibly by encoding the existing value and the label as JSON)

*Use JavaScript to add the label to the submitted data

I strongly suggest the first option.

A: If you put in a hidden field called SelectedHTML you can achieve this with javascript.
<input type="hidden" id="SelectedHTML" name="SelectedHTML" />

for example with an onchange event on the select to put the innerHTML of the selectedIndex into the hidden field, when posted you will be able to use $_GET['SelectedHTML'] to retreive the data
<select onchange="document.getElementById("SelectedHTML").value=this.options[this.selectedIndex].text;" name=....>

A: No, not in standard HTML.
You could use JavaScript to do it somehow.

A: You can't do that with PHP. You need javascript (jQuery).
Method text()
  $('option').text();

would return that for you and then you can send it with GET with window.location
  window.location = 'yoururl.php?value=' + $('option').text();


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Scrat: Spaced Out è un cortometraggio del 2016 diretto da Mike Thurmeier e Galen T. Chu. Il corto ha come protagonista lo scoiattolo Scrat della saga L'era glaciale.

Trama
Subito dopo gli eventi de L'era glaciale - In rotta di collisione, Scrat è ancora a bordo dell'UFO e si prepara a tornare sulla Terra quando all'improvviso viene catturato da un altro UFO.

Sulla nave scopre che i suoi rapitori sono delle scoiattole aliene di nome Scratazon che vogliono la sua ghianda, quando scoprono che è sulla nave cercano di ucciderlo ma falliscono, a quel punto rubano la ghianda ma Scrat la recupera con un raggio attrattore, tuttavia anche la leader delle Scratazon usa il raggio attrattore scatenando una rissa che causa la distruzione del nocciolo della ghianda che causa la distruzione dell'astronave.

Questo causa anche la creazione di un buco nero che risucchia le aliene tranne la loro leader che cerca di prendere la ghianda venendo però spinta nel buco nero e quindi sconfitta da Scrat che però ci finisce anche lui insieme alla sua amata ghianda, tuttavia viene risputato fuori ma la sua ghianda viene nuovamente risucchiata con irritazione di Scrat.

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Samsung's DME-BR Series is a ready-to-use, all-in-one E-Board display solution. The large display includes a pre-assembled touch overlay. The embedded System-on-Chip (SoC) media player and E-Board software makes it portable, flexible and easy to set up. And with a full range of connectivity options, including Wi-Fi for seamless connection to mobile devices, you can meet your organization's specific presentation needs.
The Samsung DM65E-BR is also known as DM65E-BR	or DM65EBR	.


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Israeli Firm Accused of Creating iPhone Spyware
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WINK News: Autism Support Center opens in Cape Coral
By Anjali Van DrieApril 12, 2021April 16th, 2021In the News
There's a new community for people with autism and their families. The Family Initiative Autism Support Center is now open in Cape Coral.
The facility is located at 734 SW 4th Street and is the first autism center of its kind to open in the area. It features clinical rooms, therapeutic intervention rooms, advanced new technology for remote training, and more.
Family Initiative said the space was designed to bring people together for discussions regarding autism and how different groups from the area can come together to support individuals on the autism spectrum.
The facility also hosts social skills groups, parent support groups, town hall meetings and educational forums.
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"Installation of the unit costs less than half that of an equivalent solar power plant and occupies an area of just 200 square meters, compared to 50,000 square meters for solar and 5,000 square meters for wind power," Fernando Lindoso, the director of the company in which he is a partner, told IPS.
In addition, it has the advantage of stable generation, "free of the intermittency of other sources," said Lindoso, who estimated the cost of each 3.5 MW unit at around five million dollars, a price that is reduced for social projects.
There will be a smaller version, generating one MW, "30 percent cheaper", of identical dimensions, but with three tons of the fluid that is biodegradable, instead of the four used in the other model.
"My favorite is the solar boat, a good example of how to find solutions," said Sam Passmore, director of the Environmental Programme at the U.S.-based Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, one of the meeting's eight international sponsors.
Kara means dream in the Achuar language and it is about maintaining the sustainable culture of river transport, as opposed to "the roads that threaten our territory, presented as if they represented development," project coordinator Nantu Canelos told IPS during the fair.
"We want to build 300, 400 solar boats," said Milton Callera, technical director of the Coordinating Committee of Indigenous Organisations of the Amazon Basin (Coica).
Riverside dwellers and indigenous people in Brazil are also seeking to "solarise" their boats, especially the small ones, dedicated to fishing and the transportation of a few people. The problem is where to put the solar panels on the so-called "flying boats", without slowing them down.
The discussions at the symposium, however, focused on the need to universalise energy. "There are still 500,000 people, or 100,000 families, without access to electricity in Brazil's Amazon region," according to Paulo Cerqueira, coordinator of Social Policies at the Ministry of Mines and Energy.
"The Amazon is a great market for those who don't mind long trips and can work in places that are difficult to access," a company technician told IPS.
That's why he founded the I9SOL Institute, where the "9" stands for innovation.
"The main obstacle is the import of photovoltaic cells, which Brazil does not produce and which has to pay too high a tariff, because of a strange legal measure adopted in 2012," he lamented.
In addition to this, there are two industrial processes for processing silicon, and "the rest is packaging work that trained people can do without difficulty," he said, before pointing out that this continues to be the case in China and India, which provides employment for millions of workers, especially women.
Railton de Lima, the inventor of the Eletro Roda, which he called a "voluntary engine for mechanical energy generation," also developed a system for converting urban waste into charcoal briquettes to generate electricity, making it easier to recycle metals.
This technology is already used in several Brazilian cities, including Manaus. Of Lima's 28 inventions, more than half are already being used in the market, and others are being developed for energy purposes.
"The idea of the right to energy is powerful" and stimulates solutions, said Passmore of the Mott Foundation. In the same sense, the diversity of peoples and communities represented at the Manaus meeting was "a very positive factor," he concluded.