We were in Indonesia earlier this year to briefly try out the new Honda Freed around Honda Prospect Motor's test track. It was a very short drive but it did give us some sufficient first impressions of Honda's compact "premium" MPV.
The Honda Freed is the first time in a long time that a car manufacturer has attempted to sell a decidedly JDM styled vehicle here in Malaysia. You see, it is quite clear that our taste buds and those of the Japanese domestic market are quite different. There are plenty of little vehicles that look like the Mitsubishi TownBox all over their streets yet when the Proton Juara was introduced here, we couldn't get used to its styling.
But for some reason when JDM large MPVs are brought into Malaysia they gain "luxury vehicle" status. Let's face it – the Alphard is not a particularly good looking vehicle. It's a gigantic box. But its large and it can ferry many people with comfort, from the first row all the way to the third row. For an MPV – the more space, the better. And the vehicle must also be able to transport all that cube inches of interior space safely, efficiently and a bonus would be swiftly.
The Freed looks pretty much like a JDM car and it is not the first time Honda has made a vehicle that looks like that. It actually looks like a smaller version of the StepWGN, which is another JDM-only model, although you can easily buy one through a grey importer here in Malaysia. I was actually quite surprised when Honda announced that it would be making the Freed in Indonesia. That also meant that Honda was definitely going to sell it throughout the ASEAN market. Would we be able to get used to its looks?
But still, the idea of a Honda in the compact MPV segment was appealing to me – Hondas generally drive quite decently and having a more exciting choice in a market full of Nissan Grand Livinas and Toyota Avanzas made me look forward to it. A Grand Livina type of vehicle with the DNA of what typically defines a Honda is something that I was guessing that Malaysians would find quite appealing. But then I heard the indicated price range and I was a little disappointed. It wasn't going to be an MPV that everyone would be able to consider side by side with its competition, but more of a price level up.
At RM113,980 it isn't a super big margin over the 1.8 liter Nissan Grand Livina but this was a 1.5 liter MPV so it would be more logical to compare it to the 1.6 liter Nissan Grand Livina instead. And that's a huge price difference – the 1.6 liter GL is under RM90k. Is the huge mark-up because of the more generous equipment level really worth it when an MPV is essentially a box that's supposed to bring as many people as you can as comfortably as possible?
The larger 1.8 liter engine in the Nissan may not be a horsepower king with less than a 10 horsepower advantage on top of the Freed's, but when it comes to normally aspirated engines there's no replacement for displacement and the 1.8 liter engine has much more torque (174Nm at 4,800rpm) for you to move all your passengers around easier.
So how does it do ferrying people in it? One of the factors we have to look at would be its size. The Honda Freed has a really long wheelbase – it is the longest variant of the Jazz/City platform. And normally a long wheelbase equates to lots of space on the inside. But for the Freed, the extra long wheelbase is because its wheels are tucked seriously to the far reaches of the car's body. That explains why although the Freed has a longer wheelbase than the Grand Livina, the Grand Livina's overall length still ends up being longer than the Freed's – because of the overhangs. As a result, the interior room of the Freed is not that particularly large for its exterior dimensions.
I am a large guy and I can definitely fit into the second and third row but I wouldn't exactly call it comfortable. In the third row, my knees were touching the rear of the second row. The only consolation is the rear of the seats are soft-ish. The seating position feels a little high in all three rows which is good if you like to have a commanding position of the road and even your passengers are able to enjoy this.
The third row doesn't fold flat onto the floor. Instead, you hang it from the sides of the vehicle like the old Pajero third row. At least the resulting luggage area has a flat floor. I haven't tried personally but Honda's press images have photos of two bicycles being able to be fit in there.
The low-ish floor because there's no folded down third row taking up space and the tall roof likely makes the rear luggage area of the Freed one of the most flexible in terms of the dimensions of stuff you can fit in. The opening to access the cabin from the rear of the car is also suitably large – that's why as some of you have commented there is not much of a rear bumper on the Freed. However because the entire interior is one big 'room', there's no option for a luggage cover if you decide to use the third row as a permanent storage area.
Luggage space is quite limited when the rear seats are being used. You're left with a triangle shaped storage area if your third row is reclined to a comfortable position. So 4 seater + 2 seater + luggage = not a good idea, unless you mount a storage box on top of the Freed.
The Freed has automatic sliding doors on both sides of the vehicle and they can be opened from the remote control. We tested the door for safety functions and etc and yes, they stop opening when they detect an obstruction. The little opening that's required for the doors to slide rearward into is neatly integrated into the feature line that rises from the front to the rear of the Freed so it's not unsightly. Opening and closing the doors takes about 5 seconds.
However no matter how "cool" auto sliding doors may be, because the Freed in itself isn't a very long car compared to larger MPVs which typically employ these sliding doors, the doors and door opening aren't that wide.
It's a serious struggle to access the third row by sliding and reclining the second row forward. The walkthrough cabin created by the four captain chairs in the first and second row isn't just a feature – it's a necessity in order for you to get into the third row comfortably. It's the same when exiting the vehicle. I personally consider this a minus point.
How's the passenger comfort? We drove the Freed around a short test track for a few laps, both as drivers and passengers. The Freed's suspension is on the softer side – expected as it is an MPV after all. The steering is also pretty light and very easy to control and meneuver, but perhaps a little too light at higher speeds.
It performs well under normal driving but under spirited driving there is alot of understeer and tyre squealing – perhaps better tyres will improve that. We also found it easy to recover from any silly antics.
First and second row comfort is decent and I couldn't find fault with the seats for the short drive that we had. However the third row ride comfort was quite bouncy and I began to feel a little sick in the stomach, which was disappointing considering the magic that Honda pulled off with the Honda Odyssey. In the third row of the Odyssey you could be in the third row with the driver really gunning the B roads, causing the Odyssey to bank left and right as rapid successions of corner after corner got dealt with, and your tummy would not complain.
In the Freed, the third row is located right above the rear torsion bar suspension thanks to the long wheelbase and short overhangs. The bounciness isn't harsh but it can get quite rapid in frequency. There are only front air conditioning vents in the Freed but during our short test you could still feel some air flow in the third row.
The engine and transmission are both smooth and responsive to both throttle input and downshifting but as expected the combo has to work hard under the vehicle and passenger's weight if you are not in the mood for a cruise, and things can start getting a little loud in the cabin at high revs but there's no vibration. The brakes are pretty good though – we had a brake test area as part of the test track and they were strong and responsive even under a four person load.
And then you have the interior. The design of the double deck dash is quite appealing, and the multi-info display has a real time fuel consumption indicator which we now find a necessary feature in all modern cars. We get the better looking digital air conditioning controls compared to the triple knob manual controls we saw in our Indonesian test drive cars. There are loads of little cubby holes and storage areas here and there, which is something good.
However the moment the dashboard ends, you get door panels which are basically just bare plastic on all doors. Feels hard to accept all of this when you see the word "premium" thrown at you in all the Freed literature. It this what premium is supposed to be?
What the Freed has ended up being is is a high spec compact MPV that also comes with a high price. And it's still not as high spec as we'd hope it to be – where's the VSA stability control that doesn't seem to be an available feature globally on any of the cars (Jazz, City) that spawn from this small car platform?
I wish Honda had took a more conventional approach to making a compact B-segment MPV instead of the "mini Alphard" that the Freed ended up being. The Freed is a very different formula from its competitors but I don't think this is a better formula as ultimately its still a small vehicle.
Honda used to make a station wagon version of the last generation City/Jazz called the Honda Airwave. Imagine if what they made was a more 'conventional' lower riding Honda Airwave with 2-3-2 third row seating (as opposed to the Freed's 2-2-3), regular doors and a more affordable price tag?


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From Chaos to Eternity è l'ottavo album in studio del gruppo musicale italiano Rhapsody of Fire, pubblicato il 17 giugno 2011 tramite Nuclear Blast in Italia, Germania, Austria, Svizzera, Paesi Bassi, Belgio, Spagna e Norvegia.

Appartiene, come i precedenti tre album, alla Dark Secret Saga. È il quinto ed ultimo capitolo della saga, nonché l'ultimo album della band che vedrà la partecipazione di Christopher Lee come narratore.

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Formazione
 Fabio Lione - voce
 Luca Turilli - chitarra
 Tom Hess - chitarra
 Alessandro Staropoli - tastiere
 Patrice Guers - basso
 Alex Holzwarth - batteria
 Christopher Lee - voce narrante

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Q: Finding $g'(t)$ of the function $ g (t) = \frac{s'(t) - 1}{t} $ using power series.
The function $ s $ defined as $ s(x) = \sum_{n = 0}^{+ \infty} a_n x^n $ satisfies the differential equation:  $ (1 + x^2)f''(x) = 2f(x) $

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*Find $a_{2p + 1}$ in terms of $ p $, knowing that $ s(0) = 0 $ and $ s'(0) = 1 $,.

*Let $ g (t) = \frac{s'(t) - 1}{t} $, with $ t \neq 0 $ and $g(0) = 0$.
Compute $ g'(t) $ and deduce an explicit expression of $ s $

For the first question, I found:
$$ a_{2p + 1} = \frac{\prod_{k = 0}^{p-1} [2k(2k + 1) - 2]}{(2p + 1)!}$$
For the second question, we have:
$$ g'(t) = \frac{ts''(t) - s'(t) + 1 }{t^2} $$
Using the power expansion of $s$ from the previous question, we get:
$$ g'(t) = \sum_{p = 1}^{+ \infty} (2p - 1) (2p + 1) a_{2p + 1} x^{2p - 2} $$
From here, I do not see how to proceed to get the expression of $g'(t)$ and the expression of $ s $.

A: Note that $s(x)=\sum_{n=0}^\infty a_nx^n$ and $s(0)=0,s'(0)=1$ implies that $a_0=0,a_1=1$.
Differentiating the series twice gives (noting that the first two terms disappear)
$$s''(x)=\sum_{n=2}^\infty n(n-1)a_{n}x^{n-2}$$
Therefore, since $0=(1+x^2)s''-2s$, we have
$$\begin{aligned}
0&=\sum_{n=2}^\infty n(n-1)a_{n}x^{n-2}+\sum_{n=2}^\infty n(n-1)a_{n}x^{n}-2\sum_{n=0}^\infty a_nx^n\\
&=\sum_{n=0}^\infty (n+2)(n+1)a_{n+2}x^{n}+\sum_{n=2}^\infty n(n-1)a_{n}x^{n}-2\sum_{n=0}^\infty a_nx^n\\
&=2a_2+6a_3x+\sum_{n=2}^\infty\bigg((n+2)(n+1)a_{n+2}+n(n-1)a_{n}-2a_n\bigg)x^n-2a_0-2a_1x\\
&=\left(2a_2-2a_0\right)+\left(6a_3-2a_1\right)x+\sum_{n=2}^\infty\bigg((n+2)(n+1)a_{n+2}+n(n-2)a_{n}-2a_n\bigg)x^n
\end{aligned}$$
Since this must hold for all $x$, the coefficients of $x^n$ must vanish individually. Therefore,
$$\begin{cases}
2a_2-2a_0=0\implies a_2=a_0=0\\6a_3-2a_1=0\implies a_3=a_1/3=1/3\\(n+2)(n+1)a_{n+2}+\left(n(n-1)-2\right)a_n=0&n\ge2
\end{cases}$$
The last condition can be written as
$$(n+1)(n+2)a_{n+2}=-\left(n(n-1)-2\right)a_n=-(n^2-n-2)a_n=-(n+1)(n-2)a_n$$
Which implies that
$$a_{n+2}=-\frac{n-2}{n+2}a_{n}$$
for $n\ge2$. Since $a_2=0$, all even $a_n$ vanishes, while for odd $n=2p+1$,
$$\begin{aligned}
a_{2p+1}&=-\frac{(2p-1)-2}{(2p-1)+2}a_{2p-1}\\
&=\frac{(2p-1)-2}{(2p-1)+2}\cdot\frac{(2p-3)-2}{(2p-3)+2}a_{2p-3}\\
&=\ ...\\
&=(-1)^{p-1}\left(\prod_{k=2}^p\frac{(2k-1)-2}{(2k-1)+2}\right)a_3\\
&=(-1)^{p-1}\frac13\prod_{k=2}^p\frac{2k-3}{2k+1}\\
&=(-1)^{p-1}\frac13\cdot\frac{(1)(3)(5)...(2p-3)}{(5)...(2p-3)(2p-1)(2p+1)}\\
&=\boxed{\frac{(-1)^{p-1}}{(2p-1)(2p+1)}}
\end{aligned}$$
Note that this derivation only works when $2p-1\ge2$, or $2p+1\ge4$. Notably, the formula does not hold when $p=0$. You can also skip this derivation by trying a few values, guessing the formula and proving it with induction.
For part 2, doing the required operations gives
$$\begin{aligned}
s(t)&=x+\sum_{p=1}^\infty\frac{(-1)^{p-1}t^{2p+1}}{(2p-1)(2p+1)}\\
s'(t)&=1+\sum_{p=1}^\infty\frac{(-1)^{p-1}t^{2p}}{2p-1}\\
g(t)&=\frac{s'(t)-1}{t}=\sum_{p=1}^{\infty}\frac{(-1)^{p-1}t^{2p-1}}{2p-1}\\
g'(t)&=\sum_{p=1}^{\infty}(-1)^{p-1}t^{2p-2}=\sum_{p=0}^{\infty}(-1)^{p}t^{2p}
\end{aligned}$$
Using the geometric sum formula $\sum_{k=0}^\infty x^k=\frac1{1-x}$, we can write
$$\begin{aligned}
g'(t)&=\frac1{1+t^2}\\
g(t)&=\tan^{-1}t+C\\
s'(t)&=tg(t)+1=t\tan^{-1}t+Ct+1
\end{aligned}$$
We actually can't infer $C$ using the initial conditions $s(0)=0,s'(0)=1$. However, from the earlier fact that $a_2=0$, we can deduce that $s''(0)=0$, and if we differentiate our current expression for $s'(t)$:
$$s''(t)=\frac{t}{1+t^2}+\tan^{-1}t+C$$
we see that $C=0$. Thus, $s'(t)=t\tan^{-1}t+1$ and integrating gives
$$s(t)=\int_0^t\left(t'\tan^{-1}t'+1\right)\text{ d}t'=\frac12\left((t^2+1)\tan^{-1}t+t\right)$$

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A static web application deliver response to user what exactly stored in server. The response is always same for all users when they requested to server. It means static html pages, pdf files and images.
These resources are available in server so that when the user requested to server and the server will serve as response. The user will be requested as simple http request to the server so that server will serve the static recourses as response. To handle request and manage these recourse we will use web server.
A web server is server to handle or process the http request and serve the response to the end users.
We already know http request is simple URL and it will ask the web server for response on behalf of user.
For example we will request for one html page that html page contains the company information.
When we send above request to the web server it will always give the static data which is presented in requested html page. It means the response data always same for all user requests.
The final bottom line is static web applications always serve same response to users and to manage these static web applications we will use web servers.
Dynamic web application serves the response based on user demand and the response is varying based on user request.
It will generate dynamic response to end user when they request to the server. Here http request is same but based on user the content/data will be changed.
For example it will use same resource for every request but the resource will be generating the dynamic content based on user request.
If we observe above request, based on employee Id we will get different employee information but each time it will execute same resource in server.
In above diagram user send the request to get employee information and server execute same resource and that recourse get employee data from information system and give response back to the user.
Who will produce Dynamic Response?
In dynamic web applications to produce dynamic response we need special kind of resources and these resources are called helper applications.
Helper application are kind of recourses will be executes in server to prepare dynamic response. To execute helper applications we need containers.
Helper application is server side technology to produce dynamic response based on users demand.
Containers are managing helper applications it means it will process helper application to produce dynamic response. Processing of helper application is like execution of helper applications.
Servlet is helper appellation or server side component to produce dynamic request to the user.
To execute servlet we need servlet container. The servlet container is responsible for execution of servlet or manages the life cycle of servlet when they produce dynamic request.
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Static Web application can be served by Web servers but dynamic applications cannot so that dynamic web application needs application servers.
Application server is like web server to handle http request besides that it will also manage the dynamic applications.
We already know to execute dynamic application we need containers. Application server has ability to integrate with many containers like servlet, EJB and JSM containers.
Application server is used to manage dynamic web application.
We already know we need helper application or servlet to process dynamic request. To produce dynamic response it will use some information system for getting the data. Those information systems are like databases.
Servlet need database to produces dynamic response. The response is in the form of browser understandable language that is html.
Servlet can produce response in the form of HTML or other formats like text, images and files formats but all these formats should understand by browser.
The user/client sends the request to the server.
Server will identify the request whether it is dynamic request or static request.
If static request then web server handle the request means it will process request and produces the response.
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The response will give to the web server and web server is responsible to send response to client.
The following diagram depicts the flow of dynamic request.
In java we will use servlet to process dynamic request and we use servlet to build dynamic web applications.
Servlet is server side technology to produce dynamic response. Servlet will be executed in servlet containers when they produce dynamic response. Servlet container will manage the lifecycle of servlet.
We have two different kinds of web applications static and dynamic.
Static application will be managed by web servers and dynamic applications are managed by application server.
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Rad Ed review: Studying Religion in Australia
Understanding religion and preserving Studies in Religion as a discipline remains crucial for the future.
by Kowther Qashou
After a hard-fought struggle to save the Department of Studies in Religion from closure at the University of Sydney, students and staff won the day. However, the future of some Religious Studies units still remains in doubt. As part of the Radical Education 2021 series, Studying Religion in Australia discussed the insights of the discipline and religion in Australia. The event began with a heartfelt tribute to Alana Louise Bowden, a student and staff member who recently passed away, whose efforts and role were instrumental in saving the department.
Facilitated by Studies in Religion graduate Ranuka Tandan, the discussion featured David Smith, Associate Professor of American Politics and Foreign Policy, and Carole Cusack, Professor of Religious Studies. It looked at the importance of the discipline, why it's undervalued, and the connection between religion and politics in Australia compared to globally, and how it's treated in a higher education context.
Following the appointment of Dominic Perrottet, a self-described "conservative Catholic," as NSW Premier, the discussion interrogated whether Australia was particularly good at separating the church and state.
In Australia, a lack of understanding around different religions shapes our views and ultimately media reporting. While there is an assumption that Australians are fairly lax about religion, that is hardly the case, according to Cusack. She suggested that religion is often codified into what is acceptable and what is not, leading to assumptions made about particular ethnic groups and religions associated with them. This has been particularly the case since 9/11 where communities presumed to be Muslim came to be considered a threat and had their places of worship attacked.
Although many do not consider Australia a Christian country, Smith argued that nationalism is often equated with a particular religion and this is reflected in other countries too. He pointed out that, in Australia's case, an attack on Christianity is seen as an attack on the nation. Ultimately, the "separation of church and state does not mean the separation of religion and politics."
The discussion also provided an insight into why secular religious education in Australia is so undervalued. This can be partly attributed to the fact that departments such as Studies in Religion at universities remain small and have been given little opportunity to expand. Students who study religion in high school very rarely carry it through to university. On the other hand, secularism and secular society tend to regard religion as seemingly unimportant with no need to understand or learn more about it, except in the case of certain events prompting widespread interest. Smith noted that despite secularism's assumption that religion would die out, religion has evolved, taking on new forms, while some religions have gone away entirely, and even the way people experience religion has completely changed.
Despite the success of students and staff in saving the department, the fate of Studies in Religion, and many others like it, still hangs in the balance. Reflecting back on the wider campaign against cuts to the Arts, Cusack said that there have been many attempts by university management to cut the discipline and ongoing negotiations are still occurring.
Studies in Religion as a discipline mainly gained prominence after September 11. Both Cusack and Smith emphasised the importance of the discipline in allowing us to understand what religion actually is. As Smith suggested, it plays a vital role in helping us understand the complex interaction of religion and the world.
As religion continues to influence Australian politics at every level, understanding religion and preserving Studies in Religion as a discipline remains crucial for the future.
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One such selfless collector is Sudarshan Talwar of Calcutta who has posted more than 2,000 images from his priceless collection. He spent his own money and shared these items, without mutilating them in any way, on his Facebook timeline and various groups. I am hoping to bring his collection to my website. In the meantime, enjoy this rare ad in a Calcutta magazine, a fitting addition to Musing 52.


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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2017 only 18.7 percent of people with a disability were employed, while 65.7 percent of people without a disability were employed. While the unemployment rates for both parties declined from the previous year, we still have a long way to go!
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Argentina undefeated winning tie-break to Colombia
CALI, Colombia, November 27, 2021.- Argentina remains undefeated winning a five-set duel 3-2 (21-25, 25-15, 22-25, 25-22, 15-11) to host Colombia in pool A in the men's volleyball tournament of the I Junior Pan American Games at Evangelista Mora Coliseum.
The nail biting battle was an amazing display of strength on both sides. Argentina suffered the loss of its captain Mauro Zelayeta due to a minor injury in the second set and Colombia as well of middle blocker Juan Estupiñan in the overtime.
Argentina prevailed 66-54 in attacks and 5-2 in serves; Colombia in blocks by a slim 11-10 margin. Argentina finished with 31 unforced errors and Colombia with 27.
Opposite hitter Bautista Gazaba of Argentina scored a match-high of 23 points on 22 attacks and one ace, middle blocker Nahuel García added 14 points on 11 kills and 3 blocks, alongside outside hitter Martin Malaber and middle blocker Imanol Salazar with 10 points each.
Colombian outside hitter Leiner Aponza topped with 22 points including 21 kills, followed by outside hitter Carlos Llanos with 18 points on 17 kills and one block, outside hitter Oliver Murillo collected 11 points including 6 monster blocks and opposite hitter Miguel Angel Martinez contributed with 10 points.
Argentina (2-0) concludes the preliminary round against Guatemala (0-2) and Colombia (1-1) meets Puerto Rico (1-1).
Pablo Rico, head coach of Argentina: "It was an even performance, there weren't great differences; they have a couple of effective attackers, mostly number 7 and I want to congratulate the Colombian team because they played with courage and they enjoyed it. It was a nice game to watch".
Arnaldo Sevilla, head coach of Puerto Rico: "We did the same that they did, we played like equals; they looked for our weakness as did we. Argentina won because they knew where to score. It was a good match and we are still alive to face another challenge against Puerto Rico tomorrow".


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By Caitlin Kennedy August 13, 2018 January 14, 2019
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Sharks in cinema. My passion. My area of academic study.
Jason Statham in "The Meg" | Photo credit: Warner Bros. Entertainment
"Meg": A favorite book adapted into an intriguing new movie. Reviewing and screening this bad boy has been my Super Bowl.
Rolling Roadshow puts on one hell of an event and I'll be the first to admit that my opinion of "The Meg" was quite possibly saved by how great the film-watching experience was. All shark movies should be enjoyed from an inner tube, floating in the water.
"The Meg" is an adaptation of the late '90s novel "Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror" by Steve Alten. The film centers around the struggles of marine badass Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) as he and a group of ocean researchers face off against a 70-foot prehistoric Megalodon. That's a big ole shark, to clarify.
The film is directed by Jon Turteltaub and principle cast members Ruby Rose, Rainn Wilson, Page Kennedy, Bingbing Li, Cliff Curtis and Masi Oka alongside Statham, make for a refreshingly well-rounded ensemble.
I find in "The Meg" a unique experience. This is, perhaps, the first time that I have ever allowed my love for the original source material to cloud my enjoyment of a film. I fight hard to stay away from "the book was better" crowd, but "The Meg" was a struggle. Why? Because the novels should not have done it better and yet, somehow, they did.
Photo credit: Warner Bros. Entertainment
I will keep my discussion of "Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror" brief, as this is a film review, but it's worth noting. Steve Alten is a card-carrying member of the Good Ole Boys of Sci-Fi Club. His heroes are ultra gruff and super masculine. His female characters are defined by lengthy and, frankly, off-putting descriptions of their bodies. While his character development leaves something to be desired, Alten can spin an exciting yarn and has a great gift for action. He is able to take a fantastical and improbable situation and ground it in a sense of reality.
Somehow, "The Meg" managed to be just as shallow in character development (albeit in different ways) and lost ground in the areas where Alten had previously excelled.
To narrow it into these brief points:
Putting a female character in pants does not equate a Strong Female Lead
Egregiously, Jessica McNamee's character experiences a slash in substance that renders her almost useless. Book Version: Conniving reporter that pulls the strings and is, admittedly, sexed up to cringe-worthy levels. Movie Version: Bland marine explorer that is reduced to dispensable plot device.
I see what was going on. In an effort to distance themselves from the problematic features of the 1997 version, they drained all semblance of the character into a generic package. Unfortunately, this also robbed the character of the unique position of intrigue she occupied in the novel.
"Surprise Shark" is not the same thing as "Out of Nowhere Shark"
To keep things spoiler free: Sometimes "just because" is not a good enough answer. Where do things come from? How do they get there?
Respect Your Source Material, It Got You Here
I must admonish myself for venturing into unabashed "the book was better" territory, but goddamn. This was a popular series. It spawned six books. You'd think that would indicate that the novels had done something right and at least some elements of that story were worth keeping. Apparently not.
Photo credit: Brian Smith/Warner Bros. Entertainment
If you've read this far, thank you for indulging my brief bookworm rant. On to the actual film review! Once you manage expectations and come to terms with the film, for what it is, "The Meg" is a fun romp that falls in step with such films as "Deep Blue Sea" and "Piranha," for better or for worse.
I can't say that "The Meg" gets many things right, but one area that the film absolutely nails is a truly engaging ensemble offering some fun performances. The ensemble work and mixed bag of fun side characters make for great energy and no shortage of humor. As I said previously, it's a diverse cast and that really works well.
A huge initial draw of "The Meg," for me, was casting Jason Statham in the leading role of Jonas Taylor. When it comes to gruff masculinity it's hard to beat Statham. This is in perfect form to the leading man of Alten's novel. Statham delivers on his promise of a roguish performance, plus some! A welcome change that thoroughly seduced me was the decision to play the role as more than just a stoic badass, but as a roughly rueful character. Statham perfectly straddles the line between hard and charming and it makes him a real joy to watch.
Statham's great performance aside, "The Meg" had many problems. Chiefly among these was that it was cheesy. When it should have pulled back it pushed ahead anyway. This movie had a bad case of too many characters making a heroic sacrifice. Those moments lose impact when every action scene ends with some forgettable side character taking one for the team. Furthermore, this movie didn't need a villain. The giant killer shark fulfilled that role just fine. Yet, we still end up with a corporate sleazeball and it was terrible.
It got to the point where I had to ask myself, "Is the film self-aware? Does it want to be a 'bad shark movie'?" Have we reached a point where the exploitation films that followed "JAWS" are a better genre representation than "JAWS" herself? Will we ever see a shark film that takes itself seriously ever again?
Therein lies the fundamental problem of "The Meg" and why I'm extra salty about it, having read "Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror." The story in the novel is played straight. Hardened characters. High stakes. Real action and horror. "The Meg" is "Sharknado" wearing a "JAWS" mask. It chooses a light tone. It chooses silly humor. It goes with ridiculous visuals. That's all fine and dandy, but it does force us to watch the movie as another silly entertainment in lieu of an action-adventure. It's so pervasive that I really honestly couldn't tell you which version the filmmakers were going for.
Would I recommend "The Meg?" Definitely as a rental and maybe as a fun summer matinee. Everybody likes a shark movie for the summer. But the book was better.
"The Meg" is in theaters now!
Featured image credit: Brian Smith/Warner Bros. Entertainment
Caitlin Kennedy
Caitlin is a lean, mean writing machine based in Austin, TX. Her love of film began when she was shown "Rosemary's Baby" way too early in life. Bylines include The Financial Diet and Film Inquiry. Caitlin is a member of the Online Association of Female Film Critics and the Women Film Critics Circle.
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Lothar Milde, né le  à Halle (Saxe-Anhalt), est un ancien athlète allemand.

Aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1968 à Mexico, il a remporté la médaille d'argent du lancer du disque pour l'Allemagne de l'Est. Il avait également participé, mais sans succès, aux deux précédentes éditions au sein de l'équipe unifiée d'Allemagne.

Au niveau européen, il a remporté quatre médailles.

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Jeux olympiques
 Jeux olympiques de 1960 à Rome ()
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 Jeux olympiques de 1964 à Tokyo ()
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 Jeux olympiques de 1968 à Mexico ()
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Championnats d'Europe d'athlétisme
 Championnats d'Europe d'athlétisme de 1962 à Belgrade ()
  Médaille de bronze au lancer du disque
 Championnats d'Europe d'athlétisme de 1966 à Budapest ()
  Médaille de bronze au lancer du disque
 Championnats d'Europe d'athlétisme de 1969 à Athènes ()
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/hamilton-lane-closes-fifth-fund-for-co-investments-at-2-1-billion-11672790151
Hamilton Lane Closes Fifth Fund for Co-Investments at $2.1 Billion
Including separately managed accounts, the firm raked in $3.7 billion to back deals alongside buyout-fund managers through its direct-equity strategy
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Jan. 4, 2023 6:00 am ET | WSJ Pro
Hamilton Lane Inc. has raised its largest pool of capital yet to give investors a lower-cost way to commit to a range of buyout deals.
The Conshohocken, Pa.-based private-markets fund manager said Wednesday it closed the vehicle, Hamilton Lane Equity Opportunities Fund V, with $2.1 billion. The sum exceeds both the firm's $2 billion fundraising target and the $1.7 billion it raised for a predecessor vehicle that closed in 2019.
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Nihon University has committed a grave mistake.
The illegal, dangerous tackle by Nihon University's American football team member during a regular intercollegiate game against Kwansei Gakuin University in early May tarnished the integrity of sports. But it isn't just that. Nihon University's response in dealing with the incident was deplorable.
In recent years, there have been widening calls for better compliance with rules and regulations and improvements in crisis management in the wake of a succession of corporate scandals. Moreover, Nihon University has its own College of Risk Management – which includes crisis management studies – so why didn't they use it?
The essence of Nihon University's failures can be viewed from three angles.
The key to crisis management is to first consider the worst-case scenario and then figure out what should be done to avert it. Many people, however, are prone to assuming a problem won't grow into something worse. That was precisely the case with Nihon University.
Shortly after the nasty tackle incident, many suggested that the vicious violation of American football rules might have been at the behest of Nihon University's head and assistant coaches, both of whom have since resigned. Notwithstanding this suspicion, Nihon University continued arguing there had been "a disparity between what the coaches said in the huddle and what the player in question thought they meant." The nuance was that the player should be blamed for misunderstanding the instructions of the coaches.
"Don't hide the facts, don't lie, and don't shift responsibility" are also basic principles in crisis management.
The former head coach for Nihon University's American football team was an autocratic presence no player could defy. As a consequence, the university might have thought their initial explanation was enough to overcome the crisis. It was a gross misjudgment.
The wind changed abruptly on May 22 when the Nihon University player who made the illegal tackle held a press conference in which he apologized and clarified in detail the instructions given by the coaches. He aroused public sympathy for his comportment in stepping forward and for saying it could not be a true apology without revealing all the facts.
The next day, Nihon University's head and assistant coaches jointly held their own press conference, again denying the player's allegations that their instructions contravened the rules. However, it is self-evident which of the two sides—the player or the coaches—the public believed.
Effective response to a crisis requires speed, above all. The troublesome fire will only intensify if left unattended. Nonetheless, the university ended up pouring oil on its fire, instead of extinguishing it.
First, the university's apology to Kwansei Gakuin and its response to questions about the fiasco were both too slow. In addition, former Nihon University head coach Masato Uchida wore a pink necktie when he finally visited Kwansei Gakuin University to apologize. He then made the further blunder of mistakenly calling the university "Kansai Gakuin" instead of by its correct name, Kwansei Gakuin. Admitting that pink is a Nihon University symbol, still, the color can hardly be considered appropriate for such a somber occasion. Wasn't there anybody available to advise him?
Second, in crisis management, the decorum of apology at a press conference is critically important. Advance preparations should include anticipating questions, preparing answers, and rehearsing how to convey your information. Dress should be conservative and appropriate to the industry, and neckties with loud colors or patterns should be avoided. Sufficient attention must also be given to the proper posture for bowing.
The Nihon University coaches, however, were obviously ill-prepared to go before the press. As a result, the poor handling of the press conference by the moderator from the university's public relations department stood out.
The scene recalled an outburst by the president of a scandal-stricken food processing firm who once said, "I am not sleeping!" in a similar situation, and the time the proprietress of an exclusive Japanese restaurant whispered into the ear of her son while he was apologizing in front of news cameras. However, the Nihon University moderator's emotional outburst in a press conference intended to convey the university's sincere apology was undoubtedly the worst.
Noteworthy in contrast is the case of former Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto, who once held a press conference that went on until midnight, saying he was ready to answer any questions with no time limit.
Whoever is at the top of the organization must take responsibility for crisis management.
The organization should have a crisis management plan in place to identify trouble when it arises and deal with it quickly. There should be recognition that acceptance of the risk of some damage may be necessary in order to stop escalation of the problem and prompt action should be initiated to prevent secondary injury to the organization. Above all, though, the head of the organization cannot run away from responsibility when trouble occurs.
Hidetoshi Tanaka, board chairman of the giant Nihon University organization, has not held a press conference since the outbreak of this crisis. Though he heads the institution, he has not appeared, apart from meetings inside the university. He has made no public apology and has not taken any responsibility for the fiasco. Such being the case, there is no choice but to view him has having shirked his organizational responsibility in this crisis.
Nihon University did establish a committee comprised of seven lawyers from outside the university to investigate the current issue. It plans to hold hearings and conduct interviews, among other tasks, and is expected to issue a report on the issue in late July.
However, the Kantoh Collegiate American Football Association has already finished its review of the incident and imposed penalties, including a ban for life on the former Nihon University head coach and assistant coach for instructing the player to make the illegal tackle. What is the Nihon University-launched committee going to probe and report on at this stage? The university has fallen behind the curve in this respect, too.
The prestige of Nihon University has plunged alarmingly as a consequence, which is likely to adversely affect the job hunting success of its students as well as prospects for new students. The incident has become a rare example of institutional failure in crisis management.
The belatedly-launched third party committee would be better advised to look into these aspects of the crisis, rather than re-investigate its already elucidated causes. In any event, studies of the fiasco will certainly become precious teaching material for Nihon University's curriculum in crisis management.
Koichi Shikama is an editorial writer for The Sankei Shimbun.


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The original Richard Wilhelm translation for the hexagram...
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K'uei - Opposition
above: Li / The Clinging, Flame
below: Tui / The Joyous, Lake
This hexagram is composed of the trigram Li above, i.e., flame, which burns upward, and Tui below, i.e., the lake, which seeps downward. These two movements are in direct contrast. Furthermore, Li is the second daughter and Tui the youngest daughter, and although they live in the same house they belong to different men; hence their wills are not the same but are divergently directed.
THE JUDGEMENT
OPPOSITION. In small matters, good fortune.
When people live in opposition and estrangement they cannot carry out a great undertaking in common; their points of view diverge too widely. In such circumstances one should above all not proceed brusquely, for that would only increase the existing opposition; instead, one should limit oneself to producing gradual effects in small matters. Here success can still be expected, because the situation is such that the opposition does not preclude all agreement.
In general, opposition appears as an obstruction, but when it represents polarity within a comprehensive whole, it has also its useful and important functions. The oppositions of heaven and earth, spirit and nature, man and woman, when reconciled, bring about the creation and reproduction of life. In the world of visible things, the principle of opposites makes possible the differentiation by categories through which order is brought into the world.
THE IMAGE
Above, fire; below, the lake.
The image of OPPOSITION.
Thus amid all fellowship
The superior man retains his individuality.
The two elements, fire and water, never mingle but even when in contact retain their own natures. So the cultured man is never led into baseness or vulgarity through intercourse or community of interests with persons of another sort; regardless of all commingling, he will always preserve his individuality.
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We toured the 'Disneyland of space exploration' that existed long before NASA
Paul Szoldra, pzdupe1 and pzdupe2
Feb. 6, 2016, 10:27 AM
If we're ever going to see astronauts living on Mars like we did in the 2015 film " The Martian," the groundwork for such a mission will come from an unusual facility in Southern California.
Just five miles north of Pasadena, NASA's Jet Propulsion Center (JPL) is where researchers dream up and build spacecraft to explore space from millions of miles away — including wheeled rovers that take photos from the Martian surface:
NASA-JPL
Tech Insider recently took a tour of JPL, which is about a 15-minute drive from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech for short).
Here's what we saw.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is just 5 miles north of downtown Pasadena, California, close to the San Gabriel Mountains.
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It's a massive, 177-acre facility that rivals most college campuses. In fact, it's 17 acres larger than Disneyland.
Source: JustDisney.com
An apt comparison, since this is kind of like the Disneyland of space exploration. Let's head inside.
Parking on campus is akin to rocket science. With around 5,500 employees working here, good spots are hard to come by.
Though this employee, who wants you to return his or her car to Mars if lost, found a good one.
I head in past the security gate ...
... To the visitor's center, where my tour will begin.
After my driver's license is verified, I sign in and get my badge.
I'm official!
My tour starts, and we head past streets named after previous JPL missions. Surveyor checked out the moon long before Neil Armstrong got there, and in 1965, Mariner took the first photos of another planet from space: Mars.
Our guide Curtis Montano talks about the history of JPL, which he says is unique among NASA centers "because [it] existed even before NASA did."
Though NASA was established in 1958, JPL traces its roots back to the 1930s, when a group of Cal Tech graduate students started testing rockets on the campus. With them mixing chemicals and sometimes blowing things up, the university nicknamed them "the suicide squad," Montano said.
NASA/JPL
On Oct. 31, 1936, they conducted the first successful rocket test. "The cool thing is it didn't blow up," says Montano. Under Army contract, their work focused mostly on building weapons systems during World War II.
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That all changed in 1957, after the Soviet Union launched the first satellite into orbit, called Sputnik.
Not too far behind, JPL launched the first American satellite into orbit in February 1958, Explorer 1.
When NASA came onto the scene in July 1958, JPL became part of the new space agency. But JPL still maintains a close relationship with Caltech. Most of the people who work here are Caltech employees under contract, not employees of NASA.
After Montano finishes the brief history of JPL, it's on to a movie called "Journey to the Planets and Beyond." The best part: It's narrated by Han Solo! (Ok, Harrison Ford. Whatever.)
Next we head over to JPL Mission Control.
We go inside and up a small flight of stairs ...
... Until we are looking down at JPL's Mission Control Center. This one's a little bit different than the one you're probably familiar with, which astronauts refer to as "Houston."
Our new guide Mark Razze jokingly explains that Houston is more for "babysitting astronauts." At JPL, they are talking to robots, so it's a little more subdued. "It's like flying an airplane. It's only exciting twice," he says.
Different rows of desks are for talking with different spacecraft. Down below here, an employee is monitoring Cassini, a craft launched in 1997 that has been studying Saturn for the past 12 years.
JPL is able to talk with these spacecraft through its Deep Space Network (DSN), a network of antennas stationed around the world. If they want to talk to a Mars rover, it will take about 14 minutes to get there, then another 14 to get a response.
Communication times certainly vary. JPL's Voyager 1 — now in interstellar space — has a 37-hour round-trip time for data transmission.
Razze takes us over to check out Curiosity. That is, Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover, a six-wheeled robot that's the size of a car, currently on Mars since 2012.
And there it is! Well, at least, a full-scale model. Obviously, the real one is 123 million miles away, exploring, doing research ...
... And taking selfies. Yes, this is a real image — a composite put together from 57 photos taken on the Martian surface.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems Derivative work
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Curiosity has sophisticated cameras, sensors, and communications equipment on board, powered by nuclear material called plutonium-238. "Go ahead and Google plutonium-238, not -239. That's the version they weaponize," Razze says, joking, "You don't want to end up on a CIA watch list."
Curiosity's tires also have holes in them. In addition to helping keep sand from getting it stuck — a problem previous rovers had — the pattern was a sneaky way to leave JPL's mark on Mars. Quite literally, it's Morse Code for the letters J-P-L.
JPL had to figure out how to drive its rovers, especially given the time delay. Giving a command like, "move two meters forward," waiting 14 minutes, having the rover take a photo, then waiting another 14 minutes to get it back, is less than ideal.
So drivers wears 3D glasses to virtually look around on the well-mapped Martian surface, then mark waypoints for the rover to go to. It's not too artificially intelligent, but its hazard avoidance software is great.
We keep moving across the very campus-like atmosphere, which has outdoor seating areas and a small coffee shop.
Razze is taking us to the Spacecraft Assembly Building, where they put all this high-tech machinery together.
After a short walk down the hall ...
We get a birds-eye view of the largest room at JPL, more commonly referred to as the "clean room." Scientists carefully maintain a dirt and dust-free environment in here, so the spacecraft sends back accurate data.
"You don't want to get to Mars, analyze a particle and then realize, 'oh that's just Fred from the clean room,'" Razze says. They're also required by international treaty to keep spacecraft super-duper clean.
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On the far wall, JPL displays dozens of mission patches. Before they went into space, they were all put together in this room.
In the center of the room, there's a scaled-down version of Juno, a spacecraft on its way to Jupiter right now. To the right is a full-scale engineering model of one of its solar panels.
Launched in 2011, Juno should arrive at Jupiter this July, orbiting the planet for around two years.
So how do they keep the spacecraft "clean" when they take it outside of the clean room? Razze explains that, before it goes out, it's encased in an airtight container, then it leaves out of an airlock, which is to the left.
JPL is a working laboratory, so you don't get to see everything that's going on.
But Mission Control, the Spacecraft Assembly Facility, and the beautiful campus is still a treat in itself.
The penultimate tour stop is in JPL's museum, which runs through the lab's history and achievements in space.
It has a full-size model of the first successful rover on Mars, Sojourner. It was only supposed to last for a week, but JPL scientists are really good at what they do, so this little guy lasted 83 days.
Its big brother Opportunity landed on Mars in 2004, with the expectation it would last for about 90 days. Now 12 years later, it's still running strong.
JPL may seem like just a bunch of space robots, but it's important to remember that where the robots go ...
... Humans will likely follow.
Astronaut Alan Bean inspects the JPL-built Surveyor 3 spacecraft in November 1969.
Before Neil Armstrong took his famous "one small step," a JPL-designed spacecraft took a big, loud, crash landing.
A model of Ranger 7, the first probe to successfully transmit pictures of the moon before crashing into its surface.
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So perhaps one day in the not-so-distant future ...
Next to this moon rock, there will be a Mars rock — picked up by an astronaut.
Like any good tour, it must end with an exit through the gift shop.
Where I'll pick up a Curiosity rover Hot Wheels car and Astronaut ice cream for my son ...
... And leave wondering what the brilliant minds at JPL will think of next.
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L'EuroCup de Pétanque est une compétition de clubs européens de Petanque, organisé par la Confédération Européenne de Pétanque (CEP) depuis 1998. Peuvent participer à l'EuroCup, les champions des divers pays affiliés ainsi que le tenant du titre.
Après une première phase de qualification en juillet, les vainqueurs de poules se retrouvent pour la finale en décembre.

Depuis 2014, huit clubs disputent la finale.

Règles

Lors d'un match entre deux clubs, on dispute d'abord deux Triplette dont minimum une doit être mixte. Puis 6 Tête à Tête, dont obligatoirement une rencontre féminines, ainsi que deux Doublette, une mixte et une doublette libre.

Palmares

Liens externes

 Site de la Confédération Européenne de Pétanque
 Le classement européen des clubs de pétanque

Notes et références

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Références

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Coronavirus: Free to read
Coronavirus: Week of Feb. 9 to Feb. 15, Beijing to quarantine all arrivals for 14 days
China reports 143 new deaths on mainland as cases surpass 66,000
A staff member wearing a face mask stands in front of a restaurant on Valentine's Day in Beijing. © Reuters
Nikkei staff writers February 10, 2020 09:00 JST Updated on February 15, 2020 11:46 JST | China
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
Follow the latest updates here.
China's National Health Commission on Saturday raised the total number of cases to 66,492, as of the end of the previous day, marking an increase of 2,641. The official mainland death toll is 1,523.
Cases have also been confirmed in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, South Korea, Australia, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Cambodia, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, the U.S., Canada, Germany, France, the U.K., Italy, Russia, Finland, Spain, Sweden and Belgium.
For more on the spread of the virus and measures being taken to prevent further infections, see our list of the six things you must know about the coronavirus.
Here is what happened last week (Tokyo time):
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Coronavirus: Week of Feb. 16 to Feb. 22, South Korea cases soar again, to 433
9:30 a.m. China's National Health Commission confirmed 2,641 additional coronavirus cases on the mainland, bringing the total to 66,492, as of the end of Friday. The death toll reached 1,523, up by 143 from the previous day, with Hubei Province alone reporting 139.
7:33 a.m. Now that several cases of coronavirus infections have been confirmed in Japan, fears are rising about a homegrown outbreak there. But the nation may not be fully prepared.
7:18 a.m. Global demand for oil and iron ore is falling as the coronavirus epidemic has brought industrial activity to a standstill in China, the manufacturing hub of the world.
4:36 a.m. Apple said it would reopen one of the seven retail stores in Shanghai from Saturday with reduced working hours, a day after the iPhone maker reopened a few retail stores in Beijing.
3:40 a.m. Japan is considering extending the screening process for the coronavirus beyond those who had visited China's Hubei and Zhejiang provinces. The move comes following the death of an elderly woman who had no direct connection to China.
3:30 a.m. Egypt has confirmed its first case of the coronavirus in the country, bringing the total cases in the Middle East to 9, including 8 in the United Arab Emirates.
2:36 a.m. The Chinese capital city of Beijing imposed a 14-day self-quarantine on people returning to the city from holidays to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus and threatened to punish those who failed to comply. It was not immediately clear how the restriction would be enforced or whether it would apply to non-residents of Beijing or foreigners arriving from abroad.
1:51 a.m. Japan's Yokohama municipal government said one of the firefighters who transported infected passengers from the cruise ship Diamond Princess to hospitals became infected with the coronavirus. The city said the man, in his 30s, was wearing a protective suit.
7:40 p.m. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam pledged 4.7 billion Hong Kong dollars ($605 million) to the city's Hospital Authority as the region struggles to corral the coronavirus outbreak.
5:00 p.m. Experts stressed that Japan should increase efforts to track down transmission routes of the new coronavirus at an academic seminar in Yokohama. Dr. Nikki Shindo, a medical expert in epidemic diseases at the World Health Organization, said, "Besides China, Japan is the only country where infection cases of which transmission routes cannot be traced back have been found."
4:00 p.m. China's National Health Commission said that 1,716 health workers had been infected and six had died as of Tuesday, including whistleblower Li Wenliang. Most of these cases were in the epicenter of Wuhan.
A medical worker in protective suit moves a novel coronavirus patient in a wheelchair at a hospital in Wuhan. © Reuters
1:30 p.m. Honda Motor said it will postpone the restart of its plants in Wuhan by one week. The Japanese automaker now plans to resume production from Feb. 24 or later. Honda's move came after Hubei province said it will extend the suspension of business activity through Feb. 20.
12:10 p.m. China's National Health Commission said 5,090 additional coronavirus cases had been confirmed on the mainland, bringing the total to 63,581, as of the end of Thursday. It also reported 121 additional deaths.
11:30 a.m. Officials in Japan's southwestern Wakayama Prefecture said a patient who was treated at a local hospital where a doctor was recently found to be infected also tested positive. The officials are investigating whether the patient and doctor had direct contact.
10:00 a.m. Passengers on the Westerdam, a cruise ship that spent two weeks at sea after being turned away by five countries over coronavirus fears, started disembarking in Cambodia. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen personally greeted 400 passengers.
9:00 a.m. China's Hubei Province announced another 116 deaths and an additional 4,823 cases as of the end of Thursday.
5:55 a.m. Large-scale events are being canceled across Asia due to coronavirus fears, forcing businesses to seek alternative ways to show off their latest products.
5:45 a.m. The jump in China's reported coronavirus cases was due to the reclassification of past cases and not the "tip of an iceberg" of a wider epidemic, a top World Health Organization official said on Thursday, according to Reuters.
5:03 a.m. Concern is mounting in Japan that the coronavirus is spreading in the country without detection because the first domestic death and newly confirmed infections involve people with no connections to China.
2:19 a.m. Wednesday's massive jump in reported coronavirus cases in Hubei Province, the center of the epidemic, is providing fodder to skeptics of the Chinese government's figures.
1:21 a.m. Vietnam has sealed off the district of Son Loi, located near Hanoi, in response to a flare-up of the new coronavirus. It appears to be the first such widespread quarantine imposed outside China,
12:25 a.m. Japan's health ministry reported the first confirmed death from the new coronations in that country, saying a woman in her 80s infected with the virus died Thursday.
6:32 p.m. A taxi driver in Tokyo has been diagnosed with coronavirus infection, Kyodo News reported, citing sources close to the matter. The government is investigating how he contracted the virus, Kyodo said.
5:30 p.m. Reflecting the significant rise in Hubei Province cases, China's National Health Commission raised the nationwide infection total to 59,804, with a death toll of 1,367, as of the end of Wednesday.
4:00 p.m. Australia has extended an entry ban on foreign nationals from mainland China for another week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. The ban was initially set on Feb. 1 for 14 days and was due to expire on Saturday. There have been 15 cases in the country, with no new cases reported since the ban was put in place. The ban will be reviewed each week.
Jiang Chaoliang, secretary of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, inspects a hastily built hospital in Wuhan on Feb. 2. He has been removed from office. © Reuters
12:50 p.m. The Communist Party chief in China's Hubei Province has been relieved of duty, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. Other media reports say Ma Guoqiang, the party chief in the city of Wuhan, has also been replaced, while Zhang Xiaoming has been removed as head of the Hong Kong and Macao affairs office.
12:25 p.m. Another 44 virus cases have been found aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined at Yokohama, Japan, bringing the total on the vessel to 218. The Japanese government also said it intends to let suffering from chronic illnesses leave the ship as early as Friday -- as long as they test negative. The quarantine period is to expire next Wednesday.
11:30 a.m. The head of the organizing committee for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics reiterated that the games will go ahead as planned despite the outbreak. "I want to again state clearly that cancellation or postponement of the Tokyo Games has not been considered," Yoshiro Mori said at a preparatory meeting with the International Olympic Committee.
10:30 a.m. The Westerdam cruise ship arrived at Cambodia's port of Sihanoukville this morning, after being turned away by five other destinations. "Guests will be able to go ashore," the ship's operator, Holland America, said in a statement. "All approvals have been received and we are extremely grateful to the Cambodian authorities for their support."
9:30 a.m. Health officials in Hubei Province said 242 more people had died from the flu-like virus. The officials also reported 14,840 new cases in the province alone after adopting a new methodology for counting infections.
7:00 a.m. The Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile trade show hosted by Barcelona, was canceled after major players such as Ericsson and Nokia withdrew due to concerns over the outbreak.
4:03 a.m. Chinese President Xi Jinping and members of his administration are calling counterparts around the world, seeking to persuade them to reverse their decision to restrict the entry of visitors from China. Such travel restrictions have been imposed by 128 countries so far.
2:28 a.m. Taiwanese experts took part in a World Health Organization meeting on the coronavirus outbreak this week, with mainland China making an exception to its stance of blocking what it considers a breakaway province from international forums.
12:42 a.m. There is no reason to cancel the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona over coronavirus fears, Spanish health officials said. With major companies pulling out of the event, Spanish authorities have come under pressure to declare the event a public health risk -- a potential trigger for insurance payouts for organizers.
11:58 p.m. OPEC downgraded its forecast for global oil demand for the year, citing the impact of the outbreak on China's economy. The group, which said production fell sharply in January, is weighing whether to restrain output further to offset slow demand. Oil prices have fallen 15% this year.
9:45 p.m. Formula 1 announced it is postponing the 2020 Chinese Grand Prix due to the outbreak. The auto race was scheduled for April 19 in Shanghai. F1 hopes to hold the race "later in the year" if the situation improves.
8:45 p.m. Cambodia has agreed to let the cruise ship MS Westerdam dock, and let its passengers disembark, the vessel's operator Holland America Line said. The Westerdam had been turned away by five countries over concerns that someone aboard might have the coronavirus.
5:10 p.m. China's Civil Aviation Administration said it had brought back 1,107 stranded Chinese from overseas on chartered flights as of Feb. 9. Many countries including Japan, Singapore and Vietnam have reduced or suspended air travel to and from mainland China since the outbreak of coronavirus.
1:28 p.m. Mazda Motor has postponed restarting its auto factory in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province for at least five days due to difficulties obtaining parts since the outbreak. The Japanese automaker had planned to resume work by Feb. 12 or later, but now will not restart until at least Feb. 17. The supply chain disruption in China has become a big headache for other automakers as well.
11:30 a.m. China's National Health Commission said the death toll from coronavirus on the mainland hit 1,113 as of the end of Tuesday, up by 97 from the previous day.
9:00 a.m. Japan's health ministry said another 39 people on a cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama have tested positive for coronavirus. A quarantine officer was also diagnosed with the virus.
8:30 a.m. China's Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, reported 94 people died and there were 1,068 new coronavirus cases as of Tuesday.
8:12 a.m. Doctors in Thailand and Japan say that there are indications that treatments used to combat the HIV virus that causes AIDS may also be effective against the coronavirus.
5:58 a.m. Japan will permit any hospital with proper equipment to admit coronavirus patients in an emergency, as the country faces a potential shortage of beds should the outbreak spread.
5:48 a.m. Thailand became the fifth authority to deny the cruise ship Westerdam permission to dock, leaving the luxury liner and its 1,455 passengers with no where to head to.
5:05 a.m. American Airlines, the largest U.S. carrier, said it would extend the suspension of its China and Hong Kong flights through April 24, amid reduced travel demand due to a coronavirus outbreak.
2:44 a.m. China expects 160 million people to travel between Tuesday and Feb. 18 as citizens return to work after the Lunar New Year holidays, raising the risk of a broader outbreak.
2:22 a.m. The Japanese government decided to bar entry to travelers from Zhejiang province, expanding its entry restrictions beyond Hubei Province.
1:34 a.m. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that the American economy appears resilient and that the Fed is content with where interest rates are. The Fed is monitoring developments stemming from the coronavirus, but it is too early to assess the economic threat, Powell told a House committee. He noted that the economy "is in a very good place," with strong job creation and moderate growth.
"We'll be watching that carefully," Powell said of the virus's economic effects on the U.S. "Again, and the question we'll be asking is, will these be persistent effects that could lead to a ... material reassessment of the outlook."
1:05 a.m. China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are preparing to hold an emergency meeting of their foreign ministers this month to discuss the outbreak of the new coronavirus, diplomatic sources say.
12:52 a.m. The South Korean government advised citizens against traveling to Japan and five other destinations to curb the coronavirus spread. The advisory also includes Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and Taiwan.
7:17 p.m. Malaysia is crafting a stimulus package for the tourism, retail and aviation industries which have been affected by the coronavirus outbreak, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said after a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
6:48 p.m. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a speech at a meeting that China's coronavirus outbreak poses a "very grave threat for the rest of the world."
5:42 p.m. Mercedes-Benz has restarted production of luxury passenger cars in Beijing this week, said Ola Kaellenius, chief executive of parent company Daimler, at the annual results news conference in Stuttgart, Reuters reported.
3:48 p.m. Singapore said international visitors could fall up to 30% this year from 2019 due to entry restrictions for Chinese passport-holders aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.
3:15 p.m. MediaTek, the world's second-largest mobile chip developer, said it will pull out of Mobile World Congress this year.
Vivo, the world's sixth-largest smartphone maker, also said it will withdraw from the event, canceling product launches, news conferences and exhibitions.
1:38 p.m. Intel said it will pull out of Mobile World Congress this year, following the withdrawals of Nvidia, LG, Sony, Amazon.com and Ericsson. On Monday, the organizer asked all participants from China to prove that they had not been in China for at least 14 days prior to the show.
12:33 p.m. Taiwan urged the Philippines to lift a travel ban on its citizens after Philippine Airlines canceled flights to Taiwan following a government ban on all foreigners traveling from the island to help contain the spread of the coronavirus. Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Joanne Ou made the comments at a regular news briefing in Taipei, Reuters reported.
10:15 a.m. China's Hubei Province dismissed provincial health commission party boss Zhang Jin and director Liu Yingzi, state media CCTV reported.
10:13 a.m. Thailand has refused to allow passengers from Holland America cruise ship MS Westerdam to disembark, according to its health minister, Reuters reported.
9:27 a.m. China's National Health Commission raised the domestic death toll from the coronavirus to 1,016 as of Monday, after another 97 patients died. There were 2,478 new confirmed infections, bringing the total to 42,638.
4:22 a.m. China is going to unusual lengths to protect its capital from the coronavirus outbreak, virtually shutting down the city. Long-haul bus routes into Beijing have been cut and the subways are deserted.
2:16 a.m. U.S. President Donald Trump said in remarks at the White House that the coronavirus outbreak will be gone by April. "The heat generally kills this kind of virus," according to Trump.
1:52 a.m. The head of WHO warns that the transmission of the coronavirus between people who have not traveled to China could be "the spark that becomes a bigger fire." An advance team from the global health agency has arrived in China to assess the situation.
12:16 a.m. Jewelry chain Chow Tai Fook temporarily closed 40 outlets in Hong Kong and Macao in response to the virus outbreak. Other sites in the two cities will operate on shorter hours. Its locations in affected areas of the mainland are already shut on a temporary basis.
7:12 p.m. Nissan will suspend production at a plant operated by its Kyushu unit because it has become difficult to procure parts from China due to supply chain disruption from the new coronavirus. Two lines will be closed on Feb. 14, and another line for exports on Feb. 17.
A Nissan plant in Japan's Fukuoka Prefecture: Amid a shortage of parts from China, the automaker has no choice but to stop the production line. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
3:30 p.m. Taiwan's Epidemic Control Center announced it is temporarily banning people from Hong Kong and Macao from entering Taiwan. Exceptions will be made those who need to comply with business obligations, spouses of people from Hong Kong and Macao who have Taiwanese residence cards, and their underage children. The policy will become effective from Tuesday, Feb. 11.
3:19 p.m. More than 70 companies, including Lockheed Martin and 12 Chinese entities, have withdrawn from this year's Singapore Airshow over fears of the virus.
3:00 p.m. Over 60 more people on the cruise ship anchored off Yokohama have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections on board to about 130.
2:51 p.m. Hopes that the Chinese economy would return to normal on Monday after an extended Lunar New Year holiday as several companies announced they will remain closed due to concerns over the coronavirus.
10:30 a.m. Princess Cruises, the U.S. company that operates the Diamond Princess ship quarantined off Yokohama, said it will compensate passengers for all expenses incurred, including tour and hotel fees before and after the cruise.
8:50 a.m. Chinese authorities raised the death toll to 908 as of Sunday, after another 97 patients died. The number of confirmed cases rose by 3,062, up from the additional 2,656 reported the previous day.
5:53 a.m. Amazon.com has withdrawn from this month's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona because of the outbreak, the company said in a statement.
5:31 a.m. An advance team of World Health Organization experts has left for Beijing to investigate the epidemic, the agency's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tweeted on Sunday from Geneva.
3:37 a.m. Thirty-four Brazilians evacuated from Wuhan landed in Brazil on Sunday, where they will begin 18 days of quarantine, Reuters reported.
11:26 p.m. The U.K. confirmed its fourth case of the new coronavirus, after a patient contracted the illness from a previously confirmed British case while in France, health officials said. The earlier patient is believed to have stayed in France for a few days on his way home, passing the virus on to others there.
9:00 p.m. Six more people on a cruise ship quarantined off Yokohama have tested positive for the virus, Japan's health ministry said, bringing the total number of onboard patients to 70.
8:49 p.m. China's finance ministry said in a statement on its website that all levels of government had allocated a total of 71.85 billion yuan ($10.26 billion) as of Saturday afternoon to fight the virus.
7:33 p.m. China's iFlytek, an artificial intelligence company blacklisted by the U.S., has applied to the U.S. Department of Commerce for an exemption in order to buy medical resources to stem the coronavirus, according to a filing.
Passengers wearing masks and covered with plastic bags walk outside a railway station in Shanghai on Feb. 9, 2020. © Reuters
6:51 p.m. China's cabinet says workers in key industries must be helped to return to work as soon as possible in order to resume the production of vital food and medical supplies disrupted by the outbreak, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
5:31 p.m. Japan saw the lowest number of flu patients in late January in roughly 10 years, in part due to preventive measures against the Wuhan coronavirus, authorities said.
4:51 p.m. The northern Chinese province of Hebei will keep its schools shut until at least March 1 to control the coronavirus outbreak, the Communist Party-run People's Daily newspaper reported, citing the local education bureau.
Hebei, which surrounds the capital Beijing, is one of a number of provinces and municipalities extending school shutdowns until the end of the month, with others including Shandong, Jiangsu and Shanghai.
12:26 p.m. China's National Health Commission called for the "reasonable use" of protective suits in a statement on Sunday and cautioned against "excessive and disorderly" use of the clothing that would waste resources and could also increase infection.
12:25 p.m. The Philippines evacuated 30 people, including an infant, from virus-hit Wuhan. The evacuees arrived home on Sunday morning and will be quarantined in the Athletes' Village in New Clark City for 14 days.
11:30 a.m. The organizer of the Singapore Airshow said that more than 70 trade exhibitors have pulled out of the event amid concerns over the coronavirus. To limit attendance, the number of public tickets available will be less than half of those on offer in 2018. The show opens on Tuesday and runs until Sunday.
11:29 a.m. Singapore's central bank issued an advisory to financial institutions to take additional measures and precautions after the city-state's government raised the coronavirus alert level.
10:12 a.m. A second evacuation flight is bringing back another 174 Singaporeans and their family members from Wuhan on Sunday morning, Singapore's foreign ministry said.
9:31 a.m. China's National Health Commission reported the death toll in China had reached 811, surpassing the global count of deaths from SARS in 2002-2003, as of the end of Saturday. The toll was up by 89 from the previous day. There were 2,656 new confirmed infections, bringing the cumulative total to 37,198.
2:21 a.m. The world's economy relies on China to a degree never seen before, and the coronavirus outbreak reveals the price of that dependence, the Nikkei Asian Review reported.
1:02 a.m. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Saturday that a WHO-led coronavirus probe team will leave for China on Monday or Tuesday.
0:16 a.m. The vice governor of Hubei Province on Saturday said that the region's supply of medical goods had improved, Reuters reported.
11:01 p.m. French regional health officials said that two schools near a ski resort where five Britons had been diagnosed with the new coronavirus would be shut next week.
7:10 p.m. The United Arab Emirates confirmed two more cases -- one Chinese and one Filipino -- of the new coronavirus. Both patients are receiving medical treatment, according to the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention.
4:15 p.m. Key iPhone supplier Foxconn's plan to resume production on Feb. 10 has been called off by the Chinese authorities due to worries surrounding the outbreak, the Nikkei Asian Review has learned.
2:30 p.m. The U.S. Embassy in Beijing said that an American citizen diagnosed with the new coronavirus in Wuhan died on Thursday. It is believed to be the first death of an American in the outbreak.
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The Eastern Roman Empire was ruled by the Theodosian dynasty from 379, the accession of Theodosius I, to 457, the death of Marcian. The rule of the Theodosian dynasty saw the final East-West division of the Roman Empire, between Arcadius and Honorius in 395. Whilst divisions of the Roman Empire had occurred before, the Empire would never again be fully reunited. The reign of the sons of Theodosius I contributed heavily to the crisis that under the fifth century eventually resulted in the complete collapse of western Roman court.

The Eastern Empire was largely spared the difficulties faced by the West in the third and fourth centuries, due in part to a more firmly established urban culture and greater financial resources, which allowed it to placate invaders with tribute and pay foreign mercenaries. Throughout the fifth century, various invading armies overran the Western Empire but spared the east.

The Theodosian dynasty also ruled the Western Roman Empire from 392 to 455 AD.

Theodosius I, 379-395
Theodosius I was granted rule of the Eastern Roman provinces by the Western Augustus, Gratian of the Valentinianic dynasty, due to his having inherited the entire Empire from his predecessor Valens in 378 and to lack of ability to rule over both halves. Gratian would continue to rule the Western Roman Empire until 383. After the deaths of Gratian and his successor Valentinian II, Theodosius became the last emperor to rule over both the eastern and the western halves of the Roman Empire 392-395.

Theodosius is also remembered for making a series of decrees (see Edict of Thessalonica) that essentially codified Nicene Christianity as the official state church of the Roman Empire. Theodosius dissolved the order of the Vestal Virgins in Rome, banned the pagan rituals of the Olympics in Ancient Greece and did nor punish nor prevent the destruction of antique Hellenistic temples, such as the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.

With the death of Theodosius in 395, the Roman Empire was divided once more between his two sons. Arcadius, the older son, inherited the East and the imperial capital of Constantinople, and Honorius inherited the West. The Empire would never be reunited again, though Eastern Roman emperors, beginning with Zeno, would claim the de jure united title after Julius Nepos' death in 480 AD.

Arcadius, 395-408
Arcadius was a weak ruler, dominated by a series of figures behind the throne as he was more concerned with appearing to be a pious Christian than he was with political and military matters. The first such figure, Rufinus, engendered intense competition with the counterpart of Western Emperor Honorius, magister militum of half-Vandal origin Flavius Stilicho, who might have had him assassinated in 395 AD. Later figures in actual power would include consul Eutropius risen from eunuch, general Gainas of Gothic origin, his wife Aelia Eudoxia, the Patriarch John Chrysostom and Praetorian Prefect Anthemius.

Theodosius II, 408-450
Theodosius II, sometimes nicknamed "the Younger", became Eastern Roman Emperor at the age of seven following the death of his father Arcadius in 408. Praetorian Prefect Anthemius continued to act as a power behind the throne, during whose tenure the Theodosian Walls of Constantinople were completed.

The older sister of Theodosius, Pulcheria, was proclaimed Augusta and became regent in 414 AD. Though the regency ended in 416 and Theodosius became Augustus himself, Pulcheria remained a strong influence within the government. Influenced by Pulcheria and fuelled by an increasing interest in Christianity, Theodosius went to war against the Sassanid Empire in the early 420s, on the pretext of persecuting Christians. He was forced to allow a stalemate however, as the Huns were marching on Constantinople. The wars with the Huns were usually composed by Hunnic raids being followed by significant payments by the Eastern Empire so that the Huns would remain at peace with the Romans.

The death of Honorius of the West in 423 led Theodosius to supporting and eventually installing Valentinian III as Western Emperor in 425. To strengthen ties between East and West, Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of Theodosius, was betrothed to Valentinian.

Theodosius died in 450 as the result of a riding accident and was succeeded by Marcian, husband of his sister Pulcheria, as Eastern Emperor.

Marcian, 450-457
Marcian would reverse many of the actions taken by Theodosius II, particularly in terms of treaties with the Huns and in religious affairs. All Eastern Roman tributary payments to Attila ceased under Marcian while Attila was busy invading Italy. Marcian launched preemptive expeditions across the Danube into the Hunnic heartland, winning significant victories against them. The actions of Marcian, combined with famine in Italy, forced Attila to retreat back to the Hungarian plains where he would die in 453. After the death of Attila, Marcian would settle many formerly hunnic vassal tribes within Eastern Roman lands as foederati, taking advantage of the fall of the Hunnic empire.

He would be succeeded by Leo I, the first Emperor of the Leonid dynasty.

See also
 Family tree of Byzantine emperors

References

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