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CentOS 8 to CentOS stream
How to migrate from CentOS 8 to CentOS stream
CentOS Options
Following the recent announcement of CentOS 8 to migrate from CentOS 8 to CentOS Stream, this widely used Linux distribution is moving to an intermediate version of RHEL for development. Essentially, CentOS 8 is becoming an early release distribution for RHEL. As CentOS moves from a subsequent distribution to the stable version of RedHat to be essentially a pre-release version of RHEL, many users are looking for alternatives to replace their current operating systems with a long-term stable platform beyond RHEL and IBM who own RedHat.
CentOS Announcement
" The future of the CentOS project is CentOS Stream, and over the next year we will be moving our focus from CentOS Linux rebuilt Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) to CentOS Stream, which only tracks the current RHEL release. CentOS Linux 8 as a rebuild RHEL 8 will end in late 2021. CentOS Stream will continue beyond that date, serving as a fork (development) of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
In the meantime, we understand that many of you are deeply investing in CentOS Linux 7 and we will continue to release this version until the end of the RHEL 7 lifecycle. CentOS Stream will also be the centerpiece of a major shift in collaboration between CentOS Special Interest Groups (SIG). This ensures that SIGs are developed and tested for what will be the next version of RHEL. It also gives SIG a clear single purpose, rather than having to build and test two releases. This gives the CentOS community of contributors a great influence on the future of RHEL. And it removes the confusion about what "CentOS" stands for in the ecosystem of a Linux distribution.
When CentOS Linux 8 (RHEL8 rebuild) completes, the best option would be to upgrade to CentOS Stream 8, which is a small delta from CentOS Linux 8 and has regular updates such as traditional CentOS Linux releases. If you are using CentOS Linux 8 in a production environment and are concerned that CentOS Stream will not meet your needs, we recommend that you contact Red Hat for options. "
Modifying the roadmap
Presumably, the CentOS project has noted the following changes in its roadmap.
As part of the CentOS project, the CentOS 8 end of life has been accelerated to December 31, 2021. No further operating system updates will be available after this date.
The CentOS Project also stated that CentOS 8 will change its OS to run as an upstream branch of RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) called CentOS Stream. The placement guidelines indicate that a non-production OS such as CentOS Stream is not intended for use in a production environment.
Previous versions of the CentOS LTR lifecycle will remain unchanged. Security fixes and updates will be provided until June 30, 2024
Those wishing to stay on CentOS 7, or anyone wishing to upgrade from CentOS 6 to CentOS 7, can do so, as supported updates will continue until they run out. Service updates will end on June 30, 2024. and full updates will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2020. According to the CentOS development team, the following information is still correct.
During the full upgrade phase, new hardware support will be provided at the discretion of RedHat and therefore CentOS. In addition, all available and qualified fixes will be provided via update kits (or individually and immediately for security fixes). Update kits are usually released 2 to 3 times a year, with new ISOs released as part of each update kit. In the numbering scheme x.y; y is the updated set number.
During the servicing phase, only security fixes and some critical bug fixes will be released. Multiple update kits will be released if any.
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Alternative Distributions for CentOS
Perhaps the most popular OS for cPanel clients is CloudLinux. CloudLinux is another option in the RHEL/CentOS lineup. According to a recent blog post, a new version of CloudLinux OS has been released, providing the means to convert CentOS 8.3 to CloudLinux 8.3. Using their own script, users can convert CentOS 8.3 to CloudLinux 8.3 using their cldeploy script when complete. The expected release date is set for December 21st. Users can convert CentOS 8.2 to CloudLinux 8.2 and then upgrade to CloudLinux 8.3 or wait until CloudLinux OS 8.3 is deployed to complete.
CloudLinux's Lenix recently announced that they plan to introduce an alternative product called "Project Lenix" as a replacement for CentOS. The expected release date is mid 2021. You can read more about this project at projectlenix.org.
Rocky Linux
Rocky Linux is a new fork of CentOS currently being developed by the creator of the CentOS project, which followed the RHEL source code. It remains early in the development cycle and will not be associated with any other commercial organization. More information can be found on the Rocky Linux official website and on GitHub.
Oracle Linux
Oracle Linux is one of the most RedHat compatible operating systems. This is one of the free and downloadable offerings developed and maintained by Oracle. One of the main benefits is that it closely follows the RHEL release cycle using a modified UEK or "Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel" manufactured by Oracle. The kernel provides additional advantages over the pine kernel in terms of stability and minimal countdown packages, among other features. The maintainers have created a script that makes it easy to migrate to Oracle Linux hosted on Oracle.com and GitHub.
Springdale Linux
Princeton University is spearheading another ongoing project called Springdale Linux (SDL). This OS, formerly known as PUIAS (Princeton University Advanced Research Institute), is a customizable RedHat-based distribution maintained by members of the computing staff at Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study.
ClearOS Linux
Another major player looking to join the fight is HP. They offer a different version of RHEL called ClearOS, mostly available in the HPE ProLiant server line. Although not explicitly stated, ClearOS is primarily based on RHEL / CentOS. This open-source OS is available to the community for free and has its own app marketplace, which contains both free and paid apps.
Amazon Linux 2 is an RHEL-based OS that is available as a virtual machine and container image, which is mainly used for local development and testing. It offers long term support and multiple virtual machine images for KVM virtualization platforms, Microsoft Hyper-V, Oracle VM VirtualBox, and VMware ESXi.
Alternative operating systems
Ubuntu is currently the most popular OS distribution in the world for both servers and desktops. Ubuntu is a robust Debian-based OS with an active community and excellent supporting documentation. The latest Ubuntu LTS includes five years of support, with optional paid extended support.
Along with Ubuntu, Debian is one of the four major Linux distributions. This OS, which is slightly different in layout and built-in package management, is one of the most stable and well-built systems in use today.
Rounds out our OpenSuse list. Like Debian, this Linux distribution is one of the four major operating systems in use today. It is also one of the most reliable and reliable Linux servers available. Basically, it comes in two current flavors; a rolling version called Tumbleweed and a long-term stable version called Leap.
Upgrading CentOS 8 to CentOS 8 Stream
If you decide to upgrade your existing version of CentOS 8 to CentOS 8 Stream, this is a simple three-step process.
[email protected]# dnf install centos-release-stream
[email protected]# dnf swap centos-{linux,stream}-repos
[email protected]# dnf distro-sync
[email protected]# cat /etc/centos-release
CentOS Stream release 8
This change will affect some package updates, and several new packages will be installed.
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We recommend that customers use their current operating system or non-EOL operating system. Not using a supported operating system limits our ability to provide support and assistance and creates additional risk for our customers. That being said, MivoCloud will not immediately stop supporting customers for EOL software (CentOS 6 is a perfect example). We recommend that customers maintain all updates. However, we will continue to support the OS until we determine that we cannot provide the level of service, performance, and security our customers deserve. Any changes to the operating systems we support will be communicated in advance so that customers have time to update as soon as necessary.
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Retrospective: Atlas Shrugged Part III - Who Is John Galt? (2014)
Welcome back to the Atlas Shrugged retrospective! Today we'll be looking at the third and (mercifully) final entry in the franchise, Atlas Shrugged Part III - Who Is John Galt? After the dumpster fires that were the first two films in this series, Aglialoro and company were back with another entirely new cast and a smaller budget than ever! Could they see this series out on a high note? Read on to find out...
Oh, and as with the last 2 entries, be sure to check out my friend Matt's review at his blog, The M, as we both chose to suffer through this series together!
...I'm not sure if they could have gone with a more boring, non-descript and unrelated poster for this film. After several looks at the poster it appears to be a railroad, which is fair enough, but it would actually fit the first film better as there are barely any scenes on the tracks in this one. I also love how Hank gets to cameo in it in the little airplane in the corner, which unintentionally fits well into his purpose in this film.
After Aglialoro and his production team poured even more money and effort into marketing Part II, only to be met with resounding financial and critical failure, it looked questionable whether the final chapter of Atlas Shrugged would ever get off the ground. However, the filmmakers were true believers and were not going to be dissuaded. Aglialoro, along with fellow franchise producer Harmon Kaslow, set about seeing this project through and by late March 2013 it was announced that filming would begin in the fall. They were looking for a director, cast and crew at the time and Aglialoro said that "I don't care if I've got to fire five directors — that's fine. We're going to get it right." So, after a declaration like that, who did they ultimately hire? The answer is James Manera, who literally had one directing credit to his name on IMDb at the time, a single episode of Nash Bridges almost 20 years earlier (although he also had directed a couple small documentaries which don't appear there). Truly Aglialoro and company had to sort through the cream of the crop to see this film series through! Duncan Scott (who had co-written the screenplay for Part II) and Brian O'Toole (who had also written the screenplays for both previous films) were tapped to return to write the screenplay for Part III. While it was announced that both would be returning to write Part III, neither are credited in the final film. Instead, writing credits go to producers John Aglialoro and Harmon Kaslow, along with director James Manera. I wasn't able to find an answer regarding if Scott and O'Toole's original screenplay was heavily rewritten by the producers, or if the producers just wrote their own from scratch for (presumably) budgetary reasons, but the fact that they're the only ones who are credited in the finished product is rather interesting. Also, a fun tidbit - back before Part I was released, Aglialoro had toyed with the idea of having Part III suddenly be a musical, but this idea never got anywhere near the final product. It's just funny to see that Aglialoro had ideas that could have made this franchise's continuity even more baffling.
As for the obligatory recasting, the role of Dagny was filled by Laura Regan, probably best known for a short stint on Mad Men, some minor horror movie roles and a number of guest TV appearances. The esteemed role of John Galt went to Kristoffer Polaha, who was similarly best known for a short stint on Mad Men and a number of guest TV appearances (my first thoughts on seeing him in this film were that he looked like a Hallmark channel love interest and, lo and behold, he's been in 6 Hallmark channel movies since this film came out). Hank Rearden was played in this film by Rob Morrow, who had earned Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for his roles in Northern Exposure and then had a successful run leading Numb3rs, making him probably the biggest name in the cast. The next biggest name in the cast was veteran character actor Joaquim de Almeida, known for big roles in Clear and Present Danger, Desperado and Fast Five among many, many others. De Almeida was cast to play Francisco D'Anconia. James Taggart was played by Greg Germann, who was probably best known for Ally McBeal, but seems to have been confined to minor roles ever since. Rounding out the notable recast characters was Peter Mackenzie as Head of State Thompson, who was a pretty decent character actor in his own right, but was never going to live up to Ray Wise's portrayal from the last film. Finally, Part III also introduces us to Ragnar Danneskjöld, played by Eric Allan Kramer, who had some big roles in Robin Hood: Men in Tights and True Romance early in his career but had been confined to character roles and guest appearances ever since. Oh and it's also worth noting that, like Part II, Part III also features conservative celebrity cameos from the likes of Presidential candidate Ron Paul, along with Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity, all providing the "voice of reason" in the film.
While filming was intended to start in the fall of 2013, it did not actually begin until mid-January 2014. This was likely because the producers' fundraising came up shorter than they had expected (around $10 million split evenly between the filming and marketing budgets) and so they launched a month-long Kickstarter campaign on September 23, 2013! This Kickstarter makes for a very interesting relic to pour over for a retrospective. $446,907 was raised during the campaign by 3,554 backers... but if you look closer at how the numbers break down, at least $100,000 of this was raised by the 10 highest-donating backers! Another 12 contributed a further $65,000+ and then 65 more contributed another $65,000+, meaning that more than half of the funds were supplied by 87 people - a measly 2% of the total backers! Clearly there were lots of rich people who had nothing better to do with their money than to throw it at this film... and, funnily enough, we actually know who some of these people are because 16 people who donated a staggering $7,500 or more had their names very crudely carved into a piece of wood and appear prominently on screen (it's jarring and funny to see in the finished film though because these rough carvings are flanking carvings which were clearly done with some professional tools beforehand, so their names just look like they were done by angsty teens).
Of course, this Kickstarter ended up generating a number of justifiably snarky comments about how the filmmakers sure were relying on altruism from their libertarian audience to bring about this film after it failed so spectacularly on the free market. Anticipating this response, the Kickstarter featured not one, but two FAQs about how it was not against Ayn Rand's philosophy to ask people for money, even going so far as to dedicate a whole other article on this topic on The Atlas Society as well. Having learned more about Objectivism from this retrospectives series, I actually do understand their argument, which is summed up pretty well by the FAQ response:
"Kickstarter is not charity and we do not seek charity. We are offering a voluntary value-for-value exchange. If you see no value in any of the reward levels, you should not back the project. Regarding the idea of charity however, Ayn Rand had no problem with someone giving money to a cause they care about. If someone deems a cause worthy and wants to donate money, they should be free to do it. What Ayn Rand had a problem with is altruism for the sake of altruism as a moral duty, or being compelled, or forced, to 'give.'"
While I do understand their argument, it comes across as a fairly arbitrary distinction to me - whenever they ask for a handout, they're exonerated because they will say that it's a value exchange (although charging $7,500 to get your name crudely carved onto a piece of wood sounds closer to a "scam" to me, especially when the film had already been financed and was going to happen regardless). However, whenever anyone else asks for a handout, they'll characterize them as moochers and looters. Add in the fact that they ignore that even when they're "forced" to give, there's still value being created in having a society that functions properly, which would be even more valuable if they weren't such crusty bastards who hate the idea of other people living at a reasonable standard. So, yeah, I can see how they can justify this Kickstarter within their own philosophy, but it just feels like another convenience to allow Objectivists to do what they want while looking down on people with less means for doing the same.
Interestingly, Rand devotees and fans of the movie franchise were invited to an event at the Atlas Summit in order to help determine the final edit of the film. I wasn't able to determine how exactly this event went, how involved it was or how it might have affected the final film, but it's a really interesting detail which shows how the filmmakers were attempting to get directly involved with the public on this particular film. The film was released on September 12, 2014 to a much smaller opening of 242 screens, grossing a measly $851,690 against its $10 million filming and marketing budget. This means that, if you add together the marketing and production budgets of all three films (including the ~$15 million which was spent on Part I before it went into full production), the Atlas Shrugged franchise lost almost $45 million dollars!!! HOLY SHIT!!! Even if you just factor in the costs which went directly into these three films, that's still a huge, $30 million dollar loss that could have been prevented if the filmmakers weren't so proud or dogmatic that they insisted on pushing on, ballooning their losses with each misstep.
Start the video at 16:06, it conveys how this news makes me feel more clearly than my own words could.
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Retrospective: Atlas Shrugged - Part II (2012)
Welcome back to part two of the Atlas Shrugged retrospective! In today's post we're going to be looking at the second entry in this "series", Atlas Shrugged: Part II. After a dull, cheap and morally-objectionable first chapter, could the producers finally get the quality adaptation of Ayn Rand's novel that they so desperately wanted? Read on to find out...
Oh, and like the last entry, if you're looking to read a review of the film from someone who has read the book, check out Matt's review at The M as well!
Certainly a more interesting poster than the first film, conveys a more epic and grandiose scale than the cute little clip art graphic the first one had.
After Atlas Shrugged: Part I's release, the producers went about planning Part II. However, the free market rejected the first Atlas Shrugged film and it failed to turn a profit, the producers were forced to find other avenues in order to finance a sequel. Funding took until the start of February of 2012, when a private debt sale was conducted which raised $16 million dollars for the film (presumably this was debt owned by John Aglialoro himself and perhaps other members of the production team). With financing complete, pre-production could wrap up and the film would begin shooting in April of 2012.
While the producers handwaved much of the criticism of the first film as being ideologically-motivated, they did acknowledge that the first film was not as good as they would have liked and proceeded to do a clean sweep of the cast and crew. Given the rushed production schedule of the first film, none of the cast had been negotiated to return for Part II anyway... which was probably the biggest break for Taylor Schilling ever, as she instead landed major roles in The Lucky One and freaking Argo, before going on to take the lead role in Orange is the New Black! Suffice to say, she dodged a bullet by not shackling herself to Atlas Shrugged sequels.
For the principal cast, veteran actress Samantha Mathis was cast as Dagny, former Scientologist Jason Beghe was cast as Hank Rearden, Timothy Olyphant look-alike Esai Morales was cast as Francisco d'Antonia and Patrick Fabian was cast as James Taggart (not a DOA vertan? Boooo!!!). Also worth noting is that Retrospectives veteran Ray Wise makes a cameo appearance as the freaking President of the United States! Once again, he's probably the best actor in the whole damn film, but considering that he's in this and God's Not Dead 2, it makes me seriously wonder what the man's political affiliations are. Unfortunately, The Atlas Society founder David Kelley admitted up-front that the producers were planning on once again recasting everyone in the film for Part III. This was an absolutely bone-headed idea in my opinion, since they had more time and money to negotiate with the actors this time around to prevent this from happening again. Kelley tried to play it off, saying that "in the end, the central character of the films is the world Rand created. In notes she made while writing the novel, she made the arresting assertion that the focus was to be about the world, not about the characters as individuals", which is just baffling when put in the context of the importance of individualism in Objectivist philosophy. The producers decided to gamble on the idea that the story of Atlas Shrugged would hold up even if the cast changed every time, and that the change of actors each time might even put more focus on the world.
The film was shot over the course of 31 days, slightly more than Part I. A number of activists in libertarian and right-wing bubbles made cameos in the film, including Sean Hannity. The production started taking on a evangelistic atmosphere, with the entire cast and crew being incentivized through a reward points system to read Rand's works, as if to turn them into disciples of Objectivism rather than just employees. The producers aimed to release the film in October of 2012, giving them up to five months of post-production and marketing. Their hope was that the film's release would have an effect on the 2012 presidential election between Obama and Mitt Romney, which was already being coloured by discussions of wealth disparity due to Occupy Wall Street and with the Great Recession still fresh in everyone's minds. These events felt very relevant to Aglialoro, who stated that "We've got generations of people on welfare. That's not because there weren't job opportunities, or education, or anything like that. We've got a problem of greed on the level of the entitlement class. Not the producers and the entrepreneurs that are creating the tax revenue. They're the 53 percent. If we get to the tipping point, 57, 58 percent, then you're going to see people saying: How do I go on strike?" ...yeah, Aglialoro believed that 47% of Americans were just unwilling to work. It shouldn't be too surprising considering that the man had spent almost 20 years trying to get this book onto screen, but Aglialoro clearly considers himself a Randian hero and shares their awful philosophies - he's the CEO of Cybex (a fitness equipment company), mayor of a tiny golf-course community in Tavistock, New Jersey, and now a wannabe screenwriter and movie producer who clearly isn't hurting as he was able to scrounge up a good deal of the $16 million which financed this movie himself. Poor John Aglialoro, he must be practically destitute from all the leechers who have robbed him of his fortunes...
Anyway, in hopes of not repeating the first film's box office failure, the marketing budget for Part II was significantly increased to $10 million. Approximately $1 million of this was raised by The Atlas Society as part of "The Atlas Campaign", which would promote the film trilogy and Objectivism in general through movie premieres and student outreach programs (blehhhhh), among other things. This was quite laughable as Rand famously hated altruism. Considering that the first film had failed to support itself, by the very philosophy they were promoting, they should have realized that they were being self-defeating by having to rely on donations to promote the film. Not that this has stopped the two major Objectivist organizations, The Atlas Society or The Ayn Rand Institute, both of which rely on donations in order to operate. The absolute best part is that The Atlas Campaign incentivized bigger donations with arbitrary "donation levels", so you could feel secure in your $5000 donation knowing that you were now officially "John Galt", hero of donations.
No, we're laughing with you. Also, there will be no refunds.
Part II was not screened for critics, as John Aglialoro questioned "the integrity of the critics" presumably because they didn't give it a fair shake and must have conspired to bring down Part I and bring about its failure. Part II was instead screened for conservative and libertarian groups before its wide release. The film opened on more than 1,000 screens, more than twice as many as the first film did. However, despite having a much wider release and more money put into marketing, the film only made $1.7 million on its opening weekend, barely surpassing Part I and earning it the distinction of having one of the worst wide-openings in recent memory. Its numbers then dropped precipitously, bringing in less than $3.5 million by the end of its theatrical run, even less than the first film did and on a larger budget too.
Retrospective: Atlas Shrugged - Part I (2011)
Hey it's the 4th of July people, so what better way to celebrate than with a retrospectives series! Last time we went through a fantastic slasher film and it's chaotic web of sequels, but I try to shake things up a bit every time. I could easily make every retrospective about laughably bad horror franchises or slasher flicks, but there has been another franchise that I've been wanting to dive into for years. That "franchise" would be the Atlas Shrugged trilogy, the production of which was notoriously troubled throughout. Will that make for entertaining viewing, writing and reading? Having not seen any of them at the time of writing this part, I sure as hell hope so!
Also, I'll be up-front going into this series: I haven't read any Ayn Rand works. Going into this series, most of my knowledge about her philosophy comes through light research, Bioshock, cultural osmosis and unpleasant encounters with libertarians. While I can't call myself an expert on Rand or Atlas Shrugged as a text, I can certainly still analyze this film trilogy based on its own merits (in fact, not knowing the book can reveal whether the film requires prior knowledge of it to maintain narrative coherency). That said, as I go on with each subsequent entry in this retrospective, I learn more about her philosophy through watching the films and subsequent research, so keep that in perspective. If you don't know anything about Objectivism, don't worry, I'll try to explain it succinctly as we go along. "Well if you don't know anything about Rand then how can you review Atlas Shrugged properly!" you may say - luckily for you, I convinced my good friend Matt at The M, who is more familiar with Rand's philosophy and has read the book, to watch these films with me and come to his own conclusions. Be sure to check out his reviews as well for some contrasting perspectives!
I don't really know what to say about this poster. It's fine, but it looks like something you'd see promoting some keynote speaker at a dinner conference rather than a theatrical movie release.
After years of modest success as a novelist and screenwriter, Russian-American authour Ayn Rand wrote and published her 1943 novel The Fountainhead to great success. To put it very simply, The Fountainhead dealt with themes of collective societal oppression and stagnation, which stifle creative minds and prevent progress from occurring. The Fountainhead's success helped spur philosophical debate about the novel's themes, providing an early core for Rand's ideas going forward. Rand herself began taking a greater interest in political activism, campaigning in favour of the free market and against communism. This growing philosophical interest and political activism coalesced in her next novel, 1957's Atlas Shrugged, a massive, nearly 1,200 page epic which was equal parts narrative and philosophical treatise. The novel explicitly lays out the foundations of Rand's philosophy which would become known as "Objectivism".
Before we go any further, it's important that we get an idea of what Objectivism means. According to the Atlas Society:
"Objectivism holds that there is no greater moral goal than achieving happiness. But one cannot achieve happiness by wish or whim. Fundamentally, it requires rational respect for the facts of reality, including the facts about our human nature and needs. Happiness requires that one live by objective principles, including moral integrity and respect for the rights of others. Politically, Objectivists advocate laissez-faire capitalism. Under capitalism, a strictly limited government protects each person's rights to life, liberty, and property and forbids that anyone initiate force against anyone else. The heroes of Objectivism are achievers who build businesses, invent technologies, and create art and ideas, depending on their own talents and on trade with other independent people to reach their goals."
Rand would further develop the philosophy of Objectivism for the rest of her writing career. Perhaps because of this philosophical focus, the novel was not received very well. This is possibly due to the notion that Objectivism can be boiled down to "excuses to continue to be an asshole". However, the novel found a receptive audience of those who agreed with Rand's philosophy and found it extremely compelling. The influence of Objectivism upon libertarian and American conservative movements can be felt to this day (even if they don't necessarily understand her). Naturally, the political and ideological importance that this novel has garnered after its publication would lead libertarians and Objectivist adherents to want to see a film adaptation.
There had been several attempts to adapt Atlas Shrugged into a film or television series, but none came to fruition for one reason or another (including an attempt by Ayn Rand herself, which ended when she died with only a third of the screenplay completed). The roots of the film which would eventually come about began when John Aglialoro bought the film rights for Atlas Shrugged from the Rand estate in 1992. He then started optioning the film to various studios. After a proposed four-hour miniseries with TNT fell through, the project was taken to Lions Gate to be turned into a two-part film series (which was eventually shaved down into one screenplay). Vadim Perelman was going to direct the film and various high-profile actresses were in negotiation for the film, including Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, Julia Roberts and Anne Hathaway (according to the Atlas Society, Jolie was likely going to be playing the female lead, Dagny Taggart). As interest in the film fizzled, Lions Gate then started work on a miniseries, but could not come up with an adequate script. After spending nearly $20 million on various Atlas Shrugged projects, Lions Gate scrapped the whole thing in March of 2010 and nothing came to fruition.
All of these false starts left John Aglialoro in a bind. After 18 years of nothing, his rights to the film were set to expire in June of 2010 if he was not filming an adaptation by then. So, in early April with barely two and a half months of pre-production time, Aglialoro and producer Harmon Kaslow threw a production company together, hastily wrote a script, hired the production team and crew, cast the film and got all of their locations sorted out. Many of the crew were fans of Rand's work and took pay cuts in order to be a part of the film. The cast were largely unknowns or D-list talent, including Taylor Schilling (who would get her big break right after this film by starring in Orange is the New Black) as Dagny Taggart, Grant Bowler as Henry Rearden and Matthew Marsden (from the DOA: Dead or Alive movie!!!) as James Taggart. Stephen Polk was initially hired to direct, but was fired and Paul Johansson was signed on as director just nine days before filming began. Filming began on June 13, just two days before the rights would have reverted to Rand's estate, and lasted for five weeks on a budget somewhere between $10-20 million dollars (although this number is debated; it might be including all of the costs of the false starts at Lions Gate, because I've seen estimates as low as $5 million). However, due to the rushed production, John Agliarloro and Harmon Kaslow weren't able to afford to negotiate and secure any of their actors to appear in the next two entries in the series, meaning that they would be forced to start fresh and recast when it came time to begin Part II. This rushed schedule may also have been why the film takes place in a near-future setting, despite maintaining the novel's 1950s trappings, in order to save on production costs.
The film's release date was set, symbolically, on "tax day", April 15, 2011 - only a year after production began. The film's marketing budget was low and promotion was largely done in an evangelizing manner, similar to Christian films. The film was promoted not only by Randian organizations, such as The Atlas Society, but also through political organizations, such as Fox News and the Tea Party movement and its affiliates, explicitly playing up the film's political status in order to draw interest. One of these affiliates, FreedomWorks, went so far as to try to get the film into more theatres and to promote it at the Conservative Political Action Conference. However, apparently none of this mattered because, despite playing in 465 theatres across the country, the film was a total bomb. It's opening weekend haul of $1,676,917 was good for the 14th highest gross of the weekend, and it ended up earning less than $5 million by the end of its theatrical run. For whatever reason, the film's political marketing campaign didn't translate to a ticket bump as it often does for Christian films.
Movie Review: Pokemon - Detective Pikachu
Hey guys, I saw Pokemon: Detective Pikachu a day before its wide release and did up a video review of it. I normally will be relegating Pokemon content to my Youtube channel rather than here, but there is a bit of cross-over here since I often do movie reviews on my blog so I figured I would post it here. Check it out (note: there are some very minor spoilers in the video, just so you know)!
A few additional notes that I have thought since I recorded this:
The opening scene feels like it was either added in reshoots or was all that remained of a longer opening act - it feels at odds with the rest of the film, introduces a character that we're never going to see again, and only really matters in that it introduces Cubone.
Having thought about it a bit more, the villain's plan is even stupider than I realized. In addition to the fact that he probably could have initiated it earlier than he does, it's also just extremely contrived writing.
The writing in general is easily the weakest aspect of the film. There's a big action set-piece near the end of the second act which doesn't really have any bearing on anything, it just happens and goes on longer than nearly any other action scene in the film. It's fun, but when you give it some critical thought it isn't particularly satisfying.
I geeked out at the soundtrack, there are some classic Pokemon music call-backs in here.
Where the hell are Jolteon and Chikorita? I saw an ad with Jolteon in it, but we don't see one in the flesh? 1/10, would not recommend.
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Game of Thrones, Miguel Sapochnik and the Devolution of Battle Strategy
Last week Game of Thrones fans were finally treated to the battle which the series had been building towards since the very first episode, the biggest battle put to film, the most important battle in Westerosi history: "The Long Night"... and it was, um, something. The battle itself is undeniably a visual spectacle, with incredibly tense moments as our heroes get put in danger and an overwhelmingly bleak tone as all of their efforts to stop the horde of the dead are met with failure after failure. However, if you give the episode any sort of critical thought, the whole facade begins to quickly crumble, assuming that you could even see what was happening (for my part, I watched it on a 10" tablet with max brightness and could see well enough, but can still acknowledge that the lighting was too dark and lacked necessary contrast to be able to tell what's going on). The way that this battle was directed and written just makes absolutely no sense from the characters' perspectives and was obviously designed solely to elicit the reactions that the showrunners wanted at any particular moment. This kind of writing wouldn't be an issue if it was done well, in such a way that you won't notice and can justify it easily. "The Long Night" is not that kind of episode, unfortunately, and it really got me thinking about how Game of Thrones' battle sequences have nosedived since Season 6.
There are a couple elements which are key to the drop in quality of the writing and direction of Game of Thrones' battle sequences. First, and most obviously, the show caught up to and overtook the books in Season 5, meaning that showrunners Dan Weiss and David Benioff have been having to make up the rest of the story themselves ever since. Secondly, the directing duties on the show's big battles have been passed on from Neil Marshall, who helmed "Blackwater" and "The Watchers on the Wall", to Miguel Sapochnik, who helmed "Hardhome", "Battle of the Bastards" and "The Long Night" (among other, smaller episodes).
With this in mind, I want to take a look back at Sapochnik's battles, analyze the writing, the strategies of the characters and then compare them to Marshall's battles. Oh, and I really shouldn't have to specify this, but in case you've gotten this far without realizing, this article is going to contain SPOILERS!
Labels: critics, disappointment, game of thrones
Listening to Bands That Followed Me on Social Media
I love to follow my favourite bands on Twitter and Instagram, it's such a convenient way for me to stay in the loop on new music, nearby concerts and other goings-on in the band members' lives. However, I have also noticed a side effect to this: every time I follow a major band, I will get followed back by a couple other, smaller bands trying to make a name for themselves. It's a pretty clever strategy I must say - it's free advertising, it immediately gets them into your good graces and it lets you know that they're making music similar to the stuff you already love, so why not check them out? As a show of good faith and because I like to support independent artists, I keep a list of all the bands who have followed me and check them out when I get a chance. I've gotten enough piled up now that I thought that I would do a list of the bands that have followed me, listed from my least favourite to favourite. This is, of course, super subjective so I would recommend checking out all of the bands here regardless rather than just taking my word as final for how good any of their music is. Oh, and if more bands follow me in the future then I'll probably do a follow up article, so I hope that happens!
Honourable Mention: Brian "Head" Welch of Korn and Love & Death followed me at one point and even slid into my DMs with a message of encouragement (very much on-brand for him based on what I've read about the man). He has since unfollowed me, but that's probably because I have a real potty-mouth on Twitter since that's where I post my most passionate political opinions. Anyway, I don't really count him since he followed me in response to me following him rather than because he was trying to market himself, but I thought that it was worth a mention at the very least.
7) September Sky
Genre: Metal
Followed Me Because I Liked: Breaking Benjamin on Instagram
Favourite Track: "Fallacy"
Of all the bands that have followed me, September Sky have the biggest catalogue (2 EPs and 1 album) and longest history, having released their first EP back in 2011. They also have a pretty strong marketing push for the band, having followed me twice (!!) on Instagram in order to make sure I definitely noticed them and very promoter-friendly bios on their website and Spotify which make such claims as "In a sea of mediocre alternative metal, September Sky stands out not only with their magnetic twist of alternative grunge rock and thrash metal influences, but also their well-known empowering and inspiring vocals and refreshing guitar solos." They also claim that fans describe their sound as "Disturbed meets Tool and Alice In Chains". If that sounds like a strange mixture, well, September Sky doesn't really live up to it. Their first EP, Bright Sides to Dark Days, sounds very much like Tool but without the same level of craft and refinement. Tracks like "Ted" sound very much like "Aenima" or "Eulogy", to the point where it feels like their sound might be just a little too derivative. The only song which breaks out of the Tool mould is "Freakshow", a non-conformity song which is probably their only track which reminded me of Disturbed... and not in a good way at all. I really disliked "Freakshow", it felt like a black mark on an otherwise decent debut. Bright Sides to Dark Days might feel a little too familiar, but I was really digging tracks like "Disappearing Friend". There was some promise here and with time and maturity September Sky could carve out their own niche.
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Love/Hate: PS4
The Games - The PS4 has been a massive success and that mainly comes down to one thing: Sony have done an incredible job of cultivating high-profile exclusive games in a variety of genres. God of War, Detroit: Become Human, Gran Turismo, Until Dawn, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Ni No Kuni... I'm just barely scratching the surface, but that gives you an idea of the variety of games available to satisfy various tastes.
Social Features - The social features built into the PS4 are possibly my favourite PlayStation innovation of all time. Being able to automatically capture the last fifteen minutes of gameplay and then share videos and screenshots from it is a revelation and instantly made me regret buying an Elgato HD months before the PS4 came out (although I'll finally be putting it to use with the Switch soon enough when Pokemon comes out).
Rest Mode - I already loved rest mode on the PSP and PS Vita, but when it came to the PS4 it was better than ever. Not only can you suspend your progress in games, but the system will download updates while in rest mode, meaning that you no longer have to wait for lengthy updates when you turn on the console!
Controller Innovation - Finally, after the questionable PS3 controller, Sony really nailed the changes to the PS4's DualShock redesign. The sticks feel more precise, the touch pad is awesome, the triggers are great and the overall weight and feel is perfect. It's easily the best PlayStation controller and I hope that the PS5 only improves upon it.
My Favourite PS4 Games - As usual, here's my list of favourite games on the PS4: God of War, Bloodborne, Dark Souls III, Uncharted 4, Nioh, Metal Gear Solid V, Battlefield 4 and Rainbow Six Siege.
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In second year under coach Kramer, Arundel Boys lacrosse looking to contend
By Jordan Johnson
The Arundel Boys Lacrosse team looks ready to contend for a state title after a 7-9 record last year under 1st year head coach Larry Kramer.
The Wildcats will bring back quite the trio on offense; junior midfielder Riley Newman, (20 goals and 15 assists last season), Junior Attackman Eric Ranck (team high 31 goals and 15 assists), and junior attackman Max Galasso (24 goals and 12 assists).
On defense, they are anchored by Junior Defensemen Alex Reno(a Towson commit) and Senior Defensemen Mikey Demaio (a Limestone College commit), along with Sophomore starting Goalie Patrick Sweeney, who boasted a 62% save percentage in 2016 as a freshman starter.
"I'm pretty excited, we got a pretty good team this year. We have a lot of returning juniors and seniors on varsity and we look to bring the state title back to Arundel this year," Reno said.
Senior midfielder Isaiah Freeman stressed the importance of beating county rivals rivals Old Mill, Severna Park, and South River. Severna Park won the Maryland 4A state title last year, while South River put together a memorable playoff run.
Tryouts began March 1st and the the team kicks off the regular season March 10th at home against Glenelg.
Album review: The xx interlaces intimacy with brilliant splashes of light
In 2015, The xx announced that their third studio album would wield "a completely different concept" than their previous records. I See You, the band's first album in over four years, delivers just that.
The War on Jellyfish
It's easy to hate what we don't understand. The challenge is to strive for understanding.


The effect of implementation of standardized, evidence-based order sets on efficiency and quality measures for pediatric respiratory illnesses in a community hospital.
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Pulse Research Project of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC), Plant Pathology Department, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh 02-02-1978 30-12-1979 Preparation of research programmes on the diseases of pulse crops, active research, writing research reports etc.
Plant Pathology Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Joydebpur, Gazipur 31-12-1979 20-06-1983 Preparation of research programmes on the diseases of horticultural crops, active research, writing research reports etc.
Plant Pathology Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Joydebpur, Gazipur 21-06-1983 07-06-1987 Preparation of research programmes on diseases identification of pulses and vegetables, management of research projects, active research reports writing etc.
Department of Plant Pathology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Salna, Gazipur. 30-12-1992 27-06-2000 Regularly teaching different subjects of Plant Pathology to the M.S. and Ph.D students and supervising M.S. and Ph.D. students as Major Professor, active research on Plant Viruses mainly and also Bacteria & Fungi.
Department of Plant Pathology, BSMRAU, Salna, Gazipur. 28-06-2000 Continuing Planning, Development, Execution and Monitoring. Regularly teaching different subjects of Plant Pathology to the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D students and supervising M.S. and Ph.D. students as Major Professor, active research on Plant Viruses mainly and also bacteria & fungi.
vii) Vice-Chancellor Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Gazipur 11-03-2009 10-03-2013 Chief executive of the university Academic and Administration.
vii) Vice-Chancellor Exim Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh, Chapai Nawabgonj 22.07.2013 31-07-2016 Chief executive of the university Academic and Administration.
i. Head, Dept. of Plant Pathology 16-05-1993 15-05-1995 Administration and Coordination of Departmental activities.
ii. Head, Dept. of Plant Pathology 16-05-2000 15-05-2002 Administration and Coordination of Departmental activities.
iii. Dean of Graduate Studies 15-05-2001 14-05-2003 Administration and management of academic and research activities of Post-graduate Students.
iv. Head, Dept. of Plant Pathology 16-05-2004 15-05-2006 Administration and Coordination of Departmental activities.
v. Dean, Faculty of Agril. Economics & Rural Development 22.10.2012 02.04.2013 Administration and Coordination of Departmental activities.
vi. Head, Dept. of Plant Pathology 01-08-2016 Administration and Coordination of Departmental activities.
i. Assistant Provost /Provost 16-05-1992 15-05-1996 Student Dormitory management.
ii. Associate Director (Research) 11-07-1995 30-06-1997 Coordination of University research activities.
iii. Director (Outreach) 01-07-1997 31-01-2000 Administration and management of Outreach activities of the University.
iv. Proctor 01-05-2000 30-04-2002 Look after the student's discipline.
v. Director (Student's Welfare) 14-05-2007 30-07-2010 Administration and coordination of extra-curricular activities of the university students. Students Counseling.


A garment, constructed from natural hand dyed and eco-printed silk, held and shaped to the body by a bespoke jewellery harness.
Leaves on the river surface, rust in the water, floating downstream... copper chains halting the drift, 'eucalyptus' clasps hold and reflect the natural dyeing process.
Ross Belton (@spottedhyenas) created the eco print silk chiffon. The silk was folded and wrapped around crocheted rusted wire to form a bundle. This was then put through an accelerated rusting process, and finally submerged in a natural eucalyptus dye bath. The underskirt bundle followed the same process, without the rusting, and had eucalyptus leaves sandwiched between the folded layers of silk.
The bespoke jewellery was designed and handmade by Valentina Grecchi. Eucalyptus clasps, reference the leaves used to create the print and colour, with the copper chains forming a harness holding the different pieces of fabric together, creating the silhouette.


"Galaxii – Into The Abyss" is an omnibus of The Galaxii Series titles 1,2 and 3, containing "Blachart", "Demonspawn" and "Dead Beckoning".
Due to the variation in international markets and differing distribution marketing requirements, it has been necessary to reissue some titles in various series in different print formats. As a firm believer that the 4.25 wide x 6.88 tall "pocketbook" size is the appropriate size for "real" novels, I find it disappointing that some international distributors do not accept this size, favoring the 6″x 9″ format instead. It is larger for one thing, and as a result decreases page count, making books that were traditionally "long enough" to pack a decent-sized novel in the proper size, seem much smaller and less appealing in the 6×9 format.
At 363 pages in the new format, the print paperback copy containing all three stories in the Galaxii Series still works out cheaper than buying all three titles separately! Hopefully the new size will allow bookstores in South Africa to start stocking this title on their shelves soon! "Galaxii – Into The Abyss" is available only in paperback and the original separate titles in pocketbook size – as well as the separate ebook versions will continue to be available.
"Blachart, Demonspawn and Dead Beckoning – the first three stories in the Galaxii Series in one big volume!
Life hardly ever turns out the way we expect it to, and for Mykl d'Angelo it had just taken a bad turn for terrible. Stranded in deep space, he is handed a chance to redeem the other shipwrecks in his life – his lost career in the Imperial Space Fleet and a lost chance at a relationship with the girl of his dreams. In order to pull this off, he must confront hordes of Corsairs, a crotchety starship captain, his former girlfriend and a particularly dangerous character called Blachart who will lead him behind enemy lines, where he will learn the meaning of trust – but very likely, never return.
The battle cruiser was lost. Kaine was the last of his crew that survived – or if any others were still alive, he was unaware of it. It didn't seem likely. Somehow the thing had managed to kill every one of them within the space of only a few days. They all died horribly – mangled and mauled to death. At first the deaths were taken as freak accidents, being at first sight unrelated and spaced far apart. Then, as suspicion was aroused, murder seemed the cause. Soon it became clear that it was no natural thing that was killing them.
Sabotage isolated them from their home, thwarting any hope of outside help. Frantic unreliable sightings of frightening things – horrible things, led to chaos. The crew, terrified, opted to die fighting and went hunting for their attacker. His only regret was that they found it. It killed them all. At first the discovery of the derelict alien ship had been an interesting diversion. Now the crew of the starship Mordrake had to face the terror and solve the ancient riddle of the Akx. Or suffer the same fate.
Meradinis – home to the once fearsome and legendary Corsairs, had finally fallen to the might of the Terran Space Fleet. Justice had been swift and those living under the name of 'Corsair' faced relentless pursuit, imprisonment or death. After decades of living in fear, the nightmare of the Terran colonies was over at last. Or was it?
The Terrans thought they'd caught them all, but there was still one left. The one that got away – Sona Kilroy, the most dangerous Corsair of them all! It was up to Mykl d'Angelo – a man called Adam, and the combined crews of the starships Antares and Mordrake to stop Kilroy before he could start the terror all over again.
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Two teen boys fall in love and go on a series of adventures.
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The price of tomato has crashed from N25,000 to N800 a basket. Few months ago, the price of the essential commodity skyrocketed following the spread of tuta absoluta also known as 'tomato ebola' in most of the states that plant and harvest Tomatoes in large quantities. As of this morning, a basket of Tomato in Kaduna sold for as low as N800.


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Cornua (l.poj. cornu) – u pajęczaków z rzędu kleszczy to para wyrostków na grzbietowej powierzchni części nasadowej gnatosomy (basis capituli). Wychodzą one z tylno-bocznych kątów jej grzbietowej listewki. Mogą być dobrze lub słabo widoczne, a u niektórych gatunków brak ich w ogóle. Niekiedy w ich budowie przejawia się dymorfizm płciowy, np. u Haemaphysalis concinna samce mają je zwieńczone spiczasto, a samice tępo.

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Beyond the official recognition of the Church, the beatification of our 109 Claretian missionaries means for me a sign and witness of the giving of life in the conflictive context of the reality they lived, assuming from their self-oblation and commitment the circumstances that the reality of their experience of life and mission presented them. This testimony stimulates and encourages me to face conflicts in contexts (in certain cases of violence, pain and death) in which we are carrying out our mission in Colombia and Venezuela, knowing that, although we do not violently surrender our lives, we are called to offer it in our daily lives with gestures of love towards the people we are called to serve from our mission.
Another aspect that inspires me the testimony of our brothers is their deep spirituality. They teach us to live as missionaries "with spirit", because they knew how to tune and discover in their life circumstances the passage of God through them, and so they witnessed with their commitment. Listening to God's passing through the painful moments that they lived and that led to the surrender of their lives, are an example for us today to assume our life (as individuals and as a community) with a missionary spirituality, based on hope, recognizing in every event of our life that God accompanies us. The heroism of the offering of these brothers lies in the generosity with which they took their life and offered it as a seed that today must germinate in us.


The Library Gardening Group meets on the third Tuesday of every month and currently consists of about 45 members. is The current Chairman is Mike Aspland and the Secretary is Jean Woodcote. Their members range from inexperienced to very experienced gardeners but all are keen to gain further knowledge, share experiences and techniques, visit members' and public gardens and have some fun. Each meeting sees more new members joining the group. During the winter months, meetings take place inside but while the weather is good, members are keen to show others in the group their gardens where meetings take place. Visits to public gardens are also on the agenda.
To participate in the Group, you would need to be a Library member. Just pop into the Library and pay the equivalent of €2 a month.
Topics covered at meetings include gardening problems, tips and advice and we are also keen to share recipes which can use up some of the surplus produce.
As the Gardening group is an affiliation to the English library therefore to help cover running costs there is a €2 contribution per person per meeting.
If you are interested in joining us, please contact us using the form below for further information.


Assignments are created in Content Areas, but can also be added to Learning Modules, Lesson Plans, and folders. Any instructions and file attachments that students need to complete the assignment are provided at the time of creation. You can deliver assignments to each student individually or as collaborative work for groups of students.
As assignments are created, you will work in Edit Mode ON. Edit Mode ON allows you to view all of the instructor functions.
The easiest way to collect assignments, papers, or files from your students is to create an Assignment in Blackboard.
In Edit Mode ON click the Assignments link on your course's homepage.
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THE GEORGE BALANCHINE TRUST
Licensing the Ballets
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George Balanchine
Balanchine by no means eliminates the past; he continually uses it, but in a manner transformed for the uses and conditions of a shifting present. – Lincoln Kirstein, Mosaic: Memoirs
The George Balanchine Trust, established in 1987 with the mission of preserving and protecting Balanchine's creative works, is the center from which the business operations relating to the licensing of George Balanchine's creative output emanate. At its core, the Trust has the responsibility of disseminating and protecting the integrity and the copyrights of George Balanchine's work in the present and for the future.
The Founding Trustees were Karin von Aroldingen and Barbara Horgan. Current Trustees are: Kay Mazzo Bellas, Stuart H. Coleman, Carole Divet Harting, Barbara Horgan, and Susan Gluck Pappajohn.
The office of the Trust manages the day to day operations of the mission as set forth by the Trustees, including other creative input from former dancers and current ballet masters. The office is responsible for the business of licensing Mr. Balanchine's ballets, protecting the Trust's copyrights and trademarks, and continuing to uphold the artistic standards of the Balanchine legacy.
The Trust also organizes the engagement of repetiteurs to teach classes at schools and companies.
All of George Balanchine's works have been copyrighted and must be licensed for any use. Our website has been created to provide information about all of the works that are currently available for performance or presentation.
We encourage you to explore the universe of George Balanchine and to contact us to discuss how the Trust can serve you.
All content © 1987-2020 by The George Balanchine Trust


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Q: Replacing characters at specific positions in strings in Oracle I'm trying to write a function that can decode a message by switching pairs of characters around.
Say I have the message hello! which, when encoded, turns into ehll!o.
Is there an existing function in Oracle that lets me replace characters at specified positions with other characters of my choosing?

A: You should use regex that looks like a tits:
regexp_replace(string, '(.)(.)', '\2\1')

fiddle

A: You'd be looking for SubStr() I believe. Possibly Translate() or Replace().

A: If you want to simply mask few characters from a particular position, you could like below
SUBSTR(field_name,1,4) || 'XXXX' || SUBSTR(field_name,LENGTH(field_name)-4,LENGTH(field_name))
as field_name

If the field values is 0007125009300
Output will be 0007XXXX09300

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Transparency International -- as a global movement and at its Secretariat and National Chapters -- is institutionally committed to universal transparency of ownership of property as a fundamental cornerstone of preventing and fighting corruption. All people involved in the movement must fulfil the values and principles that TI strives to have governments, corporations, and all people follow. TI's basic credibility and effectiveness depend on the example, as well as the advocacy, that TI presents.
People who by employment, contract or other professional engagement are associated with an organisation that derives a meaningful benefit from the facilitation of anyone to conceal beneficial ownership of property2.
Consultants, advisors and others providing services to TI-S or TI Chapters on a paid basis.
"Property" means anything having more than de minimis value.
"Conceal" means failing to make required disclosure(s) to appropriate government authorities.
A beneficial owner is the natural person who ultimately owns, controls or benefits from property held by legal persons or arrangements (such as a company or trust fund) and the income it generates.
"Meaningful benefit" means anything more than an occasional, insignificant monetary or other remuneration.
 TI recognises that extreme circumstances such as severe state repression may require and justify concealment of ownership to protect personal and family security. The Board Ethics Committee, in confidence, will determine and recommend to the Board for decision whether an and, if so, what exception is warranted.
 People who can demonstrate that such activities took place without their knowledge or will, would not be considered to fall under that category.


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Prabhakar Barwe
A symbolist abstractionist, Prabhakar Barwe was born in Nagoan, Maharashtra in 1936. Born into a family closely associated with the arts, his granduncle, V. P. Karmarkar was a well-known sculptor and his father was an artist working in Bombay`s film studios.
He graduated from the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai in 1959. It was during his stay in Varanasi, the holy city of India from 1961 to 1965 that he came into contact with the canon of Tantra (mysticism) that influenced his work during that period. His work had a steady evolution that allows one to trace the numerous influences on it.
During his days as a student he was deeply influenced by Paul Klee. It was during that time that he was also involved along with other leading painters like K. G. Subramanyan, Gautam Waghela and Ambadas in the Weaver`s Service Centre, where fine artists worked closely with weavers in the development of modern Indian textile designs.
Starting from 1961, until his death in 1995, he held 12 solo exhibitions. In 1969 he won an award instituted by the Japanese newspaper Yoshihari Shimbun. In 1976 he won an award at the annual exhibition of the Lalit Kala Akademi. Towards the end of his life he wrote a book in Marathi called `Kora (Blank) Canvas` (published by Mouj Prakashan, Mumbai). During the 1980s Barwe`s work was known for the peculiar relationship between object and space. Pieces of objects would emerge from the canvas almost as it they had a will of their own.
He participated in exhibitions both in India and internationally, including the Fifth International Young Artists, Tokyo (1969), II, III, IV and V Triennales, New Delhi (1971, 1975, 1978 and 1982), the Menton Biennale, France (19760, I Asian-European Art Biennale, Yugoslavia, Turkey (1985) and IX Biennale, Valpariso, Chile (1989).
Barwe lived and worked in Mumbai, where he died in 1995


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I started MyNiceTie the summer before I started school at BYU. I convinced a friend into funding a trip to Korea where I planned to buy 1,000 ties. I knew very little about neckties at the time, in fact, I actually learned the word Tariff and Quota from someone who only spoke Korean in a low lit market near Dongdaemun in Seoul Korea. Miraculously, I was able to get the ties for half price and ended up getting 2,000 of them back to the states.
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The pathway to delivering fusion power
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Fusion offers the potential to provide continuous, safe and low-carbon power.
However, there remain technical challenges to overcome to realise fusion as well as various other enabling measures which will be needed to make fusion a reality as soon as possible.
In this talk, Professor Ian Chapman, CEO of the UK Atomic Energy Authority, will begin by explaining the UK government strategy to delivering fusion and setting this in the context of other major fusion programmes internationally. It will then describe the major technical challenges required to deliver a magnetic fusion powerplant and give a brief overview of some of the key deliverables and discoveries that will be required on that pathway. An overview of recent major discoveries in the field will be presented together with a future outlook for the pathway to delivering fusion power.
Date: 13 October 2022, 17:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2022)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Professor Ian Chapman (UK Atomic Energy Authority)
Organising department: Oxford Martin School
Organiser: Clara Bowyer (University of Oxford, Oxford Martin School)
Organiser contact email address: events@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Host: Professor Sir Charles Godfrey (Director, Oxford Martin School and Professor of Population Biology, University of Oxford)
Booking url: https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/the-pathway-to-delivering-fusion/
Booking email: events@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Editor: Clara Bowyer


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Legal Formalities and Improprieties: Mayer on the Inquisition Trying Galileo
Maurice A. Finocchiaro, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
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This essay is a critical examination of Thomas Mayer's The Roman Inquisition: Trying Galileo (2015). I argue that Mayer's book does have a few small merits: it displays considerable diligence and hard work in archival research; its legal orientation is potentially fruitful; its prosopographical approach provides some useful information; and its central thesis shows ingenuity and is challengingly provocative. However, I also argue that Mayer's book has many major flaws: its account of the 1616 Inquisition orders to Galileo is one-sided, insofar as it focuses arbitrarily on the order by the Inquisition's commissary, to the exclusion of those by cardinal-inquisitor Bellarmine and by Pope Paul V; Mayer's account is too formalistic, insofar as it stresses the form of the commissary's order and neglects the content; it lacks conceptual clarity and precision, insofar as it ignores the important differences in the contents of these orders; it commits a fallacy of equivocation, insofar as it fails to properly distinguish among the documentary authenticity, the historical accuracy, and the legal validity of the commissary's order; and it is hyper-legalistic, insofar as it perverts the concept of law, which Mayer pretends to articulate.
Controlled Subject
Mayer, Thomas, 1907-2002; Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642; Archives--Research
Philosophy | Philosophy of Science
Finocchiaro, M. A. (2021). Legal Formalities and Improprieties: Mayer on the Inquisition Trying Galileo. Argumentation Library, 40 307-318. Midtown Manhattan, New York City: Springer.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77147-8_15


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