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Category: Charles Dickens
(1812–70). No English author of the 19th century was more popular than the novelist Charles Dickens. With a reporter's eye for the details of daily life, a fine ear for the subtleties of common speech, and unmatched powers of character creation, Dickens created a body of work that brought him worldwide fame. He was a remarkably entertaining comic writer, but he was also much more. His perceptive and compassionate depiction of society and its shortcomings made him an influential advocate for social reform.
Dickens was praised in his lifetime, and his critical reputation has only grown since his death. He is generally considered the greatest writer of the Victorian era, and some critics place him second only to William Shakespeare in all of English literature.
Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on Feb. 7, 1812, in Portsmouth, England. He was the second of eight children. His father, John Dickens, was a clerk in a navy office, a job that required him to move his family frequently. In 1817 the family settled in the town of Chatham, southeast of London, where Charles attended school and developed an interest in English novels of the 18th century. These years in Chatham, which lasted until the family moved to London in 1822, were the happiest of Dickens' childhood. The area would appear often in his novels.
John Dickens earned enough to provide a middle-class lifestyle for his family, but he was a habitually poor manager of money. In 1824 he was sent with his family to the Marshalsea Prison for debt. Charles, the eldest son, did not go to prison, but he was pulled from school and put to work in a factory. Feeling lonely and abandoned, he lived alone in a garret and visited his family in prison on Sundays. Then a timely inheritance restored the family to something like comfortable means, and Charles had a few quiet years at a private school in London.
This period had a lasting impact on Dickens' character and his art. His family's financial troubles and his unpleasant experience with factory life gave Charles a sympathetic knowledge of the lives and trials of the working class that would inform his writings. Images of prisons and of lost, oppressed children also would recur in his novels. Dickens dramatized some of the liveliness and failings of his father, for whom he always had a great love, as the character Mr. Micawber in the partly autobiographical novel David Copperfield. Dickens' mother, unsympathetic and unconscious of his potential, meant less to him; she begrudged his leaving work to return to school. She would become the model for the character Mrs. Nickleby in Nicholas Nickleby.
Dickens finished his schooling at age 15 and went to work. He became a clerk in a law office and then, after learning shorthand, a reporter in the law courts and in the House of Commons. In 1834 he joined the staff of the Morning Chronicle, for which he traveled to other cities and towns to report election speeches. These jobs gave Dickens a lasting affection for journalism and also an enduring dislike of both law and politics that would be reflected in his novels.
Another influential event of this period was his rejection as suitor to Maria Beadnell, a banker's daughter, because his family and prospects were unsatisfactory. The pain he felt upon losing her sharpened his determination to succeed.
Start of a Literary Career
Dickens' first attempt at creative writing grew out of his experience as a journalist. In 1833 he began contributing stories and descriptive essays to magazines and newspapers under the name of Boz, the family nickname of a younger brother. These were collected and in February 1836 reprinted as Sketches by "Boz", which was well received.
That same month the publishers Chapman and Hall asked Dickens to write stories to accompany a monthly series of comic illustrations by a noted artist. Originally the stories and illustrations were to deal with a group of Londoners in a hunting and fishing club, but Dickens, knowing little of the subject, suggested changing the focus to travel. The publishers agreed, and Dickens went on to create Mr. Pickwick, one of the greatest characters in humorous literature. Within a few months the Pickwick Papers had made Dickens the most popular author of the day.
The success of Pickwick led to new projects that kept Dickens occupied for the next several years. In 1836 he resigned from his newspaper job and became editor of a new monthly magazine, Bentley's Miscellany, in which he serialized the novel Oliver Twist (1837–39). His other serialized novels of this period were Nicholas Nickleby (1838–39), The Old Curiosity Shop (1840–41), and Barnaby Rudge (1841). Apart from writing, his growing family was another commitment. In April 1836, in the week that the first installment of the Pickwick Papers appeared, Dickens had married Catherine Hogarth, the daughter of a newspaper associate. The first of their 10 children was born in 1837.
Dickens' novels following the comic Pickwick Papers introduced a more serious element that would remain prominent throughout his fiction—attacks on social evils and inadequate institutions. Though still containing much comedy, Oliver Twist focused more on exposing the evils of the workhouse and the criminal world through the dramatic story of an orphan. Nicholas Nickleby continued in this vein with its criticism of the brutal Yorkshire school system. The Old Curiosity Shop is best known for the death of the saintly but suffering Little Nell, a scene considered overwhelmingly powerful at the time but later scorned for its sentimentality. Barnaby Rudge was a historical novel set in the late 18th century that dealt with the spectacle of large-scale mob violence.
Dickens in the United States
Exhausted by his intense work schedule, Dickens set out for a five-month vacation in the United States in early 1842. The United States had welcomed his books from the start, in part because the lack of international copyright permitted American publishers to print them without paying him. Dickens, at that stage of his life a radical who hated Toryism and aristocracy, wished to study the United States and its democratic ideals firsthand.
Dickens and his wife sailed to Boston in January 1842, leaving their four children at home. Treated as a literary celebrity, he received an enthusiastic welcome from the New England elite. From Boston he went to New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Va. Dickens reveled in his adoring audience and wrote home of the freedom of the United States and the comforts of the workers. He traveled westward as far as Missouri before returning to England in June 1842.
Dickens spoke everywhere of the need for an international copyright agreement that would protect the rights of both American and British writers. He felt that it was unfair and unjust that American publishers could print and sell his books without permission from him and without paying him any royalties. Dickens did not speak of himself as the sole victim of this practice. He pointed out that all British authors were equally victimized; he also acknowledged that American authors, such as Edgar Allan Poe, suffered from the pirating of their works in England.
American newspapers attacked these statements and accused Dickens of bad taste and of abusing American hospitality. In time Dickens' rosy view of the United States faded. He was disgusted by slavery, government corruption, and what he saw as the materialism and vulgarity of American life. His disillusionment with the United States is revealed in his nonfiction book American Notes (1842) and in the novel Martin Chuzzlewit (1843–44).
Master Novelist
A shortcoming of Dickens' early novels, as popular as they were, was a lack of narrative unity. Creating a coherent story while writing in monthly, or even weekly, serial installments was a difficult task. In the preface to Martin Chuzzlewit, Dickens wrote of his intention "to keep a steadier eye upon the general purpose and design."
Dickens practiced his narrative concentration in a new, shorter type of story that was not serialized—his Christmas books. The first of these, A Christmas Carol, was conceived and written in a few weeks in 1843. It became the most enduring Christmas myth of modern literature. Further Christmas books, essays, and stories followed annually (except in 1847) through 1867, but none equaled the Carol in quality.
Dickens' first novel to display his new maturity as a writer was Dombey and Son (1846–48). Although serialized, this novel was clearly a product of more thorough planning. It also presented a broader criticism of modern society than had his earlier books, which had focused on particular evils. It explored the corruption of money, finding virtue and human decency most often among the poor and humble.
Social concerns are minimal in Dickens' next novel, David Copperfield (1849–50), which shows the author at the height of his powers. Written in the first person, it is perhaps most notable for its childhood chapters, which are partly based on Dickens' own experiences. Largely for these reasons, it has always been among his most popular novels. Dickens himself described it as his "favourite child."
Journalist and Reformer
Despite his great success as a novelist, Dickens did not wish to limit himself to book writing. His journalism background, his political beliefs, and his desire to secure a steady income independent of his creative writing made him attempt or plan several periodical ventures in the 1840s and 1850s. In 1846 he became editor of the newly founded liberal newspaper the Daily News, but within weeks he decided that he was not suited for the job and resigned. In 1850 he finally achieved journalistic success with Household Words, a weekly journal that he founded and edited. This publication and its successor, All the Year Round, were popular collections of fiction, poetry, and essays on a wide range of topics. Dickens contributed several serials of his own, including novels.
Dickens' other activities often reflected the benevolent spirit apparent in his writings. For more than a decade beginning in 1847 he directed a reformatory home for young female delinquents, financed by his wealthy friend Angela Burdett-Coutts. He also gave public speeches on such issues as water pollution and juvenile illiteracy and participated in fund-raising activities.
A Darker Outlook
Dickens' novels of the 1850s were much darker than their predecessors. Lacking the basic optimism that tempered the social criticism of the earlier works, they present an increasingly somber picture of contemporary society. Bleak House (1852–53) and Little Dorrit (1855–57) attack the injustices of the English legal system, and Hard Times (1854) explores the dehumanizing effects of industrialization on workers and communities. The humor in these novels takes the form of harsh satire. Technically, these novels are more coherent than the earlier fiction, with plots that are more fully related to themes.
The dark tone of these novels reflected a decline in Dickens' spirits. He had lost all faith in government and its willingness to deal with social problems such as poverty and hunger, but he also had no alternative to suggest. At the same time his marriage began to unravel. In 1858 he separated from his wife and began a long affair with Ellen Ternan, a young actress. Fearing the effect of a scandal on his career, Dickens managed to keep the relationship from the public.
Theatricals and Public Readings
Dickens sought relief from the difficulties of his personal life in his work. In the mid-1850s he acted in a number of amateur theatricals to earn money for charity. This carried on his long attraction to the stage, which had almost led him to become a professional actor in the early 1830s. It was on the set of one of these productions, The Frozen Deep, that Dickens met Ellen Ternan in August 1857.
Around the time of his separation from his wife, Dickens began devoting much of his time to public readings from his novels. His emotional involvement in these readings was intense. He felt a close relationship with the public and greatly valued its affection, which served as a substitute for the love he could not find at home.
Dickens began his reading tour in April 1858. The early readings consisted entirely of Christmas books, but he soon added episodes from the novels and magazine Christmas stories. The performances drew on his talent for acting, his love of theatricals and of seeing and delighting an audience, and the dramatic nature of his fiction. He made a number of successful tours in England, Scotland, and Ireland—from 1858 to 1859, 1861 to 1863, 1866 to 1867, and 1869 to 1870. A triumphant American tour in 1867–68 wiped out the bad memories of his earlier trip to the United States.
Final Novels
Dickens greatly enjoyed his readings until, near the end, he was becoming ill and exhausted. He wrote much less in the 1860s, but he remained inventive. A Tale of Two Cities (1859), set during the French Revolution, was his first historical novel since Barnaby Rudge. It relied less on characterization, dialogue, and humor, but nevertheless it continues to be one of his most popular novels. Great Expectations (1860–61) resembles David Copperfield in being a first-person narration and in drawing on parts of Dickens' personality and experience. A great critical and popular success, it is perhaps his finest novel. Our Mutual Friend (1864–65) continued his ongoing critique of wealth and class values.
Dickens gave his final public reading in London in March 1870. Thereafter he worked on his last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, at Gad's Hill, his country house near his boyhood home in Chatham. Dickens died at home on June 9, 1870, leaving the book unfinished. He was buried in Westminster Abbey in London.
"Dickens, Charles," Compton's Encyclopedia (Chicago, IL: Compton's Encyclopedia, 2015).
On Reading Well
Karen Swallow Prior
By Charles Dickens
Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness—
In Chapter Three of Karen Swallow Prior's On Reading Well, the virtue of justice is described as the equilibrium of self-regard and a love for one's neighbor. In many ways, that runs counter to the popular perspective of today's civil and criminal judicial system. It is not a dynamic that occurs naturally in human nature, and its progress forward must be intentional.
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Benjamin Franklin said "Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are." Today we begin Chapter Three of Karen Swallow Prior's On Reading Well, and we will examine the virtue of justice with examples drawn from Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.
God Of Little Things by Gina Dalfonzo
Gina Dalfonzo
It's late at night and I'm reading in bed—Charles Dickens's The Uncommercial Traveller, which is so good that I've been staving off sleep much longer than I should have. I come to a particular passage—nothing wonderful or magnificent, just a couple of sentences in a silly little story he's telling about sailing from England to France. But it's so funny, in that nonchalantly over-the-top Dickens way, that I laugh out loud.
And the thought strikes me, out of nowhere, that I can't imagine being any happier than I am right this minute.
It's a rogue thought. Even a rebellious thought. According to many Christians I know, you see, my life as a single person is far from complete. I'm not supposed to be able to imagine perfect happiness in my present state, let alone experience it.
Except I do.
My life is full of moments like these: little moments that give me unspeakable joy and satisfaction. It's also full of hard moments—days when baby after baby after adorable baby scrolls by in my Facebook feed; nights when I ask God why my prayers for marriage were never answered.
But it doesn't do, I've found, to dwell too long on how much greener the grass looks in that yard over there. When married acquaintances envy me my freedom or my opportunities, I'm tempted to remind them of all they have that I have good reason to envy. We could go on playing that game for hours (my freedom can be accompanied by loneliness, their joy in their family can be tempered by exhaustion, and on and on and on). I have to find ways to circumvent it. And if I try, they're easier to find than I would have expected.
I didn't choose the life I now lead. And yet, I still find so many joys in it. One of the biggest surprises has been how many little things bring me true joy—and how often those little joys help make up for the lack of bigger things. I can't explain that. It doesn't make sense if I think too hard about it. All I know is, God's economy is not like ours.
There are, of course, any number of people who think that it should be. I run into them all the time. For example, I know Christians who rail against single people having pets because pets, they say, should not take the place of families. What these single people are supposed to do if all their efforts at having a family have failed, these Christians never say. Sit home alone and lambast themselves endlessly for their failure, I suppose.
It's troubling, this idea that one should be cut off from joys of all kinds if one hasn't achieved the joy of having a family. It suggests both a lack of trust in God to have every person's best interests at heart, and a lack of the imagination to comprehend all the different kinds of joys God offers us.
I think of Dorothy L. Sayers, another favorite writer of mine, who found her joy not in her difficult family life, but in the life of the intellect. When she discovered Dante in middle age, her whole life was transformed. Her letters spill over with the sheer joy of reading him, translating him, thinking about his work night and day.
Sayers's friend and biographer Barbara Reynolds used the Dantean phrase "the mind in love" to describe the way Sayers responded to the world around her and the God who made that world. It was an apt description. The mind can indeed be in love, just as the heart can, and can bring unspeakable joy.
The problem is, the church's vocabulary has become impoverished. It doesn't have the words to describe the stab of joy that comes when reading a perfect passage of Dickens; when jumping to one's feet at the end of an inspiring play; when luxuriating in a favorite old movie that's become as comfortable as a warm blanket and bedroom slippers; when Beethoven's Ninth suddenly starts playing on the radio in the middle of an ordinary morning, like a king arriving on the doorstep as you're finishing the breakfast dishes. Because it has, by and large, lost the understanding that these things are important.
Yet if they are real, and good, and come from the Father who gives every good and perfect gift, then how could they not be important?
How much easier it would be for God's people to reach others if we would understand this. If we reached out not just with truth, but with imagination, creativity, delight in the music and art and books that mean so much to the people around us. These things cannot carry the weight of a whole life, but there are moments, now and then, when they make life worth living. They reveal something about God's character that is more appealing and attractive than we tend to realize.
The fact that He generously gives such things to so many demonstrates that He is near to the lonely, the broken—just as near as He is to the people who seem to have it all together. If we were willing to focus on this part of God, to talk about how He sends joy in all shapes and sizes and gloriously unexpected ways, to all kinds of people—how much better equipped we would be to help those lonely and broken ones.
Glory be to God for little things. It's not quite Gerard Manley Hopkins, but nevertheless, it rings true for me. The small comforts and consolations that might mean nothing to the person next to us, but that pierce us to the heart with joy—thank God for them. In the beautiful and loving mind that conceived and created them and gave them to us, there is nothing little about them at all.
Gina Dalfonzo is author of One by One: Welcoming the Singles in Your Church. She is also associate features editor at Christianity Today, and a columnist at Christ and Pop Culture. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Christianity Today, First Things, The Weekly Standard, National Review, and elsewhere.

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Win Naing Soe (; born 24 October 1993) is a footballer from Burma, and a midfielder for  Yadanarbon FC. He is the top goalscorer of both 2016 Myanmar National League and 2016 General Aung San Shield tournaments after scoring a combine total of 22 goals in one calendar year.

Honours

Club

Yadanarbon
Myanmar National League (2):  2014, 2016

Individual
 Myanmar National League Top scorer (2): 2016, 2019
 General Aung San Shield Top scorer (1): 2016

References
Win Naing Soe FB
Yadanarbon pages

1993 births
Living people
Burmese footballers
Myanmar international footballers
Association football forwards
Yadanarbon F.C. players
Sportspeople from Mandalay

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Two takes on Africa and the tale of the dragon
News Desk / 23 April, 2019
Richard Lutz dips into African theatre twice and finds a lost church.
credit: Ellie Kurttz
And off to the theatre. In the past week, I have taken in the rich stream of African theatre; both telling, both intriguing, both different.
At the the Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan Theatre in Stratford, Anthony Sher shared the stage with playwright John Kani (as above) in a testy and funny two hander called Kunene and the King.
Sher lit up The Swan as a cranky actor about to do his King Lear bit. He has terminal cancer and a nurse, played by Kani, comes to care for the old sot. Yes, it's a metaphor about race, colonialism and inbred distrust (on both sides). But it is also a deeply human story with kindness and brotherly love tinging this story about the troubles of South Africa.
The production sits interestingly alongside The Half God of Rainfall, which just ended its run at the Birmingham Rep. There is a contrast. Writer Inua Ellams takes on the big story, a contemporary allegory about an epic life of a half god born after the Greek god Zeus rapes a woman in Nigeria. The child is destined for greatness. But can he take on successfully the will of the gods? I gave it a lukewarm review last week. But when I compared it to the Sher/Kani RSC show, I re-assessed and accept that both portray sub-Saharan Africa in a creative and vibrant differing light.
Out of the dark of the theatre to the light of the Cotswolds. Once out of the honeypots of tour buses and twee (and expensive) tea shoppes, it is all fields and sky. All Saints Church sits quietly above the green awakening Evenlode Valley. Writer Simon Jenkins called it "…Oxfordshire's most secret place."
It is ancient, an 800 year old peek into the past.
Inside is a treasure of wall paintings. I never heard of minor figures depicted on the old walls such St Loy and St Zita. And on the west wall, a tail of a green dragon, possibly from a portrait of St George fighting the good fight.
Happily, it is still used by locals as it sits next to a working farm in the emptiness of Shorthampton hamlet, which you just may not find on any map. No empty monument to England's stormy story is this church. It's still used according to the bustling calendar of events. Locals still troop (or I guess drive) to its remote location south of Chipping Norton to take in the exploding spring fields, the big sky, the rippling wolds and the hints of pictures painted by unknown medieval hands.
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			testKeydown();
			testKeyup();
			queryApps();
			queryActiveApp();
			queryDeviceInfo();
			launchAppId();
			queryIcon();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}

	private static void testKeypress() throws IOException {
		KeyRequests.keypressRequest(ROKU_DEVICE_IP_ADDRESS, KeypressKeyValues.INFO);
	}

	private static void testKeydown() throws IOException {
		KeyRequests.keydownRequest(ROKU_DEVICE_IP_ADDRESS, KeypressKeyValues.INFO);
	}

	private static void testKeyup() throws IOException {
		KeyRequests.keyupRequest(ROKU_DEVICE_IP_ADDRESS, KeypressKeyValues.INFO);
	}

	private static void queryApps() throws IOException {
		List<Channel> channels = QueryRequests.queryAppsRequest(ROKU_DEVICE_IP_ADDRESS);

		for (Channel channel: channels) {
			System.out.println(channel.getTitle());
		}
	}

	private static void queryActiveApp() throws IOException {
		List<Channel> channels = QueryRequests.queryActiveAppRequest(ROKU_DEVICE_IP_ADDRESS);

		for (Channel channel: channels) {
			System.out.println(channel.getId());
		}
	}

	private static void queryDeviceInfo() throws IOException {
		Device device = QueryRequests.queryDeviceInfo(ROKU_DEVICE_IP_ADDRESS);

		System.out.println(device.getCountry());
	}

	private static void launchAppId() throws IOException {
		LaunchRequests.launchAppIdRequest(ROKU_DEVICE_IP_ADDRESS, "1457");
	}

	private static void queryIcon() throws IOException {
		BufferedImage bufferedImage = QueryRequests.queryIconRequest(ROKU_DEVICE_IP_ADDRESS, "1457");

		System.out.println(bufferedImage.getWidth());

		File outputfile = new File("<some path>");
	    ImageIO.write(bufferedImage, "jpeg", outputfile);
	}
}

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Maksim Perfilyev ( (b. 1580 – d. 1638) was a Cossack explorer of Eastern Siberia and the first Russian to reach Transbaikalia. He was renowned for his diplomatic skills in negotiations with Tunguses, Mongols and Chinese.

In 1618–19 Perfilyev was co-founder of Yeniseysky ostrog, the first Russian fort at the central part of the great Siberian river Yenisey, a major starting point for further expeditions eastward.

From 1618–27 he made several journeys on the Angara and Ilim rivers, and built several new ostrogs. In 1631 he founded Bratsky ostrog (modern Bratsk).

In 1639–40 he sailed up the Vitim River as far as the Tsipa thereby becoming the first Russian to enter Transbaikalia, then known as Dauria.

Perfilyev gave his name to the village of Maksimovschina, where on the banks of the Irkut River were his hunting lands. Maksimikha Bay on Lake Baikal (part of the larger Barguzin Bay) and Cape Maksimin in that bay, as well as the nearby Maksimikha village are also named after him. He was the first settler in Maksimikha, where he lived with his wife from Buryat people.

His son Ivan Maksimovich Perfilyev was also a famous voevoda and diplomat in Siberia.

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Russian Cossacks
History of Siberia
17th-century Russian people
1580 births
1638 deaths
Tsardom of Russia people


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Sheeran's S'pore concerts will go on
Ed Sheeran has confirmed that his sold-out shows at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Nov 11 and 12 will not be cancelled.
A bicycle accident last week left the British singer-songwriter with a broken wrist, elbow and rib, and he said on social media then that he would have to cancel some concerts in Asia.
"A follow-up visit to my doctors today confirmed that I will be good to go from the Singapore shows onwards," he said in a press statement released yesterday by AEG Presents, organiser of the gigs here.
"Osaka, Tokyo and Manila will be rescheduled for April 2018," he added. "My dates in Taipei, Seoul, Hong Kong and Jakarta will sadly need to be cancelled as it's just been impossible to reschedule these for next year.
After Singapore, he will perform in Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Mumbai and Dubai. - THE STRAITS TIMES
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import java.util.stream.*;
import org.immutables.encode.Encoding;
import org.immutables.encode.Encoding.StandardNaming;

@Encoding
final class OptionalList2<T> {

  @Encoding.Impl
  private final List<T> list = null;

  public boolean equals(OptionalList2<T> other) {
    return Objects.equals(this.list, other.list);
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  @Encoding.Expose
  public Optional<List<T>> get() {
    return Optional.ofNullable(this.list);
  }

  @Override
  public int hashCode() {
    return Objects.hashCode(this.list);
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return Objects.toString(this.list);
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  static <T> List<T> initFromOptional(Optional<List<T>> optional) {
    Objects.requireNonNull(optional, "optional"); // TODO: Adding this line causes methods to be
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    return optional
        .map(elements -> createSafeList(elements)) // TODO: Method reference name mangling doesn't
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        .orElse(null);
  }

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//    static <T> List<T> initFromVarargs(T... elements) {
//        return elements == null ? null : createSafeList(Arrays.asList(elements));
//    }

  // TODO: @Encoding.Init duplicate method 'initFromIterable'. Cannot have more than one init method
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    List<T> list = StreamSupport.stream(iterable.spliterator(), false)
        .map(element -> Objects.requireNonNull(element, "element"))
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      Objects.requireNonNull(iterable, "iterable");

      if (this.list == null) {
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    void addSingle(T element) {
      if (this.list == null) {
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      this.list.add(Objects.requireNonNull(element, "element"));
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    @SafeVarargs
    final void addVarargs(T... elements) {
      if (this.list == null) {
        this.list = new ArrayList<>();
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      Stream.of(elements)
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      if (this.list == null) {
        this.list = null;
      } else {
        this.list = StreamSupport.stream(iterable.spliterator(), false)
            .map(element -> Objects.requireNonNull(element, "element"))
            .collect(Collectors.toList());
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Trump ends fight to include citizenship question on census and unveils new plan
Kadia Tubman
Yahoo News July 11, 2019
President Trump officially dropped his controversial bid to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census on Thursday. Instead, he announced at a Rose Garden ceremony that he was issuing an executive order that instructs federal agencies to report data to the Commerce Department in order to better tabulate the number of U.S. citizens.
"Today I'm here to say we are not backing down on our effort to determine the citizenship status of the United States population," Trump told his invited guests, many of whom attended a forum on social media immediately beforehand. "It is essential that we have a clear breakdown of the number of citizens and noncitizens that make up the U.S. population — imperative. Knowing this information is vital to formulating sound public policy, whether the issue is health care, education, civil rights or immigration."
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in June that the Trump administration's stated reason for including the citizenship question in the census was "contrived," temporarily blocking it from being included. Acknowledging that whatever new rationale his administration put forth to justify the addition of the citizenship question would face lengthy court fights, Trump detailed his plan B.
"Therefore, we are pursuing a new option to ensure a complete and timely count of the noncitizen population," Trump said. "Today I will be issuing an executive order to put this very plan into effect immediately. I'm hereby ordering every department and agency in the federal government to provide the Department of Commerce with all requested records regarding the number of citizens and noncitizens in our country."
Trump said the collected data would be used "to gain a full, complete and accurate count of the noncitizen populations, including databases maintained by the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration."
President Trump delivering remarks on citizenship and the census in the White House Rose Garden on Thursday. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
"We have great knowledge in many of our agencies," he added. "We will leave no stone unturned."
By eliminating obstacles to data sharing, Trump said, the information would "ultimately allow us to have an even more complete count of citizens than through asking the single question alone."
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who stood beside Trump and Attorney General William Barr in the Rose Garden, had contended that the citizenship question, which had been requested by the Trump administration, was necessary to help the Department of Justice enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which protects against voting discrimination.
But several weeks before the Supreme Court decision to block the question, evidence was entered in a related case in New York, showing that the origins of the administration's request were political. Documents disclosed that the proposal had been designed by a Republican consultant as a way to weight census results in favor of Republican-leaning neighborhoods.
Critics of the citizenship question believe that its inclusion could drastically reduce response rates in immigrant communities that could, in turn, result in fewer government services in minority communities and a higher representation of Republicans in Congress. In his remarks Thursday, Trump ignored those concerns.
"The Department of Commerce sensibly decided to include a citizenship question in the 2020 census as has been done many, many times throughout the history of the United States," Trump said. "Unfortunately, this effort was delayed by meritless litigation," he added, accusing "far-left Democrats" of "concealing the number of illegal aliens in our midst."
President Trump, flanked by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, left, and Attorney General William Barr. (Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP)
A question about citizenship has been included on the census form before. The last time it was asked of every household was 1950. During the next census, in 1960, there was no mention of citizenship, just place of birth. In 1970, the Census Bureau created the first long-form questionnaire, which was sent to one in six households and included a citizenship question, although the short form, which continued to be sent to all households, did not ask about citizenship. In 2010, the long form was eliminated in favor of a yearly American Community Survey, while the short form is still sent out every 10 years, in adherence to the constitutional mandate.
Trump said the citizenship data, as collected by his executive order, would be "relevant to administering our elections," as "some states may want to draw state and local legislative districts based upon the voter-eligible population."
Barr, who earlier this week said there was still a pathway to adding the citizenship question to the census, conceded that "any new decision would be subject to immediate challenge" and jeopardize the ability to carry out the census in a timely matter.
"Turning to today, I applaud the president for recognizing in his executive order that including a question on the census is not the only way to obtain this vital information," Barr said. "The course the president has chosen today will bring unprecedented resources to bear on determining how many citizens and noncitizens are in our country, and will yield the best data the government has had on citizenship in many decades."
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why would you want to do that? Does is help with shifting through the others, or just keep you from shifting to granny and losing your chain into the spokes?
some people make the mistake of starting out in too high of a gear thinking they will end up in that gear. Get a fast start, then shift as needed. Depends on the course start though. You may have to shift up or down during turns or slight climbs.
hardly any racers use more than 1 chainring, and they all have chainguides, yes u need to shift to be in the optimum gear for accelration, ie change down before a slow corner so u can pedal out of it quick and then change up when u get more speed up.


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In Its Strange Journey, 'The Interview' Becomes An Art House Film
A buddy flick about killing North Korean dictator Kim Jung Un will be shown on Christmas Day after all, at least in about 200 independent theaters. This kind of small-scale distribution model and the politics surrounding The Interview give what was once a big-budget Hollywood release the spirit of an art house film.
In the satirical film, which is at the center of a geopolitical tussle, Seth Rogen and James Franco play television producers who get an interview with Kim but are then hired by the CIA to "take him out."
The reaction to this film from one of the most cutoff countries on Earth — and from its leader — came quickly. North Korea went to the United Nations trying to get the film banned. In November came a hack of Sony Pictures, the studio behind the film, that the FBI links to North Koreans.
Subsequent threats invoking Sept. 11 led major theater chains to say they wouldn't show it. But when Sony pulled the film from release last week, President Obama joined a chorus of Americans expressing their disappointment.
"We cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship in the United States," Obama said on Friday.
Then, 48 hours before the film's original opening day, Sony changed its mind. It uncanceled The Interview after independent theater operators started an online petition to show the film.
"It's kinda classic little-guy stuff that we support. I think it's really important that there's small places that can take a stand," says Hadrian Belove, executive director of the Cinefamily, a nonprofit cinema in Los Angeles. The Cinefamily will screen the film.
Now it's the little guys — a couple of hundred independent theaters — that get to run a big-budget film originally set for broad release. The Atlanta's Plaza Theater is among them. So is the Austin-based Alamo Drafthouse chain.
"Tickets are going really well," said Drafthouse CEO Tim League. "There's a lot of demand. I think there's a lot of people who wouldn't normally go see a Seth Rogen-James Franco film that want to do it just for support of freedom of expression."
It makes sense that Alamo Drafthouse theaters — and independent theaters like it — will brave the terrorism threats and show The Interview. They're known for their personality — hosting singalongs, themed screenings complete with food and cocktails — and embodying defiant American attitudes. As League says in a Drafthouse promo, "the Alamo is not your average everyday movie theater."
The more everyday movie theaters — megachains like Regal (which boasts more than 7,000 screens) — continue to opt out, which means Sony still could take a loss on the film. But all of the intrigue has given a major motion picture an art house quality.
"It's become in many ways a protest film, which is unusual and probably not intended," Belove says.
The Alamo Drafthouse's Tim League also notes the oddity.
"It's strange that it's morphed into having an identity like an art house film. I think a lot of the art house film theaters across the country have a strong track record of showing films that have a political message, or there's some controversy or even protest associated with them. Oddly enough this wacky Seth Rogen comedy now falls firmly into art house territory, in my book," League says.
In the ever-twisting tale of bringing this film to audiences, its unconventional release is only one of its stranger elements.


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Stenobarichneumon protervus är en stekelart som först beskrevs av Holmgren 1864.  Stenobarichneumon protervus ingår i släktet Stenobarichneumon och familjen brokparasitsteklar. Arten är reproducerande i Sverige. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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David Beckham Explains How He's Teaching His Sons To Be Feminists
The father of four has weighed in on teaching his children the importance of feminism.
By Katie O'Malley
Oct 30 2017, 9:00 am EDT
He might be well-known for his flawless skills on the soccer field, modeling in his briefs, being a doting father to his four children and husband to an internationally renowned fashion designer; but David Beckham would also like to be known as a feminist and parent to three young boys who have learned the true value of respecting women.
In a new interview with the Irish Independent, the 42-year-old has opened up about modern masculinity, fatherhood and feminism.
When asked whether he'd call himself a feminist, the former footballer said: "Would I? Sure, yeah, I'd like to feel that I am a feminist. I stand up for many different things that I believe in."
Explaining how he learned to be a feminist, the entrepreneur credits his parents and wife for teaching him the importance of giving women the respect and appreciation they rightfully deserve throughout his life.
"Having a little girl [six-year-old Harper Beckham], I think that's a big part of it. You know, my mum and my dad always brought me up to respect my sisters, my mum, my grandmother. I think that is one thing that I was always brought up with. It is an important part of my life. It has always been an important part of my life."
Someone's ready for her first football lesson ❤ ⚽
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At one point during the interview, Beckham added that he wanted to instill the same beliefs in his kids, especially his boys. "I want to do the same for my children. My sons."
With three sons ranging from ages 12 to 18, Beckham explains that both he and Victoria have educated their children from an early age on how to treat all men and women equally.
"It runs all the way through the house," he explained.
"You know, I think at the end of the day, I have an amazing mum; I had an amazing grandmother. I have amazing sisters. I have an amazing daughter and I want my sons and people around them to respect them [women] in the way that they deserve," Beckham added.
From: ELLE UK
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Nepal: PM election and Dashain
The joy and happiness of the Nepalese people during Dashain (the annual 15-day religious festivial) was ended immediately with failure to elect the new Prime Minister after the 13th round of elections in parliament. I drove for 15 hours, from Kathmandu to my home town of Jhapa, in the very east of Nepal. During my journey opportunity to see people's happiness during this time. I felt that peopleduring Dashain, forgot political unrest, the fragile and uncertain peace process and the unsuccessful Prime Ministerial elections. Indeed, they did not care about the 13th round of elections that was held on October 26. But when the result was published, people certainly woke up and all the happiness was wiped out within a second. I was worried during my whole trip whether this happiness would not be converted into darkness. Nepalese people are tired enough by conflict and its impacts and do not wish to happen it again in any form, in any part of the country.
The joy and happiness of the Nepalese people during Dashain (the annual 15-day religious festivial) was ended immediately with failure to elect the new Prime Minister after the 13th round of elections in parliament.
I drove for 15 hours, from Kathmandu to my home town of Jhapa, in the very east of Nepal. During my journey opportunity to see people's happiness during this time. I felt that peopleduring Dashain, forgot political unrest, the fragile and uncertain peace process and the unsuccessful Prime Ministerial elections. Indeed, they did not care about the 13th round of elections that was held on October 26. But when the result was published, people certainly woke up and all the happiness was wiped out within a second. I was worried during my whole trip whether this happiness would not be converted into darkness. Nepalese people are tired enough by conflict and its impacts and do not wish to happen it again in any form, in any part of the country.
Despite a five month extension of the Constituent Assembly, the task of writing a new constitution has not been resumed. The country has not yet got the new PM after 5 months, and 13 rounds of elections. Nobody knows how long this caretaker government will run the country. The major and critical tasks of the peace process and constitution making process have not yet been finalised. These include forms of governance, system of judiciary, system of election, division of the federal state, management and reintegration of the Maoist's ex-combatants and democratization of the Nepal army. Unless, and until, political consensus is reached on these issues the new constitution will not be declared, and the peace process will not be ended logically.
During events like Dashain, the ordinary people of Nepal can divert their mind for a while and can be happy and joyful, but they can't escape from the situation of a country that is not peaceful. Indeed, people's happiness and joy cannot last unless the whole country is peaceful.
Ambika Pokhrel, Local Correspondent, Nepal


From the Pulitzer, Oscar and Tony Award-winning author of Doubt and Moonstruck comes a charming and deeply moving romantic comedy, perfect for the holiday season.
Set against the rolling hills of Ireland, Outside Mullingar is the unlikely love story of Anthony and Rosemary – two introverted neighbors, whose families are in a bitter land dispute. Full of laughs and tenderhearted moments, John Patrick Shanley's poetic Irish fable reminds us all that it's never too late to take a chance on love.
Director Donald Hicken shares his behind-the-scenes insight about Outside Mullingar. Find out about how Donald approaches a script in rehearsal and what his reaction was when he was asked to direct the show.
Playwright John Patrick Shanley hit it big in the 1980s when he wrote the screenplay for the now classic romantic comedy Moonstruck. How did he get to that Oscar win? And what did he write after? Read more about the life and work of John Patrick Shanley.
Located in County Westmeath in Ireland, the town's name is taken from the Gaelic "An Muileann gCearr," which means "the left hand mill." Discover the history of the setting of Outside Mullingar.


This Sweet Family Wedding at Royalton Riviera Cancun will make you make smile from ear to ear! Nicol and Rafa have didn't take the traditional route to marriage. Their story is unique and complete extraordinary.
This lovely couple met at Jetblue while they were in training to be flight attendants. Nicol was the last one to show up at the airport that day, and Rafa held the elevator for her. He asked, "Where are you going?" Nicol looked down at her new Jetblue badge and noticed that Rafa was wearing the same. She answered, "I'm going where you're going." and that was the first sentence, in the first chapter, of their long story that was to be written.
They have been together for 10 years and have two of the most beautiful children imaginable! Naya will be 4 years old in December and Oscar will turn 2 in November. Nicol and Rafa decided to bring their family and friends to the Riviera Maya to spend quality time together and celebrate not only the love between them, but all the support their families have given them over the years. They are a strongly united family and their core values of kindness, compassion, respect, patience, and understanding flow out of every breath, every movement.
Quetzal Wedding Photo was more than honored to be a part of this family's special day. From the moment I met them, I just felt the love in the air. The photos speak for themselves; just try not to be filled with complete joy while perusing the gallery. Nicol's smile doesn't quit and their gorgeous children and super fun family and friends made it a night that I will never forget. Thank you, Nicol and Rafa for inviting us into your amazing love story! CONGRATULATIONS!!


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Sarah Wray: Editor, FINN
Innovation & Technology, Regulation, Business & General Aviation, Unmanned
EASA proposes rules for operating small drones in Europe
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published a proposal to regulate the operation of small drones in Europe.
The proposal offers a framework to safely operate drones while allowing this industry to remain agile, to innovate and continue to grow. The risk posed to people on the ground and to other aircraft as well as privacy, security and data protection issues created by such drones are also taken into account.
The proposed regulation defines the technical and operational requirements for the drones. Technical requirements refer, for example, to the remote identification of drones. Operational requirements refer to, among other things, geofencing, a system that ensures drones do not enter a prohibited zone. The proposal also addresses the pilots' qualifications. Furthermore, under the proposed rules, drone operators will have to register themselves, except when they operate drones lighter than 250g.
"Breaking new grounds"
EASA says its proposal is "breaking new grounds" by combining product legislation and aviation legislation – design requirements for small drones will be implemented using the well-known CE product legislation marking.
The standard CE marking will be accompanied by the identification of the class of the drone (from C0 to C4) and by a 'dos and don'ts' leaflet that will be found in all drone boxes. Based on the drone class, an operator will know in which area they can operate and what competence is required.
A statement from EAS says: "The proposal allows a high degree of flexibility for EASA Member States; they will be able to define zones in their territory where either drones operations are prohibited or restricted (for example to protect sensitive areas), or where certain requirements are alleviated."
It adds: "For operations that pose higher risks, an operational risk assessment will define the requirements that the operator needs to comply before flying the drone. The proposal also provides special alleviations for people flying model aircraft - which are also drones – to recognise the good safety records in aero modelling."
Interested parties are invited to comment on the proposal from May 12 until August 12, 2017.


April has been about dreams, change and new beginnings. There's always been something cruel, yet hopeful about this month, an ambivalence captured in the most famous lines of English literature.
I present here a few out-takes in the spirit of April, and the best of the posts this month. With this, I've also covered 99% of my project.
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SRN: communities, collaboration and co-production
I'm a Police Officer and I have depression
Believing in young people changes their world and ours
Free resources to support recovery story sharing
Louise Christie, SRN Network Manager reflects on the development and collection of recovery stories as part of the Making Recovery Real in Dundee project and introduces a range of free resources.
In March we shared the Making Recovery Real in Dundee film that had just been launched at a high profile premiere at Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA). The launch event was attended by many including Shona Robison, MSP and Minister for Health and Sport. I hope you have had time to watch this fantastic film but if not we would urge you to watch it now.
The film is the result of two to three years' work in Dundee involving many people. Making Recovery Real in Dundee brings Scottish Recovery Network, local public and third sector organisations and people living with mental health issues together to make recovery a reality for everyone in the city. It got off the ground in late 2015 at a launch event where we asked people what was important to them and what would make Dundee a City of Recovery (as well as the City of Discovery as it's more popularly known!). The overwhelming response was 'listening to lived experience and acting on what people say helps their recovery'. So it was decided that Making Recovery Real in Dundee would collect and share stories of lived experience and recovery to inspire change in attitudes, practice and policy.
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Making Recovery Real in Dundee held regular events and workshops bringing people living with mental health issues, local organisations and services and decision-makers together in an environment where lived experience was not only listened to and valued but central to everything we were doing. This created spaces where people felt safe, in control and supported. Through word of mouth more and more people got involved.
We used a range of approaches to support people to develop and share their stories. This gave people opportunity and time to think through and develop their stories and also to increase their confidence. Indeed, over time many of those involved changed their views on anonymity. They went from having concerns about people knowing their story to wanting to be in the film and are now involved in publicising it. Examples of the materials used are available for you to use and adapt as appropriate (see below).
We also recruited and trained a group of peer Recovery Story Sharing Facilitators who reached out to people and supported them to share their stories. We did this by running sessions where people could drop-in and develop their story, interviewing people and inviting people to write their own story. We had hoped to run a number of story sharing groups but this didn't work as well as we had hoped. However, we found that running story sharing sessions with local organisations and groups worked really well. We have developed a Guide for Recovery Story Sharing Facilitators (see below) to support their activities.
The idea for a film came early on in the process. People felt strongly that film was a popular and accessible way to get the message out. It was also a good way to get as many people as possible involved. Once the film was made those involved saw it first and have been involved in developing the plans to take the film out to services and the community. There is a lot of pride in what we have achieved, not only in the quality of the film but also the process people have gone through in making it.
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The film is now available online. In Dundee, Making Recovery Real participants are already planning a series of film showings and discussions with decision-makers, service providers and community organisations. Our hope is that the Dundee Recovery Stories Film will inspire people on their own recovery journey and also lead to change in how we support people living with mental health issues. If you would like to show the film and have your own discussion you may find the Recovery Stories Film Discussion Guide which accompanies it useful (see below).
We hope that by sharing what has been done through Making Recovery Real in Dundee you will be inspired to join us in collecting and sharing stories of lived experience and recovery.
Keep in touch with us and let us know what you are doing: info@scottishrecovery.net
Recovery Story Sharing Facilitator Guide
Making Recovery Real in Dundee Recovery Stories Film and Discussion Guide
Example Story Sharing Activites
You might also be interested in SRN's story-sharing website Write to Recovery


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Weeds are plants that grow where you don't want them, and plants growing in the cracks of sidewalks and driveways are frowned upon in polite society. The Wild Petunia in this photograph may be a weed in my neighbor's sidewalk, but in mine it's a symbol of the prairie clinging to a place where it once dominated the landscape.
Wild Petunia (aka Hairy Petunia, Ruellia humilus – no relation to the familiar annual petunia) is a native to the Chicago region, occurring in places like gravely hillsides with with other short prairie plants. In landscapes, Muddy Boots uses it as a garden perennial in dry, sunny, non-irrigated micro-environments. It's one of a handful of plants that I allow to self-seed all over the place in my own yard. It looks nice randomly inter-planted with Prairie Dropseed. It even grows well in open shade, and looked spectacular during the hot, dry summer of 2012.
This is one tough plant! Even the spotted spurge (the flat weed with the maroon spot in the center that seems to thrive on being driven over by your car) looks over admiringly from the adjacent sidewalk crack.
Let me jump up on my soapbox in the town square and preach for a moment. I know, that looks like a bible in my hand, but if you look closely, it's actually a similarly-sized book called Plants of the Chicago Region.
Wild Petunia is a wonderful garden plant, but it's never going to become popular because it doesn't grow well in pots, at least not when it's treated by nurseries like it's a daylily. Even though it will thrive in a sidewalk crack, it will languish in a nursery.
We try to buy a bunch of them in spring, so we can put the pots in a sunny spot and water them without getting water on the leaves. The foliage on the plants in the nurseries is hideous by mid-summer from the daily overhead watering, and they are pretty much unusable at that point. You wouldn't us to plant them in this state in your garden, no matter how much we try to invoke the Cub's motto – Wait Until Next Year.


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[OPINION] President Buhari and the northern conundrum
By Abba Alli On Oct 4, 2020
President Buhari
If there is anything that bothers the president today, it is the case of northern Borno State where our troops are still battling remnants of Boko Haram terrorists. This area remains the sore point of the seemingly dwindling war against terrorists in the North-East region of Nigeria.
According to the words of Governor Babagana Zulum, when President Muhammadu Buhari visited the state earlier in the year, he expressed surprise that Nigerians have "so quickly forgotten the past, some have tried to compare the situation in Borno now with what it was prior to 29th May 2015, when all the major roads leading to Borno were closed except the Maiduguri-Kano road".
He further said, "There were sporadic killings and attacks even here in Maiduguri metropolis. About 20 local governments areas of Borno State were displaced, but from May 2015, we have recovered most of the displaced local government areas. By the year 2016 and 2017, we have almost celebrated the demise of the Boko Haram insurgency". This was reported earlier in the year by Premium Times.
I had to refer to the quote above as proof that adequate effort has been made on this Boko Haram issue and in fact, results have been achieved. We have moved away from daily attacks, daring assaults on barracks, endless roadblocks etc.
By then, most of the local governments that were hitherto under the control of the insurgents were liberated by the Nigerian Army. Before 2015, many states in the region were under constant attacks by the terrorist group. Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, Gombe and Bauchi States were major targets with the first three the epicentre of the violence.
However, some few years down the line Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe states have all been liberated from the activities of this terror group. This was as a result of hard work and dedication to the mission by the President and our great military. This did not happen by chance, though.
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During his campaign days, President Buhari made clear his three major priorities; tackling insecurity, building the economy and fighting corruption. There is no doubt that top on that list is tackling insecurity and Mr President has shown his desire and commitment to succeed at that by his many actions.
His first foreign engagement upon assumption of office in 2015 was a visit to neighbouring Chad to discuss issues bothering on collaboration between both countries to tackle the menace of Boko Haram. Thereafter, he made one of the best decisions of his administration yet in my own opinion, which is the appointment of quality and tested officers as service chiefs of our Armed Forces.
That appointment will mark a turning point in the battle against insurgency. I was particularly impressed with the choice of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai, a battle-tested soldier. He was already at the time head of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF). Perhaps the experience from heading that operation was what helped his smooth take over and immediate success recorded upon his assumption of office as COAS.
There is no doubt that his appointment was a game-changer. He got to work immediately, acting on the orders of Mr President to relocate the command and control headquarters of the war against insurgents to the Northeast region. He immediately relocated to Borno and within a few months, the results started coming in. The same troops that left their arms and ammunition and fled from Boko Haram returned back under a new dedicated and committed leadership to take on the terrorists.
The Nigerian Army fought back gallantly and decimated the insurgents hard across the entire region. By early 2017, the sect had suffered casualties aplenty. They lost all capacity to carry out coordinated attacks as they usually did.
I had to make all this narration so that those who may not have been following the events in the region keenly can understand where we were before now and where we are now without which we may not appreciate our current situation.
The war against insurgents, terrorists, separatist groups and others are not really your regular or conventional wars guided by any rules. While state actors like the Nigeria Army are bound by rules and international conventions, Boko Haram/ ISWAP do not operate under any rule and are not committed to anything. They are there for the destruction of humanity.
Unconventional wars like this can be quite complex and tough to handle. In most cases even when a solution is found, they have to be applied surgically. The case of Borno remains a serious worry to the President. He knows his government has done a lot to tackle the menace of terrorism in the area yet the rate of sabotage of success is high, especially in the Northern region of Borno.
Whilst other states and in fact many areas in Borno have been able to maintain the successes of the Army in defeating the terrorists, northern Borno remains an exception. What could be the reason for this continuous set back in this area?
What strategy did the military deploy in other areas and failed to put in place in the northern Borno area? Or what have people in other areas done that Northern Borno people didn't do? These are critical questions we need to ask ourselves as a nation going forward. I do not have all the answers but I am sure if a round table is organized to discuss this, answers will come.
For instance, Biu in southern Borno State used to be one area where series of attacks took place a few years ago. Today, however, the area is quite safe. The civilian JTF ( a community vigilante group) is reputed to work closely with the Nigerian Army and other security forces. You can see the clear desire by the community elders and the youth to work together for the peace of their community. I hear they work and support the security forces very well. With this amount of cooperation perhaps we should not be surprised that the community is now very peaceful and economic activities have almost normalized there.
This cordiality of all stakeholders in that area cannot be undermined in the process of restoration of peace to the community. Part of the benefits of the return of peace is the establishment of the Nigerian Army University in Biu town. The world-class institution is a testament of President Buhari's commitment to the total restoration of peace in the entire region. This university has bolstered economic activities in the area.
If you told a visitor to Bui town today that just a few years ago this was an epicentre for Boko Haram attacks in the area he may not believe you. That is the kind of success stories you get when communities are united for a common course.
That said, the issue of the northern part of Borno will have to be critically looked at by all stakeholders. The President seems to have done a lot to tackle the Boko Haram crisis across the North-East and there has been good success in my opinion. The little area remaining in the northern region of Borno, however, requires the collaboration of all stakeholders.
Whilst I do not want to be critical of any group now but it is important that stakeholders in Borno especially leaders of the northern part of the state come with open and sincere minds on how to end the terror of the insurgency in their area.
I have watched and read over the years the inconsistency of purpose of some elders of this area. In fact, there was a time some were even calling for the total withdrawal of soldiers from Borno State. I could not comprehend it. Is this to help the sect gain more ground? Similarly, when you hear some of the elders calling for the removal of service chiefs, I marvel at the logic. How do you change performers with results to show? Who does that? Exactly what could be the aim of those calling for that. These are some of the kind of calls by some elders in that area that cast some doubt on their sincerity to end this war soon.
Mr President has done a lot. I recall in one swoop a whopping $600m USD was expended on 12 super Tucanos fighter jets alone. That is aside from another military spending which is way higher than that. It is not easy on a nation that desperately needs cash for upgrading her basic infrastructure such as roads, rails, electricity, water etc. The nation needs funds to improve education, health, commerce etc. Yet President Buhari continues to devote huge resources to support the war against terrorist in the region. Mr President has tried, our military has also sacrificed a lot.
It is time to have all hands on deck to solve this issue. The elders of Borno will have to be a part of the solution. I am calling on the elders and indeed all stakeholders in the northern part of Borno to come together to resolve this issue once and for all. Quit the politics of distraction and give full support to the military and indeed the government to end this crisis once and for all.
No one will benefit from a peaceful Borno like the natives. Let's all come together and agree on what needs to be done to finish off these terrorists. Military might alone may not solve this especially if the terrorists get any form of support from the local communities. It is now time to expose all saboteurs in this war and no one can do that better than the people in the northern part of Borno.
Alli is a forensic psychologist and wrote from Maiduguri.
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It takes around 1 hour 30 minutes by road from Dhaka to Sreenagar. Distance 40 km.
Local bazaar, local school, pottery house, gypsy on boat.
1N 2D Home stay trip to village to have real village life test of Bangladesh.
IIn our Bangladeshi home stay program, you get to experience life in a traditional village with an open mind, you will be exposed to a fascinating culture where you will establish a bond with your friendly foster family and get acquainted with the village elders.
Friendly children and accommodating neighbors will also help show you the rural ways of life.
At early in the morning leave Dhaka for selected village (around 40 km. south of Dhaka). It is around 1 hour 30 minuets drive from Dhaka. After reaching there short briefing on the trip with tea. Before launch look around the village. At noon come back for lunch. At afternoon visit a local school and bazaar.
In the morning breakfast with traditional foods. Then go out for visit another village and conversation with villagers. Visit local health complex to observe the village health care. Come back for lunch. After lunch visit in the bank of river GANGES/PADMA. Stay there for a while. A short river cruise could be arranged. Then start drive back to Dhaka on the same way before dark.
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Title: Night Wizard
ナイトウィザード The ANIMATION (Japanese)
Overall: Rent
2007, Action Comedy, Adventure, Deities, Fantasy, Friendship, Magic, Modern, Seinen, TV, Video-game inspired
GOTO Yuko
KOGURE Ema
MIYAZAKI Ui
SATOU Rina
YANAGI Naoki
YUZUKI Ryoka
Shihou Elis never got to know her parents; she grew up in an orphanage where she regularly received letters and white roses from some "oji-sama" who promised to protect her and meet her on her 17th birthday. Right after she transfered to her new high school, Kimei Academy, she's recruited by the Astronomy Club. Once there, she learns that both club members (and childhood friends) shrine maiden Akabane Kureha and sword fighter Renji Hiiragi-senpai (the latter being nicknamed "falling man"), are in fact powerful "Night Wizards". They work for an organization led by a girl named Anzelotto to protect the world against the Demon Lords' dark tribe, the Emulators (who are totally unaffected by human science). The strange bracelet Elis has owned since her childhood turns out to be the potential holder of seven magical gems and is said to enable its owner to open a gate to the demon world. This would allow the Night Wizards to counterattack them, and Elis turns out to be capable of locating the missing gems... if only things were that simple.
[TV series, 2007, 13 episodes, 24 min; Animation by Hal Film Maker. Image: Bell Zephyr (demon lord, back left), Anzelotto (world protector, back right); front row left to right are the wizards Himuro Akari, Shihou Elis, Renji Hiiragi, and Akabane Kureha.]
For images, see the Cute Girls with Guns wikipage.
1:30min Series Opening - YouTube Video
Akar, Kure, Anze, Bell, Lion, Hiir, Elis, 99
Rent 4 8 9 7 8 9 9 Devil Doll [series:1693#752]
Night Wizard [Score: 81% = "Rent+"; recommended Supernatural Conflicts: Silent Mobius, Kannazuki no Miko, also recommended if you liked this one: sola]
Drama: Low/High (increasing drastically after episode 9)
Comedy: Med (the "falling man" is quite something)
Action: Med (there's a magical battle in almost each episode)
SciFi: High (almost everything depends on magical weapons and artifacts)
Ecchi: None/Low (one onsen and one shower scene)
A bunch of high-schoolers being chosen to protect the world against evil monsters by using their innate magical powers... how many other animes have the same scenario? While these action-game based animes usually trade story consistency and/or character depth for action elements we can't rule out the possibility of a positive surprise. And here we just got one: Shallow characters provide an unique combination of slapstick and despair (sic!) in an intriguing story with surprising twists, proving that even an average content in a great wrapping can make a decent show.
Art is probably today's standard for a game adaption, but the beautiful light effects during battles (i. e. no detailed violence) made me upgrade Animation to "very good". Rocking OP song, nice melodic ED song and a few decent melodies, good Music overall.
Characters is the weak aspect of this anime, kicking the show out of the "Buy" range. Each "opponent of the week" is stupid in Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon dimensions during the first half of the series; the leads aren't particularly interesting either and accept fundamental changes of their view of reality way too easily. Some characters do change later in the story but that's not really a development (even though it is the main source of surprise for this show).
The Story doesn't look that great either for quite some time (just collecting all those gems which appears to be easy as pie) but the last third takes you on a chilling ride into a surprisingly different (and much more gloomy) direction. And while the solution made use of an element I usually dislike, this made a lot of sense in this particular scenario. Also, the answering of all nearly important questions in the end (except for "who did write Lion Gunta's grimoire?") was a big plus for me.
But it's the surprising dose of slapstick humor (the "falling man" is a permanent source of amusement for the audience until the very end of the show, managing to do completely without embarrassing elements) that was the positive surprise of this series for me - this combination of high fantasy adventure and slapstick scenes is most refreshing. (This coming from someone who tends to hate comedies.)
All in all, somewhere along the lines of Mai-HiME, Aquarian Age, Kannazuki no Miko and Uta Kata this might not be the most substantial story but it's an interesting show for at least one watch, providing fun as well as as a consistent and plausible guessing game where a number of apparently insignificant events turns out to be important clues. Therefore you should skip the episode previews, these 40 seconds of content are way more than you want to know about the next episode during your first pass.
Last updated Tuesday, August 26 2008. Created Friday, August 22 2008.
Rent 4 Stretch [series:1693#628]
Night Wizard (All episodes watched--twice):
This was a pleasant surprise. Going in, I was skeptical about a video game inspired series about magical warriors. After watching the first episode I wasn't sure exactly what to make of this series, but thinking back about it caused me to smirk, which isn't a bad sign by any means. Watching the opening scene had the WTF effect on me as a girl summoned what must have been a 75mm shell out of thin air and loaded it into some sort of high-tech hand cannon. The OP song and sequence were definitely exciting and lively. I was thinking this would all be taking place in some freaky alternate universe, and might be taking itself too seriously, but things returning to the here-and-now calmed me down. Hiiragi Renji only wants to attend school like an ordinary teenager. Unfortunately, he happens to be a Night Wizard, and is continually drafted by the magical Queen Anzelotto to perform missions in an alternate reality. Transfer student Shihou Elis has latent magical powers, which are recognized by Astronomy Club leader Akabane Kureha. The fansub's notes suggested that Night Wizard was based on an extensive gaming system, and sure enough there were far more internet websites dealing with the RPG than the anime; it seems to have been quite popular (it even had one in Turkish). The fights with "emulators" were kind of lame, but this show was actually pretty funny! Five or so episodes into the series the main plot wasn't particularly exciting me (though there had been hints that something more complex and intriguing was on the way). A hunt was on for seven magical jewels, but the hunt seemed to be going smoothly without any serious problems, and surely would be complete long before the end of the series. But I didn't particularly mind, because the characters were exceptionally fun and quirky, the jokes were good, and therefore I still found myself looking forward to new episodes. Then, a strange transformation took place: The comedy was virtually dropped, because an odd and intriguing twist altered the plot. The humor I enjoyed was gone but the drama became gripping, so I remained eager for new episodes--the changeover took place so smoothly that I hardly noticed it. Let's just say that (potential spoiler) a primary character becomes "possessed", forcing the Night Wizards to fight against each other--I definitely wasn't expecting such a clever plot device. Having become attached to the four principal characters makes the changeover all the more irresistibly entrancing. The lesson is, Night Wizard can handle either humor or drama well, it just gives priority to one or the other. The final episode left me with a distinct grin on my face and the all too rare feeling of having really enjoyed a series. The fact that the conclusion actually made some sense (again, all too rare) definitely helped out! Night Wizard is one of those series which I'll most certainly rewatch someday, and which leaves me seriously wishing for a second season.
P.S: I really have rewatched Night Wizard, and I enjoyed it as much or more the second time around as I did a number of brand new series which I was watching at the time. It wasn't quite as fun the second time around, but then I already knew about the surprising twists. Come to think of it, one significant question was left unanswered: what was Renji's embarassing secret that Kureha knew about?
My favorite line: "Dream" --Nightmare
A surprisingly fun and moving show, considering it's seemingly unoriginal premise
Catch Akari's montage at the Cute Girls with Guns page!
Last updated Tuesday, October 19 2010. Created Tuesday, October 09 2007.
Japanese Series Web Site http://www.nightwizard.jp/
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