Swire Properties and Elephant Parade® today launched Hong Kong's first-ever Elephant Parade. From 1 August to 9 September 2014, more than 100 individually-painted life-size baby elephant statues are exhibited at Pacific Place, Cityplaza and Citygate Outlets malls, as well as The Upper House and EAST, Hong Kong, with the aim of offering visitors a unique and inspiring experience this summer whilst raising awareness for the endangered Asian elephants.
The over a month-long exhibition launched today with a special ceremony held at Park Court in Pacific Place. Officiating guests included Mr KS Wong, JP, Secretary for the Environment of Hong Kong, Dr Christine Loh, JP, Under Secretary for the Environment who is also the official patron for Elephant Parade Hong Kong. Also in attendance were Mr Martin Cubbon, Chief Executive of Swire Properties, Mrs Elizabeth Kok, Retail Portfolio Director of Swire Properties, Mr Mike Spits, Founder of Elephant Parade and collaborating artists including celebrity model Kathy Chow, TED conference's first Chinese speaker Yu Jordy Fu, sculptor Danny Lee and Savannah College of Art and Design artist April Rivers, to name a few.
The exhibition features baby elephant statues, each with its own unique design created by renowned local and international artists, designers, celebrities and influential brands. Pacific Place is playing host to a herd of around 40 baby elephant statues with the theme of "The Fine Art of Living", which have been designed by celebrities and artists including rock star Bryan Adams and fashion label founder Diane von Furstenberg.
Cityplaza, the largest shopping mall on Hong Kong Island, welcomes around 40 statues which have been designed around the theme of "Making Happy Memories". The hand painted baby elephants celebrate family, friends and the joy these relationships bring, and include one statue designed by international action star Donnie Yen and his wife Cissy Wang. Tung Chung's Citygate Outlets features 20 elephant statues designed by global artists which showcase the theme "Where the World Comes Together". Two hotels under Swire Hotels - The Upper House and EAST, Hong Kong - will also host two statues created by acclaimed designer Andre Fu and Hong Kong-based creative consultancy Entendre Studios.
Following the conclusion of the exhibition, approximately 30 of the most high-profile statues will be auctioned by Sotheby's at a gala dinner at the Island Shangri-La in Hong Kong on 11 September 2014. Proceeds from the auction will go to benefit the Asian Elephant Foundation, an international charity that backs conservation and education projects supporting the endangered species. Auctions of famous elephants from previous exhibitions have raised more than HK$46 million to date.


The club's purpose is to allow people of all artistic backgrounds to experience drawing (or painting) from a live model. Students can come practice their artistic skill, or try it out for the first time. There will be one or more models present for several hours of drawing time. There may also be still-life set ups around the models who will change positions periodically.


Taking the routine go-to and switching it up to something a little more exciting but just as easy. I love loaded baked potatoes so I decided to turn them into fried potato balls. The best part about this recipe is that you can change the filling to anything you want, but you have to be careful with the fat content otherwise it could explode and ooz when you fry them.
1. Peal and cook the potatoes in salty (like the ocean) water until they are fork tender.
2. Then while they are hot, rice or mash the potatoes into a bowl.
3. Add in the sour cream – it should be starting to become creamy like when you make mashed potatoes and you add in the butter but before you add in the milk or cream. Add in a pinch of salt and pepper.
4. Add in the remainder of the ingredients, except for the egg yolk! Combine it all so that the ingredients are evenly incorporated.
5. Taste! This part is important, you want to make sure they are yummy! Feel free to add in a little more something something if it's missing. Just keep in mind that the potato should still be the main ingredient so that it stays together.
7. Place the bowl of the potato mix in the refrigerator, OR in the freezer if you're impatient like me. I keep them in the freezer for 10-15 minutes, until they are completely chilled and cold to the touch.
8. Once they are cool, you can roll out balls, I try to stick to 1 -2 inches. I used a cookie scooper. Drop balls on plate.
9. In 3 different bowls set up the dredging station.
– Flour in one bowl.
– Egg Wash (1 Egg whisked together with 1 TBSP water) in on bowl.
– The bread crumbs in the last bowl.
10. Dredge the balls – first dip into the flour, then the egg wash and then the bread crumbs. Make sure the shake off the excess before moving to the next bowl.
12. Preheat oil in a deep wide pan to 350 degrees. I had enough oil to where they were almost completely submerged but I used a slotted spoon to move them around to evenly fry.
13. Fry until brown and crispy. Be sure not to over crowd the pan, this will make the oil temperature drop. Make sure to allow the temperature to come back up to 350 degrees between batches. They only take approx. 5 minutes total per batch so try to do this close to the time you will eat so that they stay warm!
14. Remove from the pan and place on a paper towel to drain. Immediately season with a sprinkle of salt & serve.


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Herbert Dwight Anderson, age 76, passed away Saturday, December 28, 2019 at the Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salem Va.
You'd never find a more loving father, husband, brother, papaw or friend than Dwight. He loved his country and proudly served in the U.S. Army. If you knew him, every conversation was interesting and never boring. He loved to laugh, and Dwight would do anything for you. In fact, Dwight could do just about anything – from fixing a small engine to playing a guitar to coaching the original "Bad News Bears." He was crazy about his family and stubbornly independent, that in itself is a good memory of Dwight. He will be missed.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Troy and Susie Anderson; sisters, Jessie Imajene Sexton and Norma Sue Peake.
Dwight is survived by his wife, Resa Anderson of Sugar Grove, Va.; daughters, Susanne Lairson of Dayton, Ohio and Kimberly Tarter and husband, William of Speedwell, Va.; son, Stephen Dwight Anderson of Sugar Grove, Va.; sisters, Nellie Lucille Shuler and husband, Corbin of Marion, Va., Nancy Anderson of Sugar Grove, Va., Juanita Stone and husband, Porky of Sugar Grove, Va., and Cyndi Sage of Marion, Va.; brothers, Harvey Scott Anderson and wife, Sadie of Sugar Grove, Va., Troy Mac Anderson and wife, Suanne of Troutdale, Va., and Jeffery Wayne Anderson of Wytheville, Va.; grandchildren, Adam Christian Lairson, Heidi Lynn Lairson, Ashley Allura Fields, Sage Ethan Anthony Lairson, Jodi Krista Aker, Stephen Douglas Long, and Brandon Lee Tarter; 11 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 2, 2020 at 7 p.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel with Pastor Tinker Stone officiating and Military Rites conducted by the U.S. Army Honor Guard and Francis Marion VFW Post #4667. The family will receive friends Thursday from 5 p.m. until the time of service at Seaver-Brown Chapel.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Francis Marion VFW Post #4667, P.O. Box 767, Marion Va. 24354.
To share memories of Herbert Dwight Anderson, please visit www.seaverbrown.com. Care for Dwight's family has been entrusted to Seaver-Brown Funeral Service and Crematory, 237 East Main Street, Marion, Va. 24354.
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Sherry Lansing, chair of the STOP CANCER 2014 Annual Gala in Los Angeles presented Mike and Lori with the 2014 Dr. Armand Hammer Philanthropy Award for four decades of initiatives in medical research and public health. In accepting the award, Lori noted that "cancer is very personal for us," citing several family members who succumbed to the disease; and Mike said, "Although private philanthropy is only a fraction of the resources our nation devotes to cancer research, it has an outsized leadership effect. Industry and government funding inevitably follows the lead of private giving, which focuses on the higher-risk/higher-reward programs that drive science forward." Mike was a business associate and close friend of the late Dr. Hammer, who established the STOP CANCER organization in the 1980s.


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Q: Everytime a new socket connects, my process.nextTick() is disrupted For some reason, every time a new socket connects to the server, my emitDraw function stalls midway through a draw(the process.nextTick() call cycle gets broken unexpectedly). Is there anyway to keep my emitDraw function running while also accepting new connections?
io.sockets.on('connection', function(socket) {
    socket.on('drawing', function() {
      //some code
      emitDraw(socket);
    });
});

function emitDraw(socket) {
    //some code
    process.nextTick(function(){emitDraw(socket)});
};

Thanks

A: process.nextTick() merely helps pushing code off the current executing stack to the top of the next one. Callbacks for events fired between these two stack executions are therefore allowed execution in the next stack.
In the current case, a normal executing stack only has emitDraw() executing and the call to process.nextTick() allows for events (notably the socket connection) to fire and execute in the next stack. Once the socket connection is fired the stack has two sets of code to execute, the callback associated with socket.on(connection) and emitDraw().
If emitDraw() turns unresponsive, it only means that it cannot co-execute on the current stack without performance degradation.
Since the main Node.js process runs on a single thread you cannot expect any better performance by keeping it in the same thread, except by increasing processing power. Alternatively you could fork emitDraw() to a child process so that it can execute independent of the main process.

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The «Vladimir Vize» and «Rudolf Samoylovich» will boost the Arctic out-shipment capacity of natural gas producer Novatek by almost 30%.
The historic convoy to Pevek did not have a lucky outcome. Three vessels, among them an icebreaker, might not get loose before spring.


Style: A Verity style framed clutch handbag in a woven embossed fabric with an art deco pattern in dusky shades of pink and brown. Fully lined with a satin taffeta in chocolate with a woven disc pattern in bronze, with one large zipped internal pocket. Large bobble-clasp closure.
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A Portsmouth woman reported missing was found unharmed Thursday and a Portsmouth man has been arrested on drugs and weapons charges during a search warrant execution by the Southern Ohio Drug Task Force assisted by the Portsmouth Police Department and the Scioto County Sheriff's Office.
At approximately 1 p.m., officers executed a warrant at the residence of 28-year old Terrell Eugene Mabry, Jr., of 1508 3rd St., Portsmouth.
As officers arrived to execute the warrant, Mabry Jr. and 23-year old Gabrial Lexus Lyon, who had been reported missing to the Portsmouth Police Department, allegedly were present in a vehicle outside the residence.
According to law enforcement, a search of the residence and Mabry's person resulted in the discovery of approximately ten grams of suspected crystal methamphetamine, 30 grams of a powder not yet identified, three handguns and $3,940 cash. Additional evidence of drug trafficking allegedly was seized from the residence. One of the handguns was found to have been reported stolen to the Huntington, W.Va. Police Department.
Mabry, Jr., was charged with trafficking in drugs, a felony of the third degree, and having a weapon while under disability, also a felony of the third degree.
Mabry, Jr., is to be arraigned in Portsmouth Municipal Court on Friday at 9 a.m.
Mabry, Jr., is currently serving probation with the Scioto County Common Pleas Court Adult Probation Department stemming from a prior felony drug conviction. A holder was placed on Mabry, Jr., with the Scioto County Jail by the probation department.
The case against Mabry, Jr., eventually will be forwarded to the Scioto County Prosecutor's Office to be presented to a Scioto County Grand Jury for the consideration of additional felony charges.
Portsmouth Police Chief Ware and Scioto County Sheriff Marty Donini request anyone wishing to leave drug information for the Southern Ohio Drug Task Force, should phone the Task Force tip line at (740) 354-5656 or email drugs@sciotocountysheriff.com.
Official stated all information will be kept confidential and anonymous.


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Herfst is een beeld dat tentoongesteld wordt in de museumtuin van Rijksmuseumtuinen in Amsterdam gemaakt door (het atelier van) Ignatius van Logteren in een periode rond 1730.

De herfst wordt hier verbeeld door een vrouwfiguur in de vorm van een bacchante, een volgelinge van Bacchus. De figuur staat met haar rechterbeen plat op de voet op de onderliggende plint; het linkerbeen is gebogen zodat zij daar alleen steunt op de linkertenen, tussen tenen en plint bevindt zich het uiteinde van haar mantel. In haar rechterhand had ze een druiventros, maar die arm is afgebroken en verdwenen. Met de linkerhand houdt ze kleding vast. Die kleding zit los om haar lichaam geslagen en laat de linkerborst bloot. Op de linker bovenarm is een band zichtbaar. De vrouwfiguur kijkt met haar lokken enigszins links voor zich uit.

De weergave is in Bentheimer zandsteen op een plint van 47 bij 33 centimeter; het weegt rond de 385 kilogram. Het beeld is in 1888 aan het Rijksmuseum geschonken door mevrouw Sophia Adriana de Bruijn; het heeft daarvoor in het doolhof van het Museum Het Broekerhuis gestaan.

Beeld in Amsterdam-Zuid
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What is the longest amount of time you have gone without looking at your phone? An afternoon...an hour...do you even know? Its understandable to want to know and be connected with the things happening outside the four walls of your home. To do work to get ahead (or stay on top of things). To look at pictures and videos (or post some yourself). To read about what matters (or "matters").
Some self-awareness will do you some good.
Are you spacing out on your phone as your child is trying to get your attention? Are you spacing out on your phone as your child has a meltdown? Are you spacing out on your phone as your child figures out how to unlock the front door? It's okay to look at your phone. As the article below states, your kids do not require 100% of your focus. They can be age-appropriately independent for a bit.
But, when and why you are on your phone is telling as to what your priorities (and maybe deficiencies) are at the time. Take the time to engage with your kids. Model to them how to handle their emotions. Teach them how to talk with others, about manners, about wants and needs. Make them feel wanted, loved and encouraged.
Remember, though, you need the same. It's about creating healthy boundaries. On the whole, we don't function better when pulled many ways, but we do need the many parts of our life present in order to function. Do your best to create time for each part. We are raising little people to be healthy and well-rounded. Model that in yourself, show that you struggle with it and are working on improvement constantly and encourage your kids to do the same. Give them the attention, patience and space you also need in your non-parent self.
What Should I Share About My Child?
You love your kid. You love your kid more than you ever thought you could. It's one of the magical and impressive parts of being a parent -- watching your heart grow to immeasurable sizes and seeing that your heart now resides outside of your body and in this little human being. You love your kid. So, it makes sense that you want to share with friends, family, and unknown others how incredible it is that there is this adorable baby/toddler/child in your life. Share those memories. Share those pictures. Share those videos. But be mindful of what you are sharing and how that may impact your child later on.
There are times when we need to leave our kids for a bit: we have to go to work, we have to go to the grocery store, we have to take a shower...at different times in the toddler years, this can make a child nervous. While they might understand you aren't leaving forever, you being gone for even a little bit can feel like too much for them. Creating a routine with your toddler, developing a calm and simple way of explaining where and why you are going and then reminding your toddler you will be back can make the situation move from chaos to manageable in their minds.
Parents, understand that we all go through this stage. It is hard for both the kids and the parents. Its tiresome. Its frustrating. Its sad. It will get better and you will both survive...but its tough.
Sometimes as parents, no matter how often we tell ourselves that tomorrow we are going to be more prepared, more focused, more patient....we wake up and forget. We go to sleep so tired from a hard day at work, a long day with toddlers, a stressful day with finances, a failed day of health promises. We have the best intentions to get everything done so we can wake up as if we've hit a reset button. Unfortunately, good intentions can often turn into bad shame. We become upset with ourselves that we could not do more, do better and that in turn makes us irritable, short-tempered, and late. Our kids then see how we "cannot" handle things and become great students of our chaotic emotions and behaviors. Keep the cycle going, kids.
You are doing a good job, parents. Mom, you are doing your best even if you believe with everything you are that you can do better. Dad, you are doing your best even if you believe with everything you are that you can do better. You are doing a good job, parents.
Life gets infinitely sweeter with children and infinitely more debilitating. There are days when it seems equal and days when one out-weighs the other. You will get through this. Today this was your best. Tomorrow your best will be another level. Your best is not a bar that stays in one place. It moves. And thankfully! Each day we have a different level of energy, effort, ability and awareness to parent and to survive everything else. Be mindful of where that bar is. Be kind to yourself and know it will keep changing. And we are all going through it with you.
"One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful."


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Kenni Ther '16 leads the Brazilian samba drumming workshop in Houdini Plaza during Thursday's opening day of Mile of Music.
Music is everywhere as Mile 7 gets rolling; partnerships grow deeper
Ed Berthiaume
Kenni Ther '16 had his young charges hanging on his every word, eyes focused, sticks in hand, a mix of drums and upside-down buckets in play on a gorgeous afternoon in downtown Appleton's Houdini Plaza.
"I get tired of talking sometimes," Ther told the gathering of several dozen kids and the adults they brought along for this high-energy teaching session on Brazilian samba drumming. "That's why I have the drum. I'll let the drum do the talking for me."
And, so he did. And the young drummers followed suit as a couple hundred spectators nodded their approval.
A few hundred feet to the east, a crowd overflowed from the patio at Bazil's Pub as singer-songwriter Christopher Gold played a heartfelt set and shared stories of joy and despair and the wisdom gained from both.
It was the middle of the afternoon. On a Thursday. Welcome to Mile of Music.
The annual four-day all-original music festival kicked off its seventh edition on Thursday, mixing nearly 900 live music sets in 70-plus venues with more than 40 interactive music education workshops, a blend that differentiates this festival from most any other music event on the planet. It continues through Sunday — and, yes, admission is free.
The Music Education Team, supported by a grant from the Bright Idea Fund within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region, is a full-on Lawrence University juggernaut, led by music education instructor Leila Ramagopal Pertl. It features more than 25 instructors, many of them, like Ther, alumni who developed their musical skills and nurtured their passion for music while students at the Lawrence Conservatory of Music.
Lineup of Mile 7 music education workshops
Lawrence-led Music Education Team
Like the festival itself, the music education workshops have grown in size and scope since first launching in 2013. More than 7,000 people are expected to take part in the hands-on sessions before the finale, a ukulele workshop, brings it to a close on Sunday afternoon.
"It's great to get out in the community and have people learn music in not a classroom setting," Ther said after the samba drumming workshop ended. "Sometimes people think you only get to learn music in your private lessons or in a school band or orchestra or choir. No, music is for everybody. Everyone listens to music, so everyone has the right to be their own musician and figure out music on their own."
Nestor Dominguez '14 is joined by Mariachi Jabali as they lead a mariachi workshop Thursday in The Grove, a green space next to Brokaw Hall, during Mile of Music.
A few blocks down College Avenue, on the green space next to Brokaw Hall known as The Grove, Nestor Dominguez '14 was leading a mariachi band — Mariachi Jabali, featuring students from Appleton North High School — as they introduced the music to a couple hundred onlookers. They ran through a variety of music within the mariachi genre, from jarabe to bolero to ranchera to polka.
"Just get up and wiggle around and come up with a dance," Dominguez encouraged the crowd as the band showcased the popular jarabe style. "If you're going to be here with us, you need to get up and dance."
Then there was bolero, the mariachi music of romance. Dominguez, who plays and teaches mariachi music in Chicago, encouraged the crowd to make and maintain eye contact with the person next to them as the music played.
"Eye contact is so important," he told them. "Let's connect as human beings. … I'm not saying you're going to fall in love with the person next to you, but that would be all right."
A world of music in our back yard
As the music education offerings at Mile of Music have evolved over the past seven installments, they've taken on a more global feel, Brazilian samba drumming and mariachi being part of a festival mix that also includes, among others, Ghanaian drumming and dance, Afro-Cuban singing, and Balinese gamelan. New this year are sessions on Native American music and dances of India.
That's not by accident. Ramagopal Pertl said the team has purposefully set out to showcase as many cultures and styles as possible, a theme embraced by team members and the audience alike.
"That is really important, especially for the little ones," said Francisca Hiscocks of Appleton, a native of Spain who attended Thursday's Brazilian samba drumming session. "Just for their education, to be exposed to something different, that's important. For me being from a different country, I think this is so great."
Connections between Lawrence, Mile of Music
Porky's Groove Machine returns to Lawrence, Mile of Music
Thel, who teaches music at a middle school in Oshkosh, said cultural variety in the festival's music education outreach is all about being inclusive and enlightening.
"Maybe hip hop is your thing, that's great," he said. "Maybe acoustic guitar playing is your thing, or the ukulele workshop, that's your thing. Everyone has a specific rhythm in their heart that they can relate and respond to. We're just trying to help people figure out what that is."
Mile of Music was drawing rave reviews as it got rolling Thursday. Music could be heard coming from everywhere along and near College Avenue — in bars and coffee shops, in Memorial Chapel, on patios, in alleyways and on green spaces on the Lawrence campus. Even from a camper parked on the Ormsby Hall lawn, home to the Tiny House Listening Lounge, a new venue for this year's festival.
"I think this is just all really cool," said Sarah Fischer of Appleton, taking in the festival's opening day.
Bernard Lilly '18, who performs as B. Lilly, puts on a songwriting and performance workshop at Copper Rock Coffee Company during Mile of Music.
2019 Music Education Team workshops
Cool, indeed. And the opportunity to bang a drum, get a lesson in songwriting, or learn about Native American flute playing while you're here, well, that's a bonus that is music to the ears of anyone who cherishes the connections between the festival, the community and Lawrence.
"We all agreed from the beginning that this wasn't the type of festival that was ogling celebrity, it was craft focused," said Cory Chisel, the Appleton-raised singer-songwriter who co-founded the festival with marketing executive Dave Willems. "It was like, here are innovative, exciting songwriters from around the world, and I wanted to bring all those people to Appleton specifically because of the specialness of this place and the music that was inside of us and the talent level we have inside of us here."
It isn't just about listening to and discovering new music, although that is a huge focus of the festival. It's also about participating in the music-making, connecting the community with the music, Chisel said. Hence, the launch and growth of the Music Education Team. The partnership with Lawrence for that piece was as important as anything else in establishing the festival as one of the bright lights of the Midwest music scene.
"Mile of Music was about that connection," Chisel said. "And Lawrence has been deepening and strengthening that community relationship."
Ed Berthiaume is director of public information at Lawrence University.
ed.c.berthiaume@lawrence.edu


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Antique Cast Iron Doorstop Two Ducks Standing on Grass Marked 291 By Hubley
Description: Antique cast iron doorstop cast in the form of two ducks standing on green grass. One of the ducks is pecking at its chest while the other is eating the grass under them. The doorstop is painted in tan color with orange colored bills or beaks and legs and feet. There is also green colored grass at the bottom. The piece is very well cast as you can see. Look at the details of the feathers in the wings, the bill and eyes in the head, and the webbing in the feet. The grass blades also show great detail and the entire piece is ready to come to life. The piece is all original with retaining quite a bit of its original paint (estimate >85%25). The piece has losses to the paint at the edges which can be seen in the photos. This is a nice size piece and weighs over three and a half pounds. See page 85 in John and Nancy Smith's book "The Doorstop Book" published by Schiffer Books of Atglen PA in 2006 for two similar examples. Please carefully review the photos presented as they are part and parcel of the description.
Date: Uncertain, but most likely sometime in the early 1900s.
Origin: Purchased at an estate sale in Southeastern Pennsylvania, USA.
Size: Measures ~8 1/4" in height, ~6 3/4" at its widest, and the base is ~6" by ~2 3/4". The doorstop weighs over three and a half pounds.
Maker: Hubley.
Marks: Stamped 921 on the back.
Distinguishing Characteristics - Most Interesting About The Piece: This is definitely a nice antique doorstop. It would make a great addition to your collection.
Condition: This doorstop is in very good condition with no breaks or repairs. It is all original and retains quite a bit of its original paint (>~85%). It does have paint losses especially on the edges, the back of the neck of one of the ducks, the top of the head of the other, the back of the doorstop, and the base. The piece also has some signs of rust but is intact and solid. Be that as it may, the piece is beautiful and worthy of a spot in your collection. Please see photo to appreciate the beauty of the doorstop and for additional condition information.
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You need to configure the address books to meet the business goal for the finance department.
Which four cmdlets should you use?
When you create the address lists and global address lists do not use "IncludedRecipient" and "ConditionalX" parameters, such as ConditionalCompany and ConditionalCustomAttribute5.
You should use a recipient filter instead. You must use the Shell to create recipient filters.
In creating the ABP, you will create multiple address lists based on how you want your users to view the address lists in Outlook or Outlook Web App.
This example creates the address list AL_TAIL_Users_DGs. The address list contains all users and distribution groups where CustomAttribute15 equals TAIL.
For more information about creating address lists by using recipient filters, see Create an Address List By Using Recipient Filters.
In order to create an ABP, you have to provide a room address list. If your organization doesn't have resource mailboxes such as room or equipment mailboxes, we suggest that you create a blank room address list. The following example creates a blank room address list because there are no room mailboxes in the organization.
However, in this scenario, Fabrikam and Contoso both have room mailboxes. This example creates room list for Fabrikam by using a recipient filter where CustomAttribute15 equals FAB.
The global address list used in an ABP must be a superset of the address lists. Do not create a GAL with fewer objects than exists in any or all of the address lists in the ABP. This example creates the global address list for Tailspin Toys that includes all of the recipients that exists in the address lists and room address list.
For more information, see Create a Global Address List. When you create the OAB you should include the appropriate GAL when providing the AddressLists parameter of New-or Set-OfflineAddressBook to ensure no entry is unexpectedly missed. Basically, you can customize the set of entries that a user will see or reduce the download size of the OAB by specifying a list of AddressLists in AddressLists of New/Set-OfflineAddressBook. However, if you want users to see the full set of GAL entries in OAB, make sure that you include the GAL in the AddressLists.
This example creates the OAB for Fabrikam named OAB_FAB.
For more information, see Create an Offline Address Book.
After you've created all of the required objects you can then create the ABP.
This example creates the ABP named ABP_TAIL.
For more information, see Create an Address Book Policy.
Assigning the ABP to the user is the last step in the process. ABPs take effect when a user's application connects to the Microsoft Exchange Address Book service on the Client Access server. If the user is already connected to Outlook or Outlook Web App when the ABP is applied to their account, they will need to close and restart the client application before they can see their new address lists and GAL.
This example assigns ABP_FAB to all mailboxes where CustomAttribute15 equals "FAB".
You need to ensure that the help desk application can use EX4 as an SMTP relay to send email messages.
The solution must ensure that the sender of the email messages is displayed as Help Desk.
You need to recommend a solution to resolve the issue of domain controller overuse.
You need to recommend a solution to resolve the issue for the finance department users.
NOT B: The hardware load balancer is a Layer 4 device which supports IP-Address affinity, not cookie-based persistence which is a Layer 7 feature.
NOT E: Source NAT (SNAT) is a Layer 7 feature.
NOT F: A self-signed certificate will not suffice in this instance.
You need to ensure that users can create new public folders when EX4 is unavailable.
The Public Folder hierarchy is homed on DB3. DB3 is mounted on EX4.
Currently EX4 is not part of a DAG.
Exchange 2013 public folders are built on mailbox infrastructure and use the same mechanisms for availability and redundancy. Every public folder mailbox can have multiple redundant copies with automatic failover, just like regular mailboxes.
You have an Exchange Server 2013 organization that contains mailboxes for multiple companies.
Technically, answers A and C are correct as users are "assigned" ABPs and GALs during the process of GAL segmentation.
Global address list (GAL) segmentation (also known as GAL segregation) is the process whereby administrators can segment users into specific populations to provide customized views of their organization's GAL. Address book policies (ABPs) allow you to segment users into specific groups to provide customized views of your organization's global address list (GAL). When creating an ABP, you assign a GAL, an offline address book (OAB), a room list, and one or more address lists to the policy. You can then assign the ABP to mailbox users, providing them with access to a customized GAL in Outlook and Outlook Web App. The goal is to provide a simpler mechanism to accomplish GAL segmentation for on-premises organizations that require multiple GALs.
You have an Exchange Server 2013 organization that contains one Client Access server named CAS1 and one Mailbox server named MBX1.
You plan to enable Outlook Anywhere for remote access from non-domain joined client computers.
You deploy a trusted third-party certificate that has a subject name of mail.contoso.com.
Users report that they fail to access their email by using Microsoft Outlook 2013 when they work remotely from a non-domain joined client computer.
From the internal network, the users can access their email by using Outlook 2013.
You verify that Autodiscover is configured remotely.
You need to ensure that the remote users can access their email by using Outlook Anywhere.
You have an Exchange Server organization that contains three servers.
An administrator implements Outlook Anywhere on Exchange Server 2013.
Remote users who have a mailbox hosted on EX1 report that they receive the following error message when they attempt to configure a Microsoft Outlook profile.
Remote users who have a mailbox hosted on EX3 can configure an Outlook profile successfully.
You need to ensure that the remote users who have a mailbox on EX1 can access their mailbox by using Outlook Anywhere.
The active copy of DB1 is located on EX1.
There are typically 100 MB of log files queued on EX1.
You need to recommend a procedure to allow administrators to mount the mailbox database copies on EX2 if EX1 fails.
The recovery point objective (RPO) for mailbox data is 200 MB.
All Exchange servers have the Client Access server role and the Mailbox server role installed.
You need to ensure that a user named User1 can move mailboxes between the servers.
Server1 has the Client Access server role and the Mailbox server role installed.
You monitor the performance of Server1, and you discover that the Exchange Server transport services consume a high amount of processor resources.
You need to limit the amount of processor resources that the Exchange Server transport services consume.
Which three cmdlets should you run?
Your company has three main offices.
Each office contains Exchange servers.
All users access their mailbox by using Outlook Web App.
All of the users have a mailbox on a server in their respective office.
You are migrating an existing Exchange Server 2007 organization to Exchange Server 2013.
You expect the migration to last several weeks.
Which servers should you identify for each name? To answer, drag the appropriate servers to the correct name in the answer area. Each server may be used once, more than once, or not at all. Additionally, you may need to drag the split bar between panes or scroll to view content.
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require 'test_helper'
require 'pp'

class TestCluster < Minitest::Test
  def setup
    VCR.insert_cassette 'cluster', record: :new_episodes
    @drain = ::Elasticsearch::Drain.new(
      'localhost:9250',
      'esuilogs-razor-d0prod-r01-v000',
      'us-west-2'
    )
    @cluster = ::Elasticsearch::Drain::Cluster.new(@drain.client)
  end

  def teardown
    VCR.eject_cassette
  end

  def test_cluster_health_is_valid
    assert (@cluster.healthy? || %w(red yellow green).include?(@cluster.health['status']))
  end

  def test_cluster_relocating_shards
    refute @cluster.relocating_shards?
  end
end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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The Social Network: A Pie in the Face for Zuckerberg
By Richard Corliss Friday, Sept. 24, 2010
Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network
The Making of the Facebook Movie: A TIME Roundtable
How Facebook Is Redefining Privacy
Inside Facebook Headquarters
A film this rich emits all kinds of literary and cinematic reverberations. One thinks, just among the Zs, of Philip Roth's Zuckerman Unbound, about the unwanted attention a novelist gets after writing a blockbuster best seller; and of the zip and sass of the Airplane!, Naked Gun and Hot Shots! movies made by the Zucker brothers. The Social Network, for all its 21st century interests, is connected to social dramas from the 1970s: fact-based films that created severely flawed protagonists and addressed big, contemporary themes, never stopping to worry about the youth market or the Hollywood edict of a happy ending. The honor roll would include The Godfather, The Parallax View, Taxi Driver, Serpico, All the President's Men and Network, a scalding satire that foresaw the rise of demagogic newscasters and the know-nothing America whose outrage they could cannily tap.
(See the 100 best movies of all time.)
The Social Network's most obvious touchstone is Orson Welles' Citizen Kane; Fincher has called it "the Citizen Kane of John Hughes movies." IndieWire's Todd McCarthy detailed The Social Network's kinship to that Greatest American Film: a rich young man's rise in a burgeoning medium (in Kane, the daily newspaper), as recollected by his colleagues; his difficulty communicating with women; his estrangement of his best friend, etc. But there are also similarities between Zuckerberg and Kane's director, star and co-writer. Immense in achievement and ego, both men revolutionized their media. Both wanted their names stamped all over their work (Facebook, in its early days, was proclaimed on every page "a Mark Zuckerberg Production"). Both men alienated their early sponsors and friends. And both were amazing, almost unnatural, prodigies. Citizen Kane, Welles' first feature film, opened two weeks before his 26th birthday. Zuckerberg became the world's youngest billionaire by 23; The Social Network opens four months and two weeks after his 26th birthday.
And the John Hughes part? Well, this is not high school but college — Harvard College, the college — and though the movie has sex and drugs (and a thrumming underscore by Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor), the lust here is for Internet immortality, or a piece of that action. The competition among Zuckerberg's eventual adversaries is for tens and hundreds of millions of dollars. Like Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, which opens on Friday, The Social Network takes place in a man's world. Aside from Erica, the elusive creature whose two scenes bookend the story, the women are either eager bodies, possessive squeezes (Saverin's girlfriend Christy, played by Brenda Song, drags the film down in her few scenes) or spear carriers of exposition (Rashida Jones as a junior lawyer on Zuckerberg's team).
The TV shows Sorkin created — Sports Night, The West Wing and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip — all focused on people packaging concepts as either entertainment or enlightenment. Sorkin did plenty of research into the founding of Facebook and talked to many participants but acknowledges that he was relieved when Zuckerberg refused to cooperate. Within the perimeter of known facts, he fictionalized part of Zuckerberg's biography, including his loser status with the ladies. (Zuckerberg has been with the same woman since his Harvard days.) We should almost refer to the film's central character as "Mark Zuckerberg," with quotes. As Sorkin told New York magazine's Mark Harris, "I don't want my fidelity to be to the truth. I want it to be to storytelling." One resists the temptation to throw the most famous line from Sorkin's play and film A Few Good Men — "You can't handle the truth" — back at him. But movies are stories, not depositions; and Sorkin is following the dictum from John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
(See a 2000 TIME story on The West Wing.)
Fincher, who like Zuckerberg was gainfully employed (at George Lucas' special-effects company ILM) while still a teenager, empathizes with his subject. He can remember being the smartest, youngest man in the room, facing the skepticism of his dull elders. And because Sorkin is a solitary writer and Fincher a field-marshal director, the two have differing views on creativity. "For Aaron," Fincher says in the movie's press notes, "invention is somebody sitting alone in a room ... and for me, invention is swindling the right people." In other words: making movies.
Almost nobody today makes them better; conjuring the mood, inspiring the crew, shaping a superb group of actors into a faultless ensemble. After his who-knows-what's-real early thrillers (The Game and Fight Club) and his beautiful, backward love story The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Fincher here is closest to the serial-killer docudrama Zodiac. The muted tones and prowling camera make The Social Network a neo-noir, stalking the truth. Make that Rashomon versions of various truths. Again, like films of the '70s, this one ends with a question mark. To the rapt viewer, Fincher and Sorkin say, You finish the movie.
(See TIME's review of David Fincher's Zodiac.)
However critical The Social Network may be of certain things Zuckerberg allegedly did, its tone and tempo are very Mark — at least the movie Mark. The film is like a video game at warp speed, but for the ear-brain instead of the eye-hand. It's determined to say it all and say it wittily at blinding speed; Sorkin's script was expected to play at 2½ hours, but with the actors speaking at an amphetamine pace and Fincher directing them like a NASCAR official who lost his red flag, the picture came in at two hours flat. And like Zuckerberg, Sorkin and Fincher simply ignore any in their audience who can't keep up. But the rewards for paying attention are mammoth and exhilarating. This is a high-IQ movie that gives viewers an IQ high.
See 10 people caught on Facebook, including the White House gate crashers.
See a Q&A with Ben Mezrich on his Facebook book.


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Rote Jäger war eine vom Luftwaffenoffizier Hermann Graf während des Dritten Reichs gegründete Fußballmannschaft. Sie bestand aus Angehörigen seines jeweils befehligten Geschwaders, zeitweise und ständig wechselnd aus zuversetzten bzw. zum Geschwader abkommandierten Kriegsgastspielern, darunter auch namhafte Nationalspieler.

Hintergrund
Graf, selbst begeisterter Fußballspieler, der auch in der Mannschaft als Torwart mitwirkte, bot unabhängig vom Standort seines Geschwaders Fußballspielern, die aufgrund des Kriegsverlaufs Abkommandierungen hinnehmen mussten, die Möglichkeit, in seiner Mannschaft (wenn schon nicht in den Vereinen, denen sie bereits angehörten) spielen zu können.

In dieser Mannschaft, die während des Krieges nur Freundschaftsspiele austrug, waren unter anderem die Nationalspieler Hermann Eppenhoff, Franz Hanreiter, Alfons Moog, Josef Stroh und Fritz Walter aktiv, die dadurch zeitweise vom Fronteinsatz verschont wurden, wobei es vorkommen konnte, dass Spieler dennoch kurzfristig abkommandiert wurden.

Auch Reichstrainer Sepp Herberger, zeitweise Trainer dieser Militärmannschaft, vermittelte Spieler für Grafs Rote Jäger, um diese vom Fronteinsatz fernzuhalten. Da das Geschwader allerdings selbst an die Ostfront verlegt wurde, nachdem es zuvor in der Lüneburger Heide und danach in Jever stationiert war, blieben auch die Roten Jäger nicht vom Krieg verschont.

Spieler
Tor: Wilhelm Thiele (SG OrPo Chemnitz), Hermann Graf (FC Hewen Engen/Baden), Karl-Heinz Höger (SV Dessau 05), Karl Flinner (Wilhelmshaven 05), Karl Köhler (FC Hanau 93).

Abwehr: Siegfried "Friedel" Klagges (SG Wattenscheid 09), Hermann Koch (Schwaben Augsburg), Walter Zwickhofer (FC Schalke 04).

Mittelfeld: Alfons Moog (VfL Köln 1899), Bruno Klaffke (Duisburger FV 08), Friedrich Hack (TSV 1860 München), Gredel (VfR Mannheim), Alfred Oberst (1. FC Nürnberg  / SV 06 Kassel), Werner Humpert (Sportfreunde Dresden).

Sturm: Friedrich "Fritz" Walter (1. FC Kaiserslautern), Franz Hanreiter (SK Admira Wien), Hermann Eppenhoff (FC Schalke 04), Walter Bammes (SpVgg Fürth), Richard Leonhardt (Planitzer SC), Josef Stroh (FK Austria Wien).

Trainer: Sepp Herberger.

Spiele während des Zweiten Weltkriegs
 4. August 1943: Eintracht Frankfurt – Rote Jäger 1:5
 11. August 1943: SpVgg Neu-Isenburg – Rote Jäger 1:3
 12. August 1943: Kombination FC Konstanz-SpV Gottmadingen-Radolfzell – Rote Jäger 0:7
 25. September 1943: Luftwaffen-SV Berlin – Rote Jäger 0:3
 26. September 1943: Oase Berlin (Künstlermannschaft) – Rote Jäger 3:3
 12. Dezember 1943: TuS Aurich (Kriegsmarine) – Rote Jäger 0:5
 19. Dezember 1943: SV Wilhelmshaven (Kriegsmarine) – Rote Jäger 3:10
 26. Dezember 1943: Stadtauswahl Stuttgart – Rote Jäger 6:3 (5.000 Zuschauer)
 1. Januar 1944: FC Mülhausen (Elsass) – Rote Jäger 3:10
 16. Januar 1944: Luftwaffen-SV Hamburg – Rote Jäger 2:3 (12.000 Zuschauer)
 22. Januar 1944: Holstein Kiel – Rote Jäger 1:8
 13. Februar 1944: Luftwaffen-SV Pütnitz – Rote Jäger 2:3 (in Rostock)
 20. Februar 1944: SC Sparta Wesermünde (Luftwaffe) – Rote Jäger 0:8
 4. März 1944: LSV Ahlhorn/Reichsbahn Cloppenburg – Rote Jäger 0:6
 5. März 1944: Eintracht Braunschweig – Rote Jäger 2:6 (in Hannover)
 12. März 1944: Stadtauswahl Köln – Rote Jäger 1:5 (12.000 Zuschauer)
 19. März 1944: Luftwaffen-SV Hamburg – Rote Jäger 5:1 (12.000 Zuschauer)
 26. März 1944: FC Bayern München – Rote Jäger 1:1 (10.000 Zuschauer)
 31. März 1944: 1. FC Nürnberg – Rote Jäger 0:7
 2. April 1944: VfR Mannheim – Rote Jäger 1:8
 7. Mai 1944: Nationalmannschaft Ungarn – Rote Jäger 5:2 (in Budapest)
 14. Mai 1944: KSG Stuttgarter Kickers/Sportfreunde Stuttgart – Rote Jäger 2:3 (in Singen)
 21. Mai 1944: Militär-SV Jäger Bückeburg – Rote Jäger 6:8
 29. Mai 1944: Hamburger SV – Rote Jäger 1:3 (6.000 Zuschauer)
 6. August 1944: Stadtauswahl Dortmund – Rote Jäger 1:11
 13. August 1944: Kombination SV Röhlinghausen/SG Wattenscheid – Rote Jäger 2:3
 19. August 1944: Westfalia Herne – Rote Jäger 3:2
 19. November 1944: Luftwaffen-SV Mölders Krakau – Rote Jäger 0:14 (in Krakau – 3.000 Zuschauer)

Anmerkungen/Einzelnachweise

Literatur

 Fritz Walter: 11 rote Jäger. Copress, München 1959,

Fußballmannschaft (Deutschland)
Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht)
Sport (Wehrmacht)


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Title: "Not One Women Less, Not One More Death:" Feminist Activism and Policy Responses to Gender-Based Violence in Latin America
Author: Anya Prusa, Beatriz Garcia Nice, and Olivia Soledad
"Ni una mujer menos, ni una muerte más."
— Susana Chávez Castillo, Mexican poet and activist
In 2011, Mexican poet and human rights activist Susana Chávez Castillo was tortured and killed in Ciudad Juárez. Eighteen years earlier, she coined the phrase "ni una mujer menos" protesting the unsolved murders of women in that city. Today, those words live on as grassroots movements across Latin America condemn the prevalence of gender-based violence. But, as Chávez's own narrative suggests, meaningful policy change has been slow.
Violence against women has made headlines in recent months, but the roots of feminist protests against gender-based violence in Latin America go back decades. In 1981, the first Latin American and Caribbean Feminist Encuentro—"gatherings" where feminists could network, reflect, and mobilize—created what would become the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. In the 1990s, women-led activism successfully pushed for the Convention of Belém do Pará, a landmark in the fight for women's rights. Many countries in the region have since passed national laws criminalizing femicide and other forms of gender-based violence.
Yet Latin America remains one of the world's most violent regions for women. A Pan-American Health Organization study found that in some countries, as many as thirty-three percent of women experienced domestic violence. The region has some of the world's highest rates of femicide: on average, one woman is killed every two hours. Women who push back—activists, journalists, politicians—face vicious smear campaigns, online harassment, threats of sexual violence, and death threats, which are sometimes realized.
#NiUnaMenos started as a direct response to the murder of fourteen-year-old Chiara Paez in 2015. Her death triggered massive protests against femicide in Argentina. In 2016, the movement organized the first women-led mass strike in the country with similar demonstrations in Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, and El Salvador. Other women's protest movements have flared up in recent years, most notably the 2018 #EleNão ("not him") campaign in Brazil against then-presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro and the 2019 Green Tide demonstrations in favor of abortion rights in Argentina.
Women's movements have achieved some policy victories, most notably in #NiUnaMenos' home country of Argentina. In 2015, the Argentine government established the requirement to collect and publish national femicide statistics and mandated the creation of shelters for women. At the end of 2019, the new government of Alberto Fernández created the Ministry for Women, Gender and Diversity, which strives to eradicate gender-based violence and strengthen women's and LGBTQ+ individuals' rights to security and bodily autonomy. In Chile, activists successfully pressured politicians to enforce gender parity in the legislative body tasked with drafting a new Constitution.
However, these campaigns have endured to this day not because of their successes but because of the persistent lack of progress in addressing gender-based violence in Latin America. What makes Latin America so dangerous for women? The region is far from homogenous, but there are a number of common factors. Although many countries have good laws on the books, implementation is paramount, including training and resources—and this is where many governments in Latin America traditionally fall short. Women do not trust the judicial system to protect them, and with reason: over ninety-five percent of femicides go unpunished. There are a number of institutional factors at play, such as corruption, impunity, and a lack of political will. The COVID-19 pandemic has added new urgency to this problem. Seven out of ten estimated femicides in Latin America occur in the victim's home, making social isolation measures deadly: across the region, reports of violence to emergency hotlines have spiked during the pandemic.
There are some initiatives that show promise. The Brazilian Forum for Public Safety is developing police training curricula on how to respond effectively to gender-based violence, even in cases where women are not ready to file a report or leave their abuser. But training should not stop with law enforcement: prosecutors, judges, and other officials also need training on the complexities of gender-based violence so that fewer cases are dismissed as illegitimate. Future policies should encourage collaboration between the judicial system and social services, to ensure that women who report abuse receive legal guidance as they move through the judicial process. Likewise, increased funding and resources for temporary housing, mental health counseling, and healthcare must go hand-in-hand with judicial responses to violence. The question of resources is perhaps one of the most challenging given the economic damage caused by COVID-19, prompting countries such as Mexico to cut funding for services for women. In El Salvador, Ciudad Mujer, a national program that championed protection and empowerment of women, was demoted resulting in abrupt resource adjustments. These hasty resource allocations further demonstrate the need for robust policies that secure a social safety net for women who experience violence.
Better data collection and transparency will facilitate the implementation of policies to target gender-based violence. Authorities can benefit from targeted programs on technical assistance and secure and reliable data reporting like the InfoSegura.org project, a joint UNDP and USAID effort in Central America to provide information on gender-based violence. Reliable data yields positive, long-lasting effects that allow authorities to develop solutions based on reliable information and monitor policy implementation results.
At a more fundamental level, there needs to be a reckoning with the cultural roots of gender-based violence. A culture of machismo and hypermasculinity emphasizes traditional gender norms and normalizes domestic violence. These societal patterns are self-reproducing: a 2018 Oxfam survey of fifteen to twenty-five year-olds in Latin America found eighty-six percent (men and women) believed no one should interfere in fights between couples. El Salvador allowed abortion under some circumstances until 1998, when a new law instituted a complete ban. In Mexico, where civil society has persistently demanded better accountability mechanisms for femicides, the attorney-general at suggested eliminating femicide's designation as a separate crime from homicide as a solution.
A critical tool for changing societal attitudes is awareness campaigns, whether television, print, or social media. In Brazil, telenovela episodes that addressed domestic violence corresponded with increased reporting of violence. Other more targeted awareness campaigns, organized by the government, international organizations, and NGOs like the Avon Institute and Maria da Penha Institute, have focused on encouraging friends, neighbors, and community members to notice the signs of violence and intervene.
COVID-19 has created new challenges for activists as they work to change societal norms and culture. Massive street demonstrations—a core tool of the #NiUnaMenos campaigns—are no longer safe. Some women's groups have become more creative: Salvadorian women recently organized a virtual #NiUnaMenos protest. In Mexico, civil society organizations have united in the face of President López Obrador's dismissals of the prevalence of violence against women, forming coalitions to fiercely signal government missteps. But the challenge of holding leaders accountable remains. In El Salvador, the new administration of President Bukele has exposed women's lack of social capital: despite running his campaign as an outspoken ally of women and the LGBTI+ community, he closed the Ministry of Social Inclusion, a key agency in the national gender discussion.
The challenge of turning grassroots protests into institutional change is not unique to #NiUnaMenos and other women's rights campaigns, but it is exacerbated by the fact that governments in Latin America have traditionally been less responsive to women's demands, largely because women still possess less economic and political power. Therefore, efforts to increase women's representation in politics, business, and other positions of leadership matter. Government support for such initiatives is important, but grassroots activism, NGOs, and international organizations can also play significant roles by empowering women, like giving loans to women-owned small businesses, or providing platforms for aspiring women politicians. Yet all policymakers, regardless of their gender, need to incorporate a gender lens as a central part of the decision-making processes. Policymakers have long viewed gender equity as a niche issue, despite the fact that women represent over half of the global population. This compartmentalization of women's issues, including gender-based violence, leads to policies with unintended consequences, notably including the COVID-19 lockdowns that have caused a worldwide spike in domestic violence.
Aided by social media, #NiUnaMenos has rallied around specific, horrific instances of violence to draw regional and international attention to their cause. This movement has given women across Latin America a platform to demand greater gender equity and an end to violence against women. Public naming and repudiation of violence against women is itself a seismic shift—but it is not enough. Five years after the first #NiUnaMenos protest, COVID-19 has laid bare just how much work remains to guarantee women public policies that protect them.
Anya Prusa joined the Wilson Center in 2016 and currently manages the Brazil Institute as its Senior Associate. She leads the Wilson Center's project "Accessing Justice: Femicide and the Rule of Law in Latin America," and was editor of the Institute's 2019 report on the status of women in Brazil.
Beatriz García Nice is the Program Assistant for the Wilson Center's Latin American Program. She has previously worked for the US Department and State and the Organization of American States. She is currently part of Wilson Center's gender-based violence project, "Accessing Justice: Femicide and the Rule of Law in Latin America," with a focus in El Salvador.
Olivia Soledad is the Program Assistant for the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute. She previously worked at the City of Boston's Office for Immigrant Advancement and at the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations in Geneva. She is currently part of the Wilson Center's project, "Accessing Justice: Femicide and the Rule of Law in Latin America," where she is focusing on Mexico.


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Pilots unveil "Give Hope Wings" summer
flying expedition in support of Hope Air
A group of dedicated Canadian pilots has announced a flying expedition from British Columbia to Manitoba and back to raise awareness and funding for Hope Air – Canada's national charity providing flights and accommodations for those in need of support when travelling for vital medical care far from home.
The fourth annual Give Hope Wings expedition flies from Boundary Bay, British Columbia to Churchill, Manitoba and back and runs from August 23 to September 3. The pilots will stop in multiple communities along the way including Kelowna, Nelson, Drumheller, Red Deer, Saskatoon, Thompson and Churchill. The 5,200-kilometre expedition aims to raise $400,000 to provide 1,600 flights that will help people in financial need who must travel for care.
"The need for Hope Air's services is still great during these times," says Dave McElroy, chief pilot for Give Hope Wings 2021. "People who need treatment for cancer, heart disease and other serious illnesses must still get to city centre hospitals far from home. For many families who live in smaller communities, this has become an even more daunting challenge during this difficult period." "We are excited and grateful to be working again with our dedicated pilots who share our mission to help vulnerable Canadians reach vital care," says Hope Air CEO Mark Rubinstein. "Through the contributions from this essential annual expedition, hundreds of families are helped."
For this expedition, pilots will launch from the Boundary Bay Airport, south of Vancouver. Along the way, there will be opportunities to meet with patients, donors and media with COVID-19 safety protocols and physical distancing measures in place. They will wrap up their expedition in Boundary Bay.
To date, Give Hope Wings has raised approximately $900,000 to provide 3,600 flights to patients in need of vital medical care. Hope Air is recruiting for additional pilots and volunteer flight crew who are interested in joining the expedition. For more information on joining or donating, go to givehopewings.ca.


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Henriette K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-895) interviewed by Sergio Rothstein and Gabriele Schiff,
Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-895
Videotape testimony of Henriette K., who was born in Nové Zámky, Czechoslovakia in 1925. She recalls growing up in a prosperous family; her close relationship with her father; Hungarian occupation; anti-Semitic incidents including the vandalizing of their home; the family's move to Budapest in 1940; her father's employment by a Swiss company; her sister's marriage and emigration to Palestine; their busy social life in 1942 and 1943; and German occupation in March 1944. Mrs. K. recollects her engagement to a Hungarian soldier who obtained false papers for her family; her father's refusal to leave Hungary or hide; his deportation (he died in Mauthausen); her escape five days later with her fiance; the mass shooting of some 600 Jews at the river, including the residents of her house; escape with her fiance to the Russian front; returning to Budapest; hiding with an acquaintance of his in late 1944; dreams of her father; her fiance aiding other Jews; hunger; liberation; and avoiding assault by Russian soldiers. She discusses her marriage in 1945; being caught with her husband and two sons during an escape attempt from Hungary during the 1956 Revolution; emigration to Israel in 1957; her husband's adjustment difficulties; and emigration to the United States in 1962.
K., Henriette, 1925-
New York, N.Y. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1987
Nové Zámky (Slovakia)
Budapest (Hungary)
3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Henriette K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-895). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale Univeristy Library.
1 videorecording (40 min.) : col
Other Authors/Editors
Rothstein, Sergio, interviewer.
Schiff, Gabriele, interviewer.
Associated material: Barna K. Holocaust testimony [husband] (HVT-304), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Keywords and Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Antisemitism Prewar.
Aid by non-Jews.
False papers.
Hiding.
Hungarian occupation.
Survivor-child relations.
Mass killings.
Postwar experiences.
Holocaust survivors.
Video tapes.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish.
Dreams.
Fathers and daughters.
Husband and wife.
Interfaith marriage.
World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
Czechoslovakia.
Israel.
Hungary--History--Revolution, 1956--Personal narratives.
Oral histories (document genres)
K., Henriette,--1925-
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Tyboom Debuts GPT-3 Enabled Search Engine
New search engine generates unique content as search results
Press Release - May 7, 2022
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 7, 2022 (Newswire.com) - Santa Clara-based AI company Tyboom Corporation announces the launch of a GPT-3 enabled search engine, Tyboom. Tyboom is a machine learning search engine that generates unique content as search results. GPT-3 is a natural language model developed by the AI research and development company, OpenAI. The Tyboom search engine uses GPT-3 to receive search prompts and return generated websites and texts as search results.
Tyboom helps people search for meaningful information and summarize multiple sources of information. The generated content is unique to each search, producing original websites and text based upon the given prompt. "Like the car replaced the horse & carriage, generative search will replace classical search. I'm excited to introduce the world to a new way to experience the internet." - Nashid Ali, Founder of Tyboom. As part of its beta version, Tyboom generates either a list of curated search results or a summary of information. Tyboom's goal is to generate all forms of content so that users can search and receive unique websites, images, audio, videos, text, and more. "I like to think of it as a search engine that builds the internet." - Nashid Ali, Tyboom. GPT-3 helps render the AI-generated websites, text, and summaries using the context of the search prompt.
Tyboom has implemented security, privacy and content-filter oversight features specifically around the GPT-3 component of the platform. "I wholeheartedly agree with OpenAI's mission, specifically 'to avoid enabling uses of AI or AGI that harm humanity. We've implemented OpenAI's content policy and content filter. During beta testing, without the filter, the results can be somewhat scary. We're committed to finding the correct balance to provide freedom through search and protect people from harm." - Nashid Ali, Tyboom.
The market size of the search engine industry, based on revenue, is $90.5 billion, with Google occupying roughly 90% of the market share. In today's classical search environment, search engines are under increasing pressure to offer dynamic search experiences, protect user privacy, and avoid unappealing advertising. Generated search is an important next step to addressing the shortcomings of classical search. Unique content, curated for the user and powered by sophisticated AI systems like GPT-3, may change search forever. People interested in using Tyboom can do so at tyboom.com.
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Quality beat out quantity last week, with only two books making it to my Mailbox Monday list. But both additions are pretty exciting, at least in a book-geeky sort of way. The first is the latest from Powell's IndieSpensible program: A signed, first edition ofInto the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea. This one is a shot in the dark for me, because I had not heard of this author. The novel is about a 19-year-old girl from a remote Mexican village who heads for America with friends in order to bring back her father and some other men to repopulate the village and protect it from banditos. Sounds great! As always, the IndieSpensible box packed a few other goodies. There was an "author's card" from Jessica Anthony, author of The Convalescent. Think oversized, hipster trading card, signed by the featured author. There was a beautifully hand-bound edition of a Portland lit journal called Poor Claudia, signed by all the contributing poets. Is there some kind of conspiracy to get me to read poetry? And, finally, there was a Powell's Books pint glass. Alcohol may help my poetry comprehension. I am even more excited by the second book: Plum Sauce: A P. G. Wodehouse Companion by Richard Usborne. I've had my eye on this for quite a while and finally had Broadway Books special order it for me, using some of my contest winnings from Reading Local. Book Psmith is going to want a copy of this one!
I have this for sure. It has been indispensable in keeping editions and titles straight as well as a way for me to know which books I want to read. What I like most is the list of 92 fiction books he wrote. The lists that I found on the internet were often confusing or incomplete. Isn't it just an aesthetically pleasing book?
I would love to make some poetry recommendations for you, if you are interested. Have you considered maybe just starting with reading one poem a day? I have many thoughts on this, as I remember how I felt about poetry before I started reading it.
Psmith -- Yes, the Wodehouse book is yummy! I saw the list of books when I was flipping through it and want to go back to it right away. I sense a new RCR list in the works!
Rachelle -- You are so sweet! I occasionally get into a One Poem a Day mode, but on top of my One Short Story a Day and One Chapter of the Bible a Day, I find myself never getting out of bed in the morning as I try to finish these tasks!
Great selection! My mailbox is here.
I went to Luis Urrea's reading at Powell's a while back, and really enjoyed Into the Beautiful North. For a shot in the dark, I'd say you hit the target admirably.
I also have Into the Beautiful North for review as well.


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Interview with Manav Gecil Thomas, Partner at Thomas George and Associates, Hyderabad
By Devanshi Masand
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Mr. Manav Gecil Thomas is a Name Partner at Thomas George and Associates, Hyderabad. He has been a part of the legal profession for over 6 years. He deals with a diverse area of litigation matters spread over different kinds of laws, practises and appears before various judicial/quasi-judicial fora starting from the lowest court of jurisdiction to the Supreme Court. He is also known for his experience in non-litigation matters.
In this interview, Mr. Thomas talks about his experience in the profession over the years. He also talks extensively about his internship program carried on during this lockdown while also elaborating about the difficulties faced during lockdown due to online court procedures and how their firm overcame them as a team.
Devanshi Masand: What motivated you to choose Law as a career and continue being in the field?
Manav Gecil Thomas: In the beginning, I had an inclination of being a pilot. Thereafter, I got sceptical and thereafter a lot of other options that crossed my mind. My father was a lawyer, so I thought it would be easier for me to pursue law. After I joined law college, I realized that I really liked participating in moot court competitions and that is when I realized that I want to argue before the court of law thus choosing litigation. And thereafter, it has been really well. I joined my dad's firm immediately after I finished college. The experience of arguing different cases before different courts is something which keeps me interested in this profession. On a day-to-day basis, I argue different cases having a different set of facts before different courts and that is what keeps me motivated. Though it started as a random choice, I feel it has converted into the best decision that I have ever made.
Devanshi Masand: In your opinion, is it beneficial for students to pursue LLM immediately after their graduation or after a few years of experience in the field?
Manav Gecil Thomas: If you are a student who is interested in litigation, there is no need per se to complete your LLM. But, however, if you are a student who is looking to join a corporate law firm or wanting to enter the judiciary or the teaching profession, it is always good to have a Masters degree to your credit.
In litigation, LLM is not going to help you in any unique manner because there is nothing it has to provide for in litigation. But when it comes to the teaching profession, it really becomes essential because at times there is a qualification requirement for teaching. When it comes to the judiciary, having completed LLM helps in a better understanding of laws in a theoretical manner. I would say that if you are looking to do an LLM before litigation or while preparing for the judiciary, it is better to do it immediately after college.
But if you intend to join a corporate law firm and you are intending to complete your masters in a very prestigious college either in India or abroad, then it is better to take a break after college, work in different law firms, get experience as an advocate/corporate lawyer and then pursue your interest by choosing the right law college. So that when you come back after your LLM looking for a job in a corporate law firm, the firms will look at you as a different candidate having a previous experience and a masters degree as well. Many law students generally go for their masters immediately after college and when they are hired by any corporate law firm, their pay packages are exactly similar to the students who just graduated. So, in my opinion, it is better to take a break after college if you want to join a corporate firm.
Devanshi Masand: You joined your father's firm right after college as the name partner. How has your experience been in that position for you? What challenges did you face during this pandemic as the name partner of Thomas George and Associates and how did you overcome them?
Manav Gecil Thomas: Joining my dad's office was completely frowned upon by other lawyers. It is usually believed that parents tend to be lenient and very caring towards their children while working with them. So, I was told by many advocates that this was going to be a bad experience and would hamper my growth. But I noticed a difference from what everyone told me.
My dad, my senior gave me the freedom to take up cases from day one itself. I enrolled on Thursday and he gave me the oldest file of the office which was listed for final hearing on Monday before the High Court and told me to argue the entire case. So, as a law student who just graduated, final hearing before the High Court is something you would never dream of and no lawyer would actually give such an opportunity to a newbie even if the newbie is his child.
In the beginning, he used to stand behind me or sit next to me and he used to pull my gown and help me out in case I miss something. He continues to do it now also sometimes. This freedom that he granted me of appearing before the court all by myself, I don't think any advocate would have given me. The position of name partner does not represent anything in our firm as the other partner is none other than my father. But definitely, after I joined, I have helped the firm grow bigger. We have opened associate branches of the firm in different parts of the country- Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, etc. So, this is something that I take to my credit. I have also brought some changes in certain intraoffice issues like filing procedure and other administrative changes.
During the pandemic, the difficulties that we faced were immense because in the pre-covid period we used to be work continuously from 8.30 in the morning till 10.30 in the evening and with the imposition of lockdown, everything just came to a standstill. I realized soon enough that we need to make effective utilization of our time. Our office was being renovated, so since our carpenters were stuck here and couldn't go home, we finished the renovation and we helped our migrant workers by giving them shelter as their rental accommodations did not let them back home.
I also started a virtual internship program during the said period as I knew all colleges were shut and no firms were providing internships, so I thought of this internship program in order to help the students learn something during this lockdown. There have been a hundred students who interned with us since then and almost all of them have been really happy with the experience. We also conducted a Virtual National Moot Court Competition with all our interns as the participants in the month of May 2020. We had virtual memo rounds and the virtual moot court wherein we also awarded the winners. Though the awards were not highly-priced, I think the experience is something that the students and I cherish and took back home. We also had numerous filings and drafts on which the students work. So, I will say we definitely effectively utilised our time during this lockdown.
Devanshi Masand: How has the opening of new offices of your firm in different locations affected your firm? How do you maintain administrative control over them?
Manav Gecil Thomas: These firms that I opened in different places were in association with already existing advocates in those places. These are not branch offices where I have employed my staff. I had routed all our matters in these places to our associate advocates in these places. So, the point of contact remains me. When people have to talk to different people that's where the confusion arises. So, what we do is, for every city I have a point of contact and I talk to him directly about all the cases and we help them in drafting and other matters. If the parties require us to argue the case, then we personally appear in those cities and present the case before the court ourselves.
Devanshi Masand: You are involved in a diverse area of practice- litigation and non-litigation. Which of them do you find the most appealing and why?
Manav Gecil Thomas: Among litigation and non-litigation, I would definitely find litigation more appealing because in litigation matters you alone draft the case and you get the opportunity to argue the matter before a court of law which is challenging as well as interesting at the same time. That is something which I have found interesting from day one. As a firm, we have to take up both litigation and non-litigation. But personally, my interest will always lie in interpreting the law, applying it to the facts, using a bundle of case laws and putting forth my argument. I have had a lot of people coming around asking me about my specialization.
My answer to such questions is litigation. The reason being, as a litigating lawyer, whatever field you specialize in, the basic rules of an injunction suit or the civil procedure code or criminal procedure only will apply. I do not want to specialize in any field of law. I would like to deal with different cases where different kinds of laws are applicable. In the short span of my career, we have had diverse civil cases which include family matters, land matters, injunction suits, consumer matters, corporate matters (NCLT), bank matters (DRT) where I have appeared before a number of courts and we have also dealt with criminal matters which include Anticipatory Bails, Bails, Negotiable Instrument Act cases and so on. When you take up such diverse cases and you appear before different courts you will come to know how different courts in different cities function. This way I get a lot to learn and I will not be dried up with knowledge in just one subject. Each law is definitely vast but you will have a broader horizon and a broader scope of interpretation when you take up such different kinds of cases. You will be surprised at the intersectionality between these fields. We have applied criminal case laws and principles as precedents while arguing civil cases.
Devanshi Masand: Students these days often have trouble these days deciding their field of speciality. Do you have some advice which can help them find their calling?
Manav Gecil Thomas: For those lawyers who would like to have an area of specialization, I would say when you enter the profession do not have your specialization on day one. You should take up different kinds of matters and then choose your specialization. So that you have tasted all the items in a buffet before settling on a biryani. You should explore everything and then finalize on one thing.
Devanshi Masand: Recently there has been a debate on whether the legal profession is a business or a service. What are your views on the issue?
Manav Gecil Thomas: Neither. It is a profession. If you think it is a business then the way you look at it is extremely different where you will just see whether you are going to get profits or not from a client. You are going to look at your clients only through a monetary perspective which is really bad for the client. You cannot have that in law. At the same time, law cannot be compared to the service industry.
I had this very bitter experience with some clients a while ago. We had given them legal advice for a query and then when we asked them to pay the fees, they said that, if you are providing a service you should have provided us with a rate card as is done in hotels and you should have told us about the charges prior to giving us the advice. That is when I realized that this profession is not a service. I cannot have a placard saying that this much amount will be charged for the first consultation. For instance, in case of a family matter, I cannot tell the client who is in an emotional turmoil to pay the fees before I even listen to him/her. Different lawyers, judges, and all our seniors always tell us that law is a noble profession. Nobody ever tells us that law is a noble service or a noble business. We are here to bring justice not only to the rich but also to the poor. Even if you see Senior Advocates lawyers like Ram Jethmalani who himself has said that only 10-15% of his clients are rich who pay him in lakhs or crores but the remaining % of clients are middle-class clients or poor clients who would not pay any fees at all. You cannot categorize this profession strictly as business or service. It is safer to say that it is a noble profession.
Devanshi Masand: You recently conducted a very extensive internship program and have undertaken hundreds of interns under your wing. How was your experience? Would you like to give some advice to law students who wish to intern with you or any other similar firm in the near future?
Manav Gecil Thomas: This is a very interesting question as to what are the prerequisites to join my firm as an intern. I would say none. You are not supposed to have any qualifications as an intern. The only thing I want my interns to have is the interest of learning, dedication, hard work, diligence and perseverance. Students who wish to intern to just get a certificate should not join my firm. There is also no requirement for you being a student from a national law school or a reputed law school or from my alma matter.
I have had interns from colleges like BMS Law College, Bangalore; ILS Law College, Pune; Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad; Jindal Law School, Sonipat; Amity University, etc. I had no expectations from my interns. I just want them to listen to what I say and come back with their opinions. I would correct them if they are wrong.
There were a number of times when students would come apologizing that they were really unhappy that they disappointed me to which I state that there is no need to apologize since you are students and still learning. All the interns that I have taken under my wing until today have been very efficient and have worked to their fullest capacity. If you speak to any of them today, they will tell you that this experience was something unique. Even if this was a virtual internship, they learnt something every day.
I have received such feedback from the students themselves which is what keeps me motivated to continue with this program. The internship program is still going on and I have my slots filled till February 2021.
Devanshi Masand: Students from different colleges have interned with you. Do you think the quality of a college has any effect on the efficiency of a student?
Manav Gecil Thomas: Quality wise college plays a role to some extent. But efficiency wise, if a student is interested, then, such external factors do not hamper their growth. Studying at a good college does make a difference. It helps you understand and interpret law properly before you apply it. But if you are hard-working and have an interest in learning you will become an exceptional lawyer irrespective of your college. We had interns who worked on a draft till 4.00 in the morning. It is that hard work and dedication which will take them forward in the years to come. If you have qualities like these, you do not need the brand name of a good college behind you to achieve success.
Devanshi Masand: You consistently press on the need for lawyers to be creative. But does it always work? Can you elaborate on that and maybe also offer some advice as to how young aspiring lawyers can make their way into the field implementing this principle?
Manav Gecil Thomas: Creativity is what differentiates you from others. While Mr. Harish Salve is arguing, it is his interpretation of law that makes his argument unique from the rest. You need to have that sense of creativity while understanding and preparing for a case. One important thing that we should keep in mind is that we should not bother about the results. It is not our duty to provide a 100% guarantee to the client that we will win the case. It is against our ethics to guarantee a win to your client. There are instances where your unique arguments are successful but the case is awarded in the favour of the other party. It should not disappoint you. Those arguments are the reason that you will be recognized in the courts of law. For instance, during the hearing of a case, the other side cited a case decided by the then AP High Court which was an unreported judgment. I presented an argument that non-reported judgments of the High Court will not be binding on the lower courts. This is something very different and people might even find this argument ridiculous. The judge himself found this very ridiculous and he said, are you serious that you are arguing on this? I said yes, I have case laws from the Bombay High Court and other High Courts to believe that this contention is correct. The judge agreed that this is something really unique and he shifted his focus from the facts of the case to this contention. It was because of this argument that the judge recognizes me even till today. Thereafter, whenever I entered his court, he used to call me near his bench and greet me. One unique argument helped me gain the respect of a judge at such a young age. In fact, even recently when I went to the court, he saw me from his car and called and greeted me and was asking me about my practice. There was a similar instance that happened in the High Court. In a case, interim attachment of pensionary benefits was made by the Trial Court by an interlocutory order. The suit was finally decreed in our favour and an appeal was filed challenging the suit and along with it, the Interlocutory Order attaching the pensionary benefits was challenged. I raised an argument that you should have challenged the Interlocutory Order within the limitation period. I had a lot of judgments only on the technical aspect of challenging an Interlocutory Order. This matter went before a number of benches of the Hon'ble High Court, because of the change in rosters. The other attorney had an experience of 8-9 years standing and she did not budge from her point. The judges said that the young man has a point madam, you need to reconsider your thought. All the judges remember me till date. So, creativity and uniqueness in your style of argument will always be beneficial to you and your client. To become creative, you need to comprehensively read and research about the case. You should always think about your cases no matter what you are doing. Ideas come to you if you are thinking about it.
Devanshi Masand: Having judged a number of competitions for various institutions recently, how would you say your experience has been? How would you compare it to the time when you were a law student?
Manav Gecil Thomas: I would have definitely preferred the competitions to be non-virtual. A lot of times students do not have their internet working and then they get really nervous. In these competitions, the participants are already nervous and if the internet connection is lost for a while, the judge does not understand what the participant is saying and they ask him/her to repeat. While re-answering, they lose their flow of thought. Suppose I had a good line for the first time, I might not have it again. Such glitches might give the participant stress and tension and affect his/her performance. Though these competitions have been amazing and have been conducted with a level of professionality, I would prefer physical competitions. It is easier to look through your papers than to scroll up the screen and check scanned documents. It is easier to give your documents to the bench and make sure they have the document that you are referring to. When you are sitting and making your submissions it really doesn't give you the feel of competition. In physical competitions, other than client counselling, students are given a podium where they stand and make our submission. It helps maintain the decorum of the competition.
Devanshi Masand: With the global pandemic everything has gone online. How has your experience been with online court hearings, virtual conferences, competitions, etc? Do you think this is a peek into the future of the Indian Judiciary?
Manav Gecil Thomas: The courts can have better platforms. There are some courts having very good platforms. For instance, AP High Court is using the BlueJeans app whereas another NCLT, Hyderabad uses the Microsoft Teams app. These apps are really efficient and I think when they put in more money in building the infrastructure it will definitely help us to address the issues with ease and convenience. The experience overall has been great. At one point in time, I can sit at one place and argue 10 different cases in different courts at the same time. I do not need to travel anywhere which saves so much time.
I don't think the virtual hearing will be an option after physical proceedings resume. Not everyone has access to technology. A lot of advocates and judges have difficulties in handling technology. For example, if you are a senior not familiar with the technology as the tech generation, there will be a lot of trouble connecting. We cannot have a system which will bring so many difficulties and inequalities among the large masses of the country. I don't think the idea is practically possible. The court may consider the option only if both the parties are absolutely convenient with the format. Justice is for all.
Devanshi Masand: What way forward do you see for the Indian Legal field in the next 20 years with the intersectionality between Law and AI?
Manav Gecil Thomas: I believe AI will prove to be dangerous for a corporate lawyer. Corporate due diligence, work of LPO's can be performed by AI. Litigating lawyers, however, will not be affected as much when compared to corporate lawyers I feel. The reason being the human brain cannot ever be substituted. As of date, I have a dictation software which is almost 95% efficient. But only what I dictate finally goes in the draft. The software does not listen to facts of the case and draft the case on its own. Even if there is such software in the future which will be able to do that there can be points in the facts which can be fatal to the case. Only a human being can decide on what facts to be retained and what to be omitted. Life definitely becomes simpler with search engines like SCC or Manupatra. Lawyers do not need to read all books to find a case. But advocates have to find and interpret the judgment. The search engine will show you the case but it will not tell you how to apply it in your case. Human supervision will always be necessary for AI. There a lot of movies where there is a clash between AI and humans. The only reason they clash is lack of supervision. You cannot have a world where there is no supervision of technology. AI can work as a tool or as an assistant to a lawyer. At the end of the day, AI will remain a tool in my hand and not me becoming a tool in its hand.
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