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Durbin Joins Call for EPA Chief to Address Likely Conflicts of Interest Regarding Clean Power Plan
NEW YORK – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined his colleagues in calling for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to address the apparent conflict of interest regarding his participation in EPA's review of the Clean Power Plan, which Mr. Pruitt formerly challenged in court as Oklahoma's Attorney General.
Durbin, along with Senators Tom Carper (D-DE), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) requested information on Mr. Pruitt's efforts to mitigate the likely conflicts of interest.
The Senators wrote, "Beginning in August 2014, you filed actions in both the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (West Virginia v. EPA) and the Northern District of Oklahoma challenging the Clean Power Plan on behalf of the State of Oklahoma…We all continue to believe that you should have committed to recuse yourself extensively from a number of matters during your confirmation process. Nevertheless, your anticipation of, and preparation for, signing of the Federal Register Notice and filing of the Motion in the DC Circuit should have triggered the more limited recusal policy to which you have already and repeatedly agreed."
Prior to his confirmation as EPA Administrator, Mr. Pruitt said he would "seek authorization [from the EPA's Designated Agency Ethics Officer] to participate personally and substantially in particular matters involving specific parties in which [he] know[s] the State of Oklahoma is a party or represents a party."
Full text of the letter to Administrator Pruitt can be found below and in pdf form here.
The Honorable Scott Pruitt
Dear Administrator Pruitt:
Prior to your confirmation as Administrator, you committed to avoid actual or apparent conflicts of interest. We write to request information on the actions you have taken to address likely conflicts created by your role in representing the State of Oklahoma in litigation challenging the EPA's Clean Power Plan. On the same day that President Trump issued his March 28, 2017 Executive Order on Energy Independence you took two significant actions with respect the Clean Power Plan. You signed a Federal Register "Notice of Review of the Clean Power Plan." You also filed a Motion to Hold Cases in Abeyance in State of West Virginia, et al. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, et al. (Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, USCA Case #15-1363), the very case in which you represented the State of Oklahoma. Two days later, on March 30, you sent a letter to 47 governors propounding a legal interpretation of the effect of the Supreme Court's stay of the Clean Power Plan, a stay which you yourself sought in your capacity as Attorney General of Oklahoma. We believe you are required to have secured authorization from the Environmental Protection Agency's Designated Agency Ethics Officer (DAEO) to participate in these matters. We seek your written confirmation that such authorization has been granted, or that you will recuse yourself from these matters going forward.
In your January 3, 2017, Ethics Agreement,[1] you stated that for a one-year period, you "will seek authorization to participate personally and substantially in particular matters involving specific parties in which I know the State of Oklahoma is a party or represents a party." This commitment was reiterated in a January 16, 2017 response to a January 12 letter sent by nine Members of the Environment and Public Works Committee from Kevin Minoli, EPA's Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO) and Principal Deputy General Counsel, which also stated:
"Pursuant to the impartiality rules, any court case is considered a specific party matter. Thus, if the State of Oklahoma is a party or represents a party in a particular piece of litigation, Mr. Pruitt's ethics agreement includes a commitment to seek authorization to participate personally and substantially in that litigation. Should Mr. Pruitt seek authorization to participate in any litigation in which a person with whom he has a covered relationship is a party or represents a party, as stated above, the EPA Designated Agency Ethics Official would consider the factors set forth in 5 C.F.R. section 2635.502(d)(1)-(6) for purposes of compliance with the federal ethics rules."
Additionally, in response to questions for the record submitted to the Committee on Environment and Public Works you stated:
"As EPA Administrator I will recuse [sic] from participation in litigation in matters in which I represented the State of Oklahoma, unless I receive informed consent from the State of Oklahoma and the permission of relevant federal ethics officials."
Beginning in August 2014, you filed actions in both the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (West Virginia v. EPA) and the Northern District of Oklahoma challenging the Clean Power Plan on behalf of the State of Oklahoma.
In the March 28 Notice you state that "EPA is initiating … review of the CPP", and that "EPA's review will be followed by a rulemaking process" if the review determines that a rulemaking is appropriate. In part on the basis of that Notice, the EPA moved the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on March 28 to hold cases consolidated under West Virginia v. EPA in abeyance.
We all continue to believe[2] that you should have committed to recuse yourself extensively from a number of matters during your confirmation process. Nevertheless, your anticipation of, and preparation for, signing of the Federal Register Notice and filing of the Motion in the DC Circuit should have triggered the more limited recusal policy to which you have already and repeatedly agreed.
In light of: 1) your Ethics Agreement; 2) the response of EPA's DAEO to the January 12 letter; 3) your representations to the Environment and Public Works Committee during your confirmation process; 4) your role representing the State of Oklahoma in litigation challenging the Clean Power Plan; and 5) the March 28 Notice and the March 28 Motion, please respond to the following requests in writing and provide copies of all documentation supporting your responses:
Other than the actions you took on March 28, have you recused yourself from the actions concerning the Clean Power Plan specified in the March 28 Notice, and, if so, to what extent have you done so?
If not, why not? If you have recused yourself from these matters, please provide the name(s) and identify the position(s) of the individual(s) you have directed to act in your stead.
Have you sought authorization to participate in those actions from the DAEO – and if you have done so, when did you do so? Please provide a copy of any written material submitted to the DAEO in making, or following up on, that request.
Has the DAEO granted such authorization, and if so, has the authorization included any restrictions or limitations on your participation? Please provide a copy of any written material conveying the DAEO's response.
If you have neither been recused from participation in this matter nor sought authorization from the DAEO to participate in the actions specified in the March 28 Notice with respect to the Clean Power Plan, please explain why you have not.
Have you requested or received a waiver to participate personally and substantially in any other particular matters involving specific parties in which the State of Oklahoma is a party or represents a party? If so, please provide copies of all such requests and all such grants from the DAEO.
Please provide your responses to these inquiries and requests by no later than April 21, 2017. If you have any questions about these requests, please feel free to contact Michal Freedhoff or Joseph Goffman at the Committee on Environment and Public Works at 202-224-8832. We very much appreciate your prompt attention to this matter.


Do axe-wielding madmen make regular appearances in your dreams? If so blame your genes, say Finnish scientists. They have found that identical twins are twice as likely to share the trait of having frequent nightmares as nonidentical twins. The work has also confirmed a strong link between nightmares and mental illness.
Nightmares raise your pulse rate and step up metabolism in the brain. The frequency of your nightmares tends to stay roughly the same from childhood through middle age, with some people suffering three or four nightmares a week.
Christer Hublin of the University of Helsinki and his colleagues looked at nightmare frequencies in 2,276 pairs of identical twins and 4,172 pairs of nonidentical twins. They found that if one of a pair of identical twins reported frequent nightmares-that is, three or more nightmares per week-there was a 45 percent chance that the other twin would share the same trait. With nonidentical twins, there was only a 20 percent chance. "Your genetic constitution may make you more liable to nightmares," says Hublin.
The findings also link frequent nightmares with mental illness. Examination of the volunteers' medical records showed that people who have frequent nightmares are 15 percent more likely to be hospitalised at least once in their lifetime for mental illness, the researchers reported last week at a meeting on sleep research in New Orleans. "We don't know if it's causative or co-occurring," says Hublin.
PLEASE MENTION NEW SCIENTIST AS THE SOURCE OF THIS ARTICLE.


Kids are not too hard to please, but when it comes down to finding a Christmas gift for someone who has it all, it may begin to become challenging. Giving Christmas gifts to kids is an unspoken necessity on Christmas morning and it is important for them even for those who already have an overwhelming pile of toys and gadgets. However, with the many things you can buy on the market and emerging new toy trends, you might be able to find one that will still excite and surprise them.
Here are some of the best Christmas gift ideas for kids who seem to already have everything.
Social media made Emojis highly popular, not only among adults but to kids as well. A collection of emoji pillows would be a great addition to any kid's room and what's even better is that it comes at very affordable prices. These fluffy and soft items will sure to bring a smile to your kid's face on Christmas morning.
If you have grown up loving Harry Potter books and movies, why not pass on that interest to your child? This new addition to J.K. Rowling's hit franchise is sure to entertain your kids and encourage them to start reading. If your kid doesn't have a collection of Harry Potter books yet, you may also buy the previous books to start them on becoming HP fans.
If your child is into art or you are just beginning to see the potential, go for DIY art kits. There are different products of this kind out there so you are sure to find one that is interesting enough that your kids haven't gotten their hands into. This gift will sure to encourage the artistic side of your child and may lead to the growth of his artistic interest.
There's nothing more exciting to a kid than a day at a game studio, and we are not only talking about video games but places that encourage them to move around and get active. If you know a place near you that offer these services, giving your kids tickets will surely make their Christmas merry.
In this age of app games and everything digital, reliving your childhood moments by teaching your kids some popular strategy and puzzle board games can spark their interest. Board games like Monopoly and Games of the General or new Coding and Puzzle board games available in the market today may just be what you need.
Thinking outside of the box and doing away with the common toys and gadgets is one way to make your kid happy this Christmas. Plus, you get the chance to help them develop new worthwhile hobbies, gain new learnings and even learn valuable life skills that can prove helpful to them as they grow up.


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Taiwan Launches 'Aircraft Carrier Killer' As China War Brews
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Taiwan launched the first of its new heavily armed "aircraft carrier killer" warships on Tuesday, with the homemade vessels touted as a key to the country's self-defense efforts against China's overpowering People's Liberation Army (PLA).
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen presided over the unveiling ceremony of the vessel named Ta Chiang, a new prototype developed on the domestically made Tuo Chiang-class guided-missile corvette.
At the Lungteh shipyard in Su'ao, a township in Taiwan's eastern Yilan County, Tsai said the new warship program was a sign of the country's determination to defend its waters and protect its territory and sovereignty.
The upgraded Tuo Chiang-class warships come equipped with subsonic and supersonic anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles, as well as an array of anti-surface weaponry, including torpedo tubes and Hsiung Feng III missiles capable of hitting range targets at distances of up to 250 miles.
The new fleet of stealthy "carrier killers" will comprise 11 vessels in total, the first of which will be delivered to the Taiwan Navy by July 2021. The navy said it plans to take delivery of six new corvettes by 2023, with five more expected by 2025.
Taiwan's maritime forces had ordered three new corvettes for delivery by 2025, but the number of vessels was increased due to "increasing threats by the enemy," the navy said in a press release Wednesday.
The Tuo Chiang-class corvettes, which can reach speeds of up to 43 knots, will significantly increase Taiwan's asymmetric warfare capabilities, analysts said. The fast and maneuverable warships will take over many of the missions currently being performed by the island's larger frigates and destroyers.
In the event of a military confrontation in the Taiwan Strait, the heavily armed corvettes, which will be more difficult to detect thanks to new stealthy technology, will be adept at surprise attacks using hit-and-run tactics, according to reports.
Su Tzu-yun, Taiwan's top national security analyst, said the corvettes represent one of Taiwan's "three treasures" in the country's asymmetric warfare capabilities against China's PLA, which has been sending warplanes near the island and conducting drills in the Taiwan Strait.
Alongside Taiwan's land-based anti-ship missile launchers and its recently announced homemade submarines, the island's troops will be able to deter Chinese beach landings and hit the PLA's supporting surface vessels, said Su, who works for the government-funded Institute for National Defense and Security Research.
"'Aircraft carrier killer' is just a moniker," Su told Taiwanese media. "It will be effective against all of the PLA's large warships."
Taiwan's military spending is dwarfed by that of its cross-strait counterpart, which has a reported budget 15 times higher than Taipei. However, military analysts believe a Chinese takeover of Taiwan will not be straightforward.
At the ship-launching ceremony on Tuesday, the navy also took delivery of a rapid minelayer, another warship which will prove critical to Taiwan's coastal defense. Three more minelayers are expected by the end of 2021, according to Taiwan's defense ministry.
During her speech, President Tsai praised the country's capable defense research, hinting that Taiwan could one day become an equipment supplier for Western democracies.
Last month, Tsai launched Taiwan's first indigenous submarine program, which promises to deliver the first of eight diesel-electric underwater craft by 2025.
The new "Made in Taiwan" submarines will carry American-made weapons systems from Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.
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Hooray for Love (1935)
By Toronto Film Society on February 11, 2014
Toronto Film Society presented Hooray for Love on Sunday, December 8, 2013 in a double bill with Lady Be Good, as part of the Season 66 Sunday Afternoon Film Buff Series, Programme 3.
This seldom-seen, low-budget musical offers several charms. Here's a chance to enjoy the talents of three excellent black performers of the period: celebrated dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, partnered here with lesser-known stage dancer Jeni LeGon, and the exuberant Fats Waller. In this film, Jeni LeGon became the only adult dancer ever to team on film with tap soloist Bill Robinson. He danced that same year with his only other screen dance partner, Shirley Temple. In The Little Colonel, Robinson and Shirley broke a major colour barrier when they became the first integrated screen dance team, "acceptable" only because she was a small child and he played a servant. (For the record, multiracial adult dancing didn't occur in Hollywood films until 1948, when Gene Kelly danced with the Nicholas Brothers in Vincent Minnelli's The Pirate).
Young JENI LeGON was just starting out as a dancer when she made this film. She was intimidated to be working with the great Bill Robinson, but soon found him to be an excellent, patient teacher. She and Fats Waller met on the set and became very good friends, working together in four more shows. In the 1990 book Tap, LeGon recalled making Hooray for Love with him: "Fats, he's my dreamboat. He's my love. He was very, very supportive. He was just wonderful, and we were friends until he died." She also recalled that after the film was done, "I had never been to a preview before, and I didn't know what to expect. After Hooray for Love was shown we went out in the lobby, and the people just desceneded on me like it was no tomorrow!–asking for my autograph and congratulating me, and all that sort of business. As I've said before, at that time we lived in this 'black-and-white' world, definitely. But here were alal these people of the opposite race hugging and kissing me, and man, I thought they had lost their minds! It was just glorious that all those people would stop me and talk to me that way. It was just heavenly."
Jeni LeGon and Bill Robinson
Many Hollywood marriages blew up under the pressures of celebrity, but some flourished and endured. One of the film colony's most devoted couples was GENE RAYMOND and Jeanette MacDonald. They wed with great hoopla in 1937; she was then one of MGM's biggest stars, and theirs was the most-attended Hollywood wedding of the '30s. Despite the studio-orchestrated wedding's fluff and frivolity, MacDonald and Raymond took their marriage vows very seriously. She famously never removed her wedding ring; every day's makeup session at the studio included putting tape and makeup over the ring to conceal it. Though the fans may have wanted Jeanette to marry her frequent co-star Nelson Eddy, she was very much Mrs. Gene Raymond. In 1941, Gene and Jeanette were cast opposite one another in Smilin' Through–their only picture together, and an experience they both treasured. (Screened by TFS at its annual GEH visit in August 2012.)
At her peak, Jeanette was a major musical star while Raymond–a fine performer, but not the most compelling or intense screen actor–remained a reliable secondary star. MacDonald and Raymond had a great deal in common; both were successful child performers who made successful transitions into adult roles. Gene (under his original name, Raymond Guion) was a child actor, and a Broadway veteran by 12. At that age, lovely Jeannette was touring and competing as a singer. Her lyric soprano voice and charming personality won contests throughout the eastern United States, which led to her first film roles at Paramount. The couple met while both were under contract to MGM. In 1949, as her star status at MGM waned, he and Jeanette decided to slow their careers down. She had a weak heart, and they opted to spend quality time together. Jeanette left movies altogether, while Raymond became very selective about the ones he accepted. In addition to occasional TV appearances together, the couple spent the next 14 years traveling and remained active in Hollywood society.
Jeanette's health deteriorated, and she had an arterial transplant in 1963. In 1965, at 61, she suffered a final heart attack and died with Gene by her side. This brought an end to their 28-year marriage, but not to his love for her. Every year after her death, Gene attended the Jeanette MacDonald International Fan Club convention in Los Angeles. There he shared stories with her fans and friends–something he said he would do "till Jeanette and I are together again." In 1972, he recalled, "We had 28 glorious years. Jeanette and I respected and loved each other, very deeply. We put one another before anyone, or anything. I am blessed to have known her, loved her and been loved by her. Absolutely, an incredible lady!" He married again, a union that lasted 21 years, until his wife's death. Raymond died at 89 in 1998.
Gene Raymond never sought major stardom and he was always very realistic about being a film star: "It isn't really me that they admire, it's the men I portray. I could be the same person and drive a truck for a living and I'd go unnoticed."
Notes by Paddy Benham
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Saw a video with this plus the slider and a bag to put it all in. But do not see it anywhere and what is the cost please?


The main research interest of Dr. Das is computational number theory with applications to public-key cryptography and public-key cryptanalysis. He is also interested in efficient and parallel implementations of algorithms of interest in computational number theory and public-key cryptology. Some specific research areas of Dr. Das are algorithms for integer factorization and the discrete logarithm problem, elliptic-curve and pairing-based cryptography, cryptographic protocols in mobile and ad hoc networks, algebraic attacks, and massively parallel implementations of cryptographic and cryptanalytic algorithms.


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The answer to this question depends on you, because every individual is at a different level of understanding of photography. Let's say, when you start reading the book, The Quintessence of Photography: Understanding Composition, it will first guide you through the fundamentals of photography.
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However, if you want to learn how to handle your camera and want to know some basics, like depth of field, metering, and using the zone system, then the best book for you is The Essence of Close-up Photography, as close-up photography requires more in-depth understanding of the technical side, and once you have this knowledge, then you can truly utilize the advanced technical discussion in the section "Art & Science" in the book The Quintessence of Photography.
In a nutshell, if you want to master the knowledge of the field of photography, it would be advisable for you to buy two of these books in our special visualization and composition bundle, "Mastering Photography".
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Q: BIRT: Staggered values on X-Axis in a chart I have a chart showing a large time period on the X-Axis (about a year or so). The unit is a day, so only a small part of the labels for these values are visible. I checked the "Stagger" checkbox to display them on two lines, but on the second line only values consecutive to the ones on the upper line are displayed. Thus the distances between the dates displayed are very uneven. For example:
Upper line: May 1, 2010
Lower line: May 2, 2010
Upper line: June 10, 2010
Lower line: June 11, 2010
Upper line: July 20, 2010

I want the distance between them to be more even:
Upper line: May 1, 2010
Lower line: May 20, 2010
Upper line: June 10, 2010
Lower line: June 30, 2010
Upper line: July 20, 2010

Is there any way I can do that?

A: In Edit Chart window, X-Axis section click on Scale button and specify a step interval or a fixed number of steps.
I couldn't test it, give it a try and good luck!
If this options are disabled try setting the Type field to "DateTime" (or something that isn't "Text") and unchecking "Is Cathegory Axis". This should enable Scale options.

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Why Matt Mitrione was initially bummed by Bellator heavyweight grand prix
By Dann Stupp November 22, 2017 1:05 pm
By Dann Stupp | November 22, 2017 1:05 pm
He's the odds-on favorite to win the thing, but Matt Mitrione initially wasn't very excited about Bellator's upcoming heavyweight tournament.
As recently announced, the Bellator MMA World Grand Prix 2018 will kick off in early 2018, with eight fighters – four heavyweights and four light heavyweights – fighting for the organization's vacant heavyweight title.
Mitrione is a 2-1 (+200) favorite to win the grand prix and has the best odds to merge victorious at the end. So, why was he initially bummed when officials approached him about the tourney, which will be held throughout the year over multiple events?
Bellator heavyweight grand prix opening odds: TBA favored over 'King Mo,' Sonnen, 'Rampage'
"I'm not good at giving political answers, so I'll give you an honest answer: I wasn't really excited, to be honest," Mitrione told MMAjunkie Rado. " … I think it would have been a true heavyweight grand prix to fill it with heavyweights. I think it would have been even better to do it in the same night. I think that would have been a lot of fun.
"But that's not how it went. I think they chose the most athletic, most exciting guys they have, and I think that's what the draw of the tournament is."
Mitrione (12-5 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) is coming off a signature career victory – over famed heavyweight, former PRIDE champion and fellow Bellator tourney participant Fedor Emelianenko (36-5 MMA, 0-1 BMMA). Mitrione, an NFL and UFC vet, thought it might've given him a fast-track for a shot at the vacant Bellator heavyweight belt.
"I would have originally wanted just a title fight, and then have the winner of the tournament fight me for the title – and I would defend it hopefully once during the middle of the year," he said.
Instead, he'll need at least three victories to win the tourney and claim the belt. Currently, the sports books (and MMAjunkie readers) feel he's the favorite to do so.
Who wins Bellator heavyweight grand prix? A primer on the good, the old and the weird
Does he think those odds are right?
"Yeah, I think I expected it, to be honest," he said. "I feel like I'm the best heavyweight Bellator has to offer, and I say rather readily that on any given day, I'm the best heavyweight in the world. I had just a couple of missteps (during my UFC career), and it cost me a pretty substantial amount in my name value, but I feel like when it comes down to scrapping, I'm one of the best in the world. So I'm not surprised I'm the favorite.
"Then again, in that same breath, we have three light heavyweights and a bloated middleweight. If it was a full-fledged heavyweight grand prix or heavyweight tournament, then I think it might possibly be a little different."
Mitrione specifically mentioned Cheick Kongo (27-10-2 MMA, 9-2 BMMA) and Sergei Kharitonov (26-6 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) as true heavyweights he would've liked to see in the field.
However, those three light heavyweights – reigning 205-pound champ Ryan Bader (24-5 MMA, 2-0 BMMA), former UFC titleholder Quinton Jackson (37-12 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) and ex-Strikeforce champ Muhammed Lawal (21-6 MMA, 10-4 BMMA), as well the "bloated middleweight," multi-time UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen (29-15-1 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) – add an interesting wrinkle to the grand-prix field, he said.
"I think the smaller bodies make it a much more interesting tournament, for sure," Mitrione said.
For more on the upcoming Bellator schedule, visit the MMA Rumors section of the site.
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Jun 24, 2017; New York, NY, USA; Matt Mitrione (blue gloves) reacts to fight against Fedor Emelianenko (red gloves) during Bellator NYC at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 24, 2017; New York, NY, USA; Fedor Emelianenko (red gloves) fights Matt Mitrione (blue gloves) during Bellator NYC at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 24, 2017; New York, NY, USA; Fedor Emelianenko (red gloves) reacts to fight against Matt Mitrione (blue gloves) during Bellator NYC at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports
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Beyond the Sea Scott Von Doviak
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How to Marry a Millionaire
Now released in a restored version of the classic 1953 original, (the first movie to be filmed in CinemaScope), How to Marry a Millionaire was written and produced before the age of women's lib and bra burning. It will strike a chord in the psyche of those who lived or grew up in that era. Women may have gained some independence when their husbands went off to war in the early forties, but, by and large, they remained subjugated in their marriages.
The film begins, even before the credits have rolled out, with a lengthy performance by a full symphony orchestra, supposedly to introduce and demonstrate the new wide-screen technology. However, because the piece is so long, it is apt to confuse viewers who do not realize it has been included for a specific purpose.
The plot of this skillfully-written, albeit implausible, comedy gives us a peek into the lives of three beautiful models, all eager to find a rich husband.Mrs. Page (Lauren Bacall), is the savvy and cunning mastermind of a scheme to snare husbands for herself and for her two cohorts, Pola (Marilyn Monroe) and Loco (Betty Grable).Pola is the ultimate dumb blonde and Loco is equally ditzy and dimwitted, but she is also a bit more resourceful.With all this in mind, all three agree to pool their funds and rent an expensive Manhattan penthouse in order to represent themselves as women of wealth. However, why Bacall takes up with this unsophisticated and clueless duo is somewhat of a mystery, as neither of the other two seem to be in the same league with her.
At the outset of this ill-conceived caper (the women end up having to sell the apartment owner's furniture when their money starts to run out), ringleader Bacall tells Monroe and Grable "he done me wrong," relating to them the woes of her first marriage and the mistake she made in hooking up with a ne'er do well gas station attendant.She admits that she wants to wed again (for no woman could possibly be happy without a husband), but this time she will seek out someone of means, using her head instead of her heart.Mired with a hackneyed and predictable plot, the film ends with a twist; but, ultimately, all three women marry for love instead of money.
Playing the clueless Pola, Monroe is at her finest, demonstrating impeccable timing and comic talent. Her sense of vanity, which precludes her from wearing eyeglasses in public, accounts for some of the movie's funniest scenes and running gags, as she continually bumps into things and mistakes other people's identities.Writer and producer Nunnally Johnson has also saved some other very hilarious scenes for Grable.When she's invited by a date to join him for an illicit weekend at his "lodge" in Vermont, she accompanies him with the notion that they are going to an Elk's Lodge. The action is well-paced, with the scenes switching back and forth from one character's adventures to the other's, as they move towards the culmination of their efforts to find a husband.
The Academy Award-nominated costume design by William Travilla is dazzling, and other than the wide-screen visual effects made possible by the newly created CinemaScope, is probably one of the most notable production features of the film.Travilla has created a stunning array of '50s fashions and has all three stars modeling his clothes, enabling Gable to bare her famous legs and Monroe to strut her perfect derriere. All three women wear tight sweaters over pointed breasts and skirts with elasticized cinch belts, which were all the rage in the early '50s.And on more than one occasion, they sport little fur stoles; Bacall even wears one while dining at a coffee shop counter with her suitor, Tom Bookman (Cameron Mitchell).Because all three women play models in the film, their figures, in keeping with the times, are more hourglass than svelte, and there is no hint of boniness anywhere.
Today's moviegoers, and certainly their progeny, will most likely find the sets and backdrops in this film quite archaic. The new wide-screen technology effectively shows off the New York skyline, but the footage itself looks stiff and "canned." Additionally, the automobile rides, with their stage set drivers, remind us of how far films have progressed since the '50s.
Some of the charm of this frivolous remake of the 1933 film, The Greeks Had a Word for Them lies is in the ongoing synergy among Bacall, Grable and Monroe.Perhaps not a classic film in the truest sense, How to Marry a Millionaire provides an enjoyable escapist experience.
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Construction and Building Video Production can be invaluable in capturing the essence of a building project or the workings of industrial or retail sites. Video footage can help build a picture of how a building fits together, comes together even; how and where natural light will fall, how people will behave and react as they navigate through corridors and rooms. The availability of a company video account of investment in any project assists in publicly breathing life into a previously empty space, whilst letting clients know how much effort has been put in by the company to bring their brainchild to final delivery and occupation.
A video can follow the creation of a product or construction of a facility from beginning to end, or the impact a service has on clients. For example, capturing on video the attention and detail that goes into each piece of handmade furniture will help your business justify your prices. And, in this era of instant gratification, it can be useful to have something that will remind customers of why it can sometimes be worthwhile to wait for a quality product.
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Chris Quimby has been making people laugh his entire life.
"Gifted" with the ability to continue talking long after people have stopped listening, Chris survived an onslaught of impractical ideas and ridiculous thought patterns since his earliest memories.
Scolded by his fifth-grade teacher for "doodling on the margins of his classwork" and practicing the moonwalk under his desk, Chris often used his spare time to read MAD Magazine and record commercial parodies and fake news broadcasts on ancient 30-minute tapes.Junior high gave way to a series of mocking raps based on each of his eighth-grade classes at Crosby Junior High School in Belfast, Maine, followed by his first known song parody, based on Michael Jackson's, Man in the Mirror, called, Man in the Pulp Truck.
Throughout his early years, Chris's stated dream job was standup comedian, although he never thought it would happen.
Most of the comedians he was exposed to and enjoyed were vulgar and he determined that his grandmother, a wonderful Christian lady, would be disappointed in him for following their ways.
After rededicating his life to the Lord upon marriage to his wife, Heather, in 1996, Chris took to the stage in Winterport, Maine, in a talent show to test his performance skills.
On two consecutive nights and with a hastily written act, Chris kept the crowd in stitches for 15 minutes and began to realize his dream of offering laughter to the crowds.
Amidst the competing responsibilities of family and full-time work, Chris kept the expression of his talent as a mere hobby, occasionally performing when asked at corporate events, private parties and churches.
Through an amusing and exciting series of events in 2006, Chris spoke to Rory Rosegarten, the Executive producer of Everybody Love Raymond and the manager for Ray Romano and Brian Regan, and received the opportunity to audition to open for Brian Regan at his University of Maine performance.
Rory and Brian were pleased with Chris's audition recording and Chris got to meet and share the stage with one of his favorite standup comics.
For the next few years, Chris's creative outlets were mainly in writing humor columns (over 100) for his website and local newspapers and creating pointless videos.
In 2011, Chris severed his employment with the Bangor Daily News, his employer of 11 years, to take a more active part in crafting his future.
With a renewed desire to meet new people and continue paying his bills, and possibly to meet new people who would pay his bills, Chris now aggressively seeks opportunities in churches around the country to entertain those who do not just desire clean comedy, but an act crafted by someone who sees life from their perspective, if not slightly askew.


Brian Anthony Taylor MPA, CHES, is a Chicago native who has operated in various Public Health capacities over the past 13 years as a Trainer and Health Education Coordinator. Currently, he manages numerous programs within the realms of Community Health and academic medicine that have impacted thousands of Social Service, Public Health and academic professionals. Brian holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Sciences from Chicago State University, a Master of Public Administration degree from Governors State University and currently works as a Training Specialist at the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center (MATEC) – Illinois. Additionally, Brian's areas of literary interest include composing narrative non-fiction, poetry and prose.


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The problem is that you don't follow the API. Store constructor has following signature:
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An Interview with Fred Reyna || Season 1, Episode 7
Fred Reyna is the CEO and new owner of the legendary Nelson-Silvia Company: one of America's most dearest and valued brands for custom, quality, hand-made belt buckles. As such, we are thrilled and honored to feature Fred as our guest on this 7th episode of the first season of New Mexico's INFLUENCE Magazine Show.
Fred is the son of Mexican immigrants who first arrived in America during the 1930s. As a first generation Texan, he was born in Houston and became a law enforcement officer, where he spent most of his career serving his community and its people.
Eventually, fate, hard work, and a long standing passion for the hand tooled belt buckles of Nelson-Silvia led Fred to buying the company and becoming its new owner and CEO. Continuing the Nelson-Silvia Company's rich traditions beginning in 1941, Fred has successfully been able to take the company to new heights well into the twenty first century.
In this tantalizing episode of the New Mexico's INFLUENCE Magazine Show, Fred takes us on an extended journey through the founding of the Nelson-Silvia Company, starting with William Nelson in 1941. He then doubles down with a serious talk on what it takes to lead such a historic company as its new owner and CEO: sharing with us timeless insights and advice that would not be found in most business self-help books. Last but not least, Fred shares what he's reading these days since, as the old adage goes: leaders are readers.
For more information about Fred and the Nelson-Silvia Company, please visit at https://nelsonsilviaco.com
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Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal
Entrenching Poverty in Egypt: Human Rights Violations that Contributed to the January 25 Revolution
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El-Ghazaly, Sarah
Evers, Erin
Shebaya, Sirine
Recent events in Egypt have instigated much discussion about the causes of the January 25 revolution and the ongoing demonstrations and labor unrest. Both within Egypt and around the world, commentators have noted the deep connection between the uprisings and deteriorating socioeconomic conditions. Moreover, as images of tear gas canisters marked "Made in the U.S.A." that were thrown at peaceful protestors in Tahrir Square made their way around the world, commentators and experts have also directed greater scrutiny at U.S. foreign policy and, in particular, at the United States foreign aid program in Egypt and its failure to contribute to poverty alleviation in Egypt. Against the backdrop of these discussions, our Comment provides a brief overview of three interrelated problems: U.S. foreign aid, labor and workers' rights in Egypt, and disparities in the Egyptian education system. Each of these factors helped entrench poverty in Egypt. Each contributed to the consolidation of power in, and was used as an instrument by, a regime that failed to respect or to promote Egyptians' right to be free from poverty. The recent events provide an opportunity to bring into focus the consequences of egregious violations of individuals' economic rights - the rights to an adequate standard of living, to work, to education, and to economic opportunities - and the centrality of those rights to the creation and maintenance of a healthy society. The remarkable and moving revolutions that have brought Egyptians this far in their struggle for liberation will ultimately be successful only if the root causes of systematic marginalization - poverty, lack of access to economic opportunity, and political meddling that entrenches inequality - are addressed alongside other political and civil reforms. At this pivotal moment in Egyptian history, it is imperative that systemic problems entrenching social and economic inequality are addressed, in addition to abuses of civil and political rights by the Mubarak regime that served to stagnate politics, instill fear in the population, and deter resistance. American foreign aid policy provided political cover and financial support for internal labor and education policies that consolidated economic disparity, upon which the coercive police state relied. This Comment aims to briefly assess how irresponsibly allocated foreign aid, inequalities in education, and misguided labor and economic policies entrenched the regime's power by increasing economic disparity in Egypt over the course of thirty years. Our brief comments are intended to serve as a platform for further discussion of how foreign policy, education policy, and labor policy can be formulated going forward. Part I discusses the legal and political mechanisms in the U.S. that allowed for the provision of foreign aid to a regime that systematically abused its citizens' civil, political, economic, and social rights. Part II discusses the labor activism that was initiated as a response to the regime's self-serving economic policy and challenged the legitimacy of state control of public worker organizations. Part III discusses the ways in which the education system exacerbated the problems created by foreign aid and poor labor conditions, in part by leaving students unprepared for the demands of the labor market. Moreover, severe disparities in the education system helped entrench existing poverty and inequality and contributed to the unsustainable economic conditions that existed in Egypt.


I was interviewed by Aisha Wickham Thomas, Executive Director of the Canadian Independent Recording Artists' Association (CIRAA), who gave me permission to reprint our interview here.
Your advice to artists on marketing and promotion is well-documented, but what is the main strategy for artists to balance the creative and entrepreneurial duties in order to capitalize on the opportunities that this new DIY world has presented?
I encourage artists to realize that the marketing of their music is just an extension of the same creativity that created their music. It should be fun!
After you write a melody and harmony, you make creative decisions on how to arrange it, then how to perform it.
After that, you make creative decisions on how to record and mix it. The amount of distortion or effects, for example.
After that, you make creative decisions on how to package it. The band name, the album title, the album artwork, the photos.
These are all just further expressions of the original song idea.
My point is that the marketing is just the next step. It should be as creative as anything else. Creative decisions on how to get it to fans, how to approach sponsors, even what you say when you call up the venue owner to try to get bookings. It's all just further expression of the music, and can be just as creative as the rest of the process.
What was the main motivation behind you writing the e-book "How to Call Attention to Your Music"? What type of response have you received from independent artists? Do you have plans to write more books in the near future?
Those are mostly articles I wrote over the past 10 years in response to people's questions. They've all been free online for years as separate web pages, but now that I put them together in PDF form for easy printing, people are thrilled! I'm really surprised, honestly.
I'm always going to keep writing anything I think can help. And I guess I've learned I should keep publishing them as e-books every now and then, yes.
When talking about your career evolution, you've mentioned that you spent time "working inside the music industry just enough to know I didn't like that side of thing". What were those roles and what specifically did you not like about that side of the business?
I ran the library at Warner/Chappell Music Publishing in New York City from 1990 to 1992.
Most deals I saw were based on friends-of-friends and he-said-she-said stuff. Successful artists would come into my library and vent about how they were no longer in control of their music, not allowed to make the choices they wanted, not allowed to release the songs they wanted to.
Rebellion is what drew me to music in the first place, and I still have that spirit of never answering to anyone. So it was personally revolting to see that once an artist signed their rights over to a label, that label was now the boss that owned their music and could tell them what to do. I realized I wanted no part of that.
Of course we want to touch on the recent news that you sold CD Baby. You've spoken about how you weren't very involved in running the business from a day-to-day standpoint for quite some time and that you were interested in pursuing some new interests. Explain how the deal with Disc Makers evolved, and why you made the decision to move on to something new.
It was just a personal challenge. I like to push myself to never get comfortable. I started CD Baby over 10 years ago, so it was just time to challenge myself to take all of these new ideas I've had for the past few years, and turn them into reality.
As for Disc Makers, I had always been impressed with their operation, so I gave them first dibs. I had much higher offers from other companies, but Disc Makers were my first choice, so I'm glad it worked out.
You recently stated that "CD Baby is in better hands now, and I'm off to new things." What are the newest projects that you have on the go?
Mostly educational things for artists. You may have noticed that even though I was running a music distribution company, I always had a heavy focus on artist education. Now I can give that my full attention.
A series of success stories will share the details of what the most successful independent artists are doing.
A series of documentary shorts will profile the venue bookers, magazine writers, film/tv music supervisors, etc. Taking a video camera into their office and showing things from their point of view. It's important for musicians to understand what it's like to be on the receiving end of their music. To understand the frustrations and how they can help make their jobs easier.
But my pet project is MuckWork : a system for remote assistants to help artists do all the boring uncreative dirty-work that goes with being an independent musician.
Talk a bit about MuckWork and how the concept behind that fits into the new "Do It Yourself" music world.
I always encourage artists to turn off their computer and focus on their unique value to the world - their writing, recording, and performing - not in the endless clicking on MySpace.
I hate to see amazing musicians or songwriters spend hours a day doing the completely-uncreative work of updating profiles, approving friends, registering copyrights, researching venues, etc.
I'd love to tell them all to hire an assistant, but you know how that goes. So I thought if there was a great network of assistants that was optimized to take care of the work that musicians needed, it could be cheap and easy for any musician (with no management experience) to dump their dirty work on us.
On your site, you've got a section with all your recordings from 1989-99, with the line "They're all free for the taking. If you'd like to record and sell your own version of any of these songs, you have my advance permission, and I'd love to hear the final result!" What are some of the results you've seen from this? Have you had a lot of response from artists taking you up on the offer?
None, no. Maybe songs are like business ideas or babies. Everyone's got their own. They don't want to hear yours.


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        .select();
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        var successful = document.execCommand('copy');
        var msg = successful ? 'successful' : 'unsuccessful';
        alert('Text copied to clipboard!');
      } catch (err) {
        window.prompt("To copy the text to clipboard: Ctrl+C, Enter", textToCopy);
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PS: I am sorry if my note offended or angered you. After looking over it a second time, I realised that someone could take it the wrong way. I hope you understand.


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Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Quindlen, Anna
Downloadable Audiobook - 2012
In this irresistible memoir, the New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize Anna Quindlen writes about looking back and ahead--and celebrating it all--as she considers marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss, all the stuff in our closets, and more. As she did in her beloved New York Times columns, and in A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Quindlen says for us here what we may wish we could have said ourselves...
Topical Term: Authors, American
Publisher: New York : Books on Tape, 2012
Branch Call Number: eAUDIO
PS3567.U336
Characteristics: 1 sound file (7 hr., 7 min., 59 sec.) : digital
Read more reviews of Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake at iDreamBooks.com
darladoodles Jun 21, 2017
I'm hovering around a 3.5. After seeing this author in KC and reading her book "Miller's Valley", it was a treat to hear her read her book. She made many observations that had me nodding along with her even though in some ways our lives are very different.
It did make me sad to hear her basically lump all of those who are religious conservatives into the same basket as Fred Phelps and his radical followers in Westboro. Not even close! And also to hear she no longer believes in heaven and hell.
TheresaAJ May 22, 2017
Since the author is only a year older than I am, I could really relate to her experiences. On the eve of her 60th birthday, Quindlen assesses all the social changes that have occurred in her lifetime. Although they've happened over 40 years, the amount of progress is evident when she compares her experiences with those of her mother and grandmother. Her wit and memories are applied to marriage, girlfriends, stuff, our bodies, and parenting. Her quote on stuff is a good summation for the baby boom women who changed everything -- " Between the stuff at work and the stuff at home, the appointments and the news and the gossip and the rest, the past and the present and the plans for the future, the filing cabinets in our heads are not only full, they're overflowing." Now in their 60s, this same generation is still making change as many are coping with adult children still at home and aging parents who shouldn't still be in their homes.
cmb8 Jul 16, 2014
I am not old???
Authors, American — 20th Century — Biography
Women — United States — Biography
Parenting — United States


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KENYA: Catholic Justice and Peace Commission Convenes Dialogue on Coal Mining
Latest News September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 Neliba
NAIROBI, SEPTEMBER 6, 2019 (CISA)- The Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (CJPC) of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) on September 5, convened a national dialogue on coal mining in Kenya.
"The essence of us convening the forum was, we want to hear the different perspectives from the anti and pro coal miners so that we can make an informed decision, on whether we are going to be pro or anti, not just from the Church perspective but also from the Haki Madini consortium. For a long time, we have heard the opinion of the anti, so this time we also want to hear the opinion of the pro…from there we will make a decision from an informed point of view," Gladys Mong'are, parliamentary liaison officer at CJPC told CISA September 5.
The September 5-6 forum brought together experts, faith-based organizations, civil society organizations, communities around mining areas, private sector practitioners, and development partners to examine the pros and cons of coal mining in Kenya.
According to Gladys, at the conclusion of the dialogue, CJPC will have an advocacy strategy depending on the position it will take as informed by the information it will gather from the dialogue with stakeholders.
"We want to shape the debate, because it is not going to end here. We will go ahead and engage the leaders from areas that we have heard there are coal deposits, mostly Kitui, then from that, we will go to the national leaders and the executive," she said.
"We will start lobbying after we have made the decision on whether we are going to support the coal mining or not," she says noting that the Church endeavors to ensure that the interests of the communities in and around mining areas are taken care of.
"For a long time, mining has been a preserve of the government and the investors, and the voice of the community has never been heard. Because the Church always speaks for the vulnerable, and has the option of the poor at heart, we decided it is very key for the Church to engage in this sector owing to the fact that areas where there are mineral deposits, are areas that are marginalized, like Turkana, Wajir and even Kitui," she noted.
She points out that mining is a sector where the Church for a long time has not engaged in because it has been viewed as very technical, and the debates therein left for governments and other investors, leaving out the voice of the communities.
KCCB is a member of Haki Madini Kenya, a community centred coalition that brings together communities in and around mining areas, civil society organizations, faith-based organizations and individuals engaging in the mining industry with the aim of promoting responsible stewardship of mining resources.
The dialogue was officially opened by the Principal Secretary for Mining, Geologist John Omenge.
MOZAMBIQUE: Treat others with Same Mercy and Goodness you Want to be Treated, Pope Francis tells Faithful
MOZAMBIQUE: Pope Encourages Youth to Uphold Peace and Care for the Environment


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require 'belly/client'

options = Trollop::options do
  banner <<-EOF
This is the help for the rerun command. To see all commands available, type belly --help

Usage: belly rerun

Show the Cucumber scenarios that need to be rerun

EOF
  opt :name, "Name of the project", :default => File.basename(Dir.pwd)
end

module Belly
  class Rerun
    def initialize(options)

    end

    def run(ui)
      scenarios = Belly.hub.get_failing_scenarios_for_project_named(Belly.config.project)
      todos = scenarios.map {  |scenario| "#{scenario["file_name"]}:#{scenario["line_number"]}" }
      todos.sort.each { |todo| puts todo }

    rescue Client::NoSuchProjectError
      ui.die("Belly doesn't know enough about this project yet. Please run some tests, then try again.")
    end
  end
end

Belly::Rerun.new(options).run(Trollop)


The second album of susie van der meer. This album includes also the song somebody has to pay, which appeared the first time in the movie and soundtrack of run lola run. Drums, synthesizer and co-production on several tracks by ben lauber.


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BJP will win Bengal with 2/3 majority; riots won't help TMC: Shah
The second-tallest leader of the BJP dealt with issues ranging from the riots over CAA to the 'syndicate' to alleged extortion by TMC workers
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India Elections BJP will win Bengal with 2/3 majority; riots won't help TMC: Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah claimed on Sunday that the BJP will form the government in Bengal by winning a two-thirds majority in the 2021 assembly election. Addressing the BJP meeting held at Shaheed Minar Maidan in Kolkata, he said that the 'Vijay Yatra' of his party started in Bengal during the Lok Sabha election was not going to stop.
The former BJP president said that the people here gave 18 out of 42 seats to the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections and our journey is going to end only by forming a BJP government with a two-thirds majority in the assembly elections.
You behave as though you are yourself an infiltrator.
Amit Shah addressing Mamata Banerjee
The home minister said that this journey is not for the development of BJP, but it is a journey of the development of Bengal. Taking a dig at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, he said, "This yatra is a struggle against the exploitation of the poor people of Bengal. This journey is a journey to end the syndicate. This journey is the journey to end the tolabaji (extortion by TMC workers). This journey is to end infiltration. The yatra is intended to give citizenship to millions and millions of refugees living in Bengal.
'BJP committed to CAA'
Shah on Sunday once again stated that no matter how much anybody opposed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the BJP-led NDA government was not going to back down from it. He said, "We can prevent the killing of refugees who have been waiting for citizenship for 70 years only by giving them their rights."
The home minister told the crows that no one would lose citizenship from the CAA. Taking a dig at Banerjee over the CAA, Shah said, "Modi ji brought this law so that lakhs of refugees living in Bengal get citizenship. But Mamata didi is opposing it. They organised riots against the CAA in Bengal. Trains were burnt, railway stations were burnt."
Shah said, "I have come to ask Mamata didi when we want to give citizenship, why are you opposing it? You behave as though you are yourself an infiltrator."
The West Bengal chief minister had made a joke of herself when the debate over the CAA had started by trying to mock the amended citizenship law with a limerick before a group of Trinamool workers and supporters. Her attempt to rhyme with "ka-ka chhi chhi (CAA-CAA, shame, shame)!" had turned her into a butt of jokes nationwide.
'Jai Sri Ram'
Amit Shah said in the public meeting in Kolkata on Sunday that within a few months in Ayodhya, a grand, sky-scraping Ram temple will be ready. He said, "We were fighting for 500 years to build a grand temple in Ayodhya in which Lord Sri Rama was born."
The home minister said that the INC, SP, BSP and TMC were obstacles in the way of building the temple. "However," he said, "after the historic decision of the Supreme Court, now Prime Minister Modi has announced the formation of Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra Trust for the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya."
'Didi ke bolo' of TMC meets 'Ar noy anyay' of BJP
In response to the Trinamool's 'Didi Ke Bolo' campaign in Bengal, the union home minister launched the 'Ar noy anyay' (injustice no more) campaign on Sunday before the civic election. He launched this campaign during a meeting held at the Shaheed Minar Maidan in Kolkata.
Shah said that every Bengali will be linked to this campaign. He appealed to the people to join this campaign by giving a missed call on mobile number 9727294294.
Shah said that he would take this campaign to every doorstep and street and make people aware of the atrocities of the Trinamool Congress. He called that when someone says, 'Speak of Didi', then answer it by saying 'Are no injustice'. It is said that through this campaign, BJP will win the assembly election.
Comparing Mamata's nephew with Rahul Gandhi
Home Minister Shah also said clearly that the next chief minister of Bengal would be a son of the soil. Taking a dig at the chief minister's nephew Abhishek Banerjee, he said that no 'Shahzada' will become the chief minister here, but the land son of Bengal will be the next chief minister of the state.
Editor-in-Chief of @SirfNewsIndia @surajitdasgupta challenges the notion that the fall of Bengal happened in recent decades. He explains the circumstances under which government moving from the TMC to the BJP would improve the scenario.https://t.co/4XwMSFDe0q
— Gopal Maroo (@gopalmaroo) February 9, 2020
An attack on hereditary entitlement in Indian politics, this was an invocation of the same epithet that Prime Minister Modi used against former Indian National Congress president Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha election campaigns of 2014 and 2019.
Hindutva and national security
After addressing the rally at Shaheed Minar Maidan in the metropolis, BJP's second-tallest leader offered prayers at the famous Kalighat temple. He was scheduled to go to Kalighat temple at four in the evening, but Shah arrived about half an hour before time. After the puja here, Shah discussed the body election strategy with the state BJP leaders.
Inaugurating the new building of the National Security Guard (NSG) in Rajarhat New Town on Sunday, the home minister said that his government was going to make such arrangements soon that the soldiers of all the security forces should spend at least 100 days a year with their families.
Shah said that the BJP government was working for the benefit of all security forces. "Not only the security personnel but also every member of his family should be happy, healthy, have housing facility and his education should be right."
Shah also inaugurated the residential housing complex for NSG in Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai from Rajarhat New Town. He praised the NSG's counter-terrorism operation.
After the inauguration of the new building, the NSG commandos also presented a full mock drill of how ready they were to deal with terrorists. Whether it is to take out the people trapped among the terrorists in the tall buildings or to deal with the terrorists — all the preparations were displayed by the NSG commandos.
Shah inaugurated also the 29 Special Composite Group Complex of National Security Guard (NSG) at Rajarhat.
Left, INC protest
Earlier, as soon as Amit Shah had reached Kolkata, a large number of Left Front and INC workers had gathered outside the airport to shout "Amit Shah, go back". The activists held black flags in their hands. The leftist activists protested against Shah's visit at various other places in Kolkata as well.
With prior knowledge of the protests, the state police administration had made special arrangements for Shah's safety.
Even earlier in January, during the two-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kolkata, the CPI(M) and INC had opposed him on CAA.
The state unit of the INC has raised questions on the permission given by the state government to the assembly of Amit Shah. On Saturday, Pradesh Congress president Somen Mitra said, "Delhi is burning and the Bengal government is allowing the home minister to hold a meeting here in favour of the CAA. This is very unfortunate."
On the question of Shah being opposed by Congress and CPI (M), BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha said, "We are not worried about the Left Front-Congress drama. BJP workers are capable of dealing with it if they try to force an obstacle."
Two BJP MPs have been taken into custody ahead of Amit Shah's meeting. MPs Subhash Sarkar and Soumitra Khanko, who visited the party workers injured allegedly in the attack by Trinamool supporters, were taken from the Sealpada area of Behla in Kolkata to police station.
Police say the situation in the area could have worsened with the MPs moving there. After this, BJP supporters started an uproar and pushed the police. Till the time the news was written, many BJP leaders including both MPs were in the police station.
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Book ReviewsTranslated Lit
Review – An Impossible Return: A Novel by Caroline Laurent, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman
by Cathy December 13, 2022
written by Cathy December 13, 2022
Winner of the Prix Maison de la Presse
An epic love story set against a backdrop of injustice, devastating secrets, and the painful price of independence.
It's 1967 in the Chagos archipelago—a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean—and life is peaceful and easy for hardworking Marie. Her fierce independence and love for her home are quickly apparent to Gabriel, the handsome and sophisticated Mauritian secretary to the archipelago's administrator; it's love at first sight. As these two lovers from neighboring islands welcome a new son, Joséphin, a bright future seems possible. But Gabriel is hiding a terrible secret. The Mauritian government is negotiating independence from Britain, and this deal with the devil will mean evacuating the Chagos, without warning or mercy—a betrayal that will put their love to the test.
Inspired by a shocking travesty of justice, the repercussions of which still reverberate more than fifty years later, bestselling Franco-Mauritian author Caroline Laurent paints a shimmering portrait of island life, a sensual paradise lost, and a gorgeous star-crossed love against all odds.
Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return: A Novel can be encapsulated in one word: sagren. Sagren, the Kreol word for sorrow lingers over Marie and Gabriel's story like a cloud.
We begin the novel with Marie, we get to know her and what her life is like on Diego Garcia. She's a steadfast woman who takes joy in life's simple pleasures: swimming in the ocean, spending time with her family, enjoying the island that she calls home. We then meet Gabriel, a young Mauritian man whose dream of studying in England is thwarted by his father sending him to Diego Garcia as an administrative assistant. Diego Garcia is a small island, so it's not long before Marie and Gabriel get involved and have a baby, Joséphin.
Laurent has written this story from three different perspectives: Marie, Gabriel, and an adult Joséphin (although this is not immediately revealed). These three points of view give the reader a more rounded view of the forced removal of those living on Diego Garcia. We experience this traumatic event through the eyes of those who lived it and experienced it in different ways but were both powerless to stop it. You feel sorrow throughout each of the characters' narration: Marie's sorrow for the home she lost, Gabriel's sorrow for the things he could not change, and Joséphin's sorrow for his mother.
I truly admire Marie. Chagos born and raised, she's never known anything other than a peaceful life on Diego Garcia. She's a sturdy character, able to withstand any challenge she faces. Marie survives the trauma of being ripped away from her home, forced to go to a new place and start a new life with little help from those who forced her there. But she takes these things in her stride. She doesn't let these traumatising events make her bitter.
Laurent's evocative descriptions of the island, its colours, sounds, smells, enchant the reader. Once Marie and her family have been forced to leave Diego Garcia, these descriptions become almost haunting. A sad reminder of what the Islanders have had taken from them. The author's use of language creates and eases tension throughout the story. She uses shorter, sharper language to create a feeling of stress when the Islanders are told they only have an hour to pack up their entire lives and leave the island. This is balanced out by more adjective-heavy language that's used to describe Diego Garcia's beauty.
For me, translation can be used to educate and inform. And I think that Jeffrey Zuckerman's translation does exactly that. His translation reads comfortably in English but contains the essence of the original. Zuckerman has kept some words and phrases in French, just as Laurent kept them in Kreol in the French text. I like this mirroring, this maintaining the original in the translation. It makes me, as the reader, aware that the text is a translation and it teaches me something. I don't think the foreign words that have made their way into the translation disrupt the text. If anything, they enhance it for me.
An Impossible Return: A Novel is a poignant story. It's mesmerizing and devastating in equal measure, showing us two sides of an experience. It's heart-breaking but hopeful. A thoroughly captivating read.
I'd like to say a big thank you to the author, Caroline Laurent, the translator, Jeffrey Zuckerman, for this novel and Jennifer Richards at Over the River PR for organising this blog tour.
About the Author and Translator:
Caroline Laurent is the bestselling Franco-Mauritian author of An Impossible Return, winner of the Prix Maison de la Presse 2020, Prix Louis-Guilloux 2020, and Prix du Salon du Livre du Mans 2020. She also cowrote, with Evelyne Pisier, Et soudain, la liberté (And Suddenly, Freedom), which won the Grand Prix des Lycéennes de ELLE.
Jeffrey Zuckerman has translated many French works into English, including booksby the artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and the
Dardenne brothers; the queer writers Jean Genet and Hervé Guibert; and the Mauritian novelists Ananda Devi, Shenaz Patel, and Carl de Souza. A graduate of Yale University, he has been a finalist for the TA First Translation Prize and the French-American Foundation Translation Prize and has been awarded a PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant and the French Voices Grand Prize. In 2020 he was named a Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.
An Impossible Return: A Novel
Caroline Laurent, Jeffrey Zuckerman
I am a freelance translator and literature lover. You'll usually find me with a cup of tea, my kindle and a great book!
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import java.util.*;
import java.util.regex.*;

public class SplitDemo{
    public static void main(String[] args){
        String str = "This!!unusual use!!of exclamation!!points";
        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(Pattern.compile("!!").split(str)));
        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(Pattern.compile("!!").split(str, 3)));
    }
}


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What is "THE LORD OF THE RINGS: CONQUEST"? Pandemic Studios' Eric "Giz" Gewirtz Tells Us About It!
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Pandemic Studios, the geeks behind Star Wars: Battlefront I & II, Mercenaries, Destroy All Humans, and other titles contacted us a while back giddy with excitement over their new project 'Lord of the Rings: Conquest'. This is setting up to be the battle game to end all battle games, I sat with game director Eric "Giz" Gewirtz to talk about it. Take a look! Continue reading "What is "THE LORD OF THE RINGS: CONQUEST"? Pandemic Studios' Eric "Giz" Gewirtz Tells Us About It!"
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namespace mageekguy\atoum\tests\units\php\mocker\adapter;

require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../../runner.php';

use atoum;
use atoum\php\mocker\adapter\invoker as testedClass;

class invoker extends atoum
{
    public function testClass()
    {
        $this->testedClass->extends('mageekguy\atoum\test\adapter\invoker');
    }

    public function testInvoke()
    {
        $this
            ->if($invoker = new testedClass(uniqid()))
            ->then
                ->exception(function () use ($invoker) {
                    $invoker->invoke();
                }
                )
                    ->isInstanceOf('mageekguy\atoum\exceptions\logic\invalidArgument')
                    ->hasMessage('There is no closure defined for call 0')
            ->if($invoker->setClosure(function ($string) {
                return md5($string);
            }))
            ->and($invoker->setClosure(function () use (& $md5) {
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            ->and($invoker->setClosure(function () use (& $md5) {
                return $md5 = uniqid();
            }, $call = rand(2, PHP_INT_MAX)))
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                ->string($invoker->invoke([$string = uniqid()], 0))->isEqualTo(md5($string))
                ->string($invoker->invoke([$string = uniqid()], 1))->isEqualTo($md5)
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                ->string($invoker->invoke([$string = uniqid()], 0))->isEqualTo(md5($string))
                ->string($invoker->invoke([$string = uniqid()], $call))->isEqualTo($md5)
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1. Who is your investor audience?
Every type of investor has comfortable ranges and limits. Angels usually won't consider requests above $1 million. On the other hand, venture capital organizations typically look for needs that exceed $2 million. If you are talking to your rich uncle, do your homework to find his limits before you meet.
2. What business milestones have you met?
If you have a good idea, but haven't started yet, only friends, family and fools will likely be interested. Angel investors will perk up if you have a prototype or a few real customers, while venture capitalists will likely choose to wait until you have achieved several million in revenue or customer count.
3. How much do you really need for the next 12 to 18 months?
Here is where projections of cost, pricing, volumes and cash flow are critical. If your financial model projects a negative cash flow in this period of $400,000, you should buffer this amount by 25 percent, and ask for $500,000. Be prepared to explain your business model.
4. Can you justify your use of funds to this investor?
Professional investors expect to see your top three use of funds categories, and how these relate to scaling the business, rather than initial development. Ancillary objectives, like retiring existing debt, buying a building or paying salaries to people with equity ownership will not get traction.
5. How much equity ownership are you willing to offer?
This is all about setting a credible current value on your startup -- not future value. If you ask for more money than your company is now worth, no investor will bite. The average valuation for angel investments is $2 million, which will get you $500,000 for 20 percent of your startup.
6. Are you flexible on the terms of the investment?
Most professional investors will expect preferred stock, a board seat, rights to later rounds and perhaps anti-dilution protection. If you refuse to offer these, or balk at negotiating even more restrictive terms, the amount of a viable investment will be compromised.
7. Are you willing to offer milestones for staged investment delivery?
Many investors like to reduce their risk by delivering their investment in stages or tranches, based on your successful achievement of specific milestones during the period covered. However, this reduces your ability to plan or pivot quickly based on unforeseen events.
8. Can you project a compelling rate of investor return?
Equity investors typically look for 10 times return projections, since they expect many of their investments to fail totally. The best way to show return on investment is to declare an exit strategy, such as being acquired or going public in the next five years, which allows the investor to cash out.


Before there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. The Quartermain books have captivated readers for more than a century, spawning more than a dozen movies and a host of imitators. Thrill with Allan as he discovers the mythical King Solomon's Mines and their not-so-mythical curse. These are adventure stories in the grandest tradition.