María Inés Raiteri was born in Mar del Plata on April 1st, 1963. She took lessons in her city with artist Daniel Besoytaorube. She participated of Clínicas de Arte in Mar del Plata with professor Sergio Bazán. In May, 1999 she was selected as an awardee of the Antorchas Grant for Development in Visual Arts with professor Sergio Bazán. She commenced with the activity at workshops in Buenos Aires in May, 1999 to April 2000, later obtaining the Renewal from May 2000 to April 2001.
During the year 2004, she established in Buenos Aires, where she began to participate of the Workshops Program for Visual Arts of the Centro Cultural Rojas – UBA – Kuitca Grant.
She participated in the following group and solo shows: 2003. Inés Raiteri. Obras recientes. Motp. Arte Contemporáneo. Mar del Plata. Pcia. Bs. As. 2006. Salón Nacional de Rosario 2006. Museo Juan B. Castagnino.Rosario. 2005. Bienal Nacional de Arte Bahía Blanca. Museo de Arte Contemporaneo. Bahia Blanca. 2005. Pasaje Belgrano- Bolivar 375. Estudio Ana María Carrió y Asociados. Capital Federal. 2004. Chandon Award, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Caraffa . Córdoba. 2003. Etchegoyen-Raiteri-Roveda. Espacio Ojo al País. Centro Cultural Borges. Capital Federal. Grupo Nacional. Capital Federal. 2002 13 B Museo de Bellas Artes René Brusau. Resistencia. Chaco. 13 B Museo Municipal de Posadas. Posadas. Misiones. 13 B Museo Provincial de La Plata. ARTE BA. Espacio Motp. Capital Federal. MERLUZA. Brodersohn-Martinez. Capital Federal. 13B Centro Cultural Recoleta. Capital Federal. 2001. 5 s/t Quitapesares. Espacio de Arte. Capital Federal. Merluza. Villa Victoria Ocampo. Mar del Plata. Pcia. Buenos Aires. Muestra Taller Sergio Bazán. Centro Cultural Posadas. Posadas. Misiones. Bienal Regional de Arte Bahía Blanca. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Bahía Blanca, 1999. National Art Biennial at Bahía Blanca, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Bahía Blanca. 1998. Regional Art Biennial at Bahía Blanca. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Bahía Blanca.Raiteri- Gopar- Rochaix. Pinturas, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires. IV Salón Nacional del Mar, Auditorium Theatre, Mar del Plata. Pcia. de Buenos Aires II Bienal de Arte Joven. Auditorium Theatre, Mar del Plata. Pcia. de Buenos Aires. Special Mention by the Jury. 1997. III Salón Nacional del Mar. Auditorium Theatre, Mar del Plata. Pcia. de Buenos Aires. 1996 . Primera Bienal nacional de Arte Joven. Centro Cultural Recoleta. Buenos Aires. Mención.
I think of the installation I made in 2003, my first solo show, which was arranged with works developed after a year and a half of image production. Consisting of a series of 45 paintings in acrylic on canvas of 50 x 70 cm, plus a 3.50 x 8 m wall, this work gave me the possibility to explore painting in relation to space. The idea of a series, the selection of two colors and the line as an element for combination constitute the installation of blue squares. Repetition of modules which contain white lines describing a straight trajectory, separated by the same distance, which give the possibility of moving in and out of each work, showing the infinite possibility of generating a geometric universe.
In order to develop my work, I have always carried out a construction that is based on thinking a parameter of unity that I will use as a reference in what I produce. Since my early works it is possible to see simple images, built by the line. I build, put together, take apart, and combine in painting and space. I think of wide spaces and their sections. The line, the repetition, the idea of series, color, plane, different scales, design, architecture and space conform a system that is combined differently in each work. The internal play between what is put together in the pictoric plane and what is produced in the spatial domain is one of the key aspects to my works.
Gumier Maier's work as a curator of the CCRojas. I learnt a lot from looking at the shows that the Rojas organized. The Guillermo Kuitca show at MALBA and the Grants program that it generated for local artists, especially the one in which I participated as an awardee, because it produced a movement in my work that could only stem from the exchange with the other artist that enriched my experience as an artist and as a person in their participation of that synergy, under the attentive look of a great master. Those by Fabio Kacero, Fabián Burgos, Daniel Joglar at the Borges; Gumier Mayer, Flavia Da Rin, Marina de Caro because I enjoy their work a lot.


CBF Kentucky, Kentucky Baptist Women In Ministry, and The Eglise Evangelique au Maroc partnered together in October of 2013 to lead the first multicultural women's experience for Kentuckians and Africans in Morocco. Twelve women from 5 KBF partner congregations traveled to Morocco. On this Caravan we visited 6 congregations, 10 cities, and numerous sites. At each congregation our KBF group was hosted by the women's group of the church for a meal and a shared Bible study about a woman in scripture. The Bible studies were about women like Miriam, Martha, and Ruth gave space for conversation about similarities for these women despite geographical and national differences. At each congregation, we learned about the specific strengths and challenges face by the leadership and heard ways of providing support. As a way of carrying the conversation from one city to the next - and to caravan together - two women from the EEAM church from which we were leaving traveled with us on our bus to the next city and joined the conversation. This allowed continuity and introduced more of the EEAM women to one another. The goal of this trip was two-fold 1) to establish a bond between the Kentucky Baptist Women in Ministry and the fledging women's group of the EEAM and 2) to aid the EEAM as they support a national women's group in each of their congregations. Both of these goals were accomplished and are ongoing.
Pictures from the trip are posted on KBF's Flickr page.


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In honor of Throw Back Thursday, I began thinking about my Journey to living a Healthier lifestyle. I started it a little over a year ago. Now, I'm gonna tell ya... before this, I had never looked at a blog a day in my life and I'm personally not the best writer. I created this more for informational purposes so I had somewhere to direct my challengers that I coach. But I'v decided that I don't care if I'm not the best writer, if I can inspire just one person... then I'm gonna write, darn it! ;) So welcome to my life... feel free to follow me! xo!
So, back to my story. I was thinking about how I got started in this whole healthy lifestyle thing a little over a year ago. This was the time I had realized how unhappy, unhealthy, and unfulfilled I was. I hadn't been working out or eating healthy, I wasn't enjoying my job, I had zero energy, I felt like I didn't get to see my family and friends enough or just enjoy life, so I was starting to feel BLAH and depressed. And it was effecting my relationship with my (now) husband. I felt like I wasn't fulfilling my wifey duties and I was just moody and not pleasant to be around. It wasn't like me at all. I was in a MAJOR funk! SO, I decided that I needed a CHANGE!
Long story short, I found my coaches FB page and it was so full on inspiration, motivation, and positivity. I saw that she was able to work from home, be with her kids, and make an income by running these challenge groups all while helping people get healthy and fit! Ummmm for real?! I thought for sure it was too good to be true but I want nothing more than to be present in our kids lives when we have them. I've always told my husband that I want to be a stay at home mom... No not because I don't wan't to work!!! ;) But I want to give my kids everything I always wish I had as a child. But I never thought that I could do this while making my own hours and controlling my own income! SO, I knew I wanted to be a part of this! I figured, what do I have to lose anyway? Things couldn't get much worse. So, I purchased Shakeology and Chalean Extreme, and committed to doing a challenge group. I also signed up as a coach so I could learn the ropes as I went and see if it was all it was cracked up to be!
Welp, I have to say, that was the first time I've EVER stuck with a fitness routine! I absolutely loved it!! It was better than any workout I had ever done. I realized how much I LOVE lifting! I used the resistance bands for the entire program but it worked just as good as weights! It was tough, but a good tough! And it didn't make me 'bulky' like everyone thinks lol I was toned! I completed the full 90 days of the workout program, along with clean eating and I looked and felt better than I'd ever felt in my entire life! No joke, it was amazing!!!
I met so many new people and I learned SO MUCH that I was able to start running my own challenge groups. And now, here I am a year later, making a full time income Coaching (guess it wasn't too good to be true!) and I'm STILL committed to my health and fitness journey. Of course, there are ups and down, bumps in the road, and even brick walls that get in the way sometimes :) But you have to learn to KEEP GOING. Keep positive people close to you. I'm surrounded by them every day.
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You know that the season is changing, when you suddenly find yourself wearing different items. Weeks ago, I had to wear three layers and today one or two are fine. Yes, it's definitely getting warmer here in London!
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MLA calls eight-month wait to see counsellor 'unacceptable'
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Hay River North MLA R.J. Simpson wants more mental health support for his community, and faster.
On Feb. 22 in the legislative assembly, Simpson said patients looking to speak to mental health counsellors in Hay River are put on an eight-month wait list.
Waiting eight months is "completely unacceptable," said Simpson.
Hay River North MLA R.J. Simpson has raised concern in the legislative assembly about the excessive wait times for mental health counselling in Hay River.
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He said mental health services in his community are overwhelmed as there are several vacancies at the Hay River Health and Social Services Authority. He asked Health Minister Glen Abernethy whether he would deliver additional resources to help the situation.
"It can be hard to ask for help, and many people resist seeking help until their situations become emergencies to them," said Simpson. "Making them wait another eight months is inhumane. Who knows what could happen in those eight months?"
Delay in care can result in job loss, damage to relationships, the development of addictions or worse, he said.
In Hay River, mental health services are running on a "skeleton" crew, said Simpson.
Three community counsellor positions and one clinical supervisor position are vacant in Hay River. The health department is recruiting a clinical supervisor and recently filled one counsellor position.
Simpson commended the work of staff at Community Counselling in Hay River, who offer cognitive therapy workshops and pushed for more support for staff to prevent employee turnover.
"We need to address this situation now, before it gets worse," he said. "I hear lots of talk from the government about the importance of good mental health, so I want to know why this situation was allowed to get this bad and what is going to be done to fix it."
Hay River has 55 clients on a wait list, all of whom are being managed on a risk assessment basis. The health authority is referring clients to Health Canada programs and employee assistance programs through the GNWT, said Abernethy.
The territorial authority has sought assistance for Hay River from other NWT regions. Fort Smith will take some of the community's referrals to cut back wait times and Fort Simpson staff are offering some clinical supervision until the supervisor position can be filled, he said.
"When it comes to providing services through staff in positions that have high turnover, we can never say with certainty that this problem will be gone," said Abernethy.
Testart criticizes unacceptable wait times
While the government suggests average wait times in larger NWT communities like Yellowknife are two to four weeks, "the average person's experience contradicts that," said Kam Lake MLA Kieron Testart
Testart said wait times are commonly six to 12 weeks.
"The larger issue here is that if you are experiencing mental health difficulties and you can't see a counsellor and you can't get help, that situation can escalate," he said. "A lot of the time, it's a slow decline and then there is a breaking point and a crisis point. If we're not taking care of people before the crisis point then it's not going to work."
To reduce the demands on an overwhelmed system, the GNWT needs to partner with private institutions. One constituent who could not wait to seek addictions treatment is now saddled with $20,000 in medical bills that are not covered by the government, he said.
"When they brought the financial request, the government said you chose to jump the queue so we're not going to reimburse you for any of the expenses," said Testart.
The GNWT does offer same-day counselling to urgent clients, countered Abernethy. If a patient is on a wait list and their situation has changed "they should immediately reach out to Health and Social Services" to conduct a new and updated assessment, he said.
Green criticizes budget deliberation ahead of action plan on mental health and addiction
MLAs are debating the 2019-20 budget but will not have an opportunity to oversee the mental health and addictions recovery plan ahead of budget deliberations, said Yellowknife Centre MLA Julie Green.
"This job is making me very cynical," she said. "The fact that we have to do the budget today, but we don't get to talk about the Mental Health and Addictions Recovery Action Plan until next week means that we are not able to discuss the details today that are relevant to this budget."
"I find that the timing of this is unfortunate, if not directly purposeful,"said Green.
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Abernethy called Green's suggestion "deeply insulting."
"I still take offence to the suggestion that we would hold back the draft action plan as some way to subvert the budget process," he said.
Green was "disappointed" that the recovery plan "doesn't come with a funding ask" and that all required actions are being funded from existing budget allocations.
The GNWT took swift action to allocate funding to Child and Family Services after it became the subject of a scathing auditor general report. The fallout from that report saw quick work to respond to the auditor's findings and 21 new positions worth $3.3 million added into the 2019-20 budget.
Green pushed the health minister to apply the same "leap" over government "slowdown processes" with child and family services file to mental health and addictions.
The 2018-2019 budget for mental health and addictions was $17-million. The 2019-20 budget allocates $18-million to community mental health and addictions.
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Beach to Bush was the first traveling DTS in Australia and was created for people who crave new adventure and getting lost in God's creation! We have strategically set up road trips that will take you to some of Australia's most beautiful beaches and mountain ranges. We are focused on taking your talents and gifting's, and channeling them into our regional communities. For at least seven weeks, you'll be backpacking, camping and staying all over southeast Queensland. You'll be headed to places like Stradbroke Island, Whitsundays and Beaudesert sharing the love of God while surfing and hanging out with kangaroos…. well maybe.
We minister to country and coastal towns through leading church services, youth groups, going into schools and helping with local service projects! Come and join a movement to see God overflow into the outback and beach towns while growing in your relationship with Him. Take a leap of faith and see what you're made of.
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These photos were taken in some of the Queensland's greatest coastal towns we go to like Rainbow Beach, Bundaberg, Airlie Beach, and Ballina.
I'm excited for the next school to start and see what God wants to do in the country and coastal towns. We've seen our influence grow a lot in the past schools and the impact we've had. I think what I like about beach to bush is the family aspect of our group. We try to create a safe space to really grow and go after God. People are experiencing incredible freedom in their faith, and we want others to be apart of that.


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WEST BARNSTABLE — This quiet, West Barnstable home is off the beaten path, practically hidden from view. With its unique brickwork and a steeply pitched roof, it looks like it's right out of a storybook. As you walk around the house, you see a large L-shaped back deck with multiple sliding glass doors, and above, a rooftop deck. The house is lovely to look at, and with lush green grass and plantings lined with stones around the periphery, the yard is no less storybook. In talking with the current owners, Carl and Linda Purinton, who have four grandchildren and who just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, we do discover many stories.
"We have so many memories here," Carl Purinton said, and added it was a great place to have his grandchildren grow up coming to visit — it's got the layout, the space, the yard.
Linda Purinton admits, though, that when she first saw the house in 2003, it wasn't exactly love at first sight. "When we first drove by it I thought it was just okay. But when I stood here, in the living room, with this fireplace, these cathedral ceilings, the upstairs balcony — I fell in love with it," she said. "It's nice that there's first-floor living for us, and the bedrooms upstairs for our grandchildren. They love it here," she said.
The living room is spacious and light, with high ceilings and nearly floor-to-ceiling windows. It opens into the kitchen/dining area, the latter of which shows off "picture frame" hardwood floors and a large window looking to the backyard. The kitchen is U-shaped and sports Shivakashi granite countertops imported from India. "We got the last of it before they closed down the mountain," said Linda Purinton of the pinkish-grey granite. A sunken, four-season sunroom off to the side, with sliding glass doors out to the back deck, became the Purintons' main living space over the years. "We call this the family room," Carl Purinton said about the sunken sunroom. "We live in here."
The first-floor master suite is light and airy, also sporting picture frame floors; we find these floors in the three upstairs bedrooms as well. One of these bedrooms boasts a Juliet balcony, and in another you'll find the full-size rooftop deck. A finished basement offers plenty of space. "This was the kids' playroom," Carl Purinton said.
This home has been very well-loved, and you can certainly feel it.
LOCATION: 81 White Birch Way, West Barnstable
UTILITIES: forced hot water, central AC, natural gas, well water
ANNUAL TAXES: $5,976
PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT: $308
CONTACT: Scott Zaino Realty Group, Keller Williams Realty, 508-566-0051
Marina Davalos is a freelance writer who lives in Cotuit. Follow her on Twitter @Marina_Davalos1.
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Title: What time do I have to take-off for regular flight?
I'd like some precision about time regarding regular flight.
First I suppose that the departure time is local time?
The true localtime, not the time I could set in my simulator?
But it seems logical that I maybe can take-off +/- 5 or 10 minutes but not 1 hour before or after?


C++ is a programming language with a long, storied history spanning over three decades--four if one includes its C ancestry. The C++ language has undergone many changes during that time, compiler technology has advanced substantially, and computers today are very different from the computers of decades past. But despite all of these advances, there's an awful lot of C++ code in use today that looks like it was written in the 1980s. In some cases, the code was written in the 1980s and it's still in use; in other cases, it's recently-written code that just doesn't use modern style.
In this talk, we'll discuss some of the problems with legacy code, and review some practical techniques for applying principles of modern C++ to gradually improve the quality of legacy code and improve maintainability and debuggability. We'll show how some very small changes to code can yield huge benefits.
James McNellis is a senior engineer on the Microsoft Visual C++ team, where he is responsible for the Visual C++ C Runtime (CRT) and C Standard Library implementation. He was previously a member of the Microsoft Expression Blend team, developing the XAML designer tools for Windows 8 apps. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2010, he spent several years working on real-time 3-D simulation and robotics projects in the defense industry. James is a prolific contributor on the Stack Overflow programming Q&A website and occasionally writes for the Visual C++ Team Blog. He tweets at @JamesMcNellis and can be found elsewhere online via http://www.jamesmcnellis.com.
What did C++ do for Transactional Memory?
CppCon 2016: James McNellis "Introduction to C++ Coroutines"
CppCon 2016: Kenny Kerr & James McNellis "Embracing Standard C++ for the Windows Runtime"


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Droughts threaten Bornean rainforests
At 130 million years old, the rainforests of Southeast Asia are the oldest in the world and home to thousands of plant and animal species, some endemic to these forests. The rainforests also play important roles in modulating regional rainfall as well in the global carbon cycle.
Borneo rainforest in Danum valley, Sabah [Credit: Frans Lanting/ Frans Lanting/Corbis]
However, since the 1960s, increased warming in the Indian Ocean and frequent El Niño events have reduced rainfall in the region by approximately 1 percent per decade. Further, the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change predicts that over the 21st century, Southeast Asia will experience higher land temperatures, more droughts, and increased seasonality -- wet seasons during the fall will get wetter, and dry seasons during the spring will get drier. However, few studies in the past have investigated how trees in the southeastern Asian rainforests respond to droughts and climate change.
In a new study, Kumagai and Porporato combine extensive field observations, historical records, and global climate models to investigate the potential impact of rainfall shifts and droughts on tree mortality in the Bornean rainforests of Southeast Asia. They find that as El Niño events become more frequent in the future in response to warming in the tropical oceans, even the species of trees that can adapt to drought conditions will be at increased risk of dying off. The small number of species that cannot adapt well to drought conditions will be at even greater risk of dying off.
Their study has implications for predictions of ecological changes, regional rainfall patterns, and global climate as well as direct applications for policies aimed at reducing additional human impacts on these ecosystems, which are not only vulnerable to climate change but also have the highest rates of deforestation in the whole world.
Source: American Geophysical Union [July 16, 2012]
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Stadium developer Stadia Management is planning to develop five non-league football grounds near London.
It is understood that Stadia Management has asked Richmond-based architect Bain & Bevington to design the five stadiums, which includes a £14.2m football and hotel development for Billericay football club in Essex.
It is believed the schemes will follow similar developments by Stadia in Scotland and Ulster. The firm has undertaken projects with Dunfermline Athletic, Livingston Football Club and at Carrick in Ireland.
Under Stadia's terms, the stadiums are built for free, then the developer and the clubs share profit from associated hotel, leisure and commercial developments.
A source close to Stadia said: "Stadia is looking at five non-league clubs in the M25 area."
Non-league clubs face fewer safety restrictions than league clubs – partially due to the size of crowds – which raise the cost of building. The new Stadia grounds will be funded by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
The Billericay stadium will take the club away from its traditional home town to Gloucester Park at nearby Basildon. The stadium will have a capacity of 8000 and and the hotel will have 80 bedrooms. A planning application has been submitted to the local council.
Earlier this year, Stadia invested £7.5m in Dunfermline Athletic and has plans to build a business centre and hotel at the stadium as part of the redevelopment of its South Stand.
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Southern & Sassy! My new crochet hat is finished!!
I also bought her second pattern, Simply Southern Hat,,, I will be starting it this weekend… Can't Wait!!!!
Yesterday I mentioned a SPECIAL SURPRISE…. It's getting close… Come back everyday to watch for it!!!!
So here is to Southern Hats, Granny Chevrons, True Colors and A Special Surprise!!!!
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Cowls and Owls… Crochet Fun!!
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Elena, thank you so much for your kind words and you couldn't have done a more magnificent job! You are so beautiful and just make the hat look great! Blessings to you!
It was a great pattern to follow!


You can see and read more about the process in a blog post here.
I still might develop the 3d wall panels - I've tried it with a test piece in glazed ceramic, still needs refinement! If you look at my instagram feed and scroll right down there are images of the ceramic version of one of the designs.


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Camp Director Dinos Trigonis
Camp Sponsors
Pangos Alumni
2019 Pangos Camp
How To Get Invited
The event is an invitation-only event and only top nationally ranked players will be invited.
Think you have what it takes to be a Pangos All-American? Participate in Camp Director Dinos Trigonis's other 20+ events annually for a chance to #ShowUpShowOut and get that invite! For all of the affiliated events go to : www.fullctpress.net !
2020 Pangos All-American Festival
November 7-8, 2020 (Chandler AZ outside Phoenix AZ)
Only 40 top nationally ranked 2021 players will be invited
4 Regional Teams (West, South, Midwest, and East) will compete in 4 games
2 games Saturday (semi-finals) and 2 games Sunday (championship & third place game)
NOT open to the public (only players, family/coach, VIPs and media will be allowed access)
Out-Of-Town Campers & Media:
Hotel: Crowne Plaza Phoenix/Chandler Golf Resort
Special Pangos AA Parents/Fans Hotel Rates
AZ Compass Prep Gym
2020 N. Arizona Avenue
Pangos AA Camp Update & Pangos AA Festival Announcement
For 6 months, I tried to explore several possible scenarios and locations to host the 2020 Pangos All-American Camp (originally scheduled for late last May).
Unfortunately due to the ongoing pandemic and as a result of the State of Nevada not being ready to permit competitive sports in the Silver State at the moment, the opportunity to continue the long and glorious history of the camp this year in its traditional format (since 2003) has been exhausted. Regretfully the camp in its 120 camper size spread over 3 courts will not be held this year. The Pangos All-American Camp is expected to return in its traditional format next June 2021.
While the Pangos All-American Camp in its past form will not take place in 2020, a new event to take its place for just this year will. Introducing the Pangos All-American Festival to be held on Saturday-Sunday November 7-8 in Phoenix AZ.
This invite-only event will feature 40 of the nation's top 2021 players representing 4 regional teams: West, East, Midwest and South.
Semi-Finals will be held Saturday November 7th with the 3rd Place game and championship game held the next day Sunday November 8th. Games will be broadcast on a national media platform TBA and media, scouts and video outlets will be allowed to attend as usual.
Player invites will go out this week and more details announced soon. Stay tuned.
Dinos Trigonis - Director
Pangos All-American Camp
2020 Pangos All-American Festival Schedule
All- games will be broadcasted live on BallerTV.com/Pangos
4:00pm - 6:00pm East vs. West Game (Semi-Final I)
6:00pm - 8:00pm Midwest vs. South Game (Semi-Final II)
11:00am - 1:00 pm 3rd Place Game
1:00pm - 3:00pm Championship Game
*Times are MST
Event is closed to the public. Only players, family, VIPs and media will be able to attend in person.
History & Alumni
This national camp has served as a "coming out" party for many top past and current HS all-americans and well as a showcase for many more national "sleepers". Past camp MOPs have been James Harden (Arizona State/Houston Rockets/2009 NBA Draft #3 pick), DeMar DeRozan (USC/San Antonio Spurs/2009 NBA Draft #9 pick), Brandon Jennings (Milwaukee Bucks/2009 NBA Draft #10 pick), John Wall (2008 Rivals.com #1 player/Kentucky/Washington Wizards/#1 pick of the 2010 NBA Draft), Harrison Barnes (Scout.com & ESPN.com's #1 2010 player/North Carolina/NBA lotto pick/Dallas Mavericks), Shabazz Muhammad (consensus #1 in 2012/UCLA/Minnesota Timberwolves), Stanley Johnson (Arizona/Detroit Pistons lottery pick) and Tyler Dorsey (Oregon/2017 NCAA Final 4/Atlanta Hawks). Other past camp alums include Russell Westbrook (UCLA/OKC Thunder), Anthony Davis (Kentucky/New Orleans Pelicans), Brad Beal (Florida/Washington Wizards), Andre Drummond (UConn/Detroit Pistons), Ben Simmons (LSU/Philly 76'ers), DeAndre Jordan (Texas A&M/Dallas Mavericks), Kyle Lowry (Villanova/Toronto Raptors), Aaron Gordon (Arizona/Orlando Magic), Jrue Holiday (UCLA/New Orleans Pelicans), Anthony Bennett (UNLV/#1 pick of 2013 NBA Draft/Cleveland Cavaliers), Doug McDermott (Creighton/Indiana Pacers), Chandler Parsons (Florida/Memphis Grizzlies), Derrick Favors (Georgia Tech/Utah Jazz), Emmanuel Mudiay (New York Knicks), Lonzo Ball(UCLA/LA Lakers), DeAaron Fox (Kentucky/Sacramento Kings), Terrance Ferguson (OKC Thunder), DeAndre Daniels (UConn/2014 National Champs/Toronto Raptors draft pick), Kris Dunn (Providence/Chicago Bulls), Will Barton (Memphis/Denver Nuggets), Zach LaVine (UCLA/Chicago Bulls/NBA Slam Dunk Champ), DeAndre Ayton (Arizona/Phoenix Suns/#1 pick of 2018 NBA Draft), Trae Young (Oklahoma/Atlanta Hawks), Michael Porter Jr. (Missouri/Denver Nuggets), TJ Leaf (UCLA/Indiana Pacers), Trevon Duval (Duke/Milwaukee Bucks), Mohammed Bamba (Texas/Orlando Magic), Gary Trent Jr. (Duke/Portland Trailblazers), Hamidou Diallo (Kentucky/OKC Thunder), Rawle Alkins (Arizona/Chicago Bulls), Chimezie Metu (USC/San Antonio Spurs) and Billy Preston (Kansas/Cleveland Cavaliers).
Media/Scouts
As has been the case in past years, a large contingent of national/regional media and scouts are expected to attend. National media/scouts attending past camps include Van Coleman (The Basketball Channel/McDonald's All-American Game Selection committee), Clark Francis (Hoop ScoopMcDonald's All-American Game Selection committee), Frank Burlison (BurlisonOnBasketball.com/McDonald's All-American Game Selection committee), Brick Oettinger (PrepStars.com/McDonald's All-American Game Selection committee), Jerry Meyer (247Sports.com/McDonald's All-American Game Selection committee), Eric Bossi, Corey Evans & Krysten Peek (Rivals.com), Jeff Borzello & John Stoval (ESPN.com), Evan Daniels & Josh Gershon
(247Sports.com), Seth Davis & Sam Vecenie (The Athletic), Doug Gottlieb (Fox Sports), Scott Phillips (NBC Sports), Ronnie Flores (GrassrootsHoops.net & BallisLife.com), Horace Neysmith (All-Metro Sports), Patrick Stanwood & Sean Ceglinsky (Nothing But Net Magazine), Chris Lawlor (Blue Star Media), Aran Smith (NBADraft.net), Jonathan Givony & Mike Schmidt (ESPN/DraftExpress.com) and Matt Rodriguez (BallisLife.com) as well as video outlets like Ball is Life, Courtside Films, Highlight Sports Productions, Home Town Hoops, Overtime, Hoop Journey, Hoop Mix Tape and Baller Vision.
NBA Team Scouts
In 2018, 20 of 30 NBA teams were in attendance evaluating campers and in 2019 we had 22 teams.
Location: AZ Compass prep gym, chandler AZ (near phoenix az)
2020 North Arizona Avenue
Follow @PangosAACamp on Instagram to get live alerts from the camp!
Use the Hashtag #PangosAAFestival on all social media outlets!
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import itertools
from typing import List, Optional, Tuple

import numpy as np

from .constraints import IConstraint
from .discrete_parameter import InformationSourceParameter
from .parameter import Parameter

class ParameterSpace(object):
    """
    Represents parameter space for a given problem.
    """

    def __init__(self, parameters: List, constraints: Optional[List[IConstraint]] = None):
        """
        Creates a new instance of a parameter space.

        :param parameters: A list of parameters in the space.
        :param constraints: A list of constraints on the input domain
        """
        self._parameters = parameters

        if constraints:
            self.constraints = constraints
        else:
            self.constraints = []

        # Check no more than one InformationSource parameter
        source_parameter = [param for param in self.parameters if isinstance(param, InformationSourceParameter)]
        if len(source_parameter) > 1:
            raise ValueError("More than one source parameter found")

        # Check uniqueness of parameter names
        names = self.parameter_names
        if not len(names) == len(set(names)):
            raise ValueError("Parameter names are not unique")

    def find_parameter_index_in_model(self, parameter_name: str) -> List[int]:
        """
        Find the indices of the encoding of the specified parameter in the input vector

        :param parameter_name: Parameter name to find indices for
        :return: List of indices
        """
        i_start = 0
        for param in self._parameters:
            if param.name == parameter_name:
                return list(range(i_start, i_start + param.dimension))
            else:
                i_start += param.dimension
        raise ValueError("Parameter {} not found".format(parameter_name))

    @property
    def dimensionality(self):
        return sum([p.dimension for p in self._parameters])

    @property
    def parameters(self) -> List:
        """
        Returns the list of parameters in the space.
        """

        return self._parameters

    @property
    def parameter_names(self) -> List:
        """
        Returns the list of names of parameters in the space.
        """

        return [p.name for p in self._parameters]

    def get_parameter_by_name(self, name: str) -> Parameter:
        """
        Returns parameter with the given name

        :param name: Parameter name
        :returns: A parameter object
        """

        for param in self.parameters:
            if param.name == name:
                return param
        raise ValueError("Parameter with name " + name + " not found.")

    def get_bounds(self) -> List[Tuple]:
        """
        Returns a list of tuples containing the min and max value each parameter can take.

        If the parameter space contains categorical variables, the min and max values correspond to each variable used
        to encode the categorical variables.
        """

        # bounds is a list of lists
        bounds = [param.bounds for param in self.parameters]
        # Convert list of lists to one list
        return list(itertools.chain.from_iterable(bounds))

    def round(self, x: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
        """
        Rounds given values x to closest valid values within the space.

        :param x: A 2d array of values to be rounded
        :returns: A 2d array of rounded values
        """

        x_rounded = []
        current_idx = 0
        for param in self.parameters:
            param_columns = x[:, current_idx : (current_idx + param.dimension)]
            x_rounded.append(param.round(param_columns))
            current_idx += param.dimension

        return np.column_stack(x_rounded)

    def check_points_in_domain(self, x: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
        """
        Checks that each column of x lies in the domain of the corresponding parameter

        :param x: 2d numpy array of points to check
        :return: A 1d numpy array which contains a boolean indicating whether each point is in domain
        """
        len_encoding = sum(len(param.model_parameters) for param in self.parameters)
        if x.shape[1] != len_encoding:
            raise ValueError(
                "x should have number of columns equal to the sum"
                "of all parameter encodings, expected {} actual {}".format(x.shape[1], len_encoding)
            )

        in_domain = np.ones(x.shape[0], dtype=bool)
        encoding_index = 0
        for param in self._parameters:
            # First check if this particular parameter is in domain
            param_in_domain = [
                param.check_in_domain(x[[point_ix], encoding_index : (encoding_index + param.dimension)])
                for point_ix in range(x.shape[0])
            ]
            # Set in_domain to be False if this parameter or any previous parameter is out of domain
            in_domain = np.all([in_domain, param_in_domain], axis=0)
            encoding_index += param.dimension
        return in_domain

    def sample_uniform(self, point_count: int) -> np.ndarray:
        """
        Generates multiple uniformly distributed random parameter points.

        :param point_count: number of data points to generate.
        :returns: Generated points with shape (point_count, num_features)
        """
        parameter_samples = [param.sample_uniform(point_count) for param in self.parameters]
        return np.hstack(parameter_samples)

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Do you hear that? That's the sound of your client's patience slowly dripping away, the longer they browse your page.
As prospective customers look through your site, their patience may be gradually decreasing, minute by minute. We all have a limited amount of patience available for each day – and once it's all used up, we get irritable, annoyed, and just plain unpleasant.
This is why it's extremely crucial to build an inviting, user-friendly website. As what we've mentioned before, familiarity can easily generate contempt if there is an infuriating work-flow on a website or a specific application that someone uses on a daily basis.
• Inefficient and complicated check-out process that stops a purchase from happening. Leaving your customers with no other choice but to abandon their shopping carts.
All of the mentioned issues (except the last one) are considered to be minor in the grand scheme of things, but when fused together, they can easily squeeze out your client's patience, leaving them utterly frustrated and dissatisfied. They could even give your website a very bad review, which could eventually affect your traffic.
It's important to remember these factors when designing your website. Simple, to-the-point text, mild and cheerful colours, links that work properly when clicked, organized menu buttons that make perfect sense, and a hassle-free shopping cart can go a long way in preserving your client's patience while they browse your site.
Website Loading times Crucial Or Not?
Have you ever landed on a website that takes ages to load? How do you feel when you sit there waiting and you only get a blank screen whilst the website loads? How many people do you think sit and wait or just click back and move on to the next site?
The most important thing to factor is that most people viewing the web are busy and want to move quickly, and the second most important thing to remember is that there are loads of other people offering the same service as you within just a few clicks of a button. Therefore everything you do when building your website has to make the visitors life as smooth and easy as possible.
Websites built with poor coding or structure or that rely heavily on too many large images will end up taking long to load and ruining your visitors experience. This in the long run will ruin your conversion or lead generation rates and cause your website not to work effectively for you.
Another thing to factor is that google does not like websites that take a long time to load. when they decide to rank websites in the search engines they take many factors into consideration and website loading times is one of them. If your site doesn't display well for visitors and does give them a smooth journey then google will not display you in their results.
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The Geothermal Research Dept. at Sandia Natl. Laboratories, in collaboration with Drill Cool Systems Inc., has worked to develop and test insulated drillpipe (IDP). IDP will allow much cooler drilling fluid to reach the bottom of the hole, making possible the use of downhole motors, electronics, and steering tools that are now useless in high-temperature formations. Other advantages of cooler fluid include reduced degradation of drilling fluid, longer bit life, and reduced corrosion rates.
This article describes the theoretical background, laboratory testing, and field testing of IDP, including structural and thermal laboratory testing procedures and results. We also give results for a field test in a geothermal well in which circulating temperatures in IDP are compared with those in conventional drillpipe (CDP) at different flow rates. A brief description of the software used to model wellbore temperature and to calculate sensitivity in IDP design differences is included, along with a comparison of calculated and measured wellbore temperatures in the field test. There is also analysis of mixed (IDP and CDP) drillstrings and discussion of where IDP should be placed in a mixed string.
Sandia first considered IDP during an investigation of energy extraction from magma, which would have involved drilling into extremely high temperature (>1600°F) molten rock. This presented a fundamental problem - the damaging effect of high formation temperature on drilling tools, materials, and processes.1 When drilling fluid gets too hot, it can irreversibly deteriorate in its ability to carry the drilled cuttings, increase drillpipe corrosion by orders of magnitude, shorten the life of bits and other downhole tools, prevent the use of downhole motors and electronic instrumentation/ tools, and even affect borehole stability and well control. Each of these problems can be attacked by individual technology developments, but all can be solved or greatly mitigated by simply cooling the downhole environment with a lowertemperature drilling fluid. IDP delivers drilling fluid to the bottom of the hole at a much lower temperature than CDP.
More detailed calculations and measurements are presented later, but an example of IDP's effect in a geothermal well is shown in Fig. 1. In this and other fluid-temperature plots, the right side of the curve shows the temperature in the annulus, and the left side shows the temperature in the drillpipe. Several important points are illustrated by the following calculation.
Bottomhole fluid temperature is reduced from 401°F with CDP to 166°F with IDP. This is the temperature that steering tools, mud motors, and other electronics must survive.
Maximum fluid temperature (not at the bottom of the hole) is reduced from 406 to 214°F, the maximum temperature seen by drilling-fluid additives.
The mud return temperature is higher with IDP, 196°F vs. 163°F. This may mean that mud coolers are necessary, but it also means that more heat is being removed from the hole, which will be beneficial for logging and cementing after drilling.
These curves describe temperatures in holes that have been drilled from surface with either CDP or IDP - they do not reflect conditions that would exist while running measurement-whiledrilling (MWD) tools into a hot hole already drilled and shut in, for example. This kind of operation has been successfully performed in exploratory geothermal drilling at temperatures greater than 660°F by staging into the hole with a top drive and circulating cooler fluid after adding each stand of pipe,2 but IDP would make the process quicker and allow operation at even higher temperatures. (In the hole described in the Ref. 3, it required 14.5 hours to run in the hole to 8,500 ft.) In this kind of operation, it is essential to know the downhole temperature, so having an MWD tool in the drilling assembly is an important advantage.
An alternative approach to this scenario is described in the Wellbore Cooling section.
The IDP described in this paper was constructed by welding a 3.5-in. outer diameter (OD) by 3.068-in. inside diameter (ID) liner tube inside conventional 5-in. drillpipe (Fig. 2) and filling the annulus between the tubulars with an insulating material. With the compressive strength of the insulation to support the liner tube against internal pressure, it can be made of a thinner material, saving cost and weight and preserving the ID as large as possible.
Two criteria, compressive strength and conductivity, drive the choice of an insulating material. Required compressive strength can be estimated from the diameters of the drillpipe and liner, along with the expected internal pressure, but typical values are less than 8,000 psi.
Insulation conductivity does not need to be exceptionally low because there is an alternate heat-flow path through the uninsulated tool joints. That is, at less than a nominal value of conductivity, further improvement in the insulation has little effect on the total heat flow because of the heat flow through the tool joints. Drilling-fluid temperatures are calculated for three values (k=0.05, 0.3, and 1.0 B/hr-ft-F) of insulation conductivity (Fig. 3), and it can be seen that the variation in insulation properties has little effect relative to the difference between even the poorest insulation and conventional pipe. A number of materials have conductivity in the range of 0.2 to 0.8 B/hr-ft-F, and a selected fracture proppant was chosen as the insulation for the IDP.
Because IDP is heavier (approximately 33 lb/ft) than CDP (approximately 19.5 lb/ft), drillstring weight could become a problem in deeper wells. Tensile stress induced by string weight is highest at the top of the drillstring. The other controlling stress is the hoop stress in the liner tube caused by mud weight and pump pressure; the liner stress is partially supported by the insulation and is highest at the bottom of the drillstring.
If principal stresses in the liner tube are combined and tested by the von Mises criterion, we can identify failure conditions. A plot of combined stress (Fig. 4) for various conditions shows that in a 20,000-ft well, failure (i.e., stress greater than the assumed 8,000- psi yield limit) may occur at both the top and bottom of a full string of IDP (Curve A) if the liner tube does not get full support from the insulation. On the other hand, both a 15,000-ft string of IDP (Curve B) and a mixed 20,000-ft string with 10,000 ft of IDP at the top and 10,000 ft of CDP below (Curve C) have liner stresses well within the assumed yield limit.


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Catherine J. Ross specializes in constitutional law (with particular emphasis on the First Amendment), family law, and legal and policy issues concerning children. Her most recent book, Lessons in Censorship: How Schools and Courts Subvert Students' First Amendment Rights (Harvard University Press, 2015) was named the Best Book on the First Amendment of 2015 by Concurring Opinions' First Amendment News. She is currently working on a book on lies and the First Amendment. Professor Ross has been a co-author of Contemporary Family Law (Thomson/West 4th ed. 2015) since the First Edition.
Professor Ross was a Member of the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton from 2008-2009. In 2015-2016, she was a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard School of Education. Professor Ross has taught as a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Boston College (where she held joint appointments in the School of Education and the History Department) and St. John's School of Law in New York.
An elected Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, Professor Ross is former chair of the ABA's Steering Committee on the Unmet Legal Needs of Children, former chair of the Section on Law and Communitarianism of the Association of American Law Schools, and has served on a wide variety of ABA committees. Prior to entering legal academia, Professor Ross was a litigator at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York, where she won major impact litigation on behalf of the city's homeless population. Before attending Yale Law School, Professor Ross, who earned a Ph.D. in History from Yale, was on the faculty of the Yale School of Medicine's Child Study Center, and the Bush Center on Child Development and Social Policy at Yale with a joint appointment in History.
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The Engine that Could
Remembering a 16 HP Single-clyinder Advance-Rumely
By Ted Knack
| March 2007
Ted Knack on the Advance-Rumely at Bill Vouk's threshing show in St. Stephen, Minn., in September 1991. The engine is pulling a wing feed separator.
Above: Ted Knack on the 16 HP Advance-Rumely Universal.
Right: Gary Schacth (left) and Ted Knack with the Advance-Rumely.
Gary Schacth running the Advance-Rumely on the belt.
This story is about a 1919 Advance-Rumely Universal 16 HP steam traction engine that I became involved with in the mid-1970s. It all started when Lehart Fredrich took his 50 HP Case steam engine to the Rice Lake, Wis., antique show. I ran it on the sawmill for him. Since we worked the show, we were invited to the annual banquet, where a conversation about an Advance steam engine being for sale came up.
I found out a school teacher was selling the engine for another fellow who owned it. At this time my boss, Jim Koenig, was interested in buying a steam engine, so I got the teacher's name and where he could be reached.
We made arrangements to look at the Advance, and after looking it over closely, Jim decided to buy the Advance with encouragement from me. (It's fun to spend someone else's money!)
Now we had the task of getting the Advance home to Cottage Grove, Minn. We lined up a trucker with a lowboy trailer to haul the engine the day after Thanksgiving. It snowed Thanksgiving Day. We left at 5:30 in the morning with 180 miles to go.
We arrived where the Advance engine was located and after looking over how we could get it loaded, we decided it was going to be a long day. The engine sat parallel to the road. The trailer didn't have ramps, so we had to move the engine back and turn right to line up to the trailer. Then we backed the trailer into the ditch far enough to get it level with the back of the ditch.
I took the guy's Lindemann crawler and dug the back of the ditch out to get the trailer in far enough to get the engine onto the trailer - boy, it was a cold job. Now we had to get the engine up on the trailer, but I couldn't get the steering wheel to turn because it was filled with ice.
We chipped the ice out and tried to pull the Advance, but we had no traction for the crawler. We wrapped a rope around the pulley and with two tractors on the rope we could move the engine, but at a snail's pace. So, I called a wrecker to winch us around. They came with a big wrecker. We put a block and tackle on the trailer and winched the engine onto it.
Now we had to load a wooden water wagon. We took all four wheels off the water wagon and tied it down. After making sure we got the trailer out of the ditch, we released the tow truck. It was just dusk when we finished tying everything down and started down the road.
We stopped at a truck stop for dinner and I told the trucker we would be lucky to get home by midnight. He said, "I'll have you home by the 10 o'clock news."
We got to the freeway and he opened the Kenworth up. I was afraid to look at the speedometer, but I know it was over 70 MPH. Did you ever ride in a semi that every time you came to an overpass you would duck because you thought the smokestack was going to hit?
In the spring, Jim cleaned the engine and painted it. The flues had been replaced and the boiler passed inspection in Minnesota. Two years later, Jim sold the engine to Cliff Woycik of Whitehall, Wis. I ran it for Cliff at the Strum, Wis., show. After having the engine for three years Cliff passed away.
I told Bill Vouk about the Advance being for sale at an auction and he bought it. Lehart moved the engine from Whitehall to St. Stephen, Minn. At the following St. Stephen show, Bill told me to run the engine. This time we had ramps and a winch to get it on the lowboy.
Yes it Can, Yes it Can
For three years I helped with Bill's 65 HP Case at the St. Stephen show. For years the 65 HP was on the Huber 36-inch separator and Bill's 80 HP Case was on the sawmill. I was relegated to running the Advance single-cylinder on the clover huller and the hand-feed separator. Gary Schacth and I wanted to get on the sawmill at Vouk's, but it took two years to finally talk Tommy Vouk into just letting us on the mill for an hour. We had heard that the Advance couldn't pull the mill because it didn't have enough horsepower.
After sawing two logs, the sawmill man had a smile on his face. He came up to us and said, "The Advance did a good job and the engine could saw all the logs in St. Stephen without any trouble."
Two years later, the 65 HP Case was having some bearing trouble and Ed Claussen, another engineer, wanted to shut it down and fix the problem. On Saturday they didn't get two stacks of grain done with the bad bearing. Sunday morning, Jim Vouk, who sees that everything is kept moving, didn't know how he was going to finish the two stacks. I asked Jim to let us run the Advance on the separator and we would have the two stacks finished by noon. He laughed and said that the little Advance couldn't pull the separator. I said, "Just let us try."
Jim said, "OK, but you will run out of steam."
I knew if we did run out of steam we would go down giving it all we could. Both Gary and I have run engines on wing-feed separators before, but I think the Huber would be the biggest we were ever running on. I had run Vouk's 65 HP Case on that separator for two years.
We belted up the Advance to try it and Gary and I traded off running the engine. While Gary ran the engine, I set up the water truck and wood wagon right by the engine. I asked Jim Mullenhaur if he would keep wood on the deck. I went to get the video camera because I didn't want to miss out on the engine pulling the load.
Lawrence, the separator man, had four pitchers just waiting to get us stuck. The pop valve was set at 150 psi. Gary said, "If she pops, we will never get it back."
We finished the two stacks and never ran out of steam. I think we made the Vouks know the Advance was a good engine. After the parade we went on the mill for an hour and Jim asked us to go on the separator and finish the other two stacks. It was my turn on the Advance and we did the job again without running out of steam.
I still get a lump in my throat at how hard we fired that Advance with wood. A good day's work done.
Bill passed away and there is no longer a show in St. Stephen. Good times are passed. The Advance-Rumely was sold at an auction to a man in Minneapolis. That Advance was sure a little engine that could.
Contact steam enthusiast Ted Knack at 1545 10th Ave., St. Paul Park, MN 55071.


MANILA, July 29 – Excellent word-of-mouth and multiple viewings have driven Warner Bros.' sci-fi thriller "Inception" to a remarkable P60.88-million gross nationwide after two weeks of release (July 15 to 28). This was announced today by Francis Soliven, general manager of Warner Bros. Philippines.
"Inception" posted a respectable P22-M gross in its first weekend, and in a rare development, earned bigger receipts in its second weekend with P23.32-million. Most titles strike with their biggest hauls during the first weekend, and go steadily down as the weeks pass.
The cinemas that registered the biggest receipts are SM Mall of Asia (P4.25-M), Trinoma (P4.15-M), SM North EDSA (P3.70-M), Power Plant (P3.25-M), Greenbelt 3 (P2.90-M), Glorietta 4 (P2.76-M), SM Megamall (P2.40-M) and Gateway (P2.37-M).
Also earning huge grosses are Theatremall (P1.96-M), Alabang Town Center (P1.83-M), Shang Cineplex (P1.82-M), Robinsons Ermita (P1.68-M), SM Cebu (P1.40-M), Robinsons Galleria (P1.18-M), Festival (P1.06-M), Market! Market! (P889,788), SM San Lazaro (P883,250), SM Marikina (P825,854).
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, "Inception" is an original sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the intimate and infinite world of dreams.
In the film, Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the best in the dangerous art of extraction: stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible—inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse; their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime.
Still playing across the Philippines in IMAX, Digital 2D and regular format, Inception is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.


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Actress Elizabeth Banks Will Head Pro-Abortion Group, Wants to "De-Stigmatize" Killing Babies in Abortion
National | Alexa Moutevelis Coombs | Nov 4, 2019 | 3:58PM | Washington, DC
As if pro-abortion propaganda isn't shoved down our throats enough, it was announced Tuesday that actress, director, and producer Elizabeth Banks will head the newly established Creative Council at the pro-abortion Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR).
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Banks hopes the Creative Council, which will be made up of women in Hollywood and the fashion industry, "can help destigmatize abortion by sharing and supporting women's stories."
She wants stars to use their platforms to educate and advocate for the CRR and to "add reproductive rights stories to the work that they're already doing." "There's a real power to having people who have platforms be able to elevate the critical role that the Center is playing in protecting our freedoms," Banks stated.
Acknowledging the role of Hollywood in propagandizing viewers, Banks told THR:
Reproductive rights in media is a really important tool for keeping the issues that we are all facing at the forefront … there's such an interesting dialogue to be had about how abortion care is part of a larger package of reproductive care that is also about creating wonderful families and access to family care.
Echoing Banks, CRR President and CEO Nancy Northup said in a statement: They are "proud to partner with these powerful artists" and "know the impact these artists can have in advocating for change and reaching new audiences to raise awareness about reproductive rights issues."
For Banks' part, she believes that equality of the sexes can only be achieved through abortion:
I believe that women's equality begins with our fundamental human rights over bodily autonomy. So I feel like this is baseline for female equality in the world, deciding when and with whom to have children.
Banks held up Shrill, the Hulu show she was executive producer of, "as an example of how creative projects can advance the conversation." The show's main character (played by Saturday Night Live's Aidy Bryant) infamously said she felt "really, really good," "very fucking powerful" after her abortion.
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THR reported Banks "wants to make the Center as much of a household name as Planned Parenthood, because when clinics are 'under attack,' the Center swoops in to keep 'abortion as the law of the land.'" Planned Parenthood is already working with Hollywood to wedge in abortion stories and it's agenda has been prominent on TV for years. It's hard to imagine adding even more abortion propaganda on screen.
In just the last three weeks, NewsBusters's On TV Blog counted 5 shows that included abortion storylines over 11 episodes. Empire on Fox attacked Christians and pro-lifers over abortion in two episodes, Insatiable on Netflix pushed co-star Alyssa Milano's pro-abortion talking points in two episodes, and Law & Order: SVU on NBC defended a 13-year-old's right to abortion and attacked heartbeat bills in one episode. Meanwhile, New Amsterdam on NBC has had two separate abortion plots over three episodes, with one still unresolved and last night's (Tuesday) involving a patient with Down syndrome having an abortion set to gospel music.
One bright spot has been Bull on CBS which has actually powerfully shown the pro-life side with a father trying to help his daughter choose life over the last three episodes, but we fear this story will still end in the father supporting his daughter through her abortion.
Hollywood LOVES celebrating abortion; founding members of the CRR Creative Council from Tinseltown include actress Busy Philipps who used her own abortion to rail against Georgia's heartbeat bill, How to Get Away With Murder (note the irony of that title!) co-star Aja Naomi King, actress and producer Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy), and actress and producer Lisa Edelstein (The Kominsky Method).
LifeNews Note: Alexa Coombs writes for Newsbusters, where this originally appeared.