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I began my fishing in the northwest on the canal systems of Greater Manchester. The fishing in those days was tough. In fact, I regard my serious fishing career beginning when I was four and it wasn't until I was seven I actually caught a fish. It's that type of angling background, I believe, that helps you through the inevitable hard periods when you are after big fish. Early success is great but it can weaken your resolve. I've kept that angling realism, I like to think, throughout my life and throughout the decades when fishing has become easier. I'm also eternally grateful to the amount of mentoring I received in those long gone days before the world was suspicious of every adult helping hand. I can honestly say that in all those years, I only received help, advice and reassurance. I'd have been lost without it.
When I was small, my parents virtually retired down to Norfolk and for the holidays at least, my fishing life took on a new aspect. Compared with Greater Manchester, Norfolk waters were kind indeed. From the age of eight, I began to catch fish that I had previously only ever dreamed of. In those days, it was all about Norfolk estate lakes and small rivers like the Glaven, a Mecca for me for both roach and perch and, later on, sea trout.
I guess I began serious angling in the early sixties when I tentatively entered the so-called carp scene of those days and began to realise that big fish could be caught by design. That was a period when I began to ditch Crabtree in favour of Walker and, as a result, I was ready when John Wilson came into my life in the early '70s when I was still at university.
The '70s were my defining period in many ways. I discovered the fabulous Norfolk roaching of that period and began to make my name with a string of two pound and eventually three pound roach. This was the period that I began my putative angling writing career with a string of articles for, firstly, the Angler's Mail and then famously for Coarse Fisherman magazine, for whom I wrote for the next thirty years.
The '70s were vital to me. I began to carp fish more seriously and understand river chub fishing at last. My tench fishing took off, too, and, under the influence of John Wilson, I began to travel further for my fishing, for example to Wilstone for big bream.
Writing and TV career
The '80s were exploding years for me. I was still teaching them and this profession allowed me plenty of time during holidays and after school to fish compulsively. My writing career, too, continued to flourish, especially after the publication in 1984 of my first book 'In Visible Waters'. Many more books followed through the 1980s as did many more big fish and my first excursions into TV.
In 1988, I worked on the Channel 4 series, 'Rivers' and in 1989, made the now legendary film, 'Casting for Gold' along with Paul Boote on the River Ganges in northern India, hunting the golden mahseer. That was a film the changed my entire life and career. As a result of it, I left teaching that year and embarked on a full time career as an angler.
That was never my avowed intention. I'd simply wanted to write and photograph but angling quickly took over. A stream of books for a number of publishers followed through the 1990s along with many more TV appearances on 'Countryside Hour' and 'Tales from the Riverbank', both on BBC.
More recently I have bought to life the work of Bernard Venables Mr Crabtree in the TV series 'Fishing in the Footsteps of Mr Crabtree' .
1990 also saw the beginning of my twenty years of extensive foreign travel. Throughout the '90s and the first eight years of the new century, I travelled extensively to India, Nepal, the north eastern states of India, Mongolia, Siberia, throughout North America, Greenland and most of Europe. The only continents that largely evaded me were Latin America and Africa. During this near twenty year period, I fished in sixty-four different countries for well over a hundred species of fish.
This was also the period when my guiding career proper launched itself. My first guided trips took place in 1992 and from then on, they multiplied in quick succession. In all, I led over a hundred serious angling expeditions, from Siberia to Greenland, to Iceland, Mongolia and throughout India. These were great days, meeting great people, seeing wonderful waters and landscapes and catching great fish. I count myself blessed.
2008 and the financial crash heralded a change in my directions. I became much more UK based, fishing largely in Norfolk, going back to my roots, as it were, and specialising in freshwater fishing. I've never regretted the move. For the past ten years, I've been immersed in guiding, conservation, writing, photography and, above all, trying to piece together the wonders and mysteries of the aquatic waterscape.
I have been fortunate that my guiding career has continued apace. Indeed, much of my year is now taken up with this though I continue to be active on the book and magazine scene with plenty more television work in the can and in the offing.
I am eternally grateful to that great English tackle company, Hardy for employing me as consultant for nigh on fifteen years throughout the earlier part of this century. It was a wonderful experience and it took me to America and Europe on a regular basis. I am also hugely grateful to the Angler's Mail for giving me a start in my angling career so many years ago and still employing me to this day.
My Angling Passion
As I've said, I've led the most fortunate of lives. I know, to an extent, you make your own luck but I have been helped endlessly and tirelessly along the way by some great anglers and some great people. In large part, this is why I take my guiding so seriously now. I know that I have so many people to thank and it seems only right that now I try and pay back and pass on the knowledge that has been poured into me for so many years.
I love fish, fisheries and fishing. I realise, possibly uniquely, the pressures that the sport faces during the coming years and I am pledged to do whatever I can to ensure that it carries on successfully into the future.
Angling has, therefore, been in many ways, a major part of my life. I am eternally grateful to it.
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My favourite fish. Always a toss up but a close run race between roach, tench, pike, mahseer and taimen.
Which is your favourite river? Once again, a close contest between the Cauvery in India, the Shiskid in Mongolia, the Wensum in Norfolk and the Wye in Herefordshire.
Your most notable capture? Almost certainly my three pound ten ounce roach caught from the Wensum back in the late 1980s. I'd also rank my hundred pound mahseer well up with that fish.
My angling hero? There are so many it is almost impossible to underline a single one. Probably, if pushed, I'd say Fred Buller because he was as great a man as he was an angler.
What is your favourite fishing book? Well, out of my own, I'd probably mention 'Trout at Ten Thousand Feet' which was a story of my travels abroad over many, many years. Overall, I think 'Going fishing' by Negley Farson is hard to beat. But there are so many others, by so many authors worldwide.
What about my sports and pastimes? My other passion in life has always been soccer which I played to a semi-professional level in my teens and twenties and for local teams right up until my mid-fifties. I was honoured to play for Manchester United Legends at Celtic Park a few years ago in front of a crowd of 57,000 people. I talked with Roy Keene back at the hotel till three o'clock in the morning. And got out alive! I'm an avid reader and, after studying history at university, taught history and still love it today. I also love music, travel, photography and decent wine, perhaps a little too much.
My social life? Probably it is just a little too fishing oriented? However, from fishing I have a gang of the most fabulous friends. The guiding that I have done over the last quarter of a century has introduced me to some great men and women who have become pillars in my life. I'm eternally grateful to every single one of them for making my days as rich and as entertaining as they have become.
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Born in Trivandrum in 1965, Gopikrishna completed his BFA from the College of Art in the same city, and his MFA from the College of Art, New Delhi. His first solo show was held at the College of Fine Arts Gallery, Trivandrum in 1989. Gopikrishna's paintings appear as though they were pages from a book of fairytales. Animals that look like men and men who look like animals are all part of a world unified by their existence. In a single canvas, one can witness the ordinary and the impossible, unity and solitude, illumination (wisdom) and darkness (ignorance). In a world driven by the material existence of man, these scenarios are only possible in Gopikrishna's wonderland! The artist's solo exhibitions include ones at Art Musings, Mumbai, 2007; Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2006; Kashi Art Gallery, Mattanchery, 2004; Kashi Art Cafeacute;, Cochin, 2002 and 2001; and Durbar Hall, Kerala, 2000. He has also participated in several group shows in India, Amsterdam, New York and Texas. In 2000 he won the Kerala State Award for Drawing from the Lalit Kala Akademi, and in 2002, from the All India Fine Arts Society in New Delhi.


Each year as the calendar marks "January 1," the entire world creates their New Year's Resolutions and tries their hardest to stick with them for an entire year. The idea of New Year's Resolutions has been a tradition for decades. But do these resolutions and promises help us become better versions of ourselves, or do they only create even more stress and standards that we can't hold ourselves to?
Rather than creating resolutions that are out of reach, people should base their resolutions off of what is reasonable for themselves.
The basis of a New Year's Resolution is to do, or not do, something that will help you grow as a person—whether that be setting out to accomplish a goal, try something new, or ditch a habit that affected you last year. It's basically an excuse to improve ourselves and make an effort to do something different.
A negative effect of creating a New Year's Resolution each year is being pressured to keep that resolution, and most likely ending up feeling unaccomplished at the end of the year. Although it is beneficial to challenge yourself, it seems to be equally as important to set realistic goals that may actually be accomplished within the year. According to John C. Norcross, a professor of psychology at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania, "most people will have lapsed or slipped on their resolutions by mid-January". This shows how people may make these resolutions without considering whether or not it's actually an attainable goal. Thus, maybe it is more beneficial to add something new in our lives if we cannot stick to cutting something out.
According to US News and Reports, "it's important to recognize that outside-in solutions such as dieting, joining gyms and so on are doomed to fail if, other than your well-intentioned resolve to change, you've done nothing to enhance your capacity to either sustain motivation or handle the inevitable stress and discomfort involved in change." If people are not stable or strong enough to stick with a certain resolution that they created for themselves, it will not be solid enough for that person to stick with for the entire year—or in certain cases, just for a couple of weeks or months.
The process of creating New Year's resolutions comes full circle as we try to better ourselves in the beginning of each year, but end up unsuccessful—remaining just how we began.


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R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction (25th Anniversary Reissue) (Album Review)
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.'s Fables of the Reconstruction, the album is getting the digital remastering treatment with a bonus disc of demos, new liner notes and some other goodies thrown in. Following in line with Murmur and Reckoning already getting remastered and reissued, Fables of the Reconstruction got its sonic nuts and bolts tightened up to take us for another spin. While some audiophiles may complain that the overall volume increase causes too much compression and distortion, I think it sounds great and really full. The vast majority of listeners will definitely appreciate hearing Michael Stipe's voice better and hearing the cleaner separation in the instruments. Fables of the Reconstruction has always been categorized as having a dense or even muddy tone to it, so there may be some fans who nostalgically love it the way they've heard it for years and don't want it messed with. They have nothing to fear. The remastering is not drastic enough to change the overall feel of the album. In fact, you can tell there was much love, attention and respect paid to reissuing one of the best albums of the 80's alternative rock scene and a prime example of the "early R.E.M. sound" period.
Fables of the Reconstruction is R.E.M.'s third full length album and it was first released in 1985. During a time of intense touring, increased social awareness and just plain getting older, Michael, Peter, Mike and Bill decided to approach their upcoming album a little different than the previous two. Where their first two albums were recorded with Mitch Easter and Don Dixon in North Carolina, R.E.M. travelled all the way to England and had Joe Boyd produce this one. The change in location and studio guidance was accompanied by a shift in their music as well. The lyrics dealt with the rural American South and had an almost homesick vibe to them, while the music was a little darker and less jangly than their previous efforts. Also, there was a little more diversity in the instrumentation with string sections ("Feeling Gravitys Pull"), banjo ("Wendell Gee") and horns ("Can't Get There From Here") popping up. Overall though, this is still an R.E.M. album, one of their best in fact, and there is much to love about it. Micheal's mumbly vocals, Pete's chiming guitar work, Mike's melodic bass lines and Bill's steady drumming hold the album together and create a moody, celebratory, calm and explosive mood like only they can. Plus, my favorite R.E.M. song of their entire catalog, "Driver 8," appears on it, so it will always hold a special spot for me.
"Driver 8" - R.E.M. (Fables of the Reconstruction)
The shining star of the reissue though is the bonus disc dubbed The Athens Demos. Back then, the practice of a band roughly recording the anticipated album before spending lots of money on a big studio was an industry standard. Before heading off to London, R.E.M. ran through the songs for Fables of the Reconstruction with Jim Hawkins in his studio in Athens, GA. Where the songs on their previous albums had been written months, and sometimes years, before recording them, these new songs were still being finished up in the studio. The raw state of the songs, the chatter before, after and during the recordings, and the surprisingly good quality of the demos make this bonus disc an exciting treat for fans. The Athens Demos contain the eleven tracks that would appear on Fables of the Reconstruction, plus three other songs that didn't make the final cut. Of those three songs, "Bandwagon" showed up as a B-side to the "Can't Get There From Here" single, "Hyena" was recorded again for their next album and, while it would eventually morph into a song called "I Believe" that also appeared on their next album, "Throw Those Trolls Away" had been previously unreleased. Even if you've already got the original version of Fables of the Reconstruction, the 25th Anniversary remaster is worth the money. As if R.E.M. needed any extra validation, The Athens Demos prove that, even in a raw, rushed and undefined state, these four guys create exciting musical alchemy inside of unconventional atmospheres like nobody else.
"Throw Those Trolls Away" - R.E.M. (The Athens Demos)
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Continue to work hard and i know you inspire those you teach and whose hearts you touch.


Specific school aid figures have been published by the state.
Beacon gets a 3.01 percent overall boost in aid. State aid is a hugely important part of our district's finances, with the total for 16-17 to stand at $27,314,853. Of that, $17,897,853 is for the major component, basic "Foundation Aid," and there are others like transportation and building.
This total includes the effect of the final, at long last, elimination of the infamous "Gap Elimination Adjustment" clawback, or GEA. That dates to the 2009-2010 school year when state legislators and the governor were looking for a way to fill a gap in the state's overall budget, which had been blamed largely on the fiscal effects of the Great Recession. It remained, over widespread objections from schools, even after those effects had ended.
In the previous fiscal year, Beacon lost $344,896 due to GEA. The current year shows there is no cut.
The overall effect of ending GEA and raising other aid is that we get an added $798,292 this year, comparing to the 15-16 total.
These results are significantly better than what Cuomo proposed in his executive budget, which contained an increase. The Legislature pushed for a larger boost in aid.
At the last Beacon school board meeting, Interim Superintendent Anne Marie Quartironi, was operating with the preliminary numbers in developing the budget and was hoping that the Senate and Assembly would provide more. They did. The enacted budget is $502,635 above the level stated in the proposed executive (governor's) budget.


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A man facing allegations of drug dealing in Yeovil has had his case adjourned so an interpreter can be present.
Piotr Golebiowski, 33, of Middle Street, Yeovil, is charged with being in possession of a quantity of cannabis (class B) with intent to supply it to unknown persons at Yeovil on January 11.
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Children who belong to weaker sections of our society are undernourished and only a small percentage of them manage to complete eight years of satisfactory education. We need to think specifically about them. Education is indeed a fundamental right of every Indian child. In view of such critical issues and their importance and also to break out of our historical mindset, an effective and self-renewing education system is therefore fundamental to the survival and growth of civilizations.
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Anonymous asked in Politics & GovernmentMilitary · 7 years ago
Why do Aircraft Carriers have no Sonar?
They are dependent on their Cruiser, Destroyer, and Frigate escorts. If there is no escort an Aircraft Carrier is a sitting duck and a Submarine could literally hide underneath it.
I'm just saying that just because an aircraft carrier has escorts it doesn't mean it is 100% safe. There was an incident back in 1985 off the coast of Japan where the carrier USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 collided with a Victor Class Russian submarine. The carrier and its escort failed to detect and we collided with the sub. I happened to be onboard the Kitty Hawk when it happened. I worked as an HT and got woken up around 2200, reported to DC Central and was ordered to do void testing Forward and Aft. If I am not mistaken another incident happened in 97' where the Kitty Hawk failed to detect a Chinese submarine.
@Archangel: I may have gotten the dates wrong since it happened a long time ago. If I had copied everything from Wikkipedia word for word like you did I may have been more accurate. I do remember my former CO's name-Captain David Rogers.
In March 1984, Kitty Hawk participated in "Team Spirit" exercises in the Sea of Japan. The Soviet Victor-class nuclear attack submarine K-314 shadowed the task group. On 21 March 1984, at the end of the Sea of Japan part of the exercise, K-314 surfaced directly in front of Kitty Hawk, far too close for "Kitty Hawk" to avoid the resulting collision, with minor damage to the aircraft carrier, and significant damage to the Soviet submarine.
The collision occurred despite the Incidents at Sea agreement that SECNAV John Warner and Admiral Sergei Gorshkov had signed in 1972. This agreement, designed to uphold the United States' long cherished belief in freedom of the seas and prevent dangerous and hostile collisions at sea, was ignored in this instance. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral James Watkins reflected, "The reason behind the Soviet submarine captain's slip in judgment is the only mystery here. He showed uncharacteristically poor seamanship in not staying clear of Kitty Hawk. That should cause concern in Moscow."
So, your dates are wrong and second, if the carrier was at speed, sonar would have done no good anyway in that situation. If I am not mistaken, the escorts knew the sub was out there during the entire exercise. During the exercise it had been tracked and "killed" more than fifteen times after it was spotted on the surface fifty miles in front of the battle group. The incident was akin to some idiot on the freeway cutting off a semi-truck. Like the truck, a carrier can't stop or turn on a dime.
As to the Chinese incident, just good submarine operations on the part of the Chinese. Do you know what a thermocline is? Subs use a technique to hide in different thermal layers in the ocean to avoid detection by sonar. If you don't have sonar operators at the very top of their game, any good sub operator can do this.
Edit: Yes, I copied the portion with the date because I too remember the incident and wanted to be clear. However, I knew it wasn't in '85 because I participated in Team Spirit then and was in Okinawa so I knew it wasn't in '85. I was just checking to see what actually happened to cause the collision. Since neither of us have access to the actual Navy findings (as far as I know), it is only an assumption that it was not detected before the collision. You were asleep and as you say, it was a long time ago. Again, if you were at speed (20 knots plus) and the sub was in a different thermal layer, sonar wouldn't have helped or seen it in time for the Kitty Hawk to avoid it. BTW, I believe the Chinese sub incident occurred in 2007...right after I retired; not 1997. I had just left Okinawa for the last time....thought it was comical as stuff like that was why I was retiring. My commander's name was Col Carver. in 1985.
Source(s): I work with many submariners. I currently supervise a former hull tech as well.
Why would they need sonar? Yes, with no escort an aircraft carrier is a sitting duck. That's why aircraft carriers N-E-V-E-R go ANYWHERE without an escort. And not just one. Carriers operate as part of a carrier battle group. An entire group of ships and subs supporting them. Yes, there are attack subs that are part of carrier groups. And the sonar would actually CAUSE the carrier to be in much more danger. It would give its position away. It's the same reason carriers don't run their radar other than when absolutely necessary. They let the escorts do that.
@ Mark F: The USS America was the only American carrier built with a sonar, well after WW2. But it was removed in the 80's.
Yeah, I said AFTER WW2...
Not true. Some aircraft carriers have been fitted with sonar. While a carrier hull generally makes a good sonar platform, the tempo of carrier operations makes a hull mounted sonar fairly useless much of the time.
Why would an aircraft carrier ever be conducting combat operations without an escort?
Armed with Inkstick
They generally go too fast to bother with it. And as mentioned, CVs don't go anywhere without escorts anyway.
@George Patton: not the only carrier, the only post-WWII carrier. Some of the CVLs had them as well, as did some of the ESSEX class that were converted to CVS-anti submarine warfare carriers. They did really, really good with them, as well-better than their escorts some of the time.
Source(s): http://books.google.com/books?id=-UT7MDTeKj8C&pg=P... Active-duty US Navy
The Questioner
They have choppers dedicated to setting up sonobuoys if they think they need them, as well as P3 Orion's.
Plus they are never alone, despite what Hollywood likes to show a carrier never goes anywhere alone, it's like the president in a sense.
P3 Orion's are not on a carrier, but their range gives them the ability to help in anti-submarine matters if necessary and the carrier is in range.
They have Helicopters with dipping sonar.
I'm extremely curious about the answer to this question
Teekno
There is never "no escort."
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Un cuento chino és una pel·lícula coproducció hispano-argentina de comèdia dramàtica escrita i dirigida per Sebastián Borensztein i protagonitzada per Ricardo Darín, Muriel Santa Ana e Ignacio Huang. Va ser estrenada el 24 de març de 2011.

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A Fucheng, Xina, Jun (Ignacio Huang) i la seva promesa gaudeixen d'una cita en un enorme bot al llac. Quan Jun es disposa a buscar els anells per a proposar-li matrimoni, directament des del cel cau una vaca i s'estavella contra el bot, matant a la seva promesa.

Roberto (Ricardo Darín) és un malhumorat ferreter argentí, que té un fred contacte amb el món que l'envolta. Duu a terme una vida monòtona i passa el dia col·leccionant notícies insòlites del món publicades al diari, comptant els caragols que compra per a comprovar la quantitat i visitant als seus pares en el cementiri. Cada punt rep la visita de Mari (Muriel Santa Ana), una dolça dona que viu en el camp, enamorada d'ell, i amb qui va tenir una relació amorosa fugaç en el passat.

Un dia, prop de l'aeroport, Roberto es troba amb Jun, que acaba de ser llançat d'un taxi. Jun, que només parla el seu idioma matern, té una adreça escrita al braç i Roberto, encara que no entén xinès, decideix portar-lo en el seu automòbil. En el trajecte, Jun vomita i Roberto el tira al carrer i se'n va a casa seva, però més tard, quan veu que hi ha una forta pluja, retorna i aixeca a Jun per a portar-lo al seu destí. Quan arriben a la direcció, s'assabenta que la propietat va ser venuda per un xinès i que no saben res del seu parador. Roberto porta a Jun a la comissaria, on pretenen tancar al jove xinès en una cel·la. Enfront d'això i al fet que l'oficial al comandament el tracta malament, Roberto discuteix amb l'oficial, li pega un cop de cap, s'emporta a Jun i li permet que es quedi una nit a la seva casa.

L'endemà, Roberto i Jun visiten l'Ambaixada de la República Popular de la Xina, on li prenen les dades i prometen trobar al seu oncle. Roberto intenta sense resultat desfer-se de Jun deixant-lo en l'ambaixada. Després tots dos van al barri xinès on Jun pregunta sobre el seu oncle als comerciants, també sense resultat. Roberto el pren per set dies com el seu "ajudant" per treure les escombraries acumulades al seu pati, al cap dels quals s'haurà d'anar de la casa.

Als set dies, l'Ambaixada li notifica que han trobat al seu oncle i que vindran a buscar-lo el matí següent. Aquesta nit Mari es queda a menjar i demanen menjar xinès com a comiat per a Jun; quan arriba l'encarregat -que és xinès- li demanen que faci d'intèrpret per a entendre alguna cosa dels que diu Jun Al matí, arriba una família de xinesos. El cap de la família fa que un home cec baixi de la camioneta per reconèixer Jun tocant-li el rostre, però no reconeix Jun com el seu nebot ni aquest a aquell com el seu oncle.

Roberto tracta novament d'aconseguir respostes a l'Ambaixada, però qui els havia atès anteriorment ja no està, i com es posa nerviós, l'expulsen. Roberto dona una altra tasca a Jun: ha de netejar la peça que ell està ocupant. Lamentablement quan Jun està traient les escombraries que hi havia allí, trenca accidentalment un moble on Roberto guardava records de la seva mare. Tot seguit, Roberto porta a Jun a un taxi i li diu al taxista que el deixi al barri xinès. Aquest dia Mari visita a Roberto per a donar-li a Jun algunes fotos que s'havien pres junts en un passeig; quan Roberto li contesta que ja se n'ha anat, Mari li diu l'afortunat que va ser Jun en tenir algú que l'ajudés i també li diu que el vol. Roberto recapacita i buscarà a Jun però és interceptat pel policia que havia agredit anteriorment, qui a punta de pistola l'obliga a anar a un descampat on el colpeja. Jun, que havia vist la situació, intervé, colpeja al policia i salva a Roberto.

Roberto compra novament menjar xinès i deixa que l'encarregat mengi amb ells i oficiï d'intèrpret. Allí, Roberto li diu que es podrà quedar un temps més, que li pagarà classes d'espanyol i que quan sàpiga alguna cosa haurà de buscar treball. Jun li pregunta per què col·lecciona les notícies insòlites i Roberto li conta la seva història: la seva mare va morir quan ell va néixer, el seu pare —immigrant italià—, llegia un diari italià que li arribava tots els diumenges i en una notícia sobre la Guerra de les Malvines va veure una fotografia de Roberto com a soldsy. Quan Roberto va tornar de la guerra, es va assabentar que el seu pare havia mort d'una aturada cardíaca aquell dia, impressionat perquè ignorava que el seu fill estava sl front de batalla. Roberto li diu que la vida és un absurd i li mostra les notícies que havia recol·lectat, entre elles la d'un avió que robava vaques a la Xina: en escapar un grup de pagesos els segueix i li dispara a l'avió en ple vol, s'obre la porta posterior, cauen dues vaques i una d'elles mata a una noia, qui resulta ser la promesaa de Jun.

Sorprès en descobrir que la notícia parlava de la tragèdia de Jun, Roberto s'emborratxa i comença a comptar els caragols com sempre feia. L'endemà al matí, crida una persona que diu ser l'oncle de Jun i que viu a Mendoza: el nebot es posa al telèfon i el confirma, per la qual cosa Roberto li compra un passatge d'avió i tots dos amics s'acomiaden amb una encaixada. Quan l'endemà Leonel, el cunyat de Mari li porta el periòdic, Roberto li compta el succeït i s'assabenta que Mari havia tornat al camp.

Aquesta nit, Roberto descobreix al pati posterior una vaca ben dibuixada per Jun (ja que havia estat artista) en la paret que li havia pintat: això li fa reflexionar i l'última escena mostra a Roberto retrobant-se amb Mari al camp.

Repartiment
 Ricardo Darín... Roberto
 Muriel Santa Ana... Mari
 Ignacio Huang... Jun
 Pablo Seijo... Cliente
 Iván Romanelli... Leonel
 Vivian El Jaber... Rosa
 Enric Cambray... Roberto Joven

Controvèrsia
El 26 de novembre de 2013, la Cambra del Crim de la ciutat de Buenos Aires va sobreseure als administradors del lloc web YouTube en una publicació de la pel·lícula per reclams d'autor, després d'una acusació pels beneficis econòmics que van obtenir.

La productora Pampa Films va sostenir que el lloc web va publicar la pel·lícula durant nou mesos, va tenir 196.966 visites i es va beneficiar per les publicitats que promociona i va denunciar als administradors de YouTube, els responsables de Google i l'usuari que va publicar la pel·lícula. Però els camaristes Gustavo Bruzzone, Rodolfo Pociello i Mirta Lopez González van confirmar una fallada de primera instància, el qual havia arxivat la denúncia, i van sobreseure per inexistència de delicte als deu denunciats, la qual cosa va donar per tancada la causa.

Estrena

Exhibició en festivals
La pel·lícula va competir en tres festivals internacionals de cinema, el Festival de Cinema Tribeca de Doha que va tenir lloc a Catar entre el 25 i el 29 de novembre, Festival Internazionale di Roma que fins al 4 de novembre va tenir lloc en la capital italiana i del 10 al 20 de novembre de 2011, va integrar la graella del Festival Internacional de Cinema de Mannheim Heidelberg (Alemanya).

Premis

Referències

Enllaços externs
 Un cuento chino a Días de cine

Pel·lícules de l'Argentina del 2011
Pel·lícules en castellà
Pel·lícules de comèdia de l'Argentina
Pel·lícules dramàtiques de l'Argentina
Pel·lícules guanyadores del Premi Goya a la millor pel·lícula estrangera de parla hispana
Pel·lícules dramàtiques del 2011

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Nova Roma do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Keywords: rio grande do sul | nova roma do sul |
image by Ivan Sache, 1 August 2020
The municipality
Municipal Flags of Rio Grande do Sul
State of Rio Grande do Sul
Brazilian Municipal Flags
The municipality of Nova Roma do Sul (3,584 inhabitants in 2016; 14,906 ha) is located 160 km north of Porto Alegre.
Nova Roma do Sul was first settled in 1880 by Polish, Swedish and Russian colonists. Italian immigrants arrived in 1888 soon formed the majority of the settlers. Nova Roma do Sul belonged to the municipality of Antônio Prado; the colonization commission divided the territory in eight "linhas" and established 14 communities, each with its own chapel. Castro Alves was the first seat of the colony; in 1894, the transfer of the seat to Nova Treviso, in Linha Blessmann initiated a fierce rivalry between the two settlements.
In 6 January 1899, Father Alexandre Pelegrini, with the governor's permission, established the settlement of Nova Roma in Lihas Carlos Leopoldo, in a site located between Castro Alves and Nova Treviso. Nova Roma was elevated on 19 January 1923 as the 2nd district of Antônio Prado.
The municipality of Nova Roma do Sul was established on 30 November 1987 and inaugurated on 1 January 1989.
https://www.novaromadosul.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website
The flag of Nova Roma do Sul is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 61 promulgated on 6 November 1989.
Article 1.
The flag of the municipality of Nova Roma do Sul shall have white as its official color.
In the center of the flag, which shall be plain white, shall be featured the coat of arms of the municipality.
The flag shall have the same dimensions as the national flag.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/n/nova-roma-do-sul/lei-ordinaria/1989/7/61/lei-ordinaria-n-61-1989-institui-a-bandeira-como-simbolo-do-municipio-de-nova-roma-do-sul-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database
The coat of arms of Nova Roma do Sul is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 60 promulgated on 6 November 1989.
The coat of arms of the town and municipality of Nova Roma do Sul is constituted of a Portuguese shield argent, crossed in the center by a fess serrated vert. In chief, a detail of the frontispiece of the St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, sable. In base, a tapir over waves azure.
The shield surmounted by a five-towered mural crown argent.
The shield supported by grapevines vert.
Beneath the shield a red scroll inscribed "1880 - Nova Roma do Sul - 1987". The first date recalls the initiation of settlement by Polish, Swedish and Russian colonists; the second date recalls the municipality's political emancipation.
The charges of the shield's field symbolize the municipality's ethnic and cultural origins, faith, work, economy, natural environment and history, as follows: in chief, the Italian colonization initiated in 1886, represented by the town's namesake; in the center, the mountains where the municipality is located; in base, Tapirs' River and the animal species most commonly found in the region, also symbolizing commitment to the preservation of natural environment. The supporters are a reference to progress based on the soil's resources. The mural crown and the scroll represent the political rank and administrative history of the municipality.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/n/nova-roma-do-sul/lei-ordinaria/1989/6/60/lei-ordinaria-n-60-1989-institui-o-brasao-como-simbolo-do-municipio-de-nova-roma-do-sul-e-da-outras-providencias
https://www.facebook.com/PrefaNovaRomadoSul/photos/a.1174384392592247/1174384542592232/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/PrefaNovaRomadoSul/photos/a.710312138999477/710315568999134/?type=3&theater


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Q: How to click few buttons with same xpath, class I have a problem clicking every button on the LinkedIn page. In some profiles which contain a lot of information about job experience, schools, license we have to expand this information by click on 'Show more button".
Sample profile 1
Sample profile 2
I try many things like searching for elements by Xpath and then looping them to click every button on the page but it didn't work - because every button class is the same as other elements that we can find using selenium. I figure it that first "show more" button is always for experiane section and that code make job to click it:
self.driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", WebDriverWait(
            self.driver, 3).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//li-icon[@class='pv-profile"
                                                                        "-section__toggle-detail-icon']"))))

Then we have the education section, license, and certification section - this makes me trouble. Temporary solution is to click at element that contain string:
self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(), 'Pokaż więcej')]").click()

OR
self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(), 'Pokaż 1 uczelnię więcej')]").click()

Sooner than later I know that code has a lot of limitations. Does anyone have a better idea of how to solve this problem?
Solution
containers = self.driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//li-icon[@class='pv-profile-section__toggle-detail-icon']")
    for button in containers:
        self.driver.execute_script('arguments[0].click()', button)

A: I tested page with own code and it seems you can get all buttons with
items = driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, '//div[@class="profile-detail"]//button')

for item in items:
    driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", item)

But there can be other problem. Page uses "lazy loading" and it may need to use JavaScript code which scrolls down to load all component.

Here is my full code with some ideas in comments.
I tried also select buttons in sections but not all methods work.
But maybe it will be useful for other ideas.
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException, TimeoutException
import time

USERNAME = 'XXXXX'
PASSWORD = 'YYYYY'

url = 'https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakub-bialoskorski/?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_miniProfile%3AACoAABp5UJ8BDpi5ZwNGebljqDlYx7OXIKgxH80'

driver = webdriver.Firefox()

# -------------------------------------

driver.get(url)
time.sleep(5)

#wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)

cookies = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '//button[@action-type="ACCEPT"]')
cookies.click()
time.sleep(1)

link = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '//p[@class="authwall-join-form__subtitle"]/button')
link.click()
time.sleep(1)

login_form = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '//div[@class="authwall-sign-in-form"]')
time.sleep(1)

username = login_form.find_element(By.XPATH, '//input[@id="session_key"]')
username.send_keys(USERNAME)
password = login_form.find_element(By.XPATH, '//input[@id="session_password"]')
password.send_keys(PASSWORD)
time.sleep(1)

#button = login_form.find_element(By.XPATH, '//button[@type="submit"]')
button = login_form.find_element(By.XPATH, '//button[contains(text(), "Zaloguj się")]')
button.click()
time.sleep(5)

# -------------------------------------

url = 'https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakub-bialoskorski/?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_miniProfile%3AACoAABp5UJ8BDpi5ZwNGebljqDlYx7OXIKgxH80'

#from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains

driver.get(url)
time.sleep(5)

# -----------

print('... scrolling for lazy loading ...')

last_height = 0
while True:

    driver.execute_script("window.scrollTo(0, window.scrollY + window.innerHeight);")
    time.sleep(2)

    new_height = driver.execute_script("return window.scrollY")
    if new_height == last_height:
        break
    last_height = new_height

# -----------

def click_items(items):
    for item in items:
        print('text:', item.text)

        #print(item.get_attribute('innerHTML'))

        #print('... scrolling ...')
        #ActionChains(driver).move_to_element(item).perform()

        print('... scrolling ...')
        driver.execute_script("arguments[0].scrollIntoView(true);", item)

        #print('... clicking ...')
        #item.click()
        #time.sleep(1)

        print('... clicking ...')
        driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", item)
        time.sleep(1)

        print('----')

print('\n>>> Pokaż <<<\n')

#items = driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, '//button[contains(text(), "Pokaż")]')
#click_items(items)

print('\n>>> Doświadczenie - Pokaż więcej <<<\n')

#section = driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, '//section[@id="experience-section"]')
#items = driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, '//button[contains(text(), "zobacz wi")]')
items = driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, '//button[contains(@class, "inline-show-more-text__button")]')
click_items(items)

print('\n>>> Umiejętności i potwierdzenia - Pokaż więcej  <<<\n')

#section = driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, '//section[@id="experience-section"]')
items = driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, '//button[@data-control-name="skill_details"]')
click_items(items)

print('\n>>> Wyświetl <<<\n')

items = driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, '//button[contains(text(), "Wyświetl")]')
click_items(items)

print('\n>>> Rekomendacje <<<\n')

items = driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, '//button[@aria-controls="recommendation-list"]')
click_items(items)

print('\n>>> Osiągnięcia <<<\n')

print('--- projects ---')
items = driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, '//button[@aria-controls="projects-expandable-content"]')
click_items(items)

print('--- languages ---')
items = driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, '//button[@aria-controls="languages-expandable-content"]')
click_items(items)

# --- all buttons ---
#items = driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, '//div[@class="profile-detail"]//button')
#click_items(items)

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Q: Cloud Foundry with 3 AZ without shared storage I am trying to install Cloud Foundry on three vSphere clusters (one node each) using Bosh without having shared storage. The nodes use their own local storages.
If I use scale-to-one-az.yml file, I can install CF and it works. If I deploy to three AZ, I am getting an error:
Error: CPI error 'Bosh::Clouds::CloudError' with message 'No valid placement found for VM compute and storage requirement' in 'create_vm' CPI method (CPI request ID: 'cpi-717770')

Can I deploy Cloud Foundry with 3 AZ without shared storage?
Additional information:

*

*Cloud Foundry manifest_version: v13.23.0

*Bosh version: version 6.3.1-c44e8a1d-2020-07-09T21:08:12Z

*bosh cloud-config output:

azs:
- cloud_properties:
    datacenters:
    - clusters:
      - AZ01:
          datastore_pattern: node1-datastore
          persistent_datastore_pattern: node1-datastore
          resource_pool: Pool01
      name: DC
  name: z1
- cloud_properties:
    datacenters:
    - clusters:
      - AZ02:
          datastore_pattern: node2-datastore
          persistent_datastore_pattern: node2-datastore
          resource_pool: Pool02
      name: DC
  name: z2
- cloud_properties:
    datacenters:
    - clusters:
      - AZ03:
          datastore_pattern: node3-datastore
          persistent_datastore_pattern: node3-datastore
          resource_pool: Pool03
      name: DC
  name: z3
compilation:
  az: z1
  network: default
  reuse_compilation_vms: true
  vm_type: small-highmem
  workers: 6
disk_types:
- disk_size: 5120
  name: 5GB
- disk_size: 10240
  name: 10GB
- disk_size: 102400
  name: 100GB
- disk_size: 1024000
  name: 1000GB
networks:
- name: default
  subnets:
  - az: z1
    cloud_properties:
      name: LS-Cloud01
    dns:
    - 8.8.8.8
    gateway: x.x.10.1
    range: x.x.10.0/24
    reserved:
    - x.x.10.1-x.x.10.49
    static:
    - x.x.10.50 - x.x.10.60
  - az: z2
    cloud_properties:
      name: LS-Cloud02
    dns:
    - 8.8.8.8
    gateway: x.x.40.1
    range: x.x.40.0/24
    reserved:
    - x.x.40.1 - x.x.40.49
    static:
    - x.x.40.50 - x.x.40.60
  - az: z3
    cloud_properties:
      name: LS-Cloud03
    dns:
    - 8.8.8.8
    gateway: x.x.50.1
    range: x.x.50.0/24
    reserved:
    - x.x.50.1 - x.x.50.49
    static:
    - x.x.50.50 - x.x.50.60
vm_extensions:
- name: cf-router-network-properties
- name: cf-tcp-router-network-properties
- name: diego-ssh-proxy-network-properties
- cloud_properties:
    disk: 51200
  name: 50GB_ephemeral_disk
- cloud_properties:
    disk: 102400
  name: 100GB_ephemeral_disk
vm_types:
- cloud_properties:
    cpu: 2
    disk: 10240
    ram: 4096
  name: minimal
- cloud_properties:
    cpu: 6
    disk: 10240
    ram: 16384
  name: small
- cloud_properties:
    cpu: 6
    disk: 10240
    ram: 65536
  name: small-highmem

Succeeded

A: yes, it can be done.
Storage configuration (node1-datastore, node2-datastore, node3-datastore) and information about the resource pools (Pool01, Pool02, Pool03) and AZ (AZ01, AZ02, AZ03)need to be provided to bosh. My cpi.yml (https://github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-deployment/blob/master/vsphere/cpi.yml) can be found below:
- name: cpi
  path: /releases/-
  type: replace
  value:
    name: bosh-vsphere-cpi
    sha1: 25c53531bf9efeb86d093c2acded62f638e12f0f
    url: https://bosh.io/d/github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-vsphere-cpi-release?v=54.1.0
    version: 54.1.0
- name: stemcell
  path: /resource_pools/name=vms/stemcell?
  type: replace
  value:
    sha1: 025432cad0600ee0c05d185bc64b88d250c65de4
    url: https://bosh-core-stemcells.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/621.85/bosh-stemcell-621.85-vsphere-esxi-ubuntu-xenial-go_agent.tgz
- path: /resource_pools/name=vms/cloud_properties?
  type: replace
  value:
    cpu: 2
    disk: 40000
    ram: 4096
- path: /networks/name=default/subnets/0/cloud_properties?
  type: replace
  value:
    name: ((network_name))
- path: /instance_groups/name=bosh/jobs/-
  type: replace
  value:
    name: vsphere_cpi
    release: bosh-vsphere-cpi
- path: /instance_groups/name=bosh/properties/director/cpi_job?
  type: replace
  value: vsphere_cpi
- path: /cloud_provider/template?
  type: replace
  value:
    name: vsphere_cpi
    release: bosh-vsphere-cpi
- path: /instance_groups/name=bosh/properties/vcenter?
  type: replace
  value:
    address: ((vcenter_ip))
    datacenters:
    - clusters:
      - ((vcenter_cluster)): {}
      - AZ01:
          resource_pool: Pool01
      - AZ02:
          resource_pool: Pool02
      - AZ03:
          resource_pool: Pool03
      datastore_pattern: ((vcenter_ds))
      disk_path: ((vcenter_disks))
      name: ((vcenter_dc))
      persistent_datastore_pattern: ((vcenter_ds))
      template_folder: ((vcenter_templates))
      vm_folder: ((vcenter_vms))
    password: ((vcenter_password))
    user: ((vcenter_user))
- path: /cloud_provider/properties/vcenter?
  type: replace
  value:
    address: ((vcenter_ip))
    datacenters:
    - clusters:
      - ((vcenter_cluster)): {}
      - AZ01:
          resource_pool: Pool01
      - AZ02:
          resource_pool: Pool02
      - AZ03:
          resource_pool: Pool03
      datastore_pattern: ((vcenter_ds))
      disk_path: ((vcenter_disks))
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Emil Venere is a science writer with about 35 years of experience, both at major research universities and daily newspapers. He holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Arizona and a bachelor's in literature from Ramapo College of New Jersey. He wrote the science fiction novel Flying Saucers.
First of all, what do they mean by "cognizant authorities"? Does this mean there are authorities who have knowledge of these UFOs and specifically who is operating them, whether they are above-top-secret U.S. hardware or from other Earthly or alien sources?
Secondly, who in Congress was briefed and what was the nature of this briefing? Was it simply a rehash of the media coverage that began with the New York Times article in December 2017?
Since, presumably, ET's arrival would not represent just another safety or security concern, is this the Pentagon basically admitting these things are not operated by space aliens?
Thirdly, WTF is going on?!?!?!?!?!?
Well, obviously, we've been flying the thing, or something like it, for many years.
Why would I ask such a silly question?
Hell yeah, the B-21 Bomber's a flying saucer, if not literally, then metaphorically.
In other words, it's not merely some incremental evolution of the B-2, as the Air Force's artistic rendering would have us believe.
One intriguing factor in the whole B-21 story is the language used by military authorities. For example, they have repeatedly said the bomber is based on a "very mature" technology. Yet, they also have said that even though the underlying technology is mature, that doesn't mean it's known to the public.
Very mature, not known to the public.
Translation: They've been flying this thing, in one form or another, for 70 years or so.
But I'm not telling you anything you don't already know. It's all in Flying Saucers!
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds spoke cryptically about the B-21 Bomber on KOTA TV in South Dakota.
So, it seems evident that Rounds has seen the bomber. If true, does that mean there is a full-scale prototype? His comment also suggests the new bomber is fundamentally different from the B-2 stealth bomber, although an official Air Force artistic rendering closely resembles the B-2.
Maybe the B-21 is way different.
As to why the authorities would want to spy on Lennon, our history is rife with examples of federal surveillance of prominent people, from Martin Luther King to Frank Sinatra.
Oh, and, by the way, flying saucers are ideal for stealth and airborne surveillance.
But, then, I'm not telling you anything you don't already know.
Interesting ruminations about the U.S. military's role regarding a hypothetical ET invasion.
The article discusses President Trump's plans to form a Space Force (#SpaceForce) and spells out which military branches would defend against ET.
Anyway, in my opinion, the author nails it here.


The hallmark of any decently habitable world is that it has its own ecosystem. Any ecosystem worth its salt should be self-sustaining. But when you're building it from scratch, it helps to know which elements act as catalyst engines…and which will stall your story.
The most obvious catalyst for the ecosystem is to throw in interesting people. A world populated by interesting people–with their own needs, goals, wants, and flaws–churns on under its own power. Now, your story can't possibly follow along with all eight million stories in the Naked City, but the fact that those stories are happening gives your world a life and an inertial speed all its own. Even "walk-on" characters need motivators that determine whether or not they help or hinder the heroes with whatever conflict units that engage them.
Never underestimate the power of what's under your (characters') feet. "Man vs. Wild" isn't just the name of a popular survivalist show, it's also one of the core, basic conflicts of all stories–the others being "Man vs. Man" and "Man vs. Self" or, as Kurt Vonnegut put it, "Man in a hole." That hole right there is your main character's adversary.
Time flies when you're having fun, and when your world is chugging along with people who want things, and settings that provide obstacles to them getting those things, it's not doing so in a vacuum. That waitress may never win the lottery, and she may have all the time in the world to play, but sooner, rather than later, her tips are going to run out for her rent/kidney dialysis. The passage of time makes her situation (the need for money) turn critical with respect to her motivation (home/kidneys), and forces her into more drastic action (getting up her courage to ask for a raise/rob the till). Worldbuilding inertia slows when characters can continue on as they have been without change in their consequences or circumstances. If your waitress merrily keeps buying lottery tickets without a change in either the need to win or the drain in her finances, then she's not a catalyst engine–she's moving scenery.
When you keep things moving in your worldbuilding, you not only create a denser, more populated environment in which to showcase your heroes, you also create a world that has enough depth and definition to support a living, breathing story. Any good playwright knows that if you're going to have flying characters, you'd better have a decent theater from which to hang them. And if you do pull it off, you've not only used your actors, sets, and script, you've also made the theater itself, and even the audience an important and dynamic part of your story. And if you can pull in your audience that way, you're moving in the right direction.


Benzodiazepines in anxiety disorders: managing therapeutics and dependence.
Norman TR; Ellen SR; Burrows GD. Medical Journal of Australia. 167(9):490-5, 1997 Nov 3.
Medical Journal of Australia, 1997; 167: 328-333. R Ellen, Trevor R Norman and Graham D Burrows A general practitioner who sees 40 patients a day can expect that eight will require support or treatment for anxiety of depression – and that's not counting those whose disorders go unrecognised.
Trevor R Norman, Steven R Ellen and Graham D Burrows The use of benzodiazepines in anxiety disorders must be careful and limited, so as to avoid producing dependence.
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Producer, New York Times bestselling author, preacher/motivational speaker and spiritual success coach DeVon Franklin may have several callings, but is fully dedicated to spreading the word of God through engaging content suitable for all to enjoy. His latest film The Star takes on the Christmas story from a totally new perspective, and features vocal talent from stars such as Tyler Perry, Oprah Winfrey, Tracey Morgan, Keegan-Michael Key and more.
The multi-hyphenate film exec recently spoke with EBONY about the animated feature, controversy that has already surrounded the film and teaching our children to walk in their faith as early as possible.
EBONY: We know The Star is your first foray into animated movies. How was it working on this compared to producing live-action films?
DeVon Franklin: Oh, it's totally different. An animated film is much more time consuming and there are a whole lot more people involved. What I like about the animation process is that it is very much a team effort. From the director to the story board artists to the writers to the studio, there are so many people involved in helping bring the story to life. In an animated film, every single thing you see has to be created from scratch, and so that process is really fascinating, to see it all come to life.
Been with my brother @devonfranklin all evening promoting #thestarmovie ….go see it this weekend
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How does The Star take on the story of Christmas differently than other holiday films?
It's the first one from the animals' point of view, which is a whole new way to tell this story. We all know the story of Jesus' birth, but we've never seen it this way. Also, this is the first CGI animated movie from a major Hollywood studio based on a Bible story.
What was it like working with talent like Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry and Tracey Morgan, who all lent their voices to the film?
It was great! What I loved about them as talent was that they were so open to trying different things. They went in there and just had fun! There's actually a moment towards the end of the movie when the three camels the wise men rode in on scream, and Oprah just let out this epic yell that was absolutely hilarious! That was the take we used in the movie.
Here's something I never thought I'd say…I'm playing a camel. Meet Deborah! #TheStarMovie is joy and laughter for the whole family. In theaters everywhere TODAY. Get tickets – link in bio.
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There's been some feedback from the trailer that the film is mocking the birth of Christ rather than celebrating it.
That's fine. Of course, it's easy for someone to have a point of view without seeing the movie, but see the movie. There's no mocking of Jesus' birth, we treat it with the utmost reverence, and when people see it, they cry. It's very powerful, that moment when he's born. From a two-minute clip, it's easy to make an assessment, but I would encourage people to see the film and make up their own mind.
How important is it that we expose our children to faith at a young age, whether it be by more traditional means or through faith-based entertainment?
It's definitely important. I know so much of who I am and who I've become is because I was exposed to faith at an early age. Hearing the bible stories and being in the nativity plays as a kid, it was a really good part of my upbringing. It's important to give kids a since of what faith is, of what values are, and I think movies like The Star can and will do that.
The Star debuts in theaters today!
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Numerical values aside, the fact remains that Paden City's drinking water contains an excess of a dry cleaning chemical considered by the EPA to be "most likely carcinogenic to humans."
However, when considering the numbers, it is argued that someone's odds of getting cancer from PCE in their drinking water would increase by one in 1 million if they consumed 17 parts per billion of the chemical over a lifetime, according to the Agency of Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Furthermore, the concentration of PCE is Paden City's water supply is 5.5 parts per billion. The maximum allowable contaminant level for the chemical set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is 5 parts per billion.
Paden City residents have been given these facts though, over and over. If they didn't attend the March 4 council meeting, when a letter was read by Mayor Clyde Hochstrasser stating the above-mentioned information, then they might have heard such from someone who did attend the council meeting.
Or, perhaps they read the story when the Wetzel Chronicle released our news coverage from the meeting on our website that week.
Or, perhaps they read the information the following week when each Paden City water customer received a memo-type correspondence, without a date or signature, stating the information. The news then broke regional, and even nationwide.
Still, we feel that Paden City residents are looking for more. Browsing social media, and the comments in response to this news story, we can confidently state that residents ARE looking for more than just an impersonal letter or the repetition of information from governmental agencies.
Is that water safe to drink? Is the water safe to use for bathing? Are children at a higher risk of ill affects from drinking water contaminated with PCE? What about pets? Do animals have a different reaction to drinking water contaminated with PCE?
Why were residents informed about this in March, when it's been reported that the city found contamination at one of its wells about six months ago?
We recommend a town meeting which includes representatives from the local, state, and federal levels.
We recommend complete transparency and clarity. The people of Paden City deserve this.


The Britavia Hermes was on a flight from Blackbushe to Tripoli and back with intermediate stops on the way to Tripoli at Malta, for a crew change, and Cyprus. Rest period at Tripoli for the Malta-crew was reduced because of late (5 hours) arrival of the aircraft. The aircraft took off from Tripoli at 15:25. At 23:36 the aircraft was cleared to the Blackbushe beacon at 2000 feet. Planning a runway 08 approach, the crew reported passing the beacon at 2000 feet at 23:44 and completed the procedure turn at 1500 feet two minutes later. After passing the Outer Marker, the flight was cleared to land. The aircraft descended below the ILS glide slope and hit a beech tree 3617 feet short of the runway threshold, swung to the left and came down in pine trees 3000 feet further on.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The most probable cause of the accident is that in difficult conditions and while suffering from a degree of fatigue above the normal, the captain, relying on his vision of the airport lights to assess his height, judged his height to be higher than it actually was."
Distance from Tripoli-Idris Airport to Blackbushe Airport as the crow flies is 2351 km (1470 miles).


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Such measures aren't just PR sops meant to placate the "shut up and dribble" crowd. The world of sports broadcasting is notoriously gun-shy when it comes to politics — even when those expressions of political belief are symbolic rather than electoral. All of which makes what NBA players have accomplished here unprecedented.
As the coronavirus pandemic and voter suppression tactics threaten to depress turnout in the very cities across America that have been rocked by the violence and injustice, the NBA will expand voting access and participation. The stadiums that will double as polling stations aren't just in safely blue states, they're in places with down-ballot and Electoral College ramifications—Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Arizona, Texas, North Carolina, Georgia.
In light of the strike's shocking nature and its just-as-shockingly quick resolution, it's easy to miss the elegant genius of what it accomplished. For all their carping about voter fraud, Trump and his Greek chorus in conservative media are hard-pressed to argue against measures to promote in-person voting. Or, now that players are back on the court, to complain about spoiled millionaires hypocritically shirking their duties while the poor, average fan suffers through quarantine with nothing to keep them company but Formula 1 on tape delay.
The NBA playoffs resumed seamlessly this week, but the decision wasn't without its critics on the left—specifically with regard to the influence of Barack Obama, the Bernie-verse's bugbear of perceived half-stepping. When the news broke that Obama counseled players to return to the court with concessions, responses ranged from "are you fucking kidding me" to jokes about Larry Summers and Richard Branson to the evergreen, sarcastic "thanks obama."
The snark elides how the NBA throwing its weight behind voting access could have a huge impact on this fall's elections—and, therefore, the near-future not only of criminal justice reform, but of any number of longtime progressive priorities. In 2018, unprecedented midterm turnout led to a slew of liberal reformers winning office up and down the ballot, even in places not usually known for their progressive zeal. Take Houston, where Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo led a wave of Democrats who swept Republicans out of the county's courts and are now remaking its criminal justice system in their own image. Or Nevada, where its attorney general, Aaron Ford, has pushed for greater state oversight of local police.
Black voters who bear the brunt of America's dysfunctional criminal justice system are more wary than their White counterparts of voting by mail, potentially hampering such initiatives in a pandemic-constrained election cycle. Critics of Obama-style electoralism fixate on the first part of the former president's famous "Don't boo, vote" exhortation, painting him as a counter-revolutionary wet blanket. On behalf of their communities, the striking NBA players put their money—quite literally—on the latter part, bending league ownership to their will in what could be a game-changing twist in this November's elections.
Even before the current state of affairs forced the league's biggest star to dial up a former president for counsel, LeBron James heralded a new wave of NBA activism with the founding of the "More Than a Vote" nonprofit in the wake of George Floyd's killing in late May. The group's explicitly stated goal was to combat apathy among Black voters, something experts say has been instilled by years of anti-democratic measures to suppress voter access.
Hannah Klain, a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice, described the measures as promising after nearly a decade of renewed voter suppression efforts.
"It's exciting as someone who works in this field to see people who maybe in the past, haven't been as engaged, get really fired up about elections, and administering them faithfully, and having people vote," Klain said. "The ennui and the disillusionment are the point [of voter suppression]; they're counting on people to lose faith in the system."
So far, James' A-team assembled to fight said ennui includes stars like Super Bowl champion Patrick Mahomes, comedian and movie star Kevin Hart, and R&B singer Toni Braxton. But despite their combined followings and the wealth of evidence showing how inner-city voters are discouraged from going to the polls, an obvious, Occam's razor-style question lingers: Will the celebrities' do-gooding messages aimed at boosting participation actually … do any good?
In the late 1990s, Yale political scientists Alan Garber and Donald Green decided to test a simple thesis about the tools of the political Stone Age. Were the then-standard contents of a campaign's bag of tricks, namely direct mail and phone campaigns, really effective in getting voters to the polls? Analyzing voters in four groups that each received nonpartisan "nudges" of escalating intensity, they found that among all the tools available to political operatives at the time, only old-fashioned in-person canvassing had any effect on likeliness to vote.
Pols seized on the findings immediately, whispering in campaigns' ears that they were wasting money on outdated tech when they could be marching merrily into a broadcast- and email-dominated future. In 2008, Green and UCLA's Lynn Vavreck published an oft-cited study in the academic journal Political Analysis that measured the effectiveness of America's most well-known and frequently-mocked get-out-the-vote effort of the modern era: MTV's "Rock the Vote" campaign aimed at young voters.
Green and Vavreck analyzed the effect of such ads during the 2004 presidential election, finding that where they aired, young voters were more likely to turn out by 2.7 percentage points. Crucially, Green himself recently told Vox that such ads are effective only when they're focused specifically on turnout, without a partisan message—exactly like those NBA viewers will experience until the last game of its playoffs in mid-October.
James Druckman, a political scientist at Northwestern University who has studied voter behavior and psychology extensively, pointed to "Rock the Vote" as the closest comparison to the NBA's current efforts. He cautioned, however, that like so many other aspects of politics, the hyperpartisan nature of today's media climate could blunt those efforts' cumulative effect.
"I suspect that if people still perceive there to be nonpartisan actors who engage in mobilization, that these methods would work during this election cycle," Druckman said. "The question is the extent to which people believe anyone involved in politics is not politicized these days."
In that light, then, a higher-percentage play might be the NBA's commitment to materially expanding voting access for residents of the league's 30 cities, most of which trend poorer and blacker, and are more vulnerable to the violence players are protesting than their surrounding areas. (The Toronto Raptors are lobbying to help U.S. expats vote absentee.) As of this writing, The Associated Press reports that at least 20 teams have already announced concrete plans to set up voting centers at their arenas. Depending on the state, voters will be able to potentially vote early, register to vote or actually vote at those arenas on Election Day.
Klain said those efforts are promising, but that team owners and league officials should prepare for a heavy bureaucratic lift.
"I've been both sort of excited and, frankly, nervous, because running any polling place is complicated," Klain said. "Particularly this year, we're expecting really high turnout across the board, and making sure that these spaces … are ready to handle that kind of volume will be so critical."
As Druckman alluded to, the ads meant to drive voters to those spaces don't explicitly point them left or right. They're thoroughly nonpartisan and pro-small "d" democracy, which makes them palatable to otherwise skittish team owners. But the young, policy-motivated voters who have helped drive progressive reforms across the country are surely paying attention to races like the ones listed above, and the NBA's pro-Black Lives Matter messaging is thoroughly aligned with them. If those voters can be nudged even by Green and Vavreck's 2.7 percent, it could have major ramifications.
All of this isn't to uncritically cheerlead for the NBA. Opinions within the league on its return to play were reportedly so divergent that they encompassed those of the eventual deal's anti-electoralist critics, and NBA leadership has a history of ditching its social justice rhetoric when it might jeopardize the bottom line. But real money and pride were at stake in these negotiations; the season's total cancellation would have materially harmed arena staff and all-stars alike. Whether or not you agree with the players' goals, their sincerity in this case cannot be questioned.
So laugh at Obama (and by proxy, it should be noted, James and his collaborators) all you want. It only takes a glance out the window to observe that Americans of all stripes are energized—honestly, inflamed—as much as they have been since the civil rights era. Obama, James and their fellow leaders are fully aware of that, and they're prepared to leverage it toward their goals.
The election season, then, can be compared to "crunch time" in the NBA, the last few minutes in a tight game, when every move counts and the record books are settled. Whatever happens this November, NBA players' pro-democracy activism will ensure that they and their followers will at least be on the court for it, while their detractors sullenly look on from the bench.
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Rockport – Christoph Tschalaer, age 81 of Rockport, passed away on Monday, February 24. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Joan, and children Ronald of Aptos, Calif. and daughter, Elisabeth of Portland, Ore.. Also by his sisters Barbara Tschalaer and Luzia Leibundgut of Zurich, Switzerland.
Chris was born and raised and educated in Zurich, Switzerland. After graduating from the ETH, he went to Los Angeles, where he completed his doctorate in Nuclear Physics at USC. He and Joan then moved to England where he worked at the Rutherford High Energy Lab in Chilton. From there he moved back to Switzerland to engage in the building and research of the Swiss Institute of Nuclear Research, now the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen. After 20 years, Chris returned to the US to work at MIT.
At SIN/PSI he led target development in the early days. Later he was pivotal in the planning and development of the spallation neutron source. And as head of technical services he was involved in many of the projects at PSI. During this time he was also instrumental in the development of Refuna, a district heating system using the waste heat of a nearby nuclear reactor.
Chris was a distinguished MIT Senior Research Scientist who played a leadership role at the Bates Laboratory at Middleton, over three decades. He was hired by Bates Director Ernie Moniz in 1989 and served as Associate Director for Operations under successive Bates directors Stanley Kowalski and Richard Milner. He oversaw the successful completion of the pioneering SAMPLE experiment to constrain the strange quark contribution to the proton's magnetism, the OOPS experiment to determine the shape of the proton and the BLAST internal target experiment to determine the nucleon's charge and magnetism at long distance scales. Chris played a leading role in the joint Bates-BNL collaboration that developed the first ring-ring electron-ion collider design using the RHIC collider at BNL in 2004. Subsequently, he made important technical contributions to the DarkLight experiment at Jefferson Laboratory and, most recently, was working on a proposal to determine the contribution of two-photon exchange at DESY, Hamburg, Germany. In retirement, he remained active in physics. Chris had a unique ability to make accurate analytic estimates of complicated physical phenomena using pencil, paper and a calculator. His intuitive insight was highly valued by his colleagues at MIT and around the world who had the good fortune to work with him.
In addition to his love of Physics, he enjoyed time with his family, hiking, skiing, sailing, return visits to Switzerland, and living in Rockport. Up to his death he enjoyed walking Long Beach every morning to start his day. He also enjoyed cooking, a great steak, a good beer, singing and the company of dear friends in song and deep conversation. He will be greatly missed by his colleagues, friends, and family.
In keeping with his wishes, his burial will be held privately. A celebration of life will be held at Shalin Liu 37 Main Street, Rockport on Wednesday, March 4th from 1 to 5 p.m. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Arrangements by Greely Funeral Home 212 Washington Street, Gloucester. For online guestbook please visit www.greelyfuneralhome.com


the rug nap, sucking gently at hidden dust. Then, like mysterious invaders, they popped into their burrows. Their pink electric eye faded. The house was clean.
Ten-fifteen. The garden sprinklers whirled up in golden founts, filling the soft morning air with scatterings of brightness. The water pelted windowpanes, running down the charred west side where the house had been burned evenly free of its white paint. The entire west face of the house was black, save for five places. Here the silhouette in paint of a man mowing a lawn. Here, as in a photograph, a woman bent to pick flowers. Still farther over, their images burned on wood in one titantic instant, a small boy, hands flung into the air; higher up, the image of thrown ball, and opposite him a girl, hand raised to catch a ball which never came down. The five spots of paint – the man, the woman, the children, the ball – remained. The rest was a thin charcoaled layer. The gentle sprinkler rain filled the garden with falling light.


Are you worried that your wheel alignment is off center? An off wheel alignment can create many driving issues, as well as cause excessive tire wear, which is why it is important to obtain a wheel alignment when necessary. To ensure you know when to take your vehicle in for a wheel alignment, there are a few things that you can do to see if your alignment is off.
An easy and fast way to determine whether your alignment is off is to see how your steering wheel reacts when you release it while driving straight. When trying this method, you will want to center your steering wheel so that your vehicle drives straight. Once your steering wheel is centered, release it and see how your steering wheel and vehicle react. If your vehicle begins to turn then this can be a clear sign that your alignment is off.
Another inspection that you can do on your own is to check the quality of your tires. Because a wheel alignment causes your tires to drive on an angle, you will likely see excessive tire wear on one specific side of your tires. If your tires show serious signs of wear on either the inner or outerwear of your tire, then this can definitely mean it is time to have your alignment corrected.
When your alignment is not centered, then this causes your wheel axles to be uneven with one another. Because of this issue, you will likely experience shakiness when driving at high speeds. So, the next time you are on the freeway, be sure you take a second to see if your vehicle shakes, as this can be another sign that it is time to have your alignment repaired.
By inspecting these factors, you will be able to see whether or not your car needs a wheel alignment without having to pay a professional to determine that for you. This can save you money and allow you to diagnose your own alignment issues, which will help you take your car in only when it is necessary. Knowing when your alignment is off center is very important, as this will allow you to seek repairs sooner, rather than later, which can help you prevent many complications with your vehicle, so definitely take a minute to take advantage of these tips. For more information or advice, contact a business such as D Wells Automotive Service.


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Waterside, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, Warwickshire, CV37 6BB
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre is a 1,040+ seat thrust stage theatre owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company dedicated to the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.
Situated in a Grade II listed building, which retains many of the art deco features of the 1932 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, it re-opened in November 2010 after a three-year transformation project. The building is open daily to enjoy a meal in the Rooftop Restaurant, take a theatre tour, book a ticket to go up the tower for stunning views of Shakespeare's home town or visit the free exhibition spaces.
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A 15 minute walk from Stratford-upon Avon station
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The family of an 18 year old Wigan man who died in a motorcycle accident have agreed an out-of-court settlement with the insurers of the other driver, who was also tragically killed in the accident.
Ryan Smith, of Derby Road, Golborne, suffered catastrophic head and abdomen injuries when in collision with his friend Miss Leah Davies's motorcycle at the junction of Fourmarts Road and Hillridge Road on Martland Mill Industrial Estate, Wigan on the 29th July 2012.
Mr Smith's family have suffered from horrific abuse and allegations via social media but have always maintained that Ryan was not responsible for the collision.
Ryan's mother, Rosemary Smith, 51, said "Ryan was initially accused through social media of doing a '100mph wheelie'. I always knew he wouldn't have done this. He had been riding motorbikes since he was 3 years of age and I'd never seen him ride recklessly. He would never put other road users at risk. He was a sensible rider. I am glad that Greater Manchester Police's Forensic Accident Reconstruction Report concluded, and that the police investigator testified at his Inquest, that Ryan's speed was much lower and that there was no corroborated evidence that he was ever pulling a wheelie.
Slater and Gordon Personal Injury Lawyer Martyn Hughes, representing Mr Smith's family, welcomed the out-of-court settlement saying, Mrs Smith and her family have always maintained that Ryan was not to blame for this road accident. It is very much to their credit that they have always acted with dignity and diplomacy throughout what has been an extremely difficult 2½ years.
"Following the Inquest we successfully obtained evidence that clearly demonstrated that Ryan was not the 'killer biker', riding recklessly and with no regard to other road users, as had been suggested and portrayed on social media. We were able to put forward our case that this was sadly a tragic accident at a T-junction.
Slater and Gordon are a leading personal injury law firm with offices in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Sheffield, Milton Keynes, Bristol, Derby, Merseyside, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Halifax, Newcastle, Wakefield & meeting rooms in Bramhall, Cheshire & in Hull, Yorkshire.


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Casey Pickett-Bates
Athletics, English
Assistant Director of Athletics, English Department Faculty
B.S., Northeastern University
M.A.T., Northeastern University
Casey (Pickett) Bates '09 returned to St. Mark's in 2015 as the assistant athletic director. Casey teaches English, serves as the head coach of both the Varsity Hockey and Varsity Softball teams, and is a member of the Thayer dorm team. In 2019, Casey was appointed as the assistant director of experiential learning.
Casey earned her B.A. in English and her M.A.T. from Northeastern University. While at Northeastern, Casey played on the Women's Varsity Ice Hockey team.


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Q: AWS SSM Run Command without keeping in history I am trying to reset AD password of users using AWS SSM.
The only issue with this approach is that the SSM run command keeps a history of run. This history shows the parameters in clear text, which can be an issue with Security.
Is there any way I could trigger a runCommand without keeping a history ?
Or better, is there a way to delete the histoy ?

A: It's not possible to run commands without keeping the history.
You also can't delete historical executions, see AWS docs here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-best-practices-delete-resources.htm:
After a command finishes processing, information about it is stored in the Command history tab. You can't delete information from the Command history tab.
I would recommend to put the new password in SSM parameter store as a secure string and fetch the secret from SSM parameter store as a command in the script.
That's AWS recommendation.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/sysman-param-runcommand.html


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Special Property Checks During Spring Break!
Under the special checks program, DPS officers check the exterior of registered properties for signs of criminal activity or security breaches at peak travel times during Thanksgiving, Fall, Spring, and Winter Breaks.
SPRING BREAK DATES: Friday March 2nd at 5pm to Sunday March 11th at 3pm – REGISTER HERE!
The program is available without charge to residents in the Penn patrol zone, bounded by 30th Street west to 43rd Street and from Baltimore Avenue north to Market Street.
Students, faculty and staff who live in the patrol zone are encouraged to register their residence below. Be sure to list your contact information, other occupants, landlord if applicable, vacancy dates, scheduled repairs, and someone other than a landlord with access or a key to the property.
Penn Police will periodically check the exterior of registered properties, for signs of criminal activity or security breaches during the break. Special checks can not be provided for interior areas of apartment complexes.
Remember to close and lock all doors and windows before you leave, and arrange for packages to be delivered elsewhere while you are away. There is an Amazon@Penn delivery location on campus at 1920 Commons, visit www.upenn.edu/housing to learn more.
Penn affiliates can also have their packages delivered to certain college houses for a nominal fee. For more information go to: http://cms.business-services.upenn.edu/residential-services/services-a-support/mail-services/package-rooms.html
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