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Trump has made the Department of Health and Human Services a center of false science on contraception
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Contraception policy may not be the biggest target of the anti-science right wing — climate change and evolution probably rank higher — but it's the field in which scientific disinformation has the most immediate consequences for public health.
So it's especially disturbing that President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price have stocked the corridors of health policy with purveyors of conclusively debunked claptrap about contraception, abortion, pregnancy and women's reproductive health generally.
That's the conclusion of a new article in the New England Journal of Medicine identifying four Trump appointees as carriers of the disinformation virus. What makes them especially dangerous, says the author, bioethicist R. Alta Charo of the University of Wisconsin law school, is that the "alternative facts" they're purveying could influence an entire generation's attitude toward contraception, for the worse.
Among their themes is that condoms don't protect against HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases and that abortions and contraceptives cause breast cancer, miscarriages and infertility. None of these assertions is true.
"The move toward misinformation at the level of sex education is dangerous," Charo told me, "because you form instincts about what is safe very early in life."
These appointments are all of a piece with Trump's habit of staffing federal agencies with people actively in opposition to those agencies' goals and statutory responsibilities — climate change deniers at the Environmental Protection Agency, corporate executives at the Department of Labor, and so on.
They're also consonant with policies from the White House and Price's office aimed at narrowing access to contraceptives by reducing government assistance to obtain them.
As Charo observes, the rate of unintended pregnancies has come down sharply, especially since the advent of the Affordable Care Act, which mandated that health plans make birth control available without co-pays or deductibles.
Price has defended reducing government assistance for contraception on the ground that "there's not one" woman who can't afford it on her own, but that's plainly untrue; some long-lasting contraceptives such as Nexplanon or IUDs, can cost hundreds of dollars, a discouraging obstacle for many low-income patients.
Let's take a look at the four horsewomen of disinformation on Charo's list. What characterizes their approach to human reproduction, she says, is "rejection of the scientific method as the standard for generating and evaluating evidence."
(We've asked both Charmaine Yoest, now the assistant secretary for public affairs at Health and Human Services, and the department for comment but have received no reply.)
Charmaine Yoest is now the assistant secretary for public affairs at HHS. Yoest is the former head of Americans United for Life, a prominent anti-abortion group. She and the organization promoted the claim that abortion increases a woman's chance of breast cancer, a claim that was conclusively debunked by medical authorities years ago. The National Cancer Institute (a government body), declared in 2003 that thorough scientific studies "consistently showed no association between induced and spontaneous abortions and breast cancer risk."
The same goes for the claim by Yoest's group that abortion increases the risk of "serious mental health problems." This notion is the basis for state laws requiring counseling before a patient is allowed to undergo an abortion. A study by UC San Francisco published last year found that the "greater risk" of "adverse psychological outcomes is faced by women denied an abortion. These findings do not support policies that restrict women's access to abortion on the basis that abortion harms women's mental health," the study concluded.
Yoest was an architect of the strategy that led Texas to enact an anti-abortion law so extreme that it was slapped down by the Supreme Court last year on a 5-3 vote. The law placed heavy restrictions on abortion clinics, ostensibly to protect women's health, that effectively shut many down. In his majority opinion, Justice Stephen Breyer essentially called that a subterfuge: "There was no significant health-related problem that the new law helped to cure," he wrote.
Teresa Manning
Teresa Manning was appointed as HHS' deputy assistant secretary for population affairs. Manning is a former lobbyist for the National Right to Life Committee and a legislative analyst for the Family Research Council. During a 2003 NPR interview, she said: "Of course, contraception doesn't work. … Its efficacy is very low." In fact, as Charo observes, hormonal methods are 91% effective, and IUDs are 99% effective.
In 2001, then as Teresa Wagner, Manning was quoted in a Family Research Council news release attacking prescriptions for the morning-after pill, which she characterized as an abortion method. She said doctors prescribing the pill were "accepting — and, in effect, — promoting promiscuity — the cause of the STD explosion, as well as the well known social problems of out of wedlock pregnancy and illegitimacy. We expect more from our doctors than collaboration with abortion advocates!"
Valerie Huber
Valerie Huber was appointed earlier this month as chief of staff to the assistant secretary for health at HHS. Huber is an abstinence advocate and the president of Ascend, a Washington group that advocates for abstinence-only sex education.
The problem there is that birth control experts have consistently found that abstinence education is ineffective at preventing teen pregnancies. In fact, just the opposite — a 2011 study at the University of Georgia reported that the "data show clearly that abstinence-only education as a state policy … may actually be contributing to the high teenage pregnancy rates in the U.S."
Huber's approach is moralistic. "As public health experts and policymakers, we must normalize sexual delay more than we normalize teen sex, even with contraception," she told PBS last year. But studies consistently show that what reduces teen pregnancies is increased use of contraceptives.
Katy Talento
Katy Talento was named to Trump's Domestic Policy Council. Talento has been the author of frequent anti-birth control screeds, including several that appeared on the Federalist, a right-wing website. Among them was an article whose headline called birth control "the mother of all medical malpractice," and another asserting that women who took chemical forms of birth control risked "breaking your uterus for good," ruining it "for baby-hosting altogether."
Talento's basis for this claim was what she called a "ground-breaking 2012 study" ostensibly showing that women who used birth control pills for several years had higher rates of infertility and miscarriage than those who did not. But as Jon Cohen of Science Magazine showed earlier this year, the study reported nothing of the kind — as its lead author confirmed. In fact, the researchers cited a study indicating that long-term use of the pill — five years — actually increased a woman's subsequent fertility.
The lead author, Robert Casper, a Toronto fertility doctor, told Cohen that while his study found that using the pill sometimes led to thinner uterus linings, that wasn't associated with more infertility or miscarriages — his study group was small and predisposed to fertility problems, he explained.
"The benefits of the birth control pill in preventing unwanted pregnancy or in treating painful menstrual periods far outweighs the rare possible case of thin endometrium," Cohen wrote. "There is no evidence that the birth control pill is 'seriously risky' in terms of future reproductive health."
As Charo observes, the "alternative science" underlying these appointees' approach has infected public discussions of birth control and the courts. "Legislatures and even the Supreme court have tolerated individuals making up their own definitions for abortifacient [that is, abortion-producing] and pregnancy," she writes, and then using them to justify refusing to fill prescriptions or offer insurance coverage for contraceptives."
That was glaringly true in the Supreme Court's egregious 2014 Hobby Lobby decision, which allowed owners of private companies to refuse to cover contraceptives under the Affordable Care Act. The Hobby Lobby plaintiffs specifically objected to four birth control methods — including IUDs and the morning-after pill because they produced abortions, which the plaintiffs found objectionable supposedly on religious grounds. But neither medical authorities nor the federal government classified those methods as abortifacients; the plaintiffs' definition was accepted as gospel by Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the opinion, which became the basis for allowing businesses to exclude all birth control methods from their health plans.
With adherents of similar viewpoints now ensconced in positions of responsibility in the Trump administration, their approach threatens to spread throughout government policy. But it's no more based on legitimate science than it ever was.
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With a portfolio of attractions that includes award-winning theme park attractions and world-class leisure and hospitality offerings, AbuDhabi's Miral is attracting an increasing number of visitors annually to Yas Island.
It is also positioning itself to draw tourists from across Europe, with a significant rise in numbers from the United Kingdom, Germany and Russia.
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Rides include The Riddler Revolution, and Batman: Knight Flight, which allows guests to experience flying in a Batwing vehicle.
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The park is attracting tourists from India, China, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Germany.
"Initially, we had 70 per cent residents and 30 per cent tourists visiting Warner Bros.; while now it is more like a 60 – 40 division, and we expect this to continue to change," he says.
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Despite this, the opening went smoothly, as did the subsequent weeks and months. The attraction's success exceeded all expectations from the start.
"We introduced a 5D CineSplash attraction to Yas Waterworld," Al Zaabi says.
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There will be a theatre that is gradually filled with water. This will mean that guests are partially immersed, both in the story unfolding before them, and in the more literal sense.
Miral has invested around $190m (AED700m) in Ferrari World over the past four years; two new rides will be added this year. The addition will include Mission Ferrari – an indoor/outdoor SFX roller coaster with two 3D movie screens on the indoor section.
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Yas Arena, with a capacity of 18,000 seats will host events and spectacles in a temperature controlled environment. Construction is progressing, with the roof truss now in place. Chairman of Miral, Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak and Mohamed Abdalla Al Zaabi marked the occasion by signing the truss before it was lifted into place.
According to Miral, among other energy and water-efficient systems incorporated in the development, the arena's roof has a unique self-shading illuminated façade. This will provide the venue with adequate daylight, while insulating heat and reducing overall energy consumption.
A design of the proposed PRT system released in 2016.
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Miral's vision is to transform Yas Island into a globally recognised, immersive, and wall-less destination; increasing annual footfall to 48 million visitors by 2022.
Part of that vision's realisation includes the introduction of 'Yas ID' through the adoption of Microsoft's Azure Identity. It is a unique single login solution where predictive intelligence tools enable the delivery of high-value customer interaction and the personalisation of content through real-time dashboards.
Al Zaabi says: "The goal is to allow visitors to plan their journey before they arrive, tailor their experiences, and to revisit their memories as they leave Yas Island.
Microsoft Azure is a continuation of Miral's extensive digital strategy and was launched in November 2017. It has the ultimate aim of delivering a wall-less resort vision and a fully connected experience for visitors.
SeaWorld Abu Dhabi is on track for 2022; Miral having partnered with SeaWorld Entertainment at the end of 2016.
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CLYMB, a $100m indoor extreme sports centre in a futuristic building, due to open this year, features the world's tallest indoor climbing wall, biggest vertical recirculating wind tunnel and, at a diameter of 32ft (9.75m), the world's widest flight chamber.
The climbing walls will be in three sections, for beginners, intermediate level climbers, and experts.
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Images kind courtesy of Miral and Mohamed Abdalla Al Zaabi..


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Police are investigating after a shooting outside this house at 179-181 Brook St. in Hartford on Wednesday. (Christine Dempsey / Hartford Courant)
A man in a car was shot several times early Wednesday on Brook Street in Hartford's North End, making him the fourth shooting victim in the city in a little over a day, police said.
The shooting outside 179-181 Brook St. happened about 4:20 a.m., Lt. Paul Cicero said. The victim was taken to Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, where he was in stable condition after undergoing surgery.
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Two of the four shooting victims — fired on in a 27-hour period — died of their injuries. One victim, Joseph Goiangos, was found in a parking lot on Woodland Drive about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, dead of a single gunshot wound to the chest. Police, who found his car in a different part of the city, said they don't know where the crime happened.
This house at 179-181 Brook St. was hit by a stray bullet when someone fired into a parked car. (Photo by Christine Dempsey/Hartford Courant)
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Author`s name Phil Butler
01.09.2016 17:52 (Updated: 20.10.2019 14:50)
Russia's Far East: Vegas Crap Shoot or Bold New World?
By Phil Butler
Russia's Far East's dynamic growth is a long overdue and foregone conclusion. Despite this fact, the Bloombergs of the world would have us believe the Russians and the Chinese are in some kind of last ditch and frenzied game there. The western think thanks are all "thunk" out apparently. The paid policy experts cannot get past the idea eastern nations want to copy-cat Las Vegas, and American exceptionality notions. What if Vladimir Putin were less a gambler, and a lot more realistic than his counterparts in America and England? It was Martin Luther King Jr. who once said:
"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
Obsessed with their own venture magic, the powerful elites in the west cannot even fathom how they've bred a whole race of "yes men" to advise. Putin in Vladivostok this week can only mean one thing on Wall Street or in Washington - the Ruskies are out to copy Las Vegas! To these new nincompoops, Mr. Putin's, and Mr. Medvedev's initiatives to fast forward the eastern capital of Vladivostok is a gamble? How silly our policies and politicians now appear to any intelligent human being. Here is the fantasy American billionaires may actually believe:
"Stung by oil's collapse and sanctions, Putin declared the once-closed Pacific city of 600,000 a "free port" last October, slashing red tape and introducing unprecedented legal protections for investors in the hopes of spawning a bustling frontier outpost closer in spirit to Las Vegas than Moscow."
To Henry Meyer and Jake Rudnitsky, harping negativity about Putin and Russia must be akin to working on an assembly line in a bullshit factory. Their mission, their job, is to convince Americans Russia needs to copy them, and to instill in Russians the notion Putin is weak, a beggar to Beijing. What folly. China has one thing Putin needs, money, and that is it. Russia has everything China needs, water, resources, and partnership to further her people's advancement. Who else has aligned so closely with the world's most populous nation? America, Japan, Great Britain? Not even India as so closely aligned itself as mother Russia has. The mutual benefits, the underlying Eurasian Union potential, it has to be obvious to all sentient economists out there!
On Friday Vladimir Putin will begin to forge an eastern alliance of immeasurable impact. Set to meet up in Tokyo for the G20, Putin is not in Vladivostok on some rescue mission, he's there to fulfill a prophesy experts theorized decades ago.
A colleague of mine at a major Russian media network called me earlier this week to ask; "Phil, if you could ask questions of anyone at the Eastern Economic Forum, who would it be?" I was also asked to suggest a question, but my choice was none other than Igor Shuvalov, First Deputy Prime Minister in Dmitry Medvedev's Cabinet, and the "go to" man whenever key projects in Russia need a "kick in the pants" to get rolling. Shuvalov is an enigma and a trusted task master the west knows little about. One thing is certain, his job is absolutely not to bet at the international gambling table, Vladivostok's and Russia's future, "chance" has nothing to do with Igor's mission on federal budgetary and economic policies, and especially not where the new Eurasian Union is concerned. Russia's national projects are under this man's micro-guidance, and especially those with so dramatic potential. Vladivostok as an eastern Eurasia hub, is about more than grandiose gamblers from China and Japan. Let's face it, one cannot play in the big time unless there is money behind. The Chinese and Japanese, the Russians, they're interested in something more vast than building a new Las Vegas.
Examples of an emerging Russian economics and growth infrastructure abound actually. Though Bloomberg and the bank elites in the west seem to ignore it, assertions Putin has a so-called "Third Way" underway in Russia are bearing fruit. Back in June it was Shuvalov who announced Russia's second tech city, Innopolis developing even more successfully and quickly than Skolkovo, the Russian Silicon Valley (again our obsession). Innopolis is a new Russian city, located in the Republic of Tatarstan, one keyed on sustainable living, a hyper focused way forward. I will not get into profiling Innopolis now, but it was just announced in May, that a City Wide network for the Internet of Things (IoT) had been established. Innopolis has become the first Russian city with 100% LoRaWAN network coverage. For those unfamiliar, LoRaWAN is a type of wireless telecommunication network designed to allow long range communications at a low bit rate among things (connected objects), such as sensors operated on a battery. The ultimate end to this kind of connectivity being, "smart cities" that afford unbelievable characteristics for the future. These new "smart cities" will be ultra efficient, environmentally-friendly and ultimately much more cost-effective resource management wise. It is significant to note, Innopolis is far to the east of Moscow, south of the Volga River and Kazan.
If Russia is "Going East" finally, the drama will play out in much the same way the American West empowered a budding super-power. Of course this is the fear in Washington and London, a paranoia present before the time of the Czars actually. This 2013 Siberian Times piece is a foreboding actually, for energy barons in the west, and Silicon Valley air peddlers like Google and the others. By the time you read about Andrey Donskih's (Deputy Chairman of the Board, Sberbank) role, and about the Smokeless fuel based on lignite - or brown coal you'll begin to realize Russia is not gambling. When Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a business conference in Vladivostok, the discussion will be on the future, and not about Abe hitting the slots at nearby Tigre de Cristal casino. A much bigger game is afoot, though western bankseter prefer to divert attention.
Key collaborative issues will be discussed by the likes of Russo-Chinese agricultural development fund and joint promotion of international transport corridors, and so on will be hammered out by First Minister Igor Shuvalov, Kwek Ping Yong - Chief Executive Officer, Inventis Investment Holdings (China) Ltd, Siris Holdings' Ran Tao, Russian Railways' Alexander Misharin , and the various China-Russia counterparts. The names matter, but a lot less then the impact these initiatives will have. Returning to my own question for China-Russia collaboration, agricultural and environmental possibilities in the Far East and Siberia are enormous. One potential in particular, an offshoot of an old Soviet plan to deliver water to Central Asia, may be the basis for restarting whole ecosystems. One of the most ambitious engineering and construction projects of the twentieth century, the aptly named "Turn the Russian rivers project" (Поворот сибирских рек) was nixed by Gorbachev in the 80s. Today, with global warming and desertification taking hold of China and Central Asia in a death grip, Russia's most precious commodity is worth more than platinum. While Bloomberg harps about Russia's weak hand at the détente games, the reality is that Putin holds all the cards. The recent announcement underpublicized story that Putin had restarted the program, does not reveal the gravity of these developments. I wrote about this before, but without playing the whole hand. The stated objectives of the original Soviet plan were to:
Transport water in Kurgan, Chelyabinsk and Omsk region of Russia for irrigation and provide water to small towns
Transport fresh water to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan with the purpose for irrigation
And to open the navigation of the channel "Asia" or Kara sea to the Caspian sea, to the Persian Gulf.
The first phase of the undertaking was to cost in the neighborhood of $30 billion US, but it is my belief that a much larger project may now be underway. The refilling of the Aral Sea can be used as a "template" for the reader to understand. The reader may want to study what happens when a so-called endorheic basin is filled, visionaries might best envision the Tarim Basin's potential, if it were once again a lake. But on a more practical note, it is also necessary that those interested reality that Dmitry Medvedev has already approved the rejuvenation of the Soviet initiative. With part of the channels, pumps, damns, and reservoirs already completed before Gorbachev's cancellation, all that remains is the money and initiative to go forward. Any geographer or geologist can tell you, the growing catastrophe if Central Asia continues to dry up. Terrorism as we see it today, will engulf not just the Middle East, but whole swaths of Asia. China, the nations most in need of water, can all be supplied by the world's biggest landlord of H2O, Russia.
This is a much broader and far reaching component of Russia's Far East buildup. However, it's amazing to me the Bloomberg idiots cannot even tell fairytales about the world's most valuable substance? Las Vegas, rumors of a weakened Vladimir Putin, Russia on the brink, it all becomes clear now. As is always the case, even the rich an powerful can have limited vision. Surely there is someone at the Bank of England or in Frankfurt, who can envision freshwater flowing away from melting Polar ice caps, and toward Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan? Maybe there is some botanist of environmental genius out there who studies restarted convection, rainforests rebooted with water pumped back into systems? Maybe there's even somebody brighter than my Dutch colleague Holger Eekhof, who can envision seawater filling great basins, clouds forming overhead, and rain falling onto deserts to be transformed?
Then again, maybe the man who has kicked the westerners in the seat of their pants 100 times, is just a stupid roulette wheel gambler. Maybe Putin is planning on reinventing the Las Vegas strip, so Russia can repeat America's folly? Somehow, given all I know, I seriously doubt it. Look for some environmental experts to show their heads, and for Xinjiang to see rainfall one day soon.
Phil Butler
Topics far east g20 summit vladimir putin russian economy dmitry medvedev


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Q: View on_failure_callback DAG logger Let's take an example DAG.

Here is the code for it.
import logging
from airflow import DAG
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from airflow.models import TaskInstance
from airflow.operators.python import PythonOperator
from airflow.operators.dummy import DummyOperator

def task_failure_notification_alert(context):
    logging.info("Task context details: %s", str(context))

def dag_failure_notification_alert(context):
    logging.info("DAG context details: %s", str(context))

def red_exception_task(ti: TaskInstance, **kwargs):
    raise Exception('red')

default_args = {
    "owner": "analytics",
    "start_date": datetime(2021, 12, 12),
    'retries': 0,
    'retry_delay': timedelta(),
    "schedule_interval": "@daily"
}

dag = DAG('logger_dag',
          default_args=default_args,
          catchup=False,
          on_failure_callback=dag_failure_notification_alert
          )

start_task = DummyOperator(task_id="start_task", dag=dag, on_failure_callback=task_failure_notification_alert)
red_task = PythonOperator(
    dag=dag,
    task_id='red_task',
    python_callable=red_exception_task,
    provide_context=True,
    on_failure_callback=task_failure_notification_alert
)
end_task = DummyOperator(task_id="end_task", dag=dag, on_failure_callback=task_failure_notification_alert)

start_task >> red_task >> end_task

We can see two functions i.e. task_failure_notification_alert and dag_failure_notification_alert are being called in case of failures.
We can see logs in case of Task failure by the below steps.
We can see logs for the task as below.

but I am unable to find logs for the on_failure_callback of DAG anywhere in UI. Where can we see it?

A: Under airflow/logs find the "scheduler" folder, under it look for the specific date you ran the Dag for example 2022-12-03 and there you will see name of the dag_file.log.

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Красного́рск — распространённый топоним русского происхождения. Этимологически носит символическое значение.

Населённые пункты
 Красногорск — город в Московской области России.
 Красногорск — село (ранее — город) в Сахалинской области России.
 Красногорск — посёлок в Ташкентской области Узбекистана.
 Красногорск — до 2012 г. название села Сатапле в Грузии.

Вымышленные населённые пункты
 Красногорск — областной центр, фигурирующий в повести Валерия Барабашова «Жаркие перегоны» и в снятом по ней фильме «Магистраль».
 Красногорск — город, фигурирующий в фильме «Я объявляю вам войну».

Техника
 «Красногорск» — название серии 16-мм кинокамер производства Красногорского механического завода.
 «Красногорск-2» — 16-мм киносъемочный аппарат производства Красногорского механического завода.
 «Красногорск-3» — 16-мм киносъемочный аппарат производства Красногорского механического завода.
 «Красногорск» — советский персональный компьютер начала 1990-х годов, клон ZX Spectrum.

См. также
 Красногорск — «шпанбергово» название курильского острова Харимкотан
 Красногорка
 Красногорки
 Красногорский
 Красногорское

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Behind the Scenes: What is the Take-Away from the Uber Tape?
I don't see this as anything particularly odd at all. Who hasn't had a few and had a venting session about their boss and their job? I talked to some in Ottawa and to be frank they are kind of laughing at the whole thing...They get it and I am told this won't affect any player contracts moving forward...This is more fun for the media to poke at them they are feeling.
The only issue here really is the fact that it was taped...which is the real take-away for players I am talking to ALL over the NHL...the harsh reality that we all live with...We always have to be aware of the possibility we are being recorded...at all times...So when you vent about someone be careful...make sure you are doing so in your own controlled environment, AKA your own house!
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What a lovely sunny day, feels like last day of autumn. Next week the temperature is supposed to drop below zero so I decided to make the most out of the sunshine. First I did some bike maintenance, my son somehow gets a flat tyre every other week. The hens kept me company. Nettie and Lottie are getting friendlier every day and Maggie seems to slowly get over her trauma from last weekend and isn't as jumpy anymore. After that I took my daughter berry picking. We cycled to the cemetery and walked around the popular path in the nature reserve. There are so many sloes! At first we picked every berry we saw but soon got very picky and only chose the biggest berries. There is so much that the whole of Hönö could probably go out harvesting without finishing them off. Sloes are not the easiest berries to pick though, very thorny bushes, some thorns being a few centimetres long. Trying to get to the fullest bushes was like a game with death or at least like cuddling a very angry cat… After about 3,5 kilos we headed home to change and go swimming. To be honest I haven't been for weeks, to the point where I'm ashamed to call myself a all-year-around swimmer. The sun was going down, no wind, absolutely stunning but freezing. As always we felt great coming out of the water and went home for a nice warm cuppa.
After last weekends nightmare with all but one hen eaten by the fox it's taken some time to get over the nightmares. We did go out the same day to a neighbour and got two new hens. Felt too sorry for Maggie who was the only one left and an attempt to sooth my broken soul and my daughters. She had woken up in the middle of the night hearing noises but was too scared to come downstairs in the dark and felt so guilty. As did I who left the hatch open by misstake. Now our two new hens have settled in and they are both big personalities! My daughter named them Nettie and Lottie. Maggie immediately started kicking and biting them but now she's calmed down and they actually hang out in the garden together, at a distance. I've been out there all most of my days keeping an eye on them. It does help that the local garden center has a fantastic discount. 10 Swedish kronor/perennial. I've made three trips now with my moped! Plus all the spring bulbs that needed planting. While planting the bulbs I found more quince-I! When we moved out I bought a rose quince bush and thought it was just decorative but now we have fruit. Tiny yellow hard fruits. I also tidied up the barn/gallery and put the xmas lights up. Planning a xmas market and feeling it already. The barn looked so nice with all the lights on, it's going to be great!
There's been a lot of comments recently from people who have seen fox on the island. Our hens run loose in the garden but my thought is if anything happens at least they've had the best life. They do always sleep in the henhouse with the hatch closed. All summer I've claimed the cherry tree to bring Esme down and put her safely in the henhouse. Until last night. I forgot to close the hatch and in the morning Maggie was the only one left out of 6 hens. At first I thought maybe they'd wandered into the neighbours garden but then saw the trail of feathers… Esme, Nugget, Zappa, Sookie and my favourite Pidgey, all gone. I am so sad and feel dreadful, because I didn't close the hatch it feels like I killed them all.
So it was that time again, beer tasting down the harbour. We happened upon it by chance(on Facebook) last year and had such a great day! Here's last years post. This year they sold out 100 tickets in a few days so the place was packed when we got there. 22 home-brewed beers to taste in 3 hours. It was a happy bunch of people and after 2 hours a very happy bunch! After spending a few years working in pubs in England I do love stout, my favourite was the Nitro Milk Stout but there were so was so much more. Yippie Aye Ale, The Brunette, Portmanroad Ale, Tractor DIPA and a whole lot with Swedish funny names. My favourite IPA was called Fem myror är fler än fyra elefantöl (Five ants are more then four elephant beers). They did give advice on what order to taste them, light to dark, weak to strong or bitterness but I didn't read this until afterwards so I did like last year and tried them in order 1-22. You get a wineglass and they fill it to about a third and rinse it out in-between. After tasting the judges make their vote for the three best beers/brewers who gets a prize, then one beer is picked out of the judges six suggestions and the winner gets to have a batch of his beer brewed at Hönö Brewery. The people also gets to have a vote. I like it that some brewers take a chance and do something different like the fruit beers, especially when it's berries from the Island. It's a fantastic venue. Held in the harbour but opposite to all the shops and cafés, big fishing boats lined up outside and people arriving by foot, bike or boat. We had some English, Swedish and American friends with us. One guy actually flew here from London just for the occasion. After a while a couple of the guys asked about the bathroom, I replied there is none (luckily I have a great party bladder), maybe the best option is using the bushes or walk around to the pizzeria or cafés. We go to rinse out our glasses for the next beer and look out the window. The view is great, fishing boats, the sea and Vinga lighthouse…but lets just say that I wouldn't go swimming there the day after. My international friends weren't as brave they walked around the corner. They could probably find a bigger place, with a toilet, and easily fill it with triple the amount of people but I actually hope it carries on like this. It's so laid back and friendly. I enjoyed it so much that I'm actually thinking about trying out the brewing myself. I'm definitely becoming a member because I think it's a great thing to support and I don't want to miss out booking tickets for next year!
Yeay! We have a boat! Well it's actually sat in our garden because as usual I done it the wrong way around and bought a boat before finding a boat space. Because everyone on the island owns a boat it's really hard to get a boat space, all the jetties are full and the largest harbour has a few year long waiting list. I'm pretty sure it will work out though and if not we can still sit in it in the garden and drink coffee and dream of the sea. Bringing it home turned out to be a bit harder than I thought… We only had to drive it around the block. I haven't driven a car for 5 years and didn't feel comfortable driving a borrowed car with a trailer so I asked my cousin for help. We started rolling slowly, the trailer was so rusty and after a few meters my cousin commented on the wheels moving like eights. Halfway home we see the boat suddenly leaning over, a huge scraping sound and one of the wheels rolling by the side of the car, gaaah panic! Luckily it wasn't on the main road and luckily I have the nicest uncle in the world who came to our rescue. We managed to put the wheel back on and drove in slow motion, holding our breath, the rest of the way. Far too much excitement for one day! Now it rests in the garden and we have loads of plans pimping it up nicely. All the interior textiles need changing, curtains and pillows. What to choose, a fifties theme or maybe chicken theme? And we need a name!


Rohde & Schwarz has launched a new high-end wideband I/Q data recorder that can be used to record signal scenarios typically required in test cases at a bandwidth of up to 512 MHz with high sampling rates. The R&S IQW solution records wideband RF signals and reproduces them to simulate real-world test environments, enabling realistic, repeatable device tests in the lab.
The solution consists of an R&S FSW signal and spectrum analyzer, the new R&S IQW wideband I/Q data recorder and an R&S SMW200A vector signal generator. The R&S IQW records the signal spectrum of a wideband RF signal or the spectra of multiple narrowband signals in a frequency band, with a bandwidth up to 512 MHz. This makes it ideal for realistic component tests with radar signals, for deployments using a variety of RF test scenarios in the automotive sector, and for tests employing GNSS signals.
To obtain signals as realistic as possible for simulations, the R&S IQW high-end I/Q data recorder samples signal spectra at a rate up to 640 Million sample/s and a large bit depth – 16 bits each for I and Q data. Removable 6.4 Terabyte SSD memory packs are used for storage.
Signals are captured by an R&S FSW signal and spectrum analyzer. The instrument acquires signals with high sensitivity, generates the corresponding I/Q data in real time and transfers the data gapless to the R&S IQW. The R&S FSW comes in seven models for frequency ranges up to 90 GHz.
For signal playback, the wideband recorder feeds the I/Q data to the R&S SMW200A vector signal generator, which reconstructs and delivers the corresponding RF signal. This high-end generator supports a wide range of signal configurations and can add any desired radio signals, e.g. standard cellular, WLAN and GNSS signals, to the R&S IQW signal to create more complex signal scenarios. This enables defined and repeatable measurements under controlled conditions in the lab or in an EMC test chamber, as frequently required in the test cases for the diverse standards.
The wideband I/Q data recorder is usually operated via LAN using a web-based GUI that automatically adapts to the actual screen size. The recorder can also be operated locally via its 5.7" TFT touchscreen, with the option of connecting an accessory keyboard and mouse.
The R&S IQW wideband I/Q data recorder is now available from Rohde & Schwarz. For more information, click here.


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Bake and frost your favorite cupcakes.
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Press the sugared marshmallows into the frosting working around the outside edge. Then make another circle of marshmallows inside that forming a flower. Continue until top is covered. Sprinkle colored sugar or other sprinkles into center, if desired.


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Discovery Museum is ideally located in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Discovery Museum provides the perfect venue for a wide range of events, from weddings and parties to conferences and evening receptions. Discovery Museum's Great Hall can be hired for events such as dinners, corporate events, conferences and awards ceremonies. The Museum's galleries can also be hired for evening entertaining and hospitality, providing an unusual venue in Newcastle city centre for events such as drinks or canapé receptions.


Alberfield Risk has conducted a number of port risk assessments that have involved quantitative assessment of the risks related to the handling of bulk carrier ships entering and departing a port.
The risks of loss of control of a ship are significant — with grounding, potential blockage of port access, collision with port facilities, other ships, and the environmental release of hydrocarbons into the sea — all being possible outcomes from a loss of control scenario. The risk is managed primarily by the skills of the pilot, ships crew and the tug crews that are charged with the safety of the ship.
A key factor is the physical capabilities of the tugs that provide assistance with the ship handling in the berthing and departure manoeuvres. At the slow speeds involved, the ships cannot achieve the necessary manoeuvres unaided. Quantitative assessment of the tug capabilities (in regards to pulling and pushing forces) to safely control the ship in these scenarios is necessary to ensure the tugs are suitable.
Effective risk management requires experience in risk engineering.
Being environmentally conscious is no longer just about recycling.
Managing energy is not only about minimising energy consumption.
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Let Khalida Jarrar Attend Her Daughter's Funeral
Anat Matar
Jonathan Pollak
Khalida Jarrar at an Israeli military court in 2015.Credit: Majdi Mohammed / AP
On Sunday evening, a young woman was found lifeless in an apartment at the Qaddura refugee camp in Ramallah. The woman, Suha Jarrar, was a well-known Palestinian left-wing activist and the daughter of Khalida Jarrar, the Palestinian legislator and freedom fighter imprisoned by Israel. The human tragedy faced by any family of any young woman who dies in the prime of her life is compounded in this case by the oppression of a political prisoner who is denied even the most basic grace, of attending her daughter's interment.
Before her current incarceration, Jarrar had been imprisoned for several years, many of them in administrative detention (a legal misnomer for indefinite imprisonment, without trial or evidence). Her previous detention, lasting twenty months, ended in February 2019. After eight months of freedom, in October 2019, soldiers raided her home in Al-Bireh and arrested her again. After 16 months of detention, Jarrar was forced to admit, as part of a plea bargain, to an indictment that shrieks of political imprisonment and revolves around her membership in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
According to the indictment, her activity amounted to two meetings. In the first she took upon herself the organization's national-political activities as well as liaison with the Palestinian Authority; in the second she provided an analysis of the political situation.
Israel Bars Jailed Palestinian Former Lawmaker From Attending Daughter's Funeral
Shin Bet Said She Was Behind Israeli Teen's Murder. Indictment Says Otherwise
Israel Hands Palestinian Lawmaker Two-year Prison Term for PFLP Membership
And why this plea bargain? For Jarrar, the answer is clear. The trial was conducted in a military court, under military law, under the direction of a military prosecutor and under the gavel of a soldier-judge, and in any case, no justice would ensue here. Even when faced by the threat of ten years in prison, Jarrar planned to use the trial to expose the torture which her comrades underwent during their interrogation. However, the court, which is just another arm of the occupation authorities, ruled that the trial would be held behind closed doors, rendering Jarrar incapable of defending herself through public disclosure.
The excuse presented by the prosecution for choosing a plea bargain rather than conducting a trial was "evidentiary difficulties.'' And what were these difficulties? Jarrar had been detained as part of a sweeping wave of arrests of PFLP activists, following incrimination by previous detainees. But there's a fly in the ointment: these confessions were extracted under severe torture, including that of Samer Arbid, who was hospitalized unconscious, in critical condition, after his interrogators had beaten him; apparently it was necessary to prevent these acts from being exposed.
After release from her previous detention, Jarrar told Amira Hass that the most difficult experience throughout all these months of detention was the death of her father, Canaan, whose funeral she was barred from attending. In the same conversation, her daughter Suha reminded her how on the eve of her arrest Jarrar had visited him in hospital and brought him a pea stew she had cooked. This time, it was the announcement of Suha's own death that awaited Jarrar, and that Israel intended to stop her from attending the funeral. No person should ever go through such an experience, and needless to say, Jarrar must not be allowed to undergo it twice. If the despicable, racist murderer Ami Popper can be granted furlough, the freedom fighter Khalida Jarrar must also have the right to bury her daughter and part from her with dignity.
Jarrar is one of the greatest feminist, socialist and anti-colonial revolutionaries the Palestinian people have been blessed with, and she is recognized and respected by the international community. Irrespective of the death of her daughter, she should be released immediately from her political imprisonment, which will be ending, one way or another, in three months anyway.
Dr. Matar lectures on philosophy at Tel Aviv University and is active on behalf of Palestinian political prisoners; Pollak is an activist on behalf of the popular Palestinian struggle and works for Haaretz.
Translated from Hebrew by Ofer Neiman
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Style Lyrical was born out of a desire to help busy women, who feel overwhelmed in the morning whilst wondering what to wear. As a former management consultant in London, I struggled to find the time to shop for beautiful clothes at the weekend or online in my lunch breaks. Instead I would grab a few pieces, on a Monday morning, from the same store at Terminal 5 before flying out to clients.
I enjoyed my consulting career but I wanted to take what I learnt and build my own team and launch a product. I noticed a new trend emerging in Fashion Tech for personalised clothing delivery services across the US and Europe but no one had started it for women in the UK. I did a proof of concept test and hired a stylist to complete a simple version of the service for a pool of customers. It was a success and that led me to quit my job.
My personal network in London was very corporate-filled which is perfect from a customer perspective, but not great for the entrepreneurial mind-set. I left London and worked full time on my business from a bamboo office in Bali for 3 months. There I developed my business plan, acquired an investor, launched my website, attracted my first supplier and developed my packaging and branding.
My productivity soared and I believe this was down to the fact that every day I was surrounded by driven and supportive entrepreneurs on a small island. As a tribute to Bali, our outfits are delivered in Style boxes that were handmade on the island.
We are launching our best-sellers on our website at the end of February to allow our customers to purchase individual pieces before trying out a Style Box.
We will also be running a very exciting event at Grace Belgravia on 7th March where I will give a talk on "How to create a Fashion Tech Start Up From Scratch. My stylists will also give on hand to give personal style consultations.
We are the first service for women in the UK marrying personal styling with clothing delivery. Our professional stylists handpick three outfits that reflect a customer's personal style and taste from carefully selected boutique brands and deliver them straight to her door.
The whole process is simple and easy and designed with busy women in mind. Customers fill in a Style profile and upload photos of their existing outfits along with their measurements. Each customer receives a personal consultation with a stylist on the phone for the price of £19.99. They then receive an 8-item capsule wardrobe of brands put together by a professional stylist.
All pieces are delivered in a beautifully packaged Style Box along with personalised style cards showing how to put each outfit together. The service allows customers to take 7 days to try on the clothes, decide what they love, then return what they don't, with free shipping.
The best thing is the intellectual problem-solving. You are constantly forced to think, test ideas and work out solutions.
I also love building and inspiring my team.
I am always happy to offer advice or connect people to personal contacts where there may be an opportunity for them.
My last role was in the Strategy team at Sky where I worked on the launch of new products and digital transformation so I have experience in a range of sectors such as Teleco and Sport.
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We are pre Series A funding so I would love to connect with other start ups who have acquired Series A funding and would be willing to share their experience.


Proper cleaning begins with the use of cold water only! You may be able to clean your plastic playing cards without the use of any soap, you should try this first. Begin by gently rubbing both sides of a few plastic cards with a non-abrasive soft clean damp cloth. When you are sure the deck has been sufficiently cleaned, give them a quick rinse in a clean bucket of cold water, then you may proceed to drying them with a soft, clean, dry cloth (do not use paper towels for this step). The final step is to spread out the individual cards on a bath towel in a well-ventilated shaded area until completely air dry. Remember to turn the plastic cards over to allow the other side to dry. Most of the time this method of 'water only' cleaning will be sufficient to return your deck to top condition.
No set of cleaning instructions would be complete without mentioning a few things to avoid. Do not do anything silly like putting your plastic cards in the dishwasher or clothes washer. Your favorite deck will thank you to avoid washing them in warm, hot, or boiling water! Never use chemical cleaners, or solvents, to clean your playing cards (that would be a big mistake!). Of course you must resist the urge to speed up the drying process by using hair dryers, microwave ovens (or heat sources of any kind), and you should never allow your plastic playing cards to sit in direct sunlight. Lastly, do not stack the cards until completely dry on both sides.
The best piece of advice may be to keep your cards clean in the first place, so don't be afraid to ask players to show up at the game with clean hands! Another solid piece of advice is to avoid serving oily snacks (like peanuts or potato chips) at the table. The oils can quickly transfer to the cards, which will make them sticky.


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An Introduction To The Coding In The Roblox Studio For Making Interactive Games In This Platform
by Josh Biggs in Software on 13th July 2022
The new generation is massively up to set and cross the boundaries. They are more akin to developing new projects, building their creations, and manifesting them in this new digital world. They like freedom, can take risks, and move forwards to experiment with new things in life. To give their desires a modest outlook, Roblox has been created. On this platform, they are free to develop parts, fix them on Roblox, and create a new game according to their perspectives. However, the studio allows only those eligible to develop things using codes and variances.
They should be able to script on the Roblox to create a new game and feature them on the same channel for others to play them. For beginners, some developers can help teenagers to learn scripting on this platform. People can also hire them through Pearl Lemon Games, as they are in the business of providing the best Roblox game developers for your place.
Run the Roblox Script
Roblox scripting is practical in creating interactive games. Developers use Lua for scripting, a programming language that needs to learn. It is easy to understand and the most fast forward language, which deals with other programming languages like Java, to make the coding more robust and sustainable. A basic example of scripting is a string that includes a single line of text that contains single or double quotes to make the terms more authorized. Roblox will run the script without any human interventions.
Set the Scene
When creating things for the first time in Roblox, try to develop parts and let them do movements at Roblox Studio. The studio is free to access. You don't need any payment to access it. Give it a proper size and structure so the players can access it and move around the entire screen. It is also applicable while testing the game and the movements of its characters. Insert the script that you have coded using Lua. The Roblox Studio will run it and make the characters move according to your code.
Insert Your First Variable
Variable denotes a name that holds a specific value in the Roblox platform. It is essential while creating any game on Roblox. Variables appear as numbers, strings, data types, booleans, and many more. While you are operating with Lua, variables in this programming language land as non-reserved strings of letters, but they cannot start with a particular digit. For instance, and. Break, do, and else are some of the reserved keywords of Lua which cannot be used as variables in Roblox. Although in Lua, developers use variables in two possible scopes: global and local. The variables act as global till they are not directed to be local.
As beginners thrive with a new creation form using codes and strings, they become obsessed with these new intervening rules and seldom ideas. Hence, to get new thoughts and build more aesthetics on scripting in Lua, you can develop this platform and make c reactions more robust.


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Coast guard begins salvage operation on mystery ship
KAGOSHIMA – The Japan Coast Guard began work Thursday morning to salvage a suspected North Korean spy ship that sank in the East China Sea in December after a shootout with coast guard vessels.
At about 8 a.m., the coast guard lowered two submersibles — one manned and one unmanned — at the site of the wreck about 390 km west-northwest of Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture.
The unmanned submersible will examine the wreckage, which lies at a depth of about 90 meters, to check for obstacles, while the manned sub will check the seabed surrounding the wreck, the coast guard said.
The operation was initially scheduled to start Wednesday but was postponed because of rough seas. Waves about 1.5 meters high covered the site Thursday morning, according to the coast guard.
Once the examination is completed, obstacles will be cleared from around the wreck, a task that is expected to take about six days.
The 3,992-ton patrol ship Izu is serving as the command ship for several coast guard vessels providing security in the area.
The salvage is expected to be completed by the end of July at the earliest, the coast guard said.
The ship sank in China's exclusive economic zone. Beijing gave Tokyo permission to undertake the salvage operation and has two observer ships in the vicinity.
Japan believes the ship is North Korean in origin and was probably engaged in spying or drug-trafficking activities when it was spotted in Japanese territorial waters. North Korea has denied any connection with the vessel but denounced its sinking as "an act of piracy." Earlier reports said it was not clear whether the ship sank as a result of the firefight or was sunk by its crew.
There were an estimated 15 people on board, all of whom are believed to have died in the incident. The remains of four people have been recovered by the coast guard.


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Q: android getview method error with glide image download I have problem with glide downloading image
erro image view not intilized and c.getPhotourl("")// have error
line where is error:
Glide.with(context).load("http://dummyimage.com/100x100.png/cc0000/ffffff"+busViewHolder.imageView.setImageResource(c.getPhotourl("")).into(imageView);

here is getview method:
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        // View v = super.getView(position, convertView, parent);
        // View v = convertView;
        TextView txt1;
        TextView txt2;
        TextView txt3;
        ImageView imageView;

        BusViewHolder busViewHolder;
        if (convertView == null) {
            convertView = LayoutInflater.from(getContext()).inflate(R.layout.test, null);

            txt1 = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.id1);
            txt2 = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.name);
            txt3 = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.gender);
            imageView = (ImageView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.image);
            busViewHolder = new BusViewHolder(txt1, txt2, txt3);
            convertView.setTag(busViewHolder);
        }
        Contactinfo c = getItem(position);

        busViewHolder = (BusViewHolder) convertView.getTag();

        busViewHolder.txt1.setText(c.getGender());
        //  busViewHolder.txt2.setText(""+c.getId());
        busViewHolder.txt3.setText(c.getFirst_name());
        busViewHolder.txt2.setText(c.getId() + "");

        //busViewHolder.imageView.setImageResource(c.getPhotourl());

       Glide.with(context).load("http://dummyimage.com/100x100.png/cc0000/ffffff"+busViewHolder.imageView.setImageResource(c.getPhotourl("")).into(imageView);
       // String url="https://dummyimage.com/100x100.png/cc0000/ffffff";
        //Glide.with(context).load(url).into(c.getPhotourl(busViewHolder.imageView.setImageResource();));
//

        return convertView;
    }

    class BusViewHolder {
        TextView txt1;
        TextView txt2;
        TextView txt3;
        ImageView imageView;
        // RatingBar rb;

        public BusViewHolder(TextView txt1, TextView txt2, TextView txt3) {
            this.txt1 = txt1;
            this.txt2 = txt2;
            this.txt3 = txt3;
            this.imageView = imageView;
        }
    }

    @Nullable
    @Override
    public Contactinfo getItem(int position) {
        return super.getItem(position);
    }
}

A: Try this:
String url="https://dummyimage.com/100x100.png/cc0000/ffffff";
Glide.with(context).load(url).into(busViewHolder.imageView);
//Glide.with(context).load(c.getPhotourl()).into(busViewHolder.imageView); this line get url from model class

A: You are using ImageView which you declare in getView() but not initialized it.Thats why it return an error imageView is not initialized. Try to use busViewHolder.ImageView.
Glide.with(context).load("http://dummyimage.com/100x100.png/cc0000/ffffff"+busViewHolder.imageView.setImageResource(c.getPhotourl(""))
                .into(busViewHolder.imageView);


The following article shows how you can achieve this.
As producer you are responsible for the cost of this project so make sure you choose your script with the budget in mind. This means minimal characters and minimal locations. Mine had only two characters and was set in one location for this very reason.
Depending how confident you are in your writing ability you can write it yourself which will help keep your budget down or you can get someone else to write it for you. I'd had a degree and masters degree both specializing in scriptwriting and had written a feature-length stage play before I'd written this one so was confident in my ability. Whatever you do, don't take a chance. If you're not confident in your scriptwriting abilities hire an experienced scriptwriter to write one for you. There are plenty of up-and-coming writers just looking for a chance to get their work shown.
It's a short film so keep your story simple and to the point. You don't have time for subplots or lengthy expositions. You want to hook the audience's interest very quickly and keep them hooked until the end. My script had a very simple premise and ran at around eight minutes.
This is a professional movie intended to be seen by other professionals in the industry so somewhere along the line it is going to cost you. If you want professionals working for you, you're going to have to pay them. You will need actors, film crew, food to feed your actors and crew, travel expenses and an editor at the very least so make sure all this is accounted for as well as any 'extras' you failed to see at the outset.
Grants and crowd funding platforms will take time and with little to no credentials are not guaranteed. If you're not lucky enough to have friends and family willing to fund your project then most likely you're going to be using your own cash.
I paid both actors the equity minimum per day and agreed a fixed price with the production company to hire a crew for shooting and to cover the editing. Make sure you have enough in the bank in case you have to go over your intended budget. My initial budget was £1,000 but ended up being closer to £2,000 by the end.
It is imperative that your actors are at least trained if not that experienced. The last thing you want is a beautifully shot film let down by shoddy performances. If you can get a named actor even better but chances are you won't. There are various sites you can advertise for professional actors such as Mandy.com, castingcallpro.com, Spotlight.com etc. Each actor should have a decent show-reel you can watch which will give you an indication of their level of experience and ability. I was lucky as an actress I had previously worked in theatre with was available and the other actor came recommended.
Ultimately you are all involved in creating something deeply personal and intimate together so you will want to hire people you can get on with and work well together with which is something I always bear in mind when casting actors.
How much you pay them depends on what you agree. Both my actors were happy to work for free but I chose to pay the Equity minimum because I wanted this to be a professional venture and to give them an incentive for giving me their best work.
You will need them to sign release forms allowing you to use their name and image once the film is complete. It is highly unlikely an actor will refuse you permission to show their work but it always pays to be on the safe side. You can download these from the internet or contact a film industry union for more information on where to get these.
At the very least you will need an experienced director (if you're not directing this yourself), DP (with their own camera kit), sound and lighting crew and editor. Start with the DP and they should take care of the rest.
Again you can advertise for a DP on sites like Mandy.com or ShootingPeople.com where you will likely be inundated with responses. DP's should have a decent show-reel for you to watch and base your decisions on.
The crew I hired came based on personal recommendation from the actress I was using. A young, up-and-coming production company who had already made a feature-length movie they were hungry to make more movies. Once on board they took care of logistics such as securing a location, camera set-ups, release forms, food and call sheets thus lifting a great deal of worry from my shoulders.


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Uganda #489 honors Halley and the 1986 appearance of the comet.
On December 25, 1758, Halley's Comet became the first comet to be seen after accurately predicting its passage.
Some of the first recorded sightings of Halley's Comet date back to 240 BC. The comet was seen and recorded by the Chinese, Babylonians, and medieval Europeans, none of whom recognized it as a reappearance. Rather, they thought they were seeing different comets.
Palau #98a shows Halley's Comet appearances over the years.
Up until the Renaissance, it was believed that comets were disturbances in the Earth's atmosphere, as suggested by Aristotle. Tycho Brahe disproved this in 1577, though many didn't believe it. Then in 1687, Isaac Newton, wrote about the laws of gravity and motion and touched on comets. He believed that two comets he saw in 1680 and 1681 were the same comet passing to and from the Sun (he was later proven right).
Item #9A1133 – Halley's Comet commemorative cover.
But the most well known name in comets was Newton's friend, editor, and publisher, Royal Astronomer Sir Edmond Halley. Using the laws outlined by Newton and studying historical accounts, he concluded that the three comets seen in 1531, 1607, and 1682 were in fact the same comet, returning about every 76 years (later studies would reveal it returns every 74 to 79 years).
U.S. #UC60 – Mark Twain was born and died within weeks of two appearances of Halley's Comet.
Based on his research and calculations, Halley predicted that the comet would return in 1758. Unfortunately, he died in 1742 and was unable to see if his prediction would come true. Then on December 25, 1758, German farmer and amateur astronomer Johann Georg Palitzsch witnessed the comet's return, just as Halley had predicted. This marked the first time that any object other than a planet had been shown to orbit the sun. It was also one of the first successful confirmations of Newtonian physics. The following year, the comet was named in Halley's honor.
Halley's comet was part of another milestone in 1986 – it was the first comet to be studied up close by a spacecraft. That year the Giotto space probe helped planetary scientists study the nucleus and tail of Halley's comet. The unmanned spacecraft was named after Giotto de Bondone, an Italian Renaissance painter who had observed Halley's Comet in 1301. When he painted "Adoration of the Magi," he used the comet as inspiration of his star of Bethlehem.
Bulgaria #3153 shows the comet's path and the probes sent in 1986.
The Giotto was part of a group of five space probes launched at the same time called "Halley's Armada." In addition to the European Giotto, two were part of the Soviet Union's Vega program and two were from Japan. The other space probes took measurements that helped guide Giotto close to the nucleus of Halley's Comet. The Vega 1 and 2 sent images of Halley's nucleus, which helped direct the Giotto. On March 14, 1986, the Giotto passed about 370 miles from the comet.
Before liftoff, the Space Agency believed the probe would not survive the flyby because of particles constantly being sent out from the comet. A new type of dust shield was developed to protect the instruments. Though the probe was knocked off its axis by one large particle, it was able to stabilize itself and return data along with extraordinary pictures of the nucleus to the control center on earth.
Laos #729-31 honors Edmond Halley, his comet, and the 1986 mission to study it.
After its encounter with Halley's Comet, the instruments on the Giotto space probe were turned off and it was put into "hibernation." In 1990, the control facilities in Germany sent a command to wake the spacecraft up. It was then sent to the Grigg-Skjellerup Comet to collect data. This time, the probe was able to get to within 125 miles of this smaller, less active comet. The probe couldn't send pictures back to earth because the camera had been damaged by particles from Halley's Comet, but the scientific data collected was helpful in studying and comparing the two comets.
Some observations about the make-up of Halley's Comet were proven by the images sent from the probes, while other ideas were updated based on the new information.
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Like Tom, I studied Halley's comet in grade school and was very excited about being able to see it but had to wait 30 years. Unlike Tom, for me it was a complete letdown. It had always been depicted as a bright, streaking flash surging across the heavens and it was anything but. What I saw was a murky, shapeless, dim light that looked like its batteries were low. The early projections by astronomers were that this would be the case and that the best place to observe the phenomenon in our area would be an area called Rodman dam, because of its distance from the city lights of Jacksonville, Fl. This pretty much told me that it was not going to be the light show that I had been expecting for 30 years. I observed Kohoutek comet and later Hale-Bopp. Both were more impressive than Sir Edmond's headliner. I guess if you've seen one comet you've seen them all. However, in order to keep an open mind, I'll check out Halley's next time around and let you know.


Most of the reviews of the Apple TV emphasize/explore its video output capabilities, while largely glossing over its music side. I have no interest in using iTunes/Apple TV to stream video to my living room AV system, but I'm *very* interested in how it might serve as an answer to my prayers in terms of what I want to connect my music library to my stereo.
The $50,000 question: Using Apple TV and a properly-configured Logitech Harmony 880, could I stream music from an iTunes library on a hard drive attached to an Airport Extreme--and browse the library on my TV set--*without* my computer being on? If I could completely take the computer out of the equation when browsing my digital music collection and access it all from the couch, using the remote, then I'd buy an Apple TV in a heartbeat.
I'm going to guess and say no. Remember you have to input a code into each computer that has ?tv access. There is no way to input a code into the Airport.
Sure. I assume you can play music in iTunes off of an Airport Extreme HDD, as long as it's in your library and the HDD is functioning. So all that you would need to do from there is sync your library with your Apple TV.
Want my opinion? Try the Airport Express. It's cheaper, your computer will have to be on when playing back audio, but once you have iTunes playing music, just go into Front Row (I'm assuming you have it) and work it from there.
But if you're dead set on the Apple TV then I don't see the problem, as long as your can play music in iTunes from an HDD connected to an Airport Extreme you should be able to sync it with a device like an iPod or an Apple TV as well.
I already have an Airport Express. The deal here is that I don't have a desktop machine anymore--just a Macbook and a 500GB drive connected to an Airport Extreme. Right now, I can only connect the laptop to my HDTV via a clunky cable, so running Front Row on the TV isn't an option, and playing music off the laptop directly is inconvenient when I have company, etc. Being able to access my digital music easily from the couch is a holy grail kind of proposition for me, so it'd justify the cost of the Apple TV for sure.
Rather than going the Air Disk route I would get on e-bay and look for a cheap G4 tower to use as your main media "server". Put a SATA controller in in and add up to 3 drives as you need them. Since all you will be doing is streaming media and not decoding video with it there shouldn't be a speed problem with an old G4.
To answer your question, no. AppleTV syncs to (and streams from) an iTunes library actually running on a computer. After the syncing is complete AppleTV can play any song or video that was copied over from iTunes library onto the AppleTV hard drive without a computer. If your library is less than 33GB, all your songs will be on the AppleTv.
Well, I picked up an Apple TV today at the Apple Store figuring I could return it within two weeks for a refund if it didn't do what I wanted...and lo and behold it pretty much does what I want it to. Yeah, the computer needs to be running for Apple TV to access the Airdisk's library, but otherwise the on-screen music browsing is everything I could have hoped for. Leaving my laptop running in the corner or in the next room is totally fine by me...and hey, it's probably just a matter of time until a hack emerges that'll take the computer out of the picture.
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