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Films & Schedules - Documentary
at 10:30 PM (HOLLYWOOD THEATRE)
ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: THE WILD UNTOLD STORY OF CANNON FILMS
DIRECTOR: MARK HARTLEY - AUSTRALIA
"Cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus helped to create the modern Israeli film industry. . . . During the '80s, Golan and Globus set up shop in Hollywood by purchasing The Cannon Group. Dismal titles such as The Apple quickly gained Cannon a reputation as purveyors of rotten movies. Despite the criticism, the pair . . . went on to produce a stunningly eclectic array of films, ranging from straight-up genre (Invasion USA; Death Wish 3) to more esteemed fare (King Lear; Barfly). Hartley expertly weaves together clips from Cannon's back catalog with an impressive array of interviews with...
"Cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus helped to create the modern Israeli film industry. . . . During the '80s, Golan and Globus set up shop in Hollywood by purchasing The Cannon Group. Dismal titles such as The Apple quickly gained Cannon a reputation as purveyors of rotten movies. Despite the criticism, the pair . . . went on to produce a stunningly eclectic array of films, ranging from straight-up genre (Invasion USA; Death Wish 3) to more esteemed fare (King Lear; Barfly). Hartley expertly weaves together clips from Cannon's back catalog with an impressive array of interviews with Cannon players. The result is a whiplash-inducing ride through decades of exploitation cinema and high-rolling business deals."—Fantastic Fest.
Sponsored by Yelp!
HOLLYWOOD THEATRE 107 Minutes
Interests: Documentary, After Dark.
Sat, Feb 7, 2015
Sun, Feb 8, 2015
HOTEL NUEVA ISLA
DIRECTOR: IRENE GUTIÉRREZ, JAVIER LABRADOR - CUBA
The formerly luxurious Hotel Nueva Isla in Old Havana is now in ruins, but it is home to people living on the fringes of society, like the retired public servant Jorge. Abandoned by his wife and children, Jorge's only motivation, like a Don Quixote forgotten and gone astray, is to continue a quest he's followed for years: dig among the dangerous ruins of the hotel, where he is convinced that the former owners hid valuable objects before fleeing the Cuban Revolution. With a keen eye that is both highly stylized and intimate, Gutiérrez captures Jorge's life spent doing rudimentary...
The formerly luxurious Hotel Nueva Isla in Old Havana is now in ruins, but it is home to people living on the fringes of society, like the retired public servant Jorge. Abandoned by his wife and children, Jorge's only motivation, like a Don Quixote forgotten and gone astray, is to continue a quest he's followed for years: dig among the dangerous ruins of the hotel, where he is convinced that the former owners hid valuable objects before fleeing the Cuban Revolution. With a keen eye that is both highly stylized and intimate, Gutiérrez captures Jorge's life spent doing rudimentary "maintenance" on a building haunted by faded glory and knowing that with the demolition of the hotel will come the end of an era.
Interests: Documentary.
at 1 PM (World Trade Center Theater)
I AM BIG BIRD: THE CAROLL SPINNEY STORY
DIRECTOR: DAVE LAMATTINA, CHAD WALKER - UNITED STATES
One of the most recognizable and beloved children's television characters in history, Big Bird has been entertaining and educating children around the world for over 40 years. But few fans know about the man who brings Big Bird (and Oscar the Grouch) to life: Caroll Spinney. A delightfully sweet examination of the power of following your dreams, I Am Big Bird chronicles a fascinating life journey with epic loves and losses, those of a man who has brought joy to millions by never losing his childlike sense of wonder. Even at age 79, he is Big Bird. "If your heart...
One of the most recognizable and beloved children's television characters in history, Big Bird has been entertaining and educating children around the world for over 40 years. But few fans know about the man who brings Big Bird (and Oscar the Grouch) to life: Caroll Spinney. A delightfully sweet examination of the power of following your dreams, I Am Big Bird chronicles a fascinating life journey with epic loves and losses, those of a man who has brought joy to millions by never losing his childlike sense of wonder. Even at age 79, he is Big Bird. "If your heart warmed to the big yellow bird that entertained generations, your heart will melt in this loving portrait of the creative genius who brought him to life."—Twitch.
Sponsored by Journal Graphics.
Interests: Family Fare, Documentary.
I'M STILL
DIRECTOR: JAVIER CORCUERA - PERU
Corcuera's documentary is more than a celebration of Peru's rich musical heritage. Through these diverse musicians' personal stories (some of them filmed for the first time) and their music, Corcuera explores issues of identity and nationality. Divided in three parts—Lima, Ayacucho, and the Amazon—I'm Still captures some of the country's most beautiful and distant spots without turning its back to some of its most pressing social and economic problems. Winner of the Documentary Prize, Lima Film Festival.
Director Javier Corcuera will be in attendance 2/19 and 2/20
Sponsored by Music Millennium and Ace Hotel.
IN A FOREIGN LAND
DIRECTOR: ICÍAR BOLLAÍN - SPAIN
The current financial crisis in Spain has forced an estimated 700,000 young people to emigrate in the hope of a better life. Edinburgh is one of the most popular destinations, and the city is home to more than 20,000 Spanish people. In a Foreign Land follows three expatriates as they build new lives and search for new opportunities while suffering the indignation of having been cast aside by their own country. One of them is Gloria, 32, a teacher from Almería who works in Edinburgh as a shop assistant. Gloria decided to create the collective "Ni perdidos ni callados" ("Not...
The current financial crisis in Spain has forced an estimated 700,000 young people to emigrate in the hope of a better life. Edinburgh is one of the most popular destinations, and the city is home to more than 20,000 Spanish people. In a Foreign Land follows three expatriates as they build new lives and search for new opportunities while suffering the indignation of having been cast aside by their own country. One of them is Gloria, 32, a teacher from Almería who works in Edinburgh as a shop assistant. Gloria decided to create the collective "Ni perdidos ni callados" ("Not lost and not silenced") to express the anger and frustration felt by many Spaniards who have moved to Scotland's capital.
This film is selected from the Festival of New Spanish Cinema, a larger touring program, curated and organized by Pragda and Spain arts&culture. Supported by Accion Cultural Española (AC/E), and the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sport. Special thanks to Marvin—Wayne and Cinelandia.
THE INVISIBLE FRONT
DIRECTOR: JONAS OHMAN, VINCAS SROUGINIS - LITHUANIA
The Invisible Front was the code name used by the Soviet Union's Interior Forces for the armed resistance in Lithuania, a key occupied territory. The resistance arose with hardly any outside support during World War II, continuing in various forms until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The film tells the story of one of the most significant anti-Soviet resistance movements through the words and experiences of its leaders, Juozas Luksa and his fellow Forest Brothers. Luksa risked his life to escape to Paris in 1948, joined up with Western intelligence agencies, wrote a memoir, and married...
The Invisible Front was the code name used by the Soviet Union's Interior Forces for the armed resistance in Lithuania, a key occupied territory. The resistance arose with hardly any outside support during World War II, continuing in various forms until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The film tells the story of one of the most significant anti-Soviet resistance movements through the words and experiences of its leaders, Juozas Luksa and his fellow Forest Brothers. Luksa risked his life to escape to Paris in 1948, joined up with Western intelligence agencies, wrote a memoir, and married Nijole, the love of his life. Shortly after their wedding, Luksa was air-dropped back into Soviet Lithuania by the CIA to help liberate his country. In English and Lithuanian with English subtitles.
Sponsored by the Lithuanian American Community, Portland Chapter.
Interests: History, Documentary.
DIRECTOR: ALBERT MAYSLES - UNITED STATES
The great documentarian Albert Maysles's (Grey Gardens, Gimme Shelter) latest film is about fashion and interior design maven Iris Apfel, now 93 years old, as she celebrates the late wave of career popularity enjoyed on the heels the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 2006 exhibition "Rare Bird of Fashion" featuring her collection of often affordably priced fashion accessories. Maysles, himself 89, who pops up from time to time as a cheerful on-camera presence, follows Iris as she makes selections for the touring exhibition, advises young women on their fashion choices, and bargains with store owners, usually in the company of...
The great documentarian Albert Maysles's (Grey Gardens, Gimme Shelter) latest film is about fashion and interior design maven Iris Apfel, now 93 years old, as she celebrates the late wave of career popularity enjoyed on the heels the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 2006 exhibition "Rare Bird of Fashion" featuring her collection of often affordably priced fashion accessories. Maysles, himself 89, who pops up from time to time as a cheerful on-camera presence, follows Iris as she makes selections for the touring exhibition, advises young women on their fashion choices, and bargains with store owners, usually in the company of her husband of 66 years, Carl, now 100. In all, testimony that creativity knows no age.
Sponsored by Hotel deLuxe.
Tue, Feb 10, 2015
at 6 PM (Fox Tower)
THE IRON MINISTRY
DIRECTOR: J.P. SNIADECKI - UNITED STATES
"This thrilling new film, shot over three years during a series of train journeys across China, begins with metal: the sounds and sights of gears, wheels on tracks and linked railway cars meshing, crunching, and grinding. We are gradually introduced to the people who ride and work on the cars, with their luggage, their produce, the products they're hawking, the goods they're transporting. People are crammed into every corner of every train car, with the exception of a first-class compartment from which the filmmaker is barred. Moving from one end of a train to the other, little by little,...
"This thrilling new film, shot over three years during a series of train journeys across China, begins with metal: the sounds and sights of gears, wheels on tracks and linked railway cars meshing, crunching, and grinding. We are gradually introduced to the people who ride and work on the cars, with their luggage, their produce, the products they're hawking, the goods they're transporting. People are crammed into every corner of every train car, with the exception of a first-class compartment from which the filmmaker is barred. Moving from one end of a train to the other, little by little, the passengers begin to speak about their country, their lives, their dreams for the future."—Film Society of Lincoln Center. In Mandarin with English subtitles.
at 9 PM (Cinema 21)
DIRECTOR: JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER - DENMARK
Joshua Oppenheimer follows his riveting The Act of Killing (2012), about Indonesia's anti-communist massacres in the 1960s, with this searing companion piece. Here, focus shifts from the perpetrators to their victims, who decades later seek closure for family members. We accompany Adi, a middle-aged optician caring for his centenarian parents, as he sets out to confront his older brother's killers. While he probes former death-squad leaders about their roles and revisits the scenes of the crimes, their denial that the killings even occurred proves challenging. In pressing perpetrators to confess, Oppenheimer exposes the high level of accepted misinformation about...
Joshua Oppenheimer follows his riveting The Act of Killing (2012), about Indonesia's anti-communist massacres in the 1960s, with this searing companion piece. Here, focus shifts from the perpetrators to their victims, who decades later seek closure for family members. We accompany Adi, a middle-aged optician caring for his centenarian parents, as he sets out to confront his older brother's killers. While he probes former death-squad leaders about their roles and revisits the scenes of the crimes, their denial that the killings even occurred proves challenging. In pressing perpetrators to confess, Oppenheimer exposes the high level of accepted misinformation about the politics, participants, and events that occurred, which are rapidly being erased from cultural memory. In Indonesian and Javanese with English subtitles.
at 1 PM (ROSEWAY THEATER)
at 5:45 PM (WORLD TRADE CENTER)
MAGICIAN: THE ASTONISHING LIFE AND WORK OF ORSON WELLS
DIRECTOR: CHUCK WORKMAN - UNITED STATES
"Oscar-winner Chuck Workman's (famed for his Academy Award clip montages and iconic trailers) impressive, comprehensive documentary tells the tragic, extraordinary story of Orson Welles, a great filmmaking genius whose masterpieces were interspersed with films compromised by studio intervention or never completed at all. Workman tells Welles's story through a wealth of interviews with the director and actor, an impressive assortment of clips, and testimonies by luminaries including Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, George Lucas, Walter Murch, and Steven Spielberg."—Telluride Film Festival.
Interests: Art, History, Documentary.
LUCINDA PARKER: WATER AND CLOUDS
DIRECTOR: MICHAEL ANNUS - (OREGON)
Portland painter Lucinda Parker's poetic works emerge from her fascination with clouds and water.
DIRECTOR: SERGEI LOZNITSA - UKRAINE
Loznitsa, whose My Joy and In the Fog have screened in recent PIFFs, brings his distinctively vision to a remarkable eye-witness account of the protests in Kiev's Independence (Maidan) Square, which led to the departure of pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych. Filmed between December 2013 and February 2014 in long, fixed-point takes, we watch the ebb and flow of actual events, from celebration and community to violent conflict with armed riot police. Without commentary and only occasional identifying inter-titles, Loznitsa paints a timeless portrait of protest and change that will grip anyone interested in what it takes to stand for...
Loznitsa, whose My Joy and In the Fog have screened in recent PIFFs, brings his distinctively vision to a remarkable eye-witness account of the protests in Kiev's Independence (Maidan) Square, which led to the departure of pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych. Filmed between December 2013 and February 2014 in long, fixed-point takes, we watch the ebb and flow of actual events, from celebration and community to violent conflict with armed riot police. Without commentary and only occasional identifying inter-titles, Loznitsa paints a timeless portrait of protest and change that will grip anyone interested in what it takes to stand for change. "This stunning, epic-scaled film harkens back to the heroic, journalistic roots of documentary-making and yet feels ineffably modern and formally daring."—Film Comment.
ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: PASCAL PLISSON - FRANCE
Plisson's César-winning documentary extols the true worth of getting, and getting to, an education. Shot in Kenya, Patagonia, Morocco, and the Bay of Bengal, the film follows the perilous journeys of four children on their ways to school: Jackson crosses the savannah on foot, avoiding elephants; Carlito rides on horseback across lonely plains and rushing rivers; Zahira treks over treacherous Atlas Mountain passes; Samuel, in his antediluvian wheelchair, is pushed by his brothers over sand dunes and through swamps. While the breathtaking cinematography reveals the splendor of their homelands and the dangers of these voyages keep you on the edge...
Plisson's César-winning documentary extols the true worth of getting, and getting to, an education. Shot in Kenya, Patagonia, Morocco, and the Bay of Bengal, the film follows the perilous journeys of four children on their ways to school: Jackson crosses the savannah on foot, avoiding elephants; Carlito rides on horseback across lonely plains and rushing rivers; Zahira treks over treacherous Atlas Mountain passes; Samuel, in his antediluvian wheelchair, is pushed by his brothers over sand dunes and through swamps. While the breathtaking cinematography reveals the splendor of their homelands and the dangers of these voyages keep you on the edge of your seat, at the heart is the children's resilience and their unstoppable yearning to learn and improve their lives. Ages 10+.
Sponsored by The World Affairs Council of Oregon, the Consulate General of France and French American Cultural Society, San Francisco, and TV5Monde.
DIRECTOR: GABE POLSKY - UNITED STATES
Whether or not you know anything about hockey, or US-Soviet cold war history, you'll be entertained by Polsky's fascinating story of the intersection of sports and politics. Played out on Olympic ice, Red Army chronicles the rise and fall of the dynastic Soviet Army Hockey Team, revisiting the era using an incredible collection of archival material from both sides of the Iron Curtain. Featuring revealing commentary from the players themselves, including one of Russia's greatest players Slava Fetisov, the film skillfully balances the personal and political drama behind one of hockey's greatest stories, revealing the thin line between national hero...
Whether or not you know anything about hockey, or US-Soviet cold war history, you'll be entertained by Polsky's fascinating story of the intersection of sports and politics. Played out on Olympic ice, Red Army chronicles the rise and fall of the dynastic Soviet Army Hockey Team, revisiting the era using an incredible collection of archival material from both sides of the Iron Curtain. Featuring revealing commentary from the players themselves, including one of Russia's greatest players Slava Fetisov, the film skillfully balances the personal and political drama behind one of hockey's greatest stories, revealing the thin line between national hero and political enemy. "[A] stirring, crazy story—a Russian novel of Tolstoyan sweep and Gogol-esque absurdity."—The New York Times. In English and Russian with English subtitles.
Sponsored by SP Newsprint.
DIRECTOR: ETHAN HAWKE - UNITED STATES
This intimate portrait of classical pianist, composer, author, teacher, and sage Seymour Bernstein offers a wise and charismatic reflection on art and life. The question "why make art?" winds its way through the film in conversations with accomplished friends such as art critic Michael Kimmelman and religious scholar Andrew Harvey. Seymour also reflects on the careers of such pianists Glenn Gould and Clifford Curzon, seen in archival footage, and his deep love of piano music proves infectious. "Calling to mind My Dinner With Andre, his film is full of urbane conversation and infused with the sophisticated rhythms of New York...
This intimate portrait of classical pianist, composer, author, teacher, and sage Seymour Bernstein offers a wise and charismatic reflection on art and life. The question "why make art?" winds its way through the film in conversations with accomplished friends such as art critic Michael Kimmelman and religious scholar Andrew Harvey. Seymour also reflects on the careers of such pianists Glenn Gould and Clifford Curzon, seen in archival footage, and his deep love of piano music proves infectious. "Calling to mind My Dinner With Andre, his film is full of urbane conversation and infused with the sophisticated rhythms of New York City. Whether aficionados or newcomers to the world of classical music, viewers will find much to gain from this introduction to Seymour."—Toronto Film Festival.
STOP THE POUNDING HEART
DIRECTOR: ROBERTO MINERVINI - UNITED STATES
Blurring the line between documentary and fiction, Italian director Roberto Minervini's absorbing film is a portrait of adolescence as experienced by a sheltered girl in a conservative farm family in rural Texas. Without condescension or judgment, we see life through the eyes of 14-year-old Sarah, who is homeschooled alongside her 11 other siblings by her loving mother but destined for a life of serving her husband as prescribed in the Bible. As she falls for a boy from a vastly different background, an intimate drama unfolds revealing Sara's turmoil about her place in a faith where women are subservient. A...
Blurring the line between documentary and fiction, Italian director Roberto Minervini's absorbing film is a portrait of adolescence as experienced by a sheltered girl in a conservative farm family in rural Texas. Without condescension or judgment, we see life through the eyes of 14-year-old Sarah, who is homeschooled alongside her 11 other siblings by her loving mother but destined for a life of serving her husband as prescribed in the Bible. As she falls for a boy from a vastly different background, an intimate drama unfolds revealing Sara's turmoil about her place in a faith where women are subservient. A portrait of contemporary American life not often seen, Minervini's film was the Best Documentary winner at the David di Donatello (Italian Oscar) Awards.
DIRECTOR: MARAH STRAUCH - UNITED STATES
After graduating from USC and a stint as an engineer, Carl Boenish devoted himself to "freefall cinematography" (John Frankenheimer's The Gypsy Moths). He and his wife Jean became the prime movers in BASE jumping—the act of leaping from Buildings, Antennas, Spans (bridges), and Earth (i.e., sheer cliffs) before hopefully saving yourself from a bad ending with a parachute. To some, the idea is madness if not suicide, but for the Boenishes it was about the essence of life, of freedom, and the experience of defying gravity. Strauch's exhilarating film tells their incredible story, not only in words, but in breathtaking...
After graduating from USC and a stint as an engineer, Carl Boenish devoted himself to "freefall cinematography" (John Frankenheimer's The Gypsy Moths). He and his wife Jean became the prime movers in BASE jumping—the act of leaping from Buildings, Antennas, Spans (bridges), and Earth (i.e., sheer cliffs) before hopefully saving yourself from a bad ending with a parachute. To some, the idea is madness if not suicide, but for the Boenishes it was about the essence of life, of freedom, and the experience of defying gravity. Strauch's exhilarating film tells their incredible story, not only in words, but in breathtaking deed. Sunshine Superman is a love story—about what it feels like to fall, first uncontrollably, then willingly, and then finally ecstatically. First feature.
Director Marah Strauch in attendance 2/7.
Sponsored by Hotel deLuxe and Sierra Nevada Brewing.
Interests: New Directors, Documentary.
WAITING FOR AUGUST
DIRECTOR: TEODORAH MIHAI - ROMANIA
Georgiana Halmac is about to turn 15. She lives with her six brothers and sisters in a social housing condo on the outskirts of Bacau, Romania. When their mother Liliana is forced to leave the family to work in Italy, Georgiana is abruptly catapulted into the role of the head of the family, and her adolescence is cut brutally short. History is repeating itself in Romania, says the filmmaker Mihai, who as a child saw her parents flee the Ceaus¸escu regime, leaving her behind until they could send for her. Referred to as the "home alone generation," children today are...
Georgiana Halmac is about to turn 15. She lives with her six brothers and sisters in a social housing condo on the outskirts of Bacau, Romania. When their mother Liliana is forced to leave the family to work in Italy, Georgiana is abruptly catapulted into the role of the head of the family, and her adolescence is cut brutally short. History is repeating itself in Romania, says the filmmaker Mihai, who as a child saw her parents flee the Ceaus¸escu regime, leaving her behind until they could send for her. Referred to as the "home alone generation," children today are being left behind due to economic migration as people are forced to leave the country annually to work abroad. Best Documentary, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. First feature.
A YEAR IN CHAMPAGNE
DIRECTOR: DAVID KENNARD - UNITED STATES
Only sparkling wine produced within the boundaries of the Champagne region is truly "Champagne." Wine importer Martine Saunier leads us on a tours of six Champagne makers to see how they make their product, from small independent producer Saint-Chamant to the illustrious houses of Gosset and Bollinger. Most Champagne is not just the product of a specific year and Signature house styles are creations that happen behind closed doors and in the miles of cellars beneath the countryside. Pull back the curtain and see how the people of a cold, tough land with a grim history of wars and conflict...
Only sparkling wine produced within the boundaries of the Champagne region is truly "Champagne." Wine importer Martine Saunier leads us on a tours of six Champagne makers to see how they make their product, from small independent producer Saint-Chamant to the illustrious houses of Gosset and Bollinger. Most Champagne is not just the product of a specific year and Signature house styles are creations that happen behind closed doors and in the miles of cellars beneath the countryside. Pull back the curtain and see how the people of a cold, tough land with a grim history of wars and conflict triumph in producing the drink of joy, seduction, and celebration. In Champagne, they don't sell Appellations, they sell Brands, many of which have been famous for 200 years. In English and French with English subtitles.
Sponsored by TV5Monde and King Estate Winery.


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Casualty: Series 3 Review
Michael Mackenzie
Because the formula of Casualty is retained throughout each series, I shall quote the premise I outlined in my review of the first series' DVD release:
Casualty tells the story of the daily struggles of the staff of the A&E department of the fictional Holby City Hospital. This, and the continued presence of department Charge Nurse (later Clinical Nurse Manager) Charlie Fairhead (Derek Thompson), are pretty much the only aspects of the show that have remained the same during the course of its 20-year run. The first series concerns itself with an experimental night shift and the struggles of the staff to keep it open, despite budgetary cuts and hostility from both patients and management. A cast of ten overworked, underpaid and flawed characters become the focus of the series, and the entire department, it seems, survives thanks to them.
Autumn 1988 saw the staff of the night shift returning for a reduced run of 10 episodes, down from the then usual 15. That it returned at all was something of a surprise: the show had consistently met with consternation from the Tory government due to its less than flattering portrayal of management and privatisation, and producer Geraint Morris had stated that the show would end with the second series, going out on a high with 30 episodes in the can. And yet return it did, sticking largely to the same premise, albeit with some subtle alterations.
In Series 3, a new air of pessimism permeates the cubicles of the A&E department. Consultant Ewart Plimmer (Bernard Gallagher) is back at work, having survived the heart attack he suffered towards the end of the previous series, but his relationship with administrator Elizabeth Straker has collapsed after she eloped to the States, and it is very clear that he is living on borrowed time. In stark contrast to the driven Plimmer of the previous series, devoted to his beloved night shift, he spends a considerable amount of time as far away from the hospital as possible, and generally looks like death and is in a foul mood whenever he's in the office. It is therefore no real surprise that he suffers a second, and this time fatal, heart attack only a few episodes into the series, which is tinged with a bleak sense of irony in that it immediately follows one last valiant battle with management in which he wins back the recently reacquisitioned obs ward (the writers have him collapse while inspecting the fruit of his labours). Devoid of their surrogate father figure, the staff's dynamic is irreversibly altered, losing the family structure that had come to define it for its first two years.
Ewart's death is but one of many pieces in this puzzle, however, for it seems that the entire staff is wrestling with crippling personal problems. In the first episode, staff nurse Duffy (Cathy Shipton) learns of the suicide of her HIV-positive ex-boyfriend Peter, while the usually cheery porter Kuba (Christopher Rozycki) worries about the future of his job in the face of the impending privatisation of the porters. The usually reliable Megan (Brenda Fricker), too, breaks down mid-shift at one point, fed up with the lack of respect that she, as low-grade State Enrolled Nurse, has to put up with from the very nurses to whom she showed the ropes. This particular event, occurring in the fifth episode just before Ewart's death, is a phenomenal achievement in writing, by series co-creator Jeremy Brock, and acting, by the Oscar-winning Fricker, and it is a testament to how far the show has progressed at this point that those involved are able to pull off an impassioned speech from the heart and make it sound powerful rather than completely ridiculous.
The patient storylines, too, become increasingly bleak, and, if the writers lay off on their criticism of management through the introduction of a sympathetic administrator, Valerie Sinclair (Susan Franklyn), they don't lack for new targets. One particularly powerful storyline highlights the problems stemming from the need for parental consent in order to harvest the organs of a dead 16-year-old. Here, the fact that the boy was carrying a donor card is over-ridden by his father, who refuses to allow his son's body to be hacked up, despite the fact that, as one medic points out, the nature of his death means that the body will be cut up during the mandatory coronary inquiry anyway. In a further touch of dramatic irony, the father changes his mind after the boy's life support machine has been switched off, but at this point it is too late for his organs to be used. Further bleak storylines include a teenage mechanic permanently paralysed from the neck down after a car falls on her; and old man who spends the entire night being shunted between cubicles, before eventually dying in an ambulance on the way to a bed in another hospital; and the death of a baby whose neglectful father fails to notice that he has stopped breathing.
The changes extend to the look of the show, which, while still maintaining its stubbornly reserved, realistic style, abandons the multi-camera format of the first two series (usually associated with sitcoms) in favour of a single-camera approach, more like that of film. The difference may not be immediately noticeable, but there is a subtle change of pace, and the resulting material has a less staged feel to it than its predecessors. The change in shooting style also heralds a new team of directors, among them Michael Owen Morris, who, in a tenure on the show that lasted through to Series 15, has directed more episodes of Casualty than anyone else. Additionally, while there are still plenty of familiar faces among the main cast, by this stage only five of the original characters are present - which will have fallen to a mere three by the start of the next series. And, as usual, a number of familiar faces make up the guest stars of this series, including Pauline Quirke, George Irving (later Anton Meyer in Holby City) and Clive Mantle (later Mike Barratt in both shows).
If there is a major flaw in the third series it is that it loses momentum towards the end of its run, before finally petering out in a distinctly unremarkable final episode. Casualty in these days was, admittedly, never about explosive finales, but, for all intents and purposes, Episode 10 is simply another night in Accident and Emergency, with nothing untoward happening other than the occasional death and a troupe of colourful patients. In their audio commentary on Episode 5, series creators Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin mention that their challenge, with the third series, was to establish a format that could survive without their involvement much longer than had originally been intended. It was at this stage, I suspect, that any notion of bringing the show to a close in the foreseeable future was abandoned, with the creators signing off on their project quietly rather than with an explosive finale, thereby leaving the way clear for other hands to continue the show seamlessly instead of feeling that they were starting from scratch.
Despite Casualty's third series in many ways it feeling like the end of an era, being comprised of the final moments on the show for more than one member of the old team, in other respects it also feels like the beginning of a new departure. Stylistically, the show settled into a groove that it would continue to maintain, more or less unchanged, for several years, while the more subtle writing and increasingly downbeat plots demonstrated an increasing awareness of the lack of black and white in the world that the writers would continue to hone for the next several years. The fourth series brought in many other changes, including a new producer and an increased emphasis on patient storylines rather than those of the staff, but, with Series 3, the formulation of the Casualty that came to be an institution of British television in the 1990s was already well under way.
DVD Presentation
As with Series 1 and 2, the image quality of the episodes in this set is fine provided you understand their origins and don't expect miracles. These are, after all, 1980s broadcast masters, and as such they suffer from the requisite low definition, smearing and dot crawl associated with material of this vintage. Ultimately, for all its problems, I strongly doubt that it ever looked, or ever will look, substantially better than this.
The same goes with the audio. It's mono Dolby Digital 2.0, and, like the show's visual style, rarely goes in for anything fancy (on the few occasions in which it does, such as some extremely clumsy synthesiser effects, it tends to fall flat on its face). The dialogue, however, remains pretty clear throughout, and the optional subtitles are legible and largely accurate.
As with the first two series, the packaging carries the warning that some episodes have been edited due to rights issues. In this particular instance, most of the episodes seem to be uncut, running for between 49 and 50 minutes, although the second episodes runs for a mere 44 and is, in my opinion, likely to have been attacked with the editor's scissors, although what precisely is missing is unclear. One or two other episodes run for around 47 or 48 minutes, but it's hard to say whether these were actually cut or simply naturally ran shorter.
As with Series 2, two commentaries are included. The first, featuring co-creator/writer Jeremy Brock and co-creator Paul Unwin on Burn Out (Episode 5), is comfortably the weakest of the three commentaries that they have given over the course of the first three series. There are continual lapses into silence, and neither speaker seems to have a very clear memory of either the episode itself or the specifics regarding the show at this point in its history. Some interesting information is divulged, such as the fact that Brenda Fricker worked heavily on the script for the scenes involving her breakdown, but the track is often entertaining for the misinformation the creators spout. Among other things, they don't seem to be aware that Casualty in fact passed the 200-episode milestone several years ago, and they seem to be extremely mixed up about dates, claiming that Paul Lacoux's character, SHO David Rowe, was in the show for several years, despite the fact that, at this time, Casualty was factually accurate in that its SHOs were only conscripted to A&E for a single year.
The other commentary, by Derek Thompson (Charlie) and Peter Salt (who has been the show's media adviser for every single episode to date), on Inferno (Episode 9) is, conversely, the best one given by this particular duo. Thompson gets the most air-time, spending a considerable portion of the track's duration discussing how surprised he is that the show ran for so long, and noting the differences between the earlier series and its more recent incarnations. They also discuss the ways in which the show has increased the medical knowledge of its viewers, as well as the usual bugbear, the perceived left-wing bias.
A question mark currently hangs over Casualty's future on DVD. So far, 2 Entertain have managed an impressive rate of three series in one year, but whether or not any further sets will be released remains to be seen. The first three series serve as a fairly logical "block" of episodes in many ways, in many respects constituting a single 40-episode era. It would be a real shame, however, if more DVDs were not produced, as the best is yet to come and, far from merely serving as an end, Series 3 of Casualty also functions as a new beginning.
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Barker, Stephen, Cacho, Isabel, Benway, Heather and Tachikawa, Kazuyo 2005. Planktonic foraminiferal Mg/Ca as a proxy for past oceanic temperatures: a methodological overview and data compilation for the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews 24 (7-9) , pp. 821-834. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.07.016
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.07.016
As part of the Multi-proxy Approach for the Reconstruction of the Glacial Ocean (MARGO) incentive, published and unpublished temperature reconstructions for the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) based on planktonic foraminiferal Mg/Ca ratios have been synthesised and made available in an online database. Development and applications of Mg/Ca thermometry are described in order to illustrate the current state of the method. Various attempts to calibrate foraminiferal Mg/Ca ratios with temperature, including culture, trap and core-top approaches have given very consistent results although differences in methodological techniques can produce offsets between laboratories which need to be assessed and accounted for where possible. Dissolution of foraminiferal calcite at the sea-floor generally causes a lowering of Mg/Ca ratios. This effect requires further study in order to account and potentially correct for it if dissolution has occurred. Mg/Ca thermometry has advantages over other paleotemperature proxies including its use to investigate changes in the oxygen isotopic composition of seawater and the ability to reconstruct changes in the thermal structure of the water column by use of multiple species from different depth and or seasonal habitats. Presently available data are somewhat limited to low latitudes where they give fairly consistent values for the temperature difference between Late Holocene and the LGM (2–3.5 °C). Data from higher latitudes are more sparse, and suggest there may be complicating factors when comparing between multi-proxy reconstructions.
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This herb is an immune system strengthener. It also helps promote natural interferon production.
Herbs from this family are strong purgatives used to cleanse the body. They have been shown to be effective against ovarian cancer.
This herb is valued for its cancer-fighting properties. It has been shown to help shrink tumors and is useful against sarcomas.
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Cat's Claw boosts the immune system by promoting the function of the white blood cells and it can help reduce tumor size and minimize the side effects of chemo or radiation therapy.
Chaparral can strengthen the body's immunity and has been shown to decrease the size of tumors and to prevent metastasis.
Curcumin's anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial uses have made it effective for colon cancer treatment. It also has the ability to shrink tumors by inhibiting their blood supply.
This root is of great benefit to cancer patients. Of particular importance is its ability to stimulate the production of both white and red blood cells.
Echinacea's immunity-boosting abilities can help treat cancer. It has been shown to be good for cancers of the brain.
Feverfew is in the process of gaining approval from the FDA as a treatment for leukemia. It was shown to be more effective than the prescription drug cytarabine.
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Ant Group to meet regulators 'in the coming days'
by Eliza Gkritsi Dec 24, 2020 Jun 28, 2021
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Fintech giant Ant Group has been called in for a meeting with financial regulators, China's central bank announced today, the same day that market regulators announced an anti-monopoly probe into sister company and e-commerce giant Alibaba.
Why it matters: This is the first publicly announced high-level meeting between regulators and Ant Group since the fintech giant's IPO was abruptly suspended, days after another similar meeting.
The company has been under regulatory pressure as China's authorities tighten the screws on fintech, who are concerned that unbridled tech giants bring systemic risk to the economy.
Details: "In the coming days," the Alibaba affiliate will be "interviewed" (our translation) by the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the Insurance and Banking Regulatory Commission, the China Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Foreign Exchange Commission, the PBOC said in a statement this morning.
Authorities will also "urge" Ant Group to comply with regulatory financial, antitrust, and consumer protection requirements, the notice from the PBOC said.
Ant Group responded to the news just ten minutes after the central bank's announcement with a post on its official WeChat account, say that it will "seriously study" and "strictly comply" with regulatory requirements.
At the same time, Alibaba is trying to satisfy regulators concerned about its market power in an investigation into accusations of monopolistic behavior.
READ MORE: China launches anti-monopoly investigation into Alibaba
Context: On the same day that Jack Ma met with regulators, Nov. 2, new rules on microfinancing were released. Credittech makes up around 40% of Ant Group's revenue, according to its IPO prospectus.
On Nov. 3, the Shanghai Stock Exchange suspended Ant Group's hotly anticipated $34 billion IPO, saying that the company didn't meet disclosure requirements about regulatory risk.
Since, Ant Group has made changes to its operations. Just yesterday, it lowered credit limits for younger users of its Huabei microlending platform. Last week, it stopped providing bank deposit products on Alipay.
New draft antitrust rules were released on Nov. 10 by the State Administration for Market Regulation. Alibaba, Tencent, and and SF Express were fined over anticompetitive behavior on Dec. 14.
Earlier in December, Guo Shuqing, the head of the China Insurance and Banking Regulatory Commission, called for more national level regulations on fintech.
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I went to koriyama station to see my NZ friend off, who was leaving Fukushima after 5 years.
Though it looked like fun lunch time we always had, which means dialogues weren't sophisticated at all, we exchanged some sort of sentiment in what we said.
I'm the one who want to avoid "the scene" or good by with tears, don't like to mark the moment of life.
If you have something really want to say at the end, it should be done before that when you find out that is the thing you want. That is what I always believe.
But leaving is leaving after all.
She told me something special, deserves our 5 years.
That was her story of self-disclosure and acceptance.
After coming Japan, she could finally stop comparing herself with others, and could disclose who she is.
That means acceptance of herself without anybody's judgement.
That change made her quit being offensive or criticizing others and even herself.
In stead, her warm side appeared and spent most of her time for others.
Growing up in a big family with strong belief, I thought she was natural born warm person.
She is the most stably kind and warm person I've ever met.
I'm so lucky to have her, and I don't know how to thank her, giving me the answer for what I've been thinking recently.
Stop being judgemental, accept who you are.
I can't wait for the next time see her to give her a return gift.
I really wish she has a wonderful life, she deserves it.


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WORLD Court rulings, Dutch apology, trans candidates win, Global Black Pride
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Botswana's Court of Appeal upheld a 2019 ruling that decriminalized gay sex, effectively striking off two sections of the penal code that had outlawed homosexuality, according to Reuters. Before the 2019 High Court ruling, which was praised by international organizations and activists, engaging in gay sex in Botswana was punishable by up to seven years in prison. Reading the unanimous decision by five judges, Court of Appeal Judge President Ian Kirby (who was slated to retire Nov. 30, shortly after the ruling, AllAfrica.com noted) said the criminalization of consensual same-sex activities violated the constitutional rights of LGBTQ+ persons to dignity, liberty, privacy and equality.
The Delhi High Court asked the Union government to respond to a new application seeking permission to livestream the court proceedings on a bunch of petitions for recognizing same-sex marriages, The Hindu reported. A bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh, which is currently seized of five separate petitions of several same-sex couples, posted the hearing in the case on Feb. 3, 2022. Senior advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul, appearing for the applicants, said the issue raised in the petitions was of national importance, particularly regarding the LGBTQ community, which composes nearly 8 percent of country's population.
The Dutch government publicly apologized for a now-defunct law that required transgender people who wished to change the gender on their birth certificates to undergo surgery and sterilization, The Hill noted. "For decades, people underwent medical procedures that they did not want at all. But they knew they had no other choice," said Dutch Minister for Education, Culture and Science Ingrid van Engelshoven in a speech. "Others have waited because of this law; they were forced to postpone becoming themselves for years."
Trans political candidates made history with Bangladesh and Chile, per Xtra. A small town in Bangladesh voted to elect the country's first trans mayor, as Nazrul Islam Ritu won an election for chair of Trilochanpur Union in Kaliganj Upazila, Jhenaidah, by a landslide. Chile elected its first trans official to the national legislature on Nov. 21, just as the country heads into an election cycle that could put LGBTQ+ rights at risk. Activist Emilia Schneider Videla, who won by more than 26,000 votes, will represent District 10 of Santiago in the National Congress of Chile when she is sworn in next March. The Dec. 19 presidential runoff election is between far-right populist Jose Antonio Kast (who opposes marriage equality and abortion) and leftist Gabriel Boric.
The third annual edition of a Pride event celebrating Black queer people around the world online will be presented in a hybrid format in Toronto in 2022, giving folks an opportunity to participate in the festivities in person for the first time, according to Gay City News. After the first two events were entirely virtual, Global Black Pride organizers hope the millions of online viewers who attended in the past will come to the weekend-long in-person/virtual event slated for July 28-31, 2022. Global Black Pride is spearheading the event with support from a Toronto-based organization called Blackness Yes! as well as Pride Toronto.
In England, two young gay men were viciously attacked and robbed with a hammer, fists and hateful words by a group of other young men recently, according to out.com . Ryan Winnard, 21, told the Manchester Evening News he and his boyfriend, Max Green, 18, were walking and holding hands in Radcliffe when they were jumped by five to six assailants wearing balaclavas. The LGBTQ+ community has suffered a string of attacks recently in England.
The European Commission (EC) began the second phase of its infringement procedure against EU member state Hungary due to discriminatory amendments adopted in June in the country that ban the "portrayal and the promotion of gender identity different from sex at birth, the change of sex and homosexuality, an ILGA-Europe statement said. The commission said that it found Hungary's official response to its initial notification insufficient, so it started the second phase of the infringement process by sending Hungary a letter known as a "reasoned opinion," outlining the parts of the new Hungarian statute that are breaching EU law, and demanding that these be changed. If Hungary doesn't abide by the reasoned opinion, the case will be referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union.
In Canada, an Anishinaabe two-spirit woman filed a human-rights complaint against the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), alleging discrimination at southwestern Ontario's largest hospital and hoping to bring systemic change to the healthcare system, CBC.ca reported. Hollee George, 44, described her two-day experience at LHSC in November 2020 as terrifying and dehumanizing. What began as an appointment for a routine endoscopy ended with the hospital wanting to discharge George in the middle of the night with no personal belongings and nowhere to go. She also said she overheard offensive comments and was treated with a lack of trust. LHSC was unable to comment specifically about George's case, but told CBC News it is committed to improving the patient-care experience and creating an environment that is inclusive.
Tennis player Samantha Stosur, 37, said she will play the Australian Open and then is likely to retire during next season, tennis.com noted. The Aussie wants to play in front of her home crowds before ending her career. The 2011 US Open champion became a mother last year, when partner Liz Astling gave birth to the couple's first child.
A spokesman for Sydney's Sea Life Aquarium revealed the famed same-sex Gentoo penguin couple Sphen and Magic will celebrate the third anniversary of their partnered relationship with a special frozen fish cake, out.com noted. Penguins can only hatch one egg at a time, so extra eggs are routinely given to empty-nested couples; Sphen and Magic have already hatched two eggs together. Last year, lesbian penguins Electra and Viola incubated and hatched a penguin chick at the Oceanographic Aquarium in Valencia, Spain.
Leftist opposition candidate Xiomara Castro declared victory in the Honduran presidential election, with early results giving her a commanding lead and putting her on track to become the first female leader of the Central American country, Reuters reported. Castro, the wife of former President Manuel Zelaya, was competing in a field of more than a dozen candidates, and supporters hailed a triumph that would end a dozen years of conservative rule and return the left to power for the first time since Zelaya was deposed in a 2009 coup. According to The Guardian, Castro has pledged to loosen the country's draconian abortion laws; Honduras is one of only four countries in Latin America that prohibits abortion under any circumstance.
Barbados cut its last remaining bonds to the British monarchy after nearly 400 years, CNN.com noted. In a ceremony, Prince Charles acknowledged the "appalling atrocity of slavery" as the nation removed Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and inaugurated its first-ever president. Official events marking the island's historic transition took place in National Heroes Square, decorated in the national colors of gold and ultramarine, in the heart of the capital of Bridgetown.
Egyptian soccer legend Mohamed Aboutrika recently delivered a two-minute homophobic rant in his current role as a pundit on the Qatari television network beIN Sports, calling homosexuality "dangerous" and an affront to humanity, out.com noted. "This phenomenon is not only against Muslim nature but it's against human nature," Aboutrika said, according to a report in Deadline. "Allah says in the Quran that we have to honor the children of Adam but by doing this homosexuality we are not honoring humans, we are humiliating them." The former soccer player's ire was raised when queried about the UK Premier League's recent Rainbow Laces campaign.
Mexican regulators approved Canadian Pacific's $31-billion deal to acquire Kansas City Southern, which could create a railroad linking Mexico, Canada and the United States, The Hill noted, citing the AP. The deal includes 2.884 Canadian Pacific shares and $90 in cash for each shareholder, as well as Canadian Pacific assuming $3.8 billion of Kansas City Southern's debt. Canadian Pacific beat Canadian National's (CN's) $33.6-billion bid due to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) declining to approve a part of CN's bid.
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French Harbor
French Cay
Best French Cay Snorkeling
The 8th most popular snorkel dive spot in Roatan.
French Harbor, Roatan | SNORKELINGDIVES.COM™ | August 14, 2016
French Harbor, Roatan
On the south shore east of French Harbor, the snorkeling off Big French Cay and Little French Cay is popular with cruise ship tourists. While most snorkelers stick to the east side of Little French Cay, there is also good snorkeling off the south shore of Little French Cay and the west side of Big French Cay but just watch out for the surf action. Near shore, there ar...
On the south shore east of French Harbor, the snorkeling off Big French Cay and Little French Cay is popular with cruise ship tourists. While most snorkelers stick to the east side of Little French Cay, there is also good snorkeling off the south shore of Little French Cay and the west side of Big French Cay but just watch out for the surf action. Near shore, there are sand flats and turtle grasses, but further out you will find scatter coral heads and larger reef formations in the deeper waters.
After a long day of snorkeling, make sure to checkout Frenchys 44 Restaurant located on Little French Key.
There is a shuttle boat to Little French Key from the Roatan coastline. The marina is located about 1km east of French Harbor on the road leading to the iguana farm. The shuttle may be only open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays, so make sure to call ahead (504) 9679-2782 or (504) 3304-5776.
The snorkeling off Roatan is known to be truly world class. Roatan is located northeast of Tegucigalpa about 35 miles off the Honduran coast. Isla de Roatan is about 32 miles long and ranges from 1 mile to 4 miles wide. The reefs around Roatan are known to have about 25% live coral, which is actually relatively healthy compared to other reefs found in the Caribbean. The average water temperature around Roatan varies little from summer (82F) to winter (78F). The best visibility can be found during the driest months of February through May, which can be up to 100 feet. During November and December, the visibility is typically 30 feet or under due to the heavy rain runoff. By the way, there are dozens of so-called dive shops around the island, however, most of them are just fronts for guided scuba dives. The dive shops rarely have any gear for sale, and the rental snorkel gear is old and very basic. Make sure to bring everything you may need, even mask drops.
To reach the snorkeling in Roatan by air, fly into Ramon Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP) in San Pedro Sula. Then, you will need to transfer to an inter-island flight to the Bay Islands. Alternately, if you are coming from the US, you may be able to find a direct flight to Roatan into Juan Manuel Galvez International Airport (RTB) from Miami or Houston. A passport valid for at least 6 months past the departure date is required for entry, and there is a $40USD departure tax. Note: when preparing to fly off the island, make sure to give yourself plenty of time a the airport with a minimum of two hours - there are five long steps to the departure process and the planes do not typically wait even if you are confirmed checked-in. Also, the land-line phones on the island are very unreliable, so make sure to come with a complete list of the mobile phone numbers you may need such as dive shops, hotel, restaurants and rental car agency.
Overall, French Cay is the 8th most popular snorkel dive spot of all 17 snorkeling dives in Roatan. Several of the better snorkeling spots are nearby French Cay including CoCo View Wall, Parrot Tree and Fantasy Island.


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  "http://localhost:1234/baseUriChangeFolder/folderInteger.json": require("./JSON-Schema-Test-Suite/remotes/baseUriChangeFolder/folderInteger.json"),
  "http://localhost:1234/baseUriChangeFolderInSubschema/folderInteger.json": require("./JSON-Schema-Test-Suite/remotes/baseUriChangeFolderInSubschema/folderInteger.json"),
  "http://localhost:1234/name.json": require("./JSON-Schema-Test-Suite/remotes/name.json"),
  "http://localhost:1234/name-defs.json": require("./JSON-Schema-Test-Suite/remotes/name-defs.json"),
}

const SKIP_FORMATS = ["idn-email", "idn-hostname", "iri", "iri-reference"]
const SKIP_FORMAT_TESTS = SKIP_FORMATS.map((f) => `optional/format/${f}`)
const SKIP_DRAFT7 = ["optional/content", "optional/float-overflow", ...SKIP_FORMAT_TESTS]

const SKIP = {
  6: ["optional/float-overflow"],
  7: SKIP_DRAFT7,
  2019: SKIP_DRAFT7, // TODO: 2 of 32 tests in recursiveRef fail
  2020: SKIP_DRAFT7, // TODO: 2 of 32 tests in dynamicRef fail
}

runTest(
  getAjvInstances(_Ajv, options, {
    meta: false,
    strict: false,
    ignoreKeywordsWithRef: true,
  }),
  6,
  require("./_json/draft6")
)

runTest(
  getAjvInstances(_Ajv, options, {
    strict: false,
    ignoreKeywordsWithRef: true,
    formats: toHash(SKIP_FORMATS),
  }),
  7,
  require("./_json/draft7")
)

runTest(
  getAjvInstances(_Ajv2019, options, {
    strict: false,
    formats: toHash(SKIP_FORMATS),
  }),
  2019,
  require("./_json/draft2019")
)

runTest(
  getAjvInstances(_Ajv2020, options, {
    strict: false,
    formats: toHash(SKIP_FORMATS),
  }),
  2020,
  require("./_json/draft2020")
)

function runTest(instances, draft: number, tests) {
  for (const ajv of instances) {
    ajv.opts.code.source = true
    if (draft === 6) {
      ajv.addMetaSchema(draft6MetaSchema)
      ajv.opts.defaultMeta = "http://json-schema.org/draft-06/schema#"
    }
    for (const id in remoteRefs) ajv.addSchema(remoteRefs[id], id)
    ajvFormats(ajv)
  }

  jsonSchemaTest(withStandalone(instances), {
    description: `JSON-Schema Test Suite draft-${draft}: ${instances.length} ajv instances with different options`,
    suites: {tests},
    only: [],
    skip: SKIP[draft],
    assert: chai.assert,
    afterError,
    afterEach,
    cwd: __dirname,
    hideFolder: `draft${draft}/`,
    timeout: 30000,
  })
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


National Railways of Zimbabwe - www.nrz.co.zw. UK citizens now need a visa to visit Zimbabwe, but this can be obtained at the point of entry for about £35 / $55. This classic overnight train is the way to reach Vic Falls from Bulawayo, even though (given Zim's economic situation) it's now getting. Where Zimbos buy and sell. The most popular Zimbabwe classifieds by far, with over 30,000 ads, and 500,000 visitors per month. Zimbabwe (/ z ɪ m ˈ b ɑː b w eɪ, -w i /), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Mozambique.The capital and largest city is Harare.A country of roughly 16 million people, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona, and Ndebele the most. GWERU - Students at the Midlands State University (MSU) continue to face accommodation problems, as the institution is unable to house its growing population. 'The most popular Zimbabwe Cars & Vehicles classifieds by far. 500,000 visitors per month and over 30,000 adverts.' Chief Ndiweni faces arrest. Bulawayo magistrate Gladmore Mushove on Monday issued a warrant of arrest on Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni (54) of Ntabazinduna after he failed to appear in court to answer to allegations of extortion. Zimbabwe's president has escaped unhurt after an explosion at a campaign rally that state media described as an assassination attempt.. Emmerson Mnangagwa declared that the "cowardly act. An explosion has rocked a stadium where Zimbabwe's president was addressing a campaign rally, with state media calling it an assassination attempt but saying the president was not hurt. Bulawayo. Kurs für Kinder ab 8 Jahre. 70,00 € für drei Einheiten incl. Theorieelementen. Wir bieten den Lehrgang für die RA10, 09, 07, 05 und 04 sowie den Basispass an. Die Prüfung für DLA5 oder 4 kann ebenfalls abgelegt werden. OTHER ZIMBABWE LODGES. The Matobo Hills, which form part of the Matobo National Park, must be one of the most special destinations in Zimbabwe: spectacularly beautiful, but also filled with a quiet serenity.


Need some Jesus with your jeggings? Head to Salt Lake City.
On Thursday morning, City Creek Center, the first indoor mall built in nearly three years, opened its doors to the public. Its owner is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which hopes that the $1.5 billion temple of consumption will redeem Salt Lake City's blighted downtown, where the Church is also headquartered.
The 700,000-square-foot mall certainly gives off a Biblical air. According to its website, City Creek has two 18-foot waterfalls, fountains that shoot water and bursts of flame while playing synchronized music, a fully retractable glass roof (the first outside of Dubai) and a man-made recreation of the south fork of City Creek, the mountain stream where, in 1847, Mormon pioneer Brigham Young founded the settlement that would later become Salt Lake City.
It is a mall fit for a president -- and might even be graced by one some day if Mitt Romney, one of the Church's most famous members, can score the Republican nomination. City Creek is located just across the street from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' headquarters, the Temple Square complex. The stores, which include Tiffany & Co., Coach, Nordstrom, Porsche Design, H&M and Macy's will all be closed on Sunday. No restaurants will serve alcohol, save for the Cheesecake Factory and Texas de Brazil. There are no bars.
It has been years since any developer, private or otherwise, has backed such a grand project, given the bleak retail landscape. The last indoor mall built in the U.S., Crystals at CityCenter, opened in Las Vegas in 2009. Since, more malls have been foreclosed on than have opened, with shoppers cutting back on spending and chain stores downsizing.
So far, City Creek looks like an exception. Two thousand people paid $50 to attend the opening gala Wednesday night, while crowds started to line up on the nearby Main St. at 2:00 a.m. in preparation for Thursday's 10:00 a.m. opening. Ninety-two percent of the mall's space is already leased.
The Church has an enviable partner in the venture: Taubman Properties, the Detroit-based owner of some of the world's most successful luxury malls. Taubman, which developed the property and leases the underlying land from the Church, invested $76 million on top of the estimated $1.5 billion in cash that the Church gave to the project.
The Church's money came from City Creek Reserve Inc., a private real estate company it owns. According to the Church, all the money was raised through private business ventures, and none from the 10 percent of income Mormons are required donate, or tithe, to the Church.
With City Creek, Mormons have a new way of showing financial devotion. Through its rental contract with Taubman, the Church gets a percentage of mall revenue -- and its fortunes rise and fall depending on sales.
City Creek shoppers can rest assured that their purchases -- a $535 Porsche Design tobacco pipe, perhaps? -- will bring them a little closer to God, or at least Temple Square.


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Frogcodile Release Melodic Indie Rock Video "Paperhouse" Live From The Basement
Frogcodile is an indie rock band with a passion for melodic indie rock. Their music makes me think of bands such as Radiohead or Horse Jumper Of Love, fueled by simple melodies, yet striking for its essentialism.
Their recent release is a live recording straight out from the band's rehearsal space. The sound production is impeccable, and the band managed to capture their live performances in a really spectacular way, combining studio fidelity with the human touch of live sound…there is simply nothing as good as a band in a room, playing off of the real dynamics between musicians! The youtube pages actually features 4 performances, including the songs "Distant Days", "Paperhouse", "Molecules" and "Refractions". The second tune mentioned, "Paperhouse", stands as a great example of the band's vision.
The guitar lines in particular, are really simple, but they have a special way to seamlessly cut through the mix and leave a mark in the arrangements. The drums are uptempo and dense, with a powerful groove serving as the backbone of the songs.
SABATINO SHOWS US HOW TO LIVE THE GOOD LIFE THE ITALIAN STYLE IN "LA BELLA VITA"
Posted on 9th September 2017
https://youtu.be/N30ABH8CRwI
Opening up with a steady groove that immediately captivates the attention, in combination with luscious melodic phrases and a laid back vocal, Sabatino manages to create a very atmospheric vibe that really depicts living the good life. Apart from this, as the name suggests, there is a touch of Italian flare in the music which is also very prominent in the immersive music video featuring picturesque Italian views of the Mediterranean sea, making for a brilliant summer song.
Apart from interweaving lyrics in both English and Italian, "La Bella Vita" features mellow percussions, smooth and atmospheric guitar phrases and most prominently a rich breathy vocal tone which colours the song with deep and dark notes as well as high and bright sonorities. What was particularly intriguing in fact was the bridge featuring vocal improvisation at a surprisingly high register, drowned in digital atmospheric effects which truly highlight Sabatino's unique sense of musical aesthetic. Apart from being a well crafted fresh summer song, "La Bella Vita," indeed has its own character which allows it to stand out from the rest.
-Sarah Marie Bugeja
Abigail's 'Perfect Storm' is a true cocktail of pop and electronica
https://youtu.be/drUSI15AbOk
Abigail is a singer and songwriter with a distinctive voice and a very special production approach.
Her new single release is mellow, yet somewhat dark and haunting, echoing the work of artists like Portishead or Tori Amos, but with more energy. The beat has an amazing impact and a unique punch, while the beautiful layers of vocals really allow the song to stand out and reach an amazing depth.
The song opens up with a really great chorus, where Abigail managed to unleash an insane vocal hooks, rising the volume and intensity of her singing, only to take it softer again in the verses. The wide range of this singer's voice is amazing: in the verses, she can create a smooth, warm tone, while in the courses, she manages to cut through the mix seamlessly, with control and grit, while remaining melodic and appealing. The bridge is also memorable, with a sparse beat and some cool vocals on the forefront.
This song is a true cocktail of pop and electronica, but with the energy of rock.
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This page presents the geographical name data for Cowell Island in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division.
Description (see definition): A small island, partly contained in a glacier tongue from the coast of Antarctica, lying 3 mi WSW of Hovde Island. First mapped from air photographs by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. First visited by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) survey party led by M.J. Corry in Feb. 1969. Named by ANCA for W.D. Cowell, cook at Mawson Station in 1969 and a member of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1969.
NOTE: The information regarding Cowell Island in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cowell Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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CAGAYAN, Philippines (UPDATED) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division has annuled the proclamation of retired police general Jefferson Soriano as the winner in the 2013 mayoral elections in Tuguegarao City due to "irregularities."
In a 19-page decision promulgated on Tuesday, January 26, the Comelec division also ordered Vice Mayor Engelbert Caronan installed as chief executive.
"Wherefore, premises considered, the Commission First Division resolved, as it hereby resolves, to annul the proclamation of the protestee Jefferson P. Soriano," reads the decision signed by election commissioners Christian Robert Lium, Luie Guia, and Ma Rowena Guanzon.
The decision stemmed from the electoral protest of Soriano's rival in the polls, Delfin Ting, who questioned the 1,205 lead that Soriano had over him. Ting belongs to a clan whose members held the city's mayoralty seat for over two decades until 2013.
The protest alleged that there were "widespread fraud, irregularities and terrorism perpetuated" by Soriano's camp.
Soriano said his rival did not have sufficient evidence to prove the allegations.
Comelec installed Caronan instead of Ting because "it cannot be reasonably determined who the real winner is."
The Supreme Court in June 2014 upheld Ting's protest filed with the Comelec, denying Soriano's plea to dismiss the case.
After a technical examination, the Comelec found out that out of 5,547 signatures examined from Election Day Computerized Voters' List (EDCVL), 1,662 were found be unidentical with those in the Voters' Registration Record (VRR).
"The substantial number of signatures and thumbmarks found in the EDCVL to be not identical with those appearing in the VRRs is higher than the 1,205-lead of protestee over protestant," Comelec said.
In July 2015, after the Comelec First Division ruled to proceed with the technical examination of the remaining ballots, the Comelec's local office in Tuguegarao office were robbed of the EDCVL of the 2013 elections.
The robbery incident, the Comelec said, impaired its power to investigate the fraud, leading the poll body to proclaim not Ting but the elected vice mayor.
"To rule on either side, at this point would prove futile in determining the true will of the electorate," the Comelec said.
The Comelec added that they cannot determine for whom the "questionable" 1,662 votes were for.
It said that substantial number of irregular signatures raised questions over Soriano's victory.
During Soriano's incumbency, he was suspended by the anti-graft court 3 times for other alleged anomalous transactions.
Raul Ting, son of Soriano's rival Delfin Ting, questioned why Cagayan Governor Alvaro Antonio why he had not yet served the Sandiganbayan's suspension order against the Tuguegarao mayor issued in November 2015. The case linked Soriano to the P131-million rubber boat scam in the Philippine National Police.
Soriano earlier said that he had filed a motion for reconsideration for his suspension order.
Soriano and Delfin Ting, alongside with Vice Mayor Engelbert Caronan, are running for mayor in May 2016.
On Tuesday, February 1, Soriano filed a motion for reconsideration with the Comelec. He said this "temporarily" blocked the implementation of the ouster order.