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Are you a fan of the "American Pie" movies?
If so, I am sure you know that they have a new one out...
I have watched some of them... so, I thought it would be nice to add to our collection.
I just watched it and there is no surprise that this is one to watch when the kids are out or sleeping...
Plenty of raunchy humor and plenty of foul language! American Pie: Reunion doesn't disappoint!
I will admit, I had not seen any of the series since the second one. Truth be told, I did not realize they had made so many since then! But, I saw that the "reunion" was being advertised... and that the entire original cast was going to be back, so I wanted to see what all they had in store!
I will say, it was a bit odd that they decided to all come back for their 13th reunion...
I thought it was a big deal for the 10, 15, 20 and so forth... but hey, whatever floats their boats, right?
This starts off in true American Pie fashion... Bed bumping .....
But then you realize that she is putting the little one to bed and bouncing on the bed is calming him down...
At this point, with the little suggestion... I knew it was over :)
I even chose to watch the THEATRICAL version versus the UNRATED, as I just did not know if I could handle it! ha ha!!!!!!!
I am sharing the BONUS FEATURES, as they really have A-L-O-T of them on this one!
The entire cast of American Pie returns to East Great Falls for their high-school reunion in the outrageous comedy American Reunion, available on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, DVD, and On Demand, with a never-before-seen unrated version, on July 10, 2012 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. In one long-overdue weekend, old friends will reconnect, old flames re-ignite and everyone will rediscover just how much fun you can pack into one hilarious weekend.
It was summer 1999 when four small-town Michigan boys began a quest to lose their virginity. In the years that have passed, Jim (Jason Biggs, Life Happens, "Mad Love") and Michelle (Alyson Hannigan, "How I Met Your Mother") got married while Stifler (Seann William Scott, Role Models) still refuses to grow up. Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas, Please Give) and Vicky (Tara Reid, "Scrubs") said goodbye while Oz (Chris Klein, American Dreamz) and Heather (Mena Suvari, "American Horror Story") grew apart. Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas, "How to Make It in America") still longs for Stifler's mom (Jennifer Coolidge, Legally Blonde) and Jim's dad (Eugene Levy, Best in Show) is learning to date. The hormonal teens who launched a comedy legend return as American Reunion brings this beloved franchise back with "flat out hilarious, raunchy fun" (Pete Hammond, Box Office Magazine).
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OUCH! MY BALLS!: While on set, Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, and many other members of the male cast started the unique hobby of "crotch-blasting". See the spark of this unusual craze and its ensuing, widespread popularity.
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I will tell you this, if you are familiar with American Pie, it is totally what you expect...
If you are not familiar with it, brace yourself!
There were a couple times where Broxton walked in the room while I was watching and I had to turn the tv off.
Stiffler is more of a tool now than I remembered him being... and the other guys, well, I don't know... It seems as though everyone grew up, myself included and it just wasn't as funny to me as I was expecting. I told Marc that I needed to remember that I was 18 when the first one came out, a freshman in college...
SO many things have changed since then, so there are many that will still enjoy it, just not me.
Don't get me wrong, I still laughed at some parts...
But, I am sure if I passed this along to my brother, he would crack up at it the whole way through...
So, bottom line... DO I recommend it?
Well, if you are an American Pie fan (through the years) or a college kid (or at least you THINK like a college kid) you will LOVE this... If not, I am not so sure...
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"Overall estimates of current nonmedical use of prescription psychotherapeutic drugs among the population aged 12 or older that were described previously have largely been driven by the nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers. In 2014, about two thirds of the current nonmedical users of psychotherapeutic drugs who were aged 12 or older reported current nonmedical use of pain relievers (Figure 5).
"The estimated 4.3 million people aged 12 or older in 2014 who were current nonmedical users of pain relievers represent 1.6 percent of the population aged 12 or older (Figures 5 and 6). The percentage of people aged 12 or older who were current nonmedical users of pain relievers in 2014 was lower than the percentages in most years from 2002 to 2012, but it was similar to the percentage in 2013."
Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality. (2015). Behavioral health trends in the United States: Results from the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (HHS Publication No. SMA 15-4927, NSDUH Series H-50), p. 7.
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Meh. That's all I gotta say.
No way they get rid of ET and Simpsons at the same time. I doubt we see ET go within the next 15 years.
I swear to God, EA, don't you dare try to mess with this game in any way. LEAVE IT ALONE.
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Gary turned Professional in 1993. Prior to his appointment at Royal Portrush, he was the Head Professional at The MacGregor Academy and Head Coach to the Ulster teams. He has been a multiple winner on the Irish PGA circuit and had the honour of playing in the 148th Open Championship.
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Charlene joined the Professional team back in 2012 as a Trainee. She immediately took a keen interest in merchandising and junior coaching. Charlene now manages the retail operation of the shop and oversees the successful Cadet Programme at the Club. She coordinates many coaching camps throughout the year and gives lessons to golfers of all abilities.
Prior to joining the team, Charlene attended Pfeiffer University in North Carolina, USA on a golf scholarship. In her Senior Year she was runner up at the NCAA Nationals 2009 and named as an All American for her golfing achievements. In 2019, Charlene was introduced into her University's Hall of Fame for her dedication and commitment to golf.
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By Moshe Katz, Krav Maga Instructor, Israel
"Why so sad? Who died?" I was asked this morning as I walked in to the factory to pick up an order of our IDF IKI combat pants.
"Menachem Stark", I answered.
"Who? I don't know the name."
I explained,
"A New York real estate guy, Jewish, Hasidic, father of 7, or 8, rumored to have had some shady business dealings."
"But how does that affect you?"
I did not know him personally, but every human tragedy affects me, and ...of course this hits closer to home. I used to work in that area, I worked with that community.
And as a Krav Maga Self Defense instructor this gets me thinking. All morning long I was busy with answering e mails, blogs, orders, T shirts, planning my next trip, but alone in the car for a few minutes and my mind began to wonder.
I found myself in his body walking out of an office in Brooklyn, when suddenly, two men appear. Did I know them? I cannot be sure. Where they armed, guns or knives? I do not know.
I found myself feeling his fear and imagining the situation he faced. At a moment like this one wonders; Fight back or comply?
How could he know their intention was to kill him? Perhaps they said, "The Big man wants to talk to you, now, get in the car." Perhaps he thought they just wanted money. After all it makes no sense to kill someone over a business deal. If you kill the guy how will you ever get your money?
Very confusing. But at that moment we all must make a quick decision, sometimes a split second decision; fight back or comply?
My guess would be that when they come to get you...you fight back or you die.
The poor guy was found dead, burnt, in a dumpster. That image will stay with his family forever. During the years of the Holocaust those who died early and were buried in a proper grave where envied, at least they were not thrown out like the trash.
As a Krav Maga instructor my first priority is people's safety. My thoughts turn to him, to all of us, trying to feel, to picture ; I feel it. Walking out of a building, totally relaxed, just another day of business. And then, everything changes in an instant.
How do we manage this situation? Two burly strong men? with guns? with knives? What do we do?
He was a big guy, did he struggle?
What if it were a child? a small person? a woman? What do we do!!!!
The blood cries out to heaven, what do we do?
Our answer must not be silence. Our answer must be training. We must feel this pain and take action. We must reenact this scene over and over again, we must not forget, we must not let silence take over. Apathy cannot win. Our voices must be heard.
We must incorporate this into our Krav Maga training and from Zion shall come forth the word. From this dark day we must create light. From this pain we must create strength.
A man, a woman, a child, is walking home, they just want to get home when suddenly, some evil person comes along and...
We must be prepared, we must not look at Krav Maga as a "hobby" or a fun weight loss program.It must be more than a "feel good confidence building program", it must be real self defense.
We must reach out to people; for the Orthodox have classes run by rabbis, for the women get pink gloves, I don't care! but we must reach people, we must try. Do not let the silence take over.
More information: I just found the following that sheds some light on this particular situation:
This development comes as cops released dramatic surveillance footage that shows the suspects forcing Stark into a Dodge Caravan after he left his offices in Williamsburg late on Thursday evening.
Officers say the incident happened at around 11.20pm, when Stark was grabbed by two men on Rutledge Street in South Williamsburg. Some reports suggest he was carrying $4,000 in cash.
Stark was approached and manhandled into a light-colored van by two men as he left his office at Southside Associates at 331 Rutledge Street.
His wife, Bashie, apparently became concerned when Stark did not return after midnight and contacted Shomrim, a neighborhood patrol group for the Orthodox community.
Surveillance footage was then discovered in Stark's office that shows a struggle with one man, before the van pulls up and he is wrestled by two men into the vehicle.
Stark's brothers Yitzy and Yoely told the New York Post: 'We saw two people fighting with him, and they put him into a big white van, a Dodge Caravan,' Yitzy, 30, said.
The brothers described Menachem's alleged attackers to the Post as 'big' and 'black.'
The Cause?
Many complaints were registered against Mr. Stark over business matters, quite serious allegations. However, I feel the comment left by a fellow named Jose, summed it up best.
"Even IF everything is true, none of that even remotely justifies murder and leaving a widow with eight orphans. There are many other avenues through which to go about righting financial wrongs or even mistreatment of tenants. If every person with this level of wrongdoing and up would be killed, our streets would look like a war zone and the world's population would be a lot smaller. Have we sunk to the level of Hamas and al-Qaeda, where brutal murder is glorified due to the victims (or their govt) being perceived as having unfairly treated others?" (Jose, New York)
My friends, share this blog, spread the word, and ...come to train with me. We have holy work to do.
My cousin just sent me a video with some footage of the actual abduction. It was very blurry, however, I noted that it was snowy and the ground was of course covered with snow. How many dojos' train in the snow? (And I am not talking about traditional kata in the snow but real self-defense training).
When we train in our cozy training halls do we take into account that on the day they come to abduct us it might not be such perfect conditions? That it might be raining or snowing? That the ground might be slippery and we might be wearing dress shoes?
How realistic is your training!??????????
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Destiny Rosato (Graham) was born and raised in Ada, OK. Her personal philosophy is "Life is a piece of work. There will be themes of colors and concepts just as there are seasons in life. Sometimes we need to connect or capture the world around us. While some moments are meant purely to recover. I hope to inspire others to never give up on a dream and never quit learning." She loves to explore different mediums, concepts and styles.
Destiny holds an a MS in Human Resource Administration from East Central University (2017) and a BS in Visual Merchandising and Marketing from Metropolitan State University of Colorado (2014) .
Destiny serves on the board for The Ada Arts Council and is a member of the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, the Ada Artist Association, and the Holdenville Society of Painters and Sculptors.
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The most significant advantage of Purefit KETO is its ability to aid your body to go into ketosis quickly and also remain much longer in that state. How will this assist you with your diet plan?
The dosage of Beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) included in the two capsules of Purefit KETO has sufficient exogenous ketones to ultra-charge your liver's capability to begin making use of fat stores for energy. You will find that you will certainly have greater control over your eating that will ensure you keep with the ketogenic diet plan easily and also for a longer time.
By managing your appetite, you can manage your weight. A lot of today's most typical diet-driven conditions like diabetes, can be avoided by maintaining a healthy weight. Purefit KETO can be your solution to avoiding these harmful health states. Purefit KETO asserts weight reduction rates| of approximately one poundper day when following the Keto diet and also utilizing Purefit KETO. This fat burning supplement claims to be more efficient in abdominal fat burning.
When beginning a Keto diet regimen, some dieters find that they struggle with the so-called Keto Flu, a feeling of nausea and fatigue. A supplement like Purefit KETO can help to decrease or avoid these symptoms. The supplement enables better sleep than Keto dieters would otherwise get.
In some research, athletes that took exogenous ketones ran further than those who took in fats or carbs. Ketogenesis aids to prevent depletion of glycogen levels.
Exogenous ketone supplements seem to aid psychological functioning. Scientists are researching their impact on seizures, memory impairment, together with basic neurological impairment and also damage. There seems to be a connection between far better brain function and the use of exogenous ketone supplements.
In the situation of any type of significant medical history, continuous medicine or any type of allergy, the item must not be consumed because of the possible side reactions..
An individual with diabetic issues or a person with kidney conditions will be in health trouble nearly right away by taking Purefit KETO or comparable items. Even eating a Keto diet is dangerous for these individuals.
Adequate protein as well as religiously monitoring all carbohydrate intake are important requirements in the Keto diet. Neglecting these and relying on an exogenous BHB supplement to keep you in ketoacidosis completely is a severe mistake.
BHB – This supplement consists of magnesium BHB, calcium BHB and sodium BHB in a proprietary blend totaling 800 mg per capsule. Beta-Hydroxybutyrate is one of the first ketone bodies the liver generates when it is in the earliest stages of transitioning to ketosis. It's a powerful compound able to metabolize fat right into energy for both brain and body, and without it, there would certainly be no ketosis.
Magnesium stearate – Magnesium stearate is a mainly inert material that is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry as a filler in tablets as well as capsules. Its presence here does not affect the effectiveness of this supplement but it does aid to combat the side-effects that the diet can occasionally bring about.
Rice flour – Rice flour is high in protein as well as is generally considered a healthy option to gluten heavy wheat flours. Here it's utilized primarily as a filler and has no major influence on the effectiveness of the Purefit Keto diet tablets but it's not a bad thing.
Gastric distress (once your body gets used to the supplement, you will not experience anymore upset stomach. Start with a small dose as well as build the intake with time, providing your body the time to adjust).
This is a very usual false impression and also you see numerous write-ups on the net asserting PureFit Keto has actually gotten on Shark Tank.
The cost of Keto Purefit is $49.99 for a 30-day supply (60 capsules). You can purchase a totally free sample on the Purefit KETO website.
Purefit Keto is a pioneering product that has been providing reliable weight reduction results for rather some time currently as well as is considered something of the gold standard for numerous keto followers.
There has actually been debate around the product because of the false claims of the product getting on "Shark Tank" and also leading individuals to call it a rip-off.
However, that should not take away from the effectiveness of the item, if it still can get you the results that you are trying to find in the long run.
All human bodies shed carbohydrates for energy. It's the natural order of things. The only time this order is interrupted is if the body is starved of carbohydrates for one factor or another. Should that occur, we have a great backup procedure in place whereby the body changes to melting fat for energy instead. This procedure is called "ketosis." And as you can imagine the idea of shedding fat for energy has all sort of weight management implications that attract all types of people.
Achieving true ketosis though is easier said than done and also calls for self-control as well as determination. Generally you need to change from a carbohydrate based diet to one that depends on healthy fats. Purefit Keto is a supplement that promises to provide you with the fat loss benefits of ketosis without needing to change your entire relationship to food. That's an idea that you may additionally find exceptionally appealing.
The users declare it works, with no bad taste, it kicks them straight into ketosis!
In a few online Purefit Keto review video clips, individuals encourage you to stay with a low-carb high-fat diet regimen if you wish to achieve any kind of results while supplementing on PurefitKeto, which you currently know if you're on a ketogenic diet regimen.
One of the most considerable benefit of Purefit KETO is its capability to help your body to get into ketosis swiftly and stay much longer in that state. Exactly how will this assist you with your diet plan?
The dose of Beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) included in the two capsules of Purefit KETO has sufficient exogenous ketones to ultra-charge your liver's capability to start using fat stores for energy. You will certainly find that you will have better control over your eating that will ensure you keep with the ketogenic diet plan easily and also for a longer time.
By controlling your appetite, you can regulate your weight. Many of today's most typical diet-driven diseases like diabetic issues, can be prevented by maintaining a healthy weight. Purefit KETO can be your answer to staying clear of these harmful health states. Purefit KETO asserts weight loss rates| of up to one poundper day when following the Keto diet regimen and using Purefit KETO. This weight-loss supplement claims to be more effective in stomach weight reduction.
When starting a Keto diet regimen, some dieters find that they struggle with the so-called Keto Flu, a sensation of nausea and also tiredness. A supplement like Purefit KETO can help to reduce or avoid these symptoms. The supplement enables far better sleep than Keto dieters would certainly otherwise get.
In some research, athletes who took exogenous ketones ran further than those that took in fats or carbohydrates. Ketogenesis assists to prevent depletion of glycogen levels.
Exogenous ketone supplements seem to assist mental functioning. Scientists are researching their impact on seizures, memory impairment, together with basic neurological impairment and damage. There appears to be a connection between far better brain function as well as using exogenous ketone supplements.
In the situation of any kind of serious medical history, continuous medication or any type of allergy, the product must not be eaten because of the possible side reactions..
A person with diabetes or a person with kidney conditions will be in health trouble almost right away by taking Purefit KETO or similar items. Even eating a Keto diet is dangerous for these patients.
Adequate protein and also consistently keeping track of all carbohydrate intake are critical requirements in the Keto diet. Overlooking these and also depending on an exogenous BHB supplement to keep you in ketoacidosis permanently is a significant error.
BHB – This supplement consists of magnesium BHB, calcium BHB and also sodium BHB in a proprietary blend totaling 800 mg per pill. Beta-Hydroxybutyrate is among the first ketone bodies the liver generates when it is in the earliest phases of transitioning to ketosis. It's a powerful compound able to metabolize fat into energy for both brain as well as body, and also without it, there would be no ketosis.
Magnesium stearate – Magnesium stearate is a mainly inert material that is extensively used in the pharmaceutical sector as a filler in tablets as well as capsules. Its presence here does not impact the efficacy of this supplement however it does help to deal with the side-effects that the diet can occasionally bring about.
Rice flour – Rice flour is high in protein and is generally considered a healthy option to gluten heavy wheat flours. Here it's made use of mostly as a filler and has no major influence on the performance of the Purefit Keto diet pills yet it's not a bad thing.
Gelatin – Gelatin is an additional benign material used to produce the actual pill. It's easily digested and also plays no role in the effectiveness of the product.
Stomach distress (when your body gets used to the supplement, you will not experience any more upset stomach. Start with a tiny dosage as well as build the intake with time, providing your body the time to adjust).
This is a really usual mistaken belief as well as you see many write-ups on the web declaring PureFit Keto has been on Shark Tank.
The cost of Keto Purefit is $49.99 for a 30-day supply (60 capsules). You can purchase a free sample on the Purefit KETO site.
Purefit Keto is a pioneering product that has actually been delivering reliable weight reduction results for fairly some time currently and also is considered something of the gold standard for several keto followers.
There has been debate around the item as a result of the false claims of the product being on "Shark Tank" and leading individuals to call it a fraud.


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Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Veazey, Ben Wheeler; entered Army in 1938, trained at Ft. Sam Houston & Ft. Bragg, NC. Served in Africa, Sicily, England, France, Belgium & Germany; wounded in Africa in 1943 and in France in 1944. Killed in Action in 1944.
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Just when you thought things were looking up — Cumulus Media stock price sinking like the Titanic, both Cumulus and iHeart laden with so much debt that bankruptcy is all but inevitable, and CBS unable to figure out a way to sell its group of stations — the bottom fell out.
Instead of getting closer to breaking up radio monopolies and returning radio to smaller owners who want to compete and create, we are getting another mega-group.
CBS announced last week that it will merge its 117 radio station group with Entercom's 127 in a special tax-free deal, creating another huge group of 244 stations, far less than iHeart's 850 or Cumulus' 460 but still another too-large effective monopoly. This can't be good.
The problem is that as the companies have gotten larger, they have been far less successful financially as the lack of innovation has driven active listeners away in droves. While CBS was once known as a well-run company, that descriptor was lost over the past two years as it, like its competitors did prior, cut costs instead of innovating programming. I can see little positive with combining it with Entercom, at least at the outset.
Radio needs smaller ownership limits and smaller companies, not larger. The current model never brought promised efficiencies, so instead of trying to grow revenue, managers cut costs. Promotions, programming, anything that would attract listeners and make them active, loyal participants in the station's identity was lost. Today over much of the FM band, stale formatting has led to radio becoming a background entertainment service. Much like the Muzak service once heard in department stores years ago. Ad revenue has declined as much as 40 percent over the past decade.
And AM is even worse, with so little reason to listen, one ownership group is actively investigating the idea shutting the entire band down for good.
The one thing that the deal has going for it is that many consider Entercom a decent company that may — if it still allows its local managers to actually do their jobs — continue to be well-run. Entercom will control the operations of the merged company, and the deal doesn't encumber the company with the huge debt load that is facing iHeart and Cumulus. Perhaps now that CBS station group isn't trying to look good to a potential buyer, constant cuts as seen at the company over the past two years can cease. I don't believe it, but it is a possibility.
The merger will put a few markets where the companies overlap in a position of being over the current ownership limits. In Los Angeles, Entercom owns only once station: KSWD The Sound (100.3 FM), but CBS owns KROQ (106.7 FM), KRTH (101.1 FM), KAMP (98.7 FM), KTWV (94.7 FM), KCBS-FM (Jack, 93.1), and KNX (1070 AM) along with television stations KCBS-TV Channel 2 and KCAL-TV Channel 9.
This puts the new Entercom one over the local ownership limit of five total FMs. Which one would go? Tough call, as the company has to consider revenue, costs, signal strength and more. KROQ has the worst signal even if it brings in tons of revenue. One thought has KROQ moving to another frequency.
But your favorite station may be in jeopardy not only due to the required selloff, Entercom may actually be stupid enough to put an all-sports format such as the horrible CBS-Sports once heard on KFWB (980 AM) on a local FM. They've done similar moves in other cities.
All sports is bad enough: sports talk in Los Angeles has never even come close to earning what one might consider respectable ratings … and it is one reason for the mass exodus of AM radio listeners to FM. But CBS Sportsradio is the bottom of the barrel, and the idea of putting it on an L.A. FM is being thrown around by industry observers. Yet even just carrying Rams football lowered ratings on The Sound, so perhaps common sense will prevail.
Even so, up to two of your favorite stations may be in jeopardy as this moves forward. RadioInsight.Com mentioned a possible swap involving The Sound to Cumulus, owner of KLOS (95.5 FM) … effectively removing KLOS' main (and usually higher-rated) competitor. Other observers say that The Wave is vulnerable, as it is reportedly the lowest revenue-generating station of the CBS cluster. In the end, anything can happen as the company balances revenue, costs, and sale profits.
As I said from the start of this column, this merger can't be good, at least for listeners.
I'll reverse myself if Bonneville takes back ownership of The Sound. One of the best companies in the industry, Bonneville owned The Sound until a swap two years ago put it under the Entercom brand.


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chat room Aug. 26, 2018
Jean-Marc Vallée on Why Sharp Objects Ended With a Shock
By Maria Elena Fernandez
Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images
Spoilers ahead for the Sharp Objects finale.
Before Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated director Jean-Marc Vallée entertained the idea of turning Big Little Lies into a TV sensation, he had already committed to directing HBO's Sharp Objects. The Canadian filmmaker thought it would be his first TV series, and he signed on out of a desire to work with actor Amy Adams, but also because of his emotional response to Gillian Flynn's original novel.
"I've never seen, read, met, heard anyone like Camille Preaker," Vallée told Vulture in an interview. "Gillian Flynn's world is something so dark, and yet something beautiful about the humanity behind this. These women trying to love, and they don't know how. They just have such a bad history of abuse, and it's sad. It's heartbreaking to see how much they try, but they're sick. I had never tackled this kind of dark material, so I wanted to work with this wonderful actress to honor this book, this world, and this piece of imagination that is so unique."
But before production began on Sharp Objects, actor Reese Witherspoon — who had collaborated with Vallée on Wild — offered him a chance to direct Big Little Lies, which went on to win eight Emmys last year. "I thought I might become a zombie directing these two whole things back-to-back, but I said, Let's cross our fingers and see if I'm a superhuman being with a lot of energy and support," Vallée said. "Apparently, I do have all that and lots of good help, but I'm dead now. I'm too tired."
In an extended conversation about Sharp Objects, Vallée explained why he chose to bury the lede, as reporter Camille Preaker might say, and not reveal the Wind Gap killer's identity until the very end of the finale. He also discussed his musical choices and his bond with Led Zeppelin, why he added fans to so many scenes, and why he wants Amma Crellin (Eliza Scanlen) and Wind Gap's cool kids to travel on roller skates.
I want to start at the very end because it was insane. Why did you decide to show us the crucial evidence after the credits rolled?
It was written to be at the end, before the end credits. It didn't make sense to cut to these flashes from Amma's perspective, suddenly, as we're with Camille. The whole series was designed through Camille's perspective. So she's the one discovering the teeth and the floor made out of teeth. We're with her and she sees Amma arriving, so of course, she wasn't there when Amma killed the girls. That didn't make sense to cut to these images from Camille's perspective, and it didn't make sense to cut suddenly to Amma because, of course, Amma is not thinking about, Oh, let me think about how I killed this girl. It wasn't good storytelling, you know?
The writers put it in there and we shot it, but we thought maybe we don't need this at all. Maybe we just finish on "Don't tell mama." Which is what I did. And then, suddenly when we were editing, I went, Wait a minute, why don't we just give it away later on? We explained with these quick images and glimpses of what happened — we now officially know, Oh my God, it was Amma. And not only it was Amma, it was Amma helped by her two friends. So now we have the conclusion. We have the official answer to our questions. You know who killed and why, and so it made sense particularly using this song [Led Zeppelin's "In the Evening"]. There's no time for any images there. The song goes on and as it's about to finish, Robert Plant sings, "Oh, I need your love" and — bang! — we cut the music and we go to this moment with the first song that we ever used in the series, Sylvan Esso's "Come Down." Which is a song that refers to mama: Hey, mama, won't you come down? And continued the end credits until we reveal the real woman in white.
Are you nervous that people might not watch that whole sequence?
Not at all. A lot of them will stop before seeing it, and then it will become a thing on the web. And they'll go, Oh my God, go back if you haven't seen it.
What did you tell Eliza Scanlen in that moment when Amma says, "Don't tell mama?" I found her reaction funny in a way, like she got caught stealing candy.
She just got caught by her sister and her first reaction is like a kid. She's nervous. We discussed the sense of the guilt. You just got caught doing something naughty, like a teenager being caught by his parents doing something stupid. But that something stupid is more than stupid. It's the worst. It's evil. But I said, "Don't go evil. Just go like you're a stupid teenager." [Laughs.] There's a hell of a smile, there's half of a breath, and then delivering the line Eliza has such good instincts. She just nailed that part. When you have good actors like this, there's not a lot to say or do. You just witness. You're there. You capture and you say "cut" and "thank you."
You won an Emmy for directing Big Little Lies, you were nominated for an Oscar, and you've become renown for your shooting style. No marks, no rehearsals, no shot list. How do you get actors who have never worked with you to be comfortable working in that fluid style? Especially with someone as young as Eliza.
Well, it's not just the young actors. Most of them are used to working with marks, spots, track, dollies, lights here and there, flags. We don't do this. When they arrive on set, they see it will be different. But it's easy to make them feel comfortable because there is no crew, so they don't feel like they're being observed — except by the cameraman, the operator, the focus puller, the boom, and myself. I often ask the boom guy to get out because there's not enough room, and we just use hidden mics in their wardrobe.
And it's about doing the scene over and over. We rarely cut. I like to just keep rolling and doing another take. Even between shots, we're moving handheld. The camera is on the shoulder of the DP or the operator, and we move from one actor to the other, designing the shots. They're just redoing it and redoing it and redoing it for maybe 30 minutes until we cut, so there's something challenging and interesting for them to keep trying. They feel it. They bring something new. They try something less. They try something more. They can move a little bit more. They can use the space wherever they want and so it creates this space of freedom, of trying and not being afraid to mess up and to make a mistake.
We don't change lens, also. Ninety percent of the time, we're using the same 35-millimeter and that's why we like to create this sense of distance between the audience and the characters. It's not because we changed lenses that we go tighter on an actor. It's because they walk close to camera or because we walk close to them. We won't start walking with the camera unless there's a motivation to follow a character, so they love it because it's like a big playground to experiment and work and play at the same time. The nature of their job is to play and act.
How long does it usually take before actors stop questioning it and can just freely work in that space?
The first day, the first scene maybe. I remember Eliza asking Chris [Messina] and Amy, "Is it always like this?" And they said, "No, so enjoy it." Since we don't wait for the technique, we just explore the storytelling and the acting. This is what I love as a director, to tell stories with great actors. This is the priority. Let's get these great actors and give them the space to do their magic, and let's capture the magic without being spotted. That's how we're moved. We're the first audience. I'm there as the director and I'm moved. I'm in it and I see it and I love it, and then I design the shots based on what they do.
I know that music is also very important to you, and it's important in the lives of these particular characters, especially Camille and Alan. Why did you select Led Zeppelin as Camille's soundtrack?
Well, there are a few reasons, but I think the main one is the nature of their sounds. Which is rock — vintage. It's not modern. There's something about Led Zeppelin that suits this character. It's the nature of rock and roll to make noise and to be loud and say, I'm gonna do it my way. It's confirming in a loud way that you're different. Camille doesn't use a loud voice, but she is so different. She is so rock.
There are only four Led Zeppelin songs that we use. We keep using them over and over. She likes to listen to them over and over. [Alice], the young woman that she meet at the rehab center, is a nice way of introducing music into Camille's world. She uses music to escape from within, from inside, like Alice taught her. She tells her in episode three, "I can get the hell out of here whenever I want," and she puts her an ear bud in Camille's ear. And so, that is what Camille is doing learning to deal by using music.
We use music in our lives not necessarily to define ourselves, but it does. It does that. We use music to live, to love, to feel happy, to work sometimes. I always like to find characters in a project that will do that. It's great to design scenes and tell stories with this music element.
Your music supervisor Sue Jacobs told us that Led Zeppelin was important to you growing up. How so?
I'm 55. I was born in 1963. So the '70s were my teenage years. As a teenager, I was into rock and roll — Bowie, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, even more progressive music like Genesis, and I was into a lot of British rock and roll. But I loved also American rock and roll. CCR, Jimmie Hendrix, The Doors, Patty Smith and Bob Dylan. Rock was my thing. It influences me and moves me, and it's music that gives me ideas or wings to fly and to make films. Once I get into a project, I start to listen to music, and of course I go through my music library. It starts there. And then I do research. On Sharp, I ask Sue for a big list of rock and roll songs with the term "mama" in it, and came up with 100 songs or so. Amma's listening to these tracks, mainly. At one point, she plays "Dear Mama" from Tupac. That was just something we tried on set. It was nice to see this teenager play this track and go to her mother and, despite the abuse, show unconditional love and just hug her and start to dance with her. No dialogue. Just the moment.
What was your favorite use of a Led Zeppelin song in the show?
Oh my God, I love them all. But the ultimate is the end of episode eight when we use again "In the Evening." This track was chosen because of its nature. The 45-second introduction with no lyrics, this moody music with the feel of danger and mystery, and then suddenly, it explodes into the rock song that is "In The Evening." We use that introduction from episode one to episode eight, just those 45 seconds, as a score moment here and there. We can hear what [Camille] hears in her head with her ear buds in her ears. So this 45-second intro that explodes into the rock part after we hear "Don't tell mama" is a moment that I really enjoy.
How hard was it to get the rights to Led Zeppelin's music?
Thanks to our great music supervisor, Sue Jacobs. She just knew how to make the sale there. She likes to say that she reunites music lovers and artists that have similar visions. Using Led Zeppelin as one of the most important sounds of the series was a blessing. It took time to get the deal, but it's great to offer to new generations what these guys did. It's not classical music, but it's classic music in a way. This rock and roll will never die, you know? It's so special. Even today, when you revisit Led Zeppelin's library, there are so many tracks. There's a track called "Tea For One," that I rediscovered recently. And I went, Oh my god, this is so amazing.
What about Alan? What were you thinking about in terms of his musical tastes?
Classical music. Solo piano. When you hear a solo piano, there's a solitude about just one instrument playing. It can be beautiful, it can be sad. He's into crooners — Engelbert Humperdinck, Perry Como, Robert Goulet, old-school Hollywood. He likes to listen to French music, romantic songs. He's a man who's not satisfied with his personal life and his relationship with his wife. He's using music to dream and to be romantic in his head.
I realized I used a lot of my father's songs with Alan. I work with what I've been listening to through the years and in my life in different projects. The songs bring you back to what you just saw in the story, or it brings you back to your own memory 'cause the music has this power to generate emotions and to trigger stuff in your brain. It's very powerful. Music is a subjective thing in every story. It's such a beautiful art form and I owe so much to all these musicians and I respect their art so much. I love to offer a playlist to the world, almost like being a deejay.
One aspect of the book that had to be tricky to figure out was Camille's obsession with words. The show doesn't use voice over, but hidden words appear and disappear on the screen, which I believe you came up with in editing. How did you decide to use the words in this way?
The whole idea came as I was shooting, but it was in the editing room that we really found the concept and how we were going to use it visually. This is just Camille's thing: Whenever a word is burning on her hip or back or stomach or leg, it's appearing in her reality, but when it's somebody else's perspective, you don't see the word. So we had to be selective in the shots that we were using to add these words. It had to be shots from Camille's perspective only, and not like Adora's POV on Camille. Of course, we weren't gonna put a word in there, in reality. It's just her imagining these words as they're burning her body. Her obsession with words was so great in the book. To read her talk about it was amazing in the book. Gillian and Marti [Noxon] decided not to use a voice over, so I just felt, Why don't we bring this obsession with words into her reality?
In the book, there are 74 words on her body, so with the visual effects team, we decided to put 74 words in the eight episodes that are words burning on her body. Although we don't hear her say anything about the words, at least we go into her head, and we have this feeling, Oh, okay, there's this word again. If you haven't read the book, then you wonder what these words are. But you get it pretty soon that it's just from her perspective.
There were an extraordinary number of fans in the series. That was your idea, right?
It's an element of trying to find sharp objects and focus on sharp objects. Same as the barbershop. The barbershop wasn't in the book or in the scripts. I asked Marti and Gillian, Why don't we add some scenes in a barbershop where we'll see this guy with blades, and characters getting their beard cut with these dangerous blades, and hearing the sound of them?
The fans are everywhere because it's the South. It's hot. And we created this scene where we see a young Camille getting her finger closer and closer and closer to her fan. We said, Well, that's probably the first time she cut. And then, this fan thing is becoming an obsession also in her head. They're everywhere. She remembers this moment when she was playing with her sister Marian in her mother's room in front of that fan. It became a visual element that was nice to use here and there, and the sound of it also was great. It's a dangerous element. It's a sharp object, these blades.
Since we're talking about the things you added, what about the roller skating? Eliza said she had to learn to roller skate for the show, and Amma doesn't roller skate all over Wind Gap in the book.
It's again trying to create visuals and use sound to create atmosphere. I just love the sound of those roller skates on the pavement. There's a feeling of having seeing these girls all together, the three of them thinking that they're the coolest. Amma has learned a lot from Adora and the town about Camille and that she used to skate around town. There is that first flashback, the first scene of the whole series where young Camille is roller skating with Marian in the '90s. And then, there's a crazy, wild scene with Camille and Amma as they are totally wasted on drugs and alcohol, skating through Wind Gap. So it was a great tool to create moments and visuals and sounds.
Your locations manager told me that Barnesville, Georgia, the town that was used for Wind Gap, wasn't even on his list of finalists, but you drove through it and fell in love. What was so special about Barnesville?
It has a feeling of Americana, of nostalgic America. There were these murals of a tire man, there was a red wagon, a red train car next to a vintage train station. There was something about this place that it got stuck in time. As we were passing from one small town to the other, they didn't stop there because we were looking for this square architecture — like in Back to the Future, where there's the mayor, there's a town, there's a square at the middle of the town with the city hall, you know.
When we were in Georgia, we passed through Barnesville. These elements — the red train car and the vintage mural of the tire man, and the feel of the place — I just went, Let's go back and check this out, guys. I think there's something there. We went on the main street and I looked at [production designer] John Paino and Greg Albert, the locations scout, and I went, I think we got it, guys. And it became Wind Gap.
Last question: Would you do another season if HBO asked?
Uh-oh. Oy. I was asked the same thing on BLL and my answer was no. [Laughs.] Then BLL two is coming out. I would have loved to do it, but at the same time I couldn't. I'm glad Andrea Arnold took over. Would I do season two? I don't know. Maybe, maybe. It's meant to be a limited TV series and I have other projects, so I think I'm gonna be somewhere else. No, I won't. I'd love to work with all these people again. Every one of them. But let's do something else.
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For Kentucky's undocumented immigrants, COVID-19 adds challenges to already harsh reality
Chris Kenning
Louisville Courier Journal
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Ever since the father of her three daughters was deported to Mexico in 2018, Eugenia Herrera has worried about the same thing happening to her —leaving her girls without a lifeline.
Now the undocumented Louisville mother has new fears in the time of the coronavirus pandemic: uncertainties about whether seeking care could jeopardize her efforts to gain legal status, not to mention surviving without the financial buffers provided to most Americans.
"I'm scared my daughters could be left alone," said Herrera, who has been caring for her out-of-school daughters.
Without her hotel housekeeping job, she pondered the potential need for care as she seeks to get a visa.
"What if it affects the process?"
As the coronavirus upends life across the country, it's creating particularly acute challenges for undocumented immigrants, who number nearly 11 million nationwide, 40,000 in Kentucky and 100,000 in Indiana.
[This story is being provided for free to our readers during the coronavirus outbreak. Consider supporting local journalism by subscribing to The Courier Journal at courier-journal.com/subscribe/. ]
Advocates worry they'll suffer disproportionately from the fallout of the virus.
Day work and service jobs are disappearing in restaurant kitchens, horse racing barns and construction sites. Few have paid sick leave, work-provided health insurance or qualify for unemployment benefits.
And they aren't eligible for the $1,200 relief checks from the federal stimulus bill, including those who pay taxes.
The economic fallout "will be especially harsh for undocumented immigrants" who are "excluded from the social safety net," a group of public health experts wrote last month in the New England Journal of Medicine.
While the Trump administration has exempted COVID-19 care from a new "public charge" rule, which makes immigrants ineligible for residency if they rely on government benefits or are likely to, advocates fear that confusion and mistrust will still keep some from seeking care.
That could in turn delay efforts to mitigate the spread of the virus.
Many already delayed care because of a lack of access even before the virus. About 45% of undocumented immigrants were uninsured in 2017, compared with 23% of lawfully present immigrants and less than 8% of citizens, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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President Donald Trump's anti-immigration rhetoric and policies — along with state efforts such as Kentucky's proposal to boost enforcement and ban so-called sanctuary policies — have ingrained deep fears that any interaction could put such residents in the government's crosshairs.
That's complicating efforts by Louisville government, nonprofits and medical clinics to communicate public health messages, including at the Family Health Centers, which serve anyone regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.
"While we try our best to share the message 'Everyone is welcome here,' we know that some of our community members continue to be fearful. For some time now, there has been concern that patients may avoid going to the doctor because of fear that they may ask about their immigration status or worse, that they could be detained by immigration authorities," said Liz Edghill, manager of Refugee and Immigrant Services at Family Health Centers.
Meanwhile, much of the nation's immigration system has shut down or slowed to a crawl, creating its own pressures.
Authorities have closed the Southern border to all but essential traffic, shuttered some immigration courts, postponed hearings for immigrants not in detention and canceled long-awaited refugee resettlements or green card interviews.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have said the agency was not halting deportations but rather reducing arrests and is focusing on "public safety risks." Yet some raids in other states have continued.
On the first day of California's shelter-in-place lockdown, ICE agents raided immigrant communities in Los Angeles, carrying N95 medical masks despite their demand at hospitals, The Guardian reported.
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Immigration detention facilities have limited visitors as advocates have called for a wide release of detainees. Last week, ICE announced its first case of a detained migrant testing positive for the coronavirus in New Jersey.
Louisville immigration attorney Rachel Mendoza-Newton said a client was just released from a Texas facility where people were pepper-sprayed for refusing to return to their beds amid concerns about a lack of cleaning and fears of coronavirus.
Nima Kulkarni, a Democratic state representative and immigration attorney, said the travel restrictions also mean immigrants are worried about the consequences of overstaying their visas. There are a lot of unknowns, she said.
At Kentucky's refugee resettlement agencies, which already saw refugee numbers cut sharply by Trump to historic lows, services such as English as a second language classes and group orientations have ceased as some staff work from home, said Rebecca Jordan, Kentucky's state refugee coordinator.
And the economic fallout has rippled beyond American borders from immigration communities. It's reducing the ability for families to wire money from U.S. jobs to support impoverished relatives in countries such as Cuba, where the average monthly government salary is less than $50.
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Back in the U.S., a recent Pew Research Center survey found that Hispanics were more worried than Americans overall about the virus's threat to health and finances.
"People are scared and confused," said Edgardo Mansilla, director of Louisville's Americana Community Center, a nonprofit that provides resources to the immigrant and refugee community.
The strains are evident on Churchill Downs backside barns, said Isai Sanchez, the youth program coordinator at Churchill Downs' Backside Learning Center — himself a Deferred Against for Childhood Arrivals recipient from Mexico.
DACA, enacted in 2012, shields immigrants brought to the U.S. as children before age 16 who have lived here since 2010.
He said some Latino backside workers, a mix of documented and undocumented people, including many from Mexico and Guatemala, have been hit by the delay of the spring season and Kentucky Derby.
"The season was about to start, and it just dipped out," he said. 'Like any family, a lot are them worried. Bills still have to be paid. But it's a more vulnerable population."
Congress' $2 trillion stimulus package, which boosts unemployment benefits including to gig-economy workers, didn't include any help for undocumented workers.
In Kentucky, such residents paid an estimated $36.6 million in state and local taxes in 2014, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
Across the River in Southern Indiana, Mariana Diaz, a 20-year-old college student, said her college shut down in-person classes. She is part of DACA, with authorization to work.
But she's more worried about her mother, who came to the U.S. long ago and works cleaning homes, and has seen jobs fall off with few options to fall back on.
"A lot of undocumented families are struggling," she said. "I think people are afraid to reach out for help."
Mendoza-Newton, the immigration attorney, agreed.
"Most of our undocumented clients work in the shadows, which generally means restaurants, housekeeping at hotels, cleaning people's homes, child care (often for each other), construction and agriculture," she said.
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"They are losing their jobs in droves, and are afraid to access unemployment benefits."
Meanwhile, she said, asylum-seekers are still being returned to squalid camps in Mexico, she said, which could be breeding grounds for this virus.
Migrants who cross illegally, whose numbers have plunged, are being expelled to Mexico in an average of 96 minutes under emergency coronavirus measures, The Washington Post reported, in what it said resembled the rapid-fire deportation system Trump long favored.
"The difference is that now, with the virus closing courts, their hearings are being postponed," Mendoza-Newton said. "We are hunkering down while leaving them out in the cold to suffer whatever horrors the virus and the cartels visit upon them."
Reporter Chris Kenning can be reached at ckenning@gannett.com or on Twitter @chris_kenning.


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I found myself clicking through every single image on her site, trying to figure out the story of each little vignette. I absolutely love this type of work.
Her work is astonishing. It has a significant story in it.
Very lovely indeed! I like her style and her creative way of thinking and putting her vision on her work. She's one of a kind.
I'm here leaning into my screen trying to figure out what's going on in each scene.


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Yes. The Religion Clauses of the First Amendment guarantee religious liberty, or freedom of conscience, for all Americans — people of all faiths and none.
The Free Exercise Clause and supporting laws, like the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act, protect the right of religious individuals and institutions to follow their conscience in matters of faith.
Under the Free Exercise Clause as currently interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court, government may not enact laws or regulations that target religious practice without demonstrating a compelling state interest and no less restrictive means of accomplishing that interest. When laws or policies apply to everyone and don't target religious practices, but nonetheless burden those practices, the government is not required to justify such burdens with a compelling interest. The high court has also established that government may choose to afford religious liberty greater protection — an authority that is frequently exercised.
The United States is today the most religiously diverse society in the world. The civic framework of religious freedom defined by the First Amendment enables people of all faiths and none to live together as equal citizens of one nation. Like other First Amendment freedoms, the rights to exercise one's faith and to be free from governmental establishments of religion are fundamental rights that cannot be denied by majority vote or elections.
As a general rule, the government protects the rights of religious people and institutions to practice their faiths openly and freely without governmental interference unless the practice harms others or undermines other compelling societal interests. The government may not, however, compel adherence to, or participation in, the practices of any faith.
Neither federal nor state governments may enforce or interpret religious law. This rule applies to courts, legislatures and administrative agencies — and it is a rule uniformly understood and respected. Courts may not, and do not, apply religious law in deciding contracts disputes, divorce or child custody cases or even in refereeing disputes over control of houses of worship. Even when deciding whether a particular governmental rule violates the free exercise of religion, courts refrain from deciding whether a party before them correctly understands his or her faith. They inquire only whether the claim is advanced sincerely.
No. The Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibit American courts or other government agencies from substituting religious law for civil law. This prohibition applies to all religions equally. For example, a court may not say that since the parties belong to a faith that prohibits divorce (or provides for different post–divorce property arrangements than civil law) that religious law will govern the divorce.
Yes, as long as the parties voluntarily and knowingly submit the matter to the jurisdiction of a religious tribunal, the tribunal follows certain minimum procedural safeguards, and doing so will not conflict with important public policies (e.g., the policy against awarding custody to a parent guilty of child abuse). Such an agreement — in effect an agreement to arbitrate — cannot require a secular court to decide theological questions (i.e., an agreement cannot require reference to a tribunal appropriately applying Islamic, Jewish, canon law or other religious law because that would require the secular court to decide whether a religious tribunal properly applied religious law).
Secular courts have, in effect, encouraged religious bodies to refer internal disputes about governance, hiring of clergy and disputes over theology to religious tribunals precisely because courts cannot interpret the religious rules which are frequently at the heart of such disputes.
Editor's note: This publication, jointly produced by the Religious Freedom Education Project of the First Amendment Center and the Interfaith Alliance Islamic Understanding, is republished here with permission.


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A Herman Ottó Intézet a földművelési tárca egyik minisztériumi háttérintézménye. Ezt a nevet csak 2015. július 1-jétől viseli. 2016 elejétől szerepel a megszűnő intézmények listáján.

Története
Az Intézet legkorábbi előzményének az 1994-ben – az elődszervezetek összevonásával – a szakképzési törvény alapján a szakképzési összefüggő feladatok operatív végrehajtó háttérintézményeként létrehozott Agrárszakoktatási Intézet (ASZI) tekintehető, Budapest XXII. kerület Park u. 2. székhellyel. Amikor 2002-ben az ASZI feladatköre a termelési szaktanácsadással bővült, új neve az FVM Képzési és Szaktanácsadási Intézet (FVM KSZI), egyúttal Országos Szaktanácsadási Központ is lett. Az FVM KSZI
tevékenységéhez 2007-ben kapcsolódott a vidékfejlesztés; ettől kezdve FVM Vidékfejlesztési, Képzési és Szaktanácsadási Intézet (FVM VKSZI) volt a neve. A minisztérium nevének módosulását követően az intézet neve 2011-ben  VM Vidékfejlesztési, Képzési és Szaktanácsadási Intézet (VM VKSZI) névre módosult, majd 2012 áprilisától a név Nemzeti Agrárszaktanácsadási, Képzési és Vidékfejlesztési Intézet (NAKVI) lett.

A NAKVI 2015. július 1-jétől vette fel a Herman Ottó Intézet nevet, miután  a Nemzeti Környezetügyi Intézet feladataival és munkatársaival kiegészült. Az intézmény létszáma ekkor 137 fő volt.

Feladatai

A Kormány 2016 júniusában elrendelte, hogy a "Herman Ottó Intézet megszűnik, feladatait a Környezetvédelmi Termék Nonprofit Kft. gazdasági társaság lássa el. Felelős: földművelésügyi miniszter. Határidő: 2017. január 1. Ilyen nevű kft.-t azonban azóta sem jegyeztek be, a Herman Ottó Intézet Nonprofit Kft. (2009) viszont azóta is működik.

Főigazgatói
 1994-1999. szeptember	Dr. Lengyel Sándor
 1999-2000. november	Dr. Benkő Zsuzsa
 2000-2009. május	Pataki Tamás
 2009-2010. július	Hujber Lajos
 2010-2011. június	Dr. Mikula Lajos
 2011. júliustól	Dr. Mezőszentgyörgyi Dávid

Források
 Az Intézet honlapja
 1312/2016. (VI. 13.) Korm. határozat' a központi hivatalok és a költségvetési szervi formában működő minisztériumi háttérintézmények felülvizsgálatával kapcsolatos intézkedésekről

Jegyzetek

Intézmények

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package org.apache.camel.component.zookeeper.policy;

import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;

import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
import org.apache.camel.ProducerTemplate;
import org.apache.camel.StatefulService;
import org.apache.camel.impl.JavaUuidGenerator;
import org.apache.camel.spi.UuidGenerator;
import org.apache.curator.framework.CuratorFramework;
import org.apache.curator.framework.CuratorFrameworkFactory;
import org.apache.curator.framework.recipes.leader.LeaderSelector;
import org.apache.curator.framework.recipes.leader.LeaderSelectorListenerAdapter;
import org.apache.curator.retry.ExponentialBackoffRetry;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * CuratorLeaderElection uses the leader election capabilities of a
 * ZooKeeper cluster to control which nodes are enabled. It is typically used in
 * fail-over scenarios controlling identical instances of an application across
 * a cluster of Camel based servers.
 The election is configured with a single
 * server that should be marked as master.
 *
 All instances of the election must also be configured with the same path on the ZooKeeper
 * cluster where the election will be carried out. It is good practice for this
 * to indicate the application e.g. <tt>/someapplication/someroute/</tt> note
 * that these nodes should exist before using the election.
 See
 * for more on how Leader election is archived with ZooKeeper.
 */
public class CuratorLeaderElection {

    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CuratorLeaderElection.class);
    private final ProducerTemplate producerTemplate;
    private final CamelContext camelContext;
    private final String uri;

    private final String candidateName;
    private final Lock lock = new ReentrantLock();
    private final CountDownLatch electionComplete = new CountDownLatch(1);
    private final List<ElectionWatcher> watchers = new ArrayList<ElectionWatcher>();
    private AtomicBoolean masterNode = new AtomicBoolean(false);
    private volatile boolean isCandidateCreated;
    private int enabledCount = 1;
    private UuidGenerator uuidGenerator = new JavaUuidGenerator();
    private LeaderSelector leaderSelector;
    private CuratorFramework client;

    public CuratorLeaderElection(CamelContext camelContext, String uri) {
        this(camelContext.createProducerTemplate(), camelContext, uri);
    }

    public CuratorLeaderElection(ProducerTemplate producerTemplate, CamelContext camelContext, String uri) {
        this.camelContext = camelContext;
        this.producerTemplate = producerTemplate;
        this.uri = uri;
        this.candidateName = createCandidateName();

        String connectionString = uri.substring(1 + uri.indexOf(':')).split("/")[0];
        String protocol = uri.substring(0, uri.indexOf(':'));
        String path = uri.replace(protocol + ":" + connectionString, "");
        client = CuratorFrameworkFactory.newClient(connectionString, new ExponentialBackoffRetry(1000, 3));
        client.start();

        leaderSelector = new LeaderSelector(client, path, new CamelLeaderElectionListener());
        leaderSelector.start();
    }

    // stolen from org/apache/camel/processor/CamelInternalProcessor
    public static boolean isCamelStopping(CamelContext context) {
        if (context instanceof StatefulService) {
            StatefulService ss = (StatefulService) context;
            return ss.isStopping() || ss.isStopped();
        }
        return false;
    }

    public void shutdownClients() {
        try {
            leaderSelector.close();
        } finally {
            client.close();
        }
    }

    public boolean isMaster() {
        return masterNode.get();
    }

    private String createCandidateName() {
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        try {
            /* UUID would be enough, also using hostname for human readability */
            builder.append(InetAddress.getLocalHost().getCanonicalHostName());
        } catch (UnknownHostException ex) {
            LOG.warn("Failed to get the local hostname.", ex);
            builder.append("unknown-host");
        }
        builder.append("-").append(uuidGenerator.generateUuid());
        return builder.toString();
    }

    public String getCandidateName() {
        return candidateName;
    }

    private void notifyElectionWatchers() {
        for (ElectionWatcher watcher : watchers) {
            try {
                watcher.electionResultChanged();
            } catch (Exception e) {
                LOG.warn("Election watcher " + watcher + " of type " + watcher.getClass() + " threw an exception.", e);
            }
        }
    }

    public boolean addElectionWatcher(ElectionWatcher e) {
        return watchers.add(e);
    }

    class CamelLeaderElectionListener extends LeaderSelectorListenerAdapter {

        @Override
        public void takeLeadership(CuratorFramework curatorFramework) throws Exception {
            masterNode.set(true);
            LOG.info("{} is now leader", getCandidateName());
            notifyElectionWatchers();

            // this is supposed to never return as long as it wants to keep its own leader status
            while (!isCamelStopping(camelContext)) {
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(5000);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    Thread.interrupted();
                    break;
                }
            }
            masterNode.set(false);
            LOG.info("{} has given up its own leadership", getCandidateName());
            notifyElectionWatchers();
        }
    }
}

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