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Kat Foster, Gina O'Brien talk First One In
Kat Foster in First One In. Courtesy of Literally Films.
Written by:Danielle SolzmanPosted on: September 7, 2020 September 5, 2020
Kat Foster and writer-director Gina O'Brien spoke with Solzy at the Movies about First One In ahead of Tuesday's Digital/VOD release.
First One In stars Kat Foster, Georgia King, Alana O'Brien, Catherine Curtin, Emy Coligado, Aneesh Sheth, Karina Arroyave, Josh Segarra, and Michael Ian Black.
Gina O'Brien
How exciting is it to get First One In out there in front of a larger audience?
Gina O'Brien: Oh, man, I couldn't be happier. I just think it landed in the best place it could especially during a pandemic. The choices are very limited. I am thrilled.
One of the things I like about the film is that it's not the typical comedy starring women. What was the genesis behind the screenplay?
Gina O'Brien: Well, absolutely. We could have easily become a romantic comedy but that is not what my goal was. I really wanted it to be about this group of women who became friends, were in situations that were different than traditional situations, and didn't end with meeting a guy and getting married to the bank.
One of your cinematic inspirations from my understanding is Edgar Wright. In what way did his work influence the film?
Oh my gosh. Did you read my director's statement?
Yes, I did.
Gina O'Brien: Edgar Wright absolutely was an inspiration. We needed ways to make certain scenes work. I love the way he uses humor in having somebody enter a scene, leave a scene, or go from day to night—which, if you've seen the film, you saw that a couple of times: the head popped in and popped out. Kat wakes up. We don't need to see her get ready for work. She's ready for work, ready to go at home. I definitely appreciate the way he uses different camerawork to bring more humor to a scene.
There are actors here with improv backgrounds. When you're shooting a film over 23 days, how much opportunity is there to improv on set?
Kat Foster: Gina was very liberal with us. Wouldn't you say, Gina? She encouraged it.
Gina O'Brien: Yeah. It was very welcome encouragement. It's great to allow these professional actors and comedians really do their job—just let them do their jobs. We did tap into the improv world—the UCB world—to find a couple of actors who would perfectly bring the materials to a different level. Jeff Hiller was one of them. Cathryn Mudon was one of them. I definitely encouraged it.
What's the most challenging part that comes with shooting a film that involves sports especially since you can't direct a tennis ball?
Gina O'Brien: (Laughs) You have to have a great editor. Our editor, Chuck Divak, did an incredible job of really making the tennis play energetic and it really was. It also had a lot to do with how we shot these tennis players who many of them never picked up a racket. That was another challenge but we did have an incredible on-set pro, Medhi Darlis, who is a filmmaker in his own right and really knew how to capture people playing tennis. It was challenging. It definitely was challenging especially in the heat of summer on Long Island and Kat her in life, too—
Kat Foster: I think the fact that you don't necessarily have to see where the tennis ball goes in the same shot that you see the tennis ball shot compensates for the fact that tennis balls don't take direction very well.
Kat, what attracted you to Gina's screenplay and what did you bring to Madi that wasn't in the script?
Kat Foster: What attracted me to skip is that I thought it was really funny and I thought it was a really unique jumping off point. I thought it was sort of a really unique journey. Also, I found it very funny the first time I read it. I thought there's a lot of fun, fun stuff to dig into comedically. I was just sort of talking about this with someone else but I feel like for a lot of stuff I do, there's a theme that emerges about—going from a mind that is evaluative and sort of wants to place both myself and others on some kind of totem pole—higher or lower—going from a mind like that to a mind that is all-inclusive and more connective and not evaluative in that way. I think that is also Madi's journey. She starts in sort of the lowest low and she sees this other character who she perceived to be at the highest high, and through trials realizes that it's actually all one in the same. I think that's sort of what I extrapolated to be the journey in sort of a bigger way.
What do you typically look for in a script when selecting a project?
Kat Foster: It's really, can I find truth in this? Can I relate with this? But the real question is: is there truth in it? As long as there's truth in it, then I can relate with it. That's really the biggest thing for me. Does it feel real? Does it feel honest? As silly as it is, it feels like there's honesty and humaneness in here. That's what I look for. Certainly, I thought First One In had that in spades.
Gina O'Brien: Absolutely. Kat definitely brought in this real and genuine personality that I think a lot of women can relate to so it great. Kat did a fantastic job being a real genuine person.
Kat Foster: Being Madi?
Gina O'Brien: Of course, she was a really character. Thank you.
Are there any other things that you take into account such as scheduling, location, etc.?
Kat Foster: When we started shooting First One In, I had a 10 month old. It was the first time that I'd had to deal with how do I be the lead of a movie with a tiny, tiny baby I've committed my life to taking care of. This was a unique circumstance for me. Gina and the team of producers, Rosetta Films, Paul Jarrett, and Nick Huston were so accommodating, thankfully. But generally speaking, that always comes second to the script, the character and the truth in it. It becomes who am I working with? As soon as I got on the phone with Gina and I heard her. We spoke and discussed. It all felt like a great match and she's obviously—as I'm sure you can tell only having spoken with her for 10 minutes—she's a lovely human who is very intelligent, feeling, compassionate, inspiring and funny. It all felt like quite a good match.
Gina O'Brien: Thank you. Danielle, I have to mention—there is a moment when we were shooting where my daughter was in the scene with Kat.
Kat Foster: By the way, Gina's daughter is a great actress. She plays receptionist at ACME Tennis.
Gina O'Brien: She's Front Desk Debbie. I was so nervous because—you have nerves the whole time—this moment, I thought, Oh my G-d, my daughter is going to be acting and I have to really be careful how I direct her. Hopefully, it'll go well, so Kat doesn't hate me. I was so nervous. It was like, I hope you know your lines. I think it really worked well and you were so generous. You really made her feel at home.
Kat Foster: I've had the opportunity now twice—in your movie and then this other movie I did called Accommodations. In that movie, I also got an opportunity to work with the director's kid. I love that. I just love it so much because it adds some authenticity for some reason. It sort of feels like—I love this feeling that everyone is making the movie is in a big family. It's sort of idealistic in some ways but if it works, then it feels really cozy and cushy. It's a nice feeling and I think it's really additive because there's already sort of a connection that you don't have to act. The scene becomes richer without anyone trying.
What were your tennis skills prior to signing on and where are they right now?
Kat Foster: Prior to signing on, I was an unskilled tennis player. No, I've taken some lessons maybe a decade ago. More recently, a few. I wasn't altogether as familiar with tennis but the second that the offer came in, I signed up for tennis lessons and took a two hour tennis lesson every day until I left for Long Island, which is where we shot the movie. The lessons paid off. I felt like I had mastered a forehand, backhand, and maybe a serve enough to fake it a little bit enough to enough to get one or two good takes. Then we have amazing tennis pro on set was so helpful. When I got back, I had every intention of continuing tennis because in truth I love it. I love playing tennis. But like as discussed, baby, life, and whatever so unfortunately, I haven't been back on a corner since we shot the movie which makes me sad. But maybe Gina can come to Los Angeles and, we can get on a court. By the way, tennis is the best quarantine sport in the world.
Gina O'Brien: It really is.
Kat Foster: You don't have to think about.
Gina O'Brien: You can socialize a little bit.
Kat Foster: I know. Genius! I got to get back in.
Outside of sharing Instagram stories on food, how has the pandemic been in terms of creativity?
Kat Foster: It's been great. I've been writing a ton. Auditions, I guess, are starting a little bit and some stuff coming through. The writing has been great for me and, yeah, the food stuff is creative. Gina, you've been writing, right? You're probably almost done on the next—
Gina O'Brien: Yeah. Well, actually, the pandemic hit and then we had to stop post-production. There were a few weeks there where we were silent and then we figured out how to work remotely. That continued up until you two weeks ago. We really were still working on the film but yes, I'm going back to a project I had started before I even wrote First One In. I love it so I hope to finish it soon and see what happens.
Can you talk about finishing up the film remotely during a pandemic?
Gina O'Brien: We were in a soundstage just finishing up there and then starting to color the film. It was so strange. I mean, everybody has stories but I was hopping on the subways, working on the West Side, working on the East Side, and then suddenly just the streets are becoming a little bit more empty. It's been a weirdness. And then we were, I think we were just, I don't know, maybe a couple weeks away from finishing when everything shut down. After that, you really don't want to lose your enthusiasm. Because at that point, we didn't know how long this would go on. We were rushing towards the deadline trying to get trying to get the color done remotely. Our colors couldn't go to studio. It was challenging. It was drawn out but we got there eventually and maybe it was good. It just took so long because we had a chance to really go over everything.
Literally Films will release First One In on September 8, 2020 on Digital and VOD.
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Union Minister of State for Culture and Parliamentary Affairs , Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal inaugurated the exhibition "Azad Ki Shaurya Gatha" focused on the life of immortal martyr 'Chandrasekhar Azad' as part of "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav" at Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi yesterday. During this, Books and documentaries were also released on the second day of the three-day 'Kalakosh Pratishtha Diwas' celebrations being celebrated by IGNCA. The program was presided over by Shri Ram Bahadur Rai, Chairman, IGNCA Trust. On this occasion Vice Chancellor of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi Prof. Hare Ram Tripathi; Member Secretary of IGNCA Dr. Sachidanand Joshi; President of Department of Kalakosh Dr. Sushma Jatoo and other guests were present.
The Minister of State for Culture said on the occasion "It is through the festival of "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav" that the young generation of the country will know how many people were martyred during the freedom struggle. A large number of persons from weaker sections also lost their lives in the freedom struggle which was never written in history . It was the Prime Minister who has given the name 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' to celebrate 75 years of our country's freedom. The Prime Minister has asked all the Ministries/Departments to make their own programs on the occasion of 75th year of Independence across the country."
In his Speech, Shri Ram Bahadur Rai said that although India became Independent in 1947 but a significant thrust to freedom struggle was already given in 1857. Therefore, both these years and the intervening period is very important for 'Amrit Mahotsav'of Independence'.
On this occasion, Dr. Sachidanand Joshi said in his welcome address that a series of programs are being organised by Ministry of Culture for celebrating '"Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav "', and it is as a part of this series that 'Azad ki Shauryagatha' program has been organized.
Dr Joshi said that it is a coincidence that today is the day of Guru Purnima and on this day the annual festival of Kalakosh Department takes place. "Efforts are being made to bring the necessary and authentic texts prepared under 'Kala Tatvakosh', 'Kala Moolshastra' and 'Kala Samalochana' in a short and easy form which is available in simple language for the convenience of young scholars. For this we are going to start a series of new projects named "Shastra Amrutam" from today, under which we will present abridged and simplified versions of our literally books and texts. In the beginning we are taking up the task of ten texts and will present 12 abridged versions within the next one year. The short, simple form of the texts will prove to be very useful for young researchers and scholars", Dr Joshi added.
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Strategies To Lower Drug Costs Top the Public's Health Priorities for Congress
Gas Prices Are the Public's Top Financial Worry, But Unexpected Medical Bills Come in Second, Followed by Paying for Utilities and Food
Against the backdrop of public concern about inflation and rising gas prices, proposals to lower what people pay out-of-pocket for drugs tops the public's list of health care priorities for Congress, a new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds.
Most (55%) of the public say inflation is the biggest problem facing the country. Fewer cite other issues such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine (18%), climate change (6%), the COVID-19 pandemic (6%), and crime (6%).
The economy, including inflation, also ranks as the top voting issue as people begin to think about this year's midterm elections.
Partly reflecting these concerns about inflation and prices, the public's "top health care priorities for Congress" focus on lowering what people pay for their health care. These include limiting price increases for prescription drugs to the inflation rate (61% say it is a top priority), capping out-of-pocket costs for insulin (53%), and placing a limit on how much seniors have to pay for health care (52%). Nearly half (48%) say that allowing the federal government to negotiate lower drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries is a top priority.
Less than half rank other issues as top health priorities, such as expanding coverage to people with low incomes in states that have not expanded their Medicaid programs (42%), increasing funding for mental health services (42%), and improving safety and quality in nursing homes (40%). Fewer rank more spending for COVID-19 (25%) and making permanent the financial help for people buying marketplace health coverage that was included in COVID-19 relief law (22%) as top priorities.
"The public's priorities in health reflect deep concern about the prices of everything right now, including drug prices," KFF President and CEO Drew Altman said. "That doesn't mean other things that have long been popular do not have public support too; they do. It just means prices are the preeminent concern."
The poll also finds other signs of how heavily inflation and health costs are weighing on Americans, with most of the public saying they are worried about being able to afford gasoline or other transportation costs (71%), unexpected medical bills (58%), or monthly utility bills (50%). The shares worried about paying for gas and utilities are up significantly since February 2020.
With many people worried about affording unexpected medical bills, the poll also finds most (56%) people with private insurance say they know nothing at all about a federal law that took effect in January that protects people from receiving unexpectedly large medical bills when they unknowingly receive out-of-network care. Fewer say they know "a lot" (3%), "some" (18%) or "a little" (22%) about the law.
The poll also finds:
Half (51%) say they have delayed or gone without health care in the past year due to costs. This includes about a third who skipped dental care (35%), and a quarter who skipped vision care (25%) and doctor's visits (24%). Some also skipped mental health care (18%), hospital services (14%), and hearing services, including hearing aids (10%).
With drug prices a major part of President Biden's agenda, 29% of adults, including 43% of those with annual household incomes under of $40,000, say they either did not fill a prescription, cut pills in half or skipped doses, or took an over-the-counter product instead of a prescription due to cost in the past year.
As the Affordable Care Act Turns 12, Most People Continue to View the Law Favorably
Twelve years after its enactment, most (55%) of the public views the Affordable Care Act favorably. About a quarter (24%) of people say that the law has helped them, while 1 in 5 (20%) say that has hurt them. The most common way that people say that they were helped is by providing coverage to someone in their family, while the most common way people say they were hurt is by increasing costs.
There are major partisan differences. Most Democrats (87%) view the law favorably, and many (43%) say it directly helped them and their families. In contrast, most Republicans (79%) view the law unfavorably, and many (40%) say it has hurt them and their families. Independents mostly view the law favorably (58%), with a quarter (24%) saying the law has helped them and 16% saying it has hurt them.
Other findings include:
President Biden discussed improving care for residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in his State of the Union address. Most of the public says that they are doing a "bad job" of maintaining adequate staffing (70%), offering affordable care (64%), and providing high-quality care (54%). Views of long-term care facilities are consistent across age groups.
About two thirds (65%) of people living in the 12 states that haven't expanded their Medicaid programs under the ACA to cover more low-income uninsured people say that their state should, while one third (34%) say their state shouldn't.
Designed and analyzed by public opinion researchers at KFF, the KFF Health Tracking Poll was conducted from March 15-22 among a nationally representative sample of 1,243 adults. Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish online (974) and by telephone (269). The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 4 percentage points for the full sample. For results based on subgroups, the margin of sampling error may be higher.
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Toi Hutchinson (born May 20, 1973) is an American politician who served as a member of the Illinois Senate from 2009 to 2019, representing the 40th District. The 40th district includes all or parts of Bradley, Bourbonnais, Chicago Heights, Flossmoor, Homewood, Hopkins Park, Kankakee, Olympia Fields, Peotone and University Park. Prior to her service in the Illinois Senate, Hutchinson was City Clerk for the Village of Olympia Fields, Illinois.

Early life and education
At nine years old, Hutchinson moved to Country Club Hills, Illinois, where she was raised by her mother and maternal grandparents. She attended Infant Jesus of Prague elementary school in Flossmoor, and Rich Central High School in Olympia Fields. At the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in English and minoring in psychology. Hutchinson returned to her old high school as an English teacher. She graduated from Northern Illinois University's College of Law in 2014.

Career
Hutchinson has worked on behalf of the State Alliance of YMCAs and for the Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce's Government Affairs Council. In 2004, she became an Executive Management Fellow in the Women and Leadership program created by Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. That same year, Hutchinson ran unsuccessfully for Supervisor of Bloom Township. The day after that election, she accepted a position on the staff of Debbie Halvorson. Hutchinson eventually became Halvorson's Chief of Staff.

Hutchinson was appointed in January 2009 to complete the rest of Debbie Halvorson's term following Halvorson's 2008 election to the United States House of Representatives. During her tenure, Hutchinson served on the Agriculture and Conservation, Labor, Local Government, Veteran Affairs, and Transportation committee.

Hutchinson left the Illinois Senate in 2019, and Patrick Joyce was appointed by local party leaders in the 40th district to succeed her.

Hutchinson was appointed president and CEO of the Marijuana Policy Project in December 2021.

2013 congressional special election
After Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned from the United States House of Representatives after being investigated for the misuse campaign funds, Hutchinson announced her intent to run in the 2013 special election succeed him. She was endorsed by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, and Illinois State Representatives Anthony DeLuca, Lisa Dugan, Al Riley, and Thaddeus Jones. She was also endorsed by the mayors of Flossmoor and Kankakee, Illinois. In the Democratic primary, Hutchinson came in fifth place out of 16 candidates. Robin Kelly was eventually elected.

Cannabis czar
On September 26, 2019, it was announced that Governor J. B. Pritzker appointed Hutchinson Illinois Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer, a role created by the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, to oversee the roll out of the statewide legalization of recreational cannabis. Hutchinson will oversee relevant activities of multiple agencies including the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Public Health, Department of Revenue, Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. She will also have input over the policies of the Illinois State Police.

Personal life
She is married to Paul Hutchinson, a Senior Systems Engineer. They reside in Olympia Fields with their three children.

References

External links
Biography, bills and committees at the 98th Illinois General Assembly
By session: 98th, 97th, 96th, 95th
Illinois State Senator Toi Hutchinson legislative website
Senator Toi W. Hutchinson at Illinois Senate Democrats

Collected news and commentary at the Chicago Tribune

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Sony's XBR X900F barely squeaked out 4 stars because of Sony's excellent image processing. But its color palette skews too far blue. And while the 900F is bright, its HDR effect doesn't pop as much as some of the competition.
You're unlikely to find a 55-inch TV with better color or HDR performance in this price range, and the Roku OS is top-notch. Noticeable stutter in fast action sequences, on the other hand, moiré in high-detail panning shots, and backlighting issues remind that you're paying a lot less.
Exceptional brightness and HDR highlighting make this 65-inch TV a standout at its $1,200 street price. Despite being a 120Hz panel, however, it doesn't handle action particularly well, and it has problems with shimmer and moiré during panning shots with lots of detail.
As good as the TCL R617 series is when it comes to delivering HDR, the Vizio P-series is even better. We reviewed the 65-inch P675-F1 and measured brightness that was almost as high as Samsung's QN65Q9F, which at the time cost nearly three times as much. If you want to compare the Vizio and TCL TVs apples to apples, the 55-inch version of the P675-F1 costs $650 at Best Buy. We prefer the TCL because we found it offers better backlight processing.
LG markets its 6300 series as 4K UHD TVs. They're not. You can tell the difference in detail with the bare eye when seen beside a real 4K UHD TV. The 6500 series also suffers from subtractive RGBW. They aren't bad-looking TVs, but they're not 4K TVs.
700 nits peak brightness is about the minimum required to get some decent HDR pop, while 1,000 nits does the trick quite nicely. Vendors don't really list nits or brightness in meaningful ways, so you'll need to read reviews in which it's measured. Non-HDR TVs generally max out in the area of 300 to 400 nits.
Use a light source with less than a quantum dot's specific emitting frequency, and you get a pure color directly related to the size of the quantum dot. A layer of these can increase the color acuity of a TV tremendously.


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Marianne Mair (* 5. Juni 1989 in Bad Tölz) ist eine ehemalige deutsche Skirennläuferin. Ihre Spezialdisziplin war der Slalom. Sie fuhr im Weltcup zweimal unter die schnellsten 20 und gewann in der Saison 2008/09 die Slalomwertung des Europacups. Nach fünf Kreuzbandrissen beendete sie 2011 ihre Karriere.

Karriere
Mair bestritt ihre ersten FIS-Rennen im November 2004 und erreichte von Beginn an gute Platzierungen. Bereits am 20. Januar 2005 hatte sie ihren ersten Einsatz im Europacup, konnte sich aber im Slalom von Lenggries nicht für den zweiten Durchgang qualifizieren. Eine Woche später erreichte sie beim Europäischen Olympischen Winter-Jugendfestival den siebenten Platz im Slalom und den zehnten Platz im Riesenslalom.

Nach einem Kreuzbandriss im Dezember 2005 musste Mair die Saison vorzeitig beenden. Im nächsten Jahr riss sie sich erneut das Kreuzband und konnte im gesamten Winter 2006/07 keine Rennen bestreiten. In der Saison 2007/08 kehrte sie wieder in den Rennsport zurück und erreichte Ende November ihre ersten Top-10-Ergebnisse im Europacup, doch am 21. Januar 2008 stürzte sie im Abfahrtstraining von St. Moritz und erlitt zum dritten Mal einen Kreuzbandriss. In der Europacupsaison 2008/09 war sie von Beginn an erfolgreich und erreichte im zweiten Rennen der Saison, dem Indoorbewerb im alpincenter Bottrop, ihren ersten Podestplatz. Es folgten noch zwei weitere Podestplätze im Slalom und mehrere Platzierungen unter den besten zehn, womit sie die Disziplinenwertung im Slalom für sich entschied.

Nach ihren Erfolgen im Europacup startete Mair am 14. Dezember 2008 im Slalom von La Molina erstmals im Weltcup. Am 4. Januar 2009 holte sie im Slalom von Zagreb mit Rang 24 die ersten Punkte. Kurz darauf belegte sie im Slalom von Garmisch-Partenkirchen den 16. Platz. Im März 2009 startete sie bei der Juniorenweltmeisterschaft und erreichte den fünften Platz im Slalom.

Am 29. November 2009 fuhr Mair im Slalom von Aspen mit Rang zwölf zu ihrem besten Weltcupergebnis. Nach einem weiteren Kreuzbandriss, den sie sich am 16. Januar 2010 beim Training für den Slalom in Maribor zuzog, musste sie die Saison vorzeitig beenden. Im Dezember 2010 gab sie ihr Comeback und trat zunächst bei FIS- und Europacuprennen an. Im Januar 2011 verletzte sie sich im Training allerdings erneut und zog sich den fünften Kreuzbandriss zu. Aufgrund ihrer zahlreichen Verletzungen gab sie im Mai 2011 ihren Rücktritt bekannt.

Sportliche Erfolge

Juniorenweltmeisterschaften
 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2009: 5. Slalom

Weltcup
 2 Platzierungen unter den besten 20

Europacup
 Saison 2008/09: 1. Slalomwertung
 3 Podestplätze

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Alpiner Skirennläufer (Deutschland)
Deutscher
Geboren 1989
Frau


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Having a resume that lands interviews is only step one in your quest for career success. Step two is nailing the interview. Step three is getting the offer. Step four is starting your new job. But it's only step five – being a remarkable employee – that guarantees the fabulous career you've likely imagined for yourself.
Over the last ten years of resume writing in Tampa Bay I've worked with hundreds of candidates. Some really stand out in their attitude and approach to work (and life in general), and those are the folks I know are going to do well. They do, and often I see them again for a resume update when they're ready to pursue the next opportunity.
What are the intangible aspects that make these people stand out? It's not their reliability or dependability; anyone who wants to keep their job has these. It's not that they're proactive, diligent, or leaders either, because these traits are expected of every employee. What makes these people the best candidates and the people who "get ahead" is their remarkableness – the fact that they apply the effort to be remarkable employees.
So how do they do it? Is it some special talent you're either born with or not? Nope. Like anything worthwhile, it involves hard work and dedication, as outlined in the following attributes that anyone can master.
You know the person at the customer service counter who looks completely bored and can't help you because it's not their job? Those are not remarkable employees.
Remarkable employees are the opposite of these folks. They recognize problems that negatively affect the business or customer projects, and step in to help without being asked – even if it's not technically their job. They get that everything is their job, because if things go pear shaped and the business folds, there goes their job.
Remarkable employees are a bit weird, but in a good way. They're often quirky and proud to be different, and for good reason: They see things differently and therefore bring fresh perspectives to their work. And because they're slightly unusual they tend to make the work environment fun, delight clients with their unique ideas, and give their team flair and food for thought.
But what separates the remarkable employees from the simply strange is that remarkable employees know when to subjugate their uniqueness for the good of their company. They know when it's appropriate to be silly and when being more serious is the best course of action. It can be a hard line to toe, but keeping the most unique parts of themselves hidden until they fully know their company's culture and how they fit into it is a good start.
People like to feel good, and when it comes to work not much feels better than being praised publicly. Remarkable employees know this, and recognize the contributions of others to boost morale, support coworkers, and generally make the office a nicer place to be.
People don't like to feel bad, and having to work with someone who complains a lot makes you feel pretty bad. So remarkable employees keep it to themselves for the most part, unless the problem is dangerous or critical. But even then they don't just vent; they handle it in private whenever possible by going to a coworker or boss with the issue, rather than waiting for a group meeting to drop a bomb.
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YUKON – Copper North Mining Corp. of Vancouver continues to advance the preliminary economic assessment for the Carmacks copper-gold project 220 km north of Whitehorse, and says the document should be completed in early May.
More metallurgical tests have been done on material from the project site. The work confirmed that an increase in leach temperature to 80°C improved copper recovery and allowed the flowsheet to be simplified, particularly in the cyanide circuit for leach recovery of gold and silver. The new PEA will reflect these changes.
Copper North plans to mine the copper oxide ore by open pit, crush it, and grind to 80% —664 microns. Leaching in an agitated tank will yield high recovery of copper with four hours of leaching time. The rinsed copper leach residues will be pumped to the cyanide circuit for leaching of gold and silver with leach time of approximately 12 hours. Cathode copper will be recovered by solvent extraction electro-winning (SX/EW) and the gold and silver would be recovered by Merrill Crowe process. Further test work is planned for the final determination of optimal leach parameters.
Please see www.CopperNorthMining.com for details of the proposed Carmacks development.


An oblast is an administrative division in many of the countries of the former Soviet Union, such as Belarus, Russia, Bulgaria and Ukraine.
May 22nd next is to be the first annual National Solitaire Day, so proclaimed by Microsoft.
The recently elected president of Zimbabwe is Emmerson Mnangagwa, succeeding Robert Mugabe.
Krishna Pandit Bhanji is the birth name of Sir Ben Kingsley, the British actor.
The first woman bishop in the Anglican Church of Canada was Victoria Matthews, ordained in the diocese of Toronto in February. 1994.


The Goa government is "examining" a request from the partner of former minister Francisco Pacheco, who is serving a six month sentence following his conviction in an assault case, seeking the latter's pardon.
Chief Secretary R.K. Srivastava told IANS on the sidelines of a media function here on Saturday that he had received the application for pardon forwarded to his office by Goa Governor Mridula Sinha.
"We have received (the petition). I am examining it," Srivastava told IANS, a day after the state Bharatiya Janata Party president Vinay Tendulkar rooted for a pardon for Pacheco, on grounds of good behaviour in prison.
The pardon application has been filed by Pacheco's partner Viola, who has requested the governor to grant pardon to the former minister under article 161 of the constitution.
The article grants powers to the state governor to "grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the State extends".
Pacheco, a former archives and archaeology minister, whose party is part of the ruling BJP-led coalition government in Goa, was jailed on June 1 after the Supreme Court upheld his conviction in the 2006 case, in which Pacheco was accused of assaulting a government employee.
The minister is currently jailed at Sada sub jail in Vasco, located 40 km south of Panaji.
Besides the 2006 assault case, Pacheco is also being tried for a wide range of criminal cases which include culpable homicide, bigamy, assault and extortion.
Pacheco is also being probed for illegal trafficking and money laundering by the US government's Bureau of Diplomatic Security (BDS) and was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation in this regard in 2010.
But despite the list of accusations and the conviction, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar wants Pacheco to attend the forthcoming session of the Goa legislative assembly.
"He represents a constituency which has 25,000 voters. He has to be in the assembly to place their grievances and problems before the forum," Parsekar told IANS.
Meanwhile, even as Pacheco steps up his legal campaign to skip his prison sentence, an anonymously managed Facebook page "Free Mickky Pacheco" (Mickky is a popular alias for the former minister) which surfaced on Saturday has also caused a stir here.
The Facebook page claims that by serving one month in prison Pacheco has paid for the his crime and that it was time to set him free.
"Do you think Mickky Pacheco paid for his offence (one month in prison so far) or perhaps, you think one year imprisonment was too harsh for such not so serious offence (just one slap) or perhaps you think this is all politically motivated?" the post says.


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Q: Finding Big O of a nest for loop for (int i=0; i < n; i++)
  for (j=0;j<i*i;j++)
    x++

Would the big O be O(n^3)? I'm just confused about how the i's relate to the n.

A: The required math (summation) is:
0 + 1 + 4 + 9 + ... + n * n = n**3 / 3 + n**2 / 2 + n / 6 = O(n**3)

So, you're right: it's O(n**3); moreover
  0 + 1 + ... + n**k = O(n**(k + 1))

A: Methodically, to proceed using Sigma notation like below, would get you where you need to go:

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require "libcassowary"
require "libarraysolver"

class Array
  def ensure_blocks
    (@ensure_blocks ||= []).tap { |b| b.uniq! }
  end

  def sum
    return 0 if empty?
    self[0] + self[1..-1].sum
  end

  def upto(item)
    self[0..(self.index(item) || -1)]
  end

  def rows
    # just for readability. if timeSeries were a database series, the
    # rows would be created on demand, i.e., when we call rows
    self
  end

  # just for readability
  alias each_row each

  def ensure(&block)
    ensure_blocks << block
    run_ensure(block)
  end

  def run_ensure(blk)
    self.each do |item|
      always do
        blk[item]
      end
    end
  end

  alias push_wo_ensure push
  def push(*args)
    r = push_wo_ensure(*args)
    ensure_blocks.each do |blk|
      run_ensure(blk)
    end
    r
  end
end

def try_add(series, row)
  series.push(row)
  true
rescue => e
  false
ensure
  series.pop if series.last.equal? row
end

class ScheduledItem
  attr_accessor :ddate, :qty
  def initialize(ddate, qty)
    self.ddate = ddate.to_int
    self.qty = qty.to_int
  end

  def inspect
    "#{ddate}: #{qty}"
  end
end

def candidates(timeSeries, scheduleLines)
  scheduleLines.sort_by(&:ddate).each_row.select do |row|
    try_add(timeSeries, row)
  end
end

series = [ScheduledItem.new(0, 10000),
          ScheduledItem.new(10, -2000),
          ScheduledItem.new(15, -2000),
          ScheduledItem.new(25, -6000)]
series.rows.ensure do |row|
  series.sort_by(&:ddate).upto(row).map(&:qty).sum >= 0
end

p series
p int = candidates(series, [ScheduledItem.new(5, 1000)])
p out = candidates(series, [ScheduledItem.new(5, -1000)])
p series.push(*int)
p out = candidates(series, [ScheduledItem.new(5, -1000)])
p series.push(*out)

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If you're the Caribbean producer of a narrative feature film or creative documentary in pre-production, then the trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff) is interested in you!
For the third year running, the Festival is making a call for submissions for its Film in Development Award, sponsored by bpTT. The award is a place in the Rotterdam Lab for producers at the prestigious International Film Festival Rotterdam in January 2015.
The Rotterdam Lab — of which the ttff is a nominating partner — is designed to provide emerging film producers with assistance in getting their film projects completed and brought to audiences around the world. The lab includes panel discussions organised on different topics, like development, production, sales, financing, distribution, promotion and television.
In these panels, experts from the international film industry provide producers tools on how to present their projects and how to build up a useful international network.
In addition to the organised Lab programme, selected producers are encouraged to take advantage of their time in Rotterdam as much as possible by strengthening their network and participate in other events, like networking lunches, cocktails and other panels.
In addition to a place on the Lab, the chosen producer will be provided with five nights' accommodation in Rotterdam as well as a festival pass and invitations to networking events. Please note the Lab is conducted in English and airfare and per diem are the responsibility of the producer.
Send your submission to submit@ttfilmfestival.com (subject line: Film in Development Award) no later than Monday 01 September. Shortlisted candidates will be notified by 14 September and the awardee will be announced at the ttff/13 awards ceremony on 28 September.
Founded in 2006, the ttff is an annual celebration of films from and about Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean and its diaspora. The Festival also screens films curated from contemporary world cinema. In addition, the ttff seeks to facilitate the growth of the Caribbean film industry by hosting workshops, panel discussions and networking opportunities. The Festival is presented by Flow, and given leading sponsorship by bpTT and TTFC.


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Q: GNU make: Override variable based on target I have a nonrecursive build system, where parsing happens once. While parsing, I create a dependency chain for binary <- library <- object
The same source code is compiled for multiple hardware variants.
There is target all which depends on variant/all.
There are variants/variant_name/all for each hardware needed by variant/all.
variant/variant_name/all depends on all the binaries.
As parsing would have constructed the rest of the dependency, a simple make all does the job for me.
The requirement now is:
We have more than one customer, whose toolchain is different for the same hardware variant. How can I parse once, and run build for all customers at once putting Customer Specific binaries, libraries etc into their own directories.
The following are the options I thought about.

*

*Parse multiple times(== number of customers), and call make multiple times. Split variant/all into two(==number of customers) all_customer1, all_customer2 variant/all depends on all_customer1 all_customer2 This is working almost fine! But, I'm interested in parsing once, and serving the purpose.

*Target specific variables feature of Make. But, this cannot be used in my case because I don't know all the targets already, and so the the dependency graph is not predefined and so I cannot really go with this feature.
Our system is perhaps more complex than I explained. But, from the comments I hear, I'm hoping to get some more help. Appreciate your time.

A: make inherits target-specific variables, so long as they have a unique path, so the following will work:
.PHONY: all
all: all-customer1 all-customer2

.PHONY: all-customer1
all-customer1: CFLAGS=-ggdb3 -O0
all-customer1: $(outdir)customer1/bin/prog

.PHONY: all-customer2
all-customer2: CFLAGS=-O3
all-customer2: $(outdir)customer2/bin/prog

$(outdir)customer1/bin/prog: $(outdir)customer1/src/main.o
    $(CC) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $<

$(outdir)customer2/bin/prog: $(outdir)customer2/src/main.o
    $(CC) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $<

$(outdir)customer1/src/main.o: src/main.c
    $(CC) -c -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $^

$(outdir)customer2/src/main.o: src/main.c
    $(CC) -c -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $^

meaning that every top-level target gets built using a consistent set of flags, whereas the following doesn't:
.PHONY: all
all: all-customer1 all-customer2

.PHONY: all-customer1
all-customer1: CFLAGS=-ggdb3 -O0
all-customer1: $(outdir)customer1/bin/prog

.PHONY: all-customer2
all-customer2: CFLAGS=-O3
all-customer2: $(outdir)customer2/bin/prog

$(outdir)customer1/bin/prog: src/main.o
    $(CC) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $<

$(outdir)customer2/bin/prog: src/main.o
    $(CC) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $<

src/main.o: src/main.c
    $(CC) -c -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $^

because you end up src/main.o only being compiled once, which is not what you want. So, fundamentally, you must create different physical targets for each toolchain/set of options.
With respect to parsing, how long does it take vs. running the actual build? My experience is that even a very large code base can be parsed into a single heirarchical build tree in a tiny fraction of the time it takes to actually execute the build (even with monsterous build servers...).
So, with these two facts in mind, are you sure that this is what you want to do? Given that you are basically running several builds, surely it makes sense to do just that, especially as it would make it much easier to scale; if you have a new customer, you just add a new build job and if running all those builds takes a long time, you can run them on different servers, e.g. Jenkins slaves.
Sure, it's not as 'clean' and does leave open the posibility of it 'working for some, but not for others', but that would always be a management issue anyway...
If you want to support multiple customer profiles in a nice way, you can do it by using a configuration file which is setup something like this:
# Build config for "Customer X"
# Costomer identifier: customer1
customer1_cflags=-O0 -ggdb3

.PHONY: all-customer1
all-customer1: CFLAGS=$(customer1_cflags)
all-customer1: all

And then, in your Makefile:
# While convenient, Wildcards are harmful - they make your builds more fragile.
# This, for example, will fail fi there are no configs...
-include $(wildcard configs/*.mk)

This will then enable you to run either make all to get your stock/reference build or make all-customer1 to run a customised build for your customer - if you've used a variable for specifying your working/output directory, then you could override that on the command line:
make outdir=customer1_build/ all-customer1

Note: variable overrides are based on 'closest' override - if someone has overriden a variable on a rule directly, then this approach will breakdown.
To go beyond this, to create "One Build Tree to Rule them All", you'd need to build a list of sources, then dynamically create the targets using eval. The example below demonstrates the principle, but would need some extra work to make production ready.
Edit: I've included comments between the define ... endef, but these would need to be removed before the code will function correctly.
The main Makefile:
BUILD=build/
outdir=$(or $(filter %/,$(strip $(BUILD))),$(strip $(BUILD))/)

program=bin/hello

include platforms/all.mk
include configs/all.mk

# This creates all the necessary constructs for building a
# config/platform combination.
define CreateBuildConfig =
all: all-$(1)-$(2)

.PHONY: all-$(1)-$(2)
all-$(1)-$(2): $(outdir)$(1)/$(2)/$(3)

# Create implicit rule for building sources to objects
$(outdir)$(1)/$(2)/%.o: %.c
    $$(CC) -c -o $$@ $$(CFLAGS) $$(DEFINES) $$<

# Set the variables for this config/platform combo...
$(outdir)$(1)/$(2)/$(3): DEFINES=$$(foreach def,$$(platform_$(2)_defines),-D$$(def))
$(outdir)$(1)/$(2)/$(3): CFLAGS=$$(config_$(1)_cflags)

# The rule for creating the executable.
$(outdir)$(1)/$(2)/$(3): $(foreach obj,$(4:.c=.o),$(outdir)$(1)/$(2)/$(obj))
    $$(CC) -o $$@ $$(CFLAGS) $$(DEFINES) $$<

# Cleanup after ourselves.
clean: clean-$(1)-$(2)

clean-$(1)-$(2):
    -rm -f $(outdir)$(1)/$(2)/$(3)
    find $(outdir)$(1)/$(2) -name '*.o' -delete
endef

# Some top-level targets, for documentation purposes.
.PHONY: all
all:

.PHONY: clean
clean:

# Build the list of sources.
sources+=src/main.c

# Create the actual build targets, for each platform/config pair.
$(foreach platform,$(all_platforms),$(foreach config,$(all_configs),$(eval $(call CreateBuildConfig,$(config),$(platform),$(program),$(sources)))))

The platforms config file platforms/all.mk:
all_platforms:=model1 model2

include platforms/model1.mk
include platforms/model2.mk

Example platform file platforms/model1.mk:
_platform=model2

platform_$(_platform)_defines:=NAME=$(_platform)
platform_$(_platform)_defines+=MAX_FOO=16

_platform=

The configurations config file config/all.mk:
all_configs:=gcc48 customer1 customer2

include configs/gcc48.mk
include configs/customer1.mk
include configs/customer2.mk

Example config file customer1.mk:
_config=customer1

config_$(_config)_cflags=-O3

_config=


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Relief and Respite: a look at changes to the insolvency regimes in India and the UK resulting from the Covid-19 crisis
CYK Senior Associate Arish Bharucha and Associate Shamilee Arora consider the Covid-19 pandemic, the resulting restrictions that have been imposed by the UK and Indian governments and how these have caused severe difficulties to a vast number of businesses.
The Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting restrictions that have been imposed by governments across the globe have caused severe difficulties to a vast number of businesses. Public apprehension, uncertainty, lockdowns, quarantine and distancing rules, restrictions on travel etc. have led to a sudden and drastic shock to the global economy, affected demand in a number of sectors and battered the cashflows, supply chains and logistics of countless companies.
It is unsurprising that governments have taken far-reaching steps to shore up businesses – by providing both financial assistance and legal and regulatory support. In taking such steps, they hope to prevent mass unemployment and stave off a depression by ensuring that companies are able to survive and to help deliver rapid economic growth and recovery. An important component in the strategy of governments has therefore been to reform insolvency laws to help companies to continue trading. In this article, we look at some of the changes that have been made to the insolvency regimes in India and the UK to help companies survive.
The UK Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (the "UK Act")
The UK Act was fast-tracked through Parliament and came into force on 26 June 2020. It contains a number of permanent and temporary measures and, whilst the former will continue to apply and assist companies after the present crisis has passed, they are all intended to assist companies that are struggling due to the pandemic. In fact, the explanatory notes to the Bill (which became the UK Act) stated, "the overarching objective of this Bill is to provide businesses with the flexibility and breathing space they need to continue trading during this difficult time."
Here, we briefly outline a couple of changes brought about by the UK Act (although it is worth noting that there are others as well).
The Moratorium (permanent measure)
The relevant provisions, in essence, allow the directors of a company to remain in control whilst they try to ensure that the company can remain a going concern. Accordingly, the directors can apply to enter a moratorium for an initial (extendable) period of 20 days, during which time they will continue to be in charge and try to rescue the company. An independent 'monitor' is appointed during the moratorium period to perform certain important supervisory functions and can request information from the directors for this purpose.
During the moratorium period, the company receives a 'payment holiday'. This essentially restricts the ability of creditors to recover pre-moratorium debts (subject to certain limited exceptions) whilst the moratorium is in effect. Accordingly, the company is given respite by being substantially protected from its creditors for a limited period, whilst it tries to turn things around.
We see this measure as the possible first step to other stages in insolvency proceedings, such as voluntary administration or liquidation. For example, if a company is unable to operate as a going concern following the extension of the moratorium, directors may then wish to proceed with formal insolvency proceedings. However, for some companies who are able to rescue the business in the short period of relief offered by the moratorium, this provision provides a viable alternative to insolvency.
Temporary suspension of statutory demands and winding up petitions.
Statutory demands and winding up petitions can be used by creditors to put pressure on a company with the aim of recovering monies owed. The provision, in essence, protects a company from being wound up during the relevant period (27 April to 31 December 2020) on the ground that it is unable to pay its debts unless the court is satisfied that coronavirus has not had a financial effect on the company. As such, it provides some breathing space for companies during this difficult time.
Whilst the provision may give some companies the needed respite from enforcement of debts and the requisite time to recoup losses, it is likely that companies whose revenues and cash-flows have not been able to recover, either owing to the social distancing measures or general dip in demand, will find themselves at the receiving end of statutory demands and winding up petitions following the lifting of such measures.
Changes to the Indian regime
By way of the IBC (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 dated 5 June 2020 (the "Ordinance"), issued by the Finance Ministry of the Government of India, key provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ("IBC") have been temporarily suspended in order to protect businesses from the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the stringent lockdown measures imposed by both the union and relevant state governments of India.
Suspension of sections 7 and 9: enforcing debts
The Ordinance suspends the initiation of insolvency proceedings against entities pursuant to sections 7 (proceedings initiated by financial creditors) and 9 (proceedings initiated by operational creditors) for defaults arising on or after 25 March 2020. The relevant suspension is in place for a year (from 25 March 2020). The sweeping measures allow companies and businesses to operate without the fear of being subject to insolvency proceedings for defaults that are likely to arise because of the economic impact of the pandemic. Coupled with the raised financial threshold for commencing insolvency proceedings, the measures are aimed at protecting businesses that may otherwise find themselves being subject to insolvency proceedings because of cash-flow issues and falling demand in the current economic climate.
The interesting point to note is that, given the suspension on enforcement of debts is temporally fixed for all defaults arising after 25 March 2020, companies whose cash-flow difficulties and inability to pay debts are not necessarily linked to the pandemic, will now be able to take protection from enforcement as a result. That said, whilst the government could have put in place provisions for preventing the enforcement of debts or defaults resulting from the effect of the pandemic, demonstrating direct causation and defining rules to cover a myriad of potentially complex scenarios would have been tricky and likely to result in uncertainty. Therefore, it seems to us that the collateral effect of protecting weak companies that would have defaulted, notwithstanding the pandemic, is, on balance, preferable to more complicated rules specifically targeting defaults directly linked to the pandemic.
Suspension of section 10: insolvency resolution proceedings
The purpose of section 10 of the IBC is to permit companies who are struggling with existing debts to institute insolvency resolution proceedings with a view to restructuring and reorganising debts. The insolvency resolution proceedings are a powerful tool for corporate entities to seek to avoid hostile insolvency proceedings and retain control of a company and its assets whilst the restructuring process is ongoing. In the face of considerable cash-flow difficulties resulting from diminishing demand, companies may want to begin resolution processes in order to manage debts and reorganise themselves for the post-pandemic economic landscape. However, it seems that this provision has been suspended with a view to allow companies to use this time to focus on running their businesses as opposed to considering potential insolvency/restructuring.
We note that this provision has been the subject of much criticism from commentators on the basis that it deprives companies of the means to take control of and restructure their debts at a time when a considerable number of companies are seeing falling revenues and diminished cash flows. It seems to us that it is likely, upon the reinstatement of this provision, that we will see numerous applications pursuant to section 10 from companies that have been unable to stabilise revenues and manage debts in the interim.
The similar measures taken by the UK and Indian governments are not without risk. Both the governments' approaches have been criticised in some quarters on the basis that such measures simply delay the economic impact of the pandemic induced recession and are likely to be detrimental to creditors' interests, possibly precipitating a financial crisis. However, given the scale and urgency of the problem, we consider that that these steps were necessary. Whilst the prospect of large-scale insolvencies remains (as and when the temporary measures lapse), the respite provided should give sustainable companies, whose financial difficulties arise as a result of the pandemic, a reasonable chance to survive and thrive in the future.


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Apple brings recycling and cashback scheme to UK
Apple has extended its reuse and recycling programme to the UK, France and Germany, giving people the chance to reclaim some cash for their old devices.The service, which is operated by Dataserv, was already available to customers in the US but was only extended to Europe on Friday.
Written by Ben Woods, Contributor on Jan. 16, 2012
Apple has extended its reuse and recycling programme to the UK, France and Germany, giving people the chance to reclaim some cash for their old devices.
The service, which is operated by Dataserv, was already available to customers in the US but was only extended to Europe on Friday.
"Whether it's an iPhone, iPad, Mac or PC computer, working or not, we'll take it and determine if it qualifies for reuse and has a monetary value. If it does, the amount will be credited directly into your bank account. If it doesn't, you can recycle it responsibly through one of our free recycling programmes," Apple said on the scheme's page.
The scheme also accepts some non-Apple products, such as desktop computers.
If the system determines that the item has a resale value it offers the user a price to send the device in — if it is determined to have no value, it can still be recycyled for free.
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Q: How to enable/disable revision in drupal 7 What I am trying to do is to enable/disable revision according to the selected taxonomy term in the content type that I have created i.e. when a user add the content the user can select the taxonomy term field(may be a select field) according to the selected option I want to enable/disable the revision. How can I do this?

A: Turn off the create new revision setting for the content type.
Then in hook_form_alter add a new submission handler before the main one:
function YOUR_MODULE_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) {
    //drupal_set_message("Form ID is : " . $form_id);
    switch($form_id) {
        case 'CONTENT_TYPE_node_form':
            //dpm($form);
            $form['actions']['submit']['#submit'][] = 'revision_control_node_form_submit';
            $form['actions']['submit']['#submit'] = array_reverse($form['actions']['submit']['#submit']); // reverse array to put our submit handler first
            break;
    }

}

Then in the new submit handler check if the taxonomy term has the correct value to save a new revision. I've not tried this next bit but according to this page putting
$node->revision = 1;

before node save will create a new revision.
node_save is called in node_form_submit and the node object is built in node_form_submit_build_node.
Looking at the other attributes like vid that belong to $form_state I would say an good educated guess would be to put $form_state->revision = 1; and see if that comes out as a property of the node after node_form_submit_build_node.
So you final new submit handler will look something like:
function revision_control_node_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
    if($form_state['values']['your_taxonomy_field'] == 'your_value') {
        $form_state->revision = 1;
    }
}

Now I've not actually tried any of this but even if it doesn't work I'm sure you will be on the right track... Good luck!


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