This page provides an overview of what to consider if you're thinking about a career as an allied health professional (AHP), what you can expect during training and your next steps, once qualified.
*Art therapists first take a degree or have appropriate professional experience in a relevant subject, such as music or art, followed by an HCPC-approved postgraduate qualification.
The first step to becoming an AHP is to take an approved degree or postgraduate course. Osteopaths need to successfully complete a course approved by the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC). All other AHPs need to complete a course approved by the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC). You can search for approved courses for the AHPs using our course finder.
Entry requirements for approved AHP degree courses vary because each university sets its own entry criteria.
Additionally, some professional bodies also have their own accreditation system for membership.
You can also train for some AHP roles through a degree apprenticeship. This involves working and studying at degree level at the same time. Details of the entry and training routes available are listed on the role pages for each career (follow the links above).
Entry requirements for approved AHP degree courses and degree apprenticeships vary because each university sets its own entry criteria, but you are likely to need at least two (usually three) A-levels or equivalent qualifications at level 3, plus supporting GCSEs. Contact universities and employers directly to find out whether qualifications equivalent to A-levels or GCSEs are acceptable.
Entry is competitive, so aim for as high grades as possible. Courses often specify preferred or essential subjects, such as at least one science subject, but this varies from one allied health profession to another and even between courses for the same subject. Universities and employers offering apprenticeships will usually expect you to attend an interview.
If you secure an apprenticeship, you will be paid while you are working and training.
When applying, you will also need to demonstrate that you have found out about the role of an AHP and understand what the work involves. Relevant experience in any healthcare setting is useful but if you can gain it in an AHP setting, so much the better. Work experience placements can be difficult to find, so alternatives would be to shadow an AHP or talk to one about their role. Find out exactly what is required for your chosen courses or apprenticeships and organise this as soon as possible.
For some of the allied health professions, there are other routes to becoming qualified, such as apprenticeships or studying part time whilst working in an assistant role or taking an approved postgraduate programme after graduating in another subject.
If you're applying for an apprenticeship or a university programme leading to a role providing NHS healthcare, you'll be asked to show how you think the NHS values would apply in your everyday work.
Approved AHP degree courses last for three or four years (4 or 5 years for osteopathy degrees) and postgraduate courses usually for two years. They combine university study with practical experience in community settings as well as hospitals. Degree apprenticeships typically last 4 years and also combine academic study with practical, paid employment.
Approved courses must meet the HCPC's and GOsC standards of education and training but programmes vary in their content, the way they are structured, and how they are taught and assessed. The facilities available and amount of support and supervision may also differ from course to course. Find out more by looking at university websites and prospectuses, attending university open days and contacting admissions staff.
After you have passed an HCPC or GOsC approved course or degree apprenticeship, in order to practise (and call yourself by one of the AHP protected titles, eg podiatrist, osteopath or radiographer) you must register with the HCPC or GOsC.
Job vacancies for qualified AHPs are advertised on the NHS Jobs website.
If you become a member of a professional body such as the Royal College of Occupational Therapists, Institute of Osteopathy or Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, you can also find jobs advertised in their journals or on their websites.
General information on looking for work can be found in our Career planning section and Looking for a job sections.
There are opportunities to work in a range of settings as an AHP and you can progress from one grade or band to another. You'll need some experience in a more generalist role, but in most areas of work you can specialise in an area that interests you. For example, physiotherapists can specialise in sports injuries, and speech and language therapists can focus on people with specific learning difficulties. Moving into clinical specialisms can involve taking further qualifications.
To remain registered with the HCPC or GOC you have to maintain their standards for your profession. This includes taking part in continuing professional development (CPD).


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Q: How do I detect if stdin or stdout is redirected in FreePascal under Windows? I need to know whether stdin or stdout has been redirected for a console application using the latest FPC (v3.0.0)
In the old Turbo Pascal days, I had a function written in assembly that did this.  See below:
{ **************************************************************
  * Routine   : RedirectedStd                                  *
  * Purpose   : Return Yes (True) if standard handle is being  *
  *           : redirected.                                    *
  * Note(s)   : Even though handle can take any handle value,  *
  *           : the function will be meaningful only for the   *
  *           : standard input, standard output, and standard  *
  *           : error.  It will, however, be True for any      *
  *           : handle that does NOT point to the console.     *
  *           : (Besides, this is what it actually checks for.)*
  *           : Make sure handle belongs to an open file or    *
  *           : you will get wrong answer (check IOResult).    *
  ************************************************************** }
function RedirectedStd(handle: Word): Boolean; assembler;
const
  DEVICE       = $0080;
  FASTCONSOLE  = $0010;
  CONSOUT      = $0002;
  CONSIN       = $0001;
asm
  mov     InOutRes,0
  mov     ax,$4400       { IOCTL svc, get device information }
  mov     bx,handle
  int     $21            { result in DX }
  mov     ax,1           { assume function is True }
  jc      @Error         { got error with code in AX }
  test    dx,DEVICE
  jz      @Out
  test    dx,FASTCONSOLE
  jz      @Out
  test    dx,CONSOUT
  jz      @Out
  test    dx,CONSIN
  jz      @Out
  xor     ax,ax          { function is False }
  jmp     @Out
@Error:
  mov     InOutRes,ax
@Out:
end; { RedirectedStd }

This syntax is not valid for the FPC assembler. I tried my luck with the following variant which although compiles OK it crashes:
function RedirectedStd(handle: Word): Boolean; assembler;
label Error,Done;
const DEVICE       = $0080;
      FASTCONSOLE  = $0010;
      CONSOUT      = $0002;
      CONSIN       = $0001;
asm
          movw      $0,InOutRes
          movw      $4400,%ax           { IOCTL svc, get device information }
          movw      handle,%bx
          int       $21                 { result in DX }
          movw      $1,%ax              { assume function is True }
          jc        Error               { got error with code in AX }
          test      DEVICE,%dx
          jz        Done
          test      FASTCONSOLE,%dx
          jz        Done
          test      CONSOUT,%dx
          jz        Done
          test      CONSIN,%dx
          jz        Done
          xor       %ax,%ax             { function is False }
          jmp       Done
Error:    movw      %ax,InOutRes
Done:
end; { RedirectedStd }

(Not sure if my conversion is equivalent.)
Any ideas?
EDIT:
Based on accepted answer which gave me enough direction to figure out the solution, I came up with the following drop-in replacement for my original routine:
function RedirectedStd(handle: Word): Boolean; {$ifndef WINDOWS} unimplemented; {$endif}
begin
  RedirectedStd := False;
  {$ifdef WINDOWS}
  case handle of
    0: RedirectedStd := GetFileType(GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE)) <> FILE_TYPE_CHAR;
    1: RedirectedStd := GetFileType(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE)) <> FILE_TYPE_CHAR;
    2: RedirectedStd := GetFileType(GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE)) <> FILE_TYPE_CHAR;
  end;
  {$endif}
end; { RedirectedStd }

Oh, and you need to do Uses Windows;

A: Use
GetFileType(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE));

for stdout. It should be obvious what to do for stdin.

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Karan Johar ropes in Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt for action-packed patriotic film
After having a blast in 2019 with 'Kabir Singh' - the remake of Arjun Reddy, Shahid Kapoor is busy shooting for another remake, 'Jersey'.
After having a blast in 2019 with 'Kabir Singh' - the remake of Arjun Reddy, Shahid Kapoor is busy shooting for another remake, 'Jersey'. Reportedly, the actor has signed one more film and will be reuniting with Alia Bhatt after 'Udta Punjab'. The movie which is rumoured to be based on a patriotic theme, will be produced by Karan Johar's Dharma Productions and helmed by a debutant director.
According to reports, Karan Johar has roped in Shahid Kapoor for a patriotic film. Shahid will be reuniting with his 'Shaandaar' and 'Udta Punjab' co-star Alia Bhatt. The film is set to go on the floors by the second half of 2020, after Shahid completes the shoot of his sports drama 'Jersey'. This is the first time the actor will be seen in a patriotic drama. The action-packed film also requires Shahid Kapoor to bulk up.
Meanwhile, 'Jersey' is a Hindi remake of the Telugu hit of the same name. The Hindi version is directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri, who also helmed the original movie. The story is about a talented but failed cricketer named Arjun, who decides to make a comeback in his late thirties and play for India, in order to fulfil his son's wish.
The movie also features Mrunal Thakur, and is being presented by Allu Aravind, and produced by Aman Gill and Dil Raju.
Back with a boom: Shahid Kapoor spotted at the airport as he jets off to resume 'Jersey' shoot

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Flanked by her parents and members of the township Human Relations Commission, Shirin Poustchi speaks about growing up in Franklin and her future plans.
A seven-year member of the Human Relations Commission who is leaving the state to pursue her medical career was honored for her "dedicated service to the community" April 9 by the Township Council.
Shirin Poustchi, an HRC member since 2012, will be conducting her medical residency in internal medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.
In addition to her work on the HRC, Poustchi was honored for her involvement with the Franklin Township Youth Council, the Franklin High School Student Government, NJ Orators and the Franklin Youth Empowerment Group.
"I'm very honored to be here to commemorate her," he said.


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Mood page for the book.
I've been pulling together some pictures that give the flavour of the book (for Sainsbury's, but that's another story). I thought I would share them with you here:
Paul Weneger in the 1913 film, The Student of Prague. Wegener was the inspiration behind my character Paul Berenger.
The Student of Prague was directed by a Danish director called Stellan Rye, with a screenplay bythe German Hanns Heinz Ewers, who is often credited as the director. I kind of merged the two men together to form my character Konrad Waechter.
A later Rye-Ewers collaboration was DIE AUGEN DES OLE BRANDIS (The Eyes of Ole Brandis). The theme of this lost film definitely influenced me:
"An artist…obtains…. a device which enables him to see everyone as they really are – ladies are whores, friends are blackmailers, all are villains and liars; 'even his own mirror image mocks him with a hateful grimace.'" (From A SECOND LIFE, German Cinema's First Decades, edited by Thomas Elsaesser.)
There's something incredibly suggestive and poignant about a lost film. In THE DARK PALACE, I tried to imagine some silent films that are more than lost – they never existed.
Another still from THE STUDENT OF PRAGUE, which I think is the earliest example of a doppelganger in cinema, with an actor playing against himself:
The poster from The Student of Prague:
This is a still from a much later German film, ASPHALT, 1929, but I like it because it makes me think of the eyes of my French starlet, Madamoiselle Eloise. The actress is Betty Amman:
Inventor and pioneer of British film making, W. Friese Greene, who never got the credit – or the money – for his part in the development of the motion picture camera, and the plaque from Cecil Court, which used to be the centre of the British Film industry:
A page from The Handbook of Kinematography, 1911:
An early cinema. This is actually part of a chain owned by Montagu Pyke, his first, I think. Montagu Pyke provided the inspiration for my fictional cinema owner, Magnus Porrick.
Find out more about the book here.


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Welcome to the website of our Catholic parish in the centre of Halifax in West Yorkshire. We are part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds, and serve a very varied community of people.
Our congregation is made up of men, women and children from many parts of the world, and of many different races and cultures, but all are united in belonging to the family of the Church.
This is one of the oldest parishes in our Diocese, and you will find here information on the history of the Faith in this district as well as photographs of our beautiful churches.


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Russian lawmaker accused of sex harassment apologizes
MOSCOW — An influential Russian parliament member accused of sexual harassment by several female journalists has issued an apology and asked for forgiveness.
The allegations against Leonid Slutsky by three journalists include groping and making demeaning comments.
On Thursday, noting it was International Women's Day, Slutsky said on Facebook that "I am using the occasion to ask forgiveness from those of you whom I freely or involuntarily caused suffering. Believe me, the intent was not malicious."
Earlier Thursday, demonstrators including opposition presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak held pickets outside the parliament demanding the resignation of Slutsky, head of the foreign affairs committee.


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Why We Need Less Politics and More Private Governance
December 3, 2016 Editor's Pick
Written by Edward Stringham.
We've lived through another election season, and this year, as with every years, the candidates competed to tell us about all the ways they were going to use the power of government to make our lives better. Unfortunately, many voters appeared quite sympathetic to the idea that government action can improve living standards and generally make markets work better.
That's the bad news. But, there are also trends at work right now that are bigger than any single election cycle, and while the candidates this year provided little reason for optimism, the voters themselves may be growing skeptical of just how much the government can solve all their problems.
Nevertheless, one of the most important things we can do is really explain and understand how markets, and not government intervention, are our best hope for an orderly and prosperous society.
To Change Politics: Public Opinion Must Change
As Ludwig von Mises and Frédéric Bastiat point out, economic policy, for good or bad, is ultimately determined by public opinion. That can give us cause for pessimism or optimism, because although a widespread misunderstanding of how markets work translates into bad policies, public opinion can, and often does, change. Until a half-century ago, arguments such as, "We need more housing, therefore government should provide housing," or "We need more affordable housing. Therefore government should put price controls on housing," were common. Today, few people seriously make such claims. When even the median voter in Massachusetts can understand the problems with and vote to eliminate rent control, there is hope about the spread of economic ideas.
Still, arguments such as "We need to reduce fraud. Therefore government needs more regulations" or "Risk is a problem. Therefore government should assume and manage risk" are much more accepted than they should be.
Although faith in government is still widely held, it may be passing its apex and declining. Surveys have found that in the late 1960s about 75 percent of Americans said they trusted "the government in Washington all or most of the time," whereas today the number is only 20 percent. A 2013 survey by Gallup found that a "record high in the U.S. say big government is the greatest threat" to the country, and Pew in 2013 reported that a "majority views government as a threat to personal rights." People are also abandoning faith in politicians, and today only 9 percent have a favorable view of Congress.
An Alternative to Politics?
But, these doubts about government intervention do not necessarily translate into support for voluntary markets.
Part of the reason that the public have skepticism toward markets is they have little understanding of how markets work. Nor do they understand how markets can work to provide order and governance in everyday life.
Among many voters, there is a fear that without governments to intervene, society cannot be structured and orderly.
This has never been the case, and in my book Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life, I look at how governance can be achieved without what we normally call "government."
Private governance is created wherever private institutions create order and enforce rules when governments are either unable or unwilling to do so. Time and time again, markets can be found to work even when government is not underpinning them. The standard belief that government is necessary to enforce contracts or allocate goods — to name two examples — is belied by numerous examples throughout history.
Private governance can be found, of course, in the rules imposed by any private club. But private governance is also employed to govern complex institutions, as it was first used by the founders of the London and New York stock exchanges. Similar institutions and rule-making are used today to govern electronic commerce.
In fact, once we begin to contrast the voluntary marketplace with government institutions, we find that the rules of the market are much more orderly, stable, and potentially enduring than rules from a monolithic bureaucracy.
Moreover, although progressives worry about corporate power, market-based rules and private governance allow for more choice and are markedly more liberal than government impositions and regulations.
Allowing people to voluntarily opt into, or out of, different systems, markets, and communities lets people find the rules that benefit them. In The Constitution of Liberty, Friedrich Hayek explains why this is so. "There is an advantage in obedience to such rules not being coerced," Hayek begins,
not only because coercion as such is bad, but because it is, in fact, often desirable that rules should be observed only in most instances. … It is this flexibility of voluntary rules which in the field of morals makes gradual evolution and spontaneous growth possible, which allows further experience to lead to modifications and improvements.
Hayek goes on to note that non-coercive governance — such as that found in the marketplace — is more likely to allow for the sort of change that leads to economic progress:
Such an evolution is only possible with rules which are neither coercive nor deliberately imposed. … Unlike any deliberately imposed coercive rules, which can be changed only discontinuously and for all at the same time, rules of this kind allow for gradual and experimental change. The existence of individuals and groups simultaneously observing partially different rules provides the opportunity for the selection of the more effective ones.
Widely desirable structures of private governance will become profitable and encourage others to mimic them without any need for coercive "harmonization." In other cases, variety across different markets is a good thing. Just as it does not make sense for the corner store to comply with the listing requirements of the New York Stock Exchange or recreational sailors to comply with the rules of the America's Cup, a market for private governance allows people to select from different structures that make sense for them. In contrast to government institutions that apply rigid rules universally, the market allows people to opt into different rule-enforcing clubs and institutions in different areas of their lives in various ways they like.
Politics, of course, represents very much the opposite of the flexibility and variety found in private governance. We just spent most of the year hearing from politicians about all the things they were going to do to force markets to behave themselves. But, in spite of what the politicians tell us, the fact remains that order in markets is as attributable to government as much as good literature is attributable to the Government Printing Office.
Originally published in The Austrian.
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This was not the kind of human love that many people want, but are actually afraid of. This love did not bring up any issues of "Am I good enough?" This love was free of any concept of "good enough," and felt totally unconditional.
"That merging of your past, present, and even future timelines of incarnations allowed you to remember, and hopefully ground, your fifth dimensional experiences of SELF into your third/fourth dimensional reality.
"There are many Awakening Ones in your particular version of Earth that are so awakened that their perceptual range often includes the threshold of the fifth dimensional version of their current reality. These Awakened Ones are beginning to blink into and out of the fifth dimensional octave of their current physical form.
"We, the fifth dimensional expressions of your physical self, have come to tell you that what you are perceiving NOW is the fifth dimensional octave of your present reality. You, as well as many others, have experienced so many versions of "life on 3D Earth" that your consciousness is expanding beyond the consciousness of your third dimensional physical realities and into the consciousness of your fourth dimensional astral reality.
"Many of you have even expanded your consciousness into the consciousness of your fifth dimensional Lightbody realities. In other words you, as well as many others, have taken an "octave jump" in realities! By 'octave jump,' we mean that you are beginning to consciously perceive the threshold to the fifth dimension.
Trying to ignore them, like I have obviously been doing – well, since I grew up, I turned on the light in the bathroom and looked into the mirror. Much to my surprise, I remembered the face that I always saw in the mirror as a child.
"Yes, you were always One who could make everyone relax, communicate and feel at ease. That is why you were chosen for this away mission," my invisible friends responded to my thoughts.
"No," they replied to my thoughts. "We did not think that. In fact, we are here now to give you the comfort and assistant that you so needed before. However, before now the frequency rate of the planet was so low that if you could not expand your consciousness, which was impossible for you to do after a few tours in Viet Nam, we could not reach you.
I could see their outlines now and determined that there were two men and one woman, and that all three were Pleiadian. The woman offered me a drink of something that was gold and bubbly. Yes, I thought, knowing somehow that this drink would put me into a deep, healing sleep.


With his recent films like Judwaa 2 doing well, the producer Sajid Nadiadwala has yet another reason to rejoice. The producer has now been presented with a rare Italian honour by the consulate. Undoubtedly, he attended the ceremony, accompanied by his wife Warda Nadiadwala.
In other words, filmmakers who use Italy as an integral part of their films often are presented with this honour. Sajid Nadiadwala has used the picturesque locations of this country in his films like Housefull and Kambhakkt Ishq. In fact, the latter even starred Sylvester Stallone in a guest appearance.
Interestingly, this is not the first time where the producer has been felicitated with a foreign award. He has previously been awarded by the Italian consulate itself and also the French consulate for his work in the field of art, culture and films.
Talking about his forthcoming films, Sajid Nadiadwala has announced the fourth instalment of Housefull. Housefull 4 marks the return of Sajid Khan as the director and is a funny take on reincarnation. Yet another venture that fans are eagerly looking forward to is Kick 2. It will mark the return of Sajid Nadiadwala and Salman Khan as the director – actor duo.


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Q: WebJobs - How to configure TimeTrigger RunOnStartup in appsettings? The documentation is very clear - set RunOnStartup = false in production. (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-bindings-timer?tabs=in-process&pivots=programming-language-csharp#example)
However, how do we do that without 'remembering' to change true to false in the code?
I can't see how to pass a config setting from appsettings.json like you can for the Cron String?
e.g.
public async Task DataRetentionAllTenantsAndAccounts([TimerTrigger("%App:DataRetentionAllTenantsAndAccountsCronTrigger%", RunOnStartup = true)] TimerInfo myTimer, ILogger log)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Started DataRetentionAllTenantsAndAccounts");
        log.LogInformation("Started DataRetentionAllTenantsAndAccounts");
        await _mailMiloManager.DataRetentionAllTenantsAndAccountsAsync();
    }

A: Here is the code to set RunOnStartup = True in production environment.
    public static void Run([TimerTrigger("%TimerInterval%"

#if DEBUG
,RunOnStartup=true // When debugging... run the job as soon as we press debug, no need to wait for the timer.
#endif

    )]TimerInfo myTimer)

    {

This you can do it using Visual Code. check this SO for complete information.


Institutional breakdown is one of germane problem which lead to confrontation between judiciary and military. Judicial Activism began in Pakistan when it was captained by Ch. Iftikhar Chaudhary who was appointed as the Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan. The history of Judiciary in Pakistan has been brittle; this can be ascertained from fact that Doctrine of Necessity came up. This was conceived by the Pakistani Supreme Court which granted a legal imprimatur to the military coup. In the past, the judiciary toyed the line of military regimes, even during the times of Zia-ul Haq, an ordinance was also passed which sought to enforce Islamic Law across the land. When Musharraf came to power in 1999, the judiciary functioned as a subsumed institution for military.
The Conflict between the Judiciary and Musharraf date back to last year, beginning with cases of enforced disappearances that rose alarmingly, since Pakistan became a partner in the US led war on terror. The institutional pillar i.e. Judiciary was assisted by media which has been supportive to this process. In July, 2006, Pakistani journalists working for BBC Urdu launched a ground breaking debate in Islamabad on enforced disappearances. This is when the parochial civil society began to create public awareness and facilitated collective action by the families.
On this issue, the Judiciary started confronting the executive, by hearing petitions filed by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan seeking information on 150 missing persons. A court proactive stance led to appearance of the missing persons in court bringing into question the police and administration officials. Every time a missing person was produced in the court, accountability and credibility of the officials and the system was pushed and questioned. This led Musharraf to suspend Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary. A real confrontation began between the military and judiciary. This was the first time in the history of Pakistan that the Judiciary had opened its wings and not subsumed to orders of the government of the day.
After suspension of the Chief Justice there followed a four month long protests of the lawyers all over Pakistan. Iftikhar Chaudhary traveled the important cities of Pakistan and was received with rousing welcome by the civil society of Pakistan. Theoretically speaking, the institutional mobilization led to creation of a movement among the civil society groups which began to oppose the military imposed democracy in Pakistan. Standoff continued till July 2007 when Chaudhary was reinstated by a full bench of the Supreme Court.
The chain of events which followed after reinstatement of Chaudhary as Chief Justice, were the petition of Nawaz Sharif on the question of right to return and participate in politics ' which was upheld by the Supreme Court on August 23, 2007 . The confrontation between Musharraf and the Judiciary, went to new high when Nawaz Sharif former Prime Minister was deported back to Saudi Arabia within hours of his arrival in Islamabad on September 10, 2007. The lawyers of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) filed a contempt case with a long list of respondents for violating the court verdict. The hearings soon falsified the government's claims that Sharif had left `voluntarily', bound by his `agreement' with the Musharraf government soon after the military coup of 1999. Sharif's departure from Pakistan came up as a well hatched plan at the highest level.
At the same time, the apex court was reviewing a petition regarding the regarding the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) that President Gen. Musharraf promulgated on Oct. 5, 2007 a day before the presidential elections. The NRO cleared the way for another former twice-elected prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, to return to Pakistan without being arrested for the corruption charges she faced after being ousted from power in 1996.
The schism took a new turn when Pakistan's Supreme Court was to give its ruling on Musharraf election as a military President. The court heard the petitions which challenged Musharraf's right to hold the posts of President and Army Chief, the legality of being elected in uniform, and whether he can get a mandate from outgoing assemblies before the general elections due in mid-January. The verdict was expected to be against Musharraf's re-election as a President in uniform. According to Stratfor, in Pakistan, Musharraf caught wind of the Supreme Court's plans to dislodge him from power, leaving him with no choice but to resort to his last option: declaring an emergency rule and holding onto power through force. In order to assert his authority over judiciary, he imposed emergency on 3 November, 2007. C. J. Chaudhary reacted promptly by convening a seven member bench, which issued an interim order against this action. He also ordered the armed forces of Pakistan not to obey any illegal orders. Subsequently, the 111 Brigade entered the Supreme Court and arrested the Chief Justice and other judges of Supreme Court and arrested them.
Musharraf made the move to impose an emergency for his own political survival rather than the survival of the regime. There was great pressure on Musharraf all quarters of the society, to shed his uniform. His power and legitimacy would have been reduced after becoming a civilian President and subsuming to the Judiciary. No military dictator would accept the command of civilian institution, which would weaken his power. As pointed out by Foucalt 'Power is everywhere...because it comes from everywhere'. One of the bases of power as defined by social psychologists French and Raven (1959) is Legitimate Power which refers to power of an individual which gains importance due to his relative position and duties of the holder of the position within an organization. This theory may be relevant to an organisation but can very well be applied to a nation state also. Legitimate Power is formal authority delegated to the holder of the position. It is usually accompanied by various attributes of power such as in uniforms. In the same way, Musharraf would not wish that his legitimate power be sacrificed to another civilian institution i.e. the Judiciary.
The Judiciary had to bow down after the imposition of emergency in Pakistan. Nearly 60% of the judges had been ousted from office either because they were not invited to take a new oath of office, or because they refused to take oath. The declaration of martial law led to the appointment of the Pro- Musharraf Chief Justice Dogar. The new Supreme Court declared the verdict of the seven judges against the emergency null and void. Aitzaz Ahsan emerged as a strategic thinker behind the movement to support reinstatement of Ch. Iftikar Chaudhary after revocation of the emergency. He revived the lawyer's movements by forging linkages with politicians. Ahsan was placed on house arrest and several thousand of anti Musharraf lawyers were arrested by the Pakistan Rangers.
Musharraf was able to convince the U.S. officials on curtailing the judiciary, statements made by senior U.S. officials calling for end of the emergency rule stressed the need for holding free and fair elections, free media but did not mention anything about autonomy of the judiciary in Pakistan. Musharraf has done much to undermine already denuded institutions of which judiciary was also a part.
Assanisation of Bhutto on December 27 has, unfortunately, overshadowed the lawyer's movement in Pakistan. Confrontation between the judiciary and Musharraf has taken a back seat for moment. The institutional framework which has weakened due to the excessive interference of military reducing autonomy of judiciary leads to the big question: Will the forthcoming elections renew Pakistan's civil institutions?


dc.description.abstract Finding the most appropriate strategy for the prevention of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in young children is essential in countries like Niger with annual "hunger gaps." Options for large-scale prevention include distribution of supplementary foods, such as fortified-blended foods or lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNSs) with or without household support (cash or food transfer). To date, there has been no direct controlled comparison between these strategies leading to debate concerning their effectiveness. We compared the effectiveness of seven preventive strategies-including distribution of nutritious supplementary foods, with or without additional household support (family food ration or cash transfer), and cash transfer only-on the incidence of SAM and MAM among children aged 6-23 months over a 5-month period, partly overlapping the hunger gap, in Maradi region, Niger. We hypothesized that distributions of supplementary foods would more effectively reduce the incidence of acute malnutrition than distributions of household support by cash transfer.
html.description.abstract Finding the most appropriate strategy for the prevention of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in young children is essential in countries like Niger with annual "hunger gaps." Options for large-scale prevention include distribution of supplementary foods, such as fortified-blended foods or lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNSs) with or without household support (cash or food transfer). To date, there has been no direct controlled comparison between these strategies leading to debate concerning their effectiveness. We compared the effectiveness of seven preventive strategies-including distribution of nutritious supplementary foods, with or without additional household support (family food ration or cash transfer), and cash transfer only-on the incidence of SAM and MAM among children aged 6-23 months over a 5-month period, partly overlapping the hunger gap, in Maradi region, Niger. We hypothesized that distributions of supplementary foods would more effectively reduce the incidence of acute malnutrition than distributions of household support by cash transfer.
Effect of ready-to-use foods for preventing child undernutrition in Niger: analysis of a prospective intervention study over 15 months of follow-up.
Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries.


"I am the Queen of Heaven. Love my Son, for he is most worthy; when you have him, you have all that is worthwhile. He is also most desirable; when you have him, you have all that is desirable. Love him, too, for he is most virtuous; when you have him, you have every virtue. I want to tell you how wonderful his love for my body and soul was and how much he honored my name. My Son loved me before I loved him, since he is my Creator.
He united my father and mother in a marriage so chaste that there could not be found a more chaste marriage at that time. They never wanted to come together except in accordance with the Law, and only then with the intention to bring forth offspring.
When an angel revealed to them that they would give birth to the Virgin from whom the salvation of the world would come, they would rather have died than to come together in carnal love; lust was dead in them. I assure you that when they did come together, it was because of divine love and because of the angel's message, not out of carnal desire, but against their will and out of a holy love for God. In this way, my flesh was put together by their seed and through divine love. Then, when my body had been made and formed, God infused the created soul into it from his divinity, and the soul was immediately sanctified along with the body, and the angels guarded and served it day and night. When my soul was sanctified and joined to its body, my mother felt such great joy that it would have been impossible to describe it!
Afterwards, when my lifetime had been accomplished, my Son first raised up my soul - for it was the mistress of the body - to a more excellent place than others in heaven, right next to his Divinity. Later, he also raised up my body in such a manner that no other creature's body is so close to God as mine. See how much my Son loved my soul and body! Yet, there are some people with a malevolent spirit who deny that I was assumed into Heaven, body and soul, and also others who simply do not know any better. But this is a most certain truth: I, with body and soul, was assumed to the Divinity!
Hear now how much my Son honored my name! My name is Mary, as it is said in the Gospel. When the angels hear this name, they rejoice in their mind and thank God for the great mercy that he worked through me and with me and because they see my Son's Humanity glorified in his Divinity. Those within the fire of purgatory rejoice exceedingly, just like a sick and bedridden man does if he receives a word of comfort that pleases his soul: he is suddenly overjoyed! When the good angels hear my name, they immediately move closer to the righteous for whom they are guardians, and rejoice over their progress in good deeds and virtues.
All humans have been given both good angels for their protection, and bad angels to test them. The good angels are not separated from God; they serve the soul without leaving God. They are constantly in his sight. Yet they work to inflame and incite the soul to do good. All the demons, however, shudder with fear at the name of Mary! When they hear the name, "Mary", they immediately release a soul out of the claws with which they had held her. Just as a bird or hawk, with its claws and beak embedded into its prey, releases it immediately if it hears a sound, but soon returns when it sees that no action follows, so do the demons - frightened when they hear my name – release the soul. But they return and fly back as fast as an arrow if no improvement follows.
No one is so cold in his love of God (unless he is damned) that he will not experience the devil releasing him from his habitual sins if only he invokes my name with the true intention of never returning to his evil deeds. The devil will never return to him unless he resumes the will to commit mortal sins. Sometimes, though, the devil is allowed to trouble him for the sake of his greater reward. However, the devil shall never own him.
The words of Virgin Mary to her daughter, presenting a useful lesson about how she should live, and describing many wonderful things about the suffering of Christ.
"I am the Queen of Heaven, the Mother of God. I told you to wear a brooch on your chest. I will now show you more fully how, from the beginning, when I first heard and understood that God existed, I always, and with fear, was concerned about my salvation and my observance of his commandments. But when I learned more about God - that he was my Creator and the judge of all my actions - I loved him more dearly, and I was constantly fearful and watchful so as to not offend him by word or deed.
Later, when I heard that he had given the Law and the commandments to the people and worked such great miracles through them, I made a firm decision in my soul to never love anything but him, and all worldly things became most bitter to me. When still later I heard that God himself would redeem the world and be born of a Virgin, I was seized by such great love for him that I thought of nothing but God and desired nothing but him. I withdrew myself, as much as I was able, from the conversation and presence of parents and friends, and I gave away all my possessions to the poor, and kept nothing for myself but meager food and clothing.
Nothing was pleasing to me but God! I always wished in my heart to live until the time of his birth, and perhaps, deserve to become the unworthy handmaid of the Mother of God. I also promised in my heart to keep my virginity, if this was acceptable to him, and to have no possessions in the world. However, if God wanted otherwise, my will was that his will, not mine, be done; for I believed that he could do all things and wanted nothing but what was beneficial and best for me. Therefore, I entrusted all my will to him.
When the time approached for the virgins to be presented in the temple of the Lord, I was also among them due to the devout compliance of my parents to the Law. I thought to myself that nothing was impossible for God, and since he knew that I wanted and desired nothing but him, I knew that he could protect my virginity, if it pleased him. However, if not, I wanted his will to be done. After I had heard all the commandments in the temple, I returned home, burning even more now than ever before with the love of God, being inflamed daily with new fires and desires of love.
For this reason, I withdrew myself even more from everyone, and was alone day and night, fearing greatly, and most of all, that my mouth should say anything, or my ears hear anything against the will of my God, or that my eyes see anything alluring or harmful. I was also afraid in the silence, and very worried that I might be silent about things of which I should, instead, have spoken.
While I was worried in my heart like this, alone by myself and placing all my hope in God, an inspiration about God's great power came over me, and I recalled how the angels and everything created serve him, and how his glory is indescribable and unlimited. While I was thus fascinated by this thought, I saw three wonderful things: I saw a star, but not the kind that shines in the sky; I saw a light, but not the kind that shines in this world; I smelled a fragrance, but not of herbs or anything else of this world. It was most delightful and truly indescribable, and it filled me up so completely that I jubilated with joy!
After this, I immediately heard a voice - but not from a human mouth - and when I heard it, I shuddered with the great fear that it might be an illusion, or a mockery by an evil spirit. But shortly after this, an angel of God appeared before me; he was like the most handsome of men, but not in the flesh as is the body of a created man, and he said to me: 'Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee!' When I heard this, I wondered what he meant and why he had come to me with such a greeting, for I knew and believed that I was unworthy of any such thing - or any good thing! However, I also knew that nothing is impossible for God, if he desires it.
When I had heard these words of the angel, I felt the most fervent desire to become the Mother of God, and my soul spoke out of love and desire, saying: 'See, here I am; your will be done in me!' With these words, my Son was conceived in my womb to the indescribable joy of my soul and my every limb! While I had him in my womb, I bore him without any pain, without any heaviness or discomfort. I humbled myself in all things, knowing that he whom I bore was the Almighty!
When I gave birth to him, it was also without any pain or sin, just as I had conceived him, but with such exaltation and joy of soul and body that my feet did not feel the ground where they had been standing because of this indescribable joy! Just as he had entered my limbs to the joy of all my soul, he left my body, leaving my virginity intact, and my soul and whole body in a state of indescribable joy and jubilation.
When I gazed upon and contemplated his beauty, joy seeped through my soul like dewdrops and I knew myself to be unworthy of such a son. But when I considered the places where (as I had learned from the predictions of the prophets) nails would be pierced through his hands and feet at the crucifixion, my eyes filled with tears and my heart was almost torn apart by sorrow.
When my Son saw my weeping eyes, he became almost deathly saddened. However, when I considered his divine power, I was consoled again in knowing that this was what he wanted and that it should happen in this way, and I joined all my will to his. So my joy was always mixed with sorrow.
When the time of my Son's suffering arrived, his enemies seized him and struck him on the cheek and neck, spat at him and ridiculed him. Then he was led to the pillar of torture where he voluntarily removed his clothes and placed his hands around the pillar, and his enemies then mercilessly bound them. When he stood bound at the pillar, he had no covering at all, but stood naked as he had been born, suffering the shame of his nakedness.
Then all my Son's friends fled from him, and his enemies came together from all directions and stood there, scourging his body, which was pure from every stain and sin. I was standing nearby, and at the very first lashing, I fell down as if I were dead. When I regained consciousness, I saw his body whipped and scourged so badly that the ribs were visible! What was even more terrible – when the whip was pulled out, his flesh was furrowed and torn by it, just as the earth is by a plough! As my Son was standing there, all bloody and wounded, so that no place could be found on him that was still intact and no sound spot could be scourged, then someone present there, aroused in spirit, asked: 'Are you going to kill him before he is even judged?' And he cut off his bonds immediately.
Then my Son put his clothes back on, and I saw that the place where he had been standing was filled with blood! By observing my Son's footprints, I could see where he had walked because the ground was bloody there as well. They did not even wait for him to get dressed, but pushed and dragged him to make him hurry up. While my Son was being led away like a robber, he wiped the blood from his eyes. When he had been sentenced to death, they placed the cross on him so that he could carry it to the place of suffering. When he had carried it for a while, a man came along and took the cross to carry it for him. As my Son was going to the place of suffering, some people hit him on the neck, while others hit him in the face. He was so brutally and forcefully beaten that, although I did not see who hit him, I heard the sound of the blow clearly. When I reached the place of suffering with him, I saw all the instruments of his death lying there ready. When my Son got there, he took off his clothes by himself.
The executioners and the crucifiers said to each other: 'These are our clothes! He will not get them back because he is condemned to death!' As my Son was standing there, naked as he had been born, a man came running up and handed him a cloth with which he joyfully covered his private parts. Then the cruel executioners seized him and stretched him out on the cross. First, they fastened his right hand to the wooden beam (which was fashioned with holes for the nails), piercing the hand at the place where the bone was most solid and firm. Then they pulled out his other hand with a rope and fastened it, in a similar way, to the beam. Next they crucified the right foot - with the left foot on top of it - with two nails, so that all his sinews and veins were stretched so much that they burst. After they had done this, they put the crown of thorns on his head. It cut into my Son's venerable head so deeply that his eyes were filled with blood as it flowed down, his ears were blocked by it, and his beard was totally soaked with it. As he stood there, so bloody and pierced, he felt sorry for me, for I was standing nearby and crying. Looking with his blood-filled eyes upon my nephew, John, he commended me to his care. At that moment I heard some people saying that my Son was a robber! Others said that he was a liar, and others that no one deserved to die more than did my Son!
By this time, his eyes seemed half-dead. His cheeks were sunken, his face was sorrowful, his mouth open, and his tongue was bloody. His stomach was pressed in towards his back because of all the liquid that had been lost. It was as if he had no intestines. All of his body was pale and languid because of the loss of blood. His hands and feet were very rigidly outstretched, for they had been extended and made to conform to the shape of the cross. His beard and hair were completely soaked with blood. When my Son stood there so bruised and pale blue, only his heart was still vigorous, for it was of the best and strongest nature. He had taken from my flesh the most pure and well-wrought body. His skin was so thin and tender that blood flowed out of it instantly if he was scourged even slightly. His blood was so fresh that it could be seen inside the pure skin. And because he had the very best constitution, life contended with death in his pierced body. Sometimes the pain from his pierced limbs and sinews rose up to his heart, which was still completely vigorous and unhurt and tormented it with the most unendurable pain and suffering. Sometimes the pain descended from his heart into his wounded limbs and, in so doing, prolonged his bitter death.
Surrounded by these pains, my Son beheld his weeping friends who, with his help, would rather have suffered his pain themselves or have burned in hell for all time than to see him tortured in this way. His sorrow over his friends' sorrow exceeded all the bitterness and grief which he had endured in body and heart, for he loved them so tenderly. Then, out of the exceedingly great suffering and anguish of his body, he cried out on account of his Manhood to the Father: 'Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.' When I, his most sorrowful Mother heard his voice, my whole body trembled in the bitter pain of my heart. As often as I later thought on this cry, it was as if still present and fresh in my ears.
When his death drew near, his heart burst because of the violence of the pain. His whole body convulsed, and his head raised itself a little, and then dropped down again. His mouth was open and his tongue was completely bloody. His hands retracted a little from the place of the nail holes, and his feet were made to bear more of the weight of his body. His fingers and arms were stretched out somewhat, and his back was tightly pressed against the cross.
Then some people said to me: 'Your Son is dead, Mary!' But others said: 'He is dead, but he will rise again.' When everyone was going away, a man came and thrust his spear into his side so forcefully that it almost went out the other side! When the spear was pulled out, its point appeared to be red with blood. It seemed to me then, when I saw my beloved Son's heart pierced, that my own heart had been pierced as well!
Then he was taken down from the cross and I received his body onto my lap. He looked like a leper, and was completely covered with bruises and blood. His eyes were lifeless and filled with blood, his mouth as cold as ice, his beard like string, his face paralyzed, and his hands were so stiffened that they could not be bent over his chest, but only over his stomach, near the navel. I had him on my knee just as he had been on the cross: stiffened in all his limbs.
After this, they laid him in a clean linen cloth and I dried his limbs with my own linen cloth and closed his eyes and mouth, which he had opened when he died. Then they laid him in the grave. I would willingly have been placed alive in the grave with my Son if it had been his will! When these things were done, good John came and brought me home. Behold, my daughter, what my Son has endured for you, and love him with all your heart!
 Explanation from Book 7 - Chapter 15: "Then the crown of thorns, which they had removed from his head when he was being crucified, they now put back, fitting it onto his most holy head. It pricked his awesome head with such force that then and there his eyes were filled with flowing blood and his ears were obstructed."
Our Lord Jesus Christ's words to His bride about how He willingly delivered himself up to be crucified by His enemies, and about the way to be abstinent in all members of the body from all illicit movements after His most sweet example of suffering.


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Návštěvní hodiny je československý televizní film z roku 1986 režírovaný Pavlem Hášou.

Děj
Otec Karla, Míly, Máni a Honzy se dostane do nemocnice. Jeho děti ho chodí navštěvovat během návštěvních hodin v nemocnici. Otec chce, aby si děti nechali dům, který postavil, ale nikdo z nich ho nechce. Véna s Máňou jsou zběhlí v zachraňování starých věcí, které se ještě mohou hodit, tak na jednu návštěvu přijdou s nalezeným kobercem. Véna občas holí pana Zoulu.

Honza vystudoval vysokou školu, ale při jedné z návštěv se otci zmíní, že má v práci problém s tím, že mluví jako kniha. Otec se tomu diví a Honza pak musí přiznat, že skončil se svým místem, kde pracoval hlavou, a našel si manuální práci.

Sourozenci se nakonec domluví, že otci řeknou, že si dům nakonec nechají. To také otci řeknou, otec je za to rád. Po návštěvě se sejdou sourozenci spolu se svými partnery a jediný Karel je proti tomu, aby si dům nechali. Ostatní sourozenci ho ale přesvědčí, že když už to otci slíbili, že bude správné, když si dům nechají.

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Československé dramatické filmy
Televizní filmy z roku 1986
Československé televizní filmy


Monsanto set to help fight spreading "super-weeds"
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 27 (Reuters) - Monsanto Co MON.N, said on Thursday it will restructure its herbicide products in an effort to help combat the spreading environmental woes of herbicide-resistant weeds, also known as "super weeds," which many critics have blamed on the chemical giant.
"We need to get in front of this," Monsanto chairman Hugh Grant said in a conference call with analysts.
Grant acknowledged that weed resistance was a problem for U.S. cotton farmers, and was emerging as a bigger problem for soybean farmers. But he said the issue was not yet a big problem for corn farmers.
Monsanto is the world's leading seed company and purveyor of the popular Roundup herbicide.
The company's development of glyphosate-tolerant biotech soybeans, corn and cotton and its push for farmers to use its glyphosate-based Roundup with those crops has accelerated herbicide usage and consequently weed resistance to an environmentally dangerous level, critics have charged.
Experts estimate glyphosate-resistant weeds have infested close to 11 million acres so far. More than 130 types of weeds have developed levels of herbicide resistance in more than 40 U.S. states, more resistant weeds than found in any other country, according to weed scientists.
"It is too bad it has taken this long for Monsanto to get serious about addressing this problem," said Charles Benbrook, chief scientist at The Organic Center and former executive Director of the agriculture board of the National Academy of Sciences.
"If solid glyphosate-resistance management plans had been put in place three or four years ago, the worst of the problem could have been prevented," he said.
Grant said Monsanto would create a new product offering that would combine Roundup with complementary chemicals for a new weed control regimen at a lower cost than farmers are paying today.
Monsanto officials said currently a southern U.S. cotton farmer is paying $40 to $60 an acre in weed control measures, up from $20 to $25 an acre a few years ago.
Weed resistance to glyphosate has been mounting across the United States in recent years as Monsanto's genetically modified "Roundup Ready" corn, soybeans and other crops that withstand dousings of the herbicide have gained popularity with farmers.
The vast majority of U.S. acreage devoted to those crops is now planted with Roundup Ready varieties.
Monsanto introduced the genetically altered crops as efficiency enhancements for farmers.
But environmentalists and other critics claim with the Roundup Ready crops, herbicide usage has risen to such a level that weeds have developed resistance levels that make it difficult to kill them, which in turn leads farmers to boost use of other types of herbicides.
Last year, a report by the Organic Center (TOC), the Union for Concerned Scientists (UCS) and the Center for Food Safety (CFS) said that weed resistance was directly tied to the rapid increase of herbicide use, which grew by 383 million pounds from 1996 to 2008, with 46 percent of the total increase occurring in 2007 and 2008.
Monsanto's shares slid sharply Thursday as the company also said it was adjusting its profit outlook downward as it trims back its herbicide business overall.
Shares fell more than 8 percent to the lowest levels in more than three years after the company said it now expects fiscal-year 2010 earnings per share to be $2.40 to $2.60 on an ongoing basis, and $2.15 to $2.41 on an as-reported basis.


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Twitter CEO defends Trump ban, cites threats to physical safety
Jack Dorsey said the company was in an untenable position but that barring users was not a long-term solution.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.Chris Wattie / REUTERS
Jan. 14, 2021, 1:40 AM UTC / Source: NBC News
By David Ingram
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday defended the company's decision last week to permanently ban President Donald Trump.
"After a clear warning we'd take this action, we made a decision with the best information we had based on threats to physical safety both on and off Twitter," Dorsey said in a thread on Twitter, talking about the ban for the first time.
I do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban @realDonaldTrump from Twitter, or how we got here. After a clear warning we'd take this action, we made a decision with the best information we had based on threats to physical safety both on and off Twitter. Was this correct?
— jack (@jack) January 14, 2021
He said the circumstances were "extraordinary and untenable," forcing Twitter staff to put all of its focus on public safety.
"Offline harm as a result of online speech is demonstrably real, and what drives our policy and enforcement above all," he said.
The reference to physical threats echoes concerns by law enforcement and private sector intelligence analysts who said there was a significant uptick in violent rhetoric and planning on the internet around last week's siege of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.
Concerns that violence could be repeated have continued into this week, with state and federal authorities preparing for potential violence in Washington, D.C., and at state capitals.
But Dorsey also said he was concerned about the long-term implications of so many tech companies cutting ties with the outgoing president, a phenomenon known as deplatforming. He said any ban is a "failure" by the company to promote healthy conversation.
"This moment in time might call for this dynamic, but over the long term it will be destructive to the noble purpose and ideals of the open internet," he said.
Twitter permanently bans Trump, citing 'risk of further incitement of violence'
Jan. 9, 202102:30
In a nod to allegations that the Trump ban amounts to censorship or highlights the power that's concentrated in Silicon Valley, Dorsey said that "a company making a business decision to moderate itself is different from a government removing access, yet can feel much the same."
Dorsey said he did not believe the actions by tech companies were coordinated. He also said Twitter was continuing to work toward building a decentralized social media standard that would limit the influence of any one company.
Twitter's ban of Trump was years in the making after the president repeatedly violated Twitter's rules, including its ban on making threats. The San Francisco tech company rewrote part of its rulebook in 2018 to allow world leaders to remain on the platform even after violating some rules, a change that followed complaints about Trump and that the company said was necessary for holding leaders accountable.
Anti-Trump protesters for years put personal blame on Dorsey for not kicking Trump off the platform, calling the executive "complicit" in the president's actions.
This story first appeared on NBCNews.com.
David Ingram
David Ingram covers tech for NBC News.


The extracellular matrix is an integral and dynamic component of all tissues. Macromolecular compositions and structural architectures of the matrix are tissue-specific and typically are strongly influenced by the magnitude and direction of biomechanical forces experienced as part of normal tissue function. Fibrous extracellular networks of collagen and elastin provide the dominant response to tissue mechanical forces. These matrix proteins enable tissues to withstand high tensile and repetitive stresses without plastic deformation or rupture. Here we provide an overview of the hierarchical molecular and supramolecular assembly of collagens and elastic fibers, and review their capacity for mechanical behavior in response to force. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Fibrosis: Translation of basic research to human disease.
Structural disorder and protein elasticity.
(2011) Wight T.N. et al.
Connective tissues: matrix composition and its relevance to physical therapy.
Collagens, modifying enzymes and their mutations in humans, flies and worms.
The role of collagen in bone strength. (2006) S Viguet-Carrin et al.
CRTAP Is Required for Prolyl 3- Hydroxylation and Mutations Cause Recessive Osteogenesis Imperfecta (2006) Morello Roy et al.
The virophage as a unique parasite of the giant mimivirus (2008) Bernard La Scola et al.
New insights into elastic fiber assembly. (2007) Jessica E Wagenseil et al.
Designed biomaterials to mimic the mechanical properties of muscles (2010) Shanshan Lv et al.
Glycosaminoglycans: key players in cancer cell biology and treatment (2012) Nikos Afratis et al.
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs): Positive and negative regulators in tumor cell adhesion (2010) Bourboulia Dimitra et al.
Biomaterial systems for mechanosensing and actuation (2009) Peter Fratzl et al.
Extracellular matrix molecules: potential targets in pharmacotherapy. (2009) Hannu Järveläinen et al.
TANGO1 Facilitates Cargo Loading at Endoplasmic Reticulum Exit Sites (2009) Saito Kota et al.
Mammalian collagen receptors. (2007) Birgit Leitinger et al.
The Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, a disorder with many faces (2012) A De Paepe et al.
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Glycosylation in cancer: mechanisms and clinical implications (2015) Salomé S. Pinho et al.


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Tra i suoi film i più importanti si segnalano Attimo per attimo (1978), The Hollywood Knights (1980), Vivere e morire a Los Angeles (1985) e Il burbero (1986), quest'ultimo accanto ad Adriano Celentano. Nel 1988 recita con Mickey Rourke, all'epoca suo marito, nel film Homeboy. È apparsa anche in altre note serie tv come Miami Vice, Crime Story, Vega$, Starsky & Hutch e MacGruder & Loud.

Biografia
Primogenita di sei figli, il padre Ron Feuer è un musicista che ha suonato per artisti come Paul Anka, mentre la madre, Rusty Feuer, è una ballerina che ha preso parte a qualche film in ruoli minori. La sorella Tamara è una pittrice. Il fratello Ian è stato un calciatore professionista, nel ruolo di portiere in Belgio e in Inghilterra. Cresciuta a Las Vegas in una famiglia benestante, fin da bambina coltiva il sogno di diventare un'attrice. Dopo aver terminato gli studi alla Chaperel, frequenta corsi di recitazione. Appare per la prima volta in un ruolo minore nel film Al di là della ragione (1977) di Telly Savalas, col nome di Debbie Feuer; successivamente lavora in diversi film sia per il cinema sia per la televisione, come Coppia di regine, suo primo ruolo da protagonista, Attimo per attimo insieme a John Travolta, The Hollywood Knights, che la rende celebre, e Red Flag The Ultimate Game. Nel 1981, durante le riprese di Hardcase, conosce Mickey Rourke, con il quale si sposa dopo la conclusione del film.

Nel 1985 viene chiamata dal regista William Friedkin in Vivere e morire a Los Angeles, accanto a Willem Dafoe, per interpretare il ruolo della seducente "pupa" del boss Bianca Torres, ruolo che le farà guadagnare una certa fama a livello internazionale. Nel 1986 viene scelta da Castellano e Pipolo come partner di Adriano Celentano nel film Il burbero nei panni dell'avvenente cameriera Mary Cimino. Nel 1988 è insieme al marito Mickey Rourke in Homeboy di Michael Seresin, storia di un pugile che s'innamora di una ragazza di campagna, in cui recita nel ruolo di Ruby. Nello stesso anno prende parte a un episodio di Miami Vice, Congiura di palazzo, nelle vesti di Celeste Carrera. Nel 1989 è nel cast di Desperado: The Outlaw Wars, terzo e ultimo capitolo della saga western, nel ruolo di Maggie, la donna di Sikes. Successivamente prende parte ad alcune produzioni minori, quali l'horror La regina dell'inferno (1990), il drammatico Under Cover of Darkness (1992) e due cortometraggi, Frank's Angel (1995) e No Pussyfooting (2000) che sono i suoi ultimi film.

Vita privata
È stata sposata dal 1981 al 1990 con l'attore Mickey Rourke. Successivamente è stata legata al cameraman Scott Fuller, dal quale nel 1998 ha avuto una figlia di nome Jessica Ruby. Dopo il ritiro è diventata insegnante di yoga e vive a Los Angeles.

Filmografia

Cinema
Al di là della ragione (Beyond Reason), regia di Telly Savalas (1977)
Attimo per attimo (Moment by Moment), regia di Jane Wagner (1978)
The Hollywood Knights, regia di Floyd Mutrux (1980)
Vivere e morire a Los Angeles (To Live and Die in Los Angeles), regia di William Friedkin (1985)
Il burbero, regia di Castellano e Pipolo (1986)
Homeboy (Ragazzo di famiglia), regia di Michael Seresin (1988)
La regina dell'inferno (Night Angel), regia di Dominique Othenin-Girard (1990)
Under Cover of Darkness, regia di Walter Pitt (1992)
Frank's Angel, regia di Suse Uhlenbrock (1995)
No Pussyfooting, regia di Yeal Russcol - cortometraggio (2000)

Televisione
Starsky & Hutch - serie TV, 2 episodi (1977)
Fantasilandia (Fantasy Island) - serie TV, 1 episodio (1978)
Lil Abner in The Dogpatch Today - film TV (1978)
Coppia di regine (Lacy and the Mississippi Queen), regia di Robert Butler - film TV (1978)
Love Boat (The Love Boat) - serie TV, 1 episodio (1978)
Angeli volanti (Flying High) - serie TV, 1 episodio (1978)
Hazzard (The Dukes of Hazzard) - serie TV, 1 episodio (1979)
Vega$ - serie TV, 1 episodio (1980)
Red Flag: The Ultimate Game, regia di Don Taylor - film TV (1981)
Hardcase, regia di Lee Katzin - film TV (1981)
MacGruder & Loud - serie TV, 1 episodio (1985)
Crime Story - serie TV, 1 episodio (1987)
Miami Vice - serie TV, 2 episodi (1988)
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars, regia di Egbert Swackhamer - film TV (1989)

Doppiatrici italiane
Micaela Pignatelli in Vivere e morire a Los Angeles
Claudia Balboni ne Il burbero
Cristiana Lionello in Miami Vice
Giuppy Izzo in Homeboy
Serena Verdirosi in Desperado The Outlaw Wars

Collegamenti esterni

Attori televisivi statunitensi
Germano-statunitensi


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Apparently, devious acts such as those of Fisher's have been something the NBA has spent a lot of time worrying about and focusing on. That's why the NBA took steps this past summer to institute a no-flopping rule, which went into effect at the start of this season.
The league describes "flopping" basically as players trying to fool the referees into believing that an opponent charged into them and subsequently committed an offensive foul. Those found guilty will receive a one-time warning, and then will be fined $5,000 for their second infraction, $10,000 for the third offense, $15,000 for a fourth violation and $30,000 for the fifth flop.
On a player's sixth flop, he will be subjected to an increased fine and/or suspension.
When a player is alleged to have flopped, the league reviews the film and then decides if the actions were severe enough to issue a flopping infraction.
Fisher, a Dallas Mavericks point guard who doubles as the president of the National Basketball Players Association, has a problem with that process.
"Obviously as a player you want the game to be played in the full spirit of the game, so you want the rules and the focus on rules to be about showcasing our athletes, our talent, our players," Fisher said. "I think it's tough to be able to review plays after the game is over and make a decision on whether or not a guy was flopping.
"But so far it doesn't seem to be causing much of an issue. Hopefully it's something that won't be an issue too much going forward."
Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle was on the NBA's Competition Committee that helped get the "flopping" rule implemented. Carlisle admits that coaches, players and front-office personnel just want a level playing field, and "flopping" unfairly tilts the field.
"It's a part of the game that nobody likes," Carlisle said. "If you ask anybody globally, they will tell you that it's something that makes the game look bad.
"So there's a strong groundswell from fans, coaches, players, from everybody, to try and eliminate it. And we felt the only way to do it is to have consequences for it."
So far, only nine players have suffered the consequences from flopping. And a pair of Brooklyn Nets forwards -- Reggie Evans and Gerald Wallace -- are the only players with more than one flop.
Evans and Wallace have each been charged with two flops, and have been fined $5,000 apiece.
Also, Minnesota's J.J. Barea, Cleveland's Donald Sloan, Oklahoma City's Kevin Martin, Atlanta's Zaza Pachulia, Houston's Patrick Patterson and Omer Asik, and Chauncey Billups of the Los Angeles Clippers have each received one flopping warning infraction.
Barea, who was brought onto the carpet by the NBA for flopping in his team's season opener against the Sacramento Kings, was aghast that his defensive play was ruled a flop.
"They gave me a warning," Barea said. "I was real surprised, but after that nothing else has happened."
Barea, however, isn't blaming the NBA for attempting to clean up some of the league's dark and dirty little secrets.
"I think the NBA is trying to get the game better," Barea said. "I don't know if that's the right thing to do in this case, but they're trying.
"I think it's a tough rule to implement on the players. And it's hard for basketball, but we'll see."
For its part, the NBA wants players to man-up and play defense and stop engaging in any sleight of hands -- or body -- in an attempt to trick its officials.
"We have the best officials on the planet," Carlisle said. "They're not perfect, nor are officials in any league.
"The players are very clever at manipulating situations and making it appear that there are fouls when there aren't. So when you put something like this [fine] into force, it raises the level of awareness of the players that it's not OK to do it, and it has had a strong effect so far."
Players such as San Antonio's Manu Ginobili, Miami's Shane Battier, Cleveland's Anderson Varejao, Phoenix's Luis Scola, Evans, Martin and Fisher have reputations of flopping in an attempt to give their team an unfair edge. Kings guard Jimmer Fredette is on the NBA's side in this controversial issue.
"It's something that they want to have an emphasis on this year to make sure that the guys aren't doing it as much and really the game is being played the way it should be, and if you get fouled, you get fouled and the refs will call it," Fredette said. "If they think someone's flopping they'll just review it and give them a warning or a fine.
"They really have an emphasis on that this year and they want to stop it, so that's good for the NBA."
Fredette admits he's seen some really bad floppers, but he wouldn't name names.
"There are guys that do it all over the place, it's not just one guy or anything like that," Fredette said. "A lot of guys do it just to try to be competitive and sell a call and get a call at the end of the game when you really need one."
Mavericks center Chris Kaman wanted everyone to know that his name will never be on such a list.
"I've never been a flopper. I've never once flopped and tried to take a fall or fake a charge," Kaman said. "I just don't play that way. I don't think that's how you're supposed to play basketball.
"I'm not a guy that's trying to trick refs. I'm just trying to play it physical and take the contact."
Kaman said he knows who is responsible for a lion's share of the flopping.
"I won't say anything bad about Europeans," Kaman said. "But they all come over here and play the 'flop' game."
When reminded that he was of Germany descent, Kaman laughed and said: "I am from Germany."
Rick Mahorn, who won an NBA title with the Detroit Pistons in 1989, said eliminating flopping from the game helps keep the game moving faster.
"A lot of time it is an exaggerated motion, and I think most of the time the guys out there are doing a good job of acting," said Mahorn, who played 18 seasons. "It was effective for them because some guys couldn't really play man-on-man defense, so they figured they'd wait until somebody does a move, and then they'd fall."
Mahorn, who played in the NBA from 1980-99 -- with a one-year stint in Italy during that span -- said flopping was not an issue during his playing days.
"Players usually just took charges," said Mahorn, a radio analyst on the Pistons' broadcast. "You saw [Pistons teammate Bill] Laimbeer take a charge. But [Pistons teammate Dennis] Rodman, he probably was a good flopper with the exaggerated motions."
It's those "exaggerated motions" that get the best of Kings forward Thomas Robinson.
"Some stuff you can say, 'OK, that was a little extra,'" Robinson said. "I think that little extra takes away from the competitive part of the game.
"So it's a good rule because a lot of guys do get away with it, but you have times where there might have been a reaction, then somebody gets fined for flopping. It's a lose-lose, 50-50 call, so I don't have any problem with it, but it could go both ways."
In other words, it's the subjective part of the rule that angers the players and coaches. An NBA executive can look at a film -- after the fact -- and then unilaterally decide a player's fate, which is not something the players agree with.
Still, Carlisle knows that if players are honest with themselves, they know if they flopped or if they played good, hard-nosed defense.
"Generally speaking, the guys that are the floppers are smart guys," Carlisle said. "They're smart because they try to positively affect the game by fooling the referees.
"Well, they're also smart when it comes to the fact that they're going to get hit with fines that are going to increase with each additional incident. To this point, [the flopping rule has] been a very successful endeavor."
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The SCIENCE behind FRAGMENT
GLOW-IN-THE-DARK COCKROACH AMONG TOP 10 NEW SPECIES
"For decades, we have averaged 18,000 species discoveries per year which seemed reasonable before the biodiversity crisis. Now, knowing that millions of species may not survive the 21st century, it is time to pick up the pace," Quentin Wheeler, founding director of the International Institute for Species Exploration at ASU, said in a statement. "We are calling for a NASA-like mission to discover 10 million species in the next 50 years," Wheeler added.
2.6 BILLION-YEAR-OLD WATER FOUND IN DEEP MINE
One and a half miles beneath the surface of Earth in a Canadian mine, researchers have found pockets of water in rocks that have been isolated from the surface for some two billion years. The chemistry of the water could support life, the team reports today in the journal Nature -- a tantalizing discovery that raises the possibility that life-supporting water might also lie in similar kinds of rocks deep beneath the surface of Mars.
TOP SPECIES DISCOVERIES IN 2012
Thousands of species were described for the first time by scientists in 2012. Some of these were 'cryptic species' that were identified after genetic analysis distinguished them from closely related species, while others were totally novel. Either way, here are some of the "new species" highlights from 2012.
STRANGE ORGANISM HAS UNIQUE ROOTS IN THE TREE OF LIFE
A single-celled organism in Norway has been called "mankind's furthest relative." It is so far removed from the organisms we know that researchers claim it belongs to a new base group, called a kingdom, on the tree of life. "We have found an unknown branch of the tree of life that lives in this lake. It is unique! So far we know of no other group of organisms that descend from closer to the roots of the tree of life than this species," study researcher Shalchian-Tabrizi, of the University of Oslo, in Norway, said in a statement.
ISLAND OF MONTECRISTO TO BE BOMBED WITH RAT POISON AFTER RAT INFESTATION
Authorities are planning to use aircraft to bombard the island with poison pellets in a bid to tackle the infestation. Biologists estimate that there is one rat for every square yard of the island and say they pose a grave threat to the ecology of the nature reserve, which is part of a scattered archipelago of islands off Tuscany.
HAIRY, CRAZY ANTS INVADE FROM TEXAS TO MISSISSIPPI
It sounds like a horror movie: Biting ants invade by the millions. A camper's metal walls bulge from the pressure of ants nesting behind them. A circle of poison stops them for only a day, and then a fresh horde shows up, bringing babies. Stand in the yard, and in seconds ants cover your shoes. It's an extreme example of what can happen when the ants — which also can disable huge industrial plants — go unchecked. Controlling them can cost thousands of dollars. But the story is real, told by someone who's been studying ants for a decade.
A ROACH WITH THE REACH OF A GRASSHOPPER
Just four-tenths of an inch long, it can jump up to 50 body lengths in a single jump. The cockroach has large hind legs that make up 20 percent of its body weight. Its bulging eyes provide a broad field of vision that is useful while landing, said one of the study's authors, Mike Picker, an entomologist at the University of Cape Town. "The knee of the hind legs contains the elastic protein resilin," he said. "This probably restores the shape of the leg, which is bent during the forces of jumping." The leaproach "out competes locusts, which can only manage to jump 20 times body length," Dr. Picker said.
EW SPECIES OF FISH DISCOVERED NEARLY 5 MILES DEEP
"Our findings, which revealed diverse and abundant species at depths previously thought to be void of fish, will prompt a rethink into marine populations at extreme depths," said Jamieson, who led researchers from Japan and New Zealand in the project.
NEW SPECIES OF 'MONGOOSE-LIKE' CARNIVORE FOUND IN MADAGASCAR
A new species of carnivore has been discovered in Madagascar. The cat-sized, speckled brown mammal belongs to a family of mongoose-like animals found only on the Indian Ocean island, conservationists said.
It is probably one of the most threatened carnivores in the world.
ANTARCTIC SEAS EXPLODE WITH DISCOVERY
As part of the landmark Census of Marine Life(COML), a $650 million, worldwide, decade-long effort to catalogue the creatures that live in the planet's oceans, 19 different voyages collected samples from more than 2,000 locations around Antarctica. In the process, researchers inventoried 16,000 Antarctic species that are new to science.
STUNNING PHOTOS FROM 10-YEAR SEA CENSUS
The project's 500-plus expeditions have amassed a visual legacy as unique as the organisms uncovered.
208 NEW SPECIES IDENTIFIED IN MEKONG RIVER REGION
The rugged, mountainous and largely inaccessible terrain meant biologists had not even been able to enter some regions and there were large areas of New Guinea that are unexplored biologically. Sample animals were taken of a number of species and genetic testing had confirmed that they were not related to any known creature.
BEDBUGS STAGE A COMBACK IN US, EUROPE
In parts of London bedbug infestations have risen tenfold since 1996, Boase says. In the U.S. the National Pest Management Association reports a 500 percent increase in bedbug numbers in the last few years.
INVASIVE SPECIES STINK BUG THREATENS US FOOD CROPS
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CANADA TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST INVASIVE FISH
The carp have been making their way north since the 1970s and are now within 25 miles of Lake Michigan. Two electrical force fields are in place to stave them off, but scientists fear that once a few carp breach the blocks, the population will rapidly multiply.
KILLER SHRIMP ATTACK BRISTISH SHRIMP, THREATEN ECOSYSTEM
"It tends to aggressively pursue its prey, often leaving it dead but uneaten. It is known to have caused the extinction of several other species in other areas."
THE MOST BIZARRE LIFE STORY ON EARTH
There's no question that discovering a new species is very cool. But how about discovering a new phylum?
GENE RESEARCH REVEALS FOURTH HUMAN SPECIES
A fourth type of hominid, besides Neanderthals, modern humans and the tiny "hobbit", was living as recently as 40,000 years ago, according to research published in the journal Nature. The discovery by Svante Pääbo and colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, is based on DNA sequences from a finger bone fragment discovered in a Siberian cave.
SCIENTISTS GO 'GAGA' TO FIND CREATURES BENEATH 600 FEET OF ICE
In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive, scientists for the first time found a shrimp-like creature and a jellyfish frolicking beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet. Six hundred feet below the ice where no light shines, scientists had figured nothing much more than a few microbes could exist.
SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE: BLOOD WATERFALLS
It's always surprising when an entirely alien ecosystem is found on Earth. It makes me hopeful that when we start to explore other planets, we'll find life in splendid and incredible varieties. Nature is clever, vast, and has had a long long time in the lab to experiment. If we can find things so alien in a place so familiar, what will happen when we explore a truly alien world?
60 NEW SPECIES DISCOVERED ISOLATED INSIDE 2-MILE WIDE VOLCANIC CRATER IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
A lost world populated by fanged frogs, grunting fish and tiny bear-like creatures has been discovered in a remote volcanic crater on the Pacific island of Papua New Guinea. A team of scientists from Britain, the United States and Papua New Guinea found more than 40 previously unidentified species when they climbed into the kilometre-deep crater of Mount Bosavi and explored a pristine jungle habitat teeming with life that has evolved in isolation since the volcano last erupted 200,000 years ago.
GREATER MEKONG: MORE THAN 1000 NEW SPECIES DISCOVERED
"Who knows what else is out there waiting to be discovered, but what is clear is that there is plenty more where this came from," said Chapman.
REPORT ON IMPACT OF INVASIVE SPECIES IN 57 COUNTRIES RELEASED
Invasive alien species have been measured for the first time in a large scale study that included 57 countries across the globe. The Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) has released a report showing that, on average, each country has 50 non-native species that are harming the biodiversity in that country. From invasive rats causing the extinction of bird species, to the spread of chytridiomycosis - a pathogenic fungus, the results of the study are illuminating, and worrisome.
30 NEW SPECIES DISCOVERED IN MOUNTAINS OF ECUADOR
One look at a newly discovered species of gecko, small enough at its full-grown size to rest comfortably on the eraser of a pencil, and it's difficult not to be mesmerized by the seemingly boundless forms of biological diversity—while simultaneously reminded of its fragility.
GIANT NEW SPIDER SPECIES DISCOVERED
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"The new discovery shows how much we still have to investigate, and that there are likely to be many more species that are unknown to us," said Shanas.
INVASIVE SPECIES THREAT GROWING GLOBALLY, EXPERTS WARN
"This shows that although we are winning some battles in the fight against invasive species, current evidence suggests that we are losing the war."
SNAILS MOVE SLOW BUT EVOLVE FAST IN ISOLATION
...snails and similar slow-movers may split into new species more rapidly because they are more likely to love those close by, rather than go the distance for a long-distance relationship.
"HOBBIT" SPECIES ON ISLAND OF FLORES HAD SPECIALIZED BRAIN
"Our analysis, together with studies of brain size in island populations of living primates, suggests we should perhaps not be surprised by the evolution of a small brained, small bodied early human species."
USDA AWARDS MORE THAN $4 MILLION INVASIVE SPECIES RESEARCH GRANTS
"Invasive plants and animals are a major threat to food and fiber production, costing U.S. producers between $7 billion and $27 billion per year, but by doing research on controlling and managing weedy and invasive species we help protect the productivity of America's farmers and ranchers," said Merrigan.
THE VEXING BUGS IN THE GLOBAL TRADING SYSTEM
The yearly economic impact of invasive species in the U.S. is estimated at $133.6 billion, according to a study in Agricultural and Resource Economics Review in 2006.


Hogao is a Colombian sauce based around tomato and onion. It is used extensively in the South American country to flavour everything from meat and fish to vegetables and bread. During my World Cup Challenge last year I made Salmon with Hogao Sauce. Looking back it's fair to say that it was by far my favourite of all the dishes I made during that month. Since then I have tried unsuccessfully to improve upon the recipe. Extra coriander unbalances it while the addition of a little chilli turns it into something else entirely. Somethings just don't need to be tampered with! Serve this with anything, we actually enjoyed it over mussels and prawns for New Years dinner.
1. Heat the oil over a medium heat and add all of the ingredients except the coriander and seasoning to the pan. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring regularly.
2. Add the coriander and a good pinch of salt and pepper. Cook over a low heat for 10 minutes. Stir and crush the tomatoes with a wooden spoon as it's cooking. Add a little boiling water if it gets too dry (depending on tomatoes). Check for seasoning and serve.


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package com.google.security.zynamics.binnavi.Gui.GraphWindows.NodeTaggingTree.Actions;

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;

import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
import com.google.security.zynamics.binnavi.Gui.GraphWindows.NodeTaggingTree.Implementations.CTagFunctions;
import com.google.security.zynamics.binnavi.Tagging.CTag;
import com.google.security.zynamics.binnavi.yfileswrap.zygraph.ZyGraph;

/**
 * Action class used to remove a certain tag from all nodes of a graph.
 */
public final class CRemoveTagFromAllNodesAction extends AbstractAction {
  /**
   * Used for serialization.
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 3076088346942638018L;

  /**
   * Parent window used for dialogs.
   */
  private final JFrame m_parent;

  /**
   * Graph whose nodes are untagged.
   */
  private final ZyGraph m_graph;

  /**
   * The tag to remove from all the nodes of the graph.
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  private final CTag m_tag;

  /**
   * Creates a new action object.
   *
   * @param parent Parent window used for dialogs.
   * @param graph Graph whose nodes are untagged.
   * @param tag The tag to remove from all the nodes of the graph.
   */
  public CRemoveTagFromAllNodesAction(final JFrame parent, final ZyGraph graph, final CTag tag) {
    super("Remove Tag from all Nodes");

    Preconditions.checkNotNull(parent, "IE01254: Parent argument can not be null");

    Preconditions.checkNotNull(graph, "IE01255: Graph argument can not be null");

    Preconditions.checkNotNull(tag, "IE01787: Tag can't be null");

    m_parent = parent;
    m_graph = graph;
    m_tag = tag;
  }

  @Override
  public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent event) {
    CTagFunctions.removeTagFromAllNodes(m_parent, m_graph, m_tag);
  }
}

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Spotify 'Wrapped' has arrived: Here's what dominated Canadian streaming charts
Toronto's very own Drake was Canada's most streamed artist, followed by Taylor Swift and The Weeknd.
By Isaac Phan NayStaff Reporter
Ana PereiraStaff Reporter
Spotify's long-awaited annual "Wrapped" campaign is here.
On Wednesday, the platform with over 456 million listeners released the streaming data on user's mobile apps. Music lovers can now access a personalized list of their favourite bands, songs, playlists and podcasts in 2022.
Since it launched in 2016, the campaign has been embraced by music fans as a signifier of one's taste (or lack of taste), a metaphor for one's mental well-being and, of course, a meme template.
A new "Wrapped" feature tells the user what "personality type" they are out of 16 Spotify-created options, based on their listening trends.
How to see your Spotify Wrapped 2022
Users can view their "Wrapped" list on the Spotify app or their web browser.
On your phone, the list should be available on your home page. If you can't find it there, you can type "wrapped" into the search bar. (Make sure your app has been updated!)
If you want to view on your web browser, you can visit this site.
Here's what Canadians streamed last year:
On Spotify, Toronto-based rapper Drake, who released two albums and a single last year, was the most streamed artist in Canada, followed by Taylor Swift and The Weeknd.
Drake was also the third-most-streamed artist on the app globally, behind Bad Bunny and Taylor Swift.
Justin Bieber's "Stay" was the app's third-most streamed song globally.
The Weeknd also put Canada on Spotify's global charts. His album, "Dawn FM," held the fourth spot as most streamed album worldwide.
Harry Styles captivated Canadians on Spotify last year. His hit "As It Was," was Spotify's most streamed song in Canada, and was the app's most streamed song of the year with more than 1.5 billion streams worldwide. Styles' album, "Harry's House," was also the most streamed album in Canada.
Spotify Wrapped is coming. Fans await the end-of-year campaign with a mix of excitement and dread
The podcast show Canadians enjoyed streaming the most was "The Joe Rogan Experience," followed by "Call Her Daddy" and "Armchair Expert with Dax Sheppard."
Instafest: Spotify users build their personal music festival
Earlier this week, music fans discovered a free app external app called Instafest, which uses Spotify user data to build a customized music festival lineup, complete with a Coachella-esque poster. The easy-to-use app, developed by Anshay Saboo, allows you to create a custom poster based on based on different time intervals. It also gives you a "Basic Score," which apparently tells you how niche your music taste is.
Isaac Phan Nay is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto. Reach him via email: iphannay@thestar.ca
Ana Pereira is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @anabpereiraa
Drake, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift