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Bedabrata Pain's "Chittagong" to open Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
With what promises to be its most ambitious slate yet, the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles has announced its impressive 2012 lineup. 33 features, documentaries, and short films will be screened from filmmakers throughout the world including Canada, Italy, India, Germany, South Africa, UK, and the U.S. Among the offerings are three world premieres, nine U.S. premieres and twelve Los Angeles premieres. This is a banner year for the festival as it celebrates its 10th anniversary, running April 10-15 at ArcLight Hollywood in Los Angeles, the home of IFFLA since its very first year.
"We look back on our first decade with a sense of exhilaration and pride. From the very beginning, our mission was to establish a film festival that would not only pave the way for a greater appreciation of Indian cinema and culture in the U.S., but also serve as the portal between the two largest entertainment industries in the world-- the U.S. and India. Today, IFFLA stands as the barometer of Indian cinema worldwide and has become the gateway to India in Hollywood. I look forward to the next decade with zeal and I anticipate what IFFLA's board and staff will be able to achieve as the dialogue between these two film industries continues to flourish and content is being created," Christina Marouda, IFFLA's founder stated.
IFFLA programmer Stacey Marbrey noted, "now that we are in the centennial of Indian cinema, we have found that the medium has reached a global crossroad. From traditional to masala to neo-realism, this year IFFLA has seen an amazing breadth of submissions. We painstakingly choose films that represent the full spectrum of the diaspora and are very excited to introduce artists whose voices will be heard for years to come."
Opening and closing night red-carpet galas showcase the first feature works of two directors, Bedabrata Pain and Prashant Bhargava. Opening night is the world premiere of Bedabrata Pain's drama "Chittagong" and stars award-winning actor Manoj Bajpayee The film is set against the backdrop of 1930's British-occupied Chittagong on the brink of a youth led revolution, and tells the story of 14-year-old Jhunka who comes of age as he is faced with the ultimate questions of sacrifice, love, and the quest for true freedom.
Closing night's festivities will begin with the screening of director Prashant Bhargava's richly woven award-winning drama Patang that tells the story of Delhi businessman Jayesh and his daughter as they journey back to his childhood home in Ahmedabad for a family reunion during India's largest kite festival. Under the kaleidoscope of colorful kite-filled skies, a Pandora's box of family drama and past conflict is exposed. Patang has become a festival favorite playing to sold-out audiences worldwide and is making its Los Angeles premiere at IFFLA.
Among the eight feature films screening will be India's 2011 official submission in the Oscar™ foreign language category, Salim Ahmed's poetic drama Adaminte Makan Abu (Abu, Son of Adam). US premieres include Rajan Khosa's critically acclaimed Gattu which won a special mention this year at the 62nd Berlinale for capturing the ironies, the complexities and the vitality of India, and Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni's inspirational satire Deool (The Temple).
Documentaries include the world premiere of Ruchika Muchhala and Faiza Khan's fascinating look into Indian society with The Great Indian Marriage Bazaar and the US premiere of Raffaele Brunetti's Mother India which intertwines four distinct stories about India's booming fertility industry. Back by popular demand are two shorts programs consisting of 13 films, including the world premiere of Anirban Roy's Aaspordha (Audacity).
In honor of its 10th year, the festival is bringing back three of its past award winners as part of a 10th Anniversary Retrospective. Throughout 2011 the festival asked the public to vote online for their favorite film from the past decade. The films that received the most votes and selected by the public to be screened in the retrospective are past Jury Award winners for Best Narrative Feature Udaan (2011) and Black Friday (2005) as well as Audience Choice Award winner for Best Feature Loins of Punjab Presents (2008).
Also returning is the crowd pleasing Bollywood by Night sidebar which includes the highly anticipated Agent Vinod directed by Sriram Raghavan and starring Bollywood superstars Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor and Abhinay Deo's Delhi Belly produced by acclaimed Indian actor/director/producer Aamir Khan.
Wells Fargo returns for the seventh year as one of the fest's main sponsors and this year IFFLA welcomes new corporate sponsor Turkish Airlines.
Now in its 10th year, the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) is a nonprofit organization devoted to a greater appreciation of Indian cinema and culture by showcasing films, honoring entertainment industry business executives and promoting the diverse perspectives of the Indian diaspora. For more information: www.indianfilmfestival.org.
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Q: where to config database in production in laravel? after laravel is deployed to a server.
Somehow even I configured root/config/database.php
    'mysql' => [
        'driver' => 'mysql',
        'host' => env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
        'port' => env('DB_PORT', '3306'),
        'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'changed to my db name'),
        'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'changed username'),
        'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', 'changed password'),
        'charset' => 'utf8',
        'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
        'prefix' => '',
        'strict' => true,
        'engine' => null,
    ],

I changed the three fields above.  Shouldn't that the only config need to be done in order to setup the database in production?
Is there anything that I am missing about laravel 5.3?

A: You don't need to edit config file. Edit .env file instead:
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=my_db
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=some_password

A: You can config your database detail .env in root of your project
APP_ENV=local
APP_KEY=base64:n4Ecgg93Lh9YpLjCSwJG8WfgxlHjJ/aFOZkR0efXm0M=
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_LOG_LEVEL=debug
APP_URL=http://localhost

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE= 'DB NAME'
DB_USERNAME='USER NAME
DB_PASSWORD='PASSWORD'

CACHE_DRIVER=file
SESSION_DRIVER=file
QUEUE_DRIVER=sync

REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
REDIS_PASSWORD=null
REDIS_PORT=6379

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=2525
MAIL_USERNAME=null
MAIL_PASSWORD=null
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null

A: You can specify the database name in .env file
After installing Laravel is set your application key to a random string. If you installed Laravel via Composer or the Laravel installer, this key has already been set for you. In .env file you will find this key. Also you will find DB_DATABASE where you can set the name of your database.

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package com.javarush.task.task08.task0818;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/*
Только для богачей
*/

public class Solution {
    public static HashMap<String, Integer> createMap() {
        HashMap<String, Integer> hashMap = new HashMap<>();
        hashMap.put("Грибоедов", 200); // 1
        hashMap.put("Пушкин", 20000); // 2
        hashMap.put("Крылов", 2000); // 3
        hashMap.put("Тургенев", 600); // 4
        hashMap.put("Толстой", 350); // 5
        hashMap.put("Достоевский", 450); // 6
        hashMap.put("Глинка", 400); // 7
        hashMap.put("Гоголь", 1500); // 8
        hashMap.put("Некрасов", 380); // 9
        hashMap.put("Чернышевский", 440); // 10

        return hashMap;
    }

    public static void removeItemFromMap(HashMap<String, Integer> map) {
        HashMap<String, Integer> copy = new HashMap<>(map);
        for (HashMap.Entry<String, Integer> pair : copy.entrySet()) {
            if (pair.getValue() < 500) {
                map.remove(pair.getKey());
            }
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        /*
        HashMap<String, Integer> hashMap = createMap();
        hashMap.forEach((k, v) -> System.out.println("k: " + k + ", v: " + v));
        System.out.println();
        removeItemFromMap(hashMap);
        hashMap.forEach((k, v) -> System.out.println("k: " + k + ", v: " + v));
        */
    }
}

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I was the driver of the "other" car.
The police and my mother and my father and plenty of people are saying that I didn't kill her. But I know I did. That's what her parents must believe. And my brother, Jack. He always sees what's true. I want to tell him how sorry I am about the accident. I want to say a lot of things to him and to everybody — like how Cameron was smart and beautiful and kind in a way that isn't all that common in high school. Like how much Jack loved her and how sometimes I can hear him crying through the wall at night. I want to say how bad everything can get.


STEP Coalition, that consists of eight NGOs from Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro, calls on the authorities to use all available resources to respond to attacks and demolition of LGBT Social Centre in the evening 19th December 2014, the only social and cultural gathering center of LGBT community in Montenegro.
This is not the only one attack on LGBT Social Center. Within a year of its existence, this is the 25. attack on this center, and what is alarming is that the police have not shed light nor prosecuted any of these attacks. Last demolition was particularly disappointing because it was done again in the presence of the police since the security of this facility is being conducted by the same. The failure of the police and the state as a whole to stop and prosecute these attacks sends a message of fear to again invisible and frightened community and members of the LGBT population are already exhausted to ensure regular functioning and increases their regular expenses. This area is the only environment in which cultural, artistic, scientific, entertainment and social lives of the Montenegrin LGBT community occurs.
Coalition for Equality STEP strongly condemns new death threats against activists of the Gay Straight Alliance and supports this organization in the application to the Ministry of Interior and every other relevant state institutions and authorities to immediately find the perpetrators of this crime and bring them to justice.
Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) had informed the public on the 1st of April with the announcement about the repeated received death threats, this time via organization email. The latest death threats to GSA are the most brutal so far and they represent explicit calls for the killing and slaughtering of members of GSA, and "cleansing" Serbia of such organization.
STEP and GSA invite state and its institutions to clearly show the intention in efficiently devoting to systematic sanctions for threats and violence and protecting human rights defenders in Serbia.
Before the High Court in Novi Sad 13/11/2013. the public verdict accused S.S., which was found guilty of the criminal offense of Violent behavior and attempted murder.
The First instance court upheld the requirements of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office and the defendant was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of seven years – six years for attempted murder and one for violent behavior.
The Coalition for Equality STEP, welcomes the preparations for a Pride Parade in Podgorica, which is announced for the 20th of October , and calls upon Montenegrin institutions to provide the necessary support in order to make this event safe for all its participants. The relevant institutions must provide not only rhetorical support but must enable, in full capacity, the maintenance of a peaceful Pride, which primarily means ensuring the safety of the organizers and participants of Pride. Having in mind the positive experience regarding the dedication and professional attitude of police in providing safety during Sea Side Pride, held in July this year in Budva, we expect that their actions will be the same in the case of Pride in Podgorica.


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Health > Vol.5 No.9, September 2013
Physiotherapists' and occupational therapists' perceptions of the assessment of stroke patients for musculoskeletal rehabilitation in the UK national health service ()
Christopher Golby, Gillian Lewando Hundt, Vinesh Raja
1Institute of Digital Healthcare, WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Warwick Medical School University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Institute of Digital Healthcare, WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.59201 PDF HTML 2,779 Downloads 4,330 Views Citations
Background and Purpose: This exploratory study focused on the assessment of stroke patients for musculoskeletal rehabilitation in the United Kingdom National Health Service. It was the first phase of research on developing telerehabilitation for the assessment of patients who have had a stroke. The assessment of stroke patients for musculoskeletal rehabilitation is currently performed at the therapist's discretion using different outcome measures. When looking at the Department of Health's "National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke", it is stated that there are a variety of outcome measures, yet no particular one is recommended. It is specified that each rehabilitation sector should select its own methodologies. Aim: The aim of this exploratory study was to understand physiotherapists' and occupational therapists' perspectives of the strengths and weaknesses of current rehabilitative assessment of stroke patients in the UK National Health Service. Methods: This study had 2 parts, non-participant observation with 2 therapists and 3 patients, and 10 semi-structured interviews with 5 physiotherapists and 5 occupational therapists to identify current practice, problem areas, and what types of improvements could be made. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed using thematic coding. Results: Seven emergent themes were identified portraying how outcome measures are currently not being used in a standardized way within National Health Service hospitals. This means that the feedback provided to patients, therapists and healthcare commissioners is limited. Therapists are currently performing more informal assessments each time a patient begins therapy and concerns are shown with these methods of assessment, including subjectivity, standardization issues and time. Interviewed therapists were clear that they believed that change is required within this field. Conclusions: This study raises concerns about the methodologies used for the assessment of stroke patients for rehabilitative purposes in the United Kingdom National Health Service.
Stroke Rehabilitation; Musculoskeletal Assessment; Physiotherapy; Occupational Therapy
Golby, C. , Hundt, G. and Raja, V. (2013) Physiotherapists' and occupational therapists' perceptions of the assessment of stroke patients for musculoskeletal rehabilitation in the UK national health service. Health, 5, 1478-1485. doi: 10.4236/health.2013.59201.
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Looking Over the Goodwill at Constellation Brands
These Fools read between the lines to tease out the less-than-stellar truth behind Constellation Brands' seemingly impressive quarter.
Motley Fool Staff
Apr 21, 2016 at 9:44AM
Constellation Brands' (NYSE:STZ) stock popped to an all-time high recently after the company reported strong fourth-quarter results. Revenue and net profit were both up by double-digit percentages, and to top it all off, the dividend was raised.
But before you raise your glass to toast the alcoholic beverage purveyor's shares, you may want to listen to this segment from the Motley Fool Money radio show, in which Chris Hill, Andy Cross, Simon Erickson and Jason Moser explain why, despite its stock rally, Constellation might not be the fine vintage the market seems to think it is just now.
A transcript follows the video.
This podcast was recorded on April 8, 2016.
Chris Hill: Constellation Brands hitting a new all-time high this week after the beverage giant wrapped up the year with strong fourth-quarter results. Revenue and profits both up double digits, Simon. And speaking of dividends, they raised theirs.
Simon Erickson: You know, this story made me raise a couple eyebrows. Two eyebrows.
Andy Cross: How about a glass?
Hill: Do you have more than two?
Erickson: (laughs)
Cross: Just one?
Erickson: So, they acquired Prisoner Wine, which was an addition to Ballast Point, which it acquired last year, also. And all of these acquisitions they are making are immediately accretive to earnings, which looks great on the income statement. But it shouldn't be that easy for a brewery to just go out and immediately make acquisitions that are immediately accretive to your income statement like this. And, you look at this, and there are brands to these beers, but they're also loading up the balance sheet with a whole lot of goodwill. When a company goes out and pays a price to acquire a company that's larger than fair market value, you take goodwill on your balance sheet. That's an intangible asset. And goodwill is now 42% of the assets that are on Constellation Brands' balance sheet. So, I think there's a little bit of a risk to this strategy. It looks great from the income statement, and Wall Street applauded the news, but I'm a little wary.
Cross: Just for comparison's sake, Chris, anything above 40% is when a lot of fundamental investors start to think, "Mm, that may be a little too high."
Jason Moser: Yeah, we talk about goodwill a lot. I think we've probably run Microsoft through the ringer on this once or twice. But the problem with goodwill, it sits on the balance sheet forever, hopefully, and it's not a problem. But if it becomes a problem, and you have to take a writedown on that goodwill, if it's suddenly deemed that those assets aren't worth what they maybe once were, then that flows through the income statement and affects the company's earnings, and that's where the bad news starts coming in. So, it looks good now. It could be a problem later on. And that's the problem investors have to take into consideration.
Hill: But in general, this is the move of any beverage company, isn't it? It's, "We're going to acquire, we've got better distribution." We've seen this with the soda companies, why not with an alcohol company?
Erickson: It's in the brands. It's your perception of the brand and how successful that's going to be. There's a lot of play for Southern California, Ballast Point especially. Constellation is betting big on the move they're making that this brand will be successful. If it is, then yes, this could be a great acquisition. But I think we need to be a little bit cautious of that, at least, as investors.
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Hey, look! It's another late entry! You'd think I was running out of gas on writing these every week or something!
The second half of Astro City's Silver Agent story came out last week, and it wraps up (or winds down?) the story of the Agent, one of the tragic figures in the city's history, and one of the most-anticipated mysteries from the early days of the series. But I was a little disappointed, not for the reasons Greg Burgas was in that I think he doesn't see that the Agent's point of view is just as interesting as the man-in-the-street's (or, at least, he doesn't think it's as interesting), but that it feels like it wasn't quite worthy of all the attention and build-up.
To be fair, the fact that Astro City has been on an erratic publishing schedule for a decade, and that The Dark Age initially seemed to promise to be the Agent's story but ended up being something else, perhaps build up anticipation for the Agent's story way beyond what it deserved. And yet.
Having in the first half seen the Agent (a Captain America character) being saved by a Legion of Super-Heroes type group from the future, now we see him walking back through time to meet his eventually end in the electric chair, and excerpts of his experiences along the way, with a focus on his last two visits, with his nephew. And he does meet his end, but in a weirdly ambiguous way, which seems like it can only be satisfying if it's the seed for further revelations about Astro City in the future, since it suggests things about the source of the Agent's powers which aren't really meaningful in isolation.
I think what I feel is missing from this story is that the world at large felt a great deal of guilt over the Agent's wrongful execution (which is why they erected the statue, after all), but given that this is a time travel story, I was very disappointed that there's no interaction between him and the world in the future in which both he and they (obviously representatives of those who convicted and executed him) deal with the issue. He comes to terms with his fate, but the rest of the world doesn't, and while maybe that's a lost cause, the fact that this is a time travel story and there's not even an attempt to try makes it feel like the whole story has been dramatically undermined.
At his core, the Agent is a symbol to Astro City: First, a symbol of the greatness of the silver age, and later, a symbol of the shame of what the city went through in the dark age. While this story focuses on the agent as a man and not a symbol (other than as a symbol out of distant memory in the far future, which is not the same thing), a satisfying treatment of the character I think needed to address both sides, and that's missing here.
The story is itself fine, and we get a lot of tantalizing glimpses of the future of the world, but I think it went off-track in some basic way, and ended up being less than it should have been.
I'm not quite sure what I think of the finale of Hercules: Twilight of a God. Though it's refreshing in a way that the title is absolutely truthful: This is the chronicle of the last days of Hercules, in Bob Layton's future-outer-space milieu. Having suffered brain damage, and with his comrades from his earlier adventures in their own old age, Herc is called on for one final task, to prevent Galactus – who is collapsing into a black hole – from destroying the galactic region where Herc has made his home and spawned a family. He completes his quest, and we see the aftermath and denouement of his adventure. While it's a glorious end, it also feels rather anticlimactic; Hercules in his dotage is not nearly as entertaining as Hercules in his prime, and the sense of foreboding and gloom surrounding this story is just not as much fun as the earlier tales (especially the second mini-series, chronicling the fall of the Olympians, which was itself a bit gloomy yet was a much better story).
So there's stuff to like here, but… it's not the same. And it's also clearly the end of this series of Hercules adventures, which is in itself saddening.
Ron Lim's art is okay, but it feels stiff, and not as dynamic as Layton's own art on the original stories. Sometimes Lim can be quite a good artist, but it feels like he phoned this one in.
I'll put this series on the shelf next to the nice hardcover copy of Herc's earlier adventures, but it's not really the same.
Hey look, I bought something written by Mark Millar this week!
I kvetch about Millar a lot. I think he's one of the worst writers working in comics these days, and I feel no shame in kvetching because he's also one of the most popular and successful writers in comics these days. It makes no sense to me, but, well, it's not the only thing. My basic problem with Millar is that I think his stories are mean-spirited and un-fun, and he frequently just misses the mark in depicting existing characters. I loathed his gratuitously nasty run on The Authority, I hated his depiction of guys who happened to be wearing Avengers costumes in The Ultimates, and I hated pretty much everything about Civil War.
But I was still moved to pick up Wolverine: Old Man Logan, and frankly the main reason is that I'm just a sucker for alternate-future stories. Some of them are good, some of them are bad, but I read most of them (at least featuring characters I'm familiar with) because I just like the genre.
The premise of this one is so simple you can almost see Millar thinking it up: One day all the super-villains team up to take down all the super-heroes, and the ringleaders divide up the United States among themselves. Naturally, a few heroes survive, and 50 years later, Wolverine is living outside Sacramento, an old man who refuses to fight anymore, having been broken in the villain attack. But when the Hulk gang demands their rent, he hooks up with Hawkeye to drive across the country to deliver a package in Washington.
So the story is mostly a travelogue in which we see what happened to the heroes and the country, and learn what happened to Logan.
Considering my biggest problem with Millar is usually that he can't get characterizations right, he nails Wolverine here, as a broken yet still strong-minded man. The story wouldn't work at all if he hadn't made Wolverine work. On the other hand, the story is thin, little more than a reworking of films like Unforgiven, with the Marvel Universe future-travelogue stuff thrown in.
Indeed, almost everywhere you look in Old Man Logan you can see bits that feel lifted from other stories: The Hulk as a tyrant whose creed is that he survives when the weak die (from Peter David's excellent Hulk: Future Imperfect), Hawkeye being blind (from another David yarn, The Last Avengers Story), the Red Skull's trophy room (also from Future Imperfect), and one of the signature spreads of art in the story, that of a gargantuan skeleton of Goliath lying outside a city, feels like it came right out of Warren Ellis' Planetary. A lot of what would otherwise be "the neat stuff" has been done before.
Besides that, the story is decent enough. My biggest gripe in terms of characters is the notion that the Hulk would mate with his cousin, the She-Hulk, and produce a clan of hillbilly enforcers. This so runs against the grain of Bruce Banner and Jennifer Walters' characters that although the final visuals are cute (Steve McNiven draws some ugly-looking redneck Hulklings) it seems gratuitous and implausible. And while the story's climax is cathartic, it doesn't really work if you think about it, either.
McNiven is a terrific artist – he was certainly the best part of Civil War – and there's really nothing to complain about in any aspect of his work. While his style has echoes of John Cassaday and Gary Frank, I'd say he's better than either of them, with more intricate designs than Cassaday, a better sense of anatomy than Frank, and more dynamic layouts and figures than either of them. Unfortunately he seems to be a bit too slow of an artist to maintain a monthly schedule, because he has all the tools to be one of the greatest comics artists of his generation.
So all-in-all Old Man Logan may be the best Millar story I've read, but it's still merely okay. At least it's not downright repugnant like other stuff I've read by him, so maybe this is the first of several steps forward.
Is The Sixth Gun the best comic being published today? That's high praise, and frankly it's hard to make a firm decision, but wow, it's awfully good. This Old West supernatural horror adventure (that's a mouthful!) involves a Confederate general who – we learn in this issue – somehow got hold of six enchanted handguns for himself and his five henchmen. One of his posse, Sinclair, decided this was too much for him and bolted, managing to escape the General's revenge. At some later point the General was defeated and imprisoned, having somehow become immensely powerful in the meantime. Now he's back and he's looking for his gun, now in the possession of Becky, the daughter of the reverend who apparently took down the General.
The comic's full of foreboding, supernatural conflict, and mystical beings hanging out in the Old West, and features a pair of strong female characters in Becky (coming to grips with the position she's been put in) and the General's wife, who matches her husband in ambition and spirit. The backstory is being revealed slowly – but not so slowly as to be frustrating – and it's not yet clear exactly what stakes are being played for (just how powerful will the General be once he recovers from his imprisonment and if he gets his gun back?). But just four issues in The Sixth Gun has covered more ground than many comics today cover in a dozen (I'm looking at you RASL). And Brian Hurtt's artwork is terrific, cartoony in the sense that Charles Addams' work was cartoony, but still dramatic and menacing. His style might not translate into mainstream superhero comics (where he'd surely earn a lot more money), but it's perfect here.
The only downside is that I don't know if this is a mini-series or an ongoing series. The story doesn't feel like it's poised to end in a couple of issues, but you never know. Nevertheless, this series is a lot of fun: Go buy it.


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The Five Best Apps for Food-Lovers in Paris
05 / 12 / 15 by Emma Brode
Rebecca Plotnick
Restaurant reviews on the Le Fooding website and in the printed guide essentially decide where food-loving Parisians eat during the year. Focusing on new talent and restaurant trends, the guide is descriptive, humorous, and well-informed.
Fooding 2015, a smartphone application available in English and French, allows users to search an immense database of restaurants, cafés, and hotels, and read insightful reviews from the website. Search by category (sushi, pizza, vegetarian, wine bar, etc.) or by average price. You can access a map to locate restaurants in your area or near a metro station, and bookmark your favorites.
An amusing features lets you shake your smartphone to discover a restaurant by chance, and the news section provides in-the-know tips on hotspots and restaurant openings.
The helpful, easy-to-use application is available on the iTunes app store and Google Play for $3.99. The only con is the constant sponsor ads.
Jean-François Gornet
The New Food Lover's Guide to Paris
For disciples of Patricia Well's The Food Lover's Guide to Paris (now in its fifth edition!), there is now an at-your-fingertips app version. Regularly updated and containing information on over 500 addresses, the app lets you discover the best of Parisian restaurants, cafés, wine bars, and bakeries. A bonus? This app also includes cheese shops, wine cellars, specialty food stores, and even kitchen and tableware boutiques, perfect for picking up some of that beautiful French cookware as a nice souvenir from your Paris trip.
The app includes detailed and attentive descriptions and reads like a novel. Helpful features include a map, search bar, glossary, and Patricia's top picks. You'll feel like a friend is giving you a guided tour of the City of Light.
Download on the iTunes app store for $4.99.
Emma Stencil
LaFourchette (The Fork)
Parisians everywhere swear by this appli, which partners with restaurants, allowing you to book a table and access special deals, often as much as 30% or 40% off the menu at decent restaurants. The app includes suggestions for lunch and dinner, and tells you which restaurants are popular and which currently feature the best deals. A loyalty program allows you to accumulate points for further reductions through LaFourchette.
While this is not the best app to discover new trends and talent, if you're looking for simple and good French food, LaFourchette is a great way to save some money. Under the description of each restaurant are listed the average prices for a glass of wine, a coffee, a main dish, etc, insuring that you don't end up somewhere that's not in your price range. The app is available in English, but some content, such as reviews and detailed descriptions, are not translated.
Available for free download on the iTunes app store and Google Play.
Rebecca Plotnick, La Cuisine Paris
A recently launched stylish app aimed at a younger crowd, Bim is an entertaining way to discover restaurants, bars, clubs, concept stores, spas, hotels, and museums. You can search different categories by location and price, and Bim will present you with one location at a time. You can then swipe right if you're not interested or swipe left to add to your favorites, just like on the dating app Tinder. While the Bim database is still rather small, new locations are added on a regular basis.
The app has a beautiful interface and design, includes nice photographs, and provides information on venue hours and location. While you can't search by name or type of cuisine, Bim lets you discover new restaurants and cafés at random. There are no written descriptions, apart from a few tag words, so like with the Tinder app, the only way to get a feel for the restaurant is to swipe right and take a chance.
Available for free download on the iTunes app store. Android app coming soon.
Paris Pastry with David Lebovitz
Famed food writer and traveling gourmand David Lebovitz has launched his own smartphone application, featuring the most drool-worthy photos of delicious Parisian cakes, tarts, chocolates, and confections. The app lets you search a database of about 400 bakeries, pastry shops, ice cream boutiques, and candy stores to find the perfect treat, like a melt-in-your-mouth, cream-filled éclair, for example.
Also included is a descriptive guide to French pastries for newbies, as well as maps, store information, and (if you're feeling overwhelmed like me) a list of the top 25 unmissable patisseries in Paris.
Download even if you're not in Paris to induce delicious chocolately dreams. The fill version is available on the iTunes app store for $3.99 and LITE version of David Lebovitz's Top 25 available for free. Android app in the works.
Paris Pastry
Emma also checks out the best food trucks around Paris, for a mid-day burger or ice cream on the go.
Hopping across the pond for the day? Download the app Dojo to discover the best restaurants, popups, boutiques, and bars in London. Word has it they might be even be coming to Paris.
If you like breakfast in bed, try out this awesome service in Paris. Sunday delivers a delicious spread of croissants, baguettes, and confitures to your apartment every Sunday morning.
Written by Emma Stencil for the HiP Paris Blog. Looking for a fabulous vacation rental in Paris, London, Provence, or Tuscany? Check out Haven in Paris.
Emma Brode
Emma's love for France began at the age of three when her aunt bought her an adorable gilet and skirt from Paris. Since then she's jumped at every chance to explore Europe. She spends her weekdays studying (and tasting!) food and wine in Paris and travels on the weekends with her German husband. Check out @emmarosebrode on Instagram for her favorite restaurants in Paris and beyond. View Emma Brode's Website


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Snibbe led the team that produced the interactive multimedia and concert visuals for Björk's Biophilia concert tour. The Biophilia live show had its world premiere as part of the Manchester International Festival, with Björk's first live concert performance in four years.
The video and stage visuals evoke an atmosphere similar to being inside an app itself, with eight screens mounted surrounding a central stage. The immersive concert environment also includes floor projections with cymatics imagery of vibrating sand by Meara O'Reilley; a collapsing galactic "reverse big bang" that envelops Björk; a 24-woman Icelandic choir; and famed percussionist Manu Delago. Live imagery and music and instrument control from interactive iPad apps blend seamlessly with the stage performance. In addition to original animation and video, Snibbe worked with several brilliant animators including MacArthur award-winning bioanimator Drew Berry, abstract animator Stephen Malinowski, and cymatics artist Meara O'Reilly.
In Manchester and subsequent locations, the venues hosted a series of music-education workshops in collaboration with local schools to emphasize Björk's integrated vision for Biophilia of Music, Technology and Nature.


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Beer / Hard Seltzer / Suits / Trademark
Fizzy… oops, I mean Brizzy, hard seltzer maker files opening brief in appeal of trademark injunction ruling in favor of Fizzy… darn, I mean Vizzy, Molson Coors' brand hard seltzer. (Bonus: we've got the brief for you)
by Ashley Brandt · June 12, 2020
Just so we're not fuzzy on the issues – this is an appeal of the District Court's denial of Future Proof's request for a preliminary injunction against Molson Coors. Future Proof wanted to stop Molson from marketing and producing the Vizzy branded hard seltzer claiming it competed with and was confusable/confused/confusingly similar to/with Future Proof's Brizzy branded seltzers (one of the reasons you request an injunction is that you don't have to wait to appeal a preliminary injunction ruling to the end of a case – which can take years – you can appeal right after the ruling).
The District Court denied that request finding the predominant feature of both marks – the "izzy" suffix – was evocative of "fizzy" which wouldn't be trademarkable, and even went so far as to help the parties by noting the stark lack of likelihood that Future Proof could succeed on any claims give the "plethora of competing products humorously close to Plaintiff's mark."
The opening brief skips over a concerted effort to discuss the standard of review and blithely pushes the 5th Circuit to review the case as though it was a likelihood of confusion decision and not an injunction. That's likely going to be an issue that comes up at oral argument.
In claiming the likelihood of confusion analysis was incorrect, the Brizzy hard seltzer maker raises these four issues:
Strength of plaintiff's mark. Whether the trial court erred by using the wrong legal standard to classify BRIZZY as merely "descriptive of fizzy products" and therefore "weak";
Similarity of marks. Whether the trial court erred by focusing on certain visual differences in the product packaging, over the overwhelming visual and aural similarities between the marks;
Actual confusion between marks. Whether the trial court erred by using the wrong legal standard when it rejected evidence of actual confusion among product wholesalers, especially when there has been little or no opportunity yet for confusion among consumers; and
Weight for degree of care and intent. Whether the trial court erred in how it evaluated two other relevant factors—customers' degree of care and Molson Coors's intent—against Future Proof's request for an injunction.
The brief also raises the specter of the points in a preliminary injunction analysis that the District Court did not address given that it found against Future Proof on the hard seltzer maker's likelihood of success.
You can read Future Proof's brief here.
You can read their excerpted record here.
Out-state Illinois Winery Shipper's licensees' must remit state and local taxes on direct-to-consumer wine sales come January 1. Note: collecting local taxes proves taxation is not a reason to argue against retailers' interstate commerce in alcohol.
In suits over leaky whiskey barrels, expect claims for the barrels and the lost spirits. Bonus: we've got the docs and you may find the prices of new oak barrels and example specifications instructive in ordering your own barrels.
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FedEx Cup To Undergo Massive Changes
The FedEx Cup Playoffs are poised to undergo another massive overhaul, according to a report from the Associated Press' Doug Ferguson that was published Monday morning.
The biggest change deals with the Tour Championship. Instead of allowing the accumulated and reset points to dictate winner of the season-long FedEx Cup, the PGA Tour is planning to implement a staggered scoring system to avoid what has happened twice in the FedEx Cup's history: a player who wins the Tour Championship doesn't win the FedEx Cup.
AP Sources: PGA plans major changes for revamped FedEx Cup.
Among them: The No. 1 player will start the Tour Championship at 10-under par.
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"Five people aware of the discussions say FedEx Cup points will not be involved in the final playoff event at East Lake," Ferguson wrote. "Instead, the No. 1 player would start the Tour Championship at 10-under par, with scores to par staggered depending on the 30 players' position in the standings.
"The winner will be the FedEx Cup champion, and the bonus is expected to be more than the current $10 million prize. That means whoever gets the 30th spot at East Lake would have four rounds to make up as many as 10 shots."
The new overhaul appears to be a reaction to the 2017 Tour Championship in which Xander Schauffele won the tournament, but Justin Thomas won the FedEx Cup.
Another important piece of the puzzle that has yet to be decided upon is when the PGA Tour regular season would end. There is expected to be a cash bonus added before the Playoffs with $3 million dollars going to the regular season champion as well as a bonus for those who finish second and third.
When the regular season will end going forward is up for debate as well. There is talk that the regular season could end a week earlier at the newly-minted FedEx Invitational, the World Golf Championship event that is taking over for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in 2019, as opposed to the Wyndham Championship, which has been slated as the regular season finale for the last 12 years.
With a few wrinkles still to be ironed out, no announcements from the Tour have been made, but it appears there will be yet another large overhaul of golf's Playoff system in the near future.


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'Awfis' space start-up in expansion mode
Founded in April last year, plug-and-play office space provider Awfis Space Solutions might have been in the market barely for 11 months but the start-up is already in expansion mode.
Currently, the company has seven properties in Delhi (two properties), Mumbai (four) and Bangalore (one). "By the end of this year, our goal is to be in 15 locations with 50 centres and 10,000 seats. So going from the current 1,500 seats we will be 4,000 by the end of March and then 10,000 seats by the end of December," Amit Ramani, founder and CEO of Awfis, told Business Today. "We are also going to add four more cities – Pune, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Chennai."
A new-age venture that targets the SMILE (small, medium, individual, local entrepreneurs) community, Awfis provides just-in-time office space that can be booked using its app, call centre or via sales executives. All the spaces provided by the company are equipped with CCTV cameras, sensors and NFC technology, and companies or even individuals can take them on rent for a maximum span of 11 months.
The company also offers meeting rooms on rent, for which it has tied up with hotels like Trident and Lemon Tree. These, too, can be booked on just-in-time basis using the Awfis app.
And like most start-ups of today, the company relies heavily on technology. "Technology is a very important factor, so if we want to people to use our spaces in just-in-time, we needed them to provide the ability to book-in-time," Ramani said. "We have been able to create a system which allows people to use mobile phone to access a space, use their mobile phone to buy food, use it to buy additional credits etc."
"Our charges start at Rs 4,500/month for a flexible seat, which means you don't get a dedicated desk but you get a desk for sure and goes up to 13,000 for centres that are at a more premium location and this includes wireless, printing and tea/coffee," Ramani informed.
According to Ramani, Awfis Space has so far raised $10 million in funding. The company plans to look for additional VC funding after September.
It is also planning to expand its employee base from current 70 to 400 by the end of 2016.


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Blumbergs, Ilmārs
Mark Allen Svede
(b Riga, Sept 6, 1943).
Latvian painter, stage designer and graphic designer. After a childhood spent in Siberian exile, he studied decorative art and trained as a painter in the Latvian Art Academy (1963–72), preparing for a career as a stage designer. Stage design and the applied arts were less constrained by Socialist Realist dictates during the 1970s, and he quickly became one of Latvia's most innovative artists. His fluency with process art and installation, for example, was already evident in his designs for a 1973 Riga production of Žanna d'Arka (Joan of Arc) by Andrej Upīts, the stage metamorphosing from Minimalist cavity to an assemblage in Arte Povera style. Abandoning the theatre in 1987, Blumbergs continued his prolific output. His compositions, sometimes abstract, often figurative and allegorical, are notable within Latvian art for their spare elegance and uncontrived expressiveness, successfully combining grand literary allusion and subtle metaphysical content. His graphic virtuosity earned him a degree of international celebrity rare among his Latvian peers. Exceptional, too, for his political candour, he was a harbinger of ...
Coen, Arnaldo
Margarita González Arredondo
(b Mexico City, June 10, 1940).
Mexican painter, sculptor, illustrator and stage designer. He was self-taught when he took up painting in 1956 with the encouragement of Diego Rivera, but from 1956 to 1960 he studied graphic design with Gordon Jones. During those years he worked in an Abstract Expressionist manner, although he soon incorporated figurative elements and, from c. 1963, elements of fantasy. In 1967 he went to Paris on a French government grant. In the following year he was a founder-member of the Salón Independiente, where he began to exhibit acrylic sculptures of the female torso. These were followed between 1974 and 1976 by a series entitled Mutations, in which he explored the possibilities of the cube and which opened the way to later sculptures and paintings in which geometry is balanced with sensuality. Venus and Mars (Mexico City, U. N. Autónoma) is one of the best of his public sculptures. He also worked as a stage designer, for example on a production in ...
Rochline, David
Benezit Dictionary of Artists
French, 20th – 21st century, male.
Born 1951, in Paris.
Painter (including mixed media), poster artist, graphic designer. Figures. Stage costumes and sets.
David Rochline applies acrylics to photographs, and re-photographs and retouches the resultant image before gluing it to a backing canvas.
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Glizer, Valerii Yakovlevich
Statistics Math-Net.Ru
Total publications: 18
Scientific articles: 17
Abstract pages: 916
Full texts: 483
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Publications in Math-Net.Ru
1. V. Ya. Glizer, "Construction of the asymptotics of the solutions of a singularly perturbed boundary value problem with boundary values, unbounded with respect to the parameter, of the unknown functions", Differ. Uravn., 26:10 (1990), 1822–1824
2. V. Ya. Glizer, "Singular perturbations in a stochastic linear-quadratic optimal control problem", Differ. Uravn., 26:5 (1990), 753–759 ; Differ. Equ., 26:5 (1990), 531–536
3. V. Ya. Glizer, "Construction of the asymptotics of the solution of a singularly perturbed Cauchy problem in which the initial values of the "fast" variables are unbounded with respect to the parameter", Differ. Uravn., 26:3 (1990), 393–401 ; Differ. Equ., 26:3 (1990), 285–291
4. V. Ya. Glizer, "An iterative method for solving a differential equation in a Banach space with a small parameter multiplying the derivative", Differ. Uravn., 24:10 (1988), 1822–1824
5. V. Ya. Glizer, "Asymptotic behavior of the solution of a difference problem of optimal control with a small step with a moving right trajectory end", Differ. Uravn., 24:8 (1988), 1457–1459
6. V. Ya. Glizer, "An approach to the construction of the asymptotics of the solution of the singularly perturbed Cauchy problem with initial values of the unknown functions that are unbounded with respect to the parameter", Differ. Uravn., 24:3 (1988), 383–388 ; Differ. Equ., 24:3 (1988), 265–269
7. V. Ya. Glizer, "Asymptotics of the solution of the Cauchy problem for a Riccati matrix differential equation with two small parameters", Differ. Uravn., 23:3 (1987), 517–518
8. V. Ya. Glizer, "An iterative method for the approximate solution of some singularly perturbed equations", Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 289:6 (1986), 1297–1301
9. V. Ya. Glizer, "On a difference problem of optimal control with a small step", Differ. Uravn., 21:8 (1985), 1440–1442
10. V. Ya. Glizer, "Asymptotic behavior of the solution of a singularly perturbed Cauchy problem arising in the theory of linear optimal filtering", Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Mat., 1984, 12, 55–57 ; Soviet Math. (Iz. VUZ), 28:12 (1984), 67–71
11. V. Ya. Glizer, M. G. Dmitriev, "The asymptotic behavior of the solution of a singularly perturbed problem that is connected with the penalty function method", Differ. Uravn., 17:9 (1981), 1574–1580
12. V. Ya. Glizer, M. G. Dmitriev, "Singular perturbations and generalized functions", Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 249:5 (1979), 1036–1040
13. V. Ya. Glizer, M. G. Dmitriev, "Asymptotic behavior of the solution of certain discrete problems of optimal control with a small step", Differ. Uravn., 15:9 (1979), 1681–1691
14. V. Ya. Glizer, M. G. Dmitriev, "The asymptotic behavior of the solution of a certain singularly perturbed Cauchy problem that arises in optimal control theory", Differ. Uravn., 14:4 (1978), 601–612
15. V. Ya. Glizer, M. G. Dmitriev, "On a connection of singular perturbations with the penalty function method", Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 231:1 (1976), 21–23
16. V. Ya. Glizer, M. G. Dmitriev, "Singular perturbations in a linear optimal control with quadratic functional", Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 225:5 (1975), 997–1000
17. V. Ya. Glizer, M. G. Dmitriev, "Singular perturbations in a linear control problem with a quadratic functional", Differ. Uravn., 11:11 (1975), 1915–1921
18. V. Ya. Glizer, M. G. Dmitriev, "Поправки к статье "Сингулярные возмущения и обобщенные функции" (ДАН, т. 249, № 5, 1979 г.)", Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 251:3 (1980), 520
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I decided to restore to factory settings to make sure I could erase all of my stuff so that the new owner couldn't poke around in my business.
1. Activate your phone with AT&T.
2. Register and get an iTunes store account.
3. Put your contacts, music, and more on your iPhone.
Is there any way to get rid of this without signing up for the iPhone plan/data plan? I mean, if it was as simple as me answering a few questions to get it going then I would do it easy, but I think if I used my sim card, it would say that I need to purchase the iPhone plan, right?
Are there any safe ways to go around this? I don't want the guy who bought it from me to freak out and say he doesn't want to buy the plan and return it to me because then I am ****ed because I don't have the iPhone plan.
Thanks in advance to anyone who could help. And no, I didn't back up my files when I did the restore to factory settings because I didn't think I'd ever need them."
Now, I have found a lot of stuff online about being able to jailbreak an unactivated phone. The problem is that I have had a hard time finding a clear, step by step process to help me through this.
Any help would be majorly appreciated.
My phone is a 4gb iPhone that is unactivated.
I would like to activate it.
I do not have an AT&T iPhone data plan sim.
I would like to jailbreak the iPhone to activate it.
I've had a hard time finding a clear step by step process to allow me to do this.
Hopefully it works, I'm kind of nervous.
I mean, my main deal here is finding a quick and simple jailbreak that somewhere has a quick and easy guideline for me to follow.
Well I tried using a jailbreak+unlock youtube thing I'd found and I got a 1600 error.
The problem is, you don't need a jailbreak so much as you need to unlock the phone from AT&T.
Since you said it's a 4GB iPhone, is it a 2G? If so, jailbreaking and unlocking should be relatively simple. Just take a look at the sticky thread in the jailbreak forum.
Exactly what Alli said. The 2G makes it easy. You can be jailbroken, HACKtivated, and unlocked within 3 minutes.
I'm assuming you want to upgrade your OS to 3.1.3?
And I'm getting tired of random a$$holes on these forums giving smarta$$ responses to people without actually giving them any information.
And I'm not referring to Alli, myself, or randomperson. Do the math.
It's hard to find the answer to a question when you don't know the right terminology. If he doesn't know what the hell "hacktivation" is, then how can he know to search for it, stupid a$$?
If you're not going to contribute anything to the conversation, then don't 'contribute', period.


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Sexual misconduct suits against Pennsylvania reveal litany of abuse
PUBLISHED: February 1, 2018 at 6:04 p.m. | UPDATED: September 23, 2021 at 10:10 a.m.
HARRISBURG – Sexual misconduct lawsuits filed against Pennsylvania state government over the past decade document a litany of lurid and abusive behavior.
An Associated Press review of more than 30 lawsuits included in a list provided by the administration of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf found claims ranging from rape and other kinds of assault to sexual harassment and stalking.
The documents and other records show the state paid or agreed to pay more than $3 million to settle claims.
Included in the complaints were allegations raised by state police dispatchers, state prison guards, a mental health worker, a university groundskeeper and university students.
Some of the victims say the conduct of their supervisors or co-workers caused them severe physical and emotional problems.
Examples of allegations found in the lawsuits, where they occurred, and their outcome:
* A female guard said a married supervisor made repeated advances, pressuring her to join him on a "romantic getaway to Hawaii" and offering to help her get another job if she had sex with him. She said another supervisor falsely told several others that he had paid her $150 to have sex in a hotel room. Her case was settled for $32,750.
* A state prison guard, who is black, said two sergeants repeatedly tried to grab his genitals and used racial epithets in his presence. He was paid more than $7,200 on the eve of trial.
* A dispatcher said a trooper maneuvered her into a barracks men's room where he exposed his genitals and offered her a half-price discount on a sweatshirt if she watched him masturbate and showed him her breasts. She said after she complained, co-workers referred to her as a "dirty lying whore." The trooper, Eric Zona, shot and killed himself while awaiting trial on charges of indecent exposure and open lewdness. The dispatcher's case settled earlier this month for $150,000.
* Another dispatcher claimed her supervisor raped her and that officials tried to cover it up. In November, her lawyer told a federal judge that mediation efforts were premature.
* A university police officer alleged that in 2011, a sergeant repeatedly texted her, asking her to have sex in the police station. At one point, the sergeant came into the women's locker room and tried to kiss the victim on the mouth, she said. That case settled for $25,000.
* A man who worked as a painter at another state university claimed, among other things, that a female co-worker would stick out her tongue and expose herself to him. The state paid out more than $27,000 to settle.
* A lawsuit by a female groundskeeper at the same university alleged she was subjected to pornographic images in the shop and break room, graphic sexual conversations and "crude and disgusting remarks, leering, staring and obscene gestures." One co-worker, she said, regularly hugged and kissed her on the lips against her will. She received a $176,000 settlement.
* A student at a state university was paid $495,000 over claims a mass communications professor repeatedly pressured him to date, among other allegations. The lawsuit said the professor had a "long history of sexual harassment and retaliation against students and faculty."
* The state paid $70,000 to a graduate student who said her academic adviser described her repeatedly as sexy and hot and predicted they would become lovers. He also groped and kissed her, the lawsuit said, and threatened to undermine her academic career if she did not have sex with him.
* A mental health worker at a state hospital said in a 2016 lawsuit that a psychiatrist she worked closely with talked about his sex life, adultery and women's breasts. He allegedly told her that he hoped her "vagina shrivels up and dies" so she could not take additional maternity leave and that he put her "on a pedestal and it's not just to look up your skirt." That case was settled a year ago, and records indicate she was paid at least several thousand dollars.
* A lawsuit settled in 2012 against the State Workers' Insurance Fund said a woman's supervisor asked her to sit on his lap and "go for rides," and requested that she lick Twizzlers candy before he ate it. It settled for nearly $77,000.
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last night on late night
The Mueller Report and William Barr Have Given Colbert Trust Issues
While Colbert made fun of his own faith in the Mueller report, Jimmy Kimmel predicted that upon the document's release, "Political analysts are going to try to read through these redactions like teenage boys trying to watch porn on scrambled cable in 1985."
By Laura Bradley
Stephen Colbert knows he's invested a lot of time, energy, and punch lines in the Mueller report over the last two years, likely to no avail—and that on Thursday, when William Barr and Rod Rosenstein finally release a redacted version of the report, he's likely to be disappointed once more. And so, on Wednesday night, the Late Show host took a self-deprecating tack, telling his audience, "I'm afraid to love again. I mean, I gave my whole heart to the idea it was coming out three weeks ago, and all I got was four pages and a mountain of heartache. For Pete's sake, I got more action at my eighth-grade dance!"
"The comedy duo of Barr and Rosenstein have scheduled a 9:30 A.M. press conference to release the report tomorrow," Colbert continued. "Which will undoubtedly blow the lid off Donald Trump's corruption." He then took out a carton of eggs and quipped, "Until then I will pass the time counting my chickens, which I will safely place in one basket." (The best part of the bit was actually accidental: as Colbert dumped the eggs into their new home, one appeared to fall onto the floor instead. "I wish the people at home could smell that," Colbert said with a grin.)
Colbert's program also kicked off with a fake trailer for an audiobook version of the report, narrated by Leslie Brickhill. The audiobook seems like a fascinating yarn—until Gilbert Gottfried cuts in to play the redactions, shutting the story down every time things get interesting with a hearty, loud, "REDACTED!!!"
Over on Late Night, Seth Meyers also admitted that despite all the anticipation surrounding the redacted Mueller report, no one has a clue what's in it. "But tomorrow won't be any different," he added.
Meyers threw one more joke in on the subject for good measure, recalling everyone's favorite Sean Spicer moment. "Robert Mueller's report will be released tomorrow morning, which explains why White House staffers have already claimed their hiding bushes."
But it was Jimmy Kimmel who came up with the most, shall we say illustrative, explanation for the frenzy to come: "Political analysts are going to try to read through these redactions like teenage boys trying to watch porn on scrambled cable in 1985," he said.
"Apparently the redactions will be color-coded," Kimmel continued, "which sounds confusing. But don't worry: the Department of Justice released a handy video to break down what each color means."
Cue a farcical guide to the Mueller report's many redactions—where different hues will denote details about the president's interactions with porn stars, mentions of money laundering, and his skin-care regimen. The video even came with a snappy tagline: "The Mueller report: you'll take what we give you and you'll fucking like it, O.K.?" Sounds about right.
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Colbert Honored Notre-Dame on The Late Show in a Beautiful Way
On Tuesday night, the comedian responded to the fire (and Trump's bizarre tweet about it) after asking his audience to gaze upon the ceiling of the Ed Sullivan Theater.
Colbert Gives Trump's Ridiculous War on Wind the Send-Up It Deserves
After the president's dire, completely insane warning that the noise from wind turbines can cause cancer, the Late Show team made a P.S.A.: "Wind power may be an answer to global warming," it says. "But at what cost?"
Colbert Offers Heartfelt Tribute to New Zealand, Cancels Surprise Trip
After a terrorist attack against two mosques, the Late Show host offered "blessings and peace" to the Muslim community around the world—and railed against Donald Trump, whom the attacker cited in his manifesto.


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Legal Theory Lexicon on Formalism and Instrumentalism
By: Michael D. Ramsey|Published on: Dec 6, 2021|Categories: Law|
At Larry Solum's Legal Theory Lexicon: Formalism and Instrumentalism. From the description of formalism:
The core idea of formalism is that the law (constitutions, statutes, regulations, rules of procedure, and precedent) provide rules and that these rules can, do, and should provide a public standard for what is lawful (or not).
That is, the core of legal formalism entails a commitment to a set of ideas that more or less includes the following:
1. The law consists (at least in part) of rules that are derived from the linguistic meaning (or communicative content) of authoritative legal texts.
2. Legal rules can be applied to particular facts.
3. Some actions accord with meaningful legal rules; other actions do not.
4. The standard for what constitutes following a rule (or not) can be publicly knowable and the focus of intersubjective agreement.
Contemporary legal formalism is particularly prominent in two areas, constitutional law and statutory interpretation. In constitutional law, formalism is associated with "originalism," the view that the constitution should be interpreted in accord with its "original meaning." In statutory interpretation, formalism is associated with the "plain meaning" theory—that statutes should be interpreted so that the words and phrases have their ordinary meaning. Plain meaning approaches are also associated with the view that legislative history should not be used, especially if it would result in an interpretation that differs from the text of the statute. Of course, plain-meaning theories of statutory interpretation could (and should) adopt the originalist thesis that "meaning" (or "plain meaning") is fixed at the time the text is drafted and promulgated.
Agreed, although I would clarify (a) that "plain" meaning is not literal meaning abstracted from context, but rather takes context into account [I know Professor Solum agrees], and (b) that at least in my view, "ordinary meaning" can and indeed often does have a specialized legal meaning derived from its context [I'm less sure Professor Solum agrees].
On instrumentalism:
Legal instrumentalism is one of the ideas that are strongly associated with American legal realism—the great movement in legal thought that is usually associated with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.—as a sort of parent—and with figures like Roscoe Pound, Karl Llewellyn, Felix Cohen, and Jerome Frank. Like formalism, instrumentalism is often ill defined, but most instrumentalists would agree on the idea that legal rules should be interpreted in light of their purposes. When applying the letter of the law would undermine its purpose, then the rule should be interpreted so that it does not apply. And likewise, if the spirit of the law would be served by its application, then judges should give the rule an expansive interpretation. Some instrumentalists may go beyond this, and argue that judges should sometimes nullify statutes that are bad policy or create judge-made rules, when that would serve the ends of good policymaking.
I think my quick definition of instrumentalism would be something like interpreting statutes to reach good policy results wherever fairly possible, at least where the text is not crystal clear, and sometimes even when it is.
NOTE: This post was originally published at The Originalism Blog, "The Blog of the Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism at the University of San Diego School of Law," and is reposted here with permission from the author.
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Michael D. Ramsey
Michael D. Ramsey is Professor of Law and Director of International and Comparative Law Programs at the University of San Diego School of Law, where he teaches and writes in the areas of Constitutional Law, Foreign Relations Law and International Law.He is the author of THE CONSTITUTION'S TEXT IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Harvard University Press 2007), the co-editor of INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE (Cambridge University Press 2011), and author or co-author of numerous articles on foreign relations law in publications such as the Yale Law Journal, the University of Chicago Law Review, the Georgetown Law Journal and the American Journal of International Law.
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African Bank Sets Up Asset Mgmt Shop
Wirz, Matthieu
Investment Management Weekly;11/22/99, Vol. 12 Issue 44, p1
Reports on the decision of South Africa's Standard Bank Group to create a platform of international funds for asset management business. Company's purchase of three emerging market debt funds form Americas Trust Fund; Company which will run the platform.
Standard Bank Group. // Finance Week;12/2/2002, HEAVYWEIGHTS p11
Features the finance company Standard Bank Group in South Africa. Accounts on the attempt of Nedcor to merge with Standard Bank; Geographical analysis of shareholders; Improvement on the disclosure of the beneficial holdings.
Standard Bank's personal electronic services strategies and growth. Holloway, John // Bank Marketing;Nov93, Vol. 25 Issue 11, p47
Reports on Standard Bank's brief history, electronic innovation and growth from 1981 to 1993. Toni, the bank-by-phone service and the Autostop card discussed in detail; Planned enhancement of Autostop card.
S. African bank buys ADS tool. // American Banker;10/24/1994, Vol. 159 Issue 205, p16A
Reports on Standard Bank of South Africa's purchase of a global trading system from ADS Systems, a division of ADS Associates Inc. in California. Features of the system.
Etisalat has hired Standard Bank as an advisor for the planned sale of transmitter towers. // African Business News;1/21/2014, p7
The article reports that Etisalat has hired Standard Bank Group Ltd. as an advisor for the planned sale of transmitter towers.
Standard Bank names new deputy chairman. // African Business News;1/16/2014, p24
The article announces that Yang Kaisheng has been appointed as chairman of Standard Bank Group Ltd.
Standard Bank opening a representative office in Abidjan in C'te d'Ivoire. // African Business News;11/25/2013, p41
The article reports on the expansion of South Africa-based Standard Bank Group including the opening of its representative office in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
Winners of Standard Bank Young Artist Awards. // Lantern;Feb94, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p70
Features the three winners of the Standard Bank Young Artist Awards. Sam Nhlengethwa as the winner of the award for Visual Art; Jerry Mofokeng as the winner of the award for Drama; Michael Williams as the winner of the award for Opera.
Up the ante. Delport, Rikus // Finance Week;04/14/2000, p61
Focuses on barrier warrants introduced by South Africa's Standard Bank. Popularity of warrants among speculators; Barrier built in to eliminate any negative movement in the underlying share; Decline in the gearing of warrants due to the volatility of stock markets; Difference between the...
Industry viewpoint. Kok, Leon // Finance Week;03/23/2001, p46
Interviews Standard Bank Unit Trusts chief Anthony Katakuzinos on the issues surrounding the unit trust industry in South Africa. Major changes in the industry; Problems that will be encountered by industry operators; Views on offshore companies' entry into the local industry.