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Q: Multiple objects to be declared in run-time for retrofit model I am using tmdb to get details for the tv shows.
It has an endpoint which looks like:
https://api.themoviedb.org/3/tv/1399?api_key=API_KEY&append_to_response=season/1,season/2,season/3,season/4,season/5,season/6,season/7,season/8
Here, append to response takes the season numbers to provide the details of that season in the same request. This was an example for a tv show with 8 seasons.
If it has lets say 2 seasons, then the endpoint would be
https://api.themoviedb.org/3/tv/1399?api_key=API_KEY&append_to_response=season/1,season/2
Now when creating the model class for handling this request, the problem is that the seasons are returned themselves as objects, and not in an array. So there can be many seasons.
{
    "id": ...,
    ...,
    ...,
    "season/1": {...},
    "season/2": {...},
    "season/3": {...}
}

Each of these seasons need a new model class for their own, and the number of objects is also variable. How do I handle this?
Request with 8 seasons
Request with 3 seasons

A: The simplest solution for this is just to define your response to be of type ResponseBody which looks like this:
@GET(value = "/{yourFirstNumber}/tv/{yourSecondNumber}")
Call<ResponseBody> getStuff(@Path("yourFirstNumber") String whateverYouWantToNameThis1,
                            @Path("yourSecondNumber") String whateverYouWantToNameThis2,
                            @Query("api_key") String apiKey,
                            @Query("append_to_response") String appendToResponse);

Just make sure you name these number variables to what they are instead of the phrasing I used as I am unfamiliar with the API.
With this, your request call will look like this:
Call<ResponseBody> call = yourService.getStuff(yourObject);
call.enqueue(new Callback<ResponseBody>() {
            @Override
            public void onResponse(Call<ResponseBody> call, Response<ResponseBody> response) {
                L.m("RESPONSE CODE == " + response.code());
                if(response.isSuccessful()){
                    ResponseBody successResponse = response.body();
                    //This means it was successful (IE a 200)
                } else {
                    ResponseBody errorResponse = response.errorBody();
                    //This means there was an error (IE a 402)
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void onFailure(Call<ResponseBody> call, Throwable t) {
                //Handle your error here
            }
        });

From there you can parse your successResponse in multiple different ways.
For example I use GSON and a few other methods in this class, but it really depends on how you want to parse it. If you want to convert it into a string, use the successResponse.string() (not a typo, make sure to use string() and not toString() ) method and convert it from the serialized response into one you can easily use.


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Q: Python confusion with return value in try-except-finally Here is a piece of my code:
def main():
    num = 0
    try:
        raise Exception('This is the error message.')
    except Exception:
        num += 1
        return num
    finally:
        num += 1

a = main()
print(a)

The returning value is 1 instead of 2, this does not make a lot of sense for me.
I thought it would return 2 since finally should execute before returning the value.
Can someone help me to understand this?

A: You're running into the difference between an identifier and a value. num += 1 is creating a new int object and assigning the num identifier to point to it. It does not change the int object the identifier is already pointing to. (For small values the int objects are cached but that's an implementation detail)
You can see the difference with an operation that does mutate the object in the below code:
def y():
    l = []
    try:
        raise Exception
    except Exception:
        print("except")
        l.append(1)
        return l
    finally:
        print("finally")
        l.append(2)

print(y())
# except
# finally
# [1, 2]

A: The finally is executed (this is clearly defined in the documentation), but as you return an immutable object, the modification is unseen as your returned name is now part of a different scope.
This would work as you expect with a mutable object, for instance a list:
def main():
    lst = [0]
    try:
        raise Exception('This is the error message.')
    except Exception:
        lst[0] += 1
        return lst
    finally:
        lst[0] += 1
a = main()
print(a)

Output: [2]

A: The finally block does execute before returning the value, but the return value has already been computed.
return num evaluates num, getting 1, then the finally block starts. The finally block increments num, but the return value has already been evaluated, so it doesn't matter. At the end, the 1 computed earlier is returned.

A: It's because you are returning in except block
Using return word will end code execution in this function.
To avoid it you could write like this:
def main():
 num = 0
 try:
    raise Exception('This is the error message.')
 except Exception:
    num += 1
 finally:
    num += 1
 return num

a = main()
print(a)

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Emma Dreyer graduated with a BSc in Occupational Therapy and is a member of the Golden Key Society.
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SHELL has appointed a new Vice President for Nigeria and Gabon. He is Peter Costello and succeeds Markus Droll who assumes a new role of Executive Vice President, Projects in Shell International based in Rijswijk, The Netherlands. Peter has spent over three decades in the oil and gas industry, starting his career in British Gas and working in the UK, India, The Philippines, Thailand and Kazakhstan. He transferred to Shell following the combination with BG in June 2016.
Peter, who has assumed duty in Lagos, said: "I come to Nigeria with high hopes of what we can do to build on the excellent work that I've met on the ground.
Shell Companies in Nigeria are major contributors to the economy, through the energy they produce and the revenues they generate for the country,"'among others, but also via their supply chains, local content and social investment.
Markus, also an engineer by background, joined Shell in 1985 and has held a variety of roles in Projects and Front-End Engineering in The Netherlands, Oman and Brunei. He first came to Nigeria in 2006, where he led the Corporate and Commercial Directorate, and then in 2007, became Vice President Technical Africa. From 2009 to 2012 he was Vice President Technical Asia, Upstream International. He was appointed Vice President Nigeria and Gabon in January 2013.


Perhaps, it's not proper to introduce a film – Natasha Raheja's Cast in India – with an extended quote. Perhaps, it's not completely out of place if a particular moment in one continent resonates strongly with another moment in another continent.
I'm in a trolley, and, as is my habit, I'm slowly taking notice of the people sitting around me. For me details are things, words, sentences. I take apart the dress worn by the girl in front of me: I turn it into the fabric that makes it up, the work that went into making it… And immediately, as in a primer on political economy, the factories and the labor unfold before me – the factory where the cloth was made…I see the components of the factories, the machines, the workers, the seamstresses, my eyes turned inward penetrate into the offices, I see the managers trying to be calm, I follow, in the books, the accounts involved in it all; but it isn't only that: I see, beyond that, the domestic lives of those who live their social lives in those factories and those offices…All of them pass before my eyes merely because I have before me, below a dark neck, which on its other side has I don't know what sort of face, a common, irregular green edge on a light green dress.
The entire life of society lies before my eyes.
Beyond all that I sense the loves, the secret life, the souls of all those who worked so that this woman seated in front of me in the trolley can wear around her neck the sinuous banality of a band of dark green silk on less dark green cloth.
I become stupefied. The seats on the trolley, made of a tightly woven strong straw, carry me to distant regions and into multiple industries, workers, workers' houses, lives, realities, all.
I leave the trolley exhausted and sleepwalking. I just lived an entire life.
In a rare close-up, Natasha Raheja's short film, Cast in India, opens with the camera zooming in on a zebra-crossing at a busy intersection in New York City. Amidst the crowd of legs, we catch a glimpse of a Macy's shopping bag for the fraction of a second; the red star, though rarely visible, makes the scene almost an extension of Soares' reverie on seeing the green dress of the girl sitting in front of him. For a moment, I wonder if, like Soares' diary entry, Natasha wants us to think what the bag contains, where these commodities come from, who produce these commodities, and how they arrive in this city. Unlike 1930s Lisbon, the labor infrastructure that produces clothes and other commodities for western consumers has expanded. Once we look up the tag on a shirt, a top, or a pair of jeans, we are certain to encounter 'Made in Bangladesh', 'Made in Nigeria' or 'Made in Vietnam' embossed on them. A growing awareness about exploitative labor conditions across garment factories in third-world countries reveals to us the social life hidden behind these objects. Something that Soares' diary entry tried to imagine.
When the same sets of people at the zebra-crossing step on a grey manhole cover, where 'Made in India' is prominently emblazoned, no one seems to notice. They step on it or step across it. And that's that. So do we, who live in this city. However, Natasha's deft camera cuts to the grimy and soot-filled interiors of a factory in Howrah in the Indian state of West Bengal, in her quest to track down the labor networks that lie hidden behind these everyday objects.
Cast in India makes a crucial intervention in the discourse of labor and globalization – Soares couldn't have conceived of this in 1930s Lisbon – as labor-intensive work gets outsourced to the poorer countries. The camera pans around the vast expanse of the foundry and then zooms in on the details of each of the fragments that constitute the production of these sanitary castings. The working conditions are primitive, where molten iron is carried in tin containers and the workers use their bare feet to shove parts of the castings. There is a striking rawness in this portrayal that affects the audience viscerally as the camera focuses on the bare bodies and spindly sinews of workers who are seen milling around to have a cup of tea or change their dress before exiting the factory. Like Bernardo Soares imagining the people who produced the green dress in factories, I am left exhausted at the end of the screening.
Natasha's film works on two different registers: first, it reveals to us the extensive labor infrastructure and social life behind the everyday objects that we encounter in the built environment of the city, thereby highlighting our own alienation in modern life; second, it exposes the hazardous working conditions that are masked by the shiny surfaces of our great metropolises.
Here is a courageous and talented filmmaker, who makes an unusual move of entering the grubby interiors of a factory; something not many young filmmakers do these days. The film has been nominated for the 30th Annual IDA Documentary Awards.
Catch the next screening of Natasha's film. Details here.
Mosarrap H. Khan (MHK): Congratulations on an excellent film! Please tell us something about your background as a filmmaker. Was Cast in India your first film?
Natasha Raheja (NR): I started learning filmmaking at New York University. I am in NYU's Culture and Media program which offers integrated training in anthropology and video production. Cast in India is my second film. It's my first on the film festival circuit.
MHK: What prompted you to make a film on 'manhole covers' in New York City?
NR: I was walking the city streets one day shortly after moving here from Texas, when my gaze fell to a manhole cover below my feet with the boldly emblazoned byline 'Made in India'. Iconic and ubiquitous as manhole covers are in New York City, I wanted to learn more about this curious circuit of exchange.
MHK: The New York Times mentioned your film is about the "hellish condition" of Indian laborers. Is Cast in India only about making us aware of the "hellish condition" or is it about overcoming our own alienation from the social relations that lie hidden underneath the everyday objects in the built environment of this great city?
NR: Viewers have a range of responses to the film and take different things away with them. For me the film enlivens everyday objects and commodities, while raising questions around the concealment of labor infrastructure.
MHK: To your credit, without recourse to typical documentary techniques of voiceover, interviews, interpretations etc., the film succinctly captures the process of production of 'manhole covers' in factories in Howrah. Could you please tell us more about this particular style of filmmaking where the camera itself, as if, does the talking?
NR: I employ a sensory ethnography style that foregrounds feeling over interpretation and presence over explanation. I strive to make patient and committed shots. I strive to maintain a proximity to my subjects that is palpably intimate, and thus, for example, I minimally use the zoom feature on my camera.
MHK: What was the experience like in Howrah? Did you face any obstacles while shooting for the film?
NR: Shooting on location in Howrah was very smooth and I faced no significant obstacles. Except for being cloaked in soot!
MHK: At the end of the film, you insert a clip where some of the workers watch the film on your laptop. What was the idea behind it? Could this help the workers themselves overcome their alienation from the fragmentary nature of work in the factory?
NR: I wanted to share my representation with the foundry workers. Many of the workers' family members had not seen the foundry before and were curious about the technical process of iron casting.
MHK: What other future projects are you thinking of at the moment?
NR: I want to share the film with a range of audiences so I am diligently applying to film festivals. I also hope for the film to have an educational circulation for which I'm exploring ways to build a lesson plan around the film for high schools and colleges.
Mosarrap H. Khan is a doctoral candidate in the Dept. of English, New York University. He researches in the area of Muslim everyday life in South Asia. He is an editor of Cafe Dissensus.


Discussion in 'Nikon FX DSLR Forum' started by Ryan Scott, Aug 9, 2009.
Despite the advanced autofocus features of these cameras, I've always preferred center weighted focussing and recomposing for composition. I like it that way and am not really looking for recommendations on other AF point options, please.
My problem is that when I focus on a stationary subject, hold focus and recompose my photo and then hold down and fire several continuous frames the camera often loses focus in the middle of the burst(mostly after the first frame, sometimes after the second or third).
I don't release the shutter at all during the burst - shouldn't the burst hold the focus point throughout?
2. Set the AF-ON button to do the focus.
I use the thumb on the AF-ON button to focus on the center sensor, then release the thumb. Exposure is taken by the Shutter release, which I can lock pressing the AEL button once (it's set to be a ON/OFF toggle). I then reframe and shoot without touching the AF button.
I use mostly Matrix metering so I'm not sure if the AEL button holds the exposure over several shots, but in continuous mode you don't release the shutter to take a burst, so the exposure shouldn't change.
By removing the focus action from the shutter release, I can have both AF-S action and AF-C in the same AF-C mode, simply by using/removing the thumb from the AF button. When I keep the AF button pressed and move the center sensor to another position / object the camera will refocus, the same happens when the object under the sensor moves.
There are also several settings in the custom menu that control how focusing works and it might be an idea to look into that.
I hope this made sense to you.
Nice explanation...It helped me a lot.......Thanks.
I've heard a lot of people swear that once you use the AF-ON button that you'll never go back. I'm going to do some more experimenting to see if I can get things how I'd like them with shutter release AF, but thanks for the suggestion and explanation.
I started to use the method I described above around 18 months ago. I got used to it pretty fast and now I can't figure out how to use shutter focus. But each method has its conveniences.
The way you describe the problem it looks like the camera acquires focus again once it took a picture. I haven't tried it, but I will when I find some time.


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The aim of the collaborative research project ProData is to enable companies - especially SMEs - to recognize the potential of modern data analysis and to use it economically, without first having to make significant start-up investments (e.g. sensor technology, competencies, network networking).
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Istanbul Basaksehir manager Okan Buruk has called for all racism to be eliminated following the incident involving his assistant during their Champions League match against Paris St Germain.
The Group H fixture was halted on Tuesday night after 13 minutes, with both sets of players walking off the pitch 10 minutes later with the score at 0-0 after the fourth official, Romanian Sebastian Coltescu, was accused of using a racist term towards Basaksehir assistant manager Pierre Webo.
Webo, who had been sent off amid the incident, was allowed to take his place on the away bench as the game continued on Wednesday, with his red card suspended while UEFA investigates what happened.
The governing body has announced the appointment of an ethics and disciplinary inspector to look into the events and said it will impose "appropriate sanctions" if the official is found guilty.
✊🏻✊🏿 NO TO RACISM | #Respectpic.twitter.com/Ic1BzfANoi— İstanbul Başakşehir (@ibfk2014) December 8, 2020
A new set of officials were in charge for Wednesday's game, with Dutchman Danny Makkelie appointed as referee.
Both sets of players and the officials, who all took a knee around the centre circle during the Champions League anthem, wore "no to racism" t-shirts in the warm-up, while anti-racism banners were placed in the stands around the stadium.
Speaking in his press conference after the rescheduled match in Paris, which hosts PSG won 5-1 to confirm their qualification for the knock-out stages as group winners, Buruk said Webo was saddened by the incident and issued a rallying cry for all hurtful words to cease.
"Webo was really, really sad," said the Basaksehir boss. "We supported him, but it was not him who must have felt bad. The culprit is the person who said these words. He's the one who must be feeling bad.
✊🏻✊🏿 All Together @PSG_inside Başkanı Nasır el-Halifi, dün dördüncü hakem tarafından ırkçı saldırıya maruz kalan yardımcı antrenörümüz Pierre Webo'ya, özel forma hediye etti. pic.twitter.com/06LkQCXtbo— İstanbul Başakşehir (@ibfk2014) December 9, 2020
"We showed that we were all together with Webo. We must stop this, live together. Humanity is the most important thing."
Buruk also accused the Romanian referee, Ovidiu Hategan, of failing to properly manage the situation after the alleged comments made by compatriot Coltescu.
"The fourth official used an unacceptable word. The referee should have dealt with the situation properly but didn't. We had to show that we were with Webo," said Buruk
"The players decided to stop. Some of them didn't want to come back out. We are a team and we had to stick together."
On the pitch, the match restarted in the 13th minute on Wednesday with a free-kick to Basaksehir just inside their own half.
PSG, assured of qualification on Tuesday night after Manchester United's defeat to RB Leipzig in Germany, reached the knock-out stages with a comprehensive victory.
Neymar scored a hat-trick and Kylian Mbappe netted twice, with Mehmet Topal getting a consolation for the Turkish champions.
PSG boss Thomas Tuchel was pleased to win the match and expressed pride in his players for their actions on Tuesday.
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"They made a strong decision, they showed solidarity with the opponent," said the German. "They had a lot of courage. In the locker room, it was clear that they wanted to show that reaction.
"They are adults, they know what they are doing. I didn't understand the whole situation, I didn't hear the words on the pitch, but in the dressing room everything was very clear to us. It was necessary that we show this solidarity.
"It was a bit weird, for sure. After the situation yesterday it was important to react like that, the guys were brilliant on and off the ball. It was a really great performance and we managed to win the group.
"It wasn't easy at all and everyone knows that there was a tough period after the third game in the group."
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Eli took a big breath of air and slowly whistled it out again." Smell that Bobbie?" he grinned as he took another one for good measure.
"That's fresh, clean juicy air! ….That you can't get in the city!" he offered.
Bobbie agreed with him as he picked up a giant pine cone for his collection."What's the matter, you're not into breathing?". was Eli's response.
Eli's family had built a cabin at the edge of the forest five years ago when he was just six. He could not appreciate it then as much as he did now. He figured by now he knew every inch of that forest, clear to the top of Bull Mountain. There was, of course, no bulls, but there were a lot of other critters; foxes, squirrels, a skunk or two, and beavers up at the lake. And, Bobbie reminded him; that deer that they saw from the last time they visited.
Bobbie asked; "We goin' to the top today?" Eli looked up into the sky and replied; "Looks like it's going to be a good one, but we better take our packs in case." With that reminder from mom to be sure to take water and a compass, they took off for Big Rock, the first step in the journey. It was also a meeting place for them if they got lost or anything bad happened. You could still see the cabin from there, way down into the valley.
Breathing hard, they made it to the rock, broke out the water and shared an apple. They finished it and threw the core into the bushes. A squirrel who had been following them, grabbed it and sprinted up a tree. Bobbie was sure he heard him say "thank you".
Eli laughed and turned to him with the comment: " When you get as old as I am, you'll know that squirrels don't talk. " You see Eli was six months older. With that, off again.
The leaves had covered the path so it slowed them down as they tried to get their bearings. They could see Beaver Lodge, so they could not be far off course, but the climb was way more difficult. It was then that they could see some movement in the leaves over by a fallen pine tree. They moved closer to investigate.
Eli was the first to peek over the stump……"Bobbie, It's a baby deer", he called. "And, he's trying to get up. He's hurt bad!" Bobbie ran up to see the poor thing lying there with blood all over his side from a tear in his back leg."What are we going to do?" He asked. …….."Well, stop the bleeding first". Eli said, as he took off his shirt to tear it into strips for a bandage and tourniquet. He had seen this done before in a movie with a crippled horse.
The fawn was still struggling as Eli tried to finish. "Water!"he called to Bobbie. He then poured the water into the deer's mouth, as he stroked him as he would a puppy. Finally, he calmed down, worn out from the loss of blood and the activity.
"We can't just leave him here". Bobbie figured.
During all of this; a pack of coyotes had assembled above him, sniffing the air and rumbling in soft growls.
Then, moving their backs against a big rock ledge, they stood their ground…….. waiting.
The coyotes leader moved forward menacingly. Eli began barking and howling. So did Bobbie. They hesitated. Eli lunged forward and struck the leader full on the head. Bobbie followed with a blow to the one beside him. Both retreated yelping. The other three turned also in retreat.
They were none the less, followed at some distance away, all the way back to Big Rock. By then, it was getting dark. Eli had lain the deer down and tumbled onto the ground exhausted. He reached into his pack for his flashlight.
Though he could barely see the lights below, he could just make out their cabin.
Meanwhile, his mom had become worried that the boys had not returned. A Ranger had stopped by at the nearby station. She had called him telling of the boys failure to return before dark as promised.
Bobbie said, after some minutes; "I think I see something down there". Sure enough there were several lights coming up the trail a half-mile down.
Eli grabbed his flashlight and turned to Bobbie saying;" How's the Morse code go?" Oh, yes … – – – … "' That's it! " Soon there was a flashing of lights answering them. Seeing that, the eyes of the coyotes turned away, and they retreated into the dark forest.
The Ranger could see all of the blood on Eli's jacket and wondered if Eli was hurt. Eli said "No, , Eli pleaded please, let's hurry.
His reply was, yes, but how did he get here with you? ……….The response was "I carried him down the mountain".
Bobbie summed it all up, "Maybe he even made the Coyotes….Think they'll be OK.?
God smiled. It was a very good day for everybody……even the coyotes.
It's a good day for everybody when we are kind one to another.


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HONG KONG, 30 September 2014 … Independent policy think tank Civic Exchange today launched a new publication Taking from the Wild: Moving Towards Sustainability in Hong Kong's Wildlife Trade. The report explores the state of wildlife trade in Hong Kong and the issue of inadequate regulation and monitoring of the trade, and provides recommendations on how the sustainability of the trade could be improved.
Hong Kong is an important regional hub for wildlife trade, but it only regulates a fraction of the trade, giving protection to endangered species that are listed on the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Outside of ratifying CITES in local laws, Hong Kong provides no protection or limits on the trade of other threatened wildlife and related products that cross its border daily.
As an importer of wildlife products, Hong Kong has been sourcing part of its wildlife products from countries that lack wildlife protection regulation and/or have inadequate capacities to enforce such laws. This means that imported wildlife products could be illegally harvested, or over-exploits the environment beyond sustainable levels. This contributes greatly to pushing many animal and plant species to the point of extinction.
The report highlights four cases of wildlife trade that illustrate the gravity and complexity of the problem, and offers possible solutions to address current failings. These cases include:
Elephant Ivory – Hong Kong continues to be a major destination and transit hub for the illegal trade of ivory, with volumes intercepted increasing in the past 3 years. Its role as a trade hub has helped it accumulate a huge stockpile of seized ivory, at 33 tonnes. The HKSAR Government's committed to destroying 28 tonnes of this stockpile in early 2014.
Timber – many of the world's major timber exporting countries lack the regulation and enforcement to protect their forests and combat the smuggling of illegal timber. It means that a portion of timber that is imported to Hong Kong, estimated at 30 per cent, could be from such illegal sources.
Shark Fins – recent import reductions into Hong Kong may be a signal of a broad cultural shift in perceptions and preference for shark fin soup locally. Import volumes of shark fins into Hong Kong have reduced by 50 per cent since 2011.
Live Reef Food Fish – Hong Kong accounts for about 70-80 per cent of the global trade in live reef fish. Sustained demand from Hong Kong and growing markets on the Mainland, however, are outpacing regenerative capacity of reef fish in South-East Asia.
The case studies show the gaps in regulation, enforcement and monitoring of wildlife trade in Hong Kong. Besides the aforementioned regulatory gaps, enforcement of wildlife products that enter Hong Kong's borders needs to be improved. While illicit wildlife products do get intercepted at border checkpoints, this does not always lead to successful prosecution. In addition, data collected by customs authorities could help build a comprehensive picture of the trade, but for many wildlife products, the trade data collected lack the level of resolution to show what species are being traded. These gaps are undermining the survival of numerous species, and could be having a negative effect on the environment in its trading partner countries. "Hong Kong's huge dependence on our worldwide trading partners for local consumption and trade means that it has a global responsibility to ensure that these natural resources are managed sustainably", said Wilson Lau, the report's author.
With Hong Kong as one of the major regional hubs for the trade in wildlife and related products, adopting more stringent sustainability standards locally could have a positive impact on source countries. "Hong Kong could become a catalyst for a shift towards sustainability, but it has a lot more to do", said Yan-yan Yip, CEO of Civic Exchange. "The report provides some suggestions on how to get there."
The report provides several recommendations to improve the sustainability of wildlife trade in Hong Kong, chief of which is the need for a firm commitment by the HKSAR Government to tackle the illegal elements of the trade as an essential first step. This should be complemented by efforts to:
Regulate the legal wildlife trade – laws that direct wildlife traders from Hong Kong to ensure that their imports are from legal sources; and for the HKSAR Government to develop bilateral partnerships to influence more sustainable natural resource management.
More effective enforcement at Hong Kong's borders – develop a traceability system for imported CITES-listed animals and plants, using appropriate species marking (such as microchips, tags, barcodes, etc.), as proof of legal origins once the wildlife product reaches the local market.
Improve trade transparency and monitoring – further advance the development of custom codes that enable the identification of imported wildlife by species; and improve scientific scrutiny of wildlife imports by making public the source country's findings on sustainable export limits of CITES-listed species.
Develop supportive, non-trade measures to tackle wildlife crimes – develop public registry of company beneficial owners; increase investigative capacity to properly enforce Hong Kong's anti-money laundering laws; develop awareness campaigns that is targeted at reducing the consumption of wildlife trade overall, not only of the parts of the trade that is deemed illegal.
"Hong Kong is currently reviewing its biodiversity conservation policies as it develops a Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan", Yip adds. "It is vital that this process includes biodiversity that is imported from elsewhere, that leads to strong actions to reduce the city's global footprint."
Download full report:
Taking from the Wild: Moving Towards Sustainability in Hong Kong's Wildlife Trade
English full report: https://civic-exchange.org/en/publications/4816937
Chinese executive summary: https://civic-exchange.org/tc/publications/4816936
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First of all there is the box cover (http://www.blackindustries.com/default.asp?template=TM&content=newslist&newsitem=218) revealed on the Black Industrie pages.
I found also this mock-up picture (http://www.boardgamenews.com/ckovac/talismanmockuplarge.jpg) in Chris Kovac's article (http://www.boardgamenews.com/index.php/boardgamenews/comments/chris_kovac_the_2007_toronto_toy_and_hobby_fair/) about the Toronto Toy and Hobby fair on Boardgamenews.
Finally there is the Talisman Herald (http://www.talismanisland.com/herald.htm). The second issue has a detailed description on what is to expeceted in the box.
The box looks beautiful, so does the artwork. I hope they add some minis for the final release, or bring out some subsequently (as long as they don;t cost £5 each!). I love the classic card characters of 1st and 2nd ed, but minis like 3rd ed would give the game a more modern and polished feel.
Nice. The artwork for the character cards look similar to the first edition, which is okay by me. Thanks for the info, Rolf.
Someone get me a list of the characters for this, I'm going to see if I can get a set of minis together.


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Philosophy of Lal Kitab and Lal Kitab Remedies
By: Future Point | 22-Mar-2018
The main philosophy behind the science of a Lal Kitab is palmistry. It can be concluded that whatever you read in a Lal Kitab, has been written from the perspective of a palmist. Like in a normal astrological chart, there are twelve houses designed on the palm of an individual. All these houses, which have a different shape, are ruled by a particular planet.
In a palm, the weakness or strength of Mars is of utmost importance. In Lal Kitab too, there are two types of Mars. One is a good Mars, which gives benefits to the individual and one is malefic which give an adverse effect. What our old texts, like Vedic Astrology, says about the power of each planet that is there is similar to what is written in the Lal Kitab. But a difference arises during the case of an equivalent planet. For example, Mercury is said to give similar results as that of the most powerful planet, Sun.
In the Lal Kitab, there is also the concept of sleeping or blind planets. In an astrological chart, every planet is supposed to have an aspect of some houses and it invariably affects those planets. In the Lal Kitab if a planet is aspecting to a house with no planet in it, that planet then is declared as a blind planet. It is also important to note that the concept of aspect is different in different houses. If the sun is in the second house, it cannot aspect the eighth house but can aspect the sixth house and, if that sixth house is without a planet, the sun becomes blind. In other words, the house grants an aspect to the planet. The house which is without a planet is blind and such houses are called weak.
Then there is also the concept of artificial planets. When two planets combine in a group, they form one particular artificial planet or its substitute. When sun and venus conjuct, they form one artificial moon.
The concept of affliction too is widely present in the Lal Kitab. Say the sun is afflicted by Saturn, the effects of the Sun will change. In the Lal Kitab, the affliction of the sun will pass to Ketu and affect its results. In such situations, the wife of the individual might die or face major problems and troubles in life.
In normal astrology it is a common notion that a particular planet affects that house of which it is the lord. It is also believed that this planet gives effects the results of this house but the remedies of the Lal Kitab is more scientific in nature.
There are many different theories and principles that surround a Lal Kitab and they may seem strange to the common man. A lot of these concepts are used in giving the perfect remedies that have become world famous today. The concept mentioned above of artificial planets is especially used to decrease the effect of malefic planets. Mercury and Jupiter are known to be enemy planets. If Mercury afflicts Jupiter, we can help Jupiter as when Jupiter and Rahu conjucted, it forms an artificial Mercury.
According to the Lal Kitab, Rahu, Ketu and Saturn are said to be evil planets and more so, Rahu and Ketu. But there are instances when these two planets decide to shun their evil ways. If the Rahu or Ketu are conjoined with Moon in any house, their effect is nullified. This is how they become planets of virtue.
In a Lal Kitab, an ascendant does of the individual is not taken into consideration and Aries is the only ascendant. Many experts are of the opinion that the Lal Kitab was made with its own set of rules.
Also, though the Lal Kitab does not pointedly define a lucky or good horoscope it does not ignore it altogether too. In its text it is found to be written that virtuous planets are those in which the effects of malefic planet are reduced. Such a situation takes place when Jupiter conjoins with Saturn in any house, particularly 6th, 9th, 11th, and 12th. That is when a horoscope is believed to be truly blessed by God. Though Saturn denotes difficulties in its own way, it is also known to be the provider of huge fortune.


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Armed robber wanted to go back to prison
Clarissa Kell
ckell@dailypress.net
Mark James WIlson
ESCANABA — The downstate man charged with armed robbery of the Escanaba Hardee's restaurant was sentenced to 25 to 40 years in prison in Delta County Circuit Court Monday.
Mark James Wilson, 59, of 10098 Woodlawn Drive, Portage, pleaded guilty to one count of armed robbery – habitual offender – fourth offense. He was sentenced to a minimum of 25 years to a maximum of 40 years in prison. He was credited for 153 days already served.
"Somewhere along the road, your Honor, I just seemed to have lost the ability to function normally with society," Wilson said. "I would like to say to the people that I apologize in the most sincere manner for my behavior on the ninth (of) July."
Wilson was arrested on July 9 after attempting to rob the Hardee's restaurant in Escanaba.
At about 11:35 a.m. on July 9, Delta County Central Dispatch received a 911 call reporting a man had passed a note to a cashier at Hardee's indicating he was robbing the restaurant.
Wilson then entered the restaurant's bathroom and stayed there until local law enforcement officers arrived on the scene.
Escanaba Public Safety officers entered the restaurant and were eventually able to talk Wilson into exiting the bathroom without incident. No firearms were found.
Chief Assistant Lauren Wickman, Wilson's attorney Tim Cain and Wilson himself all brought up how Wilson wanted to return to prison as he felt he was unable to adapt to the outside world.
According to Cain, Wilson made it clear to him from the beginning that he had committed the crime to get back in prison and that he was hoping it'd be for a very long time.
"In discussing it, (Wilson) tells me he's happy enough with 25 to 40 (years)," Cain said.
Delta County Circuit Court Judge John Economopoulos told Wilson that despite him being unable to be a law abiding citizen in the outside world that he hopes he is one within prison as it would be his world for many years.
"If this outside world is a hostile environment for you, and the inside world of the Department of Corrections is the institution in which you're most familiar and in which you feel the most comfortable in your own individual — and perhaps to the outside observer — peculiar way then my message to you is this: if you cannot be or do not desire to be a law abiding citizen on the outside, at least do your very best to be a model on the inside," Economopoulos said. "When you go back to prison, a place where you're abundantly familiar with, do your best to be a model citizen within those confines because that will be your world for many years to come. Your opportunity at redemption, your opportunity at solace and finding your own wisdom on respect to your path will best be found within the prison system — make the best of it."
During the sentencing hearing, Wickman also brought up Wilson's extensive criminal history and his lack of ties to the Delta County area.
"From looking at his criminal history, it dates back to 1982 with his first assault with an attempt to rob armed, and it proceeds from there with an unarmed robbery, an assault with attempt to rob, an unarmed robbery, that 2009 one — he also appeared in Delta County," Wickman said. "It's also an interesting and somewhat unique situation in that Mr. Wilson has very little to any ties to the Delta County community but has twice committed a scary and violent offense within our community."
The Hardee's incident was Wilson's second robbery attempt in Escanaba in the last 10 years.
Wilson committed an unarmed robbery of Arby's restaurant in Escanaba in 2009. He received a prison sentence of three years for that robbery.
During Monday's sentencing hearing, Wilson was ordered to pay $258 in fines and costs.