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Intelligence Legislation
Protection of Information Bill, National Strategic Intelligence Amendment Bill & Intelligence Services Amendment Bill: Briefing
Chairperson: Mr C Burgess (ANC)
The Committee indicated that they had already had a comprehensive briefing on the Protection of Information Bill. The presenter therefore merely summarised the clauses of the Bill.
There was much debate about procedural matters. Members were unclear which version of the Bill was being presented. There were also discussions about whether the Ministry should give the Committee any submissions which they had received prior to the tabling of the Bill.
Members expressed much concern about the fact that the final arbiter regarding the decision to review classified information was the executive. They felt that the absence of an independent oversight mechanism gave the Minister too much power and would subject to constitutional challenge. Members also requested reasons for state organs being allowed to apply for exemption from the Bill. There were also questions on whether it was practical to expect all organs of state to review the status of classified records every ten years.
The Ministry also read very briefly through the technical amendments to the National Strategic Intelligence Amendment Bill. This Bill established the National Communications Centre (NCC) to provide signals intelligence capacity. The Intelligence Service Amendment Bill provided for consequential amendments which arose as a result of the National Strategic Intelligence Amendment Bill.
Members raised concerned about the financial implications of establishing the National Communications Centre. However it was decided that operational matters were best dealt with in a closed meeting. It was also decided that a separate presentation would be held on signals intelligence at a later stage.
Protection of Information Bill briefing
Ms Kerensa Millard (Legal Advisor, Ministry of Intelligence) said that she would be presenting on the version of the Bill which had been certified by the State Law Advisors (SLAs). There had been two versions to date that had been released to the public. The first had been approved by Cabinet and then published for comment. That version was then changed, after which it was published for comment again.
Dr S Cwele (ANC) interrupted, saying that the Committee needed clarity on what was being presented. He suggested that the presentation only focus on the Bill before Members.
Adv P Swart (DA) said that Members were not interested in what happened in the past. They just wanted information on the Bill which was tabled in Parliament. The Committee had already had a comprehensive briefing on the Bill the previous week.
Ms Millard said that a letter had been sent to the Minister of Intelligence about the status of the previous week's document (especially the explanatory notes). They had also asked him which of the recommendations made would be accepted. The Minister had indicated that he was not in a position to accept recommendations, as the Bill was in Parliament with the Committee now. At this stage the only version being dealt with was the tabled Bill.
Mr L Landers (ANC) said that the Bill was with the Committee and no one should be asking the Minister if he would accept recommendations or not.
Mr D Bloem (ANC) agreed, saying that any information submitted to the Minister should be sent to the Committee.
Dr Cwele said that it was unclear from the previous week's presentation as to whether the Minister was proposing changes. If so, that would have to follow a separate process.
Adv Swart asked if the document presented the previous week had been an official document.
Ms Millard indicated that it had. However they had given the Committee a new document in the light of the confusion. Ultimately the Committee would have to decide which document to accept.
The Chair asked if the document from 13 June was the latest and if the other two could be ignored.
Ms Millard said that this was the case. The document from 13 June had merely consolidated the submissions received, hereby providing more clarity.
Mr Bloem said that submissions were supposed to be made to this Committee and not to the Minister directly.
Ms Millard corrected the Member, saying that the submissions referred to were made by the Minister's Review Commission on Intelligence. Also, the Ministry had responded to newspaper articles. They had not entertained public submissions, since that was the role of this Committee.
Mr S Abram (ANC) said that he had gotten a sense that submissions had been provided to the Ministry and not the Committee. He said it would be helpful if these could be forwarded to the Committee.
The Chair disagreed, saying that there were two processes in dealing with the Bill. The executive had held their process and it was now the turn of the legislature. It was not appropriate to ask the executive to pass on comments received during their process, to the legislature.
Mr Cwele agreed, saying that the Committee simply had to consider the Bill and submissions made to it. If they asked the Ministry for their submissions it would amount to revamping the process. Their submissions would probably be irrelevant, since so much would already have changed since then. In any event many of their submissions would have been responding to the Bill in its previous form.
The Chair asked Ms Millard to return to the briefing.
Adv Swart interrupted, saying that the Committee had already had a comprehensive briefing on the Bill. Unless Ms Millard could add something new to what had already been presented, this presentation was unnecessary.
Adv Cwele suggested that the presenter merely summarise the Bill. The detail had been provided the previous week.
Ms Millard read through the following areas of the Bill:
Objectives of the Bill
Preamble- there were recommendations from the Ministerial Review Commission that the wording be changed. This was dealt with further in the Explanatory Notes.
Application: there were criticisms of the fact that the Minister could exempt Government departments from the application of the Bill. The drafters had however felt that many Government departments did not deal with sensitive information which needed to be classified. She explained that valuable and classified information required protection. Valuable information was protected from destruction, alteration or loss. Classified information was protected from disclosure.
Chapter 3 defined the role of the Minister and the Department and was not controversial.
Chapter 4 spelt out the criteria and principles which would determine if information was valuable and gave guidelines on how to protect this information.
Chapter 5 dealt with protection against disclosure. This related to sensitive, commercial and personal information. This chapter merely outlines the categories of state information which are capable of protection. Actual protection has to be in accordance with certain classification criteria.
Chapter 6 dealt with classification of information. State information may be classified as confidential, secret or top secret if the information meets certain criteria. This chapter also outlined the process of classifying information. Only heads of organs of state can classify or reclassify information. Only senior staff members can receive the authority to classify information. When state information is categorized as classified, all individual items of information in that category are automatically deemed to be classified.
The decision to classify must be guided by the following principles:
- secrecy exists to protect national interest
- classification may not under any circumstances be used to conceal an unlawful act/ omission, incompetence, inefficiency or administrative error.
The chapter also deals with declassification and who has the authority to declassify records or to downgrade classifications to a lower level of classification.
Chapter 7 deals with the criteria for the continued classification of information. In order for information to be reclassified, the classification authority had to be satisfied that the declassification "is likely to cause significant and demonstrable harm to the national interest of the Republic". The Bill imposes a higher threshold to meet for the reclassification or continued classification of state information. The Bill also provides for the regular review of the status of classified information. The decision by the Minister not to reclassify is subject to appeal. However the appeal procedure has been criticized as not providing for and independent and impartial oversight mechanism.
Chapter 8 deals with transfer of records to the National Archives. Records transferred to the archives are automatically declassified.
Chapter 9 deals with the release of declassified information to the public.
Chapter 10 deals with implementation and monitoring. The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) would exercise oversight of the national protection information policies and programmes carried out by organs of state. SA Police Services (SAPS) and SA National Defence Force (SANDF) are exempted from the provisions of this chapter since they have their own internal monitoring processes. Concerns have been expressed that there was no independent monitoring oversight mechanism where disputes were referred to the Minister.
Chapter 11 deals with the offences and penalties relating to the Bill.
Chapter 12 deals with classified information in court proceedings. Classified information that forms part of court records may not be disclosed unless a court orders disclosure.
Comments by the State Law Advisor
Adv Xoliswa Mdludlu (Principal SLA, Office of the Chief SLA) explained how the office of the Chief SLA operated. After they received the draft Bill from the Department they would assist the Department to translate the Cabinet approved policy into legislation. The legislation itself was not presented to Cabinet. The Cabinet approves policy, which the SLA would assist the Department to craft into legislation. The SLA would ensure that the policy approved by Cabinet was not changed during this process and was reflected in the legislation. The Bill was therefore presented to the SLA for certification. The SLA would verify each step with the Department. They would highlight changes they were making to the draft Bill, as well as unclear provisions and recommend changes.
The Chair requested that Adv Mdludlu provide the Committee with a document outlining the changes the SLA had made to the draft Bill.
Adv Mdludlu agreed.
Mr Abram asked if the SLA only examined legal phrasing or if they also ensured that the draft Bill presented to it complied with the Constitution.
Adv Mdludlu said that in the process of certification SLAs simplified the phrasing of legislation so that it could be understood by the lay person. They would also look at whether it conflicts with existing laws. They also would determine if it violated any Constitutional principles. If it did, they would determine if it was justifiable. They would do comparative studies to determine how these matters were dealt with abroad.
Dr Cwele asked if the Ministry could provide detail with regard to the cost implication of the Bill.
Ms Millard said that the costs had already been factored into existing structures and processes. The NIA already provided training on Information Security. Costs were factored into the National Vetting Strategy. Details of these would be made available to the Committee. The Ministry informed Cabinet that they had at that stage still been unable to assess whether additional personnel would be needed for the purposes of auditing and declassifying information.
Dr Cwele asked if enough emphasis was placed on the protection of sources or if it was just part of a broad provision in the Bill.
Ms Millard said that this was covered both in this Bill and in other Intelligence Services legislation.
Mr Abram questioned whether it was wise that a person who picked up classified information could simply return it to any police officer.
Ms Millard replied that the drafters had thought it appropriate to allow for classified documents to be returned to SANDF or SAPS representatives.
Mr Abram asked if it was practical to expect all organs of state to review the status of classified records every ten years.
Ms Millard said that each Department would have their own processes and procedures. These processes would not just be done in accordance with the Protection of Information Act (PIA) any longer. It was therefore important that the Bill be referred to in a Schedule in PIA.
Mr Abram expressed concern about the fact that the final arbiter on the decision to review classified information, was the executive. Although the party could approach the courts, one had to bear in mind that this was an expensive process. He asked if there was a reason Cabinet had decided to remove the provision allowing for an independent oversight mechanism. It was dangerous when the executive was not willing to subject itself to scrutiny. He wondered if the SLAs had measured this provision against the Constitution.
Adv Mdludlu said that the Bill complied with the provisions of the Constitution, but it was not possible to say that its provisions would never be challenged.
Adv Swart referred to the references to an independent body or a multi departmental panel reviewing the decision of the Minister (whether or not to reclassify). He asked what the reasons had for Cabinet excluding this provision.
Ms Millard responded that this had been raised by members of the public too. This was further elaborated on in the Explanatory Notes. Cabinet had felt that having an oversight body would amount to creating another administrative body. The Committee would have to make a decision on this matter.
Mr Landers asked why certain organs would be allowed to apply for exemption from the Bill's provisions. He asked what provisions were in place to monitor SAPS and the SANDF on their protection of state information (since they were excluded from the provisions of Chapter 10).
Ms Millard answered that the provision applied to all organs of state which had information that warranted protection. Thus a bus company would not have to comply with the requirements, since they did not deal with classified information. SANDF and SAPS already had internal processes in place to monitor these functions. They had indicated that they had the capacity to provide the necessary training and oversight. They would however also have to apply the criteria as set out in the Bill.
Ms D Smuts (DA) asked why commercial information was being classified as confidential in terms of this Bill, since there was already legislation dealing with this. By including the provision in this Bill, it would allow Eskom, for example, to source inadequate coal in insufficient quantities, and then to hide behind this provision (which would prevent it from having to account to its clients). The provisions of S239 of the Constitution were too wide in dealing with this matter.
Ms Millard said that it did not apply to all commercial information, but only the information in the hands of the State.
Ms Smuts said that this would apply to Eskom, since they were a State owned enterprise.
Ms Millard said that in order to classify information, such information would still have to meet the criteria set out in the Bill. If the State contracted persons/bodies to do work on its behalf, it was important to ensure that State information was being protected.
Ms Smuts accepted this explanation but felt that the application of S239 of the Constitution to organs of state was too broad.
Dr Cwele referred to Clause 26, which dealt with the automatic declassification of information. He asked how this was dealt with in the context of SA's negotiated settlement. He also asked if they had looked to other countries to see how they dealt with this issue (for example East Germany).
Ms Millard said that information which had been classified in terms of the negotiated settlement would not automatically be disclosed. Instead of declassifying all that information on the one hand; or letting it all remain classified on the other, Government had decided to declassify the information and then classify that which complied with certain principles. There was no standard for this matter internationally, since all countries dealt with the matter differently. In Germany they had initially declassified all the information. This position has since changed and one now has to apply and establish a basis of interest.
Mr Landers said that one should guard against legislating for an individual. One should not look at who the current Minister was when drafting legislation, as one does not know who his successor will be. One has to be careful to whom one gives so much authority and power.
Adv Swart referred to the fact that the Minister may exempt organs of state from the application of the Bill on good cause. He asked if this happened on application by the department and if it could happen unilaterally.
Ms Millard replied that all organs of state did not have to set up procedures to protect information, since not all state organs dealt with information requiring protection. They therefore should not classify their information. State organs would apply to the Minister and have to show good cause for the Bill not to apply. State organs would be assisted with the process of information management by the National Intelligence agency, who would provide training in that regard.
Adv Swart asked what the SANDF had said about the time constraints regarding implications of implementing the Bill.
Ms Millard said that there had been a reference group consisting of SAPS, Department of Justice, SANDF officials; who had dealt with the classification and declassification of documentation. This process had however been haphazard. SANDF had assured the Ministry that they could set up their procedures and have these systems in place within the next ten years. It may be possible for Departments to go through individual documents. Sometimes however these can be dealt with in bulk.
Mr Landers asked how practical Clause 47 was. He asked if the Minister would really go to court because someone presented him/her with false information.
Ms Millard said that the provision was introduced simply to give the State the discretion to take action against people who knowingly gave them false information.
The Chair felt that it would be difficult to support the provision unless it provided that the State could take action against a person who knowingly gave the State false information in order to mislead, obtain reward or cause prejudice to the State. He did not see any reason that these additional criteria should not be accommodated.
The Chair concluded that very important issues had been raised in the discussion. He referred in particular to the discussion on the way in which information from the apartheid era would be dealt with.
The Chair said that Ms Millard should go through the brief presentation on the other two Bills. He added that the amendments to these Bills were merely of a technical nature.
National Strategic Intelligence Amendment (NSIA) Bill
Ms Millard agreed that the amendments to the Bill were of a technical nature. The Bill established the National Communications Centre (NCC) as the signals intelligence capacity. Ms Millard referred to documents she had circulated to Members explaining how the interception of signals was regulated and also what signals intelligence was. She said that the Bill further provided for the SA Secret Service (SASS) to assist NIA with security screening functions. It also allowed for the Director General of NIA to delegate the issuing of security functions. It also amends S5 (a) of the Act to establish field vetting units by state organs not forming part of the National Intelligence Structure, in order to enforce the National Vetting Strategy.
Intelligence Services Amendment Bill
Ms Millard said that the amendments to this Bill too were of a technical nature. It removed the requirement for the establishment of a training fund for the Academy. It also changed the retirement age of those in the service to 55 (in line with the broader Public Service provisions). The Bill provided for consequential amendments which arose as a result of the NSIA Bill. The Bill allowed for the Minister to delegate functions regarding the acquisition, maintenance and disposal of immovable property. The policy areas raised in the Bill were the establishment of the NCC as the national signals intelligence agency.
Signals intelligence included the monitoring of all signals from satellite or cable. These were collected in bulk, after which information obtained would be processed. In order for the signal to be intercepted in terms of Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act (RICA) it was necessary to (1) obtain a warrant, (2) identify the individual transmitting the signal, and (3) indicate what the person was suspected of. In terms of this Bill the NCC can collect foreign signals intelligence which begins externally. They are not authorized to do so if the signal begins in the borders of SA.
Adv Swart asked if RICA would not apply to a South African phoning from another country into SA.
Ms Millard said that the nationality of the person did not matter. Whether or not the Bill applied depended on where the signal originated. If it originated in SA, RICA would apply and those requirements would have to be met. If the signal ended in SA or passed through the borders of SA, the Bill would apply.
Adv Swart referred to the fact that the Minister would be allowed to delegate security clearance. He asked to what level of seniority this could be delegated.
Adv Cwele asked how the Bill could have no financial implications when it was establishing a new Department.
Ms Millard said that NCC currently exists as an organizational component of NIA. 500 posts had been approved and 300 of these were filled.
The Chair interrupted, saying that the presenter was commenting on operational matters.
Ms Millard asked if she should give the Committee a quick presentation on signals intelligence.
The Chair said that this should be done at a later stage.
Mr I Vaadi (ANC) felt that the Committee should hold a closed discussion on the operational matters of the NCC.
The Chair asked Members if it would be necessary to hold meetings on 19, 20 and 23 June as scheduled.
Mr Vaadi felt that there would be no purpose in holding the scheduled meetings. The deadline for submissions had been extended until Friday, 20 June.
Dr Cwele agreed that those meetings be cancelled but suggested that a small multi party committee should meet on the afternoon of 24 June to go through submissions and decide whom to invite to public hearings.
Mr Landers supported this proposal.
The Chair said that the Committee secretary would liaise with Members to ascertain who wanted to be involved with the multi-party committee on Tuesday.
The Chair adjourned the meeting.
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Behbud has three production facilities located in Mehmoodabad, Clifton and Korangi which also serve as vocational training centers for cutting, sewing, machine and hand embroidery. The centers offer a six month course, a one year certification course and a two-year diploma. Certified instructors prepare students for the Sindh Board of Technical Education (SBTE) exams. Upon graduation from the diploma course, students have improved earning capacity, better employment opportunities and a capacity for lifelong learning and job satisfaction.
A variety of fabrics including silk, cotton and velvet and a range of blocks are used to create intricate modern and classic designs for various products including table cloths and napkin sets, prayer mats with matching dupattas, silk scarves, kurtas etc.
Women who are trained in block-printing are empowered to earn a living and become financially independent.
The duration of the leather production course is around 6 months. Many of the workers and trainees at Behbud's leather production facility are students who work part time in order to pay their tuition fees. Some of the trainees have found jobs with leather companies and are now financially secure.
In addition to leather, the workers also use leatherette, jamavar, jute and other textiles to produce a range of items including baby bags, photo frames, gift envelopes, wallets and handbags, diaries, folders, lamp shades, mats, coasters etc.
The Grooming Centre was inaugurated in June 2012 with the help of a generous donation from Nairobi. Mrs. Daulat Rahmatullah of Ravissant provided the technical support, and helped set up the syllabus. The Grooming Centre offers a six month course, and operates two shifts a days from 9am to 12.30pm and 12.30pm to 4.00pm.
Behbud's grooming center trains women in the art of make-up, hair care and styling, skin care and beauty treatments. The trainees have been using the skills learned at the grooming center in make-shift salons at their homes in order to generate income for themselves.
From July to Junes 2017 almost 40 girls completed this course and then from January to June 2017, 13 more girls completed this course. Most of these girls have been using the skills learned at the grooming center in their homes in order to generate some income for themselves or they have found jobs in beauty parlors.
The electrician course is registered with the Sindh Technical Board and students who pass the S.T.B.E. exams are awarded a diploma. The course is 6 months long and includes 3 months of training in household wiring and 3 months in industrial wiring.
Behbud's students have consistently excelled in this field. Syed Hasnain Hussain received First Class First division in Sindh Board and Sajjad Hussain received second position in the S.T.B.E. exams.
Behbud's Computer Department is equipped with 24 work stations and provides both software and hardware training for women and men at highly subsidized rates. Courses include MS Office, XP, graphics, Oracle, web design, fashion and jewelry design.
The Computer Department also conducts English language classes prior to the computer courses that are taught in English to ensure that students can understand what they are being taught.
Akleema Bibi is a full-time employee at the Behbud Vocational Training Center's Block Printing department and has been with Behbud for over fifteen years. After the death of her husband in 2000, Akleema Bibi had to support four children on her own and fulfill all of their household and educational expenses. Her job as a blockprinter at Behbud offered her a flexible work schedule enabling her to balance work and family responsibilities while the income enabled her to support her family.
Today, Akleema Bibi's children are independent and settled and she is a proud grandmother of three grandchildren. Akleema Bibi's children want her to retire and rest at home but Akleema Bibi continues to come to Behbud as she enjoys the work environment and likes to spend her time doing something productive.


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Q: C++ main loop timer My C++ program has a main loop which runs until the program says it's done.  In the main loop I want to be able to make certain things happen at certain time intervals. Like this:
int main()
{
    while(true)
    {
        if(ThirtySecondsHasPassed())
        {
            doThis();
        }
        doEverythingElse();
    }
    return 0;
}

In that case, I would want doThis() to be called every thirty seconds, and if it doesn't need to be called, allow the main loop to continue and process everything else.
How can I do this? Also keep in mind that this program is meant to run continually for days, weeks, even months.

A: Here's a more general class, where you can have seperate timers.
class Timer{
public:
    Timer(time_type interval) : interval(interval) {
        reset();
    }

    bool timedOut(){
        if(get_current_time() >= deadline){
            reset();
            return true;
        }
        else return false;
    }

    void reset(){
        deadline = get_current_time() + interval;
    }

private:
    time_type deadline;
    const time_type interval;
}

A: Probably the largest overkill yet, but what about Boost.Asio?
#include <boost/asio.hpp>
#include <boost/bind.hpp>
#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>

void doThisProxy(const boost::system::error_code& /*e*/,
    boost::asio::deadline_timer* t)
{
  doThis();
  t->expires_at(t->expires_at() + boost::posix_time::seconds(30));
  t->async_wait(boost::bind(doThisProxy, boost::asio::placeholders::error, t));
}

int main()
{
  boost::asio::io_service io;

  boost::asio::deadline_timer t(io, boost::posix_time::seconds(30));
  t.async_wait(boost::bind(doThisProxy, boost::asio::placeholders::error, &t));

  io.run();
}

A: if your program is going to be compiled and runned in a windows system you can also use some windows handlers like this :
SetTimer(hwnd,             // handle to main window
IDT_TIMER1,            // timer identifier
30000,                 // 10-second interval
(TIMERPROC) NULL);     // no timer callback

while (1)
{
    if (! PeekMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE))
    {
        doeverythingelse();
    }

    if (WM_QUIT == msg.message)
    {
        break;
    }
    if(WM_TIMER == msg.message)
    {
         if(IDT_TIMER1 == msg.wParam)
              do30secInterval();
    }
}

you can also pass some function as the last parameter of SetTimer so that the whenever timer ticks it calls your function itself.

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Dawn Simulator
I was watching a video on Youtube today and one video mentioned something called the Dawn Simulator. It is a method that is used to naturally help a person wake up by slowly increasing light and sound during a period of 30 minutes to 2 hours.
So basically look at it this way, if you need to wake up at 5am, but the sun is not up, the dawn simulator can help you wake up more naturally and without the laziness of not wanting to wake up so suddenly feeling.
The Dawn Simulator is something that I would love to try out because I like millions (maybe billions) of humans around the world, have a lot of difficulty waking up early. Do some research of your own, DAWN SIMULATOR!
Check out the Dawn Simulator through Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_simulation
Check out the original Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9NTLZilkF0
This entry was posted in Life, Technology on July 28, 2008 by Rambo.
I had the fortune of seeing the latest movie in the Batman franchise, The Dark Knight, during its opening weekend. Let me tell you, that movie was fantastic. It is a testament to the marvel that was Heath Ledger's all too brief career, and I cannot think of a more perfect actor to have played the part of the Joker. The movie as a whole was an adventure, and though it was just over 2 and a half hours long, it was never tedious or monotonous. The lack of over-the-top visual effects and CGI left room to highlight the genius of the actors. That's right, actors acting! This is further promoted by the minimalistic score. Where most comic-book movies revel in the big scores and cheesy one-liners. The Dark Knight uses neither of these. The mood builds of its own accord, and boy is there mood. It's creepy, loving, and the character development draws you right in. Though some parts of the movie, such as Bruce's almost magical proficiency for technology or Batman's too perfect gadgets, were part of the typical movie realm. However, the raw talent of the actors gave a very realistic quality to the movie, giving it all the more resonance with viewers. With this, the events seem almost plausible.
And the plausibility is what renders it terrifying. I have honestly in my life, however short it may be thus far, seen acting talent like Heath Ledger as the Joker. This character leaves the realm of comic relief entirely and becomes utterly frightening, for he is first and foremost insane. He's not a silly smiley man, he's not a prankster wreaking havoc, he is entirely unpredictable and promotes chaos in all its forms. Please go see the movie. There are no words beyond my feeble attempt to describe how absolutely spectacular the whole production is.
I recently read this article analyzing the Joker's love of chaos. The approach is very different from one I would have taken but I really see the author's point. The article views the Joker as an "upholder of feminism". Again, not my initial reaction, but very interesting. The Joker and Batman are polar opposites. Batman is the patriarchy – order, system and safety. He works to eliminate chaos in all its forms, from crime to corrupt authority. He upholds "the plan", whatever the plan may be. The Joker very clearly stands for chaos; he states this on more than one occasion. He wants to have fun. That is his goal, to promote chaos to entertain himself. If Batman is the patriarchy, the oppressive restrictive order, and Joker is his opposite, than what is Joker? A feminist?
Don't worry, I am not arguing here that Batman is anything but a hero. He certainly is, but you cannot argue that he promotes any order but the accepted status quo. The Joker yearns to drag this down and resurrect – what? So far it seems his sole aim is to change the status quo, to usher in a new era where there is no plan. Having seen the movie and viewed the Joker in all his epic glory, I would say he is well on his way. This is readily apparent in his destruction of Gotham's "legitimate" hero, District Attorney Harvey Dent, played by Aaron Eckhart. He effectively drives Dent to the point where he can no longer be a part of the plan. His scars from an incident in the movie – if you don't know what it is, I won't give it away – disfigure his face and render him Two-Face, another well-known villian played in the original by Tommy Lee Jones. Two-Face is a split personality who kills on random chance. He flips a two-headed coin, one side with the face scarred, to decide whether the people he encounters will live or die. The Joker single-handedly caused Dent's downfall from Symbol of Justice to Chance-Driven Villian. What a turn.
I eagerly await the next installment of the Batman series. If the Joker is to return, I cannot imagine that anyone could fill the big shoes left by Heath Ledger. In fact, I can't wait to see The Dark Knight again for that performance and the formidable opposition of Christian Bale as Batman. Go see the movie, your perception of cinema will be forever changed.
This entry was posted in Entertainment and tagged awesome, batman, movie on July 23, 2008 by Lindsay.
The Onion Movie
The Onion is a media association which provides fictitious stories and reports on national, international and entertainment news to the public. The Onion is known for the satirical, savvy and comedic twist on the issues that affect the modern day world. Since its humble beginnings, The Onion, have been publishing newspapers and has recently in the past few years moved onto the Internet and video parodies to get their hilarious news out.
The numbers of readers and viewers continue to grow each and every day. Between the years of 2003 and 2007, the filming of The Onion Movie began. It was released directly to DVD on June 3, 2008. The movie is portrayed as a newscast and follows an anchorman as he struggles to maintain his journalistic integrity while facing a corporate takeover.
During the movie, a plethora of characters and stories are introduced which provide The Onion's satire and edge but with an interesting twist. It is definitely an unconventional film and absolutely worth watching (intended for viewers over the ages of 18). It is indeed an excellent film for providing a lighthearted version of the aspects and issues of life.
Although the movie is not directly linked with The Onion itself it is still worth checking out The Onion Movie and The Onion if you enjoy poking fun of today's pressing issues.
As The Onion's slogan says it is "America's Finest News Source". But some would say that it is "The WORLD'S Best News Source".
Link to The Onion: http://www.theonion.com/
For more info about The Onion Movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0392878/
This entry was posted in Entertainment, Life, Media, Technology and tagged fictitious, film, hilarious, movie, News, Onion Movie, satire, stories, The Onion, unconventional on July 21, 2008 by Rambo.

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By James Hudson
Steel Train, Dear and the Headlights, Forgive Durden, Crossing Sarnoff
Club Congress, Sunday, Nov. 2
Early Sunday evenings at Hotel Congress are normally sedate affairs, but this past weekend served as the exception, as all parts of the hotel bustled with activity.
Past the packed Cup Café, local musician Jimmy Carr rocked an accordion on the Tap Room patio, still draped in festive Halloween faux webs; buggy-wielding attendees of the robot-themed Baby Club Congress enjoyed well-deserved post-show cocktails in the lobby; and the hotel's banquet room was filled with a who's-who of the last 20-plus years of Tucson music, all celebrating the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. David Slutes (Congress entertainment director and member of the Sand Rubies). Congrats!
Outside on Congress Street, a line stretched around the building for an all-ages show headlined by New Jersey's Steel Train, a frequent Tucson visitor whose stock has risen in recent years due to lead singer Jack Antonoff's high-profile relationships with Scarlett Johansson and current squeeze Alia Shawkat (of Arrested Development).
Local pop-rock group Crossing Sarnoff earned the coveted opening slot with tight numbers like "Burnt Up," its harmonies and sugary hooks bringing to mind Phoenix's now-defunct The Format. The Format's influence can still be felt both in Tucson and up north, with bands like tonight's middle act, Dear and the Headlights.
Thomas Dutton, aka Forgive Durden (yes, a Fight Club reference), followed CS's short set with the surprise hit performance of the night, sampling the bulk of his new release, Razia's Shadow: A Musical, with a full band backing the canned musical score. Dutton is like a teen-heartthrob version of My Brightest Diamond or St. Vincent.
Quintet Dear and the Headlights are enjoying national praise from the likes of Spin for their sophomore release, Drunk Like Bible Times, which is full of bouncy, emotional (not quite emo), frustrated-teen anthems that played well to the younger crowd; quite a few made it painfully obvious they knew all the words to "Sweet Talk."
Steel Train closed with the intensity of the E Street Band (or even Bright Eyes) and the pop sensibility of Jellyfish--or, again, The Format. Crowd-pleasers included the emo-Sufjan-esque "I Feel Weird" and the "awww"-prompting, xylophone-and-tambourine unplugged version "Women I Belong To," answering the question, "How did that guy get those girls?"
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In his new role, Jensen will lead Grundfos's business across 22 countries including 13 wholly-owned sales companies and local assembly plants that the company operates in the region. He will also spearhead opportunities for the company's development and expansion in Asia Pacific.
Jensen has served as Grundfos Group Senior Vice President and Regional Managing Director for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) markets since 2015, where he oversaw 2800 employees in areas of sales, marketing and customer service.
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Poul Due Jensen, Grundfos Group Executive Vice President Sales, Marketing & Service, said: "I'm looking forward to working with Kim to continue growing our business in the Asia Pacific. Over the years, Kim has done a fantastic job leading his team and building a strong sales approach for the EMEA markets. We are excited to bring his extensive experience and deep understanding of managing businesses in dynamic markets to this growing region."
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Home Reviews Malayalam Mr. & Ms. Rowdy Review: Occasional charms & lots of vacuity
Posted By: Savan Francison: February 23, 2019 In: Malayalam, ReviewsNo Comments
Mr. & Ms. Rowdy sputters and fizzles out faster than the ill conceived quotations that our rowdies undertake without much thinking. Interestingly, the movie works well when it playfully lay bare the shortcomings of its characters while making no pretensions to a specific story. But the moment it steps into unfamiliar grounds in a half-hearted attempt to embrace crime tropes, the film falls flat, eventually clutching at straws to hide its own inadequacy. Unlike what its title suggests, this is not a movie that occasions the coming together of two professional rowdies. The story follows the lives of five childhood friends whose criminal past denies them a fair crack of the whip to turn their lives around.
Mr. & Mrs. Rowdy starts out with the most featureless characterization of its four main characters, but comes alive when Poornima (Aparna Bala Muralidharan) enters the life of Appu (Kalidas Jayaram) following a series of unfortunate events. Poornima's belligerent step mother Kicks her out of home on the pretext of an ostensibly sordid mix-up involving she and Appu. With nowhere else to go, Poornima ends up with Appu whom she now holds responsible for her homelessness. The story then follows her growing influence on Appu and some unexpected turn of events that will change the lives of five friends.
While Mr. & Ms. Rowdy carries the trappings of a crime movie, not long into the story you realize that it's more of an oversimplified, satirical commentary on misguided youth than an authentic caper. Hence, when it incorporated a sensational crime theme into the final quarter of its casually cobbled together story, the film seemed totally out its depth to see things through. Contrived and artificial as some of its scenes were, it is a film that cannot be critiqued for its lack of authenticity. It's solely interested in portraying five socially ostracized ragtag bunch, who have been reduced to making livelihood from petty crimes.
These are small-time criminals who are essentially stuck in their crime-stained delinquent past. Now their shared dream in life is to become a powerful, wealthy gangster like Dominic, a role model who strikes fear into his targets and aspiring rowdies alike. Again Jithu Joseph has gone one step further in exhibiting his singular knack of spotting criminal potential on the prettiest of faces. If the physical features and demeanor of dubiously endearing criminals don't strike you as quite menacing, there is background music to convince you otherwise. It's not my intention to dismiss the celebrated works of baby-faced assassins.
Let's look no further than the protagonist Appu who's quickly put in his place by poornima when he's told that he possess neither the DNA, nor the looks of a rowdy. His delicate veil of bravado cracks everytime he is pushed to the limits. He's not particularly helped by his standardized speech pattern which is a far cry from patios of the village he and his fellow rowdies inhabit. The contrast grows uneasily clear during a series of heated exchange with Poornima who actually sounds every bit as uncouth and local as his partners in crime. For a further demonstration of Appu's incompetence as a rowdy, there's a supposedly intense scene in the second half where Appu shakes up some middle aged guy. From the look of things, the guy was not so much intimidated as tickled by Appu's limp grip around his neck.
Most of the story unfurls in some idyllic countryside of Kochi, and I could identify some familiar locations such as Varapuzha and Kadamakkudy. If the first half unhurriedly careers about establishing the characters against their not so dissimilar backgrounds, and the second half saw the film making a brief plunge into a totally unfamiliar swamp and reemerge carrying a placard with the most unsubtle, schematic commentary about a societal evil. In short just when the film started to show signs of recovery from the damages caused by its clockwork narration, it suddenly lapsed into mediocrity of its own making. The distinctive ways the themes in the movie tranpire in the course two halves left a lot to be desired.
While watching the film I found it hard to come to grips with the fact that this was written by the same person who gave us Drishyam. But then it's easy to view it as the work of a director just having some fun. This becomes quite clear when you see the sequences where he satirizes the over-the-top stunts in popular Malayalam movies. To be honest, it never quite felt like a disappointing fall for a movie that never really hit the ground running in the first place.
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Stéphane Kalla – Founder, associate – Strategy and development director for research and teaching
Doctor in Philosophy-Human Sciences, graduate of Jean Moulin Lyon III University, is Professor of Philosophy and French as a Foreign Language, but also researcher in Human Sciences. Currently in charge of educational and linguistic cooperation (Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs), he has during his missions abroad designed scientific and cultural projects promoting the establishment of strategic partnerships in the fields of education and research by systematically promoting the virtues of interdisciplinarity. Convinced of the need to increase effective collaborations between heterogeneous disciplinary fields, he directs a research group and a collection of books dedicated to Philosophy and interdisciplinarity: ATOMOS (Lyon, France).
Stéphane Kalla has been working on the design and creation of the HUMANEUS Center since the start of the project, more specifically, he is responsible for the development of the Leibniz Institute. In addition, Stéphane oversees partnerships at the international level.
Erik Aliocha Anzi – Founder, associate – Creative director
In 1978, after working as an illustrator for 10 years in press and publishing, Erik entered the film and television industry in the United States and Europe as a concept artist and scriptwriter. He has worked as an art director for independent production companies in New York and Los Angeles and has participated as an illustrator in films such as Alien (1979), Conan the Barbarian (1982) and Blade Runner (1982). From 1988, he focuses on storyboarding, screenplay and production, mainly in Europe. In 2010, Erik left the film industry to devote himself to personal projects in illustration, production and writing. In 2016, with Stéphane Kalla, he imagined the HUMANEUS Center and now devotes himself full-time to its development.
Mathieu Maurer Vuille – Founder, associate – Financial director
Former elite athlete and holder of a Master's degree in Management from HEC, Mathieu Maurer Vuille is a Swiss entrepreneur active in the fields of computer science and Web design. Web designer from 1998, IT specialist from 2003 and company manager from 2006, Mathieu is always eager to find new challenges. He joined Three Golden Doors in 2017 as financial director and head of web development.
Doctor in Philosophy-Human Sciences, graduate of Jean Moulin Lyon III University, is Professor of Philosophy and French as a Foreign Language, but also researcher in Human Sciences.
Currently in charge of educational and linguistic cooperation (Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs), he has during his missions abroad designed scientific and cultural projects promoting the establishment of strategic partnerships in the fields of education and research by systematically promoting the virtues of interdisciplinarity.
Convinced of the need to increase effective collaborations between heterogeneous disciplinary fields, he directs a research group and a collection of books dedicated to Philosophy and interdisciplinarity: ATOMOS (Lyon, France).
In 1978, after working as an illustrator for 10 years in press and publishing, Erik entered the film and television industry in the United States and Europe as a concept artist and scriptwriter.
He has worked as an art director for independent production companies in New York and Los Angeles and has participated as an illustrator in films such as Alien (1979), Conan the Barbarian (1982) and Blade Runner (1982).
From 1988, he focuses on storyboarding, screenplay and production, mainly in Europe. In 2010, Erik left the film industry to devote himself to personal projects in illustration, production and writing.
In 2016, with Stéphane Kalla, he imagined the HUMANEUS Center and now devotes himself full-time to its development.
Former elite athlete and holder of a Master's degree in Management from HEC, Mathieu Maurer Vuille is a Swiss entrepreneur active in the fields of computer science and Web design.
Web designer from 1998, IT specialist from 2003 and company manager from 2006, Mathieu is always eager to find new challenges.
He joined Three Golden Doors in 2017 as financial director and head of web development.
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"""
Django settings for timealign project.

Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 1.11.13.

For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/topics/settings/

For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/
"""
import os
from .settings_secret import *

# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))

# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/deployment/checklist/

# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = 'bseaauw*m9wd2_h-&!+73yig@qd$r+th25k%*!79ckbvat)e3j'

# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True

ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
if DEBUG:
    from subprocess import Popen, PIPE

    hostname = Popen(('hostname'), stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0].decode().strip()
    ALLOWED_HOSTS.append(hostname)
    ALLOWED_HOSTS.append('localhost')
    ALLOWED_HOSTS.append('127.0.0.1')
    INTERNAL_IPS = [hostname, '127.0.0.1']

# Application definition

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',

    'bootstrap3',
    'ckeditor',
    'ckeditor_uploader',
    'django_filters',
    'django_object_actions',
    'nested_admin',
    'robots',
    # This Captcha is based on https://django-simple-captcha.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html
    'captcha',
    # Alternative Captcha: https://simpleisbetterthancomplex.com/tutorial/2017/02/21/how-to-add-recaptcha-to-django-site.html
    # 'debug_toolbar',

    'core.apps.CoreConfig',
    'news.apps.NewsConfig',
    'selections.apps.SelectionsConfig',
    'annotations.apps.AnnotationsConfig',
    'stats.apps.StatsConfig',

    'widget_tweaks',
    # The place where this is inserted in this list matters. If the core.apps.CoreConfig comes after the perfectextractor_ui, the base.html will be in conflict and core/base.html will not be loaded, but instead loading the template of perfectextractor-ui/base.html.
    'perfectextractor_ui',

    'django.contrib.admin',

    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.flatpages',
    'reversion'
]

MIDDLEWARE = [
    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
    # 'debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.flatpages.middleware.FlatpageFallbackMiddleware',
]

ROOT_URLCONF = 'timealign.urls'

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
            ],
        },
    },
]

WSGI_APPLICATION = 'timealign.wsgi.application'

# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/#databases

DATABASES = {
    'default': user_db
}

# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators

AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
    },
]

# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/topics/i18n/

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/Amsterdam'
USE_I18N = True
USE_L10N = True
USE_TZ = True

# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/static-files/

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

# Flatpages
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/contrib/flatpages/

SITE_ID = 1

# File handling
MEDIA_ROOT = 'media'
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'

CKEDITOR_UPLOAD_PATH = 'news'
CKEDITOR_IMAGE_BACKEND = 'pillow'

# Login redirect
LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/timealign/status'

# Path to where the PerfectExtractor corpora reside
PE_DATA_PATH = '/opt/Corpora/'

DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.AutoField'

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Pallet storage, ecommerce warehouse services, units to rent & courier distribution in Wales
Wales is a country which is part of the United Kingdom. Wales has over 746
miles of coastline, including it's offshore islands; the largest, Anglesey, which is also the largest island in the Irish Sea.
Generally mountainous, its highest mountains are in the north and central areas, especially in Snowdonia, which contains Snowdon, it's highest peak.
Over the last 250 years, Wales has been transformed first from a predominantly agricultural country to an industrial, and now a post -industrial economy.
Warehousing in Wales is extremely competitive, with pallet storage rates being well worth a consideration if this area of the UK is workable for your company. With great transport links to parts of England, in particular London, Wales provides many warehouses offering warehouse space and fulfilment services such as pick and pack, rework and distribution for your commercial goods.
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WO78440 Deeside, Zone 1
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Edge Transport Ltd
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75,000 sq. ft.CH5 2NR
The main road artery linking cities and other settlements along the south Wales coast is the M4 motorway. It also provides a link to England and eventually, London. The Welsh section of the motorway, managed by the Welsh Assembly Government, runs from the Second Severn Crossing to Pont Abraham, Carmarthenshire, connecting the cities of Cardiff, Newport and Swansea. In north Wales the A55 expressway performs a similar role along the north Wales coast providing connections between Hoyhead and Bangor, and Wrexham and Flintshire. It also links to England, principally Chester. The main north-south Wales link is the A470, which runs from Cardiff to Llandudno.
Wales is served by four commercial ferry ports. Regular ferry services to Ireland operate from Holyhead, Pembroke and Fishguard. The Swansea to Cork service, cancelled in 2006, was reinstated in March 2010.


NEW DELHI, Sept 8 — India today rejected UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's reference to Jammu and Kashmir and asserted that there was no increase in tension with Pakistan as stated by him.
NEW DELHI, Sept 8 — The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, adjudicating the presidential reference, today said it was not going to "review or reconsider" the 1993 apex court judgement laying down the guidelines for the appointment of judges.
CHENNAI, Sept 8 — AIADMK supremo Jayalalitha today asserted that there was no threat to the Vajpayee government "at present," although her party was still reviewing support to the coalition.
Remembering our founder is a matter of pride for us. He left behind a legacy of rich contribution to society 100 years ago on this day. The legacy lives on in our thoughts, words and action. It is extraordinary that by the sheer force of his genius Dyal Singh Majithia made a profound impact on his times and, in fact, heralded a new era in Punjab.
NEW DELHI, Sept 8 — The Supreme Court today described the Union Government's affidavit justifying the transfer of Mr M.K. Bezbaruah from the Enforcement Directorate to the Delhi Government as "misleading" and criticised it for taking shelter behind a "misquoted judgement" to justify the transfer order.
PANAJI, Sept 8 — The Wilfred D'Souza ministry in Goa today easily won a vote of confidence, capping weeks of legislative and legal battles and ending a two-month-long political impasse in the state.
The Minister wants this to be changed as it may be used for publicity by the Congress.


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Q: mysql query in shellscript I need to create a database in Shell-Script and insert into database considering the following scenario.
My question is "How to generate random numbers as marks for each registration numbers and insert to database" ?
Scenario :
1) Create a table called "students" (reg_id, subject, marks) Select the proper data types and lengths. Note: if there exist a students table drop it first.
2) Generate and insert records to the table according to the following criteria.
      a. Student reg_id should be like "idx". "x" should be start from 1. Ex: id1, id2..... id138
      b. Every student should have marks only for 8 subjects. (Optional subjects  : Art, Computer, literature)
      c. The maximum number of records should be able to change using a parameter.
      d. The subject  marks can be vary from 0 to 100.
Here is the code i wrote :
#!/bin/bash

NoOfSubjects=8

# create students table
mysql -u root school << EOF
drop table students;
create table students (reg_id varchar (10) not null, subject varchar(20), marks int);
EOF

echo "Enter number of students"
read NoOfStudents

# get list of subjects from teachers table
results=`mysql -u root school -e "select subject from teachers;"`
#get results into array
read -r -a arr <<< ${results}

# get marks from terminal
studentCount=1
subjectCount=1
count=1
while [ ${studentCount} -le ${NoOfStudents} ]
do
    echo "Enter marks for student :" ${studentCount} " with spaces"
        #marks=$(( RANDOM % 100 ))
        #echo $marks
        #count=`expr ${count} + 1`
    read marks
    student_id="id"${studentCount}

    # enter to db
    for input in ${marks}
    do
        if [ ${input} -ge 0 ] && [ ${input} -le 100 ]
        then
            `mysql -u root school -e "insert into students(reg_id, subject, marks) values ('${student_id}','${arr[$subjectCount]}',${input})"`
            subjectCount=`expr ${subjectCount} + 1`
        else
            echo "Invalid marks: " ${input}
        fi
    done

    studentCount=`expr ${studentCount} + 1`
    subjectCount=1
done


Drive is an inner quality that many people lack. It is drive that makes a person not accept the status quo. It is drive that makes someone to not want to be mediocre. Drive is a quality that few have. Many people are happily content with their position in life or within their company, which is just fine. Others see themselves with being able to attain higher goals than just being a spoke on the corporate bicycle wheel. It is this drive that brings people to make the jump into being their own boss. It is easy to stay the course in your life; it is much harder to harness your drive and take the leap. Life is a journey and there are many journeys in one's life. Getting married, losing weight, learning to play an instrument. These are all journeys that lead to a richer life. A journey begins with the first step and drive is what makes you take that first step. No matter what your journey is, it all begins with drive.
All my clients are determined to succeed. Some more determined than others, but determined nonetheless. Some will succeed and others will fail with their business ventures. But the fact that they have come to see me illustrates the fact that they are determined to succeed. Anyone can have a great business idea. It is the determined individual that harnesses their drive and acts on it with determination. Success in life can be measured in many ways: money, family, loved ones who care. It is the determined individual that doesn't throw in the towel on their goals, their relationships, and their challenges that is a truly successful person.
When I think of determination I think of NFL Hall of fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor. L.T. spoke of determination best years ago at his enshrinement speech. "You just got to go play. And no matter how many times it knocks you down. No matter how many times you think you can't go forward. No matter how many times things just don't go right. You know, anybody can quit. Anybody can do that. A Hall of Famer never quits. A Hall of Famer realizes that, a Hall of Famer realizes that the crime is not being knocked down, the crime is not getting up again." Life isn't easy, and it certainly isn't fair. But if you are determined to make a difference, in any way, you will. Without determination to attain higher goals, life will pass you by.
Every person has passion. Whether it's passion about business, family, reading, or your favorite sports team you are have passion. The passion that the entrepreneur has, along with their drive and determination, is often the x-factor to a successful business venture. You can be a driven and determined individual, but without passion you are dead in the water right before you make your sales call. Customers can smell lack of passion on an entrepreneur like cheap cologne. Passion to help others with your business services or products you offer is vital.
All of these factors, along with a little bit of luck, can help you succeed in life and in business.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A high school principal was acting reasonably and in accord with the school's anti-drug mission when she suspended a student for displaying a "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner, her lawyer told the Supreme Court Monday.
"The message here is, in fact, critical," the lawyer, former independent counsel Kenneth Starr, said during a lively argument about whether the principal violated the constitutional rights of the student.
The dispute between Joseph Frederick, who in 2002 was a high school senior, and principal Deborah Morse has become an important test of the limits on the free speech rights of students.
LOS ANGELES: It has been billed as the most important student free-speech case since the Vietnam War. The justices of the US Supreme Court are poised to decide whether a school was wrong to punish a student for displaying a banner reading "Bong hits for Jesus".
Five years ago Joseph Frederick, then an 18-year-old student at a high school in Juneau, Alaska, spelled out the phrase in gaffer tape on a four-metre banner. His aim, he said, was to get on television as the Olympic torch for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics passed through town - and to annoy his principal.
Stop the Drug War (DRCNet) is an international organization working for an end to drug prohibition worldwide and for interim policy reform in US drug laws and criminal justice system. Read more about DRCNet.
As doubtful as the following hypothesis might first seem to the reader, I might as well boldly state my case right from the start: either Jesus used marijuana or he was not the Christ. The very word "Christ", by the implication of its linguistic origins and true meaning, gives us the most profound evidence that Jesus did in fact use the same herb as his ancient semitic ancestors, and which is still used by people around the world for its enlightening and healing properties.
Last week, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of pain. And not just pain, but severe, crippling pain—the kind of pain you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy.
For years, people in less than a dozen states have been smoking medical marijuana to help cope with such things as brain tumors and multiple sclerosis. The federal government, however, sees such attempts at pain relief as selfish. These people are undermining the war on drugs, the feds say. And, last week, the Supreme Court agreed. In a 6-3 ruling, the court confirmed that federal anti-drug laws overrule state medical marijuana laws. Federal power is far more important than some cancer-havin' stoner's excruciating pain. So now the feds can feel free to bust anyone who smokes, grows, prescribes, or distributes medical marijuana, even if they live in one of the few states where doing so was approved democratically.


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Aruba: a happy island
When my husband told me that I had won a package trip for two to Aruba, I sure did not knock it down with my enthusiasm. For me it was a Caribbean cliché with no real exploration or adventure. Of course, I now understand that he suffered from cold weather dementia caused by gray skies and freezing temperatures. In fact, it got so bad that I overheard myself complaining to a fellow from New England: "But we'll miss almost half of March!"
Fortunately, my frost-fueled hiss attack dissipated shortly after our charter fight landed in Aruba. At the airport I had a slight start when I saw a hill of trash burning in the dump that overlooked the ocean. However, this monstrosity soon faded and was replaced by expanses of electric blue ocean that kept us company on the short bus ride to our hotel.
It's easy to excuse a few minor blemishes in Aruba, the "jewel of the Caribbean." Just 15 miles from Venezuela, Aruba is small, only 20 miles long and around 7 miles wide. It is the most popular of the "ABC" islands (Bonaire and Curaçao are B and C), a small group of islands that are part of the Dutch West Indies and enjoy perfect hurricane-free weather all year round.
With its strong economy, a harmonious population of less than 100,000, and a comfortable standard of living, Aruba seems like a political paradise. In fact, it has one of the highest literacy rates in the Caribbean and the average Aruba speaks four languages: Official Dutch, English, Spanish, and Native Papiamento, a mix of African, Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch developed by slaves. from Curaçao in 1500 to communicate with their owners who had fled the Spanish inquisition.
We enjoy Aruba like most tourists do, in a South Coast resort. Starting in the capital city of Orangestaad near the western tip of the island, the resorts stretch up a ten-mile stretch to the expensive skyscrapers in the far northwest near Boca Catalina, a world-renowned windsurfing spot. Nicknamed "A Happy Island", Aruba has plenty to amuse and delight all tastes. And, as we learned later, there is even a chance for a true white knuckle adventure.
But that doesn't come until later. First is the sheer effortless fun of Aruba. GWV put us up at La Cabana, an all-suite resort across the street from Eagle Beach, prized for its soft, sandy shore. (GWV offers 7-day trips in the summer starting at $ 1025 per person) The kitchen, living room, two televisions, and phones were overkill for our needs, although we used the microwave to heat up the leftover snapper or schnitzel. The concept of light meals, aside from MacDonalds or Wendy's, hasn't really caught on, and it's hard to find anything less than a multi-course dinner. The "Dine-Around Plan" we chose provided us with seven breakfasts and four dinners in a variety of restaurants. ($ 419 per person). For breakfast it was well worth the few minutes it took to take the bus up to one of the skyscrapers like the Marriott and the Aruba Grand where we got a great view and the rare treat of real and half and half milk. There are many goats in Aruba, but no cows, so what you normally get for coffee is sweetened condensed milk with the consistency of latex paint.
Speaking of goat, they serve a great version of curry at Boonoonoonoos, a popular tourist spot in Orangestaad that offers Caribbean food and cheerfully garish decor. The Jamaican Jerk Ribs were hot: 20 on a scale of 1 to 10. (entrees start at $ 21) Another highlight was Villa Germania, where you can savor delicious sauces al fresco (entrees start at $ 23) while gazing at the yachts in the harbor and the tourists heading to the casino next door.
Most days involved time on the beach, usually under one of Aruba's famous divi divi trees, low, hunched specimens bent by the constant 15-knot trade winds. They provide shelter from the sun, which at 12 degrees from the equator is formidable. When we weren't on the beach gazing at the turquoise water, we reveled in its warmth and translucency, the quality that makes it an excellent snorkel. Snorkeling is perfect for the weak of the water like me because it has the illusion of a great adventure, at the same time that it is very docile. Down there with the lemon yellow angelfish, I'm sure I wasn't the only one with the mask and fins who pictured herself as an intrepid diver in the deep.
Aruba offers a host of organized activities on land and water. A morning orientation session at a local casino offered by GWV on our first full day was invaluable. Despite the hype, it was efficient – we were able to hear about sunset sails, jeep adventures, and snorkeling trips and then sign up at a discount. One of the favorites was the Jolly Pirate, a 4 ½ hour snorkeling cruise with a group of charming males serving rum poison and lunch and showing us how to swing from a rope. ($ 55 per person) We also liked the softer sunset sail ($ 40 per person) with snacks and open bar. (Yes, practically every activity in Aruba has an open bar.) Most of the boat and shore tours are offered by De Palm tours, the oldest and most established tour operator on the island.
It was on our DePalm bus tour that we got to see "the other Aruba." (Approximately $ 42 per person for a half-day snorkeling tour.) The Atlantic Ocean crashes against the rocky north shore from the California Lighthouse in the far northwest to San Nicholas in the far southeast. Cacti and aloe plants dot the desert landscape that is enlivened by brightly painted houses. In Aruba, the color of the house is a family affair; even the ornate above-ground burial crypts are painted to match the deceased's home. Our bus tour took us to the Natural Bridge, a coral formation that has been beaten off a bridge by centuries of surfing. Unfortunately, what I remember most about the site was having to pay a quarter to use a dirty toilet without toilet paper. I guess that's extra.
Our favorite site was the Arikok National Wildlife Park with its abandoned gold mines and pirate castle ruins. We observed cave drawings and made friends with a very tame "wild" donkey in this nature reserve that covers about a quarter of the island. As our old tour bus bounced off the dirt roads that crisscrossed the vast park, the bus driver assured us that if the vehicle broke down (which actually seemed very likely at some points) we shouldn't worry because "it's impossible to get lost in Aruba ".
A few days later, when my husband and I were definitely lost in our rented jeep in the middle of the Arikok Natural Park, we remembered his words. We also tried desperately to remember where that bumpy road was, as we had wandered off the road looking for a shortcut to the Natural Pool, a place to swim on the north shore. Our shortcut became a dizzying series of washed-out trails strewn with boulders the size of washing machines. After two hours of fear, danger, and a heavy dose of marital tension, we stopped to get our bearings and have the discussion I'd been waiting for. (You see, he had insisted that we take this route.)
After a short but satisfying fight, we passed our remaining 6 ounces of warm water between us, watched the sun go down, and promised to work as a team. From our height we could see another garbage dump, a recently appreciated sign of civilization. "Wow, that landfill looks beautiful to me now," said my husband. With a clearer head, we decided to get back on the road. By some miracle, we finally met an Aruban who was also lost but who was able to find his way out.
Please, dear reader, do not repeat our mistake. After our trip, I learned that off-road travelers are a big problem in the park. Park authorities are developing a map and guidelines to help visitors enjoy Arikok Park and its dramatic rock formations, greenery, prikichi (Aruba parakeets), and natural beauty without being an environmental pest or needing rescue.


Cam Thanh is a beautiful agricultural village just outside of Hoi An, away from the hustle and bustle of the city. You will have a chance to meet the local farmers at Thanh Dong Organic farm and learn about their lives and farming techniques. You will then be taken to the Field restaurant by boat for a scheduled cooking class.
You will be picked up at your hotel lobby by a local guide to take a bicycle trip to Thanh Dong Organic farm. Enjoy a short stroll around the vegetable garden while listening to the stories from the villagers, how their lives changed since they have been introduced to organic farming method. Afterwards you can join the farmers and do some gardening activities like preparing and applying organic manure to the land, raking the ground, sowing, watering and harvesting vegetables. Go to the Field restaurant by boat. Upon arrival, you will be welcomed with a drink before joining the cooking class and enjoy your work at lunch / dinner. Back to hotel by car. End of tour.
This tour program supports local farmers by supplementing their earnings from farming activities with earnings from tourism activities. Part of the fee goes to the community fund of the farmers.


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Heir Chronicles, Book 2: The Wizard Heir
Ages 11-13 (Older Readers)
Ages 14+ (Mature Readers)
The Team Player
Disney Hyperion 2007
Sixteen-year-old Seph McCauley has spent the past three years getting kicked out of one exclusive private school after another. Unfortunately it's not his attitude that's the problem. It's the trail of magical accidents—lately, disasters—that follow in his wake. Seph is a wizard, orphaned and untrained--and now that the only person who could protect him has died, his powers are escalating out of control.
After causing a tragic fire at an after-hours party, Seph is sent to the Havens, a secluded boys' school on the coast of Maine. At first, it seems like the answer to his prayers. Gregory Leicester, the headmaster, promises to train Seph in magic and initiate him into his mysterious order of wizards. But Seph's enthusiasm dampens quickly when he learns that training comes at a steep cost, and that Leicester plans to use his students' powers to serve his own mysterious agenda.
In this companion novel to the exciting fantasy The Warrior Heir, everyone's got a secret to keep: Jason Haley, a fellow student who's been warned to keep away from Seph; the enchanter Linda Downey, who knew his parents; the rogue wizard Leander Hastings, and the warriors Jack Swift and Ellen Stephenson. This wizard war is one that Seph may not have the strength to survive.--from the publisher
462 pages 978-1423104872 Ages 13 and up (psychological torture)


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An issue can occur when multiple users open the same file in MS Desktop Applications such Excel in synchronized areas and where Excel auto-saves the files.
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Through yoga we learn about the 8 limbs, a type of framework to grow and enrich our practice. The 8 limbs not only help adults gain an understanding of themselves and the world, but can also help kids learn some valuable personal and social lessons.
The yamas makeup the first limb of yoga and encompass ideas that can apply universally, regardless of age. Ahimsa is the first concept under the yamas, compassion for all living things. Teaching our children to respect life, to be thoughtful, and to take on an attitude of nonviolence is invaluable. Our children are faced with all sorts of situations, i.e. bulling, that may require them to cultivate ahimsa and they need OUR help to do just that.
Utilizing literature is a wonderful way to impart lessons to our children, providing a safe way to introduce topics and to initiate conversation. One wonderful children's book that you could use to teach the idea of ahimsa is The Recess Queen. This story speaks to treating others how you'd like to be treated. It's a great story to use with little yogis just starting school or those who are learning friendship skills. An activity that goes along with this book, and takes yoga off the mat, is to invite your child to make a picture or a card for a classmate who may need a friend. On the mat you could teach your child a pose, like partner boat, that they could do with a friend.
Sister Anne's Hands is a picture book but not for the littlest yogis. This story would be a wonderful way to introduce the idea of compassion to 10 to 12 year olds. This story focuses on the idea of compassion towards those who look different than us by using the 1960's and the civil rights movement as a backdrop. Certainly this is a heavy topic but can lend itself to some thought provoking conversations between you and your child. A pose like partner tree echoes the book's theme by showing kids that to succeed we need to lean on each other for support.
The story The Great Kapok Tree focuses on compassion for animals and the environment. The main character is convinced by a variety of rain forest animals to protect them and the forest. This classic by Lynne Cherry is perfect for any kid yogi. There are so many off the mat activities that can be done with this story, including taking time to pick up trash in the yard and help with the recycling.
Enjoy sharing the idea of Ahimsa, some great books, and a yoga practice with your children!


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42 Percent of Films at Sundance Were Directed by Women — Here Are the Best
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The entertainment industry has been talking for the last several years about trying to find ways to get women into positions of power in front of and behind the camera. With these issues come discussions of equal pay and the #MeToo movement.
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This year, the 2018 Sundance Film Festival is taking the lead by proudly showcasing work by women, especially in the role of a director. Even though there is more work to be done and changes need to be instituted on the studio side, the statistics are encouraging:
42 percent of all shorts and features were directed by women
Of the 122 feature film selections, 37 percent were directed by women
Of the 69 short film selections, 51 percent were directed by women
Here are a few female-centric films directed and produced by women that you should keep your eye on during the Sundance Film Festival.
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The Tale is one of the hottest titles at the Sundance Film Festival this year. It stars Laura Dern, who is still riding the wave of her Emmy and Golden Globe success from Big Little Lies. The movie, directed by Jennifer Fox, looks into a woman's memory and how the passage of time makes her reevaluate her very first sexual experience — and the darkness surrounding it.
Fox's first documentary, Beirut: The Last Home Movie, won the 1988 Grand Jury Prize Documentary at Sundance. Twenty years later, she's here with a film that is ripe for the #MeToo movement and filled with a stellar cast, including Dern, Ellen Burstyn, John Heard and Jason Ritter.
RBG are the initials for the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The documentary film, directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen, follows her incredible career in a time when many women feel their rights in the workplace are under assault again.
This documentary gives an exclusive look behind the scenes beyond her professional life. Don't let Ginsburg's tiny stature fool you — she's small but mighty.
If you haven't discovered director Tamara Jenkins' 1998 delight, Slums of Beverly Hills, starring a young Natasha Lyonne, add it to your Netflix queue now. She also had great success at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival with The Savages, which went on to receive two Academy Award nominations for Best Actress and Best Original Screenplay.
Now, Jenkins is about to hit Sundance with a new film, Private Life. Her movie tackles a couple's marital difficulties while undergoing fertility treatments. It's a very contemporary story about difficulties many marriages have endured. The film stars Kathryn Hahn and Paul Giamatti.
More: James Franco Skipped the Critics' Choice Awards — Was It the Right Decision?
Seeing Allred
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The title should give you all the information you need on what the film is about — Gloria Allred. Love her or hate her, the women's rights attorney has been way ahead of the curve when it comes to calling out men for sexual harassment and assault. You may not agree with her tactics, but it's easy to see how she pushed this movement ahead before we all joined the cause.
This documentary was codirected by Sophie Sartain and Roberta Grossman and will premiere on Netflix shortly after the Sundance Film Festival. Sartain and Grossman were going back and editing footage late in 2017 because the news was changing so quickly.
"I feel fortunate that Seeing Allred captures my passion and battle for justice for many victims of injustice," Allred said in a Netflix press release. "The courage that my clients demonstrate, in speaking truth to power, inspires me every day as we fight together."
A Woman Captured
This film revolves around a European woman who has lived an entire decade as a domestic slave. She bravely decides to escape her bleak fate and start over again. Before you wonder who is starring in this film — brace yourself — it's a documentary.
The woman found the courage to leave thanks to director Bernadett Tuza-Ritter's presence while making the film. It's a real-life horror story, yet the turn of events leaves the viewer with a message of inspiration and hope.
More: Constance Wu's New Movie Role Is Giving Everyone Hope for Hollywood
susaneLand
This dark comedy is a web series featuring short clips of stories based on producer, writer and star Susane Lee's life. She cocreated the series with Andrew Olsen, who's directing the series.
"We decided to create a show that we wanted to see where the world is diverse and inclusive," said Lee in the show's trailer. "All of the principal roles, aside from one, were cast with women or people of color."
The 2018 Sundance Film Festival runs Jan. 18 through 28. Check out a full list of films on their website.


HOLLYWOOD (March 29, 2005) – Famed keyboardist, Derek Sherinian, releases yet another masterpiece on InsideOut Music. Mythology, Sherinian's fourth solo album is a true brilliant work of art. Playing with a cast of virtuoso's, Mythology is a combination of styles – rock, prog and metal with splashes of jazz. As the composer, Sherinian left a lot of room for the guest artists to feel natural in playing. So much so that Zakk Wylde was inspired by the flow of the music that he wrote lyrics for the track The River Run and also performed the vocals.
The cast o' characters are comprised of Steve Stevens (Billy Idol), Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society/Ozzy), Allan Holdsworth, Steve Lukather (Toto), Simon Phillips (Toto), John Sykes (Thin Lizzy/Whitesnake, Blue Murder), Tony Franklin (The Firm/Blue Murder), Marco Mendoza (Thin Lizzy/Blue Murder/Whitesnake/Ted Nugent/Ozzy), Jerry Goodman (Mahavishnu Orchestra/Dixie Dregs) and Brian Tichy (Billy Idol, Ozzy, Slashes Snakepit). With a line-up like that you can only expect the best.


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The name Rina has been used for two tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean.

 Hurricane Rina (2011), a powerful but small Category 3 hurricane that made landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula.
 Tropical Storm Rina (2017), a strong tropical storm which formed in the Central Atlantic.

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