"Deadpool 2" has a hero — but what it needs is a new director.
Tim Miller left the Fox sequel Friday over "creative differences" with star Ryan Reynolds, TheWrap is told by multiple people with knowledge of the project.
The departure was "amicable," a studio source said, though we've heard elsewhere that Reynolds and Miller have had a contentious relationship for quite a while now. The two haven't had much of a relationship since the first "Deadpool" was released, not even speaking for long periods of time.
So, what happened to create such a rift between Miller and the actor whose career he helped resurrect?
Miller, who owns a visual effects studio and we're told did much of the polishing work on the original "Deadpool" for free, wanted more of a stylized sequel, while the actor placed his focus more on the raunchy comedy style that earned the first movie its R rating.
This parting of ways should have both fans and the studio spooked. After all, Miller's fingerprints are all over the first film, which was a surprise box office smash hit. Per Box Office Mojo, "Deadpool" hauled in north of $782 million globally on a budget of $58 million. Domestically, the comic book adaptation made $363 million.
"Deadpool" opened No. 1 on Valentine's Day weekend, scoring $132 million from U.S. theaters. The R-rated X-Men franchise film was the year's big box office release story until "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" showed up in late March.
That DC Comics blockbuster backed up a Brink's truck to the tune of $873 million globally. The difference there is that "Deadpool" was generally received well by film critics, while "Batman v Superman" was panned.
The "Deadpool" sequel has been written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the same guys who wrote the first film.
"Deadpool 2" will feature popular character Domino, and screen tests are underway for Kelly Rohrbach, Eve Hewson, Ruby Rose, Mackenzie Davis, Lizzy Caplan, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Sienna Miller, Sofia Boutella, Stephanie Sigman and Sylvia Hoeks.
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Like Deadpool, Neena Thurman — a.k.a. Domino — is a former mercenary turned member of the X-Men.
Deadline first reported Miller's exit.


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Q: Define backgroundworker's RunWorkerCompleted with an anonymous method? I Hope I used the right term
What I'm aiming for is something like this (I realise it doesn't work that way):
private bool someBool = false;

BackgroundWorker bg = new BackgroundWorker();
bg.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(DoLengthyTask);
bg.RunWorkerCompleted += new RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(
    ()=>
        {
            someBool = true;
            Logger.Info("Finished");
        }
)

The important part being the RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler being defined within the scope of the original caller and by that having access to the caller's variables.
Is this possible? Would it generate possible race conditions on the someBool?

A: It doesn't work in your example, since the complete delegate should receive 2 parameters:
private bool someBool = false;

BackgroundWorker bg = new BackgroundWorker();
bg.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(DoLengthyTask);
bg.RunWorkerCompleted += new RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(
        (sender, e)=>
                {
                        someBool = true;
                        Logger.Info("Finished");
                }
)

A: It all depends on what else uses the bool.
In particular, it the bool truly a field (as suggested by the "private"), or is it a variable? There is a difference, as you can mark a field as volatile (but not a variable).
However, my gut feel is that you should be using synchronization such as Monitor, perhaps with pulsing etc - or a gate such as ManualResetEvent.
Without either synchronization or volatile, it is possible for another thread to not see changes to the variable - but we really can't say more without the other half of the code...

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2018 NBA Draft: LiAngelo Ball says it's his 'priority' to get drafted by the Lakers
Lonzo Ball's brother, LiAngelo Ball, wants to reunite with his older sibling on the Lakers when the 2018 NBA Draft rolls around. Will his dreams become reality?
By Harrison Faigen@hmfaigen May 14, 2018, 9:26am PDT
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Whether or not playing in their hometown is an actual draw for NBA players has been a topic of debate for some time now.
On one hand, everyone remembers the homecoming stories that work out, like LeBron James (both times). However, many neglect to mention all of the players that have decided to pass on playing for their hometown franchise and the pressures and challenges that come with it, with Kevin Durant's stiff-arming of the Washington Wizards coming to mind in recent years.
In the end, whether or not the idea of playing at home sounds appealing or not probably depends on the player. Lonzo Ball made it clear he was firmly in the camp that felt it was a positive based on he and his father's posturing to get him to the Lakers last season, and it appears that type of mindset runs in the family.
LiAngelo Ball — who is eligible for the 2018 NBA Draft — made it clear during an appearance on ESPN L.A. Radio that he also wants to end up on the Lakers this summer when the draft roles around (transcript via Trevor Lane of Lakers Nation):
"Lakers is my priority, for sure. I want to play with my brother. Ever since I played with Zo, we went undefeated. Same thing will happen when we get older. We're just going to get stronger and faster and better feel for the game. It will be a good outcome. … I'm willing to play for other teams. That's fine if they pick me. My priority is the Lakers. I just want to play with my brother."
LiAngelo might have an uphill climb to get there, as he is not listed as one of the top-100 NBA Draft prospects by ESPN, Sports Illustrated, or this guy I just asked in the hotel lobby I'm writing this from instead of searching for a third website.
Still, wanting to play with his brother is an understandable desire for several reasons. For one, as LiAngelo and LaVar have both now pointed out, Lonzo and his brothers have had a ton of success together!
What that doesn't mean, however, is that their aforementioned success will translate to the NBA level, where you need, well, NBA talent, something that most don't seem to think LiAngelo possesses.
Draft "experts" could be wrong, and certainly have before. However, given how many headaches the Lakers have gotten from LaVar when he had just one son in the building (and a son who was playing a ton of minutes, at that) it seems unlikely they'd want to see how he reacted if LiAngelo spent most of the year on the bench.
Or, to put it more simply: If LaVar was calling out Luke Walton for not playing Lonzo exactly the stints he thought would help his son get in a shooting rhythm, imagine the types of stuff he'd say if one of his sons straight up wasn't playing.
Now maybe LiAngelo blows scouts away during the predraft process, or maybe the Lakers bring him in as a favor to the player they hope is their point guard of the future. It certainly wouldn't be the first time an NBA team brought a player in for nepotistic reasons.
However, neither of those scenarios seem particularly likely, so like many other siblings around the world who grew up competing on the same teams, Lonzo and LiAngelo will probably have to get more used to playing for separate squads.
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Stakes are set as Bemidji State hosts No. 1 Minnesota State Saturday
The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Interdivisional series concludes Saturday as Bemidji State University hosts No. 1 Minnesota State University, Mankato at Chet Anderson Stadium. The Beavers and Mavericks kick off at 1 p.m. in the 48th game of the series and BSU's first game against a No. 1 ranked opponent.
Preview Recap Boxscore
#1 Minnesota State at Bemidji State | October 20, 2018
BSU FG 10:09 Aanerud 26 Yd
MSU FG 05:03 Bednarski 31 Yd
MSU TD 08:35 Zylstra 18 Yd Pass From Schlichte (Bednarski kick)
MSU TD 00:12 Schmidt 5 Yd Pass From Schlichte (Bednarski kick)
MSU TD 07:54 Gunn 3 Yd Run (Bednarski kick)
BSU TD 07:19 Ogden 36 Yd Run (Aanerud kick)
MSU TD 07:06 Arnold 75 Yd Pass From Schlichte (Bednarski kick)
MSU TD 06:27 Gloudemans 19 Yd Pass From Ekowa (Bednarski kick)
BSU TD 02:56 Anderson 6 Yd Pass From Ogden (Aanerud kick)
Stats at a Glance
1st Downs 25 13
3rd Down Conversions 16-23 3-12
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-0
Passing (Comp-Att) 263 (15-29) 159 (11-19)
Rushing (Att) 248 (61) 178 (33)
Penalties 7-51 8-89
Fumbles Lost 0 1
Possession 42:14 17:46
BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Interdivisional series concludes Saturday as Bemidji State University hosts No. 1 Minnesota State University, Mankato at Chet Anderson Stadium. The Beavers and Mavericks kick off at 1 p.m. in the 48th game of the series and BSU's first game against a No. 1 ranked opponent.
Minnesota State holds a 30-15-2 lead in the all-time series against Bemidji State.
BSU won the most recent matchup in Mankato, Minn., 45-17, when MSU was ranked No. 6 in the country.
The series began Oct. 8, 1933, a 6-0 win by Bemidji State in Mankato.
The Beavers and Mavericks have played twice when one of the teams is ranked in the American Football Coaches Association Top 25 Poll.
Bemidji State saw the script flipped from a week ago during its 27-24 loss at Upper Iowa University. The Beavers led the Peacocks, 24-6, with 8:48 remaining in the third quarter before UIU scored 21 unanswered points to secure its comeback victory over BSU.
After receiving votes in the AFCA Top 25 Coaches Poll for the first time since Week Three of the 2017 season, Bemidji State dropped out of the poll after its second loss of the season.
The Beavers took their first loss during the Brent Bolte era when leading after the third quarter. It is also just the third loss under Bolte when rushing for at least 200 yards and winning the turnover battle.
The "Gang Green" defense moved into first in the NSIC with a turnover margin of 1.56 after gaining four takeaways against Upper Iowa. Senior defensive backs John Vogeler and Gunner Olszewski, and junior defensive back Michael Junker each grabbed interceptions while senior linebacker Andre Chisley Jr., picked up a fumble forced by senior linebacker Justin Van Houtan.
Senior wide receiver Landon Jones took the opening kickoff return back 96 yards for a touchdown, the program's first kickoff return for a touchdown since 2007.
Olszewski ranks second in BSU history with 913 career punt return yards and third with 12 interceptions. He holds the program's all-time record with 181 solo tackles and also moved into seventh place all-time at BSU in total tackles, coming into Saturday's game against Minnesota State with 305.
Olszewski ranks second in the nation with a 19.9 punt return average and three punt returns of more than 35 yards on the season.
Olszewski was selected as the NSIC North Division Defensive Player of the Year and BSU's Defensive Player to Watch for the second consecutive season. He has previously earned three All-NSIC Defensive First Team honors, All-NSIC Special Teams Honorable Mention, NSIC Newcomer of the Year, Lindy's Sports Magazine Preseason All-Division II Second Team, Football Gameplan's 2016 Preseason All-American Team, Conference Commissioner's Association (CCA) All-Super Region Three Second Team Defense, four NSIC Player of the Week accolades and D2Football.com Defensive Player of the Week, after tying a program single-game record of three interceptions Oct. 31, 2015 at Minot State University.
The Beavers are one of the most efficient red zone offenses in the country, ranking third with a red zone offense of 96.4 percent. BSU has scored 20 touchdowns and seven field goals in 28 red zone trips this season.
The "Gang Green" defense is tied for best red zone defense in the nation at 52.0 percent. BSU ranks within the top 10 nationally in scoring defense (14.4), interceptions (14) and passing efficiency defense (91.81).
Senior running back Andrew Lackowski topped 120 yards rushing for the second straight week after totaling 121 against the Peacocks. He added two rushing touchdowns and now has seven on the season to rank fourth in the NSIC.
The Beavers entered the 2018 season ranked 5th in the overall NSIC Preseason Coaches' Poll and 2nd in the North Division for the third consecutive season.
Head Coach Brent Bolte currently holds the program's highest winning percentage at .733 (22-8). His 22 wins in 30 games is the most among all BSU coaches over their first 30 games.
Minnesota State recorded 595 yards of total offense en route to a 62-13 win over Minot State University last week.
The win pushed MSU to a 7-0 record and has the team in the No. 1 ranking in the AFCA Top 25 Poll for the seventh consecutive week.
MSU enters the weekend with 20 straight wins against NSIC opponents.
Sophomore running back Justin Taormina earned NSIC Special Teams Player of the Week after averaging 48 yards per kickoff return, including a 98-yard return for a touchdown. He led the conference in all-purpose yards last week with 243.
Junior wide receiver Shane Zylstra caught three touchdown passes against Minot State, his third career game with at least three receiving touchdowns.
For more information on the Bemidji State athletic programs, tickets or schedules, visit BSUBeavers.com, follow the Beavers on Twitter (@BSUBeavers or @BSUBeaversFB), like them on Facebook (facebook.com/BSUBeavers or facebook.com/BSUBeaverFootball) or sign up for the TXTUpdates from BSUBeavers.com text-messaging system through the "Multimedia" pull down menu on the main page of BSUBeavers.com.
Nestled in Northern Minnesota's wooded region and located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's and women's hockey membership in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).
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A generation living in peacetime is inclined to devalue the identity and place of soldiers. In Australia, active soldiers have been maligned as meddlesome interlopers in foreign affairs (if they are our soldiers) or combatant terrorists (if they are not). In his book Secret Men's Business (1998), John Marsden wrote that going to war used to be seen as a marker of adulthood. We forget that war was once how individual personality and collective character was formed. We forget that many of our compatriots came here because of war, that there are former child soldiers living in Australia, and that literature and the armed forces didn't always occupy such opposing worlds.
The Divine Wind is a war story and an adventure story, but it is told by a protagonist who stays put, right at the centre of a metaphorical and literal cyclone. With his bad leg, all Hart Penrose can do is rotate in circles towards the action, striving for but never quite effecting any of the grandiose deeds he believes will make him a man. His dad is a pearler, his sister a nurse, his friend a soldier. Not only is he stationary in a world swirling with purposeful human activity; but he is also in love with the 'enemy' of the time, a woman named Mitsy Sennosuke.
Before readers dismiss our narrator as a swooning Keats relocated to the sweltering antipodes, they need to know he is also a reluctant writer. Such characters make the best literary narrators. They do not have an arsenal of words or know how to be clever with them. They linger over facts and descriptions of places, clutching at emotions, while unintentionally revealing raw truths. Hart's disability has made him a circumstantial philosopher: he watches and waits, thinks and writes.
The Divine Wind by Garry Disher (1998, Hodder Headline)The characters in The Divine Wind are first and foremost real frontiersmen: from Zeke the pearl diver, with his ascetic face and tough, scarred body, to Derby Boxer, the black stockman; from Mike Penrose with his pearling fleet to Alice Penrose and Mitsy, two young women who venture into cyclones and war zones. Arnold Zable uses the term 'feral vitality' to describe survivors of horrors beyond their control, and the reader gets the sense that this hotchpotch of races and cultures was united by their battle against the enemy and the elements. In Broome, the land, sea, and sky can suddenly become sites of death and destruction, especially during wartime.
However, the one group that is treated as if they have no sense of self-agency is the indigenous Australians. Disher spares no sensitivities in recounting the indignities of the past and the cruelty of station owners towards the local indigenous population: 'Carl didn't force his recalcitrant black stockmen to dress in women's clothes and do women's work. If the blacks got "cheeky" he might dock their wages but never chain them down on a corrugated iron roof ... He didn't lay on black velvet in the visitor's quarters, something that some managers did for company men visiting from London.' But Carl Venning is just as awful in his neglect of the black stockmen.
In 1930s Broome, certain races cooperated to achieve livelihood goals – pearling and farming – in clearly-defined employer–employee relationships. Sometimes, these relationships caused tension when power imbalances were openly acknowledged instead of remaining hidden in servile gratitude. When Alice tells Mitsy to go back to Japan, Mitsy retorts: 'I would if your father paid my father more.' Hart observes: 'That's what happens between friends, you rub too closely sometimes and the friction ignites the hidden grievances.' On the whole, the friends remain a close trio; that is, until the Japanese bomb Broome.
The poem has to feel ... as if there is a real person struggling with real experiences that will not yield some handy lesson, but nevertheless are not entirely without meaning. The voice that convinces will always be the voice of the individual, not as a spokesperson for this or that idea.
Many Young Adult writers get it wrong because of the tyranny of good intentions. In representing refugees or war, they err on the side of righteousness, portraying people of colour as admirable victims, investing them, grudgingly, with as few flaws as possible. With bolder authors like Disher, Marsden, Libby Hathorn, Robin Klein, and James Maloney – and more recently, Clare Atkins – the character comes first. As a prerequisite they have done their extensive research; they are not bumbling around with stereotypes. They also trust their adolescent readers to have a more nuanced understanding of character development than the 'heroes and villains' mentality that informs much Young Adult literature. I remember reading Tomorrow, When the War Began (1993) and recognising the character Lee – not because he was Asian, but because he did not 'do' Asian-ness. He did survival, as did all of his friends.
Mitsy's feelings are a mystery to Hart. He doesn't even know why he loves her. She is not physically beautiful, and she can be bull-headed and unforgiving, a young Asian nurse without the endearing bedside manner usually associated with such caricatures. While washing Hart, she even laughs at his manhood. Yet he still loves her. For long periods she sequesters herself away from Hart, as well as from her best friend, Hart's sister Alice. When she tells Hart that she must give up nursing because her mother needs her, you get the strong sense that she exists as a separate character outside his own pinings and imaginings.
The Divine Wind by Garry Disher (2002, Hachette Childrens Books)Disher writes that teenage girls initially hate Mitsy because she is 'cold' and stony towards the protagonist. He asks them to 'step outside of [their] skin and into hers, and consider the pressure she's under'. This important self-interrogation does not happen if minority characters are two-dimensionally easy to love. Mitsy's Japanese-ness does not define her, but nor does her Australian-ness: 'Mitsy represented a new generation. Born and educated in Broome.' Mitsy is described as 'sly', but a few pages later Hart also describes his sister Alice as 'sly.' Slyness in this case is not synonymous with Orientalism but with commendable survival skills, the formation of the frontier character. Mitsy suffers but is never pitiable. She is defensive, never cruel.
How can you love and hate someone at the same time? How can you continue to want them, and yet despise them? It has happened to all of us, yet when it first happens there is nothing more hurtful and confusing ... we are ... the worst of ourselves, the side we're scarcely aware of.
With deceptively simple sentences replete with feeling, Hart reflects that even when Derby Boxer tells Hart and his father that they were good people, 'I didn't feel that there was much goodness in me.' This is the mark of a character who understands morality beyond the simple accumulation of good or bad deeds, a young man with a deep understanding of how powerless the individual can be against circumstance.
Perhaps Hart's feelings are conflicted because he is also struggling with an underlying and unacknowledged resentment of Mitsy's defiance in the face of adversity. When the police and soldiers come, she refuses to let them look in her house, even though she has nothing to hide. When the Japanese bomb Broome, she declares: 'We need to get down to the harbour. There'll be people in the water, people dying.' She ventures onto the beach to put her nursing training to good use, despite racist hostility and impending internment. Like her friend Alice, she does what is right, not what is easy.
Nonetheless, our narrator is not a straightforward hero. He may have saved lives, but in a pivotal scene he briefly reveals a decision he might have made that would have had no consequences for anyone other than the victim, himself, and his own conscience. For once, Hart does not do what comes easily. He does what is right. In the end, Hart learns to abandon his self-absorption and to accept patience. He thinks about his mother and realises that 'she understood what it is to wait for something to change, just as I'm waiting now, waiting for Mitsy to come back to me'.
He's not going to back away. It's not a dramatic or heroic reversal, but quietly hopeful. He says, 'We may not make it,' meaning he knows the terrible pressures he faces now, in post-war Australia, but is willing to give it a go.
Alice Pung's first book, Unpolished Gem (2006), won the Australian Book Industry Newcomer of the Year Award and was shortlisted in the Victorian and NSW Premiers' Literary awards. It was published in the UK and USA in separate editions and has been translated into several languages including Italian, German and Indonesian.
Alice also edited the collection Growing Up Asian in Australia (2008) and her writing has appeared in the Monthly, The Age, and The Best Australian Stories and The Best Australian Essays. Her series of children's books, 'Meet Marly' from the Our Australian Girl series were published in 2015.


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Our Hair is an extension to the nervous system—Reason why Native American Indians keep their hair long
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Have you ever wondered why Native Americans keep their hair long? It's kinda simple: "Hair is an extension of the nervous system."
"Hair is an extension of the human nervous system; it can be accurately described as exteriorized nerves, a type of highly developed 'feelers' or 'antennae' that are able to transmit enormous amounts of important information to the brain stem, the limbic system, and the neocortex."
Update: Fact-checkers at Snopes have rated the claims of this article false after reaching out the Army, which claimed claims in the story are "pure mythology." The article also found the hair follicles act as sensory organs, but found other claims dubious. We want to provide you with this information as you evaluate the story for yourself and listen to the testimony of Chief Golden Light Eagle in the video.
The truth is that countless ancient cultures across the planet have the belief that long hair has a unique and special significance. And even though some of these cultures were separated by thousands of miles, many similarities are present among them. Hair was considered an extension of the soul and evidence of that are traditions that many native American Indians have guarded until this day.
For example, the Navajo only cut their children's hair on the first birthday and avoided cutting again afterward.
But the length of the hair in many ancient cultures was different than what we consider it today.
For many of us, hair is just another stylistic concern; it makes us look better, sometimes younger sometimes older, depending on the length, color, and shape. Hover for most Native Americans hair was by no means a stylistic concern, it was something that went beyond what many of us are capable of understanding even today.
In some cultures, hair symbolizes not only an extension of the soul, but it symbolizes physical strength and virility; in other words, the virtues and properties of a person are said to be concentrated in his hair and nails.
But some would say that our hair tells a lot about us, on a much deeper level. Some would agree that by cutting your hair, you lose a small part of that unique relationship with oneself.
Also, there are many ways you can actually wear your hair according to Native tradition.
And there is a way to wear the hair for ceremonies and dances. For countless Native American cultures, braided hair meant unity with the infinite, and allowing the hair to flow freely signified the free flow of life.
But if we look at American history, Native Americans and especially the war that took place in Vietnam we'll encounter fascinating details.
Unlike what many may believe, hair may serve a much bigger purpose than as just an accessory.
And while "hair" is a matter of personal preference, we learn a lot from Native Americans when it comes to the way they wear their hair.
During the War in Vietnam, the American military was in search for talented, young men—trackers—that could navigate their way in stealth across the enemy terrain. Special Forces in the war department sent undercover experts to comb American Indian Reservations where they found countless brave young men who were more than adequate for the task.
Upon recruiting them, they carefully cataloged their abilities and talent's and rapidly discovered that they were perfectly suited for the task.
Soon after the young men were recruited/enlisted, and after going through the countless rituals of joining the army, the skills and talents which were ever-present seemed to vanish. Confused the army started searching for answers and turned to some of the Native American elders who without hesitating answered how when their young men received the mandatory haircut after joining the military, they could no longer "sense" the way they did before. Their almost supernatural abilities—their intuition—disappeared.
After more recruits were gathered from Native American tribes, they decided to perform tests and see what was going on, and whether "the length of hair" had anything to do with their abilities.
After recruits were gathered, they let them keep their long hair and submitted them to tests in countless areas. After several tests where "trackers" with long hair competed against others with short hair, experts found how trackers with longer hair had access to something like a 'sixth sense' with an intuition much more reliable when compared to men with short hair.
As noted by C. Young on Sott, "Hair is an extension of the human nervous system, it can be accurately described as exteriorized nerves, a type of highly evolved 'feelers' or 'antennae' that are able to transmit vast amounts of important information to the brain stem, the limbic system, and the neocortex."
It is perhaps best explained by Chief Golden Light Eagle in this video:
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The Little League World Series links up once again with sculptor Matt Glenn to create another baseball addition for the statue series in Williamsport, PA.
The Little League World Series is one of the biggest youth athletic events in the world. In the small town of Williamsport, PA, the birthplace of Little League Baseball, the statue series known as "Bases Loaded" was started as a celebration of the 75th anniversary. It's a well thought out and creatively designed $225,000 privately-funded project.
Williamsport's downtown Market Square intersection was modified into a baseball diamond with a backstop and 10 life-sized bronze statues representing Little League through the years. Little by little, per request, more and more statues have been added to the lively bronze rendition. Big Statues LLC has been blessed to be apart of this project from day one, and they are pleased to announce that they have just finished up a short-stop statue which will be added to the Bases Loaded project for the Little League series this coming August. Just as they have for the other creations, Big Statues has worked closely with Jason Fink to make sure that each statue has the accurate details, impeccable design, and inspires the community.
The Little League series is the heart and soul of the community, and part of the foundation of America. Statues of a first, second and third basemen, catcher, batter, three runners, umpire and manager make up the Bases Loaded project. The first, second and third basemen are in the uniforms of the first three teams in 1939: Lundy Lumber, Lycoming Dairy and Jumbo Pretzel. The base runners were created in different ethnicities and genders to show the diversity that has been brought to the great sport. The catcher is an African American boy in 1950s-era gear wearing Jackie Robinson's No. 42. The batter, with a backstop behind him, represents all players of all eras, and the umpire who is in 1940s-50s gear represents the thousands of Little League volunteers.
Every time that Matt Glenn has been asked to undetake another statue for the Little League statue series, it's always a fulfilling and exciting project for him. "It's truly amazing to see how this project has brought the community together," stated Matt. "When I have the opportunity to put my heart, soul and passion into a piece of art and witness as it brings happiness and smiles to those it's intended for; that feeling is priceless." The statue will be unveiled in next coming months as the Little League Series gets underway.


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Q: Why is ASP compiling my views so frequently? We have 4 servers load balanced:

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*4 cores @ 2.6Ghz (E5-2650 v2)

*14GB RAM

*Windows 2012 R2

*High Performance power setting

*IIS 8.5

*ASP 5.3

*EF 6.1

They each have a single application pool with one worker process and a single website. Each server has its own copy of the site (DLLs & views), running on a local disk. We are using IIS virtual directories to point to shares on a clustered file server for log files and common images etc (content only). The application pools are set to not shut down when idle (interval of 0) and we have also disabled the every-1740 minute recycle interval too.
We have New Relic's .NET agent installed on all servers, and looking through our slow transaction log, I can see that many requests are taking 15 seconds or so to complete. Looking into the trace, I can see a common call to System.Web.Compilation.AssemblyBuilder.Compile() and System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CompileWebFile().
As far as I know or understand, ASP would compile these views upon first request to them, and cache it (to the temporary ASP files in C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net) and then load from there for subsequent requests.
I'm confused how this is happening so often - when I visit these URLs, the TTFB is about 400ms, and due to constant load I can't see the websites "losing" their cache and needing to compile the views again. These pages are frequently hit - it's an e-commerce store and I can see that it happens often, and on our most popular pages: catalogue (category/brand/gender etc) listings and product details.
I've set the settings against each application pool to log an event when recycling, and there have been no events logged when I'm checking the WAS service in the event viewer. We also have New Relic server installed, and looking over the past 6 hours' worth of data, I can't see any dip in RAM usage on any of the servers - which would indicate the application pool recycling. This has really baffled me!
I'm thinking of moving towards pre-compiling our views as part of our release process - it makes sense really. But it feels like that is working around, or masking an issue which as far as I can see should not be happening. We build our site in Release mode and have <compilation debug="false" /> on all web.config files.
Can anyone think of any causes for this?

A: It is because of how JIT (Just-In-Time) compilation works.
When you build your application, it is converted into .NET Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL) or Intermediate Language (IL).
As your applications is accessed, Common Language Runtime (CLR) converts only executed IL parts of your code into native instructions.
Just-In-Time compilation process converts IL to native machine instructions and it is a part of CLR.
In a simplified terms when you run a .NET application and your program calls a method. JIT Compiler reads IL from metadata and compiles it into native instructions and run it. Next when your program calls the same method, CLR executes native CPU instructions directly. This process adds some overhead for the first method call. You can go with the other option of pre-compiling your application using NGEN, which is usually not recommended because you will loose some optimizations that only JIT can perform due to its awareness of underlying hardware platform. These two articles has more details
http://geekswithblogs.net/ilich/archive/2013/07/09/.net-compilation-part-1.-just-in-time-compiler.aspx and https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms366723.aspx
There are also other things you can try that might help you speed up your application. You can use IIS Application warm up module How to warm up an ASP.NET MVC application on IIS 7.5?, implement distributed caching etc to alleviate some of your application bottlenecks.


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Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng's brother tells RFA local officials in their home village treat the family like criminals.
Chen Guangcheng gestures on arrival at the New York University campus in New York city, May 19, 2012.
Officials in the Shandong hometown of blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, which is still under tight security a month after he fled house arrest there, are branding the activist a traitor, his brother said Tuesday.
Chen Guangfu, who returned to Dongshigu village Saturday after his own escape from tight security, said that officials have told local people that Chen Guangcheng's study trip to the U.S. is an act of treason against the people and the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
"They say he is a criminal, against the people, against the Party, against lots of things," Chen told RFA's Cantonese service.
Chen Guangcheng, who arrived in the U.S. last week after a month-long ordeal that sparked a diplomatic row between Beijing and Washington, has repeatedly called on central authorities to investigate the treatment of his family under illegal detention.
But Chen Guangfu said that since returning to the village he has found scant evidence of any change in the attitude of the local authorities toward his son, Chen Kegui, who is facing trial for the "intentional homicide" of an official in the wake of his uncle's flight from the village.
"They are talking about Kegui's injuring of the official as if the officials were totally innocent and as if we are the criminals," said Chen, who had fled to Beijing in search of a lawyer to defend his son.
Chen Guangfu said local authorities had been telling local people that the young man had attacked an official without provocation, rather than in self-defense.
"Chen Kegui was under a ferocious attack from [officials], otherwise, he would never have picked up the chopping knife," Chen said.
"But the work team from the police station has been telling people here that the responsibility lies with Kegui."
He said continued attempts to get a lawyer into the Yinan county detention center to visit Chen Kegui have so far resulted in stonewalling from police, and that he has scant hopes of a fair trial for his son.
Chen Kegui's defense
Lawyers hired by the family to represent Chen Kegui say they have been prevented from meeting their client.
Citing Article 23 of China's Legal Aid Regulations, Beijing-based lawyer Ding Xikui has argued that in the letter that he and Si Weijiang are Chen Kegui's lawful attorneys, having been authorized by his wife, Liu Fang, to represent her husband, and that government-appointed legal aid lawyers should stop providing legal assistance to Chen Kegui.
"To judge from the fact that they won't allow the lawyer we hired to visit, they have no intention to see that justice is done," Chen said.
He said that Chen Guangcheng had been denied adequate legal representation at his own trial in the county several years earlier for "obstructing traffic."
"The lawyers they appointed only said a total of four words from start to finish," Chen said. "There was no dissenting opinion."
"I don't see the point in such lawyers," he added.
Meanwhile, Chen Guangcheng, whose dramatic escape following 19 months of house arrest alongside his wife and daughter sparked a diplomatic crisis this month, is scheduled to speak on Thursday to the Council on Foreign Relations think tank in New York.
Chen Guangcheng and his mentor and fellow speaker, New York University law professor Jerome Cohen, first met when Chen came to the United States on a State Department program in 2003.
Cohen acted as an adviser to Chen Guangcheng during his six-day stay in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. The dissident later said he left the embassy because of threats to his family, and opted to go to the U.S. as a visiting scholar, rather than seeking political asylum.
Beijing-based rights activist Hu Jia, who recently spoke with Chen Guangcheng and his wife, Yuan Weijing, said the couple had discussed their plans for their future.
"He is going to be there for at least a year, and there is a possibility that he will study for a degree as well," Hu said on Tuesday.
"The basic problem they are facing right now is their level of English and the computer skills they need to learn."
Hu said he had offered to enlist the help of experts in Chinese braille software to aid Chen Guangcheng's future studies.
Reported by Grace Kei Lai-see for RFA's Cantonese service and by Qiao Long for the Mandarin service. Translated and written in English by Luisetta Mudie.
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Affiliate marketing has grown from a new tool to a multi-billion dollar industry over the past two decades, and like any relatively new process, it has admirers—including the merchants who are projected to spend $4.5 billion on affiliate marketing in 2016—and critics, who raise concerns about the potential for fraud.
As with ecommerce in general, merchants who prioritize fraud prevention and detection will benefit the most from affiliate marketing relationships, while those who don't do their research are putting their revenue stream, reputation and banking relationships at risk.
Fortunately for merchants, there are established practices to get affiliate marketing right. Recognizing the forms that affiliate fraud can take, understanding the consequences, and following safety recommendations can reduce the risks.
As with credit card fraud, affiliate fraudsters have developed a number of methods to try to game the commission-based system. These include: duping online consumers by installing cookies when they visit sites to look for coupon codes during checkout (known as cookie-stuffing), installing cookies through adware and spurious browser helper tools or during customer visits to misspelled merchant URLS ("typosquatting"), and outright malware. In the most extreme cases, fraudulent affiliates make purchases with stolen credit card data or lure customers with false product claims.
Cookie-stuffing and other tricks that allow affiliates to claim credit for transactions they didn't generate costs merchants money in wasted commission payments. The loss might only amount to a few hundred dollars if the merchant is vigilant and catches the fraud early, but in some cases thieves will get away with millions. Perhaps the most high-profile example involved eBay affiliates who authorities say bilked the company out of up to $35 million.
Commission losses are reason enough to take an aggressive stance against affiliate fraud, but the damage can go much farther. Customers who buy based on false or misleading claims made by scam affiliates are almost certain to file chargeback requests—as are consumers whose stolen card data is used to make commissioned purchases. By that time, of course, the duplicitous affiliate has already received a hefty commission, so the targeted merchant is liable for the lost commission, the lost product or service, and chargeback fees. On top of that, false affiliate promises can wreck a company's reputation among shoppers, and excessive chargebacks can raise processing rates or even shut down a merchant's banking relationships altogether.
The single best practice a merchant can follow is to get to know their partners in affiliate marketing. This includes not only outside program managers and network contacts but the affiliates themselves. Merchants can meet prospective affiliates, build lasting relationships, and keep up with the latest developments at industry events like Affiliate Summit and in online forums for merchants and affiliates. Depending upon the size of the business and the resources available for in-house affiliate marketing, merchants should either vet prospective affiliates individually or through a trusted affiliate program manager.
All merchants should take the following steps, as well. Gather, keep and regularly review as much program information as possible, such as IP addresses, referring URLS, and chargeback code data to see if patterns are developing that might indicate affiliate fraud. Some merchants have been able to spot cookie-stuffing schemes early on by reviewing this data daily or even hourly.
Ensure that your payment service provider (PSP) will screen new affiliates and incoming referrals to ensure that they don't originate from IP addresses that are on suppression lists, to stop fraud before it starts. Create offers that contain fraud-abatement tools to verify and screen incoming traffic.
Regularly visit affiliates online to ensure that they're presenting the company's products and services accurately, without language that might mislead customers and lead to chargebacks and reputation damage. Finally, train employees to contact customers if there is a concern about an affiliate-referred transaction, to confirm the legitimacy of the purchase before fulfilling the order.
Managing risk in affiliate programs does take time and vigilance, but the rewards for merchants are a larger pool of prospective customers, more sales, and good relationships with customers, partners, and banks.


More often than not, when working with my beloved clients, we come to a crossroads. And it's no ordinary crossroad.
This crossroad truly makes or breaks a person's results when manifesting the business and life success they desire. It can make the difference between my client manifesting 6 figures in 2 months, or struggling to see a lasting increase in cash flow that they long for.
That crossroad is this: Is it REALLY okay for me to LOVE MONEY?
In that question to me is the answer. Although I'm asked that question, it's a sign to me that they've already decided that it's not really okay to love money.
There's not getting around this. The Universe is what it is. It's set up the way it's set up.
What we give, we not only receive, but multiplies.
You can talk to me until the cows come home about all the convincing reasons it's not okay to love it. You have a right to those reasons if you choose to have them. But it doesn't change Universal Law.
that is how money will treat you, multiplied. Money will treat you evilly. Maybe you're already experiencing this — money treating you badly by only coming around every now and then. And, when it does come around it's painful, annoying, scary, frustrating and shameful.
Or, you feel tainted by the money you earn, because you're doing work you hate.
Or, the more you have of it, the more you lose, because you think having a lot of it makes you an unspiritual, unenlightened heathen.
Or, maybe you're pretty good with money. You have a lukewarm relationship with it. So, money's lukewarm with you.
You can't continue to expect from money, what you're not willing to give. It's the same with any other relationship you find yourself in.
If you want more money, it's time to leave the old money beliefs behind that simply are not serving you. (You know your money beliefs aren't serving you if right now, in this moment, you aren't happy with your money situation.) And today, we're starting with the supposed spiritual belief that the root of all evil, is the love of money.
Let me say, right here and right now, to that: NOT TRUE. The Love of something is never the problem.


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Seeking Talented Staff Physicians to Join the Section of Gastroenterology in Beautiful Albuquerque, New Mexico
Position Information
The ideal candidate for the staff physician position is a talented clinician with strong interest in teaching. Expertise in advanced endoscopy including EUS or hepatology are particularly welcome. The Section of Gastroenterology is an integral component of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at UNM with responsibility for teaching fellows, residents and medical students. The Section has a strong record of innovative, extramurally funded bench and clinical research. Specialized clinical programs within the Section include hepatobiliary endoscopy, motility and hepatology. Professorial appointment will be commensurate with experience and accomplishments. Clinical activities span the breath of the subspecialty and is strongly supported by surgery, pathology and radiology. Compensation includes an excellent benefits package. Relocation/recruitment incentives and Educational Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) are authorized for this position.
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Q: Laravel : Multiple type users I am working on an application, Where i have three type of users(real scenario), The application have three areas Freelancers and Lms (Learning Management systems) and admin panel for both :

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*Admins => Users of the admin panel, Where all the statistics/data is there.

*Freelancers section : Freelancers section signin/signup

*Lms section => Learning management system section's users signin/signup

Currently i am not using any kind of multi auth functionalities, And whenever i login in a user in the freelancer section and i goes to the lms section the authenticated user is available there.
As i am using only one table for the users where i have a column userType(Which is not in use but there for future proofing).
I know a couple of packages Like this one. which i can implement but i haven't and thought that there might be a better way and stackoverflow community can provide one.
My question is how to handle this type of situation, Whats the most efficient and robust way.

A: This is how I would do it.
I am going to skip long details about setting up auth controllers and views. They are quite straight forward to scaffold using the artisan console.
The first thing we need is new field on your Users table. An admin field if you only have two levels (admin and non-admin). An ENUM value in your case.
Depending on what the value in that field is you want to grant (or not) access to certain sections/pages/resources etc.
The artisan console generates all the necessary pages, middle-ware, routes for a basic login. But after you have done that you will need a second middle-ware to check for different levels of access. Lets call it CheckAdmin.

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*Use the following command
php artisan make:middleware CheckAdmin. This creates a new middleware with specified name in app\Http\Middleware

*Now register the middleware in Kernel.php (Last line of code). This gives the middleware class that we just created a name (admin in this case).
protected $routeMiddleware = [
'auth' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\Authenticate::class,
'auth.basic' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\AuthenticateWithBasicAuth::class,
'bindings' => \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\SubstituteBindings::class,
'can' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\Authorize::class,
'guest' => \App\Http\Middleware\RedirectIfAuthenticated::class,
'throttle' => \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\ThrottleRequests::class,
'admin' => \App\Http\Middleware\CheckAdmin::class,
];

*All the routes in your that check for certain admin rights should use the admin middleware we just registered right after the auth factory middleware provided with laravel. There are two ways of doing this depending how you are building your app/website.
A. NOT using a resources controllers for the route.
Go to your routes web.php file. And register the auth and admin middleware for a request. An example follows.
Route::get('/example-admin-only-route', function () { //SOME LOGIC
})->middleware('auth', 'admin');

B. USING resources controllers. (Which you probably should whenever you can)
In the constructor of the resource controller. ExampleController.php for our Example resource.
class ExampleController extends Controller
{

public function __construct()
{
  $this->middleware('auth');
  $this->middleware('admin');
}

...
}

*Write the logic for your CheckAdmin middleware.
namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;

class CheckAdmin
{
 /**
 * Handle an incoming request.
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 * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
 * @param  \Closure  $next
 * @return mixed
 */

 public function handle($request, Closure $next)
 {
    if($request->user()->admin == 'Admin') //or FreeLancers or LMS (or maybe Unicorns)
    {
      return $next($request);
    }
    else
    {
      return redirect("/not-worthy");
    }

  }
}

The code checks the admin privileges and either lets the request pass or does something else with it. In our-case redirects to a different end-point. But you may wish to do more creative things with it.
Cheers.

A: The most efficient and robust way is to use simple user_type column to store user type and create some helpers. For example, to check if user is an admin you can create something like this in the User model:
public function isAdmin()
{
    return auth()->check() && auth()->user()->user_type === 3;
}

This is the simplest method with a lot of advantages. It's good for apps that use a lot of relationships, it's good for speed etc.

A: It's probably not multiauth you're looking for but permissions on certain pages. Take a look at: https://github.com/spatie/laravel-permission
It's very simple and straightforward. It even lets you single out users, that for example both have admin level, but just one can view it.


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Erika Balsom is a lecturer in Film Studies and Liberal Arts at King's College London, specializing in the study of the moving image in art. A frequent contributor to Artforum, she is the author of Exhibiting Cinema in Contemporary Art (2013) and is currently finishing a book on the distribution and circulation of artists' moving image, to be published by Columbia University Press next year.
Mia Bays is an Oscar winning twice BAFTA nominated creative producer working across fiction and documentaries, with a proven track record of launching careers and over 22 years experience in film on over 50 features. Mia has produced SIX SHOOTER the Oscar winning film by Martin McDonagh, EX MEMORIA by Josh Appignanesi the BIFA nominated short film of 2007 ; acclaimed music doc SCOTT WALKER 30 CENTURY MAN featuring David Bowie, Jarvis Cocker and Damon Albarn by Stephen Kijak, with whom she's just completed BACKSTREET BOYS – SHOW EM WHAT YOURE MADE OF. From 2007-14 Mia has made 8 micro budget features as Creative Producer for the acclaimed Film London BBC Films Microwave scheme, including one of the most acclaimed UK debuts of 2008, SHIFTY by Eran Creevy which won Best Script at Stockholm Film Festival and garnered a BAFTA nomination for Best Debut 2010, and LILTING starring Ben Whishaw which opened Sundance Film Fest 2014 World Dramatic section and garnered strong critical reaction and several BIFA 2014 nominations including Best Debut. Before that, Mia sold, marketed and distributed over 40 features and has a strong understanding and experience of the worldwide indie film scene. Formerly Head of Distribution at The Film Consortium, Mia has worked with such talent as Ang Lee, Shekhar Kapur, Ian McKellen, Michael Winterbottom, John Sayles, Gavin Hood & Peter Fudakowski (as marketing consultant on TSOTSI), Lucy Walker (BLINDSIGHT).
Renée van der Grinten is a consultant for Experimental Film & Documentary at the Netherlands Film Fund. The Netherlands Film Fund is the national organization responsible for supporting film production in the Netherlands and activities such as film festivals and training for film professionals. It's focus is to develop and strengthen Dutch cinema and film culture both domestically and internationally. The Netherlands Film Fund collaborates with the Mondriaan Fund for De Verbeelding (The Imagination funding scheme), a bi-annual scheme that provides grants for artists and their production company to make a feature film that explores the boundaries between art and film.
Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige collaborate as filmmakers and artists, producing cinematic and visual artwork that interwine. For the last 15 years, they have focused on the images, representations and history of their home country, Lebanon and questioned the fabrication of imaginaries in the region and beyond. Together, they have directed documentaries such as Khiam 2000-2007(2008) and El Film el Mafkoud (The Lost Film) (2003) and feature films such as Al Bayt el Zaher (1999) and A Perfect Day (2005). Their last feature film, Je Veux Voir (I Want to See), starring Catherine Deneuve and Rabih Mroue, premiered at the Cannes film festival in 2008. The French critics Guild chose it as Best Film Singulier 2008. Their films have been multi awarded in international festivals and enjoyed releases in many countries.
After working as a freelance script reader and a stint doing theatrical sales for independent distributors Verve Pictures, New Waves Films and Arrow Films, James moved to the Institute of Contemporary Arts London where he ran the Film and Cinema Departments for two years. James then briefly worked in the BFI's distribution department before joining Artificial Eye as Theatrical Sales Manager, where he tries to get exhibitors to play better films.
Andrew was born in Kent and lives in Hastings. He studied at Ravensbourne College of Art (BA Fine Art) and the Slade School of Fine Art (MA in Mixed Media). In 1989 collaborated with Leila McMillan in setting up BadBLoOd & siBYL studios in the French Pyrenees. His work has been shown extensively throughout Europe and America as installations, screenings and retrospectives; his feature films include Gallivant, This Flithy Earth and Ivul. Awards and commissions include FilmFour, Channel 4, The British Film Institute, the Wellcome Trust and the AHRB research board. On-line projects include www.mappingperception.org.uk.
Andrew is Professor of Time-based Media at the University for the Creative Arts.
Born in Paris in 1978. Graduated in business & finance from Paris-Dauphine University and Media Law & management from Paris-La torbonne University, and International finance from American University. Started simultaneously working regularly from age 17 in movie production. Started her producer career in 2004 when joining MNP Entreprise, Mathieu Kassovitz' production company where she developped and produced Avida, directed by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kerven (2006 Cannes Film Festival among many others), Johnny Mad Dog by Jean Stéphane Sauvaire (which won many prize in international film festivals, including Price of Hope at 2008 Cannes Film Festival), Louise-Michel by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern (Best screenplay Award winner/ San Sebastian Festival, World Cinema Special Jury Prize for originality/ 2009 Sundance Film Festival). Simultaneously since 2004, she went into partnership with Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire and created the production company EXPLICIT FILMS, which coproduced Johnny Mad Dog. In 2009, she found together with Priscilla Bertin and Judith Nora the production company SILEX FILMS who produced so far several feature films (Last Winter, by John Shank – Venice Mostra 2011; The Big Trip, by Jerôme le Maire – Acid Cannes 2013, Connasse, by Eloise Land & Noemie Saglio – currently in the theatres with more than 1 million tickets sold in France), fictions, creative documentaries and short programmes (among other programs The Adventurers of Modern Art, a documentary serie for ARTE, and Gadjo by Flora Desprats for ARTE), as well as art films with a collaboration with Philippe Parreno since the production of C.H.Z, and Camille Henrot, since the production of Grosse Fatigue (awarded with Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale 2012).
Anna Manubens is a producer, curator and writer living between Barcelona and Brussels, where she works at Auguste Orts an artist-run organisation for the development of film projects by Sven Augustijnen, Herman Asselbeghs, Manon de Boer, Wendelien van Oldenborgh and Dora García, to name the most recent productions. In parallel, she occasionally works on curatorial projects and is currently a board member of Hamaca –the Spanish moving image archive and distribution platform– where she is co-directing the first online anthology of moving-image art from Spain. She was formerly associate professor at Universtitat Pompeu Fabra and artistic director of LOOP festival, both in Barcelona.
Sarah Mosses is the Co-Founder and CEO of Together Films, an ethical agency specialising in distribution and impact campaigns for critically acclaimed feature films and documentaries with a social issue at the core. She works with documentary filmmakers to improve their impact objectives upon distribution, explore wide distribution options and source new types of funding. She regularly gives workshops at film festivals and conferences about the ability to directly reach audiences through innovative marketing strategies. Sarah is also a feature documentary Producer, with her debut feature They Will Have To Kill Us First launching at SXSW in 2015.
Family Affair Films is an Amsterdam based production company founded by Floor Onrust. We produce urgent and contemporary television drama, short and feature films of high artistic quality with a strong author driven vision. We develop projects with new talent, video artists and we continue our relation with established filmmakers. Our latest productions are children film Life According to Nino (winner best film Cinekid 2014 and BUFF 2015) and single plays Basile H. (2014) and Arezo (2014). History's Future feature debut by artist Fiona Tan will premiere in the summer of 2015.
Simon qualified from City law firm SJ Berwin in 2003 and has since worked extensively in both film and TV. He worked at Pathé Pictures as part of their production and international sales team and after that at FremantleMedia in their worldwide entertainment and drama department. He was the senior lawyer for BBC Films and TV Drama for several years and since 2010, he has been Head of Business and Legal Affairs for Protagonist Pictures in London.
Curator, writer, screenwriter and director. His work concentrates on the links between contemporary art and cinema. Curator of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, he is the author of the novel Half Empty (Warsaw 2011) whose protagonist is artist Oskar Dawicki. He has recently curated many shows, including: New National Art, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw (2012); Polish Art Today, Museum of Modern Art Warsaw (2014); Oskar Hansen. Open Form in Architecture, Art and Didactic at MACBA Barcelona (2014).
Sam Rumbelow has over 30 years industry experience as an actor; theatre director; method teacher & coach. Established as the prominent Method practitioner in the UK, Sam's teaching at Method Acting over its 13 years has had not only trained hundreds of actors but also Directors, Writers of both Music & Fiction, Producers, Artists in a creative process of accessing the creative self in the unconscious as the central tool of inspiration. Outside his private teaching Sam also has been a lecture at The Actors Centre for 11 year, taught regular classes in both Denmark and Sweden. He has taught workshops as well in Poland, Italy. In the UK he also has given workshops on The Creative Process at The Whitechapel Art Gallery as well as The Hayward Gallery and The London Collage of Culture. He also works privately with several established actors from stage, Screen and TV.
Lisa Marie Russo produced Ken Loach's documentary The Spirit of '45 with Kate Ogborn and Rebecca O'Brien of Sixteen Films. Previously Lisa Marie produced Swandown, a feature documentary by artist Andrew Kotting and writer Iain Sinclair. She also produced Turner Prize winner Gillian Wearing's feature debut, Self Made and was an executive producer on The Deep Blue Sea. Prior to creating Fly Film, she executive produced Terence Davies' documentary Of Time and the City as well as the films Salvage and Kicks as part of Digital Departures, a scheme to celebrate the Capital of Culture in Liverpool '08. Of Time and the City was critically acclaimed at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008, and was nominated for a Bafta, Bifa and Grierson Award. The film was on Time Magazine's list of Top Ten Movies for 2009, and was the winner of the New York Film Critics' Circle for Best Documentary, 2009. Before moving to the UK, she directed documentaries for PBS in Philadelphia, and won an Emmy for Peace about the Gulf War.
Nadia Turincev was born in Moscow in 1970. Grew up in Paris. Studied cultural anthropology at Paris X-Nanterre University. Worked on her first film at the age of 16, as a trainee on Nikita Mikhalkov's « Dark Eyes » with Marcello Mastroianni. Then as set translator. Followed ACE-European Film Studio, Europa Cinemas, the European Producers Club, EU Media Development programme. Selection committee of Cannes' Directors Fortnight and Moscow IFF, as artistic director. In July 2007, she founds together with Julie Gayet the production company Rouge International. They have so far produced and coproduced (among others): 8 Times Up by Xabi Molia (San Sebastian 2009), Fix ME by Raed Andoni (Sundance 2010), Bonsai by Cristian Jimenez (Cannes 2011), A Spell to Ward Off The Darkness by Ben Rivers & Ben Russell (Locarno 2013).
Jason Wood has over twenty years of experience in the UK film industry and a strong affiliation with the cultural and independent sector. Before working at HOME as Artistic Director for Film, he was the Programming Manager at Picturehouse, Director of Programming at Curzon Cinemas, and also took a lead role in acquisitions for Artificial Eye. Pina, Ivul, The Deep Blue Sea, Archipelago and The Duke of Burgundy are just some of the films he has been partly responsible for bringing to UK screens. He has curated retrospectives of Peter Whitehead, Atom Egoyan, Wim Wenders, Chris Petit, Nicolas Roeg and Mexican Cinema, has served as a jury member for the London Film Festival, and has worked on the board of CINECITY Film Festival, Brighton. He is the co-director of three documentary features and the author of 10 published works on cinema. His writing has also appeared in the Guardian, Sight and Sound, Vertigo and SoFilm.
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Xavi breaks down in tears as he says goodbye to Al Sadd players before leaving for Barcelona manager job
Joshua Mbu
Updated: 17:06, 5 Nov 2021
XAVI is set to take over as Barcelona manager after current club Al Sadd confirmed his exit.
The 41-year-old club legend will return to take over as head coach from Ronald Koeman, who was sacked at the end of October.
Xavi says goodbye to Santi Cazorla (right) and other figures at the club
An emotional tears up after ending his two-year spell with Al Sadd
The former midfielder had to wipe away his tears with his players also emotional by his departure
Xavi's Al Sadd are currently unbeaten in the Qatari league and sit top of the tableCredit: EPA
And it was clearly an emotional decision for Xavi as he broke down in tears saying goodbye to his players.
The Spaniard has spent the last two years with Al Sadd and had much success, winning seven trophies - including the Qatar Stars League last term.
Some reports suggest he offered to help pay his own £4million release clause to speed up the move.
Xavi enjoyed a long and successful playing career winning 25 trophies for Barca, including four Champions Leagues and eight league titles.
He was also Barca's record-appearance holder playing 767 games until Lionel Messi broke it this year.
And his Qatari club decided to not stand in Xavi's way because of the 'critical stage his hometown club is going through'.
Al Sadd said in a statement: "The administration has agreed on Xavi's move to Barcelona after the payment of the release clause stipulated in the contract.
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"We've agreed on cooperation with Barcelona in the future. Xavi is an important part of Al-Sadd's history and we wish him success."
They added: "Xavi informed us a few days ago of his desire to go to Barcelona at this particular time, because of the critical stage his hometown club is going through, and we understand this and decided not to stand in his way."
Xavi also won back-to-back European Championships with Spain in 2008 and 2012, and won Spain's only World Cup to date in 2010.
Last month, Xavi set a new Qatari football domestic record as he guided his Al Sadd team to a 34-game unbeaten run in the league.
And he'll be hoping to carry that over to his beloved Barca, who are struggling in both domestic and European competitions.
Barca find themselves 9th in LaLiga, nine points adrift table toppers Real Sociedad.
And they face a fight to reach the knockout stages of the Champions League, battling it out for second spot with Benfica in Group E.
Xavi says his goodbyes to Andre AyewCredit: AFP
Xavi's returns to Barcelona where he spent his entire playing careerCredit: PA
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Vietnamese, Malaysian PMs hold phone talk
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held a phone talk with his Malaysian counterpart Muhyiddin Yassin on June 23 to discuss cooperation between Vietnam and Malaysia, and regional and international issues of shared concern.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held a phone talk with his Malaysian counterpart Muhyiddin Yassin on June 23 to discuss cooperation between Vietnam and Malaysia, and regional and international issues of shared concern.
PM Phuc congratulated Muhyiddin Yassin for his appointment as the eighth PM of Malaysia and lauded measures adopted by the Malaysian government to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
He also shared Vietnam's experience in fighting the epidemic and spurring economic development in the new normal situation.
The PM spoke highly of the two countries' coordination in repatriating their citizens over the recent past, and used the occasion to thank Malaysia for its support for Vietnam's initiatives, as well as ASEAN's efforts against the pandemic.
For his part, Muhyiddin Yassin congratulated Vietnam on its success in the pandemic fight, and highly valued the country's initiatives and leading role in ASEAN's efforts to mitigate socio-economic impacts caused by the pandemic, as reflected through the ASEAN Chairman's Statement 2020 on February 14, and the online Special ASEAN and ASEAN 3 Summits on COVID-19 on April 14.
Both leaders agreed to step up the bilateral ties through all-level meetings, join hands to organise regular bilateral cooperation mechanisms, including the sixth meeting of the joint committee on economic, scientific and technological cooperation, and early approve the action programme to implement the strategic partnership for 2020-2025.
Given a range of challenges faced by the region and the world, the two sides vowed to make greater efforts to soon raise their bilateral trade to 15 billion USD, and promote two-way investment so as to maintain their position in the top 10 economic partners of each other.
They also agreed to enhance bilateral coordination and mutual support at multilateral forums.
PM Muhyiddin Yassin committed to further cooperating with and supporting Vietnam so that it successfully perform the roles of ASEAN Chair in 2020 and a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2020-2021.
Malaysia will work to contribute to the success of the upcoming 36th ASEAN Summit, he pledged.
PM Phuc affirmed that Vietnam strongly backs Malaysia's organisation of the APEC Economic Leaders' Week in the time ahead.
The two Government leaders stressed the significance of maintaining peace, stability, freedom and security of navigation and overflight in the East Sea.
They agreed to make join efforts to preserve ASEAN's solidarity and common stance, and promote result-oriented negotiations on a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) in line with international law and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982 UNCLOS)./.
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NA Standing Committee concludes seventh session
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Members of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on January 19 reviewed the outcomes of the NA's first extraordinary session, and agreed that the session was a success, showing the legislature's renovation with operations becoming deeper and closer to the people and reality.
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Strong residential, commercial and industrial growth are putting Sunriver, Three Rivers South and La Pine to the forefront in the minds of investors and those relocating to Central Oregon for work or play.
Rising residential housing prices in Bend, a limited supply of buildable land for builders and developers and high permit and System Development Charges (SDCs) are pushing those seeking housing and investments to seek out South Deschutes County. The graph on page 11 of this issue of CBN shows cost comparisons and advantages for choosing these areas to move, start or grow a new lifestyle or business.
Sunriver/Three Rivers South (the area between Sunriver and La Pine) offers greater acreage and lower residential home prices with local access to Crosswater and Caldera Resorts, nearby restaurants and breweries as well as easy access to rivers, mountains and less crowded paved and forest trails and attractions (mountain and leisure biking, horseback riding, golf, tennis, skiing of all types, snowmobiling, fishing and boating in lakes/rivers).
Many homes in this area are on private community water and septic. Homes and building sites in outlying neighborhoods offer reduced homeowner fees and utility costs. Individually installed well and septic systems offer lower monthly bills with low reporting of nitrate or mineral colored water issues.
Throughout Sunriver, significant capital improvements are completed or are in progress to increase property values, availability of homes and land to build affordable housing and expansion of resort and residential communities. According to the Sunriver Owners Association (SROA) in the last five years more than $50 million has been invested back into the community by SROA owners, Sunriver Resort and The Village at Sunriver. The Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory has begun a capital funding program to expand and remodel their facilities in the next couple of years.
Sunriver itself is surrounded by 5,500 acres of trees and meadows of High Desert country, surrounded on three sides by the Deschutes National Forest and bordered by over six miles of sparkling Deschutes River.
Those who have discovered the Sunriver area enjoy the peace and changing scenery of year-round recreation. Over one million visitors a year are drawn to Sunriver for its renowned Pacific Crest athletic competitions, the Sunriver Music Festival and the numerous tennis and golf championship events.
Sunriver and Three River South's 26 distinctly different residential neighborhoods offer high value, low turnover if compared to how close you are to a myriad of recreational choices per acre and square foot prices for larger homes on larger acreage. SROA maintenance fees are the lowest in all of Central Oregon.
La Pine is undertaking a major branding and marketing campaign with a grant from Travel Oregon and City of La Pine. The City is implementing an urban growth renewal plan with improvements planned for Highway 97 and Huntington Road.
Recently, a La Pine Housing Roundtable was held to discuss builder and developer opportunities and obstacles to building more single family and multi-family homes in the area to accommodate increasing demand, especially with the growth of new businesses anticipated. A follow up housing forum is planned for late June. Median home prices in La Pine are $188,000 with a price range of $100-$150 per square foot. The greatest current housing need is for one and two bedrooms with a rental rate of $700-800 per month for single parents and the workforce.
According to Janet Burton, La Pine area economic development manager for Economic Development for Central Oregon (EDCO), La Pine looks forward to considerable growth over the next few years. Mid Oregon Credit Union's building will be completed in June and plans are in place for St. Charles' Medical Center in the fall of 2017. Grocery Outlet will bring additional shopping options to La Pine and plans are being developed for a major expansion at Gordy's Truck Stop.
The City's urban development plan is underway and evidence can be seen with the stoplight on Highway 97 and the new streetscaping. Finley Butte Industrial Park and Newberry Business Park are located in the Deschutes County Rural Enterprise Zone with three to five years of tax abatement available to qualified businesses. There are State Certified Industrial Lots available with the park. Midstate Electric Cooperative has attractive incentives depending on construction costs and power loads.
Over the last six months the City and EDCO have received numerous calls from people with interest in buying land in Finley Butte Industrial Park and Newberry Business Park. Deschutes County owns approximately 140 acres of available land in the industrial and business park. This land is managed through an intergovernmental agreement by the City of La Pine. La Pine boasts the lowest land cost in Deschutes County and some of the lowest in Central Oregon, as well as the lowest SDC costs in Central Oregon.
All in all, as a homeowner, investor, builder or developer — it pays to look into and benefit from the low vacancy rates, larger parcels, reduced prices to own or build and myriad of incentives, natural resources, amenities and attractions that abound in the Sunriver, Three Rivers South and La Pine communities.


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Marcia Belsky. Comedian. Handmaid's Tale: The Musical. Headless Women of Hollywood. Misandry Pod. "Free the Mind" band.
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Has feminism gone too far now that it is specifically critiquing me?