We are pleased to invite the public to join our hands to congratulate the Group's investee company, INK Group ("INK"), for its Co-founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Enmin Lin is being listed among the Forbes 30 under 30 – Asia – Finance & Venture Capital this year.
In 2016, Forgame entered into an investment agreement with INK in the form of an RMB300 million convertible bonds. Subject to the transaction terms and conditions, Forgame has the right to convert all or any part of the convertible bonds into conversion shares of INK. Assuming the conversion rights are fully exercised, Forgame will hold approximately 15.01% of INK's equity interest.
INK offered its financial services products via the popular Jianlicai (简理财) app, which is widely recognized as a professional and safe financing solutions platform. INK has also built an effective network to attract quality borrowers to generate real-estate backed collateralized loans. INK was able to grow its transaction volume and revenue to RMB44.7 billion and RMB300 million in 2016 respectively. Specifically, Jianlicai (简理财), contributed RMB29 billion of transaction volume in 2016, which is 6 times of that in 2015.
Mr. Dongfeng Wang, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Forgame, said, "We are very glad to witness the recognition of Mr. Lin by Forbes. The presentation of Mr. Lin on the list reaffirms his dedication in INK, as well as the Fintech Industry. We wish Mr. Lin and INK every success in the future, and we will explore more collaboration opportunities with INK in the future."
Established in 2009 and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 3 October 2013, Forgame Holdings Limited is a leading company of mobile games and webgames in China. Since its inception, Forgame has delivered hundreds of games to the China and overseas markets. Its game publishing platform 91wan has attracted over 200 million users cumulatively.
In December 2016, the Group prepared for the commencement of Internet Finance business by obtaining a license from the government to carry out internet micro-lending business in the PRC.
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12 Dec 1965, by an agreement approved by the Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU), as a specialized agency within the League of Arab States (LAS). First general committee session held 25 Mar 1968. Also referred to as Arab Organization for Standardization and Measures. Ceased to exist when merged with Arab Industrial Development Organization (AIDO) and Arab Organization for Mineral Resources (AOMR) to form Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization (AIDMO).
Assist in establishment and development of national standardization and metrology bodies in Arab States; coordinate standardization activities through preparation and adoption of unified standards and recommendations; unify symbols, methods of testing, analysis, measurements, calibration and quality control systems in member countries; coordinate activities with the corresponding international organizations and stimulate cooperation with them.
Offers technical advice to Arab States to help establish and develop national systems for weights and measures. Proclaims standardized Arab weights and measures. Ensures links and coordination of Arab efforts with foreign and international counterparts in specialized fields. Holds sessions for training specialists and for the determination of production quality. Carries out technical studies and prepares projects to reinforce the role of measurement in promoting production and quality. Operates a correlation system among Arab petroleum laboratories, and is considering a similar system for food laboratories. Maintains a centre for dissemination and exchange of information and studies pertaining to standardization, metrology, test and inspection methods and regulations. Unifies technical terms, quality control methods and product specifications for products such as food, cloth, fertilizers, building materials, oil, minerals, electrical products and packaging. Works on standardization of legislation related to metrology. Publishes ASMO standards.


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HMS Locust was one of 4 s of the Royal Navy, and was named after the locust, an insect. Launched on 28 September 1939 and commissioned on 17 May 1940, she survived the Second World War despite being severely damaged many times, including taking a shell hit during Operation Overlord.

Service
Designed as a Gunboat for the Yangtze River, she was equipped with two 4-inch guns; fore and aft, two 3-pounders each side, and a 3.5-inch howitzer midship plus a multi-barrel 2-pounder (40 mm) anti-aircraft gun. She was flat bottomed with a triple rudder configuration.

She participated in the Dunkirk evacuation during which she was attacked by German aircraft and evacuated 1,000 troops.

Locust had a central role in Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe Raid in August 1942, in which she was part of the "Cutting Out Force" that was to seize barges and trawlers and tow them back to England.  She carried about 200 Royal Marine Commandos.

She served during Operation Overlord, during which she received a hit from shellfire. She survived the war, was recommissioned as a training vessel and eventually sold for scrap in 1968.

Fate
She was placed in reserve from 1946 until 1951 when she was converted to a drill ship for the Royal Naval Reserve and used for training. When moored next to the RNVR ship HMS Flying Fox in Bristol, the vessel's shallow draught (essential for navigating shallow rivers) could be seen easily, around a foot or so below the waterline. Locust had three propellers and three large-bladed shallow rudders, equally spaced across its stern. She was decommissioned in 1968 and sold on 24 May 1968 to Cashmore for breaking. She was broken up in Newport.

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Wreck of long-lost WWII aircraft carrier USS Hornet found after 76 years, nearly 17,500 feet under water
Doyle Rice
USA TODAY February 19, 2019
Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the year the Hornet was sunk.
For 76 years, the aircraft carrier lay on the ocean floor, a quiet tomb for 140 sailors who died the day it sank.
Now, for the first time since then, humans have laid eyes on the USS Hornet, which was sunk in October 1942 during World War II's Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
A research vessel discovered wreckage of the aircraft carrier in late January 2019, nearly 17,500 feet below the surface, resting on the floor of the South Pacific Ocean.
"We had the Hornet on our list of WWII warships that we wanted to locate because of its place in history ... that saw many pivotal moments in naval battles," said Robert Kraft, director of subsea operations for Vulcan, the company that discovered the World War II warship.
Vulcan was founded by the late Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, and has found many other shipwrecks of that era.
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The Hornet was involved in many key events of the war, including launching the famed Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. It was also a major part of the Battle of Midway.
Though 140 sailors died when the Hornet sank, over 2,000 were able to safely escape.
A look at how the #USSHornet was discovered and the important role she played during WWII. pic.twitter.com/sDl2SnlWsT
— Vulcan Inc. (@VulcanInc) February 12, 2019
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Wreck of long-lost WWII aircraft carrier USS Hornet found after 76 years, nearly 17,500 feet under water
Navy Nightmare: America's Carriers Are in Trouble in the Next Great War
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Ideal for making borders and paths look stylish and neat, this 2 pack of Fixed Log Edging is made from wood that is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, ensuring an ethical product. Please search catalogue number 720/2643 Log Roll.
Made from 6cm half round Pine logs.
Size per piece H28, W100, D3.4cm.
These looks lovely and neat in my garden and were fairly easy to put in. We used a pole to start a hole which made it easier for the edging to go in, would definitely recommend. We've still got bits to finish in the garden but it's starting to look good!
Dreadful quality. When opened the wood was rotten and fell apart.
I can confirm that the spiked end Logs have a 30 cm height and the center edging has a 15 cm height.
it says the length is 100cm , is this the length of one or both of the items?
The length of the Fixed Log Edging Regular is 100cm per item.
is the pressure treated log safe to be used as an rasied bed for vegetables ?
The product is pressure treated against rot with a water based preservative, so they will be ok for a raised bed for vegetables.


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package pl.zankowski.iextrading4j.api.datapoint;

import com.flextrade.jfixture.JFixture;
import nl.jqno.equalsverifier.EqualsVerifier;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import pl.zankowski.iextrading4j.api.util.ToStringVerifier;

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.time.OffsetDateTime;

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;

class DataPointTest {

    private final JFixture fixture = new JFixture();

    @Test
    void constructor() {
        final String key = fixture.create(String.class);
        final BigDecimal weight = fixture.create(BigDecimal.class);
        final String description = fixture.create(String.class);
        final OffsetDateTime lastUpdated = fixture.create(OffsetDateTime.class);

        final DataPoint dataPoint = new DataPoint(key, weight, description, lastUpdated);

        assertThat(dataPoint.getKey()).isEqualTo(key);
        assertThat(dataPoint.getWeight()).isEqualTo(weight);
        assertThat(dataPoint.getDescription()).isEqualTo(description);
        assertThat(dataPoint.getLastUpdated()).isEqualTo(lastUpdated);
    }

    @Test
    void equalsContract() {
        EqualsVerifier.forClass(DataPoint.class)
                .usingGetClass()
                .verify();
    }

    @Test
    void toStringVerification() {
        ToStringVerifier.forObject(fixture.create(DataPoint.class))
                .verify();
    }

}

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Q: How to use more features in text based machine learning models beyond the text itself? I have a text dataset such that for each document in the text I have more features like category of the document, sub-category of the document and some anonymized features which are float.
I can model a model by considering only TF-IDF features from the each document's text but I will not be using other relevant information which encoded in other features.
One way could be to append these features to text of the document and then do TF-IDF which is obviously wrong.
Can someone help me in understanding how can I using these other features of the dataset along with the text to build a model?

A: Concatenate the features, appropriately coded (dummy coded, etc), to the end of your tf idf vector.
Since the TF-IDF features are high dimensional and you want to use a simpler model you may want to try applying dimensionalilty reduction on the tf idf matrix (say PCA). Then concatenate the other document features to the result. Note: you may need to consider standardization, normalization, depending on the machine learning algorithm you choose.

A: You can dedicate some N input neurons (N being the size of the "other" features) to receive some representation of those input features and work as usual.

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Go Portscan! is a network portscanner for the Amiga. It supports both TCP and UDP portscans and includes an extensive service table to help identify what service or program is running on the open ports. Go Portscan! also supports pinging (UDP and ICMP), traceroute (UDP and ICMP), ping sweeping, DNS resolution and ICMP reporting.


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Q: need to know how i can access performance counters of IIS server thru code IIS server has many performance counters. how can i pull off these values dynamically thru C# code

A: Like any other performance counters I guess, via PerformanceCounter class.


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Q: Disable input fields but do not block the user from selecting the text I know we can use the 'disabled' attribute to accomplish  what I'm asking, but, since for this project I'm working on we are using the 'old' edge (webview 1), where if you disable an input field, the user can no longer select the text (with horizontal scrolling effect using the mouse), and they can only select the text using crtl+A. Now, at the moment some of our input fields are readonly which works fine, however, in the old edge, since the input field is not disabled, when you tab out within the website, the focus is still going to those readonly fields and even the text gets highlighted and we do not need that. I have tried using the 'disabled' attribute and it works like a charm, but I can no longer scroll select the text for some reason and I can only do ctrl+A. Is there a way I can accomplish disabling an input field but making sure I can still copy its content using any browser (webview1,....)

A: Can you just disable tabbing into those fields with
<input type="text" tabindex="-1" name="myfield" readonly>

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Taekwondo finals – China wins women's 49 kg and Mexico wins men's 58 kg
China's Wu Jingyu defeats Thailand's Buttree Puedpong capturing the gold medal in the women's 49 kg and leaving Puedpong with a silver medal. The score was 1-(-1). Thailand's Puedpong's fight record in the contest was 1-0 over Cuba (won in overtime), 2-1 over Vietnam (won in overtime), and a win by superiority over Venezuela (the score was 2-2). China's Wu's fight record in the contest was 7-0 over Kenya, 8-1 over Sweden, and 4-1 over Chinese Taipei. Based on contest history, it looked like Wu was the dominant competitor going in. Puedpong gave Wu a run for the gold though, but unfortunately Puedpong couldn't land a solid back kick on Wu.
Bronze medals went to Venezuela's Dalia Contreras Rivero and Cuba's Daynellis Montejo.
After losing the semi-final match to Thailand's Puedpong, Contreras Rivero defeated Kenya's Mildred Alango to win the bronze by a score of 1-0. Alango, after losing the preliminary match to China's Wu, won by superiority over Sweden's Hanna Zajc in the repechage round (Sweden's Zajc lost to China's Wu in the quarterfinals.)
Cuba's Daynellis Montejo, having lost the preliminary match to Thailand's Puedpong, surprised the audience and taekwondo fans by defeating Chinese Taipei's Yang Shu-Chun, who was defeated in the semi-finals by China's Wu. Montejo won the bronze 3-2 in overtime.
In the men's 58 kg, Mexico's Guillermo Perez won over Dominican Republic's Yulis Gabriel Mercedes by superiority (the score was 1-1). In taekwondo, if a tie remains after sudden death overtime, the winner is determined by the Rule of Superiority. The more aggressive competitor is considered to be superior. The judges and the referee determined it was Perez who was superior in this match leaving Mercedes with a silver. Dominican Republic's Mercedes' fight record in the contest was 3-0 over Portugal, 3-2 over Chinese Taipei, and 3-2 over Spain (won in overtime). Mexico's Perez' fight record in the contest was 3-2 over Great Britain (won in overtime), 2-1 over Afghanistan, and 3-1 over Thailand.
Bronze medals went to Afghanistan's Rohullah Nikpai and Chinese Taipei's Chu Mu-Yen in the men's 58 kg.
After losing the quarterfinals to Mexico's Perez, Afghanistan's Nikpai first defeated Great Britain's Michael Harvey in the repechage round. (Harvey lost the preliminary match against Mexico's Perez.) Nikpai went on to the bronze medal match defeating Spain's Juan Antonio Ramos, who lost in the semifinal match to Dominican Republic's Mercedes. Nikpai won the bronze by a score of 4-1.
Chinese Taipei's Chu lost the quarterfinal match to Dominican Republic's Perez, then went on to defeat Portugal's Pedro Povoa in the repechage round. (Pedro Povoa was defeated in the preliminary match by Perez.) In the bronze medal match, Chu defeated Thailand's Chutchawal Khawlaor, who lost the semifinals to Mexico's Perez. Chu won the bronze by a score of 4-2.
Summary of medalists:
Women's 49 kg:
Gold – China – Wu Jingyu
Silver – Thailand – Buttree Puedpong
Bronze – Venezuela – Dalia Contreras Rivero
Bronze – Cuba – Daynellis Montejo
Men's 58 kg:
Gold – Mexico – Guillermo Perez
Silver – Dominican Republic – Yulis Gabriel Mercedes
Bronze – Afghanistan – Rohullah Nikpai
Bronze – Chinese Taipei – Chu Mu-Yen
Contest results for all matches today
Results for women's 49 kg
Results for men's 58 kg
Check with www.cbc.ca/olympics/ Thursday night to see Canada's next two matches in taekwondo, Karine Sergerie in the women's 67 kg and Sebastien Michaud in the men's 80 kg.
Canada appeals loss in women's taekwondo 49k
After Gonda lost her preliminary taekwondo match, Canada launched a protest claiming the judging was unfair. There were many kicks that could/should have scored in the match, but no points were awarded to Gonda in the match. Apparently, I wasn't the only one who thought she should have had more points. (See the CBC article and scroll down to the comments.) The quarterfinals for the women's 49k start at 3:00 a.m. EST. So far rumour has it that the appeal has been dismissed. As of writing, the final results still lists Sweden's Zajc as advancing to the quarterfinals and not Canada's Gonda.
The Olympics are supposed to be using the competition rules as set by the WTF. According to these Rules of Competition, three or more judges must agree to score a point. More specifically (Article 13: Scoring and Publication),
In the use of electronic trunk protectors
A. Valid points scored on the mid-section of the trunk shall be recorded automatically by the transmitter in the electronic trunk protector.
B. Valid points scored to the face shall be marked by each judge by using the electronic scoring instrument or judge's scoring sheet.
In the case of scoring with an electronic scoring instrument or on a judge's scoring sheet, valid points shall be those recognized by at least three or more judges.
I'm not sure if electronic trunk protectors were used, but it looked as if the judges were using the hand-held scoring devices. The other issue with scoring points is that the judges may not see the kicks if you aren't positioned in a clear field of view. I noticed in this match, the Swedish competitor was blocking the view of one of the judges – whether or not this was intentional is unclear.
This is not the first protest against unfair judging. Earlier, a Swedish wrestler who won the bronze match gave up his medal and walked away from the podium and medal ceremony. He lost the match that would have advanced him to the gold medal match. (His opponent went on to win the gold.) The Swedish wrestler was angry after the match due to unfair judging and only went on with the bronze medal match after discussing it with friends and family.


A year ago, Hyde Park United Methodist Church opened a gathering place in the heart of downtown Tampa.
A sculpture depicting Jesus as homeless and sleeping on a park bench sits outside its entry doors.
More than a house of worship, this "church campus" named the Portico serves the community as a haven for artists, and a social venue and link to community service organizations. It also offers refuge and resources to area homeless. The Portico Café employs five formerly homeless people working toward self-sufficiency and operates a workforce housing program.
The Portico will celebrate its first anniversary with Hope Shines Bright, a free concert and benefit June 16.
Any donations will go toward the Portico's homeless initiatives and work with Love INC of Metro Tampa, which helps Tampa churches mobilize efforts to help people in need.
Featured performing artists are Cody Austin, Emily Righter, Won Cho, Kyong Cho, Vanessa Rodriguez, Michael Fennelly and Scott Lilly. The vocalists and pianists will perform classical religious music, contemporary Christian and songs, as well as spirituals. The event will also include an art gallery featuring works by Curtis Whitwam and Maria Ortiz.
The idea for Hope Shines Bright originated with Lilly, a Hyde Park United Methodist member and Tampa lawyer, said Portico pastor Justin LaRosa.
"Scott's passion, giftedness and generosity were the driving factors," LaRosa said. "He wanted to do something to help the Portico. Artistic expression is part of who we are, so this event is right in the Portico's lane."
Financial contributions from the community make a real difference, LaRosa said. The Portico helps people get off the street and into housing. The venue hosts Moms in Action, Civil Conversation and weekly meditations groups. Proceeds from the Café go directly to outreach efforts. Several event spaces at the Portico are available to rent for weddings, parties and meetings.
"Every time someone buys something at the Portico Café or reserves a space at the Portico, they are helping get people onto ladders and into beds," LaRosa said. "The waves of goodness ripple out and positively impact people."
The Portico is located at 1001 N Florida Ave., Tampa. Church services are offered at 5:30 p.m. Sundays in the historic renovated Portico Chapel. The Café is open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. For more information on Hope Shine Bright and other events, visit hydeparkumc.org.


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E.3946-1907 is a reverse copy of V&A inventory numbers 27439.1 and E.115-1909, published by Agostino Mitelli in 1653. The design on the shields and inscription for the title page, which appears in 27439.1 and E.115-1909 is left blank in E.3265-1911.
Height: 24.6 cm Plate mark, Width: 16.6 cm Plate mark
Object history note
Agostino Mitelli (1609 - 1660) was a master in seventeenth-century quadratura, the particular Bolognese form of decorative surround used to enframe ceiling and wall frescoes, in which he achieved extraordinary illusion through the use of tromp l'oeil.
He was born in Battidizzo, near Bologna. After moving to Bologna he became the pupil of the painter Girolamo Curti (1570-1631), regarded as the first quadraturista. It was in Curti's workshop that Mitelli met the painter Angelo Michele Colonna, who became his friend and collaborator. They worked together from 1632 until Mitelli's death in 1660. Colonna worked as a figurista, painting figures, while Mitelli, using his architectural knowledge, provided designs for the ceiling surrounds to these works. His skills in perspective resulted from his studies with Giovanni Battista Falcetta, a leading Bolognese architect.
In 1635 Mitelli and Colonna made their only trip in Rome where they saw the Galleria Farnese, recently completed by Pietro da Cortona. This time in Rome marked a turning point in their style, which can be seen in their decoration of the Sala of the Palazzo Spada.
They moved from Rome to Florence to paint three rooms for the Summer Apartments in the Palazzo Pitti (1637-41), now Museo degli Argenti. In Sassuolo, the two painters decorated the great Salone of the Palazzo d'Este in 1646. After working on commissions in many other cities including Genoa and Parma, they were summoned to the Spanish court of Philip IV. There they worked on the ceiling frescoes in the Alcazar and in the royal retreat of the Buen Retiro (no longer in existence). Following the death of Mitelli in August 1660 Colonna completed their projects in Madrid, working from the quadraturista's designs.
The life of Agostino Mitelli was written by some of the most famous art biographers of the time, including Malvasia in Felsina Pittrice (1678), and Baldinucci in Notizie de' professori del disegno...(1681). His sonPadre Giovanni Mitelli, also wrote a biography of his father, which remained unpublished
As the contemporary sources stated Mitelli was also acclaimed for his scenic design for the court feasts in Ferrara and Parma, as well as the spectacles for the marriage of Margherita de' Medici with the duke Ottavio Farnese. He is also known to have written poetry and performed on the stage.
According to biographers, Mitelli's engravings were soon highly regarded, their great fortune partially due to the set printed by his son Giovanni Maria after Mitelli's drawings. The most famous series is "Freggi d'Architettura", printed in Bologna in 1645, is dedicated to count Ettore Ghisilieri.
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Agostino Mitelli, plate from a suite of 21 designs for architectural ornament dedicated to Francesco Bandini, Italian c.1650 - 60.
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Another day, another tragic, senseless act of violence visited upon persons who have little to no ability to defend themselves. Today, the heretofore tranquility of St-Etienne-du-Rouvray, a suburb of Rouen in northern France, is beginning to come to terms with the brutal execution of Jacques Hamel, an 84 year-old Catholic priest who was murdered during morning Mass while four others were taken hostage. Fr Hamel's killers are themselves dead. We will never know fully what made them choose him rather than another defenseless target. Perhaps the randomness of it is the point of those who seek to bring terror even to places seemingly far-removed from the centers of political power. 'It could be anywhere next', I suppose is the message they wish for the world to hear.
Lorries plowed into scores of spectators, young and old, in Nice; gunshots fired from the roofs of a parking lot and shopping mall in Munich; a knife attack on the mentally disabled just west of Tokyo – each of them, and so many more in Kabul and Baghdad and beyond, ruinous and repulsively callous losses of human life. Such acts have their roots in mental instability, anger, poverty, and a jingoism whose myopic vision of the world has only enough room for a narrow slither of human life. We live in a time saturated by violent imagery and ideology, where each outburst of rage chips away at the edifice of what we had once thought of as the common good.
So, what of the church? There are militant atheists who argue that religious tribalism is what has gotten our world into the mess it is enduring in the first place. Such thinkers, such as Richard Dawkins, claim that as a species we would make a giant step toward a more peaceable existence if we left religious thought and practice behind us. On one hand, it cannot be denied that religious institutions have proved to be effective vehicles for the human tendency toward extremism and exclusivism. On the other, it can be said that churches today in this age of terror have the opportunity to reach deep into their roots to be the alternative vision of life together that their vocation calls them to be.
Such an identity was not neutral about the society it embedded itself in. In the steeply hierarchical world of patronage, from slave to emperor, socio-economic power was constructed via a pyramid of servitude, expressed in public displays of social power such as shared meals and other civic celebrations. Thus, the ritual meals of the early followers of Jesus, the dispersed and gathered ekklesia, with their radically egalitarian table fellowship, along with the ekklesia's place for the leadership of women and freedmen, and the economic mutualism of one local ekklesia extended to another via Paul's collection of monies for poorer communities, all offered a potent counter-cultural ideology and set of practices.
Like the walls of catacombs that testify to the resistive symbols of the earliest followers of Jesus, these people of the ekklesia literally left their mark on a society that was otherwise based on subordination and violently imposed control. These first ekkelsia were what Hauerwas today calls 'communities of character', collectives that seek to live into distinctive rules of life that engrave difference into the world, even as that world's totalizing narratives of terror seek to deny room for difference to exist.
We need the church to be a diaspora of communities of character. We need people to be formed and to form a world that can articulate a counter-narrative to a culture of violence and division. We need a movement that will identify with its deep collective roots and live in the solidarity of those who are subjected to fear and loss. We need a church that will re-member the witness of the life of Jacques Hamel and hold out in the hope that the resurrection truth we have lived by will gift us all freedom one day: that life wins in the end.


1.Suppose that you traveled to planet whose density is the same as Earth's but whose radius is 0.82 times that of Earth. Would you weigh more or less on that planet than on Earth? By what factor? How does the escape speed from this planet's surface compare to the escape speed from the Earth's surface?
2.The diameter of the Earth is 12,756 km and its mass is 5.974 × 1024 kg while the diameter of the largest asteroid, Ceres, is 950 km and its mass is 9.43 × 1020 kg. Given that the escape speed from the Earth is 11.2 km/s, compute the escape speed from Ceres.
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4.What is the mathematical relationship between escape speed and orbital speed.
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(LAHAINA, HI) – California Senior Sebastian Crampton shot 68-67-63-196 (-17) to earn top honors at the 2018 Ka'anapali Classic – Collegiate Invitational. Team California, led by Crampton and teammates Collin Morikawa (3rd place), 2017 Champion, KK Limbhasut (T11) and James Song (T18) combined for a three-day total 805 (-47) for the 54-holes, 11 strokes ahead of University of North Florida at 816 (-36).
One of Crampton's eagles came on the par 4, 7th hole, an uphill dogleg right, playing 325 yards today with a slight crosswind. Crampton hit a cut drive aiming to the back of the pin and "executed it perfectly to eight or nine feet left of the hole," he said. Crampton would go on to make the downhill left to right putt and score a 2 for the hole.
California teammate Collin Morikawa is ranked 2nd in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and is no stranger to the leaderboard at Ka'anapali. Morikawa carded a 63 today to take 3rd place in the individual event. Morikawa made nine birdies and just one bogey today to finish the tournament at 199 (-14).
The fifth annual Ka'anapali Classic – Collegiate Invitational is a 54-hole, individual and team stroke-play tournament features golfers from Boise, California (Long Beach and Los Angeles), Clemson, Connecticut, George Washington, Georgia, Gonzaga, Hawaii-Manoa (host), Houston, Kansas, Northern Florida, Oklahoma, Sacramento State, South Carolina, Southern Illinois, U.S. Air Force Academy, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.


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It's the gloomiest day here in Campbell River. So gloomy that I couldn't take photos of all the lovely pieces that Glen and his team built & shipped out today. So instead, I decided to make this simple spring centrepiece.
I then took a teeny little brush and painted over all the letters with white paint. I totally ordered them while I as on my cellphone and I didn't realize they were gold sparkly letters. It's probably just me, but I think glitter is really tacky.
Once dry, I distressed slightly to blend it into the bucket.. and done! It was that simple. Plop in the plants and place on your tray. You can use any tray, but I made a tray with my nail gun & scraps as I didn't have a tray long enough for these buckets.
I love all things chippy and "ugly" as my husband likes to say, so the tray is pretty rustic looking. But it's totally my jam. I'm sure you could find a decently priced tray, or you could even use a plank of stained wood!
Monday's are one of our busiest days of the week. It usually entails, staging 10 -20 pieces of furniture, wrapping them and shipping them. Today we had a few client appointments at our home between picking the kids up.
Hope this little centrepiece inspires you to think of out the box and make a fun, DIY and cheap centrepiece that you love.


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Monday, August 28, 2017 by Chad Swiatecki
Accelerator targets city's 'screaming crisis' of housing affordability
A new program from the Impact Hub Austin social improvement accelerator has set its sights on solving the growing affordability crisis facing Austin's middle- and lower-income communities.
The Affordable Housing Accelerator held its kickoff event last week and brought together local politicos, established private industry leaders and hopeful startup founders looking to devise solutions for the growing cost of housing in the Austin area. Impact Hub's data shows from 2010 to 2016 the median price of a one-family home in Austin has increased 45.2 percent while the median family income has only grown 5.4 percent.
The affordability accelerator is a three-month program created to encourage groups to learn about and begin creating solutions for home price increases based on three tracks: policy and advocacy, financial modeling and efficiency tools. Applications are being accepted now and selected teams will receive space to work at Impact Hub Austin as well as coaching, training and opportunities to network with experts in the problem area they choose to address.
Speaking at the event last week, Mayor Steve Adler echoed sentiments he's expressed in public frequently about how rising housing prices and the area's mobility issues have combined to make it harder for the city's vaunted artists and creatives to afford to live and work in Austin.
Ashley Phillips, managing director of Impact Hub Austin, said she hopes the program can figure out ways to buy down the cost of land, make local planning and zoning more efficient, and implement new policies to prevent the city from repeating past planning and zoning mistakes that have created what she called a "screaming crisis."
Phillips said she hopes the big difference-maker in the accelerator program will be the partnerships that develop from combining young innovators with business and governmental professionals who will help them learn about the intricacies of the problem area they're looking to tackle.
Partners in the accelerator program are Google, JPMorgan Chase, Noble Capital, BuildFax and the Austin Board of Realtors.
"The power here is in the networking and coaching that will help them focus in on a problem and hopefully find a solution," she said. "Lots of the partners in this are lenders and developers who are interested in getting involved in partnerships, and I hope we get people thinking long and hard about what this means for the people who don't have the access to different resources to combat this issue."
Phillips said real estate professionals like David Steinwedell, who is leaving the Urban Land Institute Austin to start a private equity fund aimed at preserving middle-income housing, are the ideal kinds of partners for the accelerator and show that there is significant private sector interest in the affordability issue.
Brad Compere, founder and CEO of Capstone Title, said he attended the accelerator kickoff so he could get involved in projects that could reduce the regulatory and permitting wait times that real estate experts say prevent developers from adding more housing stock in Austin. Compere estimates Austin will need to double its available housing supply in the next five years to begin to make a noticeable downward difference in average home prices.
"It's a simple supply and demand problem and the issue is the regulatory environment at the city makes it difficult to create supply, so without overhauling the total regulatory process I don't know that we'll see an effective solution," he said. "I wanted to participate in this because as a real estate attorney and owner of a title insurance company who works with affordable housing groups, I'm excited to see what I can contribute. Hopefully you can put some of these smart, entrepreneurial groups together and they can come up with a solution and offer it to the city."
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Federal Industry Minister James Moore has apologized, as he should, for his insensitive remark about child poverty: "Is it my job to feed my neighbour's child? I don't think so." Coming at Christmastime, he should have chosen his words more carefully.
But the piling on by the partisan critics of the Conservatives is neither very charitable because it ignores the fundamental truth that lies beneath Moore's comment — that parents of children have the primary responsibility for their care. Not governments, not taxpayers, not even neighbours, despite the baying howls of social activists and leftist politicians who see government as the solution to everyone's problems.
At the root of Moore's belief is a once proud Canadian value, unfortunately now in decline — self reliance. Moore is among many Canadians who believe in individual responsibility — that people should solve their own problems. Addicts need to quit, the jobless should get training or move to find work, crooks must stop victimizing others and people who produce kids should look after them. Government can help, but people really need to fix the problems in their own lives.


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Covid-19: Additional 77 confirmed cases and 36 recoveries
By Fathmath Zunaam
July 26, 2020 , 08:00
Photo: Mihaaru
Malé, Maldives — HPA has confirmed additional 77 Covid-19 cases and 36 recoveries in Maldives over the past 24 hours.
HPA disclosed that, between 6pm of July 24 and 6pm of July 25, additional 77 cases were confirmed for the virus in Maldives. They are:
56 Maldivian nationals
20 Bangladeshi nationals
01 Indian nationals
With these 77 cases that were confirmed over the past 24 hours, Maldives now has a total of 3,252 confirmed Covid-19 cases, increasing at a faster rate than it never has before. However, currently among these cases, there are only 688 active cases in Maldives.
Easing the lock-down measures in the Capital of Maldives, Malé city, has contributed a lot in increasing the number of confirmed cases in Maldives.
While 41% of the confirmed 3,252 cases for Covid-19 in Maldives are of Maldivian nationals with a total of 1,453 cases, the remaining 59% cases are of foreign nationalities. Among this 40% of these confirmed cases are of Bangladeshi nationals with a total of 1,445 cases. The remaining 19% cases are of 256 Indian nationals, 46 Nepali nationals, 25 Sri Lankan nationals and 11 Italian nationals.
Previously the majority of the confirmed cases were of foreign nationals. However, since the lock-down easement on the capital city Malé, it has contributed a lot in increasing the number of confirmed cases for Maldivian nationals as well.
While 77 people tested positive for the virus today, 36 people have completely recovered from the virus over the past 24 hours. Along with these 36 recoveries, a total of 2,534 people have completely recovered from the virus in Maldives. The recovery rate of Maldives has decreased from 86% to 77% since the lock-down easement.
Up to date, 15 have passed away from Covid-19 in Maldives. The deceased are 10 elderly Maldivian nationals, 4 Bangladeshi nationals and a Filipino national.
While 541 people are in isolation facilities, none are in quarantine facilities at present.
While those who leave the greater Malé' region are still required to stay in quarantine for 14 days, people from other residential islands are now allowed to enter Malé without special authorization.
Covid-19: Additional 59 confirmed cases and no recoveries
Covid-19: Additional 36 cases and 8 recoveries.
Covid-19: Additional 33 confirmed cases and 19 recoveries.
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Степан Алексеевич Ивановский (1812—1877) — русский врач, профессор Санкт-Петербургской военно-медицинской академии, гоф-медик, .

Биография
Из дворян Черниговской губернии. Окончил курс в Новгород-Северской гимназии (1827). Окончил медицинский факультет Московского университета с серебряною медалью и степенью лекаря (1832). Был оставлен при университете для подготовки к профессорскому званию. В 1831 году, ещё студентом, был командирован в Санкт-Петербург для борьбы с холерой.

Защитил диссертацию «О некрозе костей» на степень доктора медицины (1836).

С 1837 года служил в Санкт-Петербурге в Семёновском полку, затем в Преображенском полку,  старшим врачом в Михайловской артиллерийской академии и артиллерийском училище. В 1851 г. определен адъюнктом терапевтической клиники Медико-Хирургической академии, где читал лекции по истории медицины.

С 1851 профессор в Императорской медико-хирургической академии, сначала по кафедре энциклопедии и истории медицины, а с 1852 — терапевтической клиники. С 1870 член военно-медицинского учёного комитета до своей смерти. Кроме диссертации, им опубликованы ещё несколько сочинений по внутренним болезням, а по лекциям его издан в 1852 доктором Н. Г. Куприяновым «Курс истории медицины».

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 Ивановский Степан Алексеевич

Медики Российской империи
Выпускники медицинского факультета Московского университета
Похороненные на Смоленском православном кладбище, чьи могилы утрачены


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Hollywood Type Cast: Curse or Blessing?
Being typecast in the Hollywood community is like getting lice: you don't want it and it's an extreme pain to get rid of. Most of the time, an actor who is considered typecast either 1)plays the same character in every film or 2) stars in a film franchise early in their career making it difficult for audiences to see them as anyone else. Sometimes it's both 1 and 2. In this article we will look at actors and actresses who have escaped being typecast or have built blockbuster careers from it and those who can't seem to escape the big "T".
Note: The information expressed is opinion only.
Hit: Harrison Ford
When he appeared in American Graffiti, Ford was fairly new to the scene. He then went on to star in the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. Both Han and Indiana were action men with some great zingers and quips yet you watched two different characters. Despite the two famous franchises, it didn't keep him from portraying different characters such as Jack Trainer (Working Girl) or Dr. Richard Kimble (The Fugitive). His career continued to be successful with the thriller What Lies Beneath. I will say that some of his later roles have become more and more similar, but for a forty plus decade career, I'd say he's done very well for himself.
Other Hits: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, and Daniel Day-Lewis
Miss: Shia LaBeouf
LaBeouf seemed to have a lot of potential. Disturbia and Transormers did very well. However both characters in the films seemed like they had just been cloned. It seemed like he would really take off with his role as Jake Moore (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps) and Jerry Shaw (Eagle Eye). He seems to have taken some pretty intense roles for the future, but he still hasn't made quite the dent necessary to really be praised and noticed in Hollywood.
Other Misses: Seann William Scott and Michael Cera
Hit: Amy Adams
Her first film role was in Drop Dead Gorgeous playing a brainless, cheerleader. She played opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Catch Me if You Can playing another bubbly, but very sweet young woman. She seemed to have a knack for these roles as she portrayed a princess and a Julia Child wannabe. She played more serious roles as well but it wasn't until The Fighter that she really proved to the world that she was an actress not to be reckoned. Long gone was the sweet, bubbly, engenue. Instead she gave us sass and a good Irish kick in the pants.
Other Hits: Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, and Toni Collette
Miss: Kristen Stewart
Yes I am going there. I know she has many fans as Bella Swan/Cullen, but if you look at her movie track record, she plays the same characters over and over and over and over: an underage, oversexed one-trick pony. Twilight was supposed to really showcase her talents (I'm still confused there) and break her out of the "indie" scene, but that hasn't happened. Yes she has made other movies since then (The Runaways, Welcome to the Rileys, Snow White & the Huntsman), but they have not done well at the box office and/or haven't lasted long in theaters. Maybe it's the story or perhaps it's because it's Kristen Stewart playing Kristen Stewart. She has nothing lined up right now and that's not a good sign. Maybe she can use this down time to go to acting classes. Yes, I went there again.
Other Misses: Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Aniston, and Meg Ryan
Tags: Amy Adams, Harrison Ford, Kristen Stewart, Shia Labeouf
Author littlebells
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65 Responses to "Hollywood Type Cast: Curse or Blessing?"
Open Book November 12, 2012 at 2:13 PM #
LB- Great topic. I want to focus on women for a moment. ITA Amy Adams, Natalie Portman and Meryl Streep are wonderful examples. The film choices and characters they've portrayed are always diverse and compelling to watch. Why do u think they've managed to escape the big "T" where others have failed? Do u think experience, education and talent allows them to take risk?
littlebells November 12, 2012 at 3:21 PM #
THat is a GREAT question! Well I can give you the long extended answer or a short one. hahaha!! Knowing you, you will want the first. 🙂
Let's see if I can break this down so as not to start confusing anyone. I think there are many layers. I think experience is extremely important when it comes to acting. It allows an actor/actress to give characters more depth and genuine, authentic dialogue and reactions. I think THAT really speaks to an audience who may have had addictions, been cheated on, lost a dear loved one, sacrificed to accomplish a goal, etc…they know what it feels like and if an actor can portray (have the talent) those emotions on the screen, their fan base will grow.
I think education would be incorporated into life experience. You meet knew people that have different POVs that one can learn from. When it comes to talent, there are many young actors who haven't had a lifetime of experience yet, but they have the talent. maybe they are just more intuitive and can understand what it would be like to be a particular character. I don't know.
In the end, I think it's a combination of talent, experience and education with "this is their purpose" in life. Actors/actresses that have long successful careers (and I'm not talking just the big blockbuster success stories) are able to reach audiences emotionally, intellectually and spiritually. Their influence is felt and usually it is for the better.
Everyone knows I love Shirley McLaine. Her acting alongside Debra Winger in Terms of Endearment have had a large influence on my life. Somewhat reflective of my life as far as mother/daughter relationships, it has allowed me to deal better with my reality knowing that if someone wrote a story like this, there are others in the exact same sport in life. Compound that with the extremely realistic dialogue and authentic delivery, I've thought, "Oh my gosh! That's exactly what I would say!"
Did that make sense?
Yes! It makes perfect sense. Thanks for being so thoughtful and concise. Love it!
Comic Relief November 13, 2012 at 6:51 PM #
LB,
I like your list because the actors are popular enough to be known but young enough to not be considered proven.
Thank you CR. I would like to see Shia prove us all wrong. I think he has the talent.
Though there are many who have had multiple roles, there are only a few who have had multiple iconic roles.
Am I correct that one needs to have MANY roles to avoid being typecast?
I think most specifically: various types of roles. I don't think an actor should just stick to comedy or drama or sci fi, etc…they need a variety of roles. Javier Bardem is a great example. He can play a romantic/comedic lead in "Eat, Pray, Love" and then a killer in "No Country for Old Men". These are just a few of the extremely various roles he takes on. And now playing Silva in Skyfall, the man has acting chops! I don't think you CAN typecast this man.
Ah! Soo true!
To find those who have talent and discipline is rare today. Why is that?
ozzie20 November 13, 2012 at 8:39 PM #
I think Shia has talent too but his ego seems to over shadow it at the moment. Hopefully he'll grow out of it.
I think great artists are always looking for ways to challenge and reinvent themselves.
dang't I wasn't done with my thought…
Great artists don't stay in their comfort zone. I would hope they don't sacrifice their own moral compass (alas some have), but stick to their standards and trust that if a successful career is going to happen, it's going to happen. I don't think an actor needs to accept every single role that comes their way, early in their career, but to be selective and strategic.
Because so few actors have them, I hate to bring up the Oscars. Truthfully having an Oscar doesn't mean the roles are iconic. AMC's movie guide lists actors with multiple Oscars.
Best Supporting Actor, The Godfather: Part II (1974); Best Actor, Raging Bull (1980)
Best Actor, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and As Good As It Gets (1997); Best Supporting Actor, Terms of Endearment (1983)
Best Supporting Actress, Kramer vs. Kramer (1979); Best Actress, Sophie's Choice (1982)
Best Actor, On the Waterfront (1954) and The Godfather (1972)
Best Actor, Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Rain Man (1988)
Best Actor, The French Connection (1971); Best Supporting Actor, Unforgiven (1992)
Best Actor, Alfie (1966); Best Supporting Actor, Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Best Supporting Actor, Glory (1989); Best Actor, Training Day (2001)
Best Actress, The Accused (1988) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
http://movies.amctv.com/movie-guide/top-multiple-oscar-winning-actors-and-actresses.php
Kate Winslet seems to have won multiple awards, but only one Oscar. I would not be surprised if she entered the previous list in the near future.
CR, thank you for mentioning kate. There are actually many actors and actresses I couldn't include in this list. I hope we can discuss them tonight!
Speaking of kate. I think she is fantastic. She can take a role and make it her own. I love actors who lose themselves enough in a role that you see the character. She is a great example.
Did u see her in Mildred Pierce? She was great but the movie was so so.
I have not, however, I also heard she did a fantastic job despite a bum movie. That's a great actress.
I haven't seen Mildred Pierce either but I do think Kate is an amazing actress!
Maybe I wasn't paying adequate atttention to the article, are you claiming an actor can avoid type casting by being good at what they do?
I think they can, but sometimes I think fans won't let an actor be seen as anything other than a romcom or action or dramatic actor.
On the flip side, there are actors who are typecast but do such a fantastic job that it has actually benefitted them! Example: Johnny Depp. The hubs watched "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" for the first time and kept commenting how he couldn't believe that was Depp. it wasn't just the make up but the acting, voice, etc…He plays the quirky, weird characters, but each one is so unique and different that audiences are constantly amazed by his roles. I think he is a great dramatic actor as well, but his "normal" roles never do as well as Willy Wonka or the Mad Hatter. He has made this typecasting work for him.
It helps when an actor likes the role they are playing. Far too often u see actors take a role for the money. However, I will say Guy Pearce I have seen almost all his films even his crappy ones just because he's so compelling to watch. IDK what he does but his performances are never boring, matter of fact he can make a crap movie worth watching.
That was a really great answer. Ben Affleck really impressed me in Argo because he chose to play a character far less glamorous than he routinely plays.
I think an actor willing to transform themselves physically, whether it's hair, make-up, weight gain, weight loss, etc…helps as well.
I hear ya LB. If I may add. Some actors will stop at that meaning only transforming their outward appearance instead of changing their walk, accent or mannerisms is a cop out. If u are going to change your hair, gain weight etc…why not go the full distance. After all, the excellent hair, make-up and fat padding are the work of hair, make-up and wardrobe crew not the actor. My point is seeing an actor combine their expertise with wardrobe and make-up is magical. The perfect example was seeing Meryl Streep play Margret Thatcher or Julia Child.
And that is why I love Streep!
No because all actors wear make-up. It's what u do once u are in make-up that matters. Like I said changing from the inside out is much more effective and compelling than relying on gimmicks.
Sorry! This answer was for CR. Regarding make-up and typecasting.
third try…
Since you brought the topic up,
Are you type cast if you always appear under make-up?
Would you make a distinction between artists who look for the same rolls (over and over again), and those who alway who take a lot of similar work?
Michael Cain, Viola Davis, Anthony Hopkins, and Judy Dench seem to play a lot of similar parts. None are particularly young but all seemed to taken chances at least once in their respective careers, despite (some apparent routine).
yes, I think there is a distinction. Don't quote me on this, but those who choose to take the same roles over and over must know they don't have the talent to go beyond their talent comfort zone.
As for the great actors and actresses you mentioned, despite playing similar roles, they still portray them differently and are mesmerizing enough that we seek to watch their films. Being typecast is a fine line and so is choosing similar roles as to the same role.
I may write that in my notes.
Hahaha! Thanks! 🙂
That's what I think too. It can be good for those who don't have a wide range. They'll get work but it must be frustrating too.
parisienne November 12, 2012 at 6:17 PM #
Great article! Its very informative. I think it terms of typecasting an actor not only needs to have an education but they need to be able to BECOME someone else. They have trouble doing that because they still see themselves as outside of the character. Does that make sense?
Take Kristen Stewart for example, she typecast herself because of her general attitude. She's difficult to work with (so I've heard) disrespectful, lacks social etiquette and is extremely arrogant. She's not malleable because she doesn't allow herself to feel what the character is feeling. Then again to much TCH does block your short term memory receptors so that explains why she can't speak in coherent sentences and makes up her lines. But I digress, Kristen will never be able to play anything other than Kristen but if you put her in her comfort zone (opposite a female whom she has to have a sex scene with) there is a slight change. One can tell she is more comfortable within herself. Watch the Runaways and listen to the commentary. She's so full of pride. 🙂
Yes! It makes perfect sense! To me empathy is very important in an actors tool kit.
Do u think people who lack empathy become that way due to their environment or are they born that way?
LMAO! I love you Paris! 🙂 But what you said it true. Personality helps.
I have often wondered if Jennifer Aniston would be as famous as she is today had she not been married to Brad Pitt. I loved her as Rachel and some of her films, howeeeeeever, I can no more see her in the same league as Amy Adams, Kate Winslet, Meryl Streep, and Soirse Ronan. I just see Jennifer playing a slightly different Jennifer. Her roles don't seem challenging and I have to think, is it because she can't get that deep into a character or she is so typecast that no one believes she could carry a turn of the 20th century or psychotic schizoid.
Great Q. I did see her try and stretch herself and play a dramatic role. The movie was called Derailed. But yes, I think Jennifer Anniston definitely married up.
We have discussed some of my hits and misses. Who are some actors/actresses that are on your list and why?
OB or LB,
Here's some one who did not may my previous list.
I want to agree with you that episodic TV seems help in the typecasting process. That does not mean actors don't try to fight being pigeon holed.
It's odd; actresses like Elizabeth Montgomery, Farrah Fawcett, and George Clooney chose really different roles and personas when they moved from TV to the big screen.
In terms of rebelling, what did an actresses like Sally field do (since she has an Oscar) that made more successful.
Sally Field can make a vampire cry. Sorry! I went there. Hahahaha! It's a slow process but she manages to pull u into the story and then start working u over emotionally. She never judges her characters and she's able to show u their vulnerability and honesty. Norma Rae is a great example.
I have to agree with you. I am really looking forward to seeing her in Lincoln.
Yes me too!
Are you saying "not juding your characters" is part of the process for breaking typecasting?
I would certainly agree in Streep's example but I'm wondering if this commitment begins prior to your career.
Field seemed to do this even before her career started.
Correct moving beyond your own experiences or reactions helps in making the character more authentic and the actor less judgmental about the character IMO. For example how Bella became a tomboy in Twilight when in the book Bella really was more of a romantic.
That's an interesting point that I hadn't thought of!
Great article LB! I've never really sat down and analysed type casting like this so I know I will enjoy the discussion! 🙂
Hi Ozzie and glad to have you here!
Hi Oz!
Hi LB, OB and CR!
Touch wood, I'm alot better! I don't know what I had but it was hell regarding the pain. Grrrr! (Sorry, I disappeared again. I had a few pains, after I freaked out thinking it was coming back, I realised that I had not eaten today. Doh! So I went and made something. No pains now!)
I'm so sorry to hear Oz! But I'm glad your better.
Strangly eating seems to resolve most of my problems too.
Hahaha! Come on CR we can do it! Both CR and I are fasting it's our third day. I feel fantastic!
Is there a special reason? No, don't answer that. That's personal.
LMAO! You two crack me up! 🙂
Good luck with your fasting, you brave people! I don't think I could do that!
Sorry I disappeared there for a bit. For everyone: what other actors, that are typecast, have been able to use it to their advantage and have long successful careers?
Hmm! Matt Damon has done a good job of not getting typecast. Guy Pearce, Leo DiCap. I really like Idris Elba he's really taking chances and roles not always given to AA.
LB- U saw Argo. Do u think some actors can avoid typecasting if they direct themselves? Do u think Drew Barrymoore plays the same character when she's directing herself?
Refresh my memory with the films she's directed herself, please…:)
Everyone-
I have to go. LB great article. There's still so much to say about this topic.
I did not realize this topic was as rich as it turned out to be. Great article. Unforunately I need to leave as well.
Oh I am so glad you enjoyed it! I will make sure to revisit this topic in the future but in a different angle. 🙂 Have a good night everyone and Ozzie I am glad you are feeling better!
Thanks LB! (hugs) I've have a lot of fun too even though I was only here for a short time! Night all!


Emotional literacy skills – the ability to "read" (recognize) feelings in other people, the ability to read your own feelings (notice your internal cues), and to express your feelings appropriately are all incredibly important to your child's long-term success.
Talk about emotions when you see them in books and videos, when the child is not experiencing those emotions. Once they've grasped what the word "sad" is, it may be easier to talk about things like "what makes people sad", "how can you tell when someone is sad", and "what makes someone feel better when they're sad" when your child is not feeling sad.
I've written before about the Anatomy of a Tantrum. and how to time your intervention. In The Incredible Years, Webster-Stratton talks about stages in the build-up of tension: first the child is grouchy or sulking, then becomes more tense and moody. That can escalate to an explosive outburst, followed by the depression / "leave me alone" stage, then your child may resume normal activities as if nothing had happened.
Ideally, we want our children to notice their own cues that their emotions are starting to escalate. We want them to be able to catch themselves in that first stage, and talk themselves down. That won't happen when they're two or three years old. But if we talk to them about self-soothing, and model emotional regulation, they'll get there sooner than if we don't talk about it!
Be concrete when talking about what cues tell us we're feeling an emotion or what cues tell us how others are feeling.
When you're feeling emotional, describe your internal feelings.
Talk about body language and what it conveys about how someone is feeling. There are some useful examples here and here.
In your pretend play, or in puppet shows, model a range of emotional expressions and coping strategies.
A helpful tool can be to create an emotional thermometer for your child. (If you search for "emotions thermometer for kids" you'll find multiple examples.) On the "cold" end, it has sad. Then in the area where you would find moderate temperatures, it has calm, then happy, and so on. Then in the high temperature range you have different levels of anger. Once you've explained it to your child, they can use it to show you how they're feeling today, and what they could do to "cool down" or "warm up." You may recommend that if they reach a certain high temperature, they should remove themselves from the situation for a time out to cool down.
A thermometer may work best for kids who are 5 or older, or 4 year olds who have a grasp of numbers and measurement. For 2 and 3 year olds, it may be better to use your hands to show how big a feeling is. Hold your thumb and finger close together to show an "itty bitty" emotion or hold your hands far apart to show a great big feeling.
Note: many of the ideas discussed here are from "Dinosaur School" a part of the Incredible Years program. Read more here about: Emotional Literacy and Emotion Coaching.
This entry was posted in Emotional / Social and tagged emotion coaching, emotions, Tantrum on October 27, 2017 by Janelle Durham.


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are a Finnish rock band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki while the band members were still in upper comprehensive school. The original band members were Lauri Ylönen (lead singer/songwriter), Eero Heinonen (bass), Pauli Rantasalmi (guitar) and Janne Heiskanen (drums). Heiskanen quit the band in 1998 and was soon replaced by Aki Hakala.
Before releasing their fourth studio album Into (2001), they were simply known as Rasmus, but changed their name to The Rasmus in order to avoid being confused with a Swedish DJ of the same name. They gained international fame with their 2003 album Dead Letters which went gold and platinum in several countries, accompanied with the single "In the Shadows" which reached number 1 in a number of countries. Their follow-up album Hide from the Sun which was released in October 2005 also went platinum in Finland.
The band is one of Finland's most successful with more than 3.5 million sold albums worldwide, eight gold awards and five platinum awards. They have released seven studio albums, two compilation album and 21 singles. Some of the band's most famous songs are the singles "Liquid", "F-F-F-Falling", "In the Shadows", "First Day of My Life", "Funeral Song" , "No Fear", "Sail Away", "Livin' in a World Without You", and "Justify". Their most recent album, titled Black Roses, was released in 2008. Immediately it replaced Metallica's latest album Death Magnetic in the Finnish Album Charts and went gold after one week. In early 2010, The Rasmus started working on their next album, which will be released by the band's personal record label due to their contract with their previous label dissolving at the end of 2009. The band is working with Malaysian American song writer and lyricist Jonathan Kabir for their upcoming album.
Most recently, Ylönen announced a solo album scheduled for release in March 2011 with the first single "Heavy" being out in February. The material will have its premiere at Emma Gala on February 26, 2011. Ylönen stated that he wanted several songs, that didn't fit The Rasmus, to be released as a major record rather than a demo or something like that. The album will be self-produced with his record label Dynasty Recordings.


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No One Dies Alone
July 19, 2017 Providence St. Joseph Health Team
Trained volunteers provide peace and comfort for dying patients when no one else can be there
She was in her 40s, dying of cancer with no family members who could be with her. The hospital team worked to help her children, ages 12 and 17, to say goodbye to their mother. A volunteer from No One Dies Alone was called in, and the children were told that this volunteer would be there for their mom in her last moments of life. The children then went to stay with friends.
"The patient was not communicative at all," says Cindy Mueller, vice president of mission integration at Mission Hospital. But after four hours, says Mueller, the woman opened her eyes, turned toward the volunteer with a tear in her eye, and mouthed the words 'thank you.'
This is just one story of many that reveal the importance of the No One Dies Alone (NODA) program. Begun in 2001 by a nurse in Oregon, it is today offered at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Mission Hospital and Mission Hospital Laguna Beach.
Volunteers are trained by members of the palliative care and spiritual care teams to sit and provide comfort to a dying person who has no one else to be with them in the final hours or days of life. The idea is to be "a healing, loving presence," as Mueller puts it. She has been a nurse for 30 years and has been with many dying patients in their last moments.
What do NODA volunteers do? "There is no agenda but to meet the patient's needs," says Mueller. An organizer schedules the volunteers in four-hour shifts.
When volunteers sit with patients who are conscious and "actively dying," says Mueller, they might play music, pray with them or engage in conversation. Each volunteer brings a backpack for carrying items such as a bible, music CDs, aromatherapy, poetry books – whatever might relax the patient and put him or her at ease. Volunteers are instructed to call the doctor or nurse immediately if a dying person shows signs of struggle or pain.
"It's a sacred ministry that honors the dignity of the person as they journey from earthly life into everlasting life," Mueller says. "It's giving witness to God's love in the world — and it's what Jesus wants of us."
When family can't be there
Doctors, nurses or chaplains who learn that a dying patient's family members live far away, or can't get to the hospital when the end is near, will call for a NODA volunteer. Some patients have no family left, and sometimes their family relationships are broken, says Mueller.
Dying can take days. "There are times when the family needs some respite care," she explains. Knowing that a NODA volunteer will sit at the bedside of the dying person gives the family a break and provides reassurance that their loved one is being watched and cared for.
Part of the mission
The No One Dies Alone program fits perfectly with the mission of St. Joseph Health: to provide whole-person care to their patients. This means that dying people receive the same excellent care as every other patient.
(This story originally appeared in OC Catholic, June, 2017)
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Elijah Brown  is a Canadian dancer and a performer.  He is known for his work with Celine Dion, Franco Dragone, Marie Chouinard, and Louise Lecavalier. In 2007 he wrote a song with Claude Mego Lemay, the musical director of Celine Dion, that was chosen out of 100,000 entries to be performed at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Career
He is best known for his performance alongside Celine Dion as the lead character in the top grossing entertainment show A New Day... created by director Franco Dragone.   Elijah also premiered in an hour long solo titled "Des Feux Dans la Nuit" at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. This solo was created specifically for him by the famous choreographer Marie Chouinard. Elijah has also been touring Europe and Canada with A Few Minutes of Lock, a duet between him and dancer Louise Lecavalier.  The work was created by choreographer Edouard Lock and music by Iggy Pop.  Elijah graduated Valedictorian from Ryerson Theatre School after studying in the Theatre and Dance programs.  He went on to do productions with the Canadian Opera Company, West Side Story and was seen in many of Michael Downing's early films.  He was Wally's neighbor in The Kids in the Hall movie Brain Candy before touring internationally with Company Marie Chouinard.  Elijah is currently working with director Francois Girard and is involved in the Cirque du Soleil show Zarkana

Further reading
2008 Beijing Olympic Games http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzYxNjg4MjA=.html
Lisa M. Browder, Dancer Universe, Feb 20, 2008 Dance in the Spaces

References

Living people
1971 births
Canadian male dancers


For many the FA Cup is now about as magical as a night in with Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee.
Premier League clubs whinge about congested fixture lists getting in the way of an ambition to finish 12th in the top-flight table. Premier League managers field reserve teams to preserve star players for forthcoming matches against the likes of Crystal Palace and Norwich. Trophies and a fabulous day out at Wembley are less important than the single-minded pursuit of hard cash. The only link to 'magic' is to try and make the FA Cup disappear.
But for 15 frantic final minutes at the Hawthorns yesterday (January 30) the grand old competition was shown at its most glorious best, almost entirely thanks to the efforts of the 'plucky underdog', a Cup cliche often trotted out to liven up media previews of contests thought likely to be one-sided. Posh are 37 places below West Brom in the football pyramid, not that you'd have known it yesterday.
Roared on by a spine-tingling display of passion and support by 4,000 visiting fans behind a goal, Posh twice came from behind to claim an unlikely replay from a 2-2 draw. Shaquile Coulthirst's 79th-minute equaliser was greeted with a celebratory dance, before substitute Jon Taylor's terrific, game-saving finish four minutes from the end was the cue for unconfined joy led by the scorer's rush into the arms of the man who had dropped him from the starting line-up a couple of hours earlier.
But possibly the most impressive aspect of this result - aside from fighting back against a side managed by pragmatic Tony Pulis - was a refusal to accept their status in the tie. Posh often passed the ball better than their so-called superiors and spent so much time in the opposition half after the break, a draw was the least they deserved.
Pulis, a man for whom entertainment is way down on a priority list, was probably over-egging the pudding by describing Posh as 'brilliant', especially as he went on to damn them with faint praise by saying he couldn't see them scoring. Posh were at first dis-jointed by some surprising team and positional changes, and would have been out of the tie inside the first 30 minutes had goalkeeper Ben Alnwick not bailed out a dreadful attempt at dribbling out of defence by Ricardo Santos with a superb save from James McClean, but after the break they were largely dominant, even if clearcut chances were rare until Coulthirst pounced on Michael Bostwick's long diagonal ball, and some defensive dithering, to poach his first Posh goal.
Posh boss Graham Westley of course loves the Cup. For a start it can bring welcome attention and riches to lower division clubs. It's also often the best opportunity to showcase playing and managerial talent, and in Westley's case yesterday that talent including hitherto unknown drama skills as he fell to the ground as through shot when the match ball burst in front of him.
Westley also rescued his starting line-up from an indifferent first half, which involved just a couple of off-target shots from strikers Coulthirst and Lee Angol, by making two telling substitutions at the break. Taylor's introduction was justified by his sweet finish after Santos, by now at right-back, had nudged another fine Bostwick pass into his path, but equally important was the abandonment of an experiment of playing Jack Baldwin in a midfield holding role and returning him to the centre of defence alongside the imperious Bostwick - surely this is now the first-choice partnership for the rest of the League One campaign?
Martin Samuelsen's arrival helped Posh retain possession better and the hugely-gifted on-loan 18 year-old often toyed with Premier League markers. He almost secured Posh victory in the final moments when his dancing feet defeated two defenders before a powerful strike was disappointingly sent straight at home 'keeper Boaz Myhill.
Now a goal then would have increased the volume of the final-whistle boos around the Hawthorns, a place which appears to have seen much of the joy of football sucked out of it, presumably by low-quality, dull performances. Even the return to action of sulky striker Saido Berahino didn't thrill.
Berahino, who spent a decent spell on loan at Posh four years ago, scored twice and yet couldn't have looked less happy. His goal-celebrations were low-key and not because of any affection for a former club. His overall performance on his first start since Hallowe'en was nothing to excite January transfer window predators, but his finishing might have done.
Berahino beat Alnwick with a precise 22-yard strike (two passes after Harry Beautyman had carelessly lost possession just inside the home half) in the 14th minute and looked to have won the tie four minutes after Coulthirst's goal by pouncing on Taylor's failure to clear a right-wing cross and shooting into the opposite corner.
His second goal would have won the game, but for Posh's self-belief as well as their fighting spirit. The Baggies also came close to pinching victory in added time as Craig Dawson lifted a near-post corner over the bar and Bostwick, who was making his first appearance of 2016, was forced into a great defensive block to thwart home substitute Victor Anichebe.
So it's onto the fifth round draw tonight when Posh will know exactly what they have to do to reach the last-16 stage for the first time since 1986. They may well have missed their best chance to win this tie anyway.
One presumes the replay with West Brom on Tuesday, February 9 will be televised live. Before today's games Posh will be choice number two for the unimaginative TV stations behind a reserve team game between West Ham and Liverpool.
TV schedulers, another species who have managed to devalue the greatest knockout competition of them all.
Posh: Ben Alnwick, Michael Smith, Lawrie Wilson (sub Jon Taylor, 46 mins), Michael Bostwick, Jack Baldwin, Ricardo Santos, Harry Beautyman (sub Martin Samuelsen, 46 mins), Chris Forrester, Erhun Oztumer (sub Marcus Maddison, 61 mins), Lee Angol, Shaquile Coulthirst. Unused substitutes: Souleymane Coulibaly, Leo Da Silva Lopes, Andrew Fox. Dion Curtis-Henry.
Posh - Coulthirst (79 mins), Taylor (85 mins).
Cautions: West Brom - McClean (foul).
Posh - Smith (foul), Angol (foul).


It's been a wild couple of days on The X Factor - what's going on?
The first weekend of The X Factor's live shows were full of drama, on and off-camera.
While viewers were battling mixed feelings towards Honey G and questioning whether the judges were drunk (don't worry, Dermot O'Leary later confirmed that the only thing they were downing was water!), behind-the-scenes show bosses investigated some shocking abuse claims made against Josh Brooks of twin group Brooks Way.
How did this drama begin?
Very soon after, some shocking reports claimed that Josh, 17, had been abusive to an ex-girlfriend and had even broken her nose.
What did Josh's ex-girlfriend say?
'He said the way that I spoke to him wasn't acceptable, knocked me over and kicked me in the face so hard that my nose broke. I heard it click out.
According to sources speaking to The Mirror, it wasn't only Amelia who's survived the brunt of Josh's apparent anger issues – his twin brother Kyle has also suffered attacks.
'It was known throughout their camp that Josh had a big problem with anger – he would lose it with his fists if anyone spoke to him in a way he thought was disrespectful,' it was reported on Sunday.
Will they be coming back to the show at all?
Sorry, Brooks Way fans, but this is definitely the end of the boys' X Factor journey – as well as show bosses saying so, Xtra Facotr host Rylan Clark-Neal confirmed their departure on This Morning on Monday (10th October), as well as saying that they'll be replaced.
So who'll be replacing them?
And though unconfirmed, rumour has it that it's between 4 Of Diamonds, Yes Lad, Skarl3t and Tome & Laura. The lucky group will be announced in due course – but until then, let us know your thoughts, and who you'd like to see back on the show @CelebsNow!


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Jakarta's municipal election, a test of Muslim-Christian relations, goes to a runoff – Los Angeles Times
JAKARTA — After a tense campaign marred by religious protests and phone-tapping allegations made by a former president, Indonesia's capital will have to wait two more months to learn who will run the city of 10 million people. Incumbent governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as "Ahok," will face a runoff election in April against a former education minister who was backed by Islamist protesters, turning the election into a test of religious tolerance in the world's largest Muslim-majority country. Purnama, a Christian of Chinese descent and an ally of President Joko Widodo, won around 40% of the votes cast Wednesday according to preliminary counts. That was roughly the same as his rival, Anies Basdewan, a Muslim whose reformist credentials came under scrutiny when Islamist supporters sought to have the sitting governor jailed over a speech in which he allegedly insulted Islam.
Posted on February 15, 2017 by Simon | Read More... Culture & Religion, Indonesia, Los Angeles Times, Politics & Government, Reporting from Indonesia
Tepid end to Jakarta election campaign – Nikkei Asian Review
JAKARTA — A tumultuous election campaign for the job of running one of the world's biggest, most traffic-clogged and flood-prone cities drew to a relatively placid close over the final weekend before the Feb. 15 vote. Candidates in the race for the Jakarta governorship ended a last televised debate by grinning cheek-to-cheek in a group selfie photograph. As staged as it was, it was a rare cordial moment in a combative campaign. It came the day before Islamist groups held a last-ditch rally against the sitting governor, who they accuse of blasphemy. The rally drew a much smaller turnout than the hundreds of thousands of people who flocked to two similar protests in late 2016 against the incumbent governor, adding to the sense that the contentious election campaign had left participants drained. "It has been divisive but I am happy that the debate in the end is focusing on policies and programs, it takes the tensions down a bit," said Sandiaga Uno, a candidate for vice governor and running mate of Anies Baswedan, one of two challengers seeking to oust the embattled incumbent, Bakuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as "Ahok."
Posted on February 13, 2017 by Simon | Read More... Culture & Religion, Indonesia, Nikkei Asian Review, Politics & Government, Reporting from Indonesia