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A Silent Crackdown
The civil services aspirant: 'Police abused me and threatened to send me to remand'
The Citizenship Act protests were the young man's first brush with dissent.
Arunabh Saikia
Oct 08, 2020 · 08:10 am
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A student. A food seller. A creative producer. A scientist. All they have in common is that they took part in the Citizenship Act protests last winter. Months later, the Delhi Police called them in for questioning in its controversial riots case, which blames the communal violence that took place in India's capital in February on a conspiracy by Citizenship Act protestors to overthrow the Narendra Modi government. Over 70 protestors have been interrogated in the case. Below is an account by one of them.
Read more about the case which has been described as a witchhunt against protestors here. Read more accounts of those who have been questioned in the case here.
He smiled and his voice became dreamy as he spoke about the Mumbai trip in December 2019, his first ever to the megapolis. He and his friends had done all the touristy things. "Colaba, Gateway, Elephanta," he listed out with child-like enthusiasm.
"I was a child only then," he added, almost reflexively, his voice suddenly becoming more serious, as if to signal a return to the present. In the last ten months, the young man, barely out of his teens, had grown by several years.
It began on the train ride back from Mumbai where he read about the growing furore over the Citizenship Amendment Bill, which became a law by the time he reached Delhi. He had heard about the bill before – as a civil services aspirant, he was a voracious reader of "news and current affairs". But the importance of the impending changes sunk in only on the train journey, he said.
Back in Delhi, he started attending the protests that were coalescing on the streets. Initially, at Jantar Mantar where he would meet activists and journalists he was starry-eyed about. Then, in Shaheen Bagh in South Delhi, where a round-the-clock sit-in by Muslim women had become a magnet for a new, pulsating protest energy.
"I started spending my nights there," he recalled. "I wouldn't come back home for two-three days at a stretch. It was cold so I could go without a change for that long. My parents were furious but I told them please don't stop me. I had to protest – it was so unlawful."
Soon, he turned into an organiser from an attendee, organising candlelight marches with his childhood friends in their neighbourhood – the old quarters of Delhi. "We sang the national anthem on the stairs of the Jama Masjid," he said. "The idea was to challenge the notion that Muslims don't sing the national anthem."
He often ran into trouble with the police, but kept at it – till the February riots convulsed the city and the pandemic brought all mobilisations to a grinding halt.
'Where did the biryani come from?'
Even as the protests ended, the Delhi Police's riots investigations picked up. As many of his fellow protesters – whom he had become friends with over the course of the winter – were rounded up, questioned and charged, he was called in for interrogation too. His number was found in their mobile call records and he was asked to explain why he had called or received calls from them.
The police asked: why did he go to Shaheen Bagh at all? He was not a resident of the locality, after all. "I told them the environment was very nice. People would talk to me without asking me about my identity," he recalled.
The questioning spilled into many days, once over nine hours at a stretch. The police were relentless in their intimidation – though it was, on occasions, punctuated by some green tea, and once, even an omelette. "They threatened that they would send me to remand," he said.
The police would constantly grill him about the other protesters he had spoken to over the phone, he said. "I said sir normally meri baat hui thi. He replied 'Bhosdike chutiya samajh ke rakha hai kya humein?'" [I said we would speak about regular things. He replied: 'Do you think we are idiots?']
And there were, of course, jibes about his religion: "The problem with you Muslims is that you get instigated very easily; you turn to your jihad at the slightest of provocations. Where did the biryani at Shaheen Bagh come from? Did Allah drop it himself from the skies?"
But it was more than just anti-Muslim dog-whistles. Once, he recalled, the police derided a well-known Hindu public intellectual who had opposed the Act. "The amount of poison the police had is unbelievable," he said. "And it's not just against Muslims. They resent all secular people. They said, 'Yeh humare jo log hai yehi sabse bade harami hai. Our people [the Hindus] are the worst of the lot.'"
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'Muslims are scared'
As the civil services aspirant refused to implicate anyone, he claims his father was also summoned. The police asked him, gently, to get his son to name someone. In return, they would give him a new identity and provide the family "full security", the young man recalled.
Finally, after many rounds of questioning spanning several days, the police gave up. "I did not give any statement. I did not put my sign on any paper," he said.
The police interrogation, traumatising as it was, had taken a load off his head, he said. "Pehle bas wohi police ka darr tha, but abhi woh bhi ho gaya hai. I would be scared of the police earlier, but now I have had a brush with them too."
But he admits it is unlikely he will take part in a protest gathering anytime soon. "There is great fear everywhere," he said. "The police are keeping an eye on us. They will swoop in on us if we hit the streets again. Musalman dara hua hai. Musims are scared."
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DCM Textiles, formerly known as Delhi Cloth & General Mills (founded in 1889 by Rai Bahadur Ram Kishen Das Gurwale), is an Indian conglomerate which was initially a textile business which opened its first mill in Delhi. Starting from late 1980s and early 1990s, as a result of legal and financial challenges the company was split into several industry segments under the DCM and DCM Shriram Group branding, (not to be confused with Shriram Group), and diversified in to automotive, bioseeds, cement, chemicals, farms, fertilizers, pvc, sugar, textiles, windows and door, yarns, etc. Some of its entities are DCM Textiles Co at Hisar, DCM Sri Ram Mills, Fenesta, etc.

History

The founder
"Rai Bahadur Ram Kishen Das Gurwale" an Agrawal businessman from Delhi, founded the company in 1889 and its first factory, located in Delhi, took two years to build. The company prospered through 1907 and in 1909 Sir Shri Ram joined the company as an assistant to his father during a period of decline. Under Ram's guidance the company regained a prosperous pace. The company went through a significant financial crisis in 1917 but recovered after it received a large contract from the British Army at the time of the First World War. The mill was engaged primarily in the cotton and sugar trades and became one of the top mills in northern India. The company opened a second cloth mill and two sugar mills in 1925.  It launched DCM Chemical Works in 1941 and Daurala Distillery in 1942. In 1946 it began manufacturing vanaspati.

Expansion in 1960s
Over time the company expanded and had many subsidiaries including Usha International, Bengal Potteries, Jay Engineering Works and Shri Ram Fertilizers. In 1964 the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Bharat Ram, addressed the 76th annual meeting of shareholders.

Fending off hostile takeover in 1980s
In the 1980s the company name was changed to DCM Ltd and it successfully defended a hostile takeover by a UK-based investor. As the eventual result of the failed takeover, DCM was split into four distinct companies in 1990. The four companies were: DCM, DCM Shriram Industries, Shriram Industrial Enterprises and DCM Shriram Consolidated.  In 1999 there was further splintering of the company into two additional parts.

Diversification in 1990s
In 1995, DCM's 1983 partnership with Toyota Motors came to an end. DCM then entered a partnership with the Korean automotive company, Daewoo Motors, which ended in 2001 after Daewoo Motors went bankrupt. During the latter 1990s Delhi Cloth & General Mills had a series of financial defaults and lawsuits. The company's 116 year old manufacturing facility was torn down to make new commercial and residential buildings.  The razing was the result of a 1989 Supreme Court decision which drove factories out of the city of Delhi and the mill was moved to Hisar.

Group companies

DCM Textile, Hisar
DCM Textile, Hisar, founded in 1991 the original 1889 textile mill at Delhi was shut down on the orders of Supreme Court in 1989 and listed on BSE and NSE, is located in the cotton growing belt near Hisar Airport and GJU Hisar on Delhi bypass in Hisar city of Haryana state. Spread across  with residential campus and officers club, it was set up initially with 33000 spindles, it achieved several milestones, such as ISO 9001 certification (1995), expansion to 45000 total spindles (1998), expansion to 76200 total spindles (2005), expansion to 115000 total spindles (2014), launching of 100% premium cotton yarn brand Primero (2015), launching of 100% superior cotton yarn brand Dinero (2016) and BCI cotton yarn (2016). It is operating as one of the leading manufacturer and exporter of 100% cotton carded and combed yarns, with a monthly capacity of 1,15,000 spindle producing 2500 MT of cotton yarn with an annual turnover of . In addition to its Hisar mill, it has 17 sales offices across India, with exports to at least 11 nations (c. 2017). Its Executive chairman and president are "Dr. Vinay Bharat Ram" (alumnus of Delhi University (PhD), Michigan (Ann Arbor) university and Harvard university) and "Hemant Bharat Ram" (alumnus of Carnegie Mellon University with bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Computer Science, and master's degree in Industrial Administration), who both are descendants of the founder's family through Lala Shri Ram and  Dr. Bharat Ram's lineage.

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Manufacturing companies established in 1889
1889 establishments in British India
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READ MORE - Grant ready to swoop with Magpies in AFLW IF Emma Grant had torn her ACL she would have known she'd be facing a 12 month recovery. If she had pinged a hamstring she would have been sidelined for three to four weeks and then back out on the field. Those are injuries that have timelines attached to them for recovery. But for Grant, the severe concussion she suffered playing for Collingwood in an AFLW practice match against North Melbourne in January came with no definitive timelines of when - or if - she'd be ready to play football again. "Initially, I felt okay and sat on the side and watched the girls for the rest of the day and then went to the WNBL the next day to watch Kelsey Griffin," Grant said this week. "It wasn't until the Monday-Tuesday that the symptoms started to appear, so it was a delayed concussion, which I had never experienced before. "Initially, I guess the best way to describe it is just feeling foggy. I had headaches, couldn't think clearly, had a strong sensitivity to light, was feeling very emotional and it was just frustrating being at home and not able to do anything. "Three weeks later I got some medical advice from outside the club and got in touch with a neurologist and neurophysio to start the rehab, which is obviously very important because when you don't do something for a set period of time your brain gets used to that. "The headaches were constant and quite full-on at times... I couldn't lift my head from my pillow because the pain was just ridiculous and there were times I'd go to say something and couldn't remember what it was. "That was frustrating because I knew it was happening and there were certainly some scary moments when you start to wonder, am I ever going to be normal again and if so when? "Am I going to be alright in six days, six weeks, six months... how long is it going to take? There's no answer to that, so that makes it all the more harder and frustrating to deal with. "You know with a knee or a broken leg that these are the steps you need to take in regards to your rehab. "But concussion is a different beast. Everyone's symptoms are different and that's what makes it so unique and why there needs to be so much more research into it. "I'm glad to say now that I've turned the corner. I'm not yet out of the woods though; I'm continuing with the neurophysicist once a week and the neurologist fortnightly just to make sure I'm ticking all the boxes." While Grant is on the road to recovery, she's had to make the most difficult decision of her footballing career - to call it quits. Grant - a former captain of the Bendigo Thunder and one of Bendigo's most notable women's football ambassadors - announced her retirement to her Collingwood team-mates last week. "It has certainly been a scary time and the only way I know I'm not going to get concussed again is to stop playing football," Grant said. "What I spoke to the girls about was to not take anything for granted. I think back over the past eight weeks and all I wanted to do was just get out on the ground and participate in the warm-up with the girls. "Normally you turn up to training and think about how boring the warm-up is, but in the end, that's all I wanted to do and unfortunately, I couldn't get back out there. "So I really wanted to let the girls know about making sure they enjoy every moment of this experience because you never know when it's going to be taken away. "But as much as I love footy, it has to come second to your health, which is the priority and I just can't put footy first any more." Grant, who prior to her career-ending concussion had undergone two ankle surgeries and a shoulder surgery during the pre-season, was a foundation AFLW player with Collingwood having been selected by the Magpies with pick 91 in the first draft ahead of the inaugural season in 2017. The 30-year-old had played 20 of a possible 21 games through her first three seasons with the Magpies before missing all of 2020 due to her concussion. Proof of the mark she made at the Magpies, Grant was a vice-captain in 2018 and 2019, while she is noted on the club's website for her "bravery on the field" and footy smarts. Among Grant's 20 matches for the Magpies was the competition's historic first game between Collingwood and Carlton in front of more than 24,000 fans at IKON Park in February of 2017. Grant - a PE teacher at Moonee Ponds Primary School - was among four ex-Bendigo Thunder players to play in that first AFLW game, with the Carlton side also featuring Jess Kennedy, Sarah Last and Bella Ayre. Carlton won by 35 points, while Grant's game ended in the second quarter when she became the first AFLW player to be subbed out for concussion after hitting her head on the ground following a high tackle. "Looking back on some highlights, there was our first win against the Western Bulldogs in year one that was amazing," Grant said. "That was a bittersweet day because it was the game Kate Sheahan did her ACL and she is a really good friend of mine. "I remember having a really good win in Alice Springs against Melbourne in year two, but really, it's all about the friendships that I've made that I'll cherish the most. "Also to see where the AFLW community has come from over the four seasons and what the future holds for the young girls is amazing. "Every time I walked into the Holden Centre I had to pinch myself that this is my workplace and where I get to train and I'm certainly going to miss it a lot. "It's disappointing how it has ended, but I still count myself as one of the lucky ones because I got to represent an AFLW club, live a childhood dream and there's now a pathway for young girls, which is the best part." While her playing days, which began more than 20 years ago with the Gisborne Rookies in the under-9s, are now over, Grant now hopes to pursue her other great footballing passion - coaching. Grant has already dipped her toe in the coaching water with the Vic Metro under-16 girls last season and is taking the reins of the Vic Metro under-18s this year. She remains hopeful there will be a national championships carnival at some stage this year on the other side of the coronavirus shutdown. "I'm looking forward to where coaching may take me and I'm really keen to mentor and develop the next wave of AFLW players and help where I can," Grant said. "I think being able to give back to the game in terms of coaching is something that's really good. "I couldn't be more grateful for the opportunities that have come my way through footy. Clearly there have been challenges, but I have absolutely loved the ride." Have you signed up to the Bendigo Advertiser's daily newsletter and breaking news emails? You can register below and make sure you are up to date with everything that's happening in central Victoria.
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Health over football as concussion forces Grant to hang up boots
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FOOTY DREAM: Emma Grant pictured in January of 2017 ahead of her first AFLW season with Collingwood. Grant is also a former Bendigo Thunder captain. Picture: DARREN HOWE
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IF Emma Grant had torn her ACL she would have known she'd be facing a 12 month recovery.
If she had pinged a hamstring she would have been sidelined for three to four weeks and then back out on the field.
Those are injuries that have timelines attached to them for recovery.
But for Grant, the severe concussion she suffered playing for Collingwood in an AFLW practice match against North Melbourne in January came with no definitive timelines of when - or if - she'd be ready to play football again.
"Initially, I felt okay and sat on the side and watched the girls for the rest of the day and then went to the WNBL the next day to watch Kelsey Griffin," Grant said this week.
"It wasn't until the Monday-Tuesday that the symptoms started to appear, so it was a delayed concussion, which I had never experienced before.
"Initially, I guess the best way to describe it is just feeling foggy. I had headaches, couldn't think clearly, had a strong sensitivity to light, was feeling very emotional and it was just frustrating being at home and not able to do anything.
"Three weeks later I got some medical advice from outside the club and got in touch with a neurologist and neurophysio to start the rehab, which is obviously very important because when you don't do something for a set period of time your brain gets used to that.
"The headaches were constant and quite full-on at times... I couldn't lift my head from my pillow because the pain was just ridiculous and there were times I'd go to say something and couldn't remember what it was.
"That was frustrating because I knew it was happening and there were certainly some scary moments when you start to wonder, am I ever going to be normal again and if so when?
"Am I going to be alright in six days, six weeks, six months... how long is it going to take? There's no answer to that, so that makes it all the more harder and frustrating to deal with.
"You know with a knee or a broken leg that these are the steps you need to take in regards to your rehab.
"But concussion is a different beast. Everyone's symptoms are different and that's what makes it so unique and why there needs to be so much more research into it.
"I'm glad to say now that I've turned the corner. I'm not yet out of the woods though; I'm continuing with the neurophysicist once a week and the neurologist fortnightly just to make sure I'm ticking all the boxes."
Emma Grant.
While Grant is on the road to recovery, she's had to make the most difficult decision of her footballing career - to call it quits.
Grant - a former captain of the Bendigo Thunder and one of Bendigo's most notable women's football ambassadors - announced her retirement to her Collingwood team-mates last week.
"It has certainly been a scary time and the only way I know I'm not going to get concussed again is to stop playing football," Grant said.
"What I spoke to the girls about was to not take anything for granted. I think back over the past eight weeks and all I wanted to do was just get out on the ground and participate in the warm-up with the girls.
"Normally you turn up to training and think about how boring the warm-up is, but in the end, that's all I wanted to do and unfortunately, I couldn't get back out there.
"So I really wanted to let the girls know about making sure they enjoy every moment of this experience because you never know when it's going to be taken away.
"But as much as I love footy, it has to come second to your health, which is the priority and I just can't put footy first any more."
Grant, who prior to her career-ending concussion had undergone two ankle surgeries and a shoulder surgery during the pre-season, was a foundation AFLW player with Collingwood having been selected by the Magpies with pick 91 in the first draft ahead of the inaugural season in 2017.
The 30-year-old had played 20 of a possible 21 games through her first three seasons with the Magpies before missing all of 2020 due to her concussion.
Proof of the mark she made at the Magpies, Grant was a vice-captain in 2018 and 2019, while she is noted on the club's website for her "bravery on the field" and footy smarts.
Among Grant's 20 matches for the Magpies was the competition's historic first game between Collingwood and Carlton in front of more than 24,000 fans at IKON Park in February of 2017.
Grant - a PE teacher at Moonee Ponds Primary School - was among four ex-Bendigo Thunder players to play in that first AFLW game, with the Carlton side also featuring Jess Kennedy, Sarah Last and Bella Ayre.
Carlton won by 35 points, while Grant's game ended in the second quarter when she became the first AFLW player to be subbed out for concussion after hitting her head on the ground following a high tackle.
"Looking back on some highlights, there was our first win against the Western Bulldogs in year one that was amazing," Grant said.
"That was a bittersweet day because it was the game Kate Sheahan did her ACL and she is a really good friend of mine.
"I remember having a really good win in Alice Springs against Melbourne in year two, but really, it's all about the friendships that I've made that I'll cherish the most.
"Also to see where the AFLW community has come from over the four seasons and what the future holds for the young girls is amazing.
"Every time I walked into the Holden Centre I had to pinch myself that this is my workplace and where I get to train and I'm certainly going to miss it a lot.
"It's disappointing how it has ended, but I still count myself as one of the lucky ones because I got to represent an AFLW club, live a childhood dream and there's now a pathway for young girls, which is the best part."
It's disappointing how it has ended, but I still count myself as one of the lucky ones because I got to represent an AFLW club, live a childhood dream and there's now a pathway for young girls, which is the best part
Emma Grant
While her playing days, which began more than 20 years ago with the Gisborne Rookies in the under-9s, are now over, Grant now hopes to pursue her other great footballing passion - coaching.
Grant has already dipped her toe in the coaching water with the Vic Metro under-16 girls last season and is taking the reins of the Vic Metro under-18s this year. She remains hopeful there will be a national championships carnival at some stage this year on the other side of the coronavirus shutdown.
"I'm looking forward to where coaching may take me and I'm really keen to mentor and develop the next wave of AFLW players and help where I can," Grant said.
"I think being able to give back to the game in terms of coaching is something that's really good.
"I couldn't be more grateful for the opportunities that have come my way through footy. Clearly there have been challenges, but I have absolutely loved the ride."
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Djokovic completes resounding comeback with 4th Wimbledon title
K Shahid July 22, 2018 Leave a comment
He had been knocking on the door for the past few months, but Novak Djokovic ...
He had been knocking on the door for the past few months, but Novak Djokovic completed his comeback with a resounding win at SW19, which not only ended his two-year major drought, but has also brought him right back into the think of thick as far as the ATP tour is concerned.
With Wimbledon being his first title of any form in over 18 months, Djokovic is not only back to winning ways, he is also back in the top 10, and it should only be a matter of time before he cracks the top 3 – at the very least – especially since he has no points to defend from last year for the remainder of the season.
All this has happened with Djokovic's preferred North American hard court and indoor swings yet to come this season, and following the Wimbledon triumph there should not be any limits to the Serb's ambitions for this year and beyond.
We've discussed in this space how Djokovic contending for titles was eventually going to happen, but what was also reiterated was how it might not be possible for him to scale the heights of 2011 and 2015-16.
With a major already under the bag in his comeback trail, there of course would be more expectations that Djokovic will be putting on himself. But it is safe to say that he's still not within the proximity of those two spells, where he was virtually unbeatable for most parts on any given surface, against any opposition.
The great news for the Wimbledon champion is that he's winning majors without reaching that level, and should he actually replicate anything remotely similar to his peak form, he could be looking at the summit of men's tennis very soon. Even so, it is important for Djokovic to not get carried away and keep building on what he has achieved. When he began his comeback trial earlier this year Djokovic maintained that he wanted to return to being the number one in the world, and following the Wimbledon triumph that particular goal might well be in his sights. It is, however, pivotal to pace his journey properly.
Djokovic's Wimbledon, similar to what he did all those years ago, has broken the duopoly of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal at the very top of the game. Fedal had won the previous six Grand Slam titles prior to SW19 and have been swapping the number one ranking for the past 12 months.
Even though Nadal now has a significant lead over Federer at the top of ATP rankings after the Swiss dropped points after exiting at the quarterfinals stage and Wimbledon, which should guarantee the number one ranking for the Spaniard till at least the US Open.
And depending on how everyone fares at Flushing Meadows we could be in for an intriguing ranking race till the World Tour Finals in November, just like last year.
Before the US Open though the ATP Masters 1000 events in Toronto and Cincinnati take place where a total of 2,000 ranking points and two coveted pieces of silverware are up for grabs. Those tournaments will also give us a preview into who is in the best shape ahead for the hard court season.
Despite the loss against Djokovic, which was one of two absolute crackers of matches that Nadal was involved in, the World No 1 would take confidence from his run at Wimbledon, where he made his first semifinal in seven years, and was within a point or two – and an inch or two – from beating the eventual champion.
He's already dominated the clay season, which is what he primes himself for, and can now look into the hard court season where he will be defending his US Open title and has points to gain in Toronto and Cincinnati where he didn't make it too far last year. Nadal could also have an eye on the indoor season, where he doesn't fare to well historically and which was injury-marred for him last season.
Like Nadal looks to peak at Roland Garros, Federer does the same for Wimbledon these days. The disappointment at SW19 could push him to go for the US Open title, after having already bagged the Australian Open this year. However, it depends on how much his body can further take, and maybe after already setting the record for the oldest ever ATP number one this season, he might already focusing on Wimbledon next year.
Therefore, the opportunity is there for Djokovic to take a shot at the US Open, which would be the first major in a while that mightn't have a clear cut favourite, unless someone sweeps the two ATP 1000 events leading up to it.
What looks extremely likely though that the Big 3 aren't likely to be challenged by the younger lot any time soon, with the likes of Alexander Zverev and Nick Kyrgios fading away at majors, and Dominic Thiem struggling to make a deep run outside of clay.
Hence it is extremely likely that one of Djokovic, Nadal or Federer would bag the US Open, and take their cumulative tally to even new towering heights.
With Djokovic winning his 13th major at Wimbledon – now fourth on the all-time list just one behind Pete Sampras – the trio have won 50 Grand Slam titles. And while Federer and Nadal were the men to beat with their resounding comebacks over the past 18 months, it's Djokovic who well and truly commands that seat.
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Family trapped in Florence floodwaters kept hearing people screaming for help
Posted 7:13 am, September 15, 2018, by CNN Wire
Annazette Riley-Cromartie thought her family would be OK because they lived in a brick house.
She was at her home in eastern North Carolina with her husband, three children and dog as Hurricane Florence churned in the Atlantic. She watched the massive storm seemingly lose strength in the past few days as it dropped through the categories of hurricane power.
Both factors in mind, the family decided not to evacuate. Then, around midnight Thursday, she said water started coming into the house.
"It came in slowly, but then it steady kept rising," Riley-Cromartie told CNN.
Her husband pushed a mattress upstairs into the attic and the family waited there before deciding to take the children to a room and put them on the top bunk of a bed so they could try to sleep. Riley-Cromartie said she hoped the water wouldn't rise any further.
"While we were still waiting, my husband kept hearing people yelling for help," she said on the verge of tears. Her husband, who is 6-foot-2, tried to go outside to help, but the water level was above his chest.
"You just keep hearing people yelling, and you can't do anything," Riley-Cromartie said. "It's the worst feeling in the world."
She said she called 911, but no one came.
Fortunately for Riley-Cromartie, a volunteer rescue team from Indiana had arrived in North Carolina to help families like hers, and to help over-taxed local first responders.
Amber Hersel, a member of the Civilian Crisis Response Team, said as she and her team waited to go into action, they received a call around 4 a.m. Friday from the local fire department about families who needed rescuing in James City, about 100 miles northeast of Wilmington.
She said Riley-Cromartie's family was waiting for rescue when they arrived.
"Everyone was fine, a little shaken up of course, and ready to get out of the water," Hersel told CNN.
A picture of Hersel carrying Riley-Cromartie's daughter went viral after the rescue mission. Hersel said she had dealt with floods before, but this was her first hurricane.
"It's a little intimidating. I've really enjoyed getting to help where I can," she said. "At first, when you see the weather you're just like 'What in the world did I get myself into?' But then as you see the families that you're helping, you know it's all worth it."
Riley-Cromartie was beyond thankful for being rescued.
"It takes a special person to leave their own home and their own family to come all this way to help us," she said.
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HomeForeign affairsLithuanian political analyst compares Russia-West relations to two Ferraris in chicken game
Lithuanian political analyst compares Russia-West relations to two Ferraris in chicken game
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The model of conflict known as chicken in game theory sees the two sides testing one another's nerves to see who will be the first one to chicken out for fear of consequences that would be catastrophic for both.
It is in this context that Lopata suggests we read recent statements by US political expert Zbigniew Brzezinksi, who told the Senate Armed Services Committee that Putin might try to take control over Baltic countries in a lightning move that could take NATO by surprise.
"There are useful metaphors for international relations that can help grasp what is going on in the international arena. For instance, there is the chicken game. The point is this: say, we have a single-lane road. At one end of the road, there is a Ferrari, Putin gets in and slams on the accelerator. He is driving faster and faster. At the other end, another Ferrari remains empty for a long time before the West takes the seat behind the wheel. It also slams on the accelerator and is speeding towards the first car. Now the question is who will swerve off the road first. That's the essence of this game," Lopata explains.
Lopata, of the International Relations and Political Science Institute at Vilnius University, adds that Lithuania is also seated in the second car with the West, but is not driving.
"All the talks, as I see it, should be read through this angle. It's easier to make sense. In other words, both sides are using all the methods they can to force the other driver to drive off the road or stop," he adds.
According to Lopata, Brzezinski's suggestions about beefing up deterrence and deploying international troops in the Baltics should be interpreted in the light of the chicken game – the aim is to make Putin painfully aware that should he invade Estonia or any other NATO country, he will have to face American troops and perhaps forces from Germany, France and the UK.
Do Brzezinski's statements indicate a growing consensus that current measures of deterrence are insufficient? "It seems so," according to Lopata. "Putin's Ferrari is not slowing down."
He says that military deterrence in NATO's borderline countries is among the key methods to make Putin stop his Ferrari.
"When we see it stop or suddenly swerve – this is when we know how this entire story ends," the Lithuanian political scientist says.
He notes that there are voices on the Western side, too, urging to slam on the brakes and yield to Putin. The United States of America, however, is sticking to a tougher position. "I have fewer doubts about America than before, especially after recent statements, actions and configuration in Congress," Lopata says.
After mid-term elections last year, both houses of the US Congress are dominated by the Republican Party that has historically tended to take tougher stance on Russia and supported American military presence abroad.
Moreover, the US government has sent its troops for extended military training in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
Asked how many American soldiers stationed in NATO's eastern member states would conclusively force Russia to retreat, Lopata says even symbolical presence matters.
"How many do we need? Would one be enough or do wee need more? How many American deaths – to put it crudely and cynically – would make America mean what George W. Bush said in Vilnius. But this is math – symbolical presence matters a lot, too," according to Lopata.
During a visit to Lithuania in 2002, the then president of the United States, George W. Bush, famously said that "anyone who would choose Lithuania as an enemy has also made an enemy of the United States of America".
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There is a long-held view that the Russian gas supply to Lithuania is unlikely to be cut-off because Lithuania serves as a gas transit state to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad. In other words, the same gas pipeline feeding Lithuania, also supplies the Russian enclave. According to this argument, Moscow would be hesitant to turn off the gas supply to Lithuania because it would result in an automatic cut in the gas supply to Kaliningrad. […]
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Current: AI Technology for Real-time Control of FA Equipment Develop by Mitsubishi Electric and AIST
AI Technology for Real-time Control of FA Equipment Develop by Mitsubishi Electric and AIST
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) announced that they have developed an AI technology that predicts changes during automated manufacturing processes and then makes real-time adjustments in the factory-automation (FA) equipment, such as motion speeds, etc., during operation. In addition to eliminating the need for time-consuming manual adjustments, the AI estimates the confidence level of inferences regarding factors, such as machining error, and then controls the FA equipment based on suitable levels of confidence. The technology is expected to lead to more stable, reliable, and productive operations, particularly in agile manufacturing.
This is the latest deployment of an AIST AI technology in Mitsubishi Electric's FA equipment since the two entities began collaborating on AI development in fiscal 2017. Going forward, Mitsubishi Electric expects to increasingly incorporate various forms of its Maisart AI technology in FA equipment and systems to significantly improve manufacturing productivity.
Key Features include as follows:
1) Fast: AI achieves high-speed inferences for dynamic control of FA equipment control
In factories that use FA equipment for agile manufacturing, such as computerized numerical controller (CNC) cutting machines and industrial robots, the movements, operating speeds, acceleration, etc. of the equipment vary during the operating processes. In conventional manufacturing, skilled workers must adjust the operating parameters according to various specifications, such as the required level of accuracy. Mitsubishi Electric has now developed an AI technology that simultaneously performs high-speed inferences and equipment control for real-time FA operation.
Incorporating Mitsubishi Electric's expertise as an FA equipment manufacturer, the new low-load AI control technology performs inferences while simultaneously controlling FA equipment. Although the technology minimizes its processing load, it is capable of achieving high-level inference accuracy while simultaneously guiding FA equipment control.
2) Adaptable: In-process learning to adapt to constantly changing work factors
The shapes of workpieces change during manufacturing, and this can lengthen manufacturing times or lower processing quality. In addition, changes can vary by workpiece, making it difficult for FA equipment to learn in advance. Mitsubishi Electric's new technology, however, allows the AI to learn work factors during FA equipment operation and then make real-time adjustments as needed. In addition, the technology formulates physical phenomena, such as friction, and then incorporates these mathematical expressions to enable learning during operation, making it possible to adapt to constantly changing processing factors.
3) Reliable: AI performs adjustments according to inference-confidence levels
AI inferences must be reliable to ensure that real-time control of FA equipment leads to stable product quality and efficient processing. Mitsubishi Electric's new algorithm calculates the confidence level of inferences by learning the machine characteristics of each process and each target device. By using this algorithm to control FA devices, the new AI ensures high reliability.


THE Government has granted Ireland, East New Britain and Enga greater autonomy by allowing them to manage their own finance, political and administrative affairs.
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill signed off that confirmation in Madang yesterday.
O'Neill arrived in Madang to seal the endorsement made by governors during a provincial governors' four-day conference this week.
The governors were in Madang to discuss effective service delivery, especially projects captured under the Alotau Accord Two.
Inter-government Relations Minister Kevin Isifu said greater autonomy given to the three provinces was different to the autonomy given to Bougainville.
He said Bougainville was given independence while New Ireland, East New Britain and Enga were given more responsibilities to manage and run their provinces.
He said the provinces were given administrative, financial and political powers.
"The arrangement that we endorsed is called greater decentralisation which is a different kind of autonomy where you give in to provinces," he said.
Isifu said greater autonomy would enable them to get some of the powers held by the national government.
"We are now giving the provinces some of the functions and powers that were held in Waigani," he said.
O'Neill said the signing of the autonomy was the start of the process of granting greater autonomy for provinces and that marked a new phase on the Government's decentralisation history and practice.
"This is another step forward from 2012 where this Government in the last term of parliament commissioned the review of the organic law," he said.
"In signing this agreement with the three provinces I want to say that everything that we do must be in the framework of our national constitution," O'Neill said.
"And let us be clear, the constitution does not provide for independence or political autonomy," he said.
"The national constitution however says that substantial devolution or delegation of decision-making power can be made to a province and this implies greater autonomy to provinces," O'Neill said.
He said the three provinces would sign service delivery partnership agreement to exhibit unity between the provincial executive councils and district development authorities to work together and share resources towards improving service delivery and development in the provinces.


This confuses and worries me because, initially, I was of the mind that the kid was being mistreated. I saw nothing of the emergency procedures in place if a bomb is suspected. We have bomb drills and emergency drills at my daughter's school. This was after Newtown, they started pushing for more of these disaster drills. Basically what happens is, you evacuate the school, you call the bomb squad, cops, EMT, you put the suspected device in a safe room, some place near the back and you get out of there. The faculty and administration didn't do this.
The kid shows up with his "clock" or whatever it was (it was in a suitcase, which is unwise, if intended to be that way – you'd have to be a moron to build a homemade clock and put it in a suitcase, and this kid is supposedly some kind of scientific genius-engineer-type), he takes this clock to a few classes, shows it off to teachers. One teacher finally has the bright idea he should go around showing the thing, and then somebody calls the Principal. They take the kid with his clock to another room and they detain him until they arrest him. So, initially, I thought they were just picking on a Muslim kid for being Muslim. I'm not so sure now.


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As we wake up to the beauty of a new day we ask you to be with us. Whether we are at work or play help us to remember that each day is a gift from your hand. Give each of us cheerful and loving hearts and an eagerness to do your will. As we interact with others remind us who we are and help us to act and speak as true children of God. May all that we do today give you glory. When we fail and sin against you, bring us to the foot of your cross for full and free forgiveness. Walk by our side and according to your will keep us safe from harm. Bring us home this evening for rest in preparation for another day of service to you. In your holy name we pray. Amen.
Chris, I so look forward to your prayers because you pray exactly the way I always want to praise God.
Awe, thank you sis. There is a prayer for each day of the week on my blog. I don't share them everyday but if I happen to be on there in the mornings I usually do.
Thanks for the encouragement. God is good.
Thank you for the uplifting prayer.
Your welcome Carol. Its God's gift.


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The Cape: "Kozmo"
The CapeSeason 1
"Kozmo"
The Cape is dumb. The Cape is ridiculous. The Cape is fun. The Cape is terrible. The Cape is all of these things, but the one thing it's not is logical. In order to do a review of a show on a week-to-week basis, linear thinking is inevitable. I have to talk about themes, structure, and coherence. The Cape doesn't work like that. It's an aesthetic experience, more than a logical one. Writing a poem about it might make more sense than an analysis, because it aims for having moments and images of entertainment, more than a structure that creates entertainment. This is a structure in and of itself but one that's difficult to discuss weekly.
With that in mind, these reviews are going to be more recap-heavy. I'm aiming more to recreate the experience of watching The Cape than anything else, because it's fucking absurd and hilarious—sometimes intentionally, sometimes not. In other words, my decade of watching MST3K as a teenager may finally pay off! So here we go, chapter-by-chapter:
From Russia With Love: Opening with the title of a famous Bond movie implies something. Not sure what, but it appears the Cape writers just wanted something famous with Russia in the name. Fair enough. We've got a Daniel Craig lookalike Russian guy in a prison, who pops out a tooth that he uses as a lockpick. I guess that makes it a toothpick! A-ha! He also escapes down a hatch that makes one of the Russians declare, "He'd have to dislocate every bone in his body to go down that!" Or be Tooms, motherfucker. Side note: "Squeeze" was the third episode of The X-Files. This was the third episode of The Cape. Coincidence? Yes. Very much a coincidence.
Out of the Past: Annnnd we've got our first flashback of the night. At least this was to a past episode and not to The Cape's mythical past with his perfect family. Then The Cape goes and finds one of his old crooked cop buddies, tearing off his car door with the cape. Because, you know, it's superstrong and stuff. He also quips at the cop. Dude, you are no Sarah Michelle Gellar. Please stop with the one-liners.
Then we turn over to the kid's first day at a new school, where the teacher declares that all of the other students will want to "friend him." The Cape writers are hip! Flash over to The Cape who's practicing with his cape, apparently while commando. Thanks for that mental image. At least he's kind of pretty. No comic timing, which seems rather more important, but kind of pretty. Max busts in to give some mentor-style wisdom, declaring "either you wear the cape or the cape wears you." Meta. Then our new Russian friend, Gregor Molotov, comes around, declaring that he wants his cape back. Duhn-DUNNN!
I Missed This Title If You Tell Me What It Is I'll Thank You In Comments!: Gregor and Vince meet, and it's revealed that he's not just Russian Daniel Craig, but he's also a clone of our star of The Cape. Seriously, what's the difference between the two, other than some scruff? Did Max look like that when he wore the cape? Does it have a thing for wiry, medium-height blond dudes? Anyway, Max tells Vince to bugger off about Gregor, as he can totally handle getting rid of the Russian psychopath by, uh, telling him to leave over and over. Yeah, that's a good plan. Vince responds with a "What concerns the cape concerns me." Then he went and texted all his friends like "Hey guys, I just said this great line."
The Max and Gregor situation leads to some cape-based mythology. Apparently, it's belonged to an escape artist named Kozmo through the generations, but later, more discussion indicates that maybe it was worn by Egyptian priests! Merlin! John Wilkes Booth! Hitler, Stalin, AND Churchill at the same time! And yet, despite all this history, despite dudes named "Chess" and "Scales" and so on running around, everyone seems surprised that anyone would look like a superhero. I guess The Cape fails at internal world-building logic. My innocence, it is lost.
Meanwhile, The Cape's wife, who looks a lot like Hank's wife from Terriers, has started work at the D.A.'s. Now, when she was interviewing for this job, she said she needed to find work. And yet, she's a practicing lawyer. Is it common for lawyers to become housewives for 10 years and then suddenly jump back into work? Anyway, her boss gives her a pile of cases that she has to work with, and she complains about the system being broken, a police state, etc., and her boss says that that's not her job, channels his inner Bill Rawls, and says that all she needs to worry about is getting through her cases. He does not proceed to call her a "gaping asshole" but I have to presume that's next week.
The nice-looking evil detective goes to see CEO Chess, telling him that they almost caught Orwell. Chess goes and shows him some vaguely insinuating blog posts and says that Orwell is a major threat. First, they came for the bloggers… "I want Orwell found and eliminated," he says, but in case the point isn't clear he adds "…permanently." He may have also said "…by which I mean with a bullet in the brainpan. See, this blogger needs to die. Do you get what I mean? Do you want me to draw a picture? A picture would be good. Let me load up MS Paint, hold on."
The Cape and Orwell have a little hissy-fit of a scene where they snipe at one another in a poorly-lit room. I'm not exactly sure what kind of mood The Cape was going for with this scene. Was it supposed to be intense? Demonstrate sexual chemistry? Give us clues as to these two characters' motivations and personalities? Unless they were aiming for "having a bland fight," they failed. On the other hand, I know exactly what they were aiming for when they had The Cape and Trip reading the The Cape comic aloud in their heads at the same time: stupidity. Mission accomplished!
Then we get an extended tailing sequence, as Gregor wanders around, disguised with a cowboy hat, and Vince tails him in his Disguise Hoodie. All these alleys look like Blade Runner, filled with steam, darkness, and clamoring crowds at shitty food vendor stands. Anyway, supercop Vince somehow loses Gregor when the cowboy hat changes hands, and therefore, he cannot help when Gregor finds a poker game, pumps the random poker dudes for info, and then kills them with cards, up to and including a dude sitting there dead with the ace of spades, because it has to be the ace of spades, sticking out of his neck.
Secrets of The Cape: Vince is trying to look around, and someone tells him that some dudes were murdered there "last night." It looks like it's exactly the same time. The Cape has serious issues with time, like last week with its montages of indeterminate length. Were they three months? The length of the montage itself? 500 years? Who the fuck knows?
Rollo comes by to visit Vince, but Orwell is hanging out there. Rollo asks if she's Vince's "main squeeze" and she replies "I don't squeeze." Thank you for that, Summer Glau. Then he invites her on a date to meet the circus, and she rides along on the back of his motorcycle, sitting sideways in her short skirt with her legs crossed. Like a real lady!
Gregor shows up again and makes some vaguely threatening comments, Max tries his "telling him to leave" tactic, which fails again, until Vince shows up with a bottle of vodka to get this party started. Gregor charms all the ladies, particularly Orwell, by reading her hand and saying she has daddy issues and used to be in prison. Then Vince shows off his party trick of pulling out the blood-stained ace of spades and saying that only a master magician could possibly throw cards that kill people, as if this is some kind of fucking courtroom and he just won with the surprise evidence. At least his carnie posse stands up menacingly behind him to threaten his Russian clone. And they are menacing, oh yes. Apparently. He wants to chase after Gregor, but Max tells him "That's not your job!" Vince replies "It is as long as I'm wearing the cape!" He doesn't seem to realize that as he said that, he wasn't wearing the cape, which lessens the impact of the scene somewhat.
The Show Must Go On: In what is theoretically supposed to be a making up/bonding scene, I guess, Orwell admits to The Cape that all those things that Gregor said were true, and he must be, like, really perceptive. Which makes them realize that he must be trying to get vengeance by attacking Vince's family! It's suddenly 5 p.m., and Vince's wife is leaving her work in a parking garage when she gets startled. The Cape is watching, but it turns out to be her nebbish boss, hitting on her. She accepts the hitting on-ness, as The Cape watches her go. As in, "I hate to see her leave, but I love watching her go." According to the camera which serves as his point of view, he's staring directly at her ass. Classy, The Cape. Guess it's been a long week/six months/500 years.
Meanwhile, it turns out Gregor is trying to get at The Cape through the circus. We find this out as Max is getting ready and actually says, out loud, "the show must go on." However, he gets captured, and Gregor turns it into "Gregor the Great's Carnival of Fear!" which actually sounds a lot more fun. The Cape shows up, kicks his ass, and then slo-mo walks away with Orwell behind him, directly into the smoke-hazed spotlight. The director probably thought really hard about it and decided that riding into the sunset might seem a little too cliché, but the spotlight had just the right amount of subtlety.
One Man, One Fight, One Right: The Cape returns to his son, seemingly perfectly happy to encourage Trip's incipient psychosis. "No really, Mr. Guidance Counselor, The Cape came to see me, and he said I'm a good fighter, and my dad is awesome, and he rambled some shit about justice taking time, but it sounded good at the time! Then he told me to burn things!" The kid asks if The Cape ever says his motto, which is the header of this section, to which The Cape replies "once in a while," which might be funny if David Lyons had any sense of comic timing whatsoever.
Then we find out that Orwell is Chess's daughter, but it's OK, because there's a shot of her in spandex twirling in the hoop. Please make her a superhero as soon as possible, The Cape. Summer Glau needs to be kicking ass.


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Array Networks is recognized as the Top Three ADC Players in India in Q1 2021, Reports IDC
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 20: Array Networks today announced that it has secured the third position in the application delivery controller (ADC) market as per IDC Ethernet Switch Tracker for Q1 2021. Array Networks emerged as one of the leaders with its market share of 17.6 percent.
As per IDC's Q1 report, the revenue of the ADC market witnessed a decline of 26.3% QoQ in revenue. The ADC category has grown by 8% YoY irrespective of the pandemic. With wave 1 reducing in India and lockdown restrictions released, there were excellent investments from the government (state government departments, smart cities, etc.) and the banking sector.
"We are very happy to have constantly maintained top three positions in the Indian ADC Market. The trust of our customers keeps us motivated to make better products. The first quarter saw a huge change in dynamics where the application delivery controller (ADC) took a back seat and focus was mainly placed on the security solutions and products to help organizations with remote and hybrid working conditions as people were returning to work in a controlled capacity." said Shibu Paul, Vice President – International Sales at Array Networks.
Array's operation in India has led to overall growth in the company. From Universities, Tech-enabled companies, manufacturing powerhouses, leading banks to the government are their primary customers. The company firmly believes in supporting the Indian Government's "Make in India" initiative.
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A NEW $3 million initiative will see Auckland Airport in New Zealand working in partnership with tenants to achieve ambitious energy-saving targets.
Supported by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA), the program is the first collaboration of its type between a large-scale commercial landlord and tenants. Auckland Airport is New Zealand's largest airport, with more than 100 tenants throughout its terminals and wider business district.
The program will see Auckland Airport invest more than $3 million in projects to measure and manage energy over three years. It aims to save six gigawatt hours of energy – enough to power around 750 homes every year and worth more than $2 million. It will also reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 1,000 tonnes per year.
EECA is supporting the project under its group-wide energy management program that targets savings and helps embed energy management across the operations of large energy users.
The first stage will see an energy monitoring system installed, to help identify energy use and potential savings in businesses across the Auckland Airport business district. Throughout the program, Auckland Airport will work directly with at least eight tenant companies to help improve energy use, with workshops and guidance developed for the wider group. Tenants cover a diverse range of sectors including freight, logistics, commercial, retail and hospitality.
Speaking at the launch of the program, EECA Chief Executive Mike Underhill said Auckland Airport was leading the way in demonstrating the business benefits of improved energy use, and forming partnerships between landlord and tenant.
"Auckland Airport is one of New Zealand's most significant commercial property owners, as well as being a strategic asset for the country. It's already improved energy use significantly throughout its terminals, but this program breaks new ground in taking a proactive partnership approach with tenants. The company has ambitious goals to reduce energy use and carbon emissions, and has identified that it must work in partnership to achieve these.
Auckland Airport Chief Executive Adrian Littlewood said the company is at an exciting point in its development, "a point in time that enables us to build on the excellent energy efficiency work undertaken over the past few years, to create an airport of the future that is efficient, resilient and sustainable.
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Match preview: FC Barcelona v RCD Espanyol
For one of Catalonia's two top flight teams, three points from the derby would be a huge step towards retaining the Liga title, while the other needs the points for a very different reason
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The local derby between Barça and Espanyol is a grand occasion at any time of year. But when it is the second-to-last fixture of the Liga season, with the home side top of the table but aware that Atlético Madrid or Real Madrid are poised to take their place if they don't win this one, and with the visitors still needing a point to ensure they stay in the first division – well, the game on Sunday at 5.00pm CET is not just big. It's huge…
Sandro Ramirez and Thomas Vermaelen are still injured, and goalkeeper Claudio Bravo hurt his calf against Betis last week. But there was good news on Saturday with the announcement that Jeremy Mathieu is back to full fitness and is back in the 18-man squad that Luis Enrique confirmed on Sunday. Meanwhile, Marc Bartra, Adriano and Douglas failed to make the cut.
With centre-backs Álvaro González and Óscar Duarte both suspended, Espanyol have drafted in the services of the youth's team's promising youngster Lluís López to bolster their defence. Right-back Anaitz Arbilla and central midfielder Abraham González are both injured.
Coaches' viewpoint
Speaking to the media the day before the game, Barça manager Luis Enrique commented that "the challenge is very attractive. We are playing our last game at the Camp Nou in what I hope will be a great atmosphere. Barça fans understand the difficulty of the match and the challenge that lies ahead … It does not bother me if the derby is intense, as long as my team focuses on the game."
Meanwhile, his counterpart Constantín Galca said on Saturday that "we're playing Barça and we still need a point. We have to get involved in the game. It's a derby and they'll do all they can to win it … For us, we just have to focus on ourselves. It's not a case of spoiling anyone's plans. We are only concerned about our own game."
Barça have put their slump in form well behind them, scoring sixteen goals and conceding none in three consecutive wins to stay top of the table. But the Madrid clubs have been winning their games too, and can both still win the title if Barça don't get six points from their last two fixtures. All Sunday's games are being played at the same time, with Atlético away to Levante and Real Madrid at home to Valencia.
A run of five consecutive games without a win meant that Espanyol, who had looked reasonably safe in mid-table, had started to hover dangerously close to the relegation zone. A 1-0 win last week against Sevilla has done wonders for their cause, but the 'parakeets' still need one more point before they can relax in the knowledge that their top flight place has been saved.
First played on 23 December 1900, the 'derbi barcelonés' is the oldest surviving fixture in Spanish football. Both teams were founder members of La Liga in 1928 and have met in 81 editions since then, with Barça only losing the home fixture nine times. Espanyol's last win at the Camp Nou was in 2009 (their first for 27 years). Barça have won every home meeting since then, conceding just one goal in six matches.
This is the fourth time the teams have met in in 2016. The Liga game at Cornellà-El Prat ended 0-0, while Barça comfortably progressed 6-1 on aggregate in the Copa del Rey.
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L'Ordine Nuovo fue una publicación periódica fundada en Turín el 1º de mayo de 1919 por Antonio Gramsci y otros intelectuales socialistas turinenses como Palmiro Togliatti, Angelo Tasca y Umberto Terracini. L'Ordine Nuovo se declaraba como un programa de renovación social y proletario.

L'Ordine Nuovo se convirtió en "el periódico de los consejos de fábrica". En pocos meses la idea de los consejos de fábrica se expande y realiza en decenas de establecimientos metalúrgicos, como FIAT, Diatto o Lancia.

Los artículos de L'Ordine Nuovo generaron debates en todo el movimiento obrero, político y sindical, a pesar de la oposición de reformistas y maximalistas.

En Turín en 1920, los industriales durante la negociación de la renovación de los contratos de trabajo rechazaron la petición de aumento salarial, lo que fue contestada por un bloqueo de los trabajadores a través de la huelga. Los obreros metalúrgicos reaccionaron ocupando las fábricas en el triángulo industrial Turín-Milán-Génova. El movimiento de ocupación aguantó hasta los límites de los talleres y finalmente falló.

Gramsci, Togliatti y Terracini conducen una intensa campaña que culmina en Livorno el 21 de enero de 1921 con la fundación del Partido Comunista de Italia.

Cesadas las publicaciones como revista el 24 de diciembre de 1920, L'Ordine Nuovo se convierte el 1º enero de 1921 en diario; el 21 de enero, con la formación del Partido Comunista de Italia en Livorno, se convierte en órgano del nuevo partido «según la línea trazada por el Congreso de la Internacional y según la tradición de la clase obrera turinese.

En 1922 se suspendieron las publicaciones, para reemprenderlas en el marzo de 1924 publicando discontinuamente los últimos ocho números finales en marzo de 1925.

Véase también
 Antonio Gramsci
 Palmiro Togliatti
 Partido Comunista Italiano

Referencias

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Periódicos en italiano
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Finding out that property lines are improperly drawn and learning that you have been partially occupying your neighbor's land, or vice versa, can create some fairly serious legal issues.
In these examples, neighbors usually have the option to resolve the dispute by themselves. If the neighbors are on amicable terms with each other, and the dispute is minor (for example, it only includes a difference of a couple feet), and enforcing the property lines would be a major inconvenience for one or both of the neighbors, they'll probably decide to just go on as they had before. This is a viable option, to be sure, but it's not a perfect one: if, sometime down the road, one of the neighbors wants to attempt to enforce the legal boundaries, they might find themselves unable to do so.
It's more frequently the case that one neighbor wants to maintain the current use of the land, property lines notwithstanding, while the other neighbor wants to enforce the property lines that are on record. This is because moving a property line necessarily expands the land of one neighbor, while shrinking the land of another. Obviously, the neighbor whose land would be shrunk will probably oppose any attempt to enforce the property lines.
While the boundary disputes discussed above occur fairly regularly, they aren't the only type of land dispute that can happen in North Aurora, Illinois. There are also title disputes. These disagreements arise when it isn't clear who owns an entire parcel of land. There are many reasons why such confusion might arise, but a common one is failure to properly record a deed, or subsequent loss of a deed by the recording office. While typically innocent in origin, these disputes can also be the product of fraud. Sometimes, a landowner will sell his land to more than one person, with each buyer assuming that they are the only buyer. Having "sold" his land multiple times, the fraudster presumably flees the jurisdiction with his ill-gotten gains. This leaves the buyers to figure out who truly owns the land that each of them thought they had just bought. Obviously, whoever loses this dispute will typically have to absorb the loss of the land's purchase price, if the fraudulent seller cannot be found.
Possible Outcomes of Boundary and Title Disputes in North Aurora, Illinois
A court, for various possible reasons, might decide to give effect to the legally-recorded property lines, which would always change the neighbors' situation, with respect to how they use their land. For example, if the neighbor who is benefiting from the current situation (he is using land beyond the actual boundary of his property, thereby encroaching onto the land of another) knew about the discrepancy and took steps to actively hide this fact from the other neighbor, the court is very unlikely to do anything that rewards this behavior, even in the slightest. Accordingly, a court is likely to decide against the dishonest neighbor. Conversely, if the neighbor who would benefit from enforcing the property lines did nothing to make this happen for many years, a court will probably tell them that they had their chance, and basically consented to the current arrangement when they took no action to correct it.
With title disputes, a court has to decide who owns a particular piece of land. There are many factors that a court will consider, and this decision is governed by some fairly intricate laws in North Aurora, Illinois.
What Can A North Aurora, Illinois Attorney Do?
As you might have gathered, it's not uncommon for the legal issues governing boundary and title disputes to get very complicated. Moreover, any dispute that can affect one's use or ownership of land has very high stakes (land isn't typically cheap, after all). Therefore, it shouldn't come as a surprise that hiring a competent North Aurora, Illinois real estate lawyer to help in situations like this is always a good idea.
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Q: ngDialog ignore NG attribute within forms in AngularJS 1.5 i have this call inside a controller
Directive
ngDialog.openConfirm({
        template          : '<form-directive></form-directive>',
        plain             : true,
        closeByNavigation : true,
        scope             : $scope
      })
      .then(function( response ) {
          $log('SENDED');
  });

Component
ngDialog.openConfirm({
        template          : '<form-component></form-component>',
        plain             : true,
        closeByNavigation : true,
        scope             : $scope
      })
      .then(function( response ) {
          $log('SENDED');
      });

HTML for both
<form ng-submit="alert("Hello !!!")">
   <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

When i click the Button on directive, i see the SENDED message on the console, but for components
just looks like ignore every NG-attribute, clicks on the button do nothing,
but load the template rightfully.
Same template, same everything,
Is exactly the same, so maybe is a ngDialog kind of bug with the components right ?
I just want the ng-attributes working inside and if i click button submit then close the dialog and get the promise log message
Check the Plunkr Example
The Directive also fail if i use the scope: { obj : '=' }    property inside it
The components ignore everything.
I think is some kind of problem with the Scopes
- The scope declaration in the directive ( or the binding in the component )
- And the scope in the openDialog object

A: Late to the party, but still, in case there's someone struggling with same problem...
The trick here is that components are always created with isolated scopes. In your Plunkr example, when you set a template for ngDialog.openConfirm(), the ngDialog's scope is actually a parent scope for your custom component, so no wonder it does not recognize the closeThisDialog() and confirm() methods: they simply do not exist in its "child/isolated" scope.
But they exist in its "sibling" scope - the scope that ngDialog creates. So, to be able to communicate to that scope we have to setup hooks between the component's isolated ("child") scope and its "sibling" scope - ngDialog's scope.
A tiny change to your code does the magic. My comments start with //AK:
function openNgDialogComponent() {
      ngDialog.openConfirm({
        //AK: the 'form-component' itself exists in context of scope, passed below, hence we can bind $scope's methods to component's internal scope
        template          : '<form-component on-resolve="confirm()"' +
                                'on-reject="closeThisDialog()"></form-component>',
        scope             : $scope,
        plain             : true,
        closeByNavigation : true
      }).then(function(deployData) {
        $log.debug('Form parameters succesfully returned');
      });
    }

And the component itself:
// Component declaration
// /////////////////////////
(function() {
  'use strict';
  angular
    .module('app')
    .component("formComponent", {
      bindings: { onResolve: "&", onReject: "&" }, //AK: declare delegates bindings
      controller: "ComponentController",
      controllerAs: "vm",
      template:
        '<form ng-submit="confirm()">' +
          '
Im a Component form
' +
          '<button ng-click="vm.reject()">Close Dialog</button>' +
          '<button ng-click="vm.resolve()" class="submit">CONFIRM Component Form</button> ' +
        '</form>' //AK: buttons now call internal methods, which, in  turn call delegate methods passed via bindings
    });
 })();

// Component Controller
// /////////////////////////
(function() {
  'use strict';
  angular
    .module('app')
    .controller('ComponentController', ComponentController);

  function ComponentController() {
    var vm = this;
    vm.title = "I'm the Component controller"
    vm.resolve = () => vm.onResolve();//AK: call on-resolve="..." delegate
    vm.reject  = () => vm.onReject(); //AK: call on-reject="..." delegate
  }
})();

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After signing, in 2014, United Nations Global Compact, Limak Group of Companies that carried its commitments for social responsibilities to an international dimension and corporate social responsibility strategy of Limak Cement Group that is a member of Limak Group of Companies aims to create innovative and sustainable business models in fields and industries where it runs its operations in order to enhance welfare of the community and to assure economic, cultural, social and environmental sustainability of the development.
Limak Group of Companies also put into practice the SDG Impact Accelerator (Sustainable Development Goals Imapct Accelerator) Project in 2018 in cooperation with Republic of Turkey Minsitry of Foreign Affairs, UNDP Turkey Office, United Nations World Food Program (WFP) as well as Melinda & Bill Gates foundation.
Limak Cement Group, as a company with multiple businesses and local and global presence in many countries, accepts a stakeholder participation oriented KSS strategy and relevant policies as an important first step.
The Group, within scope of needs and expectations of the local people living in areas where its facilities are located, focuses on education, infrastructure and healthcare services and carries out practices aimed at improving the quality of life of the local people.
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from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404, redirect

from .forms import AddTodo
from .models import ToDo

# Create your views here.
def index(request):
	todo_list = ToDo.objects.all()
	context = {
		'todo_list': todo_list
		}
	return render(request, 'todotracker/index.html', context)

def add_todo(request):
	if request.method == 'POST':
		todo_form = AddTodo(request.POST)
		if todo_form.is_valid():
			new_todo = todo_form.save(commit=False)
			new_todo.save()
			return redirect('todotracker:index')
	else:
		todo_form = AddTodo()
	context = {'todo_form' : todo_form}
	return render(request, 'todotracker/add-todo.html', context)

def edit_todo(request, todo_id):
	todo = get_object_or_404(ToDo, pk=todo_id)
	if request.method == 'POST':
		todo_form = AddTodo(request.POST, instance=todo)
		if todo_form.is_valid():
			new_todo = todo_form.save(commit=False)
			new_todo.save()
			return redirect('todotracker:index')
	else:
		todo_form = AddTodo(instance=todo)
	context = {'todo_form' : todo_form, 'todo': todo}
	return render(request, 'todotracker/edit-todo.html', context)

def delete_todo(request, todo_id):
	todo = get_object_or_404(ToDo, pk=todo_id)
	ToDo.objects.get(pk=todo_id).delete()
	return redirect('todotracker:index')

def about(request):
	return render(request, 'todotracker/about.html', {})

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U.S. stocks wrapped up a solid year on a down note, erasing early gains to end with sizable losses Wednesday. The S&P 500 fell 21.45 points, or 1%, to finish 2014 at 2,058.90, according to early FactSet data. The benchmark gained 11.4% for the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 160 points, or 0.9%, to end at 17,823.07, leaving the blue-chip gauge with a 7.5% rise for the year. Some market watchers said there was no single factor behind the stock market's choppy action on Wednesday, and investors shouldn't read that much into its moves on light, pre-holiday volume. But others suggested typical end-of-quarter action occurred, where portfolio managers bid up stocks in the morning, then ran out of money and walked away, leaving equities vulnerable for an afternoon fade.


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Touch or wheel and never the twain shall meet. That used to be the way of things for in-car interfaces. You knew where you were. But now BMW has added touch control to its wheel-driven BMW iDrive platform, and we've lost the power of rational thought.
In fact, Audi has had a touchpad-and-wheel MMI controller combo available on certain models for about a year. So, this isn't a dramatic world first. But BMW has taken this a step further than we've seen before.
Instead of a separate wheel and touchpad, BMW has stuck the pad right on top of the iDrive wheel. Measuring 45mm across, the touchpad isn't just for inputting characters. It also supports gestures such as pinch-to-zoom when viewing maps, and will include cursor control in a future update.
Given BMW's distinctly Apple-esque adherence to the purity of wheel input for iDrive to date, it's an intriguing update. In an ideal world, it'll offer the best of both worlds – wheel input and touchscreen – without the downsides of the latter, which always makes for mucky screens and sometimes involves reduced screen quality and patchy responsiveness.
Meanwhile, iDrive Touch isn't the only infotainment upgrade that debuts with the 7 Series. New high-contrast graphics with added 3D effects, and transparencies for iDrive and even more detailed 3D graphics for the maps are also part of the mix. Cue much rejoicing.
Finally, LTE cellular modems with Wi-Fi hotspots will also be offered, which is great if you have LTE in your country. And rather academic if, like the UK, you're still waiting for the mobile networks to get their acts together.
iDrive Touch rolls out first on the freshly-revised 7 Series limo later this year before trickling down to more mainstream models.


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Oscar Ballots Due Tuesday: Stop Campaigning, Start Counting
The deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday … and then a feverish awards season turns into a waiting game
Steve Pond | February 21, 2011 @ 1:24 PM	Last Updated: February 21, 2011 @ 2:28 PM
Almost six months after "The King's speech" screened in Telluride and Toronto and "The Social Network" was first unveiled to critics, more than seven months after "Toy Story 3" topped the $400 million mark at the boxoffice, and a year after "Winter's Bone" and "The Kids Are All Right" debuted at Sundance, it's time to stop campaigning and start counting.
Oscar ballots are due at PricewaterhouseCoopers' downtown Los Angeles offices by five p.m. on Tuesday. And that that point, a feverish, competitive awards season turns into a waiting game for everybody except a half-dozen PwC staffers.
The accounting firm and the Academy don't release figures about how many last-minute ballots they receive – but Rick Rosas, one of the partners who oversee the process, has said that the number is substantial. (A public relations firm once put an observer in the lobby for the final day of voting, and counted about 500 ballots hand-delivered, expressed or FedExed that day.)
While much of the process is secretive, beginning with the famous "undisclosed location" at which it takes place, here are the broad strokes and some details:
On Wednesday, Rosas and Brad Oltmanns supervise the process by which each Oscar ballot is torn into six separate panels, with each panel containing between one and four categories. The two partners take the Best Picture panels and do that more complicated count themselves, while the other four PwC staffers each receive one-fourth of the votes on each of the other five panels.
The staffers begin with the categories at the top of each panel: Actor, Supporting Actress, Costume Design, Original Score and Sound Mixing. When they finish a category, they give their subtotals to Rosas and Oltmanns, who add everything up, determine a winner and supervise as many recounts as they deem necessary.
By the end of the day Wednesday, the two partners will know the winners in quite a few categories. By the end of Thursday, they'll know most if not all of the others. The results are locked in a safe overnight.
By Friday, envelopes are being prepared for every conceivable winner. Rosas and Oltmanns prepare two complete sets of envelopes with the correct winners, destroy the unneeded envelopes, and start memorizing the results.
Over the weekend, Rosas likes to read all the Oscar pundits and scoff at their predictions. Oltmanns doesn't.
On Sunday night, they go to work handing out envelopes and making sure the right names are announced.
And then it's over.
Oscar Gets Fancier Envelopes, Gentler Phrase
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Oscars Best Picture Ballot: Don't Believe the Schmucks
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