(New York, NY) AOP has received a dollar-to-dollar matching contribution from an anonymous donor during the last week of its Kickstarter campaign for Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom, in rep at the Irondale Center this spring as part of the Lines of Freedom Festival. With less than five days to go, the campaign is still accepting donations for the chamber version World Premiere of Nkeiru Okoye's acclaimed folk opera. The campaign has already garnered attention from media sources including an article in the New Yorker. AOP has previously had successful Kickstarter campaigns for its premiere production of Phil Kline's Out Cold at BAM and the Composers & the Voice (C&V) concert series.
Funds for the Lines of Freedom Kickstarter go "directly to our creators – composer, Nkeiru Okoye, our hardworking casts of actors and singers, talented instrumentalists from the Harlem Chamber Orchestra, local chorus members, and technical artists" as well as to subsidize additional performances for local students.
This week I was most struck by how perceptions about ourselves as artists – whether performing, creative, or both, led to differing reactions to music.
We began Monday's session by hearing Deborah Lifton sing a new work by Guy Barash – and she did a fantastic job with Guy's microtones! Having been nervous about this new challenge, it was amazing to hear how beautifully Deborah incorporated these pitches into the line, and how as listeners, we simply perceive these challenging pitches as part of the melodic line. Since I sing a fair amount of music in varying tuning systems both as a soloist and with my ensemble Ekmeles, I am constantly aware of how listeners are comfortable with, and open to, various tonalities and tuning systems… fascinating, particularly considering how hard we performers work to make this type of intonation as accurate as possible.
An intriguing conversation ensued about balance- particularly how composers translate what will be an orchestral or chamber piece to the piano. Some composers discussed how the balance of what we hear in the C & V sessions is not what they have in mind for the final piece, which may be scored for singer and orchestra or chamber ensemble. [C&V Artistic Director] Steve Osgood also raised the point of how we must ensure that the audience perceives big orchestral moments in which the singer is intentionally covered as purposeful, rather than an oversight in the balance. As singers it is difficult to know at times whether we're being covered by the ensemble or riding above it, and we rely completely on the ears of others to make this distinction. Our entire sense of our voices in regard to balance is difficult to gauge.
Another interesting dialogue arose in regard to text, and our impression of both comprehension and diction. Some in our group are foreign-born or non-native English speakers. Andreia Pinto-Correira raised a question about a particular word which she thought may be difficult to pronounce, but Dominic Armstrong clarified, saying that the word was not an issue for him. Kelly Horsted raised the point of syllabification in Jeremy Gill's piece. A word which perhaps seemed strangely notated in the score, upon first glance, was actually more comprehensible due to Jeremy's setting. During Matt Burn's performance of Joseph Rubinstein's piece, we again discussed the particular setting of a word and how it might be perceived as another word altogether.
This idea of how things seem continues to intrigue me, in new music most of all. We are constantly engrossed by our sense of self, of who we are as singers, musicians, people. When we perform, our perception of our strengths and weaknesses plays out in all kinds of curious combinations, all of which make our work what it is. And in a premiere, this self awareness contributes to what will be the very first hearing of a new piece of music. On Monday night I was yet again moved by the talents, openness and support in our C & V group. When our personal perceptions lead us to doubt our abilities and performances, this positive and warm environment helps us find our footing and create the best of which we are capable.
New York, NY—Soprano Janinah Burnett (Metropolitan Opera, La Bohème on Broadway) will portray American icon Harriet Tubman in a new folk opera with music and lyrics by Nigerian-American composer Nkeiru Okoye. Produced by AOP (American Opera Projects), Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom will premiere in a chamber version as one half of the Lines of Freedom festival running February 20 – March 1 at Irondale Center, 85 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, NY. Tickets start at $15 and can be purchased at www.irondale.org or by telephone at Ovationtix, 866 811-4111. Tickets are also available at the TKTS Booth.
Using a mixture of opera and vernacular folk music, featuring gospel spirituals, ragtime, early blues, minstrel songs, work songs, call and responses, and field hollers, Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom tells this important chapter of American history in the context of Tubman's tight-knit family and the slavery threatening to tear them apart.
Clinton Ingram, Sequina DuBose, Damian Norfleet, and Nicole Mitchell in a December 2013 concert presentation of the folk opera at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Harlem, NY.
The folk opera will also include vocal performances by Marsha Thompson (New York City Opera), Nicole Mitchell (Lincoln Center Festival), Clinton Ingram (Metropolitan Opera), Briana Elyse Hunter, Damian Norfleet, Patrice P. Eaton, Ernest Jackson, Kyle Guglielmo, and Anthony P. McGlaun and feature members of The Harlem Chamber Players, conducted by Leslie B. Dunner, with stage direction by Lemuel Wade (L'Opera de Montreal).
Lines of Freedom brings two works of exciting musical theater and opera to the stage in celebration of the rich heritage of abolitionism and the Underground Railroad. The shows are presented during Black History Month by The Irondale Ensemble Project and AOP (American Opera Projects), two arts organizations based in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. In addition to AOP's Tubman opera, The Irondale Ensemble Project will present Color Between the Lines: The Abolitionist Struggle in Brooklyn, a work created in collaboration with Brooklyn Historical Society and Weeksville Heritage Center as part of In Pursuit of Freedom, the first public history project to explore abolition and the anti-slavery movement in Brooklyn.
Presentations of Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Art Works.
Soprano Sumayya Ali as Harriet Tubman in a December 2013 concert presentation of the folk opera at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Harlem, NY.
If you ever felt like being a composer was hard, well…it isn't easy to be an actor either. This was one of the main points demonstrated by the most recent "Composers & the Voice" workshop, in which our trusty acting coach and guide-to-the-stage Pat Diamond led us on an intense exploration of the basics of bringing a character to life. We threw beanbags, created an imaginary Central Park Lake, and talked about mermaids – in my experience, not things you do in your typical new music workshop.
In the previous session, Pat assigned each participant one of three short plays. I was given one of two characters in John Patrick Shanley's "A Lonely Impulse of Delight" – the story of a fraught male friendship set in present day New York City. Pat told me to read through it and answer a few questions about my character. The evening began with a general discussion of these questions: who our characters are, where they are, and what they are doing in the scene. From there, things got more subtle – Pat began asking us what our characters most desired, what they were most afraid of, and other personal questions that, if I were my character, I would probably find both hard to answer and even a little forward! Over the course of the evening, however, it became clear just how essential addressing these questions were in order for an actor to create a believable character on stage.
Pat had the insight (playful instinct? dark impulse?) to pair me with my writing partner, Jason Kim. Jason and I are old friends from college, so portraying a psychologically complex situation in which two childhood friends reach a critical place in their adult relationship felt somewhat intense. Jason and I were brought to the stage and the remainder of the session was spent on our scene. We began by reading the scene sitting in two chairs, with the stricture that we had to deliver our lines while maintaining eye contact with each other. If eye contact was broken, we had to start again. The challenge with doing this is that I felt I was reading my lines in a stilted or deliberate way. I felt I had to "bring" more to the text emotionally than I could when I had to read and look up. This, it turned out, was exactly what Pat was hoping to address. He was trying to demonstrate that you don't "bring" emotion to a set of lines when you read them; you use them as an exchange of emotional energy while keeping the backstory of the characters in mind. The backstory – who your character is, what their relationships are like – determines the particular inflection and type of response. Your job as an actor is to make that backstory a "real" part of how you exchange energy with another character. To further illustrate this point, Pat had us read our lines while throwing a beanbag back and forth at the moments when emotional energy would transfer from one character to another.
After throwing the beanbags, Pat had us "create" the setting in which our scene takes place. We didn't have props or scenery so this was a mental realization. Still, like the backstory of the characters, it had to feel "real" for it to be convincing. Delineating the boundaries of a "real" Central Park Lake – complete with a swamp, sidewalk, rocky outcropping, and other landscape features – is difficult in a brightly lit, rectangular room filled with chairs and outfitted with wood paneling. Jason and I did our best, but eventually Pat helped us out by showing us print-outs of pictures he had found online that he felt evoked the particular "look" of our scene. After browsing through the pictures – showing Central Park at night, moonlight on water, and even pictures of the mermaid that Jason's character is in love with in the play – the other teams were exhorted to go and find pictures to "build" their own scenes themselves. Based on what I picked up on from the other composers, there should be some pretty entertaining pictures next time we meet – I believe that one play has various Greek gods making mischief on the New York City subway.
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TVTV Never Sleeps
The Pilot Episode of Friends is Far from Perfect, but Full of Charm
by Randy Dankievitch July 15, 2020
by Randy Dankievitch Published: July 15, 2020 Last Updated on December 9, 2020
The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate
Need I introduce Friends? I'd be hard-pressed to find a person over the age of eight who hasn't passed along an episode of the show at some point in their lives – especially considering it's still in heavy syndication on networks like TBS and Nickelodeon. But I've always found Friends a fascinating case of a show that managed to stay on TV for over 200 episodes, while never really being a great show (save for a handful of episodes) – and in fact, being surprisingly mediocre for most of it. There aren't any seasons that begin to approach the brilliance of Cheers' first season or Seinfeld at its best (I'd even argue that Frasier was a better show than Friends in the long run), but somehow, it's a show that remains in the collective minds of almost any TV viewer as an all-time great.
Going back and watching the Friends pilot from the fall of 1994 is an interesting experience – even for myself, someone's who watched through the entire series at least a half-dozen times. One of the more difficult tasks of ensemble comedies – especially multi-camera shows filmed in front of live audiences – is to find the right balance of personalities among a large cast. Most struggle doing it with two to four, and Friends took on the daunting task of featuring six main cast members, with a concerted effort to keep all six of them equally involved in storylines.
Needless to say, this makes chemistry in the pilot very important, and that's where Friends nails it in the first half-hour in ways the majority of comedy pilots don't even sniff at. That camaraderie is one of the things that would define the show throughout its series, and in the pilot, it gives this version of New York a familiar and lived-in kind of feel. Part of this comes from the great weaving of mythology into the various plots – one of many strong parts of the show the writers would eventually beat over the head until it was a bloody mess in later years – which gives every member of the Central Perk Six established relationships to lean on. It makes the obligatory character exposition feel a lot less overt, much more confident and relaxed than one would expect from a pilot, where writers aren't trying to define characters as much as sell them as marketable to network executives.
Ross is arguably the most fully-rounded character on the pilot, a man whose dealing with some of the biggest blows a young adult can take to their self-confidence. His wife's left him to move in with her lesbian lover, and the biggest, most unfulfilled crush of his life is now best friends again with his sister – hardly the situation a vulnerable, nerdy paleontologist wants to be in. Unfortunately, it's nearly undermined by David Schwimmer's performance: his stage background shows a little too much on camera, and his grandiose gestures and character tics undermine some of the more mature emotional beats his character has in the pilot (there's a bunch of them). To Schwimmer's credit, it's tough material to do with a pilot when an actor hasn't had a lot of time to invest in the character – but the writing of his scenes are so good, some of his physical pandering for the sake of humor undermines it a bit.
As the other tentpole of the show's central story, Rachel's character is an interesting – and contradictory – little bit of 90's feminism. The pilot is really Rachel grabbing a hold of her independence, cutting the cords (and credit cards) from the two men in her life: her father and her fiancee (while unknowingly, a new one steps in to take her place). It marks the beginning of her transformation into a self-respecting, independent woman – something that oddly takes until after she breaks up with Ross to become, but that's a conversation for another day. Thankfully, the pilot finds enough balance between "funny" ditzy Rachel and this newborn Rachel, one who is trying to take control of her life, instead of having it be dictated for her. The reward for this? A waitressing job at a coffee shop – a lovely little bit of misery that remains my favorite bit of the pilot to this day.
Smartly, the writers counter Rachel's super-emotional tendencies in the pilot with their other important female character: Monica's plot reveals her to be much less of an emotional roller coaster than most mid-20s single women were portrayed in the early 1990s when it came to sexual relationships (as she dates a man who lies to her about not sleeping with anyone for years, just to bang her and dump her). It also established Monica as the most level-headed character of the group, something the writers would begin to quickly unravel throughout the first season. And it certainly doesn't hurt that she's Ross's brother: their sibling dynamic always proved for some entertaining moments (plus it gives us their father Jack Gellar, always a welcome presence on the show).
It's funny to think now how much NBC was uncomfortable with the Monica plot, going so far as to hand out questionnaires to test audiences to see if they thought Monica was slutty. In the original script (which had the awful title of Insomnia Cafe) she didn't really ever care about Paul, and that small concession was made to the script, which I don't think really affected the storyline at all (it actually makes it more believable); I just find the dated reaction to her behavior to be hilarious, considering the landscape of females in network sitcoms today.
Not all the characters were so lucky to get great introductions: Joey and Phoebe's first appearances are anything but original, and they barely register a meaningful on-screen presence at any point. Joey is a goofy womanizer who just wants to wear leather and fuck chicks, and Phoebe a hippie who plays her guitar in the subway (in a deleted scene), just a pigtail rocking vapid bohemian type with a depressing family story. Their two characters are the most frustrating in the pilot and really, throughout the series: although the writers would never short-sell them on endearing tendencies, I don't feel like the show ever really found their characters, save for a few choices moments in seasons three and four (arguably the show's best, save for the Ross/Rachel material in the fourth season).
Of course, that leaves us with good old Chandler Bing – the most misrepresented character in the pilot. There's a delicate balance of Chandlerism that Friends hadn't quite figured out by the time the pilot was written: finding the balance between constant Chandler snark and an actual, emotional human being was something the show was always struggling with, and in 'The Pilot', boy, does it make him an unlikeable presence. Sure he's funny, but it's a desperate funny in a way that doesn't become redeemable until his past is explained in greater detail as the first season progresses; here, he's kind of a dick (and a badly dressed one at that). Add to it that he doesn't really have much to do (Ross's big bromance moment comes from his ice cream conversation with Joey), and although Chandler would be one of the strongest characters in the early seasons, he's oddly floating in the wind as the show establishes its more emotionally appealing side. Would it be a mistake to focus on the most damaged person in the pilot? Probably – and in that context, it makes more sense why Chandler's not much more than a string of sarcastic remarks here.
But where Friends struggles with character, it gets it right is how it establishes its interpersonal relationships, presenting us with a group of archetypal characters played by an energetic, youthful, and – most importantly – photogenic cast, letting the chemistry of both carry the weight the predictable story arcs of the pilot quite couldn't. Friends was exactly what its title suggested – a show about people hanging out – and at that, 'The Pilot' does a pretty damn good job of it.
Other thoughts/observations:
– Joey wears so much leather in the pilot, it's not even funny.
– there's a great little running gag of Chandler trying to interpret his dreams in the opening and closing scenes of the episode, a moment that almost feels like a tease of its long-time Thursday night companion Frasier.
– In reality, the first episode of Friends doesn't do much but present itself as a Seinfeld knock-off with a little less intelligence and a bigger heart – something a lot of reviewers caught onto during its premiere, and rightfully so: a few of Friends' earlier scripts were written from rejected Seinfeld scripts and story ideas.
– speaking of Chandler, his character bugs me in the pilot. He's all sarcasm without the heart he'd soon have in
– there's a great speech deleted from the broadcast version (available on DVD) from Chandler when he's talking to Ross about how lucky he's been compared to him and Joey: "Look, Ross, you gotta understand, between us we haven't had a relationship that has lasted longer than a Mento. You, however, have had the love of a woman for four years. Four years of closeness and sharing at the end of which she ripped your heart out, and that is why we don't do it! I don't think that was my point!"
– another sign Friends was supposed to be the successor to the Cheers throne: the first four episodes are all directed by long-time Cheers director James Burrows.
– there are some terrible haircuts in the pilot. Monica, Chandler, and Joey all benefit from a fresh cut before the filming of the second episode.
– the first sign the creators of Friends can't keep their continuity straight: Ross's parents already know Carol is a lesbian (Monica tells us this with a joke about the phone conversation), but the second episode revolves around Ross trying to tell his parents about Carol. (Yes, and the fact that Rachel knew Chandler, although this was more of a sign of the show's laziness and self-obsession in later seasons than a lack of continuity here.) Oh, and Barry's last name in this episode is Finkle, not Farber as it is throughout the rest of the series.
– If there's one line that sticks with me from the pilot after all these years, it's Ross's final one: "I think I just grabbed a spoon."
Randy Dankievitch
A TV critic since the pre-Peak TV days of 2011, Randy is a critic and editor formerly of Sound on Sight, Processed Media, TVOvermind, Pop Optiq, and many, many others.
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Niraj Varma
Niraj Varma, MD, PhD, FRCP is a staff physician in the Section of Electrophysiology and Pacing in the Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute. Specializing in the treatment of heart arrhythmias, Dr. Varma's special interests include ablation for atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia, defibrillator implantation and biventricular pacing.
Dr. Varma earned his doctorate in medicine from Oxford University and bachelor of surgery from Edinburgh University in the UK, where he is a Fellow of both the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and London. He completed his internship in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Dr. Varma underwent subspecialty training as a fellow in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Papworth and Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University, followed by a fellowship in cardiology at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London. This was followed by a research fellowship in basic science cardiology undertaken at Boston University and Harvard Medical School for which he was awarded a PhD from Oxford University. He completed his post-doctoral training as a fellow in clinical cardiac electrophysiology at Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston.
Dr. Varma joined Cleveland Clinic from Loyola University Medical Center where he was an electrophysiologist and an associate professor of medicine. Prior to that appointment he held similar positions at University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and at Boston University Medical Center and Boston University.
In a career that spans nearly three decades, Dr. Varma has published hundreds of articles on pacing, arrhythmias and electrophysiology in leading peer-reviewed medical journals. He is the author of a textbook on electrocardiography and of numerous chapters in other textbooks related to his specialty.
Dr. Varma is a dedicated researcher who has received grants from the American Heart Association, a National Research Service Award, as well as industry funding for studies of innovative technologies. For example, he pioneered the use of remote monitoring technology of implantable devices, leading the landmark trial evaluating its clinical application. The results have been pivotal and adopted widely to improve the care of patients receiving such cardiac devices worldwide.
A frequent invited lecturer at scientific and educational symposia, Dr. Varma has presented on cardiac resynchronization therapy, implantable cardiac defibrillators, remote device monitoring and other related topics at leading local, national and international symposia. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Cardiac Failure as well as a reviewer for several leading medical journals, including Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research, Heart Rhythm, PACE and Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.
Dr. Varma is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology.


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The Fina-Sport was an American automobile manufactured from 1953 until 1954.  The brainchild of Perry Fina, it used a  Cadillac V-8 engine and Hydramatic transmission mounted on a Ford chassis. Styling of both convertibles and hardtops was by Vignale.

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Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States

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Q: Работа с динамически подключаемой библиотекой Вопрос такой - как определять поля для объекта класса из динамически подгруженной библиотеки ? Как загрузить динамически dll, создать обьект класса и вызвать метод обьекта я нашел, а вот как быть со свойствами обьекта ?
Пример для SQLite:
Assembly a = Assembly.Load("System.Data.SQLite");
object obj = a.CreateInstance("System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteConnection");

В рантайме программа знает что обьект obj это обьект класса SQLiteConnection но не ранее. Как мне присвоить полю ConnectionString какое либо значение ? Как установить свойствам этого класса значения ?
PS - к конкретно SQLite вопрос отношения не имеет, интересует сама технология.
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как добавить свойство разобрался, благодаря ссылке увожаемого @Igor :
obj.GetType().GetProperty("ConnectionString").SetValue(obj, "ConStr");

Однако возник другой вопрос - возвращаясь к той же SQLite, попробую присвоить для обьекта комманды обьект подключения :
sq_command.GetType().GetProperty("Connection").SetValue(sq_command, obj);

На что получаю исключение :

Обнаружено неоднозначное соответствие

Как с этим быть ?
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в System.RuntimeType.GetPropertyImpl(String name, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Type returnType, Type[] types, ParameterModifier[] modifiers)
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A: Вопрос удалось решить гораздо проще - благодаря таким замечательным сущностям как интерфейсы C#. Достаточно просто явно привести обьекты к IDbConnection и IDbDataAdapter:
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UK PM Race: Rishi Sunak Frontrunner, Boris Johnson Bows Out
Tristan Vanheuckelom October 24, 2022
After Johnson's bow out, Penny Mordaunt will be attempting to woo his backers. It is only when she sails past the 100-mark by Monday, 2 p.m., that she can go head to head with Sunak.
Brazilian Elections: Closing the Gap Between Bolsonaro and Lula
Carlos Perona Calvete October 24, 2022
According to Futura Inteligência, Lula would win with 46.9% of the vote, compared to Bolsonaro's 46.5%.
J.K. Rowling Against Trans Activism
Hélène de Lauzun October 24, 2022
Five years after the offensive against the bestselling author was launched, her opponents are forced to admit that they have not succeeded.
How To Make Britain Great Again
Sven R. Larson October 24, 2022
There is only one path forward for conservatives: to combine tax cuts with structural reforms to welfare-state spending.
Austria: Ex-Chancellor Kurz Named as Active Participant in Corruption Scandal
Last year's allegations that Kurz—once considered the golden boy of the European Right—and his inner circle bribed a media outlet to manipulate opinion polls, had rocked Austrian politics.
French National Assembly Passes Budget by Force
The only way to constitutionally counteract the use of Article 49-3 is the motion of censure. In theory, a motion of censure would have a chance to succeed if all the oppositions managed to unite, but this scenario will not happen.
Nuclear Accusations Fly, Ukraine Invokes Budapest Memorandum
Bridget Ryder October 24, 2022
The accusations of a Ukrainian nuclear plot came over the weekend of October 22-23, generating a flurry of phone calls between Russian and western officials on Sunday and Monday.
Towards a Right-Wing Ecumenism: Burke, Maistre, and Solovyov
Sebastian Morello October 24, 2022
Christians, whatever their religious divisions, should work together to undermine and ultimately destroy the liberal and progressivist supremacy that dominates the West, recognising that it marks a settlement incompatible with even a basic Biblical worldview.


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Professional Executor conducts a Certainty Will Search as a safeguard measure
By Legal Futures Associate Certainty The National Will Register
A Certainty Will Search is used by members of the public and professionals every day as a safeguarding measure to ensure that that the last Will of the deceased is located and their estate can therefore be distributed correctly. The National Will Register assists in ensuring that everything has been done to locate the last Will of the deceased.
In this case study, Sarah Gill, Paralegal at Cullimore Dutton explains a recent case where the firm conducted a Certainty Will Search to ensure that they were distributing an estate correctly. Sarah comments: "When the deceased passed away, one of her sons who lived abroad notified the firm. The family was aware that the deceased had written a Will with the firm in 2018 and that due to both of her sons living abroad, had appointed the firm as the executor of the estate."
"The deceased was divorced and had lived on her own for many years. The estate was worth £350,000 which included a property that needed to be sold. Although the Will was only made three years before the deceased passed away, as a professional it is not worth the risk of a later unknown Will coming to light after the estate has been distributed so we advised that a Will search should be conducted. A Certainty Will Search is recognised as an adequate search to prove that you have done everything you can to locate any later Wills."
Sarah conducted a Will Search Combined that searches for Wills that have been registered on The National Will Register and for Wills that have not yet been registered.
Sarah continues: "The Certainty Will Search confirmed that we were in possession of the last Will of the deceased. We were therefore able to obtain a Grant of Probate and proceed with distributing the estate to the named beneficiaries in the Will."
"At Cullimore Dutton, we have incorporated Will Registration into our internal estate planning process and always advise that a Certainty Will Search is conducted when we are acting as a Professional Executor or when an estate is intestate. This not only protects the executors but also the beneficiaries of an estate."
For further information on the type of searches you can carry out or would like to register your clients' Wills, please contact The National Will Register via their website, call 0330 100 3660 or email enquiries@certainty.co.uk.
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Bridget of Sweden (1303 – 23 July 1373; also Birgitta of Vadstena, Saint Birgitta (Swedish: den heliga Birgitta or Birgitta Birgersdotter), was a mystic and saint, and founder of the Bridgettines nuns and monks after the death of her husband of twenty years. She was also the mother of Catherine of Vadstena.
Bridget was the daughter of a wealthy governor who used his riches generously. He donated money for good causes and helped the poor. He worked for the just and fair treatment of all the people. Bridget learned these lessons early in her life.
Bridget married into the Swedish royal family and lovingly raised eight children. She and her husband followed her father's example of caring for people in need. It is said that she even arranged for a hospital to be built on their estate. The hospital was open to all.
When her husband died, Bridget gave away all her possessions. She founded a double monastery for men and women who lived apart, but worshipped together.
When Bridget learned of an epidemic in Rome, she made a pilgrimage there to assist the sick and dying. While in Rome, she spoke out against the injustices she saw and worked to change situations that kept all people from living a good life. Her words and actions influenced government and Church officials, even the pope!
Bridget made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to see the places where Jesus taught, died, and rose from the dead. During her pilgrimage Bridget experienced Christ's presence in prayer visions.
Bridget died after she returned to Rome, but her body was returned to her land and the people she loved and cared for. Her coffin was carried reverently through Europe to Sweden. She is buried at the monastery she founded.
Because of her holiness, Bridget was declared a saint only eighteen years after her death in 1373. She is the patron saint of Sweden. In 1999, Pope John Paul II honored her once more. St. Bridget was named co-patron saint of all of Europe along with St. Catherine of Siena and St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, who was known as Edith Stein in life.


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Community gathers to pray afters shootings in Roanoke
People pray for the six people shot shot in Roanoke. Photo: Heather Rousseau
The Roanoke Times | Jan. 10, 2015 | PDF
By Amy Friedenberger
Surrounded by dozens of people at a church in Salem, Phyllis English came to say a prayer for those shot this week in northwest Roanoke. She came to say a prayer for her son.
John Ethan English, 36, was shot early Sunday morning in the 3600 block of Shenandoah Avenue. She said he's been released from the hospital and is recovering.
"We need to come together and cooperate," she said.
Friday night's unity prayer at Positive Impact Ministries on East Main Street was a time to pray for those affected by the pain that followed the shooting, but it also called for hope that the community can rebuild itself. About 75 people danced and cried together as religious leaders recited Bible passages and prayed for harmony in the Roanoke Valley.
Six men were shot — two fatally — early Sunday in the 3600 block of Shenandoah Avenue after a large party in a building where Obenchain's Greenhouses used to be.
On Friday evening, William Christopher Cabbler, 36, at least one person connected to the shooting, turned himself in to Roanoke police. Cabbler is charged with possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and possession of ammunition as a convicted felon.
Another shooting on Monday, in the 3400 block of Shenandoah Avenue, seriously injured Robert Deon Johnson, 20, of Roanoke. Police do not believe the two shootings are related.
Roanoke City Councilman Sherman Lea was so disturbed by the lack of cooperation with police and prosecutors that he called a noon news conference Friday to call on people to find the courage to tell police what they know, not just about recent events, but anytime.
To rid communities of violent and drug crime and "the group that continues to handicap and frighten the city," it's going to require courage, commitment and perseverance, he said at the City Council Chamber downtown.
At the Salem church, tears streamed down the cheeks of Lakiesha Jones as she danced and held her hands high as a live band filled the room with music. Jones knows a relative of one of Sunday's shooting victims. She said gatherings like the one on Friday are helpful in coping with the grief.
"It lets people know the community wants to come together," she said.
Bishop George Taylor, with Salem's Solid Rock Pentecostal Church, helped organize Friday night's event. Taylor lives near where both shootings took place. He said the area was peaceful when he grew up there.
"We can get back together," Taylor said. "But we just need to have that mindset."
Apostle Samuel English, who oversees Positive Impact Ministries, led the prayer, saying he is overwhelmed by the recent shootings in Roanoke.
"We have the power, we have the authority, to make a difference in our community," he said as people stood up and shouted approvingly.
Elder Larry Gill didn't belong to the Positive Impact Ministries congregation, but when he heard about the prayer, he said wanted to show his support for the churches.
"It's time for the church to get involved in the community," Gill said. "The church can change things — especially the community."
Friday's prayer brought together religious leaders from various churches, some of whom took turns speaking to the group.
Pastor Walter Warner, with Greater Life Ministries in Roanoke, said he used to run the streets and use drugs before he found God, and that if God could save him, he could save anyone, as long as they have the mindset to change.
"It's all about souls being saved," he told the crowd. "Folks will still be getting robbed, folks will still be getting killed until we make a change."
Frank Johnson said Friday's event was difficult to process. He said he's the uncle of Sunday shooting victim Nelson Mikal Sanders, 22, and he was seeking mercy for all young people.
"I want to see a great spirit of unity among churches," he said. "We're working together for good."
Toward the end of the night, the room was alive with dancing, cheering and clapping.
"We have work to do," English said, before the church emptied back out into the Roanoke Valley.
Staff writer Matt Chittum contributed to this report.


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Q: 2 methods using 2 generics of same type If I have a class as below:
class MyClass<T,U>
{
  public void DoSomething(T t)
  {
  }

  public void DoSomething(U u)
  {
  }
}

But construct it using the same types (new MyClass<int,int>())
This compiles fine, but if I try to call DoSomething it errors because of an ambiguous call, which of course is correct. But what if the method was called through reflection or some other dynamic way. I guess it would throw an exception at run time. So my question is why does the compiler allow me create this class with the same types if there's an exception waiting to happen?

A: The compiler is concerned with actual ambiguity and does not highlight any ambiguity related to overloading generic methods.
If you don't want to allow this, unfortunately there's no way to add a Generic Type Constraint, i.e. where T != U, so you'll need to just throw an exception in the constructor:
public MyClass()
{
    if (typeof(T) == typeof(U))
    {
       throw new Exception("T and U cannot be of the same type");
    }
}

What you should do is use different names so that the two method names to not collide with one another. This is the safest way of working in this scenario:
public DoSomethingWithFirst()
{
   // For T
}

public DoSomethingWithSecond()
{
   // For U
}

A: Well, does it make sense to be able to have T and U be the same type, if you don't want to call DoSomething? If so, wouldn't it be infuriating to be prevented by the compiler for no reason?
In fact, the method could be called with reflection, if you picked the method carefully.
I would say that if the compiler should do anything, it should be warning the author of this class itself (not the user of the class) that the overload could lead to ambiguity in some cases. Frankly overload can cause plenty of problems - anything nudging people away from it in dangerous situations would be a good thing :)

A: would you rather the compiler didn't allow this? theres infinite cases that are fine, and this one that isnt.

A: By the way, if you don't control the class and you want to allow those methods to be called on MyClass<int, int>, you can do it without reflection and it will succeed at runtime with no exception.  For example, if you create a generic method that takes T and U as parameters, then overload resolution within that method can tell them apart:
public static class MyClassExtensions
{
    public static void DoSomethingT<T, U>(this MyClass<T, U> obj, T t)
    {
        obj.DoSomething(t);
    }

    public static void DoSomethingU<T, U>(this MyClass<T, U> obj, U u)
    {
        obj.DoSomething(u);
    }
}

DoSomethingT will choose the overload of DoSomething that takes a T.  This is chosen at compile-time and is valid for all values of T or U.  You can then call myObj.DoSomethingT(3), with a MyClass<int, int>, and it will call MyClass.DoSomething(T t) without any ambiguity.
(As others have said, if you do control the class then you should just give the methods different names.)


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A message from our committee
Good evening, we hope everyone is in good health and staying positive during these difficult times.
As we enter the midpoint of this second period of lockdown we would like to provide an update of the present situation at the club (including some positives for the future!).
When the present committee members were elected as custodians of your football club a few years ago, nobody could have imagined for 1 second that we would be facing the challenges brought about by this global pandemic (both in their own personal lives and in their duty to ensure the longterm future of Swalwell Juniors FC).
It is fair to say that the first period of lockdown hit us very hard. Unfortunately several teams did not return in the summer for various reasons (some disbanding due to lack of players and others deciding to move to other clubs, albeit briefly before also disbanding regrettably). The overall impact on the club at large is a much leaner spread of teams. The financial impact of this is not a disaster as the corresponding outgoings reduce also (i.e. league fees, FA affiliation, insurances etc..), however, the overall result is a "hit" to clubs finances.
All in all, the club remains on a sound financial footing. The key to this has essentially been the commitment you, the members, showed by continuing to pay fees during the first lockdown period, despite the advisory that this was not necessary (everyone's personal financial situation was far more important).
Without these combined efforts of the committee and our members, we can assure everyone that our children would not have had a club to return to. Thank you to everyone involved!
The efforts of our committee members working hard in the background managed to secure significant funding as follows: -
- Business Grant funding - £7,500
- Covid safe preparations Grant funding - £500
- Pitch improvements Grant- £2,500
- Portable lighting Grant - £3,500 (this gives us a chance to extend training during the winter months from 2021)
- Coop Community funding - £3,000+
- Goal replacement Grant - £12,000
- £2,000 Facilities Grant (the benefit of this remains a surprise for our members).
There were many other grants and funding opportunuties that we have applied for and were unsuccessful, however, you can't win them all (and we're more than happy with those that we secured which have already had a massive impact I'm sure you will all agree!). The positive here is that we understand the process now and can reapply in the spring for opportunities that will only make the club a better place for our children (and also our coaches and parents!).
Hopefully the message is clear, we're in great shape, but following the most unpredictable and uncertain year in living memory, we cant afford to take our eye off the ball (pardon the pun!). We hope for the sake of our children they all return to training and competitive football early in December. We are assured by our affiliated leagues that the current season will conclude through extension or additional fixtures, and so our outgoings remain unchanged (across the board). Therefore, we would appreciate (where possible) that all of our members continue their monthly payments.
If for any reason you are unable to maintain your payments, please don't hesitate to get in touch and we will do everything possible to support you without question.
Apologies for the long message, however, we feel it has been essential to convey our gratitude to you all for your continued support and to also update you on the current (positive but still precarious) situation.
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Moon River Studios Announces Worldwide Distribution Agreement for Yellow
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RINCON, Ga., Oct. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/-- FONU2, Inc. (OTCQB: FONU) ("FONU2", "Moon River" or "Company") announced today that in association with, and as procured by Magna Entertainment, the Company has signed agreements for the distribution of Yellow by Screen Media Ventures, LLC ("Screen Media").
Yellow is a unique dark comedy written and directed by Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook, The Other Woman) and stars Sienna Miller (American Sniper, Foxcatcher), Melanie Griffith (Working Girl, Bonfire of the Vanities), Heather Wahlquist (Alphadog, The Notebook), and Ray Liotta (Goodfellas, Terminator 2) and others.
"This is my favorite film I have ever made," Cassavetes said, when asked about Yellow.
Domestically, the film will be released theatrically in top markets followed by a worldwide digital release. The Company will later announce the official U.S. release date, which is expected to be in the first quarter of 2016 to optimize commercial success. As part of the agreement, Screen Media will also manage all foreign sales. As one of the largest independent suppliers of motion pictures, Screen Media is a source of high-performance titles with proven box-office and strong cast appeal, including stars such as Keanu Reeves, Antonio Banderas, Paul Newman, Mike Myers, Penelope Cruz, Susan Sarandon, Melanie Griffith, Al Pacino, Jude Law, Kim Basinger, Kevin Bacon, Nicole Kidman, Brad Pitt, Jean-Claude van Damme, Robin Williams and Patrick Swayze.
"We are thrilled to be facilitating the release of Yellow, as this film has so much potential for the benefit of many stakeholders," said Jake Shapiro, Chairman of FONU2. "As one of the great artistic and commercially successful directors, Nick Cassavetes' films have averaged over $44 million in box-office per film and grossed in excess of $542 million worldwide."
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Time To Be Tough With China – OpEd
October 29, 2016 Ramaharitha Pusarla 2 Comments
By Ramaharitha Pusarla
Even before the ink of the Goa declaration dried, Chinese made a drastic U-turn in striking down Prime Minister Modi's reference to Pakistan as "Mothership of terror". By glaringly, hyphenating India and Pakistan as victims of terror, China deliberately down played Indian concerns. While China's volte-face on issues crucial to India are not new, its tacit support is emboldening Pakistan's unrelenting pursuit of inflicting damage to India.
With cross-order terrorism and unceasing infiltration across LoC reaching newer heights, China's reluctance to incorporate cross-border terrorism perpetrated by Pakistan in the Goa Declaration validates its complicity. Prime Minister Modi in a bid to propel India's growth trajectory invested tremendous efforts in resurrecting ties with Pakistan and China in the last two years. But both neighbors, the thickest of friends, overpowered by antipathy towards India had responded inimically. China is now propping up Pakistan to keep India preoccupied with unrest and cross border tensions so that New Delhi's ambitions of emerging as a potential regional counter balance to Beijing are thwarted.
Propping up Pakistan
In recent years, China is currently luxuriating in the huge bilateral trade deficit with India largely in its favor. While ensuring its economic and trade investment interests are least hurt Beijing is draining Indian energies by buttressing Pakistan. With Pakistan factor looming large Modi met President Xi Jinping along the margins of BRICS 2016 summit. China's implacable attitude and obduracy are now denting Indian interests.
China's rigidity in stalling India's NSG membership despite repeated pleas for consideration at various levels and contentious vetoing of ban on Masood Azhar by the UNSC 1267 Sanctions committee have irked India. On September 30th, China extended technical hold on proposed UN sanctions on Azhar. It was the 5th time China tried to block India's UN resolution since September 2014. China's has also paralyzed Indian efforts to proscribe United Jehad Council chief Syed Salahuddin, the principal orchestrator of Kashmir insurgency. It shielded Pakistan from censure for freeing LeT commander Lakhvi and for averring on probing sources of finance to Hafiz Saeed, master mind of 26/11.
All these attempts unequivocally make China complicit in Pakistan's terror strikes which left 19 soldiers recently at Uri. While nations defended India's right to self-defense for launching surgical strikes on terror launch pads across LoC, China supported Pakistan's position on Kashmir and raised doubts about Indian claims of strikes. It expressed concerns over India's decision to completely seal the western border by 2018. China's decision to block the tributary of Brahmaputra, Xiabu originating in Tibet from flowing into India citing construction of the most expensive Lalho hydroelectric power project undermining the interests of the lower riparian states has now sparked new tensions.
Modi in a bid to end the diplomatic unease, during his bilateral talks with Xi at Goa, raised several issues where combatting terrorism dominated the agenda. While Modi tweeted, that talks were fruitful, China's quick reversal of stand on terror clearly indicated that Beijing connives Pakistan perfidy. As opposed to its much-touted peaceful rise policy, China's egregious and ambitious accretion is tremendously changing global geopolitics. The rapid rise of China has perceptibly changed the dynamics of the region. China's footprint is growing in the subcontinent eventually boxing India. With its deep pockets, China foreclosed India's efforts of strengthening trade and bilateral relations with its neighbors. China's expanding presence in India's immediate vicinity is now truly intimidating.
Before landing in Goa for the BRICS summit, President Xi in his brief stopover at Dhaka extended $25 billion credit line which pales India's $2 billion pledged by Modi last year. China has carefully revived Sonadia port project with Bangladesh. Apart from the Colombo port, Hambantota port of Sri Lanka, this Bangladesh's port off the Bay of Bengal coast, suffices China's aspirations of gaining access to India's sphere of influence. China's overwhelming influence in Maldives is well documented. By earning Afghanistan's confidence through arms delivery and military aid, China is slowly roping in India's traditional friend. Recently, China has pledged Nepal to modernize Army and disaster management enhanced security cooperation. A plausible agreement over extension of the rail line between Xigaze (Tibet) to Nepal border under Trans-Himalayan Railways connectivity reinforces penetrating influence of China in India's backyard. With its iron brother, Pakistan, China is already escalating trouble in India. All these developments forebode India's notion of South Asia and India Ocean as its natural sphere of influence.
Dynamic Strategic Alignments
Burgeoning hostilities between the West and Russia are forcing Moscow to enter Chinese orbit. China is also emerging as an indispensable partner of Russia for development in Arctic Region. In fact, Russia under China's duress omitted any references to Pakistan based or cross-border terrorism or state-sponsored terror in Goa declaration. It must be remembered that China's implicit leverage to North Korea flared up tensions in North Asia.
In the meanwhile, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte gesture of extending hand of friendship to China downgrading military ties with US have come as shot in arm for Chinese claims in SCS. Addressing officials in Beijing, Duterte had perceptibly mellowed Philippines position on Scarborough Shoal and enthusiastically reached a consensus on jointly exploration of resources in South China Sea (SCS). Beijing suitably rewarded Duterte's announcement of separation from US both militarily and economically on its turf by pledging $13.5 billion deals to Philippines. Earlier in 2012, Philippines pulled up China for taking control over Scarborough Shoal to International Court of Justice, Hague. Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) thrashing claims of China over territorial formations upheld Philippines claims. Disconcerted China refused to accept the judgement inviting the censure of the West.
Though China's smaller ASEAN neighbors in SCS are miffed by Chinese claims, ASEAN meet failed to issue a statement on SCS as the resolution was blocked by Cambodia. Reciprocating Cambodia's support China generously signed over 30 cooperative agreements in areas of agriculture, infrastructure, investment and economy. Besides, promising $600 million in aid towards country's election, health and education. Swelling Chinese hegemony and its unprecedented penetration into various regions clearly reflects its veritable obsession to wield power.
China's efforts to destabilize India
Within South Asia region, while the material indices gap between India and Pakistan are at all time high with Indian GDP now almost 10 times that of Pakistan, Chinese backing invigorates Islamabad to challenge India's influence. As a matter of fact, a debt-ridden Pakistan gives a greater leeway to China to strategically penetrate it. India's concerns of CPEC (China Pakistan Economic Corridor) passing through its legitimate territory are truly genuine.
While China made rapid forays into Indian territory way back in 1970's through construction of Karakoram Highway, now under the ruse of CPEC, China is deploying troops in Gilgit-Baltistan region. China had indeed left no stone unturned to destabilize India. Evidences suggests that China dispatches arms to Indian rebels through Myanmar. China intermittently launches cyber-attacks and hacks strategically important Indian portals. It tried every trick in book to keep India off-balance to capitalize on the asymmetrical advantages. China is now contemplating on use of water as political tool. Before Communist regime China had 22 dams now it has over 85,000 dams both big and small.
Beijing known for its infrastructure building prowess is now planning to construct 14 dams along Brahmaputra. It has targeted rivers originating in Tibet and Xinjiang region- Arun, Indus, Sutlej, Irtysh, Illy Amur and Salween but flowing into India, Nepal, Kazakhstan, Russia and Myanmar. China which has already the water map of the region is now shying away from playing water politics if needed. Recent announcement of Renminbi's inclusion in the elite global reserve currency club is now boding well for growing China's economic clout. Aside, its rapid rise now Chinese ideology is slowly becoming inimical to India's domestic arena. Beijing's objections to US Ambassador Richard Verma's visit to attend the Tawang festival at Arunachal Pradesh recently demonstrates China's obstinacy towards false territorial claims.
Burgeoning Congeniality between Communists and Islamists
Waving of the Chinese and Pakistani flag in Kashmir Valley after the Friday prayers coinciding with President Xi's visit to India is an alarming development. Pakistan flags have made their entry into the valley several decades back. But the appearance of Chinese flags as a solidarity is indeed a dangerous precedent.
While the new development is orchestrated by Pakistan, it testimonies growing congeniality of Jihadists and Communists. With Communists and Jihadists working hand in glove in the Valley why would China not veto India's attempts to ban Azhar at the UN.
In February 2016, India witnessed brewing anti-national rhetoric with JNU at the helm of affairs heralding a new moment of fondness between Islamists and Communists. Now, after the Uri attacks, the indifferent response of Communist lobbies towards India's retaliatory surgical strikes and the overdrive pushing India for talks with Pakistan reflects the obvious. Arrest of over 10 Naxalites by the ATS (Anti-Terrorism Squad) in Noida, planning attacks in Delhi couple of days back sums it all. Clearly, a coordinated network of anti-nationals is turning the nation into asunder. Till now India media has significant chunk of Pakistan sympathizers, now China baiters are making their way into main stream media unabashedly playing a pro-China card. This quick turn of events is truly alarming and demands immediate attention of various strata of Indian administration.
Clearly apart from the border disputes, India and China have several outstanding issues to sort out. An economically strong and resilient India can alone circumvent overwhelming influence of China. The panacea of all strategic aliments afflicting India lies in sturdy economic growth and development.
India in its attempts to tame the prodigal Dragon must press the right levers of Tibet and Xinjiang to its advantage. Earlier this year, India withdrew visa issued to Uighur activist Dolkun Isa for the fear of political reprisals. But now, India displayed some mettle by consenting to allow Dalai Lama visit Arunachal Pradesh scheduled for next year March. Despite India's largesse towards China in recommending it for the UNSC permanent membership and later helping it get entry into WTO, China never reciprocated. China is now building several multilaterals institutions like Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), New Development Bank and Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
India lent its support to all these frameworks. In return, China never supported India's bid for an extended UNSC, stalled NSG membership, vetoed Azhar's ban, capitalized on Indo-Pakistan disputes and propped up Pakistan to expedite its anti-India agenda. China unequivocally questions India's growing closeness with US invoking threat of regional imbalances even as it continues to extend its tentacles into India's neighborhood. With every passing year, bilateral trade is drifting largely in favor of China reducing India to a supplier of raw materials and dump yard for low quality Chinese products.
India must evolve a policy whereby trade deficits can be reduced. With potential to grow faster and by providing free access to 1.3 billion strong markets India can't afford to remain hamstrung. While Beijing voices concerns about Indo-Vietnam collaboration to explore oil in Vietnam's exclusive economic zone in SCS, Delhi is expected to remain as mute spectator even as China explores India's legitimate territory for economic gains.
Delhi should now support Pakistan lawmakers who expressed concerns over CPEC as "another East India Company in offing" and worried that CPEC is now aided by local financing instead of Chinese funding. China is capitalizing on Indian deficiencies. Delhi has a poor reputation of delaying foreign projects. India should shed the laggard image and proactively engage with neighboring countries in collaborative projects assuring timely completion of projects. Alternatively, it can competitively bid for infrastructure projects in immediate neighborhood with like-minded partners like Japan. Above all, it is time to hone diplomatic skills invoking the incisive Chanakya's Raja Mandala theory of hard diplomacy and steer the economy by implementing tough economic reforms.
*Ramaharitha Pusarla is a freelance writer and columnist.
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A good analysis but will India ever wake up from the rip van winkle sleep?. If it does, it will realise how dangerous the situation has become.Much of what Ramaharitha has argued are obvious and have been in the making since independence. The Chinese duplicity, betrayal and its long term sinister design over India must have been obvious even to a blind person, especially when China invaded India and inflicted a humiliating defeat taking chunks of Indian territory in 1962. This was soon after premier Chou En Lai went round saying "Hindi Chini bhai bhai"while on visit to India. However, short-sighted,corrupt, irresponsible and cowardly political leaders of all parties chose to ignore the dangers for short term personal gains at the expense of national security thereby betraying the masses in the name of "democracy". All political parties are complicit but Congress more than others is much more responsible. It instituted and nurtured the vote bank politics thereby reducing the nation to impotence. Nehru and Ghandhi laid the foundation for India's impotence. Nehru was reported to have said India does not need an army as it has no enemies and and it needs only a police force. They never learnt any useful lessons and did not let in others who could do better,either. Add to that the fact they designed a flawed constitution which was exploited to develop a destructive and appeasement political culture in which there is endless arguments and no consensus on any issues, not even on threats to national security.Parliament has become a circus providing tamaasha for much of the time, all in the name of "democracy". As they say, what you sow is what you reap.India expecting the rest of the world to help it to solve its problems will not wash in the real world. India with 1.2 billion people (almost as much as China's) has enormous resources, both human and natural. What it solely lacks is the much needed political will. Will India ever wake up and act?.Only time will tell.
"A good analysis but will India ever wake up from the rip van winkle sleep?. "
People are reading the OpEd…amazing. It may take 10 years for India to wake up…it depends on what God and gods do…only then…another way is… it is a heavenly act! Indians are good at it.
Otherwise, do not mess with China….
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The goal is to reduce youth violence behaviors and risk factors by 10 percent in 2016.
Tuesday at The Timbers Hotel (4411 Peoria St.), organizers are hosting a meeting to update progress and will present a sustainability plan that asks for investment in continuing the program after the grant ends next year. The plan estimates an annual price tag of $169,978.
In 2012, community surveys and interviews set a baseline and guided the selection of programs that could make the biggest impact in the community.
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Shaunte Timmons, a single mom of two teen boys, took part in one of the implemented programs, Strengthening Families.
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While I have been a massive Star Wars fan and I have seen the new Star Wars Episode 7, I will not deem it a Christmas movie. It's been plotted too well to be released this Christmas, the toy stores are full of drones, masks, toys and BB8 robots you can control with your phone. It's marketing done right. The amount of Lego Star Wars pictures I have been seeing on my Facebook feed was enough to disgust me and make me look for a movie I can call a true XMas movie.
Other people's favourites include Home Alone, Die Hard, Elf, A Christmas Carol, A nightmare before Christmas, Love Actually and that one with Jim Carrey – The Grinch.
I am a bit non-conventional and I love a good story that talks about love and friendship and family. This is why last year I chose the Hawaiian themed Lilo and Stitch as my Christmas movie and this year, I went with the American adaptation of Hachiko. Having seen Marley and Me, I knew a dog movie would be good. That I would cry. That I will roll around in my tears in the Xmas morning among the discarded wrappers and chocolates.
I was right and I don't regret a single moment.
How tight is the bond between you and your dog? Do you know how much love and loyalty there is between you? Is your dog as loyal as Hachiko? Wait, who is Hachiko? Well, this film will tell you.
The life journey of Hachiko or "Hachi" begins when college professor Parker Wilson (Richard Gere) finds the dog at a train station. Hachi is an Akita dog from Japan, characterized by its delicate features and milk-colored fur.
Parker and Hachi build an unbreakable friendship. Parker plays with the dog and teaches it how to catch a ball. And Hachi accompanies the professor every day on his way to the train station, and then returns to the station in the afternoons to greet Parker on his way home.
One day the professor passes away in class, and does not come back to the station. But Hachi continues to wait for him. Parker's daughter, who lives out of town eventually goes to collect the dog to take it home, but afterwards Hachi faithfully returns to the station to wait for the professor.
"I hear and behold God in every object
"Yet understand God not in the least
"Nor do I understand who there can be more wonderful than myself
"In the faces of men and women I see God
"And in my own face in the glass
"I find letters from God dropt in the street
"And every one is sign'd by God's name
"And I leave them where they are
"For I know that wherever I go
"Others will punctually come forever and ever"
The story of Hachi soon becomes the talk of the town. During its daily visits to the station Hachi touches the hearts of many people who work or live in the area. The dog teaches the local people about love, compassion, devotion and loyalty.
This film is an American adaptation of a true Japanese story about a loyal dog named Hachiko, and is also a remake of the 1987 Japanese film Hachiko Monogatari.
The real Hachiko was born in 1923 in Odate and a year later a professor called Ueno brought it to his home in Tokyo.
Just like in the movie, Hachiko followed the professor everywhere, accompanying him to Shibuya station every morning and then returning and waiting for him every afternoon.
One day in May 1925, Ueno didn't come home because he died while at work. Mrs. Ueno gave the dog to her husband's relative, but it returned to the train station every afternoon for about a decade.
Hachiko continued to go to the station until its death in 1935.
Hachiko was memorialized in a bronze statue, captured sitting in its waiting spot outside the Shibuya station to remind the community of its great devotion and love.
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