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New global migration estimates show rates proportionally steady since 1990, high rate of return migration
On today's increasingly crowded globe, human migration can strain infrastructure and resources. Accurate data on migration flows could help governments plan for and respond to immigrants. Yet these figures, when available, tend to be spotty and error-ridden, even in the developed world. Researchers have developed approaches to estimate migration rates, but even the best of these rely on unrealistic assumptions about the mass movement of people and yield migration rates that can fall far below reality.
In a paper published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, two scientists at the University of Washington unveiled a new statistical method for estimating migration flows between countries, using the so-called pseudo-Bayes approach. They show that rates of migration — defined as an international move followed by a stay of at least one year — are higher than previously thought, but also relatively stable, fluctuating between 1.1 and 1.3 percent of global population from 1990 to 2015. In addition, since 1990 approximately 45 percent of migrants have returned to their home countries, a much higher estimate than other methods.
Estimated global migration flows by region from 2010 to 2015. Numbers indicate millions of people. Image credit: Azose and Raftery, PNAS, 2018.
These more accurate estimates of migration will ultimately help both migrants and the people who assist them, said senior author Adrian Raftery, a UW professor of statistics and sociology.
"Planning for migration is no simple task," said Raftery. "You need everything from medical infrastructure and trained personnel to elementary schools — and governments rely on accurate demographic estimates to help them put the right plans and responses into place."
Countries collect migration data through immigration forms at ports of entry, but answers on these forms may contain mistakes, and often fail to collect the types of comprehensive information that demographers need to measure migration accurately. Census forms also tend to ask people where they were born, but usually not when they moved, information which does not accurately reflect the true level of movement.
"Migration is much more than the place you left and the place you ultimately settled in," said Raftery. "Researchers have tried for years to develop statistical methods that capture the comprehensive picture of human migration across the globe."
Raftery developed these new migration rate estimates along with his former doctoral student Jonathan Azose, a UW affiliate assistant professor of statistics and the paper's lead author. They applied the pseudo-Bayes method to migration estimates by incorporating elements of other methods, and calibrated their estimates against a relatively reliable model of migration among 31 European countries.
Azose and Raftery tested the accuracy of pseudo-Bayes against a set of reliable migration figures and discovered that its estimates were typically accurate to within a factor of three, better than many existing estimates.
"For the migration field, this level of accuracy is a significant improvement," said Azose. "Even when you look at data from European countries, it's not uncommon for a single migration flow to have estimates that differ by a factor of three or more depending on whether the sending or the receiving country collected the data."
They also discovered that, compared to other approaches, pseudo-Bayes can more accurately account for return migration, in which migrants go back to their home countries.
"Our estimate shows a higher global flow of migrants in large part because it indicates that return migration is much higher than previously thought," said Azose.
The researchers estimate significantly higher migration rates than prior methods — between 67 million and 87 million migrants over each five-year period from 1990 to 2015. By comparison, one widely used alternative method, which only estimates the minimum rate of migration, calculates just 34 to 46 million migrants in each five-year period. In addition, while the total number of migrants estimated by pseudo-Bayes increased from 1990 to 2015, the migration rate over that period remained relatively stable as a proportion of global population — between 1.1 and 1.3 percent.
Azose and Raftery also broke down migration rates by emigration, return migration and transit migration, in which migrants move between two countries that are not their countries of birth. In general, from 1990 to 2015, more than 60 percent of migration was emigration. Transit migration never topped 9 percent. Return migration accounted for 26 to 31 percent of migrants, more than twice the rate of other migration estimates. That high rate of return migration added up over time. From 1990 to 2015, approximately 45 percent of migrants ultimately returned to their home countries.
"We estimate a rate of return migration that is significantly higher than other methods, but it is also supported by history," said Raftery. "For example, during the Rwandan genocide in 1994, more than a million migrants left the country, but most returned within three years after the conflict ended."
The top migration rates that they observed more recently between countries were consistent with ongoing world events. Migration out of Syria, for example, accounted for two of the top three emigration flows from 2010 to 2015.
The researchers would like to refine their method by differentiating between refugees, which are counted by their method, and other types of migrants. In addition, they would like to incorporate data from non-governmental sources, such as social media records, to improve the accuracy of their estimates, as well as develop approaches to forecast future migration.
The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.
Source: University of Washington


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Q: Take numbers from a list in a specific order in Python I would like to remove the numbers from the list of three in three positions and then store them in a new list. I thought of doing something like n+3 but don´t know how to implement it.
[1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 1, 6, 1, 4, 7, 2, 4, 8, 4, 6, 9, 6, 5]

This is my list and I would like to create a new list like this:
[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]

Thank you in advance

A: As far as I understand, you want to pick one element in every three elements. For that, you can use slicing [::3], where 3 means the step size:
lst = [1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 1, 6, 1, 4, 7, 2, 4, 8, 4, 6, 9, 6, 5]

output = lst[::3]
print(output) # [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

A: Using set removes all multiples and also changes the type so then we convert it back to a list. Learn more about set here: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html#sets
my_list=[1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 1, 6, 1, 4, 7, 2, 4, 8, 4, 6, 9, 6, 5]

new_list=list(set(my_list))

A: It is obvious that your question needs improvement, however, if i understood correctly, you want to remove redundancy in which case a much much simpler solution is to convert your list to a set and it'll be taken care of like so:
unique = set(some_list)

Do note that unique's api will be that of a set but if you specifically need a list you can do this:
unique = list(set(some_list))

Happy coding-

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The purpose of this study was to gather data to determine project success in IT project management based upon the success criteria and critical success factors. Whether the traditional time, cost and quality measures are the lone criteria to determine project success, If not what the additional success criteria's for success are; critical success factors are additional variables used to measure project success. This outlines the basis for this dissertation which is composed of study into the current success criteria acknowledged from a literature review and interviews. This study uses phenomenological aspect which is suitable for business managements. In this study much importance is given to inductive approach than deductive approach. Primary and secondary data has been used in this research. The questionnaire has been prepared and distributed among the 20 project manager in the various IT companies to do the survey in order to collect the primary data and to provide empirical evidence to the study.
The study is based on data acquired from questionnaires and is presented in the form of descriptive and statistical analyses to identify the success criteria and factors for project success. According to the findings, quality, time, scope stakeholder satisfaction, organizational learning and satisfying business goals are the most relevant success criteria for IT projects and IT project manager should use this measures to glean the project success. Communication, learning, project metrics are important success factors that affect the success criteria of any IT project management.


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Case Study: Food Bank for Westchester — Board Development
Started in 1988 with one man and a van, the Food Bank for Westchester (FB4W) has grown to be the supply and support center for 227 front line hunger relief programs throughout the county. The organization collects, warehouses, and distributes 10 to 12 tons of food a day, providing 95 percent of the food that front line centers distribute.
FB4W planned to move to a new refrigerated warehouse that would triple its capacity. Knowing this growth would present opportunities for the organization, it wanted to strengthen its board of directors to be prepared to maximize these opportunities.
FB4W engaged NESC to work with the board and the executive director to adopt best practices and enhance working relationships. A critical first step was a self-assessment survey that helped board members analyze and articulate the challenges they faced,understand their roles, and build a foundation for communicating in the future.
Next, NESC facilitated a retreat during which the board and executive director developed a new committee structure, clarified responsibilities, identified priorities, and produced an action plan. Three months later, FB4W moved into its new space with the support of an energized and engaged board, enthusiastic about the opportunities ahead.
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Prima Civitas
Greenhoe, Sheri
Director of Marketing & Communications
Email: s.greenhoe@primacivitas.org
Sheri Greenhoe is Director of Marketing and Communications at Prima Civitas. She is responsible for managing all aspects of communications and marketing for Prima Civitas. As a member of the leadership team, Sheri develops and leads the management of relationships with a variety of key audiences on behalf of Prima Civitas and its stakeholders, and manages all aspects of communications, and marketing. Sheri also advises and assists other Prima Civitas executives in the development of organizational policy and grant proposals.
Prior to joining the organization, Sheri served for 20 years as director of marketing communications and media at the Michigan State Medical Society. There she was responsible for all external relations and physician member communications, serving as executive editor of the statewide association's newsletter, website, social media, collateral materials and magazine.
Concurrently, Sheri served as executive director of the MSMS Foundation, managing fundraising, donor relations, grant-making, and special events. She also established an annual statewide volunteer initiative benefiting those in Michigan's domestic violence shelters.
Earlier in her career, Sheri was recruited to manage communications as a contracted consultant for Michigan State University's "MSU 2000" Capital Campaign. She also previously served as director of public relations for Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, and as producer of the Sparrow Foundation's live and video segments for the annual "Children's Miracle Network" telethon. Sheri also worked as marketing director and sponsor relations manager for the nonprofit Michigan Festival, a 10-day arts and music festival that was a partnership between the City of East Lansing and Michigan State University.
Sheri earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Central Michigan University, with emphases in marketing, and was nominated for and is a graduate of the Community Leadership Development Academy at Lansing Community College.
Groves, Janet
Email: j.groves@primacivitas.org
Janet Groves serves as finance manager at Prima Civitas, with responsibility for all accounting functions and financial activities. In addition, she provides support for human resources and operations functions.
Prior to her position with Prima Civitas, Janet worked as the chief financial officer for the Capital Area United Way. During that time, she served on the Grant Awards Committee for the Capital Region Community Foundation. In addition to her experience in the nonprofit arena, Janet spent more than 10 years working as the firm administrator and controller for a CPA firm based in Flint.
Janet has a Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan-Flint. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Michigan Association of CPAs. She has been active in the Exchange Club of Flint, the Kiwanis Club of Flint, and the United Way of Genesee County.
Smiertka, Jim
Senior Vice President & Director of Regional Initiatives
Email: j.smiertka@primacivitas.org
Attorney James Smiertka is Senior Vice President, and Director of Regional Initiatives for Prima Civitas. Jim has practiced law in both the private and public sectors for more than thirty years. He oversees legal matters and engages as a principal in economic development projects.
As an expert facilitator, Jim assists local communities and groups to create economic development non-profits; advises and consults with local governments regarding legal and administrative matters including intergovernmental cooperation; networks and collaborates with governmental and private groups concerning economic and workforce development; and links groups and agencies to assets and resources on a regional basis to facilitate their respective goals and objectives through strategic planning.
Jim was key in facilitating the coordination of four county governments and 31 municipalities to form the extensive and award-winning I-69 International Trade Corridor Next Michigan Development Corporation. Also, in a project assisting the City of Flint with financial and administrative reorganization, Jim and team analyzed the Flint legal department and its representation of the City, recommended restructuring and new processes, and participated in its re-establishment as a viable legal counsel to the City. Jim also served on the steering committee of a project assisting the City and the Township of Davison with shared services and community re-envisioning.
Previously Jim served as Senior Policy Executive, Special Assistant for Legal Affairs, and Acting Deputy Director for the Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth (now Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs).
From 1994–2004, Jim was City Attorney of Lansing. During his tenure he developed in-house experience in the law department to enable the City to engage in multi-jurisdictional projects of significant regional importance, such as PA425 agreements, resulting in the two new GM assembly plants, the Jackson National Life headquarters, and a residential development in Meridian Township.
Other positions held by Jim include: Assistant City Attorney for Kalamazoo; General Counsel for the Pontiac Silverdome and its operating authority; and Deputy City Attorney for Pontiac. During his career Jim has advised and represented more than 30 local public and private boards and authorities on tax increment financing, downtown development, building of public facilities, courthouse and hospital construction, stadium and entertainment operations, and pension funding and administration.
A native of Detroit, Jim graduated from the University of Detroit with a bachelor's degree in business management, with emphasis on finance. He earned his Juris Doctor from the Michigan State University College of Law.
Weinfeld, Arnold
Chief Executive Officer & Board Chair
Email: a.weinfeld@primacivitas.org
Arnold began his role as chief executive officer and chairman of Prima Civitas in March, 2014. He serves as the day to day officer in charge of carrying out the organization's mission to strengthen Michigan's economy by connecting, convening, collaborating and adding expert capacity to projects that support Michigan's economic growth.
Arnold, who had previously served as Treasurer of the Prima Civitas Board, joined the organization from the Michigan Municipal League, where he worked with municipal officials, interest groups, the governor's office, state agency directors and staff, and legislators as the League's director of state and federal affairs. Prior to that, as director of strategic initiatives, he was responsible for the planning and development of new programs, services, publications, and outreach strategies to support broad place-based policy initiatives and programming. This included development and implementation of the League's Center for 21st Century Communities, created to help local officials identify,develop, and implement strategies to grow and strengthen Michigan's communities in the coming decades.
As president of the Michigan Municipal League Foundation he worked to engage local officials in innovative League programs to enhance and develop leadership in local government through research and education, and by providing opportunities for training.
Previously, Arnold worked for the Michigan House of Representatives Democratic Caucus as a legislative aide, policy analyst and policy director. In those roles he was responsible for serving as a liaison to caucus leadership and coordinating caucus activities on the House floor; for development and implementation of caucus strategies including design, research, coordination and preparation of legislation; and directing day-to-day management of administrative, policy development, constituent services, and support functions within the framework of the Democratic Caucus' overall plan.
He also served as an elected member of the Waverly Community Schools Board of Education as treasurer and president, and as treasurer of the Waverly Education Foundation. He currently is a board member of Creative Many Michigan, the Michigan Parks and Recreation Association, Michigan Rural Development Council and Michigan Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association. Arnold is a graduate of Michigan State University's College of Social Science Multi-Disciplinary program with a Bachelor of Science degree.
ZumBrunnen, Mary
Director of Talent Initiatives
Email: mary.zumbrunnen@primacivitas.org
Mary ZumBrunnen is director of talent initiatives at Prima Civitas. A strong proponent of sustainable community development, Mary has more than 15 years of experience working to build community food systems. She is the lead on a number of agriculture and food aggregation, access and workforce projects at Prima Civitas.
In her role as Talent Director, Mary builds innovative strategies and solutions to workforce development issues such as: building and integrating talent pipelines; experiential cooperative learning; employment creation; inclusion and team building; "brain drain" solutions and developing a culture of entrepreneurialism. Mary's focus is on maximizing partnerships across the state between various stakeholders to advance Michigan's talent and business.
Prior to joining Prima Civitas, she was chief service officer to the City of Flint, developing and implementing civic engagement and safety programming. Previously she was director of the Greater Flint National Service Accelerator Initiative and Fund, and was the AmeriCorps*VISTA coordinator for the Tri-County Power of We Consortium.
Mary holds a BS degree from Michigan State University in Agriculture and Natural Resources Communications, and an MS from MSU in Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies.
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Ambrose, Jerry
Senior Consultant, Municipal & Organizational Services
Email: gambrose49@gmail.com
Jerry Ambrose's governmental experience includes 40 years in senior management, including 30 years in county government finance and administration, and nearly 10 years in municipal finance and administration. Most recently, Jerry served as a senior member and leader of the emergency management team charged with restoring the City of Flint (Michigan) to financial solvency. His nonprofit experience includes 10 years on the Board of the Capital Area United Way, three as Chair. Jerry also has served for 20 years on the Board of Directors of Mason State Bank.
Email: m.brown@primacivitas.org
Michael K. Brown is a Flint native with more than 35 years of experience in public service in both government and the non-profit sector. He was born and raised in the City of Flint, where he attended and graduated from St. Michael's School. Michael attended Mott Community College and Saint Louis University earning a Bachelor's degree in history from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He furthered his education with Master's Degree in International Relations from the University of Stockholm in 1974.
Michael returned to Flint in 1974, where he and his wife, Linda, opened a child care center, (Mamas and Papas) which they operated for five years.
He was elected to the Genesee County Board of Commissioners and spent four years in county government, chairing the Board in 1983 and 1984. He left the Board of County Commissioners to work for the Michigan Association of Counties, representing the public policy interests of all 83 counties in Michigan. Michael has also worked in Flint Mayor Matt Collier's administration as Director of Intergovernmental Relations, and Director of Community and Economic Development.
Michael left local government in 1991 to work in the non-profit sector for 17 years. He presided over the Red Cross in Genesee and Lapeer Counties and was President of the United Way of Genesee County in Flint and the Capital Area United Way in Lansing, Michigan. In addition he has served as the Executive Vice President at the Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Michael returned to local government to become acting Mayor of Flint in February 2009, upon the resignation of the serving Mayor. He held the position for six months until the election of a new mayor in August 2009.
In September 2009, Brown established the Flint Area Reinvestment Office (FARO), to provide technical assistance to public, private, and nonprofit organizations. The primary focus of FARO is to seek grants and utilize federal and state funding for Flint area initiatives. FARO is supported with funds from Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Ruth Mott Foundation, the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, and the United Way of Genesee County.
Michael was later tapped by Governor Snyder to lead the City of Flint as Emergency Manager, to set Flint on a course of long term financial solvency.
He and his wife Linda have been married 40 years. They are parents to five children, who were educated in the Flint Community Schools, and grandparents to three grandchildren.
Fleming, K. Scott
Senior Consultant, Economic Development
Email: scott.fleming@primacivitas.org
Scott Fleming, CEcD has been engaged in economic development and commercial real estate for more than 20 years. He has led strategic planning efforts for large metropolitan areas, small communities, professional associations and nonprofit organizations.
Prior to joining Prima Civitas as senior consultant for economic development, Scott was vice president of economic development for Will County, Illinois. In that role, he oversaw industrial development, marketing, administration of technical assistance programs, and development of collaborative relationships with the business community.
Scott served previously as chief executive officer of the DeSoto Economic Development Corporation in DeSoto, Texas where he was charged with revitalizing and expanding the local business community; and he was President and CEO of The Enterprise Group of Jackson, Michigan, a countywide economic development agency. Scott served on the board of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, was a board officer of the Michigan Economic Developers Association and was elected its president in 2011.
Earlier in his career, Scott was principal account manager with DTE Energy, where he successfully recruited new businesses,developed innovative financing strategies, created business recruiting and retention programs, and advanced the development of business and technology parks. He was responsible for project feasibility analysis, public policy development, long-range development strategies, incentive programs, and brownfield redevelopment. Scott also honed his real estate skills as an economic development consultant with Land Company of Michigan.
Scott earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a masters degree in urban planning and from Wayne State University. In addition, he is a certified economic developer, certified professional community and economic developer, completed the University of Oklahoma's Economic Development Institute program, and holds a Michigan real estate license.
Michigan Economic Center
Austin, John
Director, Michigan Economic Center
Email: j.austin@primacivitas.org
John Austin is the Director of the Michigan Economic Center at the Prima Civitas Foundation. He is also a Non-Resident Senior Fellow with the Brookings Institution where he directed the Great Lakes Economic Initiative. He previously held the position of Executive Director of the New Economy Initiative for Southeast Michigan. He served as policy director for the Lieutenant Governor's Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth. He is also a Lecturer at the University of Michigan. Mr. Austin holds a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and a Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College in Economics and Political Science.
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Q: juHow to find % of missing values which are greater than 1 or 0 in python I am finding the percentage of missing values in my dataset with more than 0 or 1 as I want to impute it later.
I am using this code
df which has the data
df.isnull().mean()*100

output of the above code
loan_amount         0.000000
funded_amount       0.000000
investor_funds      0.000000
term                0.000000
interest_rate       0.000000
                    ...
settlement_term    98.534284
year                0.000000
loan_condition      0.000000
region              0.000000
emp_length_int      6.438357

this code is giving me the percentage. Now as my dataset has more than 200 columns, it is difficult to get into my page, so I am unable to see whole result as well.
if I am doing this
df.isnull().mean()*100>0

it is giving me Boolean(true, false) which totally make sense to me. But here i need the numbers not the boolean.
The intent of the output is, I do not want the rows which say 0. But need all rows with greater than 0

A: I don't personally use dataframes, but this seems to do what you want.

A: I got the answer. Posting for other's to get help from this.
We need to convert it to dataframes and make a column make first and then use the comparison operator >. Example-
df_1= pd.DataFrame(df_com.isnull().mean()*100,columns=['Percentage'])
df_1[df_1['Percentage']>0]

This will give you the desired output of missing % values with greater than 0.


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Before Leonard Nimoy played the iconic role of Spock on Star Trek, he was already an advocate for the preservation of outer space, as well as life on Earth.
In July 1962, the United States was preparing to test a hydrogen bomb by detonating it in outer space, 250 miles above the Pacific Ocean, as part of the Starfish Prime nuclear test. Nimoy, it seems, believed this was a bad idea, and that then-President John F. Kennedy should think twice about it.
Among the artifacts at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston is a small pink telegram with a simple message of peace from Nimoy and his wife Sandra to Kennedy, urging the president to cancel the bomb's detonation.
In it, Nimoy calls on Kennedy "in the name of decency" to avoid polluting the environment with a bomb, and to preserve children's right to "breathe clean air."
Controversially, on July 9, 1962, the detonation of the hydrogen bomb went ahead despite international opposition. The explosion illuminated the sky over Hawaii, resulting in blackouts and strange electrical malfunctions, and causing radioactive particles to settle in the Earth's atmosphere.
Interestingly, Nimoy first encountered Kennedy years before either had become a household name, when the actor picked up the then-Massachusetts senator in a cab at the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles.
Nimoy died on Friday at the age of 83.


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Few filmmakers in the history of cinema can rival the artistry and vision of David Lean, and few dramatists in the history of comedy can claim more cutting quips per capita than Noel Coward. Yet when the two teamed up in the early 1940s for a quartet of pictures, 'Lawrence of Arabia' was still two decades away, and the young Lean, a well-regarded editor, had yet to direct his first feature film. Coward, long established as a popular playwright and icon of sophistication and wit, gave Lean that opportunity, sharing the directorial reins with him on a rousing British wartime propaganda film, 'In Which We Serve.' The movie launched Lean's distinguished career and spawned a fruitful - albeit brief - partnership with Coward that allowed the fledgling director to hone his skills and develop his distinctive style.
The Criterion collection has brought together his first four films, and they were all adaptations of Noel Coward's work. The included films - 'In Which We Serve' (1942), 'This Happy Breed' (1944), 'Blithe Spirit' (1945), and 'Brief Encounter' (1945) - run the gamut of genre and emotion, encompassing war, devotion, family, romance, comedy, and tragedy. Yet the common thread they share is a vital sense of humanity, thanks to vivid, dimensional characters who express universal feelings in a literate, forthright manner.
These may not be the most well-known titles in Lean's astoundingly rich film canon, but they are undeniable classics, and it's an inspired move by Criterion to package them all together, so movie buffs can analyze and cherish their artistry and impact. They also paint a portrait of Britain's stiff upper lip society during the stressful World War II years when English citizens showed true grit, Herculean stamina, and enviable courage, while maintaining their sense of humor and well-being. As a snapshot of a finite time period and a culture in crisis, these four films remain unrivaled in their cohesiveness, painting a portrait of Great Britain from the inside out, and their historical significance cannot be underestimated or undervalued.
A British Naval ship, HMS Torrin, is attacked and destroyed by German bombers during the Battle of Crete. The captain, 'D' Kinross (Noel Coward), and a few of his men survive the attack and gather around a life raft floating freely well off the coast. As the bombers routinely come back and strafe the area, the men begin remembering the best days of their lives.
Completed two years after In Which We Serve, This Happy Breed is set between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the Second, and tells the story of a working-class family, the Gibbonses, from London.
Successful writer Charles Condomine (Rex Harrison) asks the extravagant medium Madame Arcati (Margaret Rutherford) to conduct a seance in his home. He hopes to include the experience in his next novel.
Things go decidedly not as planned when she summons the spirit of his dead first wife (Kay Hammond), a severe inconvenience for his current one (Constance Cummings).
Laura Jesson (Celia Johnson) encounters Dr. Alec Harvey (Trevor Howard) at a busy railway station. She is immediately drawn to him; he could hardly take his eyes off of her. The two begin to meet regularly. Eventually, they realize that because of their families and status there isn't any future for what they have initiated. But instead of parting ways, the two decide to simply follow their hearts.
• Barry Day - in this video interview, Noel Coward expert Barry Day, author of Coward on Film: The Cinema of Noel Coward, discusses In Which We Serve. The interview was recorded exclusively for Criterion in October 2011. In English, not subtitled. (17 min, 1080p).
• A Profile of "In Which We Serve" - a short documentary on the making of In Which We Serve produced in London in 2000 for Carlton International Media. The documentary features interviews with cinematographer Ronald Neame, actor John Mills, associate producer Anthony Havelock-Allan, Noel Coward biographer Sheridan Morley, third assistant director Norman Spencer, and actress Lucy Fleming (Celia Johnson's daughter), among others. In English, not subtitled. (25 min, 1080i).
• Coward and Attenborough at the NFT - an audio recording of a discussion between actor and director Richard Attenborough and playwright Noel Coward, which took place at London's National Film Theatre on December 14th, 1969. In English, not subtitled. (66 min, 1080p).
• Trailer - original trailer for In Which We Serve. In English, not subtitled. (2 min, 1080p).
• Barry Day - in this video interview, Noel Coward expert Barry Day, author of Coward on Film: The Cinema of Noel Coward, discusses This Happy Breed. The interview was recorded exclusively for Criterion in October 2011. In English, not subtitled. (15 min, 1080p).
• The Golden Age - director, cinematographer, producer, and writer Ronald Neame, who was one of three partners in Cineguild Productions, together with David Lean and producer Anthony Havelock-Allan, discusses the shooting of In Whicn We Serve, various Cineguild Productions film projects, Noel Coward, etc. In English, not subtitled. (45 min, 1080p).
• Trailer - original trailer for This Happy Breed. In English, not subtitled. (3 min, 1080p).
• Rerelease Trailer - the rerelease trailer for This Happy Breed. In English, not subtitled. (3 min, 1080p).
• Barry Day - in this video interview, Noel Coward expert Barry Day, author of Coward on Film: The Cinema of Noel Coward, discusses Blithe Spirit. The interview was recorded exclusively for Criterion in October 2011. In English, not subtitled. (12 min, 1080p).
• The Southbank Show: "Noel Coward" - this 1992 episode of The Southbank Show, hosted by Melvin Bragg, covers Noel Coward's life and career in theater, film, and music. It features archival footage and interviews with actors John Gielgud, Daniel Massey, and John Mills, biographer Philip Hoare, and playwright John Osborne, among others. In English, not subtitled. (51 min, 1080i).
• Trailer - original trailer for Blithe Spirit. In English, not subtitled. (3 min, 1080p).
• Commentary - this is the same audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder, recorded in 1995, which appeared on Criterion's 2000 DVD release of Brief Encounter.
• Barry Day - in this video interview, Noel Coward expert Barry Day, author of Coward on Film: The Cinema of Noel Coward, discusses Brief Encounter. The interview was recorded exclusively for Criterion in October 2011. In English, not subtitled. (17 min, 1080p).
• A Profile of "Brief Encounter" - a short documentary on the making of Brief Encounter produced in London in 2000 for Carlton International Media. The documentary features interviews with director, cinematographer, producer, and writer Ronald Neame, producer Anthony Havelock-Allan, actresses Margaret Barton and Lucy Fleming (Celia Johnson's daughter), and actor John Sessions, among others. In English, not subtitled. (25 min, 1080i).
• David Lean: A Self Portrait (1971) - a wonderful documentary film, directed by Thomas Craven, featuring an extensive interview with David Lean, who discusses his career and work. In English, not subtitled. (59 min, 1080p).
• Trailer - original trailer for Brief Encounter. In English, not subtitled. (4 min, 1080i).


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Jake Goldman Interview
Jake Goldman has been working on the web since the mid-nineties. After years of building web-based solutions for an array of clients, Jake founded 10up, a distributed agency with a big emphasis on WordPress and community values. In addition to building beautiful and easy-to-manage websites, his team offers expertise and education through their involvement as core contributors, involvement in WordCamps and meetups, and free plugins available in the official repository. Jake lives in Sacramento, California.
How did 10up get its start?
For me, 10up was really just a natural career progression. I've been making websites since the mid 90s, and have always been passionate about making sites that are really easy to manage and update. I've been working with content management systems since about 2005, and truthfully, thought they were all either pretty mediocre behemoths or constraining. I tinkered with WordPress in 2006, and thought it was a great blogging option with some promise. I came back to it as a more full-fledged solution in 2008 while determined to help a tiny agency (at the time) get away from its dependence on a commercial CMS. I loved what I saw, and dug my heels in. I bet on the right horse! Both the agency and I—professionally and personally—benefited enormously from that choice.
In early 2011, I started 10up with a desire to build a "formal" business focused on the art of building easy-to-manage websites, focused like a laser on the platform best suited to that mission. That's WordPress of course!
We don't discriminate by vertical or size. We believe that the art of making great websites transcends industry, just as WordPress does. We have household brand clients in industries that range from fashion, to televised sports networks, to major universities, to major online publishers. We also happily serve a variety of small businesses you've probably never heard of, that have exciting projects and understand the value of doing it right the first time.
That said, we are selective. It's very important that a prospective client value our team's skill and respect our expertise. If we're being compared with the omnipresent nephew taking a few computer science classes, it's probably a sign we're not a fit. And while I think our prices and time requirements are remarkably competitive for our tier, we are a premium agency that emphasizes customer service and quality control. So we're probably not a fit for organizations just looking for the smallest possible dollar sign. We also prefer to work with clients doing something interesting or challenging, and those interested in forging long term relationships.
Any tips on how to turn down a potential client with grace and aplomb?
I take the view that the answer is infrequently "no thanks," but rather, "here are our terms." The truth is, most of us "decline" relevant work because our sense is that the cost outpaces the reward. Clients decide to decline working with a vendor because they sense that there's a better overall value elsewhere or because they decide their costs outweigh the reward. When I find myself sensing a lack of fit (when the work is relevant), I take that to mean we need to adjust our side of the equation—the terms. The client is going to require a lot of handholding? Triple the project management hours. The client is going to tweak the product to death? Double the development hours and timeline. The client needs more than we have have on hand right now? Tell them we have a two to three month lead time. It's also important to let clients self-vet themselves early on. If we have a sense that a prospect's price and time expectations are not going to be sensible, we'll tell them our hourly rate and typical lead time right from the get go.
Think of it like those childhood school dares. Would you run around the yard naked for $20? No way! How about $20,000 dollars? Of course! Would they actually pay you much? Doubtful… but hey, that's not your fault. (For the record, my price for running around the house naked is probably closer to $100,000.) Saying "no," gracefully or not, shuts the door. By setting a high price, we establish ourselves as a premium option that, maybe, they can afford when they're ready and recommend us to others looking for a really premium solution.
It's important to acknowledge that this approach only works when you don't approach business with a "limited resources" mindset. We're constantly recruiting, constantly building relationships, so there's always a "way" to get something done, albeit a potentially expensive way. If you're determined to be no bigger than a sole freelancer (or two), you do need to be more judicious about time commitments, since time is a resource with a very fixed limit.
The exception to this approach is a costly proposal process. We still bid on more traditional Request for Proposals (RFP) and we take the proposal process very seriously—there's no off the shelf project bid document at 10up. That means we're looking at an investment of two to three days of energy, between reviewing requirements, brain storming, and writing a formal proposal, often before we even get to feel the prospect out. If we're a finalist, it can often be an investment of a week or more. In these cases, our marketing team will do a cost / benefit analysis, and decide whether the potential reward and likelihood of reward is worth the opportunity cost of bidding. If we decide to bow out, we'll usually express our sense that our terms—which involve a high standard of quality and customer service often at the expense of rapidity and price—don't fit with our sense of their terms. I can tell you that any complex RFP process that explicitly places severe weighting on pricing over qualitative measures is one that we'll usually decline to bid on. We're not interested in a race to the bottom.
So to tie this back to the last question, when I say we're actually very selective, we achieve that by consciously making ourselves less or more palatable to different types of clients through the proposal process.
10up specializes in WordPress implementations, are there any areas in particular that you focus on?
I think we cover the gambit, but our specialty is really high scale sites and projects that require new administrative controls. We know how to write code that scales, from advanced caching techniques to efficient logic, and we're very effective at collaborating with sys admins to setup a high scale, high performance WordPress infrastructure.
We're also very passionate about the back end user experience—making new administrative screens or controls that enable both simple and complex features to feel "natural"—like they could have shipped with WordPress. For example, we have a major fashion-industry client that has a very distinct design for their home page that showcases products in an atypical grid format. They needed an interface to curate this home page that would be very simple to manage and allow them to easily and reliably experiment with different configurations without publishing them. We built a beautiful interface that feels right at home in WordPress, tailored to their specific use case.
Another example is the regional office map we built in collaboration with a creative partner, Think Tank 3, for PRG, the largest production company in the world. They've had this front end experience for some time—it's a global map with big red dots hovering over regions where they have clusters of local offices. Hovering over a dot reveals a list of specific cities that have local PRG offices. Up until a few months ago, the placement of the dots was always hardcoded, and if they wanted to add a new region, we the developers had to go into the template and hardcode some new positions. That was tedious for both parties, and our goal is always to put total control over the content into the hands of the client. So we built a new interface, based on a post type for "Map Regions," that would allow them to define map regions by clicking on a position on the map graphic.
I've actually given a really well received talk, "What Would Core Do?" that describes our philosophy. In a testament to our team's shared mindset, Helen, who is also a community representative for the core WordPress.org project, gives a great talk than takes the philosophy from my talk and puts it into action with concrete samples.
As a distributed team with employees and contractors around the US, what practices do you use to communicate and collaborate?
As a victim of engineering shops that fill half their days with meetings, I like to joke that I prefer not to communicate. Of course, the reality is, good communication is critical. Not just because we need to stay informed about our work, but because "team spirit"—for lack of a better phrase—is a big part of employee satisfaction and retention at any company.
We do team video conferences using Google Hangouts two to three times a week; a formal team meeting once a week, and "water cooler" meetings once or twice a week. Day to day, we're always on instant messaging services, including a team / group list, and use Basecamp to manage projects. Everyone, except me, is on a private IRC channel all day long, where I'm told topics range from exchanging code snippets to favorite beers. In the vein of my "team spirit" philosophy, I thought it important for the team to have a water cooler away from "the boss" where they can let their hair down a little bit more. The IRC channel has actually been an amazing tool for fostering the sense of team, and my favorite part is that it wasn't my idea!
We also have an annual face to face meetup at WordCamp San Francisco—something I hope to do more often as the team grows. We'll spend a little time talking about the company itself—looking back at the last year and thinking about the year ahead—but the emphasis is really on building camaraderie. We have social outings—significant others invited to some—and are even thinking about having a little team hack-a-thon this year.
It's actually been astonishing for me to see just how close knit the team has become—I think I can honestly say more than any "brick and mortar" shop I've worked for. Some of that is owed to careful recruiting, but most of it is a credit to the amazing personalities that work at 10up.
Nothing makes me happier than potential talent reaching out and telling me they want to join 10up because of how impressed they are with the team. At the risk of being too boastful, this is a team of rockstar developers and strategists. Every person on this team has had a job or a gig where they've felt like they were carrying the operation, and I think it's a breath of fresh air for even seasoned developers to come on board and realize there are resources here who can genuinely help them. Synergy is a word we all make fun of, but that's really what happens when you put over a dozen rockstars together.
Universal Sports was a team effort at 10up. There's a lot to be proud of:
Collaborating with the client and three other teams in a leadership role (an outside lead designer, a video hosting solution, an account management solution).
Well written code that does everything from generate a schedule to manage fairly complex ad scenarios to automatically importing tons of Brightcove video.
Development of mobile apps that communicate with and connect to the website.
But it's the sum of its parts that I'm most excited about. When you step back, our team turned WordPress into a full video-centric content portal for a cable television network, including a premium content model. And it's ten times better for users and administrators than the commercial software product that was built to do exactly that. It's not just a model for going big and doing WordPress right, it's a case study for how and why WordPress is far more than a "blog." Heck, it doesn't even have a blog (at least, not yet).
The 10up team is quite active in the WordPress community, can you share more about your involvement in WordCamps and contributions to core?
I think community service is important for individuals, and important for companies. We're part of a community where "contributing" is literally at the core of our international community. As open, community owned software, WordPress wouldn't exist without this spirit of giving. We benefit enormously, as a company, from being able to use the best software in the world for managing and building websites without paying one dime in licensing fees.
To the extent that our fortunes are very much tied to WordPress' fortunes, giving back isn't just the right thing to do, it's good business. We're helping to ensure that WordPress continues to be the place vendors flock to for building great websites. I also believe that community service creates leaders, and communities flock to and support leaders.
Select members of team 10up have dedicated blocks of hours in their work week for "contributing," not entirely unlike Google's famous (and I believe, now defunct?) 20% rule. Some, like Helen, have focused their energy on core contributions, and have become rockstars and leaders in WordPress core development. Others, like Zack, have chosen to focus their time on activities like producing plug-ins.
We also travel to and speak at WordCamps around the country on the company's dime. We've sponsored four WordCamps in the last year. Anyone who has sponsored a WordCamp can assure you that we don't do this because it's a marketing boon—we do it to support the community and get our name out there.
You offer a library of free plugins. What plugins and functionalities are included in this list?
Plugins our team members have built and support run the gambit. Most of our newer plugins, and the ones I'm most proud of, focus on solving important and common problems that lacked elegant or reliable solutions. I'm particularly proud of my work on Simple Page Ordering, Simple Local Avatars, and Restricted Site Access. Intuitive drag and drop page ordering, the ability to upload a local user photo, and block access to development or staging sites are all hugely important features for certain common use cases that are not sufficiently addressed by the core software. Each of these had "solutions" available on the plugin repository, but I felt these solutions were either bloated or executed in a way that detracted from WordPress' "naked" elegance.
Simple Local Avatars is a fairly simple WordPress plugin that enables locally uploaded / stored avatars for registered site users. It's the simplicity and, for lack a better word, grace that I love about it. You install it, and it just works the way you want and expect it to. It even resizes images on the fly, like Gravatar. It doesn't add a page full of configuration options, it doesn't offer to connect to every social service, it's light weight, and does what it promises to. In my mind, this is how WordPress plugins should work, and too few do: solve a common problem in a clean, simple, and intuitive way.
What does the future look like for 10up?
Let me knock on wood! I do believe—particularly in the technology sector—that there's a bit of hubris in trying to predict the future. Well, that, and a competitor or two might be reading this. 🙂
I'll say this—our goal is to grow, and we're always seeking ambitious talent. Increasingly, our mission is to help WordPress solve big challenges that strengthen both its perceived and true value as a full fledged content management system. I think that over the next few years WordPress is going to make major inroads into the enterprise space well beyond publishers (where it already dominates). I think we're going to see growing demand for massive consulting and development engagements that, today, are more common with other platforms. The days of WordPress as only the "lower budget CMS option" are waning. We intend to be well positioned and prepared to be leaders in that space. 🙂
For more on Jake and 10up, visit 10up.com or follow him on Twitter at @jakemgold.
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bungeshea says:
I absolutely agree. I think that WordPress plugins should fit into the WordPress UI as if they shipped with WordPress and were part of the core. I also think that this should be the same for menus – they should be named and placed correctly and not be branded. Maybe with some well-placed links to documentation and support (like is included in the WordPress Core in the form of the help tabs), but not all of this advertising.
I also think that plugins should do what they tell you they do and not phone-home without asking permission. I think that fitting in with the WordPress UI and naming conventions (like bbPress does) is really important.
I do, however, think that it's okay for some plugins to brand the settings pages and menu pages – like Jetpack for instance.
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Q: HTML text as POST toggle (kinda like a radio button)? I have this on my site:

I want to be able to sort the servers by pressing on players, maps etc.
So to explain it better; If I press once one players I want the list to be ordered in descending order and if I press again I want it to be in ascending order. I already have a script for this and it works with radio buttons, however, that doesn't fit my design. Also, I don't want to need to press another button after the text is clicked on, I want it to change the sorting instantly.
My code for this is:
PHP:
        if(isset($_POST['sort']))
    {
        if($_POST['sort'] == 'Players Descending')
        {
              uasort($serverArray, function($a, $b) {
                return $b['Players'] <=> $a['Players'];
                });
        }
        if($_POST['sort'] == 'Players Ascending')
        {
              uasort($serverArray, function($a, $b) {
                return $a['Players'] <=> $b['Players'];
                });
        }
    }

and the HTML/PHP
    <form method="post">
    </select>
        Sort by:
        <input type="radio" name="sort" value="Players Descending">Players Descending
        <input type="radio" name="sort" value="Players Ascending">Players Ascending
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Filter"/>
    </form>

Do anyone have any tips on how to do this the way I want it? Thanks!

A: If your data is stored into a table, which is what i'm sopposing looking at
the photo you posted, check this js code:
function sortTable() {
 var table, rows, switching, i, x, y, shouldSwitch;
  table = document.getElementById("myTable");
 switching = true;
 /* Make a loop that will continue until
 no switching has been done: */
 while (switching) {
   // Start by saying: no switching is done:
   switching = false;
   rows = table.getElementsByTagName("TR");
   /* Loop through all table rows (except the
   first, which contains table headers): */
   for (i = 1; i < (rows.length - 1); i++) {
  // Start by saying there should be no switching:
     shouldSwitch = false;
  /* Get the two elements you want to compare,
  one from current row and one from the next: */
  x = rows[i].getElementsByTagName("TD")[0];
  y = rows[i + 1].getElementsByTagName("TD")[0];
  // Check if the two rows should switch place:
  if (x.innerHTML.toLowerCase() > y.innerHTML.toLowerCase()) {
    // I so, mark as a switch and break the loop:
    shouldSwitch= true;
    break;
  }
}
if (shouldSwitch) {
  /* If a switch has been marked, make the switch
  and mark that a switch has been done: */
  rows[i].parentNode.insertBefore(rows[i + 1], rows[i]);
  switching = true;
   }
 }
  }

 Now edit the "mytable" name with your table name, this should work when you click on the column name (the th tag). Cheers!


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This is the unforgettable story of young Hugh "Shuggie" Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatcher's policies have put husbands and sons out of work, and the city's notorious drugs epidemic is waiting in the wings. Shuggie's mother Agnes walks a wayward path: she is Shuggie's guiding light but a burden for him and his siblings. She dreams of a house with its own front door while she flicks through the pages of the Freemans catalogue, ordering a little happiness on credit, anything to brighten up her grey life. Married to a philandering taxi-driver husband, Agnes keeps her pride by looking good-her beehive, make-up, and pearly-white false teeth offer a glamourous image of a Glaswegian Elizabeth Taylor. But under the surface, Agnes finds increasing solace in drink, and she drains away the lion's share of each week's benefits-all the family has to live on-on cans of extra-strong lager hidden in handbags and poured into tea mugs. Agnes's older children find their own ways to get a safe distance from their mother, abandoning Shuggie to care for her as she swings between alcoholic binges and sobriety. Meanwhile, Shuggie is struggling to somehow become the normal boy he desperately longs to be, but everyone has realized that he is "no right," a boy with a secret that all but him can see. Agnes is supportive of her son, but her addiction has the power to eclipse everyone close to her-even her beloved Shuggie. A heartbreaking story of addiction, sexuality, and love, Shuggie Bain is an epic portrayal of a working-class family that is rarely seen in fiction.
Burnt Sugar: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020 A searing debut novel about mothers and daughters, obsession and betrayal - for fans of Jenny Offill's Weather, Deborah Levy's Hot Milk and Diana Evans' Ordinary People 'Utterly compelling, complex, unflinching realism - sometimes emotionally wrenching but also cathartic, written with poignancy and memorability' The Booker Prize Judges 2020 'An unsettling, sinewy debut, startling in its venom and disarming in its humour from the very first sentence' Guardian In her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her loveless marriage to join an ashram, endured a brief stint as a beggar (mostly to spite her affluent parents), and spent years chasing after a dishevelled, homeless 'artist' - all with her young child in tow. Now she is forgetting things, mixing up her maid's wages and leaving the gas on all night, and her grown-up daughter is faced with the task of caring for a woman who never cared for her. This is a love story and a story about betrayal. But not between lovers - between mother and daughter. Sharp as a blade and laced with caustic wit, Burnt Sugar unpicks the slippery cords of memory and myth that bind two women together, and hold them apart. 'Taut, unsettling, ferocious' Fatima Bhutto, author of The Runaways 'Acerbic, full of wit and cool intelligence - every sentence is a coiled spring and each psychological portrait burns itself into the mind. I couldn't put it down' Olivia Sudjic, author of Exposure and Sympathy 'Crystalline, surgical, compulsively readable. An examination of toxic relationships and the ties that bind us' Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti 'Daring and deliciously dark, Burnt Sugar will keep you gripped until the very last sentence' Zeba Talkhani, author of My Past is a Foreign Country 'Raw, wise and cuttingly funny on love and cruelty, marriage and motherhood, art and illness, and one woman's fight for her sense of self' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Starling Days
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The visionary behind the million-strong IF:Gathering challenges Christian women to transform their outlook and their lives by interrupting their spiraling thoughts and realizing their God-given power to think differently. "A must-have resource for anyone looking to get control of their thoughts."-Lysa TerKeurst, #1 New York Times best-selling author and president of Proverbs 31 Ministries Are your thoughts holding you captive? I'll never be good enough. Other people have better lives than I do. God couldn't really love me. Jennie Allen knows what it's like to swirl in a spiral of destructive thoughts, but she also knows we don't have to stay stuck in toxic thinking patterns. As she discovered in her own life, God built a way for us to escape that downward spiral. Freedom comes when we refuse to be victims to our thoughts and realize we have already been equipped with power from God to fight and win the war for our minds. In Get Out of Your Head, Jennie inspires and equips us to transform our emotions, our outlook, and even our circumstances by taking control of our thoughts. Our enemy is determined to get in our heads to make us feel helpless, overwhelmed, and incapable of making a difference for the kingdom of God. But when we submit our minds to Christ, the promises and goodness of God flood our lives in remarkable ways. It starts in your head. And from there, the possibilities are endless.
Brought to you by Penguin. The Storys are the envy of their neighbours: owners of the largest property on their East Coast island, they are rich, beautiful, and close. Until it all falls apart. The four children are suddenly dropped by their mother with a single sentence: You know what you did. They never hear from her again. Years later, when 18-year-old cousins Aubrey, Milly and Jonah Story receive a mysterious invitation to spend the summer at their grandmother's resort, they have no choice but to follow their curiosity and meet the woman who's been such an enigma their entire lives. This entire family is built on secrets, right? It's the Story legacy. This summer, the teenagers are determined to discover the truth at the heart of their family. But some secrets are better left alone. THE BRILLIANT NEW THRILLER FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE OF US IS LYING KAREN M MCMANUS © Karen M. McManus 2020(P) Penguin Audio 2020
A Time to Lie
An explosive, fast-paced espionage thriller for fans of Frank Gardner and Mick Herron. 'Dark and twisted, A Time to Lie is a tense and timely novel' Adam Hamdy A divisive prime minister. A long-buried body. A plot to bring him down… The bigger the secret the more dangerous it is to lie… On the morning of the Tory Party conference, the bones of a young woman's hand are discovered in a London building site. Jed Fowkes, Special Adviser at the Treasury, confronts Prime Minister Robin Sandford with a terrible accusation. He claims the hand belongs to someone they once knew well: a young woman whom Sandford murdered years ago. With his career on the brink of ruin, the Prime Minister's only hope is to enlist the unofficial help of MI5. A decision which leads him into a new world of espionage, illegal trafficking and murder. And the deeper he goes, the more treacherous the game becomes. Because now it's not just his life on the line; it's the future of the state itself… 'A pulse-pounding thrill-ride that hooked me from the chilling opening, A Time To Lie delivers on every, explosive level' Chris Whitaker 'Dark and twisted, A Time To Lie is a tense and timely novel' Adam Hamdy
Dark Tides: The compelling new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Tidelands
Number One bestselling author Philippa Gregory's new historical novel tracks the rise of the Tidelands family in London, Venice and New England. Midsummer Eve 1670. Two unexpected visitors arrive at a shabby warehouse on the south side of the River Thames. The first is a wealthy man hoping to find the lover he deserted twenty-one years before. James Avery has everything to offer, including the favour of the newly restored King Charles II, and he believes that the warehouse's poor owner Alinor has the one thing his money cannot buy - his son and heir. The second visitor is a beautiful widow from Venice in deepest mourning. She claims Alinor as her mother-in-law and has come to tell Alinor that her son Rob has drowned in the dark tides of the Venice lagoon. Alinor writes to her brother Ned, newly arrived in faraway New England and trying to make a life between the worlds of the English newcomers and the American Indians as they move toward inevitable war. Alinor tells him that she knows - without doubt - that her son is alive and the widow is an imposter. Set in the poverty and glamour of Restoration London, in the golden streets of Venice, and on the tensely contested frontier of early America, this is a novel of greed and desire: for love, for wealth, for a child, and for home.
The Crown: The Official History Behind Season 3: Political Scandal, Personal Struggle and the Years
The fascinating royal and social history that inspired the second and third seasons of The Crown, from the show's historical consultant. In this incredible companion to the second and third seasons of Netflix's acclaimed series The Crown, renowned biographer and the show's historical consultant Robert Lacey takes us through the real history that inspired the drama. Covering two tumultuous decades in the reign of Elizabeth II, Lacey looks at the key social, political and personal moments and the effect they had not only on the royal family, but also on the world around them. From the Suez Canal Crisis and the US/Russia space race to the Duke of Windsor's collaboration with Hitler and the rumoured issues with the royal marriage, the book will provide a fascinating insight into the two decades that the show covers, revealing the truth behind the fiction on-screen. Extensively researched, this is a unique look behind the history that inspired the show and the years that would prove to be the making of The Queen. The Crown is now available to watch on Netflix. The Crown is produced by Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television for Netflix.
From the acclaimed author of The End We Start From, The Harpy is a fierce tale of love, betrayal and revenge. 'The Harpy is brilliant . . . A deeply unsettling, excellent read.' Daisy Johnson Lucy and Jake live in a house by a field where the sun burns like a ball of fire. Lucy works from home but devotes her life to the children, to their finely tuned routine, and to the house itself, which comforts her like an old, sly friend. But then a man calls one afternoon with a shattering message: his wife has been having an affair with Lucy's husband, he wants her to know. The revelation marks a turning point: Lucy and Jake decide to stay together, but in a special arrangement designed to even the score and save their marriage, she will hurt him three times. Jake will not know when the hurt is coming, nor what form it will take. As the couple submit to a delicate game of crime and punishment, Lucy herself begins to change, surrendering to a transformation of both mind and body from which there is no return. Told in dazzling, musical prose, The Harpy by Megan Hunter is a dark, staggering fairy tale, at once mythical and otherworldly and fiercely contemporary. It is a novel of love, marriage and its failures, of power and revenge, of metamorphosis and renewal.
Anything is Possible: Be Brave, Be Kind and Follow Your Dreams
Brought to you by Penguin. NOW AVAILABLE TO PREORDER: the inspirational book of life lessons for young people and parents, by England manager Gareth Southgate With a foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales YOU have the potential to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE. When working with the England football team, we focus on what we might achieve instead of worrying about what might go wrong. I honestly believe that with the right mindset, a willingness to learn from our mistakes, and the ability to cope with the highs and lows, every one of us can make the most of our lives. In this book I hope I can prepare you for your own exciting journey ahead. BE BRAVE Bravery is not just the kind of heroic act that earns a medal. It's the quality we need to step out of our comfort zones and take on new challenges. BE KIND A force for good that comes from the heart, kindness changes lives. It opens up opportunities and can be our greatest strength. FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS We all have a story to tell in life. It's down to us what it will be about. So, let's begin writing YOUR STORY - and make it one that truly shines. 'Inspirational and honest - just like the man himself.' BEAR GRYLLS 'I loved this - full of wonderful advice I can't wait to share with my children.' HOLLY WILLOUGHBY 'An inspirational book' THE SUN 'It really is a great book ... lots of really nice tips for confidence, staying strong, glass-half-full mentality, what makes a good team' CHRIS MOYLES 'This is a fantastic book, I've told my son Noah, aged 11, you have to read this book ... I can't tell you how much I loved this book because [it talks] about confidence, and I struggled with confidence' CHRIS EVANS 'Southgate's analytical mind is stamped across the pages of the book; his meticulousness, his love of clarity and process. He offers tips and life lessons - focus on what you can control, do not compare yourself with others, dare to try even if it means slipping up. The tone is easy, upbeat and the messages are drummed home gently, always linking to one another ... what shines through is the warmth and inclusivity of his leadership style.' THE GUARDIAN © Gareth Southgate 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
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The Groundings With My Brothers
Author: Walter Rodney Narrator: Ron Butler Release Date: December 2020
'I have sat on a little oil drum, rusty and in the midst of garbage, and some black brothers and I have grounded together.'-Walter Rodney In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution, leading movements in North America, South America, the African continent, and the Caribbean. In each locale, Rodney found himself a lightning rod for working class Black Power. His deportation catalyzed twentieth century Jamaica's most significant rebellion, the 1968 Rodney riots, and his scholarship trained a generation how to think politics at an international scale. In 1980, shortly after founding of the Working People's Alliance in Guyana, the thirty-eight-year-old Rodney would be assassinated. In this classic work published in the heady days of international black power, Groundings with My Brothers details the global circulation of emancipatory ideas, but also offers first-hand reports of Rodney's mass movement organizing. Introduced and contextualized by leading Caribbean scholar-activists, this updated edition brings Rodney's legacy to a new generation of radicals.
The Wife He Needs
Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: Ron Butler Release Date: December 2020
Will this billionaire bachelor say "I do" to love? Find out, only from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson! He desires her more than any other woman. But falling in love isn't part of the plan. The arrangement is simple: a two-week getaway, then a marriage of convenience. Until Garth Outlaw's potential bride is a no-show. Now family pilot Regan Fairchild is sharing his bed—and he can't get enough…even though he's vowed never to love again. Can Regan convince him the wife he needs and the woman he desires are one and the same? From Harlequin Desire: Luxury, scandal, desire—welcome to the lives of the American elite. Westmoreland Legacy: The Outlaws Book 1: The Wife He Needs
Through My Eyes: Ruby Bridges
Author: Ruby Bridges Narrator: Robin Miles, Ron Butler, Ruby Bridges Release Date: November 2020
"In November 1960, all of America watched as a tiny six-year-old black girl, surrounded by federal marshals, walked through a mob of screaming segregationists and into her school. An icon of the civil rights movement, Ruby Bridges chronicles each dramatic step of this pivotal event in history through her own words."
Jared's Counterfeit Fiancee & The Chase Is On
Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: Ron Butler Release Date: November 2020
Jared's Counterfeit Fiancée This confirmed bachelor is a heartbreak waiting to happen in this beloved Westmoreland novel from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson Divorce attorney Jared Westmoreland has seen enough unhappy endings to avoid all the sticky entanglements that go with commitment—especially marriage. Even so, he can't stop obsessing over the gorgeous stranger who barged into his office weeks ago. And when Jared meets Dana Rollins again, he decides to collect on the favor she owes him. Pretending to be Jared Westmoreland's fiancé isn't high on Dana Rollins's list of priorities. But she owes him a favor, and his persuasive charm and sinful masculinity—not to mention his sizzling kisses—are impossible to refuse. Helping Jared means spending time together publicly, which is tempting enough. But it's the private—wild, hot, irresistible—moments that make Dana wonder how she'll survive this engagement charade without falling in love for real… The Chase Is On WHAT CHASE WESTMORELAND WANTED... Something sure looked tempting, and Chase knew it wasn't on his restaurant's menu. His new neighbor Jessica Claiborne was as deliciously enticing as the confections she created—so enticing, Chase was finding it difficult to concentrate on anything but the curve of her lips. CHASE WESTMORELAND GOT! Jessica couldn't deny the heat that sparked every time Chase was near. But she had a secret, one that could destroy the desire she saw burning in his eyes. Yet if she wanted a chance with Chase, she was going to have to reveal the truth and withstand the heat that was bound to go beyond the kitchen.
The Chase Is On
WHAT CHASE WESTMORELAND WANTED... Something sure looked tempting, and Chase knew it wasn't on his restaurant's menu. His new neighbor Jessica Claiborne was as deliciously enticing as the confections she created—so enticing, Chase was finding it difficult to concentrate on anything but the curve of her lips. CHASE WESTMORELAND GOT! Jessica couldn't deny the heat that sparked every time Chase was near. But she had a secret, one that could destroy the desire she saw burning in his eyes. Yet if she wanted a chance with Chase, she was going to have to reveal the truth and withstand the heat that was bound to go beyond the kitchen.
Jared's Counterfeit Fiancee
This confirmed bachelor is a heartbreak waiting to happen in this beloved Westmoreland novel from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson Divorce attorney Jared Westmoreland has seen enough unhappy endings to avoid all the sticky entanglements that go with commitment—especially marriage. Even so, he can't stop obsessing over the gorgeous stranger who barged into his office weeks ago. And when Jared meets Dana Rollins again, he decides to collect on the favor she owes him. Pretending to be Jared Westmoreland's fiancé isn't high on Dana Rollins's list of priorities. But she owes him a favor, and his persuasive charm and sinful masculinity--not to mention his sizzling kisses--are impossible to refuse. Helping Jared means spending time together publicly, which is tempting enough. But it's the private—wild, hot, irresistible—moments that make Dana wonder how she'll survive this engagement charade without falling in love for real… Originally published in 2005.
The Bennetts' Wedding
Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: Ron Butler Release Date: October 2020
It's been fifteen years and now those Bennett girls are all grown up, finished with college and ready to take on the world in their new careers. Close as ever, Kennedy, Victoria, Monica and Sebrina decide not to return to Georgia, but to move north to St. Paul, Minnesota. They have plans to succeed at all of their goals. Falling in love isn't on the agenda. In THE BENNETTS' WEDDING, Kennedy and Victoria discover that when it's your time, you can't hide from love.
My Name is Tani: The Amazing True Story of One Boy's Journey from Refugee to Chess Champion
Author: Tanitoluwa Adewumi Narrator: Rhett Price, Ron Butler, Siiri Scott Release Date: September 2020
My Name is Tani: The Amazing True Story of One Boy's Journey from Refugee to Chess Champion The story that is inspiring everyone! Soon to be a Paramount motion picture. Draw deep into the dramatic account of escape from terrorism. Tani Adewumi's story begins amid Boko Haram's reign of terror in Nigeria, but this doesn't stop him from pursuing a most unlikely dream. At the age of eight, when Tani and his family's lives are threatened, they are forced to flee for their lives and seek asylum. The odds were against Tani for ever finding a prosperous life in a foreign city, once enjoyed in his native Nigeria. But sometimes the unexpected is found in the most unlikely circumstances. As Tani's family becomes a target for capture and killings, their miraculous escape takes them across an ocean to New York City. Tani's father, who comes from a royal family and has left behind thirteen employees in Nigeria, becomes a dishwasher and an Uber driver to support his family. Tani's mother, whose family helps to oversee the finances for a large Nigerian printing press, worked at a bank for more than eight years but is now training to become a home health aide. After eighteen months, the family is still at a shelter, unbeknownst to Tani's classmates. One day Tani asks his parents if he can join the chess program. It seems unlikely since a fee is required. His mother writes to the coach, who offers Tani a scholarship. Tani jumps in to learn the game. The result is not only an unexpected twist of events in a chess competition but also the rescue of an entire family. In My Name is Tani, we witness the crossfire between miracle and mayhem. A young boy with only a dream in his heart recounts his harrowing escape from Boko Haram's grips and changes his destiny in the process when he finds purpose in the most unlikely of places - a chess championship. In step with The Girl from Aleppo, and in the spirit of I am Malala, Tani's story sheds light on living through terror. This story of community and hope recounts the lengths parents will go through to find safety for their family. It's a story of what happens one you dare to dream.
Author: Brenda Jackson Narrator: Ron Butler Release Date: September 2020
She is his guiltiest pleasure... Dr. Cohen Carlson knows all about temptation. Twice before, he'd given in when Dee Lewis, his younger sister's best friend, decided to seduce him. But he can't let it happen again. As much as he wants her, he knows he can't give Dee the love she wants, the love she deserves. He went down that road once before, and the pain left a deep scar. He refuses to give love another try. Not even for Dee. Dee has loved Cohen forever. As far as she's concerned, he's her soulmate. So why is he retreating? Once she finds out his reasons for holding back, she's determined to prove to him that he can trust her with his heart. What's her plan? To drive him so crazy, he'll have no choice but to seduce her! It's sure to work. After all, they say that three time's a charm...
Claimed by a Steele
Indulge in this tale of ultimate seduction from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson, part of the bingeworthy Forged of Steele series. Perfect for fans of the popular Westmoreland series and readers of passionate contemporary romances! This playboy CEO is handsome, successful and always in the driver's seat… but is he ready for the wildest ride of his life? Agreeing that a PR stunt would be good for business; trucking company CEO, Gannon Steele invites reporter Delphine Ryland to hitch a ride cross-country. Soon, he's keeping his eyes on his sexy passenger instead of the destination ahead, and when the trip turns from strictly business to strictly pleasure, the consequences might be more than this rough-and-ready bachelor can handle… From Harlequin Desire: Luxury, scandal, desire—welcome to the lives of the American elite. Forged of Steele: Book1: Never Too Late Book 2: Solid Soul Book 3: Night Heat Book 4: Beyond Temptation Book 5: Risky Pleasures Book 6: Irresistible Forces Book 7: Intimate Seduction Book 8: Hidden Pleasures Book 9: A Steele for Christmas Book 10: Private Arrangements Book 11: Possessed by Passion Book 12: Seduced by a Steele Book 13: Claimed by a Steele
Seduced by a Steele
Indulge in hot and steamy romance from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson, part of the bingeworthy Forged of Steele series. Perfect for fans of the popular Westmoreland series and readers of passionate contemporary romances! He's sexy, cocky and downright irresistible but this notorious heartbreaker is about to meet his match! When the "thief" caught driving his stolen vintage car turns out to be a stunning runaway heiress, Mercury Steele is conflicted. On the one hand, Sloan Donahue, penniless and on the run from her tyrannical family, triggers the billionaire playboy's protective instincts. But she also triggers red-hot desire. Mercury refuses to think his simple seduction is becoming something deeper, especially when Sloan is keeping secrets… From Harlequin Desire: Luxury, scandal, desire—welcome to the lives of the American elite. Forged of Steele: Book1: Never Too Late Book 2: Solid Soul Book 3: Night Heat Book 4: Beyond Temptation Book 5: Risky Pleasures Book 6: Irresistible Forces Book 7: Intimate Seduction Book 8: Hidden Pleasures Book 9: A Steele for Christmas Book 10: Private Arrangements Book 11: Possessed by Passion Book 12: Seduced by a Steele Book 13: Claimed by a Steele
The Legend of Tarik
Author: Walter Dean Myers Narrator: Ron Butler Release Date: September 2020
After witnessing the annihilation of his people by El Muerte's legions, young Tarik undergoes the training which will enable him to destroy this fierce leader.


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United States of America v. Christopher Lee Foster
Case Number: 2:21-cr-00095
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney's Office
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Description: Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with attempting to enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity.
Christopher Lee Foster, 36, of Oak Hill, previously pleaded guilty to the charge in September 2021.
According to the plea agreement, Foster admitted that in early March 2021 he initiated contact with a person via a messaging application. Believing this person to be a 13-year-old girl from New Jersey, Foster engaged in conversations over the next 2 months wherein he told the minor he wanted to meet her to engage in sexual activity. After learning that the girl was sexually inexperienced, Foster sent her pictures of his penis as well as numerous images and videos of pornography to teach her about sex. Foster also repeatedly pressured the minor to send him sexually explicit photographs of herself, even offering to pay her for such images. Foster further admitted that in approximately 2015 and 2016 he produced (or caused the production of) sexually explicit images of a different minor.
Following his release from prison, Foster will be required to serve a 20-year term of supervised release. He will also be required to register as a sex offender.
United States Attorney Will Thompson made the announcement and commended the work of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Senior United States District Judge David A. Faber imposed the sentence. Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Rada Herrald handled the prosecution.
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 262 months, 20 years supervised release, $100 special assessment.


Eek! I had some overripe bananas and thought I'd make banana cake so I came here looking for the recipe and… oh.my.god. That was the worst written recipe, illustrated by the ugliest photograph in the history of food blogging! Okay, it was only my 3rd ever post and I was using the most craptastic camera in the history of the world, but… I died a little inside when I saw it!
So here we are with another recipe redux. I've updated the ingredients and directions and the result is a much better cake.
Preheat oven to 170°C. Grease and flour a 26 or 30cm (10 or 12″) loaf tin.
Stir in banana and vanilla.
Whisk together dry ingredients together and fold into banana mixture until just combined and there are no traces of flour left.
Pour batter into loaf tin.
Bake for 40 – 5o minutes, depending on the size and mushiness of the bananas, until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. If it browns too quickly, lightly cover the tin with aluminium foil.
Cool for about ten minutes in the tin before turning out onto a wire rack to finish cooling to room temperature.
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