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Happy Birthday to Bradford Dillman April 14
Bradford Dillman in a scene from the film 'Circle Of Deception', 1960. (Photo by 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images)
Untroubled good looks, faraway poise & self-control, with a sartyrial smile and brushed-aside sophistication – that's Bradford Dillman
Bradford Dillman is one of those ubiquitous & versatile actors who you find popping up just about everywhere, and whenever I either see him in the credits or think about some of his performances, I am immediately happified by his presence in my mind and on screen. It's this familiarity that signposts for me whatever upcoming diversion I'm in store for, will be something memorable indeed.
He's been cast as a saint, a psychopath, elite ivy league intellectuals with an edge, unconventional scientists, military figures, droll and prickly individualists, clueless bureaucrats, or drunken malcontents and he's got a sort of cool that is wholly appealing.
Bradford Dillman was omni-present starting out on the stage, and major motion pictures at the end of the 50s and by the 1960s he began his foray into popular episodic television series and appeared in a slew of unique made for television movies throughout the 1970s and 80s, with the addition of major motion picture releases through to the 90s. His work, intersecting many different genres from melodramas,historical dramas, thrillers, science fiction and horror.
There are a few actors of the 1960s & 70s decades that cause that same sense of blissed out flutters in my heart — that is of course if you're as nostalgic about those days of classic cinema and television as I am. I get that feeling when I see actors like Stuart Whitman, Dean Stockwell, Roy Thinnes, Scott Marlow, Warren Oates, James Coburn, Lee Grant David Janssen, Michael Parks, Barbara Parkins, Joanna Pettet ,Joan Hackett , Sheree North, Diana Sands, Piper Laurie, Susan Oliver and Diane Baker. I have a fanciful worship for the actors who were busy working in those decades, who weren't Hollywood starlets or male heart throbs yet they possessed a realness, likability, a certain individual knack and raw sex-appeal.
Bradford Dillman was born in San Francisco in 1930 to a prominent local family. During the war he was sent to The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut. At Hotchkiss, senior year he played Hamlet. At Yale he studied English Literature and performed in amateur theatrical productions and worked at the Playhouse in Connecticut. Dillman served in the US Marines in Korea (1951-1953) and made a pact that he'd give himself five years to succeed as an actor before he called it quits. Lucky for us, he didn't wind up in finance the way he father wanted him to.
Actor Bradford Dillman (Photo by  John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
Dillman enrolled and studied at the Actors Studio, he spent several seasons apprenticing with the Sharon Connecticut Playhouse before making his professional acting debut in an adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarecrow" in 1953 with fellow Studio students Eli Wallach and James Dean. Dillman referred to Dean as 'a wacky kid' but 'very gifted'.
He only appeared in two shows in October 1962 of The Fun Couple in 1957 with Dyan Cannon and Jane Fonda before the play closed in New York only after two days.
We lost Bradford Dillman last year in January 2018. I was so saddened to hear the news. And I missed the chance to tribute his work then, but now that his birthday is here, I feel like celebrating his life rather than mourning his death, so it's just as well.
Bradford Dillman wrote an autobiography called Are You Anybody? An Actor's Life, published in 1997 with a (foreword by Suzy Parker) in which he downplays the prolific contribution he made to film and television and acting in general. Though Dillman didn't always hold a high opinion of some of the work he was involved in, appearing in such a vast assortment of projects, he always came across as upbeat and invested in the role.
"Bradford Dillman sounded like a distinguished, phony, theatrical name, so I kept it."
[about his career] "I'm not bitter, though. I've had a wonderful life. I married the most beautiful woman in the world. Together we raised six children, each remarkable in his or her own way and every one a responsible citizen. I was fortunate to work in a profession where I looked forward to going to work every day. I was rewarded with modest success. The work sent me to places all over the world I'd never been able to afford visiting otherwise. I keep busy and I'm happy. And there are a few good films out there that I might be remembered for."
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After 25 years of ANC rule, South Africa is on the verge of utter ruin
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Parliamentary debate: "Growing and transforming South Africa together from an apartheid state to a thriving democracy". South Africa is, in every practical sense, a failed state. This is what the ANC government has done to the country over the last 25 years. South Africa should have been a country with a strong economy, work for all and a growing middle class. But the opposite happened.
Under ANC leadership, the state coffers were looted, cadres stole all the state assets that they could get their hands on and crime got out of control. Many South Africans' daily existence is pure hell and most people are faced with uncertainty. How did we get here?
Once upon a time, there was a dream that South Africa would be a leading light showing the world how to successfully manage a complex and diverse society. But now our own lights have been turned off. How did we end up here?
We ended up here due to the ANC's mismanagement. The ANC shattered that dream. The reason for this is that the ANC's lights may be on, but there is no one home. While the ANC is talking about the fourth industrial revolution, its mindset is still stuck in the stone age.
The ANC's ideological ideas are so outdated that it is easy to see why we had electricity before we were forced to buy candles. Today, we find ourselves in the era of the candle and the closest that the ANC will get to the fourth industrial revolution is stage four load shedding. That is truly tragic.
The ANC is apparently blissfully unaware of the fact that it is playing with people's lives and destroying any hope for a future. It appears that the people who passed school with the bare minimum of 30% are now the ones who are in control of our country. The time has come to replace them with competent people who are able to manage a complex country like South Africa.
The FF Plus's message to the ANC is loud and clear: Make way for those who really care about the country and its people. We will replace candles with electricity. We will implement tried and tested policies that will ensure sustainable job creation. Our trains will not break down while transporting the president, but will function efficiently every day to the benefit of everyone. We will ensure that business is conducted outside the reach of black economic empowerment cadres so that it is truly inclusive.
The only lights still flickering in the ANC are the last few candles going out as the ship sinks and disappears under the water. The ANC's end is near.
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Google Play- What's new in the world of apps?
Google, the search engine giant has served as an excellent platform for entrepreneurs who want to grow their business at a global level. With Google Play Developer Console being one of the most incredible platforms for developing apps, more and more developers are leveraging its features to the fullest. The amazingly effective Android applications have stolen the show from mobile applications built on other operating systems. Experts at Google I/O are making continuous efforts to introduce innovative changes that can render a valuable insight into how people's Android applications are performing. Keep on reading this blog to unleash everything that's new in the world of Google Play apps.
Google is proud to announce the launch of Google Play Developer Publishing API that enables developers to upload APKs to Beta testing, Staged rollout and Production. In addition to this, this API also helps in integrating publishing operations with the release processes. All in all, the brand new publishing API makes it easier to manage the in-app product catalog via tablet-specific screenshots. With the flexibility of localizing your store listing text and graphics, this Publishing API lets you focus on your core business without wasting time in managing the app releases as and when your business grows to new markets.
With the aid of Android Application Development Services, Google Play now comes packed with a set of optimization tips that contain instructions on improving the app features and functionalities. You're being notified each time the updated versions of APIs you use are available. For example, you're informed about Google Play in-app billing or the Google Maps APIs. And that's not all. Google Play game service can be easily availed by game developers for rendering an awesome gaming experience and driving maximum user engagement.
For enhancing commercial success of entrepreneurs, Google Play has enhanced the revenue statistics visible in the Finance section of the Google Developer Console. Users can now see the average revenue per paying user(ARPPU) and get an easy access to ways of analyzing the buyer data.
Recently, Google Play has added Alerts in the Developer Console for making the user aware about the sudden changes taking place for the apps such as installs, crashes and ratings. By turning the email notifications for Alerts feature on, you can start receiving information about relevant events before they have any wider effect on your app. The best part of this feature is that you can set it for multiple apps using the Email Preferences in the Developer Console settings.
Although Google Developer Console allows you to get engaged with users via reading and replying to their reviews, now you can simply download and analyze your app's reviews in order to perform your own individual analysis.
If you're an app developer working in the native code then you'll definitely find this feature interesting. Google Play now offers improved reporting and presentation for native app crashes, offering you a summarized information about the reasons behind the app crash.
In accordance to last year's launch, you may opt to Hire Android Programmers have been using beta testing for releasing alpha and beta versions of their apps. Also, they've been utilizing the staged rollout for launching their app to production. Now, Google Play has improved the way alpha, beta and staged rollout specific statistics are displayed for Android applications. Also, it has now become possible for the app developers to filter the app version by alpha, bets or staged rollout while viewing the app and crash statistics. All this makes it simpler to understand the impact of app testing.
Google Play has now added website verification feature in its Developer Console for enabling deep-linking to the app via search results. The Deep-linking feature reminds users about the apps they already have with them.
I'm sure you'd have found the aforementioned features useful and are ready to take advantage from them. Go ahead and grow your user base and users' experience by focusing on app maintenance and distribution via innovative measures provided by Google Play.
Rick Brown is a working as a professional technical writer with Mobiers Ltd – a leading Android App Development Services. You can also easily avail Android Programmers for hire, in case you are looking forward to avail the same.


A common question for those searching for their next home is "How can I buy or rent a house or an apartment if I'm not sure about my credit score or I have a really bad credit score?". There really isn't an easy one-size-fits-all answer, but there are some solutions to credit score issues that can help you better prepare to change that "I'm sorry you don't qualify" to a "Here are the keys to your new house!".
During the past several years, unemployment and other issues have slashed many Americans' credit scores. At the same time, foreclosures and tighter lending criteria have also sent one-time homeowners back to the rental market and kept others renting longer. This has made landlords to be extra careful when it comes to check and approve any application.
But luckily here at beycome we have found ways for credit-challenged consumers to win a landlord or property manager's approval.
Before setting up showings or filling out rental applications, order your credit report if you do it like with someone or online, so you can check on errors before handed and see what issues might raise red flags with landlords.
Also something that has help many is to include a letter of explanation with the application, somewhere where you elaborate a bit more on the reasons why your credit its in such a shape.
The only way that you might be able to get out from a denial stage will be to proactively offer a bit more of a deposit to the landlord, paying a larger security deposit could help sway some landlords because it offers financial security since the reason for pulling credit to rent to somebody is to make sure they're financially responsible.
Remember that the deposit covers the landlord's losses in the case of damages, so a larger deposit gives them a little bit more they can put towards lost income, just remember this is not crave on stone.
Spending 35 percent of income on rent is considered ideal for owners but in many cases, tenants apply for properties that will eat up a 40 percent or more of their income.
Staying within your affordability range also ensures that you're less likely to stretch yourself too thin and potentially damage your credit again in the future.
Having a cosigner to guarantee rent payments can help build trust with landlords, especially if you're a recent graduate moving into your first apartment, however this person needs to have a very good credit or the landlord is not better off than, before, right?
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Webster's policy on the integration of sustainability risks in its investment decision making process can be found in its ESG Investment Policy, which follows a risk-management approach. The ESG Investment Policy defines sustainability risk as "ESG risk, which, if present, could either carry a high reputational risk, or is likely to have an impact on the financial condition or operating performance of [Webster] as an ongoing business." Further information on how sustainability risks are integrated into investment decisions can be found in the ESG Investment Policy, which is available to investors upon request.
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In the United States as a result of "overdose" of painkillers and sleeping pills in 2014, 415% more of women died more than from an overdose of heroin, cocaine and other drugs combined. At the same time, by authorized preparations men died at 265% greater than from a drug overdose. Dr. Tom Frieden attributes this to the fact that pharmaceutical companies conduct such marketing tactics in which advertising analgesics or hypnotics are increasingly appears in the media. In addition, they are released without a prescription.
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Hailing from Huntington Beach, California, Avenged Sevenfold is a heavy metal group that has made it big in the music industry. The band was formed in 1999. The original members of the band were M. Shadows , the lead vocalist, Zacky Vengeance , rhythm guitarist, The Rev and Matt Wendt . Matt Wendt left the band a year later and the Rev died in 2009. So the current members of the band include Synyster Gates , lead guitarist, and Johnny Christ , bassist besides M. Shadows and Zacky. The members earned their unusual nicknames when they were in high school. The name of the band was coined by M. Shadows who used the reference of the Bible's story of Cane and Abel from Genesis 4:24. Though the names of the band and the members suggest otherwise, the band is not religious. In fact the band derives inspiration from a number of metal and rock bands like Guns N' Roses, NOFX, Metallica, Dream Theater, The Vandals, Alice in Chains, The Misfits and Korn. Their music repertoire spans a number of genres that they have gradually evolved over the years which you can witness at the Buried Alive Tour Avenged Sevenfold tour.
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Their first album was released in 2001 by the recording label, Good Life Recordings . The album was titled "Sounding the Seventh Trumpet". It was re-released a year later by the Hopeless Records. The music of the debut album was based on metalcore. It did not do so well. In August 2003, they released their second album titled "Waking the Fallen". The sound of the album was more mature than that of their previous album. It got them signed to Warner Bros. Records. Their breakthrough came in June 2005 when they released their next album called "City of Evil". It was a deviation from their usual metalcore sounds and leaned towards classic metal. It peaked at No.30 position on the chart of Billboard 200. It brought them into the mainstream music scene and won them the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist. Its song "Bat Country" made waves globally. It reached the top spot on Total Request Live on MTV and propelled the album to reach platinum certification. Avenged Sevenfold toured extensively throughout the world for sixteen months to promote their third album.
The band released their first DVD in 2007. It was titled "All Excess" and reached the top spot in the US. Their fourth album, self-titled, was also released the same year. It peaked at No.4 position on the Billboard 200. It was given Album of the Year Award by Kerrang! Awards. In 2010, Avenged Sevenfold, launched their fifth album worldwide. It was titled "Nightmare". Though the critics gave mixed reviews, the fans fell in love with it and the album reached No.1 spot on the Billboard 200 and the sales reached 163,000 unit. The album won them distinction. Avenged Sevenfold were the proud winners of three Golden Globe Awards for Affliction's Album of The Year which was given to "Nightmare", Epiphone Best Guitarist(s) to Zacky Vengeance and Synyster Gates, and Best Vocalist which was given to M. Shadows. So the Buried Alive Tour Avenged Sevenfold tour to promote the album is definitely something to look forward to.
Besides performing in countries like Australia and Japan, they got a chance to perform in front of American troops in Kuwait and Iraq. They have also performed as one of the main acts in Ozzfest, Rock im Park and Rock am Ring festivals, Vans Warped Tour and the Uproar Festival. They will now be embarking upon their Buried Alive Tour Avenged Sevenfold of the US.
Avenged Sevenfold have five studio albums, one DVD and eighteen single songs to their name. They have sold over four million records around the world. They have been given second spot of the list of Top Ten Bands of the Decade compiled by Ultimate Guitar. On top of that, "Nightmare" consists of a mixture of country music, orchestral music, piano ballad, classic metal rock and metalcore for old time's sake. So it has a lot to offer to almost everyone. These are reasons enough to attend the Buried Alive Tour Avenged Sevenfold concerts and buy the Buried Alive Tour Avenged Sevenfold tickets. Have a great night out!
Avenged Sevenfold, a metal band that needs no formal introduction as this group has surely become one of the most sought after heavy metal bands of the decade. Avenged Sevenfold is credited for bringing back heavy metal music on to mainstream music scene. As of yet the band has released five studio albums. Avenged Sevenfold is about to embark on a rocking tour so do watch their live performance by booking The Buried Alive Tour Avenged Sevenfold tickets from us!
This immensely talented band was formed by four friends in the year 1999 in Huntington Beach California. Original lineup consisted of drummer The Rev, singer M Shadows, rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance and bassist Matt Wendt. The Rev died in 2009 and was temporarily replaced by ex-Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy. Now Arin Ilejay is the session and touring drummer, Wendt was replaced by Johnny Christ. Avenged Sevenfold keeps experimenting with their music and has developed a diverse signature heavy metal tone. The band is also popular for its unusual lyrics and art work on t-shirts and album covers. Popular community guitar website rated Avenged Sevenfold at #2 on its list of Top Ten Bands of the Decade.
Avenged Sevenfold started their career by releasing two demos, eventually they were signed by Good Life Recording and the band released their debut album Sounding the Seventh Trumpet in 2001. This was considered a fine effort by the group as all the members were doing high school and were hardly in their eighteens. The album didn't chart but did manage to get the attention of heavy metal and hardcore music fans. After a gap of two years came Waking the Fallen . Released in 2003 under Hopeless Records it became the first album of Avenged Sevenfold to hit the US Billboard 200 and won a Gold certification. This album saw a visible shift of the band towards a more melodic, mature sound and got reviews from papers like Boston Globe and Billboard magazine . The band also got a chance to perform for the first time at the popular Vans Warped Tour.
Third album was named City of Evil , it was released by music giants Warner Bros Records in 2005. This album was an even better effort which resulted in getting Avenged Sevenfold a position at #30 on Billboard and became the first album to chart in UK at #63. City of Evil till date is the band's only album that was certified Platinum in the US. In the year 2006 Avenged Sevenfold won Best New Artist Award at MTV Video Music Awards. The fourth album was self-titled and was released by Warner Bros in 2007. This album continued the success story of the group by racing to #4 spot on Billboard and #37, #41 and #24 respectively on Australian, Irish and UK Charts. This album sold over 500,000 copies earning it a Gold Certification and at the Kerrang! Awards it won Album of the Year Award. The very next year in 2008 Avenged Sevenfold was the headlining group at the Taste of Chaos Tour with bands like Idiot pilot, Bullet for My Valentine and Atreyu. The latest album of the band till date is Nightmare that was released in 2010. This album charted in various countries, it was the first album ever of Avenged Sevenfold that topped Billboard charts as well as Finish charts.
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Reindeer Mosh-Pits Are Real And They Can Fucking Kill You
Who knew reindeer were the most metal animals in the kingdom?
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This is not a joke; this is not an Onion story: Reindeer actually participate in mosh-pits, and they are as dangerous as they are mesmerizing.
The PBS documentary Wild Way of the Vikings captures actual aerial footage of this phenomenon, which is scientifically referred to as a "reindeer cyclone" (no more scientific sounding than "mosh pit," and easily as terrifying). According to the doc, when reindeer are faced with a predatory threat, the herd will move unilaterally in a swirling cyclone formation as a form of defense. The counterclockwise spinning melee -- which, for all intents and purposes is, in human terms, a circle-pit -- is designed to confuse a predator and preventing it from overpowering any single reindeer.
All these 'deer are missing is a soundtrack courtesy of Lamb Of God (any meme-takers?).
The documentary puts the cyclone in the context of a human-led hunt: in the full clip, a performance by an actor playing a Viking hunter is blended with real, natural footage of reindeer moshing in the mountains of Norway (Come to think of it, this clip would probably be better suited with a soundtrack by Enslaved…). Ultimately, it helps illustrate just how difficult it would be for any wolf, bear, or human to target any single body -- and getting too close to this chaotic pit would surely end in injury, if not death.
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Only one question remains: when does Santa get in on the moshing action?
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Killers (The) AKA Ernest Hemingway's The Killers (Blu-ray) [Blu-ray]
Review written by and copyright: Paul Lewis (8th December 2014).
The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946)
First published in Scribner's magazine in 1927 (and subsequently, in the anthology Men Without Women), Ernest Hemingway's short story 'The Killers' is a benchmark of American hard-boiled writing. Set in Summit, Illinois, during the Prohibition era, 'The Killers' tells an ostensibly very simple story of two enigmatic hit-men who come from Chicago and terrorise the employees in a small-town diner (young Nick; middle-aged George, the diner's owner; and African-American cook Sam). The titular killers are there to 'hit' Ole Andreson, known as 'the Swede', a former boxer with a mysterious past who now works in the town's gas station. When the killers decide to journey to Mrs Hirsch's boarding house, where Andreson lives, young Nick takes a more direct route through the gardens of the town, in an attempt to reach Andreson ahead of the killers and warn him of their impending arrival. However, upon reaching Andreson's lodgings, Nick discovers the Swede lying on his bed in his cell-like room, resigned to his fate, insisting that there is nothing that can be done: the killers, and death, will catch up with him. Nick leaves the Swede alone, the arrival of the killers and the death of Andreson a certainty.
The short story is one of a series of stories that Hemingway wrote about the character of Nick Adams, with each story taking place at a pivotal stage in Adams' life. 'The Killers' is a story that focuses on Adam's journey from adolescence to adulthood, Andreson's resigned attitude towards his fate an event that makes Nick cognisant of the concept of death and its inevitability for us all. The Nick Adams stories generally, Philip Young has said, are stories 'of an initation, […] the telling of an event […] which brings the boy into contact with something that is perplexing and unpleasant' (quoted in Letort, 2013: 63).
The killers themselves are depicted as semi-comic: their back-and-forth discussion about the diner's menu compliments the description of them as 'like a vaudeville team' wearing 'tight overcoats and derby hats'. They goad George by asking if he has 'anything to drink'. 'Silver beer, bevo, ginger-ale', George tells them. 'I mean you got anything to drink?', they ask insistently, reminding the reader of the story's setting during the Prohibition era. The diner itself is a former saloon with a 'mirror that ran along back of the lunch counter'; the story begins in this space, a former drinking establishment that is invaded by two figures who are symbolic of Chicago and its association with illegal bootlegging, and ends in the tight space of Andreson's lodgings. It's a story defined by a claustrophobic sense of space, only venturing outside when Nick runs from the diner to Mrs Hirsch's lodging house.
Surprisingly, given his association with the hard-boiled movement within American culture, 'The Killers' was the only Hemingway short story to be adapted as a film noir (see Letort, op cit.: 55). Additionally, as Siodmak once boasted, The Killers was 'the only film of a Hemingway story that Hemingway actually likes! (We gave him a print of the film and I know that he has run it over 200 times)' (quoted in Dickos, 2002: 35). What Siodmak neglected to mention was that when Hemingway ran the film for visitors to his Cuban home, 'he invariably fell asleep after the first reel' depicting the build-up to Andreson's murder (Phillips, 2012: 141). The film's script was written by Richard Brooks and Anthony Veiller, with uncredited input from John Huston. The film represents a marriage of the flashback structure that had been seen in Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941) and Otto Preminger's Laura (1944) with a recurring leitmotif that can be seen in Huston's films of the era: a focus on the aftermath of a heist (a narrative trope which had featured in Huston's The Maltese Falcon, 1941, and would reappear in The Asphalt Jungle, 1950).
Hemingway's story has been adapted for the screen a number of times: aside from Siodmak's version, the story formed the basis for Don Siegel's 1964 film The Killers (interestingly, Siegel was originally intended to direct the Siodmak adaptation in 1946), and a number of short film adaptations, the most famous of which is Andrei Tarkovsky's 1956 student film (arguably the closest attempt to adapt Hemingway's prose). Siodmak's version of The Killers uses the events depicted with the short story, which are contained within then film's opening fifteen minutes, as a springboard for a much larger narrative: the focus in Siodmak's film is on the Swede, Ole Andreson (Burt Lancaster), who in the film also goes by the name of Pete Lung.
After a sequence that closely follows the action within Hemingway's source story, Lung's assassination – by Max (William Conrad) and Al (Charles McGraw), the titular killers – is depicted on screen and followed by the investigation of an agent for an insurance company, Jim Reardon (Edmond O'Brien): the sole beneficiary of the Swede's insurance policy, covered by his employer, is Mary Ellen Daugherty (Queenie Smith). Daugherty, Reardon discovers, has no relation to the Swede at all, other than the fact that a number of years earlier, she met him briefly in the hotel where she works as a maid and persuaded him not to commit suicide after she found him in his room screaming 'She's gone!' before threatening to jump out of a window. Reardon's only physical clue is a 'green handkerchief decorated with golden harps', and armed with this and the discovery that the Swede, under his real name of Ole Andreson, was a former prizefighter who served three years in prison for armed robbery, Reardon decides to interview the policeman who arrested Andreson, Detective Lieutenant Sam Lubinsky (Sam Levene).
Speaking with Lubinsky, Reardon discovers that Andreson and Lubinsky were from the same neighbourhood, and had in fact been childhood friends. 'Ole and I ran around together when we were kids', Lubinsky says. 'And you put the pinch on him?', Reardon asks. 'When you're a copper, you're a copper', Lubinsky answers gnomically. Lubinsky tells Reardon that Andreson had to give up his career as a boxer after shattering the bones in his right hand during a fight with Tiger Lewis in 1927. This led to Andreson's world collapsing: 'Last time there were fifty guys outside, just waitin' to shake this [his broken right hand]', Andreson observes when leaving the locker room after his disastrous fight with Lewis, 'Funny when you lose a fight, ain't it?' In his despair, Andreson turns away his girl, Lilly (Virginia Christine), who it is revealed eventually married Lubinsky. Lilly tells Reardon that her relationship with Andreson ended when Andreson began to 'go into business' with a shady character, Big Jim Colfax (Albert Dekker), and started to make goo-goo eyes over Kitty Collins (Ava Gardner). There's a wonderful shot, staged in depth, in which Kitty, gazing off-screen at a party, is in the foreground; Andreson is in the mid-ground, gazing longingly at Kitty; and Lilly is in the background, rendered small and insignificant by the composition, gazing jealously at Andreson. 'Right then I knew the boat had sailed', Lilly tells Reardon.
Reardon subsequently gathers further clues through an interview with Andreson's former cellmate, Charleston (Vince Barnett); the deathbed confession of hoodlum 'Blinky' Franklin (Jeff Corey, in a scene reputedly inspired by the legendary deathbed confession of gangster Dutch Schultz); an at-gunpoint conversation with 'Dum-Dum' Clarke (Jack Lambert), another member of Big Jim Colfax's gang; and further conversations with both Kitty Collins and Colfax himself. Reardon discovers that Andreson became involved in a heist at the Prentiss Hat Factory which resulted in $254,912 being stolen. Convinced by Kitty that he was to be double-crossed by the other members of Colfax's gang, Andreson staged his own double-cross and, holding Colfax, 'Dum Dum' and 'Blinky' at gunpoint, stole the quarter of a million dollars from them. Now, Reardon must seek to discover what happened to the stolen money.
Within the opening moments, the film 'opens up' the action contained within the short story, depicting the killers' (Charles McGraw and William Conrad) arrival in the small town (here, Brentwood, rather than Summit): from within their car, we see them hurtling towards Brentwood and then, once they have arrived, making their way towards the diner. (By contrast, the short story is focalised entirely through the perspectives of George, Nick and, to a lesser extent, Sam.) Here, the comic elements associated with the killers have been all but removed: they don't resemble the vaudeville characters alluded to within Hemingway's story and are more overtly menacing. Also lost are the connections with the Prohibition era (which, of course, ended in 1933).
This opening sequence climaxes with Nick's journey to the Swede's room, and the Swede's resigned declaration, 'There's nothing I can do about it [….] There ain't anything to do [….] I'm through with all that runnin' around'. Where Hemingway's story returns with Nick to the diner (where Nick reveals to George and Sam his decision to leave Summit), Siodmak's film stays with the Swede and shows his death at the hands of the killers (depicted symbolically via a close-up of Lancaster's hand sliding down the bedpost). Whereas Hemingway's story is about the character of Nick and his realisation of the harsh brutality that exists within the world, in Siodmak's adaptation Nick is little more than a narrative agent whose function is to introduce the Swede. The rest of the film follows Jim Reardon as he interviews various people who knew the Swede, to establish the meaning behind Andreson's enigmatic response to Nick's question 'Why did they want to kill you?': 'Because I did something wrong… once'.
Andrew Dickos argues that the scene depicting the Swede's execution, with the symbolic shot of his hand sliding down the bedpost, is 'a poetic moment in American noir cinema, one that expresses all the existential elements of death and finality that would be discussed in every future discussion of the genre' (op cit.: 36). Andreson's response to Nick's query, 'Because I did something wrong… once', refers not to the 'violence and theft' of which the subsequent investigation reveals him to be guilty, 'but much more of the pain of self-betrayal' enacted through 'allowing himself to fall in love with Kitty Collins in the commission of such acts' (ibid.: 39). Following the Swede's death, Reardon's investigation reveals a narrative that follows one of the dominant paradigms within many films noir of the 1940s – including Fritz Lang's Scarlet Street (1945) and Tay Garnett's adaptation of The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) – which focus on 'a man [who] falls hopelessly in love with the spouse of a man engaged in illicit activity. Out of love and devotion he buys his way into sleaze in order to gain the services of the woman who eventually doublecrosses him in fidelity to herself and her husband' (Conley, 2000: 196).
The film is in many ways a distillation of the dominant paradigms of American films noir; and as Kitty Collins, who lures Andreson in to Colfax's gang, Ava Gardner embodies the archetypal femme fatale. The overlapping flashbacks – what Foster Hirsch has called 'like boxes within boxes' (1981: 118) – that detail the events narrated to Reardon by his interviewees during the course of his investigation, eleven in all, point towards Collins' role at the centre of the narrative – and her responsibility for Andreson's decision to go on the lam, hiding out in Brentwood for several years, before finding his end at the gun barrels of Max and Al. This structure, Hirsch argues, suggests that 'the past is often a maze that has to be penetrated, its mysteries uncovered only gradually, by means of a complex web of intersecting viewpoints' (ibid.). Max and Al, as agents of Colfax's will, are ruthless in the execution of their duty, awakening Brentwood to a new level of brutality. 'I tell you what's gonna happen: we're gonna kill the Swede', Al tells George during their conversation in the diner. 'What'd Pete Lung ever do to you?', Georeg asks. 'Never had the chance to do anything to us. Never even seen us', Max responds. Andreson's death during the opening sequence means that the film's resolution is stated at the outset: there's no mystery surrounding what will happen to the Swede. As Andrew Spicer has noted, the film is dominated by an 'inescapable spiral of destruction that characterizes Siodmak's fatalistic romanticism' (2014: 143).
Dickos suggests that Siodmak was the first director associated with film noir 'to appreciate the complementary value of a sympathetic cinematographer', in this case Elwood 'Woody' Bredell. Siodmak and Bredell had first worked together on Siodmak's Cornell Woolrich adaptation, Phantom Lady (1944). Bredell made a conscious decision to 'cut back drastically on lighting, limiting the number of arc lamps for night scenes and foregoing fill light in others' (Eagan, 2010: 396). The photography throughout the film is excellent: for example, the impeccably staged high-angle long shot which depicts the heist at the Prentiss Hat Factory in a long uninterrupted take. Recurring visual motifs within the film include shots of the Swede lying on beds (constantly recalling his execution at the beginning of the film), prison-like bars and staircases which characters either ascend or descend in a manner that seems almost ritualistic. (In fact, a staircase forms a major part of the film's climax.) As Joseph Greco notes, this movement up and down staircases suggests 'an underworld that one must literally enter downward' (1999: 96). The film features a frequent use of wide-angle lenses that offer an increased depth of field owing to the shorter focal lengths, allowing shots to be staged in depth (such as in the diner at the start of the film, where we see Nick and George in the foreground and the intimidating presence of Max and Al in the background). As Greco notes, in this sequence the 'overhead lighting [also] makes death-masks of the killer's faces' (ibid.).
The film is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1. The presentation, which takes up just under 30Gb of space on a dual-layered Blu-ray disc, uses the AVC codec. The film seems to be based on the same source as the DVD released by Criterion in the 2000s. The opening shots, featuring the film's titles, show little step up in terms of detail from Criterion's DVD; but this is because they're opticals. When the opening titles end and the killers step into the diner, things improve drastically. The monochrome photography exhibits wonderful tonal range and an impressive level of detail which is evident in, for example, the aforementioned shots within the diner that feature a strong depth of field enabled by the use of lenses with short focal lengths: there is a depth to these shots that is lacking in the impressive-for-the-time Criterion DVD presentation, the counter acting as a leading line carrying the eye of the viewer to the killers seated, then standing, at the end of the counter, intimidating George, Nick and Sam. Contrast is excellent and nicely-balanced, and there is an organic appearance to the film throughout, with a natural level of film grain and no overt evidence of digital tinkering. Apart from some vertical scratches here and there, which are notoriously difficult to remove, the source exhibits little damage.
Some larger screengrabs are included at the bottom of this review.
Audio is presented via a LPCM mono track. This is clean and clear throughout, showing good range – for example, in the roar of the crowd that accompanies Andreson's boxing match with Tiger Lewis.
Optional English subtitles for the Hard of Hearing are included.
The disc includes an isolated music and effects track. This is also presented in lossless mono.
Other extras include:
- 'Frank Krutnik on The Killers' (54:20). Frank Krutnik provides an introduction to the film: 'Whatever film noir is, The Killers is definitely it', he declares. He discusses the film's origins in Hemingway's short story. Krutnik talks about the writing of the film and the problems faced by the original writer, Richard Brooks and, later, John Huston – who couldn't take an official screenplay credit owing to the fact that he was contracted to the US army at the time of the film's production. Krutnik also talks about Hellinger's attempts to get Don Siegel to direct the film and Robert Siodmak's approach to the material. Krutnik then goes on to provide a commentary over four sequences from the film: the opening sequence; the sequence in which Reardon, Lubinsky and Lilly reflect on Andreson's first meeting with Kitty Collins; the sequence depicting the heist at the Prentiss Hat Factory; and the Green Cat Club sequence.
- 'Heroic Fatalism' (31:51). This video essay compares Siodmak, Tarkovsky and Siegel's versions of 'The Killers' with the original story. It's a well-presented, very slickly-edited feature, nicely illustrated with plentiful clips from the various adaptations under discussion.
- Radio Killers. These are three radio adaptations of 'The Killers', including:
-- 'The Jack Benny Program' (1946) (10:09). This adaptation, broadcast in the year of the film's release, offers a parody of the story.
-- 'Screen Director's Playhouse' (1949) (29:57). This 1949 adaptation features Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters and Robert Siodmak.
-- 'Two for the Road' (1958) (29:10). Here, in a 1958 episode of the series Suspense!, McGraw and Conrad are brought together for another story.
- a stills and posters gallery (0:43)
- a series of trailers for The Killers (1:47), and for the other Mark Hellinger-produced films noir Brute Force (2:15) and The Naked City (1:52), and a final trailer for Jules Dassin's Rififi (2:45). All of these films are available on Blu-ray from Arrow. (Please see our review of Arrow's Blu-ray release of The Naked City here.)
Also included is a handsome booklet containing vintage interviews with Siodmak, Hellinger and Bredell with a new essay by Sergio Angelini. It's one of Arrow's characteristically slick booklets, illustrated throughout with stills from the film.
The film is packaged in a clear Amaray case, with double-sided artwork: one side features a new design, whereas the reverse side features a version of one of the film's original poster designs.
Tom Conley has insightfully observed that the 'innovation in Siodmak's film lay in the way Hemingway's piece of spare but highminded "literature" becomes an expressionistic movie trailer both initiating and dissolving into a more pervasive cinematic convention' (op cit.: 196). The film is an iconic picture within American film noir and sparkles with some fabulous dialogue (in what is arguably the film's most telling exchange, Colfax tells Reardon, 'I tell you something, Reardon: if there's one thing in this world I hate, it's a double-crossing dame'). Whilst Robert Siodmak's Criss Cross (1949), which also starred Burt Lancaster, is arguably the director's best film noir, The Killers is nevertheless a superb film. The presentation of the film on this Blu-ray disc is very impressive and is also accompanied by some very good contextual material. Criterion's DVD release included a reading of Hemingway's story by the actor Stacy Keach and Andrei Tarkovsky's 1956 short film adaptation of the story – both of which make that DVD release worth hanging on to. But this new Blu-ray easily improves upon the already impressive Criterion DVD, and fans of film noir should find Arrow's new Blu-ray to be an essential part of their collection.
Conley, Tom, 2000: 'Noir in the Red and the Nineties in the Black'. In: Dixon, Wheeler Winston, 2000: Film Genre 2000: New Critical Essays. Sate University of New York: 193-210
Dickos, Andrew, 2002: Street with No Name: A History of the Classic American Film. University Press of Kentucky
Eagan, Daniel, 2010: America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry. New York: Continuum International Publishing
Greco, Joseph, 1999: The File on Robert Siodmak in Hollywood, 1941-1951. Dissertation.com
Hirsch, Foster, 1981: The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir. Cambridge: Da Capo Press
Letort, Delphine, : 'The Writing of a Film Noir: Ernest Hemingway and The Killers'. In: Wells-Lassagne, Shannon & Hudelet, Ariane (eds), 2013: Screening Text: Critical Perspectives on Film Adaptation. North Carolina, US: McFarland & Company, Inc.: 53-66
Phillips, Gene D, 2012: Out of the Shadows: Expanding the Canon of Classic Film Noir. Maryland: Scarecrow Press
Spicer, Andrew, 2014: 'Producing Noir: Wald, Scott, Hellinger'. In: Miklitsch, Robert (ed), 2014: Kiss the Blood Off My Hands: On Classic Film Noir. University of Illinois Press: 130-52


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BALAN S/O. MURUKANDI versus BABY, S/O. PAILY, ERUKKINCHIRA
BALAN S/O. MURUKANDI v. BABY, S/O. PAILY, ERUKKINCHIRA - CRP No. 1027 of 2002(A) [2007] RD-KL 14638 (1 August 2007)
CRP No. 1027 of 2002(A)
1. BALAN S/O. MURUKANDI,
1. BABY, S/O. PAILY, ERUKKINCHIRA,
2. V.K. SUBHASH, S/O. KRISHNANKUTTY,
For Petitioner :SRI.SAJAN VARGHEESE K.
For Respondent :SRI.P.HARIDAS
The Hon'ble MR. Justice PIUS C.KURIAKOSE
PIUS C. KURIAKOSE,J.
C.R.P.Nos.1027 & 1039 of 2002
Dated: 1st August, 2007
C.R.P.No.1039 of 2002 is instituted by the judgment-debtor against the order in E.A.No.619/2000 which was an application filed by the petitioner under Sections 47 and 151 of the C.P.C. seeking to set aside the order of sale on the ground that there has been material irregularities and fraud in the matter of conduct of sale. In fact the petitioner himself had filed E.A.No.332/2000 under Order XXI Rule 89 for setting aside sale after making requisite deposit. But E.A.No.332/2000 was not filed on time. For condoning the delay of one day caused in the matter of E.A.No.332/2000, the petitioner had filed E.A.No.571/2000. Under the impugned order the learned Subordinate Judge dismissed E.A.Nos.332, 571 and 619 of 2000 by passing a common order. C.R.P.No.1027/02 is instituted by the judgment-debtor against the order in E.A.No.571/2000.
2. Heard Mr.Sajan Varghese, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr.O.Ramachandran Nambiar, counsel for the 2nd respondent and Smt.C.R.Saradamani, counsel for the 1st respondent.
3. On going through the impugned order what I notice is that the learned Subordinate Judge after finding that E.A.No.571/2000 C.R.P.Nos.1027 & 1039/02 - 2 - was not maintainable in law since the execution court had no power at all for condoning the delay caused in the matter of filing execution application, decides to dismiss that application and dismiss the other two applications also in view of the decision taken in E.A.No.571 of 2000. The maintainability of an application under Section 47 like the present one (E.A.No.619/2000) is not seen considered independently by the learned Subordinate Judge. According to me, notwithstanding the learned Subordinate Judge's decision on the delay petition, E.A.No.619/2000 could have been considered or the learned Subordinate Judge could have at least assigned reasons as to why the petitioner is not entitled to relief in E.A.No.619/2000. As for the decision to dismiss E.A.No.571/2000, the learned Subordinate Judge cannot be blamed. However since E.A.No.619/2000 was liable to be independently considered since the petitioner can have an arguable case that the issue arises within the scope of Section 47 C.P.C.
4. I set aside the order which is impugned in C.R.P.No.1039/2002 and allowing that C.R.P. directing the learned Subordinate Judge to take a fresh decision on E.A.No.619/2000 after hearing both sides. The parties will be permitted to adduce evidence C.R.P.Nos.1027 & 1039/02 - 3 - in support of their rival contentions in the E.A. As for order which is impugned in C.R.P.No.1027 of 2002 since the view of the learned Subordinate Judge cannot be found faulty, the same will stand approved and that C.R.P. will stand dismissed.
5. I also clarify that I have not stated anything finally regarding the merits/maintainability of E.A.No.619/2000.
srd PIUS C.KURIAKOSE, JUDGE


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BBC to Mark Remembrance Week 2018
Digital & Online November 3, 2018 January 28, 2020 Media November 3, 2018 January 28, 2020 Radio November 3, 2018 January 28, 2020 Television November 3, 2018 January 28, 2020
By Kevin Coy
Topics: BBC, UK
Following an ambitious four years of coverage to mark the centenary of the First World War, this November the BBC will mark Remembrance Week 2018, and the end of the war across TV, radio and online.
On TV, BBC One will air Remembrance programming including the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 2018 and World War One Remembered: The Cenotaph – as well as specials of Antiques Roadshow and Countryfile, and the return of Home Front Heroes; BBC Two highlights include WWI: The Final Hours WWI's Secret Shame: Shell Shock with Dan Snow discovering how shell shock has evolved into cases of PTSD that modern soldiers suffer, and drama documentary two-parter 100 Days to Victory. BBC Three will be making acclaimed Our World War available again, and BBC Four highlights include a special What Do Artists Do All Day? on Peter Jackson and Dan Cruickshank will reveal the story behind the creation of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Monuments Of Remembrance.
On Radio, BBC Radio 2 highlights include The Radio Ballads of the Great War Live, the Festival of Remembrance and Good Morning Sunday special. BBC Radio 3 will air Sonic Memorials; a Free Thinking on Wilfred Owen: Poetry and Peace and Opera on 3 – The Silver Tassie. BBC Radio 4 will conclude its broadcast of Home Front, air the Ceremony of Remembrance from the Cenotaph and A Service to Mark the Centenary of the Armistice and Tommies (w/t). BBC Radio 5 live highlights include The Dying Hours on 5 live Breakfast, Remembrance Sunday coverage from Folkestone Beach at the Pages of the Sea event, and coverage of events at the Cenotaph in London.
There will be the launch of a new digital experience, Armistice Day, which will help users explore what they might have done during the Great War through clips taken from the BBC Archive, personalised by where they live and whether they think they would have fought or stayed at home. The BBC is also releasing the award-winning virtual reality experience Nothing to be Written which received its world premiere at the BBC Proms this summer, and will be available to download for free. To mark the Two Minute Silence CBeebies and CBBC will simulcast Poppies, an evocative, dialogue-free animation set to a score by Steve Price and recorded by the BBC Philharmonic. And BBC NI, BBC Scotland and BBC Wales will all broadcast special TV and radio programming.
Tony Hall, Director General, BBC, says: "This centenary has inspired us all. It has re-defined how we remember, but also how we can engage creatively in events that took place 100 years ago and have shaped who we are today. I'm proud the BBC has played such a major part in that endeavour, working in partnership with so many organisations across the country. I've seen the difference we've made in communities, but also the way people have responded to the new stories we've been able to tell and to the moments of reflection that have brought us all together.
"And to mark the end of the centenary with Peter Jackson's masterpiece – as well as showcasing all the Armistice events – is, I think, a fitting tribute to all those who served and to those we remember."
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The owners of oval faces should choose straight eyebrows of medium thickness. The curve of the eyebrow should be soft, no sharp corners, otherwise the face will visually become even longer. The base of the eyebrows and the tip should be roughly on a par, bending just above the eyebrow line.
Description: a person of the same length and width; soft lines; the middle part of the face significantly wider than the forehead and chin; a narrow forehead and small chin.
The task of the owners of round face visually "pull" it, making it longer and adding sharp lines. Suit eyebrows, wide at the beginning and sharp at the end. The curve of the eyebrow clear, noticeably above the line of the beginning and end of the eyebrow.
Description: face longer than wide; sharp lines stand out with bones on the sides of the forehead, cheekbones; high forehead, which is approximately equal to mandible, face slightly tapers to the chin; the chin is of square shape.
You fit quite a long eyebrow of the average width or thick — they will add balance to the wide face. Should soften the sharp lines and the curve of the eyebrow should be smooth, almost imperceptible. The thickness of the eyebrows at the tip is slightly narrower than the base.
Description: a person of the same length and width; sharp lines stand out with bones on the sides of the forehead, corners of lower jaw; width of forehead and cheekbones are the same, slightly tapering to the chin; the chin is of square shape.
Your task is to lengthen the face, visually bringing to the oval shape. Give eyebrows shape with a sharp curve — it emphasizes the cheekbones and narrow chin. It is not necessary to pluck eyebrows to the threads, leave natural thickness.
Description: face longer than wide; sharp lines of the forehead, lower jaw and chin; width of forehead and cheekbones are the same, slightly tapering to the chin; the chin is round or sharp.
To balance the sharp lines, avoid sharp bending of the brows. The eyebrow should be wide enough from the base gradually narrowed to the tip. The curve of the eyebrow on the line a little above the base, the bend is smooth.
Description: face longer than wide; soft lines, slightly highlighted cheekbones; wide forehead; the face tapering to the chin; pointed chin.
Broad forehead need to visually narrow, so you'll fit wide, long eyebrows. The base of the eyebrows should be slightly pinched, bending smooth, but noticeable. Eyebrows on the same line with the peak of bending, a little above the level of the tip.
Lubricate at night eyebrow base oil — castor, coconut, Shea. They will be softer and will grow faster.
Do exfoliate brow with a fluffy brush from the old mascara, toothbrush or a scrub of coffee or a salt basis. It is better to skrabirovanie eyebrows in the shower, when the skin is steamed and the pores opened. The procedure is carried out once a week. Exfoliation removes dead cells between hairs, opening up space for new growth.
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Judgment As A Matter Of Law › Claim Construction › Patent Litigation
Vectura Ltd. v. GlaxoSmithKline LLC (Fed. Cir. 2020)
Trial courts tend to get more than the benefit of the doubt when their decisions are viewed under the "abuse of discretion" standard, and juries similarly are affirmed unless there isn't substantial evidence supporting their...more
Joinder to the Rescue: Federal Circuit holds that joinder of instituted IPRs does not result in estoppel under § 315(e)
Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints on 10/7/2020
In Network-1 Techs., Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard, No. 18-2338, the Federal Circuit reversed and vacated multiple aspects of the district court's final judgment holding that Hewlett-Packard (HP) did not infringe U.S. Patent No....more
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272-1 Federal Circuit Holds a New Invalidity Challenge at the ITC is not a Change in Condition that Enables the ITC to review the Validity of a Patent or Rescind an Exclusion Order - The Federal Circuit (Court) recently...more
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PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - Blackbird Tech LLC v. Health in Motion LLC, Appeal No. 2018-2393 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 16, 2019) - In this week's Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a fee award against prevailing...more
Broad Genus of HCV Compounds Wasn't Enabled or Described
McDermott Will & Emery on 11/27/2019
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Mere Potential for Future Appeal Does Not Prevent Triggering Estoppel of Inter Partes Reexamination When Party Fails to Seek Relief in the First Instance - In Virnetx Inc. v. Apple Inc., Appeal Nos. 2017-1591, -1592,...more
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In the latest round of the Apple/VirnetX saga, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held to its precedents in determining when 35 USC § 317(b) estoppel is triggered against inter partes re-examinations. VirnetX...more
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Sales-tax hike is union plan, officials say
Carson's largest public employee union is the driving force behind the city's bid to put a half-cent sales tax on the November ballot, officials said Tuesday.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees first raised the idea last year, after defeating a city effort to create a two-tiered retirement system.
The city had hoped eventually to save $2 million a year with the new retirement plan, under which new employees would have come in at a lower rate of benefits.
But AFSCME, thanks largely to the backing of Carson Councilman Mike Gipson and Mayor Jim Dear, was able to defeat the idea. Both Dear and Gipson were contemplating a bid for Assembly at the time, and were in need of labor support.
After winning that battle, AFSCME Council 36 took the lead in developing support for new city revenues, said City Manager Jerry Groomes.
The labor group, which represents 240 city employees, put up some of the money for a public opinion poll showing broad support for the sales tax.
The City Council debated the proposed sales tax for the first time at a workshop on Tuesday night. The council is expected to vote on the issue next Tuesday. Most council members sounded favorable to the idea, which could bring in $8 million to $10 million a year.
Several members of the public suggested other ways to raise revenues, such as a ticket tax at the Home Depot Center or a tax on warehouses.
"You will drive residents to shop in Cerritos, Long Beach, Torrance," said resident Barbara Post. "I don't have to spend a dime in this city. That will hurt our businesses. They are struggling to stay in business."
The public opinion poll of 400 Carson residents showed stronger support for a sales tax than for a utility tax. But the poll did not ask voters about their support for a warehouse tax.
The $25,000 poll was partially funded by the Carson Companies and Watson Land Co., two major landowners in the city, as well as by an association of warehouse owners. Together with AFSCME, those groups paid $15,000 for the survey, leaving the city to pay the other $10,000, said Jackie Acosta, the city's top finance officer.
Last year, the city successfully negotiated a two-tier retirement plan with its four other labor groups. But AFSCME balked at the idea, and ultimately settled for a more generous two-tier plan.
Due to a clause in the city's labor contracts that require equal retirement benefits for all bargaining groups, the two-tier plan never went into effect for any of the five labor organizations, completely wiping out the city's projected savings.
City officials say they need the sales tax to avoid drastic cuts to city services. For the past two years, the city has funded a run a deficit, which it has funded through reserves.
gene.maddaus@dailybreeze.com


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Q: Проблема с пустыми абзацами в контентной области у шорткода wordpress Есть типовой сайт на wordpress и простой шорткод.
function button_promocode_func( $atts ){
    extract( shortcode_atts( array(
    'link' => 'http://google.com',
    'title' => 'Я промокод',
    ), $atts ) );
    $buf= '

            '.$title.'
';
    return $buf;
}
add_shortcode('button_promocode', 'button_promocode_func');

Обнаружил такую проблему: если в контентную область статьи поместить шорткод, который не отделен от текста пустым абзацем, то он выбивается с общего потока.
Т.е. получаем пустой абзац

затем шорткод, а затем уже контент необрамленный тегами.
Если же есть пустой абзац, то все выводится окей, шорткод сам себе, текст в абзаце сам по себе.
Конкретно эту проблему решил благодаря статье
в functions.php прописал
remove_filter( 'the_content', 'wpautop' );
add_filter( 'the_content', 'wpautop' , 12);

И все бы хорошо, но если шорткод идет самым первым до текста, то он теперь выводится просто текстом [button_promocode], а уже следующий по списку выводится нормально.
В чем может быть причина и как это решить?

A: Во-первых, вёрстка в шорткоде неправильная. Два открывающих дива, и один закрывающий. Такой шорткод сломает любую вёрстку.
Во-вторых, текст в контенте наверняка имеет абзацы, и вы пытаетесь вставить div внутрь p. Это нельзя сделать по определению. Браузер при этом закрывает абзац, вставляя
, и открывает его снова после ваших div, вставляя
. Никакие манипуляции с контентом WP не помогут.
Замените два div в вашем шорткоде на span. Примерно так:
function button_promocode_func( $atts ) {
    extract( shortcode_atts( [
        'link'  => 'http://google.com',
        'title' => 'Я промокод',
    ], $atts ) );
    $buf = '
            ' . $title . '';

    return $buf;
}

add_shortcode( 'button_promocode', 'button_promocode_func' );

И уберите манипуляции с фильтром 'the_content'.

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DROP TABLE IF EXISTS DISCIPLINE_CATAGORIES;
CREATE TABLE DISCIPLINE_CATAGORIES
(
    ID INT NOT NULL KEY,
    SYEAR NUMERIC(4),
    SCHOOL_ID NUMERIC,
    TITLE VARCHAR(255),
    SORT_ORDER NUMERIC,
    TYPE VARCHAR(30),
    OPTIONS VARCHAR(10000)
);
--
-- Structure for table: 'discipline_categories_seq'
-- used for autoincrementing after porting from PostGres Do not alter unless you
-- know what you are doing
--
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS discipline_categories_seq;
CREATE TABLE discipline_categories_seq (
    id INTEGER NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT KEY
);

DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS fn_discipline_categories_seq;
DELIMITER $$
CREATE FUNCTION fn_discipline_categories_seq () RETURNS INT
BEGIN
    INSERT INTO discipline_categories_seq VALUES(NULL);
    DELETE FROM discipline_categories_seq;
    RETURN LAST_INSERT_ID();
END $$

DELIMITER ;

--
-- Structure for table: 'DISCIPLINE_CATAGORIES'
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS DISCIPLINE_REFERRALS;
CREATE TABLE DISCIPLINE_REFERRALS
(
    ID INT NOT NULL KEY,
    SYEAR NUMERIC(4),
    SCHOOL_ID NUMERIC,
    STUDENT_ID NUMERIC,
    ENTRY_DATE DATE,
    STAFF_ID NUMERIC,
    CATEGORY_1 varchar(1000),
	CATEGORY_2 varchar(1000),
	CATEGORY_3 varchar(1),
	CATEGORY_4 varchar(1000),
	CATEGORY_5 varchar(1000),
	CATEGORY_6 varchar(5000)

);

--
-- Structure for table: 'discipline_referrals_seq'
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS discipline_referrals_seq;
CREATE TABLE discipline_referrals_seq (
    id INTEGER NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT KEY
);

DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS fn_discipline_referrals_seq;
DELIMITER $$
CREATE FUNCTION fn_discipline_referrals_seq () RETURNS INT
BEGIN
    INSERT INTO discipline_referrals_seq VALUES(NULL);
    DELETE FROM discipline_referrals_seq;
    RETURN LAST_INSERT_ID();
END $$
DELIMITER ;

--
-- Structure for table: 'discipline_fields'
--
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS DISCIPLINE_FIELDS;
CREATE TABLE DISCIPLINE_FIELDS (
ID INTEGER NOT NULL KEY,
TITLE varchar(255) NOT NULL,
SHORT_NAME varchar(20),
DATA_TYPE varchar(30) NOT NULL,
COLUMN_NAME varchar(255) NOT NULL

);

--
-- Structure for sequence: 'discipline_fields_seq'
--
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS discipline_fields_seq;
CREATE TABLE discipline_fields_seq (
    id INTEGER NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT KEY
);

DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS fn_discipline_fields_seq;
DELIMITER $$
CREATE FUNCTION fn_discipline_fields_seq() RETURNS INT
BEGIN
    INSERT INTO discipline_fields_seq VALUES(NULL);
    DELETE FROM discipline_referrals_seq;
    RETURN LAST_INSERT_ID();
END $$
DELIMITER ;

--
-- Creating data for 'discipline_fields' uncomment data for testing
--
-- INSERT INTO DISCIPLINE_FIELDS VALUES ('1','Violation',NULL,'multiple_checkbox','CATEGORY_1');
-- INSERT INTO DISCIPLINE_FIELDS VALUES ('2','Detention Assigned',NULL,'multiple_radio','CATEGORY_2');
-- INSERT INTO DISCIPLINE_FIELDS VALUES ('3','Parents Contacted By Teacher',NULL,'checkbox','CATEGORY_3');
-- INSERT INTO DISCIPLINE_FIELDS VALUES ('4','Parent Contacted by Administrator',NULL,'text','CATEGORY_4');
-- INSERT INTO DISCIPLINE_FIELDS VALUES ('5','Suspensions (Office Only)',NULL,'multiple_checkbox','CATEGORY_5');
-- INSERT INTO DISCIPLINE_FIELDS VALUES ('6','Comments',NULL,'textarea','CATEGORY_6');

--
-- Creating indices for 'discipline_fields'
--

CREATE UNIQUE INDEX discipline_fields_pkey USING btree  ON discipline_fields(ID) ;
--
-- Structure for table: 'discipline_field_usage'
--
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS DISCIPLINE_FIELD_USAGE;
CREATE TABLE DISCIPLINE_FIELD_USAGE (
ID INTEGER NOT NULL,
DISCIPLINE_FIELD_ID numeric NOT NULL,
SYEAR numeric NOT NULL,
SCHOOL_ID numeric NOT NULL,
TITLE varchar(255),
SELECT_OPTIONS varchar(10000),
SORT_ORDER numeric
);

--
-- Structure for sequence: 'discipline_fields_usage_seq'
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS discipline_field_usage_seq;
CREATE TABLE discipline_field_usage_seq (
    id INTEGER NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT KEY
);

DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS fn_discipline_field_usage_seq;
DELIMITER $$
CREATE FUNCTION fn_discipline_field_usage_seq () RETURNS INT
BEGIN
    INSERT INTO discipline_field_usage_seq VALUES(NULL);
    DELETE FROM discipline_field_usage_seq;
    RETURN LAST_INSERT_ID();
END $$
DELIMITER ;

-- INSERT INTO DISCIPLINE_FIELD_USAGE VALUES ('3','3','2008','1','Parents Contacted By Teacher',NULL,'4');
-- INSERT INTO DISCIPLINE_FIELD_USAGE VALUES ('4','4','2008','1','Parent Contacted by Administrator',NULL,'5');
-- INSERT INTO DISCIPLINE_FIELD_USAGE VALUES ('6','6','2008','1','Comments',NULL,'6');
-- INSERT INTO DISCIPLINE_FIELD_USAGE VALUES ('1','1','2008','1','Violation','Skipping Class

--
-- Creating indices for Modify profile exceptions***if reenstalling Module comment out following steps
--

INSERT INTO PROFILE_EXCEPTIONS (profile_id, modname, can_use, can_edit) VALUES (1, 'Discipline/MakeReferral.php', 'Y', 'Y');
INSERT INTO PROFILE_EXCEPTIONS (profile_id, modname, can_use, can_edit) VALUES (1, 'Discipline/Referrals.php', 'Y', 'Y');
INSERT INTO PROFILE_EXCEPTIONS (profile_id, modname, can_use, can_edit) VALUES (1, 'Discipline/CategoryBreakdown.php', 'Y', 'Y');
INSERT INTO PROFILE_EXCEPTIONS (profile_id, modname, can_use, can_edit) VALUES (1, 'Discipline/CategoryBreakdownTime.php', 'Y', 'Y');
INSERT INTO PROFILE_EXCEPTIONS (profile_id, modname, can_use, can_edit) VALUES (1, 'Discipline/StudentFieldBreakdown.php', 'Y', 'Y');
INSERT INTO PROFILE_EXCEPTIONS (profile_id, modname, can_use, can_edit) VALUES (1, 'Discipline/ReferralLog.php', 'Y', 'Y');
INSERT INTO PROFILE_EXCEPTIONS (profile_id, modname, can_use, can_edit) VALUES (1, 'Discipline/DisciplineForm.php', 'Y', 'Y');
INSERT INTO PROFILE_EXCEPTIONS (profile_id, modname, can_use, can_edit) VALUES (1, 'Discipline/ReferalForm.php', 'Y', 'Y');


A Georgian style break-arch case typical of the work of the London maker William Webster, circa. 1710. The Chatsworth cabinet is decorated with book-matched burr walnut veneers inlaid with satinwood banding. The case features fluted quarter columns to the trunk and "Corinthian" pillars to the hood. The cabinet is crowned with fine pierced fretwork and brass spire finials. The solid brass dial features cherub spandrels, a silver finish chapter ring, hand painted moon dial and blue lacquered hands. The cabinet is hand rubbed and waxed to achieve an "antique" patina.


This Steeda S550 Coolant Expansion Tank for 2015-2019 S550 Mustang GT, EcoBoost, and V6 is a direct bolt on replacement to Ford's OE two-piece coolant tank. It allows you to run a larger amount of coolant throughout your radiator. If you are running a larger aftermarket radiator this coolant expansion tank will help to keep your S550 cooler when pushing it on the track.


Mainly designed for transport tickets, it is the universal reference for all kinds of tickets at standard image resolution & printing speed.
The 130 TLA is a thermal cardboard with a superior protection and a standard sensitivity. Mainly designed for transport ticketing, it is also used for all kinds of tickets (entertainment, parking tickets, tags) done at standard image resolution (200 DPI) and printing speed up to 200mm/s.
It is available in 150µm and 190µm.


...labours under situations familiar from a zillion Priyadarshan slapsticks.
There's not one situation that's setup to induce laughs, and the writing is listless, witless, and ultimately humourless.
The primary storyline is flawed.
Priyadarshan sir, whenever he takes off for village excursions, organises an ensemble troupe which, frankly, blow your brains to smithereens.
...claims to be a "mad copic caper" but fails, in its duration of two and a half hours, to draw out even a single genuine laugh.
...a complete dud and devoid of any reason to watch.
Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal should show up in the thesaurus look up for incoherent and 'all over the place'.
The Kamaal, I guess is Priyadarshan going on the sets with no script in hand. The Dhamaal would be the artistes had on sets not knowing what to expect in the next scene or shot. Malamaal... I don't think anyone will be.
...a film that should have been wrapped up quickly and deftly, the qualities that Priyan once had, takes over three excruciating hours.
...almost every single cinematic aspect bears the trademark Priyadarshan stamp. In other words, sloppiness runs wild in the guise of entertainment.
The film is a roller-coaster and that's not a good thing. When you watch a roller-coaster from the ground it appears confusing, overwhelming and unnecessarily meandering and Kamaal, Dhamaal, Malaamal resembles it faithfully.