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Wall High School sophomore hospitalized with brain condition
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Meleah Plummer, a sophomore at Wall High School, is shown with her parents, Angela and Chris. Meleah was hospitalized during the holidays with a brain condition that could require surgery.
WALL — Meleah Plummer, a sophomore at Wall High School, has been hospitalized with a brain condition and is facing surgery.
What began as headaches and nausea during the holidays progressed into eye swelling and vomiting, causing her to be taken to Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth.
Meleah has since been diagnosed with cavernous malformation, a condition where clusters of blood vessels are formed within the brain. The condition can cause severe headaches, seizures and stroke-like symptoms.
"We need prayers. We want lots and lots of prayers," said Meleah's mother, Angela.
Meleah's parents have set up a GoFundMe account for her medical costs.
Meleah Plummer, a Wall High School sophomore, was hospitalized during the holidays with a brain condition known as cavernous malformation.
Meleah was initially sent to Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo, where she had fluid drained from her brain to reduce swelling. It was determined that she suffered a hemorrhage in the middle of her brain from the mass.
Meleah has also struggled to eat and was given a feeding tube, along with a steroid, in an attempt to calm the nerves in her brain.
It's possible for those suffering from cavernous malformation to be asymptomatic for years. Meleah never had any other medical conditions or concerns, her mother said, describing her as active, athletic and "completely healthy."
Meleah competes in volleyball, softball, basketball and track at Wall.
"That's what's hard for her right now," Angela said. "She's been laying in bed for six days now."
As for 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 30, Meleah's GoFundMe had raised nearly $22,000 of the $50,000 goal. More than 200 people have donated.
"It's a great feeling to know everybody that stepped up to help out don't even really know us and are still doing it," said Meleah's father, Chris. "It says a lot about the community. There's a lot of really great people out there."
Meleah's 13-year-old brother, Mason, actually experienced a similar ordeal in August after suffering a head injury while playing with his brothers, appearing incoherent and unable to talk or move.
Following an MRI, he was diagnosed with cavernous malformation. Due to the siblings both having the same condition, it appears to be hereditary. The family is set for testing next month.
"To have one [child] diagnosed was a hard thing to swallow and for us to really grasp and understand, and now to have a second in a much more critical state, it's a lot to process," Angela said.
With the help of Cook Children's Medical Center, the family hopes to take Meleah to be treated by neurosurgeon Dr. Dale Matthew Swift, who specializes in vascular diseases at Children's Medical Center in Dallas. Swift also treated Mason's cavernous malformation last month, in which the family paid out of pocket, though they are now in the process of changing health insurance companies due to their current insurance being unable to cover treatment at the Dallas hospital.
"It is very hard to find people that have expertise in cavernous malformation and have done surgeries on these things," Angela said.
While there are no medicines that can help cavernous malformation unless seizures become common, brain surgery may be a treatable option.
"We have such a strong family support and friend group that's been praying with us on this journey," Angela said. "We really want to share her story and get this out there because we just want an army praying for her."
To donate and receive updates on Meleah's condition, visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/pray-for-meleah.
This article originally appeared on San Angelo Standard-Times: Wall sophomore Meleah Plummer hospitalized with brain condition
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Swedish Björn Holm wins Kona Worlds
Published on September 6th, 2015
After four days of intense racing (Sept. 3-6) in Brouwersdam, the Netherlands, Swedish Björn Holm was crowned the new World Champion in ISAF-class Kona One. Björn secured his third championship title after consistent sailing. The 16-year old Dutchman Sil Hoekstra finished second with six bullets, just three points behind in the overall rankings. The bronze medalist was Jonas Davidsson, also a Swede. Best woman and seventh overall was Isis Hoekstra of the Netherlands.
The championship took place at Brouwersdam Zeil and Surfcentrum which has hosted several international windsurfing events over the years. A total of 58 sailors competed during the four race days. The championship was sailed in demanding conditions; three out of four days had high winds from 22 to 28 knots.
Björn Holm took an early lead of the championship in the light winds on the first day, demonstrating outstanding tactical and technical skills. He managed to hold on to the first position all the way through the world championship with 1-1-1-2-6-2-1-4-(7)-6-(7)-2.
"I am very happy. This is my third world champion title and by far the toughest to conquer, with the highest level of competition. I have to admit that the final result would have been different with one more day of high winds," gold medalist Björn Holm comments.
Björn Holm comes from Stockholm, Sweden. The 2015 title is his third, having previously won the championship in 2007 and 2013. In the 1980s he competed internationally and represented Sweden in the 1984 Olympics.
Second in the Kona World Championship was young RS:X-sailor Sil Hoekstra from the Netherlands, only three points behind in the overall results. During the last two days of the competiton he won all five races and in the end it was a fatal OCS ruling that cost him the title. Sil is European Champion in RS:X Youth 17 and 19 and vice World Champion in RS:X Youth 17.
"It feels really good, a nice experience and a lot of fun. All the people sailing together, having this great competition together," silver medalist Sil Hoekstra comments.
Sweden managed to take also the third place thanks to Jonas Davidsson, four points behind the winner. Jonas won international recognition during the 1980s as division two racer and European Champion.
"It has been a privilege to come here to this excellent race venue. I managed to keep a consistent level during four days. One major reason behind this is my training with my son Elias who also was the youngest in the fleet," Jonas Davidsson comments.
Kona One is one of the fastest growing windsurfing classes in the world and officially recognized by ISAF. It is a one design class where all sailors use identical boards and men and women compete together. The same sail is used in all conditions and sized according to weight, to give conditions which are as fair as possible. It is also a non-pumping class.
Report by Daniel Nordlund. Photos by Brouwersdam.
Details: http://konawindsurfworlds.com
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The Conway Bypass was a proposed rerouting of New Hampshire Route 16 around the villages of Conway and North Conway, New Hampshire, United States. Multiple related early-stage projects were completed, including upgrading the North–South Road near North Conway. In September 2020, NH Department of Transportation Commissioner Victoria Sheehan indicated that the department would move to formally dissolve the remainder of the project. The main reasons given for not completing the project were the massive overall cost (estimated at $175 million) and improvements in traffic congestion in Conway Village resulting from smaller roadway improvement projects, such as the North-South Road.

The proposed route was split into three sections: southern, middle, and northern.

Proposed sections
Southern
The southern section was planned to run from the two-lane section of present-day Route 16 near the Conway–Albany border to the US 302–NH 113 intersection, effectively detouring to the south of Conway village.

Middle
The middle section of the highway was planned to run from the US 302–NH 113 intersection to near the present day Wal-Mart location, crossing the site of the former White Mountain Airport.  Portions of this leg saw preliminary work, such as clearing.

Northern
The northern section of the highway was planned to run adjacent to the North–South Road near North Conway. Preliminary work was done to facilitate this, including a leg leading from a new rotary.

Funding
New Hampshire state laws require NHDOT to propose an improvement plan for the state's transportation system every two years. In practice, these plans look forward 10 years, hence are known as "10-year plans".

On June 25, 2008, then Governor of New Hampshire John Lynch signed the state's 2009–2018 Ten Year Transportation Improvement Plan, which included the southern leg of the Conway Bypass. Construction was planned to start in 2015 and last four years, splitting the southern leg of the bypass into three phases during that time.

The middle and northern sections were not part of the 2009–2018 plan. On April 13, 2010, with doubt of the middle and northern sections being built, Conway voters removed the late-1990s-created overlay district for these sections, allowing for development within  of the state-owned bypass corridor.

On July 2, 2018, Governor Chris Sununu signed the state's 2019–2028 Ten Year Transportation Improvement Plan. That plan contained two sections regarding the Conway bypass:
 "358:9 Conway. The state aid highway program funding for the project named Conway, project number 40018, for $702,211 shall be removed and replaced with $702,211 in federal funds."
 "358:17 Department of Transportation; Conway. The projects named Conway, project numbers 11339J, 11339T, and 13339U which were previously removed from the state 10-year transportation plan, are added to the plan using federal funds totaling one dollar."
The placeholder projects (11339J, 11339T, and 13339U) were subsequently removed in the 2021-2030 Ten Year Transportation Improvement Plan. In September, 2020 NHDOT Commissioner Victoria Sheehan indicated that the Department will move to formally dissolve the remainder of the project.

As of 2020, NHDOT had spent $44 million to purchase land for a right-of-way for the bypass, including some federal funds. NHDOT may be obligated to pay back up to $19 million in federal funds to the Federal Highway Administration if the corridor is not use for a transportation purpose.

References

External links
 Conway Bypass Proposal Map via ConwayNH.org
 Ten Year Plan Home Page at NH.gov

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The Parvez Penumbra Refuses to Go Away
Former Pak President Gen Parvez Musharraf who has been announcing return to politics finally did so by ceremoniously reviving the old political vehicle, All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) on 1 October at a gentlemen's club in Whitehall, London. He has been in exile since 2008 , a hoary Pak tradition; its rulers when overthrown flee the country. It began with President Gen Iskender Ali Mirza in 1958, when Gen Ayub Khan sent him, the squabbling and incompetent politicians and civil servants packing.
Musharraf apologized for "negative" actions he took while in power, but he vowed to galvanize Pakistanis and fight a jihad against poverty, hunger, illiteracy and backwardness. "I am aware of the fact that there were some decisions which I took which resulted in negative political repercussions, repercussions which had adverse effects on nation building and national political events, and my popularity also, may I say, plummeted in that last year. I take this opportunity to sincerely apologize to the whole nation. Ladies and gentlemen, only God is infallible."
Musharraf said he had learned his lessons and vowed not to repeat them, "I will go back to Pakistan before the next election whatever the dangers." "When there is a dysfunctional government and the nation is going down, its economy is going down, there is a clamor, there is a pressure on the military by the people."
The Commando is a charming rogue. How he had the gullible Indian editors for breakfast at Agra in 2001. It showed little political acumen to believe that Moghul style hospitality and flattery could have changed the Indo-Pakistan matrix controlled by Western powers and China to India's detriment. Next time around in Delhi he claimed to have a new heart, for the better. He has made many contradictory pronouncements on many matters including his acts of omission and commission against India. He is a smart bazigar aka conjuror but not to be trusted at face value.
Last May, Musharraf told CNN that "The question of whether I am running for president or prime minister will be seen later." Adding that because of security concerns he could not give a timeframe for his return, but it would be before mid-term elections in 2013.
The official launch of the APML party had taken place quietly in the Karachi in June with a proclamation that the party would be for "all Pakistanis" without distinction of religion, ethnicity or social class. The APML derives its name from the historical Muslim League party which under Mohammad Ali Jinnah was promoted by the British to partition the subcontinent in 1947 and create a weak Pakistan state, abinitio reliant on London as a subservient ally to safeguard Western oil wells in the Middle East from USSR. India under Gandhi and Nehru would never join any military alliance. So the West supported Pakistan on Kashmir also. The rest is history.
The latest pronouncement come in the backdrop of corroding corruption with accusations against President Asif Ali Zardari (once known as Mr. 10 percent) and others, with Musharraf's own image somewhat upright and the failure of the current civil administration to satisfactorily overcome the challenge of record floods in Pakistan which have devastated more than 20 million lives (The militants and terrorists will also benefit from the catastrophe.) The credible handling of the floods by Pak military, the only coherent organization, has once again focused attention on its role in keeping Pakistan together and united. Except that in early 1970s its excesses in Bengal with political schemer Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, led to the breakup of Pakistan and emergence of an independent Bangladesh. And of course the situations within Pakistan, with extremists outside Pak ISI control and in Afghanistan have created a dangerous and unmanageable strategic environment in the region.
Musharraf's acts in London are being taken note of seriously because the current chain smoking Pakistan military chief Gen Asfaq Parvez Kayani, is an old loyal subordinate, personally selected by Musharraf for the job, when forced to relinquish, after a tumultuous rule, one of the longest and in this writers opinion a much better one than under that Mullah in uniform Gen. Zia ul Haq and even the self-promoted Field Marshall Ayub Khan, who with Washington's encouragement had laid the foundations of the military's arbitrary and arbitrator's role in direct or proxy rule in Pakistan and a long symbiotic relationship with the Pentagon, which now like in a marriage gone sour still exists.
The rumors of a coup by Musharraf were strengthened as Gen Kayani himself expressed his displeasure at the ways of the civil leadership after meetings with President Zardari and PM Gilani. Gen Kayani would perhaps feel much more at ease with Musharraf's helping hand around in some key position. In any case since Musharraf has been entangled in many legal cases in Pakistan courts, his return is difficult unless supported by the military, since the judiciary, the legal fraternity and many other groups are his implacable opponents and hate his guts.
Musharraf had consolidated his position internally before his 'peacemaking' visit to Agra, having rid of some of the extremist military comrades and promoting himself from the post of Chief Executive to the Presidency. But the 11 September 2001 attacks on the symbols of US economic and military power by Muslim terrorists brought about a paradigm change in the world and Pakistan and transformation in Musharraf Presidency. It force-changed Pakistan's policies making Islamabad the forefront of President George Bush's "war on terror", when Islamabad policy and actions still remain part of the problem. But then the US objective is to stay put in Afghanistan (Washington is building a new military base in Mazare-Sharif near the Uzbekistan border, as a strategic threat to Russia, China and others)
Forced to join Washington in its war on terror in end 2001 enraged the extremists and terrorists close to the Taliban and Al Qaeda, leading to three serious attempts on Musharraf's life since then. In July 2007, he had to order his security forces to storm the Red Mosque with its adjacent Islamic school in Islamabad, resulting in the deaths of more than 100 people. Clerics and students of the mosque were waging an increasingly aggressive campaign to enforce strict Sharia law in Pakistan's capital itself. Earlier clashes between soldiers and Islamic militants in the country's northern tribal regions got escalated with suicide bombings – not that common until then in Pakistan – becoming more commonplace.
President Musharraf challenged and was challenged by others too. His suspension of Chief Justice, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, in March 2007 boomeranged badly and triggered huge protests across the length of the country against his flouting of the rule of law. He was forced to back down and reinstate Chaudhry in July 2007. His oft-stated demand to head of the army while remaining the president was then challenged in the courts. His re-election for a new term by the four provincial assemblies and both houses of parliament in October, was not validated by the Supreme Court. Faced with all around opposition, Musharraf's lawyers agreed that he would stand down as army chief once he was re-elected.
President Musharraf was finally forced to leave power in August 2008 after nearly 9 years, when faced with the indignity of being impeached by the parliament. Hounded by his enemies in the political groups, the judiciary and civil society, he first went on a pilgrimage to Mecca, then lectured around the Middle East, Europe and the US, and finally holed down in Britain, which has a big Pakistani Mohajir population.
Beginning with weak grassroots civil society at the time of independence, Pak polity remains very fragile in facing up to military's pressure and power. The ruling elite still consists of military officers, civil servants, old landlords families and clans and industrialists related to and feeding on each other. So a visit a few years ago by an Indian grassroots politician Bihar Chief Minister Laloo Yadav, son of a poor office chaprasi i.e. messenger, something unlikely to happen in Pakistan any time soon elicited much curiosity, attention, surprise and admiration among the common ruled people of Pakistan.
The major political formations which had suffered during Musharraf' rule oppose and pooh-pooh his projected return. President Zardari (husband of late PM Benazir Bhutto spent long periods in prison) said that Musharraf has no room for his political ventures in Pakistan, and he will remain in exile till he is alive. "As long as we are in the president house, we will continue to avenge the deaths of our martyrs in the farm of democracy, which is the best revenge", added Zardari. Not very excited with the prospect of Musharraf 's return, the influential Pakistani daily "Dawn" expressed its doubts in a recent editorial and warned him to be prepared to face possible judicial charges.
Another major leader opposed to Musharraf's return, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said sarcastically that he was welcome to Pakistan, so that the masses, annoyed with his policies, may extend him his due reception in a worthwhile way. Shahbaz, brother of former PM Nawaz Sharif, who was over thrown and exiled by Musharraf said that the dictator who now vowed to shift the country from darkness to light, did not generate even a unit of electricity in his reign of nine years. Let Musharraf return to see what he had left behind ;inflation, load-shedding, lawlessness, terrorism and dearth. These are his gifts to the nation and now he apologized for the NRO only, rather than for other blunders. Shahbaz recalled how Musharraf had tried to subdue the most respected institutions of the country like judiciary with a Martial Law like action. The dictator now pledges to bring an end to family politics and nepotism, but the persons with whom he is developing political contacts, are in politics since posterity.
It was Washington led West, Saudi Arabia and other Muslim states, Pakistan and others, even China in the Jihad against Soviet Union in Afghanistan during 1980s who financed, trained and created the monster of terrorism in the region. India has become an unwitting victim of the collateral damage and Indians do not even protest to Washington, which still provides billions of dollars to Islamabad which follows anti-Indian policies and allowed 2611 rape of Mumbai, which with US double agent George Headley as a key planner Washington knew. But pensioners of Washington Consensus outfits are key decision makers in New Delhi. India's strategic policy tethered to Washington has annoyed Tehran, irritated Beijing and Delhi has drifted away from Moscow, unlikely to be an opponent. In nutshell it is a disaster which will become worse when the product of Chicago Jewish machine and a puppet of US banksters, who funded his $500 million election chest comes a visiting India. It is now clear that Washington wants India to make defense and other purchases, with strings attached which will adversely affect India's freedom and interests.
Rise and fall of Gen Musharraf and his 2008 exile
The author, having spent 10 years in Turkey, in two tenures as diplomat (1969-73 as number 2 and 1992 -96 as Ambassador) and then two years as a freelance journalist in Ankara, before shifting to Bucharest, has studied the role of military in politics in Turkey and Pakistan.
After retirement in 1996 , the author had lectured on and written many articles on the role of military in politics and a comparative study of Turkey and Pakistan.
In this piece we shall not look at the declining role of Turkey's secular military and judiciary, being enforced by Islamist AK party led by its hot headed PM Erdogan with many billions of dollars of yesil surmaye aka green money provided by Saudi Arabia, where Turkish President Abdullah Gul had worked in its Islamic bank for 7 years before returning and joining politics. The current faceoff between the secular establishment and the Islamists is not a healthy development and reminds me of Turkey's politics in 1950s under an equally brash Adnan Menderes, who had tried to throttle the role of the military. It was the Turkish armed forces which at the end of WWI battled to save the present day Turkey from Europe's evil designs to further break it up and succeeded in founding a secular republic under the leadership of Kemal Ataturk. They are vital stakeholders in the secular republic.
There is little possibility of Turkey joining the Europe Union after 119 and the negotiations are being exploited by AKP to dilute the military's role in the polity and humiliate it . This is a dangerous development in Turkey's progress towards democracy. Just look at how religion based policies and Mullahs (financed and supported by Riyadh) are destroying Pakistan, with delusions of Taliban style fanatic emirates and caliphates in 21 century. Also remember the 1992 elections in Algiers and freezing of the electoral process to thwart the takeover by Islamists, who after almost came into power by ballot but declared the democratic system would be abandoned.
While stationed in Bucharest, the authors interest was re-ignited in Pak military's reaction in 1998, when an impetuous and arrogant Nawaz Sharif humiliated the powerful military by first forcing the military chief Gen Jehangir Karamat resign on a silly pretext. Next year in an even more foolhardy action Sharif tried to replace the new military chief Parvez Musharraf, a Mohajir, whom he had appointed to replace Karamat believing that with little support from majority Punjabi and Pathan military brass, he would dare not carry out a coup. While Musharraf was away in Colombo in October, 1999, Nawaz dismissed him and appointed a loyal general in his place. He ordered Musharraf's arrest if he returned to Pakistan. Instead the armed forces arrested Nawaz Sharif and thus began Musharraf era in Pakistan, which is unlikely really to end any time soon.
See my very first article "New Pakistani Ruler and Turkish Political Mode" penned from Berlin in 1999, when Musharraf took over as the Chief Executive (verily the country of Pakistan is military property). He appeared quite unsure and not that media savvy then as he is now, with halting command over Urdu but fluent in Turkish, which he had learnt because he had spent four impressionable school years as a child in early 1950s in Ankara where he father was posted as a junior diplomat.
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The Chicago-based audiovisual tastemaker company Audiotree set up camp in Kalamazoo, Michigan during the weekend of September 22nd and 23rd for their annual music festival. This year, the fest's lineup showcased a diverse lineup of talent from across the spectrum. Artists ranged from up and coming bands from the Chicago or Kalamazoo areas to the likes of Real Estate, Local Natives, and Father John Misty. With just two stages that never had overlapping set times, the festival allowed the attendees to really focus on this music and appreciate the art without any overcrowding or over-scheduling.
The event also remained a safe space the entire time, with the organization Our Music, My Body tabling the festival so that concert-goers had someone to talk to if they felt violated, or if they just wanted to get further educated on consent and keeping everyone comfortable in public spaces. Throughout the weekend, bands like Diet Cig and Stuyedeyed began their sets announcing that any behavior that made others feel unsafe wouldn't be tolerated.
If you missed out on the weekend, relive the experience with our photo recap below.


Language Is the Key: A Program for Building Language and Literacy. "Talking and Books" [and]"Talking and Play" Resource Guide [with Videotapes].
Language Is the Key, Washington Research Institute, 150 Nickerson Street, Suite 305, Seattle, WA 98109 ($95, per set of two videotapes and guide). Tel: 206-285-9317; Fax: 206-285-1523; Web site: http://www.wri-edu.org.
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It has been well publicised that the world is running out of IP addresses – the unique addresses used to identify devices connected to the Internet. The IPv4 addressing scheme was designed as far back as the early 1980's, which is an age in computing terms. Its successor, IPv6 has been around for many years but is not (yet) widely used. To give a little more breathing room IANA, the authority responsible for IPv4 address allocation, regularly make more classes of IPv4 addresses available for use, and as a result the Global Routing Table that all ISP's use in their datacentres to route traffic around the Internet has grown to over 500,000 routes.
Well, some older networking kit used by ISP's only has a limited amount of memory available to hold the Global Routing Table and associated data, and that means a limit of approximately 500,000 routes (for the techies out there you can do the maths – start with the size of the memory allocated which is 219). The effect of this is that some routes have to get dropped, but there is no consistency between the different routers as to which routes get dropped, and this is why the problems appear to be sporadic and random in nature. Note this issue only affects ISP equipment, not your average home user router.
The fix is fairly straightforward for the ISP's; they just need to change some settings and possibly reboot a few pieces of equipment, but getting round to it may take some time, and while the work is in progress we can all expect some random disruption to Internet traffic. The big question is didn't anyone know this was going to happen? And the answer is yes, they did, but very few ISP's adequately prepared for it. The event is unofficially known as 512k day (did you do the maths?), and was widely predicted (within technical networking circles) to hit on August 12th 2014. The similarity with Y2K bug is striking but unlike the preparation for Y2K, the response from the large ISP's over 512K day has been found wanting, and as a result the effect has been more widely felt by the users of the Internet.


Simple double bed, cared for up to the minimum details, consisting in a solid structure and a soft and welcoming headboard. The bed frame in black stained ash is matched with the steel tubular headboard and footboard, in the chrome-plated glazed or black painted finishes. The soft wide cushions leaning on the metal tubular headboard perfectly fit the minimum and well proportionate design of Shin. Cushions are upholstered with real duvet and foam, at different thicknesses, while the covering can be selected among the fabrics present in the range, in leather or ecological leather. the fabric covering of the cushions is unlineable. Shin is available in 2 sizes: for the mattress L.1,600 x P.2,000 mm and L.1,800 x P.2,000 mm. The bed is set to fit bedsprings available in the price list and even bedsprings higher than 50 cm high.


Season three of BILLIONS finds Chuck Rhoades and Bobby Axelrod in a world that has shifted on its axis. Both men are still determined to destroy the other, but must also battle for their own survival amidst new forces and powerful enemies. Wendy Rhoades, Chuck's wife and Axe's performance coach, is all in for both of them, an uneasy and dangerous position for her, and one that ultimately puts her to a decision that could alter the direction of her life irrevocably. Money, power, justice and revenge are all on the line for each of these characters.


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#include <nuttx/config.h>

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <elf32.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <debug.h>

#include <nuttx/arch.h>
#include <nuttx/binfmt/elf.h>

/****************************************************************************
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#define R_386_32        1
#define R_386_PC32      2

#define ELF_BITS        32
#define ELF_ARCH        EM_386

/****************************************************************************
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/****************************************************************************
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/****************************************************************************
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/****************************************************************************
 * Name: arch_checkarch
 *
 * Description:
 *   Given the ELF header in 'hdr', verify that the ELF file is appropriate
 *   for the current, configured architecture.  Every architecture that uses
 *   the ELF loader must provide this function.
 *
 * Input Parameters:
 *   hdr - The ELF header read from the ELF file.
 *
 * Returned Value:
 *   True if the architecture supports this ELF file.
 *
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bool arch_checkarch(FAR const Elf32_Ehdr *hdr)
{
  return hdr->e_machine == EM_386 || hdr->e_machine == EM_486;
}

/****************************************************************************
 * Name: arch_relocate and arch_relocateadd
 *
 * Description:
 *   Perform on architecture-specific ELF relocation.  Every architecture
 *   that uses the ELF loader must provide this function.
 *
 * Input Parameters:
 *   rel - The relocation type
 *   sym - The ELF symbol structure containing the fully resolved value.
 *   addr - The address that requires the relocation.
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 * Returned Value:
 *   Zero (OK) if the relocation was successful.  Otherwise, a negated errno
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int arch_relocate(FAR const Elf32_Rel *rel, FAR const Elf32_Sym *sym,
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{
  FAR uint32_t *ptr = (FAR uint32_t *)addr;

  switch (ELF32_R_TYPE(rel->r_info))
    {
     case R_386_32:
       *ptr += sym->st_value;
       break;

     case R_386_PC32:
       *ptr += sym->st_value - (uint32_t)ptr;
       break;

     default:
        return -EINVAL;
    }

  return OK;
}

int arch_relocateadd(FAR const Elf32_Rela *rel, FAR const Elf32_Sym *sym,
                     uintptr_t addr)
{
  bdbg("Not supported\n");
  return -ENOSYS;
}

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Food Active is a healthy weight programme, supported by North West Directors of Public Health.
We work to tackle obesity and promote healthy weight across the North West population, and specifically amongst the most vulnerable. In doing this we take two approaches.
1. We influence policy at both local and national level, this involves working closely with local authorities on their health and wellbeing agendas and trying to influence their action to benefit the needs of the community. We lobby at a national level and sit on a number of national boards, bringing a local and regional perspective to discussions around healthy weight.
2. We work at a community level, with individuals and alongside other third sector organisations to improve the health and wellbeing of the most disadvantaged, e.g. running targeted projects with and for vulnerable and disadvantaged groups specifically children and young people.
4. Advocate for measures to increase active travel, specifically walking and cycling, and improved spatial planning measures e.g. 20mph zones.
It's these key areas that we are tackling to combat the growing obesity crisis.


Happy New Year to you all! I've had a bit of a break – both from the blog and from matched betting. It's left me refreshed and ready to tell you as much as possible about this great thing called matched betting once again. I'm back with an update to my regular diary series.
Towards the end of last year I started my regular series of posts about how much money I'm making from matched betting. As I took most of December off, I'm a little bit behind. But, better late than never, here's my update showing profits for November 2016.
The reason for me posting these updates is to show just how much it's possible to make matched betting. There are lots of people with more time and flexibility making more than me. But as a busy mum with little spare time, my aim is to try and make as close to £500 per month as regularly as possible.
The total amount I made matched betting in November 2016 was £458.95.
When I started matched betting my aim was to make roughly £500 per month. I've beaten this every month until now. But I'm still very happy with what I've been able to make.
It is tougher to earn money when completing the reload offers alone (these are the ongoing bookmaker offers) so I do expect my earnings to dip a little from now on. That said, there tend to be more offers when there are major sporting events which is likely to boost my earnings some months. So I still think £500 per month is achievable, surpassing it some months but falling under it in others.
My earnings were also impacted by a shift in my 15-month-old son's sleeping pattern. Many people have asked me how I fit in matched betting around the children. I'll be honest, it's tough. But given my son was still sleeping 3 hours per day, shared between a morning and lunchtime nap, I've been considerably lucky. This gave me dedicated time to check out the daily offers listed by Profit Accumulator and place some bets.
But it was time to drop the morning nap. So, with my time effectively halved, I'm lucky to squeeze in an odd hour or so for matched betting these days. Initially, I was frustrated having my earnings potential limited by a lack of time. But now that we've adjusted, I'm really enjoying throwing myself into the baby and toddler things with Olly. We shan't be having any more children so I want to make the most of the next couple of years with him. The fact that I can do this whilst continuing to make decent money in an odd hour or two I have free a few times a week is amazing!
As highlighted in my introductory guide, casino offers are not risk free. And as you can tell from my negative winnings, I proved that this month! This has put me off completing riskier offers and I certainly won't be risking more than £10 on these just yet. But don't be put off. On the whole, I've still made a few hundred pounds on these offers so they are definitely worth attempting.
This is less than the previous month but I only attempted a few and was successful in every one. These are definitely worth starting if you want to top up your matched betting income.
These are offers where you get a free bet if one leg of an accumulator – where you bet on a few different results – loses. This is an increase in last month's earnings but, for the effort involved in keeping track of accumulator bets, I'd like to have made a little more money from these. If you're a little confused by these types of offers, I'll be completing an introductory guide to accumulator bets soon.
These are bets you can place to guarantee a return from an otherwise risky offer. By risky, I mean that you risk a qualifying loss on the chance that a certain result might give you a free bet. For example, you might get a free bet if the result is 0-0. So you place a bet on the match hoping for this result.
It is possible to lock in the profit on some of these offers, meaning you can guarantee a profit whatever the outcome. Your earnings will be less than you would have received if the free bet comes in. But if there is only a small chance of that occurring, this is a surefire way of ensuring you still make money. It is complicated working out when a lock in is available and how much to bet. So this is another example of where I rely on Profit Accumulator's forum for advice. I rarely place these types of bets but they are handy for extra money on occasion.
I increased the number of mug bets I made this month. As I am now reliant on reload offers I am looking to place more more mug bets so this will increase further from now.
Once again I made a few mistakes this month. Mistakes are common although I am now getting better at managing these. I'd recommend you read my post about how to avoid making mistakes when matched betting.
Firstly, I accepted a reload offer sent to me via email without first checking the Profit Accumulator forum for advice. I read the terms and conditions attached to the offer and knew there was a high amount of wagering involved should my bets win at the bookmakers. But I decided to take the risk. However, as both my bets won at the bookmakers at high odds, this meant I was bound to lose money completing the lengthy rollover requirements. So I decided to cut my losses, which resulted in me losing around £30.
Had I consulted the forum, I would have seen there was some discussion of this offer. Some people, like me, were willing to give it a go. However, the official advice was that this was a very risky offer. If I'd read this, I probably wouldn't have attempted the offer. The moral of this story is to always check the Profit Accumulator forum if you're ever unsure of anything.
I also lost out on a very profitable offer by placing a lay bet on a different outcome to that which I had backed. This is quite a common and I realised my mistake immediately. However, by the time I got round to correcting this a little later in the game the odds had changed quite considerably. This meant the £40 I was due to make from this offer was cancelled out correcting the mistake. So, although I didn't lose any money, I didn't make any either!
If reading my diaries has inspired you to start matched betting, read my guide explaining what matched betting is. Then sign up for a free trial at Profit Accumulator. They will walk you through the matched betting process step by step. You can make £35-£40 simply by trying a couple of the different introductory offers available. It's the perfect way to see if matched betting is for you.
Nice to see you making good progress and keeping the cash coming in. We managed to save a good chunk of our mortgage deposit through matched betting. It certainly pays off!
Nice to follow your progress! I did some matched betting a while back with Profit Accumulator and it is a good site to begin with. I'll be interested to read more about your guide re accumulator bets, as that is an area I always struggled with!


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Disparities between the rich, poor will always exist - Fundanga
By Kabanda Chulu in Kitwe
Fri 29 July 2011, 14:00 CAT
DISPARITIES between the rich and poor will still exist despite the reclassification of Zambia a lower middle-income country, says central bank governor Caleb Fundanga. And Dr Fundanga has said Zambia will not fall into indebtedness because government borrowing is within the stipulated limit.
Commenting on the implications of the country's ascension to lower middle-income status, Dr Fundanga said the reclassification would enhance investor confidence and further boost the investment climate thereby creating jobs and wealth for people.
"In terms of financing, under the new arrangement, it should be noted that government will be able to access more non concessional financing. This is in contrast with the previous status whereby Zambia could only access limited concessional financing which attracted very low interest rates and payable after a long time," Dr Fundanga said.
"Despite the positive reclassification, it should be noted that the disparity between the rich and the poor will always be there and does exist even in developed countries, so the challenge for government is to implement policies that will redistribute wealth so that inequality is reduced."
He said the reduction in donor aid should encourage the government and all Zambians to work hard to accelerate economic growth needed for economic development.
"Following reclassification, donors will not give out when you can earn it on your own but we should not feel ashamed that donors will reduce aid, in fact it has been an anomaly that a rich-copper producing country at 47 years after independence is receiving alms and aid," Dr Fundanga said.
He said many countries, including the bigger economies like the US and China, did not have enough resources to develop their economies.
"Many governments resort to borrowing, which is good if it is for productive purposes but for consumption it is bad hence we need to create activities that will generate income from the borrowed money," said Dr Fundanga, who is also ZRA board vice chairman. "But right now government is within the limit and soon we shall have increased revenue when all mining companies enter the full tax-paying brackets thus government borrowing will reduce correspondingly."
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The new Mitsubishi Eclipse will crossover
According to the publication Auto Express, the company Mitsubishi is developing a new crossover that market competition impose models Nissan Qashqai 2 and of Seat Ateca. New Eclipse get revived the name under which previously (up to 2011) sold the Japanese sports car.
Mitsubishi Eclipse 2017 is developed on the platform of the Outlander 3 crossover, but the chassis will apply the new materials that will increase the rigidity of the "trolley". Behind the coupe will get a multi-link suspension, but the suspension scheme front is still unknown.
Exterior design trends will be similar to the concept of the PHEV-II of XR, which the Japanese presented at the motor show in Geneva the public 2015. As for the technical stuffing, the crossover line powertrains Mitsubishi Eclipse 2018 will be presented to the 1.5-liter petrol and 2,2 turbo liter diesel engine, and combined they will be paired with a six-speed mechanics and variator.
According to project manager Hiroeke Kagawa, gasoline engine is capable of developing about 120 hp and 200 Nm, but the motor performance of heavy fuel oil was not disclosed. It is also known that in the SUV market will offer both front-wheel and all-wheel drive versions.
It is expected that the Japanese Mitsubishi Eclipse SUV will present the production version of the spring motor show in Geneva 2017, and its sales in the European market is scheduled for the end of the same year. No information on pricing yet.
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Smithsonian's African Art Award
3rd African Art Award to Edson Chagas and Wangechi Mutu
The Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art celebrates with the African Art Award Dinner the laureates Edson Chagas, Wangechi Mutu and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for their perspective changing work.
(left) Edson Chagas (right) Wangechi Mutu. Courtesy of Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.
The Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art honours with the African Art Award this year Edson Chagas, Wangechi Mutu and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation beacuse of being dynamic forces in the arts sector representing future opportunities, excellence in futurism and significant investment in the future of the museum field.
The 2018 Awardees:
Angolan artist Chagas is known for his photography that addresses issues of cities and consumerism. He is the first African artist to receive the Venice Biennale's Golden Lion award, which led to his meteoric rise on the international art scene.
Kenyan-born artist Mutu is world-renowned for her Afro-futuristic work across multiple media, including collage, sculpture and painting. Several of her works are included in the collection of the museum, including the recent acquisition "Tree Woman."
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is a leading national foundation supporting arts and culture through its transformative grant making, which is addressing national and international issues of diversity, inclusion and equality in the museum field.
To celebrate, the museum hold its third annual African Art Awards Dinner on Friday, Oct. 26, at 6:30 p.m. This black-tie fundraising dinner will take place in the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Tickets are available on the museum's website or by phone at (202) 633-3773.
The African Art Awards Dinner is the premier annual fundraising event to support the museum's mission. The theme of this year's dinner is the 'future' as it is the first presentation of the awards under Museum Director Gus Casely-Hayford.
Award-winning celebrity Executive Chef Kwame Onwuachi of Washington, D.C.'s Kith and Kin restaurant will design a distinctive menu for the evening's dinner. During the evening, Casely-Hayford will be in discussion with guest speaker Touria El Glaoui founding director of the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair. The goal of the African Art Awards Dinner, hosted by Fox 5 News Morning news anchor Maureen Umeh, is to raise funds in support of the museum's mission.
Onwuachi celebrates his heritage ranging from Nigeria and Jamaica, to West Africa and the Caribbean, to New Orleans and New York, and now immersed in The Wharf of Washington D.C., Onwuachi finds his culinary impetus in everywhere he is from, everywhere he has been and the influence of those who know him best.
El Glaoui is the founding director of the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, which takes place in London and New York every year, and in 2018 launches in Marrakech. The fair highlights work from artists and galleries across Africa and the diaspora, bringing visibility in global art markets to vital upcoming visions. El Glaoui began her career in the banking industry before founding 1-54 in 2013. Parallel to her career, she has organized and co-curated exhibitions of the work of her father, the Moroccan artist Hassan El Glaoui, in London and Morocco.
About the National Museum of African Art
The National Museum of African Art is the only museum in the United States dedicated to the collection, conservation, study and exhibition of Africa's arts across time period, geography and medium. Founded as a small museum on Capitol Hill in 1964, it became part of the Smithsonian in 1979 and in 1987 moved to its current location on the National Mall. The museum has 35 staff members and its fiscal year 2017 budget is $7 million. The museum's collection of 12,000 artworks represents the diversity of the African continent and includes a variety of media—from jewelry to painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, textile and video and sound art—dating from ancient to present times. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (closed Dec. 25). Admission is free. The museum is located at 950 Independence Avenue S.W., near the Smithsonian Metrorail station on the Blue, Orange and Silver lines. For more information about this program, call (202) 633-4600 or visit the museum's website at africa.si.edu. For general Smithsonian information, call (202) 633-1000.
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To Fight Extremism, Trump Needs a Credible Public Liaison Office
by Gregg Roman
https://www.meforum.org/6879/to-fight-extremism-trump-needs-public-liaisons
Originally published under the title "Minority Communities Can Be Trump Allies — If He Makes the First Move."
Previous Office of Public Liaison (OPL) heads include (left to right) Midge Costanza, instrumental in broadening the Carter administration's outreach to women; Faith Ryan Whittlesey, who helped Reagan woo the religious right; and Valerie Jarrett, dubbed the "ultimate Obama insider."
By nearly any measure, last week was a rough one for the Trump administration. For many communities, the president's posturing in the wake of violent neo-Nazi and white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville was plainly unacceptable. As a former Jewish community professional, I understand why Jewish groups from across the political and religious spectrum spoke so loudly against the president's statements that there were good people on both sides.
Extremism is a real problem in this country, and the existence of extremism on the left is no excuse for extremism on the right. The Jewish people have seen what happens when extremists are empowered, and we cannot let it happen again.
The president caught a lot of flak for his words last week. But combatting extremism isn't about rhetoric, it's about action, and taking concrete steps to make a difference will allow the White House to turn the page on this ugly chapter.
Buried beneath the news of Bannon's departure, the director of the White House Office of Public Liaison, George Sifakis, also announced his resignation on Friday. This is significant because, since the mid-1970s, the Office of the Public Liaison (OPL) has traditionally overseen the White House's efforts to build relationships with special interest groups like trade associations and think tanks and managed engagement with minority groups like African Americans, Jews, Latinos, LGBT Americans and more.
The Trump administration has been lax in filling public liaison positions.
Unlike his predecessors, Trump hasn't filled any group-specific positions within OPL. That sent a signal to many of these minority groups that the president's comments on Charlottesville seemed to reinforce. The opportunity today is clear: Fill the public liaison positions with people who understand their communities and empower them to help destroy extremism wherever it's found.
Having a public liaison wouldn't really mitigate the impact of the demonstration in Charlottesville on Jewish or other minority communities, but it would give leaders in those communities an avenue and an ally for expressing themselves. It's difficult to overstate the importance of these positions; they give people a voice and ensure that even if people oppose the administration's policy, they don't feel disenfranchised.
Another avenue calling out for action instead of rhetoric is the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice. The administration's proposed budget for next year envisions tremendous cuts to that office, which would result in substantially fewer staff at the Justice Department focused on protecting minority communities. Fully funding that office would go a long way toward demonstrating to the American public that extremists, not minorities, are the enemy.
Rabbi Rick Jacobs of the Union for Reform Judaism issued a statement that said, "the vile presence and rhetoric of the neo-Nazis who marched [last] weekend in Charlottesville is a reminder of the ever-present need for people of good will to stand strong, to speak loudly against hate, and act both to delegitimize those who spread such messages and to mitigate the harm done to the commonwealth of our nation and to those that are the targets of hate messages."
Trump can make significant strides combatting extremism in places where Obama accepted it.
Jacobs is right. We must combat the hatred coming from white supremacists. But we must also remain vigilant to hatred coming from the left, even if it looks like understanding or political correctness. In that vein, this White House could make significant strides in combatting extremism in places where the Obama administration accepted it.
The Obama administration ran a working group on "Countering Violent Extremism." This sounded great on paper, but in practice the CVE program was too willing to engage with groups that supported violent radical Islamists. The program ended up providing cover for radical Islam instead of making any progress combatting violence or extremism.
On the campaign trail, Trump promised to reshape that working group into a White House Commission on Radical Islam. My colleague, Daniel Pipes, provided substantial guidance on how to get it right. The Trump administration's Commission on Radical Islam should be focused on bringing the American people together around a common understanding of those who wish to do us harm.
Dating back centuries, the Jewish people have built special relationships with the occupant of the Oval Office. Trump has a Jewish daughter and son-in-law. He's worked closely with members of our community throughout his career in real estate and entertainment, and he's been a strong supporter of the state of Israel.
His rhetoric in the wake of the disgusting displays in Charlottesville gave many in our community pause, but he now has the chance to make everything right and make progress on a major campaign promise. I, for one, hope he takes it.
Gregg Roman is director of the Middle East Forum.
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It's one of the more unpleasant positions in the lawful field. Criminal guard lawyers, who remain close to customers blamed for everything from minor offenses to mass homicide, should mount the best safeguard of their customer conceivable regardless of how egregious the wrongdoing. While their work implements an individual's protected right to a reasonable preliminary, a few eyewitnesses chide them for speaking to society's scoundrels.
ATTORNEYS DON'T ALLOW THEIR PERSONAL FEELINGS TO TRUMP DUE PROCESS.
Some defendants have clearly committed terrible crimes, but they still have constitutional rights—so attorneys don't let their personal feelings about a crime get in the way of a client's defense. "There's never been a day I stood up for someone accused of a crime where I would endorse that crime," says Tritico. "I don't justify the act of blowing up a building and killing 168 people. But McVeigh has to be protected and his rights have to be protected. People like me have to be willing to stand up and say, 'I will stand up for you.' You do it for McVeigh and you do it for everyone."
or are anti-police I will not question at all, because I'm afraid they'll reveal those biases and get struck by the prosecutor when he uses a peremptory challenge [an objection to a juror]."
BONDING WITH CLIENTS IS KEY, REGARDLESS OF THE CRIME.
It can be hard to find common ground with someone accused of misdeeds that could land them life in prison or even a death sentence, but defense attorneys say that there's usually a way to relate to their clients as human beings—and the case will be better off for it. Lichtman became friendly with Gotti by discussing family; Tritico found McVeigh to be amiable. "I wanted Tim to like me and I wanted to like him," he says. "I wanted him to trust my decisions. It doesn't happen every time, but the vast majority of the time, I like them."
THEY RESEARCH JURORS' BACKGROUNDS.
Examining a potential juror, known as voir dire, is an art. Both defense and prosecution want people in the jury box who can be swayed, though circumstances are usually stacked against the defense. "The jury is coming in ready to convict, as no one generally supports crime," Lichtman says.
When quizzing would-be participants, Lichtman talks fast: "I'm speaking a-mile-a-minute, looking to get the potentially problematic jurors to either knowingly or unwittingly expose their natural biases so that I can get them kicked off the panel for cause. The jurors who I think can keep an open mind
Once in court, Lichtman focuses on finding the one person in the box of 12 to connect with. "I look up the backgrounds of jurors," he says. "I'm looking for anything in the background I can exploit in order to tailor my summation to something that's happened in their lives."
THEY'RE ALWAYS WATCHING THE JURY'S BODY LANGUAGE.
Keeping tabs on a jury means being able to assess which direction they're leaning. Lichtman says body language can tell him a lot. "You can feel how a trial is going," he says. Jurors who laugh or smile at his jokes are on his side. Jurors turning away from him are not. "You can tell who's following you. They're energized by your arguments."
Evaluating how jurors are reacting allows Lichtman to make real-time adjustments to his arguments. "As I'm questioning a witness or beseeching the jury during a summation if I see someone turn away from me, I keep that juror in mind and what may have turned him or her off, and try to rectify or address it down the road," he says. "If I have someone laughing, I know that there's a juror who may not be acquitting my client but he or she is at least open to it, so I spend a lot of time working on them."
THERE'S A REASON THEY STAND SO CLOSE TO THEIR CLIENTS.
The image of an attorney standing up next to their client as the verdict is being read is usually interpreted as a sign of solidarity, but lawyers may have another reason. Tritico says that early in his career, he took on a client charged with aggravated robbery. Despite Tritico's advice to take a plea bargain, the man took his chance at trial—and lost. His sentence was 40 years. "I was looking at the jury as the verdict was being read and felt something moving," he says. "He had passed out. From that point forward, I always grab my client by the arm to make sure that doesn't happen again."
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: Movie Review
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PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some frightening images, thematic elements, a suggestive situation and language
Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi
Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Donald Sutherland, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Lenny Kravitz, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone
Darker and more interesting than the original, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire grows up with its main character, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence). It's a more mature story, one that takes moviegoers on an intense journey exploring the birth of a dangerous rebellion.
This second installment in The Hunger Games quadrilogy contains scenes inappropriate for young viewers, hence the PG-13 rating (see explanation below for more).
Still reeling from her terrifying experience under the dome, Katniss reluctantly leaves her family and Gale (Liam Hemsworth) again for a "Victor's Tour" of the districts with her fellow Hunger Games victor Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson). On the trip, the two tributes witness signs that the people are rising up against their Capitol. As Panem prepares for the 75th Annual Hunger Games, President Snow (Donald Sutherland) announces a competition that alters everyone's fates.
THE GOOD AND BAD IN CATCHING FIRE
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has a depth to it, exploring themes such as how fear breeds compared to what hope breathes. This also sets the stage for the engaging story of a young woman's struggle against an oppressive power. Her discovery of what true love looks like and how to defend life when death is everywhere keeps you interested. The battles inside Katniss are as real as any rebel uprisings. She's no longer the young girl just trying to survive; she's a woman finding her courage to fight back.
Now an Oscar winner, Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) wins us over with her dramatic portrayal of Katniss' desperation and nerve. Our hope is tied to hers as we watch her face the stark realities of her world and the hope still within her grasp.
One complaint would be the movie's abrupt ending. The final scene is clear enough for those who don't have the book knowledge fans do. However, more foreshadowing of what's to come would make it more of a cliffhanger.
Catching Fire is easier to digest as far as the action goes. The story's violence is depicted well enough on screen, and that's appreciated. For the most part, scenes imply danger and death, but do not focus on carnage or blood.
Even so, caution is still advised. Catching Fire's PG-13 rating is thanks to intense sequences of violence and action, some frightening images, thematic elements, a suggestive situation and language.
Catching Fire marks Katniss' triumphal return to the big screen. A story of hope and resilience, this sequel makes you hungry for more.
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Who doesn't like a bit of dystopian young adult fiction every now and then? I have to admit, I'm a fan. Quick reads, good stories, intriguing scenarios. There will probably be a love triangle, but not always. The ending may be somewhat predictable, but not always. What's not to love? The most recent series I got my hands on was Divergent. And I really liked it. The idea of society being separated into factions based on virtues was fresh and fascinating.
For those who aren't familiar with the stories, Divergent depicts a society where teens take an 'aptitude' test to determine their future in one of five factions. If they choose to transfer, they must leave their family behind, in a world where faction comes before family (Jesus may have mentioned something about that once).
The heroine of the books is discovered to be divergent. Which means she contains dominant tendencies toward more than one virtue. And much fighting ensues.
Now, I'm the kind of person who, if the competition gets too fierce, is likely to let the other person win. That's why I'd probably be in Amity if I lived in the divergent world. Avoiding conflict in the name of harmony sounds pretty good to me! But true courage comes from embracing God's plan for our lives instead of hiding ourselves behind our best qualities and hoping no one will see the truth. It can feel safer to blend in than to stand out. But we were never called to walk the safe path. In my life, that has meant stepping outside of my culture, and living in a place where life is as different as you can imagine from what I grew up with. But simply living overseas itself doesn't make me divergent.
Another illustration is something I encountered as I started learning the language. The Taiwanese don't eat soup as we do in North America, they drink it. Does this tell me something about the culture? The language? Or simply the quality of soup? Do I insist that my students change their speech patterns to make themselves better understood? Or do I encourage them to maintain their own culture and use these differences as a starting point for communication? Anyways, who am I to tell someone they are not doing something the 'right' way? It seems like in the same way, we might stifle the creativity of children, adults, anyone around us who imagines the world differently from the accepted norms. Like the heroine in the novels, we go to great pains to hide any signs of divergence.
So instead, we stick to what we know. We succeed or fail under immense pressure to perform and conform. We surround ourselves with people who agree with us, and shy away from divergence. But isn't it possible that we were born to be divergent?
"Jesus was unpredictable, but often Christians are the most predictable people in the world - we know what they're against, but we don't know what they're for. When we have the Holy Spirit we should be unpredictable too."
Being a Christian doesn't mean being standardized/conformed to everyone else, even to other Christians which is often how we interpret Romans 12:1-2. But Paul didn't write "do not be conformed to the pattern of this world, instead, do your best to fit in with the church." Nope. I believe the key word is transformed.
So do you have the courage, honesty, wisdom, love and selflessness to be someone who transforms the world? To be divergent? I hope I do. Even the word speaks volumes. To be separate, to be distinctive, to go in a different direction from the rest of society. Isn't that what we as Christians are called to do?
I was very interested in your thoughts on this topic. I am currently doing some research for my Masters degree looking at the connections between dystopian film narratives and Christian faith expressions. I would love to email with you a bit more if you are interested. Thanks.


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