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The unfortunate cinematic distortions of history
In his words: "I am just a professional writer, which means I don't do blogs and try and get money for whatever I write."
Published : Nov 25, 2017, 4:58 am IST
Updated : Nov 25, 2017, 4:58 am IST
The Indian soldiers who perpetrated the uprising were — let's face it — mercenaries of the East India Company.
There is no doubt that the Indian Mutiny of 1857 began in a few places, one of them being Barrackpore where Mangal Pandey shot a British officer and was tried for murder and mutiny and hanged.
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On this brief sojourn in the old matra vatan I have, through some inexplicable obsession, been thinking about the unfortunate cinematic distortions of history. I suppose this recurring thought is possibly occasioned by a memory of being accused of such a distortion myself some years ago.
I wrote a film once called The Rising in its English version and Mangal Pandey for the consummate director Ketan Mehta and the incomparable star Aamir Khan.
The film, before its release (or was it after?) ran into legal trouble. A couple of jokers, without any collaboration between them, claimed that they were direct descendants of the character Mangal Pandey and that the film had portrayed him in love with a dancing girl. The portrayal had brought his heroic memory into relative disrepute.
These clowns, or one of them, took to the courts to right this wrong. It was unclear to me, to the producer, director and the stars which law our film was guilty of transgressing. I happen to know, as any lawyer will confirm, that the libel laws don't apply to the dead. That being said, I am sure that saying untrue things about Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Nehru or any of our national heroes, if not transgressing any law is, at the least, in bad taste.
The problem with the court case against us was soon manifest. The judge couldn't see which law had been broken and gave a very learned and detailed judgment about freedom of speech, freedom of artistic construction and idle litigation, which wasted the time of the court and everyone else involved. The case was thrown out and that was the end of the matter.
My own point of view was and is that even if one could libel the dead, being in love with a dancing girl isn't necessarily disgraceful. I mean Emperor Akbar may not have approved of Prince Salim's love for Anarkali, but millions of people who saw Modi's (Sohrab, not the other one) Mughal-e-Azam cheered the relationship on.
As far as I know no one sued the film on the grounds that future Emperor Jahangir had been libelled. I can't recall any bounty being offered for the murder of Sohrab Modi or anyone else involved with the film or its famous song Jab Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya. A historian friend assures me that this courtesan Anarkali may not have existed, even though others say she was a consort of Emperor Akbar's and the mother of his son prince Danyal.
In writing Mangal Pandey I did some research. There is no doubt that the Indian Mutiny of 1857 began in a few places, one of them being Barrackpore where Mangal Pandey shot a British officer and was tried for murder and mutiny and hanged. The Indian soldiers who perpetrated the uprising were — let's face it — mercenaries of the East India Company. They were used by the Company to wage war against their fellow Indians and as such, when they turned against their officers, they became mutineers. We have subsequently acknowledged these mercenaries who delivered large parts of India into the hands of the East India Company as freedom fighters. There certainly were other generals and troops not in the pay of the Company Bahadur, and they can be legitimately called fighters for freedom.
In my research I could find no authenticated account of who Mangal was. The only account that is contemporary and survives is of his court-martial, which doesn't tell a heroic tale. One may legitimately contend that this record was written by the British and therefore told from their point of view. The heroic constructs were added later in legend and song by Indians.
I readily admit that a person who claims descent from Mangal may not appreciate his portrayal in our film, but his or her emotional injury doesn't and shouldn't translate into law or into an instigation to murder anyone. Of course such an instigation to murder should itself be severely and summarily punished.
Now it's time to admit that my understanding of their injury stems from having myself suffered such when watching certain films. There was Oliver Stone's Alexander and there was that lying distortion of history called The 300. The first of these, the story of the genocidal maniac Alexander, the Hitler of his time, portrays his war against my Parsi Zoroastrian ancestor Darius III and his conquest of Porus, the Parsi Zoroastrian satrap of the Persian empire, as heroic acts.
Why an American director and a brilliant actor like Anthony Hopkins should descend to this level and make a hero out of a butcher, who out of vanity and alcohol abuse set fire to the Persian palace of Persepolis, remains a mystery. Neither Stone nor Hopkins is a Macedonian.
I was offended by the film but my feelings didn't stretch to either demanding that it be banned or to offering a bounty to anyone who would kill Stone or Hopkins. And this is not because I have no money to make such an offer. It's because I respect the right of Stone to distort history for his own feeble, dramatic purposes.
And then there is this other film which turns the Spartan fool Leonidas into a hero for getting 300 of his soldiers slaughtered by a tiny detachment of the Parsi Zoroastrian Persian army of Emperor Xerxes. To portray an idiot, who doesn't anticipate the wiping out of his 299 men, as a great general and a Napoleonic strategist is, obviously, a travesty. It is doubtful whether Emperor Xerxes, portrayed as the villain, even knew of the existence of Thermopylae or the suicidal maniac Leonidas who couldn't have been very popular with the widows his vanity left behind.
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Miller v. State , CR–06–0741.
Court Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
Writing for the Court WINDOM, Judge.
Citation 63 So.3d 676
Parties Evan MILLERv.STATE of Alabama.
Docket Number CR–06–0741.
63 So.3d 676
Evan MILLER
STATE of Alabama.
CR–06–0741.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.
Aug. 27, 2010.Certiorari Denied Oct. 22, 2010
Alabama Supreme Court 1091663.
[63 So.3d 682]
Bryan A. Stevenson and Randall S. Susskind, Montgomery, for appellant.Troy King, atty. gen., and John M. Porter, asst. atty. gen., for appellee.
On Application for Rehearing WINDOM, Judge.
This Court's opinion of June 25, 2010, is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted therefor.
Evan Miller appeals his conviction of murder made capital because it was committed during the course of an arson, see § 13A–5–40(a)(9), Ala.Code 1975, and his resulting sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. For the reasons that follow, this Court affirms Miller's conviction and sentence.
The evidence presented at trial established that in July 2003, then 14–year–old
Evan Miller and his 16–year–old codefendant, Colby Smith, robbed and savagely beat Miller's neighbor, Cole Cannon.1 After beating Cannon to the point that he could not get off the floor, Miller set Cannon's trailer on fire. Cannon's body was later discovered by firefighters, who were called to extinguish the fire.
Colby Smith testified that he became acquainted with Miller during high school and that they had known each other for approximately four or five months before the crime. (R. 979.) On the evening of July 15, 2003, Smith was spending the night at Miller's trailer. Around midnight, Cannon came over complaining that he had burned his food and asking if they had something he could eat. Cannon appeared to have been drinking, and Smith smelled alcohol on his breath and noticed that he was "staggering." (R. 710, 980.) While Miller's mother was preparing some spaghetti for Cannon, Miller and Smith went over to Cannon's trailer to look for drugs, but they were unable to find any. The two, however, found and stole some of Cannon's baseball trading cards. Miller and Smith then returned to Miller's trailer.
When Cannon finished eating, he returned to his trailer. Miller and Smith then went back to Cannon's trailer intending to get Cannon intoxicated and to steal his money. Miller and Smith smoked a joint and played drinking games with Cannon until he passed out on the couch. While Cannon was unconscious, Miller stole Cannon's wallet and took it into the bathroom where he split a little over $300 with Smith. While Miller was attempting to put the wallet back in Cannon's pocket, Cannon jumped up and grabbed Miller around the throat. Smith, who witnessed the altercation, grabbed a baseball bat and hit Cannon on the head. Miller then climbed onto Cannon and began hitting him in the face with his fists. Despite Cannon's pleas to stop, Miller picked up the bat, which Smith had dropped, and continued to attack Cannon by striking him with it repeatedly.
Afterwards, Miller placed a sheet over Cannon's head and told him, "I am God, I've come to take your life." (R. 986.) After Miller hit Cannon a final time with the bat, Miller and Smith returned to Miller's trailer. A few minutes later, however, Miller and Smith returned to Cannon's trailer and attempted to clean up the blood. Afterwards, Miller and Smith set several fires to cover up their crime. Initially, Smith used a lighter to start a fire on a couch in the back bedroom, while Miller set another fire on a different couch "to cover up the evidence." (R. 990.) As they were leaving, Smith saw Cannon "[j]ust laying there." Feeling sorry for Cannon, Smith placed a towel under his head in an attempt to stop the bleeding. Smith also turned on the faucet in the kitchen sink and stopped it up, hoping that the water would extinguish the fires. As they were leaving Cannon's trailer, Smith heard Cannon asking, "Why are y'all doing this to me?" (R. 990–91.) Approximately 10 minutes later, Smith returned to Cannon's trailer alone. He could hear Cannon coughing but "smoke was coming out and [Miller was] coming behind [him,]" so he returned to the Miller's trailer. (R. 992.)
Firefighters, who were called to the trailer park to extinguish the fire at Cannon's trailer, noticed blood on the coffee table and blood spatters on the wall. This led the firefighters to the discovery of Cannon's body in the hallway leading to
the back bedroom. Fire Marshal Richard Montgomery, who conducted the initial investigation, concentrated on the north bedroom where most of the damage from the fire occurred. The investigation was later turned over to Investigator Tim Sandlin of the Sheriff's Department after Fire Marshal Montgomery indicated that the fire was "obviously suspicious." (R. 796, 798–802.) After talking with Cannon's family members, Investigator Sandlin became aware that certain items, including Cannon's wallet and some trading cards, were missing from the trailer. Cannon's wallet was eventually recovered from underneath the couch in his trailer, but his driver's license was missing. Investigator Sandlin also removed a baseball bat from underneath the couch.
After this discovery, Investigator Sandlin went to Miller's trailer to speak with Miller and his mother, Susan. Susan gave Investigator Sandlin a box of trading cards, and Miller and his mother agreed to ride with him to the sheriff's office to give statements.
At the sheriff's office, Investigator Sandlin obtained basic information from Miller and read him his rights from the juvenile Miranda form, which Miller and his mother both signed before Miller began recounting the events of the night of July 15 and the early morning of July 16. In his statement, Miller initially told Investigator Sandlin that on the evening of July 15, he was at his trailer watching a movie. Although he admitted that Cannon came over to their trailer, he denied going over to Cannon's trailer. Miller also claimed that he did not learn about the fire at Cannon's trailer until the fire department arrived the next morning. However, when Investigator Sandlin asked Miller to begin by describing the morning's events and work backwards to the previous evening, Miller became "frustrated and agitated" and told Investigator Sandlin "to forget all that, that that wasn't true." (R. 706–07.) Miller then requested that everyone except Investigator Sandlin leave the room. After Miller's mother and juvenile officers left the room, Miller gave Investigator Sandlin another statement, which Sandlin typed up for Miller to read and sign.
In his second statement, Miller explained that, on the evening of July 15, his family was getting ready to go to bed when Cannon came over to use the telephone. While Cannon was at his trailer, Miller went over to Cannon's trailer where he found some trading cards that "looked like they were worth money." (R. 710.) When Cannon came back to the Millers' trailer around midnight to get something to eat, Miller went to Cannon's trailer to get the cards. Around 2:00 or 3:00 a.m., Miller and Smith returned to Cannon's trailer to drink beer. According to Miller, as the evening progressed, Cannon became so intoxicated that he had trouble standing and eventually fell down, hitting his nose and lip on the table. Miller stated that when he tried to assist Cannon, Cannon grabbed him by the throat. Miller said Smith pushed Cannon off of him just as Cannon grabbed a bat and hit Miller on the arm. Smith then grabbed the bat from Cannon and hit Cannon on the arm. Afterwards, Smith threw the bat down and Miller kicked it under the couch. Miller then punched Cannon several times in the face before seeing Cannon's wallet on the floor and taking about $300 in cash and a driver's license. After hearing Miller's mother knock on the front door and tell them that the police were on the way, Miller and Smith ran out the back door. As they were leaving, they could hear Cannon asking, "Why did you do this to me?" (R. 711–12.)
Based on Miller's statement, Investigator Sandlin called Deputy Fire Marshal
Lyndon Blaxton to let him know that he had "additional information" on the fire. (R. 806.) As a result, Deputy Blaxton, Investigator Sandlin, and other law-enforcement agents agreed to meet at Cannon's trailer on July 24, 2003, to conduct a full fire investigation. During the investigation, Deputy Blaxton noticed blood spatters on the wall, a table, a pillow, and a towel. (R. 807–08.) Deputy Blaxton also identified four points of origin for the fires, including a large one in the south bedroom, which spread down the hallway; a second one on the bed, which had been completely consumed by fire; a third one on the couch; and a fourth one, which originated from a cushion that had been placed on the floor before being set on fire.
Forensic pathologist Dr. Adam Craig performed the initial external examination on Cannon's body. Because he claimed there was no indication that Cannon's death had resulted from a crime, Dr. Craig did not perform a full autopsy, and he initially ruled that Cannon's death was an accident caused by the inhalation of smoke and soot. After further investigation, however, Investigator Sandlin requested that Cannon's body be exhumed so that a full autopsy could be performed. On August 1, 2003, Dr. Craig performed a full autopsy and discovered several injuries not caused by the fire, including a two-inch contusion to the left side of the forehead caused by blunt force and six rib fractures on both sides of the body. Dr. Craig was also able to determine from hemorrhaging that these injuries occurred before Cannon died. Toxicology analysis showed Cannon's blood-alcohol level to be .216. Based upon these findings, Dr. Craig reaffirmed his initial finding that the cause of Cannon's death was "inhalation of products of combustion," but added that "multiple blunt force injuries and ethanol intoxication" were contributing factors that made it more difficult for Cannon to breathe in the fire or to escape from the burning trailer. (R. 939–40.)
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Lindsay v. State, CR-15-1061
...trial judge properly refused the charge because the charge was substantially covered by the trial judge's oral charge')." Miller v. State, 63 So.3d 676, 701 (Ala. Crim. App. 2010). "When reviewing a trial court's jury instructions, we must view them as a whole, not in bits and pieces, and a......
Lane v. State, CR–10–1343.
...have likely caused confusion considering that Lane admitted to shooting Wright. See Thompson, 153 So.3d at 152 (quoting Miller v. State, 63 So.3d 676, 701 (Ala.Crim.App.2010), quoting in turn Reeves v. State, 807 So.2d 18, 41 (Ala.Crim.App.2000) ) (" ' "Although ... [a] defendant is entitle......
Martin v. Symmes, No. 13–3676.
...mandatory life sentences without parole for 782 F.3d 942murders committed at age 14. Id. at 2460, 2461, 2462. See also Miller v. State, 63 So.3d 676, 691 (Ala.Crim.App.2010) (affirming Miller's mandatory life sentence); Jackson v. Norris, 2011 Ark. 49, 378 S.W.3d 103, 106 (2011) (declining ......
Miller v. Alabama, Nos. 10–9646
...with it. Miller placed a sheet over Cannon's head, told him " 'I am God, I've come to take your life,' " and delivered one more blow. 63 So.3d 676, 689 (Ala.Crim.App.2010). The boys then retreated to Miller's trailer, but soon decided to return to Cannon's to cover up evidence of their crim......
Juvenile life without parole post-Miller: the long, treacherous road towards a categorical rule.
Washington University Law Review Vol. 91 Nbr. 2, February - February 2014
...at least for those 14 and younger."). (100.) Id. at 2463-64, 2466-67. (101.) Miller consolidated a direct appeal, see Miller v. Alabama, 63 So. 3d 676 (Ala. Crim. App. 2010), and a state petition for habeas corpus relief, see Jackson v. Norris, 378 S.W.3d 103 (Ark. (102.) Although it has no......
The growing pains of Graham v. Florida: deciphering whether lengthy term-of-years sentences for juvenile defendants can equate to the unconstitutional sentence of life without the possibility of parole.
St. Thomas Law Review Vol. 25 Nbr. 2, March 2013
...sentence on appeal.... " Id. (95.) Id. at 2462. (96.) Id. (97.) Id. (98.) Miller, 132 S. Ct. at 2462. (99.) Id. (100.) Miller v. State, 63 So. 3d 676, 683 (Ala. Crim. App. (101.) Miller, 132 S. Ct. at 2462 (quoting Miller, 63 So. 3d at 689) (internal quotations omitted). (102.) Id. (103.) I......
What states should do to provide a meaningful opportunity for review and release: recognize human worth and potential.
...prohibits the imposition of a life without parole sentence on a juvenile offender who did not commit homicide."); Miller v. Alabama, 63 So. 3d 676 (Ala. Crim. App. 2011); Eighth Amendment--Juvenile Life without Parole Sentences, 124 HARV. L. REV. 209, 215 (2010) (stating that the next step ......

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Torque is a six-week non-residential rehabilitation program located in Coburg for people currently engaged in the justice system offering treatment and support for problematic alcohol and other drug use. Unlike the original Catalyst program, this new program is open to users of any substance. The aim of the program is to help people develop coping skills and maintain motivation to cease or reduce their substance use.
Up to 12 people will be participating in the program at any one time.
To participate in the program, participants must be eligible to have the treatment brokeraged through ACSO COATS, have stable accommodation, stable mental health or well managed mental illness. Some level of literacy in English (though not necessarily proficiency) and the cognitive ability to participate in a group treatment program is also necessary.
The period following withdrawal is a vulnerable time in which the potential for relapse is significant. The program provides intensive post withdrawal support. The aim is to help people develop coping skills and maintain the motivation to change their substance use at a time when it is very challenging to stay on track. We do not impose sanctions on people who lapse; however, people cannot attend the program if substance intoxicated. Prescribed medication and pharmacotherapies for any drug are recognised as acceptable treatment interventions.
Are you willing to commit to abstinence from substance use for the duration of the program, if not we can suggest alternative treatment options. It's an intensive program; it will take commitment to see it through.
If you are struggling with your mental health, it may be important for the program staff to talk to you and your doctor/mental health worker to asceratin whether the program is right for you and what additional supports may be required for you to participate in the program.
Torque is based on the Catalyst non-residential rehabilitation program program which has been found to support a range of sustained benefits for program participants. All Catalyst evaluation reports are available on the program page.
Torque is also being independently evaluated for its effectiveness in supporting people to make sustainable changes in their lives. It's still early days, but the program is showing signs of achieving comparable outcomes to Catalyst. You can see the full version of the current evaluation report (based on the first year of program delivery) or a briefing paper that provides a summary of the program's development and participant outcomes.
There is no charge for participating in the program. In addition, participants will be provided with lunch on days the program runs and also with a MyKi card to assist them in travelling to and from the program.
Anyone interested in participating in the Torque or Catalyst programs can attend an information session, held every Wednesday (4.00pm) at our Coburg site (26 Jessie Street). At these sessions you can meet the staff and obtain information about the program.
If you do not have a ReGen Worker you can ring the ReGen Intake Team on 1800 700 514 between 9.00 am – 3.00 pm Monday to Friday.
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ETBU and YWAM Tyler partner to prepare Christian servant leaders
Posted by East Texas Review | Nov 10, 2017 | Education, Local | 0 |
East Texas Baptist University signed articulation agreements with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Tyler to ensure the acceptance of up to 18 hours of course credit from six of YWAM's programs, including the schools of Discipleship Training, Evangelism, Strategic Missions, the Bible, Worship, and Teacher of the Nations, to be applied to any appropriate bachelor's degrees. ETBU President J. Blair Blackburn and YWAM Tyler President Leland Paris met on Thursday, November 9 to officially enter into the agreement.
"Today marks a milestone for ETBU in forging a new partnership with Youth With A Mission Tyler. We praise God for the Christian training of His servants through YWAM for the advancement of God's Kingdom. With this agreement, YWAM students will be able to translate their training into college-level learning toward a bachelor's degree at ETBU. We celebrate the vision of President Paris and the YWAM leadership to partner with ETBU in our shared mission to train Christian servant leaders."
YWAM Tyler has three local campuses and has planted over 60 bases in various parts of the world. It is one of the key international training and sending centers for YWAM, currently supporting more than 2,000 missionaries, equipping over 220 ministry centers, and actively reaching out to 105 countries. The main headquarters of YWAM Tyler, housed at Twin Oaks Ranch, was founded in 1980 by Leland and Fran Paris.
"On behalf of Youth With A Mission, an international missions training and sending organization, we want to express our appreciation to East Texas Baptist University for the privilege of cooperating together and for extending themselves to us in the giving of credits for the training programs offered through YWAM Tyler," Dr. Paris said. "We are deeply grateful to Dr. Blackburn and Dr. Sanders for the opportunity this partnership creates in the training of many young people from around the world."
Given the commonality in the missions of ETBU and YWAM Tyler to integrate Christ-centered faith with learning in order to produce servant leaders, the institutions agree to jointly develop Course Equivalency Guides to assure students that courses listed are freely transferrable from YWAM Tyler to East Texas Baptist. In addition, the application fee will be waived for qualified YWAM Tyler students.
"YWAM is synonymous with Christian global impact both for students and for those who are influenced by its ministry," ETBU Vice President for Academic Affairs Thomas Sanders said. "ETBU is proud to partner with a pioneer, Dr. Leland Paris, in equipping leaders for Kingdom work."
East Texas Baptist will continue to further academic opportunities and foster spiritual growth for students through additional partnerships with organizations and institutions. While the University has recently partnered with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Kilgore College, Jacksonville College, and Trinity Valley Community College, ETBU will presently sign articulation agreements with Panola College, Navarro College, and Tyler Junior College.
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Now easier than ever to make fun of!
Vibram settles a class-action lawsuit about its FiveFingers "shoes," pays $3.75 million to customers, and agrees to remove all claims that the product "strengthens" or "reduces injury" until they can be proved. I have been pointing out for years that such claims for the powers of minimalist shoes and barefoot running were premature. Interestingly, Vibram's claims are still online for now — I wonder how much longer? — and they are just as bold and unsubstantiated as I remember.
It's good news, but companies will keep making premature health claims as long as the potential profits trump the risk of getting spanked for it (so, forever). Lots of discussion of this item on Facebook, and I've updated my barefoot/minimalist article: Does barefoot running prevent injuries?


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ACDP: Iganga District cluster committees inaugurated
The minister of agriculture, animal industry and fisheries, Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja yesterday 7th February 2018 launched and inaugurated Iganga district cluster multi-stakeholder platform, coordinating committees and kick started the stakeholder sensitization exercise which will be responsible for proper management of the agriculture cluster development project (ACDP) for this cluster.
In the meeting of all technical officers, area RDC and political leaders held at the district headquarters, Ssempijja said his ministry is committed in supporting agricultural agenda as prioritized by government, he noted that agriculture is the backbone of the country`s economic growth, poverty reduction and it employs approximately 65% of the population which is engaged in various activities along the agricultural value chains including production, agro processing and value addition as well as marketing, which has made it the springboard for socio-economic transformation.
The minister said that to fast track this transformation agenda, his ministry (MAAIF) with technical assistance from the World Bank developed a six (6) year agriculture development project, and its main objective is to raise on-farm productivity, production and marketable surplus of five priority commodities i.e. maize, beans, rice, cassava and coffee.
Ssempijja said the project will be implemented in 12 clusters covering 42 districts drawn from all over Uganda except Karamoja which has a special intervention under the resilience project. "I am happy to share that Iganga has in fact been selected as one of our five pilot districts to begin with. In Busoga sub-region, this project will cover the districts of Iganga, Namutumba and Bugiri" he added.
ACDP activities will be delivered through four components;
-Support intensification of on-farm production. Here the ministry will provide inputs in form of seeds, fertilizers, pest control chemicals and postharvest handling materials through the input subsidy program.
-Preparation for agricultural water management investment. In this component, farmers will be supported with modern irrigation facilities, be supported with the development of soil and water conservation plans.
Market linkages, storage and value addition. This way, a farmer will be able to access matching grants to area commodity enterprises. Cooperatives and private sector players will be assisted to improve their capacity for marketing and postharvest handling of farm produce.
-Project management, policy, regulatory and ICT functions where MAAIF will work to ensure effective management and coordination of this project by strengthening the ministry`s effectiveness to carry out its roles with respect to policy and regulations affecting agricultural input and output markets.
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2Face Idibia donates N3.5million to IDPs.
Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Face, on Monday, February 27th, presented a cheque of N3.5million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Lagos... Speaking at the presentation, the musician said that he was particularly touched when he visited camps of the Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) in the North-East.
"The conditions I met the internally displaced persons, when I visited their various camps were terrible. They were really terrible.
The 2Face Foundation has, therefore, decided to enter into partnership with the UNHCR to see how we can help put smiles on the faces of these persons. My foundation is today presenting this cheque to the UNHCR to support it in its operations of alleviating the sufferings of these IDPs."
In her remark, the UNHCR's Acting Country Representative to Nigeria, Ms Brigitte Mukango-Eno, commended 2Face for the humanitarian gesture, adding that her Agency currently needed public support for its operations in the North East.
Mukango-Eno, who was represented UNHCR's External and Donor Relations Officer, Mr Hanson Tamfu, said that the activities of Boko Haram in the North- East had overstretched the agency's financial base.
"We sincerely want to express the gratitude of the UNHCR to 2Face. This is a right step toward our private sector following. Over these years, it has become important for us, as an organisation, to depend on the private sector, for us to be able to meet our responsibilities. 2Face has scored a very important goal by discovering the UNHCR Office within the UN system. We want to use this opportunity to appeal to other private Nigerians and philanthropists to emulate this gesture by the 2Face Foundation in alleviating the conditions of the IDPs in the North East," she said.


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The Dorm that Dripped Blood (Amicus Productions,1971) US One Sheet Poster Size 27" x 41"
An anthology of four horror stories revolving around a mysterious rental house in the U.K. Starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Denholm Elliott. This is the re-titled 1983 version.
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Work Style Innovation to Meet the Needs of the Times
["Chisounomori" Focus Series] Work Style Innovation
This series introduces trendy and popular themes from among those covered in Fujitsu Research Institute's information magazine Chisounomori by interviewing consultants who are working on actual business projects. The first theme is "work style innovation."
(From the left) Yutaka Morioka, Soichi Nishiyama, Takashi Hirano, and Takahiro Nemoto
Status of Progress in Work Style Innovation
― Previously, topics in work style innovation mainly focused on improving the productivity of white-color workers and groupware. However, nowadays, work styles relate to factors such as family care, childcare, and community interactions. How do you feel about these matters?
Soichi Nishiyama
IoT Solutions Business Promotion Division, Fujitsu Limited
Nishiyama: The nature of work style innovation has been changing in Japanese companies. The original objectives were "mobile utilization" and "promotion of telework," but now the objectives are regarded more as "company-wide challenges" that directly contribute to management and business. As it is crucial to use ICT and IoT to launch new innovations, I think that not only the information systems division but the company as a whole must work on projects together as a single unit.
Hirano: I started to use the design approach method about five years ago, and I continued to carry out operations while incorporating it into the process as one work style approach. Currently, Fujitsu is implementing work style innovation related to childcare and family care. As this corporate challenge is also a theme for society, I think we can use our solution as a reference model for customers.
Nemoto: I think there are two background factors that make work style innovation a major business challenge: "changes in technologies" and "changes in people's awareness." Each company is groping about for a solution to the conflicting aims of improving productivity from the company's viewpoint and achieving a worker-friendly working environment.
― What would you say are the important points about the procedure for or approach to work style innovation?
Nishiyama: There are two types of customers who have difficulty with work style innovation: those who have clearly identified the issues they are facing and those who are only vaguely aware of their issues. In the latter case, the customer and Fujitsu must set a goal together, like "By setting this vision, work styles will change like this."
Nemoto: It is also important to emphasize the effects of innovation to the management. It may be difficult to say, "Merely by changing our work styles, sales will increase by xx percent." However, I think it is possible to calculate the effects in terms of quantitative and qualitative aspects based on references obtained through Fujitsu's practices.
Nishiyama: By making the vision visible, we can share recognition with customers, and by applying the vision to usage scenarios, we can carry out quantitative evaluations. I think such practical consulting is convincing to customers.
Places for Practicing a Co-Creation Approach: HAB-YU Platform and TechShop
― Fujitsu provides the HAB-YU Platform and TechShop as places for co-creating ideas and taking on challenges.
Senior Manager, Design Center, Fujitsu Limited
and Senior Manager, Economic Research Center, Fujitsu Research Institute
Hirano: The HAB-YU Platform * is a place for co-creation provided by Fujitsu where local governments, companies, and universities can make use of social innovations and social challenges for their research themes or businesses. I felt it was necessary to create a contact point with users during the process of designing in order to help them create visions that they had not yet clearly defined. We also opened TechShop ** in Roppongi, Tokyo in April 2016, and Fujitsu is working to make it an exciting place for innovation through a tie-up with the city.
Nemoto: Customers who have attended workshops at the HAB-YU Platform are highly satisfied. We received feedback like this: "For the first time, I had the opportunity to discuss a theme that I had not previously considered with people whom I had not been in contact with at the company" and "I got a new idea by using new technologies that gave me a sense of the future."
*: HAB-YU is a place to promote HAB-YU activities (forging ties (yu in Japanese) among Humans, Areas, and Businesses) built in September 2014 to experience and study how visions are developed and put into practice by harnessing the design development experience accumulated thus far and service design know-how employing ICT.
**: TechShop is a membership-based, open-access DIY workshop. Currently, there are eight shops (with 6,000 members) in North America, driving the maker movement in the United States.
How to Use ICT to Change On-Site Work Styles
― In 2015, companies organized around key phrases such as "experience-oriented solutions" and "service-oriented solutions." ICT's evolution may affect the implementation of such solutions. Could you give some specific examples?
Nishiyama: There are two customer cases where Fujitsu's Work Style UX (user experience) Consulting service has been used in an evolved way. One is a customer who wants to change its R&D work style. The other is a customer who wants to improve the efficiency of its manufacturing sites using IoT. It is interesting that customers who take on work style innovation consider use of IoT or come to employ sensing and M2M solutions. Fujitsu originally supported Human-to-Human communication; however, I think we have now progressed to the level of Human-to-Machine.
Hirano: Use of e-commerce technologies has increased in the fields of fashion, banks, drugstores, and so forth. Now the time has come to review the ways omni-channels and stores operate. Against such a backdrop, a customer who found it difficult to develop and realize its desired medium-term vision by itself came to Fujitsu. Approximately 60 people, including outside incubators and engineers, carried out a Hackathon, and eight ideas generated there are now being brought into the prototype phase.
Takahiro Nemoto
Technology Solutions Division, Fujitsu Research Institute
Nemoto: As a work style innovation solution, most customers choose to update their communication platforms. Thus far, separate tools have been used for email, teleconferencing, and information sharing; however, using an integrated tool these functions can be smoothly operated with a single click, enabling decisions to be made on the spot. A frequent topic of discussion at workshops is how we should use ICT to change on-site work styles. For example, one idea is matching in-house technology seeds with social needs using AI and big data. An increasing number of customers are developing their ideas into proofs of concept (PoC), and we are looking forward to the results.
How to Organize Ideas Is the Key to Success
― You have worked on many projects. Are there any key factors that determine success or failure?
Nishiyama: The number of customers taking on work style innovation has doubled over the past two to three years. However, I often hear from them that "Ideas come up, but organizing them is difficult." I think whether or not they can organize their ideas is the key factor that determines success or failure.
Hirano: In terms of design, visualization technology already exists. However, I feel that going one step further in visualization is effective. Working together across different departments is also important. In a big company, this has the side benefit of promoting communication between employees in different departments across vertical divisions. I believe that Fujitsu's solution can provide a breakthrough here.
Nemoto: Recently, a customer who joined a work-style workshop said that they could not change their work styles because of their corporate culture, so even if they introduce a new measure, it is only a matter of time before it turns into a mere formality. Assessing the corporate culture is also a key point.
― Growing companies usually have a large percentage of young employees. It is therefore easy for them to start something new. However, old companies' employee composition is fixed and difficult to change.
Nemoto: So far, we have provided support to more than 40 companies. We sum up the points common to successful companies under the term "VMAP" *** One company conducted VMAP properly upon its 100th anniversary by implementing measures such as work style innovation, branding innovation, and an office relocation project. It successfully replaced its communication platform and brand image quickly, which was picked up by the mass media. This company successfully changed itself from within.
***: "V" stands for a Vision that is shared across the entire company, from management to field personnel, as the starting point. "M" stands for Measurement to regularly monitor quantitative results and share the effects within the company. "A" stands for Actions to review tools, systems, and facilities. "P" stands for Passion to change without giving up along the way.
Changes Achieved through Work Style Innovation Become Advantages for Japanese Companies
― Could you tell us about what you want to do or the tools you want to use in the future?
Nishiyama: In consulting, the focus has shifted from "communication" to "actual sites." Against such a backdrop, we wish to offer consulting for customers' future operations. To bring about disruptive innovation, a force from outside the company is necessary. Fujitsu has professionals in each type of industry and ICT, and we ourselves must step ahead by forecasting the future. Fujitsu hopes to provide information on the future of many businesses and industries.
Hirano: I hope we can reach a point where we impact society by continuing HAB-YU activities. If we do so, we will be able to provide references for others. While incorporating the knowledge of NPOs and governmental/administrative institutions as contact points with cities, regions, and the outside world, we want to update these references while employing them within Fujitsu.
Nemoto: The companies enthusiastic for work style innovation in recent years are mainly those in the manufacturing and distribution industries. We would like to support more types of industries in the future as well as to support Japanese companies so that they can use the changes achieved through work style innovation as advantages to increase their presence in the world and build a platform for competitive advantage.
Yutaka Morioka
Technology Solutions Division Manager
Corporate Vice President, Fujitsu Research Institute
― If we take a human-centered approach, we no longer need to be bound by industry type. I understand the importance of supporting field personnel with ICT by taking a holistic view of their lives so that they can work better. Thank you very much for joining us today.
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Ms. Dowden has worked in Russia since 1997. Her experience with Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States also includes managing consulting projects, conducting balanced scorecard workshops for entrepreneurs, and lecturing at major Russian conferences and universities on corruption-related issues. She served on the board of Center for Citizen Initiatives, which provided U.S. internships for more than 6,000 Russian entrepreneurs. She has extensive U.S. commercial bank management experience in project management, organizational development, and marketing.
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I bullied myself into three challenges this year. Not to mention the self-inflicted #99words #flashfiction that I get up to every now and again on Instagram.
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One part is a reading challenge where I read 1 poem, 1 short story and 1 essay every day for #1000days. You will find that on Instagram as well.
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A vegan activist group has published the location and contact information of over 9,000 dairy farms located around the United Kingdom, and urged other people to contact these farms.
Project Calf is an animal rights group focused on the farming industry, whose mission is to "direct action exposing the atrocities of the dairy industry through citizen journalism, peaceful protesting and outreach", and they encourage others to "document, protest and expose" these farms.
The Project Calf website claims that as many as 24 male calves are killed in the British dairy industry every hour, and have branded dairy farming a "dirty business". Taking data from the Food Standards Agency list of registered dairy farms from a survey conducted back in June of 2018, Project Calf want dairy farms to be easily accessible and - they hope - accountable for their actions.
"There are lots of options when it comes to choosing which equipment you want to use- hidden cameras, camcorders, regular cameras or even a drone. Or just use your phone. All footage will have an enormous and vital impact when documenting the horrific reality behind dairy. Our aim is to expose dairy farming practices, gather evidence and present it to the public."
Not only this, but Project Calf asks other activists to take action against dairy farmers around the country, canvassing people to record conditions at the farm and post them online or otherwise share their findings with the public, whether that be by social media or by way of protest or social demonstration.
You may wish to tailor your project around gathering footage to share on your social media accounts or website to raise awareness of the plight of the cows being kept there."
Dairy farmers who may become involved in the practices are extremely upset to learn of the developments. Sally Reedman, who owns one of the 9,338 farms now posted online by Project Calf, called their allegations "absolutely disgusting", but plans to give any visitors a tour so they can get an education.
"It's absolutely disgusting, the website is full of incorrect facts too. Our oldest cow is 18! We are on the map and b****y locals in the village are sharing the Facebook page and the website into local spotted and selling sites. Cheers for that, make us a target. We've decided if any come round they can have a welcomed guided tour. Nothing to hide. We don't kill bull calves or sell them to market."
"Locate a dairy farm using our maps. Using public footpaths, obtain the footage of the cows and separation pens. Talk to the farmers about dairy practices. Let the farmers know their dirty business is everyone's business!" urges the Project Calf website, who advice their activists not to co-operate with police, and to see themselves as champions of "citizen journalism, peaceful protesting and outreach".
The project is modelled after a similar one that took place in Australia, as the group posted the locations of 6,000 farms around Australia.


Now that business owners have had time to digest the tax changes and discovered the ways in which they will affect their businesses, it seems that over 69% of small business owners aren't all that happy. Let's dig a little deeper and see what the changes are and why they're unsettled.
If you employ staff this is going to affect you. The national living wage is increasing to £7.83 an hour, rising from £7.50. This might sound like a mere 33p, but if you employ 5 full time workers on 40 hours a week it can add up. In this simplified example you're looking at an extra £3400 in a year.
On to pensions now, where employers have to pay in 2% to their employee's pension pot, this is up from 1% last year and will be increasing next year to 3%.
To stem the perceived issues with IR35 infringements a decision has been made to reform IR35. This change will take the form of a shift in responsibility in determining employment status. It has always been down to the worker to determine this, but now the onus will be on the hirer/client to determine the worker's employment status.
Many small business owners seem to have their feathers ruffled at the mere mention of tax going digital – getting used to a new procedure and developing new process. But perhaps it represents a positive change, one with less paperwork and a quicker turnaround.
If you're not quite sure how these tax changes, especially when it comes to IR35, are going to affect you and you want some clarity on where you stand – we can provide it, get in touch with us here and we'll be more than happy to help.


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Q: Type safety raw type with Stream in java I am using stream/arrays to convert a JSONArray to a String[].
The library used for json is: jsonsimple
The one liner of this is the following:
import org.json.simple.parser.*;
import org.json.simple.JSONArray;
import org.json.simple.JSONObject;

    // other stuff

        try (FileReader reader = new FileReader(
                "/home/hduser/eclipse-workspace/db-simulatiob/src/generator-config.json")) {

            // Get config json
            JSONObject obj = (JSONObject) jsonParser.parse(reader);
            JSONObject aTags = (JSONObject) obj.get("assembling-tags");
        String[] assemblingTags = (String[]) ((JSONArray) aTags.get("list")).stream().toArray(String[]::new); <---- one liner

But it returns the warning:

Type safety: The method toArray(IntFunction) belongs to the raw type
  Stream. References to generic type Stream should be parameterized

According to this similar post, I have to give an explicit type, OK.
Not being able to figure it out o the one liner, I split the one liner in three and tried to suppress the warning on this new version. So far I have this:
    JSONArray temp = (JSONArray) aTags.get("list");
    Stream<JSONArray> ts = temp.stream();  <=== warning here
    String[] tss = (String[]) ts.toArray(String[]::new);

But it still returns the same warning on the second line on temp.stream();.
How can I fix the code to suppress the warning ?

A: Assuming your code works, and you are sure is what you want, have you tried?
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
String[] tss = (String[]) ts.toArray(String[]::new);

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The following discography has been compiled by Terry Brown & Tony Middleton, based on Alasdair Fenton's original, with corrected recording dates/matrix numbers, music titles for Medleys, including composer/lyricists and additional Levy sessions making it the most comprehensive yet available anywhere.
This listing has been completely revamped and now appears chronologically. Amendments and additions welcome in the comment section below.
Louis Levy was born in London on 20 November 1894, and began his career by paying a ½d a lesson to learn the violin. At The age of ten he was competent enough to play with Charlie Austin's Juvenile Troupe. In 1916 he became interested in music for the cinema, and became a pioneer in the evolution of bringing music in films from the cafe type accompaniments to having pieces specially scored for individual films.
In 1923 Levy began broadcasting lunch time concerts from the Pavilion Cinema at Shepherd's Bush, where he was MD. In mid 1928 he became President of the Cinema Musical Director's Association and extended his own MD activities to include the Capitol Kinema in London's Haymarket. Later in 1928 he paid a visit to the States, where he saw some experimental sound films, and realised that this was the coming thing. Louis arrived back in the country, just as the Gaumont-British Company, who made films at their Shepherd's Bush Studios, had hurriedly decided to convert the current film "High Treason" into a talkie. They asked Louis to do the score, and from this beginning in 1929, he was appointed Musical Director for Gaumont British/Gainsborough. This was primarily an organisational and executive role, indeed, Levy described how he operated a 'casting Bureau', whereby he brought in composers and arrangers to deliver a soundtrack to suit the style/content of the film concerned.
Although Levy's name appears as MD on the credits of hundreds of films made over the 1930's, most, (if not all), of the composing, scoring and conducting of what you hear was undertaken by others, including, Bretton Byrd, Jack Beaver, Clive Richardson, Hubert Bath, Cedric Mallabey, Leighton Lucas, Charles Williams, Bob Busby, Walford Hyden, Hans May and many others.
Levy worked for Gainsborough to 1948, then with Associated British, with spells at MGM British and 20th Century Fox in the same capacity in between.
Louis was also featured extensively on BBC and commercial radio through his "Music from the Movies" programmes which he first introduced back in 1936. Levy recorded extensively with his Gaumont British Symphony Orchestra for HMV/ Columbia, and later Decca. Almost all of Levy's radio and record arrangements were undertaken by Peter Yorke, who created the immediately recognisable Gaumont British Symphony sound. Levy died on 18 August 1957. 1.
CA15584-1 You're Sweeter than I Thought You Were, (Sigler/Hoffman),(RA).
TB2125-1-2 Got to Dance My Way to Heaven, (Coslow). Decca F5983 4.
OGF62-2 (From TT2603/4) I Never Cried So Much in All My Life. Col FB2463 (Note, 'Recorded in Chelsea Barracks'). Backing side from TT2634 rec. 30/4/1940 does not involve Levy).
CA17866-1 'The Great Victor Herbert', Selection – Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life; Kiss me Again; A Kiss in the Dark, (SB/ED). Col FB2389 13.
*7", 45RPM, The voice of Vera Ellen was dubbed in by Eve Boswell.
**Denis Lotis dubbed in place of Tony Martin, under contract to RCA, on "Hold on to Love", the introduction features the voice of Tony Martin.
Soundtrack "The Good Companions", 1957 (Rossi/Roberts/Parsons), starring Eric Portman, Hugh Griffith, Bobby Howes, John Fraser, Janette Scott.
* The voice of John Fraser was dubbed in by Michael Holliday.
** The voice of Janette Scott was dubbed in by ?
NB: Both Janette Scott and John Fraser sing selections from this film on a Nixa 78rpm disc, with the Beryl Stott Chorus and the Tony Osborne Orchestra.


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I love to think about the written word, and how what people are writing is a deep reflection of our cultural moment. That's why I personally find my job in public relations to be so interesting. I feel like a practitioner of something that has up to this point for me been only a philosophical pursuit. PR pros strive to assess the cultural moment, gather and interact with impactful media, and find inventive ways to move and shape a human experience.
Ken Bone immediately began using his newfound social media fame. Most notably, he is now part of a sponsorship with IZOD that encourages people to vote in the 2016 election. That amount of Internet fame can be hard to handle though, and Ken has certainly made some mistakes along the way. He recently got in trouble for not following the FTC's rules for sponsored social media posts. Additionally, he used his personal Reddit account to host an AMA, which allowed journalists to uncover some unflattering past comments.
Social media has been compared to the advent of the movable type printing press for the way it has made mass communication more egalitarian. Every single person now has the unfettered ability to make his or her voice widely heard. Brands and people can skip the "middle man" that is traditional media and take their message directly to their audiences.
A demonstration of this principle took place recently on the floor of the House of Representatives, when 170 lawmakers staged an old fashioned sit-in. The protest was an attempt to force a vote on gun control issues, in response to the massacre at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. House leaders decided not to allow C-SPAN cameras to cover the sit-in. In response to that refusal, the protestors took to social media and used Periscope and Facebook Live to broadcast their efforts.
The live video access allowed viewers to have a personal connection to the political process. And using these live social apps not only created a bigger, mobile viewership for their efforts, it also added to the story itself. In a protest largely about challenging the normal political system, the fact that these lawmakers were denied access to C-SPAN added yet another supporting element to their case.
The advent of crowdfunding is yet another area where we have seen social media move mountains. With the sheer amount of viewers possible via social channels, it is becoming common for organizations of all types to ask their followers directly for money rather than fundraising via more traditional methods. Instead of getting buy-in from venture capital sources, startups can raise capital by taking their ideas for innovative products directly to their potential customers. Charitable projects can also receive massive levels of funding, both for non-profits and to support individuals who have just fallen on hard times, and fans can financially support their favorite artists.
There are a lot of fantastic crowdfunding stories, but perhaps the most hilarious one involves potato salad. A man from Ohio named Zack "Danger" Brown jokingly created a Kickstarter campaign to raise $10 to support his endeavor to make potato salad. The Internet obviously appreciated the joke, because nearly 7,000 backers donated over $55K to the campaign. Zack threw a giant party for his backers, which he dubbed "Potato Stock", where he made potato salad for all and gave the proceeds to charity.
Social media is not just being used to operate outside the existing media structure, but also to hold the system itself accountable. When people feel that their story is being suppressed, or just not being properly represented, they can turn to social to tell their side of the story. Both candidates in the 2016 election have illustrated this point. Donald Trump, who has been very vocally distrustful of the media, has begun broadcasting his own event coverage and commentary via his Facebook Live channel. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton's campaign has created multimedia content meant to be shared via social media, like this database which chooses a random date and compares what the two candidates were doing at the time.
Using social media to "fight the power" in this way is a practice that has also been especially present in recent conversations about race and policing. Cell phone videos of police shootings, largely of unarmed black men, have created periodic social media frenzies during the past few years. Eyewitnesses can now document these incidents themselves, rather than relying on journalists and news outlets to do so. The death of Philando Castile, captured by his girlfriend via Facebook Live, is a particularly impactful example. No matter what side of the issue you fall on, these first hand glimpses at police interactions make for far less hypothetical conversations about the issue than were possible before the advent of social media.


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Swimming pools are a great place to cool off and unfortunately for half of Americans also a great place to bathe according to a new survey that looked at how certain habits impact the cleanliness of pool water. (iStock)
Half of Americans use pools as communal bathtubs, survey says
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Swimming pools are a great place to cool off and unfortunately for half of Americans also a great place to bathe according to a new survey that looked at how certain habits impact the cleanliness of pool water.
From April 12 to 13, Sachs Media Group interviewed more than 3,100 American adults to uncover common behaviors leading to less than sanitary pool conditions.
Experts with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Water Quality & Health Council said they hope the annual Health Pools campaign will help educate the public about healthy and safe swimming habits.
Warning, if you are already wary of swimming in a public pool you might want to stop reading here.
According to the survey, about 51 % of Americans reported using a swimming pool as a communal bathtub, in place of showering after exercise or yard work.
Surprisingly, less than that amount (about 40%) willingly admitted to urinating in the pool, which experts say reduces the amount of chlorine available to kill germs.
"The bottom line is: Don't pee in the pool," said Michele Hlavsa, the chief of the Centers for Disease Control's Healthy Swimming program. "Swimming is a great way to be physically active and not peeing in the pool is a key healthy swimming step."
The survey also found that about 24% of Americans would jump into a swimming pool within an hour of having diarrhea, the survey showed. Another 48% said they never shower before swimming. Almost all of the people surveyed did not know that pool chemistry can be affected by personal care items such as makeup and deodorant.
"When dirt, sweat, personal care products, and other things on our bodies react with chlorine, there is less chlorine available to kill germs," said Dr. Chris Wiant, chair of the Water Quality & Health Council. "Rinsing off for just 1 minute removes most of the dirt, sweat, or anything else on your body."
In an effort to improve the cleanliness of swimming pools the CDC's Water Quality and Health Council is offering free pool test kits through its Healthy Pools campaign so that swimmers can use the kit to measure chlorine levels and pH in backyard and public pools.
The full survey can be read here.
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Thanks Cely. I just transferred it here. But my title has an error: It should be Santosha Beads, not Beds! ha ha ha!
I copy-pasted it here. But I could not delete the one posted at the Groups Section. I might be accused of plagiarizing myself for double posting! Hope the admin can understand. I will send them another message on what I did.
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LANSING– Michigan State Police get such high marks for overseeing automated photo searches for criminals, according to a recent report by a national group examining privacy and law enforcement, that the state is a model for the nation.
But the Georgetown Law Center on Privacy and Technology also recommends that using driver license photos in such searches, as the Michigan State Police does, should only occur after state legislatures vote to allow them. And if allowed, the states should notify the public of their use, the study said.
Right now police must provide "appropriate justification for use," said Lori Dougovito, public affairs representative for the Michigan State Police. That means that law enforcement police can only search the database under reasonable cause or in the case of a citizen-filed complaint to remove their image.
Any search conducted by law enforcement is time-stamped and can be tracked to that specific officer and computer.
A policeman can't just log onto their computer and search your image out of curiosity — if they do, they could lose their badge.
"Facial recognition is an automated process for searching and comparing images of faces," Dougovito said. "It's used as a tool by a law enforcement when an investigation involves an unknown person and an image of that person's face is available."
The Michigan State Police policy on deleting non-criminal images sets itself apart from other law enforcement agencies.
While most databases aren't scrubbed clean of mug shots of people at first connected to a crime but never convicted, Michigan law requires the destruction of fingerprints and pictures of those people, the report said.
The Georgetown Law Center on Privacy and Technology recently reported that the Michigan State Police is the only agency that deletes mug shots from its databases of individuals who are not charged or who are found innocent.
Trying to remove a picture of yourself from other states' databases used to find criminals is much more difficult, as it requires an expungement order that can take months to process, the report said.
Another concern around the use of face recognition software is its less than perfect accuracy, the Georgetown Law report said. Experts agree that to ensure face recognition searches are correct, trained human reviewers are necessary, the study said. Specially trained examiners can match faces almost 20 percent better than someone with limited instruction in face matching, the study said.
The Michigan State Police have people review matches before sending them to officers, Dougovito said. Only seven other systems in the country do this.
Still, the Georgetown Law report said the level of training is not clearly outlined. And not every search in Michigan gets reviewed by a person.
For example, when a face recognition search is conducted from a mobile phone, the software forwards the algorithms' results straight to the officer — bypassing the human review, the study said.
One reason this technology is imperfect involves Michigan's African American community, the study said. The technology does not work as well with people with darker complexions.
Law enforcement experts say they are unaware of any problems this technology has caused for African Americans in Michigan.
Some privacy experts and activists are concerned that police policies are not subject to legislative or public review. Only one agency, the San Diego Association of Governments, submitted its face recognition use policy for legislative approval, the study found. The Michigan State Policee have an informal process to review its face recognition policy, the report said. It involves a state legislator and representative from the American Civil Liberties Union.
The report concludes that Congress and states relying on mug shot databases for face recognition should follow Michigan's lead. But it also recommends that search of drivers license photos, as done by the Michigan State Police, should only occur if the state legislatures vote to allow them.
Rep. Jim Runestad, R-White Lake, introduced a bill last March to create an oversight board for police using any technology to intercept, record, or monitor any data without the permission of the person being monitored.
"The goal is to protect civil liberties and due process while allowing the police to do their job," Runestad said. "It only takes one bad act to trigger outrage against law enforcement, then next thing you know, a bill is rocketing through the legislature in response."
Instead, he wants a deliberate, thought-out discussion.
"This bill would work to build public trust," Runestad said.
The Michigan Sheriffs Association and the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police oppose this legislation.
"There's no need for compromise because there's no need for the bill," said Terrence Jungel, executive director of the Michigan Sheriffs Association.
Robert Stevenson, the executive director of the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police, says the bill is "looking for a problem that doesn't exist."
"What changed that a society — always protected by the police — suddenly needs to be protected from the police?" Stevenson said. Police departments work hard to ensure their technologies are used in good faith.
"Here's the issue: it's not data collection, but restricting access to it," Stevenson said. "And that's an issue we're 100 percent behind controlling." He said the rest is rightfully decided by the Constitution in the judicial process.
It's not the legislature but the courts that should resolve issues of technology and privacy, using GPS trackers on cars as an example, he said.
Michigan law enforcement used GPS technology against criminals until someone challenged it and the courts ruled a search warrant would be needed, he said.
"That's the process working the way it was meant to work," Stevenson said.
Runestad's bill would create a board with representatives from the Michigan State Police, the Michigan Sheriffs Association, the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police, a non-law enforcement appointee by the Senate majority leader, a non-law enforcement appointee by the Speaker of the House and a governor-appointed county prosecuting attorney, criminal defense attorney and representative of citizen privacy interests.
Information to be semi-annually reported to this board includes the surveillance technology used by the Michigan State Police, the frequency of its use and any information regarding the use, cost of use and limitations of it.
That type of oversight is the wrong approach, Jungel said. It gets in the way of law enforcement doing their job and "we find ourselves jousting with windmills instead of with dragons."
Bill would decrease local government's tax revenues
By RAY WILBUR
LANSING — Local officials are concerned that a legislative attempt to clarify how charitable organizations are defined could cost them property tax revenues. The bill, introduced by Sen. Jack Brandenburg, R-Harrison Township, would define charitable organizations in a way that exempts more of them from property tax.
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Gemini Full Moon, December 2021: In the Light of Creation
Just a few days before the Sun ingresses into Capricorn for the December Solstice, we will have a lively Full Moon on December 18, 2021 at 8:35 p.m. on the West Coast.
This lunation will occur with the Sun at 27 degrees, 28 minutes of Sagittarius and the Moon at the same degrees of Gemini. Twenty-seven degrees of Sagittarius is the location of the Galactic Center, the astronomical center of our Milky Way galaxy. The Galactic Center is believed by many astrologers to be an energetic power point likened to the Sun of our Sun.
Especially for those of us who have Sun, Moon or a planet in late degrees of Sagittarius – and really, for everyone – this Full Moon will be an auspicious time to meditate and center ourselves to receive inspiration and a renewal of faith.
This Full Moon in Gemini is guided by quirky, fast planet Mercury. Gemini, our mutable air sign, represents insatiable curiosity, a bottomless pit of desire for more data, more knowledge. Gemini endlessly wants information, for its own sake and also to better relate to others: to spin a good tale, a joke or a song. Gemini wants to know everything and everybody, wants to network with you and me and your cousin and your neighbor down the street.
In addition to meditating with the awesomeness of the moment, the December 18 Gemini Full Moon will also be a fine time to get on the phone or zoom and yack with friends. Or to make a mental list of things to ponder in the coming days.
That's because what comes next is not so light and breezy. This lunation comes as the planet Venus is spending an unusually long time in Capricorn, from November 5 until March 5, with a retrograde period from December 19, 2021 until January 29, 2022.
Whenever a planet is in one of its regular periods of retrograde motion, the standard advice is to focus on the themes carried by that planet. Venus, portrayed in mythology as a goddess of both love and war, represents our likes and dislikes, how we express love (or hate) for others, how we spend our time and money – in other words, our entire set of values.
Venus in Capricorn conjures all sorts of meanings. It is conservative, not in the political sense, but more like someone who makes regular deposits into her savings account.
The Sun will ingress into Capricorn on December 21, which is the Solstice point and the start of winter in the northern hemisphere.
In the world of newspaper horoscope columns, Capricorn gets a rap for being ambitious and stodgy. Yet, there is so much more possibility and subtlety to any of the astrological symbols.
Capricorn, pictured as a goat climbing a mountain, wants to achieve something with caution and a sense of duty. Like its opposite sign, Cancer, Capricorn has to do with care-taking. Whereas Cancer, ruled by the Moon, is softly nurturing, Capricorn, ruled by Saturn, is tougher, representing integrity and responsibility. Both Capricorn and Cancer are parental archetypes.
This period of Venus in Capricorn (November 5 to March 5) is most notable for its conjunction with Pluto. There will be three exact conjunctions of Venus and Pluto. The first occurred on December 11. The second will be on Christmas Day, and the third on March 3, 2022.
Pluto, the powerhouse, in conjunction with Venus, the planet of all things relational, may correlate with a dredging up of painful, memories – all the could-haves, should-haves, and would-haves of our love lives. During a period of Venus retrograde, one might have a synchronistic encounter with someone from the past, either in the 3-D world or in a dream. With Venus conjunct Pluto, one might become more conscious of the past, and it might be easier to finally say goodbye to it.
This lunation, and the Venus-Pluto conjunction, occur at about the time when Saturn and Uranus will make their third exact square of 2021 a couple of days before Christmas. This outer planet square has been the dominant transit all year, punctuating all the hard conflicts all over the world, between forces of the status quo and challengers seeking to disrupt.
As if 2021 has not been a hard year all along, the transits at this Christmas time are tense.
In Capricorn, we find a clue for the medicine of this time, and it goes like this: Each of the zodiacal signs has within it, also, the qualities of its opposite sign. Capricorn, stoic and self-sufficient though it is, faces and has a clear line of sight with the balm of its opposite sign Cancer, the Great Mother, the One who lives and breathes inside that center of the Milky Way Galaxy, the Creatrix who gives birth to all.
In the cold and dark of the Capricornian winter, prompted by the December 18 Full Moon, the Great Mother holds aloft the light that will soon return.
That's why regardless of any of the social commitments you have at this end of the year, the Winter Solstice and the traditional 12 days of Yuletide that follow it are an ideal time to clear some time to mother and father yourself, to seek at least some degree of hibernation, like a bear taking refuge in a cave.
Full Moon and Solstice Blessings,
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Q: Calling ActionScript (Flash) method via mshtml from C# I use the WebBrowser component from WPF. I load there a page from Internet and I access the Document property to call my scripts. Unfortunately calling scripts don't work as I need. When I am calling JavaScript methods which exist in JavaScript so it works great but when I need access some methods which are available through Flash so I have problems.
document.parentWindow.execScript("document.getElementById('swfObject').methodFromActionScript();", "JavaScript");

I get an exception in the browser Object doesn't support this property or method. In C# I get Exception from HRESULT: 0x80020101
But when I try launch this code in a regular browser as IE or Chrome by passing it into URL so the code is executed and I see results.
Maybe some trustmode issues or what else could deny access to Flash properties and methods?
BTW: The var allowScriptAccess is set to always.
Thank you for help.

A: Ok, I've found an issue. Before this execScript. I was doing some modification of DOM and moving elements and apparently this has broken DOM so I couldn't call swfObject because during moving it was somehow modified and lost its properties and methods which were exported via ActionScript.


This years NatWest CricketForce event has proved popular for the third year running amonst our Community RePaint schemes. This year 14 schemes supplied 3,000 litres of paint to 38 cricket clubs for their redecoration projects.
Natwest CricketForce encourages cricket supporters, their friends and families to give something back to their local community cricket club by volunteering to undertake major renovations to clubhouses and grounds. Renovating usually involves some sort of paint work which is why this event links so well with the Community RePaint project.
We look forward to helping more cricket clubs out next year!


The new update for the messenger will finally bring about a feature that many people have been trying to get their hands on –the previously-announced "unsend" feature. While there without doubt will be some limitations that will be coming along with the usage of the feature within messenger – it still comes as a much awaited feature.
Using the unsend feature, any user will be allowed to delete a message that they might have sent, and with respect to the deletion of the message – it will not only affect your own chat window, but also the recipients as well – turning it out like there wasn't a message sent out at all.
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However, like I stated earlier, there are some limitations to the whole process, and amongst these limitation includes the fact that you will only be able to delete messages you've sent less than 10 minutes prior to deletion. After the 10 minute mark crosses, there won't be anything you can do about it. Another one of the limitations that might pose is the fact that even though you've deleted the message, Facebook will still hold onto the message – for how long, who knows? This may seem to be an invasion of privacy, however, such a policy is so that bullies are prevented from sending nasty messages, and then deleting them, meaning that it would turn out like there wasn't any message sent in the first place. Such a policy will be adopted so that there will be proof, and while Facebook did not actually state exactly how long such messages will be held onto the server, the company did announce that the message(s) will eventually go on to be deleted.
The rollout for this feature is happening right now, and it is indeed happening on a global scale. Once you update to the latest version of the app, you will be able to see the unsend feature when you long press on a message which is less than ten minutes old.
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We just thundered for #MedComms Day 2017- did you "hear" it? So close to reaching 50,000 accounts. Thanks everyone for joining in.
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Congrats Peter. Happy #MedComms day.