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Ending workplace violence and harassment in public services
The recent deaths of two young women health workers in Nigeria, Saifura and Hauwa, are the latest tragic examples of the dangers faced by workers when delivering public services. However, on this 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we must remember that it is not only in the extreme conditions of conflict zones that workplace violence occurs.
A few months ago, two young women health workers were executed by a Boko Haram faction in Nigeria. Saifura Hussaini Ahmed Khorsa, 25, and Hauwa Mohammed Liman, 24, were both midwives with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the state of Borno and were abducted in March along with the UNICEF nurse Alice Loksha, who is still alive.
At the time of their abduction, all three were providing essential prenatal care to communities in Rann, a small town whose population has more than doubled since it became the location for a camp of around 45,000 internally displaced people. Saifura, as her father said, "was serving humanity".
The deaths of Saifura and Hauwa were the latest and tragic examples of the dangers faced by workers when delivering public services. However, it is not only in the extreme conditions of conflict zones that workplace violence occurs, although the health sector, which has a predominantly female workforce, is particularly affected.
So much so that the World Health Organization (WHO) calculates that violence in this sector accounts for 25% of all incidents at the workplace.
"Violence is not only perpetrated by those who are directly involved in labour relations, such as managers and colleagues, but also by patients, family members and visitors", says Irene Khumalo, the new Chair of the PSI's World Women's Committee and member of the Swaziland Democratic Nurses' Union.
Khumalo notes that wars, internal conflicts and economic crises make the situation worse.
ILO Convention
It is in this context and on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women that PSI reiterates its commitment to the discussion and adoption of a Convention and Recommendation to End Violence and Harassment in the World of Work by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2019.
We believe that this convention should be seen as the outcome of the long struggle by women in the international trade union movement for an instrument that addresses gender-based violence as a multi-sectorial and systemic issue in the world of work.
Women began this journey a long time before 2015, when the ILO's Governing Body decided to put discussion of the instrument on the agenda of the International Labour Conference (ILC) in 2018. The initial focus was gender-based violence, but the ILO broadened the scope, form and content of the discussion to include the world of work as a whole in order to address the many manifestations of violence.
Tax Justice
PSI argues that sufficient resources must be allocated to basic services like health care if they are to have the material foundations necessary to function without the threat of violence against either workers or service users. It also calls for the formulation of public policies able to provide gender-responsive public services.
In this context, PSI General Secretary Rosa Pavanelli emphasises that:
"PSI is part of the global movement for Tax Justice that advocates for States to recover resources stolen through tax avoidance and evasion and that are needed for investment in quality public services."
Marginalised groups
Clare Middlemas, youth representative on PSI's World Executive Board and a member of the SPSF union in Australia, says it is also essential
"to continue with the work of fully including young workers, migrants, indigenous and African peoples and LGBTI workers, in the list of groups recognised as being especially vulnerable to violence and harassment at work."
Download our posters
For more information, see:
Read PSI's op-ed: Women are most likely to be affected by violence in the workplace, but we are all victims
PSI Asia Pacific Campaign Toolkit: Advance Labour Rights! End gender-based violence.
Use the toolkit online: http://paiddvleavenow.com/
PSI's pages on Ending violence against women
UN Resolution on sexual harassment and violence against women English - French - Spanish
PSI's campaign materials calling for an ILO Convention and Recommendation to End Violence and Harassment in the World of Work
PSI publication "Tackling gender-based violence in the world of work – experiences in the health sector"
PSI publication "Tax justice and gender justice in Africa: Study on tax and public services impact on women and girls in Ghana"
6th Violence in the Health Sector conference: A commitment to collective action to eliminate workplace violence in the health sector
PSI Africa & Arab countries Regional Conference - AFRECON 2019 (Lomé)
Two thousand Tunisian municipal cleaners demand safe working conditions and statutory recognition for their profession

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The Shamrock Rovers XI v Brazil association football friendly match was played in Lansdowne Road in Dublin, Ireland, on 3 July 1973 between the Brazil national team and a team billed as "Shamrock Rovers XI", made up of Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland international players.  Brazil won the match 4–3; it was the first time in eight years that any team scored three goals against them. The match is the only one played since 1950 by a team representing the entire island of Ireland, although the name "Ireland" was changed to "Shamrock Rovers XI" after objections from the Irish Football Association.

Background
The match was played at the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland as a gesture of friendship and solidarity. Louis Kilcoyne, the owner of the domestic Shamrock Rovers football team, persuaded João Havelange of the Brazilian FA to include a match against an "Ireland XI" on the itinerary for their nine-match summer tour of Europe, reportedly promising him the Football Association of Ireland's (FAI) vote in the 1974 election for President of FIFA.

Kilcoyne's brother-in-law and captain of the Republic team, Johnny Giles, and Derek Dougan of Northern Ireland were friendly with each other. They supported the project and persuaded many of their respective teammates to participate.

The Irish Football Association (IFA) was opposed to the match, seeing it as setting a precedent which might encourage moves for the IFA to merge with the FAI. Further, the Republic of Ireland manager, Liam Tuohy, who also managed this team, subsequently disclosed that the FAI also had reservations. In deference to these concerns, the "Ireland XI" had to be called a "Shamrock Rovers" selection, after the leading League of Ireland club connected to the Kilcoyne family. (In actuality, all the team played in the English League.) Also, only the Brazilian national anthem and flag were sung and displayed, although A Nation Once Again was among the tunes in the pre-match entertainment.

Derek Dougan alleged that IFA President Harry Cavan instructed Northern Ireland manager Terry Neill not to pick him in future because of his involvement in organising this match, thereby ending his international career. However, Dougan had not appeared in any of Northern Ireland's five matches prior to the game in Dublin, had failed to score in any of the last ten international games in which he had played and, at 35, he was in the twilight of his career. Indeed, he was to retire from playing full-time football less than two seasons later.

None of the five other Northern Ireland players who played in this match suffered any adverse consequences for their international career. Three of them (Jennings, Hamilton and O'Neill) were subsequently to captain Northern Ireland, and Hamilton was also appointed manager.

Despite the lack of support from the island's two FAs, following the match the FAI contacted the IFA regarding the possibility of re-unifying the two associations. The IFA unanimously agreed to talks, the first to be held about a possible merger since 1932. Nine IFA-FAI conferences were held between 1973 and 1980, with seven of those taking place between 1978 and 1980. Despite this the proposal did not come to fruition: reasons for its failure included the prospect of reduced revenue from international matches with the existence of one Irish team, ongoing violence (including a riot between Northern Irish side Linfield F.C. and the Republic's Dundalk F.C. at a European Cup tie at Dundalk's Oriel Park in 1979), and increased success for both Northern Ireland (during the early-to-mid 1980s) and the Republic of Ireland (in the late 1980s and early 1990s).

Proceeds from the match went to UNICEF and the Irish Cancer Society.

The match was featured on the television programme, Monday Night Soccer, on 7 April 2008.

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References

External links
Brazil bring out united front from The Irish Times, 14 February 2004
Brazil's return to Dublin's flair city conjures up memories from Scotland on Sunday, 15 February 2004

Brazil 1973
Association football in Ireland
Shamrock Rovers 1973
1973–74 in Republic of Ireland association football
1973–74 in Northern Ireland association football
1973 in Brazilian football
July 1973 sports events in Europe

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May 16, 2022 Brent Leuthold
The new sci-fi/horror hybrid Firestarter is quite a few things. It's a remake of the Drew Barrymore-starring chiller that was released 38 years (almost to the day, as fate would have it) prior to this new iteration. It's another Stephen King adaptation, an author whose work has been the direct inspiration for dozens of films, TV series and stage productions over the decades. It's yet another modestly-budgeted Blumhouse Productions project, one of six slated for release this year alone. Most important for streaming war beancounters, it's Peacock's latest hope that prospective subscribers will be drawn in enough by the film's familiar marketing to start their free trial and forget about cancelling after it expires. But perhaps it's most pertinent to instead detail what Firestarter is not: engaging, well-crafted or necessary.
Firestarter's opening credits show video footage of college students Andy (Zac Efron) and Vicky (Sydney Lemmon) being interviewed for a clinical trial involving an experimental chemical drug known as Lot-6. Years later, the pair is married with 11-year-old Charlie (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) and all three are burdened with supernatural powers as a result of the exposure to Lot-6. Andy's ability to psychically influence people ("the push", as he calls it) and Vicky's telekinesis are generally well-controlled but Charlie's burgeoning pyrokinesis isn't maintained as effectively. An incendiary incident at her school alerts agents of the Department of Scientific Intelligence, a shadowy government organization aiming to monitor and control those concealing superhuman faculties.
In retrospect, it's easy to see how 1980s science-fiction like the original Firestarter, and Drew Barrymore's preceding film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, inspired the megahit series Stranger Things. The story points of a young girl discovering her growing superpowers and a group of youngsters hiding the supernatural force from scary government officials were fused together in the show's first season. Netflix (which, curiously, is name-dropped twice during this Peacock product) saw the power in the nostalgia behind these cultural touchstones and has (at least until recently) coasted on Stranger Things's success since its premiere. Even with this wind at its back, this new Firestarter can't fan the flames for long enough to set up a compelling story on its own terms.
The problems start with the dull script from Scott Teems, which doesn't develop its protagonists well enough for us to care about them and doesn't spend enough time with the antagonists to make them feel threatening. The inclusion of groan-inducing lines like "I don't need to see your eyes to feel your fear" certainly don't help the movie's cause either. Some of these story elements could be overcome by strong performances but Efron and Armstrong don't have the kind of chemistry together to sell the father-daughter relationship upon which the film's pathos would presumably rely. The best acting comes courtesy of Michael Greyeyes as a troubled superhuman caught between the will of the DSI and the potential of Charlie's future.
One aspect that is far above the pedigree of everything else in the film is the terrific musical score, a collaboration between vaunted horror composer John Carpenter, his son Cody and musician Daniel Davies. Electronic band Survive leaned heavily on John Carpenter's synth-heavy scores when composing the music for Stranger Things but it's even more fulfilling to hear original master at work again in the playground he helped to build. Eerie and enveloping, the pulsating music drives the narrative forward better than most of the characters and dialogue do. Sadly, the flat and uninspired cinematography by Karim Hussain can't visually match what the trio of composers are able to accomplish sonically. Firestarter is a non-starter in the race between streaming services trying to outdo one another with brand new titles.
Coming only to theaters is Downton Abbey: A New Era, a sequel to the 2019 TV-to-film adaptation starring Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern following the Crawley family and Downton staff as they receive a royal visit from the King and Queen of Great Britain.
Also premiering only in theaters is Men, a folk horror film starring Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear about a young woman who goes on a solo holiday in the English countryside after the death of her husband and encounters an ominous presence there.
Streaming on Disney+ is Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, a live-action/animated family movie starring John Mulaney and Andy Samberg about the titular chipmunks reuniting thirty years after their TV series to rescue a missing member of the original cast.


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Posts Tagged 'Iona Gaels'
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Posted in NCAA Division I, tagged Belmont Bruins, Billi Godsey, Breanna Stewart, Brenda Mock Kirkpatrick, BYU Cougars, Campbell Fightin' Camels, Cori Close, Dawn Staley, Duquesne University, Emilie Gronas, Geno Auriemma, Georgia Bulldogs, Hickman High School, Iona Gaels, Jacksonville Dolphins, Jeff Judkins, Jeff Walz, Jennifer Azzi, Jordin Canada, Kelsey Plum, Makenzi Pulsipher, Marshall Herd, Matt Daniel, Michigan State Spartans, Missouri Tigers, Morgan Stock, Morgan Tuck, Moriah Jefferson, Newbauer, Princeton Tigers, Quetin Hillsman, San Francisco Dons, South Carolina Gamecocks, Suzy Merchant, Syracuse Orange, tara vanderveer, Tonya Mirts, UCLA Bruins, UNC Asheville, Wanda Watkins, Washington Huskies, women's basketball, Yolett McPhee-McCuin on March 16, 2016|
Just ask Jeff Walz.
He offered Tuesday to email or call the boss of anyone who wanted to come to the game but couldn't because of work. He's already had 100 or so fans take him up on that, including someone in the mayor's office.
"Whoever sends me a note on Twitter or on Facebook – if they give me their boss' email – I'm writing them a note asking if they can make the ballgame," Walz said in a phone interview Wednesday.
Check out Aneela's "Top 25 Players To Watch in NCAA Tournament"
Washington: 'Sharp' Huskies Head To NCAA Tournament
The Huskies are sharp, because they share a common goal and have rallied around each other. They are in sync. They are focused.
"The difference between last year and this year, last year we were happy to be there," junior Kelsey Plum said. "It was a cool accomplishment after having not been in the NCAA tournament for a long time.
"We were just so excited about the whole thing, we lost focus in the game. This year, we're not just happy to be here. We're trying to do something with it.
Connecticut: Stewart, Tuck and Jefferson looking to make history
UConn coach Geno Auriemma jokes that when the trio now known as "The Big Three" first arrived on campus, he wasn't sure they should play as freshmen either.
Stewart, he said, had unbelievable talent, but was often lackadaisical, because things were too easy for her. Jefferson, he said, had no grasp of running an offense. Her idea of playing point guard, he said, was to run at full speed until she ran into something.
Tuck was the best of the three in practice, but that didn't always translate to games.
Little by little, he said, they began to gel.
Connecticut: Former Huskies break down UConn's winning ways
Utah: Jeff Judkins keeps Cougars steadily successful
As BYU's women's basketball players, assistant coaches and supporters reacted excitedly when the Cougars received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament last Monday, head coach Jeff Judkins stared stoically at the large screen, realizing the task that lies ahead.
It was almost LaVell Edwards-like, which is fitting, because Judkins is having the kind of success that the legendary football coach had in Provo in the 1980s and '90s, albeit in a sport mostly out of the national spotlight.
"He doesn't get the credit he deserves," BYU guard Makenzi Pulsipher said. "He's such a good, nice person, but he's also a really, really good coach."
California: Jordin Canada leads UCLA back to the Big Dance
During a recent practice at UCLA, one of the Bruins players commented out loud about point guard Jordin Canada, "She's our all-conference player, let's just get it to her."
And Canada cringed.
"Her shoulders went in, and she looked uncomfortable," UCLA coach Cori Close said. "She didn't like it. But at the same time, when the lights brighten, she's at her best."
California: USF coach Azzi welcomes chance to return to Stanford for NCAAs
Jennifer Azzi's expression — an ear-to-ear grin — didn't change when she saw that her USF team was matched against her alma mater Stanford, during Monday's NCAA selection show.
Azzi knows how these things work — Azzi against her mentor Tara VanDerveer is the kind of story line selection committees love. She knows how often basketball can bring one full circle — such as when the Tennessee kid won a national championship with Stanford back home in Knoxville in 1990.
"These things happen," she said.
Florida: NCAA women's bracket has distinct Florida flavor
It has been a season of firsts for women's college basketball teams Florida, and the roll will continue in the NCAA Tournament.
When the field of 64 was announced on Monday, it marked the first time that five teams from the Sunshine State were selected.
Georgia: Georgia back in tournament under 1st-year coach
New York: Syracuse women's basketball team a victim of bad timing
What's the old cliche, if they didn't have bad luck, they'd have no luck at all?
The Syracuse University women's basketball team is living proof of that. The Orange have had their best regular season in program history. Syracuse went to the ACC championship game and received a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament, again, its best ever.
The high seed means the Orange are rewarded with one — possibly two — home games for the first two rounds of the tournament. And when does the NCAA Tournament committee (with help from ESPN) have Syracuse playing.
Friday at 2:30 p.m. Right after the Syracuse men's game. A weekday afternoon when the majority of local people are working or in school.
New York: With Two Bids, Iona Savors 'Incredible Accomplishment'
For Cluess and Godsey, that made last Monday twice as sweet. They understand better than most the challenges midmajor programs face in facilities, recruiting and financing when competing against major conferences for players as well as victories.
"It's so hard for one team to make it, let alone two, especially in a conference our size," Cluess said.
Missouri: The three steps the women's basketball team is taking in preparation for the big dance.
This time last season, the Missouri women's basketball team was sitting around coach Robin Pingeton's house, eyes glued to the television during Selection Monday. They were on the outside looking in.
While watching other teams celebrate their success, the overall mindset of the team was, "That's going to be us next year," according to senior Morgan Stock.
New Jersey: PU Women's Hoops Sees Silver Lining in Penn Defeat, Becoming 1st Ivy Team to Earn At-Large Bid to NCAAs
North Carolina: Coaches of Asheville men, women share special bond
Seconds after the UNC Asheville women beat Liberty on Sunday at Kimmel Arena to earn a berth in the NCAA tournament, some of the first people on the floor to celebrate with the women were members of the Bulldogs' men's team.
It was a scene that didn't surprise those close to the program.
There is a closeness between the teams and it begins with the coaches.
Brenda Mock Kirkpatrick and Nick McDevitt can't help but run into each other several times a day because their offices are separated by a conference room, which they share along with a printer.
They wouldn't want it any other way. McDevitt is a fan of Kirkpatrick and her staff and Kirkpatrick feels the same way about the men's coaches.
Tennessee/Michigan: Belmont, Michigan State coaches are friends, now NCAA foes
"Suzy and I got to be good friends back then," said Newbauer, who was an assistant at Georgia at the time. "My sister almost went to Michigan State and instead went to Indiana, so I've known Suzy since my first year in women's basketball. I've just been really good friends with her since then. We were texting each other about, 'Wouldn't that be great if we wound up in the same place?' But I didn't think we would be playing them."
Wanna listen while you work? LaChina Robinson and Chiney Ogwumike break down the Sioux Falls Region of the women's NCAA Tournament with special guest L.A. Sparks F Candace Parker. 2) They then break down the Bridgeport Region of the women's NCAA Tournament with special guest Indiana Fever G Briann January.
As a self-identified Conference Generalist, I take great pleasure in tracking programs raising their profiles. Marshall was one such story: A Different `Long Season' for Daniel's Herd
Marshall makes its first trip to the Women's NIT with a visit to longtime rival Ohio on Thursday night, and riding on the bus with the Herd as it heads up the road this evening is an attitude that has carried Coach Matt Daniel's team all season.
It's not where you start; it's where you finish.
When Marshall opened the 2015-16 season back on Nov. 13 with an out-of-breath, 104-101 triumph at Morehead State, eight of the 12 healthy players on Daniel's roster were in their first game in a Herd uniform. Six were freshmen … and Marshall had been picked to finish 10th in the 14-team Conference USA race by Daniel's sideline peers.
Four months later, the Herd (21-11) has more wins than all but one team (24-5 in 1986-87) in the Herd women's hoops history dating to 1969-70. Marshall has only its third postseason bid in its major college era, which dates to 1981-82. And while finishing tied for sixth in the C-USA standings, the Herd won a school-best 11 C-USA games (regular season and tournament) in its 11 years in the league.
So were the Jacksonville Dolphins: Mentee vs. Mentor
It happens at the start of every athletic competition. Typically after the national anthem and player introductions, and often overlooked as one of the unwritten rules of the game. It's the coaches' handshake, a brief meeting a midcourt that will have a deeper meaning for Yolett McPhee-McCuin Friday.
When the head coach of the Jacksonville University women's basketball team shakes the hand of Dawn Staley, she will see more than the opposition, she'll also see a mentor and a friend.
"Dawn Staley is someone that I mirror my program after," said McCuin. "Not every step but definitely the how and the why. How to build a program and why we do what we do?
And: Though not a surprise, first NCAA bid reason for Duquesne women's basketball team to celebrate
"I don't think any of us were expecting this in the beginning of the season, so the fact that we're even here is so exciting," senior Emilie Gronas said. "From the preseason, we could feel this was a different team with a lot of new faces. A lot of people didn't expect us to do as great as we did."
But after playing in other postseason tournaments in each of the last seven seasons, Duquesne didn't have any preseason intentions of receiving another WNIT bid.
The Dukes broke record after record this year, setting program highs for wins (27) and conference wins (13) while earning a share of the Atlantic-10 regular-season title. Now, all of those accolades come second to achieving an ultimate goal.
Damn: A Website Went Offline And Took Most Of Women's College Basketball Analytics With It
If you're filling out your bracket for the NCAA men's basketball tournament and want some statistical background to the broader forecasts, you have a slew of options. Start at Sports-Reference.com: powerful search tools; team rankings for anything from pace to point differentials adjusted for strength of schedule; and player pages with stats such as usage percentage, win shares and Box Plus/Minus. Ken Pomeroy's site offers more detailed and adjusted team rankings and a wide array of individual player metrics. For $100 a year, Shot Analytics delivers detailed spatial analysis of shot selection, including weighted shot charts.
If you're looking for similar information to help you fill out an NCAA women's basketball tournament bracket, you're out of luck.
Thank you: Tonya Mirts ends 21-year tenure as Hickman girls basketball head coach
Mirts, who played college basketball for Missouri, appreciated the challenge of not being able to recruit players for high school basketball, instead developing the young women in her district.
"You get what you get and you try to make a masterpiece out of it year in and year out," she said.
Thank you: Wanda Watkins steps down as Campbell women's basketball coach after 35 seasons
In addition to her coaching achievements, Watkins holds a special place in Campbell athletics history. She was the school's first female athletic scholarship recipient after graduating from nearby South Johnston High School in 1975. She was a member of that school's 1974 North Carolina state championship team.
She served as team captain of the Lady Camels basketball team as a senior and captained the softball team for three years. Despite suffering an injury in her final season, Watkins was named MVP of the 1978-79 team and selected as Campbell's Outstanding Female Athlete.
About the hidden majority….
Posted in NCAA Division I, tagged Albany Great Danes, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, FGCU Eagles, Hampton, High Point Panthers, Iona Gaels, JMU, Marist, MTSU Blue Raiders, Muffet McGraw, New Hampshire Wildcats, Notre Dame, Robert Morris, St. Francis (NY), Stetson Hatters, Wichita State, Winthrop Eagles, women's basketball on February 11, 2014|
In the Southern, Chattanooga has returned to it traditional conference dominance.
Speaking of Southern, they're atop the SWAC, but Texas Southern is lurking. Their first matchup went to OT and was a 2pt win for the Jaguars. Southern will host T.S. for their final conference game of the season. The Jags will have a chance to avenge their only in-confernce loss (Alcorn State) March 1st.
Hampton rules the MEAC and, though Coppin State put up a better fight the second time around, it doesn't appear that anyone will threaten the Pirates. That being said, never underestimate the power of a rivalry (Hello, Howard?).
Yes, it's slow climb to relevancy, and it is the NEC, but St. Francis (NY) took down traditional powerhouse St. Francis (PA), 90-76, to equal the program's record for victories. The NEC leaders are the Robert Morris Colonials (which SF/NY took to double-overtime) with a multi-national team: Greece, France, Italy, Spain and the Democratic Republic of Congo are all represented on their roster.
The race to the finish in the MAC's going to be fun: Central Michigan is 11-0 and Bowling Green is 10-1. The Chippewas gave the Falcons their only loss (at CMU, in OT, 82-79). They meet again Feb 19th.
Ditto with the MAAC. Iona is 13-1 (Rider!!?? – in OT) and Marist is 13-2 (losses to Iona and, rather surprisingly, Fairfield). They'll close out conference play against each other on March 2nd.
How much is the ACC enjoying the addition of Notre Dame? The Irish are making mincemeat of their opponents and are perched confidently atop the conference. Coach McGraw's win against Syracuse tied her with North Carolina State Kay Yow for 11th place in career wins (737-258).
Vroom! That's the sound of James Madison racing to the top of the CAA. Don't know that anyone else can put up with the Dukes.
Zap! That's the sound of the Wichita State Shockers (11-0) taking control of the MVC. The Sycamores are in second place (still wonder what happened at Indiana State way back when) at 7-3.
The Danes rule the America East, but hello! Congrats to coach Magarity, who's got New Hampshire in second.
I'm not sayin' nuthin' about the A10, 'cause it's a hot mess: Flyers, Bonnies, Rams, Dukes…. sort it out folks!
Ditto with the Horizon!
Who knows what's true in the Atlantic Sun. It's the Hatters and the Eagles both with one conference loss, but Stetson's was courtesy of FGCU (72-56). The Eagles lost to Northern Kentucky (8-3), 63-43.
The Eagles of Winthrop (12-3) are having a nice season, the result being they're perched at #1 in the Big South. They'll meet High Point (11-3) again Feb. 27th, where the Panthers will try and exact some measure of revenge for their earlier 79-72 loss.
Typical C-USA, even with newcomer MTSU: It's the Blue Raiders, East Carolina, UTEP and Tulane beating each other up.
Yah, like you saw that coming…
Posted in NCAA Division I, tagged Damika Martinez, Fordham, Iona Gaels, LaSalle, Sydney Colson, West Virginia, women's basketball, Youngstown State on January 18, 2014|
So, not only did Washington State thump #21 Colorado, 70-60, consider their records:
Buffs: 11-5, 1-4 Pac-12
Cougs: 11-6, 5-0 Pac-12 (BTW – USC is 5-1 in the 12)
After an awkward start, WSU seems to have hit a groove with some odd hiccups. They've beaten (then) #24 ASU, #10 Nebraska. They've lost to Dayton (?), BYU (sure), and WVU (understandable, considering what the Mountaineers are showing – SPOILER ALERT! Down goes Oklahoma!).
What does this tell us? I'm thinking that, save UCONN, there is a TON of parity, talent-wise, in women's basketball. Coaching is key.
Any-hoot-n-annie: The 12 also added to our OT count: Washington over Utah by 1.
Yes, Oregon scores a lot. But they also lose a lot. And UCLA is putting together a season stitched with pride.
Upcoming/current games that have my attention:
Can San Diego get their mojo back? They face BYU.
The Black Bears v. the Great Danes. No, I don't expect a Maine win, but it's fun to see a team move from being a total doormat to a team that you need to think about.
Sacred Heart v. St. Francis (NY). The Stags aren't having their usually stellar (NEC) season, but they have history on their side. SF(NY) is trying to change theirs.
Speaking of changed histories: Cleveland State (3-0, Horizon) goes up against the Horizon team generalists know, Green Bay, who are a stunning 1-2 in league play.
The Penguins, 3-0 in the Horizon, will go up against Phoenix Slayer Milwaukee.
North Dakota will pit its 6-0 Big Sky record against Montana State's 4-1.
Rollin', rollin', rollin', keep those Mocs a rollin'! Under Jim Foster, Chattanooga is 6-0 in the Southern.
It's not gone to their heads (yet): Iona moves to 7-0 in the MAAC (but their spelling has suffered: "juior (sic) guard Damika Martinez" was one of 29 players named to the watch list of candidates for the 2014 Nancy Lieberman Award.)
Speaking of the MAC, not the MAAC – they were kind enough to add to the OT list: Important win for Central Michigan over Bowling Green, 82-79.
The SEC has not been kind to Mississippi State (1-3) and has been to Texas A&M (4-0). Wonder what'll happen when the go at each other. BTW, welcome back! Texas A&M women's basketball taps Sydney Colson as graduate assistant coach
#14 LSU v. #24 Vandy might — or might not — tell us something.
#2 Notre Dame v. #12 Tennessee (Monday, ESPN2) sure as heck will.
Drexel's (and Redick, who got the Dragon's first triple-double) turn? They face the Blue Hens.
Rutgers and UConn meet for the second-to-last-time as conference-mates… stoopid football, game that I love. Hoping there will be a General Admission ticket for me somewhere.
So, how interesting will the A-10 be? Let's chat post Fordham (4-1) v Dayton (3-0) and LaSalle (4-1) v. St. Joseph's (2-2)
Ah, the Big 10: Michigan State (4-0) v. #16 Penn State (3-1). Ought to be fun.
Check out the Dishin' and swishing' Roundtable with Steph White, Mechelle Voepel and Cindy Brunson as they talk the first half of the season.
Remember when I mentioned excessive OTs?
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Looked what happened!
Richmond over George Mason by 3.
Navy over Bucknell by 2 (2OT).
Sam Houston Over SE Louisiana by 1.
Fairfield over Siena by 1.
Presbyterian over Costal Carolina by 3.
Liberty over Winthrop by 7. (You'll remember their coach, Kevin Cook)
#18 Nebraska over Minnesota by 3.
And that there are no upsets in women's basketball?
#25 Texas A&M over #8 South Carolina AND it was in OT.
Michigan knocks of confusing #22 Purdue, 65-49.
West Virginia (unranked 'cause???) stomps all over #13 Iowa State, 73-59.
#20 NC State dittos that over #17 Florida State, 80-57.
(5-9) San Diego State over (10-6) Fresno State, 70-69, giving the Bulldogs their first loss in the Mountain West.
(SPOILER ALERT!!)
From tonight: #19 Arizona State over #15 Cal, 68-59.
In other fun games:
Oh, yeah, the A-10 is gonna be fun: Fordham Rams by 3 over the VCU Rams.
Wondering how the new job is sitting for coach Boyle as #3 Duke dismantles Virginia, 90-55.
#2 Notre Dame dusts fellow gold-wearing Pittsburgh, 109-66.
Hey! Penguins are 3-0 in the Horizon AND they beat Green Bay!
Welcome to the ACC Syracuse (12-5, 1-3).
Yes, this Kulas kid for Missouri is good, but even her 30 couldn't save the Tigers from the Geaux Tigers.
So, anyone notice that Michigan State is undefeated in the Big 10? They face #16 Penn State on Sunday.
Coach Godsey and the Gaels get some well-deserved press: A new era begins at Iona
So far so very good for the new women's basketball coach at Iona College, Billi Godsey. A 2003 graduate of Hofstra, Godsey is one of several young female coaches of color recently hired for head coaching jobs in Division I women's college basketball.
"I knew I was coming into a very talented roster," said Godsey, who has been acquainted with assistant coach-recruiting coordinator Ashlee Kelly since both coached at Division II schools. "I'm one of the lucky ones. It was easy for me to get them to buy into what we wanted to do a little bit differently from last year and still play in a style they're successful in, an up-tempo type of style."
Superb news: Women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell in remission
Well yes, Beth and Debbie, the new rules have increased scoring dramatically. And yes, that is different than improving shooting percentages, though. No rules will replace the skills that need to be learned in high school and AAU ball. What's the solution, folks?
Speaking of solutions... "Please buy the Sparks!"
It's far too early in the season to read much into
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Baylor's stomping of Grambling State (Sims), Louisville's smothering of Loyola (Swoopes' coaching debut) or UConn's smooshing of Hartford (front court)…except Connecticut does meet up with Stanford on Monday… and, while the Cardinal (Ogwumike) did exit Boston with a victory over Boston College, I'm going to give a stink eye to their defense in the second half.
Not much to say about Notre Dame's (Loyd) dismissal of UNC-Wilmington, other than it's a great opportunity for the "other" players to get experience as they await the return of the injured.
So, Iona, I see we should keep an eye on you.
Debbie would have enjoyed the Ducks/Bakersfield game: 131-91.


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Sample bracing Italian aperitivos and sorghum-spiked sours at Rolf and Daughters, one of Nashville's coolest new drinks destinations.
Matt Tocco (who amassed a fan base for his craft cocktails at The Patterson House) runs the bar. His use of fresh ingredients and bold flavors, such as bitter Italian amaro, has made Rolf and Daughters—a neighborhood restaurant serving Mediterranean fare with Southern undertones in a historic factory in Nashville's Germantown—a cocktails hotspot.
Think industrial chic with a warm, rustic edge, thanks to exposed brick and plenty of gleaming wood. Communal tables and a lively bar scene welcome locals who drop by after work.
Expect buzz about the general coolness in Germantown and satisfied moans over the Garganelli with pork ragu and homemade sourdough bread.
Spark your appetite with a Buon Appetito ($10) made with Campari, Cocchi Americano (a fortified wine flavored with cinchona bark, citrus peels, spices, and other botanicals), grapefruit, lemon, and soda water. "This cocktail is designed to stimulate your senses, not dull them," Matt says.
Country Pâté, House Mustard, and Pickles ($10). "It's a great sharing dish to eat at the bar," says chef Philip Krajeck.
Try the Cumberland Sour ($11) with George Dickel, lemon juice, sorghum syrup, apple shrub (fruit syrup fortified with vinegar), wheat beer, and Angostura bitters—"a whiskey sour with complexity," says Matt.
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By Sheila Julson
Normally, Candice Escobedo would be working on the front lines right alongside her fellow nurses during the COVID-19 crisis. However, as a recent nurse practitioner graduate, she was looking for a collaborative physician. "Texas state law requires that nurse practitioners must work with a delegating physician," shares Escobedo, a former pediatric oncology nurse, who notes that because many physicians and hospitals have liability concerns during the pandemic, nurse practitioners are unwillingly left on the sidelines, despite having skills and a desire to help.
Escobedo soon realized there was something she could do behind the scenes. Through Texas COVID-19 Collaborative (TCC), the organization she formed in early March, Escobedo compiled a platform for collaboration among Austin area businesses and individuals to support healthcare workers during the pandemic. TCC, through NursesforNurses.org, helps source personal protective equipment (PPE), and health and wellness resources for fellow healthcare providers.
This passionate healthcare professional was inspired to form TCC after seeing an emotional Facebook post from the daughter of a nurse who had ovarian cancer. "Her daughter was upset because she can't talk to mom because she was quarantined," Escobedo reflects. "It sent me over the edge to see that child's desperation and fear for her mom. There's that nurse, on the frontlines, immune suppressed, and wearing the equivalent of tissue over her face because there's no PPE available."
Still in its infancy, TCC has many moving parts, and the collaboration has grown exponentially as Escobedo spends countless hours on the phone and on social media, marrying ideas with the people that can bring plans to fruition. So far, there's been no shortage of people willing to come together to help those in the healthcare industry. Case Erickson, owner of Trucklandia, Austin's annual food truck festival, along with author Lesa Rosseco of KeepAustin' Eatin' blog, are raising funds to allow hospitals to let food trucks come directly on site to serve healthcare workers.
Three separate initiatives spun off from Keep Austin Eatin's efforts to feed healthcare workers; Texans Stronger Together raises funds to give 100 percent to local restaurants while feeding healthcare workers; Dell Children's is raising money to give back to local restaurants to feed their healthcare workers on Food Truck Fridays; and St. David's Initiative allows Austinites to adopt branches of hospitals and is raising money to give to restaurants to feed healthcare workers.
Cheryl Cunningham, owner of the food truck DFG Noodles, heard about TCC through a friend and called Escobedo to get more information about how she could put her contacts together to help workers in the medical field. Cunningham, like Escobedo, was moved by the stories of how medical workers are lacking PPE, and how some of those worker's voices were being suppressed by management. "That was really alarming to me, especially during a time when we should be protecting our frontline workers. Without them, what do we have?" asks Cunningham, who learned that one of the biggest obstacles is a breakdown of communication among the healthcare workers and needed goods and services, making it difficult to efficiently connect with each other. "They were all dependent on one person connecting to another by email or phone, one referral at a time, which is a very long process."
Cunningham approached DevTech, a cloud-based technology development company, and came up with the idea of connecting all essential parties on one platform to eliminate referral-based communication. DevTech willingly placed priority to this project and worked nonstop in efforts to contribute to their community. VoiceOutGlobal.com, the platform that arose from this collaboration, allows the medical community to express their concerns and needs to find solutions. Users can communicate on the same platform all at once, which eliminates the need to rely on word-of-mouth contacts.
"It also prevents any shady stuff or mismanagement of our frontline people. It gives nurses and everyone in the medical field a voice," says Cunningham, who along with Escobedo, envisions the Voice Out Global platform to be a one-stop shop for learning about multiple public, private, nonprofit and government initiatives related to the pandemic.
"My goal is to keep the platform going to help solve problems, while plugging along and keeping my own business alive," says Cunningham, who hopes to launch the free Voice Out platform in other countries.
Escobedo adds that Airbnb has stepped up and is looking to partner with area real estate agents to provide housing for medical professionals coming from out of town to work in Austin hospitals. She also credits Lily Cabrera of Wellmarkt for providing a platform to house holistic wellness providers, many of which are offering mental wellness services to healthcare workers pro bono. Escobedo says the Austin Wellness Collaborative has also shown tremendous support.
Personal Protective Equipment Desperately Needed
The woeful shortage of PPE continues to hinder and endanger doctors, nurses, medical assistants, janitorial staff, clerks and others trying to serve sick Americans during the pandemic. Escobedo joined with registered nurse Secily Krehbiel, owner of ATX Medical Devices, to direct source from China needed supplies such as gowns, gloves and masks, thus skipping middlemen in the supply chain and leading to shorter lead times and controlled costs.
"Why can't we get PPE? It is being made, but why can't we get it here?" Escobedo asks. "There are so many different links in the supply chain—the importer, a forwarding company, the purchasing group that hospitals use—there are so many steps, and that's not efficient right now."
Manufacturers are also stepping up to make needed items. Escobedo says that Anthony Budd, a technology consultant with Apple, has formed Ideaa, in efforts to create a 3-D printer supplier database to donate medical equipment. Escobedo says that Leahy Industries 3-D Printing & ProductDesign has also used 3-D printing technology to make masks.
After reading an article in which Virgin Airlines founder Richard Branson posted a picture of a mechanical design that can be used to help inflate lungs until a standard ventilator becomes available, Escobedo connected appropriate professionals at the University of Texas at Austin, with SA Industries, a manufacturer where Escobedo's husband also works, to manufacture the part.
As the TCC network quickly grows, Escobedo sees potential to expand those platforms to serve nonprofits and other entities caring for people during the pandemic. Although the mission initially began with allocating resources for fellow healthcare members, it has grown to include more services. The main focus has shifted to NursesforNurses.org, where PPE can be purchased for donation by nonprofit organizations and delivered to the organization of their choice. Nurses for Nurses serves as a resource to healthcare professionals during this pandemic.
"This has shown what happens when everyone is coming together during a time when one would feel really isolated," Escobedo concludes. "Everything has been happening at sonic speed, and everybody realizes that we are all part of this collective whole—the grocery store stocker, the janitor at the hospital, the tech expert sitting at the computer—we all fundamentally affect each other's lives. This collaboration has shown me that in such a dark time, there is always light."
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There are numerous differences between the original and remake. This wiki focuses on the original version, while the remake is described on a [different wiki].
Graphics and Music have been enhanced from 8-bit to 16/32-bit like graphics, the Staff wants the music to be more like SSCC versions rather than the Midi versions.
References to the MSX and any games for it will have to say bye bye, this is possibly due to copyright infringements that either Nicails and/or NIGORO do not want to face in any copyright related issues the future, It has been officially confirmed that the references will be replaced by the games that NIGORO has made in the past, and the MSX has been renamed into Mobile Super X.
There is an Area in the Surface that is different and never seen before.
Difficulty has been "decreased", but from the explanation on the blog, it seems to only mean making some functions of the game easier to understand or use. For example, adding a jump button, adding (optional) explanations of items, and making "climbing a tower" and "stick on the tower" (Tower of the Goddess?) easier. A new character similar to Xelpud will offer advice that is actually useful. They state, "We are trying to make changes in areas where it's more trouble than fun."
Hell Temple's difficulty has been increased. The fight with Baphomet will also be more difficult.
Puzzles will be changed. The locations of some items and traps will be changed. The huge collection of mostly useless ROMs is now a small collection of useful disks, so there may be different things hidden where ROMs used to be.
The new screenshots display new enemy types such as Red Skeletons and Big Ghosts.
Gameplay Trailer Showcase a couple of new things such as: new treasure chest which give you gold, a new area in the Surface, Lemeza has new animations i.e swimming and falling too high and impacting the ground.
There will be new gameplay modes, Boss Rush is one example.
The Hand Scanner is no longer a Sub-Weapon it is now an Equipment Item.
There are two new Sub-Weapons, Chakram and Caltrop.
The character that will give out hints is named Mulbruk.
A second gameplay trailer shows how the Chakram works, it acts like a boomerang that comes back to you.
Other new items include Isis' Pendant, the "Shoulder Pad with Fighting Spirits", Eden's Fruit, and the Dimensional Key. No word on their use yet.
The WiiWare version of Cave Story has a Time Attack on its version of Hell (Or Chamber translated in that version), Rumor suggests that Hell Temple will get a Time Attack mode of its own, Shorn Kosugi could also be a playable Character as apposed to Curly Brace being playable in said version of Cave Story.
There are hot springs which can slowly recover your health, one can be found in the Surface.
It is now possible to equip more than two Softwares (Or Originally ROMs) they use up Ram however and if the Ram is full you cannot equip anymore than it's maximum number.
You can switch to old graphics mode if you don't like the new ones.................. Pause, not!!
It is officially confirmed that there will be new areas in almost every map.
The rate of enemies dropping items after being destroyed has been increased, enemies also drop green dots that refill your life slightly.
The music is very different than the first arrangement soundtrack.
The music for "Curse of IRON PIPE" has been renamed to "Curse of Ocean"
There is a new BGM called "Mulburk" it is obviously played when ever you talk to Mulburk.
Nicalis is also responsible for the WiiWare port of Cave Story, which is another popular Indie freeware game, it just might be possible to see a reference to Cave Story in the Wiiware version.


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By Andrea Morabito
June 10, 2015 | 11:33pm
Raven Symone has joined "The View" as a permanent new co-host.
The ABC daytime program made the announcement at the top of Wednesday's show, introducing its newest panelist to hugs from co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie Perez and Nicolle Wallace.
Symone reminisced about coming on the program for the first time when she was 15 years old to promote her Disney Channel movie "The Cheetah Girls." She has since served as a frequent gust co-host this spring.
"I'm happy to be sitting with smart, talented mentors," she said.
The singer/actress replaces Rosie O'Donnell, who left "The View" in February to focus on her family after splitting with her wife of three years, Michelle Rounds.
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Ember Cottage
Polruan
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Midships
Our connection with Polruan goes right back to WW2. The village means a lot to us - and this is why..
In 1939, there was a little boy named Gordon.
Gordon lived in London - he had never seen the sea before, and he certainly hadn't been to Cornwall. One day, Gordon had to leave London, and move away without his parents.
Suddenly he was alone, a very long way from home, without anyone he knew. But the village welcomed Gordon and gave him happy memories, laughter and friends.
After many years, Gordon went back to London - but by this time Polruan was his home, and he left a piece of his heart behind.
Gordon is our grandfather - and thankfully he made sure, that we all gave a piece of our heart to the village where he grew up.
We love this village - and we can't wait for you to visit. But hold on to your heart - as you may leave a piece behind.
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81 Days With Oscar And Me
Every Academy Award-Winning Movie, Back to Back, Starting With the First
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You can call me Bogie. But don't expect me to answer to that.
My name is Bill.
One morning I awoke and realized I wanted to accomplish a few things before my next birthday. So I designed a one-year regimen that will immerse me in four of mankind's finest achievements, from literature to music. And a lot in between.
My 81 Days With Oscar begins August 20th and ends November 8th, 2009.
For more regarding this leg of my year-long journey, visit The Rules page.
Although the following should be obvious, I need to make this statement, anyway, to avoid any possible confusion: "Oscar® and Academy Awards® and Oscar® design mark are the trademarks and service marks and the Oscar© statuette the copyrighted property, of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This site is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences."
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1932-1933 Cavalcade (IMDB)
1934 It Happened One Night (IMDB)
1935 Mutiny On the Bounty (IMDB)
1936 The Great Ziegfeld (IMDB)
1938 You Can't Take It With You (IMDB)
1939 Gone With the Wind (IMDB)
1940 Rebecca (IMDB)
1941 How Green Was My Valley (IMDB)
1942 Mrs. Miniver (IMDB)
1943 Casablanca (IMDB)
1944 Going My Way (IMDB)
1945 The Lost Weekend (IMDB)
1946 The Best Years Of Our Lives (IMDB)
1947 Gentleman's Agreement (IMDB)
1948 Hamlet (IMDB)
1949 All The King's Men (IMDB)
1950 All About Eve (IMDB)
1951 An American In Paris (IMDB)
1952 The Greatest Show On Earth (IMDB)
1953 From Here To Eternity
1954 On the Waterfront (IMDB)
1955 Marty (IMDB)
1956 Around the World In 80 Days
1957 The Bridge On the River Kwai (IMDB)
1958 Gigi (IMDB)
1959 Ben-Hur (IMDB)
1960 The Apartment (IMDB)
1961 West Side Story (IMDB)
1962 Lawrence of Arabia (IMDB)
1963 Tom Jones (IMDB)
1964 My Fair Lady (IMDB)
1965 The Sound of Music (IMDB)
1966 A Man For All Seasons (IMDB)
1967 In the Heat of the Night (IMDB)
1968 Oliver! (IMDB)
1969 Midnight Cowboy (IMDB)
1970 Patton (IMDB)
1971 The French Connection (IMDB)
1972 The Godfather (IMDB)
1973 The Sting (IMDB)
1974 The Godfather: Part II (IMDB)
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (IMDB)
1976 Rocky (IMDB)
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Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
Perfectly constructed. Perfectly acted. Perfectly directed.
This is the kind of movie that inspires me to be a screenwriter.
It's also the kind of movie that leads me to believe I never will be.
How could I write something this extraordinary?
Even the end credits – a dance number by the cast to the song "Jai Ho" by A. R. Rahman – are brilliant.
This is what an Oscar-winning move should look and sound like. I like movies that leave me amazed, uplifted, moved, and inspired. I want to see a movie that challenges me emotionally and astounds me creatively. I don't want to see a movie that crushes my spirit, insults my intelligence, or leaves me sick to my stomach.
The Plot (from IMDB)
The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Kaun Banega Crorepati?" (2000) (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?) But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out. At the heart of its storytelling lies the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love. (Written by Fox Searchlight Pictures.)
Some of this movie is hard to watch because it's violent. But the violence isn't gratuitous. It's a depiction of the underbelly of life in India for "slumdogs," the poorest of the poor.
I remember seeing Slumdog Millionaire at the theater when it opened. I had no idea what to expect. I just read a few reviews and thought it would be an interesting movie. I had no idea how interesting. It blew me away! I bought it the day it was released on DVD.
A few observations:
1. Litaka often wore yellow, as a young girl and as an adult. According to one web site, yellow is "In India, yellow is the divine color." That may or may not be true, but Litaka 'saved" Jamal at the end with his final question on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?
2. The acting was first-rate, even from the young kids who portrayed Jamal and his brother Salim.
3. Slumdog was riveting from the first scene, building suspense scene by scene to the climax. It was masterful.
4. I've wanted to visit India for some time now. But I'm not sure Slumdog Millionaire is a strong convincer. India looks like a vast, overcrowded, poor country riddled with crime and begging street urchins deliberately maimed to make them more pathetic. Indian food is great, and I eat it all the time. Hinduism is fascinating. India is home to the Dalai Lama and his Tibet-In-Exile government. But the slice of life portrayed in Slumdog Millionare doesn't make me want to buy a plane ticket.
5. I've often heard of so-called Bollywood movies (movies made in India with Indian actors). If this is such a movie, I'm impressed.
Dev Patel (1990- )……………………………….Jamal K. Malik
Saurabh Shukla (?- )…………………………….Sergeant Srinivas
Anil Kapoor (1959- )……………………………Prem
Freida Pinto (1984- )……………………………Latika
Irrfan Khan (1962- )…………………………….Police Inspector
Madhur Mittal (?-)……………………………….Older Salim
Danny Boyle, 1956-
Loveleen Tandan, ?- (co-director: India)
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Are Republicans the New Democrats?
Who would have guessed last year that the GOP would be endorsing a litany of previously unthinkable positions? By Andrew Romano.
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These days, Republicans are starting to sound a lot like Democrats. It may not seem obvious at first, especially when every elephant in Washington is loudly and proudly refusing to negotiate with President Barack Obama over the sequestration fiasco.
But put down your newspaper. Log off the blogs. Step back for a second. Look at what the GOP said it stood for during the 2012 campaign, which concluded four short months ago. Now look at the legislation the same party is proposing—and the positions its members are staking out—today.
The gap is staggering. If it continues to grow, it may come to represent one of the most rapid and drastic party makeovers in recent American political history.
Let's start with social issues. When the GOP ratified its 2012 platform during last summer's convention in Tampa, Florida, it was very clear on gay marriage: no same-sex unions allowed.
"We reaffirm our support for a Constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman," the delegates wrote. "We applaud the citizens of the majority of States which have enshrined in their constitutions the traditional concept of marriage, and we support the campaigns underway in several other States to do so."
On the trail, the Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, said pretty much the same thing. "I do not favor marriage between people of the same gender," he explained, "and I do not favor civil unions if they are identical to marriage other than by name." Like the RNC delegates, Romney also supported a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.
But that was then. Now, Beth Myers, who ran Romney's 2008 campaign and served as a senior adviser to him in 2012, has joined more than 100 other Republicans—including former presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, Jr., New York Rep. Richard Hanna, and fellow Romney adviser Meg Whitman—in adding her name to a legal brief urging the Supreme Court to declare that gay couples have a constitutional right to wed.
Large swaths of the GOP have pulled a similar 180 on immigration. During the 2012 primaries, Romney made it his mission to outflank his rivals on the issue, repeatedly declaring that he favored a policy of "self-deportation" and would veto the DREAM act if elected. As he put it in New Hampshire, "for those that come here illegally, the idea of giving them in-state tuition credits or other special benefits I find to be the contrary to the idea of a nation of law."
Romney's party agreed, crafting a 2012 platform that opposed "any forms of amnesty" for illegal immigrants, instead endorsing "humane procedures to encourage illegal aliens to return home voluntarily"—i.e., self-deportation. "In order to restore the rule of law," the GOP delegates wrote, "federal funding should be denied to universities that provide in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens."
But, again, that was then. Now, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is actively working on a comprehensive, bipartisan immigration reform bill in Washington, and at least four of his fellow 2016 hopefuls—Wisconsin Representative (and 2012 vice-presidential nominee) Paul Ryan, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker—have come out in favor of a pathway to citizenship (or come close). Sean Hannity is now pro-citizenship; so is Fox News chief Roger Ailes.
Meanwhile, Republicans legislators in Colorado and Oregon have reversed course in the new year, voting in favor of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.
The transformation has been so sudden, in fact, that earlier this week former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, himself a potential 2016 candidate, had to walk back a position from his new book, Immigration Wars, on the same day it was released, announcing on MSNBC that he doesn't "have a problem" with a pathway to citizenship—despite a sentence in the book that makes the exact opposite argument. ("It is absolutely vital to the integrity of our immigration system that … those who violated the law can remain but cannot obtain the cherished fruits of citizenship.") Asked to explain the about-face, Bush blamed the shifting political sands. "We wrote this last year," he said.
The GOP's attitude toward social issues isn't the only thing that's changed since the distant days of 2012; the new year has also seen seismic shifts on Obamacare and defense spending. You might recall that during the 2012 campaign, the Republican Party was not particularly pleased with Obama's health-reform law. Romney pledged "to repeal Obamacare on Day One"; the GOP platform characterized the law, variously, as "an attack on our Constitution," "the high-water mark of outdated liberalism," and "the latest attempt to impose upon Americans a euro-style bureaucracy to manage all aspects of their lives." Meanwhile, Republican governors such as Arizona's Jan Brewer, Utah's Gary Herbert, Ohio's John Kasich, and Florida's Rick Scott vowed to not to implement the dreaded Obamacare under any circumstances.
But now those governors have changed their minds. In recent weeks, each has agreed to expand his or her state's Medicaid program as outlined under Obama's health-care law. The Rick Scott example is especially telling. As New York's Jonathan Chait writes, "from the moment he appeared on the national stage, Scott seemed to be engineered to fight health-care reform. The wealthy owner of a vast hospital chain that paid massive fines for overbilling Medicare during his tenure, Scott bankrolled an anti-reform lobby, then ran and won in 2010 on a platform of obsessive opposition to Obamacare. He has steadfastly vowed to turn down federal subsidies to cover his state's uninsured, and even concocted phony accounting assumptions to justify his stance." But no more. "It doesn't matter what I believe," Scott said late last month. "The Supreme Court made its decision. We had an election in the fall, and the public made their decision. Now the president's healthcare law is the law."
Defense spending is a similar story. For decades, Republicans have agreed that the military budget should not be cut under any circumstances, and they've bludgeoned any Democrat who suggests otherwise for being "weak on defense." In 2012, Romney was so wedded to this position that he promised to expand the defense budget to 4 percent of GDP—a proposal that would have hiked federal spending by $2 trillion over 10 years at a time of soaring debt and shrinking revenue. "The idea of cutting our military commitment ... is unthinkable, and devastating," Romney said. "And when I become president of the United States, we will stop it. I will not cut our commitment to our military."
But since the election, Republicans have grown increasingly comfortable with the idea of cutting defense spending—and last week, by forcing the sequester to go into effect, they finally triggered some cuts themselves. If nothing changes, the plan will gradually shrink the Pentagon's budget to 2006 levels by slashing about $50 billion a year over the next decade. And so far, the GOP response has been surprisingly sanguine. As the Senate's No. 2 Republican, Texas Sen. John Cornyn, told CNN late last month, the deficit should be paramount since the United States has ended its fighting in Iraq and is winding down the war in Afghanistan—and anyway, the cuts are not going to have as negative an impact as the Pentagon and others in the Obama administration are saying.
If you had predicted back in October 2012 that significant portions of the Republican Party would soon be OK with gay marriage, supportive of citizenship for illegal immigrants, accepting of Obamacare, and cool with defense cuts, many observers would have called you crazy. But as of March 2013, that's the direction the GOP is heading. As generations of politicians have reminded us, elections have consequences. This time around, a major Republican identity crisis appears to be one of them.


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Depending on the higher number of sports events in 2016, the overall sports broadcasting industry in India is likely to grow by 15 - 20 percent over the last year, industry sources have said.
"The growth of the market for sports broadcasting varies depending on the number sports events in a particular year. Higher number of events in a year is expected to push up market growth figure for the particular year. We cannot have a steady trend of growth year - on - year basis, " Sony Pictures Networks India's executive vice president and business head, Sports cluster, Prasana Krishnan said on Thursday.
"Since the year 2016 had already T20 cricket World Cup and will have UEFA EURO 2016, this year will be a bigger one. The overall sports broadcasting market in India is expected to grow 15 - 20 percent in 2016 over the last calendar year, " he said.
"There is a buoyant market condition as advertising spend is good. The market is growing well. "
According to him, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has the most pan - India appeal while several other sporting leagues in India like kabaddi, hockey, football, badminton and tennis and so on are also helping region base markets to grow.
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) also eyes 15 - 20 revenue growth this year, he said.
"As the exclusive television broadcaster of VIVO IPL, we are committed to taking on initiatives to increase the viewership of the game and continued our pioneering initiative of multi - language feeds in Tamil, Telugu and Bengali available across markets in addition to Hindi and English, " Krishnan added.
IPL attracted 30 - 35 percent of all sports viewership in the country. In the last edition of IPL, the viewership grew 21 percent over its previous edition, Krishnan informed.
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Family Reunion is a 1975 album by American R&B group The O'Jays. The album was released in late 1975 on the Philadelphia International Records label. Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, and produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, Family Reunion includes the enduring classic I Love Music and Livin' for the Weekend, both of which topped the R&B singles chart, and placed at 5 and 20 respectively on the pop chart. The ballad Stairway to Heaven, originally issued as the B-side to. the new album 'strop' by kraken will haunt you like an army of a thousand ghosts through a modern nightmare from which there is no escape. this is the tenth chapter on the record for raubbau and for this kraken not just created music, they built a new. the nine tracks on 'strop' range from soothingly calm to almost physically intrusive. perfectly orchestrated. American Reunion also known as American Pie 4: Reunion or American Pie: Reunion in certain countries is a 2012 American ensemble sex comedy film written and directed by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. Thirteen years after graduating from high school, Jim, Oz, Kevin Myers, Finch, and Stifler are well-established in their lives and careers. Jim lives. American Reunion. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Исполнитель: Various artists. Listen to music from Strop like Mozda ovo nije muzika, Premena & more. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from Strop. Strop The Ceiling is a band from Prievidza, Slovakia. It was established around 19901991 and heavily influenced by punk rock, they recorded their first demo tape simply called Bez názvu Untitled. In 1994, second demo is recorded uder the name Pešiaci Footmen. Af read more. The album has been remastered and will be reissued by Cherry Red Records Esoteric Recordings label. The album arrives February 22 in the U. and March 1 in the U. Pre-order is available via the links below. Recorded at the Wally Heider studios in Los Angeles during October and November 1972, the album featured compositions by Gene Clark Full Circle and Changing Heart , Roger McGuinn Sweet Mary and Born to Rock n Roll and Chris Hillman Things Will Be Better and Borrowing Time along with David Crosbys Long Live the King and a new version of Laughing. McCoy Tyner. New York Reunion. Исполнитель: The New Reunion. 2017 alternative. Strop joined the Cubs in a midseason trade with the Orioles in 2013 and went on to become one of the best relievers in team history. In parts of seven seasons, the right-hander posted a ERA, WHIP and 425 strikeouts in 373 innings. He ranks sixth in club history in appearances 411 and first in holds 120. Adele dedicated the night's most prestigious award, best British album, to the love of my life, her two-year-old son, Angelo. This is all for you peanut, I love you so much, she said. I love you. And his ambition for 2016 To get the whole planet funkin'. Best reunion. Image copyright Getty Images. Lorde's faithful rendering of David Bowie's Life On Mars gave viewers the chance to reminisce and reflect on the star's achievements - but the masterstroke was backing her with Bowie's touring band, who last played together on the 2004 Reality tour. Biggest strop. Image copyright PA
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Title: Reunion
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Alzheimer's Associated With Reduced Cancer Risk; AD Risk Less in Some Cancer Patients
Pam Harrison
December 23, 2009 — Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are significantly less likely to develop cancer over time, whereas white patients with cancer have a lower risk of developing AD, according to a large, prospective cohort study. The study's findings, however, apply only to AD and not vascular dementia (VaD).
The study was published online December 23 and will appear in the January 12 issue of Neurology.
Cathy Roe, PhD, from the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, and multicenter colleagues found that the presence of any AD — either pure or mixed AD/VaD — was associated with an almost 60% reduction in future cancer hospitalization after adjusting for all relevant covariates. Prevalent cancer in the same cohort was associated with a 28% reduced risk of any AD and a 43% reduced risk of pure AD among white subjects, again after adjusting for all relevant confounders.
Interestingly, the opposite association between cancer and reduced risk of AD was observed in minority subjects, although the sample sizes were too small for stable estimates, the authors note.
"With both AD and cancer you have abnormal cell growth — one resulting in excessive cell death and the other out-of-control cell growth — and basic science suggests that the same molecular pathways may be involved in both," Dr. Roe told Medscape Neurology. "If one pathway is out of whack in one direction it leads to AD, and if it is out of whack in another direction, it gives you cancer. This is one possible explanation for this association."
Cognition Substudy of the CHS
For their analyses, study authors used data from the Cognition Substudy of the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) to investigate associations between cancer and 2 types of dementia with different origins — AD, which is related to neurodegenerative processes, and VaD, which is related to cerebrovascular insults. Participants were 65 years and older and had undergone magnetic resonance imaging and annual brief cognitive testing for up to 5 years. The cohort was followed up for a mean of 5.4 years for dementia and a mean of 8.3 years for cancer. At the study outset, 5.4% of the cohort had been diagnosed as having AD and 17.3% had been diagnosed as having cancer.
"In 3020 eligible participants, there were 478 new dementia diagnoses and 376 hospitalizations for invasive cancer over the follow-up period," investigators report. For participants with AD at study onset, the risk of future cancer hospitalization was reduced by 69% compared with those who did not have AD when the study started, after adjustment for sex, race, education, age, smoking, and weight.
For white patients who had cancer at the study outset, the risk of developing AD during follow-up was reduced by 43% compared with those who did not have cancer at baseline. "The effect was in the opposite direction for minorities, but the number of minority participants with a history of cancer was small (n = 29)," the authors observe.
Cancer history was also not associated with time to diagnosis of any VaD, pure VaD, or mixed dementia.
Table. Time to First Cancer Hospitalization by Dementia Diagnosis vs No Dementia at Baseline
Predictor No Dementia,
No. Dementia Diagnosis,
No. HR (95% CI) P Value
Pure AD 2107 71 0.31 (0.12 – 0.86) .237
Any AD (pure AD
and mixed AD/VaD) 2107 118 0.41 (0.20 – 0.84) .0145
Mixed AD/VaD 2107 47 0.58 (0.21 – 1.56) .2765
Any VaD (pure VaD
and mixed AD/VaD) 2107 76 0.89 (0.45 – 1.77) .7441
Pure VaD 2107 29 1.64 (0.66 – 4.11) .2885
Any dementia diagnosis 2107 165 0.70 (0.42 – 1.17) .1730
AD = Alzheimer's disease; CI = confidence interval; HR = hazard ratio; VaD = vascular dementia
VaD at Baseline
As the authors discuss, inclusion of participants with VaD at baseline allowed them to investigate whether those with AD had a reduced rate of incident cancer because they died earlier during the follow-up period than those without dementia. Previous research in the CHS sample indicated that patients with VaD have a shorter interval between disease onset and death than those with AD.
"Likewise, we found that the time between baseline assessment and death was faster for those with VaD compared to those with AD, with both dementia groups dying at a faster rate than participants without dementia in this study," the authors write.
However, as they point out, had the association of baseline AD and incident cancer been due to an earlier rate of death for the AD group vs those without dementia, "then a similar effect should have been found for the VaD group," they note. Similarly, no association between cancer history and the development of VaD was found.
"These results suggest that the development of many cancers may be inversely associated with the development of neurodegenerative disorder," Dr. Roe adds, "and ultimately, if these findings are replicated, it'll tell us more about the causes of these diseases and point out novel mechanisms to look at and new avenues of treatment."
Study Limitations
In an accompanying editorial, David Bennett, MD, and Sue Leurgans, PhD, Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, thought that the study had a number of limitations, including the fact that investigators used hospital records to identify incident cancer cases. As they write, "patients with dementia tend to be diagnosed with cancer at a later stage, have significantly higher cancer mortality rates, and may not be hospitalized as frequently for cancer relative to those without dementia." All of these factors could lead to the appearance of a reduced incidence of cancer among those with dementia, they add.
They also suggest that treating cancer-free mortality among participants with dementia and dementia-free mortality among those with cancer as censoring events in a conventional Cox proportional hazards model has the potential to "markedly underestimate" the association between these conditions, giving the appearance of protective effects.
Still, they acknowledge that the study has many strengths and associations worthy of exploration in other cohorts and that the identification of molecular mechanisms linking cancer and AD "may lead to novel therapeutic targets and interventions."
The study was supported by the National Institutes of Health, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, the National Institute on Aging, the National Center for Research Resources, and the Washington University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. Dr. Bennett serves on the editorial board of Neurology and has served or serves as a consultant to Abbott, Krog and Partners, Navigant Consulting Inc, Partner Fund Management LP, MFS Investment Management, UBS Global Asset Management, Schering Plough Corp, Double Helix Development, Medivation Inc, and Olson Research Group. He has also received research support from Danone Inc and the National Institutes of Health.
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Mi CC9, Mi CC9e and Mi CC9 Meitu Custom Edition to launch on July 2, confirms CEO Lei Jun
The Mi CC9-series will come with a Super Night Scene mode.
By Aman Singh
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is gearing up to launch its new smartphone series – Mi CC9. The company is planning to launch the Mi CC9 series smartphones on July 2 in China and prior to the launch, multiple teasers and leaks have made their way on the internet. According to the latest update, Xiaomi will be launching three new smartphones at the event – the Mi CC9, Mi CC9e and the Mi CC9 Meitu Custom Edition. The Mi CC9 Meitu Custom Edition's retail box has also made its way online and it shows some of the details of the upcoming smartphone. Other than that, the launch event will take place on 7pm IST, July 2, 2019, in Beijing, China.
Talking about the known specifications of the devices, the Mi CC9 will reportedly pack up to 8GB of RAM and will offer up to 256GB of internal storage. Xiaomi's CEO Lei Jun had earlier taken to Weibo to confirm that all the three new Mi CC9 devices will be launched next week. Leaks of the Mi CC9-series of handsets have surfaced earlier as well but they only spoke about the Mi CC9 and the Mi CC9e. This is the first time information of the retails box of the Mi CC9 Meitu Custom Edition has also surfaced online.
The leaked retail box of the Mi CC9 Meitu Custom Edition is very different from the boxes of other two smartphones. The leaked picture shows a light blue box that is twice as big as the regular Mi CC9 box that is available in White colour option.
Other than giving the launch confirmation of the devices, the CEO has also spoked about the Mi CC9-series' low light selfie photo capturing feature and its Super Night scene mode. Jun also shared a picture taken from the selfie camera of a regular smartphone and an image taken by the Mi CC9 Meitu Custom Edition in complete darkness. While the former is very unclear, the latter is shown to be good.
Till now, Xiaomi has confirmed that the Mi CC9 will have a White glossy finish variant but recently, another Dark Blue variant of the device was leaked. Other than that, Xiaomi has also confirmed that the Mi CC9 will come with a 48MP main camera and will have a 32MP selfie camera as well. The device will feature a triple rear camera setup and will come with an in-display fingerprint scanner. it is expected that the Mi CC9 will come with a 6.39-inch Full-HD+ display and house a 4,000mAh battery. It is also said to be powered by a Snapdragon 730 SoC.
It is expected that the Mi CC9 and the Mi CC9e will come in multiple variants. According to a recent leak, the starting price of the Mi CC9-series will be CNY 1,599 (approximately Rs 16,100). If the leaked price is correct then it would make the Mi CC9 a worthy competitor in the smartphone market.,
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