Crafted from faux leather and decorated in diamante, these gold mule shoes possess the perfect blend of beauty and durability. Fitted with a platform heel, these scalloped mules practical too. It is important to note that product measurements were taken using a UK size 4 and they may vary by size.
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Amendments to the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 introduced plain language forms of Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPA) and standard explanation documents outlining the effects of appointing an attorney. These changes came into effect on 16 March 2017.
An EPA is a legal document that allows an individual (called the Donor) to appoint another person or persons (called the Attorney(s)) to take care of their personal care and welfare and/or property if the Donor loses the ability to do so themselves. This appointment does not prevent the Donor from managing their own affairs.
In contrast, a General Power of Attorney is valid only when the Donor has the legal capacity to instruct the Attorney(s).
An EPA for property allows the Attorney(s) to deal with the Donor's property: for example, shares, land and money. The Donor may wish the EPA to take effect once signed and continue to apply if he/she is mentally incapable; or only to take effect if he/she becomes mentally incapable.
This EPA allows an Attorney (only one Attorney may be appointed at any one time in respect of personal care and welfare) to make decisions about the Donor's personal care and welfare if he/she becomes mentally incapable. This power is subject to various safeguards and extends to decisions on any medical treatment required and whether the Donor attends hospital or becomes a resident in a residential care facility.
Under this EPA, the Attorney's powers can be general or specific depending on the Donor's wishes and ends when the Donor dies.
The key change to the law is that instead of instructing a lawyer to create the EPA document itself, there are now forms available for both types of EPAs. The EPA forms can be downloaded, completed and witnessed by a lawyer, qualified legal executive or representative of a trustee corporation. However, it is still essential to obtain legal advice before certifying the form.
The forms provide options available to the Donor and outline the responsibilities of the Attorney(s).
A medical certificate is required to determine whether the Donor is mentally incapable. Under the old requirements, medical certificates were to be prepared in a prescribed form under particular regulations. However, some medical practitioners used their own form of medical certificates r esulting in non-compliance. From 16 March 2017, medical practitioners can use their own form of medical certificates provided information from the relevant regulations is included. Previously issued certificates are still valid and do not need to be replaced – but can be if desired.
Any EPAs executed by the Donor and Attorney under the old provisions still remain valid; however, EPAs signed by the Donor on or prior to 16 March 2017 and not by the Attorney will need to be re-executed under the new provisions.
If an EPA signed after March 2017 revokes an earlier EPA where the powers of the Attorney are the same but the Attorneys appointed are different under each EPA, notice must be given to the previously appointed Attorney before the new EPA can have effect. Notice may be given by the Donor's lawyer or an Attorney under the new EPA if the Donor is mentally incapable.
The Department of Justice, in its 2017 report on cyberbullying and other forms of digital harassment, concluded that this modern form of bullying and intimidation has devastating effects on people and more should be done to deal with it. Despite a widely held understanding of the effects of cyberbullying, historically there have been very few avenues of redress for victims of cyberbullying in New Zealand. In response to the Department of Justice's report, the Harmful Digital Communications Act (HDCA) was enacted in 2015 to provide such avenues.
The purpose of the HDCA is to prevent and reduce harm to individuals caused by harmful digital communication (HDC) and to provide victims of HDC with a quick and efficient means of redress.
HDC is any form of public or private electronic communication, which includes text messages, online posts, photographs and video recordings that cause serious emotional distress to an individual. In R v Partha Iyer  NZDC 23957 the Court was asked to determine if the Crown (the body that brings these matters before the Courts) had sufficient evidence to support a prosecution under the HDCA. The Court held that serious emotional distress did not have to be physical, but the victim must be more than merely annoyed or upset. The key sections of the Act considered in Partha were sections 22(1) (Causing harm by posting digital communication) and 19 (Orders that may be made by Court).
Whether it caused harm to the victim.
The Court found in Partha that intention to cause harm under section 22(1) of the HDCA could be the intention to elicit a serious response of grief, anguish, anxiety or feelings of insecurity. To prove intention, the Crown must demonstrate that the defendant inflicted feelings of serious shame, fear and insecurity on the victim enabling the defendant to achieve their aim. The onus is therefore on the defendant to prove that there was no such intention or the same result could not have been achieved without inflicting serious emotional distress. In Partha, the defendant openly admitted to posting revealing photos of the victim to coerce the victim into achieving his aim; meaning that inflicting serious emotional distress could not be separated from the intention to harm.
Section 22(2) sets out a non-exhaustive list of factors which the Court may consider when determining whether the post was likely to harm an ordinary person in the position of the victim. The onus is on the Crown to satisfy this test. In Partha the Crown produced photos showing the victim in a state of undress. The Crown submitted that, due to the victim's professional standing in the community, the pictures were likely to cause harm to the victim by damaging the victim's reputation.
The onus also rests on the Crown to prove that the information has caused harm to the victim. In Partha the District Court ruled that the Crown had not produced sufficient evidence to establish that the victim suffered serious emotional distress. However, on appeal Justice Downs stated that there was serious matter to be tried and therefore the Crown should pursue a prosecution in a full substantive trial. The matter remains before the Courts.
If it is likely to cause harm to the victim.
A fine of up to $50,000.
The Court in Partha quoted Parliamentary discussions about the HDCA and determined, in conjunction with these discussions, that penalties will vary depending on the seriousness of the crime.
Accordingly, while the HDCA it still young, it has real potential to hold people who engage in cyberbullying and digital harassment accountable for the harm they inflict, and the more serious the harm, the more severe the sentence.
Based on the 2011 Australian Model Work Health and Safety Act, New Zealand's Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) passed into law on 4 April 2016. New Zealand's historically high rate of workplace deaths and near misses (notably the 2010 Pike River Mine tragedy where 29 miners died d ue to substantial health and safety failures) was a key motivator for the overhaul of our health and safety laws.
During Parliament's readings and consultation over the HSWA, business people and the general public voiced concerns that the HSWA was a step too far and would unreasonably and fundamentally affect the way New Zealand businesses operated. However, the lawmakers cited our poor health and safety record in pushing the HSWA through.
Under the HSWA, Persons Conducting Business or Undertakings (PCBU) have a duty to ensure that, so far as reasonably practical, the workplace is without risks to the health and safety of any person. PCBU's are usually business entities such as companies, but also includes sole traders, self-employed persons, contractors and certain volunteer organisations. The HSWA also places obligations on persons to whom responsibility for health and safety has been delegated (Officers) and persons working at a workplace (Workers).
In general terms, a PCBU's underlying obligation is a duty to ensure that all reasonable measures have been taken to protect the health and safety of Workers and other persons who are at the workplace. Officers (individuals who are in positions that allow them to exercise significant influence over the management of the business or undertaking) are responsible for exercising due diligence to ensure that the PCBU complies with its duties. Workers must take care of themselves and ensure that they do not affect the safety of others and comply with all reasonable directions, policies and procedures.
In November 2016, the Court was asked to determine penalties relating to an incident that involved an employee who was killed when a substance was being transferred from a transport tank to another tank under pressure. The company involved was charged under the old Act and pleaded guilty. The penalties levied on the defendant in this matter were more severe than those in the PRCL case. Here, the company was ordered to pay $140,319.80 in reparation to the victim's family. Reparation was ordered instead of fines so that the affected persons were compensated as the company was in liquidation and did not have the resources to pay both reparation and fines. However, the Court found that an appropriate fine, in this case, would have been $73,800.
In the same case, the director of the company was held personally liable and fined $85,500.
Despite there being no decisions by the Courts under the HSWA, it is clear that New Zealand businesses, their owners and key staff will face higher penalties in future.
Property is often purchased and sold in New Zealand, particularly in a seller's market, via auctions. However, buyers frequently underprepare for an auction and are caught out when the hammer falls.
Some of the types of reports that a buyer might need will be contained in the agent's auction pack.
A LIM report enables a buyer to ascertain whether buildings and/or structures on the land which require consent, such as a dwelling, spa pool, garage or fireplace have been approved by the local council. In addition, a LIM report may provide information on the zoning of the area and natural hazards.
Obtaining a builder's report entails engaging a qualified builder to perform a pre-purchase inspection, and provide a written report outlining any significant building defects. A comprehensive builder's report can be expected to include advice on fences, paths, retaining walls, foundations, insulation, ventilation, plumbing, drainage, structures and roofing materials.
As auctions are based on potential buyers making unconditional offers to the vendor, it is essential that any necessary finance is arranged prior to bidding at auction and that buyers are in a position to draw down the funds on the designated settlement date.
Default interest is a higher interest rate which is payable if a party to an agreement fails to fulfil an obligation to the other party. Typically, commercial arrangements, settlements and the vast majority of loan agreements contain default interest clauses.
Default interest clauses are often seen in the standard terms of a loan agreement. The ordinary interest rate in a loan agreement might be 6.24% per annum. If the borrower was to miss a repayment, the agreement might require that party to pay a higher interest rate of, say, 11.24% on the sum that was not paid.
Default interest must be set at a reasonable commercial rate, which constitutes a genuine pre-estimate of loss to the innocent party in the event of default. Factors material to ascertaining a reasonable commercial rate include the nature of the business, the industry, the economic climate and interest rates charged by major lenders such as banks.
Default interest cannot, by law, be used as a tool to penalise a defaulting party. The term "penalty" applies to punitive default interest rate clauses within a contract. Essentially, this is where a contract is designed to make the consequences of a breach so daunting that a debtor will not default. Default interest clauses which constitute a penalty are unenforceable, even where parties agree to such a clause at the outset of the agreement.
A trust is an arrangement in which a person (Settlor) transfers assets to selected persons (Trustees) to be held for the benefit of persons named by the Settlor (Beneficiaries).
A trust is usually established by way of a trust deed but can be created via less formal means. Once the trust is created, the Settlor loses legal ownership of the transferred assets; the Trustees then become the legal owner(s) of the trust assets.
The Trustees have a duty of the utmost good faith to both the Settlor and the Beneficiaries, and to deal with the trust assets in line with the terms of the trust together with the Trustee Act 1956.
The Beneficiaries are the only people entitled to benefit from the trust's assets. Any person (including corporate persons such as companies) can be a beneficiary of a trust, whether that person is alive or unborn. A Settlor may appoint themselves as a Beneficiary.
When establishing a trust, it is vital that the Settlor considers who he or she will appoint as the Trustees and Beneficiaries. To do so, it is important to understand the roles, responsibilities and rights of each participant in the trust, and to take advice from experts.


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PopeWatch: Dictatorship of the Zeitgeist
There has been a lot written about the message sent by the Pope Emeritus in regard to the funeral of Cardinal Meissner. Archbishop Georg Gänswein, former personal secretary of the Pope Emeritus, has denied that the statement was in way aimed at Pope Francis. Here is a translation of the entire statement. You be the judge:
In this hour, when the Church of Cologne and believers further afield take their leave of Cardinal Joachim Meissner, I am with them in my heart and thoughts and am pleased to accede to Cardinal Woelki's wish and address a word of reflection to them.
When I heard last Wednesday by telephone of the death of Cardinal Meissner, I could not believe it at first. We had spoken to each other the previous day. From the way he spoke he was grateful to be on holiday now, after he had taken part the Sunday before (25th June) in the beatification of Bishop Teofilius Maturlionis in Vilnius. His love for the neighbouring Churches in the East, which had suffered persecution under Communism, as well as gratitude for endurance in suffering during that time left a lifelong mark on him. So it was certainly no accident that the last visit of his life was made to a confessor of the faith.
What struck me particularly in the last conversations with the Cardinal, now gone home, was the natural cheerfulness, the inner peace and the assurance he had found. We know that it was hard for him, the passionate shepherd and pastor of souls, to leave his office, and this precisely at a time when the Church had a pressing need for shepherds who would oppose the dictatorship of the zeitgeist, fully resolved to act and think from a faith standpoint. Yet I have been all the more impressed that in this last period of his life he learned to let go, and live increasingly from the conviction that the Lord does not leave his Church, even if at times the ship is almost filled to the point of shipwreck.
There were two things which in this final period allowed him to be increasingly happy and assured:
– The first was that he often related to me that what filled him with deep joy was to experience, in the Sacrament of Penance, how young people, above all young men, came to experience the mercy of forgiveness, the gift, in effect to have found life, which only God can give them.
– The second, which again and again touched and made him happy, was the perceptible increase in Eucharistic adoration. This was the central theme for him at World Youth Day in Cologne – that there was adoration, a silence, in which the Lord alone speaks to hearts. Some pastoral and liturgical authorities were of the opinion that such a silence in contemplation of the Lord with such a huge number of people could achieve nothing. A few were also of the opinion that Eucharistic adoration as such has been overtaken, because the Lord wanted to be received in the Eucharistic bread and not be looked at. Yet the fact that a person cannot eat this bread as just some sort of nourishment, and that to "receive" the Lord in the Eucharistic Sacrament includes all the dimensions of our existence – that receiving has to be worship, something which has in the meantime become increasingly clearer. So the period of Eucharistic adoration at the Cologne World Youth Day became an interior event that has remained unforgettable, and not only to the Cardinal. This moment for him was subsequently always present internally and a great light for him.
When on the last morning Cardinal Meissner did not appear for Mass, he was found dead in his room. The breviary had slipped from his hands: he died while praying, his face on the Lord, in conversation with the Lord. The art of dying, which was given to him, again demonstrated how he had lived: with his face towards the Lord and in conversation with him. So we may confidently entrust his soul to the goodness of God.
Lord, we thank you for the witness of this your servant, Joachim. Let him now intercede for the Church of Cologne and for the whole world.
Requiescat in pace!
Friday, July 21, AD 2017
Pope Benedict XVI was wrong to have resigned, and is wrong in his idea of a bifurcation of the Papacy – one part contemplative and spiritual, and another part active and engaged in the world. Many people thing Jorge Bergoglio is an interloper and Benedict still the real Pope. Whatever the truth is, Bergoglio fits the definition of one of the little antichrists in the 1st Epistle of St. John.
Philip Nachazel
"……..the Lord does not leave his Church, even if at times the ship is almost filled to the point of shipwreck."
"…..and made him happy, was the perceptible increase in Eucharistic adoration." Pope Emeritus
For this observer, Pope Emeritus is making his point. Francis is a big boy. His take on the letter is what I'd like to know. After all. He is in charge of this listing ship.
The increase in P.E.A. is a GREAT sign!
Christ is being adored and His leadership is bailing out the sea water….the corrosive sea water that's akin to the smoke of Satan.
Good things await Holy Church!
The owner of the ship will see to it.
Father of Seven
There you have it. Archbishop Ganswein can't read. Because there is no way the Pope Emeritus was talking about the Church historically. Francis is the dictator from the zeitgeist.
Whether else you may think about him, Joseph Ratzinger is an extremely intelligent man with an almost atomically precise gift for language. If (per Ganswein) he had wanted to make some general statement about the eternal mission of the Church, he would have done so. Instead, he deliberately invoked the current crisis:
We know that it was hard for him, the passionate shepherd and pastor of souls, to leave his office, and this precisely at a time when the Church had a pressing need for shepherds who would oppose the dictatorship of the zeitgeist…
…in this last period of his life he learned to let go, and live increasingly from the conviction that the Lord does not leave his Church, even if at times the ship is almost filled to the point of shipwreck.
Add to that his closing remarks on Eucharistic Adoration–again, in a time when the reigning pontiff repeatedly demonstrates his indifference toward the Blessed Sacrament–and there's simply no mistaking his meaning. Of course he was referring to Francis, and the squeals of outrage from the Bergoglian Minion Brigade indicate that he struck home.
Ronald Sevenster
The diagnosis of the Emeritus hit the mark, but it will be of no avail in correcting the disastruous and self-destructive course of the Vatican under Francis. The overwhelming majority of the hierarchy is simply modernist and this won't change for generations.
LQC " – one part contemplative and spiritual, and another part active and engaged in the world." does not mean deluded nor separated from God.
Saturday, July 22, AD 2017
Like so much of Benedict's it is too subtle to engage many. My opinion is that what he said was aimed at Francis, but not exactly a rallying cry for a palace revolt.
Wednesday, July 26, AD 2017
The Bear
There is a old saying, which is NOT to be considered an incitement to violence by some dunderhead, "If you aim at the king, make sure you kill him." This is such weak tea that IF Benedict truly intended this to be some sort of coded message in a matter of such importance, I would prefer Francis, who at least lets everybody know where he stands. The truth is way too much is being made of this.
"The truth is way too much is being made of this."
Disagree my bruin friend. The Church hasn't seen anything like this since the Great Schism of 1378.
Thursday, July 27, AD 2017
Biemkpa Ndubuisi Solomon
Pope Benedict Still Remains The Accepted Pope In Our Minds And Hearts. So It Is In The Sight Of God. He Has Spoken Like A Father, Who Still Shepherds, Billions Many Souls. We Are In The Era False christs, The World Is Now In An Injury Time. Francis Is A Fake Prophet

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An alliance between to people or two countries can mean several different things. Alliances could mean that the two have joined forces with one common goal in mind. Having an alliance can be helpful when trying to accomplish a large tasks that when attempted alone could and would be an impossible feat. Most people may not realize that when they agree to see a medical professional regarding his or her health concerns they are striking an alliance with their physician. They are joining with their medical professional with one goal in mind – treatment.
Being diagnosed with an incurable condition such as neuropathy can leave a person struggling with emotions that he or she is unable to repress. With no cure the best form of approach is through some form of neuropathy treatment. Entering into a treatment plan or agreeing to one means you are striking an alliance with that choice in hopes of working together to find relief from nerve pain symptoms. On must be careful with what treatment they place their alliance with because there are those treatments that can cause further health complications. The Neuropathy support Formula is a safe alliance to have, it is 100% natural and uses natural ingredients to bring about the desired relief.


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Mukiwa a White Boy in Africa
Mukiwa opens with Peter Godwin, six years old, describing the murder of his neighbour by African guerillas, in 1964, pre-war Rhodesia. Godwin's parents are liberal whites, his mother a government-employed doctor, his father an engineer. Through his innocent, young eyes, the story of the beginning of the end of white rule in Africa unfolds. The memoir follows Godwin's personal journey from the eve of war in Rhodesia to his experience fighting in the civil war that he detests to his adventures as a journalist in the new state of Zimbabwe, covering the bloody return to Black rule. With each transition,Godwin's voice develops, from that of a boy to a young man to an adult returning to his homeland. This tale of the savage struggle between blacks and whites as the British Colonial period comes to an end is set against the vividly painted background of the mysterious world of South Africa
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After a sizzling limited release last weekend, documentary RBG rolls out in more theaters this weekend. From directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen, the pic tells the story of United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year to wide acclaim and currently sits at 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.
So far in 2018, RBG seems to be the highest profile film of its genre released to date. Will the documentary branch of the Academy notice? It's certainly a major possibility as this should be right up their alley. That said, the Oscar voters in this race can be unpredictable. Just last year, another doc about a well-known female trailblazer Jane (as in Goodall) was considered a possibility to win at one point. It ended up not being nominated.
Bottom line? You never know with the voters, but RBG already has a solid closing argument for inclusion.
This entry was posted in Oscar Predictions and tagged academy awards, Betsy West, Documentaries, Jane, Julie Cohen, movies, Oscar Predictions, Oscar Watch, oscars, RBG, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sundance Film Festival by toddmthatcher. Bookmark the permalink.


BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – The United States is fine with companies competing in global markets but it must be done in an open and transparent way, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday when asked on the presence of Chinese firms such as Huawei.
"We're fine with companies competing but they've got to do it in a way that is fair, open and transparent… and they can't do so with anything other than any economic motives," Pompeo said at a news conference with Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak during a visit to Bratislava.
Pompeo is on a three-city visit to central Europe this week, part of what administration officials say is an effort to make up for a lack of U.S. engagement in the region that has opened the door to more Chinese and Russian influence.


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Первый подтвержденный случай пандемии COVID-19 на территории Гонконга был обнаружен 23 января 2020 года.

2021
 24 марта Гонконг приостановил вакцинацию препаратом Pfizer после того, как медики обнаружили дефекты упаковки одной из партий .

2022
26 февраля органы здравоохранения Гонконга сообщили о новых методах тестирования, поскольку вспышку в городе стало труднее контролировать .

Нехватки
В связи с дефицитом некоторых предметов домашнего обихода из-за панической покупки отделение «Mong Kok» супермаркета «Welcome» было ограблено, а вооруженные банды похитили 50 пакетов (600 рулонов) туалетной бумаги..

Профилактика
Правительство Гонконга рекомендовал носить хирургические маски во время пребывания в общественном транспорте или в людных местах .

Влияние

См. также
 Распространение COVID-19 в Китае

Примечания

Ссылки

 [https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/index.html Together, We Fight the Virus!
 Центр здравоохранения

Гонконг
Пандемия COVID-19 в Китае

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After the news of Irrfan Khan and Sonali Bendre being diagnosed with the deadly disease of cancer, famous Bollywood director Rakesh Roshan and his family has suffered the same jolt.
The 69-year-old who has been the genius behind blockbusters like Karan Arjun, Khoon Bhari Maang, Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai and Koi Mil Gaya has been diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the throat.
Taking the unfortunate moment, Rakesh Roshan's son and superstar Hrithik Roshan took to Instagram to share a heartfelt note for his father.
Posting a picture of his him and his father at the gym, Hrithik mentioned that Rakesh Roshan will undergo surgery from today. Hailing the spirit of the man who did not miss his workout session even on the day of treatment, Hrithik added that his father has always been an inspiration for him and his family. A 'true leader' to be exact.
Asked my dad for a picture this morning. Knew he wouldnt miss gym on surgery day. He is probably the strongest man I know. Got diagnosed with early stage squamous cell carcinoma of the throat a few weeks ago, but he is in full spirits today as he proceeds to battle it. As a family we are fortunate and blessed to have a leader like him.
However, what comes as a piece of positive news is that the disease has been identified at an early stage. We hereby wish Rakesh Roshan a speedy recovery.
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So you've ordered all the pressies at fab discount on Black Friday, you are poised with the deccies and all that remains is to book the food shop slot for Christmas dinner – you've go this, right?
You forgot the bloomin' Advent calendars! Those weensy little windows of joy that herald the start of Christmas cheer and get the kids excited to bound down the stairs every day without moaning about getting up for school!
It's not on just to nip to Poundland and grab a few toxic-choc filled numbers, no! These days the shops are bursting with goodies in their Advent calendars which would usually cover entire Christmas lists but they come at a hefty price usually which although they are fab, isn't usually justifiable. I have waded through the lot and am bringing you affordable options for all the family. This is the best time to buy them too, as most of them are HALF PRICE!
Take a typical example, Mum, Dad, Boy Kid, Girl Kid. Let's go!
Now it is a stereotype I grant you but most Dad's enjoy a beer and if not, this is ideal for the older boys in the family. I had never heard of beer Advent calendars before I spotted this one but it is a great gift that will keep on giving, well until it's all drunk, obvs. This sure fire winner is available from Beerhawk, here and it currently has a chunky twenty quid off!
That would be me, for the avoidance of any doubt 🙂 I am feeling truly spoilt with this luxurious box of bounty from Grace & Cole which will treat a different bit of me every day until the big guy in the suit delivers more goodies.
With generously sized minis, a plethora of treats including Bath & Shower Gel, Body Lotion, Body Mist, Hand & Nail Cream, Soap, Tea Lights and Nail Files and the best news? It's HALF PRICE right now! Only £25 squid here!!!!
What to buy your make up princess that won't break the bank? Superdrug has the answer with Flutter beauty Advent calendars.
Watch her wee face light up with this super affordable box of treats. I half fancy these myself! A mix of mini make ups to start each day with a wee bit of glam, at half price now, only £8 quid I think this is a cracking buy.
For the choccie lover, these Thortful Advent calendars are far superior to the usual suspects.
Quality, luxury chocolate every day, and with it being letterbox sized it is ideal for posting to a loved one especially with the personalisation option for the gift card, which if you use their handy app, you can even opt to handwrite.
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A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.1 I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. 2 I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them."
1 Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. 2 But he answered them, "You see all of these things, don't you? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down."
1 As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!" 2 Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone on another, which will not be thrown down."


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It's Forever è un singolo della cantautrice italiana Mariella Nava cantato in coppia con Dionne Warwick, pubblicato il 18 febbraio 2005 su etichetta Sony Music / Zerolandia  su licenza Calycanthus e già contenuto nell'album Condivisioni, uscito nel novembre 2004.

Descrizione
Il brano, un inno alla pace, è stato nominato tra i 10 brani proposti al pubblico per al premio Amnesty International sezione Italia e Voci per la Libertà, per il suo testo che contribuisce alla sensibilizzazione sulla difesa dei diritti umani; il singolo è entrato alla posizione numero 41 della classifica FIMI dei singoli più venduti nella settimana WK 8.

È stato scelto come inno dei campionati mondiali di sci di Bormio 2005.

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Formazione
 Mariella Nava - voce, preproduzione
 Dionne Warwick - voce
 Egidio Maggio - chitarre
 Andrea Pistilli - chitarre
 Stefano Senesi - pianoforte e tastiere
 Jack Tama - percussioni
 Renato Serio - archi scritti e diretti

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In meteorologia il monsone (dall'arabo mawsim che significa "stagione") è un vento periodico tipico dell'Oceano Indiano, che influenza profondamente il clima del subcontinente indiano, dell'Indocina e dell'Estremo Oriente, raggiungendo anche le Maldive:  il cambiamento di direzione del vento, che avviene in maggio e in ottobre, è accompagnato da cicloni tropicali molto violenti, i tifoni, che hanno spesso effetti devastanti sulle coste dell'Oceano Indiano (es. golfo del Bengala).

I monsoni condizionano le precipitazioni atmosferiche e danno origine a 2 sole stagioni che si alternano nell'anno; una umida e piovosa, quando soffiano nell'entroterra, e l'altra secca, quando soffiano dalla terra verso l'oceano. In inverno l'aria sull'oceano Indiano è più calda e sale, risucchia sotto di sé aria fresca e secca che proviene dall'interno dell'Asia, non ci sono piogge. In estate è esattamente il contrario: l'aria dell'entroterra asiatico surriscaldata dal sole sale e risucchia altra aria, carica di umidità, che giunge dall'oceano Indiano, le piogge sono abbondanti.

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Origine
Attualmente si tende a ricondurre i monsoni alle grandi strutture zonali della circolazione atmosferica: la cella di Hadley e la cella di Ferrel. Il monsone invernale sarebbe quindi una normale corrente degli alisei che spira da nord-est a sud-ovest quando i cicloni equatoriali e la fascia dei venti occidentali si spostano verso sud oltre l'equatore, mentre il monsone estivo sarebbe dovuto all'accentuato spostamento a nord della zona di convergenza intertropicale e al penetrare quindi nell'emisfero settentrionale delle strutture bariche e delle circolazioni proprie dell'emisfero meridionale. La circolazione al suolo dei monsoni è stata anche messa in relazione con la circolazione in quota, in particolare con le correnti a getto e con i fenomeni di convergenza e divergenza che influiscono sulle situazioni bariche al suolo.

Nel subcontinente indiano avvengono da maggio/giugno a ottobre/novembre a causa di cambiamenti direzionali del vento. Negli ultimi decenni sono diventati sempre più irregolari e tardivi, concentrando per lo più la pioggia verso la fine del periodo tradizionale del monsone. Mutamenti e ritardi nel monsone non sono completamente inconsueti nella storia dell'India, ma negli ultimi anni queste stranezze si vanno moltiplicando (così come la violenza delle piogge, meno durature e, in media, di almeno un cm in meno rispetto alla metà del '900, ma concentrate in meno giorni), presumibilmente come conseguenza dei cambiamenti climatici in atto. I monsoni tardivi tendono, comunque, ad essere meno piovosi di quelli precoci. Dal 1994 ad oggi i monsoni in India tendono ad essere tardivi, mentre il periodo pre-monsonico tende ad essere più asciutto e più caldo di quanto fosse normale nel secolo scorso.

Terra fredda, mare freddo
Gli oceani si raffreddano meno dei continenti e diventano zone di bassa pressione verso le quali spirano i monsoni invernali, provenienti dalla terra e quindi portatori di aria secca. Il monsone invernale, che spira da dicembre a febbraio-marzo, contribuisce a rendere il clima mite e gradevole.

Durante l'inverno, l'enorme massa continentale dell'Asia si raffredda, mentre l'Oceano Indiano e l'Oceano Pacifico meridionale, mari equatoriali, mantengono le loro acque piuttosto calde: sulla massa continentale si forma un'enorme zona di alta pressione, sul mare una zona di bassa pressione. Perciò le masse d'aria si spostano dalla terra verso il mare, e quindi in inverno venti secchi e abbastanza freddi spirano dall'interno dell'Asia verso l'Oceano Indiano.

In estate succede il contrario: l'insolazione riscalda il continente molto più dell'oceano, per cui la distribuzione della pressione si inverte: bassa sul continente ed alta sull'oceano. Di conseguenza si inverte anche la direzione dominante dei venti, che ora spirano dal mare verso terra. La risalita dell'aria marittima, umida, lungo i rilievi ne provoca il raffreddamento, con conseguente condensazione del vapore ed intensissime precipitazioni. Le zone monsoniche, nonostante la siccità invernale, nell'arco dell'anno sono le più piovose del pianeta.

Effetti che provoca
Cherrapunjee (nota anche come Cerrapungi) si trova in India orientale, in piena zona monsonica, ed è la località più piovosa della Terra: vi cadono ogni anno circa 12 metri di pioggia. Nelle zone monsoniche il periodo di siccità è lungo, ma i quattro mesi di piogge lo compensano abbondantemente. I prodotti della zona monsonica sono perciò quelli che si adattano bene ad un clima umido: piante da cui si estrae il caucciù, il teck, l'ebano, per non parlare del riso, del tè, della canna da zucchero e del cotone.

Altri monsoni
I monsoni non spirano solo sul continente asiatico, poiché sopra tutti i continenti si verificano, durante l'anno, un periodo di riscaldamento (bassa pressione) e un periodo di raffreddamento (alta pressione). Sull'Asia però, data l'enorme estensione del territorio, dei ghiacciai e dei deserti, questi fenomeni sono assai più evidenti e imponenti. In ogni modo sulla Terra vi sono altre zone monsoniche: il Golfo di Guinea, il Golfo del Messico, le coste del Venezuela, l'Australia, la Somalia e, in Europa, la Penisola Iberica e anche alcune zone della Russia settentrionale.

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Voci correlate
 Alluvione del Pakistan del 2010
 Circolazione atmosferica
 Venti occidentali
 Cella polare
 Cella di Ferrel
 Corrente del Monsone indiano
 Sulochana Gadgil

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Venti


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In my opinion, there are two critical events that must occur when making something happen.
That's not an easy thing, and sometimes we don't even have complete control over all the factors. Never the less, we choose to jump both feet first into that unknown.
The second critical event is executing on what you decided to do. Often times I'm honestly not sure how something is going to happen. There are all sorts of paradigms along the lines of "time, money, quality: pick two." But speaking as an engineer, I think figuring out the "how" — the appropriate balance of whatever paradigm you choose that brings about a solution — is often half the fun, and is likely easier than truly committing and deciding to do whatever it is that you're doing.
NB: This an excerpt of an email I wrote to a good friend. I've talked about the etymology of "decide" with several people before, but surprisingly never here. Glad we rectified that.


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Conversations For Transformation
Essays By Laurence Platt
Inspired By The Ideas Of Werner Erhard
Peet's Coffee, Bel Aire Plaza, Napa, California, USA
"The cost to me of not doing so. I'm unwilling to pay the cost of carrying a resentment (or whatever) around, so I draw on the intelligence of forgiving."
... answering Laurence Platt's question "On what do you draw to forgive people who are hardest to forgive?" in Questions For A Friend II
"Resenting is like taking poison, hoping the other guy will die."
... Nelson Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Madiba Tata (uBawom)Khulu Mandela
This essay, This Is Inspiration!, is the companion piece to Applause Of Angels.
It is also the prequel to
Body Heat, Radiant Health
The Five Of Us
in that order.
It is also the sequel to The Girl In The Pork Pie Hat.
I am indebted to Jolin Beth Halstead who inspired this conversation and contributed material, and to Kenneth Cline "KC" Denham who requested I write it down.
For me the process of divorce, both the emotional and the legal maelstrom of it, was (for the most part) like being swept over Niagara Falls without the benefit of being inside a barrel. Once the process began, during it, and for years afterwards, I could only pretend to have even a semblance of control over how it took over my life. It had a momentum all of its own, a momentum which was waaay stronger than me. It overcame me in every way imaginable. And when I finally broke the surface and took my first full gulp of air many years later, I was left with some insightful if not rueful truths.
There was a time when we could have gotten ourselves out of that current which swept us over those falls, a time when we could have done something about it ie like swum over to a bank (so to speak). But beyond a certain point in that swept-up momentum, even a change of heart is too late. Divorce is expensive. It's very expensive. You each say what you want. You each say what you're willing to give. Then you fight over it (which, during the peak of the most agonizing emotional distress imaginable, is hopeless). You eventually go to court, which you quickly discover is a disenchanting arena in which only the lawyers and the system profit, and the children are the big losers. When it was finally over and the smoke had cleared, my galling realization was: had I agreed to everything initially demanded of me, no matter how unfair it was, no matter how gross a sense of entitlement I deemed it to have, without fighting it, without taking it to court, and instead just bit the bullet and wrote a god-damned check, we would all be considerably better off financially today, "we" being myself, my then wife Jolin Beth, and our three children.
In hindsight (and hindsight is always 20/20 vision) it was all interpretation. However the "he said she said" soap opera played out, however convincing it all sounded, it simply wasn't true. None of it was. It was all made up. But in the midst of the painful confrontations leading to divorce, we get righteous and defensive and we make it all look and sound true. We enroll people in our stories that it's true. But it isn't. None of it is. It's all interpretation. So did it all just happen like the inevitable unfolding of circumstance? or was there actual malice? What's true is it all just happened. And as for whether or not there was actual malice, listen: it doesn't matter. If it's any consolation, nobody gets away with anything. Not you. Not me (ie especially not me). Nobody. With anything. Ever. Life itself is constantly clearing the slate, evening the odds, settling all debts. I don't need to usurp that function. I've let all that go. Look: Werner's smart, very smart: it's intelligent to forgive.
There was no reason to not be in contact with Jolin after our divorce, except that I chose not to. Divorce was never my idea. I loved Jolin. I loved our children. I loved our family and our home and our life together. Contacting her was just too much of a painful reminder. And so I didn't. And ten years went by - just ... like ... that. It's said "Time heals all wounds", and the pain eventually dissipated. By then my three children and I had developed truly great relationships. By then I was once again fighting fit and in the best shape of my life physically, creatively, in all ways imaginable, debt free and solvent again with an enviable credit score again. And one morning I woke up, and I knew it was OK to see her again - and so I intended to. Whatever was once in my way, I simply wasn't going to stand for it anymore. Or it had simply disappeared. Or it had run its due course and naturally completed. Or all of the above. It's not that I wanted to be an item with her again. About that, I just don't know. That's changed between us. Rather it was I flat-footed, stone cold sober recognized she's the mother of our three extraordinary children, a bond the two of us (regardless of whatever we've become individually today) will share forever. That can never change between us. The universe has ensured that.
The first thing I knew I had to do was share with my children what had happened for me, what I intended to do, and to request their approval. I assured them if each one of them didn't approve, I wouldn't do it. I also cautioned them that even though they may approve, Jolin might not be interested. However even with that possibility hanging in the space for the four of us, we each knew our lives had been forever altered by virtue of the fact that we were even having this once impossible conversation at all. My children were uniformly great about it. They were moved and inspired by the idea (dare I say relieved?). They supported me completely ("Yay Dad! That's awesome!"). At that point I knew it was full steam ahead. We had nothing to lose.
with Jolin Beth Halstead
And then, after ten years ... there she was, standing at the counter of the coffee shop where, after an e-mail exchange which stretched over six weeks, we'd agreed to meet, ordering something, her back to me. I stopped and just stared at her, standing there. She didn't notice me staring. I was ecstatic it had come to this. I walked up to her, put my right hand on her left shoulder and, for the first time in ten years, spoke to the mother of my children: "Hello Jolin.".
She turned, smiling, greeting me without a shred of effort or tension. In that instant, ten years had become a mere second, and we were Jo and Lar again (our erstwhile terms of endearment for each other). The same space, yet completely new. In an instant I got a glimpse of her as if the past had never happened. There was nothing in the way. I knew I loved her. Still.
It was easy talking with her. I said I wasn't wanting or looking for apologies from her or even explanations. None were necessary. What I was interested in was mapping out a new future in which we, whatever it may look like and however it could be constructed, were simply honoring being parents of three extraordinary children. I also made it clear it would be OK if she declined (I would honor that too). She was never any good at hiding it when things touched her (it's one of her most endearing qualities), and I could tell this touched her deeply.
Coffee stretched into lunch. Lunch stretched into shopping for groceries at Whole Foods Market until it was time to go. I looked at her and said "I love you Jo.". No ifs, ands, or buts about it. It's true. The way she is. The way she isn't. She doesn't have to change. Unless she wants to.
It wasn't yet clear to me whether it was OK to hug her (or even whether I had her permission to). Then she opened her arms, and so I knew it was OK to hug, and we did. It was like holding soft warm melting butter. Not a trace of resistance, not one iota of inauthenticity. And then we got into our cars and drove away in similar yet different directions, and that was it: one of the most remarkable meetings of my life (with one of the most remarkable women I've ever known) was over. I can never be the same person again as I was before we met. This is inspiration! And I'm inspired.
So what now? What's next? The beauty of it is I don't know. I've no idea. It's empty. It's marvelous. It's pregnant with possibility. It could be something. It may be nothing. It allows for a new space of transformed family, a new possibility of relationship in which there's no resisting, no avoiding, mutual respect, and communication, none of which was possible five hours ago, none of which has been possible for the previous ten years. What a difference a few hours make. What a difference language and communication make.
Since our meeting, I've had a chance to look at things newly. And I'm clear, really clear about one thing: when I stayed stuck in what happened, it never did me any good. The analysis caused the paralysis. Instead, I want Jolin to be successful. I want her to win. I want her to be awesome. I want her to have a great life. I want her to be happy. I want her to have love. And listen: whether she gets love from me or from someone else, is actually beside the point.
I notice I'm calmest, healthiest, and happiest, not when I'm picking at what happened like a scab, but rather when I'm standing in the empty space of possibility of what could happen next. OK, what does that mean Laurence? It means I have no expectations. I'm just looking at what's possible. We have three children together. If we didn't have children, we may not be having this conversation today. But we do. So we are. And in this conversation, God stops me in my tracks, forces me to my knees, and says (ie reminds me) "Laurence, you must look at this possibility.".
I am the possibility of something awesome, something off the charts emerging for Jolin and me, for our children, for our respective families, for everyone who knows us, for everyone who reads this. As I said, I don't know what that will look like. But whatever it may look like, it's an idea whose time has come.
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My previous acer notebook i once dropped and it still works. It also still has its original keyboard and the hp omnibook i had before i could use until many of the keys on its keyboard had no readable symbols on them anymore. Though today that old hp notebooks plastic parts have also become extreemly brittle but its keyboard could be exchanged by just removing one or 2 screws IIRC.
In the distant past electronics seemed to last forever becoming obsolete long before failing. Now it seems most stuff fails long before becoming obsolete.
And most disappointingly no parts where left unused after reassembly nor where any missing. I guess my workspace was too tidy.


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Dick Hobson leads off this week with an article that's very interesting, although I'm not sure exactly what it all means. It is a demographic study, done by A.C. Nielsen, on what Americans watched on TV during a six-week period from October 23 to December 3, 1967. The study covers geographic region, income, age, education, and occupation, and the overall results allow us to draw some conclusions about our tastes in television.
We'll start first by looking at the top 10 shows in the United States as a whole; we'll then measure this against some more specific findings. (And by the way, do you see any surprises here, or are the results about what you would have expected?)
The Red Skelton Hour
The Jackie Gleason Show
NBC Saturday Night at the Movies
(tie) The Beverly Hillbillies; CBS Friday Night Movie
Now, let's dig into this a little further. In the South, for example, the favorites are quite similar to the nation, sharing eight of the ten shows. (Gunsmoke is number one on this list.) The major difference: the absence of the movies, "originally made for a more sophisticated theater audience." Gleason, an urban taste, is also missing. In their place: The Virginian and Daniel Boone. By contrast, Gleason is number one in the Northeast; there are none of the "rural" shows, but Dean Martin, The Smothers Brothers, and more movie programs make the list.
Deano and the Smothers also make the list of favorites for those with incomes in excess of $10,000; again, there are four movie programs plus The FBI. For those with incomes under $5,000, Lawrence Welk and Ed Sullivan feature on the list, but no movies. As with the viewers in the South, notes Hobson, this list is closer to the nation as a whole with the exception of the movie programs.
If you've completed at least a year in college, Mission: Impossible is #2 on the list, and you also like NFL Football and Get Smart. A grade school education once again aligns you with the rest of the nation, with Lucy and Andy at #1 and #2, and the movies nowhere to be seen. Blue-collar workers are more fond of westerns than white-collars, children under 12 approve of The Flying Nun and The Second Hundred Years while teens go for The Guns of Will Sonnett, The Monkees, and Star Trek. If you're under 35, six of your top ten are movies; the top non-movie show is Mission: Impossible. On the other hand, if you're over 50, you like Lawrence Welk, Walt Disney, and - Walter Cronkite.
What do we learn from this? As Hobson says,* "there is a great deal of overlap in the Top 10's of the South, the Under-$5000 income group, the Grade School educated, and the Blue Collar workers." He considers them collectively as "Just Plain Folks." Concurrently, there's a group which could be considered "The Sophisticates" - the Northeast, Over $10,000 incomes, One-Plus Years of College, and White Collar workers, which have a great deal of overlap with each other, but less with the national ranks. Family Affair was popular with every group but young adults, Westerns are the favorites of men but not women and children, movies rank highly with young adults and housewives but not seniors and children, and Gomer Pyle was listed by both seniors and children.
*Would his recommendations be known as "Hobson's Choices?"
For as much as the United States has changed over the years, there are still some things that seem to ring true decades later, and there's a temptation to view these results through the lens of today's cultural divide. For example, one could equate "Just Plain Folks" with Red America, "The Sophisticates" with Blue America. I'd like to see a similar study today; unfortunately, things have become so fragmented that it's hard to draw a parallel since access itself is more by choice than design. Still, I wouldn't be a bit surprised to find my suspicions validated.
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Ed Sullivan: On this rerun, Ed's guests are Charlton Heston, who gives a dramatic reading of Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, and presents a scene from his movie Planet of the Apes; singers Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Frankie Laine, and the Young Americans; comedians Myron Cohen and Wayne and Shuster; dancer Peter Gennaro; and the Baraton Sisters, balancing act.
Hollywood Palace: Host George Burns presents the King Family, operatic tenor Enzo Stuarti, singer Lainie Kazan, English music-hall comics Desmond and Marks, and Baby Sabu, performing elephant.
I enjoy easy weeks like this when the call can be made early, and it doesn't get much earlier than Ed's first guest. Chuck Heston shows us why we love him; the sublime - his dignified reading of Lincoln's stirring call for the nation to move on, "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right" - and, well, the less-sublime, his wonderfully over-the-top performance in the great Planet of the Apes. Apes deals in a very overt way with civil rights, and it would be interesting to see what scene was used in the show; I suspect it's something complimentary to the tenor of Lincoln's speech. With that, it would be less than patriotic to make any choice other than Sullivan all the way.
In case you hadn't notice, 1968 is an election year, and if you didn't already know that, the Sunday morning interview shows are here to remind you. On CBS's Face the Nation, the guest is New York Governor (and Republican presidential candidate) Nelson Rockefeller; Rocky never quite makes it to the White House, but he is appointed vice president in the administration of Gerald Ford, who just happens to be the guest on NBC's Meet the Press. Meanwhile, the nemesis of both men, future president Ronald Reagan, "dark-horse candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination," appears on ABC's Issues and Answers.
On Wednesday, David Frost hosts an hour-long syndicated special on "The Next President" (7:30 p.m., Channel 4), including an interview - recorded prior to his assassination - with Robert F. Kennedy. Other guests include Hubert Humphrey, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Nelson Rockefeller, Harold Stassen, and independent candidate George Wallace. The issues examined are a grim litany of today's headlines: violence in the streets, dissident youth, the plight of the cities, racial problems. The Republican National Convention, by the way, begins on August 5.
The summer of 1968 is also, according to the industry magazine Variety, "Video's Rush to Black," and this week alone we can see an extraordinary concentration of programs confronting the crisis; almost every day features a show dealing with one aspect of it or another, starting on Sunday morning with CBS's venerable religion program Lamp Unto My Feet (9:00 a.m.) concentrates on Negro-Jewish community relations and the tension between black anti-Semitism and the backlash from Jewish businessmen.
In June, ABC introduced a series of six documentaries dealing with the racial crisis, under the umbrella title Time for Americans. This week we see two of them; on Sunday afternoon, at 3:00 p.m., it's "White Racism and Black Education," a look at the rise of school segregation in the North, with a focus on Boston, one of the most racially charged cities outside of the South. That's followed on Monday night (6:30 p.m.) by "Can White Suburbia Think Black?" which suggests that suburban whites will never understand what it means to be white unless they can comprehend what it means to be black. There's this wincing quote that's pulled from the program, spoken by a white suburbanite to a black friend: "I don't consider you a Negro." I suspect that if this reminds you of the infamous "Some of my best friends are [black, Jewish, etc.]" quotes, it's purely intentional.
Tuesday morning, Merv Griffin's syndicated show (9:05 a.m., Channel 4) is dedicated to New York City's "Give Money...Give Jobs...Give a Damn" program to help ghetto youth. The show takes place in the streets of Harlem, with New York mayor John Lindsay, singer James Brown, former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, Gladys Knight and the Pips, and a fashion show of African-style clothing. ABC pre-empts It Takes a Thief for a documentary at 7:30 p.m. on the "all-Negro" Grambling College and its outstanding reputation for producing pro football talent. That theme continues at 9:00 p.m. on episode four of CBS's own series on the civil rights movement, Of Black America, entitled "Body and Soul," which examines the role of blacks in sports and music, including threats of an Olympic boycott and the struggle of black musicians to express what they've experienced.
It really is something to see this kind of concentrated programming on one topic, and by all three networks: although it doesn't show in this week's issue, NBC has a multi-part series of its own, What's Happening to America?, with its own viewpoints. Indeed, this seems to be the overarching theme of all these programs, that there is something happening that we don't quite understand, something that we must get a handle on if we're to continue as a nation. And where are we, fifty years later? Still with this sense that something is happening that we don't understand, still struggling with the consequences. Some of the issues are the same, some are dramatically different, but still the feeling that things are out of control and we don't know how to stop the spiral.
Richard K. Doan notes that ABC's looking at an American version of the British comedy series Till Death Us Do Part, with "a profanely offensive, ultra-right bigot, his 'silly moo' of a spouse, and their politically liberal daughter and son-in-law." ABC expects to tape each episode just a week before airtime in order to allow for more topical references. The network winds up passing on the show that eventually becomes All in the Family.
TV writer Pat McCormick will be head writer for Don Rickles' new sitcom, notes the TV Teletype, in addition to working on sketches for the upcoming (and soon-to-be notorious) Broadway revue, "Oh, Calcutta!" Also noted: Glen Campbell, finishing up as the summer replacement for the Smothers Brothers, is on his way to make a movie with John Wayne: True Grit.
Finally, Cher does a fashion spread this week, which would be pretty hard to miss.
This really brings the '60s home, doesn't it? TV
Labels: 1960s, Civil Rights, Fashion, Politics, Sullivan vs. Palace, This Week in TV Guide
Paul Duca August 1, 2018 at 6:21 AM
Another article included in THE FIRST 25 YEARS volume...
Lacey August 6, 2018 at 11:34 AM
"although I'm not sure exactly what it all means."
Interestingly, this was just before the Networks revamp their ratings system to include this sort of demographic information. At this time the "ratings" were just number of people watching. Shortly after this the ratings would be broken down by age, income, family and other factors. Shows with "low ratings" over all would be discovered to have high ratings in the 14-21 age group. THis would lead to more targeted shows and more targeted commercials, the REAL reason these shows were even on.


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Темирхан Медетбек (род. 6 марта 1945, , Южно-Казахстанская область, Казахская ССР, СССР) — казахский поэт. Лауреат Государственной премии Республики Казахстан (2000). Кавалер орденов «Курмет» и «Парасат» (2018).

Биография
Родился 6 марта 1945 года в колхозе имени Амангельды (ныне село Нуртас) Туркестанского района Южно-Казахстанской области.

После окончания средней школы в г. Туркестан около двух лет работал колхозником в родном селе, затем год спустя корректором в районной газете.

Учился на филологическом факультете Казахского государственного педагогического института им. Абая (ныне Казахский национальный педагогический университет).

Трудовая деятельность
Трудовую деятельность начал регистратором, корреспондентом в районной газете.

В 1967—1971 годы — редактор отдела Республиканского телевидения.

В 1973—1976 годы — корреспондент, заведующий отделом Мангыстауской областной газеты «Коммунистік жол».

В 1976—1985 годы — литературный консультант в Союзе писателей Казахстана.

В 1985—1986 годы — заведующий отделом Республиканского общества защиты памятников культуры.

В 1986—1987 годы — председатель общества «Қазақ тілі» в Мангыстауской области.

В 1988—1991 годы — председатель Мангыстауского областного телевидения, редактором газеты «Социалистік Қазақстан» (ныне «Егемен Қазақстан»).

В 1996 года — второй секретарь правления СП Казахстана.

В 2003—2006 годы — главный редактор журнала «Ақиқат».

В 2006—2008 годы — главный редактор журнала «Жұлдыз».

Творчество
Первый сборник стихов «Жанымның жас құрағы» издан в 1970 году.

Автор сборников стихов «Сапар алдында» (1973), «Алыс шақырымдар» (1975), «Көгершін қауырсындары» (1982), «Дауыс» (1984), «Городские эскизы» (1985), «Тағдырлы жылдар жырлары» (2000), «Көк түріктер сарыны» (2001). Мысли о литературе: «Абай әлемі» (1995), «Баба дәстүрдің мұрагері кім: туған әдебиет туралы ойлар» (2006), «Сегіз қырлы, сексен сырлы әлем бұл» (Туған әдебиет туралы ойлар), «Күретамыр» (2012). Автор поэм: «Махамбет рухының монологы», «Күлтегін», «Тоныкөк». Им переведены на казахский язык произведения В. Гужвы, Е. Вахидова и др.

Стихи переведены на Киргизский, Узбекский, Украинский, русский, китайский, татарский языки.

Переводили стихи таких поэтов, как Пушкин, Лермонтов, Якуб Колас, Янка Купала, Леся Украинка, Радован Загович, Бодлер, Верхарн, Пабло Неруда, Незвал, Эркин Вахидов, Кулаковский.

Награды и звания
 Лауреат Государственной премии Республики Казахстан в области литературы и искусства за сборник стихов «Тағдырлы жылдар жырлары» (2000)
 Награждён орденом РК «Курмет» (2005) и медалями.
 Указом Президента Республики Казахстан за выдающиеся заслуги в казахской литературе и культуре награждён орденом «Парасат» (5 декабря 2018)
 Лауреат премии Союза писателей Республики Казахстан за книгу «Көгершін қауырсындары» (1983)

Примечания

Ссылки
 Национальная библиотека Республики Казахстан — Медетбеков Темирхан лауреат госпремии Казахстана

Выпускники Казахского национального педагогического университета имени Абая


Alaska State Penitentiary's partnership with The Salvation Army brings a cutting-edge approach to substance abuse treatment within the prison system.
Duane found his way home after 38 years of homelessness with help from The Salvation Army Bell Shelter.
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Jonathan hit rock bottom at Mission and 16th in San Francisco high on meth and low on direction. Then he sought out help from The Salvation Army.


video by Andrew P. Kennelly; produced by Jay Brunson; appearance by Lucie Fink.
Refinery29 is teaming up with The Laughing Cow for an #AntiRoutine mission that's all about shifting your perspective to unlock new possibilities. Say goodbye to your monotonous routine and instead, make the choice to switch it up with simple lifestyle changes that will garner lasting, positive effects. Ahead, R29's Lucie Fink takes on the challenge.
When life gets busy, we often default to daily routines that ensure efficiency and minimize stress. But all too frequently, these routines also lead to mundanity and boredom — which is why it's so crucial to switch things up once in a while. R29's own Lucie Fink knows a ton about that. She's tried almost everything — bullet journaling, hygge, cold showers — to switch up her day-to-day. But she's never switched up five routines in five days. So that's why, in partnership with The Laughing Cow, Lucie's taking on a weeklong #AntiRoutine challenge. The mission is all about ditching her ways and taking actions that create positive change. Watch as Lucie flips her life (read: her style, her sleep schedule, even her food preparation) upside down — all in five short days.


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Anyone have an "oh so cool, oh so awesome desktop" that they just love braging about, or dying to show everyone? Post 'er here.
I think I've already posted this site, but it has some awesome backgrounds.
Taking default to the extreme.
Not oh so cool…or that awesome, but I do like mine. Practically empty desktop (unless I have a work in progress) and completely cluttered start menu.
You can get a free desktop calander from here http://www.ipi.fi/~rainy/Rainlendar.html thats what I use.
Shizna, your link gives a 404?!
Here's Mine Nothing to special, but I like it.
ladie_vennom, how did you get your icons to appear like that at the top and in a bar? Looks really cool, like Mac OS X style.
lazyturbo- you might want to check out http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock .
I have tried it a while ago, and it is allright.
Oh, thanks. Darn it…I use Windows 98…guess I can't do it then.
i didnt have anywhere to put this other than there. I used desktopx and windows blinds for it.


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Miniature Metropolis; Literature in an Age of Photography and Film
By Andreas Huyssen
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Europe's modernizing metropolises offered a sensory experience unlike anything that had come before. Cities became laboratories bubbling with aesthetic experimentation in old and new media, and from this milieu emerged metropolitan miniatures—short prose pieces about the experiences of urban life written for European newspapers. Miniature Metropolis explores the history and theory of this significant but misrecognized achievement of literary modernism.
Andreas Huyssen shows how writers from Baudelaire and Kafka to Benjamin, Musil, and Adorno created the miniature to record their reflections of Paris, Brussels, Prague, Vienna, Berlin, and Los Angeles. Contesting photography and film as competing media, the metropolitan miniature sought to capture the visceral feeling of acceleration and compression that defined urban existence. But the form did not merely imitate visual media—it absorbed them, condensing objective and subjective perceptions into the very structure of language and text and asserting the aesthetic specificity of literary language without resort to visual illustration. Huyssen argues that the miniature subverted the expectations of transparency, easy understanding, and entertainment that mass circulation newspapers depended upon. His fine-grained readings open broad vistas into German critical theory and the history of visual arts, revealing the metropolitan miniature to be one of the few genuinely innovative modes of spatialized writing created by modernism.
Harvard University Press, 2015


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Jane McGonigal is a visionary game designer and futurist, and she is harnessing the power of the Internet games in new ways to help solve some of the biggest challenges facing our world today and tomorrow.
Jane McGonigal is today's leading speaker on the engagement economy and the application of game-design to the real world. Referencing lessons learned through her work creating games for organizations such as the World Bank, the Olympic Games, the American Heart Association, the New York Public Library, and many more. Her book, Reality Is Broken: How Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change The World, is a New York Times bestseller.
In this engaging, forward-thinking book, Jane makes the case that the gamer spirit — an attitude of fun, dedicated, collective problem-solving — is our greatest asset as we face the social, economic, and environmental problems of the 21st century. She argues that game designers are effectively happiness engineers, experts in making difficult tasks engaging, and that we should draw on their smarts as we frame the challenges of our time.
Jane herself is a specialist in this field, a designer of alternate reality games, where a real-life activity is re-framed as a game. Players of Jane's games face challenges as serious as surviving peak oil or establishing local sustainable businesses. And they face them with courage and creativity, inspired by their gameful state of mind. Persistence, energy, collaborative creativity, a sense of purpose in hard work — games unlock all of these powerful attitudes. And, most importantly of all, it restores to contemporary life the kind of heroism and communal striving that most of us struggle so hard to find.
Jane is notable for bringing gaming to the healthcare space. Her best-known project is SuperBetter, a mobile app and web-based game that helps individuals challenge personal health challenges (depression, anxiety, chronic pain, stress reduction), and get support from their "allies" — real-life friends and family. With more than 125,000 players, it is currently under study at OSU Medical Center and the University of Pennsylvania. Jane's other healthcare games include collaborations with the American Heart Association and the Myelin Repair Foundation.
She is currently an advisor and affiliate researcher with the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, California, where she served for four years as the Director of Game Research and Development. Her recent projects include a Games for Healthcare initiative with IFTF and the White House as well as Paths Out Of Poverty, a crowdsourcing game by IFTF for the Rockefeller Foundation.


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"""Ray Projection."""

import chex
from einshape import jax_einshape as einshape
import jax
import jax.numpy as jnp

from gen_patch_neural_rendering.src.utils import data_types

class RayProjector:
  """Class for ray projection."""

  def __init__(self, config):

    self.precision = config.precision
    self.use_pixel_centers = config.use_pixel_centers

    self.num_samples = config.num_projections
    self.interpolation_type = config.interpolation_type
    interpolation_fn = lambda x, idx: x[idx[Ellipsis, 0], idx[Ellipsis, 1]]
    self.vmap_interpolation_fn = jax.jit(jax.vmap(interpolation_fn, (0, 0), 0))

  def inside_image(self, pcoords, image_height, image_width):
    """Function to check if projected coordinates are inside the image."""
    return ((pcoords[Ellipsis, 0] >= 0) * (pcoords[Ellipsis, 0] <= image_height - 1) *
            (pcoords[Ellipsis, 1] >= 0) * (pcoords[Ellipsis, 1] <= image_width - 1))

  def project2camera(self, wcoords, ref_worldtocamera, intrinsic_matrix):
    """** Visually verified in colab.

    Function to project world coordinates into all the cameras specified
    by the cameras
    Args:
      wcoords: The world coordinates for each ray. (#rays, #points_per_ray, 4)
      ref_worldtocamera: world to camera matrix (#near_cam, 4, 4)
      intrinsic_matrix: Intrinsic matrix (3,4)

    Returns:
      pcoord: projected coordinates
      proj_frontof_cam_mask: false if projections are behind camera
    """
    ref_worldtocamera = einshape("nyy->n11yy", ref_worldtocamera)
    wcoords = einshape("bpy->1bpy1", wcoords)
    intrinsic_matrix = einshape("1xy->111xy", intrinsic_matrix)

    kw = jnp.matmul(
        intrinsic_matrix, ref_worldtocamera, precision=self.precision)
    pcoord = jnp.matmul(kw, wcoords, precision=self.precision)[Ellipsis, 0]
    # Find projections that are valid (in front of camera)
    proj_frontof_cam_mask = (pcoord[Ellipsis, -1] < 0
                            )  # Camera point toward negative z axis
    # Normalize for perspective projection
    pcoord = pcoord[Ellipsis, :2] / (pcoord[Ellipsis, 2:3])
    return pcoord[Ellipsis, [1, 0]], proj_frontof_cam_mask  # Reverse the ordering

  def epipolar_projection(
      self,
      key,  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
      target_rays,
      ref_worldtocamera,
      intrinsic_matrix,
      image_height,
      image_width,
      min_depth,
      max_depth,
  ):
    """** Visually verified in colab.

    Function to map given rays on the epipolar line on reference view at
    mutiple depth values.
    (The depth value are often set to near and far plane of camera).
    Args:
      key: prngkey
      target_rays: The rays that we want to project onto nearby cameras. Often
        these are the rays that we want to render contains origins, directions
        shape (#bs, rays, 3)
      ref_worldtocamera: The worldtocamera matrix of nearby cameras that we want
        to project onto
      intrinsic_matrix: (1, 3, 4), The intrinsic matrix for the datset
      image_height: image height
      image_width: image width
      min_depth: min depth of projection
      max_depth: max depth of projection

    Returns:
      pcoords: (#near_cam, batch_size, num_projections, 2)
      valid_proj_mask: (#near_cam, batch_size, num_projections) specifying with
        of the projections are valid i.e. in front of camera and within image
        bound
      wcoords: (batch_size, num_projections, 3)
    """
    # Check shape of intrincs, currently we only support case where all the
    # views are from the same camera
    chex.assert_shape(intrinsic_matrix, (1, 3, 4))

    projection_depths = jnp.linspace(min_depth, max_depth, self.num_samples)

    # Compute the world coordinates for each ray for each depth values
    # wcoords has shape (#rays, num_projections, 3)
    wcoords = (
        target_rays.origins[:, None] +
        target_rays.directions[:, None] * projection_depths[Ellipsis, None])
    # Convert to homogeneous coordinates
    # (#rays, num_samples, 3) -> (#rays, num_samples, 4)
    wcoords = jnp.concatenate(
        [wcoords, jnp.ones_like(wcoords[Ellipsis, 0:1])], axis=-1)
    pcoords, proj_frontof_cam_mask = self.project2camera(
        wcoords, ref_worldtocamera, intrinsic_matrix)

    # Find projections that are inside the image
    within_image_mask = self.inside_image(pcoords, image_height, image_width)

    # Clip coordinates to be within the images
    pcoords = jnp.concatenate([
        jnp.clip(pcoords[Ellipsis, 0:1], 0, image_height - 1),
        jnp.clip(pcoords[Ellipsis, 1:], 0, image_width - 1)
    ],
                              axis=-1)

    # A projection is valid if it is in front of camera and within the image
    # boundaries
    valid_proj_mask = proj_frontof_cam_mask * within_image_mask

    return pcoords, valid_proj_mask, wcoords[Ellipsis, :3]

  def get_near_rays(self, pcoords, ref_cameratoworld, intrinsic_matrix):
    """** Verified in colab.

    Function to get the rays through the projected pixel coordinates of the
    neighboring views.

    Args:
      pcoords: (#near_cam, batch_size, num_projections, 2), projected
        coordinates.
      ref_cameratoworld: (#near_cam, 3,4) The cameratoworld matrix of nearby
        cameras that we want to generate the rays for.
      intrinsic_matrix: (1, 3, 3), The intrinsic matrix for the datset

    Returns:
      near_rays: (data_types.Rays), rays through the projected pixel
      coordinates.
    """
    # Abbreaviations:
    # N: #neighbours, B: batch_size, P: #projections
    pixel_center = 0.5 if self.use_pixel_centers else 0.0
    pcoords = pcoords.round() + pixel_center

    pixels = pcoords[Ellipsis, [
        1, 0
    ]]  # Reverse back for ray generation (we need width dim x height dim)
    pixels = jnp.concatenate([pixels, jnp.ones_like(pixels[Ellipsis, 0:1])],
                             axis=-1)  # (N, B, P, 3)
    inverse_intrisics = jnp.linalg.inv(
        intrinsic_matrix[Ellipsis, :3, :3])  # (   1, 3, 3)

    # We will change pixels to  shape (N, B, P, 3, 1)
    # and inverse_intrinsics to shape (1, 1, 1, 3, 3)
    # camera_dirs = (inverse_intrisics[None, None, :] @ pixels[..., None]
    #              )  #(N, B, P, 3, 1)
    camera_dirs = jnp.matmul(
        inverse_intrisics[None, None, :],
        pixels[Ellipsis, None],
        precision=self.precision)  # (N, B, P, 3, 1)

    # ref_cameratoworld has shape (N, 3, 4). We only want the rotation part of
    # the cameratoworld matrix to compute the direction of rays.
    # For multiplication we want to change the shape of cameratoworld to be
    # (N, 1, 1, 3, 3) so that we can multiply it with camera_dirs with shape
    # (N, B, P, 3, 1)
    directions = jnp.matmul(
        ref_cameratoworld[:, None, None, :3, :3],
        camera_dirs,
        precision=self.precision)[Ellipsis, 0]

    # We extract the origns from last column of ref_cameratoworld which will
    # have as shape of (N, 3) which we will boadcast to (N, B, P, 3)
    origins = jnp.broadcast_to(ref_cameratoworld[:, None, None, :3, -1],
                               directions.shape)
    # We transpose the matrix such that batch dimension is the leading
    # dimension (N, B, P, 3) -> (B, N, P, 3)
    origins = einshape("nbpc->bnpc", origins)
    directions = einshape("nbpc->bnpc", directions)
    viewdirs = directions / jnp.linalg.norm(directions, axis=-1, keepdims=True)
    near_rays = data_types.Rays(origins=origins, directions=viewdirs)
    return near_rays

  def get_near_rays_canonical(self, pcoords, ref_cameratoworld,
                              intrinsic_matrix):
    """** Verified in colab.

    Function to get the rays through the projected pixel coordinates of
    the neighboring views.

    Args:
      pcoords: (#near_cam, batch_size, num_projections, 2), projected
        coordinates
      ref_cameratoworld: (#near_cam, batch_size, 4,4) The cameratoworld matrix
        of nearby cameras that we want to generate the rays for.
      intrinsic_matrix: (1, 3, 3), The intrinsic matrix for the dataset

    Returns:
      near_rays: (data_types.Rays), rays through the projected pixel
      coordinates.
    """
    # Abbreaviations:
    # N: #neighbours, B: batch_size, P: #projections
    pixel_center = 0.5 if self.use_pixel_centers else 0.0
    pcoords = pcoords.round() + pixel_center

    pixels = pcoords[Ellipsis, [
        1, 0
    ]]  # Reverse back for ray generation (we need width dim x height dim)
    pixels = jnp.concatenate([pixels, jnp.ones_like(pixels[Ellipsis, 0:1])],
                             axis=-1)  # (N, B, P, 3)
    inverse_intrisics = jnp.linalg.inv(
        intrinsic_matrix[Ellipsis, :3, :3])  # (   1, 3, 3)

    # We will change pixels to  shape (N, B, P, 3, 1)
    # and inverse_intrinsics to shape (1, 1, 1, 3, 3)
    # camera_dirs = (inverse_intrisics[None, None, :] @ pixels[..., None]
    #              )  #(N, B, P, 3, 1)
    camera_dirs = jnp.matmul(
        inverse_intrisics[None, None, :],
        pixels[Ellipsis, None],
        precision=self.precision)  # (N, B, P, 3, 1)

    # ref_cameratoworld has shape (N, 3, 4). We only want the rotation part of
    # the cameratoworld matrix to compute the direction of rays.
    # For multiplication we want to change the shape of cameratoworld to be
    # (N, B, 1, 3, 3) so that we can multiply it with camera_dirs with shape
    # (N, B, P, 3, 1)
    directions = jnp.matmul(
        ref_cameratoworld[Ellipsis, None, :3, :3],
        camera_dirs,
        precision=self.precision)[Ellipsis, 0]

    # We extract the origins from last column of ref_cameratoworld which will
    # have as shape of (N, B, 3) which we will boadcast to (N, B, P, 3)
    origins = jnp.broadcast_to(ref_cameratoworld[Ellipsis, None, :3, -1],
                               directions.shape)
    # We trasnpose the matrix such that batch dimension is the leading
    # dimension (N, B, P, 3) -> (B, N, P, 3)
    origins = einshape("nbpc->bnpc", origins)
    directions = einshape("nbpc->bnpc", directions)
    viewdirs = directions / jnp.linalg.norm(directions, axis=-1, keepdims=True)
    near_rays = data_types.Rays(origins=origins, directions=viewdirs)
    return near_rays

  def get_interpolated_rgb(self, pcoords, ref_images):
    """Function to get the interpolated rgb values at the projected pixel coordinates.

    Args:
      pcoords: (#near_cam, #batch_size, #projections, 2)
      ref_images: (#near_cam, height, width, 3)

    Returns:
      near_rgb(jnp.float) : interpolated rgb values for shape (#batch_size,
        #near_cam, #projections, 3)
    """
    # Abbreaviations:
    # N: #neighbours, B: batch_size, P: #projections
    if self.interpolation_type == "rounding":
      pcoords = pcoords.round().astype(jnp.int32)
      near_rgb = self.vmap_interpolation_fn(ref_images, pcoords)
      # Tranpose such that batch is the leading dimension
      near_rgb = einshape("nbpc->bnpc", near_rgb)
    else:
      raise NotImplementedError

    return near_rgb

  def get_interpolated_features(self, pcoords, image_features):
    """Function to get the interpolated feature values at the projected pixel coordinates.

    This function is identical to get_interpolated_rgb.

    We write a different function to handle future applications that might
    require treating rgb and pixels differently.
    Args:
      pcoords: (#near_cam, #batch_size, #projections, 2)
      image_features: (#near_cam, height, width, unet_dim)

    Returns:
      projected_features: interpolated features for shape
        (#batch_size, #near_cam, #projections, unet_dim)
    """
    # Abbreaviations:
    # N: #neighbours, B: batch_size, P: #projections
    if self.interpolation_type == "rounding":
      pcoords = pcoords.round().astype(jnp.int32)
      projected_features = self.vmap_interpolation_fn(image_features, pcoords)
      # Transpose such that batch is the leading dimension
      projected_features = einshape("nbpc->bnpc", projected_features)
    else:
      raise NotImplementedError

    return projected_features


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Home » Teams » Bangladesh
Soumya Sarkar's wedding marred by an unpleasant incident
Posted On / February 29, 2020 / by Anirudh Singh
Soumya Sarkar, Prionti Debnath
Bangladesh all-rounder Soumya Sarkar started a new inning on Wednesday when he got hitched to Prionti Debnath Puja.
The wedding ceremony took place in Khulna with all the rituals in the presence of local VIPs and few members from the cricket fraternity. Puja, who hails from Tutpara in Khulna, passed her 'O' level examination this year from an English medium school in Dhaka.
However, Sarkar's wedding was marred with an unpleasant incident taking place and the 27-year-old had to face embarrassment and trouble even on the most memorable day of his life.
Well, the happy occasion was disrupted by a scuffle over the theft of as many as seven mobile phones, though the police later arrived at the spot and brought the situation under control
BDCricTime reported that all the seven cell phones belonged to the bridegroom's side including one of Soumya's father. The culprits were, however, caught red-handed but a big brawl started with the suspects attacking the player's family. Also, the media persons present at the venue were stopped from capturing the incident.
Soumya skipped the recently concluded one-off Test against Zimbabwe in Mirpur which the hosts won by an innings and 106 runs and will not play in the first two ODIs of the three-match series beginning from March 1.
The all-rounder has so far played 15 Tests, 55 ODIs and 48 T20Is for Bangladesh after making his debut in 2014.
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