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Film directing luminary Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948) was, at least among the international critical community, a superstar from the outset of his career in Russia, when at the age of twenty-seven he made his classic silent film The Battleship Potemkin (1925). In fact to this day, his reputation, rests primarily on that film and its immediate successor, October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1927). But his most successful film with the wider public was his first sound film, Alexander Nevsky (1938). This latter film had interesting cinematic features that contrasted with his earlier work and shed light on Eisenstein's complex aesthetics.
Eisenstein's eminence rests not only on his film-directing talents but also on some other factors. In those early days of the 1920s, Marxism and communism were fascinations of those on the political left, and Eisenstein's films championing these causes attracted those in the critical and academic community who were sympathetic to such ideas. In addition, film was a relatively new form of expression in those days, and Eisenstein's theoretical writings on the subject attracted its own following. In particular, Eisenstein promoted the notion of film's unique element of montage, which was primarily concerned with the composition and juxtaposition of images over the temporal dimension. Following on from the work of his colleague Lev Kuleshov, Eisenstein was interested in formulating a formal grammar of montage, and he was particularly interested not so much in the smooth transition between successive film images, but in the idea of how successive images could "collide" with each other [1,2]. In general, Eisenstein's published articles on film, which were later collected, translated into English, and published in The Film Sense (1942) [3] and Film Form (1949) [4], revealed a man who was focused on a scientific and materialistic understanding of reality. Film was simply a new and powerful tool of expression that could be employed for socially useful purposes. But I would say that Eisenstein's subjective passions were still lurking in his aesthetic subconscious.
With the advent of sound in film, Eisenstein was particularly interested in learning how he could incorporate the sound medium into his montage theories of "collision" [5]. He accepted an invitation to come to the United States, where sound technology was most advanced, to participate in some sound film projects on offer from Paramount Pictures. Although he entered into several projects, Eisenstein couldn't make a go with his American producers and collaborators, and all his efforts in America, including a lengthy production endeavor in Mexico supported by famed author Upton Sinclair, came to nothing. When he returned to Russia, Eisenstein was assigned to make a film there, Bezhin Meadow, but that, too, was a project that got bogged down in production difficulties and was ultimately cancelled. It may have been the case that Eisenstein, once he became famous, was given too much artistic latitude to explore his theories and could not now bring his productions to closure under these circumstances. The tolerance in Russia under Stalin for such missteps was of course much less than in the American environment, and this presented an immanent danger. Fortunately for Eisenstein, the blame for the failure of Bezhin Meadow was ultimately pinned on someone else, the producer Boris Shumyatsky, who was then arrested, convicted of treason, and executed.
Finally Eisenstein was given another chance to direct, which resulted Alexander Nevsky. This time, though, in order to curb Eisenstein's artistic wanderings, he was assigned a co-director, Dmitriy Vasilev, who was instructed to maintain a tight shooting schedule. The film was completed on time and was well-received in both Russia and the West. Interestingly, prior to the film's release, an early version was shown to Stalin, but with a reel missing. Since Stalin approved what he saw, the completed film was released by the producers without that missing reel [6].
When we watch Alexander Nevsky today, we don't see so much a tightly edited montage collision of opposing feelings and ideas. Instead we see a fascinating presentation of expressionistic imagery that relies less on temporal composition and more on the almost dreamlike emotional landscape evoked. I would suggest that this expressionistic mode was always an important part of Eisenstein's aesthetics, even if it was not so much articulated in his essays. In any case Eisenstein's expressionism in his later films, which also include Ivan The Terrible, Part I (1944) and Ivan The Terrible, Part II (1945), may seem overblown to some viewers today, and critical reactions to these films vary widely [6,7,8,9].
The story of Alexander Nevsky concerns 13th century Russian military leader Prince Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky, who turned back an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights of the Holy Roman Empire in 1242. Since the Teutonic Knights were primarily a German order, the entire scenario is clearly depicted as a metaphor for the then threatened German Nazi invasion of Russia, which did in fact take place a few years after the film's release.
Overall, the film has very much a pro-war message. In fact some critics have even said in this regard that this is Eisenstein's most propagandist film [6]. Its pro-war message is part of an essentially "blood and soil" theme that underlies the entire film [10]. "Blood and soil" had been primarily associated with and fully exploited in Germany, and it emphasizes allegiance to racial origins and possessive claims to native lands. But here we see it transformed perfectly into a Russian context.
To convey the idea that war is a noble act of heroism, Eisenstein and his cinematographer Eduard Tisse constantly employed low-angle shots to look up to their Russian heroes. This effect is accentuated by the tall stature of the title-role actor Nikolai Cherkasov, who was 6' 6" (1.98m) tall [11]. The film also features Russian patriotic anthems along with a score composed by Sergei Prokofiev. It is said that Prokofiev worked closely with Eisenstein in connection with the music, sometimes composing musical elements that fit Eisenstein's shooting script, and in other places the film was cut to synchronize with Prokofiev's music [6]. Despite this close cooperation, though, I don't think the music goes well with the images, particularly in connection with the battle scenes. In addition, I also found it surprising, given Eisenstein's fascination with the montage possibilities of sound, that the sound effects in the film are weak and add almost nothing to the presentation.
The film narrative is relatively simple, with everything leading toward the famous "Battle on Ice" between Nevsky's forces and the Teutonic Knights. There are two threads of focalization – one surrounding the struggle between Nevsky and his foes and the other concerning the friendly romantic competition between two of Nevsky's lieutenants over a beautiful Russian maiden. But even this second narrative thread is adamantly pro-war.
1. The Background Situation
The opening section provides background information about Alexander and his situation. The Rus' domain, which was a core area of medieval Russia, had recently been invaded from the east by the Mongolian Golden Horde (later known as the Tatars), to whom the Rus' people were compelled to pay tribute. But at least their sovereignty was still intact. Then there was another threat, this time from Sweden. However, the young Alexander Yaroslavich had successfully defended the key city of Novgorod from an attack by the Swedish army near the Neva river, for which victory he had earned the title of "Nevsky". Afterwards, competitive pressure from the aristocratic boyar merchants had compelled Nevsky to leave Novgorod. But now, at the beginning of this film, the city of Novgorod is again imperiled, this time by the invading German Teutonic Knights from the west. The desperate Lord Novgorod is finally forced to summon Nevsky back to the city to lead their defense.
At the same time, two leading Novgorod warriors and comrades, Vasili Buslaev (Nikolai Okhlopkov) and Gavrilo Oleksich (Andrei Abrikosov) are competitively eyeing a beautiful young woman Olga Danilovna (Vera Ivashova).
Meanwhile the German Teutons sack the nearby city of Pskov, throwing women and children into bonfires and hanging one of the city's defenders, the daughter of whom, Vasilisa (Aleksandra Danilova), looks on in horror.
2. The Call to War
The second section of the film is a strident summoning to go to war. Nevsky knows that to defeat the Germans he will have to recruit an army of peasants, and the people joyfully volunteer to fight. Even Vasilisa, who has made it to Novgorod, volunteers to become a warrior in true blood-and-soil feminist tradition.
The city's craftspeople all devote themselves to making weapons. As one craftsman Ignat (Dmitri Orlov) tells Vasilisa when giving her a sword, "even a flea cannot be killed without a tool." Olga tells Vasili and Gavrilo that she will marry the one who shows the most valor in battle. It's all about killing now.
The Germans are shown to be particularly demonic, and even their praying to God looks like a collective act of wicked sorcery. In fact the portrayal here invokes notions of a religious war, as the Orthodox Russians are confronted by a Roman Catholic hegemony bent on mass annihilation [12]. Eisenstein always shows the German army in an eerily inhuman white color (except for their satanically black-clad bishop), while the Russians army is in earthy gray.
Before the impending battle, Nevsky overhears Ignat tell a ribald joke, and from this he gets the inspiration of employing a pincer strategy much like the one that Hannibal employed against the Romans at the Battle of Cannae in 216 B.C.
3. The Battle on Ice
The battle takes place on a frozen lake Chudskoye, and it consumes the next thirty minutes of screen time. Much of the footage shows endless hand-to-hand fighting and swordplay, with Vasili and Ignat, in particular, joyously reveling in the slaughter, while Prokofiev's loud carnival music plays.
To these warriors, the whole thing is like a sporting event.
Although the Germans are better armed, Nevsky's pincer attack works, and the tide of the battle eventually shifts in favor of the Russians. Then the ice underfoot starts to crack under the weight of the heavier German armor, which engulfs much of the German attack force.
4. The Celebration
After the German army is routed, the scene shifts back to Novgorod, where the townspeople celebrate their victory and honor their dead heroes. The triumphant Nevsky announces that he will ransom the captured German knights. Then he lets the vengeful townspeople tear to pieces two traitorous citizens who had been furtively assisting the Germans.
Vasili and Gavrilo are both wounded but survive, and their rivalry ends in a gentlemanly and tidy fashion. Gavrilo gets Olga, while Vasili selects the equally beautiful Vasilisa.
In the final shot, Alexander Nevsky issues his stern warning to the outer world:
"Go and tell all the people in foreign parts that Rus lives. Let people come to us as guests without fear. But he who comes with sword in hand, by the sword shall perish. On this Rus stands and will forever stand!"
The entire film plays like a bizarre Gothic carnival, and its nightmarish features lie at the core of the film's overall appeal. However, Eisenstein's cinematography and editing are sometimes surprising, with numerous axis-of-action crossings and awkward jump cuts. This may have been an artifact of Eisenstein's rushed shooting schedule. And the long battle scene of the Battle on Ice becomes repetitious after awhile and was in need of more context-establishing longer shots to help sustain the visual narrative flow. Nevertheless, some of the fighting shots are effectively and realistically enhanced by foreground swordplay that often obscures the battling subjects of interest. This promotes the feeling that the invisible witness is right in the middle of the chaotic action.
In the end, we can see that Alexander Nevsky is a celebration of blood-and-soil patriotism, which always comes to dominate in times of war. When war comes, all principles of universal humanity and empathy for the brotherhood (and sisterhood) of man are set aside in subservience to the heroic leader, like Alexander Nevsky. So despotic elites sustain themselves and live off of the threat of war.
In recent times the threat of war has been extended further – to the notion of a pervasive and eternal terrorist threat. This is what was evoked by the Nazis after the Reichstag fire in 1933. (Immediately after the fire, the German Nazi government blamed it on leftist terrorists, suspended basic human rights in the country, and let Hitler rule by decree.) This notion of a a pervasive and eternal terrorist threat is also the foundational thinking behind the current Global War on Terror. So we must be prepared, because current despotic leaders (and their chief strategist/puppetmasters) will most likely conjure up another Reichstag fire sometime in the next few years in an attempt to put an end to liberal, law- and rights-based democracy [13].
Evelyn Gerstein, "Russia's Film Wizard", Theater Guild Magazine (February 1930), included in Introduction to the Art of the Movies, Lewis Jacobs, (ed.), (1960), pp. 134-139.
Sergei Eisenstein, "Collision of Ideas", (selection from "The Cinematographic Principle and the Ideogram", Film Form, Jay Leyda (trans. and ed.), Harcourt Brace and Company, (1949/1957), pp. 37-40.), Film, A Montage of Theories, Richard Dyer MacCann, E. P. Dutton, (1966), pp. 34-37.
Sergei Eisenstein, The Film Sense, Jay Leyda (trans. and ed.), Harcourt Brace and Company, (1942).
Sergei Eisenstein, Film Form, Jay Leyda, (trans. and ed.), Harcourt Brace and Company, (1949).
S. Eisenstein, "Eisenstein on Sound", New York Sun, (5 June 1930), included in Introduction to the Art of the Movies, Lewis Jacobs, (ed.), (1960), pp. 165-167.
J. Hoberman, "Alexander Nevsky", The Criterion Collection, (23 April 2001).
Roger Ebert, "Ivan the Terrible, Parts I & II", RogerEbert.com, (19 January 2012).
Roderick Heath, "Alexander Nevsky (1938)", Ferdy on Films, (2010).
Matthew Dessem, "#87: Alexander Nevsky", The Criterion Contraption, (1 September 2008).
"Blood and Soil", Wikipedia, (20 February 2017).
"Nikolay Cherkasov Biography", iMDB, (n.d.).
Michael E. Grost, "Sergei Eisenstein", Classic Film and Television, (n.d.).
Timothy Snyder, "The Reichstag Warning", The New York Review of Books, (26 February 2017).
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London top for startups, but has Berlin nipping at heels
The best destination for technology startups is London, according to research carried out by Pinsent Masons and Mergermarket of Europe's most attractive cities for entrepreneurial ambitions.
Beating the likes of Amsterdam, Munich, Stockholm and Dublin, London was selected by 15 per cent of private equity or venture capital professionals, and 14 per cent of technology corporates, as the best.
Mergermarket spoke with 150 of Europe's "most active dealmakers" to produce the statistics, and Pinsent Masons sees it as a reflection of where financial backers will be looking for the next technology heavyweights.
On a country front, Germany finished ahead of the UK based on its multi-city strength. Some 7 per cent of private equity or venture capital professionals dealmakers, and 20 per cent of technology corporates, had it has their favourite. The UK and Ireland polled 12 per cent and 11 per cent respectively, with the Nordics receiving 11 per cent and 5 per cent.
Explaining Germany's strength, the report said that the coming together of low taxation and greater geographic proximity to other EU markets has boosted both the country and capital Berlin's stature.
Separate research from Nestpick at the beginning of January revealed that Berlin is "perfectly placed to become Europe's leading startup hub" and is expected to produce in excess of 100,000 new jobs by 2020. Real Business has identified EyeEm, Adjust and Frestyle as Berlin startups to keep an eye on.
London, on the back of prime minister David Cameron stating in 2010 that he wanted the to "make East London one of the great technology centres", has amassed an enviable crop of venture capital and private equity firms, as well as integrating tax-efficient investment schemes such as EIS and SEIS. Dedicated city investment funds have also been established, run by partners including Crowdcube and MMC Ventures.
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Andrew Hornigold, partner and technology M&A specialist at Pinsent Masons, commented: "There are two factors specific to the technology sector that will drive growth. Large corporates have accumulated principal cash piles and are chasing transactions using that cash, and private equity houses are still sitting on funds that they need to deploy.
"The general health of the European economy is the joker in the pack, but barring any significant shocks to the Eurozone, continuing buoyant deal values and volumes seems on the cards."
Other research found that 83 per cent believe the volume of technology M&A will increase in the next year, while a third believe it will do this "greatly". Germany will be the most active bidder, recipients stated, with the UK and Ireland the most popular target region.
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Manchester United will host Premier League toppers Chelsea who are yet to be beaten in the English League this season.
Manchester United will be without Captain Wayne Rooney who has to suffer suspension while Antonio Valencia is out with hamstring and center-back Jonny Evans with a ankle injury.
Chelsea striker Diego Costa will hopefully be in the starting lineup despite of a minor hamstring injury. While fellow striker Loic Remy is out with groin problem and midfielder John Obi Mikel and Ramires are likely to be back along with German star Andre Schurrle who is now fit to play.
Spanish defender Cesar Azpilicueta is suspended for three games as he received a red card last weekend against Crystal Palace.
Chelsea are the only unbeaten side in Premier League.
Manchester United have lost a game only out of last five games.
The last time Chelsea won at Old Trafford was in 2009-2010.
Watch the last game highlights below.
Manchester United 2 – 2 Chelsea, an entertaining game will be seen at Old Trafford.


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She: "Here comes the postman. Are you going?"
He: "Sure, maybe he has my new cordless screwdriver with me."
She: "But sure, you can buy only in the hardware store!"
He: "Did not you know yet? Hornbach is coming home".
And right up to your apartment door. The new Hornbach online shop makes it possible to order a specific selection of articles from the Hornbach range so that you do not have to visit a DIY store every time.
We have tested the piglet in the online shop offer right in its start phase and have pursued the following questions: How well does the customer find his way? Which articles can I order at the shop? And how safe is my personal information? Questions to which we give you the answers.
"The Hornbach shop would like to be picked up by his customer at the cash register." This announcement sounds probably through the head of the customer when he goes for the first time on the Hornbach side and there seeks a direct route to the shop. But at first glance, it becomes clear that the Hornbach online shop works a little differently than they are used to from other shops of the same kind and this works more indirectly. By that we mean searching for and finding the online store as well as the items that you can order over it. The ordering process itself initially remains outside. We will discuss that later in more detail.
But we should not forget that the Hornbach side was not converted into a pure online shop. It's just an add-on offer and the page is not tailored to that. Whether this was a good decision, will turn out.
First of all, there is no separation between the offer from the DIY stores and the one from the online shop due to the merging of normal homepage and shop. However, the page helps to the online assortment to a better overview, even if one subsequently lands back in the "normal" product range. This means that you will not find a special assortment of articles on the Hornbach side that you can order online.
However, this procedure does not represent a major obstacle. Using a clear structure of the individual topic pages and the easily identifiable truck logo, which identifies orderable items, you can quickly find out what they can and can not order.
And if you turn in the wrong direction towards the fireplace instead of the machines, you might end up on the info page for the new online store - which you can reach most easily through the rather inconspicuous link on the main page. There you will find a clear page to help you with the first steps in the new shop. At this point you are virtually at the service desk in the hardware store.
From the info page, you will be redirected to the individual sections where you will find items that you can order. Similar to a guidance system that stops you from going into the wrong gear.
If you have any specific help or specific questions, please contact the friendly FAQ who will answer the most frequently asked questions. Anyone who does not know exactly afterwards must have skipped something.
And if you are using an online shop for the first time, the illustrated step-by-step instructions will help you with your first purchase.
Would the shopping cart in the hardware store look so nice and structured (and above all remain) as in the online version. Once you have clicked through the sometimes cumbersome search and have arrived at the product of your choice, you can put this in the shopping cart. What we like most is that unlike other online shops, a new page does not open every time you put a new article in the car.
Hornbach solves this in a different and clever way. Your personal shopping cart is permanently visible in the upper right corner of the page, as if you were pushing it in front of you like in a hardware store. As soon as you add a new product to the shopping cart, the price of the order and the number of articles will be updated immediately.
And if you want to know exactly what is in shopping days, you can click on the button to get to the overview page and make changes there, for example by adding items. delete or increase the number of pieces. We consider this procedure to be very comfortable and, in particular, clear. In the end, you only have one page open at a time, and you do not have to go back and forth constantly, tormenting yourself with a shopping cart that opens constantly. Above all, purchasing should be much faster. So it only offers benefits to the customer.
You will not be able to lose the overview of your goods any more. The shopping cart page is simply very clear and contains only the most important information that is relevant to the order. These include the selected items with exact type designation, an item number and brief information on things like performance, weight, size, etc., as well as the price per item, number of pieces, the note and the amount of shipping costs and the total amount of the order.
Furthermore, you can not happen to put goods in the basket twice. Once you've added a product to the cart, the customer will be notified if they want to put the item back in the cart a second time. A really nice service!
However, if you do not want to purchase items for the time being, you can create a shopping list on which desired products are stored. The articles on the wishlist can always be moved to the shopping cart and ordered. A tip: Print out the watch list and go to a Hornbach hardware store to convince yourself on site of the devices. If you like them, order the goods through the shop. First of all, others can tow before the construction project starts.
Once again, if you can not decide on a product and would like to compare different options, the article comparison will help you. Put two or more articles from the assortment in this basket and then click on the button "article comparison" to get to the corresponding overview. There are then all selected goods side by side with your data listed and you can draw accurate comparison. A very useful and helpful feature.
Furthermore, you can orient yourself to the article ratings of other customers. And once you have tested one of the devices or other goods yourself, you can distribute points as a registered customer. The only prerequisite is a profile at Hornbach in order to access the rating option.
Online shopping is the "real" shopping in the shop, or in our case in a hardware store, sometimes much more similar than you might initially suspect. You will scurry through countless passages, get lost and yet again wander into another department until you finally find the goods you want.
This approach is related to Hornbach with the non-existent separation between the items that you can buy both in the hardware store and order online and those that are not sold in the online store and are found alone in the hardware store, together. As a customer, you must therefore spend a certain amount of time searching until you have actually found the article you are looking for. The individual theme pages and the assortment are clearly designed and equipped with a helpful search function - comparable to the nice employee who scurries through the shelves and actually wants to do his job, but is constantly asked where to find what - but would be an overview page for the pure online assortment was a nice offer.
The problem is also related to the somewhat inverse division of categories. From the main theme pages machines, sprayers, decorative fireplaces, prefabricated pictures and bathroom design, the customer has to click through many more subcategories. After all, the terms are so specific that you can find your way around quickly in this area.
You also have to search because the range has been very neat since the start-up phase. Which of course should please every customer. In the mentioned categories and above all in the machines there are many offers that can be ordered online. At the same time Hornbach plans to expand the product range steadily.
That you can not order any trailer or larger machines online, it seems only understandable. However, a booking system for corresponding articles would be desirable. Forms could be sent directly to the customer and sent to Hornbach. Above all, the customer could see at a glance when which device is available, assuming a calendar function.
So far, the search has been mentioned many times, now we actually throw ourselves directly into the fray, purposefully to the machine department, turn to the left, enter the corridor with the cordless screwdrivers and... Damn, where is the model? Wait, there are the drills. Then there would have to... So... Hmm... I'll ask the staff.
A similar feeling you will have again in the online shop. Slowly one could assume that Hornbach wanted to transfer the Baumarktfeeling actually on the purchase process at home.
In general, the search options are to be considered from two perspectives: Let's take the professional craftsman first. Tied to a brand based on experience, previously better informed than the manufacturer himself and anxious to get exactly the goods that he has previously selected.
Such customers who are looking for a specific product are more likely to be slowed down and not reach their destination as quickly as they wish. This has to do with the fact that the general search function of the Hornbach side does not necessarily help. If you e.g. If you enter a search term of the type "Cordless screwdriver Bosch", you will be presented with all options that apply to these terms, which is advantageous at first. Especially if you know the exact name of the product and are looking for it this way.
The big problem with this method is the lack of the previously mentioned truck logo, which indicates whether you can order the item online. This requires a click on the product itself. If you could already see the logo in the overview of the search, the customer would be very helpful and he would reach the goal faster, because he would know immediately if it is even worth pursuing the article, because you have it through the shop too actually can order. On the other hand, the click on the product is not enough, because otherwise you can not put it in the shopping cart anyway.
Let's come to the type two, the casual craftsman, who works with almost everything that is recommended to him, who relies on the statements of the hardware store employee.
Exactly for those who want to rummage and have no concrete product in mind, the filter function offers numerous possibilities to narrow down the selection in a meaningful way more and more. Especially nice is the button, with which you can only show the goods in one go, which can also be ordered online. The ratings of other customers are further beneficial. You can also see at a glance whether the products are to be ordered online (if you select the general overview page and do not use the search) and how much they cost.
The small change can be stuck with online shopping. The main thing is that your account is covered or you can wave a credit card. However, the possibilities in the Hornbach Online Shop are not particularly numerous, but include the most frequently used payment methods with the direct debit procedure as well as American Express and Master or Visa Card. Paypal and other variants are not provided. Nobody should have problems with that.
Real men seal promises with a good handshake. So also at Hornbach. You will not find the word "guarantee" at Hornbach. Instead, you have to look for "hand on it". Under this motto, the customer is made some promises. This includes e.g. a 30-day money back guarantee that allows you to take back faulty or unwanted items and refund your money. And should you need someone to pick it up (we already apologize to all Hornbach employees), you can also return the goods to any Hornbach DIY store. But maybe you just want to thank for the nice service... Continue in the topic.
Hornbach advertises also with permanent low prices. This should mean that you apply the prices that you find in the hardware store, also for the orders in the online shop. This is not earth-shattering and more standard. But nice, this is at least respected.
"I do not want this article!" "Well, buy it first and then give it back to us right away." If you find this little dialogue nonsensical, you're probably right. However, it will have to run the same way in Hornbach shop once you have accidentally put goods in the shopping cart and ordered.
Cancellations can not be made, which justifies at Hornbach that the orders are processed as quickly as possible and forwarded to the shipping. There is therefore no room for cancellations in the meantime. The 30-day return policy helps over it, however. This will get you rid of the goods and also get the money back. Only the extra effort for both sides speaks against it.
There is no minimum order value at Hornbach either. No matter what you order, they always pay the same delivery fees. Thus, the customer is not driven to make an order in a certain price level. And the delivery costs remain uniform at € 4.95 for parcels and € 29.90, if it has to be sent by a forwarding company.
"This is like in 1984. And bet tomorrow Wikileaks published my shopping?" For all Internet pessimists the reassurance is pronounced that Hornbach knows what privacy means.
Ordering in the Hornbach online shop is a safe matter because it uses SSL encryption. These can be recognized by the small "s" that appears behind the usual "http" of the URL. Encryption indicates that sensitive data such as credit card information is encrypted. Your data is thus protected from third-party users so that they can neither read nor manipulate the data.
Incidentally, you can also place orders without having to create a profile at Hornbach. Of course, you still need to enter bank details, etc., but they will not be saved. However, you can not track your shipment without a profile or view old orders. But if you want to test the shop first, this variant is a customer-friendly option.
The new Hornbach online shop is an experience like shopping in a hardware store. Only in front of the home computer. First, you have to stroll through the many aisles and look for the products you want. But once you have found the goods and placed them in the extremely clear shopping cart, the payment at the cashier is faster.
Overall, the shop is very thoughtful and user friendly. Unless you have struggled through the search for the desired items. After that, a comfortable shopping trolley awaits you, which is easy to use due to its clear layout and cleverly avoids unnecessary skipping between individual pages.By encryption, you do not have to worry about your own data. Furthermore, the online order comes without profile compulsion. So the customer was actually the focus of the planning.
This test was conducted in December 2010.


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Bear Grylls and President Obama Step-out the Bubble to Leave a Mark in the Wild – #WUWECAST
It's not often that people get to hang-out with Kings and Queens. That's usually reserved for folks in high standing. Then there's Bear Grylls who gets to bond with celebrities around survival skills. He and President Obama stepped-out 'the bubble' to send a message to D.C. and leave a mark in the wild.
In a clip on Today.com from his show Running Wild with Bear Grylls, Obama is heard saying "This has got to be one of the best days of my presidency. First of all, I'm not in the office. Second of all, I'm not in a suit." It's a case of them making a point about wildest dreams by stepping out their comfort zone.
On the show celebrities take a discovery journey. They build confidence and after a while things happen less by chance and more by choice. Overcoming a challenge in the office or the wild is good for leaving a mark or being unbreakable. Plus, a sense of purpose helps with 'leaving marks before the concrete dries.'
Grylls turned his early career as an SAS soldier into a Reality TV Adventurer. Much of his claim to fame is with beating common fears, taking climbs and surviving the wilds. For him, stepping out the bubble at work is fun, like playing with plastic wrap. Squeeze here before the popping champagne sound you hear.
He says to the British Telegraph "I don't believe we've begun yet. I still think we're at ground zero, and if we really get our act together over the next few years we can build that into an absolutely huge, huge business around the world." Obama wants to build a legacy and Grylls wants to build outdoor adventures.
Groove-Track: Michael Jackson – 'Unbreakable' – https://youtu.be/GcAASD4FZM8
Not often people change shoe strings. Or hangout with Queens and Kings. Left for folks in high standing. Or others with social ranking. There's Bear Grylls who gets to bond. Around survival skills with peeps he's fond. Grylls and Obama step-out the bubble. Sends message to D.C. leaving marks in the rubble.
As seen in Today.com clip. He and Obama take a trip. On Running Wild with Bear Grylls. Obama seemed open to new thrills. Sees it as a best day in office as president. Part of being a Beltway resident. This time he's not in a suit. Making a point without horns to toot. Stepping out comfort zone to bear fruit.
On show celebs take journey of discovery. Building confidence in their ability. Like fire under the feet as a test. Success less by chance but choice and zest. Getting over challenge in the office or wild. Good for adult and adventurous child. Leave a mark or be unbreakable. A purpose like concrete that's unshakable.
Grylls began career as a soldier. Now Reality TV's freelance Adventurer. Claim to fame is beating common fears. Surviving climbs past mud, sweat and tears. Stepping out the bubble is like playing. With plastic wrap found in packaging. Squeeze here to sound the pop. Champagne flows and you don't stop.
Telling British media it's just the start. Of what he wants to do worlds apart. Hoping to go from ground zero. To renowned survivalist hero. Thinking this could become huge venture. An enterprise in global outdoor adventure. So while Obama works to build a legacy. Grylls hopes to build skill-set supremacy.
Tip: Wildest dreams start by stepping-out the comfort zone and building acclaim in skill-set supremacy.
Talkback: How would other politicians do if they were to appear on Running Wild?
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Anthony Hamilton – "Comin' From Where I'm From" – https://youtu.be/-4LVf9qdFYA
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Віксбург () — місто () в США, адміністративний центр округу Воррен штату Міссісіпі. У минулому — один з найважливіших портів на річці Міссісіпі. Останнім часом відомий історичний та культурний центр штату, відомий своїм зв'язком з боями під час Громадянської війни. Місто відоме своїми казино, розташованими на набережній Міссісіпі. Населення —  осіб (2010).

Географія
Місто розташоване на заході штату в місці впадання річки Язу у річку Міссісіпі на високому та горбистому лівому березі Міссісіпі, вкритому лісами.

Віксбург розташований за координатами  (32.317838, -90.886714).  За даними Бюро перепису населення США в 2010 році місто мало площу 90,81 км², з яких 85,42 км² — суходіл та 5,39 км² — водойми.

Демографія

Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у місті мешкало  осіб у  домогосподарствах у складі  родин. Густота населення становила 263 особи/км².  Було 10992 помешкання (121/км²).

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 0,8 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 1,7 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 26,8 % — особи молодші 18 років, 59,8 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 13,4 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 35,9 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у місті припадало 84,6 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 80,5 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство  становив  доларів США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  долари (медіана — ). Медіана доходів становила  доларів для чоловіків та  доларів для жінок. За межею бідності перебувало 32,6 % осіб, у тому числі 51,2 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 13,6 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило  осіб. Основні галузі зайнятості: мистецтво, розваги та відпочинок — 22,0 %, освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 21,0 %, виробництво — 11,2 %, роздрібна торгівля — 10,7 %.

Відомі уродженці
 Віл'ї Діксон, музикант (1915–1992).

Див. також
 Натчез (Міссісіпі)

Примітки

Джерела

Міста Міссісіпі
Населені пункти округу Воррен (Міссісіпі)
Окружні центри Міссісіпі

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This all started with a free yahoo website with photographs of historical Liverpool buildings, holidays and sport. I then got my own website www.redstarline.org.uk named after a shipping line operated by the White Star Line of Liverpool. The site proved popular especially the pages about the canal and the American Civil War in Liverpool. When it became clear that I was going to cover the whole 127.25 miles of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal rather than just the first 35 as I had intended I decided to get a new site. The new site www.towpathtreks.co.uk would be just for canals.
This site is named after my favourite guide to walking canals, "Towpath Trek" by George Birtill. In his book he walks from Cherry Tree to Tarleton. I like his style and humour and the fact that he is more worried about swans than youths on the towpath.
The aim of this site is to give a photographic guide to the canals of England, especially the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. I hope to provide historical notes and points of interest along with my photographs. I would like to think that this site will encourage people to use the canals for walking, boating or cycling. I also know that a lot of ex-pats enjoying seeing places they used to know and love.
I am also interested in recording details of the canals which may be lost over time. I hope to find as many mileposts and stones as possible as I know many have gone in recent years. I am also documenting the construction of the canal link across Liverpool's pier head.
I have designed the site to be search engine friendly. I will be working on it accessabiliy once the content is sorted out. I have tried to make the site user friendly and easy to navigate.
If you want to help click the adverts or if you dont like adverts I recommend you download Mozillas Firefox and use the advert blocker on it.
There are a few other paid links on the site which also help fund the hosting and my travel.
Most photographs are taken with a Canon 300D with a variety on lenses. I now have a smaller camera, a Samsung S630 for taking snapshots. I edit my photos on Photoshop and use Easy Thumbnails by Fookes Software.
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Good visual design is more than just having a great collection of images, it's about having a visually appealing, obstructive and unique, one that's consistent and well constructed.
Boardwalk Catering, a Sydney wedding catering company, got some of the points, with a straightforward black and white site with images providing splashes of colour.
In terms of layout, the site is straightforward enough, with a header-image-body layout, with the bottom of each page reserved for contact info and the company's hashtag, #Board walk Catering. The header covers the important bases; Home Page, information about the Sydney wedding catering service, Catering services provided, Venues, and the like, and it even comes with a link to the company's blog.
It's worth noting that the site also doesn't have any log in or similar account options, with the Contact page acting as the means of communication with the catering company, which asks for contact info and details about the event potential visitors are looking to have catered. It's a one-time thing though, with customers needing to fill out the form again for a new event or any alterations.
As for the body, the site sports fairly verbose and descriptive black text, which is actually not as easy to see in contrast to the white background. Font size is on the smaller side, and rather thin, so it can be hard to read for some people. There's also some minor grammatical errors in the text, which isn't too bad, and is barely noticeable, though that is due, in part, to how much text there is and how compressed they are.
The real standout in the site are the images; bright, colourful and vibrant photos of stylish events with well-catered food, presented for visitors to see. It gives a great idea of what to expect when they hire Boardwalk Catering. The images even act as links to other pages, at least some of them, while some are just for visual flair. They're all really well done, definitely worthy of social media likes and shares.
Which is why it's sensible that the site put such stock into them. It's not unjustifiable that they focus on the images, but the real issue that the site runs into is that they put too much stock into them. Note how the site is professional, and straightforward, almost to the point of feeling mechanical, not helped by the text in the site. The images are the only splash of colour in the site, and it could definitely use a bit more.


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THE WARSAW INSTITUTE REVIEW
Date: 25 July 2017 Author: Jacek Borecki
Disinformation as a Threat to Private and State-Owned Businesses
From the spread of the internet to the takeover of the world by smartphones, the technological revolution has redefined the notion of disinformation and propaganda, a tool widely used by Russia and other threat actors. How can coordinated disinformation operations affect society, business, and government?
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After the Information Age (1990s) and the "age of the citizen" (2000s), a new era has begun. It is called many things by experts: the post-truth era, or a world where personal beliefs and emotions are more important than facts; the age of the customer, where customers, through popular opinion and review culture have an edge over entrepreneurs, the state, and reputable experts;[1] and, finally, the death of expertise, and the elevation of one's own, often weak, Wikipedia-supplemented knowledge, over professional research. In addition, methods of communication have completely transformed: a glut of messages can reach a mass audience instantaneously and through many channels. The speed of their transmission and the lack of critical thinking upon those who receive them legitimizes unverified information when users share it on social networking sites. This is the mechanism of modern disinformation.
What purpose does disinformation serve?
In the case of Russia, generally speaking, disinformation is one of the instruments for pursuing the strategic foreign policy interests of the Russian Federation. The main objective is to strengthen Russia's international position and extend its reach at the expense of the West, especially in the areas perceived by the Kremlin to constitute Russia's sphere of influence (i.e. the post-Soviet states). The protection of its economic interests is also fundamental to Russia, including lobbying and manipulation in order to lift sanctions, as well as maintaining Gazprom's monopoly in East-Central Europe. It's a priority to weaken or eliminate competition, prevent the implementation of local and international projects (especially when they bypass Russia), which would decrease dependence on the Kremlin and would deprive them of a tool of economic pressure. Russia's economic interests also include ensuring a market for its energy resources. Russia is interested in taking over (by hostile or conventional means) companies of strategic value for a given country's economy, at the lowest possible price – and thus, through disinformation and propaganda, Russia attempts to reduce the market value of such companies. With the help of specially-tailored narratives [2] in the information space, including traditional media, new media and cyberspace, attempts are made to manipulate virtually every community in target countries. Is the threat real? According to a CitizenLab analysis, of 218 investigated attacks on unauthorized access to private computers, 21% of attacks were business-related and 24% targeted government representatives.[3] Experience and history teach us, however, that propaganda and the accompanying disinformation have far greater reach and with much worse effects.
Areas of disinformation influence on business
Disinformation is another challenge that must be faced by both private and public entrepreneurs. The first purpose of disinformation is to have a detrimental effect on the reputation and brand of an institution or company. An important element of creating a bad image is a mass campaign of baseless criticism online (trolling), and attributing negative actions to a company for which it is not responsible, causing an exceptionally strong emotional response from society. These accusations may include: breaking the law, environmental damage, corruption, etc., with the goal of inducing a wave of criticism. Damaging a company's reputation is also achieved by ridiculing, denigrating or compromising the people at the top, perhaps by linking them to institutions, media and people who act as agents of influence. For this reason, the most sensitive area is marketing and PR: sponsoring the wrong events, awarding a scholarship or grant to individuals or organizations involved in extremist activity, or de facto financing disinformation activities online through advertising buys, are just some examples of disinformation operations.
Hostile actions in the information space are also intended to steer the leadership of government institutions towards making decisions that are conducive to the Kremlin's foreign policy. These may be company-level decisions, such as withdrawing from a project under the influence of false information, but political decisions, such as influencing a given country's regulations and legislation (or international regulations, such as in the EU). Because Russia's main export commodities are gas and oil, disinformation often targets projects that diversify the supply of these raw materials. For example, the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is presented as a German project, while criticism of it from Central Europe is cast as Russophobic hysteria. On the other hand, attacks are aimed at decisions that could limit Gazprom's monopoly in the region.
Finally, the target audience most vulnerable to propaganda and disinformation is society itself. False information favors confrontational and radical attitudes, and the manipulation of social attitudes. These factors in turn have an impact on the stability of the state and the potential for the mobilization of society, for example: on protests against economic projects [4]. Society also has a direct influence on the direction of state policy as voters and participants in referendums. Disinformation campaigns could be seen during the presidential elections in the U.S. and France, as well as during the referendum in the Netherlands (on the Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement) and the United Kingdom (on leaving the European Union). On a smaller scale, targeted disinformation can hit specific companies and institutions, which may result in strikes (for example, corporate documents that are published, suggesting massive layoffs) or consumer boycotts.
Of course, it should be noted that not every criticism, black PR action or strike is caused by hostile information operations. However, it is quite possible to determine whether something is an organized action or an independent opinion, by analyzing the messages accompanying negative reviews, their time of publication and the tools used.
Disinformation weapons – deception, manipulation, and fake news
Disinformation, as part of the information war, has a number of tools at its disposal that take advantage of common cognitive defects and the specificity of the modern information environment. Techniques used on a case-by-case basis will vary depending on the target group and distribution channel. It should also be mentioned that Russian intelligence on the way a given country operates, issues important for its citizens, culture, stereotypes and internal divisions, is extremely extensive.
Tools based on deception
The task of media deception provokes desired events that are later exploited by media distribution channels. There are standard forgeries, such as the fabricated letter of Ukraine's Minister of Finance Natalie Jaresko to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland, which requested a postponement of the Dutch referendum on the association agreement with Ukraine.[5] But deception is also created by controlled leaks. These leaks are primarily based on the acquisition of documents through legitimate (official) or illegal (by phishing, cyber espionage or manipulation) sources and then the manipulation of their content by cutting out certain parts of the text and substituting others – or publishing only part of the content without context. An example of a controlled leak was the illegal acquisition of the emails of journalist and Kremlin critic David Satter, and then their publication on the website of the Russian hacker group CyberBerkut, after falsifying the e-mails to persuade the public of Western funding for the Russian opposition, including Alexei Navalny.[6] An example of military camouflaging is the introduction of regular troops under the guise of peacekeepers, as in the case of Abkhazia or South Ossetia (the occupied region of Georgia), as well as "humanitarian convoys" for separatists in eastern Ukraine. This category includes all kinds of fake institutions, such as the "consulate" of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic in Ostrava in the Czech Republic.[7]
Social engineering tools
Such instruments are based primarily on knowledge of the human psyche and the influence of modern technologies on how people process information. The main tool in this category is propaganda: long-term, intrusive interaction, combined with manipulation. A specific variation of disinformation is historical revisionism[8], targeted primarily at states located in the former Soviet sphere of influence in countries such as Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Georgia and Ukraine. As a tool of misinformation, trolling is also used. The task of trolls is to attract attention to a particular topic which their client wants to highlight and bring it into the social or political discussion, manipulating it and promoting narratives beneficial to Russia. In addition to trolling, the popularity of the topic is also enhanced with internet bots. The volume of messaging creates a bandwagon effect – the more people that are able to support a given idea, the more they are convinced that the majority has accepted it. An interesting case are the "bikini trolls" whose profiles contain pictures of young, attractive, scantily-clad women.[9] Their task is to soften the image of Russia, spread conspiracy theories and distract the "target" from work. It is another social engineering tool, taking advantage of the halo effect, that is, adding credibility to a messenger who is physically attractive, clean and neat.
Fake news is a synthesis of the two above categories, because it both deceives and influences. It usually also includes elements of truth, because familiar facts facilitate the acceptance of the message. Nowadays it is the most common form of disinformation because of the low costs and the large payoff. One of the examples:
the case of Lisa, a German woman of Russian descent who was supposedly raped by migrants. The Russian media widely covered Lisa's case. Following broadcasts in social media groups and right-wing media, demonstrations were organized, mobilizing extremists and the Russian-German minority. The Lisa case was also commented upon by Sergey Lavrov, the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, who pointed out that the German police were slow to react due to political correctness.[10] This example shows how easy it is to unify specific environments and mobilize them to take anti-government action.
While often downplayed, disinformation and propaganda tend to strike at the weakest point in the functioning of every business – the human element. The problem is also the frenetic pace of technological development, which legislation can't keep up with, and whose gains can quickly be transformed into tools for further influence. Nevertheless, the effects of disinformation attacks can be reduced by developing counter strategies.
[1]Gerry Osbourne, Strategic Communications: Insights from the commercial sector, NATO Stratcom CoE, April 26, 2017, http://www.stratcomcoe.org/strategic-communications-insights-commercial-sector.
[2] See: Poland Through Eurasian Eyes
[3]Adam Hulcoop, John Scott-Railton, Peter Tanchak, Matt Brooks, and Ron Deibert, TAINTED LEAKS Disinformation and Phishing With a Russian Nexus, The CitizenLab, May 25, 2017, https://citizenlab.ca/2017/05/tainted-leaks-disinformation-phish/.
[4] See: Information Warfare against Strategic Investments in the Baltic States and Poland, page
[5]George Kobzaru, Ukraine struntar and Nederländernas opinion, Pressbladet, April 1, 2016, http://www.svenskpress.se/papers/pressbladet/articles/view/ukraina-struntar-i-nederlandernas-opinion. The article now reads Probably fake news.
[7]Michal Lebduška, Lyudmila Tysyachna, The EU entry has been detrimental to Czechia, the fake 'DPR consul' Lisková says, StopFake, November 21, 2016, http://www.stopfake.org/en/the-eu-entry -has-been-detrimental-to-the-czechia-dpr-consul-Liskova-says/.
[8] See, Russian Information Warfare in the Baltic States, page
[9]"More on trolls, Internet Trolling as a hybrid warfare tool: the case of Latvia, NATO StratCom CoE, January 25, 2016, http://www.stratcomcoe.org/internet-trolling-hybrid-warfare-tool-case- Latvia-0/.
[10]Stefan Meister, The 'Lisa' case: Germany as a target of Russian disinformation, NATO Review magazine, July 25, 2016, http://www.nato.int/docu/review/2016/Also-in-2016/ lisa-case-germany-target-russian-disinformation / EN / index.htm.
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A second-round Sixers draft selection in 2017, No. 36 overall, Bolden spent last season helping Maccabi Tel Aviv win the Israeli Basketball Super League title by averaging 7.6 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists. Also, the Australia native played 29 games in the EuroLeague, where he was a finalist for the Rising Star Award after averaging 6.9 points and 5.5 rebounds.
More recently, Bolden played six games for the Sixers in the NBA's Las Vegas summer league, averaging 6.5 points and 6.0 rebounds.
Bolden averaged 4.6 points in 31 games in one redshirt-freshman season at UCLA. Afterward, he left to play professionally for a year in Serbia.
Able to play forward and center, and with the mobility Brown demands, Bolden effectively will assume the roster spot vacated when Richaun Holmes was traded to the Phoenix Suns for cash considerations. He will compete with re-signed free-agent Amir Johnson for center time behind Joel Embiid.
With Justin Anderson and Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot traded in a complex deal that yielded Mike Muscala, and with Ersan Ilyasova signing as a free agent with the Milwaukee Bucks, the Sixers have rebuilt their front line. Free agent Wilson Chandler, Muscala and Bolden will back-up Embiid, Dario Saric and Robert Covington.
Reports persist, however, that Muscala will be flipped, along with Jerryd Bayless, in a trade for the Cavs' Kyle Korver. Korver, a former Sixer, would fill the gap created when Marco Belinelli signed with San Antonio.
Bolden strengthens the Sixers' Australian connection. His father, Bruce, played in the National Basketball League in Australia against Dave Simmons, the father of Ben Simmons. Brown once coached the Australian national team.
The Sixers did not disclose the terms of the deal.
*** The Sixers formally announced their deal for Muscala Wednesday. In the previously reported three-way trade, Luwawu-Cabarrot will go to Oklahoma City, Muscala will arrive from Atlanta, and Anderson and Carmelo Anthony will land in Atlanta. The Thunder will receive guard Dennis Schroder from Atlanta, which will gain a 2022 first-round pick from Oklahoma City.
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One Step Further: An Exhibition of Psychedelic Art, Past and Present
November 05, 2021 | in Painting
Colin Prahl
Freyja Dean
Oliver Vernon
Roger Dean
Tahiti Pehrson
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Sebastian Wahl
TCP/Colin Prahl
Xana Denruyter and Leans
Lisa Congdon: The Opposite of Sorrow
A Portfolio: Rita Maikova
A Portfolio: Ivana Štulić
Evgen Čopi Gorišek: Paradise Lost and Found @ WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong
Ania Hobson's Defiant Day-To-Day Moments Paired with Barbara Kruger in NYC
I Don't Know The Place, But I Know How To Get There: Friedrich Kunath in Los Angeles
If there was ever a seminal moment in the history of psychedelic art, One Step Further – the inaugural group show at the new The Chambers Project space – is it. On November 12th, the gallery will become a professional and serious refuge, a sanctuary of credibility for New Psychedelia in a chaotic art world.
The exhibition represents the first public showing of what is considered one of the most important collections of psychedelic art in existence. The Chambers Project has partnered with Towr Media to provide a state-of-the-art live stream gallery experience as well as art projections on the external walls of the new building.
Curator Brian Chambers has firmly staked his claim in the history of the genre by showing treasures from early rock music and psychedelic art: rare paintings by rock gods Jerry Garcia, and Jimi Hendrix, and original works by genius Fillmore poster designer Rick Griffin. Spectacular canvases from contemporary artists will immerse spectators in visionary landscapes of tumbling colors and shapes, toppling through space and, at times, spilling from the frames.
Chambers said, "The show ties the contemporary psychedelic world to the godfathers of the scene. A blend of the new school and the old school. It's a celebration of all the major influences that have combined to shape new psychedelia."
Grand Opening 5 pm, November 12
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Q: ajax sometimes running sometimes not running i have a problem regarding my ajax, i am adding a data from my database, and i am trying to refresh my div. Sometimes it work's great but sometimes it isn't. Why is it?.
Here is my code, where i have a function addtoqueue and inside of its success, i have put a div refresher so that after adding in my database, i will refresh my div. Sometimes it works well but sometimes it's not, i tried it in many many times and it has always failure. Why?
function addtoqueue(patient_id) {
  if(getClinicID != undefined ) {
    if (confirm("Are you sure you want to add this in queue?")) {
      $.ajax({
          url: siteurl+"myclinic/patientaddqueue",
          type: "POST",
          data: {patient_id:patient_id,clinic_id:getClinicID},
          dataType: "JSON",
            success: function(data) {
              refresh_afterdel(getClinicID);
              alert("Patient Successfully Added");
            }
      });
    }
  }
  else{
    alert("There is no clinic selected");
  }
}

Here is my refresh_afterdel function with full code:
function refresh_afterdel(getClinicID) {
$("#queue").empty();
  $.ajax({
        url: siteurl+"myclinic/get_patients_refresh/"+getClinicID,
        type: "GET",
        dataType: "JSON",
        success: function(data) {
            if(data.length>0) {
              $("#queue").empty();
            for(i=0;i<data.length;i++) {
              $('#queue').append('
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Now here is the screenshot of my console which shows that , after i clicked the button addtoqueue the refresh_afterdel doesn't run. The red label in my screenshot must be followed by get_patients_refresh as it is the ajax of the refresh_afterdel function, take a look in the label blue, it shows the correct running of my function.

A: To help find the problem, I recommend that in addition to "success", you add handlers for other events too (for example "error"). Then you can see if your query fails for some identifiable reason.
Also if you are only observing the code execution by checking whether the subsequent "refresh_afterdel" function launches new ajax request, you may consider adding console log entries (or alerts if you must) in earlier parts of execution, to see where it fails.

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Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony on S.B. 872, specifically Section 1(a), which further delays the statutory requirement that the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services (DRS) biennially produce a tax incidence report.
My name is Katie Roy and I am the executive director and founder of the Connecticut School Finance Project, a nonpartisan, nonprofit policy organization based in New Haven that works to identify solutions to Connecticut's school and state funding challenges that are fair to students, taxpayers, and communities.
Tax incidence reports examine the impact of taxes on Connecticut households and businesses, analyze the "results of the interplay of tax impacts," and provide an overview of Connecticut's tax environment. Among other items, tax incidence reports provide valuable insight into where Connecticut's tax dollars are coming from, the progressivity of Connecticut's tax system, and the population and tax burdens for specific income groups. This information is vital for policymakers to accurately understand how taxes impact, or will impact, individuals and businesses, and make informed decisions when it comes to tax policies.
Despite being a necessary tool for understanding the tax burdens of Connecticut households, the General Assembly has repeatedly delayed the statutory requirement for the DRS to biennially produce a tax incidence report.
Since the General Assembly passed the requirement in 2013 for the DRS to produce a tax incidence report biennially, only one tax incidence report – released in December 2014 – has been produced. Since the release of the 2014 tax incidence report, the General Assembly has delayed the tax incidence report requirement three times with the most recent delay occurring as part of the bipartisan budget for fiscal years 2018 and 2019. Passing S.B. 872 as Section 1(a) is currently written would mark the fourth delay, and push the production and release of the next tax incidence report back from February 15, 2020 to February 15, 2022.
Further adding to the need for an updated tax incidence report is the fact that the 2014 report used tax data from the 2011 tax year. This means the most recent publicly available information about the tax burdens of Connecticut households is currently eight years old and will be 11 years old by the release of the next tax incidence report if the report is delayed until 2022. Since the 2011 tax year, numerous significant tax changes have made and Connecticut needs to fully and accurately understand how those changes have impacted its citizens and businesses.
I urge Committee members to reject the delay of the tax incidence report contained in S.B. 872. An updated tax incidence report is far too important to continue kicking the can down the road and delaying the much-needed analysis and examination of the impact of taxes on Connecticut households and businesses.
Thank you again for allowing me the opportunity to provide testimony on S.B. 872 and the importance of ending the recent legislative tradition of delaying the production and release of a biennial tax incidence report. Please feel free to reach out to me via the contact information below should you have any questions.


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Zambian miners kill Chinese supervisor over pay
LUSAKA, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Zambian miners killed a Chinese supervisor and seriously wounded another on Saturday in a pay dispute at the Collum coal mine, labour minister Fackson Shamenda said on Sunday.
Chinese companies have invested more than $1 billion in copper-rich Zambia but animosity towards them is growing as Zambian workers accuse firms of abuses and underpaying.
Workers at the Collum mine, situated 325km (200 miles) south of the capital, attacked the Chinese men demanding wage rises in line with those stipulated by the government in July.
Zambia last month raised minimum wages to 522,000 kwacha ($110) for maids and household servants, and to 1.1 million kwacha ($220)for shop workers without unions.
"We are yet to establish the exact circumstances but the report I have is that one Chinese was killed and another injured as the workers demanded the new minimum wage," Shamenda told Reuters on Sunday.
Two years ago, Zambian police charged two Chinese supervisors at the Collum coal mine with attempted murder following the shooting of 13 miners in a pay dispute.
Resource-hungry China is investing heavily in Africa, a supplier of oil and raw materials like copper and uranium, but critics have warned that its companies are importing their poor track record on workers' rights.
In July, Chinese President Hu Jintao offered $20 billion in loans to African countries over the next three years, double the amount it pledged for the previous three-year period in 2009.
Reporting by Chris Mfula; Editing by Catherine Evans


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'The Hunting Ground' Reveals The Truth About Rape Culture
by Catherina Gioino November 13, 2015
written by Catherina Gioino
It's no surprise that now more than ever, rape and sexual assault victims are speaking out and bringing their cases to college officials. And it's also no surprise that colleges are pulling out their entire arsenal in order to hide these rape allegations. Any accusation of that nature would make the college look bad, and it's even worse for the college when the culprit is a star athlete who brings them millions of dollars.
That sentence was just appalling to write, so I can imagine how it was to read. That's exactly what the film The Hunting Ground explores. It is a documentary written and directed by Kirby Dick that focuses on several rape victims from colleges all over the United States. Produced by Amy Ziering, it first premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on February 27, 2015. The documentary mostly followed Andrea Pino and Annie E. Clark who were both raped while enrolled at the University of North Carolina. They teamed up to lead a Title IX campaign against the school, which was then taken up by other rape victims at other colleges.
The film was moving. Pino and Clark shared their heart wrenching stories. Despite speaking out, their college did not act. There were numerous cases where victims spoke out about their situations and their cases were handled in a grossly inappropriate manner. In one case at Harvard Law School, a woman was raped, brought her accuser to the administration, knew her rights and had the rapist removed through expulsion. However, the following semester, the dean emailed her saying that the man had appealed and would be attending the school once again. Another case involved Jameis Winston, a quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who raped a girl and got away with it since he was the star football player for Florida State University at the time. He ended up leading the team to victory and earning the Heisman Trophy as a freshman (making him the youngest college player to do so).
The film really shines a light on all of the wrongs with the college system and how rape is handled on campuses. There are so many wrongs happening, that it begs the question: when will attitudes and perceptions about rape change? After seeing this documentary, you will start asking tough questions about rape and rape culture in America.


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Feb. 23, 2015—3M's automotive division has introduced its 3M Acrylic Plus Tape PX5000 Series, according to a recent announcement.
The primerless acrylic foam tape is designed for permanent bonding and attachment to low surface energy plastics including TPO, PP/EPDM, polypropylene and others.
By eliminating the need for primer, one can improve environment, health and safety issues for employees who handle, apply, and are exposed to primers. This also reduces the complexity of a manufacturing process and can lead to better quality control and greater quality assurance of products by eliminating variables in a process.
3M PX5000 tapes also help to reduce costs associated with primer.
Large rolls of 3M PX5000 can be cut and converted into usable custom shaped parts for assembly. Parts can be supplied on a roll, as individual pieces with liner on both sides to protect the adhesive, or on a sheet. Parts can be designed with a tab or extended liner to make peel and application easier for either hand or automated assembly.


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The Musée de la Culture Diola (aka Musée de la Tradition Diola and Diola Museum) is a museum located in Mlomp, Casamance, Ziguinchor Region, Senegal.

The museum covers Diola culture. It is located among tall kapok trees between Elinkine and Oussouye. A guide at the museum is there to explain some of museum's objects. These include baskets used as fish traps, gris-gris worn as amulets, hoops for climbing palm trees, pestle and mortar for making palm wine, and shields made of hippopotamus hide. There are also African musical instruments.

See also
 List of museums in Senegal

References

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Museums with year of establishment missing
Museums in Senegal
Folk museums in Africa
Casamance