How to Backup Dropbox Photos to Instagram on Android?
Instagram is a popular social networking service which allows you to capture & share world's moments. Instagram was launched in October 2010. Instagram has a 'News' tab, where you can view your news & updates. If someone follows you, add comments on one of your photos, likes one of your photos or tag you in a photo, then you will get a notification from Instagram and it will show up in 'News' tab. In order to backup photos from Dropbox to Instagram both the applications must be installed on your Android phone.
All your Dropbox photos will now be uploaded to Instagram.


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Q: create instance of enclosing class Let's say I have this structure:
  public class Foo {

        public class Bar {

        }

    }

Now how can I create an instance of Bar after creating a Foo?
Something like this but not this:
 Foo foo = new Foo();
 Foo.Bar bar = new foo.Bar();

A: You are nearly there:
Foo foo = new Foo();
Foo.Bar bar = foo.new Bar();

A: Foo fooInstance = new Foo();
Foo.Bar barInstance = fooInstance.new Bar();

A: You need to make your inner class static, so that you can reference to it without creating an instance of outer class.
public class Foo {

    public static class Bar {

    }

}

Now you can reference to Bar without creating an instance of Foo,
Foo.Bar bar = new Foo.Bar();

A: There are 2 ways to achieve
keep your inner class non static
class Foo
{
  ...
  class Bar
  {
   ...
  }
}
 //then
Foo foo = new Foo();
Foo.Bar car = foo.new Bar();

Make you inner class static
public class Foo {
  public static class Bar {
  }
}
public class Test {
...
  Foo.Bar bar = new Foo.Bar();

}

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TL 20 NW	HATFIELD	THE RYDE (West side) 77/8/10012 Nos. 23-41 (Odd) GV	II Row of patio houses. 1963-66. Designed by David Randall and Peter Parkes of Peter Phippen and Associates, for Michael Baily and the Cockaigne Housing Group. Black stained weatherboarding. Vertically boarded walls and deep horizontally boarded facias. Timber framed with Douglas fir glazed screens and windows. Fair faced dense concrete block crosswalks. Flat roofs. Staggered plain narrow-frontage single storey houses, varying from one to four bedrooms, with internal patios. Deep horizontally boarded fascias. Vertically boarded walls. With Nos 43-79 (odd)(qv), a pioneering group of single storey patio houses, the first of a series of remarkable schemes by this practice. The concept of narrow frontage single storey houses with a series of linked patios was influenced by Danish examples and by work at the Ministry of Housing and Local Government Research and Development Group, led by A Cleeve Barr and Oliver Cox, where both Randall and Parkes were working. The Ryde introduced a 2-bay plan under which numerous variations could be generated giving from one to four bedrooms and one or more internal patios to bring light and air into the centre of the dwellings. Designed for and built by the Cockaigne Housing Group, created by Michael Baily, on a site allocated by Hatfield Development Corporation. The scheme won an Architectural Design Project Award in 1964.


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Two series to watch this week!
EntertainmentIn EvidenzaPatent
"Squid Game", the series with 111 million viewers accused of plagiarism and "The Billion Dollar Code", the story of Google that copied a German company
Is Squid Game really a plagiarism?
Squid Game, the new South Korean TV series, is the most watched on Netflix: in the first 28 days it reached 111 million viewers, surpassing Bridgerton which had totaled 82 million.
Some fans have noticed, however, that many scenes in Squid Game have several similarities with the Japanese film Kamisama no iu tōri (As The Gods Will), released in cinemas in 2014. Its plot is quite similar to Squid Game, except that the participants are high school students.
Among the first similarities, in the first episode of Squid Game there are the characters who die one after the other during the game "Red Light Green Light" as in one scene of As The Gods Will.
Another much more obvious similarity between As The Gods Will and Squid Game is that both often show a clock with a countdown: as you can see in the image below, a South Korean netizen has published on Twitter a collection of screenshots that compare the film and the TV series highlighting the correspondence between the two products.
Squid Game has not been accused of plagiarizing only As The Gods Will, in fact some Korean fans pointed out that the tug of war of Squid Game is very similar to a famous Korean comedy program.
오징어게임 보고 싶으신 분 그냥 이 영상 보세요 pic.twitter.com/ujisnkJteu
— 전드 사무라이 (@h0nonokokyu) September 18, 2021
The movie director of Squid Game Hwang Dong-hyuk defended himself against accusations of plagiarism declaring that he started working on the script of the series in 2008, before the release of As The Gods Will, and that the similarities are only random, dictated by the fact that the genre of the two products is the same.
Japanese fans are not very convinced by the director's statements and claim that even if the script was ready, Hwang Dong-hyuk should have made some changes so that there were no identical scenes since As The Gods Will was already out.
What do you think? Who copied? Let us know with your comment!
The billion-dollar code, the true story behind the Netflix series
The giant Google appropriates a revolutionary idea of a group of German nerds and develops it, making their project universal. It sounds like fantasy, but it's reality.
In the four-episode TV miniseries, the protagonists Carsten and Juri, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, want to break down every barrier and make sure that every place in the world is accessible to everyone.
To build their program, TerraVision, however, they will trust the wrong person who will use their algorithm to create Google Earth.
After a few years, the two German inventors sue Google in a US court for patent infringement.
But what is true about all this?
On of Art+com website, the German company founded by the authors of TerraVision, it is written: "The main characters are freely inspired by real people, but they do not imitate the real protagonists. The filmmakers also left out details for cinematic and dramaturgical reasons. In addition, some elements have been simplified to make the complex field of 'patentability' of inventions accessible to the public. The key points of the software development and the court proceedings are however faithful to the real events…"
The series, therefore, is an adaptation of some events derived from court transcripts and conversations with Joachim Sauter, Pavel Mayer, Axel Schmidt, Martin Sibernagl and the project manager Gerd Grüneis.
As Gerd Grüneis stated, after the release of Google Earth in 2005, all of them were hurt to see that Google had betrayed them and that it had managed to make the program work thanks to internet. But why did they wait until 2014, nine years later, to ask for a compensation of one billion dollars for the intentional infringement of their patent?
In your opinion who is right, Google or TerraVision?
And here I end my article. Share the story if you liked it, or click here to find out more about Tutelio's mission and our battles in supporting copyright and intellectual property.
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Do I need to change my former name to my married name on my social security card for us to file jointly?
I changed my name and my social security card shows my new name. I received my Form W-2 and Form 1099 in my former name. How can I get my name corrected?
I changed my name. How do I file my tax return?
You can correct the spelling when you file or by calling us toll-free at 800-829-1040. When you file, check that both your name and SSN agree with your social security card to prevent any delays in processing your return and issuing any refunds. Report any change to the Social Security Administration by visiting their website or calling them at 800-772-1213 (TTY 800-325-0778).
Note: The spelling of your name on your tax return will be used on any refund check we issue you.
No. You can elect "married filing jointly" filing status without changing your name with the Social Security Administration (SSA).
Make sure that the name shown on your social security card matches the name you use on your tax return.
If you haven't changed your name with the SSA, you'll need to show your former name on the tax return instead of your married name to avoid delays.
For information on changing your name on your social security card due to marriage, visit Social Security Administration or call them at 800-772-1213 (TTY 800-325-0778).
Contact your employer and institution and ask them to correct the forms to reflect your new name as it appears on your social security card. You can correct the name on copies of Form W-2 and Form 1099 that you use to file your return. Please include a copy of Form W-2c, Corrected Wage and Tax Statement from your employer or corrected Form 1099 with your tax return.
When you file your return, check that both your name and SSN agree with your social security card to prevent any delays in processing your return and issuing any refunds. Report any change to the Social Security Administration by visiting their website or calling them at 800-772-1213 (TTY 800-325-0778).


Sales is a process. Whether you are selling burgers or oil rigs, ice-creams or cars - the role of a salesperson is the same: Connect with a customer who wants/needs what you offer (or the outcome of your product or service) and take them through a process that allows you to give them what they want or need.
The process is startlingly similar across industries: Greet, connect, ask questions, make recommendations, handle objections, cross-sell, close.
Do you know the differences in your process for different enquiry channels, products, customers, volumes?
Do you know the time it takes to buy from you? How long is your average sale take from enquiry to sale?
Too many companies allow these questions to stay in the "Too Hard" or "Pending" trays. It is not always easy to work out but it is so worth doing!
Once you know this, the possibilities for tweaking and refining become so much easier and exciting: from learning to set expectations at the beginning of the sale by explaining the process, through to asking better questions through the process, to shortening the process and so much more.
Salespeople should make buying as easy and enjoyable as possible.
It pays to do the tough work of defining and then refining your sales process. This starts the process of turning your funnel into a pipeline. Ray Krock worked it out for burgers, Michael Hill worked it out for jewellery, Walt Disney did this for theme parks, Uber has done it for taxi rides and Air B'n'B for travel accommodation.
The future belongs to those who make buying a pleasure. Easy, fun, fast.
To get on this track you need to define the path you take customers down when you sell to them and then rework it. If you need help doing this - email me; if you need time to do it - book it out in your diary (or call for some time management training!), - whatever you do work out your sales funnel and start turning it into a pipeline!


For a number of homeowners in the Edmonton area, the answer could be discovering that apples from their trees are infested with Apple Maggots.
Apple Maggots are a type of small fruit fly that attacks apples, blueberries, hawthorn, plums, pears, and cherries, causing extensive fruit damage that renders fruit useless.
Step 1: Assemble apple maggot trap red spheres.
Step 2: Hang apple maggot trap in your fruit tree.
Step 3: Apply warm, slightly melted glue to the entire outside of the sphere with spreader. Spread a roughly 1/16" thick layer.
Step 4: Open lure pouch. (Do not open the plastic vial, as attractant is released through the plastic) Attach the lure to the hanger using a twist tie.
Step 5: Monitor traps for apple maggots.
Step 6: Once apple maggot have been caught, add Garden Protector to your Dial N' Spray container and attach to your garden hose. Set to number 20.
Step 7: Thoroughly spray tree using Dial N' Spray.
If needed, reapply steps in 7-10 days.
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Raymond Lowry Thayer was born on November 16, 1886 in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. His father, Frank Curtis Thayer, was born in 1851 in Ohio. His mother, Grace Isadora Melbourne, was born in 1858 in Ohio. His parents married in 1874 and moved to Cleveland, Ohio. They had four sons, Ralph was born in 1875, Harry was born in 1877, Frank was born in 1878, and Raymond was born in 1886. The family lived at 355 Harkness Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.
The father worked as an office clerk for the Railroad.
By 1903 Raymond Thayer was a student at East High School in Cleveland, and his three older brothers all worked as office clerks with his father at the railroad.
In 1908 he graduated Cleveland's East High School.
After high school Raymond Thayer moved to New York City to study for two years at the Art Students League at 215 West 57th Street. Two of the most popular teachers at the school at that time were George Bridgman (1865-1943) and Frank DuMond (1865-1951). One of the other students at the school was Lillian Seldon Lloyd. She was born 1886 in Virginia. Her father was an Archdeacon Dr. John J. Lloyd of the Grace Memorial Episcopal Church in Virginia. Her mother was Ella Hubbard Lloyd. Lillian Seldon Lloyd had finished high school and was the first student admitted to Sweet Briar College in Virginia. She attended the Art Students league for advanced art training.
Raymond Thayer rented a professional artist studio at 18 West 59th Street, which was only three blocks from the school.
He drew story illustrations for syndicated newspapers. In 1911 his illustrations appeared in The Washington Post.
On October 10, 1912 Raymond Thayer married Lillian Seldon Lloyd. The newlyweds moved to Van Buren Street in Hempstead, Long Island, NY.
On November 1, 1913 the artist's son was born, Raymond Lowry Thayer, Jr.
On June 5, 1917 the artist reported for draft registration during the Great War. He claimed an exemption as the "only person family support." He was recorded at the time to be tall, medium built, with green-gray eyes and brown hair.
In 1917 their second son John was born.
In 1918 their third son Francis was born.
On October 2, 1919 he joined as Associate Partner the Paul Wing Art Studio advertising agency at 30 Union Square in Manhattan.
On July 6, 1921 their daughter Virginia was born.
In 1922 he opened the Stoll & Thayer advertising agency with Charles Theophile Stoll (1893-1938) at 1482 Broadway. His partner was the father of the artist Gloria Stoll. Thayer also kept a private art studio at 139 East 27th Street for his freelance illustration business.
Raymond Thayer painted covers for Judge, Life, and Collier's Magazine. His cover painting and interior story illustrations also appeared in pulp magazines, such as Argosy, Gay Book, True Gang Life, Five Novels, and Blue Book.
In 1928 he opened the Thayer & Barreaux advertising agency with Adolphe Barreaux.
In 1929 the Thayer family moved to Cedar Gate in Darien Connecticut. His wife worked as a real estate broker and he made landscape watercolors of New England, which were exhibited nationwide and won several awards, honors, and critical attention. He was a charter member of the New York Artists Guild, along with Delos Palmer and James Montgomery Flagg.
By 1939 they had moved to 139 East 52nd Street in Manhattan, NYC.
In 1940 he created the The Mask for Exciting Comics, which was produced by Better Comics, a Thrilling Group publication.
In 1942 they moved to 242 East 48th Street in Manhattan. He also rented a separate artist studio space at 156 East 50th Street.
During WWII he was fifty-six years old, so he did not serve in the military. At the time of his draft registration he was recorded to be five-nine, 145 pounds, with blue eyes and brown and gray hair and a light complexion.
During the 1940s he illustrated stories for Blue Book and Open Road For Boys.
On May 17, 1955 he and his wife sailed on the S.S. Andrea Doria from New York to France for a summer vacation.
Raymond L. Thayer died at home in his New York City apartment on November 15, 1955 one day before his sixty-ninth birthday.


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By Sophia27	• 4 years ago
Single Review: Ron Pope – A Drop In The Ocean by Sophia27.
This review is one of our entries for the special best reviewers competition we're running as part of the Leicester ArtBeat Festival 2016. Check it out and enter – there's still time!
The lyrics in 'a drop in the ocean' seared deep into my soul, it's as if an essence of his emotions linger within each and every word. It shows the crueler yet more realistic side of love which is what I admire, the ways love perceived these days is either that it is exceptionally hard to find or practically impossible. 'A drop in the ocean' does quite the opposite of this stereotype.
"If you don't love me pretend a few more hours, then it's time to go" Everybody longs for a fairytale love, and that is how we deserve to feel, but life is an obstacle and getting what you 'deserve' is not the all mighty priority. This line shows that Ron knows this, he understands it yet is still led astray by a slither of hope it could still happen, he's basically asking his 'love' to pretend to love him so he can have that sense of security, he doesn't remotely care that he isn't happy for he is more hung up on the thought of being so.
The song is all at a melancholy tone, set by only the use of a piano. I feel that Ron purposely did so to give a clearer insight to how he is feeling – alone and vulnerable with nobody and nothing to 'back him up'. The use of no other instruments proves this point . It also is of a more circumspect melody to avoid detracting from the lyrics of which really, rightly so, are the key focus.
"A drop in the ocean/A change in the weather/
I was praying that you and I might end up together/
It's like wishing for rain, as I stand in the desert/
But I'm holding you closer than most, 'Cause you are my heaven."
Puts his love on a pedestal
The chorus has a clear juxtaposition between what he wants and what he can get, I see this present in the way he asks for rain whilst in the desert as he knows he's not going to get this, yet that does not stop him from wanting it. It really hits me with the fact he is so blind sighted that he still puts his 'love' almost on a pedestal by suggesting she is his heaven. All he wants is this person, he is consumed by this person who quite clearly mistreats him. The whole song is him praying, hoping, longing for some good, some love to be left for him from his significant other.
I personally have a strong and passionate link to this song as I discovered it in an exceptionally emotional scene in my favourite television show The Vampire Diaries. The scene which has this song playing in the background also gives this same message. It shows a phone call between a couple with one of them pouring their heart out, and the other attempting to shadow their feelings away. The perspective of this scene also shows that maybe Ron isn't the only one not being honest with himself, but perhaps the 'lover' is too, and to a deeper, darker extent.
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4,500 people were killed by gun violence while Congress was on vacation
Rafi Schwartz
As America's elected representatives returned from their nearly two-month-long summer break on Tuesday, they were met with a stark number awaiting their arrival:
That's how many people the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence says were killed by firearms since Congress broke for its summer recess on July 18.
"Congress is in for a rude awakening today if they thought seven weeks of vacation would wipe the slate clean," Dan Gross, President of the Brady Campaign, said in a statement from the group. "While Congress enjoyed nearly two months of sun and fun, the American people paid the ultimate price for Congress' inaction, with 4,500 shot and killed during August recess alone. Now that they're finally back at work, gun violence must be a priority for Congress."
Before breaking for the summer, both the Senate and the House saw dramatic efforts to bring legislation to the floor that would have allowed meaningful debate on gun control legislation—efforts that were largely blocked by Republicans. Days after Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) lead a nearly 15-hour filibuster to urge his Senate colleagues to take action on gun reform, Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), joined by representatives and senators alike, staged a sit-in on the house floor demanding firearm legislation be brought forth.
As Tuesday's stark number demonstrates, congressional failure to act on gun reform has, in essence, helped contribute to a summer punctuated by record numbers of shootings.
"This is not just some talking point," Gross continued. "These lives were abruptly and violently cut short by guns while politicians did nothing. A twelve-year old was accidentally killed by another child in a South Carolina home. Two Muslim community leaders in New York were gunned down in broad daylight. And in Chicago, an innocent mother of four was caught in the crossfire of two men who should never have been allowed to get their hands on guns in the first place. Stories like these played out again and again and again, thousands of times over. Continued inaction on this issue cannot be justified."
Upon returning to Capital Hill, representatives were met with satirical "while you were out" memos from the Brady Campaign, showcasing the number of deaths that occurred while Congress was on recess. Additionally, the Campaign said it would identify congresspeople particularly beholden to the gun lobby, and deliver to them a personalized note bearing the name of one of their constituents killed by gun violence during the break.


"TREE" explores the possibility of relationships. Relationships between people, people with nature, and nature within many worlds. Consider that roots are nourished to ground ourselves and build now for the future. The wise person plants a tree today knowing others will enjoy its shade many years from now.
What a gift to listen to a story from a tree's perspective. To hear its affection for the humans they serve. To be aware of their parts and the part they play with others. As the branches of the tree hold the young at heart, let the mind spend time wondering about our place in nature. And with our earnest participation, the cycle continues.
Carolyn J Valenzuela is both the author and illustrator. Her simple illustrations leave space for the reader to personalize the pages. To live a life caring for our roots and reaching out through our limbs touches the hearts and minds of others. Let the pages fan your imagination to be fully in the moment.


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Border Patrol Remains Silent About Immigration Raids this Summer
By ACLU of Southern California
LOS ANGELES - Nearly six months after hundreds of people were arrested outside of bus stations, schools and hospitals for alleged immigration violations, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit seeking Border Patrol records after the agency repeatedly ignored requests for records related to the raids under the Freedom of Information Act. The suit was filed in federal court in the central district of California.
In June the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), formerly the Border Patrol, arrested more than 400 people in Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties during immigration raids in predominantly Latino communities - far from its usual jurisdiction near international borders.
The ACLU made an initial request for the records in July to ensure that the Border Patrol was acting within the law, not violating Californians' constitutional rights and not engaging in racial profiling since the majority of those stopped, including U.S. citizens and permanent residents, were Latino.
"Questions like why the raids occurred, whether they were authorized, and whether people's constitutional rights were violated remain unanswered," said Ranjana Natarajan, an attorney with the ACLU of Southern California. "The answers to such questions will likely be found in the Border Patrol's records."
After the raids began schools reported higher than usual absence rates and medical clinics saw a temporary decline in the number of patients seeking services.
"We have no way of knowing if the Border Patrol targeted people because of their race, the language they speak, or the community in which they live," said Esther Portillo of the Libreria del Pueblo, a community group in San Bernardino. "Here, the fear caused by the raids kept many people in their homes, afraid to go into the streets. To this day no one knows why the raids happened and we have the right to know."
Under the FOIA guidelines, the CBP, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, had 20 days to respond to the ACLU's request. The agency did not respond and after an appeal by the ACLU, the agency blamed a lack of resources and a backlog of requests for not responding and did not say whether or not it planned to answer the request. Because the agency kept its records secret and the public in the dark about its practices, the ACLU filed suit.
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Q: How do I use command like \onslide for tikz and text on different slides? I am to explain 5 basic steps of a process and have decided to use tikzpicture to explain it better. I have these five slides that contain texts as well as tikzpitures.
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usetheme{Madrid}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,
chains,
positioning,
shadows.blur, shapes.arrows}

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{~}
\begin{block}{~}
    My explanation for first box is put here.

    My explanation for first box is put here.

    My explanation for first box is put here.

    My explanation for first box is put here.

    My explanation for first box is put here.
\end{block}
    \begin{figure}[H]
    \begin{center}
    \begin{tikzpicture}[
    node distance = 2mm and 7mm,
    nodes = {draw, fill=white, blur shadow},
    arj/.style = {draw=gray, ultra thick,-Straight Barb},
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        minimum height=9mm, shape border rotate=90,
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        minimum height=12mm, font=\scriptsize,
        on chain, join = by  arj},
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    \foreach \i [count=\j] in   {Problem Identification
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    My explanation for the fifth box is put here.
    My explanation for the fifth box is put here.
    My explanation for the fifth box is put here.
\end{block}
\begin{figure}[H]
    \begin{center}
        \begin{tikzpicture}[
        node distance = 2mm and 7mm,
        nodes = {draw, fill=white, blur shadow},
        arj/.style = {draw=gray, ultra thick,-Straight Barb},
        arr/.style = {single arrow, single arrow head extend=1mm,
            minimum height=9mm, shape border rotate=90,
            node contents={~}},
        box/.style = {text width=0.14\linewidth, align=center,inner sep=2pt,
            minimum height=12mm, font=\scriptsize,
            on chain, join = by  arj},
        ]
        \begin{scope}[start chain = A going right]
        \foreach \i [count=\j] in   {
            Problem Identification, Statistics, Planning,
            Imple\-men\-ta\-tion of Plans, De\-ve\-lop\-ment
        }
        {
            \node (m\j) [box] {\i};
        }
        \end{scope}
        \draw[arj] (m3) -- (m2);
        \end{tikzpicture}
    \end{center}
    \caption{~}
    \caption*{\textit{\textbf{Source:} Self Motivated}}
\end{figure}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

How do I use command like \onslide to programe it such that I will not have to write \begin{frame}...\end{frame} 5 times while I still achieve the same result or even better?

A: As you have already defined the counter \j inside the \foreach loop it is enough to surround your nodes with \only<\j->{...}. This produces:

Here is your modified code:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usetheme{Madrid}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,
chains,
positioning,
shadows.blur, shapes.arrows}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{~}
\begin{block}{~}
\blindtext.
\end{block}
\begin{figure}[H]
    \begin{center}
        \begin{tikzpicture}[
        node distance = 2mm and 7mm,
        nodes = {draw, fill=white, blur shadow},
        arj/.style = {draw=gray, ultra thick,-Straight Barb},
        arr/.style = {single arrow, single arrow head extend=1mm,
            minimum height=9mm, shape border rotate=90,
            node contents={~}},
        box/.style = {text width=0.14\linewidth, align=center,inner sep=2pt,
            minimum height=12mm, font=\scriptsize,
            on chain, join = by  arj},
        ]
        \begin{scope}[start chain = A going right]
        \foreach \txt [count=\j] in   {
            Problem Identification, Statistics, Planning,
            Imple\-men\-ta\-tion of Plans, De\-ve\-lop\-ment
        }
        {
            \only<\j->{\node (m\j) [box] {\txt};}
        }
        \end{scope}
        \end{tikzpicture}
    \end{center}
    \caption{~}
    \caption*{\textit{\textbf{Source:} Self Motivated}}
\end{figure}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

You can also use constructions like \only<\j+1>{...} if you want to modify the "time" when the slides appear -- or change the initial value of the \j counter. Finally, you can instead use
\uncover<\j->{\node (m\j) [box] {\txt};}

if you want the nodes to stay in the same place on each slide:

EDIT
If, as indicated in the comments, the descriptive content also changes from slide to slide then you can use the same trick with \only and \oncover commands. Exactly which is best is partly a matter of taste and partly depends on your content but I would probably use \uncover:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Madrid}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,
chains,
positioning,
shadows.blur, shapes.arrows}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{~}
\begin{block}{~}
  \uncover<1->{My explanation for the first box is put here.}

  \uncover<2->{My explanation for the second box is put here.}

  \uncover<3->{My explanation for the third box is put here.}

  \uncover<4->{My explanation for the fourth box is put here.}

  \uncover<5->{My explanation for the fifth box is put here.}
\end{block}
\begin{figure}[H]
    \begin{center}
        \begin{tikzpicture}[
        node distance = 2mm and 7mm,
        nodes = {draw, fill=white, blur shadow},
        arj/.style = {draw=gray, ultra thick,-Straight Barb},
        arr/.style = {single arrow, single arrow head extend=1mm,
            minimum height=9mm, shape border rotate=90,
            node contents={~}},
        box/.style = {text width=0.14\linewidth, align=center,inner sep=2pt,
            minimum height=12mm, font=\scriptsize,
            on chain, join = by  arj},
        ]
        \begin{scope}[start chain = A going right]
        \foreach \txt [count=\j] in   {
            Problem Identification, Statistics, Planning,
            Imple\-men\-ta\-tion of Plans, De\-ve\-lop\-ment
        }
        {
            \uncover<\j->{\node (m\j) [box] {\txt};}
        }
        \end{scope}
        \end{tikzpicture}
    \end{center}
    \caption*{\textit{\textbf{Source:} Self Motivated}}
\end{figure}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

which produces:

EDIT II
If the complete block of text is changing from slide to slide then perhaps you want to a modifier on the block environments like:
\begin{block}{~}<only@1>
  My explanation for the first box is put here.
\end{block}

Again, the best way of doing this really depends on your actual content and is partly a matter of personal style. For example, you can use:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Madrid}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,
chains,
positioning,
shadows.blur, shapes.arrows}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{~}
\begin{block}{~}<only@1>
  My explanation for the first box is put here.
\end{block}
\begin{block}{~}<only@2>
  My explanation for the second box is put here.
\end{block}
\begin{block}{~}<only@3>
  My explanation for the third box is put here.
\end{block}
\begin{block}{~}<only@4>
  My explanation for the fourth box is put here.
\end{block}
\begin{block}{~}<only@5>
  My explanation for the fifth box is put here.
\end{block}

\begin{figure}[H]
    \begin{center}
        \begin{tikzpicture}[
        node distance = 2mm and 7mm,
        nodes = {draw, fill=white, blur shadow},
        arj/.style = {draw=gray, ultra thick,-Straight Barb},
        arr/.style = {single arrow, single arrow head extend=1mm,
            minimum height=9mm, shape border rotate=90,
            node contents={~}},
        box/.style = {text width=0.14\linewidth, align=center,inner sep=2pt,
            minimum height=12mm, font=\scriptsize,
            on chain, join = by  arj},
        ]
        \begin{scope}[start chain = A going right]
        \foreach \txt [count=\j] in   {
            Problem Identification, Statistics, Planning,
            Imple\-men\-ta\-tion of Plans, De\-ve\-lop\-ment
        }
        {
            \uncover<\j->{\node (m\j) [box] {\txt};}
        }
        \end{scope}
        \end{tikzpicture}
    \end{center}
    \caption*{\textit{\textbf{Source:} Self Motivated}}
\end{figure}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

to produce


You've got a great website and plenty of on- and offline marketing funneling leads to it. But you're finding your visitors are abandoning your site quickly, and page views and time spent on your site are low. What can you do to convert more of those visitors?
One way to get more stickiness out of your site is to create customized landing pages related directly to what the visitor is searching for; making a connection to you through the specific services you provide. These landing pages must have the right content and images, targeted to specific visitor needs. Site visitors today want to find exactly what they are looking for quickly and easily.


text:
The economy of Morehouse Parish was built upon the strengths it provides to the community including its people, businesses, work force, low cost of living, and rich agricultural and timber resources.
It takes money to make money. But it doesn't take as much in Morehouse Parish. Morehouse Parish businesses have benefited from the comparatively low local and state tax rates. More often than not, the taxes impacting business are eliminated or reduced by local and state incentive programs. Also, the new Louisiana FastStart Training Program is ranked in the nation's top workforce training programs for company-specific recruiting and training.
The loss of the International Paper mill in 2009 has been offset by the attraction of a number of new industries, which has been through attractive transportation infrastructure, raw materials and a realistic approach to economic development. Parish and local officials have been able to attract small and medium sized businesses that are building a solid foundation for future economic growth.
Like many other parishes located outside of a major metropolitan area, Morehouse Parish also has utilized the resources of Louisiana's Northeast Region (Caldwell, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland and Union), an 8-parish area that provides a 137,000-person labor force.
INDUSTRY BASE
Though manufacturing in America has declined in recent years, the industry is relatively strong in the parish and region, especially in industrial maintenance. Small and medium sized operations have found market niches for themselves along with the workers trained through the technical colleges or on-site.
Logistics, Distribution and Transportation
Morehouse Parish and area companies benefit greatly from the highway/interstate infrastructure and rail lines running throughout the community. Numerous trucking companies including a high-tech tank wash facility, Bastrop Tank Wash, serve the needs of business and through traffic on their way to markets throughout southeast U.S.
Morehouse Parish has become a small regional retail hub for surrounding parishes and residents north from Arkansas. National retailers including Wal-Mart, Payless, Dollar Tree, and restaurant chains such as McDonalds have a presence. Local retailers such as Simmon's Sporting goods, the region's premier sporting goods destination, have followed with furnishings, clothing, antiques, pharmacy and gifts, as well as restaurants of many ethnicities.
Several health care facilities allow residents of Morehouse Parish to find general and some specialty services at home. The Morehouse General Hospital has a well-equipped and staffed emergency, internal medicine, elderly care, and rehabilitation transitions to the parish rehabilitation hospital. A beautiful healthcare manor houses the elderly in Bastrop.
Morehouse Parish School Board: 700 Employees
DG Foods: 250 Employees
Morehouse General Hospital: 250 Employees
Oak Wood Home for Elderly: 120 Employees
Lagniappe Health Care: 110 Employees
Cherry Ridge Nursing Home: 100 Employees
LeGrande Health Care: 100 Employees
Liberty Health Care: 90 Employees
Morehouse Community Medical Clinic: 70 Employees
Wal-Mart: 200 Employees
Simmons Sporting Goods: 90 Employees
City of Bastrop: 190 Employees
Morehouse Parish Sheriff's Office: 145 Employees
Kennedy Rice Mill/Dryers and Farm Services: 100 Employees
RIMCOR Inc: 90 Employees
Morehouse Bioenergy (Drax Biomass): 75 Employees
John N John: 33 Employees
Union Pacific RR awards $10,000 to MITA
Dorothy Ford, Treasurer and Glen Melton, President of Morehouse Innovation and Technology Alliance (MITA) of…
John N John receives 2018 Economic Develpment Award
John N. John received the MEDCO 2018 Economic Development Award at the Annual October 16…
Morehouse General Hospital Opens Hope Unit
Morehouse General Hospital held the Grand Opening for their new Hope Unit (Helping Older People Emotionally), psychiatric…
Drax Biomass to move HQ to Monroe
the USA Today Network of Louisiana reports. The move will bring the company's headquarters closer to…
The annual Morehouse Economic Development Corporation held it Annual Membership Meeting on September 30, 2020. CEO, Kay King…
The Annual MEDCO Membership Luncheon was held on October 16th at the Snyder Museum and Creative Arts Center…


Routine maintenance is a great way to get to know your motorcycle. You can catch problems before they become problems, and you'll keep your machine running at its best. An oil change is essential to the life of your motorcycle, and even if you're a novice "do-it-yourselfer," this is a job you can handle. Here's how to do an oil change on a Honda CBR 600.
Need the equipment to make this oil change a success? Gather up the tools and parts to change the oil and filter on your Honda CBR 600RR with one single click!
Before you start, run the engine for a couple of minutes to warm up the oil in the engine. It'll drain out a lot easier. Then get the tools and get after it.
Step 1. There are eight 5mm bolts holding the lower cowling in place. You'll need to remove the cowling to get to the drain bolt. Check out our CBR 600 lower cowl diagram to see where the bolts are located. We are working on a 2008 machine, but on partzilla.com you can find Honda motorcycle diagrams for different years and models. This photo shows the locations on one side; it will be the same locations on the other side. The cowl will drop down in one piece, and reconnecting it will be the same process in reverse.
Step 2. Remove the oil fill plug on the right side of the machine. It will help the oil drain easier. Be sure to keep track of the O-ring on the fill plug.
Step 3. Get your drain pan in place and remove the drain bolt. It is a 12mm bolt located at the bottom of the crankcase. It has a crush washer you'll need to keep, so be sure to pay attention to it.
Step 4. While the oil drains, use your oil filter wrench to tackle the oil filter. When you remove it, some oil will likely spill out, so keep a drain pan underneath.
Step 5. Install the new oil filter. There is an O-ring on the filter that you'll want to smear with a little bit of oil to create a good seal, and then screw it into place. It doesn't need to be super tight, just nice and snug.
Step 6. By this time, the oil should be completely drained out of the engine. Replace the drain bolt, making sure to include the crush washer on the bolt.
Step 7. If removing the oil filter spilled any oil on the exhaust headers, spraying them off with contact cleaner will keep them from smoking as they burn off the spilled oil.
Step 8. The Honda CBR 600 takes right at 3 quarts of oil. To fill it, we'll pour 2 ½ quarts into the fill opening, then close the filler opening and run the engine for a bit to circulate the oil. Then we'll set the level by pouring in the last of the oil and getting the level halfway between the low and high marks on the sight glass.
Step 9. Reversing the process used to remove it, replace the lower cowling.
When you're all done, please make sure to recycle your old oil!


In 1992 the Nobel Prize in the sphere of economy was awarded to an American professor Gary Becker – an inventor of the theory of social capital. In his works he proved that the basis of capital are not material base, but a man, whereas economic development and social expansion depend mainly on a strong position of family, which is the most valuable social capital of a country. Becker estimated that family and its work bring even 30 percent of the national income.
The American Noble Prize winner also noted that it is just family in which factors so needed in economy are created, like reliability, honesty, solidarity, ability to cooperate and devote oneself, diligence or love for order. So, no wonder, that more and more frequently economists start to pay attention to a good family as a factor guaranteeing a stable economic growth in the further time perspective.
Similar conclusions were made by a French economist Jean-Didier Lecaillon, who proves in his work 'Family the source of welfare' that it is impossible to achieve a permanent economic success without social capital based on good, well-functioning families.
Another French economist – Alfred Sauvy noted that there has not been a country in the history of the world so far, which would achieve a stable economic growth during demographic stagnation. For, aging of societies does not allow for satisfying needs of technological renewal or development.
Lower birth rate in western societies is also a real danger of collapse of social systems, especially retirement insurances. The latter ones are based on the rule that a generation which is professionally active today, pays for elderly people's pensions, in order to be maintained for next generations. So, the essence of the whole system is investing in children, that is, giving birth to children and bringing up those who will work for pensions.
Aging societies are also featured by an enormous growth of expenditures for medical means or financing pensions. They are also characterized by lower mobility and flexibility and detest to innovations – so the shortage of features which are very needed in the activity of free market. Countries dominated by pensioners and suffering from the lack of children are doomed to inevitable stagnation.
A kind of a solution for western societies seems, in this situation, encouragement for setting up families and having many children. Only thanks to this situation is it possible to keep demographic balance. However, when large families started being economically and socially disabled, this model entered the phase of disappearance in the West. Consequently, the process of substitutability of generations in highly-developed countries was inhibited. So, if there is a litmus test which allows us to notice a forthcoming crisis, then it is a decreasing number of large families. Where there is lack of them, the future becomes uncertain.


The Edmonton 509 Volume 12 Premiere takes place on Saturday night after the busiest day of the ASPS. The main event is a showing of 509 Volume 12 on the big screen, but that's not the only draw! Many of the athletes showcased in the film will be there, and it's your chance to say 'what up homeslice?' and get an autograph. As always, there will be plenty of door and raffle prizes on hand from 509, and some Mountain Sledder swag to boot.
The event is kid friendly—and we'll try to keep it PC on the mic—but moms and dads should be aware that sledders are a boisterous bunch and we can't be held responsible for the actions of a bunch of energy-drink infused enthusiasts after a few cocktails! Bring your impressionable children at your own discretion.
As usual, the event will take place across the parking lot from the show, at the Playbook Lounge in the adjacent Northlands Park Racetrack & Casino. Mark it on your calendars—Saturday, October 14th. Doors open at 7:30pm and the party goes until the booze runs out at 11:30pm.
The premiere party ALWAYS sells out quickly, so don't delay in picking up your tickets! Tickets can be purchased in advance, here. Early Bird tickets purchased before September 15 are only $10. Regular priced tickets are $15, and kids under 12 are just $5. Ticket availability at the door will depend on pre-sales, but there usually aren't any left by that time. Just so you know!
The biggest sled movie of the year is coming to Grande Prairie!
Join us for this awesome evening and get ready for winter! Featuring heaps of door and raffle prizes, a chance to meet the athletes of the movie, including Brett Turcotte, Cody Borchers, Riley Suhan and Reagan Seig and of course – you get to see the movie first!
Come early to the theatre and chat with the good folks at Countryside Motorsports, M-Line Decks and Stojans Powersports!
The event will be hosted by none other than Volume 12 producer and filmer, Mike Reeve.
It all takes place Thursday, September 28th from 6:30pm-8:30pm at Pomeroy Lodging Theatre in Grande Prairie.
A HUGE afterparty will be happening at Maddhatters immediately following the movie. Rub elbows with the pros, see the latest 509 Helmets, Goggles and Outerwear, buy a copy of the movie and win some great prizes!
This is THE event of the sled season – see you there!
Tickets for the Grande Prairie premiere can be purchased in advance, here. Early Bird tickets purchased before September 9 are only $10! Regular priced tickets are $15.


Can You Combine Facebook Pages: If with time you've set-up a variety of Facebook company pages and you're wanting to consolidate them, there's a fairly easy method to do it. Nevertheless, it's not a fast procedure. Combining Facebook pages can take up to a week to be finished. Particularly if both Facebook service pages are dissimilar in style or sector. We have actually assembled a detailed overview of get you through what you have to do. The complying with steps can be finished in less than Thirty Minutes.
Note: For this article, we're presuming that the pages are dissimilar in style or sector (which is more difficult). Nevertheless, the steps still apply if the pages are comparable. The method listed below can be utilized for more than 2 pages, nonetheless, you can only merge Facebook page A with Facebook page B. You cannot merge numerous Facebook pages at the same time. Each merge request needs to be completed in full and also submitted individually.
The first thing to do is to make certain that each of your Facebook business pages has the exact same profile photo and header image. Eventually, you will certainly be erasing one of them, so it's important to make certain that when Facebook get the merge request that the pages are similar in terms of just what they are about.
Open up both of your pages and also review the pictures.
Download the account photo and header photo from page An and also post them into page B.
Now that the images are in area, you should change the "About Us" section to make sure that the information is precisely the same on both pages. This is an instance of simply duplicating and also pasting the info from one page to the next. Ensure that you include all information and fill in all areas that are inhabited. Don't change the Name or User Name yet (red boxes). That's finished after the rest of the info is updated.
Now that you have all of the info as well as photos exactly the like the page you wish to maintain, it's time to go through a Change Name request with Facebook. Click on "Edit" close to "Name" in the About Us area. Copy the name from the page you want to keep precisely and afterwards add a "2" after it. e.g. mergepage.com & mergepage.com 2.
Click "Continue" and afterwards on the complying with screen verify the request by clicking on "request Change". Facebook state that this can occupy to 3 days, however I've discovered that it's generally completed within a couple of hrs.
Keep in mind: As Soon As the Change Call request has been authorized, you'll now have to wait 7 days to send a Merge Facebook page request. If you aim to submit it prior to then, Facebook will certainly reject it.
This is an extremely simple procedure to adhere to once the 7 days have actually elapsed from the name Change authorization.
Once the request is submitted, it will certainly be assessed by hand by Facebook to ensure that the information on both pages match as described over which there are no discrepancies. If all the details are correct, it needs to take not than a couple of hours for the request to be approved as well as the pages to be combined.
Note: You will lose all blog posts, comments as well as engagement from the page you are merging. Nonetheless, you will certainly keep the web content on the original page you are keeping.


text:
"We're Your Good Neighbors. We Smoke Pot" -- Jeff and Tracy One Year Later 7/19/02
special to DRCNet, by Steve Beitler
"We never set out to be full-time activists," says Tracy Johnson, but she and her husband Jeff Jarvis have lately looked the part. They recently passed the first anniversary of their very public self-outing as marijuana smokers, an act that catapulted them to prominence on a thinly populated frontier of the reform effort. A year ago, Johnson and Jarvis stepped forward and said out loud what many people have known for a long time: millions of adults are using marijuana responsibly right here in Fortress America and around the world (http://www.drcnet.org/wol/192.html#neighbors).
During the 12 months since then, the self-employed Portland, OR, couple has worked to upgrade the image of cannabis users, and now they've decided that laughter can help end prohibition. They're part of a small group of reformers that is getting more vocal in taking on the "pothead loser" myth.
Jeff and Tracy's odyssey began when newspapers in Willamette (Oregon), Seattle and San Francisco ran their ads that featured an arresting tag line: "We're Jeff and Tracy. We're your good neighbors. We smoke pot." They wanted to inform (or remind) people that millions of highly productive citizens enjoy the weed. "We were hoping to inspire others like us to do something similar to what we did," Johnson said.
The ads ran only after seven radio stations, Portland's mass transit agency and the Oregonian newspaper said "no thanks" to their 30-second radio spots and print ads. The ads, and the story of their torturous course into print, kicked up a media storm in Oregon and pushed them to the front of a small group of marijuana users who have come out of a jam-packed closet.
Johnson and Jarvis went on talk radio, spoke with journalists and heard from a lot of still-closeted folks. Energized by this response, they announced plans for POTAid, "the un-hippy, no pot leaf, non tie-dyed, come out of the closet so you can be free concert." The goal was to bring 100,000 people to Oregon for a music-and-comedy bash that could raise a million dollars that they would distribute to drug policy reform groups.
The newly minted activists set September 2002 as the concert date, but plans foundered. "The talent hangs on the funding and the funding hangs on the talent," Johnson said, and they had trouble getting past that closed loop. Other ideas included a public-service announcement for television with the theme, "Who do you know who smokes pot?" They worked to recruit professional people to be in the ad.
Today, Johnson and Jarvis have moved back to Portland from Bend, Oregon, in part "because of our desire to become more actively involved in our 'Jeff and Tracy' activities," reports Johnson. POTaid is on a back burner, but the couple is "still very excited about the concept and [we] anticipate moving towards bringing that to fruition in the future."
These days they are working to stage PottyMouth, a comedy competition scheduled for October 19 at Portland's Roseland Theater. "PottyMouth will be well advertised," says Jarvis. "Laughter bridges generational, cultural and political differences. If we can recoup our expenses through ticket sales, we will have generated a lot of publicity at no cost. PottyMouth is our way of challenging a public policy that offensively defines one in three adults as criminal." Some might question the event's subtitle -- Laughing Away the DEA -- as a tough sell for people more directly victimized by the drug war, but it's in keeping with their goal of reaching people whose image of marijuana users is inaccurate.
Not surprisingly, Tracy and Jeff have networked with other reformers. "Their work is part of a powerful consumer movement that is gradually gaining momentum," commented Keith Stroup, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (http://www.norml.org). "They provide us an example of wonderfully creative grassroots activism that should be emulated by other activists all across this country."
Johnson and Jarvis have also been in touch with Mikki Norris, who launched the Cannabis Consumers Campaign (http://www.cannabisconsumers.org) earlier this year. "I appreciate what they did," said Norris. "It was a great media ploy, and courageous too. It's time for people to take zero tolerance personally." Norris said she had spotted the most sincere form of flattery in an ad that read, "We're Mike and Jenny. We're your good neighbors. We eat beef."
So what's next for the good neighbors? Their first goal is to sell out the Roseland's 900 seats and 200 standing-room slots for PottyMouth. Beyond that, Johnson and Jarvis want to take another run at POTAid as well as at the small screen. "Television is queen," notes Johnson, "so we definitely have our long-term vision set in that direction. We want to pursue other creative endeavors in an effort to increase awareness in the mainstream." At press time they had been contacted by a producer for "The Rob Nelson Show," a FOX daytime talk show slated to debut in the fall. "We don't have the details yet, but they said they'd like to have us on the show," Johnson said.
As Jarvis told Heads magazine, "What makes us controversial isn't that we advocate smoking pot. It's that we don't fit the government-sponsored image of the drug user." In helping people understand that, they're working on behalf of what a writer for the San Diego Union Tribune described as "a vast underground of otherwise upstanding citizens secretly subverting the nation's drug laws."
Visit the good neighbors at http://www.jeffandtracy.com online.


MCT coaches Kenrick Dyer and Solomon Taiwo went out to Lanzarote to help develop the relationship between MCT and FC Puerto Del Carmen.
Whilst in Lanzarote, Kenrick and Solomon helped deliver coaching sessions, deliver training sessions for local coaches and promote our post-16 academy programme, whilst sharing a range of best practice with colleagues over in Lanzarote.
See photos from Kenrick and Solomon's visit below!
Millwall Community Trust Are Hiring!


Thanhouser Career Synopsis: Mabel Warren was among the Thanhouser employees who arrived in Jacksonville, Florida on December 20, 1915 and who worked as an actress at Thanhouser's Jacksonville studio in early 1916. She was under the direction of W. Eugene Moore. In May of the same year she returned with other Thanhouser players to the New Rochelle studio. She played minor roles and was not featured in publicity.


The OIE promotes the responsible and prudent use of antimicrobial agents in terrestrial and aquatic animals, so as to preserve their therapeutic efficacy and prolong their use in both animals and humans.
Furthermore, the OIE developed a list of antimicrobial agents of veterinary importance, in parallel with the existing WHO list for human medicine.
These Standards have been adopted by OIE's 182 Member Countries and are regularly reviewed and updated, in line with the latest scientific findings.


I should have uploaded this post earlier, hope it's not too late now!!
I've tried a few Baby Foots and this is one of the best ones.
I bought this in Japan, I think it's also available in Hong Kong.
After 1.5-2 hours, take the socks off and wash with luke warm water.
Day 8 -- the skin that comes off are big pieces of flakes!!!


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>Authors
>William Hiram Radcliffe
William Hiram Radcliffe Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE
Born: November 30, 1873 in Kingston, New York
William H. Radcliffe (b. 1873) graduated from Harvard University in May 1896, and worked as an electrical engineer and professor. Radcliffe wrote Telephone Instruments, Their Operation, Arrangement and Management in 1913 and Home Study Course in Practical Electricity in 1916.
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER DOUBLE SIGNED 06/24/1896 - HFSID 35383
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The recent Harvard graduate writes to a young woman he is courting, explaining his plans for the summer, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed twice: "Will" and "Will H. Radcliffe" in black ink. 9 pages integral leaf, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. June 24, 1896. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER FRAGMENT SIGNED - HFSID 35386
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The young electrical engineer writes to his betrothed, discussing his impending move to Schenectady, signs name in black ink Autograph letter fragment signed: "Will" in black ink. 6 pages, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. Missing first few pages, letter begins in middle. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The Harvard student describes losing money on a recent prize-fight, signs name in black ink Autograph letter fragment signed: "Will" in black ink. 6 pages, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. Missing first six pages, begins in middle. In full: read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 35365
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The electrical engineer, author of Home Study Course in Practical Electricity, send affectionate letter to female friend, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 12 pages integral leaf, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. Schenectady, New York. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The young Harvard man writes to friend, discussing some of their upper-class peers, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed twice: "Will" and "W.H.R." in black ink. 6 pages, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. Perkins Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. March 19, 1896. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 01/03/1897 - HFSID 35364
WILL RADCLIFFE The Harvard student, who became the author of Telephone Instruments, sends affectionate letter to a friend, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 5 pages integral leaf, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. January 3, 1897. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The young man writes of his 1896 journey from upstate New York to Harvard University in Boston, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 6 pages, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. Perkins Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. January 5, 1896. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The young Harvard student writes to his intended, discussing their recent visit, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 3 pages integral leaf, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. Perkins Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. January 18, 1896. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The Harvard gentleman writes to his intended, asking for a few locks of hair, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 9 pages, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. Perkins Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. February 8, 1896. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The young student writes letter to his fiancé on Harvard's Lawrence Scientific School letterhead, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Wm. H. R -" in black ink. 6 pages integral leaf, 8x10½. Written on Harvard University, Lawrence Scientific School letterhead. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The young Harvard student writes to friend discussing the marriage of Gilded Age socialite Anna Gould, who was supposed to be engaged to his classmate, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 6 pages, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The Harvard electrical engineer writes affectionate letter to his friend, informing her he won't be able to visit at Easter, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 6 pages, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. Perkins Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The author of Telephone Instruments relates his successful speech in letter to friend, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 6 pages, 5x8 folded, 8x10 flat. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. April 18, 1896. Written on Theta Nu Epsilon letterhead. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The Harvard senior writes affectionate letter to a friend, discusses his view on Darwinism, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 6 pages integral leaf, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. Perkins Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. May, 13, 1896. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The Harvard electrical engineer sends letter to friend, explaining his summer plans, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 4 pages integral leaf, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. Perkins Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. June 22, 1895. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The then-Harvard student, author of Telephone Instruments, sends letter describing an upcoming boat race, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 5 pages integral leaf, 4½x6¾ folded, 6¾x9 flat. Rhinebeck, New York. July 2, 1895. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The young Harvard student expresses some nineteenth-century viewpoints in passionate letter, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 11 pages, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. July 14, 1896. read more...
WIILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The future electrical engineer writes affectionate letter to a friend, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 3 pages integral leaf, 4½x7 folded 7x9 flat. August 1, 1895. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The electrical engineering professor and author writes to his betrothed about the "Bohemian lifestyle" he has been living all summer, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 12 pages integral leaf, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. August 2, 1896. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The young New York man writes to his intended about her upcoming visit, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 9 pages integral leaf, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. August 16, 1896. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The young college electrical engineering student writes affectionate letter to friend, signs name twice in black ink Autograph letter signed twice: "Will" and "W.H.R." in black in. 6 pages integral leaf, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. September 2, 1895. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 09/22/1895 - HFSID 154939
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The young Harvard man prepares for his last year of college in letter to his sweetheart, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 6 pages, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. September 22, 1895. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 10/1895 - HFSID 35361
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The future electrical engineer and author writes from his Harvard dorm to a friend, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 6 pages integral leaf, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. Perkins Hall, Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts. October 1895. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The young electrical engineer writes from Harvard, where he is a student, discussing the upcoming election of Vice President Levi P. Morton as Governor of New York, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 6 pages, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The young electrical engineer describes the mood at Harvard after their football team loses to Princeton, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 6 pages, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. Perkins Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. November 17, 1895. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The electrical engineer and author sends affectionate letter to friend, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink, 12 pages integral leaf, 4½x6¾ (on 4 leaves; interior pages are 6¾x9). No place, 1896 November 21. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The young Harvard gentleman writes letter to his "intended", thanking her for the perfumes she had sent, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 6 pages, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. Perkins Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. December 15, 1895. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The young New York gentleman informs his friend he will be visiting her later on in the week, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 3 pages, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. December 29, 1895. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 9/1896 - HFSID 35372
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The electrical engineer and author of Home Study Course in Practical Electricty sends affectionate letter to his intended, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed: "Will" in black ink. 15 pages integral leaf, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. November 8, 1896. read more...
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED THREE TIMES 1896 - HFSID 35375
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE The young New York gentleman writes passionate letter to young woman he is courting, signs name in black ink Autograph letter signed twice: "Will", "W.H.R." and "W.H.R." in black ink. 17 pages, 4½x7 folded, 7x9 flat. read more...


Jaakko Pallasvuo & Anni Puolakka (Finland/Netherlands) are artists based in Helsinki and Rotterdam. Pallasvuo works with moving images, performances, exhibitions and comics. In his work, he explores the anxieties of being alive now and the prospect of living in some possible future. In recent years his work has been presented at the New York Film Festival; Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw; TBA21 and Jupiter Woods, among others. Puolakka creates performances, videos, installations and drawings in which reality-based materials are incorporated into fictional worlds. The works play with the boundaries of human animals who seek meaningful and vibrant – sometimes drowsy and dirty – involvement with other beings, objects and surroundings. Puolakka has lately shown works at PLATO, Ostrava; Kiasma; TENT, Rotterdam and Performance Space New York, New York.
At Rupert, Pallasvuo and Puolakka will engage in a daily practice of painting with gouache on paper – a parallel activity to their long-term video collaboration. Their interest in painting is tied to the concept of observation that historically held a central position in visual arts, but got sidelined by rapid advances in imaging technology and conceptual practice. The paintings are also a realm for developing characters, fictions and costumes that come alive in videos. During the residency, the artists will open their thoughts and practice to dialogue in the form of a presentation and a workshop.


This session involves a polarization between a Procrastinator and a Taskmaster Inner Critic. We have identified seven types of Inner Critics. The Taskmaster tries to get you to work hard or be disciplined in order to be successful or to avoid being mediocre. This gentle work explores parts named Take Your Time (Procrastinator) and Get It Done (Taskmaster). The client gets to know the Take Your Time part and the exile it protects.


After nearly five years away, an Anberlin reunion tour is finally happening in the United States! The band has announced that they are getting back together for a series of shows across the country from June 10th through July 14th. They'll even be making a stop near RadioU Seattle at the Neptune Theatre on June 20th. Tickets and V.I.P. passes go on sale tomorrow and all dates and details can be found on their Twitter.
If you want a refresher course on their illustrious discography, you can find all of their music, starting with their farewell album Lowborn, below.


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The last thing he told me : a novel
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What happens: Hannah and Bailey set out to discover the truth, together. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen's past, they soon realize they are also building a new future. One neither Hannah nor Bailey could have anticipated.
Reviews say: Light on suspense but still a solid page-turner.--Kirkus
The Deathwatch Beetle
by Kjell Eriksson
What it's about: Even though she's retired to a small village, former Swedish police detective Ann Lindell can't help getting involved in a missing person's case while she's visiting her boyfriend on the small island of Gräsö.
Series alert: This is the slow-burning, atmospheric 9th Ann Lindell mystery. Though newcomers can start here, those who'd like to begin with the 1st book should pick up The Princess of Burundi.
Read this next: other Swedish crime novels, such as those by Henning Mankell, Camilla Läckberg, Åsa Larsson, and Helene Tursten.
All Her Little Secrets
by Wanda M. Morris
Starring: Ellice Littlejohn, the only Black lawyer at her Atlanta company, who's also having an affair with her married white boss, Michael.
Early morning surprise: Ellice shows up for an office tryst and finds Michael dead. She thinks it's suicide, panics, and leaves -- but Michael was murdered. After she's unexpectedly given his job, Ellice faces office scrutiny and gossip, and realizes she needs to figure out what happened to Michael, even as old secrets from her past threaten her future.
Why you might like it: All Her Little Secrets is a compelling debut that weaves in poignant flashbacks to Ellice's troubled childhood and thoughtfully covers racism, sexism, abuse, and corporate politics.
The madness of crowds
by Louise Penny
The Plot: When a visiting professor spreads lies so that fact and fiction are so confused it's near impossible to tell them apart, leading to murder, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache must investigate this case as well as this extraordinary popular delusion – and the madness of crowds.
Series Alert: This is the 17th installment of the Chief Inspector Gamache series.
Reviews say: No one balances tight plotting, compassion for her flawed characters, and a broader vision of humanity like Penny.--Kirkus
Grave Reservations
by Cherie Priest
Introducing: Leda Foley, a Seattle travel agent and psychic whose fiancé's murder has never been solved.
What happens: After she gets a bad feeling and changes Seattle police detective Grady Merritt's flight, which saves his life, the two team up to solve a cold case...which might also be related to Leda's fiancé's death.
Did you know? Cherie Priest is a Locus Award winner who's best known for writing horror and steampunk; Grave Reservations is her first adult mystery and the charming 1st in a planned series.
Miss Moriarty, I Presume?
by Sherry Thomas
The premise: Sherlock Holmes doesn't exist; he's an alter ego made up by socially ruined Charlotte Holmes, who uses her extraordinary powers of deduction to succeed as an inquiry agent in Victorian England.
Enemy at the gates: Moriarty arranges a meeting to request Charlotte's help finding his daughter, who was last seen at a community of occult practitioners. Charlotte and Mrs. Watson travel to the remote locale, finding lies and liars, and Charlotte wonders if it's all a setup.
Series alert: The richly detailed 6th Lady Sherlock book works best for fans (who'll be interested in romantic developments); newcomers can start with an earlier entry, like the 1st one, A Study in Scarlet Women.
"Winter" Reads
The hunting party : a novel
by Lucy Foley
The setting: An idyllic and isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands.
What happens: A group of thirty-something Oxford friends celebrate New Year's Eve as a historic blizzard hits, trapping and isolating them, only to discover one of them is a murderer.
For fans of: This a great read-alike if you enjoy Shari Lapena, Ruth Ware or Lisa Jewell.
Depth of Winter
by Craig Johnson
A change of scenery: Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire arrives in northern Mexico alone, on the hunt for his kidnapped adult daughter, who's been taken by a ruthless drug cartel leader.
Series alert: Newcomers who'd like a gritty Western crime story can start with this compelling 14th Longmire outing. Those who want to begin in Wyoming, where most of the books take place, can pick up the 1st novel, The Cold Dish, or his short story collection, Look for Signs.
Reviewers say: "the celebratory Mexican festivals are vivid and complement the unfolding plot" (Library Journal); "a rip-roaring adventure" (Kirkus Reviews).
The Dead of Winter
by S.J. Parris
What it is: a collection of three novellas set in the 1560s featuring (real-life historical figure) Giordano Bruno as a youthful monk in Italy.
What's inside: two previously published stories ("The Secret Dead" and "The Academy of Secrets") and one new one ("A Christmas Requiem").
Who it's for: fans of the Giordano Bruno novels, which detail Bruno's adventures in England as a spy for Queen Elizabeth I; those who like intricately plotted historical stories and fascinating characters.
Winter Counts (ebook)
by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
What happens: Virgil Wounded Horse, a vigilante enforcer on South Dakota's Rosebud Indian Reservation, works with the ex-girlfriend he still loves in order to figure out who's bringing heroin to the rez. Virgil's also raising his teenage nephew, who's bullied for his mixed-race heritage.
For fans of: S.A. Cosby, Craig Johnson, C.J. Box, and others who write gritty, compelling crime novels with rural settings.
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3CX Becomes Corporate Sponsor of the OpenStack Foundation
Posted by David Frith | Nov 10, 2016 | Manufacturers | 0 |
3CX has announced that it has become a corporate sponsor of the non-profit OpenStack(r) Foundation. 3CX joins a dedicated group of technology leaders that are committed to the Foundation's mission of protecting, empowering and promoting OpenStack, the open source cloud operating system.
As part of 3CX's commitment to OpenStack, the company will be incorporating OpenStack into its IP PBX. This will enable businesses to have their own dedicated PBX in the cloud without the management overhead. Each instance of 3CX in the cloud will be separate from other tenants, allowing businesses complete control of their own data and settings.
Through its involvement with OpenStack, 3CX is also enabling a larger group of virtual hosting providers to offer Unified Communications services to their customers. As an established open source platform, future 3CX hosting partners will benefit from rapid setup and larger margins.
Nick Galea, 3CX CEO, said:
3CX sees massive potential in the Openstack community: We plan to allow companies to leverage Openstack to provide a scalable, inexpensive and easy to manage hosted PBX infrastructure.
Danny Carreno, Ecosystem Manager, OpenStack said:
We are excited to welcome 3CX to the OpenStack community as a corporate sponsor of the OpenStack Foundation. 3CX is one of the very few sponsors, at present, that operates within the UC industry and we look forward to its collaboration and contribution to driving the community forward. The collaboration of the 3CX engineering team will help our global developer community advance open storage standards in the enterprise, powered by OpenStack.
The goal of the OpenStack Foundation is to grow the footprint of public and private OpenStack clouds, enable technology vendors targeting the platform and assist developers in producing the best cloud software in the industry. Currently the project is made up of more than 20 million lines of code; 630 companies support the OpenStack project, and the OpenStack Foundation counts almost 63,000 people actively engaged in the community.
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Nicolas et Alexandra () est un film britannique réalisé en 1971 par Franklin J. Schaffner qui raconte l'histoire de Nicolas II, dernier tsar de Russie, et de sa femme Alexandra de 1904 à 1918.

Synopsis
En 1904, Nicolas II, qui vient d'avoir un fils, est préoccupé par la guerre russo-japonaise, qui vient de commencer, et par les réclamations de plus en plus insistantes de son peuple qui désire un gouvernement représentatif. Le comte Witte et le grand-duc Nicolas lui conseillent de terminer la guerre dans les plus brefs délais et de libéraliser quelque peu son régime, mais le tsar veut rester fidèle à l'autocratie léguée par son père.

Le jeune héritier Alexis est bientôt diagnostiqué hémophile. Sa mère Alexandra, impératrice hystérique peu aimée par la famille de son mari, tombe sous le charme d'un paysan sibérien, Raspoutine, qui l'a convaincue qu'il était seul capable de guérir l'enfant. Même Nicolas II commence à croire en ses pouvoirs.

Alors que Lénine, Trotsky et Staline sont en train de fonder le Parti bolchévique à Londres, une manifestation d'ouvriers menée par le pope Gueorgui Gapon et demandant une libéralisation du régime, est durement réprimée par les soldats qui tirent sur la foule. Nicolas est horrifié lorsqu'il apprend le massacre, mais cela ne le convainc pas d'accéder aux requêtes de son peuple.

Huit ans plus tard, à la veille du tricentenaire de la dynastie des Romanov, la famille impériale est en vacances à Livadia en Crimée. Nicolas II y reçoit son nouveau premier ministre Stolypine, qui lui déclare qu'il faut éloigner Raspoutine, qui est en train de mener une vie de débauche à Saint-Pétersbourg et de déconsidérer toute la monarchie. Malgré les protestations d'Alexandra, le tsar consent à éloigner Raspoutine. Peu après les fêtes du Tricentenaire, Stolypine est assassiné lors d'une représentation à l'opéra. Nicolas réagit en dissolvant la Douma et en envoyant la police terroriser les paysans et brûler leurs maisons.

Lors d'un séjour en Pologne, Alexis a la pire crise d'hémophilie depuis sa naissance. Les médecins ne peuvent ou n'osent rien faire. Alexandra exige le rappel de Raspoutine et décide de l'appeler elle-même à son secours. Le faux moine réussit à calmer le mal d'Alexis en lui parlant au téléphone.

1914, la Première Guerre mondiale débute. L'Allemagne déclare la guerre à la Russie. Le grand-duc Nicolas est nommé commandant suprême des troupes. Un an plus tard, à la suite de terribles défaites, Nicolas II décide de prendre lui-même le commandement. Restée à Saint-Pétersbourg, Alexandra gouverne l'Empire à sa place sous l'influence de Raspoutine, et elle le fait très mal. Deux princes décadents, le grand-duc Dimitri et le prince Youssoupov, finissent par assassiner Raspoutine en décembre 1916.

Février 1917, c'est la Révolution. Les soldats refusent de tirer sur les milliers de manifestants qui envahissent la capitale. Dans le train qui le ramène à Petrograd, Nicolas II est forcé d'abdiquer. Kerenski, le nouveau chef du gouvernement, exile les Romanov en Sibérie, où ils passent l'hiver 1917-1918. Un Bolchévik, Iakovlev, arrive de Moscou au printemps 1918 et est chargé de ramener le tsar dans la nouvelle capitale où le nouveau gouvernement de Lénine songe, semble-t-il, à lui intenter un procès. Le train ramenant la famille impériale est cependant obligé de s'arrêter à Iekaterinbourg où le Soviet local décide de le prendre en charge. Emmenés à la villa Ipatiev, les Romanov y subissent de nombreuses tracasseries. Leur geôlier, Iourovski, reçoit l'ordre de les exécuter. Les Romanov sont finalement assassinés dans une pièce du rez-de-chaussée de la villa.

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 Titre : Nicolas et Alexandra
 Titre original :  Réalisation : Franklin J. Schaffner
 Scénario : James Goldman et Edward Bond (d'après le livre de Robert K. Massie)
 Photographie : Freddie Young, assisté d'Ernest Day (cadreur)
 Son : Winston Ryder
 Effets spéciaux : Eddie Fowlie
 Musique : Richard Rodney Bennett
 Montage : Ernest Walter
 Production : Sam Spiegel
 Société de production : Columbia Pictures
 Pays d'origine :
 Format : Couleur
 Tournage :  à .
 Langue: Anglais
 Genre : Biopic
 Durée : 183 minutes
 Date de sortie :

 Distribution

 Bande originale
La bande originale du film fut écrite par le compositeur britannique Richard Rodney Bennett.

 Récompenses Nicolas et Alexandra'' a remporté deux Oscars en 1971.
 Oscar de la meilleure création de costumes : Yvonne Blake et Antonio Castillo
 Oscar de la meilleure direction artistique : John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Perrondo et Vernon Dixon.

Il a été nommé pour quatre autres Oscars la même année.
 Oscar du meilleur film
 Oscar de la meilleure musique de film : Richard Bedford Bennett
 Oscar de la meilleure actrice : Janet Suzman
 Oscar de la meilleure photographie : Freddie Young

Autour du film
 Le film a été tourné en Espagne et en Yougoslavie.
 Plusieurs acteurs ont été pris en considération pour le rôle de Raspoutine avant que Tom Baker ne l'obtienne. On l'a demandé à Laurence Olivier mais on a préféré finalement lui donner celui du comte Witte. Peter O'Toole et Marlon Brando ont également été invités à le jouer et il semble que Yul Brynner l'ait activement demandé.
 Roderic Noble a été choisi en raison de sa ressemblance avec le tsarévitch Alexis.
 Sam Spiegel confia le rôle de Gilliard à Jean-Claude Drouot sur recommandation de Kirk Douglas.
 On peut se rendre compte de nombreuses inexactitudes historiques dans le film. Ni l'auteur du livre, Robert K. Massie, ni les réalisateurs ne peuvent en être tenus responsables. Il semble que le gouvernement soviétique de l'époque ait exigé que soient seulement montrés les faits reconnus alors par l'Union soviétique.

Inexactitudes historiques dans le film
 Staline n'était pas présent lors du congrès de fondation du Parti bolchévique qui eut lieu en 1903 et non en 1905.
 Dans le film, c'est Stolypine qui organise les Fêtes du Tricentenaire des Romanov qui eut lieu en 1913. Or, il a été assassiné en 1911, c'est-à-dire deux ans auparavant.
 Selon les souvenirs laissés par Félix Ioussoupov et par le député Pourichkevitch (qui n'est pas mentionné dans le film), responsables de l'assassinat de Raspoutine, les circonstances entourant le meurtre de celui-ci ont été singulièrement transformées dans le film.
 Dans le film, ce sont Goutchkov et Rodzianko qui viennent demander l'abdication de Nicolas II dans le train impérial. En réalité, Goutchkov était accompagné du député monarchiste Basile Choulguine.
 Le lieu de détention des Romanov à Tobolsk en Sibérie est situé en pleine campagne dans le film. En réalité, la bâtisse était en plein centre-ville.
 Dans le film, Iakovlev ramène tous les Romanov à Iekaterinbourg. En réalité, il n'a emmené que Nicolas II, Alexandra et leur fille Maria. Alexis est resté avec ses trois autres sœurs à Tobolsk parce qu'il était trop malade pour voyager. Ils ont rejoint leurs parents quelques semaines plus tard.
 À la villa Ipatiev, les Romanov partagent leur sort avec le docteur Botkine. En réalité, il y avait également trois autres prisonniers dans la maison, soit la bonne Demidova, le cuisinier Kharitonov et le valet de pied Troupp qui ont tous été assassinés avec le tsar et sa famille.

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Film britannique sorti en 1971
Film biographique britannique
Film réalisé par Franklin J. Schaffner
Film se déroulant dans les années 1900
Film se déroulant dans les années 1910
Film se déroulant en Russie
Film se déroulant en Crimée
Film sur la révolution russe
Film biographique sur une personnalité politique
Royauté au cinéma
Nicolas II
Vladimir Ilitch Lénine au cinéma
Film avec un Oscar de la meilleure création de costumes
Film avec un Oscar des meilleurs décors

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