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FOR JANE
"WE'LL be moved in by Christmas!" declared Mr. Smith-Jones to his wife and children. Even the family dog wagged its tail at the news.
They were standing outside the Old Webster Place where a sign in the yard announced "Sale Pending."
The Old Webster Place, over two centuries old, sat close to the road along an avenue of large sugar maples. A bright June-green field stretched out behind the back of the house and, along a tumbledown split-rail fence at the side of the property, a dense hedgerow of holly bushes grew, their dark shiny leaves set off by a profusion of small white flowers that looked for all the world like snow. The effect was startling
"Those bushes will be filled with berries come the fall," said Ms. Smith-Jones and she imagined cutting holly boughs on Christmas Eve and placing them along window sills and above doorways, in the old tradition, to keep troubled spirits said to roam at large on that hallowed night from entering the house and disturbing the peace and joy of the season.
"Just think of it," said Mr. Smith-Jones.
They could not believe their good fortune. Soon the old farmhouse would be theirs.
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I have just finished reading your Ghost Story to Bob Sled and the pups. The writing immediately brought forth a fusion of images of your 'Old Webster' home and our New England landscape – we were immediately captivated. I teared up and had to compose myself before reading the final sentence. We all love the story and Bob said to send it off to the 'New Yorkery'. Thank you, dear ELF, for this gift in memory of Jane that has enriched our Christmas Eve 2011. With love to you all, Pixie, Bob Sled, Muffin, & Imp


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December 19, 2017 by Nick Waddell
Following the closing of a bought-deal financing, GMP Securities analyst Martin Landry has resumed coverage or Organigram (TSXV:OGI) with a new, higher price target.
On Monday, Organigram announced it had closed a $57.5-million bought deal led by Eight Capital and syndicated by Canaccord Genuity, GMP, Mackie and PI. The company said it will use most of the proceeds to build an additional 255,000 of production space at its Moncton campus.
Landry say that with $103-million in the bank, Organigram has the cash to fund its Phase 3 expansion and other international or domestic grwoth initiatives. The analyst says the stock looks cheap compared to its peers.
"Since OGI's large expansion announcement, shares are up only ~3%, underperforming the broader industry, and suggesting the upside potential from Phase 4 has yet to be priced in. This makes OGI's current valuation quite attractive in our view which at 8x CY19 EV/EBITDA represents a ~50% discount to Senior LP peers. Given the above we maintain our BUY rating. Our target is derived from a DCF using: (1) a discount rate of 11% (11.5% previously), (2) avg. market share of 6%, and avg. EBITDA margin of 31% (29% prior), and (3) terminal growth of 3%."
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In a research update to clients today, Landry maintained his "Buy" rating, but raised his one-year price target on Organigram from $4.00 to $4.75, implying a return of 28.4 per cent at the time of publication.
Landry thinks Organigram will generate EBITDA of $10.4-million on revenue of $37.8-million in fiscal 2018. He expects those numbers will improve to EBITDA of $43.9-million on a topline of $118.5-million the following year.
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Considering these two compressors are right in the same price range ($1100 - $1300) and both seem to share the "very clean" and "uncolored" qualities according to everyone here I'm surprised I haven't seen a comparison between them. Anyone with experience with both? I'd be especially interested in how they comparatively perform on a final Rock mix, full program material, not Drum buss etc. Reason I'm asking is obviously my budget, and these two seem to get a lot of praise for price vs. performance, plus I do like the "uncolored" type of compression on my 2buss mix so it would seem one of these two is bound to fulfill my needs. Any votes for these two guys?
if you have to, get the TK, recall and stereo matching.
I have tried R22 and was not impressed. By the way, very small VU's.
yea, I figured someone would mention that since the price of a used 2500 would not be too far from a new BC1 or R22; however, from looking in all the forums here, the API seems to get far more votes as a comp for Drum buss than for the full program material of a final stereo mix. In fact, a couple of slutz here have mentioned how it seemed too colored on a stereo bus, and although it may be the good type of "color" I prefer a somewhat clean comp for that function. I do like color on my pre's and tracking comps though, but yea I hear nothing but good things about the API 2500 on a group buss (drums, guitars, etc).
For that budget you might wanna check the TFPro P38 and SPL Kultube too. Many like the P38, I had a version without a high pass filter which I dearly missed. Imo it's not as colored as many claim it to be, it certainly is not a Sebatron VEQ-2000 type and amount of color. The Kultube is recently added to my gearlist and like it a lot. Excellent compressor, can go from transparent to colored and from gentle to aggressive. Great options/functions which I miss on many other compressors for bus work. With most compressors I have to feeling I want other/more options, but this one is great right out of the box. Especially the attack/release times are great!
Sorry - I didn't write down the settings - DOH!
When compairing compressors, wouldn't it be better to write how much the gain-reduction is instead of the threshold setting? just a thought as the operation levels varies.
hmmmm, the R22 just seemed kinda weak, too bad you didn't write the settings you had on it, maybe it's just the settings you had? I like the BC1 better out of the two, although I went to the link you posted with the original shoot-out and I loved the 1968 better than any of the others by far (yes, even more than the API 2500), and it so happens to be within my price range. Hopefully I get to hear more of the BC1 and 1968 in action before I make my decision because I think for me it's going to be between those two.
the manley sounds the best.
Listening to all these it's apparent how some compressor's suit certain types of music. I would say the 1968 suits this track. It's brings out the snare, the track seems crisper, brighter (maybe not a good thing for every kind of track) A similar thing happens with the Manley, which I'd expect, but it somehow seems more washy in the bass end. The BC1 seems to lose definition, sounds slightly duller, might be ok for less rhythmic tracks but not on this. I like the character of the 2500, seems it could be good on just about everything but on this style of track for me the 1968 wins out.
I'm not saying the other compressor is ugly, absolutely. The fact is that the JDK seems to have, perfectly, the kind of sound I'm looking for since a while.
Really nice separation/stereo enanchement IMO. Very "modern" sound.
If someone out there planned to sell a JDK R22, please PM me, I would be really interested!
Thanks for the file uploads Roc. These were eye-opening.
I personally can see why most prefer the Drawmer, it definitely punches the hardest for this track, plus it imparts a fairly rounded compression. The Manly seems to get pretty close, not quite as rounded as the Drawmer, a little more aggressive. The API has the most aggressive compression here, not rounded but sharper and more edgy in general, it digs into the drums more. Which is cool too. The JDK doesn't really make the cut on this one, but, the TK BC1 is definitely in there. It doesn't bang 'quite' as hard as the Drawmer, and isn't quite as edgy as the API, or even the Drawmer... but it's seems to be holding its own with some kind of a slightly more blended out API (is it a tad smaller sounding though?). I can hear how clean the BC1's tone is though, which I really like that.
The more I mix, the more I prefer to allow my choice preamps do the coloring. It actually annoys a little me when additional outboard imparts 'too' much of its own tone, as it can detract from what I originally chose during the tracking stage. But that's just me, I like to really know the color-grade of my gear. And I do buy colored gear, but, I have to really know and like the color. I seem to shy away from stuff that's too dark sounding though, again just me.
Please feel free to upload any more. For example, if you run into an Alan Smart C1 / C2 or the Portico 5043, would be cool to hear them on this same track.
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Viktor Iouchtchenko (en ukrainien : Віктор Ющенко), né le  à Khoroujivka (oblast de Soumy, RSS d'Ukraine), est un homme d'État ukrainien, président de l'Ukraine du  au .

Il est Premier ministre de 1999 à 2001 et prend la tête de la coalition de centre-droit Notre Ukraine.

Dans le cadre de l'élection présidentielle de 2004, il est le principal dirigeant de la révolution orange, qui conduit à l'organisation d'un deuxième second tour, où il bat Viktor Ianoukovytch avec 52 % des suffrages. Depuis cette campagne, son visage apparaît abîmé par une forme extrême de chloracné provoquée par une intoxication ; il existe une controverse sur les causes de cette intoxication, plusieurs expertises confortant la thèse d'une tentative d'empoisonnement à la dioxine.

Pendant sa présidence, Viktor Iouchtchenko entretient une forte rivalité avec ses Premiers ministres Ioulia Tymochenko et Viktor Ianoukovytch. Il ne parvient pas à résoudre les problèmes économiques et sociaux, ce qui suscite une forte vague de déception chez le peuple ukrainien. Candidat à sa réélection en 2010, il est battu dès le premier tour de l'élection présidentielle, où il arrive en cinquième position avec 5,5 % des voix.

Après son départ de la présidence, il exerce une influence limitée sur la scène politique du pays. Lors des élections législatives de 2012, le parti Notre Ukraine  obtient 1,1 % des suffrages.

Biographie

Origines et jeunesse
Viktor Andriyovych Iouchtchenko naît dans un village de l'oblast de Soumy à . Son père, Andriy Iouchtchenko (1919-1992) est soldat de l'Armée rouge pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, fait prisonnier à Auscwhitz-Birkenau, puis devient enseignant d'anglais. Sa mère née en 1918 et décédée en 2005, est elle aussi enseignante en physique dans la même école. Il étudie l'économie à Ternopil et travaille ensuite comme comptable rural dans l'oblast d'Ivano-Frankivsk. D'abord comptable modeste, il atteint ensuite des postes de plus en plus importants et en 1976, il est embauché par la filiale de la Banque d'État de l'URSS pour l'oblast de Soumy, et est ensuite promu à Kiev.

Banque nationale d'Ukraine
Il devient gouverneur de la nouvelle Banque nationale d'Ukraine le . À ce poste, il joue un rôle important dans la création de la monnaie ukrainienne, la hryvnia, et dans l'établissement d'un système de régulation moderne pour les banques commerciales. Il conserve cette fonction jusqu'à sa nomination à la tête du gouvernement ukrainien.

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Premier ministre et opposant à Koutchma
En , Viktor Iouchtchenko est nommé Premier ministre par le président Leonid Koutchma.

De substantiels progrès économiques interviennent alors qu'il est à la tête du gouvernement. Mais des critiques estiment que cette amélioration a surtout été rendue possible par la conjoncture économique. L'opposition libérale et nationaliste tente de l'attirer mais Iouchtchentko reste dans le camp du président. Très tôt, les membres de son gouvernement  sont impliqués dans des luttes de pouvoir avec les patrons des puissantes entreprises énergétiques du charbon et du gaz naturel. Le conflit aboutit à un vote de défiance du Parlement en 2001 : le groupe du président Koutchma s'allie alors avec les communistes pour défaire le gouvernement en place. Viktor Iouchtchenko est ainsi démis de sa fonction de Premier ministre.

En 2002, Viktor Iouchtchenko devient chef de la coalition Bloc Viktor Iouchtchenko « Notre Ukraine » (BVYNU), qui arrive en tête des élections législatives qui suivent avec 112 élus. Cependant, faute d'un nombre suffisant de sièges pour obtenir une majorité absolue, Viktor Iouchtchenko ne parvient à former une coalition gouvernementale. Il demeure le chef du groupe Notre Ukraine et se voit généralement considéré comme le chef de l'opposition, les autres partis d'opposition étant moins influents et moins représentés au Parlement.

Après son départ de la tête du gouvernement, Viktor Iouchtchenko devient populaire auprès des Ukrainiens. Entre 2001 et 2004, dans les sondages, sa popularité était bien plus élevée que celle du président de l'époque, Leonid Koutchma.

Élection présidentielle de 2004

Préparation

À l'approche du terme du second mandat du président Koutchma, Viktor Iouchtchenko se déclare candidat « indépendant » à la présidence du pays. Il modernise sa plate-forme politique en ajoutant des projets de partenariats sociaux et d'autres idées libérales aux idées traditionnelles de l'intégration européenne, dont, en particulier, la volonté de combattre la corruption. Les partisans de Iouchtchenko s'organisent au sein de la coalition électorale Pouvoir au peuple (Syla Narodou), qui est conduite par Iouchtchenko et par sa nouvelle alliée, Ioulia Tymochenko, le Bloc Viktor Iouchtchenko « Notre Ukraine » en formant la principale force constituante.

Son principal rival est le Premier ministre, soutenu par le pouvoir et par Moscou, Viktor Ianoukovytch. L'opposition accuse le gouvernement d'empêcher la plupart des principales chaînes de télévision d'accorder un temps de parole équitable aux candidats, alors que son rival Ianoukovytch apparaît fréquemment dans les actualités télévisées. La campagne se déroule de manière houleuse et virulente.

Empoisonnement
Viktor Iouchtchenko tombe malade le , après un dîner avec Gori Tarochenkylo, chef des services secrets ukrainiens. Il indiquera plus tard : . Il est admis dans un état critique à la clinique privée du Rudolfinerhaus de Vienne le  après plusieurs jours d'intenses douleurs au ventre. Les examens indiquent qu'il a un pancréas gonflé et des ulcères à l'estomac. Il y est soigné jusqu'au 19 du même mois. Il choisit en effet de revenir chez lui au bout de 9 jours pour continuer la campagne, contre l'avis de ses médecins. Mais il développe alors d'intenses douleurs au dos. Les médecins et Iouchtchenko prennent le risque de lui insérer un cathéter péridural dans le canal rachidien afin de lui injecter en continu de hautes doses d'opiacés pour calmer les douleurs et de lui permettre de poursuivre la campagne.

Le médecin chargé de son cas, Michael Zimpfer (médecin-chef et président de la clinique privée du Rudolfinerhaus), est d'abord étonné de ces symptômes sans rapport et affirme que Viktor Iouchtchenko souffre d'une pancréatite provoquée par des changements de l'œdème intestinal provenant d'une infection virale sérieuse et de substances chimiques n'étant pas normalement présentes dans des produits alimentaires. N'ayant jamais vu un cas clinique comme celui-ci, le médecin informe alors Iouchtchenko qu'il pourrait avoir été empoisonné, mais sans en avoir les preuves pour le moment. Le visage de Viktor Iouchtchenko apparaît de plus en plus abîmé avec des symptômes ressemblant fortement à de la chloracné. Fin novembre, le toxicologue d'un laboratoire néerlandais, Bram Brouwer, prend contact avec le directeur de la clinique Rudolfinerhaus pour se faire fournir des échantillons de sang de Viktor Iouchtchenko, en vue d'effectuer des tests à l'université libre d'Amsterdam sur la présence ou non de dioxine. Les conclusions de ses tests sont que le sang contient une  et que c'est  chez quelqu'un.

Le , Ioutchenko dit être certain d'avoir été une cible politique en tant qu'opposant, sans nommer de suspect. L'intoxication à la dioxine (de type Seveso) est également la conclusion d'un rapport daté du  des médecins de la clinique Rudolfinerhaus, Nikolai Korpan (cryochirurgien) et Michael Zimpfer. L'organisme de Iouchtchenko présentait des concentrations de dioxine  fois supérieures à la norme, ce qui en fait le deuxième plus important taux de cette molécule enregistré chez un humain.

Le parquet général ukrainien rouvre alors son enquête.
En date du , la piste des services secrets russes est envisagée. Gleb Pavlovsky, le conseiller de Vladimir Poutine, est suspecté, à la suite d'écoutes téléphoniques, mais il dément toute implication dans l'affaire.

Le , une nouvelle expertise confirme l'empoisonnement à la dioxine de Viktor Iouchtchenko. Fin 2006, un quatrième laboratoire, représenté par le Français Pascal Kintz, expert judiciaire en toxicologie médicale, a lui aussi travaillé sur cette question. Pour ce faire, il a analysé les cheveux de Viktor Iouchtchenko. Par la spectrographie de masse, il a pu déterminer une cartographie chimique chronologique de la dioxine de Seveso. Il s'est alors avéré que les segments de cheveux correspondant aux dates antérieures à l'exposition ne contenaient pas de dioxine. En revanche, les segments correspondant à l'exposition montrent une richesse en dioxine, ce qui démontrerait une consommation subite de dioxine.

En 2009, il déclare que la Russie refuse qu'un des trois hommes présents au diner de septembre 2004 soit extradé.

En 2018, lorsqu'on lui demande si Vladimir Poutine a ordonné de l'empoisonner, il déclare : .

Révolution orange et élection à la présidence

Lors du premier tour de l'élection présidentielle, le , Viktor Iouchtchenko arrive en tête avec 39,9 % des suffrages  mais est battu au second tour du  par Viktor Ianoukovytch qui obtient 49,5 %, contre 46,6 % pour Iouchtchenko.

Les observateurs internationaux rapportent de nombreuses irrégularités. Les soupçons de fraude électorale, combinés avec le fait que les sondages de sortie des urnes annonçaient une victoire de Viktor Iouchtchenko, provoquent une contestation de celui-ci et de ses partisans d'accepter les résultats. Ils organisent des rassemblements à travers le pays, en particulier sur la place de l'Indépendance à Kiev, et annoncent une grève générale. Des centaines de milliers de partisans de Iouchtchenko sortent dans les rues malgré les conditions climatiques en arborant des drapeaux orange, la couleur de la coalition de Iouchtchenko, ce qui donne lieu à la dénomination de « Révolution orange ». Le mouvement reste pacifique, ne provoquant aucun mort.

La Cour suprême ukrainienne décide finalement d'invalider le second tour de scrutin pour en organiser un nouveau. Celui-ci se tient le , sous la surveillance de quelque  observateurs internationaux, notamment de l'OSCE. Des sources diplomatiques indiquent que les États-Unis ont dépensé 65 millions de dollars pour la campagne de Iouchtchenko, la révolution orange, et l'organisation d'un nouveau second tour. De son côté, Viktor Ianoukovytch a reçu l'aide financière de la Russie.

Victor Iouchtchenko sort vainqueur du scrutin, avec 52,0 % des voix. Viktor Ianoukovytch, qui sort battu de l'élection avec 44,2 % des suffrages, engage plusieurs procédures visant à invalider le résultat, mais la Cour suprême ukrainienne rejette toutes les demandes : le , elle déclare Victor Iouchtchenko vainqueur de l'élection présidentielle.

Président de l'Ukraine

Débuts

Viktor Iouchtchenko prête serment le . Ses principaux défis sont de combattre la corruption, qui mine le pays, et de se rapprocher de l'Union européenne sans dégrader ses relations avec la Russie. C'est d'ailleurs en Russie que le nouveau président effectue sa première visite officielle, le , de manière à montrer que, malgré les différends, l'Ukraine reste tout de même proche de la Russie.

Le , Ioulia Tymochenko, élue par 373 députés — pour une majorité requise de 226 députés —, devient la nouvelle Première ministre. Rapidement, les relations entre le chef de l'État et la Première ministre se dégradent. Elle est remplacée par Iouriï Iekhanourov le .

En parallèle de la coalition Bloc Viktor Iouchtchenko « Notre Ukraine », le parti Union nationale « Notre Ukraine » (NSNU) , est créé le .

Cohabitation avec Viktor Ianoukovytch
À partir du , Viktor Iouchtchenko cohabite avec son rival de l'élection présidentielle, Viktor Ianoukovytch, qui accepte le poste de Premier ministre après la victoire de son camp lors d'élections législatives anticipées, provoquées par les tensions persistantes au sein de la majorité issue de la révolution orange, notamment avec le renvoi de Ioulia Tymochenko. Lors de ces élections, le Bloc Viktor Iouchtchenko « Notre Ukraine » est renommé en Bloc Notre Ukraine (BNU).

Le , Viktor Iouchtchenko décide de dissoudre le Parlement et d'organiser de nouveau des élections législatives anticipées au . Cette décision est contestée devant la Cour constitutionnelle par Viktor Ianoukovytch, qui juge que le président ne peut dissoudre le Parlement sans motif valable. Le , Viktor Iouchtchenko annonce qu'il reporte les élections au . Il démet ensuite deux juges de la Cour constitutionnelle de leurs fonctions. Viktor Ianoukovytch réagit en jugeant cette décision également contraire à la Constitution.

Cohabitation avec Ioulia Tymochenko

Les élections législatives de 2007 donnent la victoire au Parti des régions de Ianoukovytch, mais les formations pro-occidentales du Bloc Notre Ukraine - Autodéfense populaire (BNU-NS)  et du Bloc Ioulia Tymochenko s'allient pour former un gouvernement de coalition. Ioulia Tymochenko redevient Première ministre alors que les deux groupes ne disposent que d'un siège de plus que la majorité absolue à la Rada.

Les relations tendues qu'entretiennent le président et sa Première ministre sont le point de départ d'une crise parlementaire qui débute en . Les services de la présidence vont alors accuser Ioulia Tymochenko d'avoir trahi l'intérêt national pour servir ses ambitions personnelles. Après des semaines de tensions exacerbées par des divergences concernant l'attitude à adopter face au conflit russo-géorgien, la coalition entre le Bloc Tymochenko et le Bloc Notre Ukraine - Autodéfense populaire vole en éclats lors de débats sur une réforme constitutionnelle visant à réduire les pouvoirs du chef de l'État au profit de ceux du gouvernement. Les députés de Notre Ukraine sont alors pratiquement les seuls à s'opposer à la promulgation de la loi, massivement approuvée par l'opposition et par le Bloc Tymochenko.

Ioulia Tymochenko s'emploie dès lors à mettre en œuvre tous les moyens à sa disposition pour empêcher une nouvelle dissolution de la Rada, préférant chercher à former une nouvelle coalition. En , elle parvient finalement à former une nouvelle majorité, plus large, en incluant les 20 députés du Bloc de Volodymyr Lytvyn, redevenu président de la Rada.

Défaite à l'élection présidentielle de 2010
Briguant un second mandat à l'élection présidentielle de 2010, Viktor Iouchtchenko, tenu pour responsable d'une forte vague de déception et de désillusion au sein de l'opinion publique, est éliminé dès le premier tour avec 5,45 % des voix. Il refuse de donner une consigne de vote en vue du second tour, qui voit s'affronter Viktor Ianoukovytch et Ioulia Tymochenko, les accusant tous deux de vouloir organiser un rapprochement avec la Russie, mais sans la soutenir toutefois.

Le mandat présidentiel de Viktor Iouchtchenko s'achève le , avec la prestation de serment de Viktor Ianoukovytch au Parlement.

Après la présidence

Viktor Iouchtchenko affirme son souhait de rester actif en politique malgré sa défaite. Il vit dans le quartier de Koncha-Zaspa, à Kiev, où il dispose d'une villa de fonction et d'un bureau en tant qu'ancien président.

Le , il est entendu dans un tribunal de Kiev, en qualité de témoin, au procès de son ancienne Première ministre Ioulia Tymochenko, accusée d'abus de pouvoir et de corruption. Durant son audition, il affirme que Ioulia Tymochenko a, en 2009, passé avec le président du gouvernement russe Vladimir Poutine « un accord politique » concernant le gaz dont « les répercussions, extrêmement dommageables, se feront encore sentir dans neuf ans ». Ioulia Tymochenko refuse de le contre-interroger, déclarant refuser « que ce procès soit celui de la Révolution orange ».

Aux élections législatives de 2012, Viktor Iouchtchenko conduit la liste Notre Ukraine, qui recueille 1,1 % des voix.

En , la fédération de Kiev exclut Iouchtchenko du parti, avant que le conseil politique national ne revienne sur cette décision.

En avril 2018, Viktor Iouchtchenko déclare dans une interview : .

Vie privée
Après avoir été marié à Svetlana Kolesnyk, Viktor Iouchtchenko est marié en secondes noces à Kateryna Tchoumatchenko. Née à Chicago, dans une famille d'origine ukrainienne, elle est citoyenne américaine. Ancienne fonctionnaire du Département d'État des États-Unis, elle a été accusée avant les élections présidentielles par les opposants de Viktor Iouchtchenko, les chaines de l'état ukrainien et la télévision russe de servir d'agent d'influence du gouvernement américain auprès de son mari et d'être un agent en activité de la CIA.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Politique en Ukraine
 Bloc Notre Ukraine
 Notre Ukraine (parti politique)
 Relations entre l'Union européenne et l'Ukraine
 Relations entre la Russie et l'Ukraine

Liens externes

Président de l'Ukraine
Premier ministre d'Ukraine
Victime d'une tentative de meurtre
Récipiendaire de l'ordre des Séraphins
Naissance en février 1954
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› Opinion
The not so green shoots of rural revival
By S Mahendra Dev | Last Updated at July 31 2020 01:33 IST
Topics Rural income | Rural economy | Reserve Bank of India
The performance of the rural economy is important as around 70 per cent of the country's population and workforce reside in rural areas. Increase in their purchasing power is crucial to creating demand for goods and services of the entire economy. In this context, we examine the present state of the rural economy and the measures needed for its revival, which can also help in improving the overall economy.
The impact of Covid-19 on rural India is much less than in urban areas. There are also reports that the rural economy is reviving after the lockdown. It is true that the only saving grace for the Indian economy now is the performance of the agricultural sector. In FY21, agricultural gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow at 2.5 to 3 per cent, although GDP for the overall economy may contract by 5 to 8 per cent. India is likely to have a bumper crop in both Kharif and Rabi seasons due to normal monsoon. However, bumper crops can lead to fall in farm prices. Farmers may not be able to get remunerative prices as there are still supply chain problems.
Moreover, the agriculture sector is only one part of the story in rural areas. The non-farm incomes and employment have been increasing over time. In fact, a NABARD survey shows that only 23 per cent of the income for rural households is from agriculture. A NITI Aayog study pegs the rural economy's contribution to national income at 46 per cent. It also indicates about two-thirds of rural income is now generated in non-agricultural activities.
As mentioned in the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) Monetary Policy Report, in the pre-covid-19 period the rural economy was under stress as terms of trade had moved against agriculture and growth in rural wages was subdued partly due to the slowdown in the construction sector. Covid-19 has further impacted the already stressed rural economy. Data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy shows that unemployment rate in rural areas rose from 8.4 per cent in March to 22.9 per cent in April, 22.5 per cent in May and 10.5 per cent in June this year. In other words, millions of rural labourers also lost jobs apart from huge losses for labourers, including migrant workers, in urban areas.
Illustration: Binay Sinha
The Centre, the state governments and the RBI have recognised the challenges and responded with several measures. The Union government package consists of free food transfers, cash transfers, rise in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) funds, front-loading of PM-Kisan, reforms in the agriculture sector and so on. But, these measures may not be enough to offset the reduction in remittances and low growth in rural wages. To top it all, the pandemic is now also spreading to tier 2 and tier 3 towns and rural areas.
In June and July, rural recovery outpaced that of urban areas, and it reflected in the increased demand for fast-moving consumer goods, tractors and two-wheelers. However, this rural revival is the result of pent up demand after the lockdown and may not be sustainable over time due to low rural wages and falling incomes. Thus, gains due to fiscal measures may not be enough to revive the economy —be it rural or urban.
What should be done to revive the rural economy? First, farmers' incomes have to be raised. Rise in minimum support price may be necessary but revival of supply chains is needed to ensure higher prices. The agriculture reforms relating to the Essential Commodities Act, agricultural marketing and contract farming would help in raising incomes in the medium term. However, the government has to provide more clarity on these reforms, including on the Centre-state coordination. Similarly, agriculture exports have to be promoted with consistent long-term policy on exports. Atmanirbhar means we have to be self-confident and tariffs should not be increased.
Second, relief measures have to be expanded to include migrant workers. In June, the prime minister announced extension of free rations for over 80 million people by five more months till November-end. However, the government has to make sure that no one is excluded. Similarly, the amount of cash transfers and the number of days under MGNREGA have to be raised. Former RBI governor C Rangarajan and I have suggested minimum basic income for the poor and vulnerable in the post-covid period. A one-time fiscal space has to be created and we should get back to fiscal stability in the medium term.
Third, recently RBI governor Shaktikanta Das mentioned the need for investment in infrastructure. Investing in rural infrastructure is essential for raising employment and wages. We have to go beyond farming and invest in warehousing, logistics, processing and retailing. Similarly, rural construction is important for employment creation and enhancing rural wages. During 2004-05 and 2011-12, construction played an important role in raising wages of rural workers.
Fourth, around 51 per cent of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are in rural areas and they have to be revived. Covid-19 is a big shock for these MSMEs, which were already reeling in the aftermath of the non-banking financial company crisis. There are also opportunities in the space vacated by China. India can't become self-reliant without dynamic MSMEs.
Lastly, agriculture and non-agriculture linkages, rural-urban connections are important for rural revival. Professor T N Srinivasan argued that the solution for agriculture lies in labour absorption by non-agriculture. Similarly, urban fiscal stimulus, solving the twin balance sheet problems of the corporate sector and banks would help rural India because of rural-urban linkages.
To conclude, the recent rural rebound and its role in reviving the entire economy are overstated. The government's relief package and a bumper crop would help in raising demand and incomes. However, they may not be able to offset lower remittances, loss of jobs and continued pressure on rural wages . For rural revival, there is a need to take measures to raise farmers' incomes, improve supply chains, enhance relief measures for informal workers, including migrants, increase investment in infrastructure, particularly construction, develop MSMEs and rural-urban linkages. This will help create demand and revive the entire economy as it would enhance purchasing power of a large section of the population whose marginal propensity to consume is high.
The writer is director and vice chancellor, IGIDR, Mumbai
Read our full coverage on Rural income
First Published: Fri,July 31 2020 01:25 IST
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Q: Why is my TabItem custom control not showing up in the TabControl I made a custom control called SmartTabItem, currently just the default implementation:
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;

namespace TestControl.Controls
{
    public class SmartTabItem : TabItem
    {
        static SmartTabItem()
        {
            DefaultStyleKeyProperty.OverrideMetadata(typeof(SmartTabItem), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(typeof(SmartTabItem)));
        }
    }
}

I include it in my TabControl like this:
<Window x:Class="TestControl.Window1"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:controls="clr-namespace:TestControl.Controls"
    Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="300">
    <DockPanel Margin="10">
        <TabControl>
            <controls:SmartTabItem Header="One">content of one</controls:SmartTabItem>
            <TabItem Header="Two">content of two</TabItem>
            <TabItem Header="Three">content of three</TabItem>
        </TabControl>
    </DockPanel>
</Window>

But only tabs "Two" and "Three" are displayed. Why isn't the SmartTabItem showing up in the TabControl if it inherits from TabItem?

A: To use the default style for a TabItem on your SmartTabItem, modify the code like this:
DefaultStyleKeyProperty.OverrideMetadata(typeof(SmartTabItem), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(typeof(TabItem)));

This will tell the wpf system to use the TabItem's default style for your tab items. Otherwise, your tab item is truly lookless.

A: I'm guessing because you've overridden its default style, but have not provided a style for it in Generic.xaml. Try commenting out this line to test:
DefaultStyleKeyProperty.OverrideMetadata(typeof(SmartTabItem), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(typeof(SmartTabItem)));

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Madhes: Facts and rumors
Sujit Mainali / October 2, 2015
Lately, the news media and social networking sites are abuzz with some interesting statements on Tarai-Madhes. Southasiacheck.org has examined whether these statements are fact-based or not.
First statement: More than half of the total population of Nepal lives in Tarai-Madhes.
According to the 2011 census, Nepal's total population is 26,494,504 and out of this, 50.26 percent (13,318,705) lives in the Tarai.
So, this statement is fact.
Second Statement: People of hill origin also live in the Tarai.
The 2001 census showed that people of hill origin comprise over 35 percent*** of Tarai population. (Source: Pitambar Sharma, Unravelling the Mosaic, Special Aspects of Ethnicity in Nepal, Social Science Baha/Himal Books, 2007, Kathmandu)
Similarly, the 2011 census showed that about 34 percent** of the people living in Tarai-Madesh are of hill origin. (Source: Kare Vollan, Elections in Nepal, Identifying the Political Excluded Groups, pg 54-58, Social Science Baha/Himal Books, 2014, Kathmandu)
So, the second statement is also a fact.
Third Statement: Parliamentary representation of Tharu, Madhesi and others from Tarai (barring people of hill origin residing in the Tarai) is not proportional compared to their population.
The 2001 census showed that Tarai population barring people of hill origin was 32.39 percent of the national population. But their representation in parliament formed in 1999 was only 20.5 percent.
But this does not mean that all social groups of Tarai were not proportionately represented in parliament. According to census 2001 data, people of Madhesi caste groups comprised 15 percent of the national population and their representation in parliament formed in 1999 was 14.1 percent. Madhesi Dalits comprised 4.29 percent of the national population, but their representation in parliament was nil.
Likewise, representation in the Lower House of Muslims and indigenous communities of Tarai including Tharus was almost half of their population size. Representation of these communities was encouraging in the first Constituent Assembly (CA) that was formed after the April 2006 popular movement. Thirty-four percent of the total 601 CA members were from these communities although these communities comprised just 32.3 percent of the national population. But in the same Constituent Assembly, representation of Madhesi Dalits and Muslims was still almost half of their population size. But the parliamentary representation of the Madhes Caste groups, which comprised 15 percent of the national population, was 20.3 percent.*
(Source: Kare Vollan, Elections in Nepal, Identifying the Political Excluded Groups, Social Science Baha/Himal Books, 2014, Kathmandu)
In the House of Representatives formed in 1991 and 1994, Madhesi caste groups were under-represented. But, these caste groups were proportionately represented in the House of Representatives formed in 1999. Likewise, Madhesi caste groups were over-represented (compared to their share in national population) in the first Constituent Assembly formed in 2008.
Madhesi indigenous groups have been sometimes proportionately represented and on some occasions underrepresented in the legislature.
Legislative representation of Madhesi Dalits and Muslims between 1991 and 2008 was not proportional. In the House of Representatives formed after three parliamentary elections between 1991 and 1999, representation of Tarai Dalits was nil.
(Note: There is slight difference in the size of population of the communities living in Tarai in the books by Kare Vollan and Pitambar Sharma.)
Fourth statement: The proportion of Madhesi caste groups, Madhesi Dalit, Muslims and indigenous communities in the national population is gradually rising.
Censuses conducted before 1991 would not maintain community-based record of the size of population. But censuses conducted since 1991 show the proportion of Madhesi caste groups, religious groups (Muslims) and Tarai indigenous communities in national population rising gradually.
In 1991, these Tarai communities comprised 26.5 percent of the total population, and this proportion rose to 32.2 percent according to 2011 census.
(Source: Pitambar Sharma, Some Aspects of Nepal's Social Demography: Census 2011 Update, Social Science Baha/Himal Books, 2014, Kathmandu)
Thus, this statement is correct.
*The sentence has been corrected for error.
**Earlier this figure was wrongly mentioned as "about 17 percent".
*** Earlier this figure was wrongly mentioned as 16.7 percent due to calculations error.
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namespace cyclus {
namespace toolkit {

Position::Position() : latitude_(0), longitude_(0) {}

Position::Position(double decimal_lat, double decimal_lon) {
  LatCheck(decimal_lat);
  LonCheck(decimal_lon);
  latitude_ = SetPrecision(decimal_lat * CYCLUS_DECIMAL_SECOND_MULTIPLIER, 1);
  longitude_ = SetPrecision(decimal_lon * CYCLUS_DECIMAL_SECOND_MULTIPLIER, 1);
}

Position::~Position() {}

double Position::latitude() const {
  return SetPrecision(latitude_ / CYCLUS_DECIMAL_SECOND_MULTIPLIER, 6);
}

double Position::longitude() const {
  return SetPrecision(longitude_ / CYCLUS_DECIMAL_SECOND_MULTIPLIER, 6);
}

void Position::latitude(double lat) {
  LatCheck(lat);
  latitude_ = SetPrecision(lat * CYCLUS_DECIMAL_SECOND_MULTIPLIER, 1);
}

void Position::longitude(double lon) {
  LonCheck(lon);
  longitude_ = SetPrecision(lon * CYCLUS_DECIMAL_SECOND_MULTIPLIER, 1);
}

void Position::set_position(double lat, double lon) {
  LatCheck(lat);
  LonCheck(lon);
  latitude_ = SetPrecision(lat * CYCLUS_DECIMAL_SECOND_MULTIPLIER, 1);
  longitude_ = SetPrecision(lon * CYCLUS_DECIMAL_SECOND_MULTIPLIER, 1);
}

void Position::LatCheck(double lat) {
  if (lat > 90 || lat < -90){
    std::stringstream msg;
    msg << "The provided latitude (" << lat
        << ") is outside the acceptable range. "
        << "[-90, 90]";
    throw ValueError(msg.str());
  }
}

void Position::LonCheck(double lon) {
  if (lon > 180 || lon < -180){
    std::stringstream msg;
    msg << "The provided longitude (" << lon
        << ") is outside the acceptable range."
        << "[-180, 180]";
    throw ValueError(msg.str());
  }
}

double Position::Distance(Position target) const {
  double earth_radius = 6372.8;  // in kilometers (KM)
  double curr_longitude = this->longitude() * M_PI / 180;
  double curr_latitude = this->latitude() * M_PI / 180;
  double tarlongitude = target.longitude() * M_PI / 180;
  double tarlatitude = target.latitude() * M_PI / 180;
  double dlong = tarlongitude - curr_longitude;
  double dlat = tarlatitude - curr_latitude;

  double half_chord_length_sq =
      pow(sin(dlat / 2), 2) +
      pow(sin(dlong / 2), 2) * cos(curr_latitude) * cos(tarlatitude);

  double angular_distance =
      2 * atan2(sqrt(half_chord_length_sq), sqrt(1 - half_chord_length_sq));
  return earth_radius * angular_distance;
}

std::string Position::ToString(Position::StringFormat format) const {
  std::stringstream lat_string;
  std::stringstream lon_string;
  double lat = this->latitude();
  double lon = this->longitude();
  switch (format) {
    case StringFormat::DEGREES:
      lat_string << ToStringHelperLat(format, lat);
      lon_string << ToStringHelperLon(format, lon);
      break;
    case StringFormat::DEGREES_MINUTES:
      lat_string << ToStringHelperLat(format, lat);
      lon_string << ToStringHelperLon(format, lon);
      break;
    case StringFormat::DEGREES_MINUTES_SECONDS:
      lat_string << ToStringHelperLat(format, lat);
      lon_string << ToStringHelperLon(format, lon);
      break;
  }
  return lat_string.str() + lon_string.str() + "/";
}

double Position::SetPrecision(double value, double precision) const {
  if (precision == 0) {
    return floor(value);
  }
  return (floor((value * pow(10, precision) + 0.5)) / pow(10, precision));
}

std::string Position::ToStringHelperLat(int mode, double lat) const {
  std::stringstream lat_string;
  double lat_int;
  lat_string << ToStringHelper(lat);

  lat = modf(lat, &lat_int);
  if (((int)lat_int) / 10 == 0) {
    lat_string << "0";
  }
  switch (mode) {
    case StringFormat::DEGREES:
      lat_string << std::setprecision(7) << fabs(lat_int + lat);
      break;
    case StringFormat::DEGREES_MINUTES:
      lat_string << abs((int)lat_int) << ToStringHelperDM(lat);
      break;
    case StringFormat::DEGREES_MINUTES_SECONDS:
      lat_string << abs((int)lat_int) << ToStringHelperDMS(lat);
      break;
  }
  return lat_string.str();
}

std::string Position::ToStringHelperLon(int mode, double lon) const {
  std::stringstream lon_string;
  double lon_int;
  lon_string << ToStringHelper(lon);
  lon = modf(lon, &lon_int);
  if (((int)lon_int) / 100 == 0) {
    if (((int)lon_int) / 10 == 0) {
      lon_string << "0";
    }
    lon_string << "0";
  }
  switch (mode) {
    case StringFormat::DEGREES:
      lon_string << std::setprecision(7) << fabs(lon_int + lon);
      break;
    case StringFormat::DEGREES_MINUTES:
      lon_string << abs((int)lon_int) << ToStringHelperDM(lon);
      break;
    case StringFormat::DEGREES_MINUTES_SECONDS:
      lon_string << abs((int)lon_int) << ToStringHelperDMS(lon);
      break;
  }
  return lon_string.str();
}

std::string Position::ToStringHelper(double value) const {
  std::stringstream temp;
  if (value > 0) {
    temp << "+";
  } else {
    temp << "-";
  }
  return temp.str();
}

std::string Position::ToStringHelperDM(double value) const {
  std::stringstream temp;
  value = fabs(value) * 60;
  if (((int)fabs(value)) / 10 == 0) {
    temp << "0";
  }
  temp << std::setprecision(5) << value;

  return temp.str();
}

std::string Position::ToStringHelperDMS(double value) const {
  std::stringstream temp;
  double value_int;
  value = fabs(value) * 60;
  value = modf(value, &value_int);
  if (((int)value_int) / 10 == 0) {
    temp << "0";
  }
  temp << fabs(value_int);
  value = value * 60;
  if ((int)fabs(value) / 10 == 0) {
    temp << "0";
  }
  temp << std::setprecision(1) << std::fixed << value;

  return temp.str();
}

}  // namespace toolkit
}  // namespace cyclus

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Why Tech Leaders Are Among Superintendents' Most Valuable Resources
Feb 1, 2019 Curated Article | Education Dive
• As technology becomes more prevalent in the classroom, district technology leaders are becoming a useful resource for school superintendents.
• Philanthropy can go beyond dollars. If you're an expert in a particular field, how can you use your skills to advance social good?
• Read about the importance of creating an equitable design in edtech.
The rise of educational technology and school network infrastructure, and the related cybersecurity needs, have made school and district technology leaders some of the most important personnel in K-12 organizations — so much so that the position has become a pipeline to the superintendency.
In a crowded session at the Future of Education Technology Conference in Orlando this week, consultant and former Klein Independent School District (Texas) executive director for educational technology Ann McMullan moderated a panel of three tech-directors-turned-superintendents who also all serve on the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) Superintendent Advisory Panel.
Superintendents can ultimately learn a lot from the people in tech leadership roles, and the panelists used their prior experiences to elaborate on the recruitment and hiring process, primary responsibilities, how to cultivate their leadership, and what they've learned as superintendents from their own chief technology officers.
Manheim Central School District (Pennsylvania) Superintendent Peter Aiken's current CTO is a former teacher, so he understands both the nuts and bolts as well as the instructional side. A common challenge in that role is how to become well-rounded and balance the tech side with teaching and learning, so having someone who understands both is a blessing, he said.
Even in a small district, Zeigenfuss said, one person can't know everything and do everything in technology. It's important to have someone who knows basic infrastructure and what's on the cutting edge of tech as well as someone with the the ability to work on a team. Technology departments can't operate in silos, such as having ed tech and IT as separate sub-departments, as people outside of those areas aren't often in the loop.
Read the full article about why superintendents need tech leaders by Roger Riddell at Education Dive
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Hall Summit is een plaats (village) in de Amerikaanse staat Louisiana, en valt bestuurlijk gezien onder Red River Parish.

Demografie
Bij de volkstelling in 2000 werd het aantal inwoners vastgesteld op 264.
In 2006 is het aantal inwoners door het United States Census Bureau geschat op 263, een daling van 1 (-0,4%).

Geografie
Volgens het United States Census Bureau beslaat de plaats een oppervlakte van
4,3 km², geheel bestaande uit land. Hall Summit ligt op ongeveer 61 m boven zeeniveau.

Plaatsen in de nabije omgeving
De onderstaande figuur toont nabijgelegen plaatsen in een straal van 20 km rond Hall Summit.

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What happens when pornography ends in marriage: the uniformity of pleasure in Fanny Hill
Haslanger, Andrea (2011) What happens when pornography ends in marriage: the uniformity of pleasure in Fanny Hill. ELH: English Literary History, 78 (1). pp. 163-188. ISSN 0013-8304
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/elh.2011.0002
This essay argues that John Cleland's pornographic novel, Fanny Hill, conceals coercion by employing the language of materialism to suggest that all sex, commercial or not, produces pleasure. While the ostensible benevolence of human instinct allows the novel to sidestep questions of injury and rape, they persist until Fanny's marriage, which delivers her to conjugal felicity. Fanny Hill presents an extreme version of the marriage plot, showing that marriage's claim to retroactively pardon harm allows it to sanction violent means. Cleland's novel implicates Pamela by demonstrating that they share a basic structure: materialist pornography, like the marriage plot, transforms injury into the impossibility thereof, forcefully restricting first-person narrative in the process.
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Rhombifera caerulea is een zakpijpensoort uit de familie van de Polycitoridae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1956 door Peres.

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Snooker 14:21, 10-Aug-2022
Snooker: All five Chinese players advance at British Open qualifier
Chinese snooker player Zhang Anda in action at 2019 International Championship in Daqing, Heilongjiang Province in China, August 5, 2019. /CFP
Chinese snooker players were in perfect form as all five who participated on the opening day of British Open qualifier advanced to the next round in Wigan on Wednesday.
Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry, 53, was stunned by world No. 70 Zhang Anda 4-1. Hendry responded to a break of 59 in the second frame by rolling in a 54 in the third frame to trail 2-1, but the 30-year-old Chinese player wasted no time to crush the senior in the final two frames and reached the last 64.
Meanwhile, amateur Zhao Jianbo beat Jackson Page 4-3 in an intense match, and Li Hang swept Liam Highfield 4-0. Chen Zifan and Xu Si also cruised into the next round after beating their opponents respectively.
Chinese snooker player Ding Junhui during the World Championship in Sheffield, UK, April 20, 2022. /CFP
A record number of 28 Chinese players are competing in the qualifier, with another four to start their journey on Wednesday. The 35-year-old ace Ding Junhui will clash against young Briton Oliver Lines in his seasonal debut.
The qualifiers are between August 9 to 14, and the British Open will take place from September 26 to October 2 in Milton Keynes with the world's top 16 beginning their campaign at the finals venue.
Welsh Mark Williams is the defending champion at the third ranking event of the season.


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The Rover Key Art Design by Jeremy Saunders
A lot of posters and other media have come out along with The Rover movie and now we can read about the process used by Jeremy Saunders. He revealed on his website his whole process from the start to the movies premiere. After I visited Column5 Media I realized that it takes several creative media sources to put together the whole package for a movie. With the huge impact of online social media its not just movie posters that bring people into the theaters. Column 5 shared with me their input in the movie with the website they developed and posters, money and other items they made for the movie. It looks as though Jeremy Saunders worked on the actual images for the posters to be distributed. He also talks of how he also used the colors of the landscape. I have included a few pieces of his work and you can read and see the others on his website. Really gorgeous work with Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson.
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I got involved with The Rover from the beginning of pre-production and had sent some detailed instructions to the producers about the kinds of shots I thought would be useful to use in the final key art. This is always a bit tricky before the film has even shot – I'm relying heavily on scripts which however well-written aren't necessarily great in terms of defining tone or mood. And David's script for the film (as with the film itself) is spare and unwilling to greatly expand on detail. So I took his phrase "It's kind of a western, love story thing" at its word and requested some kind of western kind of love story images from the gallery photographer (the very good John Tsiavis).
Time to case about looking for some inspiration. While it's always tempting (to me) to go as far away from actors' heads as possible, you aren't really allowed to have Rob Pattinson in a movie and not have his face on the poster. It's actually illegal in most countries.
The basic idea with the 'head shots' are to make Robert's character the direct entry into the film – he's as close to an innocent in the world as it's possible to get and his guileless, direct stare is in contrast to Eric's unknowable avoidance of gaze.
The colours are so far mostly kind of dreary – this comes from only having seen ungraded footage where everything was pretty grey and drab. After a number of asserrtions from Liz and David that, actually, it did look quite beautiful really, I decided to go back to my normal modus operandi of using all the colours at the same time.
The request came through to put Rob in the background of Guy's poster. And suddenly, this became the release poster here in Australia. I don't mind admitting I was pretty disappointed. I'm never really convinced that this type of poster tells you anything about the film other than who's in it. But time was against us and the client is always right. This was my delivered file which was re-graded and used as the release poster.
And finally, almost out of nowhere, this appeared and was used as the teaser poster in Australia. It does admittedly belong to that cliche of the protagonist-with-his-back-to-us-poster but if there's a protagonist who deserves that poster, it's this man, and it's this movie. I think it works rather well. David Michôd said this was his favourite artwork for the film, and that's a pretty good note to sign off on.
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Rowhouses are more common in Washington DC, Alexandria and Marilyn then just about any other place in the US. Because of this, we have a lot of clients asking us if a house is a benefit to the resident or a detriment. There are pros and cons to just about any type of living situation so we wanted to address a few of them here.
Here are some of the advantages and disadvantages of living in a townhouse or a rowhouse.
Your house never goes out of style.
Rowhouses have been around for decades and it never really goes out of style. A single-family home may need to be repainted from time to time or changed completely as that 1970s retro look will eventually go out of style. But, a rowhouse is one style that usually never goes away, especially if it's a traditional brick style rowhouse that you see a lot in the DC area.
Homes are practical and laid out well.
Most rowhouses are two or three stories minimum and they are an excellent use of practical space. They can be economical and much less expensive because you're really not paying for two exterior walls. They are not only spacious but economical.
Just as with a condominium complex or apartment building, rowhouse living can give you that sense of community. Most neighbors are from the same societal standard as yourself, which means lifestyles, habits, and hobbies could match a lot of your own. This is a great way for kids to meet other kids in the neighborhood and have a good sense of a tight-knit neighborhood.
You may not miss the privacy.
Contrary to popular belief, rowhouses actually have as much privacy as a single-family home. In apartments or even condominiums, it's almost impossible to ignore your neighbors, but in rowhouses, you can definitely have your privacy and even fences from one backyard to another.
Some maintenance may be part of the package.
Because of these associations, many of the grounds maintenance or even some of the building maintenance is completely covered by the Association. These usually don't cover interior issues such as a water heater leak or appliance repair, but some of the common area features can be covered by your HOA dues.
Many rowhouses are built close to shops, cafés or markets and even vice versa. Having a rowhouse means there are many people that will need easy access to the daily necessities of life, and this could be a great thing if you want to be within a couple of blocks of your nearest Starbucks.
As with any close community, gated neighborhood, or condo complex you will have homeowner association fees. These are the common fees that will take care of common walls, roofs, and other shared amenities. They may or may not be expensive. It will depend on how many amenities of the community requires.
You may have pet restrictions.
Depending on the rules set forth by the Association you may have certain pet restrictions. You may or may not be able to bring any or all pets along. It's important to understand the rules and regulations when it comes to your four-legged family members before moving in.
If you are extremely creative you may find that living in a rowhouse can stifle that creativity somewhat. You usually cannot paint the outside of the house and you might not be able to do everything you want in the backyard as well if there even is one.
If you 'd like more info on rowhouses in Northern Virginia, DC, or Maryland, check out our website, call us for personal service or sign up for notifications on any homes that hit the market.


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Aesop's Foibles
The American High School Theatre Festival, Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh 16th – 19th August 2008.
A play by Tom French and Carole Lehan
The musical comedy, which is about the muse, Thalia, seeking to find her calling by helping the slave, Aesop, to gain his freedom through the telling of his stories, was written by Glenelg teachers Carole Lehan and Tom French.
The musical will make its world premiere at the Fringe Festival in the 360-seat Church Hill Theatre, in Edinburgh, Lehan said. The show has been a year in the making, said Lehan, a drama teacher at the school who wrote the script for "Aesop's Foibles." Students auditioned for the show in September 2007 and rewrites were ongoing during the latest round of rehearsals last week, she added.
When the school was asked to apply for a spot in this year's Fringe Festival, Lehan believed their chances of being accepted were slim, she said.
"I thought, 'That would be very cool to do it, but what are the chances?' " she added.
French, a music teacher at the school who wrote the music and lyrics for the show, said that the right combination of elements – such as the songs, plot and student performers – came together for the group and made their trip to the festival a reality.
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Reuters, DOHA | Tue Feb 1, 2011 2:17pm EST
(Reuters) - Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera said its signal was being jammed in parts of the Middle East on Tuesday, days after Egypt shut the network's operations in the country and an Egyptian satellite cut its broadcast signal.
"Signals on the Nilesat platform were cut, and frequencies on the Arabsat and Hotbird platforms were disrupted continually forcing millions of viewers across the Arab world to change satellite frequencies throughout the day," Al Jazeera said in a statement, referring to a few of the geostationary satellites broadcasting across the region.
At least one million Egyptians took to the streets on Tuesday in scenes never before seen in the Arab nation's modern history, roaring in unison for President Hosni Mubarak and his new government to quit.
"We have been working round the clock to make sure we are broadcasting on alternative frequencies. Clearly there are powers that do not want our important images pushing for democracy and reform to be seen by the public," a Jazeera spokesman said in an emailed statement.
Al Jazeera's coverage of political unrest in Egypt has been widely watched in the region, and the channel said on Tuesday a dozen smaller Arab networks had interrupted their own programmes to carry its signal.
"Over the past week the network has faced multiple attempts to disrupt their coverage from Egypt, with signals being interfered with on a continual basis, and journalists being banned and detained," Al Jazeera said.
Egyptian authorities briefly detained six reporters from Al Jazeera English in Cairo on Monday, seizing one camera.
The news channel, which says it can reach 220 million households in more than 100 countries, had asked viewers to switch to Arabsat and Hotbird satellites after saying Egypt's satellite Nilesat had cut off its signal.
Launched in Doha, Qatar, in 1996, Al Jazeera has more than 400 reporters in over 60 countries, according to its website.
(Reporting by Firouz Sedarat in Dubai; Editing by Reed Stevenson)
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Even though we seem to spend most of our life worrying. Worrying about those things that never seem to find the light of day.
And then before we know it. The one scenario. The one scenario we never had the time to worry about and play over and over in our minds like a broken record, is the one that surprises us.
It's the one thing that actually sneaks up on us.
It comes at a time when you never truly suspect.
Oh, how life crafts such stories, I'll never quite know.
It's also the moment when you're not looking so intently when love seems to be found. And when such life defining twists occur.
But one is never quite ready. Not as much as we'd like to think we'd be.
There's a vulnerability in the air now. Our humanity on display. Reminding us, that though we may wish it to be so, we do not control and run as much as we think we do.
And I am still a bit stunned by it all, by such bad news.
The events leading up to it, were just so damn unassuming.
She delivered the news to me with such gravitas, with such grace, with such ease and peace. I almost misunderstood the words.
And what do you do with bad news?
It's tempting to look away. To cover it up. To run away.
But no -- we will look at it.
WE. WILL. LOOK. AT. IT.
Because our position in the world has not changed.
We are still vulnerable, small and tiny creatures, being held by an incredible infinite force beyond our finite comprehension.
We lean into this force of Love.
Bad news has a way of causing us to change, to discard the unnecessary, and to appreciate the everyday miracles of the good.
Because in the midst of bad news....there--far, far off in the horizon, is a new world.
One to be explored, not just merely conquered.
A world that is meant to show us more about ourselves and the God that walks with us in the valleys as well as the mountain tops.
Meanwhile we are shedding tears. And we are praying.
And I'm learning more about what love looks like in the midst of such terrible and bad news.


They say "perception is reality" and "a picture is worth a thousand words." Truer words have never been spoken.
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You can follow-up with a perceptual that can focus in on the deeper feelings of the ad campaign's hidden messages. Are you transmitting an implication of the opposite, or guaranteeing your client or product the awareness, trial and usage that every successful campaign delivers?
The Internet has driven the need for every business to use fewer words and more video to get their point across.


"We were fending off a separatist attack with the help of artillery and heavy armor. Wassyl died from a sniper bullet, with his machine gun in his hands," his commander told depo.ua.
Wassyl was a machine gunner. He left behind his parents and older brother. His commander didn't know if he had children, a wife or girlfriend – Wassyl was in the brigade only for a week and a half and they didn't have time to get to know each other better.
Wassyl started singing when he was a child, and it was his older brother Orest that enrolled him in the Dudaryky choir capella in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.
In 1994, the 20-year-old student of the Lviv Conservatory received the Grand Prix at the international competition in France, and signed a contract with "Opera Bastille"in 1996. The French audience nicknamed him "Mephistopheles" for the way he sang the part of four devils from the opera "Tales of Hoffmann" by Offenbach.
Wassyl received the prize for the Best male performer at the international festival of opera singers in Armele in 2011 for his performance of the Aria of Toreador from the opera Carmen by Bizet.
Wassyl lived in France, made a wonderful career, but did not distance himself from his homeland. When Euromaidan protests started in 2013, he was unable to travel to Ukraine, as he signed a contract with the Opera, but he organized rallies to support Ukraine in France.
Wassyl was proud of his first success as a pro-Ukrainian volunteer – a "Ford" that was purchased for the needs of the Right Sector battalion on the funds raised during one manifestation in Paris. But he thought it wasn't enough. After living 19 years in France, he left his life of a European celebrity and returned to protect his homeland.
He chose the call name to "Mephistopheles" for himself, but for convenience, it was shortened to "Myth" – shouting "Mephistopheles" into the radio took too long.
Wassyl joined the Right Sector. From last summer, he changed several units, the latest one being DUK's assault division. His last posts on his facebook page were about volunteer activities, as he continued being a volunteer that fundraised for Ukrainian soldiers. In his latest post, he was searching for 50 black berets. Who knows, for what. His facebook friends joked: we have furry ones. Or pink ones.
His brother Orest tells that Wassyl will be buried in Lviv, his hometown.
Watch this video of Wassyl at the frontline by Hromadske. At the end, he sings a song for his combat brothers while cleaning his machine gun.


On march 2010 I even didn't know Colombia, but since I joined a Colombian expedition to summit Mt.Everest, I absolutely love this country and its people.
After becoming close friends with my fellow climbers, and have connected a lot with all members of the support group that came to get to the Base Camp after we reached the top, I was in Colombia a few weeks ago to reconnect with them, and to know the country, and present their book on the expedition to Everest, and my "Spirit of Adventure – The 7 challenges of entrepreneurship"
All this has increased my romance with Colombia, a place where I think I'll be very connected for friendship, sports, culture and, if I can, other business, for a long time.
Right now, my book is doing very well there. And just this week, Juan Pablo Ruiz, our expedition leader on Everest, and until recently working as a director of the World Bank, wrote about the content treated in it, in his weekly column in the newspaper "El Espectador", leading the Colombian press. TO SEE THE TEXT: CLICK HERE. Even some other newspapers have written about the book during the last months, I'm specially proud of this article.
I advise everyone to go and know this wonderful country now that the issue of insecurity is already controlled, and still is very unknown for the big tourism. Discover a well-educated, kind and hardworking society; a very emerging economy; and an area of exceptional beauty with a variety of landscapes and climates, as it touches the Pacific and the Caribbean, is forest, savannas and Andean peaks over 5,000 meters . In short: A treasure!


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About Life Of Doing
Where We've Traveled
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In Search of Tulou (土樓) Day Trip
by Justin October 23, 2017
written by Justin Published: June 20, 2017 Last Updated on October 23, 2017
One of unique types of architecture in China are the Tulou (土樓) which means "earth/soil building." They were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008. You may recognize this architecture as it has been popularized by Stephen Chow's movie, "Kung Fu Hustle." Some Tulou are over 600 years old and were built like fortresses to protect the family or clan within the walls. I've been interested in these buildings for a while since my mother's family is of Hakka origins. On my recent visit to China, I took a day trip to visit several Fujian (Nanjing) Tulou, and had a great time! I wanted to share photos from my adventure and hope you consider a trip to see them.
Hegui Tulou (和贵楼)
This is the first tulou we saw. It is known as the highest square tulou and is unique that it was built on top of a swamp. Like a boat it has been sitting here for a few hundred years and has not sunk.
Private Tulou
Some are still used as homes. We were allowed to enter for a small fee.
Huaiyuan Tulou (怀远楼)
This was the most well preserved tulou that we saw. We paid a small fee to go to up the stairs to the higher levels. The fee is negotiable.
Tea and Snacks
This area is known for their black tea (紅茶) and there are many shops within and outside the tulou to buy some souvenirs.
Countryside of China
What I loved most about this trip was seeing the countryside of China. Outsiders often perceive China as being packed with people and smoggy like in Beijing, but coming to visit the Fujian Tulou gave me new appreciation to the inner beauty of China.
Is this a place that you would like to visit? What are you excited to see?
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ee.ria.dhx.exception.DhxException

Packages that use DhxException

Package
Description

ee.ria.dhx.types

Package containes Objects representing SOAP requests and responses which are being
 marshalled/unmarshalled and other objects that are created during work process.

ee.ria.dhx.util

Uses of DhxException in ee.ria.dhx.types

Methods in ee.ria.dhx.types that throw DhxException

Modifier and Type
Method and Description

Representee
DhxRepresentee.convertToRepresentee()

Converts representee to member(for representationList service output).

Constructors in ee.ria.dhx.types that throw DhxException

Constructor and Description

OutgoingDhxPackage(InternalXroadMember service,
                  InternalXroadMember client,
                  javax.activation.DataHandler attachmentHandler,
                  java.lang.String internalConsignmentId,
                  java.lang.String dhxProtocolVersion)

Create DhxDocument.

OutgoingDhxPackage(InternalXroadMember service,
                  InternalXroadMember client,
                  java.lang.Object parsedContainer,
                  CapsuleVersionEnum parsedContainerVersion,
                  javax.activation.DataHandler attachmentHandler,
                  java.lang.String internalConsignmentId,
                  java.lang.String dhxProtocolVersion)

Create DhxDocument.

Uses of DhxException in ee.ria.dhx.util

Methods in ee.ria.dhx.util that throw DhxException

Modifier and Type
Method and Description

static java.io.File
FileUtil.createFileAndWrite(java.io.InputStream stream)

Creates file in temporary directory and writes stream to that file.

static CapsuleVersionEnum
CapsuleVersionEnum.forClass(java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.Object> containerClass)

Method finds XSdVersion for given Class.

static javax.activation.DataHandler
FileUtil.getDatahandlerFromStream(java.io.InputStream stream)

Method creates DataHandler from InputStream.

static java.io.File
FileUtil.getFile(java.lang.String path)

Gets file from classpath or from filesystem by files path.

static java.io.InputStream
FileUtil.getFileAsStream(java.io.File file)

Returns files stream.

static java.io.InputStream
FileUtil.getFileAsStream(java.lang.String path)

Gets file from classpath or from filesystem by files path and returns files stream

static javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar
ConversionUtil.toGregorianCalendar(java.util.Date date)

Converts Date to XML date.

static void
FileUtil.writeToFile(java.io.InputStream inStream,
           java.io.FileOutputStream targetStream)

Writes stream to FileOutputStream.

static void
FileUtil.writeToFile(java.lang.String stringToWrite,
           java.io.FileOutputStream targetStream)

Writes string to FileOutputStream.

static java.io.InputStream
FileUtil.zipUnpack(java.io.InputStream zipStream,
         java.lang.String fileToFindInZip)

Unpacks ZIP file and find file provided in input.

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