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FILE PHOTO: A worker pushing a trolley walks with pedestrians past the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) head office in central Sydney, Australia, March 7, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray
Australia's Labor government will launch its first budget next week with warnings about global recession and tough spending choices at home, while still meeting the modest promises made to win election earlier this year.
Keen to avoid any echo of the mayhem caused by Britain's recent mini-budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has put the accent on "responsible" for his effort, foreshadowing restraint on spending to support the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) struggle against runaway inflation.
"The lesson for us is we do what's right, responsible, solid, sensible and suited to the times because the stakes are relatively high at a time when the global economy is a pretty uncertain place," Chalmers said in a briefing on Friday.
"So a premium for us is getting that balance right. I think we got things pretty nicely lined up between fiscal policy and monetary policy in the document I'll release on Tuesday night, and I hope markets think the same."
Investors seem reassured, so far, with no hint of the havoc that wrecked the UK gilt market.
Chalmers also said the previous Liberal National government had "booby trapped" the budget with more than A$6 billion ($3.7 billion) in unfunded spending that would have to be covered in the deficit due to be announced on Oct. 25.
Fortunately, that deficit will be much smaller than first feared thanks to high prices for many of Australia's major commodity exports and a surprisingly strong labour market that has seen unemployment reach 48-year lows at 3.4%.
As a result, the deficit for the year to June 2022 came in at A$32 billion, less than half the projection made back in March.
Analysts are tipping the 2022/23 deficit will range from A$25 billion to A$45 billion, or around 1-1.5% of gross domestic product and relatively frugal by international standards.
It is likely to widen a little from there as the government expects commodity prices to ease and spending pressures to mount, particularly on healthcare and childcare.
Natural disasters are also becoming a real headache, with flooding across the east coast this year costing billions in relief payments with more to come.
Chalmers also said on Friday the widespread floods would likely detract a quarter of a percentage point from economic growth in the December quarter, and add 0.1 percentage point to inflation in the December quarter and again in the March quarter.
He has also flagged steep downgrades to forecasts for global growth as central banks around the world hike interest rates. The RBA has lifted its rates by 250 basis points since May, boosting bond yields and the cost of government borrowing.
Indeed, Chalmers has said the fastest growing area of spending would be borrowing costs "on the trillion dollars of debt that we've inherited".
Gross debt is expected to peak around A$1.1 trillion, though again that is moderate by international standards. On the IMF measure, Australia's gross debt is around 57% of GDP, compared to 71% in Germany, 87% in Britain and 122% in the United States.
This is a major reason Australia is one of only eight nations that can boast a triple-A credit rating.
"For the years ahead, a budget deficit of 1.0%-1.5% of GDP will be an important part of fiscal policy working hand-in-hand with monetary policy to help the economy through the period of surging inflation and slower global economic growth," said Stephen Halmarick, chief economist at CBA.
"Small budget deficits will also help net debt decline as a share of GDP, adding comfort to Australia's AAA credit rating."
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Court Says No to Dancing In NYC Bars
NYC's 80-year-old cabaret law banning dancing by patrons in ordinary bars and restaurants is legal, the state Supreme Court's Appellate Division has ruled.
The Gotham West Coast Swing Club and others had sued, saying the law violated their constitutional right to free expression. But the appeals court backed the law, which was enacted in the Prohibition era to crack down on speakeasies.
"Recreational dancing is not a form of expression protected by the federal or state constitutions," the court wrote.
MADD Wants Eco-Friendly Packaging Banned
Mothers Against Drunk Driving has launched a campaign against new portable packages of alcohol called Pocket Shots.
They are pocket-sized, plastic packages of vodka, gin, whiskey, rum or tequila. MADD claims the packages are aimed at kids.
"Absolutely, it scares the death out of me; our youth are being targeted," said Pat Hodgkin of MADD. "Obviously those are being directed to our youth. They're candy. It's alcohol candy for our youth."
MADD also said the smaller packages make it too simple for teens to consume alcohol.
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The president of Pocket Shots said the packaging design is consumer and environmentally friendly and the drinks are intended for adult use only.
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Infamous nanny group Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) says Anheuser-Busch should drop its sponsorship of a Washington, D.C. charity event called the "Idiotarod." Event rules call on particpants to acquire shopping carts and go bar hopping.
CSPI called on Anheuser-Busch to immediately withdraw its sponsorship of the event, which organizers say "is about testing your own willingness to make an ass of yourself."
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The Portman Group, the notoriously uptight regulatory group that represents Scotland's alcohol industry, is considering a ban on the sale of shots of alcohol.
The proposal to ban the "potentially irresponsible beverages" has been met with mixed responses. While touted as a positive step by Scottish anti-alcohol activists, the proposed ban has been tabbed as a trade restriction by many in the alcohol industry.
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NJ High School To Start Random Alcohol Tests
A New Jersey school district plans to institute random urine tests capable of detecting alcohol that was consumed up to 80 hours earlier.
Pequannock Township High, with about 800 students, said it will begin administering the tests next week. Pequannock teenagers who participate in sports or other extracurricular activities, or who drive to school, are already tested for illegal drugs under a 2005 program prompted by the heroin overdose of a student.
Students who test positive for alcohol will receive counseling, and their parents will be notified, Reynolds said.
Not everyone is happy with the measure. "Medical care and treatment are issues between parents and children," said Deborah Jacobs, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey. Others say what happens off school grounds is none of the school's business.
Each test costs about $20, and will be paid for by the taxpayer.
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"I am Muslim. I'm not going to carry alcohol," Mohamed, a driver for Bloomington Cab, told a Metropolitan Airports Commission panel gathering public opinion regarding proposed penalties for cabbies who refuse service to passengers carrying alcohol.
Commissioners are charged with setting a new policy by May, when airport licenses for cab drivers are set to expire. Under the proposal, drivers who refuse service for any reason would have their license suspended for 30 days. A second refusal would mean a two-year revocation of the license.
According to airport officials, about 80 percent of their cabdrivers are Somali, who are commonly Muslim. Islam religious law strictly forbids the carrying of alcohol.
Last year, airport officials said alcohol-bearing passengers were being refused service an average of 77 times a month, though that dropped drastically after new travel safety rules prohibited liquids in carry-on luggage.
In September, the commission proposed a compromise that would have let Muslim cabbies purchase and mount a different-colored light on their cab if they didn't want to pick up passengers carrying alcohol.
But that proposal triggered a huge backlash, from both passengers and other taxi drivers who feared it would make travelers avoid taxis altogether. Soon the airport commission went the other direction, proposing the stiff penalties for cabbies who refuse service to alcohol-toting passengers.
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import (
	"image"
	"math"
	"runtime"
)

// GSAlgo the type of algorithm to use when converting an image to it's grayscale equivalent
type GSAlgo int

const (
	// GSLIGHTNESS is the average of the min and max r,g,b value
	GSLIGHTNESS GSAlgo = iota

	// GSAVERAGE is the average of the r,g,b values of each pixel
	GSAVERAGE

	// GSLUMINOSITY used a weighting for r,g,b based on how the human eye perceives colors
	GSLUMINOSITY
)

type grayscale struct {
	algo GSAlgo
}

func (gs *grayscale) Apply(img *Image, numRoutines int) (*Image, error) {
	if numRoutines == 0 {
		numRoutines = runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0)
	}

	pf := func(ri, x, y, offset, inStride int, inPix, outPix []uint8) {
		var r, g, b uint8 = inPix[offset], inPix[offset+1], inPix[offset+2]
		switch gs.algo {
		case GSLIGHTNESS:
			max := math.Max(math.Max(float64(r), float64(g)), float64(b))
			min := math.Max(math.Min(float64(r), float64(g)), float64(b))
			r = uint8(max + min/2)
			g = r
			b = r
		case GSAVERAGE:
			r = (r + g + b) / 3
			g = r
			b = r
		case GSLUMINOSITY:
			r = uint8(0.21*float64(r) + 0.72*float64(g) + 0.07*float64(b))
			g = r
			b = r
		}
		outPix[offset] = r
		outPix[offset+1] = g
		outPix[offset+2] = b
		outPix[offset+3] = 255
	}

	out := &Image{
		img: image.NewRGBA(image.Rectangle{
			Min: image.Point{X: 0, Y: 0},
			Max: image.Point{X: img.Width, Y: img.Height},
		}),
		Width:  img.Width,
		Height: img.Height,
		Bounds: Rect{
			X:      img.Bounds.X,
			Y:      img.Bounds.Y,
			Width:  img.Bounds.Width,
			Height: img.Bounds.Height,
		},
	}

	runParallel(numRoutines, img, out.Bounds, out, pf, 0)
	return out, nil
}

// NewGrayscale renders the input image as a grayscale image. numRoutines specifies how many
// goroutines should be used to process the image in parallel, use 0 to let the library decide
func NewGrayscale(algo GSAlgo) Effect {
	return &grayscale{algo: algo}
}

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Review - Children of Infinity by Roger Elwood (editor)
Time Brother by Raymond F. Jones
Conversations at Lothar's by Barry N. Malzberg
Wingless on Avalon by Poul Anderson
Space-Born by Robert Bloch
All You Can Eat by Harvey L. Bilker and Audrey L. Bilker
Opening the Door by Philip José Farmer
Terrafied by Arthur Tofte
Half Life by Rachel Cosgrove Payes
The Tower by Thomas N. Scortia
Wake Up to Thunder by Dean R. Koontz
Full review: Children of Infinity wasn't the first collection of science fiction stories that I ever read. It is, however, the first collection of science fiction stories that I read that I still own. In fact, the copy that I own is the same one given to me by my parents when I was still in elementary school. In many ways, the stories found in this volume are the metrics that first defined for me what the words "science fiction" meant, and luckily for me, the diverse range and high quality of the stories that are presented in its pages provided a terrific set of examples of what the genre could be.
In Time Brother, Raymond F. Jones uses losing one's parents - one of the most common childhood fears - as the backdrop for his story. Seventeen year old Ben is at the funeral for his parents when the ceremony is disrupted by a scrawny young boy named David who claims that the deceased are in fact his parents, which seems ludicrous as Ben knows he is an only child. Ben takes a liking to the obviously underfed, possibly homeless, and presumed mentally ill boy, and takes him home to take care of him until his true family can be found. From there the story has a major twist that is mostly given away by the title as it turns out that David is Ben's brother, just displaced in time by a thousand years. There is the comforting message passed along to Ben that his parents' death has meaning and he has a destiny, and then the story comes to a close. This is not one of the stronger stories in the volume, but it is relatively straightforward, so one can see why the editor chose to open the book with it.
Wingless on Avalon by Poul Anderson is probably the most "standard" science fiction story in the volume. Set on the distant planet Avalon where humanity and the alien Yrthians have established what is intended to be a joint colony, the story focuses on Nat Falkayn, a twelve year old boy trying to fit in with the adolescent Ythrians around him. The Ythrians are an avian race, clumsy on the ground but at home and agile in the air, which makes Nat incredibly jealous to to his own earthbound state. He sets out on a sailing adventure with a pair of adolescent Ythrians, one of whom is almost openly contemptuous of Nat and his inability to fly. The trio sets out to test the Ythrians' new sailing boat, which seems like an odd hobby for creature who can fly to be enthusiastic about, but it gives Nat the opportunity to be a hero and earn some respect from his colleagues and an appreciation for the things humans can do that Ythrians cannot. I'm not sure if I entirely agree that the nature of the "compensation" Anderson posits really offsets the inability to fly, the implausibility of having flying creatures incapable of swimming be avid sailors makes the plot seem like little more than an artifice created for a teaching moment, and the opening of the story is nothing more than a naked information dump, but it is a fairly optimistic adventure story, which sets it apart from many of the other offerings in this collection.
The Tower by Thomas N. Scortia tells the story of an unnamed young mutant living on a post-apocalyptic Earth. Kept in isolation within his family's tower for his own protection from the other survivors who, we are told, kill mutants on sight. With his mother dead and his father ill and dying, the protagonist tries to seek out a doctor but is spotted by some children. Soon a mob forms, surrounding the tower in manner reminiscent of the old black and white movie version of Frankenstein, and the protagonist must do something he has never done before to escape. The Tower is a relatively simple story that leads to a fairly open ended finish, but it captures the emotions of being a teenager - alienation, isolation, but also the sense of being unique and special, and this emotional content is what makes the story work. The Tower is probably the weakest story in the volume, and probably would have been much improved if the story had been lengthened, allowing for more character development.
Given Robert Bloch's reputation as a writer, one would expect him to contribute a creepy and disturbing story to this collection despite the fact that Children of Infinity is aimed at younger readers, and Space-Born does not disappoint in this regard. In the story, an expedition sent to find a stolen space craft locates the derelict on a distant planet but finds the thieving astronaut and his wife have both died from starvation. They do, however, find a baby that they dub "Keva" after her father, who they take back to Earth. As one might expect for a child found in a shadowy cave on an alien planet, Keva turns out to be a bright but somewhat odd child - and odd in a decidedly creepy way. Events turn both stranger and eerier as the story progresses until Keva's true nature is revealed, turning the story into a race to save humanity. The story ends on a fairly frightening note, almost reminiscent of an episode of the Twilight Zone, providing an interesting contrast to much of young adult fiction, including some of the more upbeat stories found in this collection such as Wingless in Avalon.
Even darker than Space Born, Opening the Door by Philip José Farmer presents the bleakest vision of all the stories in the collection. The story starts with the viewpoint character, a teenager named Clark, struggling to surface in a dark well that is not entirely metaphorical, only to discover when he reaches consciousness that he is all but dead and has only been preserved through the use of experimental medical procedures that have left him without a body and entirely dependent upon machines to communicate. From this starting point, the story only gets darker and more unsettling, which is a fairly impressive feat. Clark, we are told, has been drafted into an experiment seeking contact with parallel universes, and his near dead state has made him uniquely capable of reaching out to them. Using an essentially helpless protagonist might seem like an unusual choice, but by doing so, Farmer is able to capture the powerlessness felt by so many teenagers, as parents who are seemingly absent when he needs them most make all of the decisions for Clark without his input. And it is this helplessness that makes the ending, in which developments take a turn for the macabre, work so well. On the one hand, Clark is a victim - a horrified bystander who can only be a witness to the unfolding events, but on the other hand, Clark is the agent through which the horror works, in a sense the metaphorical expression of his adolescent rage. Farmer has captured both the fear and fury of being a teenager in a brilliantly crafted story.
In the early 1970s, environmentalism was moving to the forefront of the cultural discussion, and All You Can Eat by Harvey L. Bilker and Audrey L. Bilker uses a rather humorous tale to offer some modest commentary on the issue. In the story the unnamed protagonist selects a rather nice New York restaurant that offers an "all you can eat" special and then proceeds to eat everything on the menu and then some. As an aside, it is an indicator of the age of the story that the "all you can eat" option only costs $4.95 for a menu that is said to include (among other things) lobster, shrimp, escargot, frog's legs, escargot, and orange duck. As the story progresses the alien continues to eat prodigious amounts of food, to the dismay of the establishment's other customers and eventually the restaurant owner himself. Eventually the alien reveals that he hails from a distant planet that has been wrecked by pollution, and now its inhabitants have to send agents across the galaxy to consume and "kinergize" food back to their starving population. The alien then delivers the somewhat chilling message that consuming an entire planet's resources may be inevitable, and it is only a matter of time before Earth finds itself in the same situation. This harsh message is wrapped in such a humorous that it almost sneaks up on the reader, despite the bluntness with which it is delivered.
Another story that uses environmentalism as an underlying theme, Terrafied by Arthur Tofte also mixes in the issue of colonialism to create a story that is almost didactic but still manages to pack a solid punch. I believe that this may be the most famous story in the collection: I don't remember if I first encountered this story in this collection or in one of my elementary school textbooks, but I do remember seeing it as a reading selection in one of my school texts. No matter where I first read it, the story follows Dor, a teenage inhabitant of the planet Tyrox who is kidnapped by human explorers and brought back to Earth. Once there, Dor is exposed to Earth culture, allowing Tofte to illustrate all of the ugly elements of humanity - mostly focusing on our propensity for war and casual violence, but also touching on the rapacious and destructive nature humans display that leads to poverty and despair. Using an alien as the viewpoint character allows Tofte to make even a game of football or a drive along an abandoned highway seem frightening. The real thrust of the story is that the overburdened Earth is slowly dying under the weight of its massive human population with its ecology wrecked beyond repair, and in the tradition of Imperialist colonizers throughout history humanity proposes to settle hundreds of millions of humans onto Tyrox without even asking the inhabitants their opinion on the matter. Dor ends up making a bold choice in defense of her home, but the story ends before the consequences are shown. Although the story is fairly heavy-handed with its points, it is brutally effective.
Lest anyone think that dystopian fiction aimed at younger readers is a new trend, the first of the three dystopian stories in the book is Conversations at Lothar's by Barry N. Malzberg. The story is a relatively bare-bones affair, with the protagonist starting the story by having the titular conversation in which Lothar talks about the days before everyone lived in the gigantic, miles tall Domicile with details of their lives controlled by the Bureau. When she returns to her own quarters, the protagonist is confronted by Del, one of the others living in her assigned quarters, and who, we are told, she will be assigned to as a mate in a few years. During this conversation the protagonist realizes that she doesn't want to be Del's assigned mate, and truly begins to rebel in her mind. By the end, we see that the tiny spark provided by Lothar has turned into a modest flame. The beauty of this story is in how much is conveyed in so few words - there is only a brief description of the Domicile, but Malzberg gives a clear picture of its immense size and state of disrepair. Though the level of exacting control the Bureau has over the lives of the Domicile's denizens is not spelled out in full, enough is given that it is readily apparent to the reader. Conversations at Lothar's is almost a master lesson in how to tell the most story using the least number of words.
Another well-crafted dystopian tale, Half Life by Rachel Cosgrove Payes seems to draw inspiration directly from the 1967 novel Logan's Run, as it posits a society in which everyone lives to at most thirty years old before they "expire", with the exact dates kept track of via tattoos imprinted on the back of every citizen's hand. But in a cruel twist, instead of the government hunting down those who have lived past their termination date, all citizens must locate an expired before they turn fifteen, kill their target, and return the hand with the expired date upon it. If one fails to accomplish this, then one expires at the age of fifteen instead of thirty. Benji is nearing his fifteenth birthday, and is growing desperate to find an expired he can claim. Without parents, he has to locate an unclaimed expired adult to kill, and those are few and far between in the city. This fact - that finding an expired is especially difficult for Benji due to his lack of parents - is the sort of atmospheric world-building that sets this story well above the ordinary. While a culture in which teenagers must hunt down and kill those who have gotten too "old" to be allowed to live, the implication in this one line is that a child would normally murder one of their own parents to satisfy their obligation. This, more than anything else in Half-Life expresses the truly barbaric nature of the dystopian future Payes has imagined. Benji's quest takes him outside the city on a wild goose chase for the legendary "old man of the hills", and winds up taking him someplace he never expected to go, but for the reader is somewhat predictable. Like Conversations at Lothar's, this story ends on a note of rebellion, but the rebellion is more concrete, and it has a decidedly musical nature.
Of all the stories in this anthology, Wake Up to Thunder by Dean R. Koontz is the one that made the most impression upon me when I first read it as a child. The story is told from the perspective of one of the nameless children of "Thunder", the loving all-powerful mind that takes care of humanity as it sleeps and dreams in its tiny individual cells. The narrator has been awoken by Thunder to hunt down a renegade - a human who has awakened without permission and is doing damage to the vast complex that houses Thunder and all of the humans it loves. As the cadre of wakened hunters spreads throughout the complex, the narrator tells of his love for Thunder, and trust in the guardian and caretaker that manages his life, but becomes disturbed as he descends to the lowest levels of the complex and finds neglect and decay, and eventually, the renegade. And then the truth is revealed, and it turns out that Thunder is not what the protagonist thought it was. The terrifying part of the story is the love felt by the protagonist for Thunder, and the reader follows along, at first feeling vaguely unsettled by the slavish adoration, and then following the protagonist with growing unease, until the reader is finally forced to recoil in horror when they realize the awful truth. Wake Up to Thunder is a dystopian tale, probably more frightening than the others presented in this collection due to its plausibility, but it is a stealthy one, in which the actual nightmare of the dystopia sneaks up on the reader and isn't truly revealed until the very end. This is the most unsettling piece of fiction in Children of Infinity, and also the best.
With stories ranging from dark dystopian tales, to science fiction horror, to time travel, to cautionary admonishments against destroying the environment, to yarns of pure adventure and unexpected heroism, this is a strong collection that is sure to fascinate a young reader. Every story in this volume is strong, and several are outstanding. The stories have even managed to age well, and are not noticeably dated even though the anthology was originally published in 1973. In my life I have read numerous collections of science fiction aimed at young readers, but I have never encountered one that is as diverse or consistently as high a level of quality as this one.
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Labels: Science Fiction Reviews, Short Fiction Reviews, Young Adult Fiction Reviews


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Q: XAMPP SSL Certificate better hash security I was wondering if there's a way to generate a new SSL certificate for XAMPP. I get a lot of SHA-1 warnings in the firebug console and I think it's because of using SSL which has sha1 as algorithm.
However, I can't seem to find how to generate a new certificate with a better hash. If I'm saying things that makes no sense, please don't hate on me as I've never worked with SSL certificates before.
Also, I cannot suppress the warnings as I use firebug and the warnings just makes my POST files harder to find.

A: I followed the instructions there to generate a new, self-signed certificate for 127.0.0.1 and localhost: https://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/3054/how-to-create-and-install-an-apache-ssl-certificate-either-self-signed-or-not/
I just needed to add "-sha256" as an argument when generating the CSR and signing, so basically:
openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 3072
openssl req -new -sha256 -key server.key -out server.csr
openssl x509 -req -sha256 -days 11000 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt

Then use those files to replace the files with same names located in apache\conf\ssl.crt, apache\conf\ssl.csr and apache\conf\ssl.key
Or you can just use my files:
This is server.crt:
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This is server.csr
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
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And this is server.key:
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España: Hacia una nueva política migratoria
En la última mitad de la década de los 90, la inmigración llegó a ser un tema de vital importancia para los políticos y el público español.
Troubled Waters: Rescue of Asylum Seekers and Refugees at Sea
Danger often awaits people who set out by boat, seeking safety from upheaval or persecution. MPI Co-Director Kathleen Newland examines how governments, the shipping industry, and international bodies have succeeded — or too frequently, failed — to cast a line to those in need.
French Integration Policy: Old Goals in New Bottles?
France is introducing a new three-pronged approach to immigrant integration: a revised integration plan, a proactive campaign against discrimination, and a more open but still highly selective immigration policy.
New Zealand: The Politicization of Immigration
Immigration has been a significant factor in New Zealand's history since the mid-19th century, and recently net migration gains have reached the highest levels ever recorded. Richard Bedford of the University of Waikato looks at the challenges ahead.
Data Sources on the Foreign Born and International Migration at the U.S. Census Bureau
This article maps out the key features of three of the primary U.S. Census Bureau data resources used to research immigration: the census itself, the American Community Survey, and the Current Population Survey.


Wow! You are on fire, GF! Fabulous halloween creations, Charlene! Wonderful details!
Your ghosts look like they are going to float off the card! Great colors!!
Oh my word HOW CUTE!!! LOVE LOVE how you used these fabulous sets!
lovely projects...I especially like that set with the spooky tree and owl.
OMG, Charlene, all your projects are sooo FABULOUS!!!! Your little treat boxes and tag are sooo cute and I love the card with the tree image and the gorgeous bow!!!
This is REALLY cute Halloween card!
Omigosh, you were busy creating all of these ADORABLE Halloween projects! I love them!
Love, Love, LOVE your use of black embossing powder for these Halloween themes.
WOW!!! Each and every one of your creations are beautifully done! Loving the fun Halloween colors on them all.
That tree is adorable and those little ghosts add just the right spookiness!! Fabulous ribbon with it too.
Fantastic projects!! Great stamps to work with.
What fun projects. They are all wonderful!
Great projects! Especially love those cute little treat boxes!
Great projects!! I LOVE the nugget boxes!!
What great creations Charlene! I love the treat boxes and all the bright spooky colors and stampings!
Halloween cards are so fun and of course, I LOVE the orange!!
It's hard to pick a favorite, but I love how you created depth on the card!
I adore those two cards and the treat boxes are so cute! Great job!
Terrific projects! Love the treat boxes!
Creativity! This looks very good!
I don't "do" halloween, but all your projects are really cute. The nugget boxes are my favorite, so fun!
Charlene girl! You have been busy! I couldn't stop looking at all of your wonderful creations. I especially love the Sleep Hollow tree.
What fun cards! I'm totally lovin' these stamp sets!
Great card and nugget boxes! I love all those fun Halloween images and that cat set!
Love the trick or treater!
Well, you should be all ready to share some Hallowe'en greetings and treats with all your work! What fun and colourful projects.
How wonderful all of these projects are! Wow!
Jeepers Creepers, Missy! You have been a spookylicious Halloween busy-bee indeed! No way can I choose a fave project here ... not even gonna try!
Way to rock this hop!
GREAT cards, love your little boxes too!


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(L to R) Shane Grace, Nolan Sullivan, Paul Greene, Ryan Mack and Nick Green. Photo: Klein/Surfline
On a beautiful evening in Dana Point, the Follow The Light Awards made a triumphant return. After a brief hiatus, the surf photography grant in the memory of the late Surfing magazine photo editor Larry "Flame" Moore was resurrected this year, and after an overwhelmingly positive response during the submission process, it was Tasmania's Nick Green taking the top honors.
"I can't believe this is even happening right now," Green said at the awards presentation held at the Ocean Institute. "So many talented photographers submitted their work, and all of the finalists were absolutely amazing."
For the effort, Green won the $5,000 cash prize, a suite of water housings from Aquatech, a collection of iPhone lenses from OlloClip, as well as the working opportunity with Vans at this year's Triple Crown on the North Shore. And for being the finalist that traveled the furthest, he also will be teaming up with the World Surf League to shoot the Freshwater Pro.
But Green, surf photography is much more than a hobby or career avenue. It's literally helped save his life. Struggling with depression as a teenager, he found relief behind the lens.
"Struggling with mental health is probably my biggest influence to take photos," Green explains. "When I was 17 years old I threw myself in front of a moving car, hit me at 90km/h and sent me flying, somehow I survived with only a broken hip and snapped femur. It wasn't something I'm proud of but without that mistake I wouldn't be where I am today, with my photography, or other aspects of my life. I was blissfully unaware of the sickness I had and it sparked a change in my life that needed to happen. I started taking care of myself, speaking out and getting help as well as finding things that gave me joy and purpose; and that's where photography, especially in the ocean, came in."
"Just like a lot of people, I find peace in the sea, it's a meditation and healing process, so the combination of that and creating photographs was a natural progression for me," he continues. "Put simply, photography was giving me something to do, something to take my mind off things when they got dark, a creative outlet to express myself and immerse myself in the present moment, which at that point in my life I was really struggling with. Photography was the therapy that I didn't know I needed."
In terms of his photographic style, look no further than his surroundings and environment in Tasmania.
"My style is quite dark and moody, and living in Tasmania, those two things are fairly common throughout the year which makes It easier to capture certain landscapes or scenes in the light that I'm after, but I am definitely looking out for those really dark days, the type of days most people want to be at home all rugged up are normally the days I'm looking to shoot," Green says. "Early morning or late afternoon light is always good as well, creating silhouettes and high contrasts on the subject."
The other finalists for the 2019 Follow The Light Awards include Huntington Beach's Shane Grace, who won the People's Choice award, Santa Barbara's Paul Greene, New Jersey's Ryan Mack, and Goleta's Nolan Sullivan. All of the finalists received $1,000 for their effort and to help cover travel expenses.
Green now joins the illustrious list of Follow The Light winners, including Chris Burkard, Ray Collins, Todd Glaser and Seth DeRoulet.
After a big victory celebration in Dana Point, Green hopped on Highway 1 and headed north to explore and photograph California, including Big Sur and Yosemite. It's safe to say that you'll surely be seeing more of this young Tasmanian's work in the very near future. Congratulations, Nick!
And a special thank you to all of the sponsors, judges, volunteers, and especially Moore's family for turning this dream into a reality and making the return of Follow The Light such an amazing experience.
Sample works from the 2019 Follow The Light Winner Nick Green
Disturbed Clarity – Dion Agius, Tasmania. Photo: Nick Green
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...and I'm in love! With what you ask? The Rubik Console Table from DWR, of course. I can see this working in my oddly configured dining room as a sleek bar area. Think about it, a shiny silver or glossy white tray to hold some fancy boos, flanked by simple matching lamps and just behind the tray add a framed print leaning against the wall. Yes please!


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James Perkins
In the near future, a man is left sleepless because of harrowing nightmares of an alien invasion. As his nightmares become reality, will his experience be able to save his family from (drum roll…) Extinction?
After Universal deemed the film's original theatrical release day of January unnecessary, Netflix picked up the rights to bring Australian filmmaker Ben Young's intriguing yet ultimately conventional sci-fi thriller Extinction to the home.
Michael Peña stars as Peter, a family man whose visions of the destruction of earth are tearing him away from his wife Alice (Lizzy Caplan) and daughters Hanna (Amelia Crouch) and Lucy (Erica Tremblay) until one day, capsules and hellfire reign down from above as humanoid like creatures seek to wipe out every living being on the planet below. From the start, Extinction has a distinct stench of other alien invasion flops such as Skyline or Battle: Los Angeles with a predictable set up and central narrative. However, that changes (albeit a little bit too late) when the plot takes a risky u-turn which thankfully saves the film from falling completely on its face.
Even though the screenplay isn't the strongest, our lead cast at least commits to giving some solid performances. It was a fresh turn of pace to see Michael Peña, an actor predominately known for his comedic roles, to try something new in a lead action performance. Lizzy Caplan was unfortunately relegated to a supportive role in a film in which one would have loved to have seen her been given a chance to truly shine as she has done in her previous works.
As far as presentation goes, it is clear to see that there were budget limitations. At various points the CGI seemed unfinished and rough around the edges, although fortunately scenes that required large amounts of computer effects were used sparingly as practical effects for the aliens were chosen over CGI in order to keep proceedings as realistic as it was deemed necessary.
It is easy in most circumstances to compare Extinction to some of the other Netflix Original films of the same genre, such as The Cloverfield Paradox or TAU. If we were to place this particular film in amongst its peers, it would sit quite happily in the middle. However, that is not a fair judgement as although Extinction would probably not have faired all that well at the box office (possibly foreseen by Universal back in January 2018), one is sure that plenty of audiences will find some enjoyment from this small screen sci-fi tale that tries something a little different to the norm.
A largely by the numbers sci-fi film that takes an interesting turn for its final act
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Guest workers of the United Arab Emirates embody multiple worlds and identities and long for home.
In the United Arab Emirates, foreign nationals constitute over 80 percent of the population. Brought in to construct the towering monuments to wealth that punctuate the skylines of Abu Dhabi and Dubai, this labor force works without the rights of citizenship, endures miserable living conditions, and is ultimately forced to leave the country. Until now, the humanitarian crisis of the so-called "guest workers" of the Gulf has barely been addressed in fiction. Deepak Unnikrishnan delves into their histories, myths, struggles, and triumphs. Unnikrishnan presents twenty-eight linked stories that careen from construction workers who shapeshift into luggage and escape a labor camp, to a woman who stitches back together the bodies of those who've fallen from buildings in progress, to a man who grows ideal workers designed to live twelve years and then perish—until they don't, and found a rebel community in the desert.
I can't quite remember where I heard about Temporary People. Book Riot, I think. Liberty? Probably. What I do know is that I marked it down as a May release and had a panic when BookTwitter let me know the release date had been March 14. Drat. Luckily, Restless Books' very, very lovely PR person approved me for a digital galley after the fact so I could power read it during breaks and evenings at my conference last week. Temporary People did win the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing so I didn't want to pass it up.
Unnikrishnan has presented a very striking collection of linked short stories, telling fable-like stories about the exploited workers imported to build the glittering skylines of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The use of magical or fable-like elements is a click or two stranger than Salman Rushdie's usual (if you've read him). Workers turn into suitcases and passports to escape, a woman develops a talent for patching together the men who fall from skyscraper construction sites so that they don't die on company time or property, an elevator develops a shocking proclivity, and the roaches that invade the crumbling homes of workers start taking on human-like traits. The most devastating and creative stories involve the bioengineering of workers who grow on vines, from seeds, and "die" after a preset number of years creating – the "perfect" labor underclass that won't get ideas, uppity, or demand much compensation. Characters weave in and out of different stories. "Dreamers" are caught between a country that won't acknowledge them as equal citizens – i.e. the problematic term "guest workers" – and the families back home in India or beyond who depend upon their paychecks. I had a bit of trouble understanding a few stories, likely because I missed a cultural reference that would make a fable-like situation clear, but the overall collection is imaginative and devastating. It's a rough read.
Trigger warning for a few scenes of sexual violence.
Dear FTC: I received a digital galley of this book from the publisher via Edelweiss. Thanks so much, Restless Books!
By my count, novels about non-combatants in World War II seem to be on a trend. It's not a particular corner of fiction I gravitate toward, possibly because I'm reasonably well-read on the non-fiction side. But I had an opportunity to read an advance copy of The Women in the Castle, so decided to give it a try.
I think that a reader who finds books like All the Light We Cannot See and The Nightingale to be their jam would also like The Women in the Castle. The writing is very good, the characters are compelling, and Shattuck has done a lot of research into the psychology of why people who seemed to be decent people became complicit in the atrocities of the Third Reich. However, the book as a whole just didn't do it for me. The prologue is very clunky and I wasn't that interested in the adults' stories in that section, many of them from men who make few appearances in the book. The timeline jumped back and forth, over huge swaths of time, and between characters' points-of-view. It made the story feel disjointed and ruined the plot tension in at least two places (and spoiled a plot point for those of us who know anything about immediate postwar Germany and Central Europe). What did interest me very much was the point-of-view given to us by Martin, Benita's son, who is about 6 or 7 when the war ends but we aren't given that much from that particular character at that point in time.
The Women in the Castle is a good book but it's audience definitely wasn't me. Compared to recent reads like Pachinko, Everything Belongs to Us, and Rabbit Cake there were too many things that weren't to my taste.
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In his poems of memory and displacement, Iranian poet Mohsen Emadi charts his experience of exile with vivid, often haunting, imagery and a child's love of language. Lyn Coffin's translations from the Persian allow Emadi's poems to inhabit the English language as their own, as the poet recasts his earliest memories and deepest loves over the forges of being "someone who goes to bed in one city and wakes up in another city." Alternating between acceptance and despair, tenderness and toughness, he writes, "I wanted to be a physicist," but "Your kisses made me a poet." Mohsen Emadi is a powerful witness to life in the present times, and Standing on Earth introduces a major world poet to an English-language readership for the first time.
Standing on Earth is a beautifully written and translated collection of poems centered on loss and displacement. While you could read "the lover" invoked throughout as an actual person – and may, in some instances, be referencing someone specific – I feel like the poet means to reference country and culture. The speaker has been forcibly removed from his culture and so mourns it like a lost lover. Lyn Coffin's translation is excellent.
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Nabokov's Favorite Word is Mauve is a fun intersection of statistics and literature. His methodology feels less rigorous, in my opinion, than that of the authors behind The Bestseller Code, but this is far more entertaining. It's very much a "I wonder what the percentages would look like if I searched for [insert word]" book: What word does an author use most frequently? Do authors follow their own writing advice? And do American fanfic writers try to out-British the Brits with their slang? (That was a fun one.) Blatt did try to get a wide-ranging sample of books – bestsellers, Classics, critical hits, etc. although he didn't get much into genres outside the authors who have crossed into the mainstream. I have to rap his knuckles a bit about the Gender chapter: it wasn't terrible, but an acknowledgement that he was sticking with the binary for "x reason" would have been a start. Those conclusions felt a bit too facile.
Ranging between lively readings in the homes of Moscow's literary elite to the Siberian Gulag, Mikhail and Margarita recounts a passionate love triangle while painting a portrait of a country whose towering literary tradition is at odds with a dictatorship that does not tolerate dissent. Margarita is a strong, idealistic, seductive woman who is fiercely loved by two very different men, both of whom will fail in their attempts to shield her from the machinations of a regime hungry for human sacrifice.
Debut novelist Julie Lekstrom Himes launches a rousing defense of art and the artist during a time of systematic deception, and she movingly portrays the ineluctable consequences of love for one of history's most enigmatic literary figures.
Well, this underwhelmed. If I hadn't read previously read The Master and Margarita then this debut would have just been another historical novel about Soviet writers in the 1930s and I probably would have passed on it. Due to the Bulgakov link, I was expecting something very much more…colorful, at minimum. The plot in Mikhail and Margarita takes a while to get going. Once it did pick up speed, the fascination for me was the dizzying, Kafkan "The Trial"-like machinations of NKVD and what it makes people do, but not the characters of Bulgakov or Margarita. Mikhail and Margarita is a book definitely intended for fans of The Master and Margarita, because it's been a while since I read that and I was having some trouble piecing together specific callbacks and phrases. More importantly, I found myself wishing that I was more familiar with Osip Mandelstam's work.
When the Marquess Falls is a very bittersweet and heartbreaking prequel, even if it's listed out as #3.5. I've only read Falling Into Bed With a Duke (the first in the "Hellions of Havisham" series) but its opening chapter/prologue is enough to tell you what has to happen in this book. The relationship between Linnie and Marsden seems natural, with just the right amount of plot for a novella without all the tiresome will-we-won't-we that occasionally infests the romance genre (a little is fine for the tension, but some over do it to the extreme). You'll need the Kleenex.
Dear FTC: I received a digital galley of this novella from the publisher via Edelweiss.
Alert: The Idiot has Bad Flap Copy Syndrome. It blows almost the entire plot, so FYI (see above). Our narrator and protagonist, Selin, is starting her first year at Harvard. She has two roommates who both strike her as strange in their own ways. She's mystified by the new email system she's told to use (side note: I started college in 1996 at the University of Iowa and, yes, that stuff was new and weird if you hadn't used it before). Selin tries out for the orchestra and finds that everyone plays violin. She's constantly unable to take classes that interest her (side note two: the "audition" system of picking college classes makes zero sense to me but apparently this is a thing?). She's pushed into volunteering as a math tutor that lead to several scenes of increasing absurdity like a Gogol short story. However, in her Russian class, she develops two important relationships: Croatian-American socialite (?) Svetlana, who becomes what appears to be Selin's best friend, and Hungarian international student Ivan, in his last year of undergrad.
The Idiot a very readable book, with excellent scenes and description. I had previously enjoyed Batuman's The Possessed, a book of essays about translation and Russian literature, and I remember thinking I'd like to see a novel from her. The Idiot is a true Bildungsroman, a campus novel about a intelligent, naive young woman's first year at Harvard University. First experiences, first roommates, first new friends, and first love. The novel seems almost plotless at times, just the record of one year in someone's life. I was very interested in the title, which reminded me of Dostoyevsky's The Idiot, about a young man trying to experience life (or find himself) who really gets the short-end of the stick when everyone assumes he's an idiot because he gives everyone the benefit of the doubt, as does Batuman's Selin.
I have some reservations about the ending. It isn't terrible but I didn't like it very much. It felt like the novel just ran out of gas and ended.
Dear FTC: I received a digital galley of this novel from the publisher via Edelweiss.
A follow-up of sorts to We Should All be Feminists, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has published her response to a friend's request for advice. Specifically, how to raise a little girl as a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is a beautiful essay in 15 points, both specific and general in its advice. Adichie has beautifully thought-out responses to the request for advice, but sprinkled throughout are many instances of a wonderful female friendship.


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Types of clergy
Some of the terms used for individual clergy are clergyman, clergywoman, and churchman. Less common terms are churchwoman and clergyperson, while cleric and clerk in holy orders both have a long history but are rarely used.
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What is the definition of clergy?
Clergy. In Christianity the specific names and roles of clergy vary by denomination and there is a wide range of formal and informal clergy positions, including deacons, elders, priests, bishops, preachers, pastors, ministers and the Pope. In Islam, a religious leader is often known formally or informally as an imam, qadi, mufti,...
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What are the different types of Anglican titles?
This is a glossary of some common Anglican clergy titles. Glossary of Anglican Clergy Titles (NOTE:in the worldwide Anglican church there are three – and onlythree – basic types of ordained person: a bishop, a priest, and/or a deacon.
Glossary of Anglican Clergy titles - Tony HJ
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What is a christian clergy?
Christian clergy categorized primarily by title, type or ordained status (e.g., Priest, Bishop, Deacon, Elder, etc.), not primarily by occupation (e.g., Pastor, Preacher, Chaplain, etc.), although the two sometimes coincide.
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What are the different types of ordained people?
(NOTE:in the worldwide Anglican church there are three – and onlythree – basic types of ordained person: a bishop, a priest, and/or a deacon.
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Christianclergycategorized primarily by title, type or ordainedstatus (e.g., Priest, Bishop, Deacon, Elder, etc.), not primarily by occupation (e.g., Pastor, Preacher, Chaplain, etc.), although the two sometimes coincide.
a category of clergy who are ordained deacon in preparation for being ordained priest. Clergy in the transitional diaconate tend to spend up to a year serving as deacons, after which ordination to the priesthood takes place following further review and inquiry. Vicar this word has slightly different meanings in various parts of the Anglican world.
Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the terms used for individual clergy are clergyman, clergywoman, and churchman.
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Dec 03, 2020 · Catholic and Anglican Titles ⛪Church Clergy Titles Compared 硫. ADDucation's list of clerical Catholic and Anglican titles shows the approximate equivalents and church hierarchy across both churches. We compare the Church of England hierarchy with the Catholic Church rank order for an overview of ranks in the clergy.
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Common titles are bishop, minister, elder and superintendent; capitalize them before a name. Evangelist is another common title, but do not capitalize it, even with a name. Some clergy use the title of the Rev., but some do not. Protestant churches: Customs vary in different traditions.
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Male priests were known as hem-netjer and females as hemet-netjer (servants of the god). There was a hierarchy in the priesthood from the high priest (hem-netjer-tepi, 'first servant of god') at the top to the wab priests at the bottom. The wab priests carried out the essential but fairly mundane tasks of taking care of the temple complex and performing whatever function they were called upon for, such as helping to prepare for festivals.In between these two positions was a wide array of prie...
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Although the details are unclear, the clergy had to undergo some kind of initiation ritual before assuming their position. It has been suggested that the Negative Confession, the list of sins one could honestly claim one had not committed, was originally part of this initiation ritual. By the time of the New Kingdom of Egypt (c. 1570-1069 BCE) the Negative Confession was entirely associated with judgment by Osiris in the afterlife and included in The Egyptian Book of the Dead but most likely...
In time, however, the priests began to serve themselves more than either. There is evidence of this tendency beginning in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, actually, after the establishment of the grand royal necropolis at Giza. Giza in the Old Kingdom was not the lonely, wind-swept plateau of sand it is today, but a thriving community of state workers, merchants, craftsmen, and priests. These priests were responsible for providing the daily offerings and conducting the rituals which allowed for the...
The priesthood was therefore allowed to flourish and became especially powerful at Thebes. Amun increasingly was regarded as the King of the Gods and became the political power at Thebes through his grand temple at Karnak and the manipulations of the priesthood there.According to scholar Marie Parsons, by the time of the reign of Ramesses III (1186-1155 BCE) in the later New Kingdom, the priests of the various cults held more power and wealth than the pharaoh; especially the priests of Amun....
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A clergy shirt is a clerical, not a vestment. There are two types: neckband shirts and tab-collar shirts. Though many people associate clergy shirts with the Roman Catholic Church, that is only because the their sheer size makes their clergy conspicuous. Clergy shirts (black shirts with white tabs or collars) are actually of Protestant origin.
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Home News & Analysis CalPERS to adopt new consultant policy
CalPERS to adopt new consultant policy
The $236bn pension is planning to ban investment consultants from also acting as managers for the pension fund.
Jenna Gottlieb
The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the largest public pension in the US with $236 billion in assets, is moving forward with a plan to ban investment consultants from also working as money managers for the pension's investments.
"The intent of the policy is to eliminate any possible conflict of interest, whereby consultants that advise us on policy also make investment recommendations to the CalPERS board and investment office staff," said a CalPERS spokesman.
Last year CalPERS ended its long relationship with Pacific Corporate Group, which provided both investment advisory services and also ran funds into which CalPERS committed capital. PCG has faced a number of issues over the past few years.
The new policy would prohibit the pension from entering into that type of relationship again. The policy also would apply to consultants that advise CalPERS on the alternatives sector, including Wilshire Associates and Pension Consulting Alliance. It should be noted that PCA does not engage in investment management activities on behalf of any of its clients.
The consultant policy is one of a number of recommendations made by the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson that CalPERS has reviewed, following a special review of placement fees paid by CalPERS' investment managers that was launched last year. "CalPERS has been developing the proposed policy change for some time," the sspokesman said.
The consultant policy is awaiting action by the investment committee, comprised of all 13 board members. The committee acts on recommendations of the investment policy subcommittee.
As such, final action isn't expected to happen until August after a final review of the proposed policy changes by the subcommittee, which next meets in mid-June. The board holds no regular meetings of any of its committees in July, said the spokesman.
CalPERS has implemented a number of recommendations presented by Steptoe, including creating a risk management office and the position of chief risk officer; banning gifts to pension employees; creating an ethics hotline; and establishing rules for communications between board members and staff members about investment proposals.
Steptoe also recommended last year that the pension "insist that nearly all fees it pays to external managers be incentive fees based on successfully investing CalPERS' assets and not in management or other fees". Also, fees should be documented in a "transparent and straightforward" manner.
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[Amateur Cinema League in Toronto]
Date produced: 1942
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The title card reads: an amateur movie reel in kodachrome. Footage includes: S. Hurok Ballet Theater : "La fille mal gardée" (excerpts); Folk Dance Demonstrations by Ukrainians; Chinese Stage Dragon Dance for Red Cross; Eaton's Santa Claus Parade (no date); A Bit of the Toronto Skating Carnival; and An Abrupt Change to Ballet on a Stage in Toronto. Library and Archives Canada
[Edwards Gardens]
"Film features trees and leaves, ducks, water, a statue, 2 women wearing coats, a bridge and some house-like structures. The garden was filmed in the spring/summer and fall" Archives of Ontario.
[Queen's Visit - Elizabeth II]
"Film documents Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Toronto. Film shows crowds gathered, Queen Elizabeth II arriving at event and speaking with people" Archives of Ontario.
[Royal Visit]
"Film documents King George VI's visit to Toronto. Film includes King George VI arriving with Queen Elizabeth at Queen's Park, crowds in street and the royals leaving via motor car parade" Archives of Ontario.
Adventure of the Galloping Geese, The
Robbins Barstow
"An eight week Western camping trip in the summer of 1936 by seven boys from the Hartford, Connecticut area, under the leadership of Ken Strong, a Hartford Seminary graduate. Filmed by then teenage amateur movie maker Robbins Barstow (1919-2010)." Center for Home Movies.
Albert and the Lion
"Devotees of the hilarious poem about the Lancashire couple and their son Albert would not fail to delight in Albert and the Lion, filmed by A. Scott Moorhouse. It portrays the misadventures of young Albert and his parents on their holiday at Blackpool, an English seaside resort. The story of how the objectionable young Albert, who carried a stick with a " 'orse's 'ead 'andle,'' was eaten by the lion is told in a highly satisfying manner. The scenes of the outlandishly costumed trio and their tribulations are timed to accompany a recitation of the poem. The characters are perfectly chosen and also outfitted to perfection. Although filmed at a Toronto zoo, the movie might well have been taken at the famous English resort of the poem. Mr. Moorhouse's handling of the players was masterly, and he made the best of his filming opportunities." Movie Makers, Dec. 1940, 601.
"Among the Ten Best, Another Day, by Leslie Thatcher, ACL, is a splendid example of the relatively simple avant garde film, so popular among European amateurs but so seldom attempted by even the advanced workers of the American continent. Set against the background of Toronto, Another Day portrays in semi abstract fashion the dramatic changes which overtake the life and tempo of a great city as Saturday crosses the noontime deadline from work to play. Mr. Thatcher's conception of this theme is clean cut, his execution suave and technically brilliant. Dissolves, wipeoffs and double exposure are blended intelligently with matchless straight photography to enhance the beauty of striking angles and compositions. With the subject matter of such films ready to the hand of every amateur cameraman, it is a strange phenomenon that to date they are not attempted more often." Movie Makers, Dec. 1934, 513, 534.
Awheel and Afoot in the Canadian Rockies
Stanley Midgley
"On bicycle and afoot, Stan Midgley, humorist and photographer, explored some of the more inaccessible points of the Canadian Rockies. The result of his adventures is 'Awheel and Afoot in the Canadian Rockies'." Battle Creek Enquirer, Oct. 16, 1959, 26.
Baie St. Paul
"Nine times a place winner in seven years of Ten Best competition, Frank E. Gunnell has probably done his best work to date in Baie St. Paul. The film is a bright and sunny visit to the little French Canadian parish of that name, nestling in parochial contentment along the St. Lawrence. Central in this existence stands the baroque and inevitable church, while about it one finds the familiar family names of the village butcher and baker, doctor and dressmaker, recurrent along the cobbled highways. Here too is an intent, sharp featured little woodcarver, a housewife coolly competent about her embroidery and an aloof mademoiselle who presides with dazzling beauty over an ancient spinning wheel. Packed with this essential human interest, Baie St. Paul was filmed with the sparkling competence that one has for years expected from a Gunnell production. Its editing fits shrewdly into the pastoral mood of the subject matter, while its titles, both in their wording and execution, are colorful and in good taste. Baie St. Paul should take a high and honored place in the Gunnell catalog of fine films." Movie Makers, Dec. 1944, 477.
Beckoning Peak, A
Date produced:
Don Munday
"Shows an expedition up Mount Grenville at the head of Bute Inlet" British Columbia Archives.
This film was produced in the late 1930s.


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MOR 18.4 Abstract
Entertainment Spending and Capturing Value from Innovation in Chinese Firms
Guoguang Wan, Luqun Xie, Jiatao Li, Dequan Jiang
This study examines how Chinese firms capture value from their innovations. We propose that relationship-building through business entertainment may be helpful. In particular, wining and dining key stakeholders, including clients, suppliers, distributors, and government officials, can help firms gain access to complementary resources necessary for commercializing their innovations, facilitating capturing value from innovations. However, business entertainment is less effective in regions with relatively developed market-supporting institutions, including factor markets and legal institutions. The analysis results of archival data and data from a World Bank survey of Chinese firms support all the above arguments.
The Evolution of Business Ethics in China and the United States: Convergence, Divergence, or Crossvergence?
Jong Min Lee, Yongsun Paik, Charles Vance, Donghong Li, Kevin Groves
This study presents a cross-temporal comparison of managerial ethics in China and the US. Although it is well established that cross-cultural differences exist in business ethics and that culture and values in a society may evolve over time, little attention has been paid to the longitudinal changes in such cross-cultural differences that might have occurred over time. Building on three different perspectives on values evolution, namely, convergence, divergence, and crossvergence, we investigate whether and how cross-cultural differences in managerial ethical decision-making and the associated moral philosophy have changed in China and the US over the decade between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s. Our analysis reveals that the difference in Chinese and American managers' ethical decision-making evolved in many different directions over the decade, lending support to the crossvergence perspective. Interestingly, however, we discover that the divergence outlook prevails when it comes to the moral philosophies behind their decision-making. These findings provide critical insights into cross-cultural as well cross-temporal evolution in business ethics in a world of increasing cross-cultural and multicultural interactions.
Behind the Political Connections Under Emerging Democracies
Selenge Ulziisukh, Zelong Wei
In light of inconclusive findings on the effect of political connections, this study explores conditions that affect the effectiveness of political connections on firm performance in democratic systems. First, using a resource dependence rationale, this study stresses the importance of variation in political connections and classifies direct and indirect political connections based on sources of power and the mechanisms for developing connections. Second, this study recognizes that influencing political outcomes is an entire political process in which political power matters. Furthermore, as power is central to the resource dependence rationale unlike exchange in transaction cost economics, this study explores how the effectiveness of political connections is contingent on the dynamics of de jure political power. We find that the effect of direct political connections is susceptible to changes in de jure political power due to its dyadic relationship with de jure power, while indirect political connections are more robust to such changes due to their connections with informal networks holding de facto political power. Further, the positive effects of political connections on firm performance are mediated by operational capability.
Not All Types of Social Networks Are Good: The Dual Effects of Social Networks on Courtesy Stigma
Longwei Tian, Peter Ping Li, En Xie, Yuan Li
When a firm is accused of serious misconduct, its executives, even those who are nonculpable, are stigmatized by the firm's stakeholders, a phenomenon known as courtesy stigma. One research stream explores how executives' social networks mitigate courtesy stigma, with an emphasis on the positive effect of social networks. From the perspective of a social network as an information pipe, we suggest that social networks are a double-edged sword in the context of courtesy stigma because of their distinctive insulation and exposure mechanisms. Our proposed hypotheses are supported via event history analysis using data collected from a Chinese sample of listed firms that demonstrated financial misconduct in the period 2007–2016. Our study contributes to the literature on social networks and courtesy stigma by revealing their complex links.
Evolution of the Chinese Intellectual Property Rights System: IPR Law Revisions and Enforcement
Jie Hong, Jakob Edler, Silvia Massini
Since the first Trademark Law was enacted in China in 1982, the Chinese intellectual property rights (IPR) system has undergone significant changes in both the design of the legislation and its enforcement. In this article, we analyze the evolution of IPR legislation and enforcement in China. To this end, we illustrate the evolutionary changes of the Chinese IPR system and analyze the changes introduced in four revisions (1992–1993, 2000–2001, 2008–2013, and 2019–2020). Our analysis shows that Patent Law, Trademark Law, and Copyright Law have been substantially enhanced, especially since 2000, when China improved its IPR system to comply with the TRIPS Agreement and join the WTO, and especially the most recent amendments of these three IP Laws. We discuss the number of IPR infringement cases handled by both relevant administrative authorities and courts to analyze IPR enforcement in China. Results indicate that the development of IPR protection enforcement followed the improvement of relevant IPR laws. The two revisions introduced after 2008, changes in the Chinese IPR system, and an increasing number of IPR infringement cases handled by relevant authorities also suggest the willingness of the Chinese government to further enhance its IPR protection.