text:
DOWN AMONG THE Z MEN
CONTAINS NOTHING, NOT EVEN SPOILERS
Terrible cheapo British comedy from the early 1950s in which Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Michael Bentine and Spike Milligan arse about to surprisingly little effect, with the end result being 70 minutes of sludge that's on a comedic and cinematic par with Old Mother Riley. Who knows whether it would have anywhere near half watchable if more than three and sixpence ha'penny had been spent on it, if they'd taken more than a fortnight to shoot it, or if Milligan and other Goon writers had been involved in the script?
Insofar as anything Goon-related is plot-driven, Down Among The Z Men has Secombe as an imbecile shop assistant who accidentally gets hold of mad scientist Bentine's secret formula for something or other: they both end up at an army barracks run by Sellers with Milligan as idiot Private Eccles. A couple of crooks and a glamorous MI5 agent are on the trail of the formula. Every so often a shapely dance troupe show up and do a routine, and Sellers and Bentine both do comedy skits at a barracks concert (because....?).
In case it wasn't clear, it's not very good. Secombe and, strangely, Sellers are mostly playing straight while Milligan and wild-wigged Bentine go the other way with silly walks and silly voices, and the musical interludes don't get in the way only because there's nothing for them to get in the way of. The comic highlight is probably Secombe throwing a dead badger at a sentry.
Labels: British, Comedy, DVD, Rubbish
Let's get the suspense out of the way very quickly and state that this all-new Halloween is a disappointment. I mean, it's obviously not as bad as Rob Zombie's two stabs at the Myers mythos, because few things are, and it's better than Halloween 4 and the really terrible one with Coolio in it (I'll reserve judgement on how it stacks up against Halloween 6 because I haven't seen it since the VHS years), but it's certainly not "up there" with the first direct sequel Halloween II or the surprisingly decent Halloween 5. But then this is a film that goes back to the end of John Carpenter's original and pretends that every Halloween film we've seen since didn't happen: despite the simple Halloween title it's technically Halloween 2A, following an alternative timeline in which Michael Myers was immediately carted off back to the institution and has stayed there ever since. Until now...
Now Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis, who's never going to escape these films) is a recluse living behind electric gates and security cameras with a secret basement full of shotguns. Inevitably, forty years to the day after the original movie's rampage, Michael engineers a bus crash while being transferred to a new hospital for plot contrivance purposes, and heads back to his old slashing ground of Haddonfield on Halloween night, messily slaughtering a whole bunch of incidental characters on the way. These include a couple of garage workers and two women in their homes, none of whom we know, for no good reason beyond grisly money shots. There's also a pair of supremely idiotic true crime researchers (who I frankly couldn't wait to see the back of) who arguably started the whole thing off in an irresponsible attempt to break Michael's silence by retrieving his battered old Shatner mask - and that's before he gets within stabbing distance of the three generations of Strode: Laurie, her daughter (Judy Greer) and granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak).
Cue that instantly recognisable 5/4 theme music - Carpenter's principal onscreen contribution to the film and as much of a musical signature as Harry Manfredini's shrieky strings sound for the Friday The 13th movies. Also cue the carved pumpkins, skeleton decorations, trick-or-treaters, disposable babysitters, and way too much dumb teenage boy/girl stodge I honestly didn't care about at all because Jamie Lee Curtis' embittered, twisted, basket-case survivor of 1978 is a much more interesting character with a deeper, sadder history, sadly sidelined for too long in favour of the youngsters.
Obviously there's no Donald Pleasence figure this time: Dr Loomis is mentioned a few times but Michael's new doctor (Haluk Bilginer), who has somehow had a 20-year career studying him despite not getting a single word out of him, turns out to be utterly demented himself and closer in amorality to Malcolm McDowell's version of Loomis in the Rob Zombie films. But it's hardly necessary to bring a new monster onto the pitch when Michael Myers is no longer the scary bogeyman/boogeyman figure of seasonal bedtime stories but an indiscriminate mass-murdering sociopath butchering everyone he encounters for no reason. I was never a massive fan of the original Halloween anyway: back in the 80s I was always on Team Jason because they were more overtly cruel and vicious whereas Halloween was almost sedate in its near-bloodless restraint: it was a teen slasher movie you could watch with your parents because it had no swearing, very discreet sexual naughtiness and minimal gore. Not now: heads are twisted and smashed, necks are slashed and broken, blood flows freely - and yet to surprisingly little effect beyond easy Boo! and Yuk! moments.
But, but, but.... back in the day we enjoyed My Bloody Valentine and The Prowler and Prom Night and all those other cheesy old slashers without caring about the characters or wayward plot logic: what did they do right that Halloween 2018 does wrong? Well, maybe there should be more to a Halloween movie than a cheesy old slasher, seeing as Halloween 1978 was the one that kicked it all off in the first place, and particularly with Carpenter and Curtis involved (and Nick Castle as The Shape). Maybe it's an annoyance at the reboot structure that dismisses all the other films as never having existed and changes the ending from the first film, yet still includes a credit acknowledgement for the masks from the standalone Halloween III: Season Of The Witch. Maybe it's less a nostalgia for the cheesy 80s slashers themselves and more a nostalgia for the me that saw them at the time, nostalgia which I obviously can't feel for the new film. If this hadn't been an official Halloween movie but Generic Slasher #724 perhaps I'd have liked it more. I could also do without callbacks to earlier movies, specifically a reversal of a moment from Halloween 1978 which is undone in the new timeline anyway (you can get away with callbacks in something like the Scream series because that's what they're about; Halloween isn't).
It's not terrible: it's solid, well-mounted and assembled, it looks great and and it does have some nice flourishes, such as a bit of business with motion-sensitive floodlights and Michael ghosting up out of the darkness. Judy Greer has a terrific moment towards the end, and Jamie Lee Curtis is great, of course. And it's nice to see Will Patton in anything. But there are so many holes: it just happens that Michael's being transferred precisely on the fortieth Halloween anniversary AND he's able to get his old mask back AND Allyson just happens to lose her phone (in the most ludicrous way possible) at a key moment AND Laurie's woodland fortress only appears to be fenced from one side (separately, Allyson and Michael both manage to get to the front door unimpeded). I didn't mind it, and I certainly don't object to it (I have no issue with sequels and remakes and reboots in principle and I don't regard any movie as a sacred text which shall not be interfered with), but I just don't feel anything towards it.
Labels: Film, Gore, Horror, Sequel, Slasher
BLOOD THEATRE
EXIT PURSUED BY A SPOILER WARNING
More unwatchable horror garbage dug out of the vaults of yesteryear for no good reason. After the soul-crushing tedium of Manos: The Hands Of Fate had set a new baseline by which lousy movies could be judged, my very next streaming selection had me struggling to gauge whether that baseline could already be lowered. The result is a movie that's leaving me struggling to maintain even slight enthusiasm for genre movies: not just cheesy exploitation trash from the Z-list but mainstream, professionally produced offerings from people who know what the hell they're doing.
To be honest I wouldn't have bothered with Blood Theatre (kudos for at least not spelling it Theater) in the first place had it been set anywhere other than a cinema, but for all its relevance it might as well have been set in a spanner factory. The Spotlite multiplex chain have acquired their latest location: a former stage theatre closed after numerous mysterious deaths, and anyone who has subsequently attempted to reopen the place has died soon after. Nevertheless, a small crew are assigned to get the place ready for opening....
Performances are atrocious even by cheap horror movie standards (hell, they're atrocious by primary school nativity play standards): even Mary Woronov can do nothing interesting with it. The kill scenes are astonishingly badly staged and have no impact, the characters are uniformly hateful, there's nowhere near enough gore, and the stabs at comedy just die on the screen. Auteur Rick Sloane (who went on to the giddy heights of no less than six Vice Academy movies) inserts footage from his early short consisting of fake trailers for such joke titles as Chainsaw Chicks and Clown Whores Of Hollywood, but that gag footage looks indistinguishable from Blood Theatre itself: cheap, stupid, shoddily made and with more than a flavour of Troma about it. (Worse, it reminds you how immeasurably better the fake trailer idea was when Tarantino and chums did it in Grindhouse.)
So what was gained? Another horror obscurity ticked off, another director added to the list of filmmakers I never want to hear from again, another hour and a half that would have been less of a waste if I'd spent the time ripping my toenails out with pliers or ingesting half a pound of crack cocaine. Maybe, though, this is the kind of bargain basement crap I actually need to wean myself off cheap horror movies: completism means you have to see everything and I'm increasingly of the opinion that it's just not worth the effort any more. Blood Theatre certainly isn't: I hate myself for watching it, I hate Rick Sloane for making it and I hate my TV screen for showing it to me.
Labels: Horror, Online, Rubbish
MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE
CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS?
Okay, okay. So I rail against absolutely lousy movies for page after page, month after month, and then I voluntarily spend my afternoon sitting through something that's been regularly cited as one of the worst films of all time. It's currently sitting at #3 on the IMDb's bottom rated list and pretty much the best thing that anyone has ever said about it is that it does actually exist. Nobody seems to have a good word to say for it and let me state right now that I'm not going to buck the trend here: it's utterly worthless and a chore to sit through even at a mere 70 minutes or so, it has absolutely no cultural value or artistic merit and is one of the only films ever made that would probably be improved by the Rifftrax or MST3K treatment.
The awfulness of the semi-legendary Manos: The Hands Of Fate is not the Troma awfulness of cynical audience pandering or wallowing in puerile bad taste, but the amateur Ed Wood awfulness of technical shoddiness and an almost awesome level of incompetence. At the same time it has none of the innocent, endearing charm of the best known so-called Golden Turkeys such as Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space: there are no laughs to be had even in the disputed realm of so-bad-it's-good. Manos' terribleness is beyond such things: other films are made by those who just don't care, this is made by those who just don't know what the hell they're doing. Yet you can see that somewhere in the back of it is a halfway decent idea that could - maybe - have been made into something worthy of the second slot on a drive-in double-bill had different hands, hearts and minds been involved. Even half a century ago.
A vacationing family lost in the desert and having to spend the night in an isolated shack belonging to some kind of immortal sorcerer and his harem but run by his simpleton servant Torgo, could be the basis for some kind of watchable throwaway trash. But Harold P Warren, writer, director and male lead, has no more clue about how to go about making a film than I have about building a yacht or writing a cookery book. Acting, script, editing, music, photography and direction are all on the rock-bottom lowest level imaginable: a level beyond underachievement. Grotty, humourless and endlessly dull, it's a less rewarding hour and a bit than even the dreariest of Ted V Mikels, Al Adamson or the mighty Jess Franco: it doesn't even have cheesy sex scenes, dumb sub-Lewis gore effects or a brief cameo by a one-time genre icon like Lon Chaney or John Carradine to leaven the crushing, suffocating boredom. Dialogue is repeated, there are endless silences between lines, the score is dramatically inappropriate and dreary as hell, one of the actors (????) actually looks into the camera, many sound effects are missing (it was shot without synch sound) and the actor playing Torgo was off his nipples on LSD for the whole shoot.
So, seventy minutes and a good mood were lost, but what was gained? A lower benchmark against which badfilm can be judged? A personal best endurance challenge? The knowledge that the next effort by [insert name of wretched actor or director here] will be a breeze in comparison? Manos is complete and utter and total and absolute rubbish, obviously, but the worst kind of rubbish: it isn't even fun. It looks and feels like someone's home movie, because that's mainly what it is (the result of a bet with Stirling Silliphant that Warren could make a film, which on a purely technical level Warren won). It has no heart to it and no life to it: you could point and laugh at it but it's honestly not worth the effort. Some damn fool has made a Fifty Years Later sequel which somehow looks even worse, and has even cast the original's little girl; personally I'm waiting for a major studio remake. Might Michael Bay care to have a bash?
Labels: Cult, Horror, Online, Rubbish
CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS ©
The biggest surprise about this drab and frankly unremarkable post-outbreak drama isn't anything actually on screen except in the credits, where its auteur Hendrick Faller has apparently copyrighted his own name. Literally: there's a © after his surname. Why? Is there another filmmaker called Hendrick Faller and this one has decided to somehow stop the other from using his own name in the credits? Can he claim tax back on copyrighted items? Was it a botched attempt at an ironic smiley? Or was it just a typo by the data entry guy as he input everyone's names into the titles generator? I'll confess here and now that the mystery of the rogue © kept me more interested than the movie itself.
A micro-scale UK/France drama set in France, Fever (originally known as Mountain Fever even though there's not much mountain in it) concerns a young British man holing up in his parents' house to hopefully sit out an unspecified outbreak (rather than head for the rescue station in Lyon). He and a young Ukrainian woman are then trapped in the house, under siege by two aggressive, largely unseen French guys, but will they leave them (or just him) alone when they get what they want?
Much more a drama than the thriller promised on the artwork box, this is a glum and downbeat film, silent and miserable, in which none of the characters want to communicate or connect any more than they absolutely have to for the purposes of survival. Like its unspectacular apocalypse, there's no joy to be had from it: reduced to eating cold tinned food and shivering alone in the dark, it's an armageddon that's really not worth surviving. Difficult to see where the audience appeal might lie; all I can say is that it eluded me.
Labels: Drama, DVD, Frightfest
THE NIGHT OF THE VIRGIN
CONTAINS SPOILERS AND COME ON, GUYS
I'm slowly coming round to the idea that film reviewing (as opposed to film criticism or film analysis) isn't really about the film but about Me: how I respond to it, whether I laugh or scream or cry, how it makes me feel. Reviews are an expression of a personal reaction to the films and so are at least partly about the reviewer. Is it just me? Am I alone in this? Am I just getting old? Why does everyone or no-one else find this funny or scary or moving or profound or arousing? I have sat on sofas with people watching the same DVD on the same screen at the same time and they've laughed consistently and I haven't cracked a smile - how is that possible? Because we're all different. Most films aren't perfect because they're not aimed at the unique you and so don't chime absolutely with you and your life and your world, but if enough of them come close then it's still worth the effort in looking, in wading through the sludge.
But sometimes you have to ask out loud: is it just Me? Or is the movie objectively, factually, empirically, unarguably terrible? Watching (or more exactly staring slack-jawed at) the Spanish badtasteathon The Night Of The Virgin left me wondering not just why I don't get the joke, not just whether the joke was worth the telling, but whether I should even bother with listening to any jokes at all ever again: are their standards too low or are mine too high? This is a revolting film, tirelessly mining the seamiest seams of grossout tastelessness for very little reward. Gloopy bodily fluids have their place (The Fly), and I'm a fan of a well-crafted knob gag as much as the next man, but there has to be something more going on underneath the puking and shrieking.
December 31st: shy and socially gauche Nico isn't having any joy picking up a hot babe to see the New Year in with: they're either stoned or vomitously drunk. Until he's spotted by an older woman who takes him back to her filthy, cockroach-ridden apartment for what he mistakenly assumes is going to be a night of red hot passion. Unfortunately he's been specially selected as part of a plot to bring a Nepalese goddess into the world; meanwhile, the woman's boyfriend is outside shouting and threatening....
If, early on, there are trace memories of films like After Hours, in which a regular zero guy has his life shaken apart when he encounters utter barking lunatics, they're pretty quickly dispelled once the vomit and semen and menstrual blood are brought into play and the film turns into turned-up-to-eleven shrieking hysteria and stays there for most of the running time (the birthing scene itself, graphic in an entirely unwarranted way, goes on for absolutely ages, as though they'd looked at Isballe Adjani's freakouts in Possession and decided to go further). But at some point, probably quite early on, I started to get fed up with it. I started finding it wearing, I started to find it dull, and I wasn't finding it entertaining in any way.
A grinding, unenjoyable bore, this is just wallowing in the sewer, grubby and repugnant on a level somehow lower than the cartoonishly stupid Troma movies: anything up to twenty minutes of screaming and genitalia could have been lopped out, if only to get the damned thing over quicker because there's no way lowbrow sex and gore movies should be 110 minutes long. Maybe it's an age thing. Maybe the film is aimed at a new breed of horror fans in their twenties, not crumbly oldsters in their fifties given to muttering at bus stops about how much better things were in their day with their Jasons and Freddys, and the worst you could get was a rubbish Howling sequel. After The Night Of The Virgin, I would have killed to see a rubbish Howling sequel, even the Marsupials one with Dame Edna Everage in it. Twice.
Labels: DVD, Euro, Extreme, Frightfest, Gore, Horror, Rubbish
VICTOR CROWLEY
Well, it's a crashing, crushing disappointment. Shot in secret, the fourth and quite possibly not final (if the by now obligatory mid-credits sting is anything to go by) instalment in Adam Green's Hatchet series is sadly the least of them: a bloody but entirely uninvolving slasher boasting a thoroughly hateful raft of characters, a level of callousness that extends to at least four deaths that have nothing to do with slasher icon Victor Crowley, excessively vicious kill shots played for grossout laughs, and actual comedy that straight up doesn't work. It's a crying shame, it was one I was particularly looking forward to and yet at times, particularly in the first twenty minutes of sitcom bickering, I was seriously considering switching the DVD off.
Like the best slashers, plot is not the main attraction. For the most ludicrous of reasons, a bunch of shallow, self-obsessed idiots end up running around the Louisiana swamps in the middle of the night yet again. There's a film crew wanting to make a fake trailer for a slasher movie based on the Victor Crowley myth, along with their idiot guide; there's the sole survivor of the previous movie dragged back for a TV programme by the promise of big money, along with the idiot crew. By the most ludicrous of chances, Victor Crowley turns up again and works his way through them while they bicker endlessly about whether to stay in their crashed charter jet or make a run for the boat...
The first Hatchet worked because it was the 80s retro-styled slasher movie we'd always wanted since the 80s themselves but couldn't get because they stopped making them, many of them were terrible, and censor boards around the world cut out the juiciest bits. It was gleefully disreputable fun, it was cheerfully nasty, and it made a point of being done with practical gore effects rather than painting them in on the computer afterwards. The second was weaker, in part because they tried to top the original's splat quotient. And the third one (which Adam Green didn't direct) was generally pretty good and wrapped up what was then the trilogy perfectly well. But this time the head-stomping, limb-lopping and entrail-spilling is pushed so far that it ends up as the kind of excess you used to see in insane Japanese splatter movies like Tokyo Gore Police or Shogun Assassin.
Adam Green's best film so far remains (the co-directed) Spiral, which was far more subtle, emotionally engaging and better told. More, bigger, nastier, bloodier, isn't necessarily better. Nor is cruder: a scene involving a set of male genitals just sits there on the screen, as inert as the offending objects themselves (it's apparently there to redress the genre's historical predilection for female flesh rather than male, right?). Certainly the gore highlights are done with panache and enthusiasm, but there's too much of it: it's no longer enough to just stick a machete in someone's skull the way Jason used to do. I actually felt uncomfortable at the level of bodily destruction, in the way that bits of the later Saw movies looked like crime scene photos; set against the jokey trash-talk dialogue, it's an odd mix that doesn't gel. I was really hoping for a good time with Victor Crowley (Hatchet 4 doesn't appear on the screen at any point, whatever the DVD box art says) but it does feel that, like so many other horror series, it had already reached its natural end point and didn't have anywhere else to go. Occasional fun moments aside, it's disappointing.
Labels: DVD, Frightfest, Gore, Horror, Sequel, Slasher
CONTAINS SPOI...ZZZZZZZZ
There's little to really say about this poverty-stricken lump of nothing, except that everyone involved needs to be quietly dissuaded from ever doing anything like this again, possibly augmented by the mother of all slaps. Technically indifferent to a level far below competent, let alone professional, let alone vaguely interesting, cataclysmically nay catatonically dull, and very poorly acted (performances are barely on the level of "stand there and say this"), it makes no sense, has no scares, has no laughs, and occasionally wanders off into irrelevant scenes that feel like they were pasted in from another, equally terrible, project entirely.
Him kicks off with a businessman who sold his soul to the devil in return for success in the warehousing business, because Satan presumably needed some storage space, but he loses everything when he refuses to sacrifice a virgin. Years later his abandoned warehouse is believed to be haunted, and half a dozen imbeciles decide to spend the night there looking for paranormal activity, even though they hadn't bothered to bring cameras, monitors or recorders (strangely, this is one cheapo wandering-around-in-the-dark exercise that would actually be better as a found footage film). Satan manifests as a clown and a disfigured little girl, because he's clearly got nothing better to do these days than hang around an empty warehouse in the middle of the night scaring dullards with creepy dolls.
When a film isn't the best morons-in-a-warehouse horror film of the week and the only other morons-in-a-warehouse horror film of the week is the underachieving Sweatshop, it's probably time to stop. At the very least, it's time to stop clicking the Watch Now button on every morons-in-a-warehouse horror film that seeps onto the streaming services. Dross.


This is the best Chinese condiments you can't live without! Lao Gan Ma chili sauce certainly adds a lot of flavor to dishes. It goes with everything, ramen, dumplings, noodles, rice dishes, and tons of other stuff.
Allergen Information: Soybean, Monosodium Glutamate, Sulfur Dixide, Sodium Sulfate.


If you're a self-published author, you have to promote your work. If you can't pay someone else do do it, you have to do it yourself.
There are some things that are great, some things that are a waste of time, and some you just shouldn't do. Here are some of each from my experience. A lot of it is about etiquette, because there are a lot of rude writers out there. Unfortunately, the people making the rude mistakes probably aren't reading posts like this.
Don't consider other writers as your opponents. Readers aren't going to choose just one book. They'll read what they see. If they see your book on seven other sites because you've promoted those seven other writers' books, they're seven times more likely to buy your book. We're all in this together.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. If you want people to review your book, review theirs. If you want people to tweet about your book release, tweet theirs. Until you are a bestselling author, people probably won't promote you if they get no value out of it.
Don't keep all your promotions to yourself. Trading promos is an awesome way to spread your influence. Also, people like you better if you aren't all about yourself.
Do provide people with other value besides what you're selling. Free, interesting content is like a sample of what they'll get if they buy your work. The more variety you provide, the more variety you'll get in your attention.
Don't tweet or post on facebook like a maniac every 30 seconds to advertise your work. Nobody likes that and you'll lose all your followers, plus you'll gain a ton of maniacs like yourself who only want to broadcast like a crazy person. If what you are saying is valuable, people will notice.
Do rotate your promotions between your groups. Poll your facebook friends, run a contest on your blog, tweet your reviews on Twitter, but Don't broadcast everything to everyone every time.
Don't promote as if people already want what you have and were just waiting to hear about it. They don't care and they aren't impressed. Hubris is ugly. You'll set people up against you instead of drawing them in.
Do focus on the people who are interested. Give them a little extra, like a beta-reader position or a review copy. They aren't interested because you are hot stuff and you deserve followers. They like what you do and should be appreciated.
Don't give your beta-readers your manuscript chapter-by-chapter as you write it. They will get sick of your book right away. You may want to read through your work again and again, but most other people won't. Keep your work like a secret before you finish and people will want to know more about it.
Do promote in ways you enjoy and understand. You'll be more natural and likable if you enjoy what you're doing. If you hate it all, maybe you should save up and hire someone else to do that part.
Excellent advice! I've seen some authors who do nothing but push push push their own work but never seem to reciprocate in any way. Okay, that's how a lot of people are in all aspects of life. But it's amazing what simple respect and sharing can do.
Sometimes you just have to spell it out. Some may not know it by example, but they can still learn.
Enjoyed these tips, particularly about Facebook and Twitter. will start to apply them!
I admit that I have a problem with Twitter. It overwhelms me. I feel like I'm throwing pebbles into the vacuum of space.
Yes, I must say I'm yet to be convinced of Twitter's value…Heresy, I know.
lol! It's valuable like a freeway is valuable. But if you're driving a horse and buggy like me, it's scary.
At the end of the year, I'm planning on making another free ebook compilation of the blog. That will have it all in there with hyperlinks.
Thanks, Kate, for some advice from commonsense, the Golden Rule, and experience! Honestly, it isn't only self-published authors who must promote their work, and we all need lots of help to get this right.
Great post! I especially liked the point about not broadcasting everything on ever platform every time. As I build my author platform, I'm trying to post different content on by blog and facebook page.
You're welcome! I hope your platform is a great success!


I was gifted this gorgeous Fraya Black Stripe Seventies playsuit from Lily Lulu Fashion, I absolutely love monochromatic outfits so was super excited when it arrived! I love the boho vibe too with the flowing sleeves and my boots especially added to this! They was kind enough to also offer a 15% off discount code to my readers! You can do this by adding the code 'LAURIEELLE15' when you're at the checkout!
This playsuit is amazing, definantely something I would wear.


text:
Italian 'Block' Increases Traffic to Pirate Bay
Eliot Van Buskirk
Italy's attempt to block traffic from its ISPs to The Pirate Bay torrent tracker site has proven futile. In fact, an administrator for the site says traffic from Italy to the site actually increased after the so-called blockade was put into place. Once again, it seems, an attempt to stamp out unapproved file sharing has […]
Italy's attempt to block traffic from its ISPs to The Pirate Bay torrent tracker site has proven futile. In fact, an administrator for the site says traffic from Italy to the site actually increased after the so-called blockade was put into place. Once again, it seems, an attempt to stamp out unapproved file sharing has had the opposite effect.
A source who apparently works for an Italian ISP confirmed to TorrentFreak late last week that every large ISP within Italy had blocked access to ThePirateBay.org and associated IP addresses, following a request from an Italian prosecutor. However, Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde told TorrentFreak he was implementing "a really annoying system for them to filter" that involved changing IP addresses and mirroring the site at Labaia.org (labaia is Italian for "the bay").
Apparently, those measures worked. Traffic from Italy to The Pirate Bay increased five percent this week despite the block, the site told TorrentFreak, possibly due to all of the attention Italy's block has generated. To keep his site accessible from the country, Sunde encourages Italian users to use OpenDNS to get around ISP blocks and to complain to their ISPs about this technology.
"We're quite used to fascist countries not allowing freedom of speech. A
lot of smaller nations that have dictators decide to block our sitesince we can help spread information that could be harmful to thedictators," wrote Sunde on The Pirate Bay blog.
"We don't want a censored internet! And the war starts here," he added. Like email, FTP, instant messaging, HTTP, sneakernet and many other protocols, bit torrent beused to transfer files with or without the permission of the copyrightholder.
TopicsCopyright and Copyfight

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


100,000 Reasons To Support The "Buffett Rule"
Priebus: "There Was Compromise, The Republicans Passed Cut, Cap And Balance"
Priebus' Downgrade Duplicity: "We're Not Saying" That "It's All Barack Obama's Fault"
2012: GOP Voters Enthusiastic About "No One"
The RNC's newfangled campaign website has a cutting-edge campaign strategy: attack President Obama for signing a policy that GOP members of the House and Senate endorsed. In a litany of attacks on President Obama's stance on social issues, the RNC cites the repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. However, the RNC elides the fact that the battle for repeal hinged on Republican support for passage. At the end of the day, 15 Republicans in the House and eight in the Senate voted to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," a move that was backed by an overwhelming majority of the American people.
The premise of the RNC's new attack website, HopeIsntHiring.com, is that President Obama has nothing more than positive rhetoric and good vibes to offer to those hardest hit by the recession. But if you account for the facts in telling the story of the past two years, things aren't nearly so convenient for the GOP. Far from an aloof figure during the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, President Obama has pushed policies that turned the economy around past Republican obstructionism. The strong rebound in private-sector job growth over the past two years proves the 'Hiring' site is just another vacuous gimmick.


text:
Title: To Greece
Author: McClymont, W. G.
To Greece
The Rearguard Action in the late afternoon, 18 April
After the occupation of Tempe and the dispersal, about 5.30 p.m., of C Company 2/2 Battalion, the commander of 3 Panzer Regiment had swung his attack southwards towards Evangelismos, on the road to Larisa; 2 Company 1/3 Panzer Regiment, with 7/304 Infantry Regiment in support, was now breaking the way.
At the same time three other units were on the move. I/143 Mountain Regiment was coming south-eastwards towards the village. On its right flank II/141 Mountain Regiment which had just been rushed over the river was advancing towards Makrikhorion and Makrikhori. And still farther west were the companies of III/143 Mountain Regiment which had all day been enveloping the left flank of the Australians.
To delay the tanks north of Evangelismos and the infantry who had been crossing the river to the east were A Company 2/2 Battalion, supported by eleven Bren carriers (some from 2/5 and 2/11 Battalions and others from 21 New Zealand Battalion), an Australian anti-tank gun and two New Zealand 25-pounders.
The gun from A Troop 5 Field Regiment (Sergeant Franklin1 was to the east of the railway on the southern outskirts of the village, and when the tanks approached the Australian lines, the crew opened fire. The first two were hit and 'burst with flames.' The third returned fire, hitting a truck loaded with petrol and explosives and forcing Second-Lieutenant Brown,2 CPO for the two guns, to order a withdrawal. The crew took to the hills and eventually regained the road, continuing south towards Larisa and being picked up by an Australian convoy.
The second gun, that from F Troop 4 Field Regiment (Sergeant Gunn3 was more to the south and west. The first two tanks to appear from that angle were knocked out, but another came up and from a hull-down position began to make a systematic search for the camouflaged gun. The crew then manhandled it about 100 yards to the right and from a slight hollow carried on the duel. When the only remaining armour-piercing shells had been used
1 Lt J. H. Franklin, MM; Napier; born Levin, 11 Oct 1918; clerk.)
2 2 Lt J. C. Brown; Auckland; born NZ 15 Dec 1913; departmental manager; wounded 30 Nov 1941.
3 Capt J. R. A. Gunn; Wellington; born Durban, 20 Dec 1914; clerk; wounded 18 Apr 1941.),
page 336 Gunner Kelly1 went forward under fire to the first position to collect some high-explosive charges. Then, when the supporting enemy infantry were seen to be closing in, WO II Tasker2 engaged them with a Bren gun and kept them at a distance, but the end came when a tank shell burst below the 25-pounder and wounded three of the crew. The others attempted to bring out the gun, but the quad could not be backed into the hollow and the unwounded of the crew could not pull the gun out on their own. Tasker and Gunn did the best they could, slipping away in the quad and eventually reaching the F Troop positions, where the fit members remained and the wounded were sent on to Larisa.
In the country between the tanks and the guns there had meanwhile been confused and exciting activity. The supporting tanks had rolled south from Tempe, spreading out across the western flats and 'firing madly' until about 6.5 p.m., when several of them supported by infantry broke into the lines of A Company 2/2 Battalion. Covered by fire from the Bren-carrier group and the 25-pounders, the company moved off to the eastern ridges and hurried southwards. Unfortunately darkness overtook them and they never regained contact with Allen Force.
The tanks had then advanced cautiously through the village towards Headquarters 2/2 Battalion. The Australian anti-tank gun in the area had left 'without orders'.3 The carrier group, including those from 21 Battalion, was able to move out, but a platoon from 2/3 Battalion and Lieutenant Southworth4 with his platoon from 21 Battalion were forced into the hills. The signals truck from 2/2 Battalion when it raced off across a ploughed field was shot up in flames. It was then about 6.45 p.m., and as other tanks were appearing across the flats from the west and south-west, Lieutenant- Colonel Chilton ordered his headquarters and B Company to withdraw to the eastern hills. Thereafter in several groups they hurried southwards, often under fire from the German units astride the road and across the more open country to the west.
The gully in which Headquarters 26 Battery had been established was soon untenable, so Major Stewart, who had been observing for E and F Troops, made off to the hills and attempted to rejoin his guns. Lieutenant-Colonel Parkinson drove off eastwards, nearly reaching the hill village of Sikourion before he and some Australians turned south to the Volos road.
Astride the highway there were now the tanks from 3 Panzer
1 Gnr J. Kelly; Petone; born Auckland, 13 Mar 1910; insurance agent.
2 WO II N. C. Tasker, MM; Christchurch; born Christchurch, 17 Aug 1918; letterpress apprentice; p.w. Apr 1941.
3 Long, p. 118.
4 See p. 328.
page 337 Regiment, supported by units from II/304 Infantry Regiment. On the western flank and advancing with the tanks were the units from 6 Mountain Division. 1/143 Mountain Regiment which had, since dawn, lost 12 killed, 69 wounded and 1 missing, had not moved south of Evangelismos. Its place had been taken by I/141 Mountain Regiment which, with II/141 coming up in support, was now closing in from the north-west. Their objectives were Point 214, the Nessonis swamp, and possibly—Larisa.
Late that afternoon they had occupied the village of Makrikhori to the north of Point 214 and cleared the ridges to the south-east. The advance had been supported by Stuka attacks on Point 214 and the road to Larisa but, as they afterwards recorded, 'In spite of this, the enemy fought back hard from 1 Km south of PT 214. AA, A Tk and 105 mm guns fired on our troops over open sights.'1
Such was their opinion of a most gallant and successful delaying action, in the early stages of which the dominant units were E and F Troops of 26 Battery 4 New Zealand Field Regiment. Left with no forward screen after the withdrawal of 2/2 Battalion and with only seven guns between them, they covered the movement of Allen Force to the new line which was hastily being established some four miles to the south. F Troop had moved first, covered by E Troop. On the way one quad had been hit by a shell and two men wounded, including Driver Drinkwater,2 who drove courageously on, clearing the road for the rest of the column. Soon afterwards another quad was hit, the top blown off and two men wounded. In spite of these casualties the troop went into position just north of Makrikhorion and, with Captain Richardson and Lieutenant Dyson3 as observers, shelled the infantry and tanks as they moved through Evangelismos and came south astride the highway.
E Troop had then moved back, the sections leapfrogging through each other. Guns hooked to tractors would be brought back and halted at intervals along the road. The trails would then be swung round and the approaching tanks engaged from the roadside. In this way, over open sights, two tanks were definitely destroyed and several others put out of action. As seen by an Australian infantryman it had been an inspiring sight:
The officer stood out in the open directing the fire, the crews crouched behind the shields and fed and fired the guns while everything the enemy had was being pelted at them …. They looked like a drawing by someone who had never been to a war, but the whole thing was unreal. They got
1 3 Panzer Regiment battle report, 18–19 April 1941.
2 Dvr H. R. Drinkwater, MM; born NZ 25 Jul 1917; labourer; wounded 18 Apr 1941.
3 Maj R. H. Dyson; Auckland; born Christchurch, 4 Dec 1917; public servant; CO 5 Fd Regt Aug–Dec 1945; now Regular Force.
withdrawal through larisa, morning 19 april 1941
two tanks, lost one gun and pulled the other gun and their wounded out, having done what they could. There was nothing to stop the tanks then, and they formed up and came on.1
When E Troop was clear, F Troop engaged the enemy and disabled at least one tank. But the German advance was irresistible and the guns had to be withdrawn, one section remaining to support B Squadron New Zealand Divisional Cavalry Regiment in the new line, the others taking up positions south of D Troop.
The rearguard by then was in position about the road and railway crossing of Makrikhorion. If the line could be held until dark the movement of the tanks would be more limited; if yet another withdrawal was necessary, there were several possible defence lines between there and Larisa. The Australian infantry—one company 2/2 Battalion and two companies 2/3 Battalion, both reduced in numbers—were astride the road. In reserve there were Bren carriers from 2/2, 2/5, 2/11 Australian and 21 New Zealand Battalions and a company from 2/3 Battalion, only some thirty strong. And near the railway station was B Squadron of the Divisional Cavalry,2 which had arrived about midday from the Elasson area. Its com-
page 339 mander, Major J. T. Russell,1 had been instructed by Brigadier Allen to maintain a line across the valley until 3 a.m. and then to cover the withdrawal of the force. To the east of the road and south of Point 214 was D Troop 4 Field Regiment.
The force had little hope of halting the approaching tanks and, to make the task still more difficult, German aircraft were screaming across the front, strafing and dive-bombing the slightest sign of movement. Even so, the troops fought back when twelve to fifteen tanks broke into the area. Major Stewart, then working across the ridges above the plain, saw Russell 'magnificently handling his squadron.'2 But Bren guns and Boys anti-tank rifles made no impression on the German armour and by sundown the squadron was withdrawing from the area.
The Australian infantry were even worse off. 'At one stage … a group of fifteen to twenty men were round a tank firing rifles and L. M. G.s to no apparent effect. This tank crushed two men…. The feeling of helplessness against the tanks overcame the troops and they began to move back in small parties to the trucks.'3
There had been all possible support from D Troop 26 Field Battery; in fact Captain Thornton, at the observation post on Point 214, had been delighted with the accuracy of the concentrations. But after 8.30 p.m. the light had faded and about 9 p.m., when the section from E Troop with the Divisional Cavalry came back, Major Stewart, who had managed to rejoin the battery, ordered a withdrawal.
The whole front was now hopelessly indefinite, but in unprepared positions about 1000 yards to the south of Point 214 a mixed force of infantrymen and Bren carriers had collected to make yet another stand. It served the purpose. The observer in the leading tank was shot, the column halted and a scene of colourful confusion developed across the front, with tanks milling aimlessly about and carriers pulling back in a world of Very lights, tracer bullets and blazing vehicles.
At this stage Brigadier Allen ordered Lieutenant-Colonel Lamb of 2/3 Battalion to withdraw. So, covered by the Divisional Cavalry squadron, the Bren carriers and the lorries with the infantrymen were driven off towards 'a point where the road crossed a swampy area north of Larisa.'4
The enemy made no serious attempt to follow up. The darkness and the danger of supporting units firing on each other forced them
1 Lt-Col J.T. Russel, DSO, m.i.d.; born Hastings, 11 Nov 1904; farmer; CO 22 Bn Feb– Sep 1942; wounded May 1941; killed in action 6 Sep 1942.
2 One armoured car troop (Lt H. B. Capamagian), which had been sent by Brigadier Allen to cover the road from Sikourion, reported that the enemy was not encircling the right flank.
4 Ibid., p. 121.
page 340 to laager for the night, send out patrols and prepare for an advance at daybreak, 19 April. The casualties of I/3 Panzer Regiment had been low, only 4 killed and 37 wounded, but its tank losses had been high: '2 MK IV, 4 MK III and 13 MK II either total losses or out of action for a very long time (including 4 lost in crossing the river) 2 MK IV, 12 MK III and MK II slightly damaged.'1
More important still, they had not been able to reach Larisa and halt the withdrawal of 6 New Zealand Brigade2 from Elasson and of Savige Force from Zarkos.3
1 Battle report by 1/3 Panzer Regiment, 15–19 April 1941.
2 See pp. 305–12.


You described your problem in two parts: 1) too much work; and 2) no way to surface the issue. I'm most concerned about your second problem, the inability to speak up with management. Years of experience have taught me that if you don't talk it out, you act it out. As time wears on, your stress levels rise along with your blood pressure, you develop a bad view of those around you (including the so-called villains at the top), your sense of corporate loyalty decreases, you lose focus at home on personal matters, you have less time for exercise and personal development, and you become increasingly reliant on comfort foods, complaining, and other stress-relieving activities to make sense of your life.
"Am I pretending not to notice my role in this situation?" The role that most people don't admit to is being passive or silent. Not speaking up is part of the problem. It is a huge problem. So whatever stories you're telling yourself about why you can't speak up need to be examined closely.
"Why would reasonable, rational, decent human beings do this?" Clever, pervasive stories about management not listening or only being concerned with finances may have some truth as applied to some individuals. However, these stories are almost never accurate when applied to management in general. In fact, most managers want to hear what will help the organization in terms of quality, cost, customer satisfaction, and employee satisfaction. They are not as villainous as you may think they are.
"What should I do right now to move toward what I really want?" What you want is a good thing—work/life balance. You care a lot about productivity, quality, being a team player, and so on. In addition, you care about your personal well-being as well as your family. First get a firm understanding of what it is that you really want and then prepare to speak up in favor of this goal.
Find a friend or colleague and really practice. After you've prepared, find a friend and practice. He or she can make suggestions for improvements to your script and approach. He or she can react in various ways and you can practice your responses. With a little practice, you'll be more able and confident to step up to this crucial conversation.
And remember, when you do step up, if it gets too tense or emotional, keep the conditions safe by saying something such as "I didn't want this to get emotional. I took a risk to bring up a tough topic. I was trying to find ways to deal with a problem that is bigger than me and it's not going well. I'd like to stop here and think some more about it. Would that be okay?" You can always repeat your purpose and ask for a delay. "Delaying" isn't "avoiding" if you think about the conversation, prepare some more, and make another attempt. Avoiding and withdrawing occur when you give up and let silence win.
Best wishes in this important conversation.


1. On sailboats, strip and clean winches. This gets rid of the salt residue that could combine with the winch grease to clog the gears next season.
2. Remove the compass and stow it in a cool, dry place. If you leave your compass exposed to the sun, the alcohol could expand and seep out. When the alcohol cools, a bubble will form at the top of the compass.
3. Remove all electronic instruments from your cockpit or bridge unless they are bolted down. Exposed instruments may get battered by the weather and malfunction next year- or they may get stolen.
4. Scrub and oil teak decking and covering boards before covering the boat. This will help preserve the teak over the winter when cold and dry winds may desecrate it.
5. Make sure that you have built up several coats of varnish on brightwork. Many experts we talked to consider seven to nine coats a minimum for a New England or Florida winter. Without varnish protection, fresh water can penetrate into cracks and turn wood black. If you build up enough layers of varnish, you will only have to cut the top layer back before applying a new layer next year.
6. We recommend that all masts be removed. This helps prevent fatigue damage to mast fittings and the hull. It also exposes less windage to the might of winter's gale, making your boat less vulnerable to being blown over. (If you cannot remove the mast, make sure you tie the halyards away from the mast. At 4 a.m. on a Winter's morning, clanging halyards are a way of showing your neighbor's how inconsiderate one may be. Masts are made of several different types of metals, and corrosion can occur even in winter if they are not adequately insulated from one another. When the mast has been pulled from the boat, you should remove the windex, wind instruments and any masthead antenna. These will be safer at home. Use messenger lines and remove all the halyards. They should be soaked in warm soapy water to remove salt and to keep them soft and pliable. Remove the roller furling gear and store it under cover. Over the winter it should be serviced and cleaned. Finally, check all the toggles and pins to make sure they are not bent. Replace any that show signs of stress or bending. Also, check each shroud and spreader ending for signs of corrosion or wear. If you find problems, get a qualified Rigger to look the rig over.
7. Pull the anchors and anchor chain from their lockers, power-wash them and lay them out. Check anchor pins and bow rollerpins and replace bent ones. This is a good time to mark your chain. Mark it at 1 fathom for the first 10 fathoms and then at 2- or 3-fathom intervals. This way, you'll know how much of the rode is out. Use a white painted link for one fathom, red for two, green for three, blue for four, and so forth. Wind a short length of wire around a link at 10 fathoms so you can tell by feel. Paint two links when you run out of colors. Wind a length of wire around two links at 20 fathoms and so on . Clean the chain locker( making sure drains are clear) and the bow roller and get the windlass serviced.
8. Check all the stanchions and lifelines. If a stanchion has been bent it should be replaced. If a stanchion base has come loose it should be removed, re-caulked and bedded with stronger backing plates. Check plastic-covered lifelines for nicks and cuts. A cut can let salt water through the plastic where it can corrode the wire core, rendering the lifeline useless.
9. At the helm, remove the steering wheel and get the steering gear checked out. If it Is wire, make sure it is greased and oiled and that all sheaves have guards and run freely. Check hydraulic steering for leaks and dips. Make sure that all seals, valves and lines are free of corrosion.
10. Remove all gratings and loose woodwork. These can be taken home and stored in a dry, warm area where you can work on them over the winter. If you wish, you can schedule varnishing or oiling while the gear is out of the boat.
and you can probably negotiate a lower rate than during the spring rush.
12. Make sure hatches are dogged down tight and locked. Boats left open under a winter cover do get better air cri-Celation, but they may also attract thieves or vagrants.
13. Remove your life raft, life jackets and harnesses. Send the life raft back for a checkup. Examine your life jackets and harnesses. If the life jackets are inflatable, have your dealer check them and replace The inflator mechanisms if needed.
14. If you have a dinghy, take it home. Don't leave it in the dinghy rack all winter. It may need a little TLC or varnishing. If you regularly leave it in the water, make sure the bottom is cleaned and anti-fouled. Check the rub rail and fenders to ensure that no screw heads (that can scratch up your topsides) are protruding.


text:
Republican National Committee v. Democratic National Committee
19A1016 7th Cir. Not Argued Apr 6, 2020 5-4 Per Curiam OT 2019
Holding: The District Court's order granting a preliminary injunction is stayed to the extent it requires Wisconsin to count absentee ballots postmarked after April 7, 2020, the date of the state's election.
Judgment: Application for stay granted in a per curiam opinion on April 6, 2020. Justice Ginsburg filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan joined.
Justices block extension of absentee ballot deadline in Wisconsin (Amy Howe, April 6, 2020)
Democrats urge justices to stay out of Wisconsin primary dispute (UPDATED) (Amy Howe, April 5, 2020)
Wisconsin Republicans ask justices to intervene after lower court extends deadline for primary absentee ballots (Amy Howe, April 4, 2020)
Apr 04 2020 Application (19A1016) for a stay, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Apr 04 2020 Response to application due on or before 2 p.m. ET, Sunday, April 5, 2020.
Apr 05 2020 Response to application from respondents Democratic National Committee, et al. filed.
Apr 05 2020 Reply of applicant Republican National Committee, et al. filed.
Apr 06 2020 Application (19A1016) referred to the Court.
Apr 06 2020 Application (19A1016) granted by the Court. The application for stay presented to JUSTICE KAVANAUGH and by him referred to the Court is granted. The District Court's order granting a preliminary injunction is stayed to the extent it requires the State to count absentee ballots postmarked after April 7, 2020. (Detached Opinion). JUSTICE GINSBURG, with whom JUSTICE BREYER, JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, and JUSTICE KAGAN join, dissenting. (Detached Opinion).


Here is the picture of a hot Wet Girl, which has been published online by Duniya News. The Lahori girl was crossing road near Lahore Race Course. Is it right to publish the like this image in a news paper while the Lahori girl in the picture is not aware that her image is going to be published in a news paper and online on the internet. The snapshot has been taken during rain in Lahore, and girl is holding something in her hands. She is not aware to become a part of newspaper. According to my view it is not good to publish a picture of hot Wet Girl, who is going to home and due to rain get wet. When it will come to the knowledge of their family members, it will not be good for the girl, and it will become hard to go outside for that girl for the next time.
The Pakistani media is very fast these days, and publish almost any happening in the country, but on the other hand it is not a good thing to publish a picture of Wet Girl in rain on the newspaper without getting prior permission. It is also a fact the the Lahori Girls are much advance in any race of life, and take a part in every situation of life. The Lahori Girls are also much advance when they lives in hostels they find full freedom and be involved in every evil of life especially go to dance parties, take drugs, and have boyfriends in their rooms etc. The pictures of Lahori girls are published day by day in different internet sites, Wet girl is a major part of search engines. Therefore the Picture published without the permission of Hot Wet girl can be searched over the web as it has been published by many other media groups.
Hello have a look at my own blog too. I'm hoping we've a chuckle things too.
I think they news channels should ask first for the publication of the pic.
I think they should ask her first for getting proper permission.


text:
La sitofilia o food play (juego de comida en inglés) se refiere al fetichismo sexual en el que se mezcla el erotismo y la comida.

Práctica

La práctica puede llevar, o no al acto sexual. El término se asocia comúnmente a la práctica erótica de tomar alimentos considerados afrodisíaco como chocolate o crema batida, los cuales se vierten sobre el cuerpo de la pareja sexual para producir un gozo sexual. La práctica puede tener fines decorativos, a veces puede corresponder a servir un plato sobre los genitales femeninos o masculinos.

El término también incluye la masturbación con diversos productos alimenticios de formas fálicas (ej.: mazorcas de maíz, pepinos, calabacines, bananas, y productos procesados como salchichas) para sustituir el uso de un consolador en la penetración vaginal en la mujer y la penetración anal en ambos sexos. En su forma menos frecuente se puede asociar el término a la penetración de alimentos por un individuo masculino.

El body shot (trago de cuerpo en inglés) es una práctica en la que se vierten bebidas alcohólicas (regularmente tequila) sobre el cuerpo de una persona para que otra las tome. Suele vertirse sobre el ombligo o sobre los pechos, además pueden incluirse acompañantes de las bebidas como limón y sal, los cuales también se colocan sobre el cuerpo.

Referencias culturales
 En la película de 1986 Nueve semanas y media, se incluye en una de sus escenas el fruitplay con fresas.
 La película japonesa Tampopo ilustra a una pareja de un hombre miembro de la yakuza en un traje blanco (Kōji Yakusho) y su amante (Fukumi Kuroda) que gustan de la utilización de comida en sus prácticas sexuales.
 En la novela de Philip Roth Portnoy's Complaint, el personaje principal se masturba penetrando un pedazo de hígado y una manzana con un hueco.
 La serie de películas American Pie, obtiene su nombre por la relación de la escena de la primera película en la que Jim (Jason Biggs) se masturba con una tarta.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Parafilias

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Fourcade, Y., Engler, J.O., Rödder, D., Secondi, J. (2014): Mapping species distributions with MAXENT using a geographically biased sample of presence data: a performance assessment of methods for correcting sampling bias. PloS ONE 9(5): e97122.
Ghaffari, H., Ihlow, F., Plummer, M. V., Karami, M., Khorasani, N., Mahroo, B. S., Rödder, D. (2014): Home range and habitat selection of the endangered Euphrates softshell turtle Rafetus euphraticus in a fragmented habitat in southwestern Iran. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 13: 202-215.
Habel, J.C., Mulwa, R.K., Gassert, F., Rödder, D., Ulrich, W., Borghesio, L., Husemann, M., Lens, L. (2014): Population signatures of large-scale, long-term disjunction and small-scale, short-term habitat fragmentation in an Afromontane forest bird. Heredity 113: 205-214.
Ihlow, F., Rödder, D., Bochynek, T., Sothanin, S., Handschuh, M., Böhme, W. (2014): Reinforcement as a conservation tool - assessing site fidelity and movement of the endangered elongated tortoise Indotestudo elongata (Blyth, 1854). - Journal of Natural History 48: 2473-2485.
Jakob, S. S., Rödder, D., Engler, J. O., Shaaf, S., Özkan, H., Blattner, F. R., Kilian, B. (2014): Evolutionary history of wild barley (Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum) analyzed using multilocus sequencing and paleodistribution modeling. - Genome Biology and Evolution 6: 685-702.
Kurth, M., Hörnes, D., Rödder, D. (2014): SAISAQ: A novel tool for semiautomatic image based surface area quantification. - North-Western Journal of Zoology 10 (1): 217-220.
Kurth, M., Hörnes, D., Rödder, D. (2014) Race against desiccation: rapid larval development in Melanophryniscus klappenbachi (Anura: Bufonidae). Salamandra 50(2): 117-124.
Louy, D., Habel, J. C., Abadjiev, S., Rakosy, L., Varga, Z., Rödder, D., Schmitt, T. (2014): Molecules and models indicate diverging evolutionary effects from parallel altitudinal range shifts in two mountain Ringlet butterflies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Mageski, M., Ferreira, R. B., Zocca, C., Teixeira, R. L., Rödder, D. (2014): The unusual occurrence of a population of Dendropsophus elegans (Anura: Hylidae) in an inselberg of southeastern Brazil. - Herpetology Notes 7: 363-365.
Schmitt,, T., Habel, J.-C., Rödder, D., Louy, D. (2014): Effects of recent and past climatic shifts on the genetic structure of the high mountain Yellow-spotted ringlet butterfly Erebia manto (Lepidoptera, Satyrinae): a conservation problem. - Global Change Biology 20: 2045-2061.
Van Schingen, M., Ihlow, F., Nguyen, Q. T., Ziegler, T., Bonkowski, M., Wu, Z., Rödder, D. (2014): Potential distribution and effectiveness of the protected area network for the crocodile lizard, Shinisaurus crocodilurus (Reptilia: Squamata: Sauria). - Salamandra 50 (1): 71-76.
Wagner, N., Rödder, D., Brühl, C.A., Veith, M., Lenhardt, P.P., Lötters, S. (2014): Evaluating the risk of pesticide exposure for amphibian species listed in Annex II of the European Union Habitats Directive. Biological Conservation 176, August 2014: 64-70.
Rajaei SH., H., D. Rödder, A. M. Weigand, J. Dambach, M. J. Raupach and J. W. Wägele (2013) Quaternary refugia in southwestern Iran: Insights from two sympatric moth species (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Organisms Diversity and Evolution 13: 409-423.
Ahmadzadeh, F., Flecks, M., Carretero, M. A., Böhme, W., Ilgaz, C., Engler, J. O., Harris, D. J., Üzüm, N., Rödder, D. (2013) Rapid lizard radiation lacking niche conservatism: ecological diversification within a complex landscape. Journal of Biogeography 40: 1475-1489.
Ahmadzadeh, F., Flecks, M., Rödder, D., Böhme, W., Ilgaz, C., Harris, D.J., Engler, J.O., Üzüm, N., Carretero, M. (2013) Multiple dispersal out of Anatolia: biogeography and evolution of oriental green lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110: 398-408.
AHMADZADEH, F., M. A. CARRETERO, D. RÖDDER, D. J. HARRIS, S. N. FREITAS, A. PERERA, W. BÖHME (2013) Inferring the effects of past climate fluctuations on the distribution pattern of Iranolacerta (Reptilia, Lacertidae): evidences from mitochondrial DNA and species distribution models. Zoologischer Anzeiger 252: 141-148.


text:
Q: Converting a string into a CheckBox I have a string which is ultimately the id of a CheckBox.
What I need to be able to do is to access the CheckBox's properties from the string
var myCheckBox:Object;
var myString:String;
myString = "checkbox_1"
myCheckBox = Object(myString); ?!?!
... and then I'd need to get to myCheckBox.selected, and myCheckBox.label etc

A: easier answer:
if(this.hasOwnProperty(myString) && this[myString] is CheckBox) {
    myCheckBox = this[myString] as CheckBox
}

It's a bit of overcoding (since the as keyword will return a null if it's not a checkbox and you could better handle it that way with potentially less code), but that should do ya.
Best of luck.

A: If you know what DisplayObjectContainer (e.g. Sprite, MovieClip) the CheckBox is inside you can use getChildByName.
Unfortunately if you are using Flex containers (like Group) there is no function getElementByName(). There is getElementAt so you could write a loop that iterates over all of a Groups elements until it encounters one that matches the name you have.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


CDMA2000 network operator Telesystems of Ukraine (PEOPLEnet) has launched fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) services in Kharkiv. The new service allows access to mobile services outdoors and fixed line services indoors (charged at PSTN rates) via a single handset, and comes bundled with inclusive internet/data usage via 1xEV-DO technology. Telesystems launched commercial 1xEV-DO services under the PEOPLEnet brand in Kiev, Dnipropetrovsk and Odessa in February 2007 and has continued to expand the network across the country, aiming to deploy 1,000 base stations by the end of 2008 to cover 80% of Ukraine's population; by that date it aims to have 100,000 3G subscribers.


text:
Q: Google docs ImportXML called from script I am using ImportXML in a google docs sheet to aqcuire data from the sistrix api. It works fine but I encountered the limitation of 50 ImportXML commands in one sheet. So I used a script that writes the ImportXML command to a cell (temporary) formula and takes back the resulting value of the cell and copies it to the destination cell. So you can do as much ImportXML queries as you need, as they only appear in one temporary cell in the sheet.
The problem here is, that the ImportXML query SOMETIMES takes very long or returns with N/A.
Is it possible that my script sometimes doesnt wait for the ImportXML query to return and so the result is corrupted? I am currently doing it in this way:
function GetFormulaData(formula, sheet, row, col)
{

// write the formula (ImportXML(...)) to the specified cell
sheet.getRange(row, col).setFormula(formula);

// return the value of this cell resulting from the formula
return sheet.getRange(row, col).getValue();
}

So this can obviously only work if the formula (the ImportXML query) is done and has written the return value into the cell, so I can read afterwards.
Does anybody have experience or alternatives with calling ImportXML from a script?

A: I have solved this now in a different way. It is more common to use UrlFetchapp() within google doc scripts than ImportXML. But you have to gain the xml data yourself from the http response.
I do it in this way now:
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(apiString).getContentText();
var xmlContent = Xml.parse(response, true);
var answer = xmlContent.response.answer;

// get what you need from the XML answer
if (answer != null)
{
    var element = answer.getElement('foo');
    if (element != null)
    {
        var attrib = element.getAttribute('bar');
        if (attrib != null)
            value = attrib.getValue();  // the value you want
    }
}


17 years working in strategic development and technical positions for Telstra.
Professor Coutts is a rare subject matter expert who has a 'broad spectrum knowledge and experience' in the fields of commercial radio technologies and telecommunications covering fixed line, private and public mobile, and internet communications.
Reg combines a deep commercial knowledge with academic achievement. Leveraging his experience with large public companies (for example his nearly 20 years working for Telstra) and work with small innovation companies fighting to gain traction in the market place.
Reg has advised governments on telecommunication policy, appeared as an expert witness giving opinion on the technical workings of mobile phone networks relevant to legal argument, and participated as a technology start-up board member.
In 1993 Reg was appointed as Professor of Telecommunications at Adelaide University, establishing the department and putting in place ground breaking relationships with industry.
Reg is available to consult to interested parties seeking to better understand the telecommunications market place, the inner workings of the telecommunications industry, government policy in relation telecommunications, broadband, spectrum issues, and commercialisation of ICT.


text:
Q: JTAG RUNBIST Instruction Does anyone know what the RUNBIST instruction is for? It stands for built-in self test.
When does the output of the system logic have random values? I can think of maybe propagation delays which cause random data hazards to appear at the output. But why does it matter as long as we don't capture the output into the output boundary cell?

A: What you are quoting looks like a slide from a course describing JTAG. I don't know what your professor was saying at the time He showed this.
RUNBIST is meant to test the internal logic of chip using predefined internal test patterns (or any other self-contained method). There are various BIST strategies that are out of the scope of JTAG.
Nonetheless, JTAG knows that performing BIST into a chip may drive random patterns to output pins. In order to be able to use RUNBIST on a chip mounted on a PCB without driving conflicts on pins, JTAG mandates that RUNBIST either use values from BSR for driving pins, or put all pins in Hi-Z.
This choice is left as an implementation detail for the chip itself. This is not an integration or ATE choice.


Teppanyaki preparation of Wagyu beef fried rice with garlic and herbs, filmed in Okayama - Japan.
To enter for your chance to WIN a Get Some FAT Pack, comment below. Three winners will be announced in next week's Eric Meal Time episode #99.
Kobe vs Wagyu: Understanding Japanese Beef Itadakimasu!
The Top Three types of Japanese beef are Kobe beef, Matsusaka beef, and Omi beef. We've already done a video on Kobe, so how does Omi beef compare?


Santa Please Stop Here flag.
Click, Tap n Share Santa Please Stop Here flag!
The deluxe edition Santa please stop here flag is a Christmas theme green flag.
The deluxe edition Santa please stop here flag has a picture of Santa with his sack full of gifts and the words "Santa Please Stop Here!" in the middle of the traditional Christmas green field.
The 900 x 1500mm Santa please stop here flag is made from super-durable material with double stitched edging, reinforced eyelet hoist, and is produced with stay fast colour printing processes.
The 900 x 1500mm Santa Please Stop Here flag has a virtually endless life span when used as an indoor wall hanging. Depending on the outside environmental elements and the amount of time the flag is flown outside it can last anywhere between 3 to 6 months.
Listed below are the official Santa Please Stop Here flag flying days.
Santa Please Stop Here flag is flown at full mast at all times.
1st December to the 24th December of every year!


Doctor Who – A Small Semblance of Home is out now, narrated by Carole Ann Ford who played the Doctor's granddaughter, Susan.
Producer Ian Atkins tells us about this return to the era of the First Doctor: "With the whole 'London 1965' meme going around at present (at the time of recording), I find it particularly timely that Paul's been able to take us back to that those wonderful early years, in a story read by someone who was there right from the off.
"The Short Trips range has delighted in being able to travel the continuum from Classic Series to New, stopping off at many points along the way but it's important to me to remember how it started, and who with.
"Paul's story has the pace and mystery and wonder of 1964 Doctor Who, and it was a joy listening to Carole Ann Ford who understands that mood perfectly. And while on one hand it's a story about an unfathomable, crotchety alien Doctor, it's also beautifully about roast dinners and small notebooks. Only in Doctor Who!"
Or you can save money with a bundle of the latest year in the Short Trips range and get 12 stories for £30 a year.
Coming next in the Short Trips range, we'll hear not from a companion, nor even a friend of the Doctor... The Master, played by Geoffrey Beevers, takes over in this terrifying new tale, I am the Master.


text:
Corner Gas, Corner Gas Animated, Featured, Masterchef Canada, The Detail
Bell Media announces MasterChef Canada return; The Detail and Corner Gas Animated debuts
February 5, 2018 Greg David	1 Comment
If you were watching the Super Bowl on NBC—or skipped watching the game altogether—you missed a trio of big announcements made during the game broadcast on CTV.
Bell Media revealed the return date of MasterChef Canada and the debut dates for cop drama The Detail and the animated version of Corner Gas called, simply, Corner Gas Animated.
MasterChef Canada
The fifth serving of MasterChef Canada kicks off on Tuesday, April 3 at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. MT, with the return of stalwart judges Michael Bonacini, Claudio Aprile and Alvin Leung. Casting for Season 5 took place last summer followed by production on the top-secret 12 episodes. Edmonton's Trevor Connie took home the Season 4 title, beating out Vancouver's Thea VanHerwaarden in the finale.
Cop drama The Detail (above) bows Sunday, March 25 at 9 p.m. ET/MT, on CTV. Starring Shenae Grimes, Wendy Crewson, Angela Griffin, Ben Bass, David Cubitt and Al Mukadam, the 10-episode project centres on three fiercely talented female homicide investigators who work tirelessly to solve crimes while navigating the complicated demands of their personal lives.
Produced by Ilana Frank (Burden of Truth), The Detail was developed by co-showrunner and co-executive producer Ley Lukins alongside Adam Pettle. Executive producers are Ilana Frank, John Morayniss, and Linda Pope, with co-executive producers Jocelyn Hamilton, Sonia Hosko and Gregory Smith. The writer's room includes Naledi Jackson, Sarah Goodman, Graeme Stewart, Katrina Saville, Joe Pernice and Matt Doyle. Directors on The Detail include Gregory Smith, Jordan Canning, Kelly Makin, Sara St. Onge, Grant Harvey, John Fawcett and James Genn.
Corner Gas Animated
Finally, Corner Gas Animated debuts Monday, April 2 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, on The Comedy Network. The 13 half-hour episodes will return to Dog River for more adventures with all of the original cast—Brent Butt, Fred Ewanuik, Tara Spencer-Nairn, Gabrielle Miller, Lorne Cardinal, Nancy Robertson and Corrine Koslo replacing the late Janet Wright—voicing the beloved characters.
"Fans of Corner Gas are going to see a similarity to the series and movie that they love," co-executive producer Virginia Thompson told us back in December of 2016. "But we can expand the fantasy sequences and get into the characters' heads and see what's going on in there." (Or, perhaps in the case of Hank, what isn't going on in there.)
Which of the three Bell Media series will you be watching? Which are you most excited about? Let me know in the comments below. Keep track of Canadian TV debuts, returns and finales with our handy calendars.
Images courtesy of Bell Media.
Corner GasCorner Gas AnimatedCTVMasterchef CanadaThe Comedy NetworkThe Detail
Previous PostLink: A Conversation with Jennifer Podemski: ACTRA Toronto's 2018 Award of Excellence RecipientNext PostPrime Time in Ottawa – A Little Real Life
One thought on "Bell Media announces MasterChef Canada return; The Detail and Corner Gas Animated debuts"
Alicia O says:
I may check out all 3.


Wisdom tooth removal? Braces? Sedation for a complex procedure? We can help you.
It has been a real pleasure being taken care of at UT Dentistry. The doctors, faculty and staff have been really nice and supporting. The care and treatment I have received here has been wonderful and life-changing.


SRA International Inc. has named Stewart Simonson vice president of government affairs.
Simonson will report to Stan Sloane, the company's president and chief executive officer, and will be the senior corporate executive responsible for maintaining effective relationships with the federal government.
Previously, Simonson was vice president and director of strategic initiatives in SRA's Global Health business unit, where he provided leadership on key health topics and strategic consulting for health-related projects and proposals.
Simonson joined SRA in August 2007 when it acquired Constella Group LLC, where he led the preparedness practice. He also spent nearly five years at the Health and Human Services Department serving in senior positions that included deputy general counsel and assistant secretary for public health emergency preparedness.
Earlier in his career, he was chief legal counsel to the governor of Wisconsin.
SRA International, of Fairfax, Va., ranks No. 32 on Washington Technology's 2008 Top 100 list of the largest federal government prime contractors.


Art Shoppe Lofts + Condos by Freed Developments and Capital Developments | Official Website - Fashion Icon Karl Lagerfeld to style lobbies at Art Shoppe Lofts and Condos on Yonge St.
Fashion Icon Karl Lagerfeld to style lobbies at Art Shoppe Lofts and Condos on Yonge St.
As published on thestar.com on February 19, 2015.
World famous fashion design icon Karl Lagerfeld is coming to a lobby near you.
Actually, it will be two lobbies — both serving the same project: Art Shoppe Lofts and Condos on Yonge St., just south of Eglinton Ave. It's the first Canadian building initiative to be guided by the celebrity creative director of global design brands Chanel and Fendi, and his namesake Karl Lagerfeld label.
Lagerfeld, who was born in 1938, has created interior design projects around the world. His portfolio also includes work as a photographer, illustrator and film director.
"What I really like is what I've never done before," Lagerfeld said in a statement. "I am always looking for opportunities to expand my range of creative expression," he said, adding he's excited at the prospect of working in Toronto with the developers.
On the former site of upscale furniture retailer The Art Shoppe (which is moving to a new location), the Toronto condo development is bounded by Yonge St. on the west, Soudan Ave. on the north and Hillsdale Ave. to the south.
The men behind the project, Peter Freed, of Freed Developments, and Jordan Dermer, managing partner of CD Capital Developments, said it was important to bring something iconic to the location because of The Art Shoppe's brand and history.
But once the conversation was underway about the project and opportunity, things went smoothly said Dermer.
Art Shoppe Lofts and Condos is in pre-registration sales. Plans call for a 28-storey tower at Soudan Ave. — with one of the Lagerfeld-designed lobbies — stepping down to a 12-storey midrise on the south that will feature the other celebrity-styled lobby. On the east side will be a six-storey structure along with a 12,000-square-foot linear park. Suites will range from bachelors to one- and two-bedrooms, starting at about $200,000 with occupancy slated for 2019.
The development includes plans to animate the Yonge St. streetscape and to create a shopping destination with two floors of retail shops.
With the neighbourhood now the focus of condominium development in anticipation of additional transit with the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, the Art Shoppe project needed a touch of magic to differentiate itself in a busy marketplace.
Interior designer, Elaine Cecconi, of Cecconi Simone — itself a brand with global reach — said working with Lagerfeld will add to the final vision of Art Shoppe Lofts and Condos.
The design plan is to flow interior and exterior spaces seamlessly together with a classy, understated palette featuring crisp whites accented by textured light wood with raised grain.
"The lighting is also magnificent and really makes it all read so well," she said, noting she's sent Lagerfeld concepts and samples of the design. But the iconic creative force has a blank canvas when it comes to the development's lobbies.
"He sent us the Karl Lagerfeld deck with examples of his work and we picked out some ideas to talk about as a starting point," she said. "I'm looking forward to going to Paris next month.
While it is their first time working with Lagerfeld, Freed noted it's not their first time bringing in a renowned designer.
"We hired Philippe Starck for 75 Portland in 2006 and brought in Javier Mariscal from Barcelona for the lobby of the Thompson Hotel," he said.
Toronto's design scene has no shortage of big name celebrities.
Names like Yabu Pushelberg, Cecconi Simone and Brian Gluckstein are local talents with global reputations while international stars Armani, Fendi and Karl Lagerfeld are household names.
"My name is more important than myself," Pierre Cardin is famously quoted as saying. But he jumped the shark by stretching his brand from clothing, to cosmetics and perfume, then even cigarettes and wine.
Gluckstein's work is omnipresent at places like the Four Seasons Residences and the Windsor Arms Hotel and he also extended his brand to a successful line of bedding.
Former Pierre Cardin designer, Philippe Starck went from interiors to buildings and yachts, and was imported to add pop to 75 Portland St. condos.
Similarly, Spanish artist Javier Mariscal went from painting and sculptures to interior design and landscaping, including a commission for the lobby of Toronto's Thompson Hotel while Hermès has furnished Yorkville's Casa III lobby.
© 2019 Freed Developments and Capital Developments. All rights reserved. Registered trademark of Art Shoppe Limited.


The report into the Children's Services found an absence of clear procedures, resulting in inconsistent practices.
It also says the poor system "almost certainly led to data errors and overpayments".
The department says while the system is "modern" and "fit for purpose", the way they implemented it "has not been smart".
They say they "played around with it", and have ordered a "top to bottom review of the ITS system".
The Children's Services had to bring in help from other authorities last year after consistent low results.


Have a few extreme celeb times and don't get in the propensity of giving up your lunch or private time pretty much in light of the fact that you're as of now home. acquiring a apartment is inconceivably huge speculation and in this manner you can't hazardous making an attempt it without being certain about what it is you do. Have a committed workplace and work endeavor When you're telecommuting all day, it is significant to other than you have a dedicated vicinity which allows you to consciousness on work.
In case you're anticipating buying property a Las Vegas land operator is going to help you to explore through the technique easily Arranging when acquiring property might be a precarious business, yet with the help of a precise home, it will be very easy to pass on your worries to the service provider for instance about the cost of overhauling the home and different things that be glad about ascent to the estimation of the condo To say it in an unexpected way, you must connect with every belongings to make experience of if your pay will make it possible for you to get charge credit rental rates in their locale.


I co-founded the Buncrana Camera Club and was Chairman until January 2013.
My sis is looking for an A4 print of the fab Northern Lights picture of your that was on the Isish Independent on 6/8/2013? How does she goes about this?
Adam: I find your photos to be, well, spell binding. The art in the image. Wonderful! I have used your Crana River bridge photo as a place in my in the works historical novel. Thanks.
Al, I would love a copy when complete! Glad it was of inspiration! I'm the vice chair of the local historical society, so it would be of great interest!
Just saying Hello. I,m Emma,s Mum. Arn,t you THAT Adam. My old phone friend, back in the old days in Dublin??
Your photos are stunning. Well done.
Hi Adam ,just want to say how amazing your photos are.I was born and raised in Buncrana and your photos bring back such happy memories ,Summer days spent at Porthaw or the Shore front .I do not visit very often now but as I pass through Fahan and see Lough Swilly I still say to myself Im home.Keep up the good work so glad I found you on Facebook.
I would like to use a photograph you took of kitty Kelly's frontage for my ad in Discover Donegal magazine. Can you email me a copy please and the price please?
Hugh did you receive the photo?
Found you through Irish Archaeology and the facebook. Love your long exposure shots. That is a skill I aspire to!
I saw your photo of Lough Swilly on Facebook and was blown away. What talent! Your mother, Gabrielle, was my best friend growing up and she would be so proud of you. I spent many happy times with her in Derry and Donegal.
Her love of Inishowen lives on in your amazing photography.
I am looking for photos by local photographers for a website for our new business launching in Fanad in 2014 – be really grateful if you could drop me a line with your contact details and I will sent more info.
Greetings from Applecross, Perth, Western Australia.
If your ancestors are also from Innishowen, I'm hoping you may be able to help me find out more about my ancestors who came from the areas around Fahan & Buncranna & Innishowen & a small townland called Umrycam, close to Buncrana. My Great,Great Grandfather was Daniel Clements born 1853 in Umrycam. Son of John Clements born 1810 & Agnes/Ann/Nancy McCairns born 1811 Fahan. Grandson of John Clements & Catherine Campbell both born abt 1780. and Hugh McCairns & Agnes Porter both born Abt 1792.
Agnes Porter was the daughter of Peter Porter & Agnes Mc Laughlin both born abt 1775. If you or anyone else can help me I'd be most grateful.
Love your photos – would like to buy some prints – how can I get hold of them?
I love your photos of the northern lights. Can you advise what kind of settings are best on your camera please? My photos look like blobs on screen and don't even show up at all when printed! It's a skill I clearly need to work on!
in a photo, I sent amessage I thought to you god knows who recieved it, please get back to me so I can buy him a picture of the place he wants to keep in his heart forever. We will be back soon and would love to know about the northern lights so we can see them, take care Adam hope you reply best wishes Chris, from the heart of Sherwood Forest 'Robin Hood Country' Will Scarlet is in our grave yard with my family who go back to 1776 and Maid Marion lived just up the road from us.


text:
Sri Lankan Rupee Exchange Rates for 12/05/2018 (12 May 2018)
Convert From
Convert To
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED) 1 LKR to AED = 0.0233 LKR AED on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Albanian Lek (ALL) 1 LKR to ALL = 0.6732 LKR ALL on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Neth Antilles Guilder (ANG) 1 LKR to ANG = 0.0114 LKR ANG on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Argentine Peso (ARS) 1 LKR to ARS = 0.1455 LKR ARS on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Australian Dollar (AUD) 1 LKR to AUD = 0.0084 LKR AUD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Aruba Florin (AWG) 1 LKR to AWG = 0.0114 LKR AWG on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Barbadian Dollar (BBD) 1 LKR to BBD = 0.0127 LKR BBD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Bangladesh Taka (BDT) 1 LKR to BDT = 0.5368 LKR BDT on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Bulgarian Lev (BGN) 1 LKR to BGN = 0.0104 LKR BGN on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Bahraini Dinar (BHD) 1 LKR to BHD = 0.0024 LKR BHD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Burundi Franc (BIF) 1 LKR to BIF = 11.2726 LKR BIF on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Bermuda Dollar (BMD) 1 LKR to BMD = 0.0063 LKR BMD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Brunei Dollar (BND) 1 LKR to BND = 0.0084 LKR BND on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Bolivian Boliviano (BOB) 1 LKR to BOB = 0.0438 LKR BOB on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Brazilian Real (BRL) 1 LKR to BRL = 0.0228 LKR BRL on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Bahamian Dollar (BSD) 1 LKR to BSD = 0.0063 LKR BSD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Bhutan Ngultrum (BTN) 1 LKR to BTN = 0.4262 LKR BTN on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Belarus Ruble (BYR) 1 LKR to BYR = 0 LKR BYR on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Belize Dollar (BZD) 1 LKR to BZD = 0.0127 LKR BZD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Canadian Dollar (CAD) 1 LKR to CAD = 0.0081 LKR CAD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Swiss Franc (CHF) 1 LKR to CHF = 0.0063 LKR CHF on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Chilean Peso (CLP) 1 LKR to CLP = 3.9163 LKR CLP on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Chinese Yuan (CNY) 1 LKR to CNY = 0.0401 LKR CNY on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Colombian Peso (COP) 1 LKR to COP = 17.9601 LKR COP on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Costa Rica Colon (CRC) 1 LKR to CRC = 3.5888 LKR CRC on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Cyprus Pound (CYP) 1 LKR to CYP = 0 LKR CYP on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Czech Koruna (CZK) 1 LKR to CZK = 0.1352 LKR CZK on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Danish Krone (DKK) 1 LKR to DKK = 0.0395 LKR DKK on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Dominican Peso (DOP) 1 LKR to DOP = 0.3132 LKR DOP on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Algerian Dinar (DZD) 1 LKR to DZD = 0.7332 LKR DZD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Estonian Kroon (EEK) 1 LKR to EEK = 0 LKR EEK on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Egyptian Pound (EGP) 1 LKR to EGP = 0.1119 LKR EGP on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Ethiopian Birr (ETB) 1 LKR to ETB = 0.1742 LKR ETB on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Euro (EUR) 1 LKR to EUR = 0.0053 LKR EUR on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Fiji Dollar (FJD) 1 LKR to FJD = 0.0132 LKR FJD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) British Pound (GBP) 1 LKR to GBP = 0.0047 LKR GBP on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Gambian Dalasi (GMD) 1 LKR to GMD = 0.2987 LKR GMD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Guinea Franc (GNF) 1 LKR to GNF = 57.1229 LKR GNF on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Guatemala Quetzal (GTQ) 1 LKR to GTQ = 0.0471 LKR GTQ on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Hong Kong Dollar (HKD) 1 LKR to HKD = 0.0497 LKR HKD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Honduras Lempira (HNL) 1 LKR to HNL = 0.1505 LKR HNL on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Croatian Kuna (HRK) 1 LKR to HRK = 0.0392 LKR HRK on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Haiti Gourde (HTG) 1 LKR to HTG = 0.4132 LKR HTG on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Hungarian Forint (HUF) 1 LKR to HUF = 1.6723 LKR HUF on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) 1 LKR to IDR = 88.4006 LKR IDR on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Israeli Sheqel (ILS) 1 LKR to ILS = 0.0227 LKR ILS on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Indian Rupee (INR) 1 LKR to INR = 0.4268 LKR INR on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Iraqi Dinar (IQD) 1 LKR to IQD = 7.5267 LKR IQD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Iran Rial (IRR) 1 LKR to IRR = 266.0754 LKR IRR on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Icelandic Krona (ISK) 1 LKR to ISK = 0.6479 LKR ISK on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Jamaican Dollar (JMD) 1 LKR to JMD = 0.7932 LKR JMD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Jordanian Dinar (JOD) 1 LKR to JOD = 0.0045 LKR JOD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Japanese Yen (JPY) 1 LKR to JPY = 0.6929 LKR JPY on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Kenyan Shilling (KES) 1 LKR to KES = 0.6359 LKR KES on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Comoros Franc (KMF) 1 LKR to KMF = 2.6183 LKR KMF on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) South Korean Won (KRW) 1 LKR to KRW = 6.7635 LKR KRW on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD) 1 LKR to KWD = 0.0019 LKR KWD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Cayman Islands Dollar (KYD) 1 LKR to KYD = 0.0053 LKR KYD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Kazakhstan Tenge (KZT) 1 LKR to KZT = 2.0739 LKR KZT on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Lebanese Pound (LBP) 1 LKR to LBP = 9.5785 LKR LBP on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Lesotho Loti (LSL) 1 LKR to LSL = 0.0787 LKR LSL on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Lithuanian Litas (LTL) 1 LKR to LTL = 0 LKR LTL on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Latvian Lats (LVL) 1 LKR to LVL = 0 LKR LVL on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Moroccan Dirham (MAD) 1 LKR to MAD = 0.0592 LKR MAD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Moldovan Leu (MDL) 1 LKR to MDL = 0.1047 LKR MDL on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Macedonian Denar (MKD) 1 LKR to MKD = 0.3266 LKR MKD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Mongolian Tugrik (MNT) 1 LKR to MNT = 15.1871 LKR MNT on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Macau Pataca (MOP) 1 LKR to MOP = 0.0512 LKR MOP on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Mauritania Ougulya (MRO) 1 LKR to MRO = 2.2514 LKR MRO on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Mauritius Rupee (MUR) 1 LKR to MUR = 0.2182 LKR MUR on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Maldives Rufiyaa (MVR) 1 LKR to MVR = 0.0982 LKR MVR on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Malawi Kwacha (MWK) 1 LKR to MWK = 4.5663 LKR MWK on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Mexican Peso (MXN) 1 LKR to MXN = 0.123 LKR MXN on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) 1 LKR to MYR = 0.0253 LKR MYR on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Namibian Dollar (NAD) 1 LKR to NAD = 0.0796 LKR NAD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Nigerian Naira (NGN) 1 LKR to NGN = 2.283 LKR NGN on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Nicaragua Cordoba (NIO) 1 LKR to NIO = 0.1981 LKR NIO on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Norwegian Krone (NOK) 1 LKR to NOK = 0.0507 LKR NOK on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Nepalese Rupee (NPR) 1 LKR to NPR = 0.6821 LKR NPR on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) New Zealand Dollar (NZD) 1 LKR to NZD = 0.0091 LKR NZD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Omani Rial (OMR) 1 LKR to OMR = 0.0024 LKR OMR on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Panamanian Balboa (PAB) 1 LKR to PAB = 0.0063 LKR PAB on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Peruvian Nuevo Sol (PEN) 1 LKR to PEN = 0.0206 LKR PEN on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Papua New Guinea Kina (PGK) 1 LKR to PGK = 0.0208 LKR PGK on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Philippine Peso (PHP) 1 LKR to PHP = 0.3322 LKR PHP on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Pakistani Rupee (PKR) 1 LKR to PKR = 0.7318 LKR PKR on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Polish Zloty (PLN) 1 LKR to PLN = 0.0226 LKR PLN on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Paraguayan Guarani (PYG) 1 LKR to PYG = 35.5029 LKR PYG on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Qatari Riyal (QAR) 1 LKR to QAR = 0.0231 LKR QAR on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Romanian Leu (RON) 1 LKR to RON = 0.0246 LKR RON on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Russian Rouble (RUB) 1 LKR to RUB = 0.3921 LKR RUB on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Rwanda Franc (RWF) 1 LKR to RWF = 5.4843 LKR RWF on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Saudi Riyal (SAR) 1 LKR to SAR = 0.0238 LKR SAR on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Solomon Islands Dollar (SBD) 1 LKR to SBD = 0.0496 LKR SBD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Seychelles Rupee (SCR) 1 LKR to SCR = 0.0852 LKR SCR on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Sudanese Dinar (SDD) 1 LKR to SDD = 0 LKR SDD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Swedish Krona (SEK) 1 LKR to SEK = 0.0545 LKR SEK on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Singapore Dollar (SGD) 1 LKR to SGD = 0.0085 LKR SGD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Slovenian Tolar (SIT) 1 LKR to SIT = 0 LKR SIT on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Slovak Koruna (SKK) 1 LKR to SKK = 0 LKR SKK on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Sierra Leone Leone (SLL) 1 LKR to SLL = 49.3077 LKR SLL on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) El Salvador Colon (SVC) 1 LKR to SVC = 0.0554 LKR SVC on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Swaziland Lilageni (SZL) 1 LKR to SZL = 0.0785 LKR SZL on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Thai Baht (THB) 1 LKR to THB = 0.2018 LKR THB on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Tunisian Dinar (TND) 1 LKR to TND = 0.0158 LKR TND on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Tonga Paanga (TOP) 1 LKR to TOP = 0.0141 LKR TOP on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Turkish Lira (TRY) 1 LKR to TRY = 0.0273 LKR TRY on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Trinidad Tobago Dollar (TTD) 1 LKR to TTD = 0.0427 LKR TTD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Taiwan Dollar (TWD) 1 LKR to TWD = 0.1885 LKR TWD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Tanzanian Shilling (TZS) 1 LKR to TZS = 14.4463 LKR TZS on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Ukraine Hryvnia (UAH) 1 LKR to UAH = 0.166 LKR UAH on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Ugandan Shilling (UGX) 1 LKR to UGX = 23.5363 LKR UGX on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) US Dollar (USD) 1 LKR to USD = 0.0063 LKR USD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Uruguayan New Peso (UYU) 1 LKR to UYU = 0.1836 LKR UYU on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Venezuelan bolivar (VEF) 1 LKR to VEF = 442.7655 LKR VEF on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Vanuatu Vatu (VUV) 1 LKR to VUV = 0.682 LKR VUV on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Samoa Tala (WST) 1 LKR to WST = 0.0162 LKR WST on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Central African CFA franc (XAF) 1 LKR to XAF = 3.4732 LKR XAF on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) East Caribbean Dollar (XCD) 1 LKR to XCD = 0.0171 LKR XCD on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) West African CFA franc (XOF) 1 LKR to XOF = 3.4732 LKR XOF on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Pacific Franc (XPF) 1 LKR to XPF = 0.6318 LKR XPF on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Yemen Riyal (YER) 1 LKR to YER = 1.5848 LKR YER on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) South African Rand (ZAR) 1 LKR to ZAR = 0.0775 LKR ZAR on 12/05/2018
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Zambian Kwacha (ZMK) 1 LKR to ZMK = 0 LKR ZMK on 12/05/2018
For full historical data please visit LKR/ZMK exchange rate history page
Sri Lankan Rupee Converter
Latest News Published
» Pound Sterling Continues to Slide as Now Only Two Options: No-deal or No Brexit
Brexit Options Running Low as the Pound Sterling Continues to Slide
» Pound Swiss Franc (GBP/CHF) Exchange Rate Hits Lowest Level since 2017 as No-Deal Brexit Risks Rise
As both remaining contenders in the Conservative leadership contest indicated a willingness to drop the Irish backstop the odds of a no-deal scenario increased, dragging down the Pound Sterling to Swiss Franc exchange rate.
» What is the DOM, Bid and Ask?
» British Pound to US Dollar (GBP/USD) Exchange Rate Hits 2-Year Worst on No-Deal Brexit Fears
GBP/USD has been tumbling despite signs of strength in UK data.
» Australian Dollar New Zealand Dollar (AUD/NZD) Exchange Rate Dips on Dovish RBA Policy Minutes
The Australian Dollar failed to gain on the New Zealand Dollar following this morning's publication of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy committee meeting minutes.
» Pound to Euro Exchange Rate Slides despite Gloomy German Economic Sentiment
The Pound to euro exchange rates fell today despite data showing that German investor morale slumped further than expected in July.
» Exchange Rates Update Today July 16: Pound "Cheap" as UK Banks Highlight Brexit Impact, Euro Consolidates, Dollar Limited
Exchange Rates Update Today July 16: Pound "Cheap" as UK Banks Highlight Brexit Impact, Euro Consolidates, Dollar Limited
» China Stimulus Increasing as Economic Data Stabilizes but Still Highlights the Weakening Effects of the Trade War
China Stimulus Increasing as Economic Data Stabilizes but Still Highlights the Weakening Effects of the Trade War