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APG operating budget increased 40% during Matassa's tenure as Parish President
From the end of Tommy Martinez' final term as parish president (2015) through the end of Kenny Matassa's only term (2019) Ascension Parish Government's (APG) annual operating costs increased by 40%. That is according to the Audit Report delivered to the Parish Council on Thursday by Faulk & Winkler which provided the graph above. Just over $50 million to operate AGP in 2015, that number would be balloon to $72 million in Matassa's last year.
Matassa inherited a total budget in the mid-$80 million range, which actually decreased in his inaugural year if "disaster-related costs" for the August 2016 flood are omitted. The reason could very well be attributed to a shrinking Capital Improvement Project budget, reduced from $19 to approximately $9 million in the year of disaster.
NOTE: Capital Improvement budgets spiked in 2017, again in 2019 in large part due to the MoveAscension road improvement project.
APG Operational costs still increased in the $5 million range for 2016, growing incrementally every year under Matassa who added approximately 150 employees to President Tommy Martinez' final payroll. Numerous other costs, in addition to salary, attribute to Operational Costs (insurance, retirement, rent, equipment, maintenance, etc.).
Matassa adds 140 employees, $5.3 Million to Ascension's payroll (and counting)
Since taking office on January 6, 2020 President Clint Cointment has overseen a reduction of employees and corresponding payroll.
36 fewer AP employees, $1.5 MILLION salary reduction since Cointment inaugurated
APG's cash position continues to increase, $285 million on hand at the end of 2019. That is approximately $100 million added since the end of 2015, but $248 million of that revenue total has been generated through dedicated taxes. Thus, $37 million in the General Fund may be spent at the Council's discretion; which would be substantially more if APG was not subsidizing various Utilities annually.
That point was made driven home by two council members, Aaron Lawler and Corey Orgeron who were none too subtle about pushing an agreement for East Bank Ascension sewer treatment…
Ascension Council wants out of the sewer business
Still, the point is valid. $4.27 million transferred to Ascension Consolidated Utilities District (ACUD) #2 last year? Over the decades APG has been forced to acquire sewer treatment plants which have become non-operational, eventually accumulating 2,000 or so customers charged a flat $42.50 monthly rate.
According to the councilmen it has cost parish taxpayers $42 million over the last eight years. Too avoid subsidization those customers would have to assume an additional $162/month according to Councilman Lawler's math.

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Sheree Taylor, Darcell Apelu, Jackie Brown, Kylea Heaton, Alma Wallace, Rochelle Molan, Ashleigh Heath, Mikhayla Tainui-McLean (Sydney Show only).
A squad of 7 attended Adelaide Show and a squad of 8 attended Sydney Show.
Our lead up to Adelaide was a training camp held in Wanganui and run by the Wanganui club they also hosted the U21, what a great weekend had by all, these training camps are invaluable, and not to mention all the hours volunteers spent putting this together. We cannot thank you all enough.
We headed off to Adelaide with a full head of steam, the ladies had put so much into training and formed an amazing bond with each other.
Our first test we had won by a huge margin, but unfortunately we were D'Qued on our S/S block there was a slither of wood if you could call it that, but the ring umpires advised that a complete ring had not been severed. Our heads still up we moved into the second test, again won by a big margin and again the ring not severed, another slither of wood, another D'Que, but again the girls held their heads high, we made a couple of changes, and what a spectacle to behold, not only did we beat both teams, we were flawless in our execution of each discipline, we put our gear on the ground and came together in the middle of the ring, and both teams were still cutting outstanding.
You can view the 3rd test on FB "The women of woodchopping New Zealand".
I was so very proud of that team in Adelaide they showed discipline, guts, and determination.
The Sydney Royal Show was looming in March 2016, another successful training camp held in Ikamatua over two days.Once again a big thank you to Tommy Daly and his band of workers who certainly put on an amazing show over the two days, 12 women attended this meeting. Also a big thanks goes to Kerry Mahuika and Kyle Marshall for sponsoring the van to get the Axe Ferns across to Ikamatua.
Four days after our training camp we all headed across the ditch to again compete in a 3 way test series against two fierce teams, America and Australia.
To take a team who trained so hard and gave it everything I was very proud of them, at the end of the day it was not about where we placed it was about the Aroha the ladies carried over the three tests, and our youngest Mikhayla whom on her debut entry into the Axe ferns did not disappoint, she made a final in her very first Sydney show so proud. And to win the annual Achievement Prize (chosen by Australia) simply outstanding.
With the above in mind the NZ Women's Sub Committee are on the right track in up and coming sawyers and woodchoppers, and I must commend them on this, looking forward to what the future holds for women woodchoppers.
The ladies excelled in their individual events making the podium many times, thus showing the hard work put in for both the individual events and the test series, and so deserved to be there.
To all our helpers, Alastair Taylor, Neville Bowen, Charles Hall, (wedgers) Shane Jordan for calling both underhand cutters through their logs, and the other helpers who helped set up logs, fixed axes, saws, gave encouraging advice,) Grant Fawcett his help and assistance in Adelaide was invaluable.We are so very grateful to you all.
A big thank you goes out to our sponsors who make our uniforms possible.Without our generous sponsors, uniforms would not be possible.The team look very professional at all times, travelling and competing.
I am excited for the NZ Axe Ferns future.


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Arresting Pro-Lifers Doesn't Pay
John Jansen March 15, 2012
Survivors member Brianna Baxter is arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, March 6 [Photo via LifeSiteNews]
Kristina Garza and Brianna Baxter, two members of the Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust's unflinching Campus Life Team, were recently arrested and spent 24 hours in jail.
Their "crime"?
Peacefully conducting a pro-life demonstration on a public sidewalk outside a high school in Jackson, Mississippi.
During the 24 hours they were in jail, they weren't given food or water.
Garza reports that officers told them, "You don't talk about abortion in Mississippi," and that that's the reason why they were arrested.
Pro-Life Action League Executive Director Eric Scheidler recently created a graphic illustrating how heroic these pro-life women's witness really is:
Consider the outrageousness of it all, and then take note of another closely related story in the news recently in which the State of Maryland agreed to pay $385,000 to members of the stalwart pro-life activist group Defend Life after State Police grossly violated their First and Fourth Amendment rights nearly four years ago.
Pro-Life Teens Arrested, Strip Searched, and Denied Contact with Attorneys
On August 1, 2008, 18 members of Defend Life were arrested by Maryland State Police while they were displaying graphic abortion signs during their annual "Face the Truth" Tour.
Some of those who were arrested — including two minors, ages 14 and 17 — were put into leg shackles, strip searched twice, denied the right to make phone calls, and denied contact with their attorneys.
One of the attorneys representing the Defend Life activists, Tom Brejcha of the Thomas More Society Pro-Life Law Center, explained that it took nearly four years to reach a settlement in the case because it was "vigorously defended by the municipalities and the state police," adding that it "took a good bit of persistence" on his part and that of the other attorneys on the case.
Arresting Pro-Lifers: A Very Expensive Proposition
It took some time, but now the State of Maryland is paying out hundreds of thousands of dollars to make up for the manifestly unjust treatment and incarceration of 18 citizens for doing nothing other than exercising their First Amendment rights.
Surely, Kristina Garza and Brianna Baxter will also be awarded a settlement as a result of their similar maltreatment and unlawful arrest at the hands of the powers that be in Mississippi.
God willing, though, they won't have to wait for justice as long as the Defend Life activists did.
As Tom Brejcha noted, "There are a lot of police officers whose good, hard efforts and support of people's rights we applaud, but there are these bad apples, and one by one we've got to go after them and make sure that our rights are respected everywhere."
Quite so.
We pro-lifers care deeply about the First Amendment and will fight tooth and nail when civil authorities violate the rights to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly — not to mention freedom of religion — that it guarantees.


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Eddy Merckx Biography, Life, Interesting Facts
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Eddy Merckx was born 17th June 1945, to Jules and Jenny Merckx. He was born in Belgium, the eldest of three children. He had a younger brother, Michel, and a younger sister, Micheline, who were twins. The year after he was born, his parents moved to Brussels, where they took over the management of a grocery store.
Eddy Merckx began riding from a very early age and competed in his first race in 1961. With all the racing he was starting to do, his grades at school were suffering. His headmaster offered to postpone his exams, but he decided to drop out of school instead and concentrate on his riding.
Over the next four years, from 1961 to 1965, Eddy Merckx won 80 races as an amateur rider. He also competed in the 1964 Olympic Games but didn't place. He decided to turn professional in 1965, and signed with the Solo-Superia team. He switched over to Peugeot-BP-Michelin the following year and won his first major, the Milan-San Remo.
When the 1967 season completed, Eddy Merckx then signed on with Faema, for ten years. The contract was worth 400,000 Belgian francs. He won his first Grand Tour race, the Giro d'Italia. At the close of the 1970 season, Faema went under. He then moved to another team, Molteni. He was with them until the end of the 1976 season, when they withdrew their sponsorship.
Eddy Merckx signed on with Fiat France for the 1977 season. They finished their sponsorship at the end of the season, deciding to concentrate on having a French squad instead. In 1978, the department store called C&A decided they would sponsor Eddy Merckx and his team. He only participated in five races, before announcing his retirement in May. In 1980, he opened a cycling company in Brussels. Despite early financial problems, Eddy Merckx Cycles continued to produce bicycles, and the models were used by some of the top professional team throughout the 1980s and 90s.
Eddy Merckx stepped down from the CEO position in 2008 and sold most of his shares at the time. From 1986 to 1996, he managed the Belgian national team world championships, and was also the acting race director for the Tour of Flanders, but only for a short period.
In 2001, Eddy Merckx was approached by the Emir of Qatar, who expressed his interest in having a bicycle race to showcase Qatar to the world. He successfully got the race up and running, the first race being held in 2002. He also co-owns the race and continues to help organize it. He also co-owns the Tour of Oman and helps with its organization as well.
During his years of racing, Eddy Merckx received several injuries including a broken vertebra and having a serious crash which caused a concussion, whiplash, and a displaced pelvis. He was also punched in the back by a spectator in one of his races, which caused an inflamed liver. In addition to his racing injuries, he battled various maladies such as sinusitis, and pneumonia, amongst others, which affected his riding at different times.
In later years he also had a pacemaker installed as his doctor had found an issue with his heart. It was done as a preventative measure, and Eddy Merckx has had no heart problems.
Doping Scandals
On three different occasions throughout his career, Eddy Merckx was caught up in doping scandals. The first was in 1969 when he tested positive for amphetamines. The race director, Vincenzo Torriani, disqualified him for a month, but only a few days later the suspension was nullified by the UCI. He declared his innocence, and conspiracy theories abounded.
In 1973, he tested positive for norephedrine. A counter-analysis was done, which also resulted in a positive outcome. The drug was supposedly present in a cough medicine prescribed by the team doctor. Eddy Merckx was disqualified from his win in the Giro di Lombardia. As well as being excluded from the race, Merckx was fined and suspended.
The third occasion was in 1977. Several riders, including Eddy Merckx, tested positive for pemoline, which is a stimulant. All riders were fined and suspended. In 2007, the UCI requested him to keep his distance from the Road World Championships due to the drug scandals he had during his career.
Eddy Merckx has been hailed by many as the greatest cyclist to have raced. He has eleven Grand Tour wins, which is a record that still stands. He has five Tours de France, five Giro d'Italias, three World Championships, and seven Milan-San Remo races being amongst the biggest races he has won. Over his career, he won 525 races, which nobody has been able to equal.
He won the Tour de France on four separate occasions – 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, and 1974.
Eddy Merckx married Claudine Acou in 1967, and the couple had two children, Axel and Sabrina.
Eddy Merckx is an ambassador for the Damien the Leper Society which combats diseases, including leprosy, in developing countries.
In the world of cycling, he will not be forgotten, with the co-ownership of two tours in the Middle East, and also the Eddy Merckx Cycles brand of bicycles.
June 17 Horoscope
More Cyclists
Cadel Evans
Andy Schleck
Fabian Cancellara
Henri Desgrange
More People From Belgium
Jan van Eyck
Anthony van Dyck
Dominique Pire
Orlando Lassus
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Ellsworth Kelly
Rammohun Roy or Raja Ram Mohan Rai
Herman Wouk
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Dylan Klebold
Annie Rose Cole
Steve Kroft
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Eyman concedes defeat for I-1033
By GERRY SPRATT, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF
Published 10:00 pm PST, Monday, November 2, 2009
Tim Eyman, the backer of Initiative 1033, admitted Tuesday night that the effort to cap city, county and state revenue increases appeared headed for defeat, but he told The Associated Press that votes had not given politicians a mandate to raise taxes.
I-1033 was trailing by a large margin. With about 1 million votes counted early Wednesday morning, 55 percent of voters in the state opposed the initiative, which critics said would cripple governments by restricting their revenues at recession-era levels. The measure was trailing by more than 100,000 votes.
"If Olympia views this as, 'Goody, voters are actually in favor of higher taxes,' they are seriously misleading the electorate," Eyman told the AP.
The measure would have limited increases in annual revenue to the rate of inflation plus population growth. Any taxes above and beyond the revenue cap would have been used to lower property taxes the following year. The state's Rainy Day Fund would not have been subject to the cap, and politicians could have collected taxes above the limit by asking voters for approval.
No On I-1033 spokesman Scott Whiteaker said voters in areas that have historically supported Eyman-backed initiatives came out against the measure.
" It goes back to our strategy of educating people about what I-1033 would do to people's communities," Whiteaker said. "They see the damage that this recession has done every day in their communities and they know that this initiative would only make things worse."
The potential effects of I-1033 were not clear, but the governor's Office of Financial Management estimated in an August report that the measure could have cost state, county and city governments more than $8 billion in revenue by 2015.
I-1033 was opposed by several prominent figures and groups, including Gov. Chris Gregoire, state Treasurer James McIntire, the King County Police Chiefs Association, Roman Catholic and Episcopal bishops, the Mainstream Republicans of Washington, Washington State Hospital Association and the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
The state Republican Party endorsed the measure.
Critics said the initiative would cripple the state's economic recovery and hurt its credit rating as it emerges from the recession.
Backers of the measure said it would restrict how quickly government can grow while still allowing the electorate to approve new taxes.
Eyman, along with associates Mike and Jack Fagan, said the I-1033 campaign was a success regardless of the outcome.
"For the past year, 1033 has put a bright spotlight on government and the people have been given an invaluable opportunity to learn more about taxes and spending and government budgeting," the statement read.
In a July interview with seattlepi.com, Eyman said his critics were resorting to scare tactics to defeat the initiative. Government would be able to spend money beyond the limits imposed by his new measure, he said, as long as voters said "yes."
"We're controlling how much they automatically get, they can get as much as they want if they convince the voters there's a need for more," he explained.
Opponents point to Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights, passed by voters in 1992, and a cautionary tale. Critics of I-1033 say TABOR took a huge chunk of funding away from public schools and the state college system. Voters suspended TABOR for five years in 2005.


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Export of Agricultural Products: Answers to Topical Questions
On 28–30 May Crocus Expo will host the largest business event in the agricultural sector — Meat and Poultry Industry Russia 2019 international specialised exhibition. In 2019 the event will be held for three days. The exhibition area has already been filled to 95%. The list of exhibitors has been seriously updated: 30 % of the participants are foreign companies that will be represented in Russia for the first time.
The organiser of the exhibition, Asti Group headed by Nariner Bagmanyan, continues to convey to Russia global experience in organising events and successfully applies the world's best exhibition practices and technologies for the domestic market needs.
The year 2019 in Russia goes under the aegis of the Federal Programme "Export of Agricultural Products", for whose implementation the Russian Government will earmark 406.8 billion roubles. The goal of the programme is a twofold increase in export volumes up to $45 billion by the end of 2024. The plan for 2019 is to increase export flows to $24 billion.
"It is obvious today that it has become impossible to implement the plans of the state programme and to develop export using old-fashioned tools," says Nariner Bagmanyan, the Head of Asti Group. "The industry players need new ideas, new approaches to business organisation, new sales channels. In such circumstances, it is necessary to cooperate, exchange ideas and experience, to consider foreign solutions and to adapt them to the Russian realities. All this cannot be performed at the local level, we need a single platform and global concentration of global industry players. This is the space we provide to agricultural companies. The programme is developed in such a way so that all the participants could find answers to their questions and see new channels of business development which they were not aware of earlier."
18 years of exhibition experience of Asti Group and partnership with many Western exhibitions, especially with VIV, make it possible to confidently say that the participants and guests of the three-day exhibition will see the most effective tools for finding business development solutions.
"The exhibition format where exhibitors only show products at the stands and wait for customers has long become outdated," Nariner Bagmanyan is sure. "Today this is not enough for success. Companies need to be proactive: to scale successful experience, seek new sales schemes, offer customers more than just a product, use the competitors' resources to mutual benefit. Business in agriculture is becoming increasingly demanding. And we help market players to integrate into the new rules of the game as quickly and efficiently as possible."
What prevents agricultural companies from working for export? What formats of product promotion do not work any more? What to do with logistics problems? How to assess risks when investing in new technologies? Is it possible to save on quality and safety? How to break the deadlock, reduce costs and activate growth? "The exhibition participants and guests are more concerned about current business issues rather than about general industry development plans," Nariner Bagmanyan continues. "We have taken this into account and based the event on specific features and interactivity. Surely, we are talking about trends but in the context of their practical application here and now."
For these purposes, the programme of the V International Business Summit "Russia's Agrarian Policy: Today and Future" has been formed. The summit will be held on 28–29 May as a part of the exhibition. The summit will provide answers related to the plans for producing proteins of animal and plant origin in the world market and in Russia, ways to solve the problem of feed protein deficiency in livestock, successful experience of obtaining high-protein crops in crop production, current investment and innovative projects, export potential and real opportunities of market participants, will show a picture of future food—promising developments in the food industry.
How to draw the attention of famous chefs to Russian products? How to enter new markets and organise supplies of domestic products to cafes, restaurants and other catering outlets not only in Russia but also abroad? What do these customers need and how to meet their quality standards? How to prevent demand from declining and figure out the reasons for this decline? To help agricultural producers to find answers to these questions, Asti Group has created the gastronomic show Discover Russian Cuisine (DRC) with a bright programme, cooking workshops and tastings of dishes made from Russian products. The main purpose of this gastronomic festival is to promote Russian gastronomy traditions and domestic products to the world market.
"We proceed with implementing the concept "from the field to the counter", which was previously invented by us for the entire exhibition. Its key point is to unite sellers and buyers in a convenient, simple and understandable format of a gastronomic show," Nariner Bagmanyan says. "Last year, the DRC project was a great success at the exhibition in Shanghai, literally becoming the centre of attraction for guests and participants of the event. And this is not just an entertaining show but a real business tool that may and should be used."


Kriss Kyle is without doubt one of the most creative and exciting riders in the world. He has been on a BMX since the age of 10, ripping round his home town of Stranraer, Scotland. In 2008, Kriss Kyle won his first major competition. Soon after, he became a resident at Dumbarton's Unit 23, one of the largest indoor skate parks in the UK. Able to practice 24 hrs a day has given him the edge ever since. Kriss Kyle now has global success in his sights, riding to victory on his custom-made signature BSD Frame.


Directions: (Key Map page 493-T) Take any freeway in Houston Texas to Main Street (Downtown Houston), turn east on West Alabama Street, turn left on Almeda Road, Almeda Road becomes Crawford Street. Richardson Mortuary is located on the right of Crawford Street between Winbern Street and Holman Street.
Richardson Mortuary funeral flowers includes - casket covers, hearts, wreaths, crosses, sprays, baskets.
Order sympathy flowers for delivery to Richardson Mortuary.


Yesterday was at times a challenge as I spent the afternoon and evening by myself with family thousands of miles away in California.
Trying to pinpoint exactly what it was that ached inside of me for physical connection to my sons and grandchildren. For a partner to cuddle me in his arms and share laughter in front of the fire.
It was a choice not to travel to be closer for all of us. In spite of acceptance of this the pangs of loneliness crept in like stealth maneuvers and left me holding my heart.
And then I remembered that I held everything inside – my children and grandchildren, the partner that will some day appear in my life, the trees, animals, sun, moon and stars…..even You that are reading this post.
Suddenly I knew that all was well, even the loneliness that took up residence for moments of time.
Embracing it all I smiled.


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Paid Family & Medical Leave - What happens when my employee wants to take paid leave?
As an employer, what are my responsibilities?
Report employee wages, hours worked and other information for all employees.
A mandatory poster to notify employees of the program will be available before Jan. 1, 2020. If you would like something to share with your employees prior to that, download our optional paystub insert to distribute or post.
Do you have employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement? Employees covered under a CBA that was in existence on or before Oct. 19, 2017 are not subject to the rights or responsibilities of paid family and medical leave until the agreement is reopened, renegotiated or expires. You do not withhold premiums from these employees or pay the employer share of their premium until the CBA is reopened, renegotiated or expires.
What if only specific parts of a CBA have been renegotiated?
For the purposes of Paid Family and Medical Leave, only collective bargaining agreements that have been renegotiated in their entirety meet the definition of reopened, renegotiated or expired. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) covering a narrow or specific section of a CBA does not constitute a reopening or renegotiation for the purposes of Paid Family and Medical Leave.
For example, MOUs to accommodate the new paid sick leave law are not considered a reopening or renegotiation. This includes MOUs to expand the collectively bargained definition of family, accrual rates and reasons for usage under the new paid sick leave law. Negotiations of future contracts also do not constitute a reopening or renegotiation.
The circumstances around specific agreements may require further determination. To ask specific questions about circumstances not relayed here, call our Customer Care Team at 833-717-2273.
How do I pay premiums?
Paid Family and Medical Leave is an insurance program funded through premiums paid by employers and workers. All employers may either withhold employees' premiums from their paychecks or pay some or all of the premium on their employees' behalf. The premium for 2019 is 0.4 percent of an employee's gross wages.
Detailed information on calculating and remitting premiums, defining gross wages and exemptions is posted on the premiums page.
Estimate your premiums using our premium calculator.
How do I report employee hours and wages?
Starting July 1, 2019, employers will report quarters one and two in our new online reporting tool.
Typically, reporting periods will follow calendar quarters and will be aligned with reporting periods for Unemployment Insurance (UI). However, reporting for Paid Family and Medical Leave is separate from UI and will be completed through a different online tool.
Find more information on our reporting page.
Paid Family and Medical Leave is a statewide program. FMLA is a federal program. In short, this does not replace FMLA.
Businesses with fewer than 50 employees do not have requirements under FMLA, but they must collect and remit employee premiums and complete required reporting for Paid Family and Medical Leave.
Many questions about how Paid Family and Medical Leave will interact with FMLA will be answered in phase five of our public rulemaking process. To learn more, visit our rulemaking page.
What happens when my employee wants to take paid leave?
Paid Family and Medical Leave is structured as an insurance program. Your employees pay into the program through payroll withholding, which is remitted by you. They qualify by working 820 hours in the qualifying period, verified by employer reporting.
They must then experience a qualifying event. This event could be related to either family or medical leave. For example, an employee who is caring for their newborn would use family leave. An employee caring for themselves after a car accident would use medical leave.
After qualifying, the employee will file a claim with the Employment Security Department. This claim could be filed after the first missed day of work. In the car accident example, an employee could file their claim once they are physically able to. If the reason for leave is foreseeable, the employee must give you 30 days' notice of their intention to take leave.
You will be notified of the employee's claim for leave. A process for you to dispute the employee's claim will be developed in Phase 3 of Rulemaking. When the claim is approved, the employee receives their benefit payment within 14 days of the application. Payments are made biweekly after the first payment.
If you have 50 or more employees, the employee is eligible for job protection provided they have worked for you for 12 months or longer and have worked 1,250 hours in the year to date before the first day of leave.


The life of Chavela Vargas was full of pain, as well as painfully beautiful music.
Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi's documentary Chavela is both a celebration of the rough but ultimately triumphant life of Mexican ranchera singer Chavela Vargas and a study of the more poisonous effects of Mexico's notoriously macho culture in the 20th century. The hard-partying Chavela achieved regional fame in the 1950s and '60s, but what prevented her career from truly taking off was her refusal to dress or act like a traditional woman. It's that sort of "don't ask, don't tell" situation that's not limited to Mexico but remains especially strong there — where you can be whatever you want to be on stage, but you'd best keep it to yourself offstage so you don't make the snowflakes uncomfortable.
It wasn't until the early 1990s, after a long fallow period of alcoholism and poverty — with the help of director Pedro Almodóvar! — that her career got back on track, and she was finally able to acknowledge at the age of 81 that she was a lesbian. (Better late.) One of Chavela's smartest formal choices is displaying her song lyrics on-screen. While it's necessary for a non-Spanish speaking audience, it also helps relates the words of her ineffably sad songs to her personal struggles — and it's something documentaries about English-language music would do well to consider.


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Friday Foofaraw: The Champions League Final, or Playing Mad Libs with Metaphors
By Rose Rankin May 31, 2019 933 0
I was trying to decide what to compare the Champions League final to, and—spoiler alert—there isn't really something that's comparable in a 1-to-1 way. At first I thought Super Bowl, but this isn't like two teams coming from two conferences, a neat and clean path to the championship, although the hype and significance of the game itself may be reminiscent of the Super Bowl.
This isn't like the Stanley Cup Finals either, even though they're a circuitous path to winning. Champions League includes the top teams from leagues across Europe, so the clubs change (to a degree) each year as league play has the knock-on effect of determining a Champions League berth. And alas, as much as we would prefer never to watch the Ottawa Senators play a professional game again, this variability doesn't happen in the NHL.
It's not even really analogous to the World Cup. Yes, both tournaments feature pool play and then knockout rounds, but that's like saying basketball in the Olympics is the same as the NBA Finals.
It's not—national(ist) sentiment is different than rooting for your club. Suffice it to say, this is a unique event that combines arduous schedules and length of time, intense fan loyalty, and an international flair all into one.
And what about the teams themselves? It's Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, whose name will never not be funny to me because it's so stereotypically British (say "hotspur" in your head with a British accent). On the one hand, these are both Premier League teams so what the fuck? On the other hand, this is part of the charm—there's no best of the worst coming from one division or one conference; they earned the right to be here, league be damned.
Is it a David and Goliath scenario? Ehh, not exactly. Liverpool is a powerhouse, but they had issues of their own getting here. Up and down their lineup they're stacked, including having two of the world's best forwards in Mo Salah and Roberto Firmino, literally the world's best defender in Virgil van Dijk, and yet another superlative in goalkeeper in Alisson Becker. However, in the semifinal they ran up against Lionel Messi's Barcelona and promptly got their ass kicked in the first leg 3-0. To make matters worse, in the second leg a bunch of those "world's best" I just named didn't even play—notably Salah and Firmino. And yet, they came out and destroyed Barca 4-0, thanks to substitute Georginio Wijnaldum and his two goals coming within minutes of each other early in the second half. This changed the entire nature of the match, since they had to not just win it but win by more than three goals—really fucking hard to do. (Another relative rando, Divock Origi, had the other two so clearly they can do it without the big names.)
In a way it's almost like two Cinderella stories because as crazy as Liverpool's comeback was, Tottenham's berth is even more insane. They were seconds away from losing to Manchester City in the quarterfinals when a goal got called back for being offside, letting the Spurs squeak by what is, on paper at least, a much better team. A hat trick by Lucas Moura in the second half of the second leg of the semis against Ajax got them here—not unlike Liverpool popping off for a bunch of goals in the last possible moment. And all of this happened without their top striker, Harry Kane, who's been injured for months. Again, like Liverpool, the entire team made the difference as opposed to reliance on one star player (as Barcelona and Juventus with Messi and Ronaldo, respectively, are painfully aware).
So Where Is It Going?
That's all fine and good—now what the hell is going to happen, right? Well, Liverpool is ostensibly the better team, particularly with Salah and Firmino playing, and is definitely a big favorite to win. But then again, the Spurs should have been out two rounds ago, should have lost to these other, better teams, and sometimes emotion and momentum are enough in a one-match situation, just like a game 7.
Personally, I think Tottenham will do their thing where they dominate possession but make just enough mistakes for Liverpool to capitalize. Van Dijk practically lets no one get by him with the ball, and I expect the Spurs will struggle to get past him and the rest of the backfield, and even if they do they have Alisson to deal with. Meanwhile, Liverpool can take advantage quickly, move the ball through the midfield and have enough scoring threats to catch Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris on the back foot. He's not terrible, but I'll take Alisson over Lloris ten out of ten times. And they only need to do it once, maybe twice, and then shut down Son, Moura and Kane, who will likely play but I question if he'll be much of a factor coming back from a months-long recovery for an ankle injury.
This is what is likely to happen, but this entire run has been full of unlikely turns of events so I reserve the right to hedge on this. To complicate things further, both the coaches are also world-class-superlative guys. Mauricio Pochettino has done incredible things with a veritable MASH unit all year and may be coaching himself to a better gig, and Jurgen Klopp has been here twice and never won the final, so there's both experience and ridiculous determination for the prize (especially after losing out on the Premier League title by one fucking point).
It will not be dull and it won't lack for championship drama—that much I'm confident about. Because, oh yeah, on top of everything, one of those finals that Klopp lost was with Liverpool last year, and Salah got injured early in the game and that is some major motivation for everyone involved. It's more pressure too, but between the down-to-the-wire Premier League race and this drama, they should be getting used to it.
Even if you're not that into soccer, this one will be worth your time.


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Asian Law Students' Association
The Asian Law Students Association (ALSA) is an organization of law students from 16 countries and regions across Asia, including: Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Japan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
ALSA is a non-political, non-profit association that welcomes cultural diversity and advances the professionalism and hard-working ethic characteristic of Asians. ALSA has become and is continually growing as a premier association that provides a venue for bright law students to develop as future leaders and major players of Asia.
Visit the ALSA Official Website to find out more about us.
ALSA International Moot Court Competition (AIMCC)
The ALSA International Moot Court Competition (AIMCC) is a simulated arbitration hearing of an International Investment Dispute Settlement. Students from all over the world will send in their Written Memorials for the complainant and respondent of a fictional case written by professionals. After the Written Round (Memorials), selected teams will present their memorials for the complainant and the respondent in front of a Panel of Arbitrators in the Oral Round.
Through the competition, participants will be given the opportunity to develop analytical skills and skills in legal research, writing, and advocacy and expand their knowledge on and become exposed to issues of international law in the simulated environment of an international court or an arbitral tribunal. The competition promotes networking amongst law students, encourages the exchange of ideas and perspectives on contemporary legal issues, and, in turn, proliferates the development of the law. The experiences acquired from the AIMCC carry through in later life, helping to shape successful careers in different areas of legal practice.
International Commercial Court (International Court of Arbitration) was established in 1923 as ICC' s Arbitration body, the International Court of Arbitration pioneered international commercial arbitration as it is known today, initialing and leading the movement that culminated in the adoption of the New York Convention, the most important multilateral treaty on the international arbitration. For more information, visit: https://iccwbo.org/
Established in 1899 to facilitate arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution between states, the Permanent Court of Arbitration has developed into a modern, multi-faceted arbitral institution perfectly situated to meet the evolving dispute resolution needs of the international community. For more information, visit https://pca-cpa.org/
International Arbitration Asia is an integrated multimedia platform intended to provide timely and incisive commentary and further the knowledge of international arbitration, mediation and cross-border dispute resolution as practiced in this part of the world. The aim of International Arbitration Asia is to facilitate greater discussion and research on these fields and to enable emerging voices – particularly from developing jurisdictions – to be heard on a global stage. Through partnerships with leading practitioners, judges, in-house counsel, academics and dispute resolution institutions, International Arbitration Asia reviews dispute resolution developments and jurisprudence emanating from jurisdictions across Asia.
International Commercial Court (International Court of Arbitration) was established in 1923 as ICC' s Arbitration body, the International Court of Arbitration pioneered international commercial arbitration as it is known today, initialing and leading the movement that culminated in the adoption of the New York Convention, the most important multilateral treaty on the international arbitration.
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Q: Object Recursion in Java while trying for bi-directional mapping I have two classes which has bidirectional relationship and having recursive object structure issue due to the way it is being set.
Employer employer = new Employer();
employer.setName("sample1");

Employee empl = new Employee();

List<Employer> listOfEmployers = new ArrayList<Employer>();
listOfEmployers.add(employer); //i am assuming this part of code is causing recursion issue

 empl.setEmployers(listOfEmployers);
 employer.setEmployee(empl); //will have recursive object structure

It causes issue while conversion of java object to JSON (org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonMappingException: Infinite recursion). Because of this, jackson is not able to process the java object into JSON.
However,Can you please help me understand how exactly its happening behind the scenes in Java to fix the root-cause?
And what is the right object model to form this kind of mapping between Employer and Employee without getting this recursion issue in java layer?

A: If you have two objects, a and b, both of which have a v member that points at the other:
A a = new A();
B b = new B();
a.name = "a";
a.v = b;
b.name = "b"
b.v = a;

Well, how are you going to represent this as JSON? Or as any other serial data format?:
{
   "name": "a",
   "v": {
       "name": "b",
       "v": {
          "name": "a",
          "v": {
             "name": "b",
             "v": {
                "name": "a",
                "v": {
                   "name": "b",
                   "v": {
                      "name": "a",
                      "v": {
                         "name": "b",
                         "v": {

... forever
JSON has no standard way of dealing with this. You can solve it by making the references indirect, via an explicit key:
{
    "key1": {
          "name": "a",
          "v_key" : "key2"
    },
    "key2": {
          "name": "b",
          "v_key": "key1"
    }
}

In Java this could be achieved with something like:
Map<String,Object> map = new HashMap<String,Object>();
A a = new A();
a.name = "a";
map.add("a", a);

B b = new B();
b.name = "b";
map.add("b", b);

a.v_key = "b";
b.v_key = "a";

You haven't told us what JSON library you are using. It may have approaches to automatically handle cyclic dependencies with an approach similar to the above. Search for the word "cyclic" in its documentation.
(For Jackson, see: Infinite Recursion with Jackson JSON and Hibernate JPA issue )

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Analyses of major and trace elements, major ions, and nutrient concentrations were made to investigate how stream water and soil water chemistry changed over 16 months following the Table Mountain wildfire. Sites with different burn severity were also compared. The fire occurred in 2012 in Kittitas County, north of Ellensburg, Washington. Samples were collected at severely burned, moderately burned, and unburned field sites from within and adjacent to the wildfire perimeter. Total nitrogen concentrations increased in the second year after the fire in both the severely and moderately burned sites. In contrast, total phosphorus was variable at all three sites and did not increase significantly after the fire. Major elements, trace elements, and major ion groups do not show a gradation from severely burned to moderately burned to unburned sites. However, both burned sites had soil waters with lower Ca/Mg ratios in the first year after the fire.
Roccanova, Vincent J., "Stream water and soil water chemistry after the Table Mountain wildfire, Washington, USA" (2018). All Master's Theses. 1009.


Vapor Mitigation Strategies' team completed the piping from the vapor pits to the risers for the SSDS, installed the AVB, and installed four vapor monitoring wells to ensure there was no vapor intrusion at D.C. early childhood centers, ensuring student safety.
Their choice was to employ a vapor intrusion mitigation system, which included a combination of two elements: an active pump sub-slab depressurization system (SSDS) component, and a spray-applied asphaltic vapor barrier (AVB). The SSDS consists of two square subterranean concrete vault "pits" with slotted openings at the top, and piping running from the pits to risers penetrating the sub-floor.
Vapor Mitigation Strategies' team completed the piping from the vapor pits to the risers for the SSDS, installed the AVB, and installed four vapor monitoring wells.
After the tarp was completely rolled out and all uprights and edges were addressed and sealed, the core layer of Geo-Seal was sprayed over the entire area.


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Visual History Archive Launches in Museum of the History of the Polish Jews' Education Department
The new Museum of the History of the Polish Jews in Warsaw is now offering educational programming for students that uses the USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive.
The state-of-the-art Museum of the History of Polish Jews (MHPJ) opened in Warsaw in April 2013. It is a cultural and educational center, with lectures, performances, and workshops in addition to exhibitions about the 1,000-year history of Jews in Poland. The core exhibition will open in September 2014.
The Visual History Archive contains 52,000 testimonies of survivors and other witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides. The testimonies were conducted in 57 countries in 33 languages. Forty-eight universities and museums around the world have full access to the Visual History Archive, and 195 sites have partial access.
The museum developed 39 lessons for students. Teachers may sign up to bring their classes to the museum to complete one of the lessons in one of three time slots throughout the day, four days a week.
The lessons are divided into five subject areas: Jewish Ways of Sanctifying Time; Jewish Religion, Traditions and Learning; Jewish Places – The Jewish World; Polin – The Thousand Year History of the Polish Jews; and Civic Education and Countering Discrimination. All the lessons can be catered to elementary, middle or high school students. Lessons cover topics about history, Jewish traditions, Yiddish language, anti-Semitism, and more.
Three lessons use testimony from the Visual History Archive: "Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in the Eyes of Fighters and Witnesses," "Holocaust in the Eyes of Children" and "Only Life Counts: A Story about Alina Margolis-Edelman."
In February 2014 MHPJ will host a USC Shoah Foundation Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century workshop for local educators. Participating teachers will receive training in using the Visual History Archive in their own classroom environments, and they'll each develop their own lesson plans that use testimony from the Visual History Archive.
Back to School with Echoes and Reflections - Part 9
Liliane Weissberg, 2015 Rutman Fellow, Studies Trauma as Narrative in the Visual History Archive
Eighteen New Testimonies Recorded for Nanjing Massacre Collection
USC Shoah Foundation Testimony Exhibit On Display at UNESCO Headquarters


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Goya Archive 1995
World of Goya and Those Who Would Be Goya - New York Times
"The selections on view from the Met's collection include some of the artist's most brilliantly improvisatory works. They range from figures of young couples, light-hearted but dissolute, in the early "Album B" (1796-97), to the nightmarish witches and goblins of "Album D" (1801-1803), to politically charged tableaux like the one captioned "God Save Us From Such a Bitter Fate" in Album E (1806-17), showing a young woman and her child being led away at knife point by a highwayman.
....The idea of bringing the audience in on this kind of backstage debate is an intelligent one. The museum has explored it on a smaller scale in the past and has plans to exploit it further in the very near future. ("Rembrandt/Not Rembrandt," which opens next month, will scrutinize yet another, much larger, body of paintings whose attributions seem to change by the day.)"


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History of USC Shoah Foundation Comes to Life in New Timeline
Ever wonder what date USC Shoah Foundation held its first teacher-training workshop, or who was the first recipient of the Ambassadors for Humanity award? Have you ever wanted to know all of the Institute's major accomplishments in a given year since its founding in 1994?
Now, you can find all this information and more with a few clicks of a mouse on USC Shoah Foundation's new online interactive timeline that chronicles its entire history. It can be found by clicking About Us on the top right of the website.
The first date on the timeline is March 1, 1993, the first day of principal photography on Schindler's List in Krakow, Poland. The timeline currently ends on Oct. 11, 2015, the second conference of the Center for Advanced Genocide Research. New events will be added to the timeline as they occur.
The timeline documents the dates of every important milestone and achievement, from the premieres of the Institute's early documentaries to recent headlines like honoring President Barack Obama as the 2014 Ambassador for Humanity and launching new testimony collections. It also includes less-well-known milestones like the first multinational interviewer training session in Amsterdam on Jan. 25, 1995, and the start of development on an IWitness prototype on Jan. 1, 2009.
The timeline also includes links to relevant news items and press releases on the website to find out more information.
Ad Agency Creates Multimedia Website Inspired by Testimony for Riga Ghetto Museum
Teachers Discover IWalks in Hungary and Poland
Yale's Kathryn Brackney to Research "Otherworldliness" of Holocaust as 2017-2018 Katz Research Fellow
Haiti Jewish Refugee Legacy Project honors Institute's Director of Education
Behind the Music: Music as Resistance in Indonesia


Based on a comparison of 18 countries in 2016, Germany ranked the highest in number of new lower-medium cars sold with 1,100 thousand followed by United Kingdom and France. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 4.42 thousand, Luxembourg with 14.0 thousand and Greece with 19.2 thousand.
Buy Number of New Lower-Medium Cars Sold data for all countries.


More than one in four American adults say they are online "almost constantly," but a small percentage still don't use the internet at all, a survey showed on Wednesday.
The Pew Research Center report said growth of smartphones and other mobile devices has made it easier to be always connected.
As a result, the percentage of US adults saying they are almost constantly online rose to 26 percent from 21 percent in a 2015 survey.
Overall, the researchers found 77 percent of Americans go online on a daily basis, including 43 percent who connect several times a day.
But 11 percent said they don't use the internet at all, despite programs encouraging Americans to use online services. That represents a modest change from 2015, when 15 percent did not use the internet.
Older adults are more likely to be offline, Pew said: About one in three of those over 65 did not use the internet compared with just two percent in the 18-29 age group.
Younger adults, meanwhile, "are at the vanguard of the constantly connected," the Pew report said.
About 39 percent of 18-to 29-year-olds are online almost constantly and 49 percent go online multiple times per day.
Frequent internet users are more likely to be college educated or have incomes above $75,000 annually, Pew said.
The findings were based on a survey of 2,002 American adults in January 2018, with a margin of error estimated at 2.4 percentage points.


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Marin, Switzerland, 26 March 2018 – EM Microelectronic, the ultra-low-power semiconductor company of the Swatch Group, and a leading technology provider for connected objects, today announced the release of its EM3028 Extreme low power Real-Time Clock (RTC) module, setting a new industry benchmark for accuracy and power consumption.
EM3028 leads the way for green IoT applications, with 50% extended battery life compared to its closest competitor, at double the accuracy. It extends the device life span at a reduced overall BOM cost.
The EM RTCs provide an elegant solution for increasing the autonomy of connected devices, by providing accurate sleep and wake-up timing for their power-hungry elements, thus enhancing the global user experience. The frustrating need to frequently charge or replace the batteries of a wearable device becomes a thing of the past with the EM3028 used as an ideal companion for EM's energy harvesting solutions, this unique combination requiring, in certain applications, no charging or battery replacement throughout the complete device life span.
The high accuracy and long-term stability of this RTC guarantee consistent performance throughout the device lifetime without the need to calibrate during manufacturing. Its 1-ppm accuracy guarantees a staggering 30 seconds precision over one year, twice as good as the best-in-class RTC previously on the market, while consuming the energy equivalent of 4 water drops per day.
The device features an integrated backup switch and, thanks to the extreme low power operation, allows waking up a sleeping device even years after it has been switched off for power saving purposes, all at extremely low BOM cost.
"Today we set a new world record, with 40nA current consumption for 1-ppm accuracy, making the EM3028 the perfect embodiment of our watchmaking DNA: Swiss precision timing combined with ultra-low-power microelectronics", says Michel Willemin, CEO of EM Microelectronic. "This development is a major stepping stone for our vision of a green IoT with a seamless user experience, based on zero-maintenance devices".
Other key features of EM3028 include a 32-bit UNIX timer, operating voltage range as low as 1.2V, as well as a plug-and-play, factory pre-calibrated non-volatile configuration setting guaranteeing the configuration and user parameters are never lost, even in case of system power fail. The extremely small device size makes it ideal for integration in tiny wearable applications.
The EM3028 is available as a standalone IC or in customized, application-specific modules, in combination with other parts from the EM portfolio, such as our Energy Harvesting controllers, EM9304 BLE chip and a wide variety of sensor solutions.
www.emmicroelectronic.com/
Biel/Bienne (Switzerland), March 3, 2017 – Three world records in the "Swiss Silicon Valley". Swatch Group is proud to introduce a new Bluetooth chip with exceptional features unrivaled by any existing product. The new integrated circuit, designed 100% by EM Microelectronic, Swatch Group R & D and the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (…


It can be very difficult to create a powerful image where people are in motion. My attitude in these situations, such as here in Tunisia is based on a philosophical hybrid between two photographic legends: the "decisive moment" of Cartier Bresson and the "in-between" of Robert Frank.
"Did nobody try to steal your camera?" people asked me when I returned from a boattrip through Congo. A silly question, I thought to myself.
As a travel photographer, one of the keys to a successful trip is the ability to anticipate certain events. The bigger celebrations are hard to miss but the smaller ones don't tend to get much press outside the local community. That's why I always make sure to talk to people about any upcoming events and read every local newspaper I can get my hands on.
The women of Imilchil do not like to be photographed, especially by a foreign photographer.
Photographing the Maasai can be complicated, as they know they are a tourist attraction and expect money in return for being models. After a lengthy negotiation with the chief of this village, he agreed that I could spend four days in there to photograph daily life.
Over the course of ten years I have spent more than 200 nights in South Africa. I like to take pictures of all kinds of animals, but my main focus has always been wild cats.
Lake Naivasha in Kenya is known for its 350 species of birds, an amazing number for a small lake if you consider that on the entire British Isles there's barely twice that amount. No surprise that Kenya is popular with bird watchers and wildlife photographers.
When I went to Cairo to photograph belly dancing I didn't know how welcome I'd be.
Lake Naivasha looks its best from the former home of Joy Adamson, the author of "Born Free", who lived on the shore until her death in 1980.


Cyclomatic complexity is a software metric (measurement). It was developed by Thomas McCabe and is used to measure the complexity of a program. It directly measures the number of linearly independent paths through a program's source code.
Cyclomatic complexity is computed using a graph that describes the control flow of the program. The nodes of the graph correspond to the commands of a program. A directed edge connects two nodes if the second command might be executed immediately after the first command.


with the recent discussions on the forums...I thought that this was a damn cute cartoon found in today's papers.
Very good, we have a few of those guys round here.
What to do? Unfortunately some people feel I am the same way. Sigh.


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Box-office numbers: a suitable hit-flop criteria? | Gabruu
By Geetika Raleh . 7th December 2019	05:03pm
Whenever there is a clash of two films at the box office, the success rate of one definitely gets hampered. The audience gets divided which eventually impacts the overall footfall.
This Friday, 'Pati Patni Aur Woh' and 'Panipat' released and both the films starred big actors who were suited for the roles. The audiences were in a dilemma about whether to choose Kartik Aaryan's entertainer or Arjun Kapoor's war-drama. The audience made up their mind and Panipat failed to get the number director Aushotosh Gowariker expected it to.
First-day collections of 'Pati Patni Aur Woh' touched Rs. 10 crores whereas Panipat could only manage Rs 4.12 crore. And these opening day number generally determine the success of the film, don't they?
There's still a lot of grey area when it comes to choosing one single parameter which determines whether a film is a hit or miss. Factors like the actors, budget, production value, production house, the amount of money spent on promotions, etc. play a vital role in any film's success story. Yet, which among these mentioned factors helps define a hit film? It's a lot of grey than black & white. Once the movie does well during its opening weekend, do you also think that it will be considered a hit if it crosses an Rs. 100 or 200 or 300 crores Or not?
Still no Clarity! Moreover, it seems like the numbers are crunched in some random factory on the outskirts of Mumbai, revealed to the public and everyone excepts that since this number is good, it is a hit. It has become so mechanical these days. You must be wondering where did this come from? Well, Sometime ago, there was a report claiming that Akshay Kumar's Housefull 4 collection was nothing but a hoax. As per the media reports, Khiladi Kumar exaggerated the numbers to attract the audience to the theatres. Is it a strategy or just a simple case of misleading the audiences?
Well, to sum it up, I should say that the rat-race has gone to some other level now. Stars are more concerned about the 100 Crores club rather than bringing quality content which would take their product to new heights. There's no clarity as to how these numbers are crunched or what's the criteria of declaring if the movie is a hit or a flop. All we know is that 'Word of Mouth' is working better than any other strategies.
I'll give you an example - Aayushmann Khurana's movies did well because of the word of mouth and his content was good, and not because he showed "numbers" to get more footfall.
Do you get what we are trying to say here? Perhaps not, but we'll keep on trying.
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It all started somewhere around 2000 when we were in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. I had just finished my 12th standard exams and had made my first steps to college; I also enrolled myself for in a chartered accountancy course. We were a small middle class family and had faced quite a tough life starting with the early demise of my father in 1989. My mother raised me and my sister in New Delhi all by herself, working as a teacher in a school. There was no support from the relatives.
Mom did not have a history of mental illness, although when we were kids, she had this problem of repeatedly checking whether the house was locked properly, or if the knob of the stove was switched off. Only much later did we realize that it was known as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Coming back to 2000, there were days when mom would tell us that she heard noises in her head, and felt that someone was speaking to her. At first, we couldn't understand this and were scared. She even called the police once to check if there were any devices planted at home. As time passed, it started to become routine for her, and she started to become one with those voices by nodding and responding. As children, we had never heard about schizophrenia and couldn't have dreamt of such an illness afflicting my mother. So, we thought that it would all go away. However, it only got worse.
As days passed, mom moved a step ahead and started to act on the instructions of those voices, asking her to do this and that. Sometimes the voices asked her not to eat, sometimes they asked her not to sleep, or worse, that someone wanted to kill her, or that she was Hanuman (an Indian deity). Slowly, the voices started to overpower her. Being children, we were bewildered by what was happening. We could not expect any support from relatives having had a bitter experience with them in the past, and we were not inclined to approach the neighbours either. Being an introvert, I did not have many friends with whom I could open up and share this problem.
Many a time, I tried to bring sense to my mom the way a parent scolds a child. I wanted her to come out of this, but by then things had really gone out of hand. Mom started to really believe in the voices and did not listen to me at all; now I think maybe she was not in a position to do so. She would not eat, or ate only as much as the voices ordered (which was generally not more than half a chapati); she started getting weak and her bones started to show.
One day she started throwing the utensils out of the house one by one. It was then that an aunty from the neighbourhood couldn't hold herself back anymore and sent her daughter to discuss it with mom. As we opened up to them, we were inviting more trouble (as we would later realize). The lady had a group of friends who got together for kirtans. Since they were as ignorant of the illness as we were, the ladies concluded that it was a case of some bad spirit having possessed my mother's body. And then began a series of visits to ojhas and babas. So we had these weekly visits to a babawho addressed large gatherings, and gave a bhabhutithat was supposed to cure any illness.
But it did not. And visit after visit, my mother's condition worsened. Someone asked me to consult an astrologer who told us it was happening because of some pitr doshand I was asked to do a puja. So I complied and went to Pushkar, Ajmer. In the holy pond as I was doing the puja, my foot slipped and since I did not know how to swim, I nearly drowned! That was as close a brush with death as it could get!
Then, something happened that just pulled the lid off all the nonsense that was happening. One early morning, I found mom taking a sip from a bottle of phenyl. Shocked, I asked her what she was doing and she replied that the voices were asking her to do it. I immediately rushed her to the hospital where the liquid was pumped out of her body and by the grace of God, she survived.
And so enough was enough. They say the night is darkest just before the dawn. One of our relatives suggested that I take mom to a psychiatrist. In hindsight, this was divine intervention. Without delay, we took her to one. The first consultation was an hour-long session, where my mother vividly recalled all the experiences in the past year or so: the voices in her head, feeling like someone was crushing her veins. The doctor seemed like a godsend and very sensitive to our pain. He prescribed a course of medicines to be started immediately.
To everybody's relief, there was an immediate effect of the medicines. The voices in mom's head subsided, her appetite returned and she resumed her normal life; she became active in household duties, and we even started spending time with the neighbours who had come to our rescue when there was no help in sight.
15 years on, and my mother takes medicines to this day and the illness is under control. There have been ups and downs along the way, but none like the ones we saw in the tumultuous phase of 2000–2001. My only regret is our lack of awareness that caused the delay right from the identification of symptoms to the starting of medication, and which could have made a material difference to my mom's condition.
Also, having gone through the ordeal myself, I realize that the family of the patient also goes through trauma along with the patient. So, caregivers also need some kind of a support group where they can share their painful experiences and feel better and stronger to face the challenges in front of them. People need to recognize mental illness just like any other illnesses such as heart disease or Parkinson's, and allow those suffering from it or their families to speak about it freely. Only then we can stop its ill effects.
I will conclude by telling you that in her college days, mom was known as Rani Lakshmibai, and I can't agree more. She has been facing and is still facing the worst battle of her life like a warrior, never giving up. And the biggest thing she has taught me in the process is her life's philosophy, summed up in just two words: "himmat se"("be brave")!!


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M'mbelwa condemns barbaric harassment of the elderly in Mzimba
Sun, 04/12/2022 - 23:48 | News
Inkosi ya Makosi M'mbelwa V and the entire M'mbelwa Chiefs' Council in Mzimba have expressed deep shock over an incident which occurred during a funeral at a village in the area of Inkosi Kampingo Sibande where two elderly women were forced to fill up the grave on their own to bury the dead.
A video clip which went viral over the weekend showed the two women in the act of filling the grave as a crowd cheered and booed them.
In a dramatic turn of events, later on, one of the elderly women had her headgear removed. After this, she was beaten and pushed by a man from the crowd and fell into the grave.
The ruthless crowd kept on jeering at her to come out on her own from the grave.
Part of the uncompromising crowd captured at the graveyard
She was helped out of the grave by her colleague who had to suspend the burying process to come to her rescue and as she was being helped out; confusion was written all over her face as she looked out of sorts.
After helping her friend out of the grave, she went back to filling the grave process all alone.
This followed a death which occurred in the village allegedly attributed to the two senior citizens on witchcraft accusations.
In the letter, Inkosi Mbelwa could not hide his discontent over the ill-treatment of the elderly women.
The helpless elderly woman helped by a well-wisher
"Usually, such allegations are propelled by the acts of witch doctors (sing'anga) whose practices should be critically checked and entirely condemned in our society. Beliefs and theories obtained from these witch doctors have created tension and threats especially on the elderly who are often accused of practicing witchcraft.
"We wish to strongly condemn this barbaric attitude towards the elderly. It must always be remembered that the elderly are the fountain of wisdom and that at all times they should be treated with respect and dignity," he wrote.
The senior citizen after being thrown in the grave. Pics from social media
The King of the Ngoni in Mzimba reminded people that under the Laws of Malawi, accusing a person of practicing witchcraft is an offence.
Meanwhile, the Police are on the matter as investigations have commenced forthwith through the Officer –In-Charge Mzimba with the law enforcers vigorously tackling the matter and that they will soon bring the culprits to book.
His Royal Majesty applauded the police for the swift action and pledged full co-operation for justice to prevail.
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Q: Modify JavaScript values after parsing Aloha!
I'm working on a fairly interesting little project. To me, at least, this is interesting. Namely a Chrome extension. It gets links from a website and spits them out in a new tab. Basically, it's a Link Grabber, but it's very specific.
There are two URL schemes I have to deal with.

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*https://example.org/s1/product/product-description-and-features-123456789

*https://example.org/s1/product/product-description-and-features-123456789?supplier=9876454
I have the following JSON generated: EDIT, after TJ Crowder's comment: It's not JSON. It's... Edit II: JavaScript. Thanks TJ.
(_chrome);
    !function() {
        for (var elements = document.querySelectorAll("a:link[href*='/s1/product/']:not([href*='#']):not([href^=javascript])"), links = new Array(elements.length), i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) links[i] = {
            host: elements[i].host,
            hostname: elements[i].hostname,
            href: elements[i].href,
            productnumber: elements[i].href,
            pathname: elements[i].pathname,
            search: elements[i].search,
            text: elements[i].text
        };
        console.log(links)
        _chrome2.default.runtime.sendMessage(links);
    }();

The issue comes up when I want to do the productnumber. For that, I would need to be able to modify elements[i].href in a function. From an earlier project, I have said function. I've already fidgeted around with it until I have hit the wall that led me to make this post.
function() {
                var urlsList = JSON.parse(elements[i].href);
                    console.log(urlsList);
                var ju = urlsList.split('?')[0]
                    pat = /[-|\/](\d{5,8})$/
                    rv = pat.exec(ju)
                    if (rv !== null) {
                                      console.log("Found id: " + rv[1])
                        return rv[1]}}

So my question is this: How do I isolate all the product numbers and split off everything after a potential "?"?
Cheers and thanks for the help!

A: After @T.J. Crowder got me on the right track by suggesting that it's not JSON I'm working with, it was fairly easy.
productnumber: elements[i].href.replace(/.+?(\d{5,8})\?.+/,"$1"),

And that was it. Thanks, T.J.!


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Vega Almohalla's First Concert In His City
Within the programming of the festivities of La Santa 2021, the people of Avila will be able to enjoy the music of two countrymen who will take to the stages to celebrate the festivities of the patron saint of the city. The first concert was that of Vega Almohalla and the other will be that of Jorge Marazu next Monday, October 11.
Almohalla premiered her show in full and first, as it was the first time that this singer from Avila sang her entire repertoire in the city where she grew up. The people of Avila who attended the concert were able to enjoy the songs that "soon" will comprise his first solo album.
The singer from Avila had participated in other celebrations in the capital, such as, for example, in the act where Rubén Peña was named favorite son of the city or Christmas performances at the Lienzo Norte Congress and Exhibition Center, but she had never sung her repertoire to the full.
During the concert, which took place on the stage located in the Mercado Chico square, Almohalla has sung his first songs as a result of the collaboration with Zazo & Gxurmet, the group with which he managed to win the recognition of the 'Vodafone Yu Music Talent 'in 2017. An award that allowed them to attend the most important festivals in Spain, and later, to have their music played in the hit series' Elite'.
It is precisely thanks to 'Elite, when Vega Almohalla becomes one of the most sought after artists in Shazam with her first solo song En el aire.
I look at you, Paris, Jewelery, Castígame el Alma, Brillantes or A fuego are some of the songs that Almohalla has shared with his audience, including his family and friends.
Visibility to youth suicide
In addition, Almohalla has wanted to make visible the main cause of death among young people: suicide. "By making small gestures to people, you can brighten their lives a little and try to make those problems that seem so big to be smaller," said the singer, before beginning to sing the lyrics of 'La Niña de la Popola', a melody that tells the story of a girl "who ends up committing suicide."
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