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Secrets & Lies – 1996 Leigh
Winner of the Palme d'Or and Best Actress (for Brenda Blethyn) at Cannes—Mike Leigh's rich characterizations (with an incredible stable of actors), and trademark bittersweet take on realism transcends the soap opera trappings
Unlike Leigh's previous effort, Naked, this is no major triumph and miracle of mise-en-scene, but I do like the detail and juxtaposition of Spall (and his wife) and their house in comparison with Blethyn. It's a story of class (always important to Leigh)—in one scene Spall's wife is wearing a vest that matches her wallpaper
family melodrama like almost all of Leigh's work- tough conversations almost like you're eavesdropping, realism (where are my subtitles?), characters that are genuine people, gritty- largely plotless- this is an auteur—half Ken Loach social consciousness and half John Cassavetes "are these real people or actors" rawness and authenticity.
Perhaps the greatest of Leigh's squinty squeaky female performances- Brenda Blethyn— it is a big performance, lots of choices but undeniably powerful and successful. I can hear her saying "sweet heart" in my head right now. One of 1996's best performances sadly overshadowed by Emily Watson in Breaking the Waves and Frances McDormand in Fargo
It's not just the Spall character and his wife that tell the story of the class struggle in contemporary Britain—the adopted Marianne Jean-Baptiste (a very strong, confident black woman) is an optometrist, more reserved, from a different class as well
A family melodrama like almost all of Leigh's work- tough conversations almost like you're eavesdropping, realism (where are my subtitles?), characters that are genuine people, gritty- largely plotless- this is an auteur—half Ken Loach social consciousness and half John Cassavetes "are these real people or actors" rawness and authenticity.
It isn't 100% baked and carried on throughout the film but I like the film structure and form here as Leigh cuts to photo sessions (Spall's character is a photographer) of families- some smiling, some fighting—only the audio of Spall in these scenes
A great shot with the door framing the two women (friends including Marianne Jean-Baptiste) at 34 minutes in- slowly tracks in
Gutting screenplay and writing— "You can't miss what you never had" and Spall says "Can't you?" (he and his wife can't have kids and it is ripping them apart both individually and as a couple). It cuts like a knife
The film takes its time. It is 136 minutes and it is 60 minutes in almost exactly before Blethyn and Jean-Baptiste talk on the phone
The Holborn tube station long take scene is really well done followed by another long take of both women at the coffee shop sitting on the same side of the booth
another long take of both women at the coffee shop sitting on the same side of the booth alone showing them in isolation
The Holborn tube station long take scene is really well done
The bomb dropped by Blethyn's character at the 21st birthday party is at almost 2 hours in. It's painful- tough to watch and again feels like non-actors which has to do with Leigh's well-documented approach to actors, writing and characters—it feels like group therapy here in a good way- we're all in pain. I feel some of Ari Aster and what he must be influenced by
Coming in 1996 (though Leigh and his work, which is consistent, predates it) you have to talk about the Dogme 95 movement with Vinterberg and von Trier
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Бехдад Салими (; род. 8 декабря 1989 года) — иранский тяжелоатлет, олимпийский чемпион 2012 года, чемпион мира 2010 и 2011 года в категории свыше 105 кг. Установил мировой рекорд в рывке — 216 кг (2016) в своей весовой категории.

Карьера
На своем первом чемпионате мира в 2010 году Салими сразу же выиграл золотую медаль в категории свыше 105 кг. В этом же году иранец победил на Азиатских играх, где показал результат 205 кг в рывке и 235 кг в толчке.

На чемпионате мира 2011 года в Париже защитил своё звание чемпиона мира по тяжелой атлетике в весе свыше 105 кг и установил новый мировой рекорд в рывке — 214 кг.

В 2012 году на Олимпийских играх в Лондоне иранский спортсмен стал чемпионом с результатом 455 кг (208 кг в рывке, 247 кг в толчке).

После Олимпиады-2012 в сборной Ирана по тяжелой атлетике разгорелся скандал. Бехдад Салими и другие члены команды протестовали против главного тренера сборной Куроша Багери, который использовал ненормативную лексику во время тренировок. После споров в прямом эфире Салими и Багери, Федерация тяжёлой атлетики Ирана запретила участвовать спортсмену в чемпионате мира и чемпионате Азии 2013 года. Позже Багери попал в больницу с нервным срывом и Салими навестил его и помирился. При выходе из больницы Салими получил удар по голове от сторонника Багери. Примирившись с главным тренером Салими начал тренироваться, занял первое место на Азиатских играх 2014 года (210+255), позже принял участие в чемпионате мира 2014 года в Алма-Ате, где занял второе место (206+251). В 2016 году на Олимпийских играх в Рио-де-Жанейро, установил мировой рекорд в рывке 216 кг, тем самым побил рекорд грузина Лаши Талахадзе, но получил нулевую оценку в упражнении толчок. В 2017 году занял третье место на чемпионате мира  в Анахайме (США) (211+242). В 2018 году занял первое место на летних Азиатских играх (208+253) и объявил о завершении карьеры.

Лучшие результаты
Рывок - 220 кг.
Толчок - 260 кг.
Взятие на грудь - 265 кг.

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 16 августа 2016. Олимпиада в Рио. Атлеты свыше 105 кг.
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Тяжелоатлеты Ирана
Олимпийские чемпионы от Ирана
Олимпийские чемпионы по тяжёлой атлетике
Чемпионы мира по тяжёлой атлетике
Тяжелоатлеты на летних Олимпийских играх 2012 года
Тяжелоатлеты на летних Олимпийских играх 2016 года
Чемпионы летних Олимпийских игр 2012 года
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Ethiopia, in the Horn of Africa, is a rugged, landlocked country split by the Great Rift Valley. With archaeological finds dating back more than 3 million years, it's a place of ancient culture. Among its important sites are Lalibela with its rock-cut Christian churches from the 12th–13th centuries. Aksum is the ruins of an ancient city with obelisks, tombs, castles and Our Lady Mary of Zion church.
እንዴት ደስ ይላል..አቦ እድሜና ጤና እግ/ር ጨምሮ ይስጥህ!!!
Oh what a great act it is ! I hope Ethiopia is blessed and become great again as it was the cradle of civilization and symbol of freedom. We will also have a cooperative and peaceful neighborhood with all of our neighbors. God Bless you and Ethiopia, Long live !
committed leaderships and frankly for their words." God Bless Ethiopia.
አብይ እውነትም አብይ ነህ ክብር ለአንተ ይሁን እግዚያአብሔር ሰላሙን ያብዛልህ! ?
Somalia,Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia time to make the horn great again.
ጌታ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ በደሙ ይሽፍንህ ዶክተር አብይ!!!
ኢትዮጲያ ታላቅ ነበረች ከእግዚአብሔር ጋር ዳግም ትላቅ እናረጋታለን! ጠ/ሚ ዶ/ር አብይ ብርሀን እያሳየሕን ነው, እግዚአብሔር እስከመጨረሻው በጉዞክ ይምራክ!
Somebody pls translate, what Egyptian president said?


"Miami is the perfect city". New neighborhoods, extravagant art, exclusive design and architecture. The new Miami has become a destination for gourmets and celebrities from all over the world. Photographer Lars Petter Pettersen documented some of the most beautiful places in Miami in an article in D2 Magazine. Read the article (in Norwegian) and see all the pictures here.


That first bold leap usually lands you right at the front of the status quo but not very far ahead of it. That's because you are carrying the lethargy of the past and the momentum of outmoded approaches on your shoulders. And why you often land on a slippery slope that is tilting backward. If you are not careful you'll slip back into the doldrums. That's why it's important to prepare for the next leap.
The second bold leap is a wild one. That's the one that will set the course for the next generation. That's the one we need you to take. Now that you are lighter and you have caught a glimpse of what's possible.
No one other than you, individually and collectively, knows how important that wild leap is, to reframe the challenge and to stretch the possibilities beyond your wildest imaginings.
Treat the source of your moral oxygen with care. Your convictions are more important than your techniques and technologies.
Become a peacemaker. Make peace with your imperfections and the imperfections of others.
Surround yourself with artists. Aside from their artistic discipline, their unique ways of seeing the world will help you engage with the broader audience you deserve.
Musical selection this post is "Church" by Winnipeg's Don Amero. "Out where the wild things grow…I go to church." Support his music here.


Coming back to today's dish - Ragi Mudde (or steamed Ragi dumplings) - a very authentic Karnataka dish. Like most Ragi dishes, this is not too appealing to the eye, but is loaded with the goodness of calcium and amino acids. This dish takes a little practice to make, although it seems easy. My trials were finally rewarded this week, when after many attempts, I made what seemed to even impress my mom :) These dumplings go well with soppina huli (greens sambhar) or avarekaalina saaru (flat beans sambhar) . This dish goes by the name of Ragi Sankati in Telugu.
I shall present next time a step by step method to make this and this time, shall present you with the finished product only.
1) In a deep bottomed pan, boil 2 cups of water with salt and 1/2 tbsp of ghee.
2) When it comes to heavy boil, sprinkle 1/4 tsp of flour onto the boiling water and cover.
4) Remove the lid and add the rest of the flour, 1 tbsp at a time, stirring the mass with a wooden spoon and on medium heat.
5) Once the flour is well incorporated, and becomes a semi wet mass, sprinkle 2 or tsp more water and cover tightly.
7) Once done, switch off the heat and transfer to a greased oil plate.


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Megadeth release new song "The Threat is Real"
Megadeth released the new song "The Threat is Real". The song is taken from band's upcoming album "Dystopia", which will be released on January 22. You can listen the song below.
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YASHRAJ BIOTECHNOLOGY LIMITED (YBL) 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN TRANSFORMING WASTE TO WELL-BEING
By Biotech Express on	 February 6, 2019 Articles, Articles- Guestorials
Progress is not about how we grow, it is about how we make a difference in lives of others! This is the guiding principle at Yashraj Biotechnology Limited (YBL), a pioneering biotechnology company located in Navi Mumbai, India. The founder members of the company Mr. Arvind Bhanushali, Mr. Bharat Dagha and Dr. Paresh Bhanushali started the company in 1999 and this year the company is celebrating its 20 years of
existence.
The company was established with a vision to be the best in the diagnostic field and make diagnostics
affordable and easily available to the common man. Today, YBL is a leading name in the in vitro diagnostic market, supplying high purity Antigens, Antibodies, proteins and enzymes to some of the world's top 20
diagnostic companies.
From Bio-Medical Waste to Diagnostic Application Products: An Innovative Approach
YBL capitalizes on usefulness of the human biomedical waste generated by the hospitals for diagnostic
purposes by manufacturing Native Antigens (Table 1) which are purified from the effusions of patients
suffering from cancer, renal, and cardiac failures. In addition to diagnostic use, the manufacturing processes at YBL indirectly helps in reducing the environmental pollution due to disposal of human biomedical waste which is a major concern to the hospitals, the regulatory authorities and the citizens.
The Biomedical waste management teams at YBL have created a Pan India network to access Bio-medical fluids for extraction and purification of high quality Native and Recombinant Antigens in a time-effective manner.
State-of-the-Art Research & Development
YBL has a well-equipped Research & Development (R&D) unit in which a wide range of high-quality Antigens (Native and Recombinant), Proteins, Enzymes are manufactured using advanced chromatography systems like AKTA prime plus and AKTA Pure for protein purification.
The Recombinant R&D facility manufactures highly purified proteins and enzymes both with and without tags and by using different expression systems like Bacterial (E. coli), Mammalian (CHO, HeLa, HEK293, MCF7), Bacculovirus (Spodoptera frugiperda) Sf9/Sf21 insect cells and Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae).
Highly specific and high affinity monoclonal and polyclonal Antibodies are developed and characterized by Surface Plasma Resonance (SPR) using Biacore T200 system. These Antibodies are validated by external agencies and certified for use in development of immunoassays like Enzyme-linked Immuno Sorbent Assay (ELISA), Flow Cytometry, Chemiluminescence Assays (CLIA) and Immunohistochemistry (IHC).
YBL products basket contains more than 25 Native and 22 Recombinant Antigens with a purity percentage ranging from 90-99% (To download YBL products booklet please write to marketing@yashrajbio.com).
Efficient Production and Rigorous Quality Checks
A seamless transition occurs between the R&D and the production unit for scaling up and mass production of protein. Standard operating procedures are followed to maintain batch to batch consistencies irrespective of capacity (from small to bulk production). The emphasis lies on the maintenance of long-term stability, specificity and purity of the products which is ensured by Quality Control. Rigorous testings are performed on multiple platforms like Roche Cobas e411 & c311 and Siemens Advia Centaur CP & XP analyzers.
Protein quantification and validation is done using ELISA, ECLIA, Immunonephelometry, Immunoturbidimetry and Latex Agglutination, SDS-PAGE, Western Blotting, HPLC, Crossed immunoelectrophoresis (CIE) and Mass-Spectrometry. Real and accelerated stability tests are performed for batch consistency and viral contamination is identified by performing PCR and USFDA approved CLIA techniques. Once the protein quality is confirmed and certified, they are properly labeled and packaged for a timely delivery to the customers worldwide.
Stem Cell & Antibody Phage Display: New Ventures
In the last 2 years, YBL is diversifying its R&D activities to develop IPSCs Stem Cell technology for drug discovery and screening. It has successfully developed methodologies to bio-bank peripheral blood mononuclear cells and erythroblast cell populations from cancer patients and healthy individuals (controls).
In 2018, YBL ventured into production of Recombinant Monoclonal Antibodies using Phage Display for Diagnostic & Research purpose. Currently, both the facilities are in initial stages of development and the products are expected to be available in the market by July 2020.
CSR at YBL: Grants and Awards Sponsorship
Every year YBL donates a percentage of the profit for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives like Healthcare and Education for the welfare of economically weaker section of the society. The amount depends on the profit generated and is decided by the Board. For more details please see http://yashraj.com/csr/
The YBL company's major activities involve:
Isolation, purification and production of Native and Recombinant proteins;
Development of polyclonal and monoclonal Antibodies against
Immunogens;
Production of cell-derived Native Antigens using appropriate cell lines.
Moreover, YBL in collaboration with the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) sponsors the IFCC-Yashraj Biotechnology Limited Distinguished Clinical Chemist Award & IFCC-Yashraj Biotechnology Limited Distinguished Award for Contributions to Affordable In vitro Diagnostics to recognize researchers who have made significant contributions in this discipline.
Come and join us at Yashraj Biotechnology Limited in our quest to make diagnostics more affordable and accessible!
For any query please write to marketing@yashrajbio.com
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Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/yashraj-biotechnology-ltd
Twitter handle: @YashrajBio
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Last Friday on my social media, I celebrated my cat Milo's five-year adoption anniversary. It's mind-boggling to think that I adopted my first pet five years ago already.
I still love to take a trip down memory lane, looking at pictures of Milo when he was just a kitten. Some of my favorites will always be the ones from when we took Milo on his first bike ride. Coincidentally, Facebook's On This Day feature reminded me that this bike ride was five years ago today!
I remember actually buying that bike basket just for him to ride in. And I remember repurposing a crate lying around my apartment for a rear basket - that thing came in very handy!
We made sure he was safely harnessed in, and I was equipped with snacks, food and a towel. Considering we were probably riding for 20 minutes total, we didn't have any accidents to worry about.
He loved this ride, and we took him on a few more before he got just a little too big and feisty for the basket.
I adopted Milo from Animal Aid for Vermilion Area, and as a very convenient tie-in to my column for Times of Acadiana this week, he is microchipped. Ensuring your pets are microchipped from the get-go is extremely important, especially if you have adventurers like Milo is. AAVA had him chipped pre-adoption, which I'm grateful for.
The column is about that dog my husband and I found last week, which I also featured in last week's Photo Friday - and y'all, we seriously had the same scenario this week. My husband found a dog in our yard that had a collar but no ID tag, and she was not chipped.
Take your adorable baby kittens on a bike ride.


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Knottmossor (Rhabdoweisia) är ett släkte av bladmossor. Knottmossor ingår i familjen Rhabdoweisiaceae.

Knottmossor är enda släktet i familjen Rhabdoweisiaceae.

Kladogram enligt Catalogue of Life och Dyntaxa:

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Baby food version of the SANS Original. Whether you buy or make your own baby food, the Baby Food Saver helps retain more nutrients and keeps the food fresh longer.
Smaller design stores easily in the refrigerator.
SANS Baby Food Saver Specs.
Ideal size for storing baby food, smoothies, snacks etc.


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Toyota Kirloskar Motor aims growth in Northeast with regional stockyard in Guwahati
Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) on Thursday has announced the launch of its first regional stockyard in India. The new stockyard in Guwahati will enable quicker delivery of vehicles across Northeast India, claims the automaker.
As Toyota Kirloskar Motor claims, the regional stockyard in Guwahati will make sure a leaner and efficient distribution network across the region. It would reduce the delivery time of the Toyota vehicles to a maximum of 2 days for furthermost dealers in the Northeast states from current 13 days.
Also, the new stockyard is expected to significantly enhance the distribution efficiency, reduce inventory cost and turnaround time for dealer working capital besides facilitating Toyota Kirloskar Motor dealers to meet customer requirements faster. This would allow the Toyota Kirloskar Motor dealers to focus on the core area of sales and aftersales.
Besides the new products, Toyota Kirloskar Motor is also emphasising on enhancing its sales and service networks across the country in order to strengthen business. The new regional stockyard comes as part of that strategy.
In the last two years, Toyota Kirloskar Motor has launched two new 3S (sales, service and spare parts) outlets in the Northeast region. One in Naharlagun in Arunachal Pradesh and the other in Imphal in Manipur. Also, the automaker launched a first-of-its-kind pro-service centre in Jorhat in Assam. Overall, Toyota Kirloskar Motor has 13 customer touch points in the Northeast region.
Commenting on the launch of a new regional stockyard in Guwahati, Naveen Soni, Senior Vice President, Sales and Service, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, said that the automaker has been witnessing growing demand from the Northeast region over the years. "In line with our customer-first approach, we have been expanding our sales and service network in this region to enhance our services to our customers. At the same time, we are also strengthening our processes and enhancing manpower capability at dealerships to address the growing market requirements," said Soni.
He also said that with the launch of the stockyard, bringing home a Toyota Kirloskar Motor vehicle will now become easier and faster.
Toyota Kirloskar Motor has recently introduced the Urban Cruiser compact SUV, which is based on Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza. Among them is the Glanza premium hatchback, based on the Maruti Suzuki Baleno. Apart from that, other products from the brand's portfolio include Fortuner SUV and Innova Crysta MPV, Yaris sedan, Camry hybrid sedan and Vellfire luxury MPV.
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With the upheaval of cell phones, the quantity of service giving applications has been augmented extraordinarily. These numerous applications are helping in a million different ways to satisfy the users. A standout amongst the most imperative areas of this app is entertainment. What's more, SnapTube falls in that area. It is an application that assists you to watch latest films as well as videos. However, those who download it for the first time should be aware of this application. Hence we have in this article stated its pros and cons for your benefit.
Snaptube Video is a YouTube downloader for cell phones. This is an awesome device in the event that you need to download and save videos and access them later comfortably. It's particularly convenient since no internet connection is needed for viewing it later on. Its format is exceptionally easy and this system supports video qualities from 144 pixels to 1080 pixels. It's a motivating option to TubeMate or VidMate.
SnapTube conveys with it an infinite collection of videos as well as movies and a huge search engine that assists you to find your preferred videos and movies.
Even though a part of YouTube but better than that. No buffering issue that the users of YouTube face. Even the compilation is also superior to YouTube. Where YouTube falls short in offering any newest release, SnapTube provides all.
SnapTube has the capability to let you locate and recognize new videos.
Snaptube Video basically works similarly as any normal multimedia file downloader. The user will pick a classification or sort for the sake of a particular video in the search field. Once the outcomes are shown, the right one will be picked. The video can be quickly played or it can be downloaded into a particular file destination. Much like YouTube, it is conceivable to customize one's channel and even modify its appearance.
Snaptube Video has been enhanced to upgrade its overall convenience. Presently, it is workable for customers to download videos from Facebook and also from Instagram. These can be saved in the simple form. Another huge advantage is that this product is totally free to download and install.
Snaptube Video is a YouTube downloader for cell phones. This is an awesome app in case you are looking to download and save videos and access them, later on, when convenient. It's particularly convenient since no web link is needed for viewing later on. Its format is extremely straightforward and this system can support video qualities from 144 pixels to 1080 pixels. It's an intriguing contrasting option to TubeMate or maybe even VidMate.


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Q: Has Somebody used struts2-spring-plugin-2.3.4.1.jar on NETBEANS for Struts2 and Spring? Has anyone tried this? How did you do it? I don't have a pom.xml on my project. Could I insert the values of pom.xml on my other xml like web.xml?  I want to use this because I tried just to insert the spring3 library into my struts2 but it seams it don't work unless I'm gonna use the context.getbean("xxxxx")?  I want to start from here again using that plugin.
POM.xml as I searched the net is for Maven? I don't know how to use maven. I am using the normal ones. I think it is ANT.

A: One thing i must say you that do not try to go this way and managing depedencies is too hard and can leads to a lot of conflicts.
You can look in to the dependencies you need for Struts2 Spring plugin inside the pom.xml defined in the plugin.
You will find a placeholder namely <version>${struts2.springPlatformVersion}</version> which is being defined at core pom.xml
Using maven is too easy and will hardly take any time for you to get started but it will take away a lot of manually work for you

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A triumphant "Show Boat" rolls along magnificently at Lyric Opera of Chicago
Ashley Brown as Magnolia and Nathan Gunn as Ravenal in the Lyric Opera production of "Show Boat." Photo: Dan Rest
When the Lyric Opera of Chicago announced its 2012-13 season last month, the prepared press material and remarks were more important for what they didn't say—about the company's musical theater initiative. The Lyric received criticism from many subscribers—as well as some press—for placing Show Boat on this season's main schedule, and thereby cutting the company's usual eight-opera season to seven. There was nary a mention of the Lyric's spring 2013 production of Oklahoma in the official presentation about next season. And with future company musicals off subscription and taking place in the postseason, general director Anthony Freud wisely seems intent on drawing a line between the genres and showing that the Lyric Opera's principal business will remain opera.
So, with the controversy about the Lyric Opera's musical theater initiative largely put to rest, one could take the company's new production of Show Boat, which opened Sunday afternoon, on its own merits. And with one not insignificant exception, the Lyric's Show Boat proved a triumph—a stylish, fast-paced and colorful show that had the capacity audience on its feet cheering loud and long at the curtain.
When Show Boat opened in 1927, American musical theater consisted of either revue-type burlesque shows with Ziegfeld-girl eye candy or featherweight scenarios of college romances replete with flappers and raccoon coats.
With Show Boat composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II forcibly lifted the American musical out of its frivolous origins. With a key miscegenation subplot, the creators shined a bright light on America's sorry racial history—a courageous act in 1927—and showed that the musical can be a richer, deeper, more serious art form, paving the way for works to come like Carousel, West Side Story and Rent.
Adapted from Edna Ferber's sprawling novel, the story covers nearly a half-century in the life of Magnolia Hawks, daughter of Captain Andy of the Cotton Blossom showboat, who meets and falls in love with the charming but feckless gambler Gaylord Ravenal. Their history takes them to Chicago at the 1893 World's Fair, where Ravenal abandons his wife and their young daughter Kim, and into the jazz age. The tale comes full circle back to the showboat for a tear-jerking if improbable finale in which the aged, guilt-stricken Ravenal returns to reunite with Magnolia—now a celebrated and successful singer—and their grown-up daughter. The darker secondary plot concerns Magnolia's friend Julie, who is forced to leave the Cotton Blossom when it is revealed that she is half black and in a mixed-race marriage with Steve, which ultimately leads to her alcoholism and ruin.
Yet even more than the compelling storyline and blend of broad humor and stark drama it is the rich score that has kept Show Boat a beloved perennial, with such standards as Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, Make Believe, Old Man River and You Are Love, all in the first act alone. There are a multitude of alternate songs written for various revivals and the 1936 film, and conductor John DeMain and director Francesca Zambello have done a masterful job of choosing material, restoring some gems—like the ominous chorus Mis'ry's Comin' Aroun'—and giving welcome additional stage time to the principal African-American characters, Joe and Queenie.
The essential difference between opera and musical theater is that opera is primarily about voices while theater is primarily about songs and the production. And with the voices discreetly amplified for both dialogue and singing in this Show Boat, any evaluation of the vocalism has to come with a significant asterisk attached.
Nathan Gunn was born to play the role of the handsome, irresponsible gambler Ravenal. At times one missed the high notes that a tenor would have brought to the role and Gunn's burnished baritone sounded stretched on top. But he sang with a natural ease and comfort in the idiom and brought the right raffish charm to the role.
Alyson Cambridge sounded decidedly light-voiced as Giulietta in the Lyric's Tales of Hoffmann last fall, but, possibly aided by the electronic simonizing, was heard to much greater and richer-toned advantage as the ill-fated Julie. She brought just the right dreamy romanticism and jazzy swing—and some nifty dancing—to Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man and delivered a heart-breaking, deeply felt rendition of Bill in Act 2.
Angela Renee Simpson as Queenie and Morris Robinson as Joe in "Show Boat." Photo: Dan Rest
Morris Robinson is making his belated company debut as Joe and his imposing bass and easy stage presence proved ideal for the role. While his Old Man River didn't quite have the world-weary weight and eloquence it should have on Sunday, the anthemic classic gained in dramatic impact with each iteration.
The show was nearly stolen by Angela Renee Simpson as the cook Queenie, Joe's wife. Sassy and big-voiced with every word crystal-clear, Simpson well earned her two showpiece numbers, Queenie's Bally-Hoo and Hey, Fellah!
Surprisingly the one disappointment in the cast was the singer one expected to be most at home, Ashley Brown. She won acclaim for her Mary Poppins on Broadway, but seemed completely miscast as Magnolia. Brown's mugging and arch and precious portrayal made Magnolia seem less like an innocent girl in love and more like the ditzy sister of the troupe's air-brained dancer Ellie Mae. Even with the plug-in, her voice sounded thin and fluttery, bright top notes apart. Brown brought more gravitas to the drama of Act 2, yet there was little warmth or sincerity to her romantic scenes and duets with Gunn and her elaborate arm gestures while singing were distracting and bizarre.
As the Cotton Blossom's comic duo, Ericka Mac as Ellie Mae and Bernie Yvon as Frank proved more adept as dancers than singers but handled the humor with energy and relish. Ross Lehman was a fine, blustery Captain Andy, and Cindy Gold admirable as his battle-axe wife, Parthy. James Farruggio as Steve, Caroline Heffernan as the young Kim, Brian McCaskill as the villain Pete and John Lister as the Sheriff rounded out the cast.
John J. Davison's sets were striking and imaginative. The towering principal design for the Cotton Blossom was certainly imposing but didn't convey the sense of actually being on a boat, looking more like an elaborate three-level gazebo. The drops for the Chicago World's Fair, Ontario Street apartment, Palmer House, and Trocadero nightclub were less spectacular but atmospheric and effective, aided by Paul Tazewell's evocative period costumes.
Having to field two separate choruses, one black and one white, was likely a daunting task but smoothly accomplished with worthy singing by all under chorusmaster Michael Black. Michele Lynch's choreography brought fine vigor and energy to the dance sections, particularly those devised for the black ensemble.
Give director Francesca Zambello credit for pulling together an extraordinarily large and complicated show, keeping the action moving with fluent scene changes and mostly natural stage movements for the extras and chorus. Her textual decisions were also sound, keeping the offensive "n word" in the mouth of the villain Pete but eliminating it from the opening chorus. She was less successful at conveying the sense of four decades passing, with Magnolia looking the same in late middle age as she did as a teenager.
John DeMain is a long-experienced hand at this score, having conducted a celebrated Show Boat at Houston Grand Opera in 1982. His tempos seemed mostly spot-on, though the 1920's jazz flavor of Dance Away the Night was diluted at a stately tempo. Largely using Robert Russell Bennett's original 1927 orchestrations, DeMain drew fizzing and rhythmically vital playing from the Lyric Opera Orchestra.
Show Boat runs through March 17. lyricopera.org; 312-294-3000.


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Q: CakePHP 2 - Facebook integration Trying to add Facebook login / registration to a site I'm working on.
Been following this tutorial http://www.startutorial.com/articles/view/34
After some tweaking (because I'm on CakePHP 2, while the tutorial is for 1.3), I managed to get it to run. (Basically I just need to pull the plugin from the branch)
Now, I'm having issues with 2 things:

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*How do I save the information? Right now, after I login, I just come back to the same page but instead of the Login button, it says "Teepusink is using ThisApp"

*Also some of the documentation doesn't seem to match with the branch version. For example,

Facebook->registration(); ?>

is giving me an error. Should I even be using the branch version? Or how do I go about using the plugin for CakePHP 2?
Thank you,
Tee

A: Got this to work actually.
So I went into ConnectComponent.php, and noticed that somehow the User model isn't being "recognized" there.
Took a little digging, but this is what I did.
'Facebook.Connect' => array('model' => 'User')

Hope this helps someone.


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Rare's predecessor to Banjo-Kazooie has been revealed with developer interviews and gameplay footage.
Check out this trailer for Rare Replay, now available for pre-order exclusively on Xbox One.
Celebrate Rare's 30th Anniversary with a collection of 30 iconic games, presented for Xbox One.
"Rare Replay [is] exclusive to Xbox One," Rare says.
This comes after Microsoft talked about Rare Replay on Wii U.
"As far as other compilations, I would say this is pretty unique."
The 1 TB Xbox One Holiday Bundle launches in October for $400.


The remarkable 18-year deanship of the Warner School of Education's leader will conclude this year, providing an opportunity to celebrate a pioneer in the field of mathematics education and school reform who has served the University for more than three decades.
Dean and Frederica Warner Professor Raffaella Borasi led the Warner School through a period of transformational growth and progress. External funding is now almost 10 times today what it was in 2001 when she came into her role. In the same period, enrollments have doubled and the number of graduates has tripled. An outstanding faculty has doubled in size. Raymond F. LeChase Hall, the 65,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility that houses the Warner School, is a lasting testament to Raffaella's inspiring commitment, dedication, and passion for education.
Warner has seen numerous instructional innovations during Raffaella's deanship. Recognizing untapped opportunities for intersections between health care and education, she sought out partnerships with the School of Nursing and School of Medicine and Dentistry to create master's and certificate programs for emerging careers in health profession education. She has overseen a number of collaborative projects to do health-based research in the community. To help students excel in degree programs and professionally, she developed specialized services to support academic writing and quantitative research methods and provided support services for international students.
Raffaella's visionary leadership and desire to find solutions to the challenges in urban education were instrumental in the University's decision to partner with East High School to turn the school around. Those same traits led to the decision to create the Center for Urban Education Success. Urban education—and supporting K–12 schools in crisis—was highlighted in the school's 2013 strategic plan as one of the major challenges (and priorities) of our time. But the choice to undertake the monumental challenge of transforming East High was not easy. A lot of careful thought and deliberation went into framing the substantial curricular as well as behavioral work we would have to invest in to be able to see measurable progress even after several years.
When the University became the Educational Partnership Organization (EPO) in 2015, East High School was facing the threat of closure from the state because of its inadequate performance across numerous measures of assessment. This year has been our third as EPO, and we are seeing many indications of demonstrable progress. Attendance has increased and annual suspensions are only one-10th what they were the year before we began our work. Interventions such as "restorative practices" and "family groups" have been instrumental to achieving early results. The graduation rate for 2018 is projected to reach 65 percent—about twice the 33 percent graduation rate reported in the year prior to the start of the EPO.
The Center for Urban Education Success (CUES), which Raffaella helped to launch in 2016, grew out of our project at East. The initial mandate was conducting research on urban school reform to develop a national model for lifting youths out of poverty. Since inception two years ago, CUES has begun the process of engagement with other urban schools and community members to build on the East EPO project and create a best practices template for urban educational reform more broadly.
Raffaella has overseen Warner's transformation in the last five years into a leader for Learning in the Digital Age. Warner's online course offerings, which did not exist before 2013, today number 40, with a recently expanded initiative to recognize the impact of the "digital revolution" on the future of education. Changes in the way people access information, create and disseminate knowledge, and communicate more generally necessitate changes in how we teach, design programs, and assess learning in more traditional face-to-face classes. Warner is poised to become a leader in this area. I am delighted that after she steps down as dean, Raffaella will serve as founding director of the new Learning in the Digital Age Center, with the mission to harness the power of digital technologies to enhance learning and development for all.
I have worked with Raffaella for 12 years, and I have always been impressed with her extraordinary commitment to improving the lives of her students and those of the students throughout the Rochester region. She is a leader in every sense of the word, with a clear humanistic vision and dedication to developing educators of the future. Everyone who meets with her comes away energized by her tenacity and spirit.
By so many measures—enrollments, faculty recruitment and retention, fundraising, facilities, financial sustainability, instructional innovations, community engagement, and diversity—Warner is a vastly transformed institution with a strength and purpose that have blossomed over the course of the last two decades. Warner's growth during this time is a great credit to an innovative leader who leaves a significant legacy of accomplishment. I am optimistic that Warner will see even more success in the future because of the solid foundation that Raffaella has built.


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La Crosse, Wis. – The La Crosse Loggers Baseball Club announced Monday the addition of two infielders from the University of California-Los Angeles to the roster for the 2019 season. Freshmen JT Schwartz and Jack Filby will continue the long summer tradition of Bruins playing in La Crosse.
Schwartz and Filby will look to make a strong contribution in their first season on a UCLA ballclub that ranks 5th in the 2019 D1Baseball Preseason Top 25. The Bruins are coming off of a 38-21 record and an appearance in the NCAA Regionals last spring, and expectations are high for 2019 after the Pac-12 powerhouse brought in the 4th ranked recruiting class in the nation. The current UCLA roster is loaded with former Loggers including Jeremy Ydens (2017), Jake Hirabayashi (2016-17), and Jarron Silva (2018).


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As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Remember that Latinxs are Still Highest Uninsured in California
By: Fabiola Carrión
Latinxs are two times more likely to remain uninsured
Latinxs in California made significant gains following the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The number of California Latinxs who were uninsured decreased by 1.5 million, falling from 23 percent to 12 percent. Nevertheless, the Latinx population continues to be the highest group of uninsured when compared with other racial and ethnic communities. In California, Latinxs are two times more likely than other nonelderly racial/ethnic groups to be uninsured even with full implementation of the ACA.
After ACA 13.7% of California's Latinxs remain uninsured
Recent research has confirmed that nine years after the ACA became law 13.7 percent of California's Latinxs remain uninsured. Of these, 21.6 percent of uninsured Latinxs (0-64 years old) who are eligible for Medi-Cal are not enrolled, and 76 percent of uninsured Latinx children (0-18 years old) qualify for Medi-Cal but are not enrolled. This lack of coverage has important implications for the well-being of Californians who are Latinxs.
People with limited English proficiency, work jobs less likely to provide insurance through employers
Various factors explain these disparities. Latinx, particularly those with limited English proficiency, work in industries or in jobs that are less likely to have insurance through an employer. They are more likely to be employed as domestic workers or in other informal job settings where there is no documented employment. Immigration status is also a major barrier. In addition, fear of national immigration policies may also have a chilling effect on enrollment.
Public charge rule, intimidates and stops Latinxs from enrolling
The new final public charge rule – yet another cruel policy by the current Trump Administration to confuse and intimidate immigrants – is going to deter Latinxs from enrolling in health insurance. For more than a century, immigration law has allowed officials to deny individuals admission to the U.S. or adjustment to lawful permanent residence status if they are "likely at any time to become a public charge." The prior policy defined a public charge as an individual who is primarily dependent on the government for subsistence, as demonstrated by either the receipt of public cash assistance for income maintenance or institutionalization for long-term care at government expense.
Now, the Trump administration has issued a rule that dramatically expands the definition of "public charge" to include individuals who use Medicaid (with some exceptions), SNAP, and housing benefits. The National Health Law Program and other organizations have filed a federal lawsuit in the Northern District of California to challenge this new senseless measure. Other cases have also been filed in other jurisdictions.
Public charge rule dissuades Latinx people from Medi-Cal enrollment
In addition to legal barriers, the rule will have chilling effects that will dissuade Latinx people from enrolling in Medi-Cal and programs that are not even subject to the public charge rule such as Covered California. This is in part due to the confusing rule changes, and the perpetuation of the xenophobic and racist origins of public charge, which were based on stereotypes of certain racial/ethnic groups of immigrants.
In January 2020, California will offer Medi-Cal to young adults under the age of 26 regardless of their immigration status
California is taking action to increase enrollment of Latinx people in health insurance, including Medi-Cal. Starting on January 1, 2020, California will offer full scope Medi-Cal to young adults under the age of 26 irrespective of their immigration status. To ensure successful implementation, the California Department of Health Care Services is working closely with advocates, including the National Health Law Program, as well as County Welfare Directors Association of California, county social services agencies, and Covered California. Although the threats are increasing at the federal level, the Golden State is trying to lessen the damage of these draconian policies.
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River Hill defense stays calm, holds on to beat Marriotts Ridge in 2A South softball quarterfinals
By Jacob Calvin Meyer
River Hill head coach Marni Rosenbaum talks to her team after the Hawks' 8-5 win over Marriotts Ridge in the MPSSAA Class 2A South region quarterfinals on Tuesday. (Jacob Calvin Meyer)
Late in softball games, simple defensive plays become harder.
The pressure is higher. The crowd is louder. The baserunners sprint faster.
In crunch time on Tuesday, however, River Hill's defense remained calm en route to an 8-5 win over Marriotts Ridge in the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association Class 2A South region quarterfinals.
"They looked really good making the plays out there," said River Hill head coach Marni Rosenbaum. "I think they did a great job as far as communicating."
With the bases loaded and one out in the top of the seventh inning, the Hawks were ahead of the Mustangs 8-5. Freshman pitcher Ella Wood got a Mustang to pop up to the second baseman in shallow right field.
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Marriotts Ridge's Madi Costigan faked tagging up from third to force a throw home, which could have started a chaotic sequence for the Hawks, if not for River Hill catcher Ever Sheplee and first baseman Quinn Kindbom.
The runner on first then started running to second before retreating back to first, which drew a throw from Sheplee to first base. Costigan then ran home, and without hesitation, Kindbom caught the throw and fired it right back to Sheplee for the final out of the game.
"Ever, as a sophomore, has really stepped up behind the plate this year," Rosenbaum said. "Being able to make that tag on the play home was excellent."
Marriotts Ridge softball spoils shot at county title for River Hill with 8-5 victory
Senior third baseman Delanie Vintz, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, three RBIs and a walk, said the impressive defense in the seventh inning was an example of the Hawks' "skill and chemistry."
"That was huge," said senior third baseman Delanie Vintz. "Our team has had a lot of bang-bang plays like that. You can practice all you want, but you can't prepare for situations like that. Those show how much we click as a team."
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Marriotts Ridge (13-9) drew first blood with a solo home run by Molly Nies in the top of the first. River Hill (14-4) bounced back with an Allie Wilson RBI single.
The Hawks then scored five runs in the second inning, knocking out Marriotts Ridge starting pitcher Megan Hughes. The runs scored via an error on a bunt, a passed ball, a double by Vintz, an error after Vintz's double and a single by Sara Emig.
.@riverhillsb scores 5 in B2 to lead 6-1. Runs scored via an error on a bunt, a passed ball, a double by Delaney Vintz (@delaniecvintz), an error after Vintz's double and a single by Sara Emig. Here's Vintz's double: pic.twitter.com/pzVV4UalUj
— jacob calvin meyer (@jcalvinmeyer) May 14, 2019
Both teams scored two runs in the third inning. Marriotts Ridge got an RBI single from Nies and an RBI double from Grace Tolle, who went 3-for-3 with two doubles, two RBIs and a walk.
Vintz responded in the bottom frame with a two-run home run to put the Hawks up 8-3.
"She can drive the ball, especially if you come over the middle," said Marriotts Ridge head coach Renard Parson. "The last time we faced them we were able to get the calls on the black and change things up, and today we weren't able to do that."
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Wood and Marriotts Ridge reliever Alex Lindahl then combined to retire 15 straight batters in the middle innings.
"[Lindahl] hit her spots," said Parson. "She had the batters off balance, and our defense made some plays."
The Mustangs scored one run in the sixth, an RBI groundout by Bridget Farrell, before entering the seventh down four runs. Wood then walked the bases loaded in the final inning. Tolle singled home a run with one out to make the score 8-5 before the game-ending double play.
Rosenbaum said she was proud of how Wood, who earned the win with 5 innings of relief after Brooke Gettier started and threw the first two innings, pitched at the end of the game. Wood allowed four runs (three earned) and struck out one.
"We told [Wood] that we have all the faith in the world in her, and we have the defense to back it up," Rosenbaum said. "The experience that a lot of these girls come in with travel ball helps. She knows she's going to have a defense that will be out there to back her up."
River Hill softball uses fast start to blow past Marriotts Ridge
Parson said his three seniors — Nies, Samantha Miller and Olivia Buchwald — will be "missed."
"They're all great," Parson said. "They really did well this year. They served great as team leaders. When we were successful offensively they were right in the middle of things."
The Hawks will play Glenelg, which upset Section I South region No. 1 seed Hammond in the quarterfinals, on Wednesday. River Hill swept Glenelg in the regular season, beating the Gladiators 17-2 and 4-3. First pitch at River Hill is set for 4 p.m.
Other scores:
Glenelg (13-8) — 7, Hammond (16-5) — 6 8 innings (2A South)
The Gladiators scored twice in the top of the eighth inning to help knock off the top-seeded Golden Bears on the road. Glenelg, which lost to Hammond by a score of 16-7 in the two team's lone regular season meeting, never trailed this time around after scoring three times in the top of the second inning and another two times in the fourth to establish a 5-0 cushion.
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Hammond, which got 2 RBI apiece from Brittany Brewer and Armonie Lane, battled back to tie the score at five with a run in the bottom of the fourth inning and four more in the sixth. Then, in extra innings, the Golden Bears plated a run in the bottom of the eighth but were unable to get a second in to extend the game.
Jordyn Woodling led the way for Glenelg offensively with four hits. Lily Dustin and Sage Huber also each had multiple hits, while Kathryn Hoffman finished with a game-high 3 RBI.
The Gladiators advance to face River Hill on Wednesday at 4 p.m.
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Centennial (10-7) — 7, Long Reach (7-12) — 6 8 innings (3A East)
The Eagles came back from a four-run deficit early on to force extra innings and then prevailed when Jordan Hinz (2-5, 3 RBI) drove in Sarah Phelps with a ground ball in the bottom of the eighth.
Centennial scored two in the second on a 2-RBI double from Grace Bennett, before Long Reach answered with six in the top of the third. Each of the top six batters in the Lightning lineup reached base in that inning and came around to score.
But the Eagles kept fighting back little by little and eventually tied the score with RBI hits from Hinz and Erin McGuire (2-4) in the sixth.
"We knew that if we played for one run an inning, we could get back in the game and win," Centennial coach Katie Grimm said.
Hinz settled in at pitcher as the game went on, finishing with five scoreless innings to close things out and she ended up with seven strikeouts.
Both defenses were led by their shortstops. Lauren Marcotte had five assists for Centennial and Sierra Sims had seven assists for the Lightning. Marcotte also added a 2-3 day at the plate.
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Reservoir (9-10) — 3, Mt. Hebron (7-11) — 2 (3A East)
The Gators scored in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 2-2 tie and earn the victory over the Vikings in the region quarterfinals. Reservoir advances to face Centennial on Wednesday.
Alyssa Kelly (2-3, 2 RBI), Paige Bright (2-3, double) and Macayla Allen (1-3, RBI) led the Gators' offense. Kylee Gunkel pitched the complete game and struck out six, allowing just four hits.
Mt. Hebron, which had won both meetings between the two teams during the regular season, had jumped out to a 2-0 lead heading into the bottom of the fourth inning.
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A friend started the day by mentioning "AAZ finally getting what he deserves".
I asked him if he was saying that a fellow human being, an elected President of Pakistan, "deserved" heart disease?
On the other hand, is it that when AAZ gets in hot water, does he deserve to be able to just leave the country?
Personally, I don't give an eff what Mr AAZ deserves, but what Pakistan deserves. And it doesn't deserve selective prosecution. Because selective prosecution is not Justice; it is vengeance delivered in the anger of the moment. And you know what The Prophet said about anger.
I have said this before, but my own comment to Indian Muslims nowadays is that in matters of militancy, identity politics, and religious obscurantism, they are just a generation or so behind us—our problems today will be theirs in short order.
I have never been an Imran Khan supporter (let's leave the reasons aside right now), but following the comments, feelings, reactions, more than ever, my prayer is that the passion and, even more so, the sincerity and of the tens of thousands of young and old Pakistanis has its dreams and hopes fulfilled.
Words to live by in this season of discontent.
"we have had our share of military rulers and civilian dictators, and some of them may have aspired to stay in power for forty years, or to set up dynastic rule. However, hats off to the people of Pakistan, such a thing has never actually happened here. "
Though I have to say, the really daring jaan-ki-amaan-pa'oon level of article on The Colonel is yet to be written.
Readers of this blog might remember me talking about the Pakistani Left starting to come out of its comatose state over the last few years and "getting the band back together".
Ummah, as a lot of readers will know, is an Arabic word for community. whether you like it or not Muslims are a community. a community that is in the process of being completely taken over by a fanatic fringe. And it is because those of us in the silent, moderate majority refuse to take ownership that this has happened.
I went to graduate school and studied the idea of community. A community can be any group that has communal feeling--whether it is people stranded in an elevator or people who have sworn a blood oath, or people who are bound by a thousand/fifteen hundred years of faith, culture and civilization.
So, yes, Muslims are an ummah; and I say that as a done my-time-in-the-leadership Progressive Muslim.
Steve Jobs was a genius and a great man and I know a lot of people are hurting. I am starting to see a few dissenting voices. The charitable way to put it would be that one does not get to be that great a maker of omelettes without also being a prolific breaker of eggs. So once there's been a respectful period of time since his death let's also talk from the progressive point of view? Both the good and the bad. Apple's support of the education sector and institutions on the one hand, and their corporate practices on the other, such as building his devices abroad and the conditions at their factories, and so on.
You Aren't Hearing About Pakistan's Biggest Problems – Afghanistan / Pakistan - FRONTLINE Every day headlines raise questions about Pakistan's stability, but some of the real threats to the country are largely absent from Western media. From electricity shortages to a looming fiscal deficit, here are four of Pakistan's biggest problems you might not be hearing about.
But even those are just straws in the wind. At the time of the anti-Pervez Musharraf/pro-Judiciary agitation, US media personalities were asking us "Is Pakistan going to become another Iran?" The best answer came from the person who is now the Pakistani Ambassador to the US (Husain Haqqani)—paraphrasing in my own words here—"No, not today, but if we all keep grinding our axes on the backs of the Pakistani people for the next 10 years, we'll get there."
It's been...let me see...4? 5? years now?
And not just the Government of Pakistan; but all political parties.
Source: Press Information Department, Government of Pakistan. Download the MS-Word Version here.
Challenge: every time someone that starts a status/sentence/tweet with "What you won't see on the mainstream media..." Please end it with "... so here's what you should be watching/reading/listening to".
Don't just cuss the darkness; light a candle.
My thought for this week is that I am very unsettled by those who wax eloquent about historic "Islamic" achievements and then condemn anyone or anything that actually still shows any sign of following or having any allegiance to the historic cultures and traditions that produced them.
"I have no problem [with] Pakistani women wearing a dopatta; my issue is with those who wear the Muslim Brotherhood sanctioned Arab Hijab that is a political flag, not […] attire based on our culture and heritage."
9/11 can and only should be a time for reflection. My thoughts were carried by Newsline Magazine and New American Media.
Let's hope the next 10 years are more positive.
I saw the above headline and couldn't help but remember Brian Williams's comment on The Daily Show after Katrina wondering how fast and how effective the response would have been if that kind of thing happened in New England in a mostly white town. "Where was the 101st Airborne?" he seemed to ask.
HP Revives TouchPad after people actually buy it—Duh!!
"The resurrection of the TouchPad follows a spike in demand after H-P, desperate to clear out unsold inventory that had piled up at retailers, slashed the price of the low-end model from $399 to $99."
That's what I have been friggin' saying for months now! The market is DESPERATE for a tablet that isn't just about making some spoilt IT brat his first billion.
Silicon Valley and American industry's gotten so Wall Street-fixated, even the Onion couldn't make this sh*** up!
Amongst the signatories here is Biju Matthew, who I know personally and greatly respect.
This was posted on Facebook by no less than Shabnam Hashmi, who a lot of us respect.
There is no process for overseas pakistanis. What the party is recommending is the best they can do: to behave like other Pakistanis and make sure we're registered in our "home" constituencies and then try to vote there. There is not absentee ballot or overseas voting like we've seen for Iraqis, or Americans, or others.
The then Minister for Overseas Pakistanis (Farooq Sattar) and the Prime Minister have committed to/approved the latter in principle (with Dr. Sattar's own party having its own strong base amongst expatriate Karachiites), but it seems it hasn't been implemented in time for the upcoming elections. It is something that parties and activists need to push for. Here's my previous post from when they announced that they would enfranchise Overseas Pakistanis.
I am not a fan of treacly interfaith pablum, but this red sign pictured in the story made my heart dance.
"Don't speak to me about your religion; first show it to me in how you treat other people. Don't tell me how much you love your god; show me in how much you love all his children. Don't preach to me your passion for your faith; teach me through your compassion for your neighbors. In the end, I'm not as interested in what you have to tell or sell as I am in how you choose to live and give. "
I lived in Nigeria (14), Pakistan (10 yrs), and now the US (17 years as of this week). It has been an interesting journey. In fact, a lot of my life has been a journey of sorting out identity. I used the opportunity to spend the middle third of my life in Pakistan itself to ground myself in that culture—but even today, it's an evolving, changing thing. Today, I am the parent and uncle of people (one is officially an adult and in college as of this week) of Americans, but, and this is the one unmitigated joy of my life, rather well-rounded, well-grounded ones who know from whence they are their folks, as we say in America, are coming from.
"While selecting your officers ... Keep them also well-paid so that they may not be tempted to lower their standard of morality and may not misappropriate the cash of the State which they hold in their trust and if after being paid handsomely they prove dishonest, then you will be right to punish them."
In short, first fix the systemic causes/reasons for corruption that were part of the original, colonial, design of our systems. Low salaries for public servants; rules of engagement/procedure geared to control the public and not serve it and so on.
Then we will have the right to expect, much less demand, honesty. Before that, it is either naive, ill-advised, or disingenuous. And I am being polite there.
Extra points for folks that can tell me which text that quote is from--of course, other than followers of the Shia schools of Islam, since most of those brothers and sisters can quote this in their sleep.
Why do they hate us (when we give them billions)?
50 percent of the aid has to be spent on US 'contractors' under US law, so this goes back to America.
25 percent is wasted on administrative expenses.
The rest is given to the US Ambassador's favorite NGO to be deposited in US accounts.
Almost none makes it to Pakistanis.
On the Shuttle program, I see the end of NASA's program as the transition point in the space business where government subsidies end and the private sector takes over and runs with it. Kinda like when the the Internet was opened up for commercial use in the early 90s.
Of course, this doesn't take in account the plans of other countries (mainly rising powers) for manned flight and programs to travel to the moon and mars. In fact, how their role plays out in space exploration might be a function and an indication of their status as players in forming the human experience in the years to come.
Of course, I explained to him that "vans" are also a real category of vehicle and reminded him where he might have seen one. I just found this an interesting example of where the language we use are derived from concepts that are once commonplace and then either disappear or, as in this case, become less visible to parts of our society.
(New Jersey): Mayor Mohammed Hameeduddin, the Muslim American mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey, and the Teaneck Township Council unanimously passed an anti-bias resolution presented by South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), a national non-profit organization based in Washington, DC, on July 12, 2011. The resolution reaffirms the township's commitment to state bias intimidation laws and requires the municipality to: train law enforcement agencies in identifying and investigating bias crimes; gather and make accessible data on bias crimes; inform residents about their rights around bias incidents; and, improve engagement with communities impacted by such crimes. See the resolution here.
Though as I have done in the subject line above (and in my previous post) let's keep working to create translations that capture the meanings, the atmosphere and spirit behind the words.
Like previous times "when any form of government becomes destructive to" the people's "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" and "right of the people to alter or to abolish it" comes into play, the revolutions play out the way they play out. The forces, institutions, movements, organizations, ideologies, and other tectonics, both internal and external will go into motion and the process begun in and from Tunisia, is just getting started.
For one thing, it took a while—praise The Lord!—but I inevitably ran into someone (not an Egyptian, but a Pakistani like me) who brought up Syed Qutb as the original "Shaheed" of the Egyptian Revolution. Like I said in a previous post, the revolutions happening are inevitable. But it is where they end up and where they go will be interesting. My first reaction was that that's how it starts; the process of diverting and destroying the legacy of a proud people's effort to rid themselves of oppression. It starts with people taking their own ideologies (in this case, whether pro- or anti-Ikhwan; Islamic, Islamist, or otherwise) and declaring this or that point of view the only solution. Just to use the Ikhwan's example, I am not very familiar with Egypt, but if Sidi Al Baradei is to be believed, it represents 20% of Egyptian society. In our country, their equivalents from all shades of reactionary religious thought hold about 13% of the nation's loyalties. Other points of view (in Pakistan, it is about 35%+/- Peoples', 30%+/- various Muslim Leagues, and so on). Unless we learn to be interlocutors, competing for how best to better our societies, nations and the Ummah, rather than enemies to be eliminated and done away with, we, excuse the expression, continue to be f****ed.
What are they chanting in #Egypt, #Yemen, #Tunisia? Tell us; translate for us.
Update: Since I wrote the text below, I found a list of slogans on The Angry Arab News Service and have posted a link to it. However, the process of capturing the slogans, their meanings, context, and capturing their magic continues. For example, I used part of a translation in my post about the list at ANN, but updated it a bit. Check it out, and please contribute!
To coin a phrase, the graffiti that revolutions yield lives after them; the slogans are oft interred with the bones. The most exhilarating part of a street movement is often the slogans being chanted. They range from crude obscenity-laced condemnations to sublime, uplifting calls to the better angels of human nature. But almost invariably, chanted right, they have one thing in common: they are lyrical, musical, and poetic. Just as government and society is, at least for the duration of the movement itself, democratized and taken over by the people, in moments like the one we're seeing in The Maghreb, Al Ifriqiya, and the Arab lands today, my art—communication in general and the language and musical arts in particular—is taken back by those it belongs to: the People. The People of The Language, "Ahl-e-Zubaan" we call them in South Asia, take the art form to passionate heights that only those passionately engaged with the subject matter can attain. And, quite frankly and selfishly, I would like be a part of it; to partake of this revolution by partaking of this art form. And if this is a revolution that belongs to all of us, then everybody else should, too.
My own experience in this art form is mainly from South Asia (Pakistan and India, mainly) with some exposure to US and Nigerian chants, I am tantalized by bits and pieces I am hearing chanted in one of the world's oldest and richest languages in the streets of Tunisia, Misr, and Yaman (and even The Hejaz?). Did I hear "Barra! Barra! Barra!"? That's Down! Down! Down! right? as in "Down with Mubarak"? How is What was the line that went after it? How is "Kefaya!"—Enough! the name of the movement and iconic exclamation of Egyptian protesters for a few years now—chanted?
I would like to request, beg, supplicate those on the ground, and watching from afar and who speak Arabic to please post the words, chants, songs, etc. and—as importantly—translate for us what is being said. And, of course, translations can not and do not do complete justice to any work of art; but let us get alternate translations, word help, and dare I say a concordance going.
Revolutions, it strikes me, don't happen on cue; they don't happen according to a script. And once they start, they play out the way they play out. The process in Tunisia, for example, is just getting started.
Corruption has been a long-running problem in post-colonial and post-conflict states. Corruption of money and corruption of power. And even in states led by people who waged self-less struggles for independence. We can follow in the headlines of the New York Times and other Western media outlets the process of it's being institutionalized in a "new" post-conflict state in Afghanistan. Just read what is NOT mentioned in the stories, in particular. You read that corruption is a big problem—and, without irony—often the same article will tell you that the same person who is corrupt and a drug lord, "is also on the CIA payroll". The point made being that "we" should not be giving money to a person who is "corrupt". Huh? A foreign intelligence agency paying someone a stipend is not "corruption"? In a country that could afford self-respect, it would be considered worse than monetary corruption; it would be considered treason.
I don't think terrorism is the the reason the West supports criminals. It starts—or started, back in colonial days, and re-started again in the post-colonial (some would say neo-colonial) age as the struggle for influence, resources, and hegemony took off—with corruptible folks. It is the corruptible that sell out to people looking to buy influence. That leads to the corrupt having the resources necessary to gain power. Terrorism turns up further down the road as constructive avenues for political participation and redress are cut off. [Interesting article on the cycle as it has played out in the Maoist troubles in India here. Which is not to say that all of the actions of the Naxalites are terrorism, but then, terrorism is one tact too often used by insurgencies of all sorts.] Long and short of it; terrorism only helps strengthen that cycle. So, yes, it strengthens the criminal/corrupt but it's not the original sin.


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SaveOurAir is a project developed with Public Data Lab, during two data sprints, at King's College in London and at Aalborg University in Copenhagen. Focusing on air quality, SaveOurAir explored three ways to make urban data more "local" and "politically relevant" and developed three experiments in data activation. My team developed a project called the "Hot Potato Machine" tool. I was in charge of the ideation and design of the prototype.
In this project, we wanted to understand and visually explore different ways of responding to and apportioning responsibility for complex issues such as air pollution. Taking cue from Bruno Latour's call to "follow the actors" (2007) the Hot Potato Machine was envisaged as a way to follow what different actors say about each other in relation to how to tackle air pollution. Rather than focusing on measurements of pollutants, we were interested in how digital data might tell us about different ways of seeing air pollution as an issue, different imagined solutions, the fabric of relationships around it, and where there might be tensions, differences, knots and spaces for movement.
As a test case, we created a prototype of the Hot Potato Machine starting with statements from actors engaged in the issue of air pollution in the London Borough of Camden. Following these statements soon took us to statements at different scales, including to the level of the Greater London Authority and the UK as a whole. Our prototype focuses on a specific "issue story" revealing different views on who is responsible for reducing air pollution from diesel taxis. In order to further extend this work we have developed a worksheet for collecting this kind of data in relation to other locations and issues, which may be used in the context of teaching, research, advocacy or public engagement activities.
We wanted to map public statements by actors across government, business and civil society. To this end, we started by collating, querying and extracting data from policy documents, consultation responses and position papers. As a result of the UK's digital and public sector information policies, many policy documents and reports are available online (Owen et al, 2013). Our initial exploratory data collection is available here. Having used this data to identify a specific controversy around diesel taxis, we then focused on gathering a subset of data focused on this specific issue. We have developed a worksheet with further considerations for assembling and coding data for the Hot Potato Machine, which may inform subsequent work in this area.


Let's rewind backwards to somewhere around middle of March.
In the midst of our hectic working life, we've managed to slot ourselves for a 5D4N trip in Cambodia.
A short getaway to release ourselves from all the tension and stress.
We choose Cambodia mainly because of the Angkor Wat - one of the nominated Seven Wonders of the World.
Instead of focusing only in Siam Reap, we've divided our trip to both states - Siam Reap and Phnom Penh.
Phnom Penh is the capital city meanwhile Angkor Wat is located in Siam Reap. There are more tourist in Siam Reap compared to Phnom Penh.
Our journey begins from Phnom Penh.
The flight from Malaysia LCCT to Phnom Penh's airport took roughly about 1 hour and 40 minutes.
The time difference was an hour earlier in Cambodia.
Take note that the country is using US Dollar for most of the transactions. Instead of changing into Cambodian Riel (their currency), it is better for you to use USD.
The currency exchange as at March 2014 was about RM3.30 for a Dollar. Which is also equivalent to 4000 Cambodian Riel for a Dollar.
Welcome to Phnom Penh's airport.
Filling up our arrival/departure card.
The plate numbers are quite similar to Thailand.
Oh by the way, their language is somewhat the same as Thai.
Greeted by our personal tour guide.
Since we arrived super duper early, we were not able to check in our hotel.
So, we told our guide to take us to the gun shooting range in Phnom Penh.
The guys were anticipating for this and got all hyped up.
So we took a tuk tuk from our hotel to the nearest shooting range. Which was about 15km away.
The tuk tuk ride was 20USD for four of us (2 way ride).
We stopped by some random shop for some heavy breakfast.
Poor kids trying to earn their living by selling you stuff on the streets.
Yeah I know you can find these in KL as well.
I have no clue what is the name of the place of our shooting range.
All I know it was somewhere about few km away from the Airport.
Varieties of guns for you to choose.
Wanted to take a picture of the price list but the owner was so kedekut.
He told me 'no picture girl'.
Hello! I'm doing a free publicity for you all right!
It's your lost not mine. Hmmpph!
Here are some of the prices that I remembered.
For more information, you can click on the links below.
They have the price list for each weapons.
I thought of smuggling them back to Malaysia to make them as souvenir. Tapi takut kena tangkap kat airport pula. lol.
RM165 gone in 3 minutes.
Just look at his shooting. All around the place.
30 bullets and only about 6 bullets that hit the target.
The boy with the sniper.
10 bullets and all clean! You got a hidden talent baby!
Us girls decided not to give it a try.
I rather spend my 100 bucks on shopping instead of this. Ughhh!
With our tuk tuk driver.
You'll be amazed at how they use to drag almost EVERYTHING by using their tiny tuk-tuk (motorcycles).
They can carry penduduk satu kampung in it. They can carry a washing machine. Heck! They can even carry a cultivator in their tuk-tuk. Dafuuuuqqq!!!
My very first impression of Cambodia was that, it looks exactly like Vietnam.
Lots of motorcycles compared to cars.
After all those dangerous activities, we headed back to our hotel for a short rest.
We stayed at one of the affordable hotels - Diamond Hotel.
Only 55USD per night for a Twin Superior Room.
The location of the hotel was quite strategic.
The Russian Market is located only a few minutes walk.
You need to visit the market!
Shopping paradise (without air condition).
The pirated DVDs only cost 1USD per piece!
Malaysia jual pun dah RM5 sekeping.
Every seller has the same script to counter your statement.
Seller: Lady! Buy this. Cheap. Nice. Your price?
Me: Hmm... it's okay. I've bought it already.
Seller: No... not same. This one different.
And if you said it is the same.
Seller: Help me. My business today no good. Please buy from me. You help me please.
Or if you said you have no money.
Seller: Borrow from your friend.
What a smart way to counter your answers.
I was left speechless when they told me to take up a loan from my partner.
So if your shopping desire is not strong enough, you'll ended up buying the same thing over and over again, just that from different people or shop.
On our way to Naga World Casino.
Basically it's not a place for us.
None of us are gamblers.
The view opposite the Naga World.
Buddhism is the dominant religion/teachings in Cambodia.
This restaurant attracts our attention.
That's all for our first day.
More to come in my next entry.