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A journey to find one's own identity has been done numerous times with emotional breakdowns. But this one is totally different from that. I was thinking that it would begin with some really touching story and the whole growing up process before the actual journey to find out what had happened. So it's really nice to see it differently with Yu Tong all grown up and has a career going already before going on the journey to find her parents.
Although the character was well crafted, I must say I was quite confused with Zuo Xiao Qing's actions and emotions she displayed at various points of the movie. She seemed to display a contradicting attitude toward some parties or something. I could not relate to the fast transition between the aggressive, non-believer attitude when she was desperately trying to interview Mrs. Lin at the beginning and then changed her point of views afterward upon seeing how strongly Mr. and Mrs. Lin (portrayed by Chin Siu Ho and Liu Si Tong) felt toward their child–although there was such a slim chance of the baby surviving. However, I thought that other cast made it more bearable to watch, such as Nicky Wu's charming performance as the mischievous yet considerate Zhi Xuan. Cecilia Yip made a guest appearance as Sister Zeng but was more convincing than ever with her brief scenes.
Aside from the subtle yet moving plot with various characters and their interactions in here, the scenes were also nice to see, especially the part where Zhi Xuan and Yu Tong were walking to the little village surrounded by water. There was also a part where they had to use the pulley to cross this one river. It was quite interesting because Nicky could show off his stunts. (I honestly hope he did it for real and not using a double to fool us.)
There were also other scenes as well to see the different regions and how different their lifestyles were. A lot of inspirational messages were weaved into this movie–both subtle and outright obvious. However, it was not overdone. It might receive some harsh critical comments for boredom or whatever else, but it was not meant to entertain. It was more to inform and let everyone see a different perspective.
The lighting might not be up to par in some of the scenes, but it was intended to show the realism of the actual environment that the people were living in, like the scene shown above.
Anyway, although I complained about Zuo Xiao Qing's acting earlier, I must admit she did have the image for portraying such a role. Yes, her acting was not up to it. But she did have the look for it. Plus, she was cute with the scenes that were required for her playful actions. She just needed to convey her emotions more appropriately for the more controversial scenes. However, she did improve in the later scenes of the drama–not sure if it was filmed out of sequence but she did better in some scenes versus others. I especially like the scene where Yu Tong was trying to re-live the memory of her mother trying to bring her across the river by using the pulley and her (the mother's) own strength to complete the mission. It was like she (Yu Tong) was trying to reconnect to the past and think in her mother's situation of the hardship.
Another scene was the part where Yu Tong finally learned the truth that her mother never abandoned her, to begin with. The realization made her dazed and disoriented, grabbing onto Zhi Xuan for support–literally, trying to remember back. It was fast but traumatizing at the same time. However, Zuo Xiao Qing needs to stop breathing so hard. It would've been better to display her shocked and overwhelming feelings by using her hands or other gestures to convey the message better. (Breathing too much made it seem like she was suffering from an asthma attack.) The initial part with the breathing was a bit too much but the crying scene after improved a bit more.
Zuo Xiao Qing does look cute with Nicky though.
Talking about Nicky, even with age, he still has it with the whole acting. Didn't deteriorate at all. Haven't seen him since Heroes on a Silk Road (and that was ages ago). I just realized he's turning 39 this year but wow. (Yes, you can see the age–sort of–but still a bit unbelievable.)
Back to the movie, it was very worthwhile watching it. After so many melodramatic productions, I think this would come off as a breath of fresh air. (Based on my opinion so don't take my word for it.) This sort of restored my faith in watching more movies instead of just TV series.
There were of course some very humorous scenes in here–although kind of subtle to ease the thick intense atmosphere that was building around the whole journey Yu Tong was traveling through to uncover the truth. I'm talking about the guide (portrayed by Wu Ma) that they hired who was really full of himself for most of the movie, causing many humorous scenes. He referred to himself as the 'living map' and was also weaving his way into being an interpreter. It was hilarious that Zhi Xuan let him have his moments. Even if he was kind of humorous with his 'know-it-all' gestures but I must give him credit for taking it into his hand to lead the principal over to them so that the truth would come out instead of the one-sided assumptions from Yu Tong when they discovered her mother's whereabouts. It really showed a different side of him versus the whole 'goofy' side. It also played into the whole idea with him being a 'guide' and then he was guiding the truth toward Yu Tong. (Neat concept!)
The most brilliant part of the story must be paving the way for Yu Tong's mother and making us viewers guessing why. It was still typical that we might guess it was just for some selfish reason. But in this case, it was really for the 'greater good', not the usual ones that people toss around so loosely. That wasn't the brilliant part I meant to say either. The brilliant part was where Yu Tong finally held all the pieces of the puzzle to her mother's past, connecting with hers and looking toward the horizon. We then see the scenes of Yu Tong's childhood but this time from her mother's point of view. It was honestly touching with the music playing in the background and her subtle appearances at various points of Yu Tong's life but making such an impact. (Worth a bunch of tears if you ask me.)
The ending scene was also a test of several related cases in this movie, i.e. the scene where the Taxi driver almost lost his kid. To say it in a mean sense, it would've been his ticket to freedom. But he chose to seek help in searching for his son again thus proving that he was a responsible and loving father. It really tied back to the first story at the beginning of the movie.
Conclusion? You just have to watch it to know what it's like. But then again, if you think it's too boring or not your type, you shouldn't torture yourself with it.
Note: This movie was actually adapted by Director Jacob Cheung from Professor Lee Chia Tung's short story "Ticket."
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The Forgotten War
An elderly man told us, "When you go back to your country, tell the people they are our last hope. If the international community does not act, we will all die."
By Peter Quaranto and Paul Ronan
The war in northern Uganda has evolved over the last 19 years from political strife to a regional proxy war to its current pestering warlordism. Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), claims to be a prophetic messenger sent to replace the oppressive southern-dominated government with a Ten Commandments-based theocracy. Strikingly, his celestial mission for political power has become the work of abducting children and terrorizing his own people. At the same time, the Ugandan government, led by President Museveni, has contained and maintained the conflict, allowing the north, a hotbed for opposition politics, to be destroyed.
Earlier this year, we visited Uganda to talk to Thomas and so many other victims of the war. We were horrified by the neglect and consequent hopelessness of the situation. One elderly woman told us, "We are hopeless people. In many ways, we are already dead." Another, an elderly man, told us, "When you go back to your country, tell the people they are our last hope. If the international community does not act, we will all die."
The truth is that the old man's plea is correct. While President Museveni benefits from the persistence of the war, the U.S. government has the power to stop these people from perishing. Fortunately, the moment is ripe for effective action that could answer to the suffering of people in northern Uganda. Given recent attention to East Africa, Jan Egeland, the United Nation's under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, recently told the BBC that this is a historic chance to end the war.
Though young people, we are committed to seeing that this historic moment is not lost. Thus, we are launching the Uganda Conflict Action Network to make the American people aware of Thomas' story and so many others that are easily ignored. Uganda-CAN, a project of the Washington, D.C.-based Africa Faith and Justice Network, will work to mobilize citizens to act, in solidarity with the hopes and visions of millions of Ugandans, for a substantive, trustworthy peace process to end the war.
For two decades, Washington, pursuing its own interests in the region, has contributed to the persistence of this horrific war by military aid and pressure. It is time for Washington to seize this moment to do the right thing. Doing the right thing will not only help millions of people on the brink of death in northern Uganda, but distinguish America as a country committed to human rights and human dignity for all the world's peoples.
We invite you to join us as we seek to be the hope that Ugandans demand and deserve. Together, we can make a big difference toward not only helping a desperate people, but also helping ourselves become a better nation that hears and acts upon the cries of the most poor and marginalized in our world. Learn more and become part of Uganda-CAN at our Web site, www.ugandacan.org.
When we were finishing our conversation with Thomas, he asked us, "This war in northern Uganda, does it happen in your country too?" Our instinctual response was no, but the more we think about it, the truth is yes. Though separated by an ocean, the horror in northern Uganda affects us all. The time has come to acknowledge that and act for peace. S
Peter Quaranto is a student at Notre Dame University and Paul Ronan is a student at Syracuse University. They are two of the founders of the Uganda Conflict Action Network. Peter is the active director and can be contacted at pquaranto@ugandacan.org.
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Walking the Walk
by Charles Demm
If you believe the rhetoric of the Religious Right, they are defending the United States from rampant immorality and relativism. They claim that they alone support a 'culture of life'. Considering themselves God's chosen 'elect', they perceive that they are in a struggle against the evils of abortion, gay marriage, and weak-kneed liberalism.
Their worldview offers comfort to people unsettled by a world beset with technological change, exported jobs, and terror alerts. The world, however, is not so easily divided into 'good' versus 'evil'. But, those who dare disagree, may well be cast, not as critics, but as the enemy of all that is good and just.
Without doubt, the Religious Right has a right to voice opinions on such vexing moral issues. But abortion, homosexuality, and Terry Schiavo do not exhaust the debate over what constitutes a 'culture of life'. Millions of Americans, religious and secular, believe a true culture of life must have a wider scope than conservative political and religious leaders allow. Despite the rhetoric about hallowing life, reality proves that many positions favored by the Religious Right show little concern about fostering, nurturing, and sustaining life. And ultimately, it is our actions, as individuals and as a nation, that reveal our moral character, not lofty public proclamations. Jesus knew this. That's why he said the way to judge a person was, metaphorically speaking, by the 'fruit' of his or her actions. Why? Because moral and immoral alike can 'talk the talk', but only the righteous 'walk the walk'.
The Religious Right is not wrong to want a moral society. But the religious traditions agree: we cannot selectively choose when and where to apply moral norms. Each facet of life, personal, social, economic, tests our moral fiber. Therefore, using Jesus' method of testing, let's examine the policies favored by Religious Right and their political allies in Washington.
President Bush, the Right's 'golden boy', produced a federal budget for 2006 calling for $2.6 trillion in spending, with a deficit of $427 billion (excluding spending in Iraq and Afghanistan). Among Bush's proposals, which drew no outcry from the Religious Right, were the following: 1) make permanent the 2001 tax cuts, of which 70 peercent benefited the wealthiest Americans; 2) eliminate block grants benefiting poor communities; 3) cut access for poor and working families with children to Medicaid; 4) $355 million cut in programs supporting safe and drug-free schools; 5) cut housing and urban development programs; 6) eliminate 48 educational programs for middle and lower class income families.
If budgets reflect a society's moral commitments, then what are the priorities and values of the Religious Right and the politicians they favor? Their words and deeds clearly indicate a concern with issues of birth and death, but what about life in between? They seem to favor a dog-eat-dog world, in which individuals must fight tooth and nail for finite resources and wealth (ironically, the Religious Right rejects evolution, but not Social Darwinism, in which the victor wins the spoils, and those with economic, educational, and cultural advantages have a head start.)
It may be a surprise, but the priorities reflected in the 2006 budget contradict the teachings of every major religion. Each favors some kind of 'covenant' binding society together as a community, in which the more affluent are expected to contribute a higher portion of their wealth to aid the poor (as did Adam Smith and Thomas Jefferson). In the Western religions, this call for economic justice is a divine imperative, because it mirrors the love of God by helping those in need, while strengthening the entire community. After all, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. But our current budget reveals little concern for life lived below the Paris Hilton tax bracket.
Neither Jewish nor Christian scriptures say anything about abortion or stem-cell research, but they clearly demand economic help for the poor and disadvantaged. The biblical prophet Isaiah denounces the rich for hording their wealth. "Ah, you who make iniquitous decrees, who write oppressive statutes, to turn aside the needy from justice and rob the poor of my people of their right…what will you do on the day of punishment, in the calamity that will come from far away?" (NRSV, Isa 10-1:3). Another prophet, Amos, condemned the rich in ancient Israel who mock the Divine command for a covenant community when they "push aside the needy…" but hypocritically flaunt their religious faith. God denounces such 'lip service' religious rhetoric, saying, "I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies…Take away from me the noise of your songs…" (Amos 5:12, 21)
Economic concerns remain a priority in the New Testament. Upon learning of her pregnancy, Mary sings in the Magnificat, "He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly: he has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty." (Luke 1: 52, 53) Jesus echoes his mother's prophetic song, "But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep." (Luke 6: 24,25).
Just imagine how Jesus would react, if he were alive today, and read the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Both recently reported that financial divisions between rich and everyone else are solidifying. But as the chasm between rich and poor hardens, where are the political and evangelical ministers willing to speak for those without the luck to be born with trust fund babies? The Religious Right ought to acknowledge that the asymmetric distribution of wealth is not only bad for our democratic institutions, but is a moral issue, too.
A wider moral vision must also include the war in Iraq. How many innocent Iraqis have died, so far, in the wake of our rush to war against a sovereign nation with no connections to 9/11 or Al-Qaeda? Did anyone ask the Iraqi people if they wanted their own streets to become the front line in the global war on terror? Is it moral for Americans to think we have more of a right to live free from terror and war than innocent Iraqis? If we say 'yes' to that question, do we really think a loving, creating, and sustaining God would judge us morally upright?
To compound our problems in Iraq, the 9/11 Commission concluded that the war has not made America safer. The bipartisan Republican led commission surmised that economic aid for Third World countries is more effective in fighting the spread of terrorism, than military means. But Tony Blair's request for an increase in aid to Africa-a breeding ground for new terrorists-was rejected.
And how can it be moral to urge new tax breaks for the richest Americans, while failing to properly equip our own soldiers who fight and die for us? Do we not have a responsibility to adequately care for our soldiers and veterans? Doesn't that, along with greater concern for environmental degradation, have to be included, if we are to build a culture of life?
To dare question the vision of the Religious Right is not to advocate the desecration of life. Dialogue among various groups about the essential characteristics of a 'culture of life', may even produce a sweeter 'fruit'.
Charles Demm teaches religious studies at Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Brooks-Burton served as the librarian of the Bayview Branch from 1995 until 2011 when officials promoted her to the southeast district manager. She worked for the San Francisco Public Library for 30 years, library officials said.
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How do you recognize a military veteran? Really see them, once they're out of military fatigues. No boots and camouflage. After the homecoming is over, with its flags and patriotic speeches and TV cameras and families weeping in relief.
How do you get the public to commit, beyond patriotic lip service, to help veterans get on with their lives? How can you get Americans to understand what vets go through when so many of us were detached from the wars that have been fought for nearly 13 years? There is a chasm between those who have served and the rest of us, the consequence of an all-volunteer military.
Returning veterans are invisible to many of us because, in large part, they weren't in our consciousness to begin with.
One thousand members of the military are returning home each day to America. Only 100 are hired each day.
This dispiriting math troubles Adm. Mike Mullen, the retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as does the estimate that 22 veterans commit suicide daily. These figures are among the many grim facts he readily recites.
Mullen just might be the nation's strongest liaison between the military and the rest of us. Someone needs to be. The unemployment rate of veterans who served after 9/11 hovers around 10 percent. That's higher than the general unemployment rate when adjustments are made for age and other demographic characteristics.
In a recent speech before the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Mullen laid out the challenges facing the military today: unemployment and the mental health struggles of many returning soldiers, and the dual task of downsizing the armed forces amid the national debt crisis while maintaining the military capabilities the U.S. will continue to need in a dangerous world.
Mullen was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff between 2007 and 2011. He served under both George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He led during the troop surge in Iraq, through differing strategies in Afghanistan and at the critical point when U.S. Navy Seals took out Osama bin Laden. His global insights are expansive. His cadence is that of a seasoned commander; clipped and to the point.
More citizens should hear him. So here goes:
"The American people did not have to buy into these wars," Mullen said. Unlike previous wars when a draft was in place, the attitude among civilians was "people go off and fight our dirty little wars, and let us get on with our lives."
He's right, of course. A nation at war should have felt more like a nation at war, with each one of us consciously sacrificing something. But there was never a deep commitment or the feeling that every American had something at stake.
No wonder so few of us really embrace returning soldiers now, of whom many have made multiple deployments. Mullen described these troops as "the most combat-hardened force in our military."
In contrast to those who served in previous wars, 50 percent are married and return to what they wish will be dual-income families. He said they are disciplined, loyal and have the unique ability to make decisions amid ambiguity. He's also fond of pointing out that this generation of military personnel is "wired to serve," adept at technology and all it can offer a workplace.
Business leaders, he argued, need to offer these returning soldiers a career, not just a job. Former soldiers may need transitional help to understand an organization, but then employers can just let them get to work.
Soldiers, Mullen allowed, also need to take initiative, to resist the temptation to socialize mainly among other military. "People don't know who we are."
Mullen now serves on the boards of General Motors and Sprint, so he's able to see veterans through the eyes of a business leader.
"Believe me, the military is tired of war," he said. "That doesn't mean we are tired."
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Thank you, Evan!
Today Evan Sharp announced that he will be transitioning from his full-time role as Chief Design & Creative Officer into an advisory role focused on company strategy, product, design, brand and culture. He will continue to serve on our Board of Directors.
As our co-founder, Evan has played an invaluable part in building Pinterest and leading its evolution from a visual discovery engine to a global inspiration platform. In addition to designing and building the original Pinterest product, Evan has overseen our product strategy and user experience, including architecting our Shopping and Creator platforms, and has innovated countless ways of ensuring Pinterest realizes its ambition to be the most positive and inspiring place online.
Evan will be joining Jony Ive and the creative collective at LoveFrom. The team at Pinterest wishes Evan all the best and is grateful for his heart and work that helped to make Pinterest what it is today.
Ben Silbermann, Co-founder and CEO, Pinterest
"Evan's unique talent, vision and passion have been instrumental in building Pinterest into a home of inspiration for hundreds of millions of people around the world. I'm thankful for his partnership, leadership and friendship over the past 10 years and grateful that he will continue to support Pinterest as a Board member and in his new role as an advisor."
Evan Sharp, Co-founder and Chief Design & Creative Officer, Pinterest
"Reflecting back over the last decade, I feel filled with gratitude and pride at what our team and our community have achieved. Together we've built Pinterest: a technology company and platform that is a positive 'home of inspiration' for hundreds of millions of people around the world. After long reflection on how I can best grow my ability to serve, I've decided to shift my focus and join Jony Ive and the remarkable creative collective he's assembled at LoveFrom. I look forward to continuing to partner with Ben and the team at Pinterest on the company's ambitious evolution into the global platform where creators and merchants inspire people to create a life they love."
Notes from Co-founder and CEO Ben Silbermann and Co-founder Evan Sharp to Pinterest Employees:
I write to share some bittersweet news: Evan will be stepping away from his day-to-day work at Pinterest. He will be starting an exciting new adventure outside the company (which I'll let him tell you about!). Here at Pinterest, he will be transitioning into an advisory role and continue serving as a board member. So the good news is that he's not going far away.
Still, this is the end of a chapter. In processing it, I've spent a lot of time thinking about the beginning. Evan and I met in 2009 in New York City. We hit it off immediately. We talked about our (nerdy) interests, our families, and our hopes for the future. He was clearly a builder at heart, which was fitting because he was in architecture school. I remember thinking: Wow, I want to work with this guy.
Eventually, we began talking about building a tool to help you collect the things you love on the internet. That idea turned into a product, which we later named Pinterest. And so began the start of an amazing, decade-long journey together, and with all of you.
Evan's been so essential to Pinterest's growth. Sometimes the tasks were small—he once hurt his wrist putting together IKEA desks at our first office. Often, his contributions were transformational. Countless times, he's taken a whiteboard of ideas, and translated them into a meaningful experience in the product and company.
But what I've always loved is not just what he's built, but how he's built—with empathy, care and concern for others. He's never been afraid to speak up for those values in a meeting. No matter how big Pinterest got, that never changed.
For me personally, it's hard to capture what Evan's partnership has meant to me. When I reflect on our years building together, I don't think about a business plan or an OKR. Instead, I think about all those long days, late nights and many phone calls—nurturing a shared dream together; celebrating incredible highs and encouraging each other through tough lows; being at each other's weddings and meeting each other's kids for the first time. He's not only been a great co-founder, but a great friend.
While Evan won't be a daily presence at Pinterest anymore, more than anything, I'm grateful—for the person he is, for the work he's done, and for the counsel he'll continue providing in his new role.
We're hosting Q&A tomorrow and I hope to see you all there so we can say with one collective voice: Thanks, Evan!
— Ben
Thanks, Ben.
Pinterest has been the gift of a lifetime.
When I think back over the past 11 years, I feel filled with gratitude and pride for what our team—and our community—have built together.
When we started Pinterest, we never dreamed that hundreds of millions of people around the world would be using it every month to get inspiration for all facets of their lives. At least I didn't!
As proud as I am of what we've built, how we build it—the values that each of us has woven into the way we do business—makes me even prouder.
We are not perfect, but we care. We work hard to Put Pinners First.
That matters.
As you might imagine, this is a tough decision for me. What job will ever be able to compete with leading Pinterest? None.
But when I think about how to create a life that I love, one thing is clear to me: I really, really want to grow as a designer and product builder. That's why I've made the decision to work with the designer Jony Ive at LoveFrom. This chance for me to learn alongside the very best at their craft is a tremendous opportunity.
And yet: I'm very excited about our vision and strategy here at Pinterest over the next few years. It's going to be the most ambitious, challenging and rewarding few years in our history.
So while I will no longer be working on Pinterest every day, in my current role, I'm really looking forward to continuing to contribute to our company strategy, our product, our brand and our culture—and, I hope, to bring back new learnings as well.
I want to thank each person reading this for choosing to make our mission and our company the place you invest your time, energy and creativity.
The best part of this past decade for me has been getting to work alongside so many extraordinary people: extraordinary in their talent, their hard work and their intellect, and also in their character, their values and their heart.
Ben: You especially. Your integrity, your resilience, your unbelievable work ethic, and your childlike love of apps and the internet has made you the very best partner—and friend—I could ever have asked for.
You know the best thing about founding a company? You get to build your dream place to work.
Thank you all for helping make my dream come true.
— Evan


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Q: Answering business questions with machine learning models (scikit or statsmodels) Thanks for your help on this.
This feels like a silly question, and I may be overcomplicating things.  Some background information - I just recently learned some machine learning methodologies in Python (scikit and some statsmodels), such as linear regression, logistic regression, KNN, etc. I can work the steps of prepping the data in pandas data frames and transforming categorical data to 0's and 1's.  I can also load those into a model (like, logistic regression in scikit learn).  I know how to train and test it (using CV, etc.), and some fine tuning methods (gridscore, etc.). But this is all in the scope of predicting outcomes on new data.  I mainly focused on learning on building a model to predict on new X values, and testing that model to confirm accuracy/precision.
However, now I'm having trouble identifying and executing the steps to the OTHER kinds of questions that say, a regression model, can answer, like:
Why did customer service calls drop last month?
Should we go with this promotion model or another one?
Assuming we have all our variables/predictor sets, how would we determine those two questions using any supervised machine learning model, or just a stat model in the statsmodels package.
Hope this makes sense.  I can certainly go into more detail.

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Why did customer service calls drop last month?

It depends on what type and features of data you have to analyze and explore the data. One of the basic things is to look at correlation between features and target variable to check if you can identify any feature that can correlate with the drop of calls. So exploring different statistic might help better to answer this question than prediction models.
Also it is always a good practice to analyze and explore the data before you even start working on prediction models as its often necessary to improve the data (scaling, removing outliers, missing data etc) depending on the prediction model you chose.

Should we go with this promotion model or another one?

This question can be answered based on the regression or any other prediction models you designed for this data. These models would help you to predict the sales/outcome for the feature if you can provide the input features of the promotion models.

A: Your question could be seen as too broad, since what you're asking is, in effect, a version of "What should I be modeling?" That said, I will try to offer some thoughts about the question you raise, in case it proves helpful.
Take your first hypothetical as a sample:
"Why did customer service calls drop last month?"
First, this assumes that you have a phenomenon that you want to understand (lower customer service calls). In developing any model, you should make sure the question you pose could, in theory, be answered by the model. In this case, the phrasing could be: What factors for which we have good information, led to a decrease in customer service calls last month (as compared to some previous time period).
The phrasing is stilted, but points out the issue: the model is meant as a tool to quantify potential answers to your issue.
What you need, at this point, is to understand why you may include, or exclude, information from the model. Theory is the best guide, even a loose one. Customer calls are a function of what? Number of units sold? Production quality? Clarity of instructions provided with the unit? Also, some of these are functions of other issues: number of units is a function of time of year, marketing, general sales trends, etc.
Let's assume you have identified, and can capture, the features you think are relevant to the outcome of interest: customer service calls. Further, assume you have stored them, cleaned them, processed them, and have a data set ready and waiting.
As stated, you are looking to explain a result you have already seen (the drop in calls). You have innumerable options for models; the selection of type/style is entirely dependent on what you want to know. The way you pose the question, it seems that you might be interested in causal relationships. This is hard to do, since there are always variables you can't capture that may affect what you did capture (confounders), but isn't impossible. Regression models (linear, logistic, max likelihood in general, GLM, 2SLS, etc. and so on) are often good at this, entirely without the need to do the usual train/test steps present in much of ML. (Though, as someone I read somewhere -- reference anyone? -- said, there is no explanation without prediction.) The coefficients you get from these kinds of models can tell you things like which features correlate with increases/decreases in service calls (I refrain from saying "cause" since that requires some very specific conditions. This might be a good starting point for you.)
Or, you might simply be interested in asking "of those features I have captured, which is the most predictive of the service call volume", in which case you have a much more straightforward predictive-model case, where you're simply looking for a really good predictive model. Of course, these are not mutually exclusive. If something is causal, it's often going to be important in a predictive model (the causal effect could be small, of course).
Ultimately, you should familiarize yourself with the interpretations of the coefficients and results that come out of a model indicate for the relationship with the response variable of interest. That will help provide a decent idea about what each model can say about the phenomenon of interest.


Jamaican superstar Shaggy, whose real name is Orville Richard Burrell, shared his views on today's Reggae music.
Shaggy, who is known for hits like his debut Oh Carolina (a Dancehall cover of The Folkes Brothers' song), In The Summertime and It Wasn't Me and Angel, also discussed his forthcoming album, Mr Luva.
How has music, particularly Reggae, changed since you started out?
I think it's a lot less musical these days. There's a lot of Electronic music compared to traditional musical instrumentation. Hopefully, we will see the return of the singer/songwriter. Music has to pass cycles; we have to hang on to its coat-tails and enjoy the ride.
Tell us about your forthcoming album.
It is called Mr Luva. It's an album full of long tracks. One factor that doesn't get old is relationships and having that butterfly feeling in your stomach when you think of or see the person you love. This album celebrates that.
You are active on social media. How do you think it has changed the way fans interact with you?
Social media puts you in direct interaction with the fans. It's a way to know what your fans are thinking and have them follow you and to buy into the artist. It has changed the entire scope of music.
What's the weirdest DM or message you have recieved?
My DM is people asking me for advice, put them onto the music business and make records with them. People also ask me to do some sort of charity work because of my charity affiliation [Make A Difference Foundation]. It's hard to get involved into that because of so many scams these days. I've had ridiculous things asked: people ask me to pay their whole hospital bill or come up with money to fly them places.
The Grammy Award-winning Reggae artiste is currently in India for a three-city tour.


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The rooms all open onto one another in this part of the house.
Archways and doors, tile flooring. All has been restored.
Daffodils were in bloom when we were there, everywhere!
Lovely pictures, especially the French door and the shutter. Those speak to me.
Such gorgeous pictures. Since you saw the castle on my blog, you know I love old buildings.
I love those French doors too, want to draw them now. I do love your theme, Lisa! They photos make me dream of traveling more. What a great chance to tour an old manor house.
My father in law draws as well and draws from this manor quite often as he can walk to it... BTW, I've posted the link to your blog on FB to a friend in the UK, and recommended it to another blogger here on #AtoZChallange. Hope it drives more traffic you way!
Of course you can! And I have so many more...lol. It takes more time than I thought to go through my mass of photos to find the right ones... and I'll be visiting again. I liked your blog!
Bonjour et mon dieu! I love your photos and my human loves France. Your photos are a reminder he needs to get over there. Although, he might try to give the French public toilets a miss.
It's cool to visit these places through your blog.


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Eight persons, including a retired IPS officer, were arrested here today for staging a demonstration against the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh.
"Retired IPS officer S R Darapuri and seven others were arrested as they attempted to take out a rally at a public place without permission. They were arrested from the Chowk area," said Additional Superintendent of Police (Lucknow West) Vikas Chandra Tripathi.
In a related development, over 20 protesters were placed under arrest in Jhansi. "In all, 31 people have been arrested in connection with the protests so far," said Tripathi.
Those arrested were protesting against the recent violence in Saharanpur. Some of them had assembled at the Roomi Gate (in Old Lucknow), while the others, including Darapuri, had gathered near the UP Press Club, he added.
After retiring from the police service, Darapuri had joined the All India People's Front (Radical), a political outfit. He had also contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Robertsganj.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved a "New Technology Add-On Payment," also known as "NTAP" for Respicardia Inc's remedē System, which is an implanted therapy that is clinically proven to reduce the severity of central sleep apnea, improve sleep, and enhance patients' quality of life. CMS established the NTAP program to recognize medical technologies that substantially improve the diagnosis or treatment of Medicare beneficiaries and that are demonstrated to be inadequately paid otherwise under the DRG [diagnosis related group] system.
The NTAP program will provide additional reimbursement on top of the standard Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) payment to hospitals paid under the Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS) and will become effective on October 1, 2018.
The remedē System received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in October 2017 and is commencing market release in a limited number of centers in the United States and Europe.


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Forget Package Delivery Drones – Here Come Autonomous Containers
Author: www.trucks.com Published: 18/06/2018
Amazon, UPS and others are exploring using drones to deliver packages to people's doorsteps, but some companies are thinking bigger — autonomous cargo drones the size of small airplanes.
They are designing unmanned cargo airplanes to compete with short-haul trucks and small freight aircraft, and testing prototypes while pushing for their large fixed-wing drones to play a key role in the next wave of logistics.
"Companies that can respond and be faster and more flexible will be the winners as the logistics landscape continues to change," said David Merrill, co-founder of Elroy Air, a San Francisco startup working on a cargo drone prototype.
The fledgling industry's efforts are attracting interest from major express carriers like FedEx and UPS and investors. They see the potential for cargo drones to take an early role in reshaping the freight business.
"It's pretty much open skies with me when I think about backing this type of investment," said James Martell, an investor with an executive background at large logistics companies. He also owns regional air cargo company Ameriflight and serves as an advisor to Elroy.
Cargo drone companies will be among the first flying autonomous commercial aircraft, he said.
That's partly because they will first fly in areas outside densely populated urban areas where safety concerns won't be as high.
Sabrewing Aircraft Co. is another cargo drone company that hopes to unlock the economic potential of unmanned freight flights. It plans to build a sub-scale model to fly in the Pacific Drone Challenge, a transoceanic race planned by Japanese drone startup iRobotics to spur technology development and attract investors to the unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, industry.
"The purpose of the challenge is to demonstrate to industry and the public in general that UAVs are not limited to toy-sized air vehicles, but that they are capable of serving traditional industries such as air cargo with useful payload sizes, long endurance and economical operation," said Ed De Reyes, Sabrewing co-founder and chief executive.
He just returned from Tokyo where he was meeting with investors to fund the building of a 65 percent scale demonstration drone, he said.
A report by the Aerospace Industries Association, or AIA, and the Avascent consulting firm, predicted that short-haul cargo aircraft will be making routine flights in the U.S. for early adopters in seven to 13 years. Those flights will be at low altitudes and in rural areas.
Long-haul flights by cargo drones would follow about 15 years from now.
But there are still many obstacles to overcome before container-sized drones will by plying the skies, the study said. Communications, avionics and sensor technology have to improve. Cybersecurity issues will have to be addressed. And the regulatory landscape will have to change.
FAA regulations will be one of the biggest hurdles. The drone industry, along with some members of Congress, argue that current air transport regulations need to be relaxed for drones. A report issued Monday by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine at the request of Congress urged the FAA to use a different risk assessment for drones.
The FAA is working with industry and cities to figure out how to safely integrate drones into the national airspace. In May it announced 10 public-private partnerships to test drone use. But it's not moving fast enough for many drone entrepreneurs and their backers.
"Global competitors are working to seize the market from the U.S., the country that invented this technology," said Eric Fanning, AIA president, in the trade group's report.
Astral Aviation, a Kenyan cargo airline will begin testing cargo drones later this summer and expects to begin drone flights later this year to transport mail and packages for oil and gas companies and mining operations. Drone rules are often less strict outside the U.S.
Of course, small commercial drones are already in use by U.S. companies. They use drones to shoot aerial photograhps, survey farms and inspect building roofs, among other uses. But they have to operate under FAA rulesreleased in 2016 that limit a drone's weight and when and where it can fly.
On a recent Tuesday, Elroy Air was taking advantage of not having to comply with those rules during a test in the controlled airspace at Camp Roberts, a National Guard post in Central California. The company was in the midst of four days of test flights of their sub-scale prototype that includes a detachable cargo pod.
The San Francisco company's fixed-wing drone takes off and lands vertically, like a helicopter, so it doesn't need a runway. Once aloft, powered by a hybrid engine, it cruises like the small airplane it is.
The company also is running computer analysis on the current design of each part and system of its full-scale model. It now hopes to be flight testing the full-size model by the end of the year, which is later than earlier estimates.
Elroy Air started out as a drone taxi company but changed its focus to cargo drones as a quicker way to make money. Specifically, it wants to compete on short-haul, or 100- to 300-mile cargo hops where it expects to offer faster and more frequent freight deliveries than a cargo truck or even a small cargo plane.
It is talking to several large express freight and package carriers as potential customers, it said, but has non-disclosure agreements that prevent it from naming them.
The company envisions its drone as part of a high-load logistics system where humans work on the perimeter. Merrill said the Elroy cargo pods could be filled ahead of time in a warehouse by human workers, dozens at a time. The cargo drone would taxi by itself to the side of the tarmac and automatically load a cargo pod. It could take off, fly and land autonomously. It would then taxi to the freight area and automatically disengage the pod for humans to unload, then move to a spot to take on the next loaded pod.
It may sound like science fiction, but it's all plausible to the freight and logistics industry.
"A lot of these companies like FedEx or UPS or Amazon with a fleet of aircraft to support their operations are thinking very strategically about the long-term future of aerospace," said Jesse Gipe, senior manager of economic development at the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp. "The consensus is that a lot of manned operations eventually will move to unmanned at those companies."
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At the end of the 12th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium in Wilhelmshaven, the over 270 participants underlined the importance of closer cooperation on the protection of the Wadden Sea. "The symposium has shown that we have to enhance cross-border cooperation considerably to protect the Wadden Sea's natural structure and functioning" says Jens Enemark, secretary general of the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) in Wilhelmshaven.
The symposium resulted in clear recommendations for the decision makers in policy. The recommendations are to be taken into consideration in the preparation of the next Trilateral Governmental Conference on Sylt in March 2010. The symposium was organized by the German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear, Safety, the National Park Administrations (Niedersachsen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea ), and the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS).
Since 1975, when the first symposium was held, global changes have occurred which have affected the Wadden Sea as a marine habitat of international importance significantly. "Climate change and the subsequent changes in species composition are issues of concern which have to be dealt with by science and policy" says Wim Wolff (Universiteit Groningen) who initiated the first symposium in 1975. A main demand by the researchers is therefore to increase the resilience of the ecosystem. Management should aim to restore natural dynamics and geomorphological conditions in the Wadden Sea in order to allow the system to better adapt to accelerated sea level rise.
"To reach solutions for the entire ecosystem we have to cooperate across borders" says Karsten Reise (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- und Maritime Research, Wadden Sea Station Sylt). This means on the one hand to also protect the adjacent off-shore conservation areas, because there is a strong relationship between the Wadden Sea and these areas for fish and marine mammals. "On the other hand, an international cooperation effort is required to prevent introduction and spreading of alien species in the Wadden Sea."
The experts concluded that the various EU Directives, which are relevant for the protection of the Wadden Sea, haven not been tuned sufficiently. A further harmonization is necessary which could also be an example for other European conservation areas. In general, research and monitoring in the Wadden Sea have to be intensified further. "The states should not restrict themselves to minimum requirements resulting from the EU Directives as this does not provide sufficient information for a proper and scientifically sound ecosystem management of the Wadden Sea"
An important milestone of international cooperation is the "Memorandum of Understanding" which was signed between the Korean Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs and the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation at the symposium. It provides a foundation for a cooperation of tidal flat experts of these states. Korea has a tidal flat area with similar functions as the Wadden Sea and the cooperation has the aim to exchange knowledge and experiences between the two regions.
The results of scientific research over the last 30 years have also considerably contributed to support the nomination of the Wadden Sea as World Heritage Site. A decision of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee will be taken in June 2009.


http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | (MCT) To boost your household bottom line, would you like to sell stuff online? The number of people who have done so is in the millions. Still, getting started can be confusing. These sites help.
Someone named "Eugene" provides a pithy guide to selling whatnots on the craigslist site. Eugene says he has sold things for a total of $1,400 during a selling spree of "a couple of weeks." He advises would-be imitators with such instructions as "Make it easy for people to give you their money!" and "For the love of Pete, don't be a Jerk!" He has some simple suggestions for making the site work for you.
There are many places to turn for help in learning to peddle your wares on eBay, the online auction powerhouse. This step by step, which also includes a video demonstration, gets at the basics, along with such advice as making sure you spell things correctly (so that people searching for your goods can actually find them) and telling the truth about products because "You are just as liable for dishonesty as you would be with any other kind of sale."
On the theory that online auctions aren't necessarily the way to go, the article here by a contributor to ReadWriteWeb offers six alternative ways to sell online. They include fixed-price online markets, such as Amazon; online craft fairs; and even pushing stuff to the people you have contact with through social-networking sites such as Facebook.
FinWeb.com gives some words of caution meant to keep online sellers from falling prey to scams. "Be aware that there are people in this world who are out to make a quick buck at your (or anyone else's) expense," this article notes. It describes several scenarios in which people could be flimflammed by online buyers.
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Q: Emails not sending to one specific domain We have a AWS server where emails are delivered to domains other than our own domain. I have confirm that I can send an email to my gmail account but I can't send to my hosted gmail account.
So for example, I can send to myemail@gmail.com but not me@mydomain.com
The server is hosting mydomain.com
I have successfully integrated Amazon SES and I am still able to send emails to my gmail account but not to my own domain.
 /usr/sbin/sendmail -f brent@mydomain.com myemail@gmail.com
This is a giant test

This works, but the following doesn't
 /usr/sbin/sendmail -f brent@mydomain.com sales@mydomain.com
This test is bigger than the previous test

My DNS is hosted on Amazon Route 53.
My Email is hosted at Google
My Website is hosted at Amazon on an Ec2 instance.
My Webserver is an Amazon AMI instance
cat /etc/*-release
NAME="Amazon Linux AMI"
VERSION="2014.09"
ID="amzn"
ID_LIKE="rhel fedora"
VERSION_ID="2014.09"
PRETTY_NAME="Amazon Linux AMI 2014.09"
ANSI_COLOR="0;33"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2014.09:ga"
HOME_URL="http://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/"
Amazon Linux AMI release 2014.09

I am thinking my mail is getting captured by my own server and not being delivered but I don't know where to look.

A: These steps worked
Steps:
vim /etc/mail/sendmail.mc

at the end:
define(`MAIL_HUB', `example.com.')dnl
define(`LOCAL_RELAY', `example.com.')dnl

and then:
sendmailconfig (or /etc/mail/make depending on your distro)
service sendmail restart

testing:
echo -e "To: user@example.com\nSubject: Test\nTest\n" | sendmail -bm -t -v
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The Programme on Women's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (PWESCR), recently published a report on BRICS, an acronym for a political/economic coalition involving Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and the need to form a feminist alliance from these specific countries. As a...
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The politics of death
PLACE created a website, The Politics of Death, investigating the causes of unjustifiable deaths of human rights' defenders, mothers, professors, civilians, and the population as a whole, in order to highlight the need for worldwide security. The website consists of statistics, brief reports,...
Counting the costs of agricultural dumping
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) published a brief report defining what agricultural dumping is and the negative effects it has on the world and its economy. It presents its findings and concludes that dumping is devastating for farmers in importing countries, especially in low...
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The Women's United Nations Report Network (WUNRN) launched a WUNRN-Shadow Report Learning Module. The document provides guidance on how to write WUNRN shadow reports on the status of women from the viewpoint of religion and traditions. This Module also posits tools and mechanisms for preparing,...
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Macedonia State Gifts 'Unconstitutional'
Government donations of state-owned land to the country's two leading religious communities to erect a church and a mosque in Skopje will fail in the Constitutional Court, law experts warn.
The move represents an attempt to indirectly finance religious communities and contradicts the secular character of the state, they say.
"If someone files a dispute against these decisions in the Constitutional Court, I think the protest will be accepted," Osman Kadriu, law professor at Skopje's FON University was quoted as telling the Vreme daily on Thursday.
On Wednesday, the government spokesman Sefik Duraki told the same newspaper that the two main ruling coalition partners, the centre-right VMRO DPMNE and their ethnic Albanian allies, the Democratic Union for Integration, DUI, had already agreed to donate land near Skopje's main square to the Islamic Religious Community, IVZ.
This came two weeks after the government donated a site, just a few metres away, to the country's leading religious community, the Macedonian Orthodox Church, MPC.
The government had initially sought to build the new church, dedicated to St Constantine and St Helena, on its own. After this was disputed before the Constitutional Court by local NGOs, the land was donated to the Church instead.
Local media speculated that this was done to avoid a court case on the part of NGOs claiming the state was showing favours to certain religious communities.
Student movements and other civic organizations have argued that the prime city centre sites should be left for civic use. If religious monuments and shrines are built there, the city's main square will be ruined, they say.
In March, protests by students against the government plans to build a church on the square were violently interrupted by Church supporters, creating additional tensions over the project.
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Introducing the Apple TV Shows & Movies Artwork Finder
With iOS 12.3, Apple unveiled a new design for the TV app featuring an industry unstandard 16:9 aspect ratio for cover artwork. This new design was used for both TV shows and movies which had been 1:1 squares and 3:2 portraits respectively. Apple doubled down on this design with the preview of macOS Catalina over the summer and the imminent removal of iTunes.
This new art style is notable for a few reasons. Firstly, it is almost the exact opposite to every other platform that uses portrait style artwork. Secondly, there must have been an insane amount of work done by the graphics department at Apple to get this ready. These aren't just automated crops but brand new artwork treatments across tens of thousands of films and TV shows (which get this new treatment for each season).
This update doesn't extend to every single property on the store but the vast majority of popular titles seem to have been updated. For those that haven't, Apple typically places the old rectangular artwork into the 16:9 frame with an aspect fit and then uses a blurred version of the artwork in aspect fill to produce a passable thumbnail.
Since this new style debuted, I've received a lot of email asking when my iTunes Artwork Finder would be updated to support it. Unfortunately the old iTunes Search API does not provide this new artwork as it relates to the now defunct iTunes and a new API has not been forthcoming. Instead, I had to do some digging around and a bit of reverse engineering in order to bring you the Apple TV Shows & Movies Artwork Finder, a brand new tool designed specifically to fetch these new artwork styles.
When you perform a search, you'll receive results for TV shows and movies in the same way as searching within the TV app. For each show or film, you'll get access to a huge array of artwork including such things as the new 16:9 cover art, the old iTunes style cover art, preview frames, full screen imagery and previews, transparent PNG logos, and even parallax files as used by the Apple TV. Clicking on a TV show will give you similar options for each season of the show.
I'm not going to be open sourcing or detailing exactly how this works at present as the lack of a public API makes it far more likely that Apple would take issue with this tool. However, in broad terms your search is sent to my server1 to generate the necessary URLs and then your own browser makes the requests directly to Apple in order that IP blocking or rate limiting won't affect the tool for everybody.
As always, this artwork finder is completely free and I do not accept financial donations. If you want to thank me, you can drop me an email, follow me on Twitch, check out some of my iOS apps, or share a link to the finder on your own blog.
Apple TV Shows & Movies Artwork Finder »
I don't log search terms in any way. I don't even use basic analytics on my website as it is information I neither need nor want. I only know how many people use these tools due to the overwhelming number of emails I get about them every day! ↩
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Q: Converting XML section that contains HTML to text using XSLT So my goal is to strip out the HTML code that sits within the <email-description> field, the data is an email body that has been exported from a CRM system, I want just the plain text left.
I can't show all the HTML as it contains sensitive data
Example: <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <style type="text/css"> /*-------------------- Insert HP Font --------------------*/ /*REGULAR*/ @font-face{ font-family: 'HPSimplified'; src: url(http://h10180.www1.hp.com/hp-fonts/v2-0/hps-euro-w01-regular-eot.eot); /* IE9 compat */ src: url(http://h10180.www1.hp.com/hp-fonts/v2-0/hps-euro-w01-regular-eot.eot?#iefix) format('embedded-opentype'), /* IE6-IE8 */ /* non-IE */ url('http://h10180.www1.hp.com/hp-fonts/v2-0/hps-euro-w01-regular-woff.woff') format('woff'), /*IE9 and some modern browsers*/ url('http://h10180.www1.hp.com/hp-fonts/v2-0/hps-euro-w01-regular-ttf.ttf') format('truetype'); /*iOS, Android, Safari*/ font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; } /*BOLD*/ @font-face{ font-family: 'HPSimplified'; src: url(http://h10180.www1.hp.com/hp-fonts/v2-0/hps-euro-w01-bold-eot.eot); /* IE9 compat */ src: url
My XML file
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<email-data xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="">
    <emails>
        <email>
            <case-number>234-1234-1234-1234</case-number>
            <case-owner>Jimmy Choo</case-owner>
            <case-collection-date>01-01-2021</case-collection-date>
            <case-next-expected-activity>01-01-2021</case-next-expected-activity>
            <email-subject>Claim Return Notification</email-subject>
            <email-description>this field contains the html code</email-description>
        </email>
        <email>
            <case-number>234-1234-1234-1234</case-number>
            <case-owner>Jimmy Choo</case-owner>
            <case-collection-date>01-01-2021</case-collection-date>
            <case-next-expected-activity>01-01-2021</case-next-expected-activity>
            <email-subject>Claim Return Notification</email-subject>
            <email-description>this field contains the html code</email-description>
        </email>
    </emails>
</email-data>

The following is the XSLT script I'm trying to use
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
    <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>

    <xsl:template match="node()|@*">
        <xsl:copy>
            <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
        </xsl:copy>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="node()[ancestor::field and not(self::text())]">
        <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

The output desired should be the same as the import but with the HTML tags/code stripped out.
I'm using Saxon XSLT engine via java.
Unfortunately, no change happens to the HTML code, stays the same
Could someone lend a helping hand please
Thanks

A: It sounds as if, instead of
<xsl:template match="node()[ancestor::field and not(self::text())]">
    <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>

you want
<xsl:template match="email-description//*">
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>


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