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BOB MARLEY RUDE BOY
"TITTER YE NOT"
Police are to call the specials in.
What's a ska band from the 80's can do, is Madness and one step beyond me.
When I was a kid, my mum and dad made me constantly listen to their Madness and Specials albums. I am pretty sure I've been
Ska-d for life.
I can't even begin to
describe the problems a simple little obsession has caused me.
My girlfriend has dumped me and left the area.
My whole family have
disowned me, and moved away to different places.
All of my friends couldn't cope with me and also chose to
move away.
And all because of a simple obsession with the ska group "The Specials"
This town is becoming like a ghost town.
RUDEBOY MERCHANDISE
TROJAN ANTI FASCISTS
THE SPECIALS 2 TONE
Rude boy, rudeboy, rudie, rudi, and rudy are slang terms that
originated in 1960s Jamaican street culture, and which are
still used today. In the late 1970s, the 2 Tone ska revival in
England saw the terms rude boy and rude girl , among other
variations, being used to describe fans of that genre. This use
of the word moved into the more contemporary Ska Punk
movement as well.
Now in the United Kingdom, the terms rude boy and rude girl
are used in a similar way to gangsta or badman.
The rude boy subculture arose from the poorer sections of
Kingston, Jamaica, and was associated with violent
discontented youths. Along with ska and rocksteady music,
many rude boys favoured sharp suits, thin ties, and pork pie
or Trilby hats, showing an influence of the fashions of
American jazz musicians and soul music artists.
American cowboy and gangster/outlaw films from that period were also influential factors
in shaping the rude boy image. In that time period, unemployed Jamaican youth
sometimes found temporary employment from sound system operators to disrupt
competitors' dances (leading to the term dance hall crasher). The violence that
sometimes occurred at dances and its association with the rude boy lifestyle gave rise to
a slew of releases by artists who addressed the rude boys directly with lyrics that either
promoted or rejected rude boy violence. Starting in the 1970s, Jamaican reggae music
replaced the ska and rocksteady music associated with the rude boys. In the 1980s,
dance hall became the main Jamaican popular music genre, drawing some parallels with
the earlier rude boys in its culture and lyrical content.
In the 1960s, the Jamaican diaspora introduced rudeboy music and fashion to the United
Kingdom, which influenced the mod and skinhead subcultures. In the late 1970s, the
term rude boy and rude boy fashions came back into use after the 2 Tone band The
Specials and their record label 2 Tone Records instigated a brief but influential ska
revival. In this spirit, The Clash contributed "Rudie Can't Fail" on its 1979 album,
"London Calling." In more recent times in multi cultural Britain, the term rude boy has
become associated with street or urban culture, and is a common slang greeting. The
term rude boy has become associated with music genres such as ragga, jungle, drum &
bass , garage, grime and dubstep.
RUDE BOY RAGLAN
RUDE BOY RUDE GIRL
Noah Wildman examines the
history of Jamaican music, and
the rude boy culture of yesterday.
What is a rude boy? What is a
rude girl? What does 'to be rude'
Today, it simply means that you're
a dedicated member of the ska
scene . If you have a good ska
collection, if you dress up in a way
that indicates that you like ska, if
your style and taste makes it obvious to others that you're in with the ska crowd, you are therefore 'rude' by the definition of ska crowd.
Where did the term come from? I recently spoke to Tommy McCook , the founder, leader and tenor saxophonist of the original ska band, When I asked him about rude boys coming to Skatalites in the early Sixties, McCook said:
"Actually in our tenure as the Skatalites , in the time of the ska music, we did not have any violence. We didn't have any rude boys, so to speak. The violence came around 1966. I remember when rock steady just came in, late '65. Then in '66 violence broke out wickedly across the island, so much so that we had to have a curfew and this is when rude boy thing came out."
The truth is that ' rudeness ' and the original 'rude boys' had absolutely nothing to do with ska. The rude boy came AFTER ska music, during the time of rock steady! Rude boys were the name given to a subculture of young street corner hoodlums, gangsters and other unemployables.
In emigrating to England, the rude boys helped spread Jamaican music to the working-class skinheads , another youth subculture.
When the 2 Tone sound of ska (the second wave of ska in the late Seventies) made it into the popular media, youth subculture changed with it. Today, a new American subculture revolves around the images of the 'rude boy' and 'skinhead.'
The rude boy was not the first subculture of Jamaica, but it was the first youth subculture. After independence in the early Sixties (which gave birth to the nationalist 'ska' music), over-population was putting extreme demands on the basics of life---housing, work and food. The response to these conditions was the start of a creation of a new subculture, unofficially called scufflers . Scuffling was just scrounging to get by, by any means necessary. This often meant involvement in the underground economy. Pimping and prostitution, begging and stealing became the unofficial economic activities in the shanty towns of West Kingston.
The squatter camps of Trenchtown and Back O'Wall existed on the fringe of the city since the Thirties, but population pressures enlarged them and a hurricane in 1951 allowed the squatters to capture nearby government land that was cleared for re-housing. People lived in packing crates, fish barrels, cardboard boxes and polystyrene packing pieces. Fire hydrants and open-air pit latrines supplied basic amenities. Living in these parts was a social stigma that guaranteed unemployment. Diseases of overcrowding ---tuberculosis and typhoid --- remained in the camps even though public health improvement in the 1930s put these in check elsewhere on the island. By the Sixties, the economic boom of the 1950s was receding, the Trenchtown poor were no better off than before.
Independence may have given a sense of optimism to the population. But a lack of any major change lead to riots and protest movements by the end of the decade. Within this decade, the sub-culture of the scuffling rude boy emerged. These rude boys defined their own personal style. These youths, boys from fourteen to twenty-five years, carried German ratchet knives and handguns. They came from all over West Kingston. With deteriorating living conditions, these rude boys were, above all, angry.
They wore sharp 3-button tonic suits and "stingy brim," or pork-pie hats, in imitation of the upper-classes. The gangster image and sunglasses at all hours gave them a façade of 'cool,' a new and distinctly modern value. If you lived in
Trenchtown and scuffled for a living, dressing in this manner would certainly bring attention from neighbours, and suspicion from the upper classes.
According to the Jamaican census of 1960, over one-third of the entire population were unemployed and looking for their first job, about 10,000 people. On the other hand, 70% were under the age of 21, from where the rude boys came. First at the blues dances of the Fifties and later at the outdoor sound systems of the Sixties, it was the rude boys who would draw the knives and guns first, smash bottles for no particular reason, and cause fear when the pressure would heat up at the events. They would inspire a whole sub-genre within ska music---rude boy songs---which would either condone or condemn them.
One ska artist, Prince Buster , celebrated the rude boy for their "rough n' toughness."
In the lyric to the early-Sixties ska song, "Too Hot," he sings:
Rude boys never give up
their guns, No one can tell them what to do. Pound for pound they say they're ruder
than you. Get out insurance and make up your will If you want to fight them.
Not all artists universally endorsed the sub-culture, as in the Ruler's 1966 song,
"Don't Be A Rudeboy:"
I don't want to be no rude boy, I just want to be a good boy.
Why don't you change your way rude boy, Try to be a good boy.
Because if you don't change your way, You're going to be killed by mistake someday.
And when you grow to be a man, You don't spend your days in the camps.
And when you walk down the street, People will respect the man they meet.
Either way, the rude boys were a strong presence on the scene in Jamaica, and a
popular image that followed the music. You can translate music, style and attitude
from country to country, you can even translate class-standing nationally, but for the
very specific economic, political and social forces that made the rude boys truly rude,
these things can not be copied.
The 2 Tone (ska revival) movement in the Seventies saw kids both black and white
dressing sharp and calling themselves rude boys, as one way to identify with the true
Jamaican roots of bands like the Specials, the Selecter and Madness. Today, kids are dressing 'rude' not to give props to the Jamaican roots, but to '2 Tone' each other. I got a big chuckle when I read a magazine piece that started off something like,
"Rude boys:
them no loot; them no shoot; what the fuck do they do?"
They're just ska fans, man, chill. Forgive them their lack of knowing the roots. Teach the young rude boy the way, and today's ska music will benefit.
2 Tone Records was an English record label that mostly released ska and reggae - influenced music with a punk rock and
pop music overtone. It was founded by Jerry Dammers of the Specials and backed by Chrysalis Records.
Jerry Dammers started the 2 Tone record label in 1979. Chrysalis had wanted to sign the Specials, but Dammers arranged a label deal, for Chrysalis to fund 15 singles a year and release at least ten of those.
The label spawned the 2 Tone music and cultural movement, which was popular among skinheads, rudies and some mod revivalists. The label stopped operating in 1986, though "2 Tone" is still used as an imprint for back catalogue issues.
2 Tone Records signed the Selecter, Madness and the Beat , but they all left within two years. 2 Tone Records acts signed a contract that allowed them to leave the label after releasing just one single, which was unusual in the record industry.
Madness and The Beat both took advantage of this clause; the former to sign to Stiff Records , and the latter to start their own label, Go Feet Records.
Although 2 Tone Records was closely identified with the ska revival, efforts were made to sign artists such as singer-songwriter Elvis Costello and the funk-punk band the Higsons. Dammers, with the assistance of Horace Panter and graphic designers. John "Teflon" Sims and David Storey, created artwork that was to become central to 2 Tone Records. The Walt Jabsco logo portrays a man in a black suit, white shirt, black tie, pork pie hat, white socks and black loafers. The fictional character was based on a photograph of Peter Tosh, a former member of the Wailers.
The Beat (known in North Americas The English Beat and in Australia as The British Beat) area 2 Tone ska revival band founded in Birmingham, England, in 1978. Their songs fuse ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock, and their lyrics deal with themes of love, unity and socio-political topics. The Beat, consisting of Dave Wakeling (vocals,guitar), Ranking Roger (vocals), Andy Cox (guitar), David Steele (bass), Everett Morton (drums), and Sax aka Lionel Augustus Martin (saxophone), released three studio albums in the early 1980s:
I Just Can't Stop It (1980), Wha'ppen? (1981) and Special Beat Service (1982), and a string of singles, including "Mirror in the Bathroom", "Too Nice to Talk To", "Can't Get Used to Losing You", "Hands Off, She's Mine" and "All Out to Get You".
Formed in London by Nicky Summers in 1979, in the after math of the punk rock scene, The Bodysnatchers released two ska rock steady singles on 2 Tone Records. Their first concert was in November 1979 at the Windsor Castle pub in west London, where they supported Shane MacGowan's band The Nips. For their third gig, they were invited by Chrysalis Records to play at Debbie Harry's birthday party in late 1979. After signing to 2 Tone Records, the band released the single "Let's Do Rock Steady" (UK No. 22) and made an appearance on Top of the Pops in March 1980. They undertook a tour supporting The Selecter in spring 1980, and during that summer toured with The Specials and The Go Go's. The Bodysnatchers also played London's Hammersmith Odeon supporting Toots and the Maytals, as well as other slots with artists such as Lene Lovich and Madness. They appeared n the documentary film Dance Craze, featuring live performances by various 2 Tone bands. The Bodysnatchers played together for less than two years, with the group disbanding in 1981, not having released an album.
Still A Rude Boy At Heart
Madness are an English ska band from Camden Town, London, that formed in 1976. One of the most prominent bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s ska revival, they continue to perform with their most
recognised line-up of seven members. Madness achieved most of their success in the early to mid - 1980s.
Both Madness and UB40 spent 214 weeks on the UK singles charts over
the course of the decade, holding the record for most weeks spent by a group in the 1980s UK singles charts. However, Madness achieved this in a shorter time period (1980 – 1986).
Madness have had 15 singles reach the UK top ten, one UK number one single ("House of Fun") and two number ones in Ireland, " House of Fun "
and "Wings of a Dove".
The Selecter are a 2 Tone ska revival band from Coventry, England, formed in mid 1979. The Selecter featured a racially diverse line up. Their lyrics featured themes connected to politics. Reinforcing the songs of Neol Davies were the voice and rude girl style of Pauline Black and the rhythms of Desmond Brown on the Hammond organ. The band's name is based on the term "selector", which is a Jamaican word for disc jockey. The band were one of the most successful ska bands of the 2 Tone era, notching up several top forty singles in the British charts. The Selecter reformed in 1991 and vocalist, Black, continued to perform and release music under The Selecter name until 2006. Some confusion emerged over two competing line ups for the Selecter in 2011, between that featuring Davies and that featuring Black and Arthur 'Gaps' Hendrickson, In June 2011 Black applied for, and won, The Selecter trademark and the right to use the name herself.
The Specials , also known as The Special AKA, are an English 2 Tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. Their music combines a "danceable ska and rocksteady beat with punk's energy and attitude", and had a "more focused and informed political and social stance" than other ska groups. The band wore mod-style "1960s period rude boy outfits (pork pie hats, tonic and mohair suits, and loafers)." In 1980, the song "Too Much Too Young", the lead track on their The Special AKA Live! EP, reached number one in the UK. In 1981, the unemployment - themed single "Ghost Town" also hit number one in the UK Singles Chart.
The Skatalites are a ska band from Jamaica. They played initially between and 1965, and recorded many of their best known songs in the period, including "Guns of Navarone." They also played on records by Prince Buster and backed many other Jamaican artists who recorded during that period. They reformed in 1983 and have played together ever since.
The founders of the Skatalites were Tommy McCook (died 1998), Rolando Alphonso (died 1998), Lester Sterling, (Age 85) Lloyd Brevett (died 2012), Don Drummond (died 1969), Jah Jerry Haynes (died 2007), Jackie Mittoo (died 1990), Johnny Moore (died 2008)
and Jackie Opel (died 1970).
These ten musicians started to play together from 1955, when Kingston's recording studios started to develop. Tommy McCook was the first member of the band to record, though not for commercial release:
he played with Don Hitchman's Group in 1953. Archie Lindo asked Hitchman to play a few tunes for his pioneer radio station, "ZQI", on their new equipment. Soon after that, sound system pioneer Stanley Motta began too operate his studio, where he recorded calypso and mento that were released on 78's. Rolando Alphonso was one of the first to record with him, probably in 1954. In spring 1964, The Skatalites recorded their first LP Ska Authentic at Studio One in Kingston and toured Jamaica as the creators of ska.
Their producers were Coxsone Dodd, Duke Reid, Prince Buster, Vincent "King" Edwards, Justin "Phillip" Yap, Leslie Kong,
Lindon Pottinger, Sonia Pottinger and Vincent "Randy" Chin. The Skatalites led sessions with top artists and worked with young talents such as Delroy Wilson, Desmond Dekker, The Wailers, Lee Perry, etc.
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Former Valeant Pharmaceuticals CEO J. Michael Pearson's tenure can serve as a cautionary tale to companies across all industries who think that following best practices in corporate governance can completely safeguard them against disaster. Companies should reward their CEO's for taking risks to expand the business. But what happens when an executive's pay depends on it?
Pearson received a multi-million dollar compensation package, composed of salary, stock and option awards, and bonuses. Within his compensation package were performance stock-related goals that would reward Pearson upon meeting specified total shareholder return (TSR) targets.
A study published by the Stanford University Rock Center for Corporate Governance reports that the compensation package was, "structured to offer an exponential payout for exceptional long-term share price performance and zero payout if base-level thresholds were missed...Pearson was also required to purchase $5 million in Valeant stock with his personal money." Pearson's pay reward would depend on his ability to take risks in order to meet the TSR targets.
By reducing the research and development budget, acquiring several different companies and cutting corporate overhead, Pearson succeeded in surpassing his stock performance goals. The Stanford researchers elaborate, "In 2012, he acquired Medicis Pharmaceutical for $2.6 billion, in 2013 Bausch & Lomb for $8.7 million, and in 2015 Salix Pharmaceuticals for $11 billion. Corporate revenue grew 10-fold in six years, and Valeant stock price soared." Pearson's contract was renewed and included, "a maximum payout of 4 times the target number of awards for 60% compounded TSR... At its peak, Pearson's stake in the company exceeded $3 billion in value."
Pearson was riding high until 2014 when an acquisition disagreement between Valeant and Allergan drew criticism to Pearson's practices. A former CEO of Teva Pharmaceuticals stated: "Valeant will eventually run out of things to buy and once it does, it faces the problem of how does it keep on the trajectory. A company without R&D short-term and mid-term can be viable, but long-term is not."
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There is no avoiding taking risks. If a company wants to generate returns and the CEO wants to build value, risk-taking behavior is necessary. Many directors do not think that there should be a cap on compensation regardless of performance, or that there is a problem at all with CEO compensation. Measures still need to be taken, however, to ensure executive behavior does not get out of hand. So what can shareholders and boards do to reduce a dangerous level of risk-taking? Dr. David Larcker and researcher Brian Tayan, stress in their study that the question is not whether risk-taking should be allowed, but how to encourage the type of risk-reward taking that fits into the corporate strategy.
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\section{Introduction}
I discuss a new physics models that extends the Standard Model (SM) particle sector by an additional scalar and  provides a dark matter candidate. The models is confronted with current theoretical and experimental constraints, including the minimization of the vacuum as well as the requirement of vacuum stability and positivity. I also require perturbative unitarity to hold, and perturbativity of the couplings at the electroweak scale.

From the experimental side, I include the agreement with current measurements of the properties of the 125 {\ensuremath\rm GeV}~ resonance discovered by the LHC experiments, as well as agreement with the null-results from searches for additional particles at current or past colliders. Furthermore, I consider bounds from electroweak precision observables (via $S,\,T,\,U$  parameters),
B-physics observables $\left( B\,\rightarrow\,X_s\,\gamma,\,B_s\,\rightarrow\,\mu^+\,\mu^-,\,\Delta M_s\right)$, as well as agreement with astrophysical observables (relic density and direct detection bounds). In my scan, I use a combination of private and public tools; the latter include HiggsBounds \cite{Bechtle:2020pkv},  HiggsSignals \cite{Bechtle:2020uwn}, SPheno \cite{Porod:2011nf}, Sarah \cite{Staub:2013tta}, micrOMEGAs \cite{Belanger:2018ccd,Belanger:2020gnr}, and MadDM \cite{Ambrogi:2018jqj}. Experimental numbers are taken from \cite{Baak:2014ora,Haller:2018nnx} for electroweak precision observables, \cite{combi} for $B_s\,\rightarrow\,\mu^+\,\mu^-$, \cite{Amhis:2019ckw} for $\Delta M_s$ and \cite{Planck:2018vyg} and  \cite{Aprile:2018dbl} for relic density and direct detection, respectively.
Bounds from $B\,\rightarrow\,X_s\gamma$ are implemented using a fit function from \cite{Misiak:2020vlo,mm}. For predictions of production cross sections I am using  Madgraph5 \cite{Alwall:2011uj}.

\section{THDMa}
The THDMa is a type II two-Higgs-doublet model (THDM), extended by an additional pseudoscalar $a$ mixing with the "standard" pseudoscalar $A$ of the THDM. In the gauge-eigenbasis, the additional field serves as a portal to the dark sector, where I consider a fermionic dark matter candidate $\chi$. This model has extensively been studied in light of hadron colliders, and more details can e.g. be found in \cite{Ipek:2014gua,No:2015xqa,Goncalves:2016iyg,Bauer:2017ota,Tunney:2017yfp,LHCDarkMatterWorkingGroup:2018ufk,Robens:2021lov,Argyropoulos:2022ezr}.

The model contains, besides the new scalars from the standard THDM, an additional pseudoscalar and the dark matter candidate, leading to the following particle content: ${h,\,H,\,H^\pm}$, ${a,}\,{A,}\,{{\chi}}$. It contains in 12 additional new physics parameters, which can be chosen e.g. as
\begin{eqnarray*}
{v,\,m_h,\,m_H,}\,{ m_a,}\,{m_A,\,m_{H^\pm},}\,{m_\chi};\;{\cos\left( \beta-\alpha\right),\,\tan\beta,}\,{\sin\theta;\;y_\chi,}\,{\lambda_3,}\,{\lambda_{P_1},\,\lambda_{P_2}}.
\end{eqnarray*}
Here $v$ and either $m_h$ or $m_H$ are fixed by current measurements in the electroweak sector. I refer the reader to \cite{Robens:2021lov} for a more thorough discussion, including the concrete form of the potential.

I here report on results of a scan that allows all of the above novel parameters float in specific predefined ranges \cite{Robens:2021lov}. Due to the large number of free parameters, it is not always straightforward to display bounds from specific constraints in 2-dimensional planes. In some cases, however, displaying these in such setups is straightforward. Two examples are shown in figure \ref{fig:thdmab}. The first plot shows bounds in the $\left( m_{H^\pm},\,\tan\beta \right)$ plane from B-physics observables. The result is similar to a simple THDM, and shows that in general low masses $m_{H^\pm}\lesssim\,800\,{\ensuremath\rm GeV}$  as well as values $\tan\beta\lesssim\,1$ are excluded. The second plot displays the relic density as a function of the mass difference $m_a-2\,m_\chi$. Here, a behaviour can be observed that is typical in many models with dark matter candidates: in the region where this mass difference remains small, relic density annihilates sufficiently to stay below the observed relic density bound, leading to a so-called "funnel" region. Too large differences lead to values $\Omega\,h_c\,\gtrsim\,0.12$ and therefore are forbidden from dark matter considerations.

Finally, it is interesting to consider which production cross-section values would still be feasible for points that fulfill all constraints \cite{Robens:2021lov} at $e^+e^-$ colliders. I concentrate on signatures that include missing energy and therefore do not exist in a THDM without a portal to the dark sector. Processes that include the lighter CP-even scalar, as e.g. $e^+e^-\,\rightarrow\,hA, ha$ are supressed due to alignment, which makes $e^+e^-\,\rightarrow\,HA, Ha$ the most interesting channel that contains novel signatures. Due to the interplay of B-physics and electroweak constraints, such points typically have mass scales $\gtrsim\,1\,{\ensuremath\rm TeV}$. Therefore, the first interesting scenario are production cross sections for an $e^+e^-$ collider with a center-of-mass energy of 3 {\ensuremath\rm TeV}. The corresponding production cross sections are shown in figure \ref{fig:thdmaatee}. Here, I display predictions for $t\,\bar{t}\,t\,\bar{t}$ and $t\,\bar{t}+\slashed{E}$ final states using a factorized approach. There is a non-negligible number of points where the second channel is dominant. A "best" point with a large rate for $t\,\bar{t}+\slashed{E}_\perp$ has been presented in \cite{Robens:2021lov}:

\begin{eqnarray}
&&\sin\theta\,=\,-0.626,\;\cos\left( \beta-\alpha\right)\,=\,0.0027,\,\tan\beta\,=\,3.55 \nonumber\\
&&m_H\,=\,643\,{\ensuremath\rm GeV},\,m_A\,=\,907\,{\ensuremath\rm GeV},\,m_{H^\pm}\,=\,814\,{\ensuremath\rm GeV}, \nonumber\\
&&m_a\,\,=\,653\,{\ensuremath\rm GeV},\,m_\chi\,=\,277\,{\ensuremath\rm GeV}, \nonumber\\
&&y_\chi\,\,=\,-1.73,\,\lambda_{P_1}\,=\,0.18,\,\lambda_{P_2}\,=\,2.98,\,\lambda_3\,=\,8.63.
\end{eqnarray}
For this point, all width/ mass ratios are $\lesssim\,6\,\%$. In addition, branching ratios for various final states as a function of the mass sum for the $HA$ channel are given in figure \ref{fig:brsAH}.
\begin{center}
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\section{Conclusion and Outlook}

In this work, I presented a model that extend the particle content of the SM and also provides a dark matter candidate. In particular, I defined signatures that do not exist in models without dark matter candidates. I have presented production cross sections for various standard pair-production modes. A more dedicated investigation of the corresponding signatures, including background simulation and cut optimization, is in the line of future work.
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This research was supported in parts by the National Science Centre, Poland, the HARMONIA
project under contract UMO-2015/18/M/ST2/00518 (2016-2021), OPUS project under contract
UMO-2017/25/B/ST2/00496 (2018-2021).
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Actor Himansh Kohli says as an artiste he does not want to stick to a particular type of role and wants to explore his own capacity.
Himansh made his Bollywood debut with Divya Khosla Kumar's "Yaariyan". He will next be seen sharing screen space with veteran actor Anupam Kher in the upcoming film "Ranchi Diaries".
"Well as an actor, I don't really stick to a particular role. I'm open to all sorts of characters and I am always open to explore my own abilities," Himansh told IANS.
The 27-year-old says he has a few names of dirctors he wants to collaborate with.
"There is a list of director I would definitely want to work with. To name a few are Raju Hirani, Karan Johar, Shoojit sircar, Ayan Mukerjee, Kabir Khan, Anand L Rai, S.S. Rajamouli, and the list goes on," he added.
"Ranchi Diaries" has been directed by Sattwik Mohanty and produced by Anupam. It also stars Jimmy Shergill, Harry Bala and Pradeep Singh.


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On newsstands from 25 February the new Confidenze tra amiche
High-impact layout and renewed columns and a new blog
Confidenze tra amiche, the Mondadori weekly edited by Susanna Barbaglia, will hit the newsstands in a completely new form on Wednesday 25 February.
For over 60 years the magazine has been a point of reference for its loyal readers with its confidential tone and complicit approach to subjects such as: news, fashion, beauty, wellbeing, psychology, DIY, cooking and homes.
The strong points of Confidenze tra amiche are the stories written by the readers themselves; stories about how love, careers, friendship and health have changed their lives. A wealth of content that for years has determined the magazine's success and that has been preserved also after the redesign.
The review of the weekly, which will introduce change while maintaining continuity, can be seen across the magazine, and involves all of the columns and features.
Starting from the layout and the new logo, which is both more linear and simple, up to the various sections that animate the title, to make it even more readable.
With bigger images, a cleaner and cleaner typeface and a more open organisation of space, it is easier for the reader to flick through the magazines, starting from Stories and novels before coming to the Beauty or Fashion pages.
Also Heath and Wellbeing, Cooking, DIY, Gardens & Animals and Travel, are organised in such a way as to make it easier to identify the topics of greatest interest, thanks to highly visible straplines and clearly indicated suggestions by the editorial staff.
"The plus of the new Confidenze tra amiche is a unique formula that gives absolute preference to the direct experience of the protagonists, precisely to emphasise the magazine's vocation of exchange and interaction on issues that affect women: from news to fiction and health, all of which are commented on by experts," declared Susanna Barbaglia, editor of the weekly.
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In fact, from next week, Confidenze tra amiche, will inaugurate a new blog where the weekly's journalists and bloggers can share posts with users. The title has a strong community of readers who are always active and active, not only on the web, but also around the country thanks to a series of events that the editorial staff organise in different cities around Italy.
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The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup includes teams whose rosters consists of 12 players; a team may opt to have one naturalized player as per FIBA eligibility rules in their roster.

Player ages are as of 31 August 2019, the first day of the tournament.

Group A

China

Ivory Coast

Poland

Venezuela
The final roster was announced on 27 August 2019.

Group B

Argentina
The Argentinian team announced the 12-player final roster on 7th of August.

Nigeria
The final roster was announced on 27 August 2019.

Russia

South Korea
The final roster was announced on 31 July 2019.

Group C

Iran
The final roster was announced on 23 August 2019.

Puerto Rico

Spain
The final roster was announced on 21 August 2019.

Tunisia
The final roster was announced on 18 August 2019.

Group D

Angola
The final roster was announced on 7 of August.

Italy

The final roster was announced on 29 August 2019.

Philippines

The final roster was announced on 25 August.

Serbia

The final roster was announced on 29 August 2019.

Group E

Czech Republic
A 12-player roster.

Japan
The Japanese team announced the 12-player final roster on 27th of August.

Turkey

United States

The American team announced the 12-player final roster on 24th of August.

Group F

Brazil
The final roster was announced on 18 August 2019.

Greece
The final roster was announced on 30 August 2019.

Montenegro
Final roster

New Zealand
The final roster was announced on 21 August 2019.

Group G

Dominican Republic
Final roster for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

France
The final roster was announced on 27 August 2019.

Germany
Official 2019 World Cup Roster

Jordan
Latest Roster

Group H

Australia
The final roster was announced on 7 August 2019.

Canada
A 12-player final roster was named on 30 August.

Lithuania
The final roster was announced on 27 August.

Senegal
The final roster was announced on 16 August 2019.

Statistics

Player representation by league system
League systems with 15 or more players represented are listed. In all, World Cup squad members play for clubs in 37 countries.

 a  As the Euroleague is a multinational league and all competing teams (excluding Olympiacos) compete in their domestic leagues, the total percentage will be over 100 because of duplications.
 b  The VTB United League is Russia's main system but teams from neighbouring nations are invited to enter.

 The Chinese, Russian, South Korean and American squads are made up entirely of players from the country's domestic league.
 The Ivorian squad has the most players from a single foreign federation, with nine players employed in France.
 Of the countries not represented by a national team at the World Cup, Israel's league provides the most squad members.
 Three squads (Canada, Senegal and Serbia) are made up entirely of players employed by overseas clubs.

Player representation by club
Clubs with 6 or more players represented are listed.

References

External links

Basketball Team Names 2019

Squads
FIBA Basketball World Cup squads

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Other info. - This showy, staturesque plant grows throughout Missouri and is a common sight along roadsides. It is a member of a complex of Helianthus species which can present significant challenges to identification. This one is relatively easy, having distinctive whitish, bristly hairs along a robust stem and large, ovate leaves with a winged petiole. The leaf arrangement usually moves from opposite to alternate high on the stem, and when this is seen in combination with the other characters it is nearly conclusive evidence for the species.
The plant produces fleshy, edible tubers known as "Jerusalem artichokes," though they are unrelated to artichokes and are not native to the Middle East. They were used as a food source by Native Americans, and more recently by peoples of both the Old and New Worlds. A hybrid between this species and H. annuus shows improved tuber production, and these have been marketed under the name "sunchokes." The tubers contain an unusual oligosaccharide (inulin) which tastes sweet but is not digested or absorbed in the human GI tract, and is therefore safe for diabetics.
A large attempt in the early 1980s to farm these plants for production of ethanolic biofuels resulted in a spectacular failure due to mismanagement and unfavorable politics. The investment losses and bad publicity resulted in loss of confidence in the agricultural potential of H. tuberosus, and cultivation has declined significantly since then.
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Why do some people believe that the Earth is as flat as a pancake ?
Nobody has ever told me they believe a flat Earth.
I think that ***** idiots covers it.
Interesting video. I think it is distrust in Nasa, our governments, media, etc. that has fueled some of these flat earth movements. Combine that with when we learn that much of the history we've learned in school was either incomplete or inaccurate. Also, I think to some people, this just feels right. It might be easier to believe we are on a flat earth versus a spinning ball. I think too that some people just like the idea of it, and that it's fun to think about. You see that these are the people who believe in a dome over the entire earth, too. It's a nice thought and not as scary as thinking that we're just hurtling through space...maybe.
Last night's Lunar eclipse provided evidence for anyone to see, with their own eyes, that the Earth is spherical, not flat. The curved shadow of the Earth could be seen extending across the Moon. The same curved shadow could be seen from widely separated parts of the Earth, at the same time.
Let's deconstruct this shall we. Please note that I am not assuming that this is what you personally believe.
This is pretty much constructed out of whole cloth. There is zero reason to believe that Nasa should be "distrusted" other than the completely debunked "fake moon landings" nonsense.
Combine that with when we learn that much of the history we've learned in school was either incomplete or inaccurate.
ALL knowledge, at all times in our history, will be "incomplete and inaccurate". All of it. We are never going to have a complete or entirely accurate view of reality. To say that because we don't know everything that anything is up for grabs is complete nonsense.
It might be easier to believe we are on a flat earth versus a spinning ball.
If you completely ignore some pretty easy to access and understand evidence then, yeah, sure.
I think too that some people just like the idea of it, and that it's fun to think about.
This is where I think it takes a bit more of a sinister turn. I think its a form of intellectual nihilism. If you take the shape of the earth off the table then anything is up for grabs.
You see that these are the people who believe in a dome over the entire earth, too. It's a nice thought and not as scary as thinking that we're just hurtling through space...maybe.
Well, science doesn't care what people want to be true - its one of its strengths.
The Flat Earth Society was originally a spoof. A joke. Then the internet came along ...... Some highly suggestible people saw it, took it for real (it's on the internet, it must be true ....), and, with an innate distrust of "authority" then automatically refuted any suggestion they were wrong.
Chemtrails is another example of the same thing.
And once such people are convinced of something, any attempt to dissuade them of their beliefs only acts to reinforce them.
Oh, and some people are just very simple or very stupid, as well.


We can't know, of course.
Can we seek to imagine what motivated something so terrible?
Might it help to do so?
It is a truly terrible thing to betray a friend, but maybe Judas was expecting a very different outcome. Maybe.
Maybe he thought there was a good to be served by doing what he did. He must have felt he had a reason. Maybe he was trying to force Jesus' hand, make him reveal and initiate the Kingdom in a dramatic burst. Maybe, an idealist, he was disillusioned with small progress, maybe the way things were turning out was not what he expected or felt he signed up for.
Having wondered this, having thought, too, how well Jesus knew Judas, and that he knew what Judas was intending to do, I imagined that instead. I wrote a response.
did you look up? Search his eyes?
of all that had passed between you?
and slip out into the dark night.
you reached out your hand, touched, fed.
a box of treasure hidden away beneath the dirt.
mighty, when so full of love. This is the way.
his sandals, and gently washed his feet.
This is a picture that was in display at the Chapel of the Holy Innocents, Norwich Cathedral. It shows the Jesus being betrayed, and healing, at the same moment.
It reminds me of the child who was asked what Jesus did on Holy Saturday: "He went into hell, of course, to find his friend Judas".


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Business Observer Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021 2 months ago
Pilot training academy combats industry shortage with $15M investment
Constant improvement mindset puts Paragon Flight Training on a path to a higher level of growth.
by: Beth Luberecki Contributor
When Paragon Flight Training first opened for business in 2006, its student population mostly consisted of people interested in becoming recreational pilots.
But over the last four to five years, the Fort Myers-based flight school has seen a big shift toward students seeking to become professional or commercial airline pilots. The company, in turn, directed its focus there. "That's been a big driver in our growth and business model going forward," says Christopher Schoensee, president and owner of Paragon Flight Training.
Industry. Aviation
Company: Paragon Flight Training
Key. Company is capitalizing on a current shortage in commercial airline pilots.
The focus hit an apex earlier this year, when, in March, Paragon Flight entered into a 10-year agreement with the Lee County Port Authority that will greatly expand its operations at Page Field in Fort Myers. The company refurbished a newly acquired 14,000-square-foot building at Page Field to serve as a maintenance and MRO facility. And now it's refurbishing an 8,000-square-foot space to serve as the school's learning center, which will house classrooms and simulator spaces. The goal is to have that completed in the first or second quarter of next year. When that's finished, the existing learning center will be transformed into an employee training and development center.
Paragon Flight Training also plans to purchase 40 to 50 additional planes over the next five years, which will approximately triple its current fleet. All these moves — some $1.1 million for the expanded space and another $15 million for the planes — will help the company prepare for its next wave of growth.
That growth wave has received a pandemic-era boost. While Schoensee declines to provide specific revenue figures, he does say the company has averaged 23% growth year-over-year throughout its 15 years in business. And 2021, he adds, is looking even better. The school has about 40 employees and 100 to 125 full-time students — with more on the way.
Stefania Pifferi: Christopher Schoensee founded Fort Myers-based Paragon Flight Training in 2006.
"Inquiries have been up 20% to 25% since basically December 2020," says Schoensee. "Since they announced the vaccines, everything's been through the roof. Our revenue in 2021 has already exceeded our revenue in 2020 in its entirety. Enrollment numbers are up, and inquiries are way up. We're really rebounding excellently from the COVID-19 downturn."
In addition to facilities, the company, says Schoensee, has long set a goal to invest in the latest technology. It uses aircraft with "glass cockpit" Garmin G1000 avionics and has invested over the years in things like advanced simulator technology. "Aviation is an extremely capital-intensive business model, so it's hard to say exact numbers," says Schoensee, 41. "But we have continuously upgraded and evolved, and we're still on the cutting edge of the highest technology possible."
Big need
One factor fueling the growth? A looming pilot shortage.
Boeing's "Pilot and Technician Outlook 2021–2040" says that 612,000 new pilots will be needed to fly the global commercial fleet over the next 20 years. In North America alone, 130,000 pilots will be needed.
The commercial airline industry will be seeing a lot of retirements over the next several years, and some pilots have retired early during the disruption caused by the pandemic. The military used to be a big feeder system for the commercial airlines, with military-trained pilots switching over to the commercial side after leaving the service. But with increased use of drone technology, there aren't as many military pilots as there once were.
'We're almost fanatically client-centric, so we think about growth and put years of thought into where we're growing and how does that affect our clients and their experiences?' Christopher Schoensee, Paragon Flight Training
"It used to be that the airlines could get most of their pilots from military people retiring," says Robert Rockmaker, president and CEO of the Flight School Association of North America. "But that's no longer happening and probably won't happen ever again."
The industry also took a bit of a hit, understandably, after 9/11. "After the terror attacks took place, there were a lot of parents where if their son or daughter wanted to fly airplanes, they weren't too keen on that," says Rockmaker. "The industry lost a little momentum, to be very frank."
In addition, Schoensee says that for a long time, wages for commercial airline pilots weren't keeping pace with other sectors. "Up until two, three, maybe five years ago, we didn't see those wages really change, and now they've dramatically changed," he says. "Now the airlines are kind of coming to a head with the pilot shortage and getting into crunch time, and wages are shooting through the roof."
All of that adds up to lots of opportunity for a flight-training school like Paragon. "This is a great time to be learning to fly — and teaching people to fly," says Elizabeth Tennyson, senior vice president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Foundation. "There were serious concerns about a pilot shortage even before the pandemic. The downturn in commercial air travel during the pandemic led many airlines to offer early retirements and furlough pilots, some of whom have left the industry. As a result, as we get back to normal, the demand for pilots will be greater than ever. The need to move people and products around the globe is only going to grow, so it's a great time to pursue an aviation career, and many people are doing just that."
Paragon Flight Training still offers training for recreational pilots along with its programs that help students embark on a professional pilot career. That's a process that involves obtaining various licenses and ratings, logging flight hours and typically working your way up the ladder starting at a regional carrier if one's goal is to become a commercial airline pilot.
To address pilot shortages, some airlines have begun to get ahead of the issue. In 2020, for example, United Airlines acquired a flight school in Arizona. Schoensee has also seen foreign players taking an interest in U.S. flight schools, like U.K.-based Skyborne flight training academy's purchase of a Vero Beach flight school. He thinks it's just the beginning of consolidation and other activity in the industry.
At a glance: pilot shortage
Current pilots in the United States: 691,000
New pilot demand in North America by 2029: 65,000
American Airlines total pilots: 15,500
Southwest Airlines pilots annual expenditures: $2.15 billion
Source: The Pilot Shortage, Statista
"I think the opportunity is becoming more apparent, that the demand for professional pilots is outweighing production," he says. "World production can't keep up with demand, so now we're seeing different people move into this space….The space is definitely dynamic. I've been in this business 15 years, and I haven't seen this kind of movement."
Schoensee says Paragon Flight Training is approached at least two or three times a year by investors of different kinds. But the company's not interested in being acquired. "That's not part of what we want to do now," he says. "I'm 41; I have a lot of years left. So it's not at the forefront in our thoughts right now."
Paragon's strong growth plan allows the company to continue thriving — even as the flight training industry gets a little more volatile.
"There's more competition than there's ever been," says Schoensee. "Fifteen years ago, the competition wasn't so stiff, and it was a little easier for us to shine. But every year schools are getting smarter. We have to keep honing our processes and make sure we're staying in front of everybody."
Courtesy. Chris Schoensee's flight training school is primed for a big growth spurt.
That's been a big part of the school's growth plan. "For three to five years now, we've been working on our systems and improving our coaching and mentoring of team members and working on processes and software and different tools to help us manage the workload," he says. "We're almost fanatically client-centric, so we think about growth and put years of thought into where we're growing and how does that affect our clients and their experiences?
"Any company that experiences rapid growth and rapid demand has to make sure it's able to stay in line as far as quality and the level of product that people have expectations for," he continues. "That customer service level is really the foundation of our values for the company. We don't want to lose what makes us who we are and what has made us successful so far."
That approach seems to be working: Paragon Flight Training was recognized as a Distinguished Flight School by AOPA's 2021-22 Flight Training Experience Awards. That recognition is given to the highest-rated flight schools in AOPA's Flight Training Experience Survey, and it's one of many such honors the company has received over the years.
"Their customers were overwhelmingly positive about them," says Chris Moser, director of flight training education at the AOPA Foundation. "Their customers described them as truly caring about their students, providing incredible customer service, providing really well-maintained aircraft and excellent instruction and passionate about what they do."
"Paragon has been around for a while, and Chris does a great job," says FSANA's Rockmaker. "They're in growth mode and have good management and a good program. I think Paragon has a bright future. Plus they're in Florida, and Florida is a great place to fly to begin with because it has good weather."
Schoensee feels confident the company is well-positioned for whatever comes next. "I think Paragon has established itself as one of the premier flight training schools in Southwest Florida," he says. "I think we've done good job at that and that most of the time we're competing with schools on a national level. And that's where we want to be."
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Good Night Beijing
Beijing: Wan Jiu Zhao Wu
2021 / 95m - China
Jaycee Chan, Zhang Xioalei
A promising, though somewhat uneven debut of Jaycee Chan. Jackie's son has a pretty respectable acting career, it's no surprise he would eventually move on to direct his own films. It's not quite as daring as some of the films he headlined, but Chan does show quite a b it of promise.
The film follows three stories that are connected to a nightclub in Beijing. The first one follows a troubled romance between two people who work at the club, the second one shows the budding friendship between two of its clients and finally there's a story about a young boy who wants to make it big in the entertainment industry.
Flashy colors, slick camerawork and a contemporary score. This is clearly a film from a (somewhat) younger director. The stories don't quite connect enough, and the drama feels a little light. The cast is quite impressive though and the styling is nice. Chan is already working on his next film, based on this first attempt he deserves a few more chances.


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Téboulba () è una città della Tunisia.

La città è situata a 25 km da Monastir, all'estremità meridionale del golfo di Hammamet, nella regione del Sahel. È parte del governatorato amministrativo di Monastir, ed è il capoluogo della delegazione con lo stesso nome, con una popolazione di  persone.

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Centri abitati del governatorato di Monastir


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Chapter Sixteen (Temple of Twilight)
Previously: Neldo has failed to procure a potion or drug to prevent Soshay from having a vision. He sought the help of his grandmother, who warned him about the Unnamed God and Soshay's importance to defeating Him.
Neldo hurried from his chambers to answer Tenoch's summons. He felt a dull ache in his stomach, an ache that had become a constant companion to him for fifteen years. Sometimes he wondered how he continued to allow Tenoch to persuade his compliance. At first Neldo had been a willing participant in Mitlan's downfall. He had been passed over for the position of High Oracle because of Keron, and Keron had been found and trained by Mitlan.
Nelodo had never believed he had a great gift of prophecy, but he had worked to train the greatest oracles the Temple of Twilight had ever possessed. He had devoted years of study in the temple archives, seeking the ancient methods of training and potions. It was he who had reintroduced the regular use of liuqui to the training of new oracles. He watched student after student, find their abilities paled in the face of Keron's skills, and thus be sent away to the edges of the empire to serve as tools for others. Or worse, he watched them fail their initiations, unable to have visions without the liuqui or sun opener tea. It was his teachings that gave Soshay control over her ungovernable visions, as it was his idea to use her gifts to line his own pockets.
After a few years of Tenoch's schemes, Neldo had grown frightened of the man, but Tenoch had a knack of talking him into continued compliance. Now, Neldo knew he was in to too deeply. If Tenoch fell, it would be inevitable that Neldo would also fall. And now, Neldo knew that he had failed Tenoch, again. He knew that this would be the last time Tenoch accepted a failure from him.
He found his thoughts kept returning to his grandmother's warnings. He still doubted her veracity, but the exchange nagged at his thoughts. Anacoana had no stake in Soshay. It did not affect her if the girl lived or died, but she was concerned. Soshay can't possibly be that important. He thought. She is just another oracle. Neldo had to admit to himself that Soshay was the most powerful oracle he had ever seen, but Anacoana's apocalyptic ramblings were too impossible to believe. He tried to shake off the thoughts.
Neldo knew that Tenoch hungered for a place at the side of the Imperator, a position that would allow him to guide the Imperator back to the traditional beliefs of the Cetza. Neldo knew that Tenoch's vision of the Cetza's past was ahistoric at best, a mishmash of myths and hatred of foreigners the foundation of his vision.
He stopped at Tenoch's door and straightened his mantle and cringed seeing his ruined hands. Once he had believed in Tez and all the gods. Once he would have considered his scars evidence of Tez's power. Staring at the tight, puckered skin on his hands and knowing his face matched, he prayed for the first time in many years. Forgive me.
Tenoch's voice called from behind the door, "Enter."
"Second-Priest," Neldo inclined his head, before sitting himself.
"Neldo, you have failed more spectacularly than I expected." Tenoch smiled at him.
Neldo bristled at the words, but hid his anger. He lowered his head in response to Tenoch's criticism.
"Of course, out of your failure, I have once again found a solution to our problem." Tenoch poured them both cups of chocotle.
Neldo jerked his head up, "What do mean?" He felt a twinge of hope. If Tenoch was happy, it may mean a reprieve. Tenoch would need him to rule over the City of the Jungle, and Neldo knew that the man trusted no one else within the temple to take that role.
Tenoch paused drinking, "Your visit to the witch Anacoana was inspired, even if it came to nothing." He nodded toward Neldo's cup, "You do not drink, my friend?"
Neldo glanced at the cup, and raised it to his lips, but only pretended to drink. Perhaps it was the visit to Anacoana that left him on edge.
Tenoch watched him drink and seemed to accept Neldo's ruse. "I am surprised that the old witch wouldn't help you, you are after all her grandson."
Neldo roughly set his cup on the table. He wondered how Tenoch had discovered his secret. Neldo had gone to great lengths to hide his connection to Anacoana before coming to the Temple of Twilight. He felt his anger toward Tenoch growing, and wondered, not for the first time, if it was time to take the profits from Soshay's prophecies and leave the temple entirely.
"Don't be angry, Neldo. I would never reveal your shameful past," Tenoch said, his voice growing softer, "Even if you have failed me, again, visiting her was an inspired idea. Her skills with potions are known even to me."
Neldo felt his anger draining away with Tenoch's words. He realized that this was always the way it worked; he would start to think about giving up all of their plans, and with a few words, Tenoch could have him believing again. "Inspired?" Neldo finally asked.
"Yes, inspired by Tez himself." Tenoch gave Neldo a sly smile, as both had long abandoned any pretense of piety. "Your plan to find a way to prevent Soshay from having visions was very clever indeed." Tenoch paused and sipped at his drink again, his eyes trained on Neldo.
Neldo reached for his own cup, realizing that he feared the cup was poisoned. Beads of sweat dotted his lip and forehead. He thought of Anacoana's drunken ramblings about all poisons having a signature, a method of detection. He swirled the liquid, watching how it moved, seeking a clue to the poison. Tenoch would have limited access to poisons, as he lacked any herbcraft. Pretending to drink again, Tenoch inhaled the fragrance again, and believed he detected the sweet hint of Oaco. The leaves of the plant were used in many medicines, but if prepared correctly created a poison that made the heart lose its rhythm. With Tenoch's eyes on him, he pretended to drink again. "But I did find a way to prevent her visions."
Tenoch's smile grew, "I have found a way." He pulled a clay jug from under the table. "You sought a potion, something that would work in the opposite fashion from liuqui," he set the jug on the table.
The sheer size of the jug would be enough to prevent every active oracle in the temple from having visions. The jug was covered in glyphs to Zel, and Neldo wondered if Tenoch had persuaded his lover, Setch to bring him the potion. "Will it take all of that to block Soshay's visions?"
Tenoch laughed, "This is for all of the oracles." He narrowed his eyes at Neldo, "We cannot have them revealing out plans, can we?" He hissed at Neldo. "With Mitlan coming to preside over her initiation, we cannot leave anything to chance. You have kept her prophecies out of her codex?" Tenoch snapped.
Neldo blinked at the abrupt change in topic. "When she was under my control, I made certain that only a few accurate predictions were entered into her codex, but I cannot know what prophecies she has given to Keron."
Tenoch interrupted and waved away the concern, "And you kept no official records and kept her patron gifts for yourself no doubt?" He ignored Neldo's bumbling attempt to deny the accusation, and continued, "I do not care about the money, Neldo. Only making sure this girl fails."
Neldo hesitated not wanting to anger Tenoch, but his grandmother's warnings rose like moths to batter his mind. "Expelling her from the temple would be easier. We could send her to serve with Tzi's witches and be done with her. The Temple of Midnight does not use oracles, so her power will be wasted there anyway."
Tenoch scowled at him, "She must die. How many times must I tell you this?" He paused to drink. When he spoke again his tone had changed. His voice was cajoling, "Neldo, my friend, you know she is your enemy. Look what she did to you. You want her to suffer for the damage she inflicted on you."
Neldo found himself nodding in agreement and felt his anger at the girl rising again. Anacoana's warnings drifted from his thoughts. Soshay was responsible for inflicting the terrible scars he bore, and Keron would be devastated by the loss of the girl. Neldo felt himself smiling and nodding in agreement.
Tenoch's voice took on a tone of command and truth. "Neldo, you must use the potion that you procured to prevent all of the oracles in the temple from having visions. Replace all of the liuqui in the temple with this potion. Make certain that you use the remaining portion in the food served tonight. That should be enough to prevent any of them from having visions for the duration of Mitlan's visit."
Neldo found himself frowning. His thoughts growing confused, as he remembered leaving the old witch's shop empty handed. "I didn't procure the potion, Tenoch. I failed to get it."
Tenoch tsked at him, "Neldo, you remember going to visit the old witch. You remember that she gave you this potion."
Neldo nodded slowly, his memories rearranging themselves to suit Tenoch's will. "I will switch the potions and add the remainder to the food tonight Tenoch."
Tenoch smiled and nodded, "Once you are finished, you will leave the jug in your chambers." His eyes drifted to the cups before them, "Now drink your chocotle."
Neldo nodded again, and picked up the cup. The beverage was still hot, and he sipped a small amount. He tasted a strange sweetness under the bitter brew, and his thoughts cleared.
They were interrupted by a servant's knock. One of the many nameless kitchen boys entered with Tenoch's permission and began removing the cups. Neither man paid any attention to the sharp eyed kitchen boy. But the boy, Pelo, noticed the jug and wondered about its contents.
Neldo used the interruption to try and collect himself. His heart raced, and he knew in his bones that he would follow Tenoch's commands, but some small part of him still warned that this was wrong. Something still nagged at him. His eyes fell on the cups the boy collected, and he knew that Tenoch had poisoned the cup.
As his heart pounded in his chest, Neldo saw all of Tenoch's plans. With his own death, Tenoch could lay blame at Neldo's feet should the plans to drug Soshay be revealed. Neldo had to get out of the chamber quickly, without alerting Tenoch. Neldo smiled, "I will begin my tasks, Second Priest." Neldo said rising.
Tenoch nodded, "Yes, soon this will all be over."
Neldo forced himself to leave the chamber at a normal pace, and to maintain a leisurely pace back to his chamber.
Once inside his chamber, he leaned against the door, panting his head pounding as the poison coursed through his blood. Can I reach Anacoana for an antidote? But the thought of leaving the temple without first replacing the liuqui made him tremble. I drank very little, and in small doses, Oaco cannot kill. He recalled both his mother and grandmother selling such a tincture to warriors and servants of Mat who sought vigor and stamina.
Replacing the liuqui was easy, but his thoughts ran in circles trying to figure out how to get the potion into tonight's dinner. Then he remembered the servant cults. The servants of the Cetza Empire were renowned for creating their own strange cults and religious rites. He remembered as a child the poorest children in his neighborhood. They had created some complex worship of a local stray cat. They had holy days, rites and rituals, and even an altar to the mangy beast. In the capitol, he knew many of the servants had formed a cult of worship around the foreign Empress. They seemed to have melded her Suyu heritage into their unfathomable rites. Within the Temple of Twilight, he knew that they had long had a cult to the True Bride, and now that Soshay was called the True Bride, they had shifted their worship to her. He only had to find out when they met for their strange rituals, and he would find the kitchen empty.
With the problem of getting into the kitchen solved, the urgency to finish the job lessened. He made his way to the kitchen. Inside the many servants were busy at work preparing the evening meal. It would be hours before it would be served.
"You, boy" Neldo called out to one of the younger children.
The boy looked up from his work kneading dough and his face paled when he found Neldo standing in the doorway.
"Come, I need assistance." Neldo said, and turned from the door, expecting that the boy would follow. Neldo was not disappointed. The boy followed a few steps behind him.
Neldo headed for the novice's courtyard. At this hour, it should be empty and he wanted time alone with the child.
The boy followed his outside, all the while watching Neldo warily. "My Lord, Priest, how can I help?" The boy finally asked.
Neldo smiled at him and began to coax the boy into telling him about the cult to the True Bride.
When he arrived at his grandmother's shop, he found a line of customers outside of the shop. He scowled at the endless line of farmers and tradespeople. Instead of waiting, he walked around to the back of the shop and let himself inside. Anacoana glared at him through the curtain, but she continued her business of handing out charms and potions.
Seated the table, Neldo fidgeted, terrified that every pain he felt was a symptom of the poison. He wondered again, if he had caused his own death by waiting to get an antidote. But he had known at the time that he had to complete Tenoch's orders. Tonight, during the evening prayers, the cult of the True Bride would hold their strange rites, and he could use the potion.
He paced in the kitchen impatiently. The old woman knew he was there, but still she dallied with her customers. As his eyes flickered around the dingy kitchen, he began to notice things were missing. The room was still dim but not in the squalid disarray of his childhood, but the shelves were bare and all the remained was broken crockery. It struck him that while, Anacoana's potions and charms were popular, but he had never seen a line of people. Most of her customers preferred anonymity.
Finally, as the sun began to set, she finished with the last customer and locked the front door, before coming into the back.
"Whatever you want, speak quickly." She said, and began pulling a bag out from under the table. She pawed through the contents.
She gazed at him sadly, "You have poison on your lips, my grandson. Is this how your service is repaid in the Temple of Twilight?"
Neldo jerked in his chair, "I seek an antidote for oaco?"
She glanced at his eyes, and laid a hand on his chest before pronouncing, "It is not enough to harm you." She untied her bag and rummaged through the contents. She pulled a small, wax sealed bottle out. "Here," she handed him the bottle. "If you are worried, take a draught of this. Keep it with you." She closed his hand around the bottle. "Now go, I must be off before the full darkness. My way through the jungle will be hard enough."
Neldo uncapped the bottle and drank from it. "You are leaving the City?"
She paused in her packing. "I warned you once already. You seek to destroy the True Bride, and I already live with Tzi's curse upon me, I will not risk the Lord of Death's wrath as well. You should not tempt their wrath either, my grandson."
Neldo glared at her, "That bitch is no bride of the god. Do not tell me the business of my temple. Your witch-goddess may torment you, but my god is silent."
Anacoana simply shrugged at him. "If you were wiser, less concerned with your petty revenge, you would have seen the signs too. The Unnamed One wakes. My sisters in the Temple of Midnight have already marked the signs. They have come to me to confirm this."
Neldo rolled his eyes. "So you have terrified your foolish customers with your vague tales of cataclysm. That explains the line of customers."
She laughed. "You doubt the Unnamed One. But He rises. The signs in the Temple of Midnight all point to your oracle, and her destruction imperils all the Cetza."
Neldo glared at her, "So you believe your own foolish tales."
Anacoana narrowed her eyes at him, "In the Temple of Twilight, we make our own choices. We are bound by no law. I give you knowledge and choice, my grandson. You have entered into a dangerous game, one that extends far beyond your petty quest for power. Choose, but know the consequences of your choice are on your head." She rose and slung the bag onto her back. "I am leaving the City of the Jungle. Those that live in the wilds of the jungle will shelter me. I only hope it will be enough to keep my hidden from the eye of the Unnamed. He and I have unfinished business, business I fervently seek to avoid. Even in death, I risk His rage."
Neldo narrowed his eyes at her, something in the words rang true, but he recalled the lies about the chair. "I sought information on your chair in the records of the Temple of Twilight, no such thing exists."
She offered a tired smile, "Why would it? The throne, the vessel of the Unnamed has never been part of the Temple of Twilight. Seek audience with the High Priestess of Zel, if you wish to see it." She reached for him, as if to stroke his face, and stopped. "The High Priestess, Este, is under sway of the Unnamed One now, and she will free the bastard-god, unless Soshay lives."
Neldo rose. He did not want to believe his grandmother, but her fear was infectious. "I am bound in this plot. To leave now is my death, and I do not hurry to meet Tez. Soshay will fail her initiation and she will die in the undertaking."
Anacoana's eyes blanked and her expression was slack for a brief moment. Then her expression changed and her eyes shone with knowledge beyond his understanding. "You stand at a crossroads, servant to my Brother. He is jealous and protects what is His." Anacoana's voice had lost the rasp of age. It flowed smoothly, like water over rocks. A small smile crept over her lips, "Your chamber bears the images of the story of his Jaguar Woman, yet you do not fear his wrath. You steal a mountain of wealth due to Him, the product of his Bride's labor. Do not try and take more of what is His, grandson of My servant."
Neldo froze hearing the words. He recognized the trance state and knew how easy it was to fake, but the words themselves seemed to pour through him, filling him, making him cold with fear. Anacoana could not have seen his chambers, and how could she know of the wealth he had collected from Soshay's prophecies.
"You have more enemies than friends within your Temple. My Brother has turned his favor from you. Be wary, grandson of My servant."
He watched as Anacoana blinked, her eyes becoming focused.
She caught his gaze, "I do not want to hear what She had to say." She opened the door, motioning him out. "I only hope it means that I have been forgiven."
Neldo was unsteady as he made his way out of the house. He tried to think of something to say. It seemed to him that something should be said, even if it was only to tell her he did not believe her act. He watched her lock the shop door.
She looked at him and shook her head. "Goodbye, may the gods watch over us all." He started to reply, and she waved him to silence, before walking away.
Neldo watched her walk through the alley. He glanced at the sky, noting the sun nearing twilight. He wondered if the barbarians that lived in the jungle would really shelter the old witch, or if there was truth to the tales about them. The barbarians who lived in the jungle were said to be cannibals. The stories claimed they lived in the wild and sought to destroy civilization. Watching her disappear between two buildings, he hoped the tales were lies.
He still held the bottle in his hand. He made certain that the bottle was sealed and slowly walked back towards the Temple of Twilight. He had plotted for so long with Tenoch that no escape existed for him. He knew he was not noble enough to sacrifice himself to save anyone, not even the entire empire. He passed the other shops listening to the voices of the vendors and people alike. The babble of their voices washed over him, and he found it soothing. It is impossible that all Cetza could be washed from the earth, as if we never existed. If this Unnamed One is real, would He destroy us all? He must want followers, worshipers, all the gods do. Would serving Him be any hardship?
He watched a young wealthy couple, resplendent in their heavily bejeweled clothing, walk through the market arm in arm. He assumed they were recently wed. The woman wore her hair up in the complicated twists and bun of a married woman, but her hair lacked sophistication, like she only just started wearing it up. He imagined that to many observers, they appeared happy, in love and starting a new life. He only saw the marks of their class. The bejeweled clothing, the heavy jewelry, even their bearing marked them above everyone else in the market. As he watched them, all he felt was envy. This was the status Tenoch had promised him. To rule the temple in the City of the Jungle would elevate him beyond his origins. He would have the status the couple took as their due because of the quirk of birth. As he continued to watch the couple, his vision blurred.
He had a sudden image of himself, sitting in the chair of High Priest. The altar room was empty and silent. Outside he could hear the screams of the people, the clash of battle, and the roar of fire. He watched the temple of Twilight crumble around himself, and for a moment felt the weight of a million tons of stone, slowly crush the life from him. He struggled to breathe for a moment, before he shook off the image.
While he had vied against Keron for the position of High Oracle, even he had no illusions of the difference in their power. His power of prophecy was strong enough to qualify him as an oracle, but only just. He had experienced enough visions to know the image was a vision. It was the first he had ever experienced without extensive preparation and liuqui.
He stood gasping for air as the vision faded. He could not escape Tenoch's machinations, but he could save Soshay and thus himself. He still shook with rage at the girl's attack upon him, but he forced himself to accept that being the High Priest to a temple of rubble was no reward. If the girl must live, so be it.


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Q: "deploy-php-ext-configure" in /bin/sh missing when building docker laravel image i am trying to build image and container from a project but i am having an issue when trying to build the image. the project is a template and I already have a project using this template in my computer. I would like to know how to solve it and understand a little more. I hope somebody would help me.
here is the error log when I run the command "docker build -t my-payments ." :
#7 200.3 /bin/sh: 1: deploy-php-ext-configure: not found

here is the "docker-compose.yml" :
version: '3.8'

services:
    web:
        container_name: laravel-template-...
        build:
            context: ./
            dockerfile: ./Dockerfile.dev
        volumes:
          - .:/var/www-data
        environment:
            - PORT=80
        ports:
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        links:
            - db

    db:
        image: postgres:13
        container_name: db-lrv-postgres-...
        restart: always
        environment:
            POSTGRES_DB: db-lrv-postgres
            POSTGRES_USER: ...
            POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ...
            TZ: ...
            PORT: ${PORT:-5432}
        ports:
            - "5434:5432"

here is "Dockerfile" :
FROM php:7.4-fpm

USER root

WORKDIR /var/www-data

RUN apt-get update \
    # gd
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    #custom-dependencies installed: libpq-dev
    && deploy-php-ext-configure gd  \
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    # gmp
    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libgmp-dev \
    && deploy-php-ext-install gmp \
    # pdo
    && deploy-php-ext-install pdo \
    # pdo_pgsql
    && deploy-php-ext-install pgsql pdo_pgsql mbstring \
    # opcache
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    # zip
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COPY . /var/www-data

COPY ./deploy/php.ini /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/local.ini

COPY ./deploy/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

RUN mv .env.production .env

RUN chmod +rwx /var/www-data

RUN chmod -R 777 /var/www-data

#RUN npm install -g npm@latest

RUN npm install

RUN npm run prod

RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

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RUN php artisan optimize

EXPOSE 8080

RUN ["chmod", "+x", "./deploy/post_deploy.sh"]

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The 12-Month Self-Improvement Plan is Here!
I'm been so excited to start this project. We're all going to benefit from improving our lives just a little bit. Each month will be a different topic, and each topic will have some of my own suggestions along with suggestions from the experts. The great part about splitting it up is that you can… Continue reading The 12-Month Self-Improvement Plan is Here!


Festivities need not be just about the sweets, unless served with a spicy savory snack. Every celebration requires a proper variety of food, that includes sweet delicacies as dessert and and savory snacks as appetizers. One such my most favorite Indian snack is Namakpare, which nowadays is probably probably fading out, but most of us as kids loved these being prepared for Diwali and Holi festivals. Namakpare were an integral part of a homemade gift boxes that Mom use to prepare for the guests and extended family. An important part of the tradition, this wonderful snack is made with maida and ajwain. The idea is to make sure to knead a tight dough and cook these on low flame, for the right coloring and taste. These crunchy Namakpare can be easily kept for couple of weeks–and sometimes, longer–in an air-tight container and enjoyed with some nice hot tea in the evening.
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and use warm water to knead a tight dough.
Keep the dough for atleast 30 minutes and cover with a damp cloth.
Roll dough into thin circles and cut it in the shape of elongated diamonds, as shown above.
Heat oil in a heavy-bottom pan.
Fry the shapes on low heat till golden brown. The browning will continue even after you remove them from oil, which is fine.
Remove oil by placing these on a kitchen tissue.
Cool and serve with tea.


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The Boston Globe also notes something about 1972 - No one who has won Iowa has won the Presidency since 1972.
Chris Suellentrop of the NYTimes thumbs his nose at the "Netroots" for not backing Obama in the first place and spending so much energy attacking Obama. He also notes Obama's snubbing of a lot of the blogosphere. And boy, do I know that! Between Blogher and the Chicago Moms Blog, I've been trying in one fashion or another to get the Obama campaign to respond to mommy bloggers. Hey, if moms were a target audience the last two elections, shouldn't we still? Apparently we're not. But no one seems to be Obama's blogging target this time around. He's using the internet, but it seems in a slightly different way that we all expected. And so far, he's winning.
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