As I type this post many in the religious world are preparing to or have just celebrated and remembered the assumption of Mary. It is the celebration in honor of the moment when Mary was supposedly accepted into her eternal reward with God after her death. Typically this is celebrated or remembered on or around August 15th. It is a time to honor the bearer of the Christ child and her role in the unfolding of God's plan to redeem and restore the creation.
I have never celebrated the Assumption of Mary. The faith tradition that I was raised in, and still serve in, has historically distanced itself from Mary. Mostly as a reaction to what it viewed as Mary worship in other faith traditions, it has often gone in the opposite direction to downplay the role of Mary as nothing more than just a regular human girl. Taking a day to remember and honor Mary would be viewed as wrong and opposed to God's will. Rightly or wrongly, that was my understanding growing up.
And yet I wonder, why be so afraid to honor a great woman of faith who clearly played a pivotal role in the unfolding narrative of the world?
Last week, I sat in a Bible class as participant after participant marveled at the life of Mary. Individuals highlighted her faith, her strength, her willingness to accept God's plan for her life. It was a reminder that this individual was a great woman of faith who should be honored and praised for her role in the plan of salvation. In so many ways she was just a regular person like you and me. There was nothing special or magical about her. And yet, she was clearly different because out of all the people in the world God chose her to be the one who would be the mother of Jesus. There was something about her that made her the favored one of God.
Mary had great faith. As far as the picture portrayed in scripture reveals, Mary never really questioned the task placed upon her. Sure, she asked the angel a few questions and then she went to spend time with Elizabeth to try to make sense of it all, but she did it with strength and determination. She responded to Gabriel by saying, "let it be to me according to your word." After hearing Elizabeth proclaim that she was blessed among women, Mary responded in a great song of praise, thanking God that she was considered worthy enough to bear the Son of God. Few have accepted their role in God's plan with the willingness and strength that Mary does. She should be revered as a hero of faith.
The reactions to Jesus's birth would have also been interesting. Magi from the east come to bring gifts and worship the new-born King. When Jesus is presented in the Temple, both Simeon and Anna find the young child and speak highly of him. This was the moment they had waited for all their lives. Simeon even declares that Jesus will be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and that even Mary's soul will be pierced with a sword because of the child. These experiences would have been strange, and while Mary ponders them in her heart, she also seems to accept them as part of the plan God has for her life. She does not run in fear from them or become too prideful. The strength that she displays, to accept what God has done without question seems hard to imagine. Maybe she had periods of doubt, but those are not revealed in the story. Instead, she is pictured as one willing to accept God's call at any moment.
Mary's role in the grand narrative is a vital one. She is more than just the bearer of the Messiah. She is a great woman of faith who God used to help bring about the redemption of the world. We are all in her debt for the role she played in the unfolding of the story.
I must admit, August 15th passed without me celebrating the assumption of Mary. It's probably just a part of my upbringing I can't get away from. Who knows, maybe next year I will. But I do know I spent alot of time last week remembering the life of Mary. I thank God for this great woman of faith. I thank God for the role she played in the redemption of the world. And I thank God for her strength, faith, and determination to live into the story because it has inspired me to do the same. We could learn alot from Mary, she is a true hero of faith.


Jack, a recent ICS graduate, talks about what he has gained from the Diploma Programme at ICS.
International assessments show primary students exceeding global averages across all subjects.
Our secondary school results place ICS among the UK's top schools.


The amount won by German player 'IIJaYaII' in the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event on PokerStars. 'IIJaYaII' defeated 224 other players to take down the biggest share of the $10 million prize pool.
To be given away by PokerStars in the second $1 Million Freeroll, this is set to take place this Sunday, October 9 at 12.04 ET. Players can still win their seat through a daily All-in Shootout Qualifier.
First prize won by the latest PokerStars Sunday Million champion, 'pejacpoker', from Greece. The player topped a field of 5,137 players to claim $146,146.72 from the $1,027,400 prize pool.
Top prize won by Eureka 6 Hamburg Main Event winner, Dinesh Alt, from Switzerland. The player overcame a field of 367 players to take home the title and $69,120.
Packages to EPT Malta worth €7,500 are up for grabs in the special €10 European Poker Tour (EPT) Malta Spin & Gos which are running now until October 10 on PokerStars. The PokerStars European Poker Tour makes its second stop of Season 13 in Malta. The event will be held at the Portomaso Casino and runs October 18-29, 2016.
Buy-in for the UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) High Roller kicking off on this Saturday at 12:00 GMT. The UKIPT ends October 9 and there are still a range of tournaments running this weekend that players won't want to miss including £330 Birmingham Cup event.
This week Joe Stapleton and James Hartigan discuss the new partnership between the Global Poker League (GPL) and PokerStars. They also catch up with Team PokerStars Pro member Kevin Martin to talk about TwitchCon. Gabe Nagy tests his 'Van Wilder' knowledge in Superfan vs Stapes.
The PokerStars EPT makes its second stop of Season 13 in Malta. The event will be held at the Portomaso Casino and runs October 18-29, 2016.
Team PokerStars Pro, Daniel Negreanu, joined fellow Team Pro and Twitch legend Jason Somerville to review Daniel's WCOOP HORSE win in a special Twitch broadcast.


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Bound for Murder by Victoria Gilbert – Spotlight and Giveaway
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Bound for Murder by Victoria Gilbert
A Blue Ridge Library Mystery Book 4
Crooked Lane Books • January 7, 2020
Blue Ridge library director Amy Webber learns it wasn't all peace and love among the "flower children" when a corpse is unearthed on the grounds of a 1960s commune.
Taylorsford Public Library director Amy Webber's friend "Sunny" Fields is running for mayor. But nothing puts a damper on a campaign like an actual skeleton in a candidate's closet. Sunny's grandparents ran a commune back in the 1960s on their organic farm. But these former hippies face criminal charges when human remains are found in their fields–and a forensic examination reveals that the death was neither natural nor accidental.
With Sunny's mayoral hopes fading, Amy sets her wedding plans aside, says "not yet" to the dress, and uses her research skills to clear her best friend's family. Any of the now-elderly commune members could have been the culprit. As former hippies perish one by one, Amy and her friends Richard, Aunt Lydia, and Hugh Chen pursue every lead. But if Amy can't find whoever killed these "flower children," someone may soon be placing flowers on her grave.
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Victoria Gilbert, raised in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, turned her early obsession with reading into a dual career as an author and librarian. Victoria has worked as a reference librarian, research librarian, and library director. When not writing or reading, she likes to spend her time watching films, gardening, or traveling. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and International Thriller Writers and lives in North Carolina. This is her fourth Blue Ridge Library mystery.
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really looking forward to reading this title!!
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New author new series, sounds good!
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Wonderful storyline. Adorable cover! I can't wait for the opportunity to read this book which is on my TBR list.
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Gillibrand Backs Bill To Battle Illegal Gun Sales
Filed Under:corrupt gun deals, Glenn Schuck, Gun Trafficking Prevention Act, illegal arms flow, illegal gun sales, New York, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Sophia Hall
Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced Sunday that she's backing a bill that aims to crack down on corrupt gun dealers and eliminate the flow of illegal guns into New York.
"This legislation makes it crystal clear that these people are criminals and that they should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," Gillibrand said.
Almost 90 percent of the firearms used in New York City gun crimes come from out of state, and most of those guns are illegal, said Gillibrand, who plans to introduce the Gun Trafficking Prevention Act this week.
LISTEN: 1010 WINS' Glenn Schuck reports https://newyork.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/14578484/2011/12/1355858.mp3
"Congress must make it illegal to traffic weapons from the person who buys the gun from the dealer to the person illegally selling the gun out of the drunk of his car to the kingpin who organizes the entire network," Gillibrand said. "This must be deemed as criminal activity."
It comes on the heels of an undercover probe into gun shows by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Investigators found an open marketplace for illegal weapons, with sellers disregarding mandatory background checks.
LISTEN: WCBS 880's Sophia Hall reports https://newyork.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/14578484/2011/12/1355858.mp3
The probe also revealed a loophole in the law that holds the individual gun seller legally accountable but not the gun show operator. The legislation would close the nation's "gun show loophole" and keep operators responsible.
"The Attorney General's critical investigation shows just how easy it is for guns to end up in the hands of dangerous people," Gillibrand said in a statement. "By cracking down on gun dealers who blatantly disobey the law as well as illegal gun traffickers and their vast criminal networks, we can reduce gun violence and keep our families and neighborhoods safe."
The undercover operation led to criminal charges against 10 New York gun dealers.
Schneiderman said the probe "confirmed what too many already know: In America, guns are freely available to all, regardless of criminal history or other prohibitive factors."
Jackie Hilly from New Yorkers Against Gun Violence said the country needs tougher gun laws.
"There was a 2-year-old who was shot in his car seat on his way home from Easter Sunday Mass, there was a 15-year-old shot on her way home from school–she was critically injured," Hilly said.
The new bill toughens penalties, making such sales a crime and suspending a dealer's license.
Traffickers could face up to 20 years in prison. Kingpins who organize gun trafficking rings would be subject to an additional sentence of potentially five consecutive years in prison. And penalties could increase depending on the number of guns trafficked.
In addition, individuals engaged in a conspiracy to traffic guns would be punished equally to those who actually traffic a gun.
Corrupt dealers would be subject to a license suspension of up to six months and a fine of up to $2,500 per violation.
What do you think of this new bill? Tell us your thoughts in the comments section below.
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Zenit's forward shared his impressions from his first game for Zenit and thanked the team and the coaching staff for their support.
— I have to confess that I was pretty nervous at first. I want to thank the team and the coaching staff for helping me adapt and get ready for the match. I am always ready to play and if the coach gives me the change then I am going to prove myself and fight every second.
As for my game today, I was trying to carry out what our coach asked of me on defense and on offense. I'm really happy that the team finished with this kind of a result and that we were able to make the last 32 with this win.


Nearly 50% of Minnesota's stream miles have been physically altered by humans, according to a first-of-its-kind research project. Alterations like channelizing, ditching, or impounding change the natural hydrology of streams and their drainage areas. These changes can result in higher flows, loss and disturbance of habitat, and higher levels of pollutants entering streams and lakes.
People in Minnesota have modified and rerouted rivers and streams to accommodate various aspects of human development and entrepreneurship for more than 100 years. However, the extent of altered stream miles within Minnesota has not been well documented until now.
The results indicate that 49.6% of stream miles in Minnesota have been altered by humans, a higher percentage than previously thought by watershed professionals. The results also represent the first comprehensive baseline of stream channel conditions in the state of Minnesota.
Having comprehensive data on the extent of watercourse alterations will help ongoing monitoring efforts. Altered stream channels can result in higher flows, higher levels of pollutants entering waterways, and decreased habitat. Water quality monitoring results can now be compared with the altered watercourse data to help the MPCA determine potential causes of pollution problems within a given watershed.
This combination of information will also assist the MPCA in working with local partners to develop watershed restoration and protection plans throughout the state's 81 major watersheds. Restoring an altered stream to its natural condition, or maintaining a stream that has not been altered, can aid in protecting or improving water quality.
With funding made available through the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment, the Altered Watercourse Project was a collaborative effort between the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the Minnesota Geospatial Information Office (a program of MN.IT Services), and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
MPCA's Minnesota Statewide Altered Watercourse Project webpage.
MNGeo Altered Watercourse Project webpage.


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Two Essex Police officers have been convicted of falsifying a document purportedly from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), manipulating CPS advice on their systems and destroying exhibits during child abuse investigations.
Following a trial at the Old Bailey, a serving Essex Police detective constable (DC) and a former DC were convicted each of misconduct in public office, following a large scale investigation directed, and controlled, by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).
DC Sharon Patterson, 49, and former DC Lee Pollard, 47, previously worked in the North Child Abuse Investigation Team (NCAIT) and denied the charges against them.
IOPC Regional Director, Sarah Green said: "It is inexcusable for any officer to deliberately fail in their duties, it feels particularly reprehensible for officers attached to a child abuse investigation team to behave in a manner that risked allowing child abusers to go unpunished.
"Survivors of child abuse must have confidence in their police force and feel secure that their allegations will be properly and thoroughly handled."
DC Patterson was convicted of falsifying a document relating to CPS charging advice. She was cleared of allegations she misled senior officers about evidence provided by a witness.
Former DC Pollard was convicted of destroying evidence, in the form of indecent images, and falsifying information on Essex Police systems relating to CPS charging advice.
The IOPC investigation into NCAIT
The IOPC launched its investigation in 2014 following a referral from Essex Police after an internal review identified potential failings within the NCAIT.
We investigated how the NCAIT conducted 55 investigations into allegations of child abuse reported between 2011 and 2014. The investigation was carried out by Norfolk and Suffolk's joint professional standards department under our direction and control.
As part of the investigation more than 160 witnesses gave statements, 25 officers were interviewed, and more than 500 exhibits were catalogued. Every effort was made to notify the survivors involved in each of these cases.
In addition to the criminal trial of Patterson and Pollard a third DC was dismissed in October 2018 for breaching the standards of professional behaviour.
DC Peter Wood was dismissed after he failed to progress three investigations of child abuse honestly and in a timely fashion and deliberately manipulated the process to close cases with no further action.
As part of our investigation into NCAIT, 25 serving Essex officers were issued with notices and five retired officers were informed their actions were under investigation. The 30 officers ranged in rank from DC to detective chief inspector.
Of the 30 officers:
Eight received management action by Essex Police;
Seven had no case to answer;
five former officers had a case to answer for misconduct, but faced no further action as they were no longer serving with Essex Police;
three cases were proven at a misconduct hearing but received no action;
two officers received no action as they had left the force;
two cases were not proven following misconduct meetings;
two officers, DC Pollard and former DC Patterson, were convicted at trial; and
one officer, DC Wood, was dismissed.
Through our thorough analysis of how the NCAIT operated, we identified a number areas of learning for Essex Police.
We found that historically, officers were taking a narrow approach to safeguarding. For example, in one investigation, safeguarding was considered to be fulfilled as the suspect no longer had access to the victim rather than officers considering what access the suspect had to other children.
As a result we suggested the force would benefit from the introduction of a multi-agency safeguarding hub - the benefits of which have been proven in other forces.
Areas where we recommended improvements include:
safeguarding;
compulsory counselling;
robust review procedures;
rigorous documentation recording process;
appropriate staffing levels; and
adherence to appropriate policies and procedures including the Victims Charter as supervisors were able to adjust the frequency with which a victim or witness was contacted. We encouraged Essex Police to check their policies and processes to ensure they comply with national policy.
IOPC Regional Director, Sarah Green, added: "This has been a complex and in-depth investigation into some of the most sensitive cases a police force can be expected to handle. I would like to thank the survivors who have shown bravery and determination in assisting us during our investigation.
"Stress and sickness were a problem in the team. Working within a child abuse investigation team is not an easy area of policing and we do not underestimate the impact it has on those officers. They see, hear and are told things which are beyond our worst nightmares. As such, we recommended to Essex Police that they ought to consider compulsory counselling for officers attached to child abuse investigation teams rather than rely on a questionnaire system they had in place."
Child sexual abuse Corruption and abuse of power Welfare and vulnerable people Essex Police
Alleged failings in child abuse investigation - Essex Police


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Q: Where do I create and use ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor, TimerTask, or Handler? I need to make my RSS Feed reader check the feed every 10 minutes for new posts, and then parse them if there are new ones. I also need to update the UI about every minute.
I have read and heard different things from various sources. My current understanding is that I can use ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor to make two scheduled threads, and one of them needs a Handler for updating the UI. I am unsure about what the most efficient use of these classes or TimerTask.
I am also very uncertain about where to make subclasses of these. One friend suggested extending TimerTask as an inner class in my FeedParser class to make it simpler. However, to implement it in that way, I have to use the run() method for TimerTask without overriding it, meaning I can't simply use the parameters I need for the functions that need to run.
In short, what is the best way to schedule the tasks for this, and where would I implement these?

A: I prefer to use ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor. Generally, if I understand your requirements correctly, all these can be implemented in your activity, TimerTask and Handler are not needed, see sample code below:
public class MyActivity extends Activity {
  private ScheduledExecutorService scheduleTaskExecutor;

  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    scheduleTaskExecutor= Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(5);

    // This schedule a task to run every 10 minutes:
    scheduleTaskExecutor.scheduleAtFixedRate(new Runnable() {
      public void run() {
        // Parsing RSS feed:
        myFeedParser.doSomething();

        // If you need update UI, simply do this:
        runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
          public void run() {
            // update your UI component here.
            myTextView.setText("refreshed");
          }
        });
      }
    }, 0, 10, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
  } // end of onCreate()
}

Remember to finish/close your runnable task properly in Activity.onDestroy(), hope that help.

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TIFF 2014 Overview
Up the Scotiabank Theatres' massive escalator to movie heaven at TIFF.
Here's a rundown of what I saw at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, sorted by grade. Click on each title for my reviews:
The Look of Silence
Songs She Wrote About People She Knows
Goodbye To Language 3D
A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence
Ned Rifle
Do I Sound Gay?
Elephant Song
Still Alice
You may think I'm a soft grader since there's nothing below a B- and you're partially right–I rarely give out anything below that, though I have at past TIFFs (at my first go-around in 2005, I bestowed something a rare, lowly F). Even though I saw 15 films, I feel unqualified to make some "state of the film industry" summation; hundreds of titles played the festival, and I purposely stayed away from those scheduled for release before year's end (Leviathan, Still Alice and (god willing) Mommy will likely play Boston in early 2015). Perhaps if I had an industry pass and watched 4-5 features each day, I'd feel more comfortable making bold generalizations.
However, I will say this is the best time I've ever had at TIFF. That's partially due to my accommodations and having a whole week to allow room for other diversions, but the festival feels a tad more organized than it has previously. The Bell Lightbox, TIFF's HQ which opened in 2010 is a class act. Now that most of the festival is centered around King Street West (and almost entirely away from Yorkville), it feels more unified, and all the venues I attended offered a good-to-great moviegoing environment. (My sole complaint? The uncomfortable creaky seats at the Elgin.) TIFF remains an exceptionally user-friendly major film festival; I hope to return in at least another two years (if not sooner).
Filed under Film, TIFF 2014 Tagged with Bell Lightbox, King Street West Toronto, Scotiabank Theatres, TIFF 2014, Toronto International Film Festival
Hal Hartley's gotten the whole gang back together to complete a trilogy also comprised of HENRY FOOL (1997) and FAY GRIM (2006): Thomas Jay Ryan, Parker Posey and James Urbaniak all reprise their now iconic (in indie film circles, anyway) roles, while many past Hartley regulars (Martin Donovan, Karen Sillas, Robert John Burke) also appear. Fortunately, going back to the well has a positive effect, as this is probably the director's best effort since HENRY FOOL.
The film's title character is Fay (Posey) and Henry's (Ryan) now 18-year-old son (played by Liam Aiken). With Fay in jail and Henry having long since disappeared, Ned lives with a foster parent, Rev. Daniel Gardner (Donovan) and his family. Following his release from a witness protection program, he sets out to find and murder Henry as revenge for his mother going to jail. After visiting his uncle Simon (Urbaniak), now a famous writer/aspiring comedian holed up in a New York City hotel, he meets Susan (Aubrey Plaza), a mentally unstable young woman who is stalking Simon. She uses Ned to get to his uncle, but it turns out she has ties to his parents as well. The mismatched pair end up on the other side of the country together, pursuing one common goal but with disparate motives.
NED RIFLE is a Hartley film through and through. It improves on FAY GRIM because he mostly emphasizes what we liked about these characters in HENRY FOOL instead of placing them in ever-more convoluted situations as the last film did. Ryan and Urbaniak clearly relish their characters, and even Posey, whose screen time is limited to phone calls from and visits in prison, makes a sparkling impression. However, the film's real attraction is Plaza. Not only does she effortlessly fit into the Hartleyverse, she's also a singular screwball heroine, immediately likable and always just a little bit off (and often more than that). It's too bad, then, that Ned himself is such a sanctimonious dud. While Aiken tries hard, his part just isn't as fleshed out as the rest of the cast. NED RIFLE is good enough to convince longtime Hartley fans that the director hasn't entirely lost his mojo after all, but despite the title, there's a reason (beyond star recognition) why the film's poster features Plaza and not Aiken. Grade: B+
Filed under Film, TIFF 2014 Tagged with Aubrey Plaza, Fay Grim, Hal Hartley, Hartleyverse, Henry Fool, Liam Aiken, Ned Rifle, Parker Posey
You can't say Jean-Luc Godard doesn't give the viewer a lot of bang for his or her buck with his latest film—in just seventy minutes, he packs in enough imagery and information to sustain at least three or four features. Not much of a departure from his recent work, it has all the Godard-isms you'd expect: flashing intertitles, monotone narration, repetitive use of classical music pieces, clips from old Hollywood films, and an endless number of conversations between un homme et une femme. Every shot bears the stamp of its octogenarian iconoclast; cineastes that worship the man wouldn't have it any other way.
Still, GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE 3D diverges somewhat from the usual template, most notably (and obviously) regarding the last word of that title. Godard utilizes 3D for the same simple reason directors from Martin Scorsese to Michael Bay have—to create cool, visually ravishing, how-did-they-do-that special effects. However, Godard takes it a step further, weaving this technology into one of the film's multiple theses by questioning what we see and how we perceive it. In the most talked-about moment, he superimposes one image on top of another, but as the two images simultaneously occur, they also overlap at ever-shifting angles. On paper, it sounds like morphing, but it's much harder to describe how it actually appears. I can best describe it as a cubist painting come to life, but even that doesn't really suffice. It made my head hurt to think about it while watching it, and yet I wanted to see more of it.
You might as well apply that last sentence to the whole film. Godard's "narrative" here is even more cryptic than usual, yet it moves at such a rapid pace I had trouble keeping up. Of all the dialogue spoken between two sets of male and female characters, it figures the one that stuck with me was, "I talk about equality and all you talk about is poop." Perhaps that sentence is not so much an anomaly, as this is the most explicitly playful film Godard has made in ages. In its second half, the central focus moves from the couples to a (rather cute) dog named Roxy, whom Godard seems to be using as a catalyst for demonstrating why the spoken word is losing relevance in the modern age (or something). The problem with writing about a film so deliberately opaque (especially weeks after one has viewed it) is that you can only absorb and retain so much on a single viewing. For what it's worth, although intellectually exhausting, it's the first late-period Godard I anticipate seeing again (preferably on a large screen) as soon as possible. Grade: A-
Filed under Film, TIFF 2014 Tagged with Goodbye To Language 3-D, Jean-Luc Godard, Roxy Miéville
Saskatchewan neo-noir? Well, if Joel and Ethan Coen can turn Minnesota into a convincing genre locale, why not set one a few hundred miles Northwest? Of course, director Jefferson Moneo's not as proficient as the Coens were at BLOOD SIMPLE (let alone FARGO), but his ace in the hole is a good one: a knockout, Faye Dunaway-esque lead turn from Nadia Litz (who's best known from THE FIVE SENSES). Resembling a heroine one might imagine from a Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazelwood duet, Litz is Martha Barlow, a single mom raising her teenaged son Andy (Justin Kelly), procuring cash by robbing men she picks up at bars with the help of a ne'er-do-well boyfriend. When a meeting with a past lover goes awry, Martha and Andy are suddenly on the run, taking shelter in the rural titular town where her estranged father (Stephen McHattie) lives. Meanwhile, an escaped convict we first meet early in the film resurfaces and reveals ties with the three main characters.
BIG MUDDY is occasionally amateurish and often dumb but awfully fun if you're a fan of the genre tropes Moneo favors: cartoonish B-movie opening credits, a soundtrack stuffed with cool obscurities, even a pretty fantastic freeze-frame action shot near the end. He also makes good use of real-life, lived-in locales such as a horse racing track, a thrift store and the sweeping prairie vistas Martha and Andy encounter on their way to her father's home. Admittedly, without Litz's commanding presence in the foreground (and perhaps McHattie's as well), this movie would be a big mess–it's the type of low-budget indie where the seams all too often show. But I'd just as soon watch a sequel if Litz ever wanted to play Martha again. Grade: B-
Filed under Film, TIFF 2014 Tagged with Big Muddy, Jefferson Moneo, Nadia Litz, Saskatchewan neo-noir
Nothing in the colorful, florid opening scene, set at an opera performance in postwar Cuba suggests that the bulk of ELEPHANT SONG will unfold at a visually drab, wintry mental hospital in mid-1960s Canada. Similarly, little in the film resolves itself according to expectations set up by the initial premise, where Dr. Toby Green (Bruce Greenwood), the hospital's administrator and his ex-wife, nurse Susan Peterson (Catherine Keener), are cross-examined at length about their dealings with troubled patient Michael (Xavier Dolan). After Michael's long-term psychiatrist Dr. Lawrence disappears, Green is called on to interview the patient at length. We never learn Michael's exact diagnosis, but he clearly suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, among other things. Wiry and cunning, he continually manipulates Green (and to a greater extent, Peterson), and in turn, us as well. As details about his past and his relationship with Lawrence surface, other significant things comes to light about Green's and Peterson's former life together. The Big Reveals aren't as interesting as the little ones, which accumulate and result in three satisfyingly multifaceted figures.
Three terrific performances as well. Although more commonly utilized as a character actor in films, Greenwood effortlessly steps into the anchor/audience surrogate position. Keener gets a rare opportunity to play someone softer and more vulnerable than usual, while Dolan, a Quebecois filmmaker acting in his first major English language role capably plays crazy without going over-the-top or turning Michael into a cartoon. Unfortunate, then, that the film as a whole never transcends its stage play origins, although director Charles Binamé tries hard to turn it into a visually interesting picture with all its period details and attention-drawing compositions. A little too hermetic for its own good, ELEPHANT SONG entertains but, unlike Dolan's own films (to cite one somewhat-related example), it rarely enlightens. Grade: B
Filed under Film, TIFF 2014 Tagged with Bruce Greenwood, Catherine Keener, Elephant Song, Xavier Dolan
Destined to be remembered for its outstanding lead performance and little else, STILL ALICE is a competent literary adaptation about a Columbia University linguistics professor diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Alice Howland is a juicy role for any actress of a certain caliber, and Julianne Moore does not disappoint. Even with a developing narrative that now's the time for Moore to finally get her Academy Award, if she does, she'll fully deserve it. In a tour de force part she could easily showboat, Moore is suitably raw yet remains in control, plunging the depths of Alice's mental and emotional states while playing her as a nuanced, complex figure—the illness takes over her life, but she works hard not to let it define the character. Between this and other recent films such as WHAT MAISIE KNEW or MAP TO THE STARS, Moore's range continues to expand; here, the climactic scene where she delivers a speech on her illness (while greatly suffering it) is a master class in acting, serving the character (and the film) instead of her own ego.
As for the film itself, it's better-than-average Movie of the Week stuff. Probably the best effort to date from co-directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland (though if you've seen THE FLUFFER that's not saying a whole lot), it doesn't aim for an innovative artistic statement of any sort; the Upper West Side Manhattan privileged setting resembles a serious, less neurotic Woody Allen film. Moore gets sympathetic support from a restrained Alec Baldwin (as her husband) and Kristin Stewart, wooden as always but more likable than usual as her youngest daughter. The worst thing STILL ALICE does is manipulate the viewer into thinking the ending will be more of a downer than it actually is; the best thing, once again, is Moore and if you admire her work, this performance is not to be missed. Grade: B
Filed under Film, TIFF 2014 Tagged with Julianne Moore, Richard Glatzer, Still Alice, Wash Westmoreland
Obviously not a distaff take on Richard Linklater's BOYHOOD—the French title is BANDE DE FILLES, which translates as "Group of Girls." Marieme (Karidja Touré), a timid sixteen-year-old living in mostly black, housing project-heavy Parisian suburb, drops out of school and immediately falls in with a female trio of fellow dropouts. They spend their time taking the Metro into Paris to shop (and shoplift), go out clubbing and spend nights together in fancy hotels. Marieme's rapidly forming bond with the girls is of an intensity especially particular to teenagers. They defend each other against attacks from rival girl groups and serve as a makeshift family, one Marieme increasingly values more than her actual family, which consists of a working, much-absent mother, an abusive older male sibling and two younger siblings whom she's often a substitute parent towards.
GIRLHOOD has considerably less of a queer angle than director Céline Sciamma's first two features, WATER LILLIES and TOMBOY. However, a subtext is definitely still present, from the opening, an exhilarating, techno music-scored, all-girl rugby match to Marieme's somewhat butch appearance. At times, it's reminiscent of Jim McKay's great OUR SONG (2000), with Touré just as affecting (if less conventionally attractive) than that film's breakout star, a young Kerry Washington. Watching it, one realizes how rarely teenage female friendship is subject matter for a film; the best scenes are often the simplest, observing the dynamic between the four girls as they "hang" together. In its last twenty minutes, Marieme makes a major choice than turns GIRLHOOD into more of a social-realist drama a la the Dardenne brothers. The tonal shift compels but the whole section coexists a little uneasily with what precedes it. While overall not as charming as Sciamma's past works, it's certainly more ambitious—she remains a filmmaker to watch. Grade: B+
Filed under Film, TIFF 2014 Tagged with Céline Sciamma, Girlhood, Karidja Touré
Andrey Zvyagintsev's films do not easily conform to concise synopses. One could sum up his first (and best) feature, THE RETURN (2003) as follows: prodigal father suddenly resurfaces and takes his two sons on a road trip which not all three of the men survive. However, that skips over the mostly unspoken but festering tension the sons direct towards their long-lost dad, each character's uncertain, shifting motivations, and most significantly, the treasured box that somehow figures in but ultimately remains a mystery.
Similarly, LEVIATHAN, the director's fourth feature and arguably most ambitious since THE RETURN is, at its core, simply a tale of one citizen vs. the government, but that leaves out a lot—for starters, the rest of the community, whose members all contribute (often implicitly) to the film's eventual outcome, or the domestic drama that initially seethes between the margins, only later occupying a central place in the story. But first, back to the core: the citizen, Nikolay (Aleksy Serebryakov) lives with his second wife and his teenaged son in a small, isolated town off the Barents Sea in the far Northwest corner of Russia, almost completely above the Arctic Circle. Representing the government, corrupt mayor Vadim (Roman Madyanov) wants to seize Nikolay's land, which includes the ramshackle but charming home the latter built himself. Nikolay calls in Dmitri (Vladimir Vdovitchenkov), a lawyer friend from Moscow, to help him fight against Vadim. Dmitri has little difficulty digging up dirt on the mayor, but although Vadim seems like a drunken buffoon, he soon proves far craftier than that.
Like many overstuffed Russian novels, the film starts slowly, accumulating details that won't resonate until much later on. It's both talkier and more darkly comic than the director's prior efforts, and also far more outwardly critical of Russian politics. It doesn't really take off until roughly an hour in with an extended sequence where Nikolay, his buddies and their wives converge for a party at a remote outdoor locale. As soon as one sees the number of firearms present (for "target-shooting practice", we're told; the targets themselves provide the film's drollest, most risqué gag) and the copious amounts of vodka rapidly imbibed, one firmly deduces the afternoon will not end without incident. This section serves the same function as the shooting party did in Jean Renoir's THE RULES OF THE GAME: it abruptly shakes everything up, leaving much of the cast (and Nikolay in particular) to suffer the consequences thereafter.
In the final third, Zvyagintsev suggests that, all along, he's been constructing a modern day version of the biblical story of Job: Nikolay's hubris partially stems from his lack of faith, and this rejection intensifies as he slides downward into a moral and emotional abyss. If LEVIATHAN was ten minutes shorter, it'd be an average cautionary tale and quite frankly, a disappointment. Instead, like Thomas Vinterberg's THE HUNT, which it increasingly resembles, it has a quietly startling, subversive coda. In this final scene, the director reveals there's more to the story of Job than meets the page, especially in a contemporary environment with both political and religious institutions in play. Bitterly ironic and unforgettable, it's not quite as rich or beguilingly opened-ended as the end of THE RETURN, but Zvyagintsev remains as provocative as ever—he's more blunt now in his criticism, but what he's attacking cannot reasonably be combatted against with soft blows. Grade: A-
Filed under Film, TIFF 2014 Tagged with Andrey Zvyagintsev, Leviathan, The Return
New York literary critic Wendy (Patricia Clarkson) breaks up with her longtime husband in the back of a cab after he confesses to cheating on her. Storming out of the car and into her apartment, she accidentally leaves behind a package. The next day, the driver, Darwan (Ben Kingsley), returns it to her front door, also leaving his business card. A Sikh who had left India and settled in Queens not long before 9/11, Darwan is a cabbie by night, but also a driving instructor by day. In a coincidence tailor-made for plot convenience (although the story is actually adapted from a New Yorker article), Wendy never had a good reason to get a driver's license until now. With her husband gone, she has no easy way to visit her adult daughter, Tasha (Grace Gummer), who is currently working on a farm in rural Vermont. So, headstrong, emotionally distraught Wendy becomes the calm but critical Darwan's driving pupil and naturally, culture clash-hilarity and life lessons ensue.
LEARNING TO DRIVE is a perfectly fine, pleasantly forgettable film—the kind of middle-of-the-road dramedy your mom will love. Predictably, the best parts are Clarkson and Kingsley together alone in the cab. Their chemistry isn't necessarily romantic (although Sarah Kernochan's screenplay works hard to suggest it's heading in that direction) but rather platonic, and both actors are such likable pros they'd probably each pair well with anyone else as likable as themselves. There are funny cameos from John Hodgman (as a car salesman) and Samantha Bee (as Wendy's suburban best friend) and more serious moments (a side trip to Wendy's childhood neighborhood, Darwan's travails with immigration and an arranged marriage) handled with suitable gravitas.
And yet, while superficially satisfying, it feels a little slight. Perhaps I'm being too hard on it because I expect so much more from director Isabel Coixet, whose earlier features (MY LIFE WITHOUT ME, THE SECRET LIFE OF WORDS) were much bolder, deeper, more unique and full of ambiguities than this. Here, she's made a decent facsimile of a Nora Ephron or a Rob Reiner picture (complete with double entendre sexual jokes). I can get behind her wanting to court a wider audience, but she should proceed with caution (and return to directing her own screenplays)—the cinema needs more Coixets and less Reiners. Grade: B-
Filed under Film, TIFF 2014 Tagged with Ben Kingsley, Isabel Coixet, Learning To Drive, Patricia Clarkson
Those familiar with Quebecois wunderkind Xavier Dolan's small, extraordinary oeuvre may notice the title and remember that his first feature was called I KILLED MY MOTHER. This, his fifth, is not a sequel, but it occasionally scans as a twisted, alternate-reality mirror of the earlier film. What registers next is the conspicuous 1:1 aspect ratio, rendering the canvas an intentionally claustrophobic square box. It requires an adjustment of perception on the viewer's part, but you easily acclimate yourself and go along for the ride. Dolan, who has already made what I consider two great films (I KILLED MY MOTHER and LAURENCE ANYWAYS) scores again with MOMMY, another epic character study. Drunk on style but packed with substance, it bespeaks life experience on a level that's unexpected from a 25-year-old.
Once again, Anne Dorval plays the mother, here named Diane (often going by the somewhat self-immolating nickname "Die"), but she's considerably earthier (and a little trashier) than Chantle, her bourgeois matron of the earlier film. Now too old to play her teenaged son, Dolan remains behind the camera, casting Antoine-Olivier Pilon as Steve, an alter-ego but not necessarily a stand-in. To put it lightly, 14-year-old Steve has serious behavioral issues—Die dismisses it as ADHD, but it's blindingly apparent there's some mental illness present. Early on, we learn Steve has been living in a detention center. After he starts a fire that severely injures a fellow inmate, Die offers to take him back into her home. Although he initially comes off like your average bratty and precocious teen, within seconds, he can become horrifically violent, physically lashing out at whomever provokes him (in most cases, it's Die). Following one of his episodes, a third central figure drifts into focus: Kyla (Suzanne Clément), a shy, secretive neighbor. Curiously, she starts spending all her time with Die and Steve, bonding with them to a degree we almost never see when she's with her own husband and child.
Dorval, so good in I KILLED MY MOTHER, is even better as Die. She makes a vivid impression right from the first scene, where a car crash and the Sarah McLachlan song "Building A Mystery" collide. You can detect her lineage in a long line of self-absorbed, tarted-up, generally inappropriate-but-still-loving mother figures, from Gena Rowlands in A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE to Jennifer Saunders in ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS—if MOMMY was in English and distributed by, say, Fox Searchlight, there'd certainly be Oscar buzz around her performance. In what will likely be his breakthrough role, Pilon is more than capable of expressing and validating Steve's startling mood swings, while Clément, an absolutely towering presence in LAURENCE ANYWAYS, is nearly unrecognizable here, speaking in a most tentative stutter and dressed so blandly as if to nearly disappear into her surroundings.
Still, there's a reason why Dolan is receiving the most accolades for the film (he shared the Jury Prize at Cannes with no less a living legend than Jean-Luc Godard): regardless of whether your own sensibility is compatible with Dolan's, in every frame, you know you're watching the work of someone with a limitless artistic vision. He makes a dull Montreal suburb seem both otherworldly and approachable. The soundtrack, as usual, is stirring and immense, using artists as disparate as Vivaldi and Lana Del Rey, breathing life into an overfamiliar standard like Oasis' "Wonderwall", even redeeming an unloved, half-forgotten hit like Dido's "White Flag". And, rather than constricting his scope, the box-like ratio allows Dolan to piece together a different way of seeing: his oblique camera angles and unpredictable, swooping pans are completely in sync with all the chaotic, swerving emotions expressed by the three main characters—keep this in mind while watching, for Dolan actually rewards those paying attention to this dichotomy (to say anything less cryptic would spoil the fun in discovering it).
MOMMY is not flawless. The title cards, which establish a legal reason for Die taking custody of Steve via a new Canadian law "passed in 2015" (when the film's ostensibly set) are muddled and completely unnecessary. Although nearly a half-hour shorter than the 168-minute LAURENCE ANYWAYS, it still feels a tad long. However, apart from those title cards, I can't think of a good reason to cut anything. Dolan may be self-indulgent, but he's never, ever boring. Often, he's genuinely brilliant—nothing, nothing I've seen in many years is more poignant than the scene of Die, Steve and Kyla dancing together in a darkened kitchen to Celine Dion's "On Ne Change Pas" or as intense and breathtaking as the extended fast-forward montage set to a modern classical piece late in the film. Earlier, I alluded to A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE and while Dolan's aesthetic is nothing at all like John Cassavetes', he's the rare auteur today making movies that are just as messy and passionate and uncompromising and sublime. Grade: A
Filed under Film, TIFF 2014 Tagged with Anne Dorval, Mommy, Suzanne Clément, Xavier Dolan


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Champ: 10th Anniversary Edition Red Splatter Vinyl + Bonus 7"
Tokyo Police Club
MI0157LPX
Vinyl LP + 7"
Memphis Industries
The idea that you never get a second chance to make a first impression—that's only partly true. But when you've made as strong an impression as Tokyo Police Club did with their first record and a half—2007's Lesson in Crime EP and 2008's Elephant Shell—it can be sneakily difficult to change the narrative, especially if the narrative has been good to you so far. But in deference to and celebration of its tenth birthday—that's at least 50 in rock years—it is time to re-celebrate and re-examine Champ, the Canadian band's fantastic-yet-underserved sophomore album. Champ is something of a lost classic of new-millennium indie-pop and deserves to be hoisted to the special place in your collection—physically or mentally—that you keep the good stuff. "Boots of Danger," the single, is every bit as catchy as the Strokes' "Last Nite," though it trades New York cool for youthful Ontario exuberance. And it's not just the hits that drive Champ: Its bench is deep, from the insistent, twitchily bouncer "Big Difference" to the sombre sorta-ballad "Hands Reversed," which could be a cousin to the best Walkmen songs. Champ will be reissued on limited edition red and white splatter vinyl with an accompanying bonus 7" comprising two unreleased tracks, Hundred Dollar Day and Bambi (Acoustic).
1 Hundred Dollar Day
2 Bambi (Acoustic)
1 Favourite Food
2 Favourite Colour
3 Breakneck Speed
4 Wait Up (Boots of Danger)
5 Bambi
6 End of a Spark
7 Hands Reversed
9 Big Difference
10 Not Sick
11 Frankenstein
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As the long-running and trusted 'Brain Food' columnist for Fairfax, Richard Cornish tackles food and cooking questions from readers around Australia.
He responds to practical queries ('How much is an American 'stick of butter'?), experimental queries ('Can I make mayonnaise using the juice from a jar of pickled cucumbers?), scientific queries ('What is the difference between taste and flavour?') and even paranormal queries ('My grandmother claimed she could "hear" when her cakes were ready. Is there any science in this?').
Richard's blend of humour and warmth and his broad knowledge of culinary culture are reflected not just in his 'Brain Food' columns, but in his journalism and recipe books. He is the author of My Year Without Meat, about his experiment in vegetarianism, and he's the co-author of several recipe books, with chefs Frank Camorra and Phillippa Grogan.
Over fabulous food and wine at Montalto, Richard will discuss his new book, a collection of his 'Brain Food' columns, and his career writing about food and culinary culture. Hosted by Lindy Burns.
Lindy Burns is one of Australia's senior radio broadcasters. After nearly 27 years with the ABC, no major event or issue during that time – whether political, sporting, musical or environmental – has escaped her attention or comment. She is currently the presenter of the Evenings program on ABC Radio Melbourne and Victoria, ABC Radio Perth and WA.


As I left the post office today an older man held the door open for me.� I said thank you and smiled.� He said I'd like to ask you a question that you probably don't know the answer to.� I thought to myself he's probably right!� But –� I said O.K.
He asked what's the longest word in the English language? I said Mississippi.� He said that's a period in comparison.
He said it's the word smiles because it starts with an S – ends with an S – and there's a mile in-between.� He added that it's so nice to see someone smile – something you don't see too often.
Then our conversation went on like we were friends.� He said if I don't see you before the Holiday have a good one.� I wished him the same and headed towards my car.� I turned back around to take another look at his face and he was gone.
As I was eating dinner one night, I heard a loud noise – it was similar to a small explosion. I looked quickly around the house to see what happened. I saw nothing out of the ordinary so I finished eating. Then, while I was cleaning up, it dawned on me – I forgot to take the potatoes out of the oven. And worse yet – they exploded leaving an undesirable mess for me to clean up. Why did the potatoes explode? Well, I realized that the potatoes exploded because I forgot to provide them with an outlet to let the steam out that builds up inside of them as they cook. You know…you're supposed to poke a hole in potatoes before you put them in the oven. I usually just stab mine with a fork.
Anyways, all of this leads me to talk about the human need to vent. Just as potatoes explode when they can't vent so do people in one way or another. Yes, it's human nature and it's a healthy thing to vent our frustrations, concerns, disappointments, and etc.
There's no doubt about it – people need to vent. But how we vent, especially in a work situation, is most important.
During my programs we talk extensively about constructive and destructive communication patterns. Venting can be both, destructive and constructive, depending on how and why it is done.
Let's take a look at how venting is destructive. Venting is destructive when one employee has a conflict with another employee and instead of working things out with each other they consistently tell a third party about what's going on and about how awful their co-worker is. Then the third party (perhaps a co-worker, supervisor, or yes, even a parent) listens repeatedly about what's going on. Eventually the third party may inquire about the latest happenings. Now other employees and even the children may hear what's going on. This is a very destructive way to vent because it creates a series of destructive communication patterns and keeps many people stuck in the negativity created solely by these two people who are in conflict. And let's not forget that this type of venting is GOSSIP.
You may also witness similar destructive venting situations that arise from co-workers being disappointed by one another or frustrated from feeling like they always have to do more than their fair share of the work. Or a supervisor, who is frustrated with her employee and in turn, vents to a co-worker.
Venting in the workplace is also destructive when employees consistently bring their personal problems from home to work. An employee may need to vent about their boyfriend or problems with a family member. There are situations when it may be acceptable to talk about a personal problem at work – but for the most part it is destructive to vent about personal issues at work.
Here's how to vent constructively. If you need to vent, don't deny your need. People who deny the need to vent often engage in other destructive behaviors. Some people hold everything inside until they explode – just like my potatoes. And just like my potatoes it's not a pretty mess to clean up, especially if the explosion happens in the presence of children or parents. The most constructive way to vent is to journal about what's going on. Journaling is simply writing down your frustrations, etc. Journaling helps take a load off your mind and transfers it on to a piece of paper. It's a great tool. Journaling also helps you come up with solutions and move forward.
After you journal about a situation, you may find that you're now emotionally ready to talk things out in a calm, professional manner. This is important. Venting sessions at work should be a rarity not a normal part of the day. However, brainstorming for solutions with co-workers is different than venting and it's a positive and productive activity to engage in.
Other tools that people have used include writing a letter to that person and never mailing it. A comedian I once interviewed, Sandra Baker, said she writes her frustrations down on a piece of toilet paper and then flushes it. Some people exercise it out while others utilize a punching bag.
Another tool is to utilize a support group outside of work so you can vent to someone who does not know the person you are venting about. This type of venting does not damage your team and provides an outlet for your steam. Remember venting alone does not solve the problem, conflict, or frustration you're facing but when done constructively, venting can help you to get beyond the emotional stuff and focus on facts, benefits, and most important solutions. The main thing is to vent in a constructive way so you don't let a lot of negative thoughts get in your way of having a positive and productive day.


Two tech giants, Google and GoDaddy, joined up to TAG (Trustworthy Accountability Group) and have signed the "anti-piracy pledge". TAG is focused on fighting ad-supported Internet piracy and tries to accomplish this by cutting off funding to piracy websites. Google and GoDaddy basically pledged that they will monitor their advertisement platform to make sure that none of their ads will be shown on any piracy/illegal torrent sites.
It's nothing new that a lot of copyright holder groups in recent years made agreements with advertisers and advertising agencies with as main goal to prevent the display of ads on piracy sites so those sites will make less money. TAG, a relatively new player in the field, assists with these efforts by coordinating an Anti-Piracy advertising program. Several large companies, such as 21st Century Fox, American Express, ComCast, Kellogg's, Walmart and Warner Bros, have already signed up with TAG. Now Google and GoDaddy have as well.
Summarized this means that in the near future the Google and GoDaddy advertising platform will work closely with TAG certified partners and once they are certified as a DAAP (self-attested Digital Advertising Assurance Provider) Google and GoDaddy will be able to put a "Certified Against Piracy" seal on their website.
To become certified Google and GoDaddy will each need to pay a registration fee of $10K and another $10K will be required simply to carry the "Certified Against Piracy" seal. Pretty steep if you ask me. Smaller businesses however can apply for these costs to be waived.


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Electronic Air Cleaning Technology Can Generate Unintended Pollutants
As the Covid-19 pandemic raged, news reports show that sales of electronic air cleaners have surged due to concerns about airborne disease transmission. But a research team at the Georgia Institute of Technology has found that the benefits to indoor air quality of one type of purifying system can be offset by the generation of other pollutants that are harmful to health.
Led by Associate Professor Nga Lee "Sally" Ng in Georgia Tech's School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, the team evaluated the effect of a hydroxyl radical generator in an office setting. Hydroxyl radicals react with odors and pollutants, decomposing them, and hydroxyl radical generators have been marketed to inactivate pathogens such as coronaviruses.
However, Ng's study found that in the process of cleaning the air, the hydroxyl radicals generated by the device reacted with volatile organic compounds present in the indoor space. This led to chemical reactions that quickly formed organic acids and secondary organic aerosols that can cause health problems. Secondary organic aerosols is a major component of PM2.5 (particulate matter with a diameter smaller than 2.5 ?m), and exposure to PM2.5 has been associated with cardiopulmonary diseases and millions of deaths per year.
The paper, "Formation of oxidized gases and secondary organic aerosol from a commercial oxidant-generating electronic air cleaner," is published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology Letters.
While the pandemic has made various types of electronic cleaners increasingly popular, Ng explained that consumers are probably not aware of the secondary chemistry taking place in the air, with the pollutants generated not being directly emitted by the cleaning device itself.
"There are increasing concerns regarding the use of electronic air cleaners as these devices can potentially generate unintended byproducts via oxidation chemistry similar to that in the atmosphere," Ng said.
Two types of air cleaning technologies are commonly used to remove indoor pollutants such as particles or volatile organic compounds and to inactivate pathogens: mechanical filtration and electronic air cleaners that generate ions, reactive species, or other chemical products such as photocatalytic oxidation, plasma, and oxidant-generating equipment (e.g., ozone, hydroxyl radical), among others.
Ng's team selected a hydroxyl generator for the study. They measured the oxygenated volatile organic compounds and the chemical composition of particles generated by the device in an office on the Georgia Tech campus.
While previous research reported pollutant formation from various electronic air cleaners (ionizers, plasma systems, photocatalytic systems with ultraviolet lamps, etc.), Ng believes that her team's study is the first to monitor the chemical composition of secondary pollutants in both gas and particle phases during the operation of an electronic device that dissipates oxidants in a real-world setting.
Advanced instrumentation made Ng's study possible. Gas-phase organic compounds were measured using a high-resolution time-of-flight chemical ionization mass spectrometer, purchased through a National Science Foundation major instrumentation grant. The study received support from Georgia Tech's Covid-19 Rapid Response fund.
Ng noted that future studies on air cleaning technology should not be limited to inactivation of viruses or reduction of volatile organic compounds, but should also evaluate potential oxidation chemistry and the formation of unintended harmful gaseous and particulate chemicals.
"More studies need to be conducted on the effects of these devices in a variety of environments," Ng said.
"Electronic air cleaners greatly rose in prominence because of the pandemic, and now there are a lot of these devices out there. Millions of dollars are being spent on these devices by businesses and schools. The market is huge.
"Our results show that care must be taken when choosing an adequate and appropriate air cleaning technology for a particular environment and task," she said.
Ng stressed the importance of future studies concerning the unintended effects of electronic purifiers, as these devices are not currently well regulated and do not have testing standards.
"There needs to be more peer-reviewed scientific data on electronic air cleaners," Ng said. "We hope that additional studies will lead to more government guidelines and regulation."
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New Kings
Delhi Sultan
Rulers & Buildings
Rulers & Temples
Tribes & Nomads
Bhakti Movement
Regional Culture
Decline of Mughal
Class 7 History
Staple Food
Staple food in Bengal
Nation States in Europe
The Staple Food Fish and rice: Local availability of items determines the traditional food habits of people. Bengal is a riverine plain which produces lot of rice and fish. Hence these two items are a part of the diet of even the poor Bengalis. Fishing has always been an important occupation of people of the region. Even Bengali literature has several references to fish. Even aspects of architecture like terracotta plaques on temple walls and viharas (Buddhist monasteries) depict scenes of fish being dressed and taken to the market in baskets.
Though Brahamans were not allowed to eat non-vegetarian food, the popularity of fish in the local diet forced the Brahamanical authorities to waive this restriction for Bengali Brahamanas. A 13th century Sanskrit text from Bengal, the Brihaddharma Purana permitted the local Brahamans to eat certain fish varieties.
People in Europe, till the 18th century, perceived themselves as subjects of an empire or members of a church. But there was another added perception in the late 18th century, when people began to identify themselves as the members of a community that spoke a common language such as French or German. Consequently, by the early 19th century
School textbooks in Rumania began to be written in Rumanian rather than in Greek and
Hungarian was adopted as the official language of Hungary instead of Latin.
Hence the consciousness regarding each linguistic community being a separate nation was created. The movements for Italian and German unification further strengthened this feeling in the late 19th century.
Pir: A Persian word for a spiritual guide.
Animism: Attribution of living souls to plants, animals and inanimate objects.
Mangalakavyas: Auspicious poems dealing with local deities.
The Naths were ascetics who engaged in a variety of yogic practices.
Dharma Thakur is a popular regional deity in Bengal which is often worshipped in the form of a stone or a piece of wood.
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In 2014, Russia-backed forces took control of the Crimean peninsula causing international uproar and sanctions to be placed on Russia. But it wasn't the first time that Russia had seized neighborhood territory. Six years before the annexation of Crimea, Russia crept into Georgia, occupying 20 percent of the country to this day. Data tells us that Georgians want to lean to the West. But, how are they supposed to do that with the Kremlin on their back?
In 2008, Senator John McCain spoke to a crowd following the news of Russia's invasion of Georgia and said, "Some Americans, when they read this news, may wonder where Georgia is or why we should care about the conflict between Georgians and the Russian army. It's, after all, a small, remote, and obscure place. But history is often made in remote, obscure places... Today we are all Georgians."
Damon Wilson- Executive Vice President, of the Atlantic Council. Damon served as Senior Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council during Russia's invasion of Georgia in 2008.
Eka Gigauri- Executive Director of Transparency International Georgia, one the leading government watchdogs in the country.
Jamie Kirchick- Foreign Correspondent, Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and author of "The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age"


Most of the time, the usage outlined above is enough to cover all of your needs with regard to setting, retrieving, and removing items in a dict. But what if you found yourself in a situation where you wanted more flexibility over how dicts behave when trying to reference a key that doesn't exist? That's where the special __missing__ method comes in.
That looks a bit more straightforward doesn't it?
Wouldn't it be nice though if we didn't have to build our own custom dict classes for this behavior? Well Python agrees with you, and that's where collections.defaultdict() comes in.
collections.defaultdict() is simply a variant of the dict class that has its own __missing__ behavior preconfigured for you. By passing in a default factory as the first parameter, you can specify how the dict should behave if a specified key is not found.
Now our implementation is more concise and readable, with no need for the overhead of a new custom class.
For more examples of its usage, check out the collections.defaultdict documentation.
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DAMIAN LEWIS CONFIRMED TO PLAY DONALD TRUMP
NEW YORK – Today Donald Trump announced that he was allowing Damian Lewis to play him in a new biopic of his life, provisionally entitled: Trump Towers.
News came shortly after Donald Trump announced he was running for the Presidency. He told reporters in the atrium of Trump Tower:
Damian Lewis is a very talented actor and I'm sure he'll bring to the screen the intricate complexity of my character, whether it's the nuances of me as a young asshole making a load of money and rising from the ranks of humble millionaires, to the reality TV show asshole telling idiots they're fired. Or the new latest iteration of me the asshole candidate for President of the United States of America.
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Of course, it will be a challenge. I think the key to Donald Trump has to be the hair and I know that Donald has a whole basement full of blind Peruvian children weaving it as we speak. Authenticity will be the key and they will make me the best and most convincing wig you'll ever see.
What about reports that have named you as the new 007?
[With tears standing out in his eyes] I don't think Donald would like that.
Trump Towers will be written and directed by Donald Trump himself. 'I've already finished the screenplay, the first draft was perfection and so that's the final draft as well,' said Trump. 'I know a lot of people are just waiting for me to fall on my big fat stupid looking face, but I can tell them now that is not going to happen. Damian is going to make me look great and everyone will worship me. It will be the first film that I will watch in the White House. You can mark my words.'
In a Homeland reunion it has also been revealed that Ivana Trump will be played by Claire Danes.
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PADRE PIO'S BELIEF IN GARABANDAL :
Joey Lomangino's recall of the time he talked to Padre Pio: "We made arrangements to come back again that same day and greeted Padre Pio in the cloister. When we knelt down, we said to him, "Padre Pio, is it true that the Virgin is appearing to the four girls of Garabandal?" And he said, "Yes." We said, "Padre Pio, should we go there? He said, "Yes, why not?" And that's how it happened. Because I received the assurance from Padre Pio that the Virgin was appearing and that he permitted me to go, then I wasn't afraid, and I went. "
Saint (Padre) Pio affirms Garabandal to a PH.D in confession.
Joachim Bouflet, PH.D. went to Padre Pio for confession in July of 1968. Padre Pio told him "Pray to the Madonna. Consecrate yourself to the Virgin of Carmel." "Yes, Padre, I pray to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. For that matter, I would like to become a Carmelite." He didn't comment on this but repeated with insistence, "Consecrate yourself to the Virgin of Carmel who appeared at Garabandal."
Bouflet: "So it's true?"
Padre Pio : "Certo e vero!" ("Yes, it's true!")
"While he was living, the same Padre Pio guaranteed the authenticity of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin. He met Conchita at San Giovanni Rotondo. Even during the last days of his life he talked about this to his brothers in religious life and left a personal message for the principle personage of the apparitions. "Fr. Pelletier - "Our Lady comes to Garabandal" page 219
From the book "The Final Hour" page 141
On the topic of Padre Pio 's belief in Garabandal:
"Asked on another occasion about its authenticity, he answered curtly,
"How many times must she appear there to be believed ? "
From the book "Thunder of Justice" page 163 : An incident which confirms Padre Pio's belief in Garabandal occurred early in 1966. Conchita, who was only 16 years old, was visiting Rome with her mother and Fr. Luna. She had been invited by Cardinal Ottaviani, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith. During the visit, Conchita met privately with Padre Pio. On this occasion, he took Conchita's hand and her crucifix that Our Lady had kissed in Garabandal and held them both in his own two hands. The crucifix had passed through the hands of the child Jesus, during the apparition of November 13,1965.
Upon Padre Pio's death in 1968, his close friend Father Bernardino Cennamo, was instructed to give Conchita several of his personal items. The priest gave Conchita one of the three veils that covered Padre Pio's face during his wake, saying that the stigmatist had requested this before he died. Conchita also was given Padre Pio's rosary, and one of the gloves he wore, stained by his stigmata.
Small portion of Padre Pio's Veil
Conchita recounts: "I had the veil in front of me, as I was writing later that evening. When suddenly the whole room became filled with fragrance, the perfume so strong I started to cry."
Padre Pio's Glove
Padre Pio's Bandage (front)
Padre Pio's Bandage (back)
The Emotion of Padre Pio about Conchita and his own words : Poor Conchita as she has suffers ... Loving the Blessed Virgin Mary with all her heart, belong to Her and working for Her, Our Lady of Garabandal, She is the one who has set her foot on the Mountain ... She is the Star on the Mountain (Father Laffineur has used Padre Pio words to call his own book "She is the Star on the Mountain) ...Padre Pio also added, We must support the seers of Garabandal……
March 3, 1962, Padre Pio wrote the girls a letter:
"My Dear Children,
"At nine o'clock this morning the Holy Virgin told me to say to you: 'O Blessed young girls of San Sebastian de Garabandal! I promise you that I will be with you until the end of the centuries, and you will be with Me during the end of the world and later, united with Me in the Glory of Paradise.'
Padre Pio continued:
I am sending you a a copy of the Holy Rosary of Fatima, which the Virgin told me to send you. The Rosary was composed by the Virgin and should be propagated for the salvation of sinners and preservation of humanity from the terrible punishments with which the good God is threatening it. I give you only one counsel: PRAY and get others to pray, because the world is at the beginning of perdition.
They do not believe in you or in your conversations with the Lady in White. BUT THEY WILL BELIEVE YOU WHEN IT WILL BE TOO LATE"
Padre Pio's visit to Garabandal in bilocation!
Conchita had written to Padre Pio requesting his advice on various subjects that concerned her, and before the letter had time to reach San Giovanni Rotondo, a group of Padre Pio's spiritual children composed of five Italians, one Frenchman, one Canadian, one Filipino and a Belgian priest, visit her in Garabandal, announcing to her the visit of Padre Pio to respond directly to her questions.
Then, on October 10, 1967, through a phenomenon of bilocation (the capacity of one person to be present in two places at the same time), Padre Pio's visit to Conchita took place at her house, where he was about an hour. She can see his figure, unmistakable habit, hear his voice, kiss his hands and notice the penetrating and characteristic perfume that comes out of his wounds.
During his visit, he said among other things that he had been in Garabandal four times and, as proof of the authenticity of his presence, he writes in a letter in Aramaic the phrase "in union of prayers" and signed P Pio.
Note: It must be reported that Padre Pio never left during his entire religious life, from the Convent in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy. His visit to Garabandal only happened by the process of bilocation that only happen to some saints. 10-10-67
Retrieved from the book "Garabandal 67, spiritual chronicle of a year"
https://www.apostoladodegarabandal.com/en/as-cartas-do-padre-pio/
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February 24, 2017 · by Anthony Ogus · in Opera Reviews
La Cenerentola is without doubt my favourite Rossini opera. It may not have the brilliant arias of the Barber but its perky ensembles are unrivalled. The score requires plenty of zing, but also poise, humour and, at points, tenderness. Wyn Davies, the conductor for the current Opera North performances and an expert in this repertory, provided all this and more. Aletta Collins' production, along with Giles Cadle's designs and Gabrielle Dalton's costumes, was beautifully conceived. Comedy was to the fore, but it was never exaggerated or vulgar; and there were some lovely moments to bring out the personalities of the protagonists, for example, Ramiro holding out the pan for Cinderella's broom. Then, near the end, as she approaches the bowler-hatted Alidoro, uncertain how to thank him, a philosopher, for his interventions, she spontaneously succumbs to the need to embrace him.
A renowned choreographer as well as a stage director, Collins had the bright idea of setting the piece partly in a dance school run by Don Magnifico. This enabled the piece to get off to a charming start as he takes the two ugly sisters through their steps in preparation for the anticipated elevation on the social ladder; and to end with a touching scene in which Cinderella and her Prince celebrate their union with a pas de deux. And, throughout, dramatic episodes were expressed through stylised movement. Of course this meant that the principals had all to be agile on the stage – and they were, not least Henry Waddington who as a plump Magnifico impressed with his nimble antics.
In the title role, the Canadian Wallis Giunta captivated the audience as she ran the gamut of emotions, from forlorn hopelessness through wide-eyed amazement to compassionate fulfilment. And she sang gloriously with warmth in the lower register and full-throated lyrical outbursts at the top. The other soloists were not in the same class musically but they all contributed to the success of the evening with sparky, joyful performances. A word of praise, finally, for the male chorus whose robust singing and impersonation of the zany playboy friends of the Prince added to the pleasure.
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