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Aussie Margot Robbie is Nissan Electric's vehicle ambassador
Nissan have engaged the services of one of Australia's greatest exports, Margot Robbie to help sell their electric vision for the future. As brand Ambassador, Robbie, famous for roles...
Posted by	Jason Cartwright	on February 22, 2017
Nissan have engaged the services of one of Australia's greatest exports, Margot Robbie to help sell their electric vision for the future. As brand Ambassador, Robbie, famous for roles in Suicide Squad, the Wolf on Wall street and Neighbours, stars in a promo clip where she drives a Nissan BladeGlider around Monaco.
The prototype Nissan BladeGlider is capable of 190km/h top speed, which hits 100km/h in less than 5 seconds but come on Nissan, that's not impressive in 2017, under 3 and we'll talk. The vehicle itself is an all-electric sports car designed to give us a glimpse of the future and is part of Nissan's Intelligent Mobility vision of how cars should be driven, powered and integrated into society.
Margot Robbie put the radical three-seater through its paces around the closed Monaco street circuit before racing another BladeGlider. The pair of 272PS performance cars raced through the iconic Tunnel and diced with each other along Massenet before finishing in the glamour of Casino Square.
There's a LOT of Hollywood about this clip, most of which is CGI and its doubtful Robbie actually drove the car at all and she definitely didn't drift it. I'm actually fine with that, this isn't about delivering hardcore facts about a production vehicle, so why not embellish a little, have fun with it and get people excited for EVs.
The BladeGlider is essentially a road-going, single person Go-Kart on steroids.
"It's a really exciting time for electric vehicles," said Robbie. "More people are choosing to go electric, leading the way to a more sustainable future and the Nissan BladeGlider hints at the future of smarter performance cars."
Director of Electric Vehicles for Nissan Europe. Gareth Dunsmore said,
"The electric revolution is happening.
As the global leader in electric vehicles, and with mass adoption just around the corner, it is more important than ever that we showcase all of the benefits of driving an electric car – from energy efficiency, to sustainability, from handling to performance. Having Margot on board will support us in spreading news of the personal and societal benefits of electric vehicles to more people than ever before. Nissan's Electrify the World movement recognizes the importance of us all working together to achieve positive change in our communities. We want to inspire people to take meaningful steps towards cleaner, safer cities."
Nissan will display the BladeGlider at the 87th Geneva International Motor Show from March 7 to 19, 2017. Developed from a concept car first debuted in 2013, the all-electric sportscar that Nissan says is a precursor to a suite of future technologies that will combine Intelligent Mobility, environmentally friendly impact and sports-car driving capabilities.
Monte Carlo provided the perfect location for Nissan to reveal its exciting new partnership with Margot Robbie. Monaco also has an ambitious strategy to decrease carbon emissions by 50% by the year 2030, sound familiar Aussies?.
Nissan express a high-level of commitment to electric vehicles by adding (and paying for) Robbie to join the brand. She's an A-list actor and wouldn't come cheap. Nissan has form in this area, with their long running environmentally-friendly efforts with the Leaf, as well as their efforts to make the fastest electric car to climb the notorious Pikes Peak hill climb. Nissan also also has electric products like the intelligent xStorage Home unit and vehicle-to-grid technology, which harness the power of battery technology from electric vehicles.
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AAMC Calls for Enhanced COVID-19 Data Collection on Health Disparities
John Buarotti, Sr. Media Relations Specialist
jbuarotti@aamc.org
With the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic illuminating longstanding social, economic, and health inequities in the United States and around the world, the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) today called for the development of a national, standardized data collection system that accurately captures race and ethnicity data, as well as information on the social and environmental conditions in which people live, work, and play (e.g. crowding, access to food, housing security, etc.) that impact how illness can spread.
The AAMC also recommended capturing community-level data that adequately reflect the neighborhoods to which COVID-19 patients are discharged, noting that county or zip code data are not specific enough for densely populated communities likely to be most impacted by infectious disease. Engaging state and local public health departments, private testing labs, and hospitals – all at the front lines of the pandemic response – in the data collection effort is also essential to avoid undue burden on these systems.
"Local data – from Connecticut to Michigan, from New York to Louisiana – are telling the same story: people of color, particularly Black Americans, are more likely to get sick and die from the novel coronavirus," according to David A. Acosta, MD, AAMC chief diversity and inclusion officer. "This is not because the virus is naturally more harmful to racial and ethnic minorities. Rather, this is the result of policies that have shifted opportunities for wealth and health to a narrow segment of society. Black, Hispanic, and Native Americans, the poor, the homeless, immigrants, and people who are incarcerated find themselves with fewer economic resources and with physical health conditions that make them and their communities more vulnerable to illnesses like COVID-19."
"These disturbing data demonstrate the stark health disparities in our nation, including higher rates of diabetes, asthma, and hypertension, and historical events that have disproportionally impacted communities of color and caused long-term problems and increased mortality rates," continued Acosta. "Better data on the current pandemic will give us an opportunity to take decisive action to protect vulnerable communities and prevent further catastrophic outcomes."
"While health inequities related to COVID-19 are most certainly developing in real-time, the fact is that our current data collection efforts are inadequate and do not give us a complete picture," said Ross McKinney, MD, AAMC chief scientific officer. McKinney noted that the continued scarcity of tests and the message to stay home if symptoms are mild or moderate during this pandemic has resulted in many people with COVID-19 who have not been tested for the coronavirus and therefore are absent from local and state data.
"Additionally, a city-by-city variation of who gets tested – either due to CDC guidance, local policies, or community mistrust of government institutions – could be causing certain groups to remain untested, leaving the data biased and potentially misleading," said McKinney. "Finally, current local data reports have noted a significant amount of 'missing data,' meaning data about race or ethnicity were not captured and reported."
To address these shortcomings and to more effectively mitigate health inequities going forward, the AAMC recommends that future data collection efforts and surveillance be patient-centered and developed in collaboration with local community members and community-based organizations who have trusted and established relationships with local residents and leaders. Collecting valid data that both identifies communities disproportionally at-risk and suggests structural interventions is crucial to ensuring just, equitable preparedness and response during a pandemic.
To access the AAMC's coronavirus resources for the academic medicine community, visit www.aamc.org/coronavirus.
The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) is a not-for-profit association dedicated to transforming health through medical education, health care, medical research, and community collaborations. Its members are all 155 accredited U.S. and 17 accredited Canadian medical schools; more than 400 teaching hospitals and health systems, including Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers; and more than 70 academic societies. Through these institutions and organizations, the AAMC leads and serves America's medical schools and teaching hospitals and their more than 179,000 full-time faculty members, 92,000 medical students, 140,000 resident physicians, and 60,000 graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the biomedical sciences.
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Tel.: 02/356 66 44
info [at] boon [dot] be
www.boon.be
Production 20,000 hl (2020)
Export percentage 25 %
Beer shop at the brewery yes (beer shop and bar)
Visits via www.boon.be
Cask brand yes
Frank Boon set his first steps in the lambic world in 1975 as a gueuze blender and trader in local beers in Halle. In this way he was able to collect sufficient funds to save the R. De Vits gueuze blendery, which was threatened with closure. Frank got passionate about the brewing industry through his great uncle in the Van Cappellen brewery in Merchtem, which closed its doors in 1970.
In 1977 Frank took over the R. De Vits blendery (which used to be a lambic brewery until 1927) and moved to Lembeek. René De Vits bought lambic wort and had it fermented into lambic in his own barrels. The lambic was then blended into gueuze or cherries were added.
The unmarried René De Vits had no successors and had therefore hardly invested in his company. This meant that Frank Boon took over a completely outdated business. According to gueuze experts in the 1960s, R. De Vits and Moriau's gueuze were among the finest. The starting point was therefore to produce a delicious 'mellow' gueuze. In the years after the takeover, the lambic stocks grew again and the cleaning and filling of bottles was automated.
In 1985, the Geuze blendery moved to the center of Lembeek. In 1989, a brewery was built, turning the blendery into a lambic brewery. The first lambic brew was brewed in Lembeek on 17 October 1990. This brewhouse at Boon is now known as "the old brewhouse". A new brewhouse with higher capacity was put into service in 2013.
The brewery is one of the few that works according to the 'cloudy wort' method, the oldest traditional lambic brewing method. During the brewing season, brewing takes about 10 to 12 weeks. Per day 4 brews are made of about 125 hl.
Boon has become a true family brewery. Frank's sons, Jos and Boon are now responsible for every bottle of beer that is produced.
The lambic stock in wooden casks amounts to more than 2.1 million litres. The brewery has more than 160 large wooden barrels (foeders) of which the largest cask has a capacity of 27,000 liters. Boon only uses home-brewed lambic in its Oude Geuze: 80% of the blend consists of lambic from at least two seasons (= about 18 months old), about 15% is characteristic old three-year lambic and another about 5% is very young lambic, which provides the fermentable sugars and viable yeasts. For the Geuze Mariage Parfait, 90% of three-year-old lambic with character is blended with 10% of 1-year-old lambic.
Framboise Boon was launched in 1976. By doing so, Boon was the first producer to reconnect with the tradition of fermenting raspberries on lambic. The brewery is proud that they still do this with real raspberries, with no added aromas. The same principle is also applied for Kriek Boon. Only fresh cherries are used, no aromas or concentrates.
Since 2002, Boon is also been brewing Duivels Bier, the city beer of Halle, formerly brewed by Pêtre and then by Vander Linden. This is a strong dark beer (ABV 8%) refermented in the bottle.
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整理 资源来源网络(https://www.kuaiwen.net)" 重庆市巴蜀中学2017届高三下学期期中(三模)考试英语 第I 卷(共100分) 第一部分:听力(共两节,满分30分) 做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节 (共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例:How much is he shirt? A. $19.15 B. $9.18 C. $9.15 答案是C. 1. What does the woman mean? A. The weather is good for a picnic. B. She'll go out for a picnic. C. She doesn't want to go picnicking because of the bad weather. 2. Why doesn't the woman answer the question? A. It is not her affair. B. She doesn't know. C. She doesn't like Rita. 3. What does the woman mean? A. The man worked hard. B. The man ought to have worked hard. C. The man will never succeed. 4. What does the man mean? A. The woman will overwork if she has another part-time job. B. The woman should have a part-time job. C. The woman shouldn't sleep when she takes a part-time job. 5. What will the man do with this old house? A. Make it an inn. B. Sell it. C. 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What does the passage mainly talk about? A. The family life of former Mayor. B. The brave wife of former Mayor. C. The wedding of former Mayor's daughter. D. The political life of former Mayor. B Los Angeles Times FESTIVAL OF BOOKS WELCOME TO THE FESTIVAL Dear Reader, As a proud member of this community, the Los Angeles Times is committed to more than just reporting the news. We believe in developing connections with our neighbors. An important part of that mission is our annual Festival of Books, which has grown to become an essential piece of the L.A. cultural scene. This year marks our 21st anniversary, and we're working to make the 2016 festival the best one yet. Over two wonderful days, you'll have a chance to meet your favorite authors, hear live music, see original art works and listen to poetry. The festival will conclude with the Book Prizes Ceremony, where the best book prizes—as judged by our panel of experts—will be presented. 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They can be purchased at the event location. C Apple's ipad has been a huge hit among children, with its easy to use interface(界面) and innovative apps. In fact, researchers say the astonishing rise of the ipad has meant it has now overtaken household names such as McDonalds and Disney to become the number one brand among American 6-12 year olds. The annual study, conducted by leading youth and family research firm Smarty Pants, ranks more than 250 brands each year. "iPad's number one status among kids represents the summit of the 'tablet takeover'—a movement from shared screens and TV network dominance to planned content on personal devices." Said Wynne Tyree, president of Smarty Pants. "Kids increasingly turn to iPad for games, TV shows, videos, books, homework help and communicating with friends and family. In the firm's 2014 study, Apple's iPad went ahead of kid brands such as McDonald's and Disney. Kids see the iPad as the all-in-one digital tool, giving them a unique sense of independence, the researchers say. Tyree notes that iPad's march to the top has been dramatic. "In just five years, the iPad has risen from ranking 109th to being kid's favorite brand. Early on, it captured the hearts of teens and middle and upper class families, but iPad is now an indispensable(不可或缺的) part of childhood for the masses." On the study iPad was tops with a weighted score of 898 out of 1,000. Disney came at 858, Google's YouTube 852, McDonald's 839, iPhone 830 and Apple 829. Digital entertainment overall is seeing an increase among kids and families, with brands such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Instant Video, Android, and Samsung posting noteworthy increases in the study, a measure of kids' awareness, popularity, and love for a brand. Along with iPad, these devices and services provide entertainment that is "always on". Offering seemingly endless options, tablets and digital content providers are meeting contemporary kids' needs—with fun and connectivity never more than a tap away. 28. What is the "tablet takeover" movement according to the passage? A. In the movement everyone owns an iPad. B. It refers to the shift from watching TV together to using an iPad separately. C. In the movement people become more independent in entertainment. D. In the movement people receive more information from an iPad than from TV. 29. What makes an iPad appealing to the kids? A. They can watch TV shows using an iPad. B. An iPad can develop the kids' reading skills. C. With an iPad, the kids can become a better learner. D. An iPad helps the kids build up stronger relationships with their parents. 30. What is the correct ranking according to scores from the study of Smarty Pants? A. Disney—YouTube—Apple—iPhone—iPad—McDonald's B. iPhone—Disney—iPad-- McDonald's—YouTube-- Apple C. iPad—Disney—YouTube-- McDonald's—iPhone—Apple D. iPad—Apple—iPhone-- McDonald's—Disney—YouTube 31. What can we infer from the passage? A. Apple's iPad can develop the kids' creativity. B. Tablet and digital providers can never meet the kids' needs. C. An iPad can provide the kids with most entertainment. D. Only an iPad's fun and connection to the Internet attracts the kids most. D At the end of the eighth century, the Scandinavians known as Vikings took to the seas, travelling to areas including Iceland, Greenland, England, Ireland, France, and Russia, and even reaching the shores of America some 500 years before Columbus. The Vikings' creativity in shipbuilding was central to constructing their empire. Using the great longboat itself bears witness to their outstanding skills in the sea. Their ships were designed and built with uncommon creativity to serve the Vikings' purpose. The secret is found in its unique construction. The invention of the longest meant Vikings could travel vast distances over rough open water. In contrasts to modern sailboats, the longboat was joined together with enough spacing so that the boat was flexible. It could bend as it rode over waves flexibly. Unbelievably, simple tools such as axes and hammers were all that carpenters used to construct a ship. Additionally, one kind of longboat could ride high by skimming the water swiftly to transport a crew of about 30. This fast ship had a draft of as little as 20 inches, allowing navigation in extremely shallow water. While its shallow draft and design of construction made Viking longboat a superior vessel, the seamanship of the Norseman was the most decisive thing in the success of their boats. For example, Vikings navigated by looking at the sky through a crystal, which was known as sunstone. The Vikings' outstanding talents in ship constructing, coupled with their extraordinary skills as navigators, greatly affected Scandinavia. In turn, through their explorations, the Vikings influenced the rest of the world. 32. What can we learn from the first 2 paragraphs? A. Vikings' desire for exploration was essential to the foundation of their empire B. The unique design of the longboat guarantees its flexibility. C. Vikings' longboat resembles modern sailboats in many ways. D. The procedures and tools required to construct the ship were highly complex. 33. By giving a detailed description of Vikings' ships in paragraph 2, the author intends to show . A. sea voyages were full of dangers in the past B. shipbuilding used to be a really difficult job. C. constructing Vikings' ships was a well-kept secret. D. Vikings' ships helped them perform well on voyages. 34. The underlined word "seamanship" in paragraph 3 most nearly means . A. the qualities of the sailors B. the advanced technology C. the skill in sailing a ship D. the skill in building a ship 35. The central idea of the passage is that Vikings . A. had a deep love for global exploration B. helped map the known world of their time C. were excellent shipbuilders and sea voyagers. D. led European peoples in technological revolution 第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分) 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Although people value intelligence---understanding, reasoning, the ability to learn---they also respect wisdom, or the knowledge and experience that they gain over a lifetime. In some ways, wisdom is like beauty: we value it, we desire it, we know it when we see it, but it is nearly impossible to pin down(确切理解) such a nice quality. 36 1. Working at being social. Studies show that people who stay connected to others show higher levels of wisdom than those who remain alone. 37 Next time you're at a party or gathering, single out someone who's standing alone; and strike up a conversation. 2. 38 Wisdom involves being able to understand all sides of an issue without letting personal feelings get in the way. Owning your mind means realizing that everyone has a life story that influences their actions. During the course of every day, make a note of the issues that annoy you, and take a moment to see them from the other side. 3. Learning how to say "I could be wrong". A wise person understands that it is impossible to know everything and that life is likely to take unexpected turns. 39 Admitting that there are times when you could be mistaken will go a long way in strengthening your fame. 4. Reading the news. 40 If you don't already read a daily paper or news online, start by going through a single front-page article from a major respected news source. Almost everyone has the potential to become wiser, particularly if you strengthen these habits. A. Practicing being open-minded. B. Sharing good news with your friends. C. But researchers have tried and here's what they've found. D. Recognizing your errors can lead only to even greater wisdom. E. Make an effort to join a new club, or invite an old friend for coffee. F. You do not have to admit your mistakes if you are really unwilling to. G. You cannot make balanced choices unless you understand world circumstances. 第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节,满分45分) 第一节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1. 5分,满分30分) 阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 People in communities have slowly been pushed 41 through the years, mostly because people 42 aren't taking the time to say a simple "hello". After considering this phenomenon, I decided I was going to 43 the way I was doing things. My 44 came one morning when I was in the community library. I passed by a girl who 45 her books out of her locker. 46 like most that someone else would help her pick them up, I continued my way. 47 , when I had to 48 because I stupidly forgot my book, I noticed she had just finished 49 them up by herself. No one had stopped to 50 her. "OK," I thought to myself, "this is where I should have changed." My best opportunity came a few days later 51 I saw a man 52 by himself waiting for the library to open, so I sat down next to him and began a 53 . It was difficult to get started, and even when I had to say goodbye, almost every 54 from my new friend had a tone of 55 in it. And who could blame him? People aren't used to making an 56 chat with a stranger. But a change, no matter how 57 it is needed, doesn't just happen. It takes people like us to make it possible. I 58 you to take a small step out of your comfort zone and try to make someone's day a little 59 . Together, we can really make society come 60 as a whole. 41. A. apart B. off C. up D. aside 42. A. only B. simply C. never D. occasionally 43. A. change B. explain C. learn D. show 44. A. trouble B. doubt C. wish D. opportunity 45. A. took B. dropped C. got D. pulled 46. A. Realizing B. Thinking C. Judging D. Admitting 47. A. Therefore B. Eventually C. However D. Somehow 48. A. come out B. stand by C. go back D. turn up 49. A. lifting B. piling C. putting D. packing 50. A. please B. greet C. help D. praise 51. A. when B. while C. since D. until 52. A. sitting B. walking C. riding D. running 53. A. discussion B. lesson C. report D. conversation 54. A. joke B. response C. cry D. story 55. A. belief B. satisfaction C. doubt D. dismay 56. A. unchangeable B. unprepared C. unforgettable D. unfinished 57. A. desperately B. frequently C. simply D. widely 58. A. allow B. warn C. order D. advise 59. A. longer B. tougher C. colder D. brighter 58. A. later B. straighter C. closer D. slower 第Ⅱ卷 注意: 用0.5毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节, 满分45分) 第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分) 阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 I'm sure we all remember a time when we fell in love. For some it was a gradual 61. (realize) that the person you knew was actually amazing. For others, it was love 62. First sight---an instant lightning –bolt moment that you knew you'd met your perfect match. What is it that 63. (make)someone instantly love someone? Physical attraction is 64. Obvious answer but there are other reasons. According to Dr Anna Machin from the University of Oxford, men look for men who are taller, with broad 66. (shoulder)and a relatively narrow waist. Besides, people use their sense of smell to sniff out their ideal mate. Apparently, we can detect whether people are 67. (gene)different to us by the way they smell. Facial expressions might be another factor. We can change our faces by interacting with others and 68. (do) so in a pleasant manner will aid our attractiveness and make 69. Interested in us. Although it is good to know there are many reasons why we might be charmed by someone, will the feeling be mutual and if it is, how long will it last? Nothing 70. (guarantee), and we know from Shakespeare, the course of true love never ran smoothly! 第四部分 写作(共两节,满分35分) 第一节:短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分) 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。 修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意:1.每处错误及其修改均限一词; 2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。 Dear Peter, I'm very glad to receive your email asking for information about the host family we have arranged you to stay with. Locating in a beautiful and quiet neighborhood, the house was big enough to enable you to have a room of your own. Apart from the convenient public transportation, our private car will make your visits easily. Because all the family members can speak fluently English and have outgoing personalities, I'm sure you will have no trouble communicating with them. Above all, they hosted the American student last year, through that they gained lots of experience. In addition, the hostess cooking will guarantee you a wonderful chance of tasting delicious Chinese food. Hope you enjoy your stay here. 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London boost for Karen Harewood
UK Athletics performance coach John Nuttall has accepted a late, late entry into the Flora London Marathon – to raise funds for the rehabilitation of Karen Harewood, the 800m star who shattered a femur at last month's European Indoor Championships.
Nuttall, whose place was only confirmed when another charity runner withdrew, is based at the UKA High Performance Centre at Loughborough, where Harewood trained prior to her injury.
UK Athletics insurance will ensure that Harewood's medical and physiotherapy bills are all paid, whilst her 'protected' place on the WCPP will ensure rehab support and a small stipend. Nuttall and her training partners at Loughborough are acutely aware, however, that she will need all the help she can get to overcome injuries that were akin to her being in a car crash.
Nuttall said: "Karen can put a very limited amount of weight on her leg now and is hoping to be aqua-jogging in three to four weeks but it is going to be a long time before she can walk or jog. She will need excessive physiotherapy and other support, day in, day out, to re-establish a quality of life."
Nuttall, the 1994 Commonwealth 5000m bronze medallist, has never raced further than a half marathon and is currently on only 15 miles a week but added: "This is an ideal way to whip-up support for Karen, who has sacrificed an awful lot for athletics.
"I'm very grateful to the London Marathon organisers and adidas for giving me a very late entry. I know it hasn't been easy but I now have just nine days to make the most of it for myself and, most of all, for Karen."
Anyone wishing to support Nuttall in his London efforts can email pledges to him via the UKA administrator at Loughborough HPC, Sue Clarke, who can be contacted at sclarke@ukathletics.org.uk


Boating World's Greg and Victor were excited to spend a couple of hours onboard the PPS Logistics Clipper Racing Yacht recently, during the stopover in Cape Town of the round-the-world Yacht Race fleet. 12 new 70-foot Clippers sailed into the Mother City for a welcome rest at the end of the second leg of the race which started in Rio.
Greg and Victor were among nine invited guests, three crew members and a skipper who set off for a leisurely cruise from the Cape Grace Hotel moorings heading for Sea Point. Unfortunately the weather had turned with rain, wind and huge swells requiring foul weather gear for the whole outing.
But it was a good taste of what it is like to be one of 670 amateur sailors (representing 40 nationalities) who pit themselves against each other and the elements around the planet – in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. They take on monstrous waves, gale force winds and other unexpected conditions for nearly eleven months - visiting six continents along the way.
The first person to undertake this grueling trip, sailing non-stop around the world - was Sir Robin Knox Johnson (founder of this race) and hundreds of enthusiasts have followed in his wake over the years.
During their outing, the Boating World pair found the conditions quite taxing although they were impressed with the fine handling of the light-weight and usually very fast yacht. Unfortunately due to the bad weather they could not put up the mainsail and their trip was slow.
Looking around the yacht, Greg says the interior is quite basic with bunks everywhere (she can sleep 26) but there is loads of storage. A simple galley provides meals for the crew who split into teams for cooking duties.
After a couple of hours the party was relieved to be back at the Cape Grace moorings where they had drinks and snacks which quelled the seasickness!
Undaunted Greg was back at sea with a client the following Monday morning but this time on a 42' Motoryacht. Setting off from Granger Bay they joined 20 other boats which gathered to bid farewell to the Clippers gathered offshore.
Cape Town was at her best, with beautifully sunny weather and whales frolicking in the calm waters alongside adding to the festive atmosphere. The Clippers fleet was an impressive sight as they went on parade between the harbour and Clifton before leaving South African shores.
A Navy ship was on hand to start the next leg of the race and at the booming sound of the gunshot the fleet was galvanized into action and headed for Albany, Western Australia.
Later reports confirmed that the sailors were put to the test as winds of more than 50 knots gusting to 90 knots lashed the fleet as they headed south in the Agulhas Current!
This was one of many incidents when ferocious storms tested crews to their limits on this marathon journey. Before they reached Cape Town the South African National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) station at Port Elizabeth had to launch its rescue vessels twice in separate incidents, to provide assistance to injured crew members taking part.
Australian David Griffin suffered an injured calf after becoming impaled on a cleat during a violent storm which also resulting in another competitor, British woman Michelle Porter, suffering severe bruising and torn upper arm ligaments.


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Josh Duggar Criminal Case: Prosecutors To Tell Jury About Past Assaults Against His Sisters
The prosecutors taking on Josh Duggar are demanding they be allowed to bring up his past offenses during the trial.
According to court documents obtained by Radar, the government is asking the court to allow them to introduce evidence of Duggar's past child molestation conduct.
The former reality star is facing two federal counts related to possessing and receiving child pornography. He is facing years behind bars if convicted.
Source: @joshduggar/Twitter
The disgusting material was found on a computer at Duggar's car lot in Arkansas. The porn was hidden behind a program on the device. The password used was the same one Duggar used for his family Instagram account.
Duggar entered a a not guilty plea and is headed to trial on November 30. The prosecutors are now making moves to make sure the jury hears about his past.
In 2015, a bombshell 2006 police report was uncovered that revealed Duggar had sexually abused minors as a teenager. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar's son allegedly sexually molested five young girls, including two of his sisters. Duggar allegedly admitted to fondling the breasts and genitals of the girls while they were sleeping inside the family home.
The police did not bring charges against Duggar. The allegations led to TLC canceling the family's show amid backlash.
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Josh Duggar Tries To Poke Holes In Feds Child Porn Case Against Him, Accuses Prosecutors Of Refusing To Turn Over Evidence
Prosecutors Fight Josh Duggar's Plea To Push Child Porn Trial To Next Year, Reveal Text Messages & Photos Helped Build Case
"Twelve years ago, as a young teenager, I acted inexcusably for which I am extremely sorry and deeply regret. I hurt others, including my family and close friends," Duggar said in a statement.
In the newly filed motion, the government says they want the jury to know about these incidents.
"The government notices its intent to introduce evidence that in approximately 2002 and 2003, before he committed the offenses charged in the indictment in this case and while living in Arkansas, the defendant attempted to and did commit a crime as defined by Arkansas state law involving contact between any part of the defendant's body and a child's genitals or anus—namely, sexual assault in the second degree," the motion reads.
They plan to introduce evidence that Duggar was investigated for, admitted to, and received counseling for touching and sexually molesting multiple minor females, including at least one instance involving the digital penetration of a prepubescent minor."
The government says the past incidents prove "motive" and "lack of mistake" in this case. The judge presiding over the case has yet to rule on allowing the evidence.


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Q: Facebook share button issue I added the facebook share button within an email body (.htm). The purpose of the button is to share the photo a user received in his email. When the button is clicked, a new tab opens with the "Write a message" area to share on facebook.
The problem is that once "Share Link" button is clicked nothing happens - no confirmation, no redirect, BUT the link is actually posted on Facebook (so the end user would not know the message has been shared unless they check their Facebook while all confused). Here is the code for the button:

I have tried using meta tags (title/description/url and the main namespace tag), but they are not picked up when shared (title/description is a bunch of random characters). Is this behaviour normal for share buttons of this sort, is it a bug or am I doing something wrong?
Thanks in advance

A: To fix this, put target="_blank" in the  tag.

A: You won't be able to share a photo within an email as it would mean sharing the URL to the email itself (which users won't have access to).
Instead, you should put the image on a website and use OpenGraph markup to give it a correct title, description, and thumbnail image. And then share the URL to this image on Facebook. You can still embed the image in the email, but the sharing and image need to be external from the email.

A: A lot has happened since 2012.  There are now two API's a user may choose from when sharing on Facebook: 1) Sharer, and 2) Share Dialog.
Sharer: This will require confirmation of the user posting their content, and this will then get you what you want.  However, Sharer only supports the url parameter now.  There is basically no way to share any other parameter.  Official Facebook Developer Docs: Share Button.  And: Official Facebook Discontinuation of Sharer Non-URL Args Post.
Share Dialog: You will need to configure an App with Facebook, authenticate, and then to solve your problem, you'll want to set one of these params...

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*display : Set this to page (the default), or one of the other options, to determine how your share dialog displays.

*redirect_uri : If you don't like how Facebook decides to interpret your display params, you can just redirect after sharing to some page on your site that says, "Post successfully shared! link to post" or some such.
Hope this helps someone.

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N.S.A. Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens
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WASHINGTON — Since 2010, the National Security Agency has been exploiting its huge collections of data to create sophisticated graphs of some Americans' social connections that can identify their associates, their locations at certain times, their traveling companions and other personal information, according to newly disclosed documents and interviews with officials.
Gen. Keith Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency, testified on Thursday before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
The spy agency began allowing the analysis of phone call and e-mail logs in November 2010 to examine Americans' networks of associations for foreign intelligence purposes after N.S.A. officials lifted restrictions on the practice, according to documents provided by Edward J. Snowden, the former N.S.A. contractor.
The policy shift was intended to help the agency "discover and track" connections between intelligence targets overseas and people in the United States, according to an N.S.A. memorandum from January 2011. The agency was authorized to conduct "large-scale graph analysis on very large sets of communications metadata without having to check foreignness" of every e-mail address, phone number or other identifier, the document said. Because of concerns about infringing on the privacy of American citizens, the computer analysis of such data had previously been permitted only for foreigners.
The agency can augment the communications data with material from public, commercial and other sources, including bank codes, insurance information, Facebook profiles, passenger manifests, voter registration rolls and GPS location information, as well as property records and unspecified tax data, according to the documents. They do not indicate any restrictions on the use of such "enrichment" data, and several former senior Obama administration officials said the agency drew on it for both Americans and foreigners. (more…)
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How the cops watch your tweets in real-time
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Recent leaks about the NSA's Internet spy programs have sparked renewed interest in government surveillance, though the leaks touch largely on a single form of such surveillance—the covert one. But so-called "open source intelligence" (OSINT) is also big business— and not just at the national/international level. New tools now mine everything from "the deep Web" to Facebook posts to tweets so that cops and corporations can see what locals are saying. Due to the sheer scale of social media posts, many tools don't even aim at providing a complete picture. Others do.
For instance, consider BlueJay, the "Law Enforcement Twitter Crime Scanner," which provides real-time, geo-fenced access to every single public tweet so that local police can keep tabs on #gunfire, #meth, and #protest (yes, those are real examples) in their communities. BlueJay is the product of BrightPlanet, whose tagline is "Deep Web Intelligence" and whose board is populated with people like Admiral John Poindexter of Total Information Awareness infamy.
BlueJay allows users to enter a set of Twitter accounts, keywords, and locations to scan for within 25-mile geofences (BlueJay users can create up to five such fences), then it returns all matching tweets in real-time. If the tweets come with GPS locations, they are plotted on a map. The product can also export databases of up to 100,000 matching tweets at a time.
A look at the BlueJay interface shows it to be a fairly basic tool, but one that gets its power from full access to the Twitter "firehose" of all tweets. Users who want to search the Twitterverse have three basic options: Twitter's search API, Twitter's streaming API, or full firehouse access to Twitter from third party providers like GNIP and DataSift. The first two are free but limited; BrightPlanet notes that even the broader streaming API returns somewhere between one and 40 percent of the relevant tweets depending on Twitter's load at the moment. The firehose requires some serious infrastructure and a paid contract with Twitter, but it provides all relevant tweets. (more…)
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National emblem of Indonesia
Iriana Joko Widodo
since 20 October 2014
Mrs. Widodo
Merdeka Palace (Official)
State Palace
Bogor Palace
Tampaksiring Palace
Gedung Agung
Cipanas Palace
Term length
Inaugural holder
Fatmawati Sukarno (as first lady)
Taufiq Kiemas (as first gentleman)
18 August 1945 (75 years ago)
www.presidenri.go.id
Throughout Indonesian history, the title of First Lady (Indonesian: Ibu Negara) or, in an instance, First Gentleman (Indonesian: Bapak Negara) has been used to refer to the wife or husband of the president of Indonesia. While the Constitution of Indonesia does not mention anything about the spouses of the president, it continues to hold significant influence in the Indonesian society.
The current holder of the title is Iriana Joko Widodo, wife of current president Joko Widodo. Taufiq Kiemas, husband of President Megawati Sukarnoputri, to date is the only first gentleman.[1]
It is unclear when the role of Ibu Negara first developed in the Indonesian constitutional conventions. Sukarno, the first president, was married to his third wife Fatmawati when he became president in August 1945. Sukarno then married Hartini in July 1953 on Fatmawati's permission. Hartini lived in Istana Bogor and also accompanied the president to official state duties and visit abroad.[2] Throughout his presidency, Sukarno married another five women, but Fatmawati remained the first lady.
Siti Hartinah, Soeharto's wife, occupied the role of Ibu Negara until her death in April 1996. Her eldest daughter, Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana ("Tutut") acted on behalf of her mother throughout the remainder of her father's presidency until 1998. From March to May 1998, she also served as the minister of social affairs.
Living former first ladies and gentlemen
Excluding Iriana (incumbent), there is currently one living former first lady of Indonesia (as of 19 September 2022):
Sinta Nuriyah
served 1999–2001
List of title holders
Age at tenure start
(Spouse, unless noted)
Fatmawati
5 February 1923 – 14 May 1980
(aged 57)
12 March 1967 22 years, 194 days Sukarno
Siti Hartinah
23 August 1923 – 28 April 1996
28 April 1996 (death) 43 years, 201 days Suharto
Hasri Ainun Besari
11 August 1937 – 22 May 2010
20 October 1999 60 years, 283 days Bacharuddin J. Habibie
b. 8 March 1948
23 July 2001 51 years, 226 days Abdurrahman Wahid
Muhammad Taufiq Kiemas
31 December 1942 – 8 June 2013
20 October 2004 58 years, 204 days Megawati Sukarnoputri
Kristiani Herrawati
6 July 1952 – 1 June 2019
20 October 2014 52 years, 106 days Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Iriana
b. 1 October 1963
present 51 years, 19 days Joko Widodo
^ Sepeninggal Taufiq Kiemas ("After Taufiq Kiemas"), tokohindonesia.com, 19 June 2013. Accessed 1 June 2019.
^ Sitompul, Martin. Hartini, First Lady yang Tak Diakui ("Hartini, the Unrecognized First Lady"). Historia.id, 20 April 2018. Accessed 1 June 2019.
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Second Spouses of Indonesia
List of vice presidents of Indonesia
Prime Minister of Indonesia
Spouses of national leaders
Head of states
First Lady/Gentleman
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Royal consorts
Commonwealth governors-general
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En astronomie, un cercle vertical ou un vertical est un grand cercle de la sphère céleste qui est perpendiculaire au plan de l'horizon et passe par la verticale, qui relie la zénith au nadir.

Exemples de cercles verticaux
Le premier vertical est le cercle vertical qui passe par les points est et ouest de l'horizon.

Le vertical d'un astre est celui qui passe par le centre de l'astre observé.

Points remarquables du vertical du Soleil

Points solaires
Les points solaires désignent quatre points particuliers de la sphère céleste en relation avec la position apparente du Soleil. Ils sont situés sur le cercle solaire vertical, c'est-à-dire le grand cercle passant par le zénith et le centre du Soleil. Ces quatre points sont :
 le point solaire situé au centre apparent du Soleil;
 le point subsolaire situé à l'azimut du Soleil et à une hauteur opposée à celle du Soleil;
 le point anthélique situé à la même hauteur que le Soleil, et à 180° d'azimut de celui-ci;
 le point antisolaire (ou point subanthélique) situé à l'opposé du Soleil.

Ces quatre points définissent, en outre, deux cercles :
 le cercle parhélique, petit cercle parallèle à l'horizon et passant par le point solaire et le point anthélique. C'est aussi l'almicantarat du soleil ;
 le cercle subparhélique, petit cercle parallèle à l'horizon et passant par le point subsolaire et le point antisolaire. C'est dans ce cas l'almicantarat du point antisolaire.

Les quatre points solaires permettent de localiser différents phénomènes optiques atmosphériques liés au Soleil, comme les halos autour du point solaire, la gloire, l'heiligenschein ou l'effet d'opposition au point anti-solaire, le sous-soleil, ou encore l'arc parhélique le long du cercle du même nom.

Points neutres
Le plan vertical du Soleil contient, de plus, trois points neutres.

Mis en évidence au , ils sont désignés en l'honneur de leurs découvreurs respectifs :
 le point d'Arago, découvert par François Arago, est situé à 20 degrés environ au-dessus du point antisolaire ;
 le point de Binet, découvert par Jacques Binet, situé à environ 15 à 20 degrés au-dessus du Soleil ;
 le point de Brewster, découvert par David Brewster, est situé à environ 15 à 20 degrés au-dessous du Soleil.

Ils sont aujourd'hui interprétés dans le cadre de la théorie du transfert radiatif de Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.

Notes et références

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Système de coordonnées célestes
Phénomène atmosphérique optique

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Harvey (film)
1950 film by Henry Koster
(Redirected from Harvey)
Harvey is a 1950 film about Elwood P. Dowd, a mild-mannered, pleasant man, who claims as his best friend a Pooka, in the form of an invisible 6-foot, 3-and-a-half-inch tall rabbit (6-foot, 1-and-a-half-inch tall white rabbit in the play).
Science has overcome time and space. Well, Harvey has overcome not only time and space — but any objections.
I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I'm happy to state I finally won out over it.
I always have a wonderful time, wherever I am, whoever I'm with.
Myrtle Mae, you have a lot to learn, and I hope you never learn it.
Directed by Henry Koster. Written by Mary Chase, based on her stage play, which was first produced on November 1, 1944.
The Wonderful Pulitzer Prize Winning Play... becomes one of the Great Motion Pictures of our Time!
1 Elwood P. Dowd
2 Veta Louise Simmons
4 Dialogue
6 Quotes about Harvey
Elwood P. DowdEdit
Here, let me give you one of my cards. Now if you should want to call me, use this number. That — that's the old one. If you happen to lose the card, don't worry — I — have plenty more.
Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I'm happy to state I finally won out over it.
Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, "In this world, Elwood, you must be," — she always called me Elwood — "In this world, you must be oh so smart, or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me.
Wouldn't that get a little monotonous, just Akron, cold beer and "poor, poor thing" for two weeks?
Harvey and I have things to do... we sit in the bars... have a drink or two... play the juke box. Very soon the faces of all the other people turn towards me and they smile. They say: "We don't know your name, mister, but you're a very nice fellow." Harvey and I warm ourselves in these golden moments. We came as strangers — soon we have friends. They come over. They sit with us. They drink with us. They talk to us. They tell us about the great big terrible things they've done and the great big wonderful things they're going to do. Their hopes, their regrets. Their loves, their hates. All very large, because nobody ever brings anything small into a bar. Then I introduce them to Harvey, and he's bigger and grander than anything they can offer me. And when they leave, they leave impressed. The same people seldom come back, but that's — that's envy, my dear. There's a little bit of envy in the best of us. That's too bad, isn't it?
I'd just helped Ed Hickey into a taxi. Ed had been mixing his rye with his gin, and I felt he needed conveying. I started to walk down the street when I heard a voice saying: "Good evening, Mr. Dowd". I turned, and there was this big white rabbit leaning against a lamp-post. Well, I thought nothing of that, because when you've lived in a town as long as I've lived in this one, you get used to the fact that everybody knows your name. And naturally, I went over to chat with him.
We talked like that for a while and then I said to him, "You have the advantage on me. You know my name and I don't know yours." And right back at me he said, "What name do you like?" Well, I didn't even have to think twice about that. Harvey's always been my favorite name. So I said to him, I said, "Harvey." And, this — this is the interesting thing about the whole thing. He said, "What a coincidence. My name happens to be Harvey."
Oh, yes! Yes. Yes — these things always work out just the way Harvey says they will. He is very, very versatile. Did I tell you he could stop clocks? Well, you've heard the expression 'His face would stop a clock'? Well, Harvey can look at your clock and stop it. And you can go anywhere you like — with anyone you like — and stay as long as you like. And when you get back, not one minute will have ticked by. ... You see, science has overcome time and space. Well, Harvey has overcome not only time and space — but any objections.
I plan to leave. You want me to stay. Well, an element of conflict in any discussion's a very good thing. It means everybody is taking part and nobody is left out.
Veta Louise SimmonsEdit
The photograph shows only the reality. The painting shows not only the reality, but the dream behind it. It's our dreams, doctor, that carry us on. They separate us from the beasts...
Oh, Myrtle, don't be didactic. It's not becoming in a young girl. Besides, men loathe it.
As I was going down to the taxi cab to get Elwood's things, this awful man stepped out. He was a white slaver, I know he was. He was wearing one of those white suits, that's how they advertise.
I took a course in art last winter. I learnt the difference between a fine oil painting, and a mechanical thing, like a photograph. The photograph shows only the reality. The painting shows not only the reality, but the dream behind it. It's our dreams, doctor, that carry us on. They separate us from the beasts. I wouldn't want to go on living if I thought it was all just eating, and sleeping, and taking my clothes off, I mean putting them on...
OthersEdit
P-O-O-K-A. Pooka. From old Celtic mythology, a fairy spirit in animal form, always very large. The pooka appears here and there, now and then, to this one and that one. A benign but mischievous creature. Very fond of rumpots, crackpots, and how are you, Mr. Wilson?
Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet: Is, is that Mrs. Frank Cummings? Doesn't she look ghastly, I thought she was dead. I must get a closer look.
The Taxi Driver: ...I've been driving this route for 15 years. I've brought them out here to get that stuff, and I've drove them home after they had it. It changes them... On they way out here, they sit back and enjoy the ride. They talk to me, some times we stop and watch the sunset, and look at the birds fly. And sometimes we stop and watch the birds when there ain't no birds. And look at the sunset when its raining. We have a swell time. And I always get a big tip. But afterwards, uh oh! ...They crab, crab, crab. They yell at me. Watch the lights. Watch the brakes, Watch the intersection. They scream at me to hurry. They got no faith in me, or my buggy. Yet, it's the same cab, the same driver. And we're going back over the very same road. It's no fun. And no tips... After this he'll be a perfectly normal human being and you know what stinkers they are.
Myrtle Mae Simmons: Oh, mother, people get run over by trucks every day. Why can't something like that happen to Uncle Elwood?
Dr. Chumley: So, you gave him a pass, Dr. Sanderson?! Perhaps they neglected to tell you at medical school that a rabbit has large pointed ears!?! Do you know what you've done? You've allowed a psychopathic case to walk out of here and roam around with an overgrown white rabbit! You've laid me open to a lawsuit! I shall have to do something I haven't done for fifteen years! I'll have to go after this man, Dowd, and bring him back! But when I do, Dr. Sanderson, your connection with this institution will have ended — as of that moment!
Dr. Chumley: I'm going over to get your brother and bring him back and take him to the sanitarium where he belongs. I want to observe the expression on his face when he talks to this rabbit. He does talk to the rabbit, you say?
Marvin Wilson, sanitarium orderly: [Reading from a dictionary] "P-O-O-K-A. Pooka. From old Celtic mythology, a fairy spirit in animal form, always very large. The pooka appears here and there, now and then, to this one and that one. A benign but mischievous creature. Very fond of rumpots, crackpots, and how are you, Mr. Wilson?" [Inverts and shakes the dictionary] "How are you, Mr. Wilson?" Who in the encyclopedia wants to know?
DialogueEdit
Fly specks, fly specks! I've been spending my life among fly specks while miracles have been leaning on lampposts at 18th and Fairfax!
Mailman: Beautiful day, isn't it?
Elwood P. Dowd: Every day is a beautiful day.
Dr. Sanderson: Think carefully, Dowd. Didn't you know somebody, sometime, someplace with the name of Harvey? Didn't you ever know anybody by that name?
Elwood P. Dowd: No, no, not one, Doctor. Maybe that's why I always had such hopes for it.
Veta Louise Simmons: Judge Gaffney, is that all those doctors do in places like that — think about sex?
Judge Gaffney: I don't know.
Veta Louise Simmons: Because if it is they ought to be ashamed of themselves. It's all in their heads anyway. Why don't they get out and take long walks in the fresh air? Judge Gaffney walked everywhere for years, didn't you, Judge?
Wilson: Who's Harvey?
Miss Kelly: A white rabbit, six feet tall.
Wilson: Six feet?
Elwood P. Dowd: Six feet three and a half inches. Now let's stick to the facts.
Mr. Cracker: What can I do for you, Mr. Dowd?
Elwood P. Dowd: What did you have in mind?
[Elwood bumps into an old friend he hasn't seen for some time]
Elwood P. Dowd: You've been away.
Mr. Miggles: For 90 days. Been doin' a job for the state. Makin' license plates.
Elwood P. Dowd: Oh, is that so? Interesting work?
Mr. Miggles: I can take it or leave it alone.
Elwood P. Dowd: Oh, I see.
Mr. Miggles: I did a job for 'em last year too. Helpin' 'em build a road.
Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet: Does Elwood see anybody these days?
Veta Louise Simmons: Oh, yes, Aunt Ethel, Elwood sees somebody.
Dr. Sanderson: I want you to telephone this Elwood P. Dowd right away. His sister's condition is serious.
Miss Kelly: Uh — but, Doctor, I —
Dr. Sanderson: He'll have to sign these commitment papers for her.
Miss Kelly: But I didn't know the woman needed the treatment! She said it was her brother!
Dr. Sanderson: Of course she did! That's the oldest dodge in the world. Always used by a cunning type of psychopath. She knew her brother was about to commit her so she came down here to discredit him. Get him on the phone, please.
Miss Kelly: But, Doctor, I thought the woman was all right, so I had Wilson take the brother up to Number Twenty-four — South Wing, G. He's there now.
Dr. Sanderson: You had Wilson take the brother in?! Come on, Miss Kelly, no gags, please!You're not serious, are you?
Miss Kelly: Oh, I did, Doctor, I — I did. Doctor, I'm terribly sorry.
Dr. Sanderson: Oh, you're terribly sorry! Well, that's fine! That — that fixes everything! That's just wonderful! No — oh, no! Kelly! Kelly, do you realize what you've done? This man Dowd can sue us for false commitment! He can own the whole sanitarium — and I'll be kicked out of here faster than you can say stupid, incompetent and inefficient!
Miss Kelly: Oh, I'll tell Dr. Chumley you had nothing to do with it — it was all my fault! You're the last person in the world I'd ever want anything like this to happen to. You know that, don't you, Dr. Sanderson?
Dr. Sanderson: Miss Kelly, this is hardly the time or place to go into the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet!
Miss Kelly: Lately, Doctor, there's never any time or place!
Dr. Sanderson: Jeepers! They may be putting him in the hydro room right now! Get up there quick and see if you can get him down here! I'll break the news gently to Dr. Chumley. He may want to handle this himself.
Miss Kelly: Well what shall I say to Mr. Dowd? What do I do? He'll probably be so furious he'll refuse to come down here.
Dr. Sanderson: Look, Miss Kelly. He's probably fit to be tied, but he's a man, isn't he?
Miss Kelly: I guess so. His name's Mister!
Dr. Sanderson: Well, then, go into your old routine. You know, the eyes, the swish, the works. I'm immune to it, but I've seen it work on some people, some of the patients out here. Now, you get him down here, Kelly, if you have to do a striptease!
Dr. Sanderson: Dr. Chumley, I'm afraid there's been a serious error —
Dr. Chumley: Dr. Sanderson, we don't permit errors in this institution.
Wilson: I'll tell you something, Myrts.
Myrtle Mae Simmons: Yeah?
Wilson: You know, you not only got a nice build, but you got something else, too.
Myrtle Mae Simmons: Really? What?
Wilson: You got the screwiest uncle that ever stuck his puss inside our nuthouse.
Dr. Chumley: I'm Dr. Chumley. You're Mrs. Simmons, of course.
Veta Louise Simmons: Yes, well, I'm glad to know you, Dr. Chumley. Would you mind asking Judge Gaffney to come back here?
Dr. Chumley: Why, certainly, certainly.
Veta Louise Simmons: I want to tell him to sue you for $100,000. I don't think $50,000 is enough.
Dr. Sanderson: It sounds funny, but I'll miss this place. I guess I'll miss a lot of things around here.
Miss Kelly: You will?
Dr. Sanderson: You won't laugh?
Miss Kelly: Of course not.
Dr. Sanderson: You know how it is working around people all day. You sort of get attached to them.
Miss Kelly: I know, Limon.
Dr. Sanderson: It may be ridiculous, but I'm gonna miss every one of the psychos, neuros, and schizos in the place.
Miss Kelly: Well, you can miss your psychos and your schizos, Dr, Sanderson, and you can miss whomever you please. But after you leave here I won't miss a thing — not a single solitary thing.
Dr. Sanderson: Now what's wrong?
Miss Kelly: Nothing — I — I came down here to say good-bye to you, so good-bye, good luck and good riddance.
Dr. Sanderson: Why, you can't even say good-bye without putting it on a personal basis.
Miss Kelly: Oh, don't flatter yourself, doctor. There's nothing personal about this.
Dr. Sanderson: I think you've been working too hard, Kelly. You're getting neurotic.
Miss Kelly: Now don't start analyzing me. Save your psychiatry for your next job.
Dr. Sanderson: I'm not using psychiatry, Miss Kelly — and let me give you a little friendly advice — that chip on your shoulder stems from a persecution complex that undoubtedly goes back to childhood.
Miss Kelly: Well, thanks so much for the case history, doctor. Now could you tell me what an over-inflated ego stems from?
Dr. Sanderson: Now listen here!
Elwood P. Dowd: You see, science has overcome time and space. Harvey has overcome not only time and space but also any objections.
Dr. Chumley: Fly specks, fly specks! I've been spending my life among fly specks while miracles have been leaning on lampposts at 18th and Fairfax!
Dr. Chumley: This sister of yours is at the bottom of a conspiracy against you. She's trying to persuade me to lock you up. Today, she had commitment papers drawn up. She has your power of attorney and the key to your safety box, and she brought you here!
Elwood P. Dowd: She did all that in one afternoon. That Veta certainly is a whirlwind, isn't she?
CastEdit
Jimmy Stewart - Elwood P. Dowd
Josephine Hull - Veta Louise Simmons
Peggy Dow - Miss Kelly
Charles Drake - Dr. Sanderson
Cecil Kellaway - Dr. Chumley
Victoria Horne - Myrtle Mae Simmons
Jesse White - Marvin Wilson
William Lynn - Judge Gaffney
Wallace Ford - Taxi driver
Grace Mills - Aunt Ethel
Quotes about HarveyEdit
An hour and three-quarters with Harvey will do you a world of good. ~ Bosley Crowther
What makes Harvey great is the fact that it's equally enjoyable as a piece of comedic fluff and as slyly intelligent social commentary. ~ Brian Webster
Of course, it depends a great deal upon what you have in mind in the way of entertainment by which you would be amused. But if you're for warm and gentle whimsey, for a charmingly fanciful farce and for a little touch of pathos anent the fateful evanescence of man's dreams, then the movie version of Harvey is definitely for you.
As a matter of fact, we'll even wager that, if you're not in a mood for all of these, an hour and three-quarters with Harvey will do you a world of good.
Bosley Crowther, in "Harvey" in The New York Times (22 December 1950)
As Elwood P. Dowd, the rabbit fancier — Harvey's companion in killing time — Mr. Stewart is utterly beguiling and disarming of all annoyance. A faint touch of seeming imbecility, which is somewhat distasteful at the start, is quickly dispelled as Mr. Stewart makes Elwood a man to be admired.
Bosley Crowther, in The New York Times (22 December 1950)
John Nash: Have you met Harvey? [points to an empty seat Sol is about to sit in]
Sol: [startled, and worried] John, there's no...
John: Relax, it's okay. [letting him know he was joking] There's no point being nuts if you can't have a little fun.
Sol: Jesus Christ. I should have known...
Akiva Goldsman, in A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Though at times slow and obvious, the film allows humor to emerge ever so gently at the expense of its targets. Elwood may be a drunk (or not — does he ever actually take a drink?), and he may be delusional, but he is also happier, less neurotic, and more content than the so-called normal people who surround him and claim to be looking out for his best interests. By the film's end, Harvey and Elwood appear to be working their magic on everyone around them, as the world begins to share their delusion.
It would not be stretching things to suggest that Harvey symbolizes spirituality, and some things, the film seems to say, just have to be taken on faith. Self-importance, snobbery, and the profession of psychiatry are among Harvey's targets, but this is no Swiftian satire.
This film does not intend to cause harm or discomfort but to tease and needle its targets.
Dan Jardine, in Cinemania (26 December 2014)
What makes Harvey great is the fact that it's equally enjoyable as a piece of comedic fluff and as slyly intelligent social commentary.
Brian Webster, in Apollo Guide (16 March 2004)
Harvey quotes at the Internet Movie Database
Harvey at Rotten Tomatoes
Another Review of Harvey
Another Review of Harvey (with Sound clips) (content apparently lost)
Harvey at IMDb
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Featured Use Your Life Award
Our House, Inc. Received by:
Richard Bienvenue
Paul Newman, Newman's Own
Our House, Inc.
19715 Zion Road
Brookeville, MD 20833
www.our-house.org
Richard Bienvenue teaches at-risk young men to use hammers and nails to build a brighter future for themselves.
How it Began — A Teacher with a Bigger Mission
Richard was working as a special education and carpentry teacher with at-risk young men when the idea for Our House came to him. "I taught them construction in the daytime but they went home at night and that was a downfall," says Richard. "After doing it for a couple of years, I realized that if you want to really want to reach the kids, do it in a residential setting. Take them out of their environment and put them into a loving, nurturing, caring environment."
Structured Programs for Structured Lives
Richard began Our House in the early 1990s. The young men in residence ages 16 to 21start their days at 6:15 a.m. doing carpentry work until 4 in the evenings. After dinner, they have academic and life skills classes and it's "lights out" at 10 p.m. Saturdays are spent on community service projects like painting houses, feeding the homeless, and they've even adopted a highway.
"They've been told they're stupid, been told they're dumb and all of sudden within a day or two they're beginning to install a window or roofing shingles," Richard says. "Now they're beginning to think maybe I'm not as bad as everybody told me I was when I was growing up."
Meeting Personal Goals
Students must pass a carpentry exam, a life skills exam, and their academic goal in order to graduate. Residents at Our House typically spend a year and a half in the program. Graduates not only have construction jobs waiting for them — 87% of those who have been through the program are currently employed— they also have high school diplomas.
Richard says, "When a student understands that knowledge can never been taken from them, that gives them a sense of power. And that's terrific for youngsters who have never felt power in their whole lives."
Home Depot and Stanley Works
To help build a second student residence so Our House could enroll more young men, Stanley Works donated $10,000 worth of carpentry tools and Home Depotwanted and donated $10,000 worth of building supplies.
Check in with Our House, Inc. — See what they've accomplished with the Use Your Life Award!


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import com.google.appengine.api.users.User;
import com.googlecode.objectify.Key;
import com.googlecode.objectify.annotation.Entity;
import com.googlecode.objectify.annotation.Id;

@Entity
public class AppEngineUser {
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    private User user;

    private AppEngineUser() {}

    public AppEngineUser(User user) {
        this.user = user;
        this.email = user.getEmail();
    }

    public User getUser() {
        return user;
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    public Key<AppEngineUser> getKey() {
        return Key.create(AppEngineUser.class, email);
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}

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The biggest sports clubs in the world are adopting chatbots as a new way to interact with fans. What are they doing, and how can they be improved will be a big question for future adopters, while how millions of fans will react creates a strong public test of their adoption and usefulness.
AFC Bournemouth may be the smallest club to grace England's Premier League, but the soccer club is launching its own CherryBot chatbot joining global sporting giants like FC Barcelona, the NBA's Golden State Warriors and the NFL's New England Patriots.
The rationale for these bots is clear, engage with fans, sell tickets and merchandise, which is what most clubs are focused on. The business interest is less about what happens on the pitch, field or court, but revenue coming in from other sources.
Naturally, success will help them sell more tickets, jerseys and caps, but except for the top tier teams, success is often fleeting and the endless grind to sell merchandise becomes all consuming. Why do you think most teams have three or more kits, retro kits and endless variations of merchandise?
Can sports brands be different?
In such a results-based business, in all senses, sports brands seem to be taking the predictable route in their early adoption of chatbots. There's certainly no effort to create bots with some of the personality of characters from sports' history, where's a bot in the style of Harry Caray (the Chicago Cubs' legendary caller)? Or Brian Clough (acerbic English football manager) who could put his point across like no other.


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Learn the Endings of Fifth Declension Latin Nouns
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by N.S. Gill
N.S. Gill is a freelance classics and ancient history writer. She has a master's degree in linguistics and is a former Latin teacher.
Latin is an inflected language, meaning that words are modified to express different grammatical categories such as tense, number, gender, or case. Many inflected languages make a distinction between the modification of verbs versus other parts of speech. The inflection of verbs, for instance, is also called conjugation, whereas the inflection of nouns, adjectives, and pronouns is known as declension. Latin nouns possess gender, case, and number (i.e., singular and plural). While the declensions generally delineate number and case, gender does have its place in the language, particularly with the neuter nouns.
The Latin language has five declensions, each of which is based on the stem. The first declension is considered the –a stem, the second the –o stem, the third is consonantal, the fourth the –u stem, and the fifth the –e stem. Every noun in Latin follows on of these five declensions. Here we will look at the declension of Latin nouns, specifically the fifth declension.
Fifth Declension of Latin Nouns
The fifth declension nouns in Latin are sometimes called -e stem nouns. The nouns of this declension are few but common. Like the first declension, fifth declension nouns are typically feminine, which a few exceptions. For instance, the word for day (dies) can be either masculine or feminine in the singular, but in the plural, it is masculine. Meridies, the Latin word for mid-day, is also masculine.
Otherwise, the fifth declension nouns are all feminine (all 50 or so of them). The forms of fifth declension are easily taken for third declension forms. But mistaking an accusative plural fifth declension noun for an accusative plural third declension noun, for instance, as long as you have the gender right, should cause no trouble in translation.
Most Fifth Declension Nouns in Nominative Singular End in -IES
The Rudiments of Latin and English Grammar, by Alexander Adam (1820) characterizes fifth declension Latin nouns as follows:
All nouns of the fifth declension end in ies, except three; fides, faith; spes, hope; res, a thing; and all nouns in ies are of the fifth, except these four; abies, a firtree; aries, a ram; paries, a wall; and quies, rest; which are of the third declension.
The Fifth Declension Endings
The endings of the masculine or feminine fifth declension are as follows:
NOM. -es -es
GEN. -ei -erum
DAT. -ei -ebus
ACC. -em -es
ABL. -e -ebus
Let's take a look at these fifth declension endings in action using the Latin word dies, -ei, f. or m., day.
NOM. dies dies
GEN. diei dierum
DAT. diei or die diebus
ACC. diem dies
ABL. die diebus
Here are some other fifth declension nouns for practice:
effigies, effigiei, f., effigy
fides, fidei, f., faith
res, rei, f., thing
spes, spei, f., hope.
For more information and resources, explore a paradigm of an additional fifth declension noun, f. (thinness), complete with macrons and umlauts.
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