Prof. Charles Olweny's autobiography adds to the few books written by Ugandans that give us a glimpse of life in 70s, 60s and earlier.
Professor Charles Olweny's autobiography adds to the few books written by Ugandans that give us a glimpse of life in 70s, 60s and earlier. It is in a way a short history of Uganda in Prof. Charles Olweny's eyes.
His autobiography is told in numerous short stories, as he recalls different episodes in his life.
The title is derived from the saying; A rolling stone gathers no moss, which says a lot about Olweny's life journey that sees him literally traversing the world.
During the launch of the book on November 21, there was some debate about the title. Reviewers thought title should have been The Nomadic Medic or The Boomerang referring to that which is thrown away, but comes back home. But perhaps that would have given the book a negative connotation.
Professor Olweny is a rolling stone to the extent that his career takes him from one country to another. But maybe, this rolling stone gathers some moss – given the responsibilities, the accolades, and the wealth of experience Professor Olweny garners along the way.
His is a story of an unending quest for excellence, which starts right from early childhood. One time in primary school, he came last in a class of fifteen. For fear of embarrassment, he tried to change the results on his report card to make it look like he had come first. That came with serious repercussions, which caused him to realize that excellence could not come through doctored documents. One had to work to excel. He has never gone back on this principle.
Throughout secondary school, graduate and post graduate studies, he excels. When he gets into medical practice, he excels! He shows how any determined boy, even far away in Nagongera, Tororo can excel and go on to a world stage.
As a medic, Professor Olweny boasts of many outstanding achievements. His specialisation in oncology takes him to unprecedented levels of success. He reminisces the days when the Uganda Cancer Institute in Mulago was the leading cancer treatment centre and the whole world looked to it for ground breaking solutions in cancer treatment.
He explains the different pioneering work done at the cancer institute. Back in the 70s, cancer sufferers from all over the region sought treatment from Mulago. Today, Ugandan cancer patients have to travel abroad to get treatment.
In the scarcity of the 70s, patients were needlessly dying in Mulago, yet all they needed were basic drugs like aspirin and chloroquin. He was the first doctor to suggest to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to develop Essential Drugs lists. At the initial discussion of that idea, he developed a list of ESSENTIAL DRUGS needed to run a hospital. He then developed a list of essential drugs for cancer treatment. The WHO adopted the essential drugs approach and now its worldwide practice.
He describes Uganda's education system, and praises Makerere University for products that could compete for jobs anywhere in the world - especially on the field of medicine.
He describes the turmoil of the 70s, the contradictions and how a Ugandan could survive in the uncertain era under Idi Amin. Like many other people, a time came when he could no longer survive in Uganda. He describes his miraculous escape and his decision to leave Uganda never to return.
After twenty years of excellent service in Australia, Canada and other countries, he makes a decision to return to Uganda. He finds a different Uganda from the one he knew. He decries especially the vice of corruption.
He describes his tenure as Vice Chancellor of UMU Nkozi, as both challenging and enriching.
Launching the book on November 21, King of the Jopadhola, Kwar Adhola Moses Owor observed that all professor Olweny's recollections and accounts are true and vividly relayed, which is characteristic of the author's truthfulness. However, Kwar Adhola said, "being truthful may also make you leave out some information." But Professor Olweny's autobiography does not make you feel like there is any bit of information he left out. It is rich and very well told as it is.
(A Rolling Stone is available in all leading bookshops in Kampala at sh25,000).
Launching the book, the Tieng Adhola, Moses Stephen Owor also known as Kwar Adhola of the Jopadhola chiefdom vouched for the facts contained in the book, given his close association with Olweny, which he said dates back to the time he was born.
Olweny and Owor are maternal cousins, who grew up together, becoming very close friends under the custody of Mark Owor, Olweny's father.
"Olweny is everything for truth and due dignity and there to alleviate people's sufferings, be it in form of ignorance, diseases, injustice and abuse of other people's rights," the Kwar Adhola said.
Dr. David Serwadda from the school of public health, at Makerere University, extoled Olweny's work, persistence and dedication that has seen him publish despite the enormous challenges, saying it is rare to come across an autobiography of a teacher.
"He has produced an important piece of work that represents a milestone in Africa. This means it can be shared widely and his relatable stories in this book will help our people know that anyone from any part of the world can pave his way to the top," Serwadda noted.
Any nun would cringe at the thought of foolery even when asked to fool herself when no one is watching. But perhaps the nun who duped Idi Amin's soldiers about the whereabouts of Prof. Charles Olweny has never been remorseful about it. In fact, she must have even gone ahead to ask the Almighty God not to blame her.
She was saving a life of Prof. Charles Olweny in 1979 when Amin's soldiers had raided St. Anthony Hospital, Tororo looking for him. This was in 1979 at the time Amin's government was thwarting Liberation fighters from taking control of the country.
Olweny had deserted the war-torn Kampala with his family and relocated to Tororo. He had become a regular at the said hospital helping out with medical practices, when these soldiers found out his whereabouts and sought him. They never found him and the nuns promised to alert the soldiers whenever Olweny showed face. Of course, the nuns did not alert the soldiers and instead, advised Prof. Olweny to hide in the Convent until Tororo was safe. Such is the kind of life Prof. Olweny has lived. A life that has weathered all threats and challenges and soared to dignifying heights.
Born to Mark Raphael Owor (RIP) and Anna Theresa Akumu in 1940 in Ngora district, Olweny decided against his birth name Oketcho and adopted the former; derived from the Luo verb "Lwenyo" which means to fight. Indeed he has been a gallant fighter to attain all what he has in life. His father was a school teacher.
He writes in his autobiography 'A Rolling Stone' that, "My parents taught me three things to strive for if I hoped to succeed in life, namely, fear God, respect authority, irrespective of where it comes from as all authority comes from God, and to work hard.
He adds that his father told him that, "You will never have authority until, learn to respect authority. He stated to me over and over again that I had to find some authority worthy of my respect.
"He went on to stress that love, mixed with admiration, is the foot for the male soul!" I have added a fourth [virtue] to my children and grandchildren, namely, be disciplined. To me discipline is doing the right thing when no one is watching.
Prof. Olweny is a Ugandan physician and the former Vice Chancellor of Uganda Martyrs University (UMU), whose education background involved changing schools like a rolling stone. He was replaced at UMU in January this year, by Dr. John Chrysostom Maviiri.
Besides Olweny being the only boy in a girls' convent school at two years old at some point of his life, Olweny attended St. Wilbrod Primary School, Nagongera, Tororo College primary school, St. Peter's college, St. Mary's College Kisubi before graduating with a Bachelor of medicine, Bachelor of surgery and Masters in Medicine at Makerere University in 1970. He later obtained a Doctorate of Philosophy from Makerere University.
In his book, he also recalls not honouring a government scholarship to study dentistry in England because his parents feared he would marry a white woman.
Married to Phoebe Negessa with five adult children, the family trotted the globe wherever he got posted for work.
In 1971, after completing his masters of medicine at Makerere University, while also serving as lecturer in internal medicine at the university, Olweny started off his globetrots by going to the Karolisnka Institute of Tumour Biology in Stockholm, Sweden to get more training on immunology.
From Stockholm, he went to National Cancer Institute/National Institutes (NCI) of Health in Bethesda, Maryland along with his family for further training in Oncology. But the two-year study plan at NCI was cut short in 1973 after receiving a call from his mentors in Uganda to return rescue the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) from destruction.
"Amin expelled all Ugandan Asians holding British passports and many non-Asian expatriates were forced to leave Uganda as well.
"I received a message to the effect that if I did not return to Uganda, I would find nothing to return to. The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) that had been established by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and had several NCI young investigators who had left the country. Two investigators remained. These were Dr. Ian Magrath, a British doctor who had come to gain experience in cancer management in the Third World, and Dr. Charles Vogel who defied all odds and stayed on. Both of them wanted for me to return to Uganda to effect an appropriate handover.
"The Uganda Cancer Institute was one such showpiece. [President Amin] made sure every government guest visiting Uganda was brought to the Uganda Cancer Institute to showcase how Ugandan institutions were running smoothly and efficiently, said Dr. Olweny.
Dr. Olweny would later work as Chairman of Uganda Breweries and Nile Breweries and President of Uganda Medical Association. He also worked with WHO branch in University of Zimbabwe in 1983 and a year later, became Director of medical Oncology at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia.
After five years in Australia, where he was also awarded the degree of Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Olweny and his family relocated to Winnipeg, Canada to become a Professor Of medicine and Co-Director of the WHO Centre for Quality of Life in Cancer Care, University of Manitoba.
One of his medical achievements could be when, while still director of UCI (1972-1982), he led a team of Ugandan medical researchers that turned out to be first group to demonstrate that liver cancer could be successfully treated with chemotherapy using the drug doxorubicin, which is still the mainstay of treatment for liver cancer today. They were also able to confirm that Burkitt lymphoma could be cured with a high dose of chemotherapy and showed that the same was true for childhood Hodgkin disease.


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Title: McFarland, USA
Director: Niki Caro
Actors: Kevin Costner Maria Bello Ramiro Rodriguez Carlos Pratts Johnny Ortiz
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Underdog sports movies fit Kevin Costner like a polo shirt and khakis, and the appealing, inspiring McFarland, USA is no different.
I have to admit, years ago I dismissed Kevin Costner as being one of the dullest, most generic, white-bread actors around. But dammit if he didn't start to slowly win me over when he made me cry in his five minutes of screen time in Man of Steel. Not only that, but he helped clean up oil spills with his own invention, and added surprising humanity to Whitney Houston's tabloid-soaked death with his moving speech at her memorial. Now, for me at least, his name on a marquee isn't a deterrent, but dare I say it, kind of a lure. He's become the all-American strong dad/husband/friend that always has your back.
In McFarland, USA, that is no different, and the film plays up to Costner's strengths, plus his long-standing appeal in the sports-movie genre. I had heard the name of this movie, and thought it sounded, well, whiter-than-white (again)... perhaps it was a movie about young white boys playing basketball/baseball/football while surrounded by corn. The catch is that McFarland is a wretchedly poor California town populated by wretchedly poor "forgotten" migrant workers from Mexico. When Costner's Jim White gets fired from his high school coaching job for one violent outburst too many, the only place that will hire him is this downtrodden town's high school.
It is almost too good that White's name is, well, White (or, as the Hispanic kids call him, "Blanco"). He and his family (wife played by Maria Bello, and they have two daughters) look like frightened suburbanites dropped into gang-land. As one local kid says, "There ain't nothin' American Dream about this place." The skittish family quickly learns that like any town, most people are good people, and the bad seeds are often that way because of extenuating circumstances. Like the kids that White teaches as a P.E. teacher. They are not good football players, and admittedly he is not the best coach. But he sees that some of the boys have remarkable speed and stamina while running laps. This sort of stamina is good for distance cross-country running. Next thing you know, White has permission to be the school's first cross-country coach instead. But when he finds out the reason these kids are so good at running (they work in the fields before school, run miles to school, and run back to work after), he realizes that there are cultural and socio-economic obstacles that will make the team's road a lot tougher.
McFarland, USA is, of course, a rousing sports drama that follows the underdog-to-winner story arc to a T. Costner is solid, as usual, in the type of coach role that has always fit him so well like a polo shirt and khakis. The kids (half of whom play brothers named Diaz) are all good, and slowly emerge as distinct personalities. And what we love most about these sports movies proves to be the case for this one as well: It is all based on a true story. As these hard-working boys learn to compete and excel in a sport dominated by richie-rich white kids, you can't help but cheer them on.
Just as hoped, one of the extras "McFarland Remembers" includes interviews with the real Jim White and members of the 1987 cross-country team that inspired the true story behind the movie. There is also a featurette about how the team inspired the real community of McFarland, plus there is a music video by Juanes, and deleted and extended scenes.
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El Hotel Forster (en inglés: Forster Hotel) construido en 1870 y ampliado en 1913, es una propiedad incluida en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos de Estados Unidos en Mendon, Utah. Según algunas fuentes el edificio está asociado con asentamiento original de Mendon y fue construido por Ralph Forster, uno de los primeros pobladores permanentes en el valle de Cache. Ralph Forster y su esposa, Margaret McCulloch, hicieron la casa de piedra su casa, y también lo usaron como uno de los dos hoteles en los primeros asentamientos, que fue su significado primario.

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By NYABOGA KIAGE
By LYNETTE MUKAMI
Former Education CS George Magoha dies at 71
Tuesday January 24 2023
Former Education CS George Magoha. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Former Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has died at 71.
"Yes it is true. He is no more," his wife Dr Barbra Magoha told the Business Daily.
He died at Nairobi Hospital on Tuesday following a cardiac arrest.
He was reportedly rushed to the facility today after falling ill.
Prof Magoha was known as a tough-talking and no-nonsense CS during his time at the Education Ministry.
President William Ruto has mourned Prof George Magoha as a unique, gifted and great servant of Kenya, adding that he feels privileged to have known and worked with the former Education Cabinet Secretary.
Magoha returns to class after minister job
Workaholic education CS extols virtues of the new curriculum as transition underway
"Prof Magoha is a towering giant of our time, a great man who stood tall in the academy, where he excelled in learning, teaching and research, as well as in administration," President Ruto said in a statement.
"He led robust turnaround interventions at the University of Nairobi and the Kenya National Examinations Council. Throughout his tenure (as CS), he evinced a commitment to high standards in the public service and uncompromising integrity," he added.
Lee Funeral Home on January 24, 2023, following news of the death of former Education CS Prof George Magoha.
News of his death comes just days after Maseno University announced that he would be joining the institution as a professor of surgery at its School of Medicine.
The Business Daily understands that he had just commissioned his memoir last week, while also gearing up to settle into his new role as a don at the university.
By Tuesday evening, family members had started arriving at Lee Funeral Home where Prof Magoha's body was moved.
Dr Barbara Magoha (centre), wife of late former Education CS George Magoha, at Lee Funeral Home on January 24, 2022.
Double tragedy for Magoha family
His death is a double blow to the Magoha family as his brother, Prof Richard Nyabera Magoha, was set to be buried this Saturday after passing on in the US on December 6, 2022.
The family was already going on with burial arrangements when they were hit with news of the death of the former CS.
In August 2021, Prof Magoha lost another brother, Charles Agunga Magoha, who died in Sweden.
Medical, academic career
Before being appointed to the cabinet five years ago, Prof Magoha served as Vice-Chancellor at the University of Nairobi (UoN) for ten years (2005 to 2015).
He also served as a Professor of Urological and Transplant Surgery at UoN's College of Health Sciences.
His medical career includes work and training in Nigeria, Ghana, Ireland and the United Kingdom. He also trained in Executive Management at Stanford University.
In Nigeria, he began his career as an intern in Surgery at Lagos University Teaching Hospital and rose to become Senior Resident and Clinical Lecturer in Surgery.
He later joined UoN as a Lecturer in Urological Surgery in 1988 and rose through the ranks to become a full Professor of Surgery in 2000.
Family and friends arrive at Lee Funeral Home on January 24, 2023 following news of the death of former Education CS Prof George Magoha.
He leaves behind his wife Dr Magoha and his son Dr Michael Magoha.


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A trucking company accidentally put 1,500 gallons of diesel fuel into the premium gas tank at an Abington station.
ABINGTON — Jessie Berrio was driving home Wednesday morning when her SUV's gas light turned on. She was driving up Randolph Street and happened to be near Alltown-Mobil to fill up, even though it's not her normal gas station.
But it turned out to be the wrong day to fill up at the Route 18 gas station in Abington, she learned – diesel fuel was accidentally put into the premium tank.
She and her boyfriend, Jeff Chancholo, discovered the problem when their Ford Explorer Sport, which was purchased just five months ago, began to shake.
"We live a minute away from the mechanic and the truck died as we were turning in," Berrio told The Enterprise. "And it was shaking immediately – very aggressive, too. I honestly thought we were going to blow up."
Chancholo had to take the day off from work on Thursday to try and get the problem straightened out. It wasn't until then that Berrio saw a post on an Abington Facebook group that the wrong gas was put into the tank at Alltown and she realized that's what was wrong with her vehicle.
"That's exactly what was wrong – we had a full tank of diesel," Berrio said.
Forward to Friday – and $600 later after their mechanic drained the fuel tank, changed the lines and replaced the vehicle's spark plugs – the check engine light was back on in her Explorer.
"God only knows what damage it truly has done," Berrio said. "Because it's a turbo, it could have more issues down the road and it just didn't take long for the check engine light to come back on. I'm not going to drive it until I have to pick up my kids and just pray it doesn't blow up."
Alltown tells The Enterprise that the costly mix-up was the fault of a third-party trucking company, Abenaqui Carriers, which delivered fuel on Tuesday and "inadvertently unloaded 1,500 gallons of diesel fuel into the super-grade fuel tank."
Customers who went to Alltown to fill-up on Wednesday were greeted to sticky notes on the 89 (special) and 91-grade (super-plus) fuel pumps.
"Not available, do not select," the notes stated.
"After discovering the issue, the super-grade fuel tank was shut down, emptied, cleaned and replaced with the proper product," Alltown said in the written statement emailed to the newspaper. "As of this morning, all tanks are functioning properly."
Alltown is directing anyone who was affected to Abenaqui Carriers' insurance claims handler, Gallagher Basset, who can be reached at 973-644-5904.
"We are disappointed that Abenaqui Carriers' actions caused any issues with our customers," the Alltown statement read. "We are aggressively following up to determine how such a mistake happened and will identify procedures to ensure it doesn't happen again."
A message left with Abenaqui Carriers was not immediately returned to the newspaper.
A similar incident occurred at the AL Prime Energy gas station on Crescent Street in Brockton in September 2015. Some local motorists told The Enterprise at the time that their vehicles died shortly after filling up at the gas station. After consulting their mechanics, they believed diesel fuel had been put into the regular gas tank.
For Berrio and others who were affected, it's a frustrating mistake that could cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. And some worry that their vehicles may never be the same.
"This could have and actually might have completely ruined our car," Berrio said. "With two kids and multiple dogs I take care of, I need a reliable vehicle."


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Meet banana milk: vegan dairy alternative | Well+Good
Get Ready to Go Totally *Bananas* for This Vegan Alt-Milk Option
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Throughout the past few years, the alt-milk industry has been seriously booming. With more and more people preferring non-dairy options, creative dupes have been making their way onto store shelves, and the carton contents are getting increasingly out-there. While soy and nut milks will always be a vegan gold standard, coconut, oats, potatoes, rice, hemp, and flax are also bases that are are growing in popularity. And the latest ingredient to join those mock-milk heavyweight ranks? Potassium-rich Bananas.
According to NowThis, dairy-free banana milk is currently being produced by two different companies: Banana Wave, which offers a creamy banana-heavy taste, and Mooala, which is a bit more subtle. Despite being totally separate endeavors, both versions have a similar—and long!—history, originating in ancient Africa thousands of years ago. But is the fruity milk option actually healthy to drink? Well, it depends on which option you choose.
"On the whole, the nutritional makeup of banana milk is going to vary a lot depending on what the bananas are blended with. Versus a cup of, say, almond milk, the calories are higher, but you can also get more protein and fiber." —Amy Gorin, registered dietitian nutritionist
One 150-calorie, 1 cup serving of Banana Wave contains 4 grams of protein and 18 grams of sugar (including 5 grams of added sugar) from a list of ingredients that includes banana purée, whole soybeans, and oat flour. A 60-calorie, 1 cup serving of Mooala, on the other hand, contains just 3 grams of sugar (none added), 1 gram of protein, and an ingredients list that includes organic banana purée, organic roasted sunflower seed butter, and cinnamon. "When choosing an alternative milk to drink on the daily, I would opt for one that's higher in protein and that contains no added sugar," Amy Gorin, MS, RDN, owner of Amy Gorin Nutrition in the New York City area, tells me. "On the whole, the nutritional makeup of banana milk is going to vary a lot depending on what the bananas are blended with. Versus a cup of, say, almond milk, the calories are higher, but you can also get more protein and fiber. The sugar content is also higher, and that comes both from the banana purée and the added sugar."
When the variety is chosen wisely, banana milk can prove to be a solid vegan option for your morning smoothie and lattes alike. And if you don't want to depend on the supermarket's supply, you can easily make your own wholesome version by simply blending a banana and filtered water until it's nice and creamy, says McKel Hill, RDN, founder of Nutrition Stripped and Well+Good Council member.
Keep in mind that the FDA probably isn't going to consider this beverage "milk," because despite the body-boosting benefits to glean from the alt-drink, the administration is currently protesting plants and other sources using the name—particularly because they don't lactate. But no matter what it's called, you can feel good, nutritionally speaking, about ditching moo juice for this fruity goodness—so long as you do your due diligence and read food labels closely, that is.
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Cleanliness, friendly and good-quality service, a variety of food selection.
Food all inclusive was very tasteful , hotel and rooms were clean. Hotel staff was wery helpful, swimming pool was nice. Rooms were comfortable, every day room cleaning. I liked beach bar with cold drinks.
The Staff is really helpful and tries to do the best they can. Food is good, the choice of dishes is rich and changes every day. 5 mins to the beach.
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Отель хороший. Сначала был номер у бассейна, анимация была очень громкая, мы попросили поменять, нам дали номер с видом на горы. До моря 5 минут.Номера убирали хорошо.
Новый, современный, удобный и красивый отель! На главной улице, через нее магазинчики, турагентсва и кафе, а до собственного пляжа - 5 минут ходьбы. Разнообразное питание (в других отелях хуже!), буфеты и даже на пляже, каждый вечер во дворе отеля - разнообразные анимационный представления. Море чистое и прозрачное, пляж галечный, но есть мостики, а возле лежаков с зонтиками - песок. Отдыхают тут, в основном, россияне, немного украинцев и немцев. На рецепшине девушка Ирада прекрасно говорит по-русски, а почти весь персонал сносно понимает. Списывались заранее и отель через Ришата организовал трансфер из аэропорта на ВИН-минивэне Мерседес (90 долл туда и обратно). Продукты, алкоголь и сладости лучше покупайте в сетевом супермаркете Migros, он в 2-х небольших кварталах и там дешевле и гарантированно качественнее, есть все необходимые товары. Более крупный их супермаркет с продуктами и одеждой чуть дальше, можно подъехать.
Pine House Hotel This rating is a reflection of how the property compares to the industry standard when it comes to price, facilities and services available. It's based on a self-evaluation by the property. Use this rating to help choose your stay!
The air-conditioned rooms at the Pine House come with a mini-bar, satellite TV, and a private bathroom with hairdryer. A balcony is available to all rooms.
Guests can work out at the hotel's fitness center or relax by the outdoor pool with integrated whirlpool. There is also a traditional Turkish marbled hammam and a sauna.
A daily breakfast buffet is served in the hotel's dining area and Pine House's restaurant offers Turkish and international fare in the evening. Guests can enjoy a drink in the poolside bar with live entertainment.
Pine House Hotel is 40 mi from Antalya and the ancient harbor of Phaselis is a 5-minute drive away. Free WiFi is available in the hotel's public areas.
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Music was very loud, from 22 o clock to 23 because of loud disco music you cannot be with open room window.
The shining light of this hotel are the staff and management. Not one forced smile, everyone gets on with their roles and put the guests first above all else. An all inclusive venue with airconditioned rooms. We had a little issue with being given a pool side room, where noise from a neighbouring Hotel went on a little later than expected and very very early morning guest avtivity disturbed us again. But management instantly arranged a room move to the quieter side with a magnificent mountain range view. The pool area accommodates all ages, plenty of space for the smaller non swimmers to have fun with water slides included. The private beach area has a shaded cafe with all soft drinks, hot drinks and local beer included as part of your all inclusive package. Cookies appear twice a day and filled rolls at lunch time, if you want to stay by the sea. The beach is a stone beach, so sea shoes or sandals are needed. Good selection of water sports activities nearby.. extras of course. Lots of sun loungers and shade available, but do bring some factor 50 for the fairer skins. A fair selection of supermarkets and pharmacies nearby so don't worry if you run out of stuff or fancy a treat. You can take advantage of many additional tours and activities... like jumping of Mt Olympos paragliding, a trip out white water rafting, amongst other adventures or a day boat trip around the coast. A broad mix of nationalities make up the tourist population with a predominate Russian contingent, explains why there are a lot of leather and fur outlets around. The food at the hotel is plentiful and varied.. Breakfast was the only ealing where repetition shows.. which is as expected. Pleanty of fresh fruit and salad at the meals and drinks available all day. Hotel is well worth the 5 stars I give it and easily a 4 star Holiday venue.. great value and had a great time... watch out for the suntan..
2 beds put together to make one in our room.
Food. Pool. Bar. Staff was friendly.
Small rooms, cleaning issue, foods average quality and repetative.
The swimming pool was clean, but there were no free towels and water slides were open only 45 minutes in the morning and in the afternoon. The room was clean and comfortable, but we could not put kids to the bed because of too much noise from the disco. Food was ok, but any good drinks (even Turkish coffee) were expensive. The staff on reception were tired, not welcoming and didn't have any information about popular sightseeing around, prices for taxi or entrance tickets.


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Character Profile: Raimundo Pedrosa
Rai Pedrosa
About 13-17 years old
Greenish Black
Shoku Warrior
"Wudai Star Wind"
Tom Kenny
The Journey of a Thousand Miles
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Character Description: Raimundo Pedrosa
Raimundo is a Brazilian born in Rio De Jeneiro and was part of a traveling circus where he was an acrobat. He is the Dragon of Wind and as such has aerokinetic abilities. His favorite Shen Gong Wu is the Sword of the Storm and, when combined with the Eye of Dashi, enables him to fly at lightning speed and cause wind related mayhem. He is the comedian of the group and has a crush on Kimiko Tohomiko. Raimundo is the first Dragon to challenge an enemy (Tubbimura) to a Shen Yi Bu Dare (which is where you bet more than one Shen Gong Wu in a Xiaolin Showdown). When Mala Mala Jong rose, Raimundo went to help the Xiaolin Temple against Fung's wishes.
When he didn't get to rise to the rank of Xiaolin Apprentice, he turned on the monks and returned Wuya to her human form. When his friends were in danger, he betrayed Wuya and sent her back into another puzzle box. He eventually reached Xiaolin Apprentice when he defeated the evil crime boss, Pandabubba. When the Dragons reached the Wudai level, he gained the ability of flight (without the need for the Sword of the storm/Eye of Dashi combo).
In "Time After Time Part Two," Raimundo reached the rank of Shoku Warrior, which made him the leader of the monks. After being made Shoku Warrior, Kimiko hugged him and kissed him. Omi was upset that he didn't become Shoku Warrior, but accepted this with a smile. When almost every villain they faced showed up at the Xiaolin Temple, Master Fung told him that now that he was Shoku Warrior, his duties were just beginning.
Raimundo's fighting style is based on Capoeira.
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Light rain drops splashes in parts of Haryana-Punjab : Light rain drops splashed in several parts of Punjab and Haryana. Ludhiana, Hisar, Patiala, Mohali, Bhiwani, Faridkot, Amritsar, Jind and Ambala were among the places that received rains. Experts view that this rain was beneficial for the wheat crop. The MeT department official said that the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana and the city beautiful Chandigarh has to bear cold weather at 8.5 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal. Among other places in Punjab, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala experienced cold weather at 6.7, 6.4 and 9.6 degrees Celsius respectively, upto four degrees above normal. According to the information, minimum temperatures of Bathinda and Faridkot were recorded at 4.8 and 8.5 degrees Celsius. Ambala in Haryana settled at minimum 10.2 degrees Celsius, four notches above normal while Hisar, Karnal and Narnaul recorded their lows at 11.3, 8.5 and 8 degrees Celsius respectively. Minimum temperatures in Rohtak and Bhiwani settled at 11.6 and 11.4 degrees Celsius.


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What is a Will
A will documents your personal wishes and provides clear instructions to your executor about how to distribute your personal assets of your estate to your beneficiaries when you pass away.
One question which I am commonly asked is can I contest a Will. Generally speaking, there is two common situations where a person can dispute a Will; when you are disputing the validity of a Will or when making a claim for provision from a deceased estate (when you have either been left out of a Will or you have received less provision than expected).
IS THE WILL VALID?
You can challenge the validity of a Will in certain circumstances, such as:
if the Will was forged;
if the Will maker lacked the mental capacity to make a Will;
if the Will maker was unduly influenced to make a Will being unduly influenced by one or more of the beneficiaries at the time the Will was made;
if there was fraud involved in preparing the Will.
A common situation in will contests, is when the Testator is systematically isolated from family and friends by the primary beneficiary of a Testator's will, leading to it being invalidated based on undue influence.
BRINGING A CLAIM FOR PROVISION FROM A DECEASED ESTATE
In Victoria, to contest and make a claim for provision from an estate you must be an eligible person. The definition of an eligible person includes a spouse, domestic partner, a former spouse or domestic partner, children, step-children or grandchildren of the deceased. This definition also includes other categories of claimants who were dependent upon the deceased person.
The eligible person must also satisfy legislative requirements that the deceased was domiciled in Victoria as at the date of death and owned real and personal property. When a claim is made the court will consider the deceased's will, if any, evidence of the deceased's reasons for making the dispositions in the will and any other evidence relating to providing for the eligible person.
When do I need to file a claim and how do I obtain a copy of the Will
The clock starts ticking after you receive notice of probate, meaning that the deceased has died and his or her assets are being distributed per the will. There is 6 months from the date of the grant of representation of probate to make a claim however, in some circumstances, we may be able to obtain an extension subject to approval of the court and a deceased estate remaining undistributed
A person in possession of a will, including a revoked will of a deceased person, must allow inspection of the Will to any of the following:
any parent, guardian or children of the deceased person;
any spouse of the deceased at the date of the testator's death;
any de facto of the deceased;
a person named or referred to in the Will, whether as beneficiary or not;
a person named or referred to in any earlier Will as a beneficiary;
any person who would be entitled to a share of the estate if the deceased person had died intestate;
any parent or guardian of a minor referred to in the Will or who would be entitled to a share of the estate of the testator if the testator had died intestate;
any other person who has a claim at law or in equity against the estate of the deceased person and who produces evidence of that claim.
If you're considering contesting a Will because you believe a family member or friends Will does not properly reflect their wishes, then we encourage to book an appointment with our office for an initial consultation.
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The sport of protest
Resistance to the Olympics coming to Chicago
Chris Mansour
Platypus Review 15 | September 2009
NO GAMES CHICAGO WAS FOUNDED in the summer of 2008 when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that Chicago was among the bid cities for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The group's aim is to prevent Chicago from hosting the games—nothing more, nothing less. The reason for this opposition is No Games Chicago's claim that, if Chicago wins the bid to host the Olympics, the city's working class would bear the bulk of the costs. They substantiate their claim by pointing to the experience of previous host cities, the lack of transparency in the decision process within Mayor Richard Daley's Chicago Bid Committee, and economic statistics that show Chicago is already too financially strained to host the games.
Certainly, No Games Chicago is right to highlight the experience of other host cities, as previous Olympic bids have been rife with administrative duplicity, including back-room deals, frivolous spending, and financial maneuvers that favor big businesses at the public's expense.[1] It is evident from recent Olympics history that the Games tend to bring more problems than benefits to host cities. Nor is there any particular reason to imagine, as No Games Chicago rightly insists, that the 2016 Olympics in Chicago will be any different from the past and current experience of other host cities. As the world is now experiencing a financial crisis, No Games Chicago argues that it is even more imperative for the city of Chicago to be careful with how money is spent. Additionally, they emphasize that Mayor Richard Daley's fiscal irresponsibility, legacy of corruption, and lack of concern for public welfare would only be amplified if the Games were to be hosted through his office. The Olympics would most likely lose—not raise—revenue for the host city, though many of Mayor Daley's crony contractors would make a killing before the spending bonanza ended.
It is true that Chicago's ability to finance and support the Olympics without overburdening taxpayers is highly suspect, as is the political capacity of Chicago's democracy to oppose hosting the games.[2] Before recently reversing on the issue, City Alderman Manny Flores raised public skepticism regarding Chicago's ability to host the 2016 Games in a manner commensurate with the city's other needs. Flores's call for greater transparency and a cap on total city spending for the games echo, and were almost certainly influenced by No Games Chicago, which has retained its stance of "unconditional resistance" to the Olympics Games being held in Chicago, despite Flores's change of heart.[3]
But if No Games Chicago is truly not against the Olympic Games per se, as they claim, is it not misguided to center the attack on the Olympics rather than the conditions that create the problems experienced by host cities? Do they not risk addressing the symptom while doing nothing to eliminate the disease? As it is, if the Olympics are stopped from coming to Chicago through the actions of No Games Chicago—and they will likely claim responsibility if Chicago does not receive the bid, whatever the reasons—this cannot be counted as a total victory. The absence of the Olympics in Chicago will only burden another city with the same problems that Chicago avoided, while doing little to make the broader changes necessary to ensure these problems do not arise in the future. Where is a vision of how Chicago—or any other city—could host the 2016 Games without adversely effecting the working class? It is worrisome that because of its self-limitations No Games Chicago will likely have little impact on the larger, long-term fight in Chicago for greater political and social freedom, because No Games Chicago never squarely addresses this greater fight.
The socioeconomic problems that coincide with hosting the Olympics are felt across the globe in every city. Yet, there seems to be no real solidarity between No Games Chicago and similar movements elsewhere, leaving Chicagoans to fight for themselves. Indeed, it remains unclear to what extent there exists any real desire to extend support to other cities. Rather, the consensus position seems to be simply negationist.
Granted, in part, No Games Chicago can only take on the tasks of organizing and protesting as fast as the other cities move and organize themselves. But there is no development of a coherent language in No Games Chicago beyond the local self-interest of keeping the Olympic Games out of Chicago. It is troublesome to hear Tom Tresser, one of the chief organizer's of the group, say on Chicago Tonight, a local television news show, "We [No Games Chicago] say take the games somewhere else,"[4] and to read Ben Joravsky ask the IOC, in an open letter published in Chicago Reader, to "please do us all a favor: Give the games to Rio. Or Madrid. Or Tokyo. Send them anywhere but here."[5] The concern over the social problems caused by the Olympic Games does not seem to extend beyond Chicago.
It is ironic that the prospect of the Olympics coming to Chicago—a series of games meant to bring about an international, shared experience of athleticism to the world's citizens—has sparked such an insular protest politics. Throughout their public statements, protest actions, and outreach to other Chicago-based political and community groups, No Games Chicago's chief concern has been to raise awareness of all the things that are wrong with Chicago. But, after demanding "better hospitals, housing, schools, and trains" instead of the Olympics, there has been little attempt to actually address the root causes of these problems, much less to begin considering how they might be overcome. Without any vision for the future of how Chicago could become a city that can and should host colossal international events, No Games Chicago will likely remain a venue for angry complaints with little ability to move beyond Chicago or to make positive change after this single issue is settled, one way or the other. In order to fulfill its goals, No Games Chicago would have to change its goals. It would have to substantially redirect its operations and rhetoric towards future goals beyond simply halting the 2016 Summer Olympics bid. Otherwise, it will continue to remain a fixture of protest culture with no positive program beyond riling up local citizens to achieve a hollow sense of empowerment. At best, it will successfully deflect misfortune away from Chicago to another city.
The lack of ambition to be found in No Games Chicago has become an altogether usual problem for movements that consider themselves "progressive." Far too often, activists concentrate on the moment of "resistance," as if this will automatically help change things for the better. Solely resisting political maneuvers in the system cannot substitute for an alternative programmatic view for the future, which is where the real struggle for change begins. Resistance—or protest—as an end in itself typifies the helplessness and powerlessness of so-called activists in our time. Although movements like No Games Chicago maintain a sense of urgency for the necessity of social and political change, the lack of vision in how to organize themselves towards these overarching goals means that their resistance can never make the leap into emancipation. In effect, No Games Chicago, like other single-issue protest groups, ends up mirroring the activities of the Olympics: The act of protesting turns into a sport that has little to no bearing outside the immediate outcome of the game. If there is a true will to overcome this demoralized state, protest groups must envision their actions as a means to organize toward goals that go beyond mere resistance. |P
[1]. For all the evidence No Games Chicago has compiled, see <nogameschicago.com>. For a better organized and supposedly more objective approach to the issue, see London's Games Monitor at <gamesmonitor.org.uk>.
[2]. To see in-depth accounts and research on the economic difficulties of hosting the Olympic Games, see <nogames.wordpress.com/truth>.
[3]. For an account of Flores's original opposition, see <nogames.wordpress.com/2009/08/02/alderman/#more-1131>. About his recent change in position, see Ben Joravsky, "Who'll Be the Bad Guy Now? Manny Flores Backs Away from the Cap he Proposed on Public Funding for the Olympics," Chicago Reader, August 12, 2009, <chicagoreader.com/chicago/wholl-be-the-bad-guy-now/Content?oid=1176781>.
[4]. Tom Tresser, interview by Eddie Arruza, Chicago Tonight, WTTW, April 6, 2009, <wttw.com/main.taf?p=42,8,8&vid=040609b>.
[5]. Ben Joravsky, "An Open Letter to the IOC," Chicago Reader, April 2, 2009, <chicagoreader.com/chicago/an-open-letter-to-the-ioc/Content?oid=1098601>.
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Above is my favorite window of the founding family.
...continuing on with my theme of how quickly (the south) of Tasmania is changing...I have a friend visiting and I used this as an excuse to visit New Norfolk.
The town square is unusual and striking, and I always knew the church with the stained glass windows existed, but I have only caught the church in sunlight a couple of times.
Sun streaming through the windows make a difference.
The last few years there have been more and shops- as well as now the willow court has been filling up with shops- salvage, antiques.
Since moving here I have heard bits (never a full story) about all these buildings (now referred to as Willow Court) that look like a small village- mostly the phrase 'insane asylum' was bandied about. There are now audio interviews that can be heard about all parts of New Norfolk.


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Sixth-graders charged with plotting to murder students, faculty at Tennessee elementary school
'We take any threat to students and school faculty very seriously'
Image source: Knox News video screenshot
Tennessee police have charged two sixth-graders with conspiracy to commit murder after authorities found a hand-drawn map describing their plot to shoot students and faculty on the last day of school.
Investigators uncovered the students' plan after a school resource officer at South Cumberland Elementary School in Crossville alerted authorities about a rumor of a possible "hit list," according to a news release.
"We take any threat to students and school faculty very seriously, and we will respond, investigate and take swift, appropriate action to manage each threat," Cumberland County Sheriff Casey Fox said in the release.
Police arrested the students on Friday. They were placed in the Cumberland County Juvenile Detention Facility where they remain. Since they are juveniles, authorities have not released the names, ages, or gender of the students involved.
What was their plan?
School officials said on Monday in a release that the students had planned to hide the weapons in the school's locker room.
On May 31, they intended to enter the school through its back door, retrieve the hidden weapons, and start shooting students and staff members. A hit list was not found.
The pair planned to commit suicide after completing the plot.
According to officials, the children had discussed their plan multiple times over the previous two weeks.
What did school officials say?
The school's director Janet Graham said in a release that safety is the school's top priority.
"Our first and most important responsibility is to ensure the safety of our students and staff," Graham said. "It was determined that at no time during the investigation students or staff were believed to be in any immediate danger."
The students' parents have cooperated with authorities and school officials, the sheriff said.
Authorities searched the homes of the students and found no weapons or other evidence.
District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway said the cases would be handled in juvenile court. It's not immediately clear when the students are expected to appear in court.


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Q: Difficulty in detecting the outer circle with cv2.HoughCircles I am trying to detect the outer boundary of the circular object in the images below:

I tried OpenCV's Hough Circle, but the code is not working for every image. I also tried to adjust parameters such as minRadius and maxRadius in Hough Circle but its not working on every image.
The aim is to detect the object from the image and crop it.
Expected output:

Source code:
import imutils
import cv2
import numpy as np
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

image = cv2.imread("path to the image i have provided")
r = 600.0 / image.shape[1]
dim = (600, int(image.shape[0] * r))
resized = cv2.resize(image, dim, interpolation = cv2.INTER_AREA)
cv2.imwrite("path to were we want to save downscaled image", resized)

image = cv2.imread('path of downscaled image')
image1 = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
image2 = cv2.GaussianBlur(image1, (5, 5), 0)
edged = cv2.Canny(image2, 30, 150)

img = cv2.medianBlur(image2,5)
cimg = cv2.cvtColor(img,cv2.COLOR_GRAY2BGR)

circles = cv2.HoughCircles(edged,cv2.HOUGH_GRADIENT,1,20,
                            param1=50,param2=30,minRadius=200,maxRadius=280)

circles = np.uint16(np.around(circles))

max_circle = max(circles[0,:], key=lambda x:x[2])
# print(max_circle)

# # Create mask
height,width = image1.shape
mask = np.zeros((height,width), np.uint8)

for i in [max_circle]:
    cv2.circle(mask,(i[0],i[1]),i[2],(255,255,255),thickness=-1)

masked_data = cv2.bitwise_and(image, image, mask=mask)

_,thresh = cv2.threshold(mask,1,255,cv2.THRESH_BINARY)

# Find Contour
contours = cv2.findContours(thresh,cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL,cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)[0]
x,y,w,h = cv2.boundingRect(contours[0])

# Crop masked_data
crop = masked_data[y:y+h,x:x+w]

#Code to close Window
cv2.imshow('OG',image)
cv2.imshow('Cropped ROI',crop)
cv2.imwrite("path to save roi image", crop)
cv2.waitKey(0)
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

A: Second Answer: an approach based on color segmentation.
While I was editing the question to improve it's readability and was inserting and resizing all the images from the link you shared to make it easier for everyone to visualize what you are trying to do, it occurred to me that this problem might be a better candidate for an approach based on segmentation by color:

This simpler (but clever) approach assumes that the reel appears pretty much in the same location and has more or less the same dimensions every time:

*

*To discover the approximate color of the reel in the image, define a list of Regions of Interest (ROIs) to sample pixels from and determine the min and max color of that area in the HSV color space. The location and size of the ROI are values derived from the size of the image. In the images below, you can see the ROIs as draw as blue-ish rectangles:

*

*Once the min and max HSV colors have been found, a threshold operation with cv2.inRange() can be executed to segment the reel:

*

*Then, iterate though all the contours in the binary image and assume that the largest one represents the reel. Use this contour and draw it in a separate mask to be able to extract the pixels from original image:

*

*At this stage, it is also possible to compute a bounding box for the contour and extract it's precise location to be able to perform a crop operation later and completely isolate the reel in the image:

This approach works for EVERY image shared on the question.
Source code:
import cv2
import numpy as np
import sys

# initialize global H, S, V values
min_global_h = 179
min_global_s = 255
min_global_v = 255

max_global_h = 0
max_global_s = 0
max_global_v = 0

# load input image from the cmd-line
filename = sys.argv[1]
img = cv2.imread(sys.argv[1])
if (img is None):
    print('!!! Failed imread')
    sys.exit(-1)

# create an auxiliary image for debugging purposes
dbg_img = img.copy()

# initiailize a list of Regions of Interest that need to be scanned to identify good HSV values to threhsold by color
w = img.shape[1]
h = img.shape[0]
roi_w = int(w * 0.10)
roi_h = int(h * 0.10)
roi_list = []
roi_list.append( (int(w*0.25), int(h*0.15), roi_w, roi_h) )
roi_list.append( (int(w*0.25), int(h*0.60), roi_w, roi_h) )

# convert image to HSV color space
hsv_img = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)

# iterate through the ROIs to determine the min/max HSV color of the reel
for rect in roi_list:
    x, y, w, h = rect
    x2 = x + w
    y2 = y + h
    print('ROI rect=', rect)

    cropped_hsv_img = hsv_img[y:y+h, x:x+w]

    h, s, v = cv2.split(cropped_hsv_img)
    min_h  = np.min(h)
    min_s  = np.min(s)
    min_v  = np.min(v)

    if (min_h < min_global_h):
        min_global_h = min_h

    if (min_s < min_global_s):
        min_global_s = min_s

    if (min_v < min_global_v):
        min_global_v = min_v

    max_h  = np.max(h)
    max_s  = np.max(s)
    max_v  = np.max(v)

    if (max_h > max_global_h):
        max_global_h = max_h

    if (max_s > max_global_s):
        max_global_s = max_s

    if (max_v > max_global_v):
        max_global_v = max_v

    # debug: draw ROI in original image
    cv2.rectangle(dbg_img, (x, y), (x2, y2), (255,165,0), 4) # red

cv2.imshow('ROIs', cv2.resize(dbg_img, dsize=(0, 0), fx=0.5, fy=0.5))
#cv2.waitKey(0)
cv2.imwrite(filename[:-4] + '_rois.png', dbg_img)

# define min/max color for threshold
low_hsv = np.array([min_h, min_s, min_v])
max_hsv = np.array([max_h, max_s, max_v])
#print('low_hsv=', low_hsv)
#print('max_hsv=', max_hsv)

# threshold image by color
img_bin = cv2.inRange(hsv_img, low_hsv, max_hsv)
cv2.imshow('binary', cv2.resize(img_bin, dsize=(0, 0), fx=0.5, fy=0.5))
cv2.imwrite(filename[:-4] + '_binary.png', img_bin)

#cv2.imshow('img_bin', cv2.resize(img_bin, dsize=(0, 0), fx=0.5, fy=0.5))
#cv2.waitKey(0)

# create a mask to store the contour of the reel (hopefully)
mask = np.zeros((img_bin.shape[0], img_bin.shape[1]), np.uint8)
crop_x, crop_y, crop_w, crop_h = (0, 0, 0, 0)

# iterate throw all the contours in the binary image:
#   assume that the first contour with an area larger than 100k belongs to the reel
contours, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(img_bin, cv2.RETR_LIST, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
for contourIdx, cnt in enumerate(contours):
    area = cv2.contourArea(contours[contourIdx])
    print('contourIdx=', contourIdx, 'area=', area)

    # draw potential reel blob on the mask (in white)
    if (area > 100000):
        crop_x, crop_y, crop_w, crop_h = cv2.boundingRect(cnt)
        centers, radius = cv2.minEnclosingCircle(cnt)

        cv2.circle(mask, (int(centers[0]), int(centers[1])), int(radius), (255), -1) # fill with white
        break

cv2.imshow('mask', cv2.resize(mask, dsize=(0, 0), fx=0.5, fy=0.5))
cv2.imwrite(filename[:-4] + '_mask.png', mask)

# copy just the reel area into its own image
reel_img = cv2.bitwise_and(img, img, mask=mask)
cv2.imshow('reel_img', cv2.resize(reel_img, dsize=(0, 0), fx=0.5, fy=0.5))
cv2.imwrite(filename[:-4] + '_reel.png', reel_img)

# crop the reel to a smaller image
if (crop_w != 0 and crop_h != 0):
    cropped_reel_img = reel_img[crop_y:crop_y+crop_h, crop_x:crop_x+crop_w]
    cv2.imshow('cropped_reel_img', cv2.resize(cropped_reel_img, dsize=(0, 0), fx=0.5, fy=0.5))

    output_filename = filename[:-4] + '_crop.png'
    cv2.imwrite(output_filename, cropped_reel_img)

cv2.waitKey(0)

A: First answer: an approach based on pre-processing the image and executing an adaptiveThreshold operation.
There might be other ways of solving this problem that are not based on Hough Circles. Here is the result of an approach that is not:

*

*Preprocess the image! Decreasing the size of the image and executing a blur helps with segmentation:

*

*The segmentation method uses a cv2.adaptiveThreshold() to create a binary image that preserves the most important objects: the center of the reel and the external edge of the reel. This is an important step since we are only interested in what exists between these two objects. However, life is not perfect and neither is this segmentation. The shadow of reel on the table became part of the binary objects detected. Also, the outer edge is not fully connected as you can see on the resulting image on the right (look at the top left of the circumference):

*

*To join broken segments, a morphological operation can be executed:

*

*Finally, the entire reel area can be exposed by iterating through the contours of the image above and discarding those whose area is larger than what is expected for a reel. The resulting binary image (on the left) can then be used as a mask to identify the reel location on the original image:

Keep in mind that I'm not trying to find an universal solution for your problem. I'm merely showing that there might be other solutions that don't depend on Hough Circles.
Also, this code might need some adjustments to work on a larger number of cases.
Source code:
import cv2
import numpy as np
import sys

img = cv2.imread("test_images/reel.jpg")
if (img is None):
    print('!!! Failed imread')
    sys.exit(-1)

# create output image
output_img = img.copy()

# 1. Preprocess the image: downscale to speed up processing and execute a blur
SCALE_FACTOR = 0.5
smaller_img = cv2.resize(img, dsize=(0, 0), fx=SCALE_FACTOR, fy=SCALE_FACTOR)
blur_img = cv2.medianBlur(smaller_img, 9)
cv2.imwrite('reel1_blur_img.png', blur_img)

# 2. Segment the image to identify the 2 most important contours: the center of the reel and the outter edge
gray_img = cv2.cvtColor(blur_img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
img_bin = cv2.adaptiveThreshold(gray_img, 255, cv2.ADAPTIVE_THRESH_MEAN_C, cv2.THRESH_BINARY_INV, 19, 4)
cv2.imwrite('reel2_img_bin.png', img_bin)

green_mask = np.zeros((img_bin.shape[0], img_bin.shape[1]), np.uint8)
#green_mask = cv2.cvtColor(img_bin, cv2.COLOR_GRAY2RGB) # debug

contours, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(img_bin, cv2.RETR_LIST, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
for contourIdx, cnt in enumerate(contours):
    x, y, w, h = cv2.boundingRect(cnt)
    area = cv2.contourArea(contours[contourIdx])
    #print('contourIdx=', contourIdx, 'w=', w, 'h=', h, 'area=', area)

    # filter out tiny segments
    if (area < 5000):
        #cv2.fillPoly(green_mask, pts=[cnt], color=(0, 0, 255)) # red
        continue

    # draw green contour (filled)
    #cv2.fillPoly(green_mask, pts=[cnt], color=(0, 255, 0)) # green
    cv2.fillPoly(green_mask, pts=[cnt], color=(255)) # white

    # debug:
    #cv2.imshow('green_mask', green_mask)
    #cv2.waitKey(0)

cv2.imshow('green_mask', green_mask)
cv2.imwrite('reel2_green_mask.png', green_mask)

# 3. Fix mask: join segments nearby
kernel = np.ones((3,3), np.uint8)
img_dilation = cv2.dilate(green_mask, kernel, iterations=1)
green_mask = cv2.erode(img_dilation, kernel, iterations=1)

cv2.imshow('fixed green_mask', green_mask)
cv2.imwrite('reel3_img.png', green_mask)

# 4. Extract the reel area from the green mask
reel_mask = np.zeros((green_mask.shape[0], green_mask.shape[1]), np.uint8)
#reel_mask = cv2.cvtColor(green_mask, cv2.COLOR_GRAY2RGB) # debug

contours, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(green_mask, cv2.RETR_LIST, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
for contourIdx, cnt in enumerate(contours):
    x, y, w, h = cv2.boundingRect(cnt)
    area = cv2.contourArea(contours[contourIdx])
    print('contourIdx=', contourIdx, 'w=', w, 'h=', h, 'area=', area)

    # filter out smaller segments
    if (area > 110000):
        #cv2.fillPoly(reel_mask, pts=[cnt], color=(0, 0, 255)) # red
        continue

    # draw green contour (filled)
    #cv2.fillPoly(reel_mask, pts=[cnt], color=(0, 255, 0)) # green
    cv2.fillPoly(reel_mask, pts=[cnt], color=(255)) # white

    # debug:
    #cv2.imshow('reel_mask', reel_mask)
    #cv2.waitKey(0)

cv2.imshow('reel_mask', reel_mask)
cv2.imwrite('reel4_reel_mask.png', reel_mask)

# 5. Draw the reel area on the original image
contours, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(reel_mask, cv2.RETR_LIST, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
for contourIdx, cnt in enumerate(contours):
    centers, radius = cv2.minEnclosingCircle(cnt)

    # rescale these values back to the original image size
    centers_orig = (centers[0] // SCALE_FACTOR, centers[1] // SCALE_FACTOR)
    radius_orig = radius // SCALE_FACTOR

print('centers=', centers_orig, 'radius=', radius_orig)
cv2.circle(output_img, (int(centers_orig[0]), int(centers_orig[1])), int(radius_orig), (128,0,255), 5) # magenta

cv2.imshow('output_img', output_img)
cv2.imwrite('reel5_output.png', output_img)

# display just the pixels from the original image
larger_reel_mask = cv2.resize(reel_mask, (int(img.shape[1]), int(img.shape[0])))
output_reel_img = cv2.bitwise_and(img, img, mask=larger_reel_mask)

cv2.imshow('output_reel_img', output_reel_img)
cv2.imwrite('reel5_output_reel.png', output_reel_img)
cv2.waitKey(0)

At this point, its possible to use larger_reel_maskand compute a minimal enclosing circle, draw it over this mask to make it a little bit more round and  allow us to retrieve the area of the reel more accurately:

But the 4 lines of code that achieve this improvement I leave as an exercise for the reader.

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It's been a while since I have posted. I keep telling myself that I would write more often, but school responsibilities take over my priorities. As I enter my 3rd year in the class room, I've added even more responsibilities to my plate. I just don't know when to stop!
It's definitely necessary to create a timeline for students at the beginning because they've been comfortable with it for so many years.
For example, in my Revolutions unit, we cover the American, French, Mexican, Russian, Chinese, Iranian, and Cuban Revolutions. Then in my Race & Culture unit, we cover mainly the Atlantic Slave Trade, Imperialism, and the present day as a legacy of imperialism and racism - then we watch and analyze/critique a films that cover race in today's society, such as The Hate U Give, The Black Panther, and the 13th (Documentary). If there's time, or depending on the circumstances, I swap it with Hotel Rwanda. A few students got confused because they're lost with the time period we're in. They're too used to a chronological model.
One thing I experimented with at the end of my first year doing thematic and now incorporating it is simulations, periodically. I am using this book, International Relations in Action. It's relatively inexpensive, around $15. Definitely worth checking out. It covers topics like environmental issues, ethnic conflicts, nuclear proliferation, etc. It assigns students into imaginary countries with specific roles per student. They have to work together to solve issues and score points. I used it in college and had so much fun with it. I decided to try it out with my students at the end of last year. They LOVE it! I've been using it to teach related historical content and then have them do a related scenario so they can see how people/country interact with each other. This is definitely worth trying out! I introduced this to my team English teacher and now we do this with both our classes. I will write about this experience in a future post.


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The role of ambassadors in the communication strategy, or identity building for watch brands will be the center point of the debate of the next rendezvous of watchmaking marketing, impossible to circumvent. The topic of this 14th edition "the Watchmaking industry and its Ambassadors" aims not only the "traditional" ambassadors who are the stars of the worlds of sports and the show business, but also collectors, retailers, journalists, political personalities… and watch wearers!
An event organized in two sections, the first day reserved for academic research – 5th Day of research in watchmaking marketing – will take place on December 1st in the premises of the ARC school of management in Neuchâtel. It will be followed by the Journée Internationale du Marketing Horloger (JIMH) International Day of Watchmaking Marketing, an exchange platform intended for watchmaking industry professionals, which will proceed on December 2nd from 9:00 a.m. at the Théâtre L'heure bleue in la Chaux-de-Fonds.
Animated by the duet of uncommon artists Plonk and Replonk, this second day will include among the watchmaking ambassadors: Sebastien Loeb, sevenfold world champion of car rally and ambassador of Marvin; Guillaume Nery, recordman of the world of diving in apnea and ambassador of Ball Watch; or Nicolas Bideau, head of the film section of the Federal Office of the Culture and future director of Swiss Presence.
As for the brand representatives, Antonio Calce (Corum), Richard Mille (Richard Mille), Jean-Marc Jacot (Parmigiani), Guillaume Tetu (Hautlence), Cecile Maye (Marvin) and Daniel Alioth (Watch Ball) will participate.
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A special CBI court, hearing the discharge applications of former police officers D G Vanzara and N K Amin in Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case, is likely to pass its order on August 7.
Special CBI court Judge J K Pandya said the order, which was listed for today, will be passed on Tuesday. The court had last month concluded hearing arguments of the two accused retired police officers, the CBI and Ishrat's mother Shamima Kauser, who had challenged Vanzara's discharge plea. Former Gujarat DIG Vanzara has sought discharge on the ground of parity with former in-charge DGP of the state P P Pandey, who was discharged in the case in February this year for want of evidence against him.
In his plea, Vanzara had also claimed that the charge sheet filed by the central agency was "concocted" and there was "no prosecutable material" against him. The former Gujarat ATS chief said statements of the witnesses were "highly suspicious". Amin, who retired as the superintendent of police, sought his discharge on the ground that the encounter was genuine and that testimonies of witnesses produced by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) were not reliable. Ishrat's mother sought to oppose Vanzara's plea and told the court that her daughter was "murdered following a conspiracy between high-ranking police officers and others holding powerful and influential positions".
She said Vanzara played a "direct and key role" in the conspiracy behind the "staged encounter". Jahan, a 19-year-old woman from Mumbra near Mumbai, and three others — Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjadali Akbarali Rana and Zeeshan Johar — were killed by the police in an "encounter" on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on June 15, 2004. At that time, the police had claimed that the four had terror links and plotted to kill the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi.
A Special Investigation Team, set up by the Gujarat High Court, however, concluded that the encounter was "fake". Following this, the court transferred the case, initially handled by the state police, to the CBI. In the first charge sheet filed in 2013, the CBI named seven police officials, including IPS officers Pandey, Vanzara and G L Singhal, as accused. All were booked for kidnapping, murder and conspiracy, among other charges. Vanzara was also named an accused in the alleged fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, a suspected gangster, and his aide Tulsiram Prajapati. He was discharged by a court in Mumbai last year.