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Weather can seriously ruin your vehicles' day. When you consider how automotive damage from the 2011 Joplin, MO tornado caused 1.4 billion dollars in insurance claims, or how damage from the sun to boats, which is one of the most troublesome concerns for boat owners, you really start to consider how you can protect your assets. One such way is through the environmentally friendly option of steel carports for sale.
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Couple Accused Of Sex With Their Kids And Dog Allegedly Did It To Strengthen 'Family Bond'
Keylin And Sheila Johnson are accused of having sex with their children and their dog. Keylin allegedly taught his kids that "incest was a normal way of life."
A married couple from Indiana is accused of some pretty disturbing allegations of both incest and bestiality.
Keylin Lee Johnson, 52, and Sheila Lynn Johnson, 44, are accused of having sex with their three children, and even their dog.
After a woman told police that two of the three children told them of alleged sexual abuse, police approached the oldest child. That child allegedly told police that their dad told them that "incest was a normal way of life" and "the best way to build a family bond was to have sex with your parents, particularly your mother," according to WISH-TV in Indianapolis.
"He (the father) also advised it was safer to have sex with people in your own family, rather than strangers," police claimed the child said. It is unclear how old the children are but the alleged abuse has been going on since 2012.
The eldest child "also indicated that his mother was involved in sexual relations with the family dog," according to WISH-TV.
Police interviewed the mother, who allegedly admitted to incest, child abuse and an attempt to have sex with the family dog. She said that she and Keylin "would always want to role play and suggested mother-son sex scenarios." Keylin, meanwhile, admitted to being addicted to pornography and to saving a naked photograph of at least one of his children.
He said, "I am guilty of internet porn and other stuff," according to WBIW in Lawrence.
The youngest child told police that "both of her parents would do gross things in the home," and that "she was shown sexual videos and pornography and that her aunt used to bring adult things to a residence in Mooresville and she observed the adults would do sexual things," according to WISH-TV.
Keylin faces child molestation, incest and possession of child pornography charges while his wife is looking at molestation, incest and bestiality charges. Sheila is crying in her mugshot. It is unclear if either has a lawyer who can speak on their behalf at this time. Both of their trials are set for the summer.
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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.handler;

import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionInfo;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HTableDescriptor;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Server;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionServerServices;

/**
 * Handles opening of the root region on a region server.
 * <p>
 * This is executed after receiving an OPEN RPC from the master for root.
 */
public class OpenRootHandler extends OpenRegionHandler {
  public OpenRootHandler(final Server server,
      final RegionServerServices rsServices, HRegionInfo regionInfo,
      final HTableDescriptor htd) {
    super(server, rsServices, regionInfo, htd, EventType.M_RS_OPEN_ROOT, -1);
  }
  public OpenRootHandler(final Server server,
      final RegionServerServices rsServices, HRegionInfo regionInfo,
      final HTableDescriptor htd, int versionOfOfflineNode) {
    super(server, rsServices, regionInfo, htd, EventType.M_RS_OPEN_ROOT,
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Q: Autocompleteable alias (or similar) in bash? I have a CentOS host in my local network that I daily use to open SSH connections to many (over 40) other hosts in both Internet and the local network. I have set up RSA keypairs to skip the interactive authentication and some bash scripts like this:
[root@beta ~]# cat ~/connections/mywebsite.sh
ssh mywebsitefi@virtualserver123.hostingprovider.fi

This works fine when I need to open connections to them, but not when I need to scp files to the same host.
Is it possible to create something equivalent to an alias to replace the username@host part like this?
[root@beta ~]# scp myfile MYWEBSITE:/var/www

The possibility to autocomplete the alias with the tab key would also be awesome.
I understand that bash aliases can only be used as the first word of the command, but is there some other way to achieve this? If not in bash, maybe another shell?

A: use the capabilities built into ssh, scp and rsync.
In your .ssh subdir, create a 'config' file. (chmod 0600)
Within this, you can describe hosts and options to be used for particular hosts (or global options).
Using your example of: mywebsitefi@virtualserver123.hostingprovider.fi
Enter the following:
Host MYWEBSITE
  Hostname virtualserver123.hostingprovider.fi
  User mywebsitefi
  Port 22

from this point on, if you use 'MYWEBSITE' as the hostname, it'll automatically supply the real hostname, username, port, options, whatever you specify. (I specify the port number by habit)
I use this myself to specify non-standard port numbers for my internet-facing ssh servers/
You could type:
ssh MYWEBSITE

and the entries in .ssh/config file will fill in the url, username, port and options.
scp MYWEBSITE:/somepath/somefile /home/me/
rsync -vzP /some/files MYWEBSITE:/my/home/

work as you'd expect too.
If you specify multiple names in the Host line, you can call it by any of those names, all being equal.
indentation and capitalization is irrelevant, but I like to break it up like this for clarity.  place as many entries as you need in your .ssh/config
.ssh/config must have permissions of 0600 (rw user, none for all others), otherwise ssh will complain and ignore the file.
Of course, more information is available in the ssh(1) and ssh_config(5) man pages.
Anything placed prior to the first 'Host' line is considered a global option and is applied to all the entries you define.  Handy to specify connection timeouts, X11 forwarding and others.

A: If you install the bash-completion package, then that will add autocompletion of ssh hostnames and aliases based on information that can be found in various places such as .ssh/config, known hosts, etc.

A: If I understand your question, a shell function will suffice: assuming you want to hardcode the user, host and path:
myscp () {
  scp "$@" user@host:path
}

use like
myscp *.html *.css

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LAS VEGAS, April 1, 2019 –The MGM Resorts Foundation (the "Foundation") donated the proceeds from its 2018 Annual Women's Leadership Conference to The Shade Tree the only 24-hour accessible shelter designed specifically to meet the needs of women and children in Southern Nevada. The largest shelter of its kind in Nevada, the agency's 364 permanent beds provide over 100,000 nights of shelter each year. On average, 33% of their clients are children under the age of 18. Senior citizens represent the fastest growing segment of Shade Tree's service population.
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Mauritius presses claim versus UK for Indian Ocean islands
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By Special Correspondent February 10, 2022 February 9, 2022
A delegation from Mauritius is set to sail Tuesday to the Chagos Islands to press the country's claim for the strategically important Indian Ocean archipelago, which is also claimed by Britain and is home to an American military base.
It is the first time Mauritius has embarked upon an expedition to the islands without seeking the permission of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said in a statement, adding it is a "concrete step" in "exercising its sovereignty and sovereign rights in relation to the Chagos Archipelago."
Those rights were strengthened in 2019 by a non-binding opinion from the International Criminal Court, which said that Britain had unlawfully carved up Mauritius, an archipelago nation whose main island is some 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) off the southeast coast of Africa. The Chagos islands were a part of Mauritius until Britain separated them a few years before Mauritius became independent from British colonial rule in 1968.
The United Nations General Assembly followed that opinion with a resolution two months later demanding that Britain end its "colonial administration" of the Chagos Islands, which include the U.S. military base on Diego Garcia, and return them to Mauritius. Even Pope Francis weighed in, saying that Britain should obey the U.N. resolution.
Britain, which calls the archipelago a "British Indian Ocean Territory," has refused to abide by the non-binding decisions. It has argued that the Chagos archipelago has been under its sovereignty since 1814 and that its continued presence there is strategically important.
Britain's Foreign Office did not comment on the sovereignty question, but said Mauritius had "notified the U.K. about its plans to conduct a scientific survey close to the Chagos Islands."
"The U.K. shares this interest in environmental protection and gave assurances to Mauritius that it would not interrupt the survey," the Foreign Office said.
In his statement, Jugnauth recalled the ICJ ruling and said that "continued administration of the Chagos archipelago by the United Kingdom constituted a wrongful act." His office did not immediately respond to an email seeking further comment.
Jugnauth has repeatedly said that ending the British administration, however, would have no implications for the U.S. military base at Diego Garcia, which he has said Mauritius is committed to maintaining.
Britain sealed a deal in 1966 allowing the U.S. to use Diego Garcia for defense purposes. The United States maintains a base there for aircraft and ships and has backed Britain in the legal dispute with Mauritius.
Britain evicted about 2,000 people from the Chagos archipelago in the 1960s and 1970s so the U.S. military could build its base. Many resettled in Britain and have fought for years in courts there to return to the islands.
Jugnauth in 2019 told the U.N. General Assembly their forcible eviction "remains a very dark episode of human history akin to a crime against humanity."
Jugnauth said the vessel commissioned by Mauritius, Bleu de Nîmes, is to sail Tuesday from Seychelles to the Chagos archipelago, about 500 kilometers (310 miles) south of Maldives in the Indian Ocean.
Onboard for the 15-day journey is Mauritius' permanent representative to the U.N., as well as legal advisers and others who planned to undertake a scientific survey at the Blenheim Reef, a partially submerged atoll in the northeastern part of the archipelago.
Jugnauth said the survey results would be part of Mauritius' submissions for a case being heard by the Hamburg-based International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, which was brought by Maldives, which supports Britain's sovereignty claim.
Jugnauth said in his statement that he would not accompany others on the current voyage, but would personally visit the islands in a separate voyage.
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Childhood check-up campaign
11 April, 2019 / editorial
Dental professionals in Scotland urged to promote DCby1
A campaign by the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry, which is showing signs of success in combating early childhood caries (ECC) in England and Wales, is looking to have the same effect in Scotland.
Dental Check by One (DCby1) encourages parents and carers to take their children to a dentist for a check-up by the time they turn one.
Claire Stevens (pictured right), BSPD's spokesperson, said: "Dental Check by One was launched by BSPD in 2017. Its aim is to reduce the high levels of caries leading to high numbers of children requiring a general anaesthetic.
"During 2017-18, a total of 26,111 children in England aged between five and nine had a tooth – sometimes multiple teeth or full clearances – extracted under general anaesthetic.
"The annual cost to the NHS of these hospital episodes is more £50m. I am happy to say that there are early signs, however, that more children aged two or under are seeing a dentist in England."
Claire added: "Scotland has Childsmile and Wales has Designed to Smile, and both include advice on getting children to the dentist by the age of one. The former CDO for Scotland was at the launch of DCby1 and we are delighted to say endorsed it. What's important about DCby1 is that it goes beyond dentistry and is being promoted by health visitors, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals. We urge readers of Scottish Dental to do everything they can to promote the campaign."
Resources can be found at www.bspd.co.uk/resources
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Are Myths about Sales and Profit Impeding Your Growth?
Do you focus only on profit and sales? Will this narrow focus limit your growth? According to an article I read recently on entrepreneur.com, it's common for entrepreneurs to believe a number of myths that can impede growth. However, as the author states, and I have found in my practice, a focus on both is critical for success over the long term. To learn about the common myths that business owners should avoid believing, I encourage you to read the article by clicking here.


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Home › Blog › Craftsmanship and balance at brewery Van Steenberge
Author: Erik Verdonck / Published: 2019-04-10 12:41:55 +0200 / Last Updated: 3 months ago
Gulden Draak
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ERTVELDE - To track down a brewer within his own domain is a high-ranking form of sports, or that's the impression I get. After a bit of practice I spot Jef Versele, CEO of the Van Steenberge brewery, well hidden amongst a forest CEO Jef Versele
of cold storage tanks. It's not hard to see why he is in this particular area. "We have made considerable investments in quality," he explains. "To the tune of 13 million euros for the cold block; we also spent 5 million euros on the bottling plant and one million euros on water management..."
I am impressed by the face-lift but Jef is modesty personified. "My grandfather was a real visionary," he remembers. "In 1997, two years before I started working at the brewery, he installed a brewing hall with a capacity of 240,000hl. At the time, our annual output only just reached 40,000hl. You only do something like this if you have complete faith in your own product."
Jef represents the sixth generation of this brewing family. Their Augustijn, Gulden Draak and Piraat beers have all proved themselves over time. Nine-day wonders are not what this family business is about. "Above all, we want our beers to be pure and balanced in the glass," Jef Versele explains. "It takes a lot of work to get that far. Brewing is not an exact science. You pick it up as you go along and it takes years to hone your knowledge. Our beers are far more consistent now compared to when I started out. Grandad introduced re-fermentation in 1981 so our beers could be stored for longer. We have continued to spend money on quality control, which also helped to reduce the impact of oxygen. We are also now brewing in a more sustainable way. We have reduced our water usage and on the whole, we waste far less beer."
Piraat Classic and Piraat Triple Hop
Six Different Yeasts
What is this brewer's opinion on the trend for 'craft brewing'? Jef feels it's great that beer is now taking its place in the spotlight. Spurred on by the craft movement, brewers have become more Cheers to the dragon!
innovative and may even brew 'out of the box' from time to time. Nevertheless, the Van Steenberge approach could not be more different.
"Our beers are brewed with six different yeasts, all cultivated by us on the premises," Jef Versele explains. "We have complete control of the fermentation and re-fermentation process. The yeasty aromas form an important part of the soul of our beers. The 'craft brewers' tend to use dry yeast bought in from other suppliers. This means that they have a tendency to add additional herbs or to 'dry hop' and consequently, this often results in extreme beers that lack balance. In the world of craft beers, the brewer is the star. With us, it's the beer that shines.
It may not come as a surprise that Belgians are fond of their own favourite beers and brands. They know them inside out and if anything is different from what they're used to, the brewer will get to hear about it!" Also, the brewer is her or his own worst critic. If they launch a new beer, the (7.5% ABV) Fourchette for example, it must enrich the beer style to which it belongs. Fourchette is an unfiltered, zesty triple developed with gastronomy in mind. Jef is not just inventing new concoctions willy-nilly. "We specialise in top-fermented beers and are confident that there is a great future for strong beers, like our new Gulden Draak Imperial Stout," he clarifies.
The brewing hall
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A Worldwide Output
Brouwerij Van Steenberge has an annual output of 150,000 hectolitres. Quite a considerable volume, 85% of which is destined for foreign shores. The beers from Van Steenberge find their way to 68 countries, Jef's wife, Theresa is also active in the brewery
including and especially Italy, Spain, France, the Netherlands and the USA. The brewery has 43 employees, 18 of whom are on the production side.
"We are too large for the small ones and too small for the large ones," the brewer sums it up. The Van Steenberge beers have never been so popular. Abroad, they are considered a luxury item; in their own country the beers are viewed as a social lubricant, a drink that brings people together and relaxes them.
The identity of this beer brand has strengthened over time. "In some hipster bars, you may come across a 'mystery keg' from time to time, produced by a mystery brewer. That is unlikely to happen to us any time soon," Jef Versele smiles.
The success of this brewery is firmly grounded in its consistent quality and strong history, but the odd story told by a bar stool raconteur does no harm to the brand. "They will never take our history away from us," the brewer assures us. He concludes by saying that, as a brewer, you have to love your own product. "And above all, don't call this a factory, it's a brewery!" is his parting shot, said with great pride.
More Information on Brouwerij Van Steenberge
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Website: www.vansteenberge.com
Email: info@vansteenberge.com
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「満開の桜を楽しむ」→enjoy the cherry blossoms in full bloom.
「東京では桜が満開だ」In Tokyo, the cherry blossoms are in full bloom.
→Many people enjoy eating, drinking, and singing under the cherry blossoms in full bloom.
→Many Japanese, enjoy also cherry night, Because it's so fantastic.
→ Life is short, life is beautiful cherry blossom mentality.
→I'm planning to go cherry blossom viewing this Saturday and Sunday with my friends. Please join us.
→Let's meet at Uenopark at 11 A.M.
→Please bring your own food or own drink. Because I each bring it each.
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→Thank you for coming !
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Still of the chariot race from the movie "Ben-Hur".
Stephen Boyd as 'Messala' in Ben-Hur (1959).
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Hello from Circus Maximus and the bewitching Palatine Hill, Rome.
View from the Palatine Hill - Circus Maximus - the chariot race course, featured in the movie Ben Hur - now a mere strip of gravel.


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Bringing a baby into the world is an emotional journey. A comfortable, stress-free environment is key to making that experience the best it can be. Labor, Delivery, Recovery and Postpartum (LDRP) rooms – maternity suites where moms and babies stay in one room from admission to discharge – are helping to ensure the birthing experience is as seamless and relaxing as possible.
Each of Burdett Birth Center's eight LDRP rooms is private and spacious with personal touches. Why is this important? It means new moms don't have to share their space with other patients during their stay so that they can rest comfortably, visit with family and get acclimated to motherhood on their own schedules. At Burdett, first-time moms and babies are encouraged to stay 48 hours after delivery, so it's helpful for new families to have their own room for "on the job training" with help, as needed, from doctors, midwives, nurses and lactation consultants.
In LDRP rooms, all four stages of birth happen in just one room! Postpartum and newborn care happens in the same location as labor and delivery so mom and baby can stay together during the entire stay. Each room has its own private bathroom and enough space for partners to stay over comfortably.
Each LDRP room at Burdett includes a full collection of state-of-the-art equipment and technology for all procedures and potential complications. If undergoing a C-section is determined necessary by providers, the mother will be transported to one of two operating room suites on the Burdett floor. Following surgery, the mother, baby and partner will go to the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), also located at Burdett, for the post-anesthesia recovery period (which typically lasts for about two hours.) Following the post-anesthesia recovery period, the family will be transported to one of eight of Burdett's postpartum rooms for the remainder of the stay.
Props to ease pain during labor such as birthing balls, birthing stools, birthing peanuts and jacuzzi tubs are available on the unit. At Burdett, we offer moms a number of options for pain management, including suggestions on different positioning and comfort measures from your support person, hydrotherapy, medication through IV or injection and regional anesthesia, including epidural and spinal blocks.
A comfortable and home-like atmosphere – that's big enough for family members who are coaching during birth or visiting after birth – is another feature that's appealing about LDRP rooms. Rather than a sterile hospital room, Burdett's LDRP rooms have an inviting, warm atmosphere. There's even comfortable seating and sleeping accommodations for your partner to stay over.
Each private bathroom comes equipped with a shower for use as hydrotherapy during labor, and many of the rooms include a whirlpool tub. In addition, Burdett has four birth pools, including two new top-of-the-line pools, that can be used in any of the eight LDRP rooms for water birth.
Consult your provider about the options available to you and what's recommended for your birth plan. If an LDRP room interests you, view a virtual tour of our birthing suites at Burdett Birth Center or schedule a hospital tour here by calling (518) 271-3393.
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Pac-12 aiming to build on 2021 NCAA Tournament run
Stanford's Jaiden Delaire, right, speaks next to head coach Jerod Haase during the Pac-12 Conference NCAA college basketball media day Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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The Pac-12 had been an afterthought in the NCAA men's basketball tournament in recent years, the number of teams getting in dwindling, the deep runs into the bracket rare.
The conference took a big turn last season with three teams reaching the Elite Eight and UCLA playing in the Final Four, changing national perceptions while boosting confidence around the league.
Now it's time to take that next step of consistently doing well in March.
"I'm really excited for the league with what we accomplished at the NCAA Tournament," Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley said Wednesday from Pac-12 media day in San Francisco. "It's what we've been talking about in head coaches' meetings for years. To have that success translate in the NCAA Tournament. Our conference, people are viewing us different because of that success. We have good momentum."
The Pac-12 was arguably the best conference in last season's tournament, going 13-5. UCLA, USC and Oregon State all reached the Elite Eight. The Bruins were seconds away from reaching the NCAA championship game, losing to Gonzaga on Jalen Suggs' banked-in running 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Led by preseason favorite UCLA, the conference is again loaded with talent headed into the 2021-22 season and the deep runs last spring have buoyed the confidence of teams across the conference that they can do it, too.
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The WCC women's basketball head coaches have picked BYU to win the conference title in a poll released Wednesday. Defending conference champion Gonzaga was picked to finish second. As for the Bay Area schools, USF was picked fourth, Santa Clara sixth and St. Mary's seventh.
Two players from Bay Area schools made the 10-woman preseason All-WCC team: USF sophomore guard Ioanna Krimili and Santa Clara senior forward Merle Wiehl.
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"It gave us a huge confidence boost, especially Oregon State and the ride they had, knowing we played them two really tough games," Washington State coach Kyle Smith said. "And just knowing, I thought the league was good and to get that national respect, we were working out in the spring with our chests kind of puffed out."
2021-22 preseason all-Pac-12: UCLA leads the way with three players: Johnny Juzang, Tyger Campbell and Jaime Jacquez Jr. The first team includes Oregon State's Warith Alatishe, Arizona State's Marcus Bagley, Colorado's Evan Battey, Arizona's Bennedict Mathurin, USC's Isaiah Mobley, Oregon's Will Richardson and Washington State's Noah Williams.
John Marshall is an Associated Press writer.


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It has now been over 100 days since Tanzania elected Dr John Magufuli as the fifth president of the United Republic of Tanzania. What a time it has been! Magufuli, the son of a peasant farmer and former works minister, campaigned for the presidency on a platform of hard work. In his words, '[he] know[s] what it means to be poor' and as a result, '[he will] strive to help improve people's welfare.' This promise and his image of humility helped him to win the office. Despite controversy over the cancellation of opposition votes in the semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar, Magufuli entered office on the 29 October 2015, beating opposition candidate Edward Lowassa with 58 per cent of the votes. Magufuli is a member of the dominant political party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM; the Party of the Revolution), which has been in power since its inception in 1977.
Since entering power, Magufuli's government has focused on cutting down on graft in the public sector in a bid to reorient the government towards its people and to industrialise the economy. Within the first 100 days of his presidency, Magufuli's commitment to stamp out corrupt practices and maximise the use of public resources has already earned him recognition within and outside of Tanzania. Magufuli slashed the budget for the party celebrating the inauguration of the new parliament from 300 million shillings (£95,000) to 25 million shillings (£8,000). Moreover, he has restricted foreign travel of government officials to his ministers and banned all officials, with the exception of himself, the vice president and the prime minister, from flying first class.
Through reform of the Tanzanian Revenue Authority (TRA), the Magufuli administration is supplementing government income by attempting to curtail tax evasion and increasing the efficiency of tax collection. In less than two months, measures to limit tax evasion have allowed the government to collect over 1.3 billion shillings (£418,000) in tax; this money comes primarily as reimbursements from middle and large businesses as a year's worth of unpaid taxes. Duties collected have beaten the government's target by 12 percent according to Finance Minister Philip Mpango. It is no surprise that since John Magufuli's entry into office that state monthly revenues have risen from 900 billion shillings (£290 million) to 1.5 trillion shillings (£483 million).
Although Magufuli's methods may be described by some as austere, the new Tanzanian president is demonstrating to the Tanzanian people that the problem is not that Tanzania does not have the means to improve the delivery of public services. Rather, the problem lies in the priorities of previous governments. The Magufuli administration is spending revenue saved from waste and generated from taxes to deliver on his campaign pledges. The Tanzanian government recently adopted reforms to the education system, which include introducing free education for the primary and secondary school level and changing the language of instruction in these institutions to Kiswahili. Between November and January, the Treasury has spent 80 billion shillings (£25.7 million) on an electricity plant in Dar es Salaam to address irregular electricity supply, 46.3 billion shillings (£14.9 million) on water projects and 37.5 billion shillings (£12 million) on school grants. Furthermore, the government plans to double the £48.4 million they had previously allocated to fund free education between January 2016 and June 2017. Through funding free education, the Magufuli government may help alleviate poverty and improve the quality of life of the Tanzanian people. The education scheme, although young, will make education accessible for families that could not otherwise afford to send their children to school.
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Beyond education, the new president is seeking to improve infrastructure within the country. The government plans to construct a 2,561 km standard gauge railway to connect the port at Dar es Salaam to neighbouring land-locked Rwanda and Burundi. There are also plans to connect Dar es Salaam to the coal, soda ash and iron ore mining areas in the northern and southern parts of the country. Such changes will aid Tanzania in making the most of its natural resources, and if they can be implemented effectively, this bodes well for Tanzania's economy.
Understandably, Magufuli is popular among the people. His commitment to the people and ridding the country's public sector of extravagance has helped restore faith in the government. According to a poll by the independently owned newspaper The Citizen, 'an overwhelming majority of Tanzanians have given the thumbs up to President John Magufuli's governance as he clocks 100 days in office'. Magufuli garnered an approval rating of 90.4 per cent. His governance even inspired a hashtag that trended in Tanzanian and other East African twitter spaces since early December 2015, which had users asking #whatwouldmagufulido.
This new Magufuli-led CCM government appears to be prioritising the people, and while the new president has demonstrated a commitment to building Tanzania's economy, the Magufuli administration is not without fault. John Magufuli may appear to be doing well for his nation, but the corrupt system he is fighting against was put in place by the CCM, of which Magufuli is a member. If Magufuli is indeed genuine, as he appears to be, then it is almost certain that he will meet resistance within the party, particularly given the number of high-profile sackings he has made within the last few months.
'Running a government is not a one-man show,' notes Muhammad Yussuf of the Zanzibar Institute for Research and Public Policy (ZIRPP). Magufuli needs 'competent', trust-worthy ministers. 'He can keep an eye on his ministers but he cannot afford to interfere with their work.' Furthermore, while making the once unaccountable accountable may discourage some from the misuse of government funds, corruption in the Tanzanian government is systemic. Magufuli will have to make structural changes to weaken the attraction of corruption if he wants to remove the root of the ailment and not just its surficial expression.
Although these first one hundred days are by no means descriptive of John Magufuli's total presidency, they set the flavour for days to come. Magufuli cannot, realistically, maintain this level of momentum throughout his full presidential term. As the newness of the presidency wears off and government officials are made more accountable, the firing of officials is likely to decrease and a greater sense of stability may be found. However, Magufuli needs to build a government that he can trust and in turn, can trust him. The Tanzanian president has so far been active in his service, and Magufuli's commitment to change is hopefully indicative of a more positive future: one in which the economic and social needs of the people are met by their government, a Tanzanian government for Tanzanians.


Aaron arranged a weekend away to Bath. I didn't know what we were doing only that we were going to Bath. We arrived at a spa hotel, got ready and went straight downstairs for a massage. After the massage both the therapists left the room for us to get dressed. Aaron came over to me, hugged me then got down on one knee… typical me I laughed and pushed him away thinking he was joking… he wasn't.
The therapists then came back in with glasses of champagne and took us through to a cute little room with a bottle of champagne on ice waiting for us… good job I said yes! Aaron had a hot air balloon booked for the evening but unfortunately the typical British weather meant it was cancelled so instead we went out for a meal and drinks and then came back to our complimentary upgraded suite. It was beautiful.
We fell in love with Polhawn Fort when looking through photos online, it was immediately on top of our list, we arranged a viewing and when we saw it in real life it blew us away.
The views and grounds are breath taking and the place itself is just so unique.
We didn't even bother to look anywhere else, we knew Polhawn Fort was the one.
Polhawn Fort had, had a cancellation so we thought why not?!
Mint green was the main colour and then peach and other pastel colours.
Yes, we did/made 90% of it ourselves, with lots of helping hands from our families. That's the beauty of Polhawn Fort that you can have it exactly how you like for your big day.
Speeches, first dance, cutting of the cake, that's all really. Everything else was a lot more relaxed and informal and everyone said how much they preferred it that way. We had a fish and chip buffet instead of a proper sit down meal and it was nice that everyone could get up and have a drink and mingle with each other rather than feeling like they had to stay sat at their table.
I thought I was going to be physically sick before and as I was walking down the aisle, but when I saw Aaron down the other end it was like there was no one else in the room but us two.
We had a carriage made by Tamsyn's mum and dad which was covered in flowers for one of our flower girls (who was 10 months) to be pulled down the aisle by our page boys who were 2 and 4. As Tamsyn was about to walk down the aisle (with them in front).
They got a bit of stage fright, stood dead still and wouldn't move!
Everyone was trying to get them to start walking, even the guests. The 2 year old walked off down the aisle on his own and left the 4 year old to pull the cart down on his own… still looked so cute though.
We think at Polhawn Fort because you literally have to hire everything and do everything yourselves you have that worry of how the day is going to flow. That is probably the only thing we worried about but on the day it all just fell into place.
The day/weekend goes by so fast, take a step back and take it all in, enjoy and love every minute because we are so sad it's all over.
Oh and we would really recommend having a videographer, everybody gets a photographer but we think the video is just as important as the day does turn into a blur and we're so happy we can now relive it through not only our photos but our video too!
Little Red Book Photography and Charlotte our videographer from Charlotte Dart Photo and Film were amazing! They captured some really beautiful moments and were so friendly we felt so comfortable around them.
Also our photo booth which was a touch screen large mirror from West Country Photo Booths, we'd never seen a photobooth like this before, it was so much fun and the guests loved it.
We wish we hired someone in to lay out our tables with all the décor etc. on and someone to collect all the rubbish/dishes etc. after everyone had finished eating.
With lots to do it completely slipped our mind and we ended up rushing the list on the morning of the wedding and forgot some things we would have liked. Apart from that we wouldn't change or do anything differently.


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Season Reviews: Clay Matthews
By Mitchell Maurer Feb 5, 2010, 8:00am CST
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While our 2009 wasn't as successful as it was for other teams, we saw enough to expect more success in 2010 and beyond. There's a lot to like about the Green Bay Packers going forward, unless of course you're cheering for the other team. But which players fit in the best? Which don't? Which ones are keepers, and which ones need to be driven out of town? It's time to look at who did well (and who didn't), and ultimately what their role will be going forward.
Ted Thompson doesn't trade up in the draft. He just doesn't. So when he made an agreement with New England that would send the Patriots a second-round pick and two thirds in exchange for the 26th overall pick, and he used that pick on an undersized walk-on who played a different position, some of us were left scratching our heads.
After all, we knew that the offensive line was an issue going forward. We had linebackers, more than we knew what to do with. Why give up three picks which could shore up some major weaknesses to take a player who arguably was a one-year wonder at USC?
If you lined up the stats of some of the league's well-known pass rushers, you would come up with something like this:
Player A: 57 tackles, 11.0 sacks
Player B: 79 tackles, 10.0 sacks
Player C: 42 tackles, 10.5 sacks
Player D: 41 tackles, 9.0 sacks
Player E: 43 tackles, 9.0 sacks
Interested in the identities of these mystery men? Here they are, in order: DeMarcus Ware, James Harrison, Julius Peppers, Joey Porter, and Mario Williams. Why would I include their 2009 numbers anonymously? Here's why:
Clay Matthews: 65 tackles, 10.0 sacks
Of this list, Matthews doesn't have the most tackles, sacks, interceptions, fumble recoveries, or anything else. He leads the league in zero categories. But as far as Matthews' 2009 season is concerned, it's all about the company you keep.
Fourteen players had ten or more sacks this season, led by Elvis Dumervil with 17.0. Matthews' 10.0 were the most by any rookie not named Brian Orakpo. His three fumble recoveries were the most by any rookie and tied for second-most in the NFL. His seven passes defended were ninth-most of outside linebackers.
But his impact goes beyond numbers. Watch how he chased down Daunte Culpepper for a good 10 seconds at the end of the half on Thanksgiving. Watch how he ripped the ball out of Adrian Peterson's hands and returned it for a score, tying the game at 14. Watch how he layed out to break up the pass intended for Vernon Davis, which was thrown pretty well. Watch how he absolutely blew up Joshua Cribbs when the Browns tried to run the Wildcat in his direction.
It's clear that Matthews has the athletic ability, drive, and determination to be a premier defender in the league, but let's not forget the situation he landed in. Even with Green Bay switching to a 3-4 defense and on the lookout for players that can fit the nearly-impossible-to-fill pass rushing OLB role, there was a good chance that he would have landed elsewhere. That's where one of Green Bay's defensive coaches comes into play and ultimately what made Matthews' rookie season so memorable.
Kevin Greene went to the NFL combine last February and interviewed Clay Matthews in Indianapolis. He lobbied for Matthews to be selected in the 2009 draft, an initiative which eventually succeeded. Greene, a fellow walk-on college athlete, saw something most others didn't. The NFL's leading linebacker in sacks knew that, if given the chance, Matthews would work harder than anyone else and have more success as a result.
But Greene didn't just see what Matthews was in college, nor does he see just what he is today. He's also looking to the future, the distant future, where Matthews could eventually replace him in the record books:
"I thought I put some numbers on the board that might never be reached," said Greene, a five-time Pro Bowler. "I mean, 160 is a lot of sacks. But I haven't seen a lot of people come through like Clay. If anybody can do it, he can do it."
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Charles Woodson won the DPOY in 2009, and he deserved it. Clay Matthews might be challenging all comers for that award for the next decade. Not bad for a walk-on, and not bad for Packer fans in the years to come.
Friday Cheese Curds: Who should be the Packers' biggest free agent priority? Choose your fighter in the comments.


Scott Gottlieb commissioner of the USA Food & Drug Administration has recently written an article for the FDA Blog "FDA Voice" on the impact of the 21st Century Cures Act, which authorised $6.3 billion in additional funding, part of which is dedicated to research and drug development.
In the article, Dr Gottlieb writes: "Today we announced our detailed work plan for the steps we're taking to implement different aspects of Cures. I want to highlight one example of these steps, which we're investing in, and will be expanding on, as part of our broader Innovation Initiative. It's the use of in silico tools in clinical trials for improving drug development and making regulation more efficient".
He continues: "In silico clinical trials use computer models and simulations to develop and evaluate devices and drugs. Modeling and simulation play a critical role in organizing diverse data sets and exploring alternate study designs. This enables safe and effective new therapeutics to advance more efficiently through the different stages of clinical trials. FDA's efforts in modeling and simulation are enabled through multiple collaborations with external parties that provide additional expertise and infrastructure to advance the development of these state-of-the-art technologies".
This declaration could have been extracted, almost verbatim, from the Avicenna roadmap published in 2015.
"I am delighted to see the regulators finally recognising that in silico medicine technologies can transform biomedical industry", commented the VPHi President Prof Marco Viceconti, Director of the Insigneo Institute for in silico Medicine, and Coordinator of the Avicenna Action. "this is what I have been preaching since 2002; it is quite emotional to see a vision becoming reality".


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Symonds's ton powers Australia to 317 v India
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NAGPUR, India, Oct 14 - Andrew Symonds smashed a century to power Australia to 317 for eight in the sixth one-day international against India on Sunday.
The 32-year-old, subjected to monkey chants by spectators in the previous match, struck 107 not out off just 88 balls and shared in two half-century partnerships to guide the visitors to a dominating position.
Symonds lashed nine fours and four sixes for his sixth one-day century and put on 75 runs for the fifth wicket with Brad Haddin (25) and 90 for the next with James Hopes (39) to help the side recover after a middle-order collapse.
Opener Adam Gilchrist struck a second successive fifty (51) and put on 96 for the second wicket with skipper Ricky Ponting (49) to give the visitors a blazing start after choosing to bat on a two-paced Nagpur pitch.
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Q: 2 datepickers in Laravel 5, but only last value gets saved As the title says, I have 2 datepickers on the same page. When I fill both of them out, the last value gets saved into the first variable and the last variable is set to 0000:00:00 00:00:00 in the database.
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<input class="form-control datetimepicker" required="required" name="start_date" type="text" id="start_date">
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<input class="form-control datetimepicker" required="required" name="close_date" type="text" id="close_date">

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function () {
        $('.datetimepicker').datetimepicker({
            locale: 'nl',
            sideBySide: true
        });
    });
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public function store(Request $request)
{
    $this->validate($request, [
        'start_date' => 'required|date_format:d-m-Y H:i|after:tomorrow',
        'close_date' => 'required|date_format:d-m-Y H:i|after:start_date',
    ]);

    Election::create($request->all());
}

Model
protected $dates = [
    'start_date',
    'close_date'
];

public function setStartDateAttribute($date)
{
    $this->attributes['start_date'] = Carbon::createFromFormat('d-m-Y H:i', $date, 'Europe/Amsterdam')->toDateTimeString();
}

public function setCloseDateAttribute($date)
{
    $this->attributes['start_date'] = Carbon::createFromFormat('d-m-Y H:i', $date, 'Europe/Amsterdam')->toDateTimeString();
}

Basically, the value I put in at the close_date in the view, gets saved in the start_date of the database and close_date is set to null.
Any idea how to get both values saved in the right place?

A: Change your setCloseDateAttribute function:
public function setCloseDateAttribute($date)
{
    $this->attributes['close_date'] = Carbon::createFromFormat('d-m-Y H:i', $date, 'Europe/Amsterdam')->toDateTimeString();
}

Currently it also writes to $this->attributes['start_date']


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Classical music: The Oakwood Chamber Players and guest artists give two performances of a holiday program this coming Sunday afternoon
The Oakwood Chamber Players (below) continue their 2017-2018 season series "Journey" with a concert titled Quest on this coming Sunday, Nov. 26, at 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Both concerts will be held at the Oakwood Center for Arts and Education, 6209 Mineral Point Road, on Madison's far west side near West Towne Mall.
Tickets can be purchased with cash or personal checks at the door: $25 for general admission, $20 for seniors and $5 for students. Visit www.oakwoodchamberplayers.com for more information.
At the heart of this holiday-themed concert is British composer John Rutter (below) and his imaginative story about the origins of the holiday favorite In dulci jubilo.
Believed to have been sung by angels as an inspired gift to a medieval monk, the musical fable traces how life's distractions can sometimes interfere with sublime gifts.
The quest for the carol's completion is told with heart-warming humor.
Narrator Buzz Kemper (below) will bring the whimsical story's characters to life along with instrumentalists and a vocal quartet.
Canadian-Slovenian composer Marjan Mozetich (below) characterizes his music as that which explores the spiritual by showing introspective and meditative qualities. Written for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet his evocative Angels in Flight is poignant and layered with a shimmering melodic framework.
The animated short of Raymond Brigg's children's story The Snowman was set to music by British film composer Howard Blake (below). A string quartet arrangement of his uplifting music for the film highlights the memorable moments. The suite includes the delightful "Walking in the Air" capturing the moment when imagination brings the snowman to life and it flies a young boy toward the North Pole.
The program will also include Ralph Vaughan Williams' March Past of the Kitchen Utensils (heard in the YouTube video at the bottom) and George Shearing's jazzy arrangement of Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind. UW-trained composer and pianist Scott Gendel (below) wrote a Christmas piece — It Was My Father's Custom — in 2011, and it will be presented by the ensemble and singers.
Guest vocalists are: Mari Borowski, Lauren Gruber, Robert Goderich and Jace Nichols.
Guest instrumentalists are: Scott Gendel, piano; Margaret Mackenzie, harp; Thalia Coombs, violin; Katrin Talbot, viola; and Jennifer Morgan, oboe.
This is the second of five concerts in the Oakwood Chamber Players' 2017-2018 season series entitled Journey. Remaining concerts will take place on Jan. 13 and 14; March 10 and 11; and May 19 and 20.
The Oakwood Chamber Players are a group of Madison-area professional musicians who have rehearsed and performed at Oakwood Village for over 30 years.
The Oakwood Chamber Players is a professional music ensemble proudly supported by Oakwood Lutheran Senior Ministries and the Oakwood Foundation.
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Classical music: The Madison Symphony Orchestra presents another FREE Farmer's Market Organ Recital this Saturday at 11 a.m.
This Saturday at 11 a.m. in Overture Hall of the Overture Center, the Madison Symphony Orchestra will offer another FREE Farmer's Market Organ Recital.
The concert will last 45 minutes. No tickets or reservations are required. All ages are welcome to attend.
The organist this time is the prize-winning Simone Gheller.
Gheller (below) is an international organist from Padua, Italy. He has played concerts in prestigious locations in Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Brazil, and America among others. Gheller studied at Oberlin College in Ohio with Professor James David Christie and Olivier Latry, and currently serves as the Music Director and Organist at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Oconomowoc.
Gheller's program will feature works by Liszt, Bossi, Thalben-Ball, Buck and Creston. Sorry, no word about specific works on the program. (You can hear Gheller playing a dramatic and animated work by Liszt in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
For more information about the performer, go to:
http://www.simonegheller.it/en/biography.html
For more information about the Farmer's Market Organ Recitals, go to:
https://www.madisonsymphony.org/farmer
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Murder accused claims wealthy author Helen Bailey "had enough money to be a target" for kidnappers
In the police video interview played to jurors, Stewart said he couldn't remember certain aspects on the day Ms Bailey allegedly disappeared – such as what she was wearing
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Helen Bailey, from Royston, with partner Ian Stewart (Image: ALICE THE CAMERA)
The fiancé of Helen Bailey was visibly upset as jurors watched his first recorded video interview with police after her disappearance.
Ms Bailey's fiancé, Ian Stewart of Baldock Road in Royston, is alleged to have slowly drugged her for months with sleeping drug Zopiclone before murdering her and dumping her body, together with her dog Boris, into the cesspit.
The prosecution claim Stewart allegedly murdered Ms Bailey, "probably by suffocation" between 10.51am and 2.30pm on Monday April 11, 2016.
Three months later on July 15 Ms Bailey's body, and the body of her dog, were found during a further search of her Royston house after police discovered a second cesspit under the garage.
Helen Bailey murder trial DAY THREE: Author joked old well 'would be a good place to hide a body'
Before lunch on Friday (January 20), jurors heard evidence from Detective Constable Hollie Daines, who said she repeatedly asked Ian Stewart to consent to a recorded video interview about Helen's disappearance, but he refused on several occasions.
She said: "Stewart took me by shock on a couple of occasions, as he snapped at me when I pushed to do the interview.
This missing poster of Helen Bailey was made by friends of the author and has been since on Facebook more than 50,000 times
"I told him it was really important, that his excuses of being ill weren't good enough, and we needed to obtain this information to find his fiancé who was missing.
"He was slouched in the chair. Eye contact was limited, he felt uneasy. He appeared anxious, he didn't want us there."
Police sergeant tells jurors of harrowing moment he discovers wealthy author Helen Bailey's body in cesspit of her home
DC Daines also described Stewart's behaviour back in April as 'odd'.
"At one point I found it particularly odd that after a conversation I had with him, he appeared to turn his head to the side, looked at us and grinned", she added.
The video interview was eventually recorded at 4.15pm on April 22, after Stewart said he was 'really not happy' about the recording equipment.
In the interview played to jurors, Stewart said he couldn't remember certain aspects on the day Ms Bailey allegedly disappeared – such as what she was wearing.
He said: "I remember being frustrated with Helen that she had gone off.
Helen Bailey murder: First pictures of cesspit where children's author was dumped
"At 10.10pm [on April 11] I sent her a text with 'xxx' like three kisses.
"I remember being cross with myself for texting Helen, because she'd asked to be left alone."
Stewart also said the note allegedly left by Ms Bailey was in her handwriting, adding: "She signed the note, no one else would have signed it like that.
"LB is a nickname I had for Helen, my nickname is BB. It's going back to when we first met. She was little bean and I was big bean."
As this section of the video was played to jurors, Stewart could be seen wiping away tears.
In the interview, Stewart also revealed that he planned to marry Ms Bailey on September 23, 2016, but there were problems with the wedding venue.
When asked by police what the trigger would be for Helen walking out the door, Stewart says that "too much has happened this year."
Author Helen Bailey, from Royston. CREDIT: ALICE THE CAMERA (Image: Alice Boagey)
Stewart said there were no arguments between him and Helen on the day of her alleged disappearance, or in the days beforehand.
Police ask Stewart if there is anything that makes him suspect there could be a third party involved in Helen's disappearance.
He replied: "Someone mentioned kidnapping, she has got enough money to be a target I guess, but not many people would know that."
Helen Bailey murder trial: What we know so far
Stewart denies murder, fraud, preventing a lawful burial and three counts of perverting the course of justice.
The 56-year-old, who is standing trial at St Alban's Crown Court, claims that two men named just Joe and Nick were responsible for the murder and disposal of Ms Bailey's body.
The prosecution however, state that Stewart carried out a "cynically executed murder" that had "money as its driving motive".
The trial continues.


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AJ BOWEN: THE FRIENDLY PSYCHOPATH
THE FRIENDLY PSYCHOPATH: AJ Bowen Talks About A Horrible Way To Die and What Fun We Were Having
Actor AJ Bowen is one of the most in-demand indie actors on the genre scene these days, with recent roles in The Signal, Maidenhead, Hatchet II, House of the Devil, the upcoming Rites of Spring and Among Friends (the directorial debut of scream queen Danielle Harris) and two films playing this year's Fantasia: Adam Wingard's A Horrible Way to Die and What Fun We Were Having. Bowen wasn't able to be with us at the fest this year but we caught up with him by email to chat about the collaborative indie underground and his knack at playing loveable, horrible people.
How did you end up working so often in the horror genre? Are you a genre fan yourself?
I grew up loving genre fare – it was what I was denied in a fairly conservative, religious household, and that made it very attractive to me, especially at a young age. I suppose it's biblical – forbidden fruit always tastes the best. Also, the visceral, emotional truth of genre fare has always attracted me – I like being scared, I like being moved on an animal level by art, so it's always spoken to me. As for it being the area I've worked in most, that's just serendipitous. It's the part of the industry where people are most likely to take a chance on an unknown actor, and as I've continued to be largely unknown, it's home. It will always be home for me, but as I've worked more within genre fare I've made a concerted effort to steer towards genre as metaphor, as a motif for raising some questions about what's going on in contemporary society. I'm not a fan of violence in cinema, and I'm certainly not attracted to gratuitous cheap thrills. I'm a fan of atmosphere, of character driven storytelling, so in so far as I can control what I do (and I'm not always successful at that) I will always try to live there, as a counterpoint to what has devolved more times than not into a vapid, empty, torturous studio system of genre junk food.
What do you think is happening that has allowed for so much crossover between straight indie films and horror films in recent years? I've noticed a lot of cross-collaboration, especially with the so-called mumblecore crew. I think something revolutionary is actually going on.
The quick answer is that we're all friends. I've been friends with Ti West and Amy Seimetz for years, and when you take your movies on the indie festival circuit, you start to run into the same people who are going through the same experiences as you. If I were to break this down into story concepts, I'd say that it's just good common sense. Those of us that have made what people call 'mumblecore' films are slightly confused as to what exactly the moniker suggests. I mean, I get that people have said it involves 20-somethings talking about their lives in a decidedly non-cinematic way, but almost none of us are in our 20′s anymore. In regards to horror, oftentimes character is discarded for a moment, a beat, an idea or image intended to elicit an emotional response. It seems logical to me that those two worlds would marry to create a more well-rounded story. That way you get character-driven drama that finds itself thrust into visceral human experiences. It allows us as storytellers to completely circumvent traditional cinema and infuse our own sensibilities into a world that is often either purely aesthetic, or purely titillating on an empty level. Also, we all work REAL cheap, which is all we can afford, so we might as well do it with our friends, who we love. I can tell you that if Joe Swanberg called me and needed me I'd be there immediately. He's like a brother to me. In fact I just did that last week – flying to Florida to shoot a day on a feature Amy Seimetz is directing. She's like my sister. We're family. A big, dysfunctional, conflicted, mumblecore, genre family. Just wait until we figure out how to add musical dance numbers. Now THAT'S art.
The principal cast and crew of A Horrible Way to Die
How did Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett explain the character of Garrick Turrell to you, and in what ways did you contribute to developing the character? He's such a great character; it's hard not to empathize with him.
This question literally made me laugh out loud. Simon is my friend, so I know he'll get a kick out of this answer. At first, I intended to turn the role down. On paper, Garrick was incredibly unlikeable (clearly). I mean, he's a serial killer. In the early version of the script I read, there was a lot of graphic violence, and Garrick seemed to relish those acts of brutality. I wanted no part of that. In fact, there are 2 reasons why I played Garrick. The first, and biggest reason, is that another mutual friend of ours, Calvin Reeder, who they intended to have play the role, got hung up with other work and they needed to recast. Immediately, as I got the call and was in Missouri shooting within ten days, at most, which is atypical for me. Second, Adam told me during our first conversation that Joe and Amy were involved. I was actually on the phone with him to turn it down – not because I felt it was beneath me, I'd just played a violent guy a couple times before and felt exhausted by it. I didn't want to do it again. And Garrick was easily the least sympathetic, meanest character I'd ever read in a screenplay. I didn't see what I could do with that, and really had no interest. Until Adam and I spoke, and I found out who else was in the cast, and found out Adam and I had both recently read the same book about Ted Bundy. This conversation led to a discussion about the duality of man, and this strange fascination we had with someone who could be a loving son, and partner, an upstanding member of society, and ALSO have another life. In this case the differences were dramatic, but I started to see that as a challenge. How do you humanize the inhuman? I thought there was a story there, and so did Adam, and much to his credit, Simon, and we started talking about trying to parallel Garrick's violence with Sarah's alcoholism. I really wanted to make sure that we were giving as much weight to the love Garrick was capable of as well as the terrible atrocities he was capable of committing. We discussed that we'd never really seen or heard about someone prone to violence who desperately wanted to not have that impulse. It seemed like a new, darkly human area we could explore. If we all did our job people will walk away not necessarily liking Garrick, but hopefully understanding there is a fine psychological line between reason and insanity.
You've played a few characters kind of like this – friendly killers- but Garrick definitely seems the most fleshed out and intense. What kind of prep did you have to do to get into the role?
Ah, typecasting. I did a lot of reading about addiction – to be perfectly honest, once we were taking that angle with Garrick, I really felt like I understood him. We've all been in love with someone who isn't right for us, we've all walked paths that were unhealthy, in some shape or form, so I took away the highly dramatized stakes of violence and murder and tried to replace them with those that were personal to me. Amy and I both viewed Sarah and Garrick as Sid and Nancy – they couldn't be together, and they couldn't be apart. They ruined each other for anybody else with the level of unhealthy infatuation they harboured for one another. I also spent a lot of time alone – it seemed like someone with that affliction (which I definitely wanted it to be – a disease), would have no one to talk to about it, no 12 step program they could enrol in, so they'd be hopelessly lost inside of themselves. Suffice to say, it was not the most enjoyable preparation of my career. But I do think it was necessary.
One of the amazing things about Amy Seimetz' performance is that she's able to convey this massive degree of guilt over having feelings of love for a 'bad' person. Do you think, in a perfect world, they'd end up back together again, or is there another way for them to heal? Would you like to see Garrick be forgiven?
That's the sequel. It's a Hope-Crosby style road picture. Like Ishtar. I think that, as with most addicts, one of the first steps towards healing is to be able to forgive yourself, to love yourself. I believe Sarah has that hope, that potential. I'm not sure that Garrick is capable of that, given the extreme nature and depth of hurt he's caused. Perhaps his only absolution can come from self destruction. I'm not sure that Garrick deserves forgiveness, but I certainly feel he doesn't deserve damnation. His hell is self-induced.
What kinds of things in relationships do you consider deal-breakers? I'm guessing clandestine nocturnal killing sprees might be one of them.
I'm a pretty laid-back guy. You shouldn't kill people, you should try to leave the world a better place than you found it, and be service to the people you come across and love. But I'd never be with anyone that doesn't love 80′s cinema, or that eats miracle whip. Those are absolute deal breakers.
What is continuing fascination people have with serial killers?
It's the macabre, it's foreign, it's scary. For most people it's a monster wearing a human mask. The ability to do such horrific, bad things and still be a living, breathing human being fascinates. I suppose it's not too dissimilar a response from people who are driving past a terrible automobile accident and slow down – the parents tell their children not to look, yet the parents do just that – look, intently, for something grotesque, even though that's not something you'd want to see or wish inflicted upon another person. Carnival mentality, I suppose.
Can you tell me about your character in What Fun We Were Having – I understand the dialogue was all improvised?
To be honest, the dialogue in both were fairly improvised, though in What Fun We Were Having, there was none written beforehand. Adam told me a very general idea, then we went to Wal-mart, I found a Hawaiian shirt, and from there, everything sort of took care of itself. We discussed the idea that we were not trying to make this guy a believable hypnotist. We instead decided he was magic. So in that regard, my portion of the anthology is a whimsical fantasy piece. All I can tell you is my mother laughed hysterically at it.
Do you have any more films in development under your Normaltown banner?
I'm in the middle of a couple scripts I'm going to produce – additionally, Joe and I are continually passively aggressively developing our 80′s buddy cop action comedy (I'm not kidding), Amy and I are still trying to make our rated-PG Christmas movie, and I'm sure Simon or Adam have something for me to do where I inflict violence on undeserving women in an attempted disarming, charming way (to varying degrees of success)…
A HORRIBLE WAY TO DIE screens July 26th at 9:30pm and July 28th at 2:25pm in the Salle JA DeSeve with director Adam Wingard and co-writer Simon Barrett in person. More details on the film page HERE.
WHAT FUN WE WERE HAVING: 4 STORIES ABOUT DATE RAPE has its World Premiere on July 27th at 7:50pm and screens again July 30th at 12:30pm in the Salle JA DeSeve with director Adam Wingard and co-writer Simon Barrett in person. More details on the film page HERE.
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