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October 31, 2019 Music, Arts & Culture » Movies
Film Listings, 10/31/19 – 11/7/19
All theater listings are as of Friday, Nov. 1.
Editor's note: Listings for Rodkey Theaters—Fair Oaks of Arroyo Grande (805) 489-2364 and Sunset Drive-In of SLO (805) 544-4475—and full listings for Paso Robles' Park Cinemas (parkcinemas.com or (805) 227-2172) were not available by deadline.
Co-directors Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon helm this animated comedy about a peculiar and macabre family. Despite the talent, the story is too blah to elicit much interest. (105 min.)
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DOGS TO THE RESCUE Swifty the Arctic Fox (voiced by Jeremy Renner) enlists his friends to stop a villain who plans to melt the Arctic and rule in the world, in Arctic Dogs.
Where's it showing? Downtown Centre, Galaxy, Stadium 10
Aaron Woodley directs this animated adventure comedy about Swifty the Arctic Fox (voiced by Jeremy Renner), who enlists his friends to stop a villain who plans to melt the Arctic and rule in the world. (93 min.)
Where's it showing? Downtown Centre, Stadium 10
Deon Taylor (Meet the Blacks, Traffik, The Intruder) directs this crime drama about rookie police officer Alicia West (Naomie Harris), who captures the murder of a young drug dealer on her body cam. When she realizes the perpetrators were corrupt cops, she has to escape the criminals out for vengeance as well as the cops who want the incriminating video.
Harris' committed performance helps elevate this otherwise pedestrian crime drama. Its premise is topical and it's clearly well intentioned, but that isn't enough to help this predictable, clichéd script. If you're in the mood for a bit of well-acted melodrama, hit a matinee. (108 min.)
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TIME TO DIE Quinn (Elizabeth Lail) downloads an app that purports to tell users the exact time of their death, and she's only got three days left, in the horror-thriller Countdown.
In this horror-thriller, writer, and director Justin Dec (Rolling) shows us just how spooky technology can be, when several doomed characters download an app that predicts—down to the very last second—exactly when its users will die.
If you could find out exactly when you're going to die, would you want to know?
Tempting, but I think that'd be a "no" from me, dog, because yikes. But right off the bat we meet several teens who download Countdown, an app that answers that very question, despite its clear satanic ties and ominous description. One discovers she only has a few hours to live.
After opting out of a potentially life-threatening situation, the girl is haunted by a shadowy figure until she's killed and dies right when the app said she would.
Later our leading lady, a nurse named Quinn (Elizabeth Lail), finds out about the app from a patient and installs it on her phone. When it predicts that she'll die in a few days, she goes on a panicked hunt for a way to prevent her impending death.
Along the way she meets Matt (Jordan Calloway), a guy with even less time to live, and Father John (P.J. Byrne), an unconventional priest who tries to help Quinn cleanse the app, which he believes is related to an ancient demon mentioned throughout the Bible. She also finds Derek, a tech bro who tries to help her delete the app, as if you can just delete Satan. And when that doesn't work, he helps her hack it, as if you can just hack Satan.
Apart from the distractingly bad acting throughout Countdown and a script so cliché and void of creativity that it almost felt purposefully satirical (maybe it was?), I actually kind of enjoyed watching.
To be fair, I not so secretly love bad horror movies. It's sort of like watching one of those Hallmark or Lifetime made-for-TV movies—they're just so bad you have to watch. What can I say? Ridiculing someone else's horrible art makes me feel alive. So do jump scares, and although there isn't any real substance in Countdown, there sure are a lot of those.
Still, a few cheap scares can't make up for the fact that this movie was bad. So bad that when a sexual predator who works with Quinn gets what's coming to him, she actually, and I'm not kidding, shouts, "Time's up, you rapey fuck," which I'm assuming is a nod (or more like an enormous arrow pointing) to Hollywood's Time's Up movement against sexual harassment. And it's also kind of a pun. Because the movie is about counting down the time until you die. Get it?
There's a lot wrong here—lacking cinematography, hastily laid-out rules, surface-level characters—but my biggest issue with Countdown is its insufficient sticking power. The killer app premise is interesting enough, kind of in the same vein as The Ring (2002) or Christine (1983), but those movies were at least a little scary because they stay with you afterward. The Ring forces you to watch the movie within the movie that leads to death in seven days, so for at least a day or two after watching you're paranoid that maybe you really will die. In Christine, it's an evil car that comes to life and kills its drivers, which is pretty easy to think about every time you get behind the wheel of a car late at night.
But Countdown doesn't have that, because if you just don't download the app, you don't have to worry about being killed.
Still, it's spooky season, so I think it's worth a watch. Happy Halloween! (90 min.)
—Kasey Bubnash
THE CURRENT WAR: DIRECTOR'S CUT
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (The Town That Dreaded Sundown, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) has recut and released his 2017 film about the race between Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and partners George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) and Nikola Tesla (Nicholas Hoult), and their battle between alternating current or direct current technologies to power the world.
The film was disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's last film as producer, so it almost didn't see the light of day as it was shelved when his sex scandal was revealed. Audiences have appreciated the film, but critics have offered mixed reviews, calling it "scattershot," "underpowered," and "flaccid." If you're interested in the story, it might be worth a matinee. (107 min.)
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AMERICAN HEROINE Harriet Tubman (Cynthia Erivo) escapes from slavery and goes on to help free hundreds of other slaves, in the historical drama and biopic, Harriet.
Kasi Lemmons (Eve's Bayoo, The Caveman's Valentine, Talk to Me) directs this historical drama and biopic about Harriet Tubman (Cynthia Erivo), who escaped from slavery and went on to become an American hero who helped free hundreds of other slaves. (125 min.)
Co-writer Todd Phillips (Old School, The Hangover, War Dogs) directs this character study and origin story of Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), who after being rejected by society becomes Joker, Batman's future arch nemesis.
Like a mirror on contemporary society, Joker reflects our problems back to us—the widening gap between the haves and have-nots, paternalistic politician-"saviors" who believe they know best for the "misguided" underclass, and the dismantling of the social safety net by a government that abandons its marginalized. It's a dark and depressing film, and it reminds me of the old saying, "Society gets the criminal it deserves." (121 min.)
LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman direct this documentary about singer Linda Ronstadt, who in her 20s burst into the '60s folk scene and went on to be one of the biggest music stars of the 20th century. The film features interviews with Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne, Maria Muldaur, and many more.
Whether you're a longtime fan or one of the uninitiated, you'll find a lot to love here, from Ronstadt's amazing voice to her inspirational life. Deeply moving, the film will have you clamoring for more of her music. (95 min.)
Where's it showing? Downtown Centre, Bay, Galaxy, Stadium 10
Disney's reimagined black-horned villainess, potentially gone soft, graces the big screen once again. With director Joachim Rønning at the helm (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), Maleficent: Mistress of Evil tells the story of how pending nuptials could tear not only Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) and her goddaughter Aurora's (Elle Fanning) lives apart, but the human and magical worlds as well.
While the film as a whole was entertaining, it just lacked a flow in the story. Not to mention the fact that it's predictable. There were too many side stories that of course somehow come together in the end. But I don't blame Jolie for a second; her portrayal of the character, down to the deep villainous voice she uses, is amazing. She was ruling the screen, and the other characters were peasants in comparison. (118 min.)
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HE'S ON THE CASE Edward Norton stars as Tourette's Syndrome-afflicted private detective Lionel Essrog, in Motherless Brooklyn, a film Norton wrote and directed based on Jonathan Lethem's crime novel.
Writer-director Edward Norton (Keeping the Faith) helms this 1950s-period crime drama based on Jonathan Lethem's novel about Tourette's Syndrome-afflicted private detective Lionel Essrog, who works to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend, Frank Minna (Bruce Willis). (144 min.)
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THAT SORT OF BEAR Paddington (voiced by Ben Whipshaw) with his marmalade sandwiches at the ready, goes on another adventure in Paddington 2 (2017), screening Nov. 2 and 3 at Park Cinemas.
Where's it showing? Park on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 2 and 3, at 10 a.m.
Co-writer and director Paul King (Bunny and the Bull, Paddington) helms this charming family comedy sequel starring Paddington (voiced by Ben Whipshaw), a sweet-natured talking bear, who this time around finds himself happily settled with the Brown family. When he finds the perfect gift for his beloved Aunt Lucy's (voiced by Imelda Staunton) 100th birthday, he begins a series of odd jobs to earn the money to buy it. But then the gift is stolen and Paddington and the Browns work to find the thief. (103 min.)
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TRUTH WILL OUT Reporters Warren Strobel (James Marsden, left) and John Walcott (Rob Reiner) work to prove the Bush administration lied to justify the 2003 Iraq invasion, in Shock and Awe, screening on Nov. 4, at Cal Poly's Spanos Theatre, followed by a discussion with Walcott.
Where's it showing? Cal Poly's Spanos Theatre on Monday, Nov. 4, 6:30 p.m.; free
Rob Reiner stars and directs this 2017 biographic historical drama about journalist John Walcott (Reiner), who with fellow Knight Ridder journalists Warren Strobel (James Marsden) and Jonathan Landay (Woody Harrelson) uncovered the questionable use of intelligence used to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq. While other newspapers toed the Bush administration's line about Saddam Hussein's supposed weapons of mass destruction, Walcott and his team didn't believe it.
Cal Poly will screen the film with journalist and author John Walcott, followed by a guided discussion with journalism professor and former KCOY news reporter Patti Piburn. They'll discuss the relationship between the U.S. government and the news media—then and today.
The event is free and open to the public, no tickets required. (90 min. film followed by discussion).
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THREE STRONG (Left to right) Daniella "Dani" Ramos (Natalia Reyes) finds protection from enhanced soldier Grace (Mackenzie Davis) and Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) from a new Terminator out to kill Dani, the future mother of a resistance leader, in Terminator: Dark Fate.
Tim Miller (Deadpool) directs this next installment into the Terminator franchise. This time around, Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and a "retired" T-800 Terminator going by the name Carl (Arnold Schwarzenegger) join forces with enhanced soldier, Grace (Mackenzie Davis), who's been sent from the future to protect Daniella "Dani" Ramos (Natalia Reyes), who if she lives will give birth to a Resistance leader who will stop an A.I. called Legion, who like Skynet hopes to destroy humankind. They're being pursued by Rev-9 (Gabriel Luna), an advanced Terminator that's able to split in two. (128 min.)
Bruce Springsteen and his co-director Thom Zimny helm this concert film of Springsteen playing songs from his Western Stars album, backed by a full band and orchestra under the cathedral ceiling of a nearly 100-year-old barn. Consider it the visual companion of his first studio album in five years. Even at 70, Springsteen is still The Boss. (83 min.)
WHERE'S MY ROY COHN?
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THE FIXER Lawyer and political insider Roy Cohn (1927-1986), mentor to both Joseph McCarthy and Donald Trump, gets his own documentary, in Where's My Roy Cohn?
Matt Tyrnauer (Studio 54, Scott and the Secret History of Hollywood) directs this documentary about lawyer Roy Cohn (1927-1986), the unscrupulous political insider who helped create demagogues, from Joseph McCarthy to Donald Trump. The thriller-esque exposé reveals how this master manipulator shaped American politics. (97 min.)
Ruben Fleischer (Venom, Gangster Squad) directs this sequel to his 2009 comedy horror film, Zombieland, about four survivors—Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Wichita (Emma Stone), and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin)—navigating a zombie apocalypse wasteland. In this follow-up, they slay a whole lot of zombies and encounter other survivors such as Madison (Zoey Deutch), Nevada (Rosario Dawson), Berkeley (Avan Jogia), Albuquerque (Luke Wilson), and Flagstaff (Thomas Middleditch). Somehow, Bill Murray—slain in the original—returns to play himself. (99 min.) Δ
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Matchday 29: Ten "Finals" Left
By rishay4231 on March 11, 2015 • ( 5 Comments )
Matchday 29. The fixture list has become an absolute nightmare as cup games (both domestic and continental) have taken over the scheduling. League games have now been played on weekdays and cup games on weekends. This weekend however, we revert to the norm. There are now nine games to go in the season and one can learn a lot from how the league tables currently look. A lot of contenders are challenging for a few prized spots in the tables and it will come down to who is consistent and who is not.
Manchester City 2-0 Leicester City: Regulation win for the champions, albeit without Kompany.
QPR 1-2 Arsenal: Another three points for the Gunners although QPR were once again brave and unlucky.
Newcastle 0-1 Manchester United: What a scrappy way to end the game but a mammoth three points for Van Gaal.
Stoke City 2-0 Everton: Everton are in a relegation battle and in danger of losing their best players.
Tottenham 3-2 Swansea City: Spurs once again edging a close battle.
West Ham 0-1 Chelsea: Chelsea steal victory from their London rivals.
Liverpool 2-0 Burnley: Continued good form for the Anfield outfit as they continue to climb.
Matchday 29: A London derby (again) as Arsenal v West Ham takes place. The Gunners will be flying after their FA Cup win at Old Trafford. West Ham had a narrow loss to Chelsea in the previous week and perhaps the quality of the deep squads is now shining through with the run-in firmly upon us. Burnley v Manchester City is the next match and City will look to thrash the daylights out of this team in preparation for their big game coming up in the Champions League. It is hard to fathom any other result but on many occasions this season City have surprised us.
Chelsea take on Southampton and all the teams looking to finish third or fourth will be cheering for Chelsea in this one. It is evident that the title is a two horse race (if not a given that Chelsea are going to win the league), and Southampton dropping three points will open up the door for a lot of other teams. Everton v Newcastle is next and this one has lost a bit of its edge. Both teams are looking average (especially the Toffees) but the Magpies seem to be ahead on recent form. Not one to ignite your imagination. Manchester United v Tottenham is arguably the biggest game of the weekend. Both these teams are within a stone's throw of each other in the table, and it will be a pleasure to watch how this game plays out.
Finally from the Premiership, Swansea City host Liverpool, and with Swansea comprehensively out of form and Liverpool the exact opposite, this one should be an easy prediction.
In France, Marseille v Lyon is the game to watch and with Ligue 1 being equally close in terms of competitiveness, this result could have a massive impact on the title race. Last but not least, the new MLS season has started and Toronto FC face Columbus Crew. How will Giovinco, Altidore et al perform this week?
Think you can predict any of these games? Have a go yourself!
Bernie: Manchester United vs Tottenham: I'm not one to bet against Manchester United but I don't see how they'll win this game. Good teams have come to Old Trafford and shown absolutely no fear. Tottenham will do exactly the same in this encounter. Harry Kane has been in sensational form and I do not expect the woeful defending of Chris Smalling, Antonio Valencia and Phil Jones to repel him. With Di Maria suspended and Ashley Young potentially injured, the pace needed to win this game is gone. All roads point to a Spurs victory. 1-0 Tottenham.
Alexander: Arsenal vs West Ham: On the face of it this should be a routine win for Arsenal. In form and brimming with confidence after dispatching Manchester United in the FA Cup, I'd back a rested Giroud to get on the score-sheet here, and expect to see Walcott finally get some minutes, and probably a goal while he's at it. That is, after all, all he does. West Ham often give Arsenal a tough game, but less so at the Emirates, and the Hammers are quite simply not in form. A season that started so well for them has quickly faded into mid-table irrelevancy, prompting questions about Allardyce's future that nobody would have dreamed of asking in December. Even the signing of Winston Reid to a massive 6.5 year deal can't lift West Ham's spirits at the moment. 2-0 Arsenal
Mohaned: Chelsea vs Southampton: This should be a very exciting and close encounter. Chelsea will have the disadvantage of having lost a tough, midweek, 120-minute Champions League game against PSG, which will definitely take its toll on the players. We will be hearing some moans and groans from Mourinho, that's for sure. Southampton on the other hand have gone on a team bonding trip where they went skiing, snowboarded, and played ice hockey. They should be refreshed and ready to get some important points on the board to keep their top-four spot alive. I feel this will be a close game where Mourinho would take a point. 1-1 final score.
Rishay: Everton v Newcastle: Martinez has now officially admitted that his men are in a relegation battle. This has been an extremely disappointing season for Everton, and in stark contrast to the team that was flying high last season. What has happened to all their hard work? Newcastle have had a season of ups and downs (as usual), but will feel robbed by their home defeat to Manchester United last week, in which they were unlucky not to claim a share of the spoils. The Magpies definitely put in a better performance last week than the Toffees, and form could play a part in this one.Martinez is definitely Under The Cosh. 2-1 Newcastle.
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Coshcast Season 2 Ep 28: United vs Arsenal – A rivalry rekindled
Bruce Grobbelaar goes Under the Cosh
Arsenal v West Ham United
Burnley v Manchester City
Everton v Newcastle
Manchester United v Tottenham
Swansea City v Liverpool
Marseille v Lyon
Columbus Crew v Toronto FC
Nahel says:
Arsenal v West Ham United 2-0
Burnley v Manchester City 1-3
Chelsea v Southampton 1-2
Everton v Newcastle 0-1
Manchester United v Tottenham 0-1
Swansea City v Liverpool 0-2
Marseille v Lyon 1-2
Columbus Crew v Toronto FC 0-2
Arsenal v West Ham United: 3-0
Burnley v Manchester City: 1-2
Chelsea v Southampton: 2-0
Everton v Newcastle: 2-1
Manchester United v Tottenham: 2-1
Swansea City v Liverpool: 1-2
Marseille v Lyon: 1-1
Columbus Crew v Toronto FC: 2-1

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We ended up at this funky, candle-lit (too dark, actually) place with ringlet-haired waitresses wearing patchouli and a large vegetarian selection.
The important thing about the dinner I should relay is not anything to do with the food or what we talked about or anything like that, of course, but the fact that I FINALLY realized that, hey, if I played my cards right the possibility existed that I might be able to sleep with someone I genuinely liked and knew the name of.
Besides Carynne and Ziggy, I counted only one other in that category–Matthew–and I hadn't exactly handled the end of that terribly well, but it had been okay, and I didn't regret much.
The possibility of doing something I wouldn't regret was exciting in and of itself. I hadn't really decided one way or the other which was worse, being a "pervert" who fucked men for a sick thrill, or accepting a label that came with a completely different kind of baggage, even if I could be "proud" of it some day.
But with J sitting there, all smiley and warm and witty and so goddamned intimate with his questions and his answers, I thought maybe it was best to leave off theorizing until after I'd done some more field research.
Having a realization and making a decision on a course of action are two different things.
In fact, making a decision to make a decision, and actually making the decision, are two different things.
In other words, I didn't know for sure if I wanted to or not, but I wanted the possibility, and enjoyed not knowing, for once.
And then I flashed to the possibility that maybe I still hadn't drunk quite enough for me to be the leader here, and that I didn't really know one way or the other whatJonathan wanted.
At the moment when this occurred to me, we were sitting at the actual bar, elbows on the wood, with our noses deep in snifters of something–I don't remember now if it was cognac or whiskey. Something rich and dark and complicated, and J's eyelashes looked light in comparison, a wheat-colored piece of his hair touching the outside rim of his glass while he inhaled, eyes closed. It seemed like he'd sit that way forever unless I made the first move toward seducing him.
And then I thought, whoa, what if he doesn't want to be seduced?
My tongue burned with liquid smoke and I suppressed the urge to cough. The bartender, who I guessed to be about my age and bored, was ignoring us, his eyes on a silent television from where he rested at an inside corner, not even pretending to polish glasses. I imagined the scene from his point of view and couldn't guess what he might think. Decadent rock and roll types, maybe. So I tried to imagine it from J's point of view. What did he see when he looked at me? What did he want? I imagined myself successfully seducing him and then finding out later that he hadn't wanted that.
My own nose in my drink, I closed my eyes, and thought, Jeezuschrist, Daron, he's spent every waking moment with you for the past two days. How much more of a hint do you need?
I opened my eyes. J was looking at me.
My lips pressed slightly together as I got ready to open my mouth. The bartender chose this moment to stop ignoring us and asked if we needed anything else. "We're fine," I said too quickly, "just leaving." He slid me the bill and I signed my room number on it. J raised an eyebrow and slipped what was left in his glass down his throat before standing up.


TV nowadays is in an era of remakes, reboots, and revivals that has brought many old projects back for another go on the small screen. Some revivals have been more successful than others, and the trend isn't going anywhere any time soon. Beloved 1999 comedy film Galaxy Quest was slated to get the revival treatment a couple of years ago, but it never happened. Now, Amazon has some good news for folks who were looking forward to a new take on Galaxy Quest. The show is back in the works, and a new writer is on board to make it happen.
Paul Scheer of The League and The Disaster Artist has signed on to pen the script for the Galaxy Quest revival at Amazon. He takes over for Robert Gordon, who wrote the original film script and was intended to write for the Amazon project as well. Gordon is still attached to Galaxy Quest, however; he'll work as an executive producer. There are no details about who will direct the series. Galaxy Quest director Dean Parisot was once attached to the project, but THR reports that there has been no confirmation if Parisot will have a role now that the project is moving forward again.
The Amazon project will be a fresh take on the original Galaxy Quest, which followed a group of actors known for their work on a beloved sci-fi show that had gotten the axe years ago. With their glory days in showbiz mostly behind them, some were living off of their former fame... until aliens landed on Earth to recruit them, believing that their television adventures were real. The movie starred Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Daryl Mitchell, and Sam Rockwell. No details are yet available if any of the surviving stars will appear in the new series.
A sequel to Galaxy Quest almost happened on Amazon back in 2016. Sam Rockwell revealed that plans were moving forward until Alan Rickman passed away and Tim Allen became unavailable due to his role as leading man on Last Man Standing. Rickman's death sadly means that a full reunion of the Galaxy Quest cast is no longer possible. That said, we can't say at this point if the goal for this revival even involves the original cast. The new Galaxy Quest could be a remake of the movie into an ongoing series, with a whole new cast to play the characters. If that's the case, the new actors will face inevitable comparisons to showbiz legends like Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver. We'll have to wait and see.
It's too soon to say when we might get a TV version of Galaxy Quest. Our fall TV schedule can show you all your viewing options now and in the coming months. If streaming is more your style, take a look at our 2017 Netflix guide. Finally, swing by our breakdown of the biggest reboots and revivals that are in the works for the small screen.


Piaggio India is charged up by the good response it has got from its Vespa sales and have confirmed that they will be launching more scooters in 2013. According to our friends at MotorBeam top on the list of the scooters that will be introduced in India lies the 150cc Piaggio Typhoon. Although the international version features a 125cc engine, the Indian version will be featuring a 150cc engine from Piaggio's own Fly 150.
The 150cc engine on the Piaggio Typhoon will produce 11.4 HP of power at 7750RPM and 11.5 Nm of torque at 6000RPM and would be the first scooter in India to feature MPFI (multi point fuel injection). Piaggio claims that this CVT engine is capable of returning a fuel efficiency of 32 kilometres to the litre and also reach a true top speed of 100 kmph. The fuel tank capacity would be at 7 litres and that gives the Typhoon a decent range of approximately 200+ kms. Highlights of the Typhoon include the 220mm front disc brakes and sturdy looking front telescopic forks. Looks wise it is pretty much unique in design compared to the existing scooters in the Indian market and for sure will appeal more to the younger crowd. Expected price lies at a high 85,000INR and that could very well be a decider in our price sensitive market.
Aprilia Storm 125 scooter coming in April?
Aprilia Comfort – the "family" Aprilia scooter?


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Prominent Texas Surgeon Sues ProPublica and the Houston Chronicle
Bud Frazier, a pioneer in the development of artificial hearts, filed a libel suit alleging he was "falsely" portrayed in two articles exploring alleged lapses in research and ethical practices.
by Ryan Gabrielson
July 10, 2018, 7 p.m. EDT
This story was co-published with the Houston Chronicle.
A Texas heart surgeon whose practices recently have been the subject of stories by ProPublica and the Houston Chronicle filed a lawsuit this week against the news organizations alleging defamation.
Dr. O.H. "Bud" Frazier brought the suit in Harris County (Texas) District Court, challenging a May story that examined concerns with the doctor's conduct, as well as one last month addressing criticism of the first article. The suit also names the stories' authors, reporters Charles Ornstein of ProPublica and Mike Hixenbaugh of the Chronicle, as defendants.
Frazier, a famed heart transplant surgeon at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center and the Texas Heart Institute, asserts that the articles included errors and misleading statements "calculated to falsely portray Dr. Frazier as an inhumane physician."
"We have seen the complaint in this case, although we have not yet been served," said Richard Tofel, president of ProPublica. "We think the lawsuit lacks merit, and we intend to defend it vigorously."
Read the Investigation
A Pioneering Heart Surgeon's Secret History of Research Violations, Conflicts of Interest and Poor Outcomes
Over decades, Bud Frazier has played a leading role in the development of mechanical heart pumps and an artificial heart. Out of public view, he's been accused of putting his quest to make history ahead of the needs of some patients.
Supporters of a Famed Houston Surgeon Have Alleged Inaccuracies in Our Investigation. Here's Our Response
Several dozen people have authored letters defending Dr. O.H. "Bud" Frazier and criticizing an investigation by ProPublica and the Houston Chronicle. We stand behind our story.
Nancy Barnes, executive vice president and editor of the Chronicle, said: "The Houston Chronicle stands behind the reporters on this story, and our journalism, and we will defend our work vigorously."
The articles involving Frazier were part of a larger series, "Heart Failure," jointly reported by ProPublica and the Chronicle.
The first article about Frazier, the transplant program's founding surgeon, revealed that he had been accused of violating research rules and skirting ethical guidelines. A hospital investigation found that Frazier and his team implanted experimental heart pumps in patients who didn't meet medical criteria for clinical trials. The findings were viewed as serious enough that St. Luke's reported the research violations to the federal government and repaid millions of dollars to Medicare.
In his lawsuit, Frazier calls the decision to repay the money "ill-advised" and criticizes St. Luke's findings of research violations. He also says that he was motivated by saving lives, not by money.
Other stories in the series detailed how St. Luke's heart transplant program has in recent years performed an outsized number of transplants that resulted in deaths or unusual complications.
St. Luke's temporarily suspended heart transplants in June to review two recent patient deaths; it reopened the program two weeks later. Medicare has since announced that it intends to cut off funding for St. Luke's heart transplant program in August, citing shortcomings that have not been corrected.
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Ryan Gabrielson is a reporter for ProPublica covering the U.S. justice system.
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Revelations About a Secret Facebook Group Spawn Investigation of 70 Current and Former Border Patrol Employees


The physical rush of Black Friday and the armchair browsing of Cyber Monday are blending into one big holiday shopping event as more customers buy items online and pick them up at brick-and-mortar stores.
Adobe Analytics reported Saturday that more customers are going to stores to get items they bought online. That trend contributed to a record $6.22 billion spent online Friday, up nearly 24 percent from last year.
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It's a sign that retailers are merging online business with their physical stores even as fewer people travel to those stores on Black Friday. Walmart, Kohl's and Target are among major retailers that are expanding the number of stores where you can pick up online orders.
Adobe reports a record $2.1 billion in sales from customers on their smartphones. About a third of online Black Friday sales were from phones.
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Xenophobic violence after Brexit: how Britain could learn from Germany's experience
Germany has experienced a rise in xenophobic attacks since it began to welcome refugees from Syria and elsewhere. Sebastian Jäckle and Pascal D. König have mapped these attacks and drawn some striking conclusions about their causes. They were more common in regions with a strong far-right presence and fewer migrants. One attack also tended to spark others – as did condemnation of xenophobia by national leaders, and Islamist terror. Britain saw a similar spike in xenophobic crime after the referendum. The authors ask whether the UK can learn from Germany's painful experience.
Migrants arrive at a reception centre in Passau, December 2015. Photo: Metropolico.org via a CC-BY-SA 2.0 licence
Brexit may well turn the United Kingdom into a different country. Although the initial challenges are political and economic, recent months have shown that there may also be changes on a deeper level to the social fabric of the UK. Since the vote, racially motivated violence and harassment has gone up. A considerable rise of 42 percent was registered in the last two weeks of June, compared to the same month in 2015. Although the spike was temporary and figures went down again, the heightened number of hate crimes has been sustained for months.
Brexit and the debates that preceded it are likely to have played a role in these figures. Indeed in the month of the referendum vote, a number of news outlets – among them the Washington Post, the Guardian and CNN – reported a wave of xenophobic hate crimes and directly linked them to the Brexit vote. The connection is not hard to make. Immigration was the major issue in the referendum campaign, and the Leave campaign exerted considerable effort on evoking a negative and threatening image of immigrants, warning of a virtual invasion by migrants that was unavoidable as long as EU free movement rules applied.
Looking at Germany may help to understand the causes of xenophobic violence in Britain
Despite the tight link between immigration and the referendum it is safe to say that the Brexit in itself is neither the whole story – nor really an actual explanation – but rather a catalyst for existing strong xenophobic attitudes in Britain. The wave of racial and religiously motivated violence therefore deserves a closer look to better understand its real causes. It may be instructive to take a look across the Channel at a country that has also experienced a rise of racial and ethnic violence, particularly from 2015 onwards: Germany.
Although Germany has taken in a large number of refugees – according to the latest figures, more than 800,000 in 2015 – there have also been a huge number of attacks on and protests against refugees. There was a discernible increase last year compared to 2014, amounting to almost daily attacks on refugees or refugee accommodation throughout the country in 2015 – a trend that seems to continue in 2016. This has somewhat tainted the spirit of the "Welcome Culture" (Willkommenskultur), for which Germany has received international praise.
Source: Official data from the Bundeskriminalamt including all types of criminal offences against accommodations for refugees (property damage, propaganda and agitation, arson attacks, sedition)
The fewer migrants, the more xenophobic attacks
It should be noted, though, that the attacks are not uniformly spread. As several newspaper articles have reported these assaults have been especially frequent in Eastern Germany. While this is true, this diagnosis conceals the underlying actual drivers of the attacks. Common explanations resort to socioeconomic structural factors that indicate deprivation (e.g. unemployment) and anomia (e.g. political disaffection or alienation). However, our study, which analyses xenophobic attacks at the level of German districts, has shown that these kinds of factors are of little explanatory value when looking at their effect on attacks. In contrast, another variable shows up as highly important: the share of people with a migration background. Districts with low numbers of migrants exhibit the largest probability of attacks occurring. Interestingly, a similar phenomenon could be observed with regard to the Brexit, as those local authorities with the highest Remain vote were also those with higher net migration. This may seem paradoxical but it conforms to a long-standing sociological hypothesis, which states that more frequent interactions with people from other groups reduce prejudice and can foster understanding.
In regions where far right parties are strong, attacks are more frequent
On the other hand, the political context – specifically in the form of far-right party strength in a district – has a positive effect on attacks against refugees. With more support of extreme right parties as well as of the anti-immigrant right-wing populist party AfD ("Alternative für Deutschland") the probability of xenophobic attacks causing personal injuries, as well as (arson) attacks on refugee accommodation rises, as Figure 2 illustrates.
Figure 2: Attacks on refugees and vote share of extreme right and populist right-wing parties at the 2013 Federal Election
Besides the influence of relatively stable contextual factors, there is also a dynamic component regarding the pattern of attacks. Specifically, there seems to be a contagion effect that follows a simple principle: the probability of an attack in a district on a given day rises if there has been an attack shortly before in the proximity (e.g. in a neighbouring district) – and the closer the attack was, the more the probability increases.
The pattern of attacks becomes more diffuse over time
However, after more than 18 months of persistent attacks on refugees in Germany, it seems that the pattern of attacks has become more diffuse over time as the contagion dynamic weakens and stable contextual explanatory factors become less important. At the same time, there is some kind of path dependency in the form of an accumulation of attacks in certain areas: where they have happened before, they are considerably more likely to occur again.
Specific incidents can act as catalysts for further attacks
Moreover, 2016 in particular has shown that attacks on refugees can also be driven by specific incidents – and therefore become even less predictable. We have identified three types of such incidents:
Attacks by Islamist terrorists, such as the assault on Charlie Hebdo which attracted a great deal media coverage and thereby invoked fears and the perception that it is necessary to act upon this danger. With many far-right supporters not clearly distinguishing between Islamic terrorists and Muslim refugees, the latter become a sitting target.
Prototypical attacks on refugee accommodation in some places in Eastern Germany (e.g. in Heidenau or Freital). During 2015, these places became synonymous with a xenophobic Germany and many politicians have harshly condemned the violent protests and attacks that happened there. Yet phrases such as "This is dark Germany" by German President Joachim Gauck, or Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel dubbing the xenophobic protestors a "pack" may have incited them to pursue their attacks.
Criminal acts committed by refugees that reinforce existing prejudices – for example, (social) media reports about brawls among refugees in their accommodation, or incidents of pickpocketing and robbery.
Germany has seen one such incident of the latter type that acted as a catalyst for a severe wave of attacks against refugees – the sexual assaults that occurred on New Year's Eve in Cologne (which was even referred to by the Leave campaign during the Brexit debate). Figure 3 shows the enormous increase in attacks in January 2016, which took place not only within the existing East German hot spots, but all over Germany, particularly in North Rhine-Westphalia, where Cologne is situated.
Figure 3: Monthly attacks on refugees (Jan 2015 – Jun 2016)
Lessons from Germany's experience
Like the attacks in Germany, the Brexit vote may have confirmed the beliefs of Leavers with xenophobic attitudes and those who claim that immigrants do not have a place in the UK. This is an important lesson that should be heeded in German politics, as well as in other countries that are confronted with similar developments. On the other hand, the findings from Germany are also of relevance for Britain. While individual attacks are virtually impossible to predict, the German data indicates that areas with strong support for far-right organisations and with few immigrants are likely to suffer incidents of racial or religious violence. Moreover, these far-right groups can also gradually foster broader anti-immigration sentiment that becomes more widely accepted over time. Perhaps even more importantly, the possibility of contagion should be taken into account. While the existence of such a dynamic means that ethnic violence is prone to spread, it also implies it could be prevented through appropriate interventions early on.
Finally, it is worth pondering how critical incidents, such as what happened in Cologne, are to be dealt with if they are not to incite substantial numbers of assaults on refugees. There is hardly any systematic evidence on this, but it seems plausible that there has to be rigorous, transparent and quick action that forestalls a public mood in which refugees or immigrants are put under general suspicion – or are believed to be inherently criminal – and thus deserving of reprimand, or worse.
This post represents the views of the authors and not those of Democratic Audit.
Sebastian Jäckle (left) is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Freiburg. In his research, he focuses on political elites in Germany, appearance effects in elections and attitudes in transnational comparison.
Pascal D. König is a postdoctoral researcher at the Goethe University, Frankfurt. His research focuses on political communication, political strategies, and party competition. Recent work centres on a comparison of governments' policy communication and on strategic policy action.
Together they have published an article on the causes of attacks on refugees in Germany during 2015, on which this blogpost is based.
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Country maintains CPI score of 65
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Bahamas has dropped a rank in the global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2018, continuing a trend observed since 2011.
The report, which was published by Transparency International yesterday, measures the perceived levels of corruption in the public sector in 183 countries across the globe.
The Bahamas ranked 29, down from the 28th spot in 2017.
Notwithstanding the drop in rankings, The Bahamas maintained its CPI score of 65.
The rank means The Bahamas is perceived as a notably transparent country.
The report, states that country/territory's score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of 0-100. Zero means the country is perceived as highly corrupt and 100 means the country is perceived as very clean.
The report said that the continued failure of most countries to significantly control corruption is contributing to a "crisis of democracy around the world".
The Bahamas ranked fourth in the Americas, scoring higher than Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (58), Dominica (57), Costa Rica (56), Saint Lucia (55), Grenada (52), Cuba (47), Jamaica (44) and Trinidad and Tobago (41).
In the Caribbean, Barbados held the number one spot, while The Bahamas ranked second.
Haiti had the worst score in the Caribbean: 20.
The 2017 corruption index showed that The Bahamas was the top-ranking country in the Caribbean for the least amount of perceived corruption, coming in at number 28 of 176 countries of the list, ahead of Barbados.
A nationwide poll conducted October 2017 by market and opinion firm Public Domain showed that 54 per cent of respondents believed the level of corruption increased in the country between October 2016 and October 2017.
One thousand Bahamians across the country were surveyed.
Denmark and New Zealand topped the index with 88 points and 87 points respectively.
Finland, Singapore and Sweden were also ranked in the top five.
Korea, Yemen, South Sudan, Syria and Somalia ranked in the bottom five.
Somalia, Syria and South Sudan scored 10, 13 and 13 points respectively.
More than two-thirds of countries scored below 50, with an average score of only 43.
Since 2012, only 20 countries have significantly improved their scores.
These include Estonia, Cote, D'lvoire.
Sixteen countries' scores significantly declined, including Australia, Chile and Malta.
The highest scoring region was western Europe and the European Union with an average score of 66.
The lowest scoring regions were sub-Saharan African with an average score of 32.
Eastern Europe and central Asia were just ahead with an average score of 35.
The U.S. lost four points since 2017, dropping out of the top 20 countries for the first time since 2011.
This was attributed to the U.S. experiencing threats to its systems of checks and balances as well as an "erosion of the ethical norms at the highest levels of power".
"Our research makes a clear link between having a healthy democracy and successfully fighting public sector corruption," Transparency International Chairman Delia Ferreira Rubio.
"Corruption is much more likely to flourish where democratic foundations are weak and, as we have seen in many countries, where undemocratic and populist politicians can use it to their advantage."
Last April, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis declared that the nation was losing $500 million annually to corruption.


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Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka in his latest press release said the Federal Government, led by Muhammdu Buhari has failed Nigerians. He lamented the violence caused by herdsmen, the indiscriminate grazing of cattle and the destruction of farmlands as well as farmers.
He also proffered solution by recommending that a National Conference be convened and suggested also that Muhammadu Buhari-led government should think beyond partisan politics as that is the only way to make meaningful progress and impact.
In his words:
"The problems of this nation are beyond the solution that can be offered by this government, that's the first admission; they have to stop thinking in partisan government. "There has always been a major problem with successive governments. It's easier on the state level to say that a particular state is definitely doing better than another state. But the central government has failed, that's my view in the main.
"There is a minimal level which any government which has been elected to power must achieve to be considered a true representative of the people."
"Look at what's happening today with the cattle all over the place, that's a security issue which should never have reached this level. "That singular act has resulted in hundreds of people being killed, farms were taken over; it has wiped away a lot of the positive achievements of the government."
"They need to confront this nation as a habitation of human beings where very serious issues like economy, security, health, even threats of secession come up every day and convoke at the same time, a national conference, what I call an Indaba across all section which we will all meet and debate everything, including the economy of this nation."
Prof. Soyinka said this while playing host to some students on his 85th birthday celebration, Channels Television reports.
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Czerwonko, Michal (2008) The stochastic dominance valuation of options under transaction costs : extensions, implementation and empirical tests. PhD thesis, Concordia University.
In the first essay American call and put options on the S&P 500 index futures that violate the stochastic dominance bounds of Constantinides and Perrakis (CP, 2007) over 1983-2006 are identified as potentially profitable investment opportunities. Call bid prices more frequently violate their upper bound than put bid prices do, while evidence of underpriced calls and puts over this period is scant. In out-of-sample tests, the inclusion of short positions in such overpriced calls, puts, and, particularly, straddles in the market portfolio is shown to increase the expected utility of any risk averse investor and also increase the Sharpe ratio, net of transaction costs and bid-ask spreads. The results are strongly supportive of mispricing and also strongly supportive of the CP bounds as screening mechanisms for mispriced options. The second essay introduces a result for call lower bound more powerful that the one applied in the first part of this thesis. The Proposition 5 call lower bound in Constantinides and Perrakis (2002) is shown to have a non-trivial limit as the time interval tends to zero. This establishes the bound as the first call lower bound known in the literature on derivative pricing in the presence of transaction costs with a non-trivial limit. The bound is shown to be tight even for a low number of time subdivisions. Novel numerical methods to derive recursive expectations under a Markovian but non-identically distributed stochastic process are presented. The third essay relaxes an assumption in the first part of this thesis on the optimal trading policy in the presence of transaction costs. We derive the boundaries of the region of no transaction when the risky asset follows a mixed jump-diffusion instead of a simple diffusion process. These boundaries are shown to differ from their diffusion counterparts in relation to the jump intensity for lognormally distributed jump size. A general numerical approach is presented for iid risky asset returns in discrete time. An error in an earlier published work on the region of no transaction for discretized diffusions is demonstrated and corrected results are presented. Comparative results with a recent study on the same topic are presented and it is shown that the numerical algorithm has equally attractive approximation properties to the unknown continuous time limit.


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Q: ffmpeg list video devices with batch script to variables I use the ffmpeg -stats -hide_banner -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy command to list all video and audio devices, and I need to get all Alternative name From "DirectShow video devices" (just video devices) with batch script.
I'm start with this: ffmpeg output parse in batch script (first answer)
Can someone more experienced to help me with this task? Thanks in advance!

A: Refer to @Endoro answer here ffmpeg output parse in batch script.
You can tweak it to get only Video Device List
@echo off
Title ffmpeg list video devices with batch script to variables
set "VideoDevice="
@For /f tokens^=1^,2delims^=^" %%a in (
'ffmpeg -stats -hide_banner -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy 2^>^&1 ^| findstr /c:"Alternative name"'
) do (
   if not defined VideoDevice (
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echo Video Device : "%VideoDevice%"
pause

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Successful learning in school is often equated to sitting up straight in a desk.
However, that is simply not the case. Students are actually able to concentrate on their classwork in a variety of ways.
At New Morning School in Plymouth, MI, students are provided the opportunity to sit at tables, desks, even on the floor, to accomplish their tasks. Flexible seating and the freedom to move have definite benefits.
Social and scientific research backs it up.
The problem: children are constantly in an upright position these days. It is rare to find children rolling down hills, climbing trees, and spinning in circles just for fun. Merry-go-rounds and teeter-totters are a thing of the past. Recess times have shortened due to increasing educational demands, and children rarely play outdoors due to parental fears, liability issues, and the hectic schedules of modern-day society. Let's face it: Children are not nearly moving enough, and it is really starting to become a problem.
And there's more. While New Morning students have movement and interaction incorporated into their daily routine, students in other environments are not placed in a position to succeed. The reason? A lack of movement.
An interesting discovery was outlined in report from Matthew Maher and researchers at East Carolina University. There, it showed how incorporating movement and discouraging traditional in-place seating helped in a study of North Carolina fourth-grade students.
In summary, students who participated in the Energizers (students whose movement and comfort was encouraged) activities were more active during the school day than those who did not receive the Energizers activities. In addition, this is the first study to demonstrate significant improvements in directly observed on-task behavior consequent to participation in a classroom-based physical activity program. This finding was especially strong among the least on-task students. Results from the present study suggest that incorporating Energizers activities into school curricula may be beneficial to students as well as teachers. Opportunities to be physically active at school are limited by pressure on scholastic performance, and classroom based physical activity programs are a promising way to increase children's activity levels without sacrificing academic performance. Energizers activities are recommended for teachers who may want to increase physical activity and/or on-task behavior in their students.
Physically, straight-time sitting is not healthy for people of any age. A Mayo Clinic study notes extended sitting in one place – it could behind a desk, in front of a screen or behind the wheel of a vehicle – is linked to a variety of health conditions. These include high blood pressure, risk for diabetes and other issues associated with metabolism.


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I've always been the biggest fan of pretty much all Benefit products, however when it came to mascara I just didn't get on with their Badgal Lash or They're Real- one was too subtle, the other I could never get off. So I was a rather happy bunny when this month Benefit answered my mascara prayers and brought out a lash solution I love, the fabulous Roller Lash. First off, the packaging and marketing is on point and I very much enjoy the roller inspired lid brightening up my make up bag. Secondly, this stuff just does what it says on the tube- gives your lashes amazing curl that holds without fiddly tools I've never had the time for. This is thanks to the unique brush design which is arched and features little hooks at the end of each bristle that literally 'hook & roll' each lash. Having not ever bothered with eyelash curlers before, I'd never really considered the benefits of having lifted lashes, but it really opens the eyes, making me look far more awake. Hooray for perky peepers! Roller Lash also brings it in the volume department, giving me the thickness and fullness I love whilst still offering nice separation. My only niggle is that it could be more lengthening, but this does make it a great everyday mascara which isn't going to give you night out spider eyes. Perhaps for this reason it also rarely transfers beneath my eye brows, which really makes my day every time the 3pm make up check comes around.
There are actually very few mascaras currently residing on my must have list, but this has already made it on there and I'd highly recommend popping it on yours too.
Have you given Roller Lash a go?
Such a pretty post! I had a sample of this mascara and I love it!
This was very helpful. I always walk by this mascara but never took the opportunity to buy it!


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Q: Show all the paragraphs I'm creating a simple chat in go. But I'm struggling with the CSS.
It should show all the messages. But when it reaches the bottom of the message screen. It doesn't show all the messages
Like this

I put the html, css and javascript together because I just need a simple screen for testing. But it should bring all the messages.
This is the code:
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    <title>CodeChallenge</title>

        <form onsubmit="app.doSendMessage(); return false;">

                Hello . Say something:

            <input class="input-message" type="text" placeholder="Enter message">
            <button type="submit">Send</button>
        </form>

A: add a padding-bottom to your container. Its being covered.


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In this last part of the year and for the first months of next year, Rome celebrates 3 great artists with dedicated exhibitions. The spotlight is on Klimt, Caravaggio and Salgado.
Klimt. The Secession and Italy "at Palazzo Braschi
Gold and the innovative use of color, landscapes idealized in shapes and colors, and then the undisputed queens of his inspiration, bewitching, seductive, languid women, protagonists of some absolute masterpieces, such as the iconic Judith I ( 1901), The bride (1917-18), painted in the last creative phase, and the famous Portrait of a Lady (1916-17), stolen in 1997 and then found in 2019. It is an immersion in the artistic heritage of one of the best known and most loved painters in the world the great exhibition "Klimt. The Secession and Italy", scheduled at Palazzo Braschi until 27 March 2022, which marks the return of the Austrian artist to our country and to Rome, and retraces in 200 works (including 49 by Klimt) the painter's entire career, with the dual aim of underlining his role as co-founder of the Viennese Secession but also to investigate the close relationship he had with Italy.
At Palazzo Barberini the exhibition Caravaggio and Artemisia: Giuditta's challenge
"Caravaggio and Artemisia: Judith's challenge. Violence and seduction in painting between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries" is the exhibition scheduled at Palazzo Barberini until March 27, 2022. Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the rediscovery of Caravaggio's painting "Judith who decapitates Holofernes" , created in Rome at the beginning of the seventeenth century and housed in Palazzo Barberini, the exhibition presents 31 paintings in four sections – almost all large-format – from important national and international institutions. The exhibition plays on the dramatic power of the encounter between the two famous artists: the violent and sensual vision that has returned to the biblical myth of Giuditta Caravaggio in a painting that has entered the collective imagination for its disruptive force, alongside the all-female interpretation of that same theme offered by a tenacious, courageous and passionate artist like Artemisia Gentileschi. The exhibition develops around the famous Caravaggesque canvas "Judith who decapitates Holofernes" to investigate its fortune and the ability to represent a breaking point in the history of painting precisely for its revolutionary composition, which has become a model to which many artists have inspired.
Until 13 February 2022 Sebastião Salgado is the protagonist at Maxxi with the exhibition "Amazônia", curated by Lélia Wanick Salgado: through over 200 images, accompanied by the soundscape created by Jean-Michel Jarre, the path allows the visitor to confront himself with the fragile and fascinating Amazonian ecosystem, revealing how the forest has suffered almost no damage in the protected areas where Indian communities live.
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Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis
The coronavirus has killed at least 4,574,225 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to an AFP compilation of official data.
Minister of Home Affairs, Aaron Motsoaledi speaks to Lucretia Debeila during the rollout of vaccines for Home Affairs personnel at the vaccine centre at the Kempton Park Civic Centre, 28 July 2021. Picture: Neil McCartney
Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis:
– Africa Covid deaths top 200,000 –
More than 200,000 people have died from Covid-19 in Africa since the start of the pandemic, according to an AFP tally compiled from official records.
A total of 200,254 fatalities have been registered in Africa, home to more than 1.3 billion people, since the virus emerged in China in December 2019.
– US Delta fightback plan –
US President Joe Biden will make a speech on Thursday outlining plans to combat the highly transmissible Delta variant as schools reopen amid a spike in infections.
The "six-pronged strategy" will involve both the public and private sectors and aim to boost vaccinations, a White House official said.
– Sweden to lift Covid curbs –
Sweden will remove virtually all coronavirus restrictions on September 29, the government says. But social distancing will still be encouraged in public places.
– Lockdown reimposed in Manila-
The Philippines reimposes a virus lockdown in the capital Manila, a day after announcing the lifting of stay-at-home orders for more than 13 million people.
– US judge bins unproven treatment –
A judge in the US state of Ohio rules a hospital cannot be forced to administer an unproven treatment involving the antiparasitic drug ivermectin to a patient with Covid-19, reversing the ruling of another court.
– UK boost for health sector –
The UK government announces £5.4 billion (6.3 billion euros, $7.5 billion) in extra funding for the state-funded healthcare system to treat virus cases and clear a massive backlog in routine operations.
– New Caledonia lockdown –
New Caledonia imposes a fresh lockdown after three new cases are confirmed in the South Pacific French territory that had been declared "Covid free".
– Rally of Japan called off –
The organisers of the World Rally championship event in Japan, which was due to take place in mid-November, cancel the race because of the pandemic.
– Spreader jailed –
A Vietnamese man is sentenced to five years in jail for spreading the virus after he breached a 21-day home quarantine rule, travelling from Covid hotspot Ho Chi Minh City to his home province.
– More than 4.5 million dead –
The United States is the worst-affected country with 649,426 deaths, followed by Brazil with 583,810, India with 441,042, Mexico 263,470 and Peru 198,523.
Based on latest reports, the countries with the most new deaths were the US with 959, followed by Russia with 795 and Iran with 635.


thy truth's paths I have trode.
where doth thine honour dwell.
th' Eternal I will bless.
Here, (1.) David solemnly appeals to God  concerning his integrity; his constant regard to him and his grace; his regular attendance upon instituted ordinances: and his fixed aversion to sin and sinners, ver. 1-8. (2.) He deprecates from himself, the condemnation of the wicked, and his being shut up in society with them, ver. 9-10. (3.) Depending on the mercy of God, he resolves to hold fast his integrity, and maintain his confident hopes of eternal life, ver. 11-12.
While I sing, let the perfect God-man come into my mind. Let me wash myself in his blood, and so compass God's altar with songs of praise for his favours. Making Jesus' example my pattern, let his ordinances be my pleasure, and his people my sole intimates and familiars on earth.


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Indiana Republicans Just Voted to Raise Your Taxes | John Pickerill
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In case you missed it last week, the Republican-dominated House of Representatives here in the Hoosier state just voted to raise your taxes. On February 16, House Bill 1002 was passed 61-36 to hike gas and diesel prices on Hoosiers by $0.10 per gallon and adds another $15 a year to the cost of registering your vehicle. And those environmentally-conscious drivers who paid extra for an electric car, you get to pay extra again, a $150 extra for registration (government always finds a way to extract its pound of flesh from the taxpayer). HB1002 also gives the governor the power to add tolls to highways.
Former Montgomery County Republican Party Chairman Ran for Indiana house District 41 as a Libertarian in 2016. John continues to be a valued member of the Libertarian Party of Indiana.
The winners of this deal are road construction corporations like Milestone and Rieth-Riley who gave generous campaign finance contributions to the Build Indiana PAC, who in turn donated to influential lawmakers in the House (Brian Bosma and his HRCC, Tim Brown, Ed Soliday). In exchange, Milestone, Rieth-Riley, and the other companies are one step closer to a juicy piece of the $1.2 billion in additional road funding.
The losers are the taxpayers, who will be forced to hand over the $1.2 billion. Lawmakers love to fall back on the excuse that it's government's job to "be responsive to the needs of the people." But they've forgotten that American wasn't supposed to be a socialist society, it is supposed to be a free society. In a free society, it is the role of the free market to be responsive to the needs of the people. Specifically, it's the entrepreneur whose mission it is to figure out what service or product other people need to best improve their quality of life. The role of government is to merely secure the inalienable rights of the people so they can live free, nothing more.
It used to be Republicans would at least pretend to believe that. But on Thursday all 61 votes to raise your taxes came from Republicans, despite the fact that 19 of them made a formal pledge, "… to the taxpayers of the State of Indiana that I will oppose and vote against any and all efforts to increase taxes." These 19 include Tim Brown and Sharon Negele, along with Lehe, Huston, Torr, Baird, Heaton, Culver, Cherry, Ziemke, Burton, Ellington, Washburne, Lucas, Davisson, Carbaugh, Ober, Behning, and Frizzell. Yes, it's time to name names.
Republican lawmakers are now tap-dancing, making statements like, "No, no, no! Just think of my yes-vote as a 'procedural vote.' Maybe the Senate will fix our mistake." Some others are saying, "But I had to vote yes. The roads are falling apart!" But maybe the reason the roads are falling apart is because of all the hundreds of millions of dollars lawmakers diverted from the Road Fund and into their general fund over the years. And now, when the roads do fall apart, they claim it's all the taxpayers' fault for not giving them enough money for roads. No, Mr. Lawmaker, it's your fault for stealing from the Road Fund to balance your budget, instead of lowering spending to do so.
But instead of listening, Republicans like Ed Soliday just thumb their noses at their conservative and libertarian base, even saying that they don't need them to get re-elected. We'll see about that. And yes, Mr. Soliday, we know you got $500,000 from HRCC to get re-elected in 2016. By the way, seven of the no-votes on HB1002 were from the few Republican lawmakers that put principle before party (Nisly, Judy, Morris, VanNatter, Clere, Wesco, Borders). They're now enjoying hero status with fiscal conservatives.
Shortly after my article titled "Republicans just voted to raise your taxes" was published I was contacted by one of Rep. Sharon Negele's staff members. In my article I had stated that Rep. Negele was one of 19 Republican lawmakers who had voted yes on HB1002 to raise our gas tax and vehicle registration fees despite having signed a tax pledge stating they would oppose any and all efforts to raise taxes. Rep. Negele's staff member informed me that she had been invited by the organization Americans for Tax Reform to sign this pledge but never did so. I informed her that the Americans for Tax Reform website does presently list "Indiana State Representative District 13 Sharon Negele" as having signed it, and that she might want to contact ATR to correct their records.
Bottom line: Although Rep. Sharon Negele did vote yes on HB1002 to raise the gas tax, she did not break the ATR pledge by doing so and should not be listed with the 18 Republican state representatives who did.
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Italy' house speaker visits Cairo to meet Al-Sisi, Abdel Aal on bolstering cooperation - Daily News Egypt
Egypt Italy' house speaker visits Cairo to meet Al-Sisi, Abdel Aal on bolstering cooperation
Italy' house speaker visits Cairo to meet Al-Sisi, Abdel Aal on bolstering cooperation
Rome considered important trade partner for Egypt, with significant investments, especially, in oil, gas
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Italy's Chamber of Deputies Speaker Roberto Fico has arrived in Cairo to meet with President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal in a two-day visit.
Abdel Aal on Sunday addressed with Fico bilateral cooperation and issues of common interest with the participation of top Egyptian officials and parliament members.
Fico who was elected speaker of the lower house last March following Italy's general elections, will meet Al-Sisi on Monday.
Italy is an important trade partner for Egypt with significant investments, especially, in fields of gas and oil. Two countries trade exchange estimated $3.333bn, including $1.433bn in imports and $1.899bn in exports according to the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) recent report last month.
Furthermore, Egypt is currently engaged in international energy cooperation, such as the Italian oil and gas company Eni, which operates in the country since 1954 and Britain's BP.
Fico's visit came nearly a month after Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Enzo Moavero Milanesi visited Egypt. During which, Milanesi praised Egypt efforts in confronting illegal immigration, and its "excellent cooperation" regarding investigations into Cambridge student Giulio Regeni's murder in 2016.
Since Regeni's death, the Italian-Egyptian relations have been clouded. However, the diplomatic standoff came to a relative end when Italy announced the return of its ambassador, Giampaolo Cantini, to Cairo after recalling him last year amid frustration over "the lack of cooperation in its investigations in Cambridge student death."
On another hand, Italy seeks to tackle its long-time headache of migrants crossing the Mediterranean from Libya to southern Italy, as it recently called for setting up migrant centres on the external borders of southern Libya.
Meanwhile, a European proposal recently suggested establishing refugee centres in countries of the Middle East, which Egypt declined.
Topics: Italy's Chamber of Deputies Speaker Roberto Fico Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi
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Since 2007 the Wairarapa District Health Board (Wairarapa DHB) and Wairarapa Community Primary Health Organisation (Wairarapa Community PHO) have been working with primary care practice staff to support them to achieve the routine implementation of the ABC approach. An investment in training, consultation support and resources has helped to promote a culture of smokefree practice that has driven positive outcomes for staff and patients alike.
To identify the strategies and factors that have helped to drive this culture of practice, interviews were held with key staff: the Wairarapa DHB's Smokefree Coordinator, the Wairarapa Community PHO's Health Promoter, four practice nurses and two general practitioners (GPs). The results of the interviews are discussed (attached).


The AK-47, officially known as the Avtomat Kalashnikova (Russian: Автома́т Кала́шникова, tr. Avtomát Kaláshnikova, lit.
Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (Persian: ابو الفتح جلال الدين محمد اكبر; October 1542– 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar I (IPA: [əkbər]), also as Akbar the Great (Akbar-i-azam اکبر اعظم), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in India.
Akihito (明仁, Japanese: [akiçito]; English pronunciation ; born 23 December 1933) is the current Emperor of Japan.
The AKM (Russian: модернизи́рованный Автома́т Кала́шникова, tr. modernizírovanny Avtomát Kaláshnikova, lit.
The Akkadian Empire () was the first ancient empire of Mesopotamia, centered in the city of Akkad and its surrounding region, which the Bible also called Akkad.


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Ferdinand Anton Langguth Oliviera (Paramaribo, 13 november 1900 – Heelsum, 16 mei 1993) was een Surinaams landbouwkundige en politicus.

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Hij studeerde in Nederland aan de Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen waar hij op 23 september 1923 slaagde voor het ingenieursexamen koloniale bosbouw. Later ging hij met zijn gezin naar Nederlands-Indië waar ir. Langguth Oliviera adviseur was van de regering met betrekking tot rubber. Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog werd hij samen met zijn vrouw en 2 kinderen opgesloten in het jappenkamp Kramat.

Na de oorlog werd hij naar Suriname gezonden door de Stichting ter bevordering van de Machinale Landbouw in Suriname (SML). In Suriname hield hij zich bezig met het ontwerp van het Lelydorpplan waarover hij in 1950 samen met Rudie van Lier het boekje schreef Lelydorpplan. Het plan kreeg geld uit het Welvaartsfonds Suriname dat in 1947 was ingesteld door de Nederlandse regering voor de ontwikkeling van Suriname. Het doel van het plan was te onderzoeken of het mogelijk was relatief onvruchtbare gebieden te kunnen gebruiken voor landbouwdoeleinden. Voor de uitvoering van dit experimentele landbouwproject bij Lelydorp en een soortgelijk project bij Slootwijk werd de SML ingeschakeld.

Van 1951 tot 1955 was hij landsminister van Landbouw, Veeteelt en Visserij tijdens de kabinetten Drielsma/Buiskool en Alberga/Currie. In mei 1954 werd hij daarnaast landsminister van Openbare Werken en Verkeer. Eind december 1954 maakte hij bekend zijn functies te willen neerleggen in verband met twee kort daarvoor door de Staten van Suriname aangenomen amendementen ter aanpassing van de kiesdistricten. Die wijzigingen pakte behoorlijk ongunstig uit voor de Hindoestanen. Op verzoek bleef hij nog enkele weken langer aan en diende hij zijn ontslag pas begin 1955 in. Om diezelfde reden diende ook minister Julius Curiël van Economische Zaken in diezelfde periode zijn ontslag in.

Ferdinand Anton Langguth Oliviera overleed in 1993 op 92-jarige leeftijd.

Zie ook
 Landbouw in Suriname

Surinaams landbouwkundige
Surinaams minister (voor 1975)
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Q: Validating expression using preg_match Good day! I'm trying to create a program that accepts a Lambda expression from the user and what this program does is to check if it is a Valid Lambda expression.
example - user inputs (λa.abc)a -> then validates
my problem is that my knowledge of Regex function is very limited, I've been using preg_match to solve this but still not much of a progress. any help will be much appreciated.. Thanks :)
Well these are the rules of a valid λ-expression

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*a single variable = (single letter)

*function application = (λ-expression)(λ-expression)

*function abstraction = λ(variable).(λ-expression)

This is the code I did with preg_match
if(preg_match("/\((L([a-z])*.(([a-z])*)*)\)/", $getexpression, $match)):
print "Valid!";

does not really work that well

A: I must confess that I didn't get too much from your definition of the expressions, since you basically said "an expression is a variable, or a collection of variables".
I'd generally recommend avoiding using the word you're trying to define within the definition itself.
That said, from reading up on Wikipedia and the comments, I think I might have gotten to what could be construed as a working regular expression for this:
// Basic definition: Lambda + letter == variable.
$lVar = 'λ[a-z]';

// Complex definition: Variable, possibly followed by variables,
// and closed with a letter preceeded by a dot or whitespace.
$lExp = "({$lVar}(?:\\.{$lVar})*(?:[ .][a-z]+))";

// Complete definition:
//    1. Only single  expression.
//    2. Or a parameterized expression which may contain
//       the entire pattern recursively.
$lRegEx = "/^$lExp|\\($lExp(?R)\\)\\Z/u";

That being said, I'm not 100% sure this can be tested with a regular expression. At least not fully. This seems to be the sort of thing that you need to write/use a tokenizer for.