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THE BOOK OF GENIUS BY HAROUT GHUKASSIAN
A novel / Edge / 2019 / 384 pages
Arratians are the offsprings of beings that descended from the constellation Orion. Thousands of years ago, Orionites had arrived to Earth and established the town of Arrata. Their main goal being to hide the Book of Genius in a peaceful place led to ruthless wars waged throughout the universe. The Book of Genius has existed since prehistoric and was a result of the universe's collective wisdom, while forms of existence wandered in cosmic energies. Also, a Genius has always maintained and taken care of the book. But as the story begins the Book has been laying dormant for a long time, and only the Genius of the Book is destined to save the Universe from the Great Catastrophe and to make the book speak again.
Zakura, Lord of the Universal Black Britherhood order, fought with the Orionets to acquire the book once and for all. The Orionets were victorious and locked Zakura in a vacuum where neither time nor location existed. Yet, the rumor that some of the Zakura's order were still working to claim the book and free Zakura. Kazamos, a powerful magician, is one of those faithful.
He would visit Arrata once every one-hundred years and, for reasons unknown, abduct each and every nineteen-year-old boy, the compensation Arratians paid to live in a near utopia. This was the deal struck between the Orionites and Kazamos. The boys would never be heard of again. Whenever someone would confront or cheat Kazamos, he'd retaliate by destroying their homes and murdering their family. No one could escape him.
The novel begins with Kob Berd, who will soon turn nineteen, on his way to a celebration in the town square. His mother died giving childbirth to him, and so Kob lives with his father and grandfather. Kob attended the school of magicians as a child because his family are traditionally magicians. Yet, he decided to drop of school and pick up a hammer to help construct temples, his family's practice.
When Kob returns home early in the morning, he accidentally overhears a conversation between his father and grandfather, who is sick and feels his end is close. His grandfather also reveals the secret that Kazamos will come soon to Arrata for the boys, and Kob will be one of them. After the grandfather passes, the father tries to hide Kob by taking him to the mountains. Kob, unexpectedly, feels his own magic emerging which conveys that he, unfortunately, cannot be saved and that his father as well as his brother's family will be endangered if he tries to run.
Kob chooses to leave his father in the mountains and secretly returns to Arrata to face his destiny. Without explaining a thing, he breaks up with Sena before she learns she's carrying his unborn child. When Kazamos arrives to Arrata, about twenty boys and their families are gathered in the town square.
Kazamos abducts the boys and destroys some of the town by fire. Lima, the speaker for the Board of Immortals, witnesses the atrocity and decides to inform the father, who in response summons the other two members for an impromptu meeting. During this conversation, it is revealed that the Book of Genius, which at this point seems to be a myth to the people of Arrata, actually exists. The book has been kept underground for many centuries.
The last time it surfaced, the Black Adepts, allies of the Black Brotherhood Order, fought to take it, and did succeed. However, since the book's alluring power of being able to see the future lay dormant, the Black Adepts left the book in Arrata. Since then, the Board of Immortals and the Orionites have hidden it because of their concern for Kazamos' and the Black Adepts' intentions to return for it and use it for evil rather than good. The father is suspicious and afraid that Kazamos' centurial visits could lead to freeing nefarious Zakura as well as a way to get their hands on the Book.
The Board of Immortals decides to arrange a meeting between the Father and Kazamos at the Crossroad of the Times. Kazamos delivers a warning that a great war is near, predicts Arrata's complete destruction, and that the Black Brotherhood will cease the book.
In the meantime, Kob wakes up in a cave, where he battles a dragon that just killed several contending young to be the chosen one. Kob is the lone survivor and who manages to escape the dragon. He leaves the cave and encounters Emza, a bat woman, who tells him that he's the chosen. They spend several months talking where she mentors him about life and universal wisdom, as well as about the Book of Genius' powers. She enlightens him that the Boards of Immortals has deliberately kept the book away from other creatures of the universe.
Immediately following the meeting with the Father, Kazamos visits the land of the Gundus, who live beneath the earth. They are one meter tall, hugely headed with one eye on the forehead, are small nosed but with big mouths and sharp fangs sticking out of their lips. Their arms are ape-like, incomparably longer than their legs, which gives them an advantage on the battlefield. The Gundus' army stands devoted to Kazamos. Zakura is kept in the underworld of the Gundus, locked inside a crystal ball. As Zakura can communicate with Kazamos from his prison cell, he requests that he bring the Book of Genius along with a new Genius, who will soon be found by the Chosen one.
Kazamos meets Koeb and shares with him the story of how the Orionites came to capture the book and have it remain in Arrata. The Book was created to belong to each civilization in the universe. For a period of time, they would have a chance to develop and become connected to the universe's wisdom. However, when the Orionites captured it, the book became dormant, which led to every creature in losing their connection, and many of these civilizations ended up regressing. This story changes Koeb's mind about the Board of Immortals. He now holds them in contempt for endangering the safety of the Arratians. Kazamos explains to him that the book's process to obliterate the universe has now started and only the new Genius of the book can stop it. It is now up to the Chosen to locate the Genius, who it has been said was born in Arrata. When the Genius is found, Zakura will invade his mind to stop the book from carrying out the process of destroying the universe.
Kob becomes trapped in a maze, his next obstacle to overcome. He finds his way out and reaches Emza. Kob discusses his conversation with Kazamos. Nothing is purely good nor purely evil, as good intentions can result in malicious acts.
At the same time, both Sena and Saga, Koeb's sister in law, give birth to boys. Immediately after, Saga receives a vision that urges her to switch her baby for Sena's without her knowing.
Koeb and Emza hit the road to the Bridge of Time. While on their way, they become terrified when they see a colossal army of Gunduns marching towards Arrata.
The Father heads north to search for recruits, and during his journey the Orionites conjure up a wind to direct the Father to where they live, Hidden City. It seems the Orionites haven't left Arrata, as others expected of them, but rather stayed to guard the book. Armagis, the Orionites' leader, informs the Father that the book doesn't care whether the Dark or the Light possesses it; both the Dark and the Light were born by Universal Wisdom. However, the last time the Genius of the Book was born, the book became a slave to his wishes.
It is revealed at this time that Kazamos was the last Genius. Zakura/Zakour used Kazamos to rule the book as well as the world by using its powers. For this reason the Orionites hid it and threw Zakura in prison. Now Zakura's plan is to find the coming Genius and take control of his mind to use the book once again.
In Dead Valley, Kazamos is also forming an army with Zakura's allies: Centaurs, Snakes, Two-Headed Giants, Black Adepts.
Koeb needs to cross the Bridge of Time to become an immortal. Once he reaches the other side of the bridge, all his connections with his own humanity will be cut off, and he will gain the ability to transform his looks to resemble any living being. He will also be able to easily reach Arrata and find the Genius. This is when Emza advises Koeb to make his own decision based on her teachings and his instincts. Koeb goes into the Pyramid of Time and becomes immortal. He then reemerges as Kazamos and heads for Arrata. Emza tells him to kill her, as there is an old tradition where the newly trained warriors kill their teacher upon the completion of training, which transfers the teacher's wisdom to the pupil. Even though Koeb is now immortal, he still feels human and has sympathy for his teacher, making him not want to murder her. Nevertheless, he kills her.
As Arrata's preparing for the battle, the Grifon and Orionite armies arrive to the city at night. The Father has gathered all of his allies for a meeting to discuss battle strategies. During the meeting, they receive a message from Kazamos to release the book without a fight so that Arrata doesn't suffer severe destruction, but nobody agrees on Kazamos' proposal. This battle will be decisive in either the survival or end of the universe – that's what they decide.
Koeb, in the form of Kazamos, makes his way to Arrata to find the Genius. His instincts bring him to his brother's house where Saga and Sena are with their newborns. He sits on the roof, waiting for a new revelation to show him the reason he's there. Soon enough, he feels that he's been brought there because of the newborns.
Kama, a creature with a cat-like face and woman's body, arrives to Arrata. She the only one left alive from the Armhazds, creatures created by Sacred Fire when Light and Dark hadn't yet divided, are the only creatures to fully comprehend the Book of Genius – it is said. She meets the Father and discloses that another Book of Genius exists and that Zakura possesses it and intends to use it for evil purposes. Zakur has engineered a plan for the Book of Genius to swallow the other Book of Genius. If he gets Genius under his command, he'll become the sole guardian of the Book.
After meeting the Father, Kama goes to see Koeb on the roof of his brother's house and tries to convince him not to obey Kazamos. She encourages him to act independently where he could play a decisive role in saving the universe. Koeb doesn't know who to believe.
In the early morning Sena convinces Saga to run away the children to hide in a safe place while Arrata is at war. Koeb follows as they do that.
In the recent days the sky is darkening, thunderstorms are numerous, and heavy clouds are striking lightning onto the earth. The countdown to the Genius eightieth birthday, when it is predicted that the Book of Genius will destroy the universe.
Before the battle's commencement, as the armies are taking their positions in and around Arrata and its mountains and caves, Kazamos brings Aspram a hostage and tells him about the second book, as well as the nearing end of days. Kazamos thinks Aspram should convince the Arratians to give away the Book of Genius without a fight, which would spare Arrata from destruction and prevent the end of the universe. Only then Kazamos would allow Aspram to return to Arrata. Aspram is angry and blames the Orionites for holding the book secret from Arratians until now, when everything is going to be demolished. The Orionaties and Griffons are now against the Arratians, who prefer the universe be destroyed rather than to allow the book into Zakura's hands. The clashes begin, and shortly after the Father takes the book out of the Cathedral of Board of Immortals. As the Father is handling the book, he becomes weak, for the book has sucked most of life out of him. The Father demands the book be taken out of Arrata, but the Orionites don't want to give in. The Father is killed, but before his last breath he reveals an important wisdom tied to the universe's survival, "The base for everything is the sacred right of choice. The people, the Arratians, don't want to die for the book; and no one should force them into it. The book itself has made it own choice, and we shouldn't go against it." Aspram takes the book and demands the Orionites to leave Arrata.
Kazamos stabs Aspram, takes the book, and orders Snakes to destory Arrata. Kazamos and his allies bring the book to Nao-Gun, where they plan to have Koeb to be with the Genius. Yet, Koeb has already entered the cave where Zakura is locked inside. When the book and the newborns are beside the crystal ball, Kazamos takes out the second book and uses it to appear like a ten-year-old boy. He has no hair, smaller facial features, and his eyes are lit like fireballs.
Zakura penetrates into the newborns' subconscious to find out which one is the new Genius so that Zakura can get control of the book. He checks both of them then announces the Genius is neither of the newborns but Koeb himself. After the trainings of Emza and crossing the Bridge of Time, Koeb, the new Genius, needed to maintain his humanity, so the book created the myth that the Genius was one of the newborns, which distracted Kazamos and helped Koeb to remain in human feelings.
Koeb takes control over the Book and now everyone has to accept this new reality and submit to the new Genius. Everyone returns to their daily life, before war and when everyone could use the Wisdom of the Universe.
Koeb announces that Zakura and his armies will be released from prison and sent to a faroff planet. All other creatures that suffered will receive a share of the book and get back the wisdom of their ancestors.
The Book will remain on Earth, in Arrata, all those from other planets will leave, and the book's wisdom will be available for all creatures, always.
Koeb marries Sena and becomes a strong protector of the book. Nearby Arrata he builds a town where the book is kept and available for all civilizations from all planets. There is peace again in the Universe, and the preliminary cycle of the Book of Genius and its Genius recommences.
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Metroid: Samus Returns
MercurySteam
Jose Luis Márquez
Takehiko Hosokawa
Yoshio Sakamoto
Jacobo Luengo
Aleix Garrido Oberink
Programmer(s)
Fernando Zazo
Enrique Jesús García Amezcua
Rafael Jimenez Rodriguez
Daisuke Matsuoka
Metroid: Samus Returns is an action-adventure game developed by Nintendo EPD and MercurySteam, and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS in 2017. The game is a remake of the 1991 Game Boy game Metroid II: Return of Samus. Players control bounty hunter Samus Aran, who is sent by the Galactic Federation to exterminate the parasitic Metroids on their home planet.
The story and structure are similar to the original Metroid II, but the game features improved controls, enhanced visuals and introduces gameplay features and abilities new to 2D Metroid games, such as a melee counterattack and the ability to fire freely at any angle. Development began in 2015, produced by longtime Metroid developer Yoshio Sakamoto. The game received positive reviews for its visuals and improved gameplay over the original game.
Gameplay[edit]
The player controls Samus Aran from a side-scrolling perspective on the 3DS top screen, and sees the HUD and map on the bottom screen.
Metroid: Samus Returns is a side-scrolling action-adventure game played on a two-dimensional plane with three-dimensional graphics.[1][2] Players take control of series protagonist Samus Aran, a bounty hunter who explores labyrinthine environments, kills hostile aliens, and collects power-ups to gain access to new areas.[2][3] Samus Returns is a remake of the 1991 Game Boy game Metroid II: Return of Samus;[4] as such, it features a story and structure similar to the original game, but with new controls, visuals, and gameplay.[2][3][5]
The game introduces some features that are new to the 2D Metroid games.[5] Samus can perform a melee counterattack to deal critical damage on foes. In Metroid II, her firing direction was limited to specific angles, whereas now she is capable of firing freely at any angle.[3] Samus also has a selection of new powers, called Aeion abilities, that rely on an energy gauge for their usage. One example of an Aeion ability is the Scan Pulse, which lets Samus scan the surrounding environment for hidden pathways and items. The game also features Teleport Stations, allowing Samus to fast travel between areas.[6] Several abilities introduced after Metroid II are implemented in Samus Returns, such as the Grapple Beam, Power Bombs, and Super Missiles.[7]
Samus Returns features Amiibo support,[3] with compatible figurines being based on the Metroid series. When scanned, players can unlock reserve tanks and a Metroid Marker which can be used to locate nearby Metroids. After the player finishes the game at least once, certain Amiibo-exclusive content is unlocked; such content includes a new Fusion Mode, which features Samus's Fusion Suit and offers an increased level of difficulty, and multiple art galleries.[8] A standard hard mode is also unlocked upon completing the game, but it does not require an Amiibo figurine.[7][9]
Metroid story chronology
Metroid (Zero Mission)
Prime: Hunters
Prime 2: Echoes
Prime 3: Corruption
Prime: Federation Force
Return of Samus (Samus Returns)
Other M
See also: Plot of Metroid II: Return of Samus
In the year 20X5, a lone bounty hunter named Samus Aran is sent by the Galactic Federation to infiltrate the Space Pirate base on the planet Zebes, where she foils the Pirates' plans to use the parasitic organisms called Metroids and defeats the Pirate leader, the Mother Brain. Seeing the threat posed by the Metroids, the Federation sends a special squadron of elite soldiers to the Metroids' home planet of SR388 to investigate, but the squadron soon goes missing. After retrieving a small sampling of data confirming a Metroid presence within the planet, the Federation sends Samus to SR388 to destroy the species.[10]
Samus lands on the surface of SR388 and explores the planet, travelling through its caverns. She encounters the Metroids in different evolution stages, growing from small jellyfish-like creatures to large reptilian beasts. After killing most of the planet's Metroids, Samus finds and destroys the Queen Metroid.[11] Shortly afterward, Samus discovers a Metroid egg that hatches in front of her. The Metroid hatchling imprints onto Samus, thinking she is its mother. Refusing to kill the infant Metroid, Samus decides to take it with her.[12] As Samus and the infant Metroid reach the planet's surface to return to her gunship, they are attacked by a half-mechanical Ridley.[13] After a long battle, Ridley is defeated, and Samus and the Metroid leave the planet together in her gunship.[14] In a post-credits scene, a Hornoad is seen wandering on the planet's surface, gnawing at Ridley's discarded mechanical claw, before being attacked by an X parasite.[15]
Based on the item completion rating, players may unlock a series of images, depicting the history of the Chozo race inhabited SR388. After landing on the planet, the Chozo encountered the X parasites, which use the planet's creatures as hosts. To this end, the Chozo created the Metroids using their advanced technology to combat the X parasites. Although the Chozo lived in peace when the X parasites were gone, the Metroids grew out of control and the civilisation came under threat. A discussion was held between two Chozo leaders; the final image reveals one leader seemingly killed the other, standing over its body while overlooking its army.[16]
Development[edit]
Yoshio Sakamoto of Nintendo EPD served as the game's lead producer
Metroid: Samus Returns was developed by the Spanish studio MercurySteam in collaboration with Nintendo EPD.[17][2] Yoshio Sakamoto, senior officer of Nintendo's Entertainment Planning & Development division, was the game's producer,[5][18] while Takehiko Hosokawa of the same division was the director, along with Jose Luis Márquez of MercurySteam.[19] MercurySteam head Enric Álvarez described their collaboration with Nintendo as an "incredible" achievement,[20] and Sakamoto in return stated that the studio was the best choice for a Metroidvania game given their "good design sensibility" and respect for the Metroid series.[21]
Sakamoto had expressed interest in making a new 2D Metroid game, which had not been done since Metroid: Zero Mission (2004), for a few years before the game's development started in 2015.[22] After hearing that MercurySteam, responsible for the following their involvement with Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate (2013), were interested in taking on the challenge of remaking a Metroid game, he visited their studio to organise a collaboration. MercurySteam specifically pitched Nintendo a remake of Metroid Fusion (2002), but Sakamoto instead wanted to recreate Metroid II. Although Sakamoto had never worked on the original Game Boy game, he believed it to be an important entry in the Metroid series, particularly regarding its plot point of Samus encountering the last Metroid, and so he was enthusiastic about remaking it. The Nintendo 3DS was Sakamoto's platform of choice to employ the 3D visuals and a dual screen setup offered by the portable system.[21]
Sakamoto noted that the potential for 2D games in the Metroid franchise had opened up for Nintendo following the announcement of the game.[6][5] He expressed that he was keen to evolve some of the traditions in 2D Metroid games.[5] As a remake, he wanted to preserve some of the originality and to avoid changing things without good reason. Their approach was to add to aspects which improved upon the game's core concept of hunting the Metroids.[2] Sakamoto hope to start from the original game's "simple and straightforward progression" and "spice up and excite the experience", offering new gameplay features and areas to explore such as the Aeion abilities.[22] These ideas led to some control enhancements, such as the addition of free aiming for more precise firing.[5] The idea of a melee counterattack came from MercurySteam, who had implemented a similar parry mechanic in their Castlevania game.[17] Sakamoto felt that the inclusion of the melee counterattack offered players an alternative combat style, in contrast to previous games where players had to rely on dodging charge attacks from enemies and then defeating them from afar.[5]
The team moved from the pixel art of 2D Metroid games to 3D models to incorporate varied animations and use different camera angles to enhance the cutscenes.[17] The music was composed by Daisuke Matsuoka and directed by Kenji Yamamoto,[19] who had co-composed the music for the 1994 game Super Metroid.[6]
The project was revealed on 13 June 2017 during Nintendo's Treehouse livestream at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2017.[3] It was released for the Nintendo 3DS handheld game console on 15 September 2017.[1] A special edition version of the game includes a reversible cover and a soundtrack CD called Samus Archives, featuring 25 tracks from numerous Metroid games including Samus Returns.[6] A European Legacy Edition version also includes a soundtrack CD, alongside a 40-page art book, a Morph Ball keyring, an S-marked pin badge, a download code for Metroid II, and a steelbook designed in the likeness of a Game Boy cartridge.[23] Two Amiibo figurines were released alongside the game;[3] one figurine is of Samus kneeling in the pose shown on the cover art of Metroid II, while the other is of a Metroid creature that has escaped containment.[24] A special "Samus Edition" of the New Nintendo 3DS XL console was also released alongside the game.[25]
Aggregate score
Metacritic 85/100[26]
Destructoid 8/10[27]
Famitsu 32/40[28]
Game Informer 9.75/10[29]
GameSpot 9/10[30]
IGN 8.5/10[31]
Nintendo Life 10/10[32]
Nintendo World Report 9.5/10[34]
Polygon 9/10[33]
USgamer [35]
Metroid: Samus Returns received "generally favorable reviews", according to review aggregator Metacritic.[26] Andrew Webster at The Verge viewed Samus Returns as a return to the series' roots.[36] Peter Brown of GameSpot believed that it represented a look at the potential future for 2D Metroid games.[30] Russ Frushtick of Polygon thought that the game's visuals were "remarkable",[33] while Webster thought that the game's 3D visuals made it easier and more playable than Metroid II. Webster also praised its use of the handheld's glasses-free 3D effect, stating that it added a "wonderful" sense of depth.[36] The game's soundtrack by Daisuke Matsuoka also received praise,[35] with Chris Carter of Destructoid calling the melodies "hauntingly beautiful".[27]
Chris Scullion at Nintendo Life wrote that the "Scan Pulse" ability was a useful feature and made the game "far more entertaining" as a result,[32] although Brown felt that it removed some of the thrill of discovery.[30] Webster called the game's combat "fast and fluid",[36] while Brown wrote that it was more aggressive and satisfying than expected.[30] Conversely, Martin Robinson of Eurogamer criticised the effect of the counterattack system, writing that it led "to a staccato rhythm to the action as you're constantly stopped in your tracks for such one-note encounters".[37] IGN's Samuel Claiborn complained about the controls, stating the Samus's complicated weapon options have players "working the 3DS shoulder buttons, slider, and face buttons in a downright painful way".[31]
During its first week in the United Kingdom, Samus Returns was ranked eighth in an all-format chart.[38] It was the third best-selling game in Japan in its debut week, with 30,855 copies sold.[39] An additional 6,206 copies were sold the following week.[40] It was also the eighth best-selling game in the United States during September 2017.[41]
Metroid: Samus Returns won the "Best Mobile Game" award at the Gamescom 2017 Awards.[42] It also won the Best Handheld Game category at The Game Awards 2017,[43] and was nominated for "Best Spanish Game" at the Titanium Awards.[44] At the 2017 Golden Joystick Awards, Nintendo EPD won Studio of the Year, while the game received a nomination for Nintendo Game of the Year.[45] Samus Returns won Destructoid's award for Best Portable Game of 2017.[46] It also won IGN's Best 3DS Game as part of their Best of 2017 Awards.[47] The 2017 Game Critics Awards awarded Samus Returns for Best Handheld Game.[48] GameSpot listed it as one of five best Nintendo 3DS games in 2017.[49] Game Informer gave it the award each for "Best Mobile/Handheld Exclusive" in their "Best of 2017 Awards", and for "Best Handheld" in their 2017 Action Game of the Year Awards.[50][51] In their Reader's Choice Best of 2017 Awards, the game came up at second place for "Best Mobile/Handheld Exclusive".[52] Polygon ranked the game 30th on their list of the 50 best games of 2017.[53] It also won the Tappan Zee Bridge Award for Best Remake at the New York Game Awards 2018,[54] and won "Handheld Game of the Year" at the 21st Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.[55][56] The game won the award for "Control Design, 2D or Limited 3D" at the 17th Annual National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards, whereas its other nomination was for "Original Light Mix Score, Franchise".[57][58]
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Lilás (Purple) is the sixth album of singer and songwriter Brazilian Djavan released in 1984.

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"Lilás" – 4:43
"Infinito" – 5:19
"Esquinas" – 5:31
"Transe" – 4:54
"Obi" – 4:44
"Miragem" – 3:54
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By Dan Friedman	 Dec 15, 2011
By the time I arrived at the line of parents waiting on West 120th Street to submit their children's applications to science camp the following July, Michael Nelson had been there for over 13 hours. It was 1 a.m. in late November, and he was only number seven on the list.
A motley crew of parents, nannies and hired hands were camping for the highly desirable Hollingworth Science Camp: first come, first served. By daybreak there were more than 60 of us along the side of Teachers College reading iPads or books, huddling under blankets or sleeping bags, watching movies on laptops or talking to friends, strangers and new-found colleagues.
Run by Columbia University's Teachers College, the five-week camp is for grades K-4. It has a great reputation, a reasonable (for Manhattan) price tag and, most importantly, priority registration for all future years AND for siblings. One successful application and your children are assured of priority applications until your youngest is out of 4th grade.
We clustered, sharing stories, comparing — with full knowledge of the irony — our own situation with those who had camped out at Zuccotti Park earlier in the month and chewing over the drama of the early evening.
Michael was only seventh on the list because he had arrived too early. The entryway guards had shown him upstairs to the hallway that we would, at 8 a.m. on Sunday, go to hand in our applications. The next 11 people who arrived had been ushered into a downstairs hallway where, eventually, they were joined by a young woman who had, apparently, been waiting outside.
A kerfuffle ensued as the woman's brother-in-law — the applying child's father — insisted that she be at the front. Of course, the first 20 to arrive would all be equally successful, but he continued to argue. In the end it made little difference apart from becoming our favorite sore-tooth topic of conversation while eating the cupcakes Michael's wife and daughter had brought him for the long, cold night.
We parents feared for our sanity, hired hands and nannies feared for theirs — could we really be subjecting ourselves to this Saturday night hardship willingly? While most were too excited and cold to sleep, Leon, who had answered an ad on Craigslist to wait on a New York street from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., was chill. A friendly surfer from the Caribbean, he worried very little as he slept, surfaced to chat, and then slept again until he was paid and relieved.
At about 2:30 a.m., a couple in their mid-20s walked by, seemingly returning from a night out.
"What are you all doing?" asked the young woman.
"Waiting for summer science camp," we replied, to her amazement. A few more questions just to check we weren't making fun of her, and then she and her boyfriend headed off into the night.
"Good luck to you," she said, "you're great parents." We hoped that she was right, and that we weren't just doomed neurotics.
Fifteen minutes later we were amazed when the couple returned.
"We figured you didn't want coffee to keep you up, but here's some hot chocolate." Thoughtfully they'd brought us an insulated beverage container full of hot water with all the cups, napkins, and sachets of hot chocolate mix we'd need. We didn't have the heart to tell them that we had no access to a bathroom for another three hours.
At 6 a.m. the school doors opened and we packed up our makeshift shanty-snake to enter in batches of five. A mother, possibly with a Columbia ID to finesse the internal electronic locks, tried to join us upstairs. Maybe we looked clueless after our night on the sidewalk, but we were a crew who had bonded overnight. "I was lining up outside too," she claimed, implausibly, as we pointed her out to the guard who took her downstairs.
Acceptable switches were made: parents for nannies, employers for Craigslisters and the sulky father re-took his disputed place at the front. A guard maintained a careful order during the lining up and consumption of a tasty breakfast provided by Hollingworth.
Still the parents rolled up. 50, 60, 70, 80. We heard about the return of the woman who had tried to sneak in but we couldn't see as the line sneaked round and round hallways.
Hollingworth handed out checklists. The application forms were not online — you had to write or go to pick them up personally. They required two teacher recommendations and a deposit check of $1,000 — not things that could be conjured up at 7:30 a.m. on a tired November Sunday morning.
At 8 a.m. we filed into the office with good humor and handed over envelopes creased through repeated re-checking, thanked the staff and left.
The sun shone down on an unseasonably warm Sunday morning. I shed layer after layer of clothing as I ran to play in my regular soccer game. The girls could behave nicely for my wife while I played. After all I'd done for them, it was the least they could do.


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This is a seriously cool feature and I'm glad it's ready to launch. The dashboard river, the real-time stream of the top five stories of All Site Stories, is now on the dashboard of the web app.

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After testing this feature for the past few weeks I now realize that I could not live without it. By having the latest stories always loaded and instantly ready to go, I leave NewsBlur open and just take a quick glance to see if the top of my list is interesting.

It also loads instantly, which means that if you see a story you want to read, clicking on it brings up the text without taking a single moment.

One big change that this necessitated was the handling of the Text view when reading by folders. Used to be that a folder got its own feed/text/story view and every feed had to stay with the same story view. But on iOS and Android it's different. Every feed gets to keep its own feed/text/story setting.

This is now how it works on the web. If you read on feed by its Text (extracted original text) view and another by its Feed view, then you are automatically switched between the two views. Quite a bit of logic had to accomodate scrolling (you don't automatically switch, since that would throw you from one scroll viewport into another) and switching between stories.

Enjoy the dashboard river. And if you look closely you might even see the next big feature that itself is about to launch soon.

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Parliament´s rapporteur, Mariya Gabriel (EPP, BG) said "adopting the visa waiver for Ukrainian citizens is an important step forward towards reforming Ukrainian society by bringing people together, building bridges across borders. We at the European Parliament are convinced that Ukrainian citizens now deserve the right to travel freely to the EU. The time has come for the Council to deliver results."
Before granting this visa waiver, EU member states revised the visa waiver suspension mechanism to allow visas to be reintroduced more easily in exceptional cases. This revision was approved on Monday by the Council. The legislation will be signed by Parliament's President Antonio Tajani and representatives of the Maltese Presidency of the Council on Wednesday 1 March and enter into force 20 days after it is published in the EU Official Journal.
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Convicted murderer, American political activist and journalist
Mumia Abu-Jamal (born April 24, 1954) is a former Black Panther activist, convicted murderer, and journalist on death row in the United States.
The state would rather give me an uzi than a microphone.
All Things Censored (2001, Seven Stories Press), p. 21
At the risk of quoting Mephistopheles I repeat: Welcome to hell. A hell erected and maintained by human-governments, and blessed by black robed judges. A hell that allows you to see your loved ones, but not to touch them. A hell situated in America's boondocks, hundreds of miles away from most families. A white, rural hell, where most of the captives are black and urban. It is an American way of death.
All Things Censored (2001, Seven Stories Press), pp. 55-56
Do you see law and order? There is nothing but disorder, and instead of law there is the illusion of security. It is an illusion because it is built on a long history of injustices: racism, criminality, and the genocide of millions. Many people say it is insane to resist the system, but actually, it is insane not to.
Death Blossoms (2004, South End Press; Cambridge MA), p. 11
The role of television is the illusion of company, noise. I call it the fifth wall and the second window: the window of illusion.
"I spend my days preparing for life, not for death" The Guardian, Laura Smith (2007-10-25)
I spend my days preparing for life, not preparing for death... They haven't stopped me from doing what I want every day. I believe in life, I believe in freedom, so my mind is not consumed with death. It's with love, life and those things. In many ways, on many days, only my body is here, because I am thinking about what's happening around the world.
Politics is the art of making the people believe that they are in power, when in fact, they have none.
"Is Obama's Victory Ours?" 06-05-08
The media, itself an arm of mega-corporate power, feeds the fear industry, so that people are primed like pumps to support wars on rumor, innuendo, legends, and lies.
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Once again, my family and I find ourselves being assaulted by the obscenity that is Mumia Abu-Jamal. On Sunday October 5th, my husband's killer will once again air his voice from what masquerades as a prison, and spew his thoughts and ideas at another college commencement. Mumia Abu-Jamal will be heard and honored as a victim and a hero by a pack of adolescent sycophants at Goddard College in Vermont. Despite the fact that 33 years ago, he loaded his gun with special high-velocity ammunition designed to kill in the most devastating fashion, then used that gun to rip my husband's freedom from him--today, Mumia Abu-Jamal will be lauded as a freedom fighter.
Undoubtedly the administrators at Goddard who first accepted, then enthusiastically supported Abu-Jamal as their speaker will be moved by his "important message" when, if one distills that message to its basic meaning, it amounts to nothing more than the same worn out hatred for this country and everyone in law enforcement that Mumia Abu-Jamal has harbored his entire life.
Many at Goddard College have said that this is a matter of Abu-Jamal's First Amendment right to speak and be heard. What a convenient way to dodge their responsibility to take a moral position on this situation. This is not a matter of First Amendment rights -- it's a matter of right and wrong. Across the country, people have been voicing their disgust with the wrong that the college is about to commit by allowing a convicted cop-killer to speak to them. Is this the message to be heard? How could they allow him to speak when Danny no longer has a voice?
It is my opinion that all murderers should forfeit their right to free speech when they take the life of an innocent person. I have repeatedly seen college administrators deny conservative and religious speakers access to their campuses when even the tiniest minority feel their message is in some way offensive. What could be more offensive than having a person who violently took the life of another imparting his "unique perspective" on your students?
Let's be honest. The instructors, administrators and graduates at Goddard College embrace having this killer as their commencement speaker not despite the fact that he brutally murdered a cop, but because he brutally murdered a cop. Otherwise, like so many other speakers that have been denied access to college campuses across the country, Goddard's administration would have lived up to their moral responsibility and pulled the plug on this travesty long ago.
Shame on Goddard College and all associated with that school for choosing to honor an arrogant remorseless killer as their commencement speaker. Unfortunately, this is something that I am certain they will be proud of for the rest of their lives.
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Q: SSL certificate handshake exception aborts DownloadManager image download from CloudFront In my Android app I am trying to download media files(image, video) from Amazon service CloudFront.
Sample link: https://testcdn.grouvi.org/uploads/94498583-94c4-44b8-911e-2e0c6bcc4b27/86e55069-2627-4c96-9cbe-98fc87f2eb1b.jpg
I use this code.
Uri uri = Uri.parse(imageUrl);
String mimeType = MimeTypeMap.getFileExtensionFromUrl(messageComponent.getMediaUrl());
final String fname = "newfilename" + "." + mimeType;
DownloadManager downloadManager = (DownloadManager) context.getSystemService(Context.DOWNLOAD_SERVICE);
DownloadManager.Request request = new DownloadManager.Request(uri);
request.setDestinationInExternalPublicDir(context.getResources().getString(R.string.tmp_dir_path), fname);
                    request.setVisibleInDownloadsUi(true);
request.setNotificationVisibility(DownloadManager.Request.VISIBILITY_VISIBLE);
long downloadID = downloadManager.enqueue(request);

On Nexus 5(Lolipop), Samsung S5(Kitkat) image is downloading. But on Xaiomi(Kitkat), LG L Fino(Kitkat) image is not downloading. And DownloadManager.COLUMN_TOTAL_SIZE_BYTES gives negative -1 value
But when I use direct Amazon link
https://s3.amazonaws.com/grouvi_s/uploads/1c8f59f6-d1a9-430f-ab5c-2a89bcfbe14b/47e461a3-efa9-421a-8bc9-9b18053cbbbc.jpg
All phones can download media files.
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I just found in logs the probable cause of the problem:
W/DownloadManager﹕ Aborting request for download 840: while trying to execute request: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: javax.net.ssl.SSLProtocolException: SSL handshake aborted: ssl=0x752a9a60: Failure in SSL library, usually a protocol error
    error:14077410:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:sslv3 alert handshake failure (external/openssl/ssl/s23_clnt.c:741 0x7362ad74:0x00000000)

As I understand its some kind of certificate problem.

A: Please check this CVE, I think it deals with your issue: http://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/CVE-2014-3566-advisory/
It means that by default SSLv3 is disabled because it is not considered secure

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tie river descends about eighty feet: at Brunswick it goes down among saw mills and broken masses of stone fifty feet more. At length it joins itself to the Kennebeck, a lazy and sluggish stream, in Merry-meeting Bay: a very appropriate name : for if the Androscoggin could be supposed to be an intelligent and animated being, it might well rejoice on coming within sight of the broad AtJantic. Indeed, it owes no gratitude to the earth for mingling its waters with its indolent partner, and afterwards with the broad ocean: for, from the moment of its rising among the Northern Hills, until its arrival at the place of destination, it receives no favors, but forces its way along by violence ; encountering and subduing all possible difficulties, and often scooping out for itself a channel through the solid rock.
This river bas scenery singularly wild and elegant. I have been floated over its current where it steals out from the Lakes, in those bright days which gladden the declining year, when departing summer lingers with its warmest smile upon the lap of autumn. The Fish Hawk screamed from the dry branches of some stately tree, and smoothed his feathers, or plunged in the water for his prey. The stream glided on calmly through green recesses, overshadowed by majestic pines, as if pausing to enjoy the cool shade. There was scarcely a sound, except the voluptuous humming of the bees, plundering from the flowers that bent over the clear expanse, their sweets. The Squirrel, that merry little Aristocrat, sat up and gnawed his nut shell with a most princely air, and looked down upon the small birds, fluttering and pecking beneath, with supreme contempt, till tired with his feast, he bounded away and frolicked among the branches with light hearted joy. The Bittern crept along the sands, and the Wild Ducks swam down in fleets, till, frightened by the dashing of our oars, they took flight with loud but not unmusical cries. Sometimes the stream gushed through narrow passes where the eternal hills closed down on either hand upon its path, and then there were the broken murmurs of the rapids. The forests stained by the early frosts, had put on their robes of many colors. Rich dyes were on the leaves, crimson and yellow, purple and gold: The Maples dressed in deep red, looked like warriors sprinkled with blood; and as the drapery, so peculiar to our seasons and climate, spread along the bills, it appeared like a Persian carpet let down from the summits and floating along the sides.
Reserving a general description of the Mountains and a narration of the interesting facts gathered from the observations of others or the results of personal experience, to be placed, as imporfant matters commonly are, in a Postscript, we would now invite the reader to join our little party and clamber with us over the rocks.
Leaving, with regret, the smooth and level road along the intervale of the Androscoggin, we turned westward into the forest, and pursued our journey through highways hollowed out from the woods, and carried over the little streams and meadows on most uncomfortable structures, formed by placing the trunks of trees parallel with each other, and very happily named "gridiron bridges," from their close resemblance to the separated bars and rough surface of that instrument, till we arrived at a cottage built of squared and jointed logs. The interstices between the timbers were closely filled with moss, so as to shut out wind and rain, and the building, wainscotted on the interior with broad strips of Hemlock bark, had an air of great neatness and substantial usefulness. lo the front, uprose the majestic height; the sides clothed with the deep green covering of Firs and Pines, except where dark furrows marked the path of the headlong torrents, fed from the snows above: and the bare summit, grey and bald with age.
Having procured an addition to our party, not in the capacity of a guide, but of a baggage waggon, to transport our moveables, we set forward. The inventory of our goods and chattels was not swelled with the list of philosophical instruments, the incumbrances of learned travellers. It was the noon of a sultry June day, and we succeeded in ascertaining, with tolerable accuracy, that it was hot, without the aid of a thermometer; we were equally fortunate, after a few hours toil, in the discovery that we were climbing up-hill, without the assistance of a barometer. Having no felonious design upon the stones, and little acquaintance with the profound science of minerals, so abounding with barbarous names, that the uninitiated are compelled to wonder, that words so stupendous should ever have been invented, and admire even more, that they can be recollected, we were not even provided with a hammer. Not intending to enter into any speculations on heights or distances, we had not brought in memory, sines, or angles, or tangents, figures which it is a wo to see, and a misery to hear named.
An easy walk of about two miles through a field of stately Maples, brought us to the foot of the mountain, on the northeast of the range, and we began to ascend along the banks of a stream which conveys its tribute to the Androscoggin. Beneath the Pines and Firs, the earth was covered with a thick and luxuriant growth of bushes, peculiar to the woods of Northern regions.-As we advanced, the way, if so it may be said, where way there was none, became more difficult. Fallen and decaying trunks, prostrated by the storms, obstructed the passage. Sometimes rocks were piled upon rocks, presenting abrupt precipices along which we rose, resting on some feeble foothold, and leaping from one moss grown crag to another, with great labor and some little peril. Had a branch broken, a root drawn from its slender fastening, or a stone overturned, the reader might have been amused with the pleasant addition of a catalogue of broken bones. The hosts of vexatious insects who find shelter among the evergreens, swarmed round os in such multitudes that it seemed as if intelligence must have been communicated by telegraphic dispatches of our arrival, to collect such legions in so short a space. The Musquito sounded his shrill horn, the little Gnat answered the signal with 'his trumpet, and the Black Flies joining their forces, they all commenced a most active attack upon our veins, continuing operations without mercy. They fixed their stings in every point of surface exposed without covering; where the protecting dress was thin, they settled and drank with great satisfaction of the blood below; where it was loose, they used no ceremony in procuring their repast. If fatigue forced us to yawn, they very freely entered our mouths, and with great impertinence intruded themselves along with the prospects, into our eyes. The Crocodile, notorious all over the world for his hypocrisy, is said to feign sleep, and spread open his enormous jaws, to secure a repast upon the prey collected in this manner : if the feast were not more agreeable to him, than it proved to us, he would not easily bę persuaded to try the same trick a second time. Not a breath of air stirred among the leaves. The dense foliage shut out the views above, below, and around.
Six hours of severe labor had brought us about five miles upon our way, when the shades of evening carne silently and calmly upon the forest. Upon the margin of a rivulet we found a suitable place for repose and there we kindled our fire to prepare our simple meal, to fright away the wild beasts, and to stifle with its smoke the legions of tormentors. Our tent was of easy construc
tion. Clearing a little spot before the blaze, two forked sticks were erected, supporting a pole laid across horizontally; rafters rested on this beam, sloping towards the ground after the most approved architectural rules for the inclination of roofs. A thatch of Hemlock branches covered these timbers, and the same material inclosed the sides. Small twigs of the Fir tree, spread under this shelter, made a fragrant and pleasant bed. The preparations for supper were of no trifling importance to those who had gained a keen appetite from severe exercise. Hunger wonderfully quickens invention, and we were soon supplied with a culinary apparatus, which Count Rumford might have envied for its simplicity and perfection. With a split stick for spit, strips of Birch bark for plates, fingers and teeth for knives and forks, and a mountain relish for food, we contrived to make a sumptuous repast of our roasted pork, and sweetened the princely feast with pure water from the spring, by way of desert. These preliminaries being satisfactorily adjusted, we stretched ourselves on the perfumed couches so easily prepared, and diligently invited sleep. Our winged enemies had no intention of concluding an armistice, or of ceasing hostilities, to permit the enjoyment of such refreshment; the only intervals of slumber were, when the thick smoke of the huge fire, blazing in front, fell upon the house and obliged these busy antagonists to decamp. Once, the impatience under their incessant provocation, had nearly produced serious inconvenience. In a moment of great indignation, I seized on one of the main pillars of the building, with a degree of strength, compared with the frail structure, even as that of him of old, who moved the columns of the temple to and fro till they fell and crushed the flower of the Philistines, their best and noblest, on the day of their solemn festival: the results were almost similar: we were half buried beneath the ruins drawn down on the buzzing disturbers of the peace.
With the first light of returning day we struck our tent, and took up the line of march, to finish the remaining four miles.The trees became more dwarfish and diminutive in stature, and the carpet of moss thicker and deeper. At length we emerged from among the taller plants and entered a zone of different character where the stunted Pines, short Spruces, and low Firs, were matted and twisted together. These natives of the highlands, perhaps planted in the solitude in the days of Adam, have scarcely reached a height equal to that of the degenerate descendants from
the Father of the Human Race. The trunks are stout and firmly tooted, shooting out strong horizontal branches, closely interwoven, and forming an almost impenetrable barrier. At about the distance of a mile from the summit, the thicket terminated, and a barren region commenced, covered with moss to the depth of a foot, and without trees. Rocks were piled together, in separate fragments of all varieties of shape and size, yet so firmly wedged and fixed as to afford a firm and solid foot-hold for the tread of the passer.The ascent was made toilsome by the steep declivity, and vexatious from the structure of the sterile waste. One peak, standing directly before other and higher elevations, intercepted the view from below, and seemed the termination of what had become a very weary journey for pleasure; but after clambering up the rocky side, another steep presented itself rising beyond, raising the same hope that it was the last, to end in the same disappointment. At length we did reach the last, and stood on one of the bighest summits of the most elevated land in North America.
An account of the sublime scenery, as well as of the descent from the mountain height, may perhaps occupy a small space in some future number.
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TORTURE OF DAMIENS.
ROBERT Francis Damiens, we are informed from history, in the year 1757, made an attempt to assassinate the King of France. Without entering into details of what led him to the commission of this crime, we shall merely state the sufferings he was made to undergo. Whoever wishes a detail of the affair, will find it in a work of 4 vols. printed in Paris in the same year. An Epitome of which may be found in the Monthly Review, vol. 17th, p. 57, from which our extracts are taken.
The prisoner was accordingly, January 17, 1757, removed, under a strong guard, from Versailles to the Conciergerie, where he arrived at two o'clock in the morning of the 17th.
The interesting charge of keeping this prisoner safe for judgment, made every possible human precaution to be taken against his escape, by strengthening the prison, by posting sentinels, guards, &c. who patrolled constantly the night round. On the inside of the Conciergerie, there were sentinels placed from the entry to the court in which stands the tower of Montgomery. At
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Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney brings a remarkable cast of characters to life to illuminate what money does to relationships, what happens to our ambitions over the course of time, and the fraught yet unbreakable ties we share with those we love.
Mary B. Addison killed a baby. Allegedly. She didn't say much in that first interview with detectives, and the media filled in the only blanks that mattered. The public convicted Mary and the jury made it official. But did she do it?


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IPO duo slash valuation targets amid weak HK market
One of them, Baytree, could even be worth than less than implied six months ago when Alibaba invested in it during pre-IPO funding.
Danny Leung
Two companies looking to sell their shares in Hong Kong have been forced this week to rein in their expectations in the face of the local market's continued retreat -- so much so that one of them could even be worth than less than implied six months ago when Alibaba invested in it.
In what could be a first for the city, Babytree Group is now conducting an initial public offering at a valuation below its pre-IPO funding level.
Investment bankers said both Tongcheng-Elong and maternity and child care platform Babytree Group had made last-minute changes to their IPOs, resulting in a slight delay to their original schedules.
On Friday, Chinese online travel agency Tongcheng-Elong abruptly called off its IPO launch after bigger rival Ctrip posted disappointing third-quarter results and in response shed $3.5 billion off its market value as its share price fell 19% on Nasdaq.
Jiangsu-headquartered Tongcheng-Elong subsequently launched its 144 million-share deal on Tuesday looking to raise just HK$1.8 billion ($232 million) -- way down on the $1 billion-plus that had been talked about before.
Once the IPO is completed the company will be valued at anywhere between $2.6 billion and $3.3 billion based on the deal's indicative price of HK$9.75 to HK$12.65 per share. That compares with Ctrip's current valuation of $13.8 billion (and about $19 billion before the stock plunge last week).
Meanwhile, Babytree Group launched a smaller-than-expected IPO on Wednesday targeting maximum proceeds of $2.2 billion ($280 million). It too had aimed for something closer to $1 billion when Hong Kong stocks were some 31% higher than currently, at the beginning of the year.
What is more astonishing is that Babytree could end up with an implied valuation of only three quarters of its last funding round in the private market.
Based on its IPO price of HK$6.8 to HK$8.8 per share, Babytree will be valued at between $1.44 billion to HK$1.88 billion. The company raised $214 million from e-commerce giant Alibaba in May, which valued it $2 billion.
While the Alibaba investment may not be considered a public funding found, Babytree has set what could be the first case in Hong Kong where a company is conducting an IPO at a valuation below its pre-IPO level.
And with valuations already showing signs of peaking at the private equity level, it could mean that IPO valuations will remain under pressure in the short term – dashing the hopes of investors looking for a market turnaround before year-end.
The way Tongcheng-Elong and Babytree Group have both approached the primary market highlights the underlying fragility of the Asia ex-Japan IPO market, where disappointing after-market performances largely overshadow the fact issuance volume is up about 40% year-on-year.
On a company level, some analysts have pointed out that both Tongcheng-Elong and Babytree are facing operational headwinds that could affect their prospects in the short term.
Tongcheng-Elong's pure-play travel-related business comprising flight and hotel bookings is being challenged by new entrants like Meituan-Dianping and Fliggy, Alibaba's self-developed online travel booking site. Ctrip's sub-par quarterly results may already reflect these growing competitive pressures.
In the case of Babytree, some analysts have voiced concerns about its ability to monetise its traffic since it remains largely a community platform for parents to share their childcare experiences. Some are also sceptical that it can grow its user base since the platform already has a high penetration rate among mothers and would-be mothers.
Tongcheng-Elong's IPO bookbuild ends November 19 and trading is set to begin on November 26. For Babytree, the bookbuild will close on November 20 with trading scheduled to start November 27.
Joint sponsors of Tongcheng-Elong's IPO are Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and CMB International.
Joint sponsors of Babytree Group's IPO are Morgan Stanley, Haitong International and China Merchants Securities.
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark Isn't What I Thought It Would Be
"It was still an unsolved case. At least for me, the sheer amount of true-crime shows — especially those that focus on horrific crimes against women — have become exhausting. Notable in a genre where women are frequently the objects of violence rather than the subjects of their own stories, this true-crime narrative is a distinctly female-centered one, with observations on gender and trauma. I'll Be Gone also delves into McNamara's personal life, including her anxieties about writing and marriage to comedian Patton Oswalt, with whom she raised their beloved daughter, Alice. This is not a show about a killer; it's a show about a woman determined to figure out the identity of a killer and seek justice for his victims. "It was a female voice at the center driving the storytelling," Garbus says. And I thought it was great to continue Michelle's legacy toward getting this case the attention it needed."
The show, made with Oswalt's help, feels refreshing because it seems to flip the whole true-crime narrative on its head. The limited series is about the late true-crime writer Michelle McNamara's investigation into the person she called the Golden State Killer, the man responsible for 13 murders and nearly 50 rapes in California in the '70s and '80s (this search is also the subject of her posthumous book). That comes across in the way that Garbus has structured the show — it's told through McNamara's own words (as voiced by the actor Amy Ryan), and through documents and videos, as she initially discovers the case on an online forum and becomes increasingly fascinated. Under her watchful eye, she transforms what could have simply been a standard true-crime story about the search for a serial killer and rapist into McNamara's own dogged pursuit and obsession with the case. Getting the series's tone right was very important to Garbus. It's somehow both a fascinating dive into one woman's psyche and an inquisition of a genre as a whole. This series, though, focuses not on Joseph DeAngelo, who recently pleaded guilty to multiple charges of murder, but on Michelle McNamara and her determination to seek justice. "When I first took on this project, we didn't know anything about Joseph DeAngelo," she says of the former police officer who was arrested two months after the book's release. By Kerensa Cadenas@kerensacadenas
I was a bit wary when I first watched the trailer for the HBO docuseries I'll Be Gone in the Dark. For Liz Garbus, the series's director, McNamara herself is what makes the series feel different: "It's Michelle's voice as a writer and her depiction of the survivors and their resilience." Garbus's previous work includes critically acclaimed films like What Happened, Miss Simone?, a documentary about the legendary Nina Simone, and The Fourth Estate, a series exploring the New York Times in the Trump era. These were conscious choices that we made."
While what Garbus describes above seems almost too simple, it's something that is rare enough in a true-crime narrative that it feels almost shocking to witness. "I think for us also, with the cinematography and the way that we chose to shoot the scenes, it was very important to not take that killer's perspective on a woman and really center the storytelling in the survivor's point of view. I'll Be Gone in the Dark's point of view is its subject.
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Kimberly passed away on April 1, 2012, at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home in Hay Springs.
Kim was born on October 24, 1957, in Rushville, Nebraska to Leonard and Hattie Peters. She resided at the ranch with her family in her early years. Kim participated in several OMR programs and was a resident of OMR group homes following the death of her mother.
Kimberly was preceded in death by her parents, Leonard and Hattie Peters, one sister, Janice Vannatta, a brother-in-law, Jack Harrahill.
She is survived by her Brothers, Gene (Dottie) Peters of Hay Springs, Jerry (Marty) Peters of Rushville, and Wayne (Rita) Peters of Hay Springs; brother-in-law Pete (Mary) Vannatta of Hay Springs; sister Carmen Harrahill of North Platte, and several nieces and nephews.
A memorial mass for Kimberly Ann Peters of Hay Springs, Nebraska will be held on Monday, April 9, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Columbkille Catholic Church in Hay Springs with Father James Joseph officiating. A luncheon will follow the service. Burial will follow at Sacred Heart Cemetery on Mirage Flats at approximately 1:00 p.m.


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Police & Fire: Murder conviction upheld
The murder conviction and life sentence for a Battle Creek man was upheld Tuesday by the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Police & Fire: Murder conviction upheld The murder conviction and life sentence for a Battle Creek man was upheld Tuesday by the Michigan Court of Appeals. Check out this story on battlecreekenquirer.com: http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/2018/01/24/police-fire-murder-conviction-upheld/1062557001/
Trace Christenson, Battle Creek Enquirer Published 6:14 p.m. ET Jan. 24, 2018
Dezmen Jones(Photo: Trace Christenson/The Enquirer)
CONVICTION AFFIRMED: The murder conviction and life sentence for a Battle Creek man was upheld Tuesday by the Michigan Court of Appeals. The court voted 3-0 to affirm the conviction of Dezmen Jones, 25. He was convicted by a Calhoun County Circuit Court jury of the Aug. 9, 2015, shooting death of Breon Williams who was shot about 2:15 a.m. while talking to some women near Walter Avenue and Hanover Street. Jones and his uncle, Jermaine Jones, 24, had a longstanding dispute with Williams. Jermaine Jones also is serving a life sentence without parole. The appeals court ruled against the arguments by Dezmen Jones that there was not enough evidence to convict him and that his defense attorney was ineffective.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Battle Creek police have reported the following cases:
• A man, 36, was arrested after his girlfriend, 21, said she was assaulted in the 400 block of Oakbrook Boulevard at 1:19 a.m. Wednesday.
• A man was arrested after a woman, 19, said she was assaulted in the 100 block of South 24th Street at 10:50 p.m. Tuesday.
• Officers are investigating after a man, 19, said he was assaulted in the 100 block of Walter Avenue at 2:57 p.m. Tuesday.
STUDENT ARRESTED: A 14-year-old boy was arrested after Battle Creek police said he assaulted another student, 15, at Battle Creek Central High School at 100 W. Van Buren St. about 1 p.m. Monday. Police said the 14-year-old challenged the other boy to fight and when he didn't, police said he punched the older boy in the head.
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Prior to the 1998 school year, the Broward County School System's drivers' education program included both classroom instruction and behind-the-wheel experience for attending students. In 1998, due to budget constraints, a phasing out of the behind-the-wheel component of the program began. Effectively, the drivers' education program's "physical cars" were replaced with "virtual cars" in the form of computer-based driving simulators. By the year 2000, the drivers' education program had totally transitioned to a classroom/simulation-based program.
With the support of the Dori Slosberg Driver Education Safety Act, the Broward County School System restructured its drivers' education program. The restructured program was piloted at Plantation High School during the summer of 2003. After evaluation and analysis of the pilot program, an expanded drivers' education program has been instituted at 15 high school locations within the Broward County School System.
In order for the Drug & Alcohol Class to count, you must test while enrolled in the Driver's Ed Course.
McKay Scholarship: Students on a McKay Scholarship should check with their scholarship coordinator before registering for Driver's Education. This course may effect your scholarship.
Duration: 9 Week Course Saturdays only during school year, Monday through Thursday during summer.
Locations: 15 Broward County High Schools: Boyd Anderson, Coconut Creek, Coral Glades, Coral Springs, Cypress Bay, Deerfield Beach, Dillard, Everglades, Flanagan, McArthur, Northeast, Nova, Plantation, Taravella, and West Broward.
Instruction Time: 60 Hours (18 hours driving and 18 hours class time, 24 hours project & testing time). Each class is 4 hours: 2 hours classroom and 2 hours driving. Students can miss one class. Instructors will give a take home assignment for the missed class. The assignment must be turned in for successful completion of the course.
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Description: All sessions are open to students of both public and non-public secondary schools. The program is also designed to meet the needs of students with varying exceptionalities and physical abilities. The program offers the DELAP program which includes the Restricted License Test and Drivers License Test for those who are eligible. Students will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the class. We also offer the Drug and Alcohol Class course within our curriculum. In order for the Drug & Alcohol Class to count, you must test while enrolled in the Driver's Ed Course.


If your business requires regular submittals of written contracts, software for contract writing saves time and reduces errors. This type of software is developed with a specific contract formatting so that the novice or expert alike can quickly produce contracts for business, employment or government purposes. Most of the contract software contains several templates. Choose the template that most represents the type of contract that will be used for the submittal. Contract software usually allows the user to simply fill in the pertinent information, save the document and then recall it for editing if that becomes necessary. Depending upon the type of contract and its purpose, contract software is formatted to standard terms and conditions of normal agreements. Some of this software has a built-in spell checking feature which helps keep a professional appearance to the contract documents in use.
There are several types of software available for contract writing beginning with those for generic use. Other software is fairly specific to meet legal compliance regulations. One important tip is to check on the flexibility of the format of the software so that it can be changed to meet specifications if necessary. While most of this software is the "fill-in" variety, there are types of contract software that allow whole areas of the contract to be re-adapted for special needs.
Using software to help write contracts is a great idea because it minimizes the possibility of omission of terms, contractors names, important dates, signatures and legal insertions. Some of this software can also be transmitted electronically and allows users to insert the electronic signature that is verifiable and needed to conclude the contract submittal. If contracts are to be sent electronically, it's important that the software be compatible with the type of internet transmission that's used. If it isn't, check whether the software has a PDF formatting feature so that the contracts can be saved in that transmission mode.
If a contract must be legally certified, make sure that the software allows for confidential encryption if it's to be transmitted electronically.
Software that is formatted for contracts can be found online as well as in various computer software supply stores. Buying this software online is as simple as downloading from the software company site to your computer. The price of this software is reasonable by comparison to other major types of software applications. The fact that it is reusable gives it added value as well. Take note, however, of the system requirements needed to install contract software, particularly the amount of computer memory required for the software to operate properly. This software creates professional contracts approved for most uses.