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Abdul Razak is a South African cricketer. He made his First-class debut for Dolphins in the 2005-2006 Supersport Series on 23 March 2006. He made his List A debut for a South Africa Academy side against Zimbabwe A on 28 August 2007. He made his Twenty20 debut for KwaZulu-Natal in the 2011-2012 CSA Provincial T20 Challenge on 2 October 2011.

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SERENGETI 2: Dark and Stars Signed with Severed Press!
I know, I know, I've been promising news forever. Well, it's finally final: I signed a contract with Severed Press for the follow up to Serengeti we're calling Serengeti 2: Dark and Stars.
As you can imagine, I'm pretty darn excited. Huge thanks to Severed Press for picking up my second book--it's always a good feeling when your publisher loves your book and your characters as much as you do. Publication date and artwork are forthcoming so keep your eyes on my website. I'll be posting additional information as it becomes available.
Every speculative fiction author out there knows about The Qwillery--a great site filled with reviews and interviews and cover contests and more. Recently the lovely people at The Qwillery (Qwillerons? Qwillerians? Qwillernauts?) were kind enough to invite me in for an interview. You know me, I always like to babble so I jumped at the opportunity and HOGGED UP ALL THE WHITE SPACE! I've provided a snippet below and you can read the full interview here: J.B. Rockwell Interview.
There are a lot of writer contests out there offering opportunities for writers to get their work in front of agents. I've participated in my fair share over the years and connected with a lot of great people in the process, but Nightmare on Query Street (NoQS) is by far my favorite. Why, you ask? Well, because NoQS 2015 nabbed me my awesome agent Mark Gottlieb, who's with Trident Media Group. In fact, SERENGETI was my NoQS entry, and now it's a real, live, shell out your pennies for it book.
The contest opens soon so grab that query and first 250 words and start polishing so you're ready. You don't want to miss out on this one!


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TidBITS Macs & Mac OS X: Secrets of Thunderbolt and Lion
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You can read a thousand articles about the new Thunderbolt input/output technology in Apple's latest revision to MacBook Pro laptops, and the new revelations from Apple about Mac OS X Lion. But via Twitter, I discovered that many people are unaware of or concerned about certain features close to their hearts. From online sources and a briefing with Apple last week, I can provide some reassurance and additional details.
These seem to be among the least well understood and documented items about Thunderbolt and Lion.
Thunderbolt's Blasts — Thunderbolt is a fascinating mix of old and new:
Despite what the tech spec pages say, Thunderbolt actually has up to 20 Gbps available in each direction (full duplex), not 10 Gbps. While the Thunderbolt specification talks about 10 Gbps to and from a host, there are actually two channels over the same cable: one dedicated to DisplayPort for video, and the other for PCI Express data. Apple and Intel are likely sticking with the 10 Gbps rating because if you measured the throughput to a hard drive, for example, it would never go over 10 Gbps thanks to using only the PCI Express channel.
This dual-channel approach would let you run two high-resolution displays (which require bandwidth in the gigabits-per-second range) and a super-fast RAID drive (demonstrated by Promise Technology) or multiple drives that can work at full speed. On the new MacBook Pros, Thunderbolt manages both the internal screen and an optional external display, which is why you can't drive two external displays. On a future Mac Pro or Mac mini that wouldn't be an issue, nor would it be a limitation on a future iMac, as long as the iMac provided multiple Thunderbolt ports.
Because Thunderbolt provides two channels on the same cable, a display or hard drive can be in the middle of the daisy-chain without interrupting the flow of the other channel.
Target Disk Mode is supported under Thunderbolt. Until now, this mode worked only over FireWire connections. When a Mac is booted in Target Disk Mode, it acts as a hard drive for another connected Mac.
You won't be able to boot a Mac from a Thunderbolt-connected drive for now, unlike with USB and FireWire. Andy Ihnatko has this factoid, and I tend to trust him. I will be surprised if this isn't added later. We need a way to boot from external drives, and if Thunderbolt eventually takes over from FireWire, then it has to boot Macs, too.
If all you're connecting to a Thunderbolt port is a display, you can using an existing DisplayPort cable. The Thunderbolt controller automatically adjusts the signal output to be correct for DisplayPort-native ports on the other end. Thunderbolt data devices, such as hard drives, need to be connected with Thunderbolt cables. This means you can't put any Thunderbolt data devices downstream from a display connected via a DisplayPort cable; such displays would have to go at the end of the Thunderbolt daisy-chain.
The Thunderbolt port carries 10 watts of power, a significant amount for powering drives and other peripherals (though nowhere near enough to drive a large external display). Apple's hardware with a single FireWire 400 or 800 port (or one of each) can deliver 7 watts to the bus. USB 2.0 can push out a maximum of 2.5 watts, while USB 3.0 can hit 4.5 watts. Apple's high-power USB 2.0 can generate 5.5 watts, which is enough to charge an iPad while it's plugged in and in use. Thunderbolt devices can also boost power downstream: an AC-powered display could push 10 watts out the port on the "far" side from the computer in the daisy-chain. (Apple's external iPad USB-to-AC charger is rated at 10 watts, but it's just a USB plug connected to power, not a data connection.)
Thunderbolt will allow splitters and other baroque configurations of adapters, Apple told me. For instance, you could have a DisplayPort adapter with two Thunderbolt ports for daisy-chaining. Apple has no plans to discuss here, but there's clearly room for a robust market of cables, hubs, adapters, and other elements to make it easier to use legacy video standards.
It should be possible to build Thunderbolt-to-eSATA and Thunderbolt-to-FireWire adapters that enable connectivity with older gear that you already own. It's also possible that we'll see Thunderbolt-to-USB 3.0 adapters, though it probably doesn't make much sense to convert between Thunderbolt and USB 2.0 given the low cost and ubiquity of USB 2.0 parts. A company could create a dock-like device that would plug into a Mac via Thunderbolt and provide a slew of USB, FireWire, eSATA, and other ports.
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Fresh crow and squirrel legs with the bones sticking out were the gory discovery for Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) biosecurity staff at Auckland's International Mail Centre.
Arriving last week from the United Kingdom, the package also contained crow feathers. It had been labelled as craft jewellery, but that didn't fool biosecurity detector beagle Clawson, who sniffed out the illegal goods on the mail belt.
"It was a great interception for Clawson. The items posed severe biosecurity risk to New Zealand. The untreated feathers and flesh could have contained diseases such as avian flu, or unwanted hitchhikers like ticks or mites," says Brett Hickman, MPI Detection Technology Manager.
"We sometimes come across animal hides brought into New Zealand as ornaments, but they are normally commercially treated. To come across something this fresh with the bone exposed is very rare."
MPI will not release the package unless the intended recipient pays for treatment within 28 days.
"If we don't hear anything, it will be destroyed," says Mr Hickman.
"We're hoping the person who was supposed to receive the package will alert friends and family overseas about our strict biosecurity rules, which are intended to protect New Zealand from foreign pests and diseases."
Detector dog Clawson has been working for MPI for 3 years. He is 4 years old.


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Watch Online The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
(387) IMDb 3.5 102 min 2019
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi is a movie starring Jodhi May, Derek Jacobi, and Rupert Everett. A tale of women's empowerment, The Warrior Queen of Jhansi tells the true story of Lakshmibai, the historic Queen of Jhansi who fiercely...
Derek Jacobi, Jodhi May, Rupert Everett, Nathaniel Parker
Adventure, War, Action, Fantasy, Drama
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Devika Bhise, Swati Bhise, Olivia Emden
Kraljica Ratnika Jhansija
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi tells the story of Lakshmibai, the historic Queen of Jhansi who fiercely led her army against the British East India Company in the infamous mutiny of 1857. From Queen Elizabeth to Queen Victoria, two-and-a half-centuries of East India Company rule will be reversed by its attempt to crush India's Warrior Queen. Lakshmibai is known as one of the most prominent figures within the independence movement of India. The passion to free her province from colonial rule led this young woman to become one of the greatest generals of the Indian army and to go down in history for her bravery, strategic acumen, and as a force to reckon with by the East India Company and the British Raj. The Warrior Queen of Jhansi is the story of the woman who lived, fought and died for the freedom of her people.
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16 customer reviews about war «The Warrior Queen of Jhansi»
Jacqueline Long
Wednesday, 06 Jan 2021 04:14
Let's just say that I was pleasantly surprised by this film. It was a bit more than I expected but that's because I was expecting a lot less than what I got. The first half is the weakest part of the film. It's almost like the director just went on a shooting spree and didn't give the actors a chance to flesh out the characters. The second half was much more focused and interesting. I have to admit that I had a little trouble understanding a lot of the dialog but that was just me being a little impatient. The visuals are incredible. The action sequences are breathtaking. The acting is top notch and the movie never drags. There is a lot of talk in the first half but it all fits into the overall plot of the movie. The final act was also very well done and I was surprised how well it was done. I don't want to give anything away but it's worth a watch for sure. I think the film should get more credit for being a well made film than it did. It's not Oscar worthy but it's a very good film. I would say it's better than Transformers and Terminator Salvation. I don't know what the critics are expecting but I think they're wrong. I thought the film was very good but it's definitely not the best movie I've seen this year. I gave it an 8 out of 10.
Alexander Hunt
This is a movie about a world war. It is set in a post-apocalyptic world, where the humans are afraid of the new radiation-ridden mutants that have escaped from the ice fields. This new generation of mutants is a mix of humans and mutants. But the humans in the village aren't too happy about the mutants. But the mutants aren't going to be the only problem. There are also the ice tribes, who attack them. This war continues on for another decade, until finally it ends in a stalemate. This is a movie that will be watched by people that are more interested in special effects and action than story, characters, and story-telling. However, there is still a great story to be told, and there is some good acting in this movie. So I rate this movie 7/10.
Sunday, 20 Sep 2020 07:48
Pretentious fantasy tale that celebrates the power and beauty of the Indian subcontinent and overlooks the often irrelevant colonial nature of the situation. Basically this movie is a rehash of Braveheart and Jackie Brown (which I guess it was intended to be) but with a different Indian accent for some reason. It was made in 2008 but the "trend" really began in 2008 and has been supported by numerous more recent movies (I know I'm not the only one). The acting was mediocre at best but the story and dialogues were pretty funny (if you can laugh at that kind of movie). Definitely check it out but be prepared to laugh at a lot of things, you might be really bored.
It's not the same old story, but it is a great movie, if you like Rajini movies. The fight scenes are pretty good, I think the fight scenes of this movie are very realistic. The battle is very intense and it is not like some of the movies of Rajini. I think this movie is more than enough for anyone who likes Rajini movies, the music is good and the acting is good. The only thing that I think that this movie has is the Rajini look. There are some things that I think that I would like to see in this movie, like a Rajini movie would be. But if you like Rajini movies, I think you will like this movie.
Nathan K.
Wednesday, 09 Sep 2020 20:25
I was a little confused as to what to expect from this movie, and it had that more "artsy" feel to it. It was decent though, the acting was great, and the action was good. It had a little bit of a twist, I'm not gonna spoil it, but it was still good. I was a little disappointed that it didn't end the same way that every other war movie ends, but it wasn't bad. I like the fact that there was a few things that were different from the usual movie, like the way that the guys found the plot to the various rooms. I would recommend this movie to everyone. I would even go as far to say that it was worth renting to see for yourself. This movie is definitely a good example of a "war movie", if you haven't seen any of the other movies, I definitely recommend it to see.
Kyle Powell
This is one of those movies that were a big hit in the country, and for good reason. I remember as a child, and when it came out in theatres, I was young enough to remember seeing it. I just have to mention the highlight of the movie. This scene when she goes out to the field with her horse and you see the horses movements. Amazing. She then cuts to the horse and you see him going around the city and the city that he's in. It's so amazing to me. It just goes to show you that you should never take yourself too seriously. Some movies will be funny when you're a kid, and some movies will be so sad when you're a kid, but this one is a real treat to watch. The last scene with her with her horse and she is holding the birth of her child and it was like she was holding onto her child's life and if she could have done anything different, she would have. Just like the movie itself. And the baby looks like she was a real child that was held by an older person. So good movie and very cute.
It is an epic tale about a mythical creature who lives in India and is a fearsome warrior who is worshipped by the people.But she is also known as the "warrior queen" because she rules over the land of Jhansi (not known to people outside the area). In the story, the warrior queen wants to make a perfect kingdom, but she is unable to accomplish that because she has a personal agenda. When the British conquered Jhansi, the warrior queen was turned into a servant and kept under the protection of a rich man, the abbot. But when the abbot and his servants discover the warrior queen, they refuse to believe her and command her to marry the abbot's son, the prince of Jhansi. So the warrior queen is forced to marry the prince and rule over Jhansi. The warrior queen tries to marry the prince and give birth to the abbot's son. But she's also trying to take the abbot's son's blood so that she will be the one to rule the kingdom. There are many characters in the film and they are all interesting, and they all have their own story. I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes historical fiction. If you like historical fiction, you may like the film as well. It is a very historical film, it shows the life of the warrior queen, and it shows the terrible events that happened in India during the reign of the Warrior Queen. This is a very good film, and I recommend it to anyone.
Jacob W.
The set-up is simplistic. A young warrior, Avandar (Raima Tijani), is hired to defend the Wall of Khals and later the Sun Throne from the invading tribes of Khajiiti and Argonians. Avandar finds himself ambushed on the battlefield, along with his friend and fellow warrior, Amaund (Troya Salt), the two encounter a very tall, evil-looking skeleton, which is apparently a man-hat. The evil is also armed with a bow and arrow and a magic sword. The two of them head off to the village of Riften where the young woman of the village (Astrid Berges-Frisbey) is hiding from the evil in a cave. Eventually they are captured by the evil, the skeleton is killed and Avandar rescues Amaund. The evil takes the bow and arrow and has them travel back to the village to attack the village with the sword. Avandar has to defend the town against the army of the evil. In the end, Avandar and Amaund are successful, but the evil is defeated. Avandar thanks Amaund for his help and Amaund is so happy he forgives Avandar for the brutal murder of his friend. We see a happy ending for Avandar and Amaund and we know that the good guy will get his revenge. That is what a fantasy film is supposed to be like: an adventure. If the story is about a hero who rescues the princess, then it should have a happy ending. So far, the tale of Avandar and Amaund has not been about a heroic hero. It has been about the hero saving the princess. We have had a hero saving a princess in Lord of the Rings, in Harry Potter, in other fantasy films like Indiana Jones and Robin Hood and I am sure in a few more we will see. This film is different, the story is told from the point of view of the evil, who is an evil wizard who is trying to do evil things to the human race. This is different than Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter or Indiana Jones. The good guys are good and the evil is evil. Avandar, in this film, is a hero. His greatest hero is Amaund, who forgives him for killing his friend and helps him to save the village. Avandar becomes an eternal hero in the tale of Khajiiti. At the end of the film, Amaund and Avandar ride off together and into the sunset. The children in the village have a picnic and look at the sunset with their families, where the Khajiiti queen (Mirta) watches the sunset from her royal palace. She is a woman who is really a brave warrior, while Avandar is a good, brave warrior. Perhaps they should marry, if they are ever in love. The film ends with a story about the good warrior that is not really an adventure, but rather a sad one.
Monday, 20 Jul 2020 10:14
What do you expect from a movie about a mythical warrior with a golden helmet? Watchable? Good? Awful? The answer to that is, for some viewers, with varying degrees of success. In general, I can say that I enjoyed the movie, if only because of the artwork, the special effects, and the general atmosphere that is created. In short, there is just enough action to keep the audience entertained, and some of the events are clearly meant to be a satire on the modern world. The characters are well-written, but there are only a few who are actually memorable. The movie has its fair share of flaws. The plot is rather predictable, and is still far from something that would be considered great. The beginning and the middle of the movie are enjoyable, but once the movie becomes a story of epic proportions, the movie really does not gain any momentum. It is also evident that the actors had to work together very hard to get the job done, with most of the characters having very little screen time. What the movie really needed was some good music, which would have helped in some of the scenes, such as the final battle. As it is, the movie is watchable, and is far from the worst movie I have ever seen. The art is great, the fight scenes are good, and it is just a shame that it could not have been better.
Warrior Queen of Jhansi is the second Hindi film by Shoojit Sircar and his sister Aastha. Like their father Anil Kumar, Shoojit Sircar and Aastha are famous for making films which are good but not at par with the very best Hollywood movies. I have to say this one is above average. I have watched the film at least 3 times, and I am glad that I did. Warrior Queen of Jhansi is about the life of a warrior queen in the middle of the 18th century India. She is not known as the female Sufi saint or any such. The film is about a day in the life of a warrior queen. She is given a random choice of marrying a Prince or having sex with a prince. The film is about the slow transformation of her into a warrior queen. The film is visually stunning and the film is almost all about visuals. The film is pretty entertaining, has a good pace, good songs, and interesting characters. I enjoyed this movie. I don't want to give anything away. I really do recommend this film to those who want to watch a good Hindi movie. It is worth watching.
Timothy L.
In a time of little entertainment and more money being put into all the genre "con" movies (most of them are okay) with little end result, this one is a good example of a movie that has a good story, good script and a good cast. If you're looking for a action movie you'll find it here. The most interesting part is the ending and it is one of the best of the lot. The cast is also very good. There is nothing to be criticized about this movie. It is a good watch and I recommend it. I give it an 8 out of 10. Thank you for reading and keep in touch. This review will be updated with new reviews in a few days.
I really don't understand why so many people are bashing this movie. First of all I didn't see it in the theaters. The reason I did see it was because I'm not in the least bit fussed about "high budget" movies. That's how it came across to me. But I just happened to watch it on television, and I'm very glad I did. This movie was way better than I expected it to be. I don't know if there are enough of you out there that have seen this to rate it as well, but I thought it was pretty good. My first and only complaint would be the casting. "Blood Diamond" could have been a much better movie with a few changes. While I don't think the movie is a masterpiece, I definitely think it deserves more than the mediocre 5 it got. Now for the good stuff. This movie did have some pretty cool, creative, and badass action sequences. The movie's main plot is about a diamond that is stolen from a royal family in South Africa and is handed to a rich, powerful man in Jhansi. It's up to the warrior queen to retrieve it. The warrior queen is a pretty badass heroine, and she's certainly has some pretty strong scenes. She has some cool fight scenes, some beautiful combat scenes, and some pretty cool martial arts fight scenes. But the best part of this movie is definitely the acting. It's definitely not Oscar material, but it's good. I thought the acting was good. I don't know how anyone can possibly say this movie is boring. It's definitely worth a watch.
Eddie 'The Eagle' Johnston is an Indian who spends his days in an Indian village and his nights in a few hundred miles away in the French colony of Jhansi. Eddie has already been in the French Army several times before but he was sent back to the village to marry a local woman named Mrs. Burghley and to raise a family. At the village he meets Cate, a beautiful young girl, and soon falls in love with her. However, the French Government has decreed that Eddie must return to his village and fight for his village. However, he is forced to leave the village in order to go and fight for the French. After having been away for almost a month, Eddie returns home to find that the village has been taken over by a whole battalion of the French Army. Unfortunately, he does not know where he is going, and thus must go to the French, his village, and his wife. So far so good, and indeed, the book in which this film is based is an excellent adaptation of the book and very close to it. However, the movie is much better. What I liked the most was the fact that the French soldiers were not just some old soldiers, but very well trained and very brave men. The French Army was only one of many, but it was certainly a very good one. The movie shows the French army as a very superior force. It is definitely worth watching the movie. The movie is very much in the style of a 'war movie'. Not that it is a dull or boring movie, it is just that it is not very well directed. The war scenes are very good, and very well done, but when the movie was about the village I felt that the movie did not seem to know where it was going. However, I thought the movie was quite good, I did not get bored at all.
Ann O.
I personally found the film to be a lot better than I expected. I was expecting a historical epic which would've blown my mind. What I got was a rather slow moving film with a good amount of action, but nothing that I would say was amazing. I was also expecting that the film would be a bit violent, or at least not too much, and I got exactly what I expected from it. The film is somewhat predictable, but it is an okay film. The acting was good for the most part, especially considering the film was set in the past. Some of the acting was a little bit over the top, but that's what you would expect from a film of this type. I felt that the film was somewhat slow, but it wasn't bad by any means. I did find the film to be a bit boring at times, but I'm not a huge fan of slow films. The film wasn't an epic, but I felt it was good enough to watch for an hour or two and then forget about it. I would recommend this film to people who liked the movie "The Snow Queen", but not much else.
The movie is a movie about a special squad, an elite army sent to protect a young girl from the Huns. After she becomes the new queen of Jhansi, the army is split between the two armies. The girl is being protected by the Huns. But soon the army is caught in a battle with a group of Samurai, who are part of the Huns army. The battle takes place in the jungle, where they must face many enemies. The movie has a good story. I was amazed by the acting and the action scenes. It was a good and entertaining movie. I think that I will see it again.
Sunday, 26 Apr 2020 05:39
I went to see the movie knowing full well that the film was going to be at least as bad as the book. However, I didn't expect the film to be as good. It is definitely not the best film I've ever seen, but it's not a bad film either. The film has good special effects and very realistic battle scenes. I was a little surprised that no one noticed the giant birds that were flying around in the skies in the background of the battle scenes, but I'm sure that's not what the director and crew were trying to say. I would definitely recommend this film to anyone that wants a good fantasy film to watch. It was definitely not the best fantasy film I've seen but it was definitely one of the best I've seen in a while.


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You can relive a 2009 blockbuster comedy once again on DVD and Blu-ray this October. The Hangover: Extreme Edition will be re-released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 12. The standard two-disc DVD will be priced at $39.92 SRP and the Blu-ray will be priced at $49.99 SRP. We don't have any cover art images as of yet, but you can take a look at the special features below. The film stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha and Heather Graham.
Two days before his wedding, Doug (Justin Bartha) drives to Las Vegas with his best buddies Phil and Stu (Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms) and his future brother-in-law Alan (Zach Galifianakis), for a blow-out bachelor party they vow they'll never forget.
But when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning with pounding headaches, they can't remember a thing. Their luxury hotel suite is beyond trashed and the groom is nowhere to be found.
With no clue about what happened and little time to spare, the trio must attempt to retrace their bad decisions from the night before in order to figure out where things went wrong in the hopes of finding Doug and getting him back to L.A. in time for his wedding.
But the more they begin to uncover, the more they realize just how much trouble they're really in.
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Criterion Reflections – The Producers (1968) – LD #35
David Blakeslee
David's Quick Take for the tl;dr Media Consumer:
A brash, vulgar, wildly energetic and shamelessly provocative comedy romp that launched Mel Brooks as a film director, Gene Wilder as a popular comic actor, and grossly expanded the latitude extended to comedians in cinema, establishing radically poor taste as an acceptable marketing strategy in mainstream entertainment. Though The Producers is fondly remembered, massively influential and boasts some truly unforgettable sequences of inspired lunacy, too much time is dedicated to histrionic leering, shouting and shrieking episodes that don't deliver enough in terms of wit to earn my enthusiastic endorsement overall. The story line is pretty familiar – a rambunctious Broadway showman conspires with a neurotic accountant to bilk investors in an offensive production, only to see their plan foiled when the play becomes an unexpected hit. The premise is clever and offers a broad platform for unbridled zaniness. A lot of the humor is based on shattering uptight taboos that I'm sure deserved the mockery they received back in that era, and I definitely respect Brooks's zeal for offending fascistic and authoritarian sensibilities. But as was the case with another Laserdisc-only Criterion release King of Hearts, a very different film in many ways, a lot of the bits meant to be funny or charming in the 1960s just don't hold up all that well for me today, at least not in a home viewing context. Watching it in a repertory/revival setting, surrounded by an appreciative audience busting up with laughter, would be a much better way of experiencing The Producers in 2016. (Or of course, there's the megahit Broadway musical adaptation and 2005 movie remake, both overseen and approved by Mel Brooks himself. But at this time, I have no interest in commenting on any of that.)
How the Film Speaks to 1968:
Boundaries of free expression were getting pushed outward all over the place in 1968. The I Am Curious films of Vilgot Sjöman that I discussed recently on a Main Episode podcast with Scott Nye and James McCormick eventually created a huge court case that wound up overturning obscenity laws in the USA. Bonnie and Clyde and The Graduate (covered on Criterion Close-up a few weeks back) introduced new levels of explicit violence and sexual candor into mainstream Hollywood entertainment. Despite its origins in low-budget kitsch, The Producers can rightfully be included in such lofty company inasmuch as its makers had the audacity to lampoon a wide range of previously forbidden subjects with crazed disregard for any concerns about hurting the feelings of prudes or more serious-minded viewers. The premise of a musical production number titled "Springtime for Hitler," featuring the despised dictator and notorious war criminal prancing about onstage surrounded by showgirls adorned with stereotypical German objects (pretzels, beer steins and Nazi military paraphernalia), was just the start.
Brooks gleefully weaves horny octogenarians, mincing gay artistes, pompous transvestites, maniacal Nazi sympathizers, stoned pseudo-philosophical hippie windbags, greedy money-grubbing Jews, and numerous other crude caricatures into his script. They all exclaim without inhibition whatever self-serving thoughts or unfiltered impulses they might be feeling at the moment, with rampant lust (for money, sex, fame, power, whatever they most crave) serving as their primary motive. Though a few characters occasionally give voice to some small degree of hesitancy or remorse about their corrupted actions, they never show the slightest concern about actually harming or exploiting anyone – it's more about their fear of getting caught and the consequences they might face afterward. Much of the time, it doesn't feel to me like Brooks is leveling a satirical critique at human venality as much as he's merely wallowing in it. He knows how such material works on the stand-up comedy circuit, and now he's taking advantage of the new freedom to splatter it up on the screen. What humor there is to be found in these scenarios derives primarily from the surprising incongruity of seeing characters give loud and raucous expression to such craven desires. That can be pretty funny when it's truly unexpected, but the plunge into bedlam felt too abrupt once Gene Wilder's Leo Bloom character showed up in Max Bialystock's office and all the screaming began. Their antics must have felt fresh, brave, radical and refreshing to many in the audience at the time. And The Producers still packs a punch in that regard, even as it's been surpassed in just about every direction imaginable by the legion of movies that rely on such shock tactics, the origins of which can probably be genetically traced back to this breakthrough eruption of coarse megalomania pitched to the audience as winsome charm. Brooks's approach obviously hit a nerve, harshly rubbing some critics the wrong way while also earning stratospheric praise from others. (I've included a few vintage reviews in the links below.) He also struck some pretty rich pay dirt. The Producers went on to earn him an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, generated a solid return on its less than $1 million investment, and opened the door for Brooks to continue working steadily as a writer and director over the next few decades as films like Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein became fixtures of the comedy canon.
How the Film Speaks to Me Today:
I certainly won't dispute the fact that a lot of people still find The Producers to be an uproariously funny and delightfully enjoyable movie, and not all of them are old-timers harboring fond memories of watching Mel Brooks comedies as teens or young adults in decades past. I was fortunate enough to be a teenager in the audience when Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety and Silent Movie made their initial theatrical runs, and because of that early exposure, I retain a nostalgic affection for the happiness those films delivered at the time. But just as a lot of the humor I chuckled at in Mad Magazine from around that same time now strikes me as corny, dated and juvenile, I really don't think those movies hold up all that well, certainly not with the kind of consistency that makes me want to rewatch them all that often, nor with anything approaching the enduring power to bring delight, amazement and deeply felt laughter that I get when I watch much older films from Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd or even some of the better shorts from the Three Stooges and W.C. Fields. For all the indisputable bravery of defying conventional standards of propriety and the rapid-fire exuberance of Brooks's comedic onslaught, a lot of what once passed for hilarious in The Producers and his subsequent works now feels simply embarrassing and indulgent, if not excessively laborious in its barrage of tauntingly childish cheap shots that I outgrew a decade or two ago. I'm thinking primarily of the Liebkind and Ulla characters as being especially lame and grating. I do like the musical numbers quite a bit – the showstopper already embedded above is a classic, so engagingly inappropriate, but "Love Power," the psychedelic protest anthem sung by Dick Shawn in the character of L.S.D., and the finale "Prisoners of Love" are just as strong.
So my bottom line on this one is that I'm content to acknowledge the important place that The Producers holds in modern American film history, and I think it deserved its inclusion in the Criterion Collection back in the late 1980s. (It even deserved better treatment than the barebones package that includes just a trailer as the only supplemental material.)
But I'm glad that the rights have been acquired by a different publisher in the 21st century, as I don't think it's a good fit for what Criterion's become nowadays. For this review, I watched it on a solid dual-format edition produced by Shout Factory a few years ago. It features a nice array of supplements that provide insight on how the film was made, interviews with Brooks and living members of his cast like Gene Wilder and Lee Meredith. (Unfortunately, Zero Mostel and Dick Shawn, the two most interesting personalities I'd most like to have heard from, are both deceased and weren't available for interviews.) I could see myself revisiting the disc from time to time to take in a few scenes, and I suppose it's good to have on hand should the occasion of a massive Mel Brooks marathon ever seem like an idea worth acting on. Nothing too urgent, but you never know. Having watched it through a couple times now, I can't escape the sense that at some strange meta-level, The Producers is exactly what Bialystock and Bloom themselves were trying to foist on their audience: a show so lacking in redeeming social value, so rudely oblivious to the insult it was inflicting on its viewers, that the most appropriate response on our part would have been to just stop watching, get up and leave. But we'd already bought our ticket, and word of mouth told us that this was a boffo entertainment. We might as well see where it goes. And what do you know, it's a satire after all! A parody of all those buffoons in showbiz so willing to exploit the gullible bumpkins out there who slurp up the drivel they're peddling and come back begging for more. Hahahahaha! That Mel Brooks, what nerve! He cracks us up! So funny, when the joke is on somebody else… not on us, oh no, not on us!
Recommended Reviews and Resources:
Wikipedia summary
Mel Brooks talks about the Making Of The Producers in 2008
New York Times review by Renata Adler (1968)
Roger Ebert's review from 2000
"Don't Forget to Laugh": Debating the use of polarizing racial and political subjects in contemporary satirical comedy
The Producers goes to Broadway: Recap in The New York Review of Books (2001)
Original Screenplay
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Michael Girardet (* 1. März 1932 in Chemnitz) ist ein deutscher Verleger.

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Michael Girardet wurde als Sohn von Hellmut Girardet und Enkel des Firmengründers Kommerzienrat Wilhelm Girardet geboren. 1953–1954 studierte er zunächst Mathematik und Physik und 1955 bis 1958 Rechtswissenschaft mit Abschluss als Doktor der Rechte. Er promovierte 1959 an der Universität Würzburg mit dem Thema Was ist Positivismus in der Rechtswissenschaft?. Während seines Studiums absolvierte er bis 1959 Praktika bei verschiedenen Zeitungsverlagen. 1960 trat er in die Geschäftsführung des Verlages W. Girardet in Wuppertal ein.

Ab 1973 war er alleiniger geschäftsführender Gesellschafter der W. Girardet KG mit Sitz in Düsseldorf, Wuppertal und Krefeld (ab 2011 der Girardet Verlag KG) und Herausgeber der Westdeutschen Zeitung.

Girardet war im Vorstand des nordrhein-westfälischen Zeitungsverlegerverbands, Vorsitzender des Vorstands der Regionalpresse e.V. und Königlich Thailändischer Honorargeneralkonsul.

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 www.wz-newsline.de – Zum Unternehmen der Westdeutschen Zeitung

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'The Greatest Showman' Review: Hugh Jackman Sings And Dances His Way Into Holiday Hearts In Lively Family Musical
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P.T. Barnum always has been regarded as a great entrepreneur and show business pioneer who saw things no one else did, perhaps realizing the business was just one big circus. The new musical The Greatest Showman avoids the pitfalls of typical biopics to become more of a fantasia of song and dance, a joyous exercise in pure entertainment that is made for the holiday crowd. If it doesn't get swallowed up by other family fare like another Jumanji, another Star Wars, another Pixar toon and even Fox's own Ferdinand, audiences will discover than true rarity: an original movie musical.
La La Land proved, with a much more sophisticated palette last year, that there is a strong appetite for something different in what was thought to be an endangered genre in Hollywood. The Greatest Showman, with a great boost from Oscar-winning La La Land lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, is a sensational celebration of a beloved movie staple with new twists and a massive song score that bridges contemporary pop with Broadway. That's something the duo knows well, having won the Tony this year for their smash Dear Evan Hansen. But as I say in my video review above, this Jackman-fronted musical ,that marks the impressive feature directorial debut of music video maestro Michael Gracey ,offers exactly what fans of the genre crave: deliciously tappable musical numbers and likable characters.
'The Greatest Showman' Trailer: Hugh Jackman's Singing & Dancing Ringmaster
Smartly, the filmmakers — who include screenwriters Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon (the latter directed the live-action Beauty and the Beast and Dreamgirls and wrote the film version of Chicago) — also know how to keep a four-quadrant family musical from sinking into Chitty territory by employing devices that also will please the Broadway crowd, particularly the Bob Fosse-like opening number as well as sensational choreography throughout. Also a big plus is avoiding the politically incorrect use of a lot of live circus animals in favor of limited CGI versions.
The thrust of this film, though, is not the traditional circus circuit but rather the Oddities, characters on the outskirts who show their humanity: the Bearded Lady (Keala Settle) and Tom Thumb (Sam Humphrey) in addition to the likes of the Strong Man, Dog Boy and a glorious trapeze artist named Anne Wheeler (Zendaya), who is a love interest for Barnum's partner Phillip, played nicely by Zac Efron in his best screen outing in a long while. Michelle Williams is also a wholesome presence as Barnum's wife and proves to be more than a serviceable singer (but didn't we know that from Broadway's Cabaret revival?). Everyone does their own singing with the exception of Rebecca Ferguson, who plays Swedish singing sensation Jenny Lind and has a show-stopping number that brings lip syncing to the height of art. But Settle steals the show with her rendition of the Oddities anthem "This Is Me," a show stopper if there ever was one. Settle got a Tony nomination for Hands on a Hardbody and proves that stage electricity also can be plugged into movies.
Although we haven't seen a big circus-based movie musical since, well, Doris Day in 1962's Jumbo (or at least one that I can fondly recall), this is thankfully a fun one that fires on all cylinders without being cynical or pretentious. Jackman was born to play this role, and he knows it. It is worth catching if you care about original movie musicals at all. No, it is not La La Land, but it is not meant to be and it fits the bill nicely for 2017. Barnum himself would have loved the tribute. Producers are Laurence Mark, Peter Chernin, and Jenno Topping. 20th Century Fox releases the film today.
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Book review: The Mitford Scandal by Jessica Fellowes
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This is the third in the Mitford Murder mysteries and I'm probably enjoying each new release more than its predecessor/s. In my review of The Mitford Murders I mentioned that author, Jessica Fellowes wrote companion books for Downton Abbey so is obviously passionate about this era and knows her stuff. And in that book, as well as the second in the series, Bright Young Dead, the research she undertakes and the way she weaves facts and true events into fiction makes more interesting – and surprisingly educational – reading.
The Mitford Scandal
by Jessica Fellowes
Series: The Mitford Murders #3
Published by Little Brown Book Group
on September 24th 2019
Source: Hachette Australia
ISBN: 0751573930, 9780751573930
The year is 1928, and after the death of a maid at a glamorous society party, fortune heir Bryan Guinness seizes life and proposes to eighteen-year-old Diana, most beautiful of the six Mitford sisters.
The maid's death is ruled an accident, and the newlyweds put it behind them to begin a whirlwind life zipping between London's Mayfair, chic Paris and romantic Venice. Accompanying Diana as her lady's maid is Louisa Cannon, as well as a coterie of friends, family and hangers on, from Nancy Mitford to Evelyn Waugh.
When a second victim is found in Paris in 1930, Louisa begins to see links with the death of the maid two years previously. Now she must convince the Mitford sisters that a murderer could be within their midst . . . all while shadows darken across Europe, and within the heart of Diana Mitford herself.
I don't read historical fiction, other than some books unfolding in multiple timeframes or timelines. For some reason however, I'm enjoying this series and happy to be entrenched in the 1920s and now 1930s.
The thing I found strangest when I read the second novel was that Fellowes had spaced the first and second books four years apart so it felt as if there was a gaping hole and I had no idea what had happened in that time. It also means though, while the books are linked, they're easily able to be read as standalone novels.
Thankfully there's only a two year gap between the last book and this one, though we do jump forward in time on a few occasions here… traversing four or five years.
Again Louisa's a delight (becoming more so in each novel, given I wasn't overly enamoured of/with her in the first of the series) and police officer Guy Sullivan is back again, now with CID at Knightsbridge Station.
Nancy, the focus of the first book appears here again, as does Pamela (who featured in the second). Diana is next in line… turning eighteen herself and soon to marry when the book opens in 1928.
When we're reintroduced, Louisa hasn't seen anyone from her old life for some time. She's working as a maid at a party – at which another maid dies, which kinda sets off the series of events of the book – but she hides from the two Mitford sisters (Nancy and Diana) who are present. She's led them all to believe she's made her way to London to work as an 'independent successful and modern woman'. And though she is modern and independent, she's working a number of jobs to pay her rent.
Skip forward a little and she accepts a post with the newly married Diana. And… as I thought in the first book of the series, each novel focuses on a new Mitford sister.
Yet again, back in their employ Louisa has to walk the fine line between friendship and her servant-status; and the Mitford girls (women) continue to struggle with these boundaries as well.
I'm really enjoying this series and finding Fellowes manages to mix each novel up to give us something new in each outing. Louisa's relationship with the Mitford Sisters has continued, but grows and changes just as society is slowly changing and the shadow of the First World War fades and Second looms.
I probably wasn't as happy about the 'whodunnit' part as it was a bit left-field but the investigation itself and the many twists and turns kept me reading.
Again Fellowes has included Historical Notes for those of us too lazy to google stuff and / or with minimal knowledge of events of the time. As usual I was surprised to know how many of the 'pivotal' or grounding events of the novel are true – from the death of a maid at a party in the opening scene, to the inclusion of periphery characters such as Evelyn Waugh, to men being arrested for 'lewd' acts in public toilets, to Diana's relationship with Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists. (And I'd mentioned in my review of the opening book that I'd discovered then the Mitford Sisters were really quite famous, indeed… infamous in terms of their support of fascism and communism.)
This series offers readers a smidge of history amidst consistently interesting mysteries and I'm sure it will continue to be hugely popular with lovers of Downton Abbey, The Crown and the like.
The Mitford Scandal by Jessica Fellowes was published in Australia by Hachette and is now available.


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Teesside's X Factor star James Arthur has been forced to pull out of a charity gig after "crippling anxiety" left him unfit to perform.
He had been due to perform alongside Take That on Thursday, but pulled out at the last minute due to health concerns.
The 31-year-old said he had been badly affected by "poor mental health".
He posted on Twitter: "I'm deeply sorry to announce that I'm going to have to pull out of the Teenage Cancer Trust performance tonight.
"I have been feeling crippled by anxiety and poor mental health over the past few days and it's badly affecting me. I simply cannot perform tonight."
He added: "I would like to profoundly apologise to the amazing Teenage Cancer trust team, to all that have bought tickets to see me and to the boys from Take That, it was a dream to be able to perform alongside them but devastatingly I cannot perform this evening.
"I promise I will make it up to you and I'm looking to get help for this."
Former Ings Farm Primary and Rye Hills schools pupil James has previously shared his difficulties with anxiety with his followers on Twitter.
In August 2018 he said he thought he was going to die on stage.
He posted on social media: "I had an anxiety attack on stage in front of 12,000 people tonight and no one would've known.
"But I thought I was gunna die on stage which is maybe the scariest thing I've ever experienced in my life but it really made me appreciate my blessings, thanks everyone for everything x."


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DepEd readies remediation program for reading, math | Inquirer News
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'BEYOND SLOGANS AND CONTESTS'
DepEd readies remediation program for reading, math
By: Jane Bautista - Reporter / @janebautistaINQ
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:46 AM November 18, 2022
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The Department of Education (DepEd) will soon launch its National Reading and Math programs as part of the agency's learning recovery efforts at the basic education level.
The projects will be rolled out in the next few months, according to Assistant Education Secretary G.H. Ambat, with the reading program for Grades 1 to 3 students designed to "go beyond just slogans and holding contests."
"The National Reading Program gears to solidify the existing reading programs being implemented in the schools and field offices," she said on Wednesday during the DepEd's National Planning Conference in Subic.
The initiative will also complement the existing reading programs of the department, such as the Bawat Bata Bumabasa (3B) and the Every Child A Reader Program (ECARP).
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Introduced in 2019 under then Education Secretary Leonor Briones, the 3B initiative underscores the six elements of reading—oral language, phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension—that students must understand and use to learn how to read.
Meanwhile, ECARP provides a yearlong apprenticeship program to teachers to help them become "independent problem solvers" of the literacy problems in their respective schools.
Rosemarie Edillon, undersecretary for national development policy and planning at the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda), said that in Australia, the kids were being "awarded and rewarded for the number of books read."
Ambat recognized these strategies, saying that the DepEd was open to the idea of collaborating with the Australian government to improve the country's learning recovery programs.
Based on Neda's estimate, the impact of prolonged school closures in the Philippines due to the COVID-19 pandemic if left unchecked and unaddressed could result in P10.1 trillion worth of lost earnings and wages over the next 40 years.
Aside from the national reading and math programs, Edillon suggested that the DepEd also institute a national tutoring program to catch up on the learning losses.
"We could probably partner with SUCs (state universities and colleges) in their NSTP (National Service Training Program) for its implementation," she said.
This proposal is still under discussion at the DepEd, Ambat said, because "much as we understand that remediation is needed… we also have to consider the budget necessary for the tutoring program."
The agency earlier said it received "alarming" reports of learning gaps, which is the difference between what learners are expected to have learned in a certain grade level versus what they have learned up to that point.
Ambat said the DepEd has developed its strategies to address these gaps, including the profiling of learners based on their academic needs, intensifying the implementation of reading programs and expanding the learning time to improve reading and numeracy skills.
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Thylacine The Tragic Tale of the Tasmanian Tiger
By: David Owen(Author)
228 pages, b/w photos, b/w illustrations
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781742376318 Paperback Sep 2012 In stock
Is it still out there? Thousands of Australians, including dedicated and serious scientists, claim to keep seeing it still. The world's largest marsupial predator was deliberately hunted to extinction through fear, ignorance and greed. But was it a savage sheep killer or a shy, fussy, nocturnal feeder? And did it really drink its victims' blood? Once reviled, feared and slaughtered by government decree, the myth of the Tasmanian tiger continues to grow. So treasured is it now, the Tasmanian tiger has become the official logo of the island that wiped it out and a symbol of the conservation movement worldwide. A number of Australian species have miraculously reappeared after being labelled as extinct. Perhaps the tiger is still with us. And if it's not, can it be brought back by cloning?
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Pakistan supporters during Wednesday's game.
MS Dhoni, the India wicketkeeper.
Left to Right - Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma running between the wickets during India's innings.
Mohammad Amir goes for a run as he bats for Pakistan.
Faheem Ashraf of Pakistan playing a shot for Pakistan.
Kedar Jadhav bowls for India.
Hardik Pandya was taken off injured for India during their time on the field.
Rohit Sharma, captain of India, celebrates his fifty against Pakistan.
Jasprit Bumrah (centre) of India celebrating after taking the wicket of Pakistan's Faheem Ashraf.
Supporters of India and Pakistan mingled together during the action in Dubai.
Left to Right – Shoaib Malik and Babar Azam of Pakistan running between the wicket for Pakistan.
Supporters of India and Pakistan make a wave during the action in Dubai.
Babar Azam of Pakistan playing a shot during his innings for Pakistan.
India's Bhuvneshwar Kumar, second left, celebrates after taking the wicket of Imam ul Haq.
After all that build up. India against Pakistan in the UAE for the first time in over 12 years. The first time they had met since the titanic Champions Trophy final last year. Cricket's most important fixture.
Fair to say, this was not worth the wait, the hype, and especially not all that time spent sat in traffic.
There is no such thing as a dead rubber between these two nations. National pride supersedes all.
But the schedulers had done their best to diminish the importance of it. As a competitive fixture, it was pointless.
The fixture list had already been skewed to dictate that India get to stay where they are for the Super Four stage, sending Pakistan for two matches in Abu Dhabi instead, whatever the outcome. Neither do the points carry through to the next stage.
So as soon as the two sides did the needful against Hong Kong in their respective opening game, the context to this fixture became little more than ceremonial.
At least Indian supporters could revel in the result. It was one-way traffic, much like Hessa Street heading south at about 1pm on match day.
OK, so all it was worth was bragging rights. But so savage was this win, they must surely have inflicted psychological scars ahead of the meeting that matters, when they are reunited in Dubai on Sunday.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar essentially ended the game before it had begun, with a sparkling opening spell with the ball.
He dismissed Imam-ul-Haq then Fakhar Zaman, Pakistan's champion the last time the sides met, with only three runs on the board at the start of the fifth over.
Bhuvneshwar finished with 3-15. Perhaps of greater alarm from a Pakistan batting standpoint was the fact Kedar Jadhav was permitted to take 3-23 from nine overs of innocuous off-spin, as they posted a paltry total of 162.
Even on a pitch that was in its second day of use and increasingly dusty, that was never going to be remotely enough.
Captain Rohit Sharma blazed away at the top of the order, scoring a 39-ball 52 that included a six over mid-wicket that measured at 96 metres.
At the other end, Shikhar Dhawan proceeded with a freshness that belied the fact he had batted for 40 overs in extreme heat a day earlier, and fielded for 50, then another 43.1 in this game. He made 46, before driving Faheem Ashraf to Babar Azam at backward point.
To add injury to insult, Shadab Khan, the livewire of the Pakistan side, trudged from the field midway through his second over, with what appeared to be a glute injury.
It was the second time in the first two games of this Asia Cup that a Pakistan bowler had walked from the field mid-over. At least Usman Shinwari managed three wickets against Hong Kong before his premature departure. This time he was ineffectual.
The only conspicuous negative for India was an injury to Hardik Pandya. The all-rounder, who was rested for India's first game a day earlier, appeared to jar his back while following through bowling the penultimate ball of his fifth over.
He barely moved as he laid on the turf, before being wheeled off the field on a stretcher and receiving treatment for acute lower back pain.
For India, the eight-wicket win was a show of strength ahead of the bigger challenges to follow. For Pakistan, it was a stark reality check.
"It was a poor day, we were below par, and that was very disappointing," Mickey Arthur, Pakistan's coach, said.


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Andromalius est un démon issu des croyances de la goétie, science occulte de l'invocation d'entités démoniaques.

Le Lemegeton le mentionne en  et dernière position de sa liste de démons. Selon l'ouvrage, Andromalius est un grand duc de l'Enfer. Il apparaît comme un homme ayant un grand serpent en main. Il est capable de ramener les objets dérobés et de punir les voleurs comme les pécheurs. Il gouverne 36 légions infernales.

La Pseudomonarchia daemonum ne mentionne pas Andromalius dans sa liste de démons.

Il est également un des personnages d'In Nomine Satanis/Magna Veritas (jeu de rôle).

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Distributions with a coefficient of variation to be less than 1 are considered to be low-variance, whereas those with a CV higher than 1 are considered to be high variance.
What is considered a big variance?
A large variance indicates that numbers in the set are far from the mean and far from each other. A variance value of zero, though, indicates that all values within a set of numbers are identical. Every variance that isn't zero is a positive number. A variance cannot be negative.
How do you calculate variance and standard deviation?
Discrete variables
Calculate the mean.
Subtract the mean from each observation.
Square each of the resulting observations.
Add these squared results together.
Divide this total by the number of observations (variance, S2).
Use the positive square root (standard deviation, S).
Where do we use standard deviation and variance?
In short, the mean is the average of the range of given data values, a variance is used to measure how far the data values are dispersed from the mean, and the standard deviation is the used to calculate the amount of dispersion of the given data set values.
How much variance is too much?
As a rule of thumb, a CV >= 1 indicates a relatively high variation, while a CV < 1 can be considered low. This means that distributions with a coefficient of variation higher than 1 are considered to be high variance whereas those with a CV lower than 1 are considered to be low-variance.
How do you calculate operating variance?
To calculate the quantity variance, we multiply both the expected quantity (EQ) and the actual quantity (AQ) times the standard price (SP), which gives us $950,910 and $956,498, respectively.
What is the formula for calculating operating profit?
Operating Profit = Gross Profit – Operating Expenses – Depreciation – Amortization. Operating Profit = Net Profit + Interest Expenses + Taxes.
How much variance is acceptable?
What are acceptable variances? The only answer that can be given to this question is, "It all depends." If you are doing a well-defined construction job, the variances can be in the range of ± 3–5 percent. If the job is research and development, acceptable variances increase generally to around ± 10–15 percent.
What is a good explained variance score?
the acceptable variance explained in factor analysis for a construct to be valid is sixty per cent.
What is the formula for calculating standard deviation?
To find the standard deviation, we take the square root of the variance. From learning that SD = 13.31, we can say that each score deviates from the mean by 13.31 points on average.
How do you interpret a sample variance?
A variance of zero indicates that all of the data values are identical. All non-zero variances are positive. A small variance indicates that the data points tend to be very close to the mean, and to each other. A high variance indicates that the data points are very spread out from the mean, and from one another.
What is the symbol for standard variance?
Probability and statistics symbols table
Symbol Name
Meaning / definition
var(X) variance variance of random variable X
σ2 variance variance of population values
std(X) standard deviation standard deviation of random variable X
σX standard deviation standard deviation value of random variable X
Why do we use standard deviation and not variance?
Variance helps to find the distribution of data in a population from a mean, and standard deviation also helps to know the distribution of data in population, but standard deviation gives more clarity about the deviation of data from a mean.
How do you calculate profit variance percentage?
You calculate the percent variance by subtracting the benchmark number from the new number and then dividing that result by the benchmark number. In this example, the calculation looks like this: (150-120)/120 = 25%. The Percent variance tells you that you sold 25 percent more widgets than yesterday.
What is percentage of variance explained?
Definition: A percent variance is the change in an account during a period of from one period to the next expressed as a ratio. In other words, it shows the increase or decrease in an account over time as a percentage of the total account value.
Is variance a percentage?
The variance formula is used to calculate the difference between a forecast and the actual result. The variance can be expressed as a percentage or as an integer (dollar value or the number of units).
What is the mean and variance for standard normal distribution?
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I have a question as to when I can pull funds out of my solo 401k account without being penalized for it. I know I will have to pay taxes, but I am wondering about the penalties. I am 65 right now and will be 66 in March 2018.
You are talking about the 10% (ten) early distribution penalty, which only applies if you are under age 59 1/2 at time of solo 401k distribution.
My wife and I are both Trustees on the solo 401k and we both hold funds in the plan. Can I take distributions from her account at age 59 1/2 as she is much younger than me without the consequence of early withdrawal penalties?
Good question; however, no the rules do not allow for one spouse to piggyback of the other spouse's age when making solo 401k distributions.
Can I transfer monies from my Solo 401K to my IRA without withholding taxes being paid? I transferred money from my IRA to my Solo 401K without any withholding.
Generally, unless you are age 59 1/2 or over, only amounts that were transferred to this solo 401k from other IRAs or former employer plans can be transferred to an IRA which would be re portable on Form 1099-R but not taxable. These are IRS statutory rules.
Suppose I distribute $10,00 from my Solo 401k account and pay the $2,000 in tax and then Rollover the $10,000 back to my Solo 401k account within 60 days. If I later withdraw another $10,000 do I have to pay another $2,000 (20%) tax?
Yes as the mandatory 20% federal tax withholding applies to each solo 401k distribution amount.
With my solo 401(k), please assume I did a withdrawal for a rollover on 3 DEC 2018, and then made the completing deposit on 28 JAN 2019 (56 days later) back into the same account. Given the 1-year waiting period before doing another rollover, on what date could I subsequently do another withdrawal to START another rollover?
You can do as many 60 day rollovers from a 401k plan as the rules are not the same as for IRAs. However, you still have to pay the 20% mandatory tax upfront regardless if the funds are rolled back within 60 days. This is probably why the IRS does not apply to same IRA rollover rules to 401k plans since IRAs are not subject to the mandatory 20% withholding requirement.
I was under the (perhaps false) impression that the amount of tax I would pay upon taking a distribution depended on my current federal income tax bracket. In other words, if I am still working for another company and my salary puts me in the 30% federal tax bracket, I would need to pay 30% of the distribution as federal tax.
However, your article describes a mandatory 20% federal tax on the distribution.
The 20% is a federal tax withholding amount is based on the solo 401k distribution amount that gets submitted to the Department of the Treasury by the 15th of the month following the date of the solo 401k distribution.
The 20% gets credited towards your income taxes due by April 15 of 2019, for example, if you take a distribution in 2018.
As a result, you still may owe more taxes on the 401k distribution amount or you may get some back in a form of a tax refund from the IRS.
Lastly, while 20% is the mandatory withholding amount, if you wish you can certainly withhold more than 20% from the solo 401k distribution and submit it to the government by the 15th of the month as described above.
Can solo 401k distributions taken by seniors be reported on Form 1040SR?
Yes beginning in 2019. In the past, individuals had to report certain types of income (including IRA and employer solo 401k plan distributions) on the more complex Form 1040, U.S. Income Tax Return, or Form 1040A, U.S. Income Tax Return. Individuals age 65 and older may now use the simpler Form 1040SR to report income such as capital gains and losses, interest or dividends, distributions from solo 401k retirement plans, and Social Security benefits.


Cory Doctorow will be live online today in Firedoglake's Sunday book salon, to talk about Little Brother, science fiction, fantasy, the universe, and related subjects. The book salon starts at 5 p.m. EDT in the comment thread of the Book Salon post.
I expect that many of you are familiar with FDL – I know some of you are members of the community there, as am I. Some of you might even be principals there (Hi, Christy!). Firedoglake is a big part of the progressive blogosphere, a place for sharp political and legal analysis, progressive activism, and warm community. It's a natural venue for Cory and I expect that the conversation today will turn from his marvelous novel to the issues of privacy and surveillance that he's talking about. It'll be great.
So come dive into the Lake this afternoon! The water's fine.


– the new types of 'family' or of 'sexual relations'; etc.
(a) Updating of the growing literature on the topic.
(b) Documenting the social presence of a new language around 'gender and sexual (in)equality' in the texts mentioned above.
(c) Analysis of the key concepts, the discursive tensions, the processes of lexical negotiation or of collective identities' formation, in the said texts.
(d) Recopilation of a corpus of our research group.
(e) Beginning of a bilingual dictionary (English-Spanish) on 'gender and sexual (in)equality'.
(f) Dissemination of the results of our documentation and analysis.
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I have been tagged with the "eight random facts" meme, by the author of the fascinating blog bradshaw of the future - a blog I've been meaning to highlight here for some time, so more on that in another post.
For now, on to the meme. I'm finding it a challenge because in a way, Geek of All Trades itself is a collection of random facts about me. So I have to find eight facts that haven't yet made it into Geek of All Trades posts, or cannot be deduced from reading them. I hope they are at least somewhat interesting.
Post these rules before giving the facts.
At the end of your post, choose eight bloggers to tag and list them.
Leave your tagees a comment telling them they're tagged.
It is entirely possible that I could recite along with the actors every dialogue from Cold Comfort Farm. Also Howards End, and perhaps also Breakfast at Tiffany's.
When I was in my twenties, I couldn't wait to turn 30. Now I am well into my 30s and I can't wait to turn 40. I also greet each new gray hair as a welcome, long-awaited guest.
I went through a period of several years in which I frequently dreamed about witnessing a plane crash. In the typical dream, a low-flying airplane would enter my field of vision from behind me or from the side. It would fly across my field of vision and then be obscured by a tree, hill, or building. Then I would hear the crash and see the explosion from behind the object that obscured the airplane. The dreams are much less frequent now. During that time I was also afraid of flying, though I did so when I had to. I had not been afraid of flying at all before this, and I am not now - the fear went away on its own.
I am the laziest, most irresponsible, most undisciplined person I know. David says that this is only so because my friends and acquaintances are all extraordinarily highly-motivated people. Clearly I need new friends. Also I am a perpetual dilettante and serial obsessionist. Or maybe I just have the attention span of a gnat.
According to one of my early baseball memories, on or near my birthday one year I went to a game at Yankee Stadium with my dad at which catcher Rick Cerone hit a home run. I can't identify this game from the data at Retrosheet though. It might be this game, if my dad took me to night games when I was in third grade. Rick Cerone didn't hit that many home runs, and that is the only one he hit any time at Yankee Stadium any time near my birthday. It's possible that I've conflated two memories - one of going to the stadium on my birthday, and another of Rick Cerone hitting a home run.
I'm on my second career now, and frequently fantasize about what my third will be. If I could be a professional student, I would. I sometimes dream of going to graduate school in linguistics, but I am afraid that the transition from avocation to vocation will kill my passion for it. I think I will probably end up teaching - I'd teach just about any subject to just about any students, provided they want to be there and are eager to learn. I would also be very happy as an editor, but it seems that fewer and fewer employers want to pay people to edit things.
An acquaintance of mine who is an aspiring filmmaker made a ten-minute documentary about me for her filmmaking workshop. If I am feeling particularly exhibitionist, and if she gives me permission, I may just post it for all of you to see.
Passing along the tag: I am not sure I can think of eight who have not already been tagged, but I will try.
The Real Charlie: My friend Charlie, who writes about beer, traffic, morbidity and mortality, and his daughters, among other things.
While She Naps: My friend Abby, who writes about the magnificent soft sculptures she creates while her two daughters (who happen to be the same as Charlie's two daughters) are sleeping.
Desi in Boston: My friend Amit, who writes about all kinds of things.
Darkstate: My soul-mate David, who doesn't write about anything, but perhaps this tag will kick-start him and get him blogging again.
Was Watching: Steve, whom I got to know when I was a moderator on his now largely defunct NetShrine discussion board, is a very ardent and loyal Yankees fan who is unafraid to go out on a limb with his unique and creative ideas about baseball. I hope he will respond to this tag by posting some interesting Yankee-related facts about himself.
Well, that's pathetic - I can only think of five. The trouble is, I think, that most of the blogs I read are by people who don't know me and who couldn't really be bothered to respond to my dinky little tag, like Susie Bright or Language Log. But if I think of anyone else I'll come back and update the post.
I've been digging into old gossip about someone I admire very much, gossip that is about a quarter of a century old.
I'm not sure why I am compelled to turn over these rocks, but I am drawn to them, irresistibly and obsessively. It isn't exactly changing my opinion of the object of my admiration. Though she may have said and done some things that look hypocritical when compared against the stances she takes quite publicly today, I am not inclined to hold her hostage to decisions made and actions taken so very long ago. This stuff is ancient history, long forgiven by the people involved and by the people who were scandalized by it, or not, at the time.
But if it's not bothering me - if it's not making me think less of her, as I insist - why am I worrying it like a loose tooth? The attraction is perhaps driven partly by the sheer tastiness of it; it's human nature to be titillated by a salacious story. But there's more to it. I think I am drawn to the history of a more vulnerable youth of this woman who stands today so thoroughly powerful and above reproach. If there is a touch of arrogance about her today, she has earned it. In her past, though, she was less sure of herself, and less consistent; these scandals I have been investigating occurred at a time when she was struggling mightily with the very same issues that I, at the same age she was then, struggle with today: issues of personal and professional identity. She sorted them out in time - and how! - and became a better and stronger person for the experience. If she can do this, than perhaps so can I.
And so, perhaps, I study the fragility of her youth in order to give baseline and context to the magnificence of her present.
Two facts about me: I have always been drawn to women older than myself, and I have always longed to be older than I am. When I was in my 20s I longed for my 30th birthday. Now that I am well into my 30s I eagerly anticipate the arrival of 40, so dreaded by so many others. The reason for this, I think, is that I have always hoped that with age will come resolution, a sense of togetherness and purpose, and end to the persistent confusion that seems to define my life. This hero I so admire (neither "heroine" nor "heroin," I say, with a warm nod to an old friend who once called me on that particular bit of linguistic serendipity) is a woman more than 20 years my senior, and as grounded and accomplished as a person can be. If I just look at her as she is today, I see a state of grace and confidence that I can never attain. But if I look at her in the light of missteps she took when she was my age, and see how beautifully and completely she has recovered from them and learned from them, perhaps I can take a little comfort for my own future.
To you, whatever readers have stuck with me this far, I apologize for being so cryptic. The fact is that I don't want to be responsible for dredging up these old scandals, for leaving them, attached to my name, in a place where Google searches can find them. And so I am not naming names or being specific about the events in question. Some of you will know what I am talking about, some will not; and that will have to do for today.
A year ago, I posted a microcosm of Geek of All Trades - a year in review post that summarized what had happened on GOAT in 2005 by excerpting just the first sentence of the very first blog post of each month of the year. Here is the 2006 edition of this Year of All Trades post, but I have to admit that last year's did a better job of conveying the condensed flavor of GOAT.
January: What better way to start the new year than with a dispatch from the Department of Dubiously Useful Skills?
February: One morning a few weeks ago, my usually indomitable friend J. turned to me with furrowed brow and said, fear edging her softened voice, "Do you think the United States is going to bomb Iran?"
March: Susie Bright is rightly depressed about the state of reproductive rights.
April: I just spotted this in an AP story - I think it speaks for itself.
May: I came across this item today - an AP wire story highlighting several law professors who have banned the use of laptops in their classrooms.
June: I have been quiet here lately.
July: Demetrius is diabetic, and we give him insulin shots twice a day.
August: This is the fourth installment of Geek's Indian movie list.
September: It's been a while since I posted, I know.
October: Last night we heard a fantastic concert featuring two very different groups from East Africa - Mombasa Party, from "Kenya Mombasa" (as the band said), and the Royal Drummers of Burundi (pictured above).
November: The fascinating Data Mining Blog reports that Microsoft has launched a mapping service to compete with Google Earth.
What a week. Early last Saturday morning we learned that David's aunt and grandmother had both passed away the previous night. They were both ill and had been rapidly declining. Even so, the synchronicity was spooky. They were mother and daughter. One died in her home, the other in a nursing home twenty miles away. And neither ever had to be told that the other had passed.
By 11:00 AM we had booked plane tickets for that evening, and we set about arranging a sitter for Demetrius, running some errands, and packing up our things. We spent the next four days with David's family - mourning, telling stories, driving relatives to and from the airport, and just generally taking care of each other.
We brought back Grandma's chanukah menorah; the timing seemed good, since Chanukah started the day after we got home. And yesterday evening, on the first night, we set it up.
Blessed are you, our God, Creator of time and space, who has supported us, protected us, and brought us to this moment.
We will have a happy Chanukah, remembering David's aunt and grandmother and lighting our candles. I hope you have a happy Chanukah too.
I visited my family in New York for Thanksgiving. My parents now live on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Until about ten years ago, they lived in a free-standing Victorian in the Ditmas Park section of Flatbush, Brooklyn. That's the house I grew up in - my family moved there when I was eight weeks old.
During the holiday, we took my nephew to the New York Aquarium, in Coney Island. On the way back, we detoured past the old house on East 18th Street.
It looks a lot different now than it did when we lived there. In our day, the shingles were brown, as shingles should be. The trim was white, and the roof shingles were red. And those wooden banisters on either side of the front steps weren't there. But it's still the same house; the ghosts of my childhood lurk on the porch and under the eaves. There are some unchanged elements that can't be seen in this picture. The wrought-iron work on the front door is still there, though also painted that same awful periwinkle that now sullies the trim. Over on the right side of the porch there still stands a trellis to which rose bushes clung when I was little. And the shrubbery is basically unchanged.
The double windows above the porch (and the window diagonally placed next to them) were my room. (I didn't have an air conditioner when I was a child.) The tiny window to the left was my mother's little bathroom; not even a half bathroom actually, just a sink where she could put on and take off her makeup. The double windows to the left of that were my parents' bedroom. My brother's rooms were in the back of the house. The front-facing triple window in the attic was our playroom, a multipurpose room in which my brothers and I stored many of our toys and games and the books from our childhood.
The house has had two owners, I think, since my parents left. I suppose it is their prerogative to add banisters and paint the house all kinds of inappropriate colors, but I would love to see it once more as it was when my parents left it. My brother Matthew, who is an excellent photographer, took a thorough series of black and white photographs throughout the house as my parents were packing and moving out, so we fortunately have that chronicle of the house's details. Often, when I'm having trouble sleeping, I will take a mental walk through some portion of the house, concentrating on minutia - what the hall carpet felt and smelled like; the shape of the tear in the windowshade that hung in the small window at the top of the kitchen stairs; the tile pattern in the bathroom floor. In this way preserve the house as it was, regardless of the changes successive owners put it through.


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Kids, Work and British Women
Five recent performs by Black British girls have taken this on as they sort out Britain's lacking historical past, rewriting the record of it as "the country that ended slavery". They don't resort to violence to point out the seriousness of their tales however do so via thoughtful writing and by drawing connections between actual tales from our previous and our present. The writing of this text was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation . The authors thank the editor and reviewers for their constructive feedback.
British Girls – What's It?
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Women also wrote software program for status cutting-edge, worldwide tasks like the Concorde. And but, the low standing of the workers, and the reality that they had been essentially forbidden from rising into management or managing male employees, meant there was a whole mismatch between the rising energy of those technical experts and the means in which they had been handled. As computers grew in energy, having an underclass of highly-trained technical staff who were not aligned with the interests and targets of administration was a doubtlessly disastrous state of affairs.
Stanton drafted a Declaration of Sentiments for the convention, which known as for, amongst many issues, the "right to the elective franchise." Organizing for women's suffrage was temporarily suspended as a end result of the Civil War (1861–1865). After Reconstruction led to 1876, most women's rights energies had been channeled into the wrestle for suffrage. From 1876 till the beginning of the 20th century, most suffrage organizing consisted of numerous web local and state campaigns, involvement in referendums, and convincing politicians to assist women's suffrage. And throughout these years, women won the right to vote in Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah. The progress of urbanization and industrialization in the late nineteenth century, mixed with a more restive organized labor and social reform movement, intensified the battle for women's suffrage.
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Unlike contraceptives, abortion didn't need any prior planning and was inexpensive. Newspaper advertisements have been used to promote and promote abortifacients not directly. The Reformation closed the convents and monasteries, and called on former monks and nuns to marry. In Scotland the egalitarian and emotional features of Calvinism appealed to women and men alike.
Helped by the Bank Holiday Act of 1871, which created a quantity of fastened holidays, a system of routine annual holidays got here into play, beginning with middle class staff and moving into the working-class. Some 200 seaside resorts emerged due to low-cost resorts and inexpensive railway fares, widespread banking holidays and the fading of many spiritual prohibitions against secular actions on Sundays. The historical past of the twentieth-century English suffrage motion is dominated by the militant management of the WSPU. The mass militancy of women no doubt was a major factor in forcing the Liberal government to grant women's suffrage in 1918. Thus, the US and British woman's suffrage actions clearly shared many features. First, in England, unlike the United States, suffrage was by 1866 primarily based on property as properly as gender.
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Almost one million girls worked in the munitions sector alone, often around the clock, in poor and harmful working situations and underneath the specter of air assault for a lot of the time. Indeed, Churchill had mentioned that his biggest concern throughout all of the war years had been the U-boat risk.
"Although the circumstances by which she was elected are totally different than what a lot of us discover now, in the end she opened the door for girls MPs to come by way of, and she or he held that door open," says Smith. They tend to repeat the same traumatic images of violence against Black individuals as if there is no other means of getting the horror across than in such visceral and ugly scenes, particularly those involving Black women. This week's AIG British Women's Open at Carnoustie would be the most profitable match in women's golf with the prize fund elevated by $1.3 million to $5.8m, organisers said on Wednesday. Nicola Sturgeon (1970-) – is the current chief of the Scottish National Party and the First Minister of Scotland.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art has acquired a royal Persian tent from the 19th Century.
A prize acquisition by the Cleveland Museum of Art provides a rare glimpse into a lesser-known aspect of the history and culture of the Middle East: the opulent lives of its monarchs.
In today's State of the Arts, WKSU's Vivian Goodman peers inside a royal Persian tent.
Louise Mackie is the curator of textiles and Islamic art at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
She recently pulled off quite a coup. She made the rare find of a royal Persian tent.
The silk trade made the Shah fabulously wealthy. His portrait, with diamonds on his armbands and emeralds on his sword and dagger, hangs in the museum's textile gallery next to this magnificent tent, one of thousands he owned.
It's made of wool, 12 feet high and 13 feet in diameter, with a plain red cotton exterior that shows some wear and tear.
But the elaborately decorated wool interior, every inch of it covered in silk thread embroidery, is remarkably intact.
Soft lighting brings out the colors, in many shades of green, red, tan, ivory, royal blue and pale yellow.
Wooden struts that held up the tent centuries ago are long gone, so the museum created a metal cantilevered framework.
Support cables and peripheral guy lines are hidden from view.
You see recurring motifs of game birds and flowers blanketing the wall panels. Embroidered pheasants and partridges are perched on branches and posed beside vases filled with leaves and blossoms.
The intricacy of the stitching dazzles museum visitor Jan Terradotter.
Curator Mackie says the Shah probably used this round one-pole tent for entertaining guests.
But beyond their utility, Mackie says tents were also an important part of Islamic art and culture.
Rulers would take out dozens of larger tents at a time for ceremonies, for surveying their properties, and for military campaigns.
Mackie says it's highly unusual for an American art museum to obtain a tent like this one.
She discovered the tent by chance. She'd phoned a London dealer to inquire about 19th century Persian textiles.
It came from Rasht, a major silk-trade center on Iran's Caspian Sea coast.
Mackie says tents of this style are rarely seen.
It's a prize acquisition as a work of art, but Mackie also sees it as a bridge to understanding.
Visitors Jane and Kevin Payne came from Peninsula for what turned out to be a thought-provoking experience.
"Really amazingly beautiful," says Jane.
Muhammad Shah's royal Persian tent remains on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art until the end of June.