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CNN's Crazy, No-Holds-Barred, Social-Media Debate
It's got more bells and whistles than a video game and could send the candidates into anaphylactic shock
Manchester, N.H. -- By nature, I'm a debate skeptic. They're hard to differentiate, and the last one is usually forgotten as soon as the next one rolls around. But having just taken a tour of tonight's CNN debate layout-and-tech-wizardry, I am willing to suspend my disbelief. That's because CNN's format has so many tech and social-media bells and whistles that it seems more like a video game than a staid political debate, and therefore more likely to trip up the candidates--or, as I suppose CNN would say, "elicit interesting responses." Which is very much by design. "YouTube seems so four years ago, doesn't it?" David Bohrman, CNN's senior vice president and "chief innovation officer," said airily.
First, there's the stage. Nothing too techy about it (see picture above), but as Bohrman explained, the order of the candidates--Mitt Romney in the middle, Rick Santorum and Herman Cain on the wings, etc.--was determined by some precise formula that took into account various polling metrics in order to situate the most popular candidates at the center. "CNN determined the order," Bohrman told us. "It strikes us that Gov. Romney is essentially the hometown candidate. We suspect a lot of the conversation will revolve around the governor and the decisions he's made." I got the sense CNN is very much rooting for this outcome.
Once the candidates have taken the stage in precisely the right order, they're going to get hit from all sides. There will be, of course, the audience and the moderator, CNN's John King. But just before the stage is something the CNNers have dubbed "The Red Zone," where a group of registered Republican voters will be sitting who have not yet chosen a candidate. Big emphasis on that last part from Bohrman, who made it known that the network had gone to considerable effort to verify the open-mindedness of the Red Zoners and ensure that CNN didn't get punked. The Red Zone is a sort of a living, breathing, real-time focus group. But it is not only that! The Red Zone folks aren't going to just sit by, passively, stewing about Obamacare. Oh no, they're not. They'll get to ask questions of the candidates during the debate.
You know who else will get to ask questions? Three groups of Republicans who have been empaneled by CNN in three cities around New Hampshire: Plymouth, Rochester, and Hancock. (Bohrman wanted to get the entire town of Dixville Notch, which would have been cool, but it didn't work out. Maybe they don't have Twitter up there.) Anyway, these three groups will be watching, hawk-like, and the candidates will also be watching them, because they're going to be looming over the stage like Big Brother on a gigantic 27-foot-by-16-foot television screen.
Oh, but they're not all that's going to be looming over the stage on giant 27-foot screens. You know why? Because there are TWO giant 27-foot screens, and the other one will be devoted to a Twitter and Facebook stream curated by CNN's own Bryan Monroe and Derek Dodge (The hashtag will be #CNNDebate, by the way.) So you, too--or anybody!--can ask questions of the candidates. Or just embarrass them for ducking, if that's what they do. Monroe made clear that he'll be including all sorts of comments--so you if you want to shame Romney for some weak dodge on health care, you can do so IN GIANT LETTERS ON A BIG SCREEN RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS FACE. Ha! And your comments and questions won't be limited to the audience in attendance. That's because CNN will also be broadcasting them on that scrolling thingy at the bottom of your TV screen when you watch CNN. So the candidates will not be able to escape your judgment. (Unless Bryan and Derek let them).
You're probably staring at your screen in disbelief right now, I know. But guess what? There's more. You know those annoying buzzers and lights that cut off the candidates' answers, just when they're starting to panic and say something interesting? Well, not tonight they won't be. That's because there won't be any. CNN's doing this up freestyle! If you want to go a little long? Just do it. And if John King would prefer that you elaborate on your answer a bit more, he's just going to straight up ask that you do so! Because there are no rules tonight. (At least not the kind there usually are.) And with tweets and Facebook questions and the giant looming visage of skeptical Free-Staters and some more of them down below in the Red Zone and John King and--who knows, maybe the janitor will wander by, and if he wants to ask a question I BET THEY'LL LET HIM!--so you'd better do the smart thing and tune in to CNN at 8 p.m. You won't want to miss it.
Update: Hey, CNN, if it's not too late here's a great idea from commenter Chunk063: "This is going to be awesomely hilarious. I expect two buff guys named 'Jet' and 'Steel' to show up and shoot tennis balls at them throughout the debate."
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5 Interesting Foreign Sci-Fi & Fantasy Films Vol.2
September 5, 2017 March 17, 2018 3. Sci-Fi & Fantasy, 4. History & Classics, A. Movie Recommendations
In my previous post "Interesting Foreign Sci-Fi and Fantasy Films Vol.1" we discussed the first 5 interesting Foreign Sci-Fi and Fantasy Films.
Thanks to online streaming services now we are able to watch movies we normally wouldn't see at all. From old classics to the latest released we now have access to films around the world.
As we continue looking into more Foreign Films, here is the next batch of 5 interesting Foreign Sci-Fi and Fantasy Films:
1. Koi..Mil Gaya
Movie original title: Koi…Mil Gaya
Movie genre: Sci-Fi/Musical
This 2003 Indian science fiction film is widely regarded as Bollywood's very first science fiction film. For the western audience the film may seem long with a running time of 166 minutes with an intermission (break) in the middle of the movie. In India they literary have this break while in the rest of the world the film just continues rolling and there are song and dance sequences in the film.
The film has similar themes of E.T. The Extraterrestrial and was inspired by the Alien by Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray. The film tells the story of an intellectually disabled boy Rohit who meets an alien called Jadoo. Jadoo helps him with his disabilities but there is a connection between them since the beginning of the story.
In addition to the whole central theme of friendship, there is also the theme of being different and how to handle it. It is a positive movie from which really are lacking these days. Humans can be very cruel but do we have to see the dark side in movies and TV again and again? At the same time, humans can be compassionate, loving and try to do the right thing. Why not see more of this side? It could inspire others to become better human beings.
The film received positive reviews from critics and declared a blockbuster by Indian box office. Even though it may seem like a familiar story to you, the way it was shot and the performances are completely different from what you have seen before, especially if you are not familiar with Indian cinema.
You will be emotionally invested in the story. In Indian cinema, filmmakers have the skill to bring out the emotional side of storytelling without doing much. The success of the film made it possible for the start of India's first financially successful "superhero" film franchise. The sequel "Krrish" is centered on Rohit's son Krishna "Krrish" Mehra.
2. Pan's Laberinth
Movie original title: El laberinto del fauno
Movie genre: (Dark) Fantasy
Country: Spain/Mexico
El laberinto del fauno is a dark fantasy film written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. The Spanish title refers to the fauns of Roman mythology, while the English, German and French titles refer to the faun-like Greek deity Pan. In the film, the realities of the Spanish civil war in 1944 are combined with a mythical world of mysterious creatures.
Ofelia sees how her father the Falangist Captain Vidal hurts down the Spanish Maquis, while her pregnant mother is ill. Then Ofelia finds the old labyrinth garden meets several strange and magical creatures who lead her thoughts the old labyrinth garden.
Pan's Labyrinth received many positive reviews and was fortunately successful. Many scenes in the film are metaphors or thematically scenes from religion to the way we live life. There are so many that you'll have to re-watch it to find them all. It's not your traditional fairy tale so the atmosphere and the mystical creatures don't look nice.
The filmmakers used make-up, animatronics and CGI to create these creatures. The film had limited released had its premiere at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. The film was well received at Cannes. This helped to open doors in other countries where the film could be released. Probably without this success, the film would have received wide releases in many countries. The film received 6 Academy Award nominations: Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup, Best Original Score, Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film. The film won the first 3 mentioned (nominations).
3. Mermaid
Movie original title: Русалка, Rusalka
Movie genre: Fantasy/Comedy/Drama
The film is a loose adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" directed and written by Anna Melikyan. The film tells the story of an introverted little girl who grows up believing that she has powers to make wishes come true. She lives by the beach with her strange mother and grandmother and wishes for her father to come and rescue her. Later they move to Moscow and as a teenager is confronted with reality and discovers all the wonders of the world with an optimistic point of view.
The film has a nice cinematography and great performances. The film received positive reviews and was a box office success in Russia. Many praised the performance of the main lead and many others compare it to Amélie (2001). This modern interpretation of a classic fairy tale is very interesting to watch. The story basically has nothing to do with the traditional "Little Mermaid" story. The main themes of the movie are growing up and handling personal relationships. The film was selected for submission to the 2009 Academy Awards for the category of Best Foreign language Film.
4. Robot
Movie original title: Enthiran/ Edhiran
The film tells the story of scientist Vaseegaran, played by Rajinikanth, who creates an android named Chitti, also played by Rajinikanth, based on his own image to assist the Indian army. Later he manages to upgrade Chitti's software to give it the ability to understand and show human emotions. Chitti unexpectedly falls in love with Sana, played by Ashwarya Rai, which is Vaseegaran's girlfriend. Vaseegaran prepared Chitti for an evaluation by the Artificial Intelligence Research and Development (AIRD) Institute which is managed by Bohra, a rival of Vaseegaran. Chitti is manipulated by Bohra and fails the evaluation.
Enthiran received both positives and negative reviews from critics in India. Surprisingly internationally the critics and the audience were more enthusiastic. As of August 2017, the film has a score of 71 on rotten tomatoes. The film is the fourth highest-grossing South Indian film of all time after Baahubali 2: the Conclusion (2017), Baahubali: the Beginning (2015) and Kabali (2016) as of May 2017.
Enthiran won Best Special Effects and Best Production Design at the 58th National Film Awards. The film was dubbed in Hindi and in Telegu. The film was also known as India's most expensive film at that time. The visual effects consisted of CGI, prosthetic make-up, and animatronics. The main theme of the movie is the battle between man and machine.
The film has some similarities with Mary Shelly's Frankenstein novel (1818) and Terminator (1984). The film makes many references to scientific principles related to engineering, robotics and computer science. The film is also a traditional Indian film which means that there will be some song and dance (don't worry it's entertaining) and of course it's running time of approximately 3 hours is very common in Indian cinema. The film's soundtrack was composed by A.R Rahman.
The film has an intermission (break) at the middle of the film. This "break" is provided in Indian movie theaters for the audience to take a very short break. In other countries this intermission is not applied which makes it seem like a long journey but once you are engaged in the story time flies.
The sequel titled "2.0" is expected to be released worldwide on 25 January 2018. The film will feature Rajinikanth reprising the roles of Dr. Vaseekaran and Chitti, alongside Akshay Kumar and Amy Jackson. The film will be released simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi and is expected to regain the title of the most expensive Sci-Fi Indian movie.
5. Trollhunter
Movie original title: Trolljegeren
Movie genre: (Dark) Fantasy/Horror
Language: Norwegian
Trollhunter is a little bit an unconventional film because of its form of a found footage mock documentary (mockumentary). The film tells the story of a group of students from Volda University College that went to make a documentary about a suspected bear poacher Hans, played by Otto Jespersen.
The cast who played the students were a mixture of relatively unknown actors and well known Norwegian comedians. As the story progresses the students interview local hunters at the site of an illegally slew bear who commented that the bear tracks look strange. As they continue to cover the story their life changes.
The film was critically acclaimed in Norway especially for combining Norwegian cultural elements with Hollywood influences. But of course, there were a few critics who didn't like the mockumentary format of the film. Internationally the film was well received. Many thought that for a small budget movie by Hollywood standards it was a clever and, engaging horror movie, with some social satire all the while showing Norway's beautiful nature and culture.
The film has many references to Norwegian culture and folktales including the belief that there are different species of trolls. The Norwegian folklore includes trolls that are big, strong, old having multiple heads, the ability to smell a Christian's and a tail. Trolls eats rocks, meat and are sometimes man-eaters. Trolls are not so intelligent and there is a belief that they turn into stone when they are exposed to the sunlight.
Next to Norwegian culture and folktales the film also makes references to social issues specifically, the often heated conflict between farmers and animals eating their livestock and the farmer's limited ability to handle the situation without breaking wildlife regulations. The film is considered as a Norwegian classic that elevated found footage filmmaking.
There you have them, another batch of interesting films to see from Mexico, Norway, Russia, and India. Have you ever watched any of these foreign films already? What is your experience with watching foreign films? If you have not seen any of the above-mentioned films, will you consider watching (one) them? If yes, which one would you watch? Click here for the next post with the third batch of interesting Foreign Sci-Fi and Fantasy films.
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When it comes to watching new films I normally have to be wowed by the the film trailer and who stars in it. With the ones that are listed they are normally not my cuppa tea but I have to admit it I need to be more open mined I think as some of these trailers look fantastic. Thanks for the article.
I understand but be aware that trailers can be deceiving. For foreign films its very difficult to know the actors since they don't really have the platform that Hollywood has. I encourage you to try. Doesn't have to be Sci-Fi or Fantasy, you can check other genres that interest you more (Like action I imagine). There are some interesting films out there waiting to be found.
I read a lot of Sci-Fi/Fantasy, so I'm always on the lookout for my fav's being released as a movie. Although the books are usually better (you just can't capture everything in a movie like you can a book!), it's always fun to see.
I have to agree with you, Pan's Labyrinth was interesting, all right! =]
Hi Stefanie,
Interesting point of view. Now that I think about it you may be right.
Yes, Pan's Laberinth was indeed a strange yet interesting movie to watch.
Dinh says:
I like foreign films regardless of genre. It doesn't have to be sci-fi or fantasy, though I like that the most.
I like that it opens up a world not seen through "American" eyes and gives us a better understanding of other cultures.
Thanks for sharing the list. I will keep them in mind if I watch a movie.
Hi Dinh,
I completely agree with you and it's one of the main reasons why I started this series. One story can be interpreted in various ways. A style can be shown in different ways. Culture can impact a story. Etc, etc. Hope to see you around in the upcoming posts.
Thanks a lot for taking some time to read my articles!
You have put together a great list here. I haven't watched robot yet, however, with the exponential growth of AI in this day and age it seems more fitting to watch it now than it ever was before. My favorite robot TV series so far is West World. Have you by any chance watched any of the episodes yet?
Sorry if it's not a movie, the Robot film made me think of it 🙂
I suggest you give it a try and see it. Yes, I watched West World. Its an awesome show!
Thanks a lot for stopping by!
terei says:
I like all types of movies and i have not heard of these before very interesting that there are movies that are different from your usual movies out there.
thanks for the insight
Hi Terei,
Yes there are many kinds of movies to see. I completely understand and that is one of the main reasons I started these series of article and put a little light on some interesting movies. I hope you'll watch a few of them. Thanks a lot for taking some time to read my article!
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For example, on a NVIDIA card with 5 compute units (or SMs), there can be a maximum of 8 workgroups (or blocks) per compute unit, so the maximum number of workgroups that can be run concurrently is 40.
Since I can find the number of compute units with clGetDeviceInfo, all I need is the maximum number of workgroups that can be run on a compute unit.
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A: Max number of groups per execution unit/ SM are limited by the hardware resources. Let me take example of Intel Gen8 GPU. It contains 16 barrier registers per sub slice. So no more than 16 work groups can run simultaneously.
Also, The amount of shared local memory available per sub-slice (64KB). If for example a work-group requires 32KB of shared local memory, only 2 of those work-groups can run concurrently, regardless of work-group size.

A: I typically use the number of compute units as the number of work groups. I like to scale up the size of the groups to saturate the hardware, rather than force the gpu to schedule many work groups 'simultaneously'.
I don't know of a way to determine the max number of groups without looking it up on the vendor specs.

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Home / News & Views / CARI Viewpoints / ASEAN Roundtable Series: A changing world order: What will President Trump's Economic and Foreign Policies mean for ASEAN?
ASEAN Roundtable Series: A changing world order: What will President Trump's Economic and Foreign Policies mean for ASEAN?
Published on 3 April 2017
Ambassador Michael W. Michalak
Senior Vice President and Regional Managing Director, U.S.-ASEAN Business Council, Inc.
Amb. Michael W. Michalak joined the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council in September 2015 as Senior Vice President and Regional Managing Director. He oversees the Council's six offices in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from the Council's regional headquarters in Singapore, leads the Council's regional advocacy efforts and engages regularly with key ASEAN policymakers and thought leaders to offer his unique perspective on the key role U.S. businesses can play in ASEAN. He also manages, coaches and develops the Council's most critical resource: its staff.
Amb. Michalak most recently worked as an independent business consultant focused on Asia and particularly Vietnam. He also served as Senior Advisor to the private sector host committee of the U.S. APEC Year (2011). His diplomatic career with the U.S. State Department spanned more 30 years and included postings to Tokyo, Japan; Sydney, Australia; Islamabad, Pakistan; Beijing, China; as well as Washington, D.C. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam from August 2007 to February 2011. Prior to his position in Vietnam, Amb. Michalak was Ambassador and Senior U.S. Official to APEC. He also served as Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. In addition, he received a group award for valor for his actions in a time of crisis when the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad was burned down. Amb. Michalak began his career as a research physicist at Nasa.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan and a Master of Science degree in Applied Physics from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He received a second Master's degree in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He speaks Japanese and Chinese.
Dr. Arup Raha
Chief Economist, CIMB ASEAN Research Institute
Dr. Arup Raha is the Chief Economist of CIMB ASEAN Research Institute. While his work and interests are global in nature, Arup's particular expertise is on Asia where he has close to 20 years of experience working as a professional economist in the financial services industry. He was the Chief Asia Economist for global banks such as HSBC, Citi and UBS and also the Head of India Equity Research for JP Morgan. Prior to working in financial markets, Arup was an economist with The World Bank in Washington D.C.
Arup has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi, a Masters from the Delhi School of Economics and a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from Vanderbilt University in the United States.
Dato' Abdul MajidAhmad Khan
President, Malaysia-China Friendship Association Exco Member, Malaysia-China Business Council
Dato' Abdul Majid is currently the President of the Malaysia-China Friendship Association (PPMC) and Exco Member of the Malaysia-China Business Council.
He obtained a Bachelors degree in Economics (Honours) from University of Malaya. In his thirty-four years of service with the Government, he served in the Prime Minister's Department and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as in several missions abroad (Vietnam, Laos, China, USA and Nigeria). He has also held senior positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He also acted as the Under Secretary of West Asia and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and has participated in several Ministerial and Prime Ministerial visits to West Asian Countries and OIC Meetings.
During his tenure as the Director General of ASEAN, he actively participated in the organisation of the 30th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting held in Kuala Lumpur as well as the ASEAN Head of Summit and the 10+3 Summit Meetings in Malaysia.
In 1998, he was appointed as the Ambassador of Malaysia to the People's Republic of China and concurrently accredited to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea until his retirement on 2nd January, 2005. Post-retirement, he continues to actively participate in various conferences and seminars dealing with the subject of China's Economic Development and ASEAN. He sits on the board of directors of several companies, both listed and private.
YAM Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin ibni Tuanku Muhriz
Senior Fellow, CIMB ASEAN Research Institute Founding President, Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs
Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin is a Senior Fellow of CIMB ASEAN Research Institute; Founding President of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs; a Trustee of Yayasan Chow Kit, Yayasan Munarah, the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation and the Genovasi Foundation; an Independent Non-Executive Director of Allianz Malaysia Berhad and Kian Joo Can Factory Berhad; an advisor or patron to numerous educational and cultural organisations; a committee member of several societies; and a columnist in three newspapers.
He was educated at the Kuala Lumpur Alice Smith School, Marlborough College and the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he obtained his MSc in Comparative Politics. He then worked in the UK Houses of Parliament before moving to Washington DC to join the World Bank as a Public Sector Consultant. Upon returning to Malaysia, Tunku Zain worked at the United Nations Development Programme and the KRA Group before becoming a Research Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
In 2006 he co-founded the Malaysia Think Tank which evolved into the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) in 2010. Since 2008 he has maintained a newspaper column: firstly Abiding Times in theSun, then Roaming Beyond the Fence in the Star and Sin Chew, and now Conservatively Speaking Freely in the Malay Mail, Borneo Post and Oriental Daily. From these articles three books have been compiled, the latest being nominated for the Popular Readers' Choice Awards. Tunku Zain also authored a coffee table book for the Installation of the Eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan and led a major project to revitalise the State Anthem.
An Eisenhower Fellow, he has been selected for various leadership programmes by the governments of Australia, France and the European Union and has received awards for integrity and impact among young leaders.
Chairman, CIMB ASEAN Research Institute President, ASEAN Business Club
Tan Sri Dr. Munir is the Chairman of CIMB ASEAN Research Institute (CARI) and the president of ASEAN Business Club (ABC). He is also the Chairman of Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd, and has been on its board since 2008. He obtained his B.Sc (Econ) from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1971, and his PhD in International Relations in 1978. He taught at the Department of International Relations in LSE from1972-1975, and was an analyst for Daiwa Europe NV in London from 1975-1978.
On his return to Malaysia at the end of 1978, Tan Sri Dr. Munir joined The New Straits Times Press (NSTP) as a lead writer and progressed to become its Group Editor. He left The NST in 1986 to become the CEO of a small merchant bank, Pertanian Baring Sanwa (PBS), which then became Commerce International Merchant Bankers, the genesis of today's CIMB Group. He left CIMB in 1993 at the invitation of the Government of Malaysia to set up the Securities Commission and became its first Executive Chairman until 1999. He continued with his illustrious career, serving in various capacities, including as Chairman of both Celcom and Malaysia Airlines System at different times. He was the founder and President of the Kuala Lumpur Business Club (2003-2008), and was the chairman of its Advisory Council. Dr. Munir, an Honorary Fellow, is Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE IDEAS (Centre for international affairs, diplomacy and strategy).
The roundtable discussed the potential impacts of President Trump's economic and foreign policies on ASEAN. In his opening remarks, Tan Sri Dr. Munir Majid, Chairman of CIMB ASEAN Research Institute (CARI) said that, "It is important to note there is a shaking up of the current world order and it is a threat to global trade which is the biggest perceived business risk." He added that, "America's might and power require a look at President Trump and his policies." Each panellist agreed that any action the United States may take will have an indirect or direct impact on ASEAN. However, they also reiterated the unpredictability of President Trump's economic and foreign policies makes it difficult to say for sure what policies will and will not enacted. A recent United States Trade Representative (USTR) trade policy report outlined the possible direction of current Administration's trade policies, which signals a rise in bilateral trade agreements putting an end to the era of the US pursuing multilateralism.
1. A trade war is unlikely
There was a consensus among the panellists that the U.S. is unlikely to start a global trade war. Ambassador Michalak said that while there is a lack of clarity within the Trump Administration on who is leading trade policies and what these policies should be, it is unlikely that the country will be the epicentre of a trade war. However, what is clear is that, first on the trade agenda seems to be a renegotiation of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Again, how long these negotiations will take and what clauses will be added or removed are highly unpredictable as this will rest on who leads the negotiations. One thing that Ambassador Michalak was certain about is the fact that thus far the Administration has not engendered trust in trade policies particularly because, in his opinion, President Trump believes in a zero sum game.
CARI Chief Economist, Dr. Arup Raha began by saying that protectionist measures are not new to the United States. The country has been protecting many of its industries including the automobile, airline and banking sectors. In his opinion, as a significant proportion of American trade is intra-firm – foreign entities of US firms trading with their domestic arms – implementing tariffs will adversely affect American firms.
2. China-U.S. relations: Antogonistic or Amicable?
Dato' Majid Khan, former Malaysian Ambassador to China noted that President Trump's anti-China rhetoric has lessened of late. In fact, according to a survey President Trump's popularity in China was rising, second only to that in Russia. According to Dr. Raha it seems that President Trump's campaign proposals to raise tariffs for Chinese products by 40 percent are unlikely because that would also result in the strengthening of the US dollar and hurt U.S. exports. With the chances of extreme trade measures toward China being unlikely the panel discussed the response China has taken towards America.
Dato' Majid, observed that China has been making the first moves since President Trump's inauguration to placate the potentially reactionary measures of his Administration. For example, China has approved 38 of President Trump's business patents in the country. Dato' Majid believes China is creating a "positive atmosphere in preparation for the leaders of the two countries to meet". However, he also warned that the U.S. should be careful of its actions with respect to China as he believes if during the upcoming National Party Congress elections military leaders are voted in, they along with the conservatives in the Party, may be encouraged to adopt an anti-U.S. position.
Having spent many years as a diplomat in China, he said that through his discussion with various Chinese leaders he gets the impression that "that China is not rejoicing at the U.S. retreating from the global stage". This is because while China can take over the role of a global powerhouse it is not yet ready to shoulder such global responsibility. What China really wants is an equal role on the world stage through institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. At least for now, according to Dato' Majid, China is adopting "a wait and see attitude" before they make any moves as President Trump's policies could either be an opportunity or challenge for the world's second largest economy.
3. The U.S. economy: A rise in economic nationalism
The panel agreed on the fact that the move towards economic nationalism is a worrying trend globally which has brought about the rise of leaders such as Donald Trump and made ideas such as Brexit a reality. In the United States specifically, Dr. Raha said that the "Make America Great Again" rhetoric is appealing because real incomes in the country have not gone up since the 1960s and that the median income has actually fallen thus causing the rise of populism. However, he added that most of the decline in manufacturing jobs had taken place due to improvements in technology, though some of it was due to trade and a lack of regional growth.
In President Trump's attempts to make "America Great Again" he is likely to undertake reflationary policies, which has seen the stock market react positively. However, Dr. Raha believes that as the U.S. economy is close to full employment the reflationary fiscal policy is likely to be countered by the Federal Reserve, diluting its impact.
According to Dato' Majid, there is also a possibility that remittances from Vietnamese and Filipinos working in the U.S. may decrease especially if immigration policies mean that many of them are unable to enter the country again.
4. Implications for ASEAN
Each panellist had their different perspective on how Trump's economic and foreign policies would impact ASEAN.
Ambassador Michalak believes that companies will continue to set-up in ASEAN as the region offers many advantages that the U.S. is unable to offer anymore.
Dr. Raha was of the opinion that ASEAN countries will have to be prepared with monetary policy measures in response to the Federal Reserve's policies. The easing cycle in ASEAN is over and countries, such as the Philippines may have to raise rates this year. He believes that what really drives trade is business investment abroad. Trade still remains the driver of ASEAN growth and the region should continue to pursue free trade agreements such as the Trans Pacific Partnership with or without the participation of America.
Dato' Majid believes that ASEAN leaders and the secretariat "need to proactively cultivate a relationship" with the new Administration and President Trump. They should do this now in the early stages of the presidency to impress upon the American policymakers the importance of ASEAN. However, Dato' Majid raised the question of whether there is strong enough leadership within the region to execute this.
Additionally, Dato' Majid cautioned that the potential reorientation away from Asia could cause some countries in the region to move towards China which in turn may create some antagonism within the region further weakening ASEAN centrality.
Tunku 'Abidin, Senior Fellow at CARI, emphasised that ASEAN has to be weary of the phenomenon that led to President Trump's election in the first place – the trends towards populist nationalism, xenophobia and protectionism. He believes that if this populist nationalism grips ASEAN then it could stall the integration of the region and the ASEAN Economic Community. However, he said that ASEAN could learn from Mr. Trump's rise. "Currently, ASEAN is seen as an elitist bureaucratic institution by the younger generation," he said. "If we don't want to see little "Trumps" in ASEAN then it is important that the institution be successful, significant and propel the region forward." he concluded.
A question was raised on the role of ASEAN in the U.S.- China relationship. The panel responded by saying that ASEAN must prevent antagonistic interactions between the two countries and that ASEAN must continue to build trust and confidence in itself as a regional body.
The panel agreed on many pertinent points during the discussion. The first was that a trade war is unlikely to materialise as President Trump will not raise tariffs on Chinese goods to the levels he previously promised. What did emerge from the conversation was the importance of the relationship between U.S. and China and how ASEAN should play a role in ensuring that the relationship between the two countries remains amicable. It was also noted that unless President Trump is able to perform economic miracles and reverse the technological advances which has caused wages to stagnate in the U.S., businesses will continue to set up in the ASEAN region for the competitive advantage the region provides.
Written by Tamanna Patel, Resident Research Fellow at CARI.
ASEAN businesses want clarity from Trump on trade – Nikkei Asian Review (14 March 2017)
ASEAN Roundtable Series on "Dealing With a Changing World Order: What Will Trump's Economic and Foreign Policies Mean for ASEAN"? – BERNAMA (14 March 2017)
ASEAN businesses urge Trump to provide clarity in trade Policies – BERNAMA (14 March 2017)
Perniagaan ASEAN Gesa Trump Perjelas Dasar Perdagangan AS – BERNAMA (14 March 2017)
ASEAN businesses urge Trump to provide clarity in trade policies – 365News (14 March 2017)
Clarity needed on Trump's trade policies – Edge Markets (14 March 2017)
ASEAN businesses urge Trump to provide clarity in trade policies – NAM News Network (14 March 2017)
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Top 25 Films of the 1960s
By michaelgloversmith
25. L'amour Fou (Rivette, France, 1969)
A highpoint of both the French New Wave and the history of improvisational filmmaking, Jacques Rivette's four hour plus opus charts the construction of a play (Racine's Andromaque) as well as the disintegration of a marriage (that of the play's director), alternating between 35mm and 16mm film stocks. As the film progresses and the cross-cutting slowly, inexorably achieves a terrifying velocity, L'amour Fou fully justifies Pauline Kael's description as an "intellectual horror film." The climactic orgy of sex and destruction has to be seen to be believed.
24. Psycho (Hitchcock, USA, 1960)
23. Au Hasard Balthazar (Bresson, France, 1966)
22. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, USA, 1968)
21. My Night at Maud's (Rohmer, France, 1968)
20. The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (Straub/Huillet, Germany, 1968)
19. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Ford, USA, 1962)
18. Boy (Oshima, Japan, 1969)
17. The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (Rossellini, France/Italy, 1966)
16. Last Year at Marienbad (Resnais, France/Italy, 1961)
Alain Resnais followed up Hiroshima, Mon Amour by expanding on its innovative formal structure to create this audacious, intellectual "puzzle film." A man and a woman (again unnamed) meet at the title resort where he attempts to convince her, against her protests, they had met and had an affair the previous year. As Marienbad progresses, we can never be sure if we are watching flashbacks, false memories or fantasies – or even which character might own them. Don't let its reputation as a "cold," "impenetrable" film deter you; there are many points of entry into this masterpiece, including the extraordinarily beautiful black-and-white cinematography, the sly humor of Alain Robbe-Grillet's script and a great lead performance by the regal Delphine Seyrig.
15. A Fugitive from the Past (Uchida, Japan, 1965)
14. Army of Shadows (Melville, France, 1969)
13. The Arch (Tang, Hong Kong, 1969)
Cecille Tang's masterpiece is often cited as Hong Kong's first "art film" and indeed in terms of style this ascetic Ming dynasty period piece often feels like the Chinese equivalent of Andrei Rublev. Madame Tung (Lisa Lu) is a schoolteacher and widow asked by the government to provide room and board to cavalry Captain Yang (Roy Chiao) who arrives in her small farming village to protect the harvest from bandits. Both Madame Tung and her adolescent daughter develop feelings for the Captain during his stay in a quietly devastating romantic tragedy marked by minimalistic dialogue and haunting, austere black and white cinematography courtesy of Satyajit Ray's regular director of photography Subrata Mitra.
12. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Pasolini, Italy, 1964)
Pier Paolo Pasolini's best-loved film is this unorthodox but reverential version of the Christ story in which the life of Jesus (hauntingly portrayed by non-actor Enrique Irazoqui) is told in straightforward, realistic fashion – from his birth in Bethlehem to his revolutionary political teachings to his crucifixion, death and resurrection at Golgotha. Some critics have detected a Marxist slant to Pasolini's take yet this is a movie virtually anyone, even the Pope, could love. The impressively eclectic soundtrack features Bach, Mahalia Jackson and Blind Willie Johnson.
11. 8 1/2 (Fellini, Italy, 1963)
Life imitates art and art imitates life in Federico Fellini's masterpiece, a thinly-disguised autobiographical study of a movie director (Mastroianni again) fighting "director's block." Guido Anselmi struggles to complete his latest film, a science fiction epic, as fantasies, dreams and childhood memories collide (most of which pertain to Guido's struggles with religion and/or women). Fellini never again recaptured the greatness on display here (even though he repeatedly mined similar subject matter) but as far as career peaks go, 8 1/2, quite simply one of the most influential movies ever, remains a dizzying high.
10. Charulata (Ray, India, 1964)
My favorite Satyajit Ray film is this 1964 masterpiece, the title of which is sometimes translated as The Lonely Wife. It tells the story of Charu, a housewife with an interest in literature, whose wealthy husband is preoccupied with his business of running an English language newspaper. The husband's younger brother comes to visit and forms an instant intellectual bond with Charu that threatens to turn into something more serious. The psychology and emotions of the characters are vividly captured by both a flawless cast of performers as well as Ray's atypically daring use of film form (i.e., camerawork, editing and even optical effects) that suggests the influence of the French New Wave; highlights include the impressionistic swing set scene and the unforgettable final freeze frame.
9. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Leone, Italy, 1966)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is the definitive "spaghetti western," a popular subgenre of American-set westerns made in Europe, usually Spain, by a typically Italian cast and crew. This is the third installment of a trilogy (preceded by A Fistful of Dollars and A Few Dollars More, both of which also starred Clint Eastwood) but this Hollywood co-production works perfectly as a stand-alone film. The plot concerns the misadventures of the title trio, all of whom are in search of $200,000 in buried gold, set against the backdrop of the American Civil War. Director Sergio Leone's "operatic" visual style combines with Ennio Morricone's legendarily innovative score to lend The Good, the Bad and the Ugly a singular tone that is at once comical, cartoonish and, in Dave Kehr's astute phrase, "inexplicably moving."
8. The Leopard (Visconti, Italy, 1963)
Few directors have been as adept at capturing physical beauty as Luchino Visconti and The Leopard is his most beautiful and perfectly realized film. Adapted from Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's equally great novel, Visconti's movie tells the story of Prince Don Fabrizio Salina (a fittingly regal and masculine Burt Lancaster) who maneuvers through the political tumult of 1860s Sicily, which includes marrying his revolutionary-minded nephew Tancredi (Alain Delon) to the beautiful, newly upper-class Angelica (Claudia Cardinale). The Leopard's climactic ball scene, a virtually non-narrative 40 minute visual feast, is one of the glories of the film medium. The Criterion Collection's blu-ray release of this title single-handedly justifies the purchase of a blu-ray player.
7. Viridiana (Bunuel, Spain, 1961)
6. L'avventura (Antonioni, Italy, 1960)
A woman, Anna, mysteriously disappears while on a yachting trip with friends. The missing woman's lover, Sandro (Gabriele Ferzetti), and her best friend, Claudia (Monica Vitti), spend the remainder of the movie looking for her but their search merely becomes the pretext for a love affair as they promptly proceed to forget about her. L'avventura's slow pace and lack of narrative resolution have driven many viewers up the wall (including me the first time I saw it) but Michelangelo Antonioni's stately compositions and underlying philosophical themes have a power as awesome and mysterious as the ocean he so lovingly photographs in the film's majestic first third. L'avventura's 1960 Cannes premiere was one of cinema's game-changing moments.
5. Le Mepris (Godard, France/Italy, 1963)
The best movie ever made about making a movie (and no, I'm not forgetting 8 1/2), Jean-Luc Godard's colorful, Italian-shot fantasia stars Michel Piccoli as a beleaguered screenwriter, Brigitte Bardot as his trophy wife, Jack Palance as a blowhard American producer and the great director Fritz Lang as himself, all of whom collide on an unlikely film adaptation of Homer's Odyssey. Add in a magisterial score by George Delerue, one of the greatest ever written, and the end result is Godard's finest early work.
4. Chimes at Midnight (Welles, Spain/Italy, 1965)
3. Playtime (Tati, France, 1967)
Jacques Tati achieved perfection with this 1967 masterpiece, the pinnacle of his career. The great director put the largest budget he ever had to work with to good use, constructing enormous steel-and-glass skyscraper sets in order to suggest a futuristic Paris. Inside of this city of encroaching globalization (before the term "globalization" even existed), Tati's characters — including Monsieur Hulot in a diminished role — bounce around like human pinballs. Shot in deep focus 70mm, the intricate jokes on display take place in the foreground, middleground and background of the frame, and often occur simultaneously, resulting in a film that demands to be seen many times in order to be fully appreciated — even though watching it for the first time is as easy as breathing. To see Playtime projected in 70mm is one of the glories of moviegoing. As the critic Jonathan Rosenbaum, the film's most eloquent defender has perceptively asked, "What other movie converts work into play so pleasurably by turning the very acts of seeing and hearing into a form of dancing?"
2. Andrei Rublev (Tarkovsky, Russia, 1966)
Andrei Tarkovsky's austere, epic biopic of the famed 15th century icon painter is for my money the greatest movie ever made about the life of an artist. Told in vignette fashion, Tarkovsky depicts Rublev's story against the turbulent backdrop of medieval Russia during the Tatar invasions. The highlight is the climactic sequence where Rublev, who has sworn a vow of silence in protest of the horrors he has seen, witnesses a boy oversee the arduous process of casting a giant bell. The boy saves himself from execution by successfully casting the bell in spite of the fact that he doesn't really know what he's doing. At the conclusion of this awe-inspiring 30 minute scene, the depiction of a miracle that comes off as a miracle of filmmaking, Rublev is inspired not only to speak again but to continue painting and to go on and create his greatest works.
1. Gertrud (Dreyer, Denmark, 1964)
Carl Dreyer's final film is an adaptation of Hjalmar Soderberg's 1906 play of the same title and its deceptively theatrical character is also reminiscent of Ibsen (a protoypical feminist heroine) and Strindberg (the eternal conflict between men and women). But there are few films as truly and wonderfully cinematic as Gertrud, whose unique qualities of stillness, slowness and whiteness are perfectly suited to capturing the title character's near-religious view of romantic love as an uncompromising ideal. A lot of men seem to love Gertrud but none love her as much as she requires and so she chooses to live alone – without regrets. Unforgettable for its use of long takes (one of which clocks in at 10 minutes) and Nina Pens Rode's luminous lead performance.
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Giverny, Monet's Garden & Versailles Palace Full Day Trip from Paris
Why You Shouldn't Miss This
Giverny and the Palace of Versailles are two of the most visited sights near Paris. Giverny, a village of timeless beauty, was once home to Claude Monet impressionism. Visit the famous gardens that inspired the artist, as well as his studio and home. Passionate about gardening and nature's changing colors, painter Claude Monet designed his flower and water gardens as if they were works of art.
One of the most extraordinary achievements in 17th century European art, The Palace of Versailles, continues to attract over 10 million visitors each year. An elaborate complex that once thrived as an epicenter of political power for the Kingdom of France, the royal estate has been an iconic French landmark since it was built in the late 1600s. Today, the Palace, also known as Château de Versailles, boasts 700 rooms and 250 acres of gardens waiting to be explored.
Illustrating more than five centuries of French history, the Palace not only houses remarkable works of art – it stands as a work of art itself. One of the most ornately designed rooms of all, the Hall of Mirrors features 357 mirrors, including seventeen mirror-clad arches that reflect the seventeen arcaded windows overlooking the gardens.
A place of immense beauty, Versailles stands as a symbol of France's monarchy and lives on as the location of several important peace treaty signings, including two treaties of the 1783 Peace of Paris, by which Britain recognised the independence of the US, as well as the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended the First World War.
Spend the day discovering two remarkable sights near Paris: Giverny and the Palace of Versailles. Begin your tour with your departure from Paris to Giverny. Soak up the world of the painter, Claude Monet, famous for painting different corners of his garden. During your visit, admire the multicolored flower beds that inspired some of his most renowned works of art, including the Clos Normand Flower Garden with its many Eastern plants, and the lush water garden, famous for its water lilies and Japanese bridge.
Then take advantage of your free time to visit Claude Monet's pink-plastered house, where he lived and worked (guided tours of the interior are not permitted due to the lack of space). Explore the reading room, leading into the larder and the artist's studio. Visit the bright yellow dining room, which has been reconstructed down to the very last detail, with earthenware dishes and a blue-tiled kitchen. At the end of your visit, explore the village and treat yourself to some souvenir shopping.
Your Versailles Skip-the-Line Tour tickets will allow you to bypass the long entry line, saving you upto 3 hours of queueing. In addition, having pre-booked tickets online, you will also avoid the hassle of having to wait in line at the on-site ticket box office. Keep in mind that all visitors, regardless of ticket type or vendor, are still required to pass through security. On your tour of the royal estate, visit the ornate King and Queen's State Apartments. Learn about the French monarchy and peek into the private lives of the infamous King Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette.
Next, make your way to the glittering Hall of Mirrors. After admiring the inside of the Palace, head outdoors and take in the grandeur of the estate's impressive architecture. Stroll along the cobblestone grounds, through the beautiful French gardens, and pass by the gorgeous Versailles fountains. You can choose to linger at the estate or, at the end of the tour, hop back on the coach and get dropped off at Trocadero.
Enjoy a guided tour of the lush gardens at Giverny, including the Clos Normand Flower Garden and the Japanese Water Garden.
Visit Monet's studio and house.
Get priority entrance to Versailles and tour of the Hall of Mirrors and the Royal Apartments with an expert guide.
Explore the Gardens of Versailles at your own pace.
Transport to and from Paris by luxury air-conditioned coach
Entrance ticket at Giverny for Claude Monet's house and gardens
Priority Access to the Palace of Versailles and its gardens
The tour is available at 8 and 8:45 AM on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The tour lasts approximately 10 hours. Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the start time of your tour.
The meeting point is located in front of the main entrance to the Architecture Museum at the Palais de Chaillot, 1 Place du Trocadero et du 11 novembre, 75016 Paris. The building is at the junction of the Place du Trocadero and the Avenue du President Wilson, the entrance faces the road.
Take lines 9 or 6 and get off at the metro stop Trocadero. Follow the exit signs to the Eiffel Tower (the signs are brown). The exit is number 1. As you exit the metro you will see the Palais de Chaillot directly on your left. Your guide will be waiting just outside the metro exit holding a sign.
Comfortable walking shoes are highly recommended. Casual attire is suggested.
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You may cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund.
You will receive and email confirmation with your mobile voucher instantly. Please display the same on a mobile device along with valid photo ID to the tour representative at the meeting point.
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Meeting point is located in front of the main entrance to the Architecture Museum at the Palais de Chaillot, 1 Place du Trocadero et du 11 novembre, 75016 Paris. The building is at the junction of the Place du Trocadero and the Avenue du President Wilson, the entrance faces the road side.
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SQL Server provides an easy way to get the result set (data) in XML format by using the inbuilt functionality of FOR XML AUTO. Let us discuss the functionality of FOR XML AUTO with an example.
The following example will get the data from two table tblEmployee and tblDepartment and creates the xml. The output xml in the format EmployeeID,EmployeeName, and Salary are attributes of tblEmployees Node and tblDepartments is the sub node of tblEmployees having Department Name as attribute.


I could look at before & afters all day (there are more of those at the end!) but we wanted to answer your burning questions. First and foremost, the paint we used is a product called by a company called and we can't recommend it highly enough. None of this post is sponsored or anything (we paid for the paint, the labor, all of it!) so I'm just gonna say that up front because I'm about to rave about this paint and it might just sound like an infomercial. It is THAT GOOD. So here we go.
As for how we found our pro painter if you're looking to hire it out, when we bought our paint (you can buy it directly from or call 678-905-3700 to buy it from them), we asked who they thought would be a good person to hire to apply it, and they tossed out a guy named Lance with experience with the product who is just as a suggestion. Even though they said any local painter should be able to follow directions and apply the product correctly without much issue, when we heard about this painting specialist who had experience with BioDomus already, we thought it sounded like a good idea to learn from him and make sure our paint went on correctly so we have that awesome warranty to lean on and we don't worry about teaching you guys the wrong way to apply it or some other NIGHTMARE like that. Cut to us all waking up after two weeks and our houses are all purple or something. And Lance was great! Here he is below, just doing his thang and making all of my dreams come true (you can ).
In addition to the little bit of siding that we have on one side of our house and around the back, we also had random things like our metal electrical meter, the wood door to our crawlspace, and a half dozen other non-brick areas around our house. BioDomus is meant for masonry (it works on brick, stone, natural stucco with no primer, but can also be applied to other surfaces like hardie board with BioGrip Micro primer), so be sure to prep and paint those other materials with the proper paint. Lance recommended Benjamin Moore's for our hardboard siding so it'd match the matte look of the bricks and it worked out really nicely.
They were able to get great coverage in one coat of spraying our siding (without priming) but we did prime some other elements – like our meter box and dryer vents – with .
…which led to a frantic call to our electricians who came and helped us wire up (that we bought right off the shelves that morning) to cover the two holes in the brick that had been revealed when we removed the portico. You might remember that Halloween was last Wednesday, so it was some sort of Trick Or Treating miracle to have working porch lights and a fully reconstructed door frame that we completed literally minutes before the first little costumed kid ran up our walkway.
Our plan is to tile it with something similar to our back porch or maybe even add slate. showed up in my Instagram feed over the weekend and, well, GOALS. See her painted brick house with those awesome stone steps? Also goals: that dog.
I'm also somewhat obsessed with the idea of replacing that window over the front door (that's our son's room) with a larger window so the house feels more balanced and doesn't have those two blank spaces on either side. is what I'm thinking about – and it would fit in our son's room and let in more light, so that might be something we do down the line too.


The Senior Section held its second senior mixed Am-Am on Friday 16th September 2016. The event attracts interest from players aged 55 years and over.
The open is a Stableford Fourball with any two from four to score. Prizes were awarded to the first 5 places and 2 additional prizes for nearest the pin on the 4th and 7th holes.
The format was very popular; we received lots of positive comments.
I would like to say a special thank you to the following people; Carol Nixon and her helpers, Wilf Bentley, Mike Barker, Greg Rogula, Trevor Smedley, Alan Bonehill, Jake Scragg, Jim Cumberbatch, the bar and catering staff and all other helpers.


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Нападение на Датч-Харбор — одно из боевых столкновений в ходе Тихоокеанской кампании во время Второй мировой войны. Произошло 3—5 июня 1942 года, близ острова Амакнак, к западу от Аляски.

Предыстория
Перед атакой на Мидуэй японским командованием была запланирована отвлекающая акция. Целью была выбрана американская военно-морская база Датч-Харбор на Алеутских островах, близ побережья Аляски. Для этого соединение кораблей под командованием контр-адмирала Какута в составе авианосцев «Рюдзё» и «Дзюнъё», двух крейсеров и трёх эсминцев вышло с острова Хонсю. Адмирал Хосогая с соединением поддержки находился возле Парамушира. В море также вышли соединения, которым предстояло захватывать острова Атту и Кыска.

Бой
3 июня Какута, находясь в 180 милях юго-западнее Датч-Харбора, поднял в воздух свою авиагруппу. Из-за плохой погоды, затруднявшей видимость, многие самолёты, не найдя цель в тумане, просто вернулись на авианосцы. Однако, 12 самолётов из 42 всё же достигли цели в 8:08. Были подожжены несколько резервуаров с горючим, повреждены госпиталь и казармы. Один бомбардировщик был сбит зенитным огнём.
После налёта американцы немедленно начали поиск японских кораблей, однако не смогли их найти.

В тот же день Какута выслал самолёты для удара по бухте Макушин, где, по рапортам вернувшихся пилотов, находились несколько американских эсминцев. Однако из-за плохой погоды авиагруппа вернулась, не достигнув цели и потеряв один самолёт на обратном пути из-за атаки истребителей.

5 июня Датч-Харбор вновь подвергся авиаудару. На этот раз самолётов было больше и сам налёт был лучше организован. Хранилище горючего было окончательно разрушено, несколько кораблей в гавани получили повреждения. Один истребитель был сбит. В то же самое время японское соединение кораблей было обнаружено с воздуха и подвергнуто бомбардировке, которая, впрочем, не принесла результатов.

В тот же день операция была отложена и соединение прекратило боевые действия. Корабли оставались в алеутских водах до 24 июня, а затем вернулись домой.

Итоги
Несмотря на значительные разрушения американской военной базы и соотношение потерь в пользу японцев, стратегической цели — отвлечь американцев от Мидуэя — они не достигли. К тому времени американские криптологи раскрыли японский военный шифр и американскому командованию были известны планы японцев.

После захвата и оккупации японскими войсками островов Атту и Кыска было принято решение эвакуировать мирное население с островов Амакнак и Уналашка на материк.

Литература

Сражения по алфавиту
Операции и сражения Второй мировой войны
Сражения Японии во Второй мировой войне
Сражения войны на Тихом океане
Сражения на Тихом океане
Сражения США во Второй мировой войне
Июнь 1942 года
Алеутская операция
1942 год на Аляске


Placer 10-35 Foundation is offering two $1,000 scholarships. One to a graduating high school student and one to a current college student. Below is a attached PDF for qualification and application instructions. Please email your submissions to our President Batine1035@gmail.com or mail them to our PO BOX in Loomis.
How we are "Helping Our Heros"
In 2014, the Placer 10-35 Foundation gave $7,245 to individuals and organizations in need. This included assisting the families of peace officers hospitalized with life threatening illnesses as well as helping those officers who's family members were ill or injured themselves.
May 15, 2014, Peace Officers' Memorial Day, the Placer 10-35 Foundation remembered the 20,267 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in this nation's history .
This tribute to American law enforcement is part of the historic crime bill signed into law in 1994. At the request of the National Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial Fund, the law designates Peace Officers' Memorial Day as one of only two days during which all residents, businesses and government agencies are required to lower their U.S. flags. The other day with this honor is Memorial Day, which commemorates those who died in military service to the country.
The Placer 10-35 Foundation believes that lowering flags on Peace Officers' Memorial Day is an appropriate way to show respect for the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice and to remember the family, friends and colleagues they left behind. It also is an important reminder of the continued service and sacrifice of the 900,000 law enforcement officers who protect our communities and safeguard our democracy day in and day out.
In 1962, President John Kennedy designated May 15 as Peace Officers' Memorial Day. The calendar week in which May 15 falls is National Police Week, with this year's commemoration on May 11 -17.


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In the eight years since Congress allowed 5,000 special visas annually for human-trafficking victims to remain in the USA, immigration officials have issued fewer than 1,500 total.
The federal government estimates that 14,500 to 17,500 men, women and children are smuggled into the U.S. each year and forced into illegal labor.
Yet victims have sought fewer than 4% of the available special permits, called the T visa, that protect them from deportation. The visa allows them to remain in the U.S. and eventually seek citizenship. Immigration rules establishing the path to citizenship took effect this week, eight years after the law passed.
Victims must cooperate with police to get the visa. Many victims distrust law enforcement, can't navigate the legal and immigration systems or fear former captors will retaliate against family in their home countries if they work with the U.S. government, advocacy groups and U.S. authorities say.
"People who have been in this situation are so traumatized and beaten up that it's hard to have the strength to apply" for the visa, says Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., who co-sponsored the bill establishing it.
Bill Wright, spokesman for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, says there's "a lack of knowledge that this program is available. The victims fear retribution."
One major problem, attorneys and advocacy groups say, is changing how police and communities perceive trafficking victims, who may have committed crimes or be in the U.S. illegally.
Attorneys from the Justice Department's civil rights division led more than 60 training sessions in 2007 and 2008 for police, community groups and business leaders to explain how the victims are smuggled into the U.S. under false pretenses, such as a promised job, and then forced to work in sweatshops, as prostitutes or as underpaid farm laborers or maids.
Police learn to question people involved in illegal businesses to determine if they have been trafficked, while community groups learn to report businesses to police when they suspect workers are abused.
"If a person hasn't had the training, they may see a case as a typical prostitution case," says Andre Rodriguez, an immigration attorney with the Human Trafficking Rescue Alliance of Houston.
The Justice Department prosecuted 449 people involved in human trafficking under the new law between 2001 and 2007.
In one of the largest cases, local and U.S. authorities in 2007 identified 99 Central American women forced to work in Houston cantinas. Of the 99 victims, 70 have since received visas, 20 await immigration approval, six are applying and three returned to their home countries, Rodriguez says.
Houston is one of the first cities to create an anti-trafficking task force that includes social service groups, lawyers and police. Community groups and police have tipped the task force to potential trafficking operations.


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If you've ever seen former Duke star Jahlil Okafor grasp 13 tennis balls at once or palm a regulation-sized basketball as if it were a grapefruit — or even if you haven't — you know all about his massive hands.
You might not know, though, about what you can't see, what he says has lifted him to national acclaim by the time he was 13 and an early stroll to the stage at Thursday night's NBA draft as well.
Okafor was 9 years old the day his mother died before him and three siblings, a life-altering moment he at first thought was playful when she struggled to breathe. A decade later, a memory he won't forget has shaped him into one of this draft's top prospects as much as those massive hands and his huge body have.
"She's my wings," he said.
The son of parents who each played college basketball, Okafor dunked on a low-hanging, clothes-hanger rim when he was in diapers and drew a crowd at Foot Locker because of his big hands and unusually big body when he still just a baby.
Now pushing 7 feet and enormous everywhere, Okafor carries with him a dedication — passed down this past decade through his father from their love of the game, and shared grief as well as a sense of purpose borne from the death of his mother, Dacresha Benton. She died at age 29 due to a collapsed lung, on a March day 10 years ago that Okafor says still seems to him just like yesterday.
"He's a kid who believes he is destined for greatness," Duke associate head coach Jeff Capel said, "and he's not afraid of it."
All about winning
The basketball court became a sanctuary after Okafor moved from his mother's Arkansas home to live with his father, Chucky, in Chicago upon her death. Offered a scholarship by DePaul when he was an eighth-grader, he arrives Thursday with the most polished footwork and low-post fundamentals seen in a 19-year-old since, well, maybe Tim Duncan entered the NBA nearly 20 years ago.
He also will bring what he calls a winner's mindset that already includes an Illinois state championship, an NCAA title in his only season at Duke and three FIBA gold medals at his tender, young age.
Now the Timberwolves must decide conclusively that Kentucky's Karl-Anthony Towns' versatility trumps Okafor's skilled specialty and life story when they choose No. 1 overall Thursday for the first time. They brought Okafor, Towns, guards D'Angelo Russell and Emmanuel Mudiay to town separately last week for interviews, dinner and a workout.
"I'd take him No. 1 because he is going to be a phenomenal NBA player," said Duke teammate Tyus Jones, Apple Valley's own. "But Jah is my best friend, so I'm extremely biased."
Ultimately, the Wolves are expected to select Towns because his versatility — better defender, shooter and athlete — is a finer fit alongside Andrew Wiggins and big men Gorgui Dieng and Nikola Pekovic.
That sounds like it is just fine with Okafor, who said being selected first overall isn't important to him. Rather, he would prefer to play for a franchise with a winning tradition. The Lakers own Thursday's second pick. He also could go third to Philadelphia if the Lakers go with Russell or Latvian big man Kristaps Porzingis.
"I haven't said anything like that," he said when asked if he told the Wolves he would rather play in Los Angeles than Minnesota. "I don't want to say why I should be picked over somebody. I just want to say why I should be picked for any team. I just want to win. I've always been a winner. I've never been the type of guy to say pick me over him."
Made for the NBA game?
Okafor last season became the first freshman to win ACC Player of the Year in the same league where Duncan, Michael Jordan, Ralph Sampson, James Worthy and David Thompson, among many others, once played. Wolves basketball boss Flip Saunders admired Okafor's unique skills all season and has contemplated whether Okafor might be the kind of generational player who will dominate the NBA even more than he did in college because of the pro game's open spaces.
"Questions remain about his defensive ability and determination as well as his free-throw shooting. He calls his 51 percent average last season a mental block and an aberration and said he is working daily to improve it.
"I'm getting better on both sides of the ball," Okafor said. "My defense is a criticism, but we won a national championship at Duke, so it wasn't that bad. Coach K was fine with the way I played defense."
But what he does, he does very well in a game that doesn't produce his kind of low-post scorer anymore. Is he a player who could become indefensible 1-on-1 in the NBA, who some scouts predict could average 20 points a game straightaway?
"I would like to believe that," Okafor said. "I feel like I can score when there's one guy guarding me. That's not too far-fetched from my imagination."
Capel coached former No. 1 overall draft pick Blake Griffin at Oklahoma and said he predicted Griffin would be even better in the NBA. He says the same about Okafor, who Capel said wasn't quite the same last season after he sprained his ankle in February. Towns began to emerge as the favorite for No. 1 pick shortly thereafter.
"I always say this to Coach K: There is nothing the kid can't do on the court, nothing," Capel said. "He has to be engaged all the time. He has all the talent. The game comes so easy to him, at times it may look like he's not playing hard. To be honest, he maybe got bored a little bit at times. With someone so gifted, that sometimes is just human nature."
If greatness does await him, it will come from those oversized hands, that footwork and those fundamentals and a senseless moment in his life from which he has found purpose and meaning, even in every gentle breeze that lifts him.
"My wings, that's my mother who passed," he said. "Before every game I talk to her and that just gives me a sense of confidence. She's my angel."
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LaMarcus Aldridge had 22 points, DeMar DeRozan had 20 points and 11 assists as the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 125-104 on Monday.
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Final, 1/18 1 2 3 4 F
Minnesota 3-9 25 26 20 26 97
Atlanta 6-7 29 29 20 30 108
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This is our first time in this festival which lasts lasts three days: Friday, January 25th, from 1 to 5 pm, Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm, and Sunday from 10 to 4. It is along historic Canal Street west of Riverside Drive and along Riverside south of Canal Street. The promoter, Atlantic Center for the Arts, is expecting around 48 thousand visitors to 240 artists. For more information, see their website, imagesartfestival.org.


US Defense Secretary Ash Carter has arrived in Baghdad to assess the ongoing Mosul offensive.
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived in Baghdad on Saturday, 22 October to assess the ongoing offensive to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State (Isis) amid reports of mass executions by the militants in the region. Reports have also emerged that Iraqi army units entered the centre of Qaraqosh, about 20km southeast of Mosul, and are clearing up the explosive-rigged town.
An Iraqi intelligence source told CNN that IS (Deash) has executed 284 men and boys in Mosul area on Thursday (20 October) and Friday (21 October), whom they were using as human shields to flee from the cities under attack by Iraqi and coalition forces.
The source added that all the corpses have dumped in a mass grave near the site of execution. Isis used a bulldozer to dump the bodies at the Mosul's defunct College of Agriculture in the north of the city, the intelligence source told the news channel, noting that all of the victims were shot. The victims also included some children, the person said. However, CNN stated it could not independently verify the claims.
Meanwhile, Carter is set to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to together assess the ongoing campaign to liberate Mosul from Isis, Reuters reported.
The offensive was launched on Monday (17 October), in which US-led coalition forces are providing air and ground support to the Iraqi forces.
A latest military statement reportedly stated that Iraqi special units have stormed into the Christian town of Qaraqosh. It added that the army is also trying to advance from the south and the east of Mosul. Kurdish Peshmerga forces are reportedly holding fronts in the east and north of the city.
So far, the army has recaptured about 50 villages near Mosul since the offensive was launched earlier in the week, the army's media office reportedly said. The troops are now preparing for their main battle in Mosul, which is being touted as the biggest battle against the terrorist group.
"It's the beginning of the campaign. We do feel positively about how things have started off, particularly with the complicated nature of this operation," Reuters quoted a US official who briefed reporters ahead of Carter's Baghdad visit.


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Nearly 2.4% of Class VIII, IX Students Have Asthma
By Pratibha Masand
A study done by the air pollution and public health department in KEM Hospital on six central Mumbai schools has revealed that 2.4% of the students of Class VIII and IX have been diagnosed as suffering from asthma. What is more shocking is that 5.15% of the students fall in the grey zone, which means that they display symptoms for respiratory problems, but have never been diagnosed.
"We screened a total of 1,163 students from six schools in central Mumbai. We found that 60 students (5.15%) had a low rate of air that comes out during exhalation and suffered from breathlessness –especially following exposures to trigger factors, While wheezing, nocturnal cough or frequent colds were other commonly seen symptoms. The figure, 5.15%, is and all these symptoms indicate that the students may have some respiratory problems, including asthma. But, their parents may not be aware of them," said Dr Amita Athavale, whose team has conducted the survey.
In the survey, two schools of Byculla and one from Prabhadevi, Sion, Parel and Dadar each were surveyed. The study revealed that the most common factors that triggered breathlessness in children included running, outdoor games, smoke, dust exposure and common colds. While running had most students gasping for breath, outdoor games, dust exposure and running combined were the second-most prevalent factors for leaving children breathless, said the survey report.
According to chest physician Dr Pramod Niphadkar, asthma has always been an underdiagnosed and undertreated problem. "The survey numbers suggest that a total of around 7.5% students suffer from asthma, which is almost three times the national average. With asthma, social stigma is such that the patients suffering from it will never admit to it."