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Books, Lifestyle
Book Review: The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
April 20, 2019 By Rachel
Took me 7 days to finish this massive 471-page tome! The Night Tiger is a unique mystery novel set in 1930s Perak, Malaysia during the colonial era. The main plot involves 11 year old Chinese servant boy Ren's secret mission to find and return a missing disembodied finger to his master's grave within 49 days, or else his spirit will roam the earth for eternity. Intertwined with Ren's story is the story of our protagonist, Ji Lin, a young woman who moonlights as a dancehall hostess to pay off her mother's mahjong debts and her misadventures in love. Throughout the book, deaths occur under mysterious circumstances.
While Yangsze Choo expertly weaves in Chinese and Malay myths of weretigers and dream-eating tapirs, we see dual worlds in this book converge: the worlds of the living and the dead, the worlds of the masters and the servants, the worlds of boys and girls, the worlds of what is taboo and what is socially acceptable, and the worlds of dreams and reality.
One of my favourite lines is: "The European werewolf is a man who, when the moon is full, turns his skin inside out and becomes a beast. He then leaves the village and goes into the forest to kill. But for the natives here, the weretiger is not a man, but a beast who, when he chooses, puts on human skin and comes from the jungle into the village to prey on humans. It's almost exactly the reverse situation, and in some ways more disturbing."
The Night Tiger is very much historical fiction mixed with magical realism. I'm not the most patient reader so the book felt like a long, occasionally confusing and repetitive, meandering trek through a forest with no end in sight, observing every leaf and investigating every sound along the way.. I felt that the characters were better written than the plot which felt a little thin at times.
The story was a lot slower in pace than anticipated and at times, most of the book could have been better edited for conciseness. Having said that, Yangsze Choo is a hardworking storyteller with a vivid imagination and admirable ability to write.
Some books that remind me of The Night Tiger are: Life of Pi, Midnight's Children and Crazy Rich Asians.
ABOUT A GIRL
The best things in life are simple, really. Rachel loves a good book and some nice hot tea. She takes pictures and writes daily, and hopes that her reviews here on her blog and Instagram page (@missrachelrawr) help readers make an informed decisions on food, beauty, and lifestyle. Readers can rest assured that every post here is written by her and you won't see any posts written by somebody else! For collaborations, feel free to contact Rachel, she's always looking out for the latest skincare products and on the hunt for the newest restaurants and cafes!
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The client was interested in moving into the GTA market, and wanted to size the opportunity, as well as understand what marketing activities would accelerate their penetration and improve the effectiveness of their sales team.
Mezzanine conducted interviews with senior prospective customers and influencers to understand the consideration and buying process for outsourced IT services, and identify how our client could increase awareness and consideration.
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Using these sources of insight, Mezzanine developed an in-depth go-to-market approach, including specific tactics.
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The client is now successfully operating in the GTA.


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Home Cricket news Sachin Tendulkar Gives Verdict against Fitness Test
Sachin Tendulkar Gives Verdict against Fitness Test
Presently the yo-yo fitness test has create quite an amount of buzz in the news for some reason or the other.
Cricket news: There are various other ways than yo-yo test, says Tendulkar
Many cricketer in the likes of Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina and Ambati Rayudu have been dropped from the squad because of their failure to clear the prescribed fitness test.
Even pacer Mohamed Shami was not included in the historic one-off test against England as he could not qualify, and was later included in the England squad after clearing the test.
Legendary veteran cricketer Sachin Tendulkar voiced his opinion against the fitness test and said that yo-yo test should not be the only criteria for solution.
He said that he is always in favour of the fitness of a player but he is against the way it is determined whether a player is fit or not.
Tendulkar feels that fielding has become an important aspect in modern day cricket. While comparing the yo-yo test and the beep test, which was used earlier, Tendulkar feels all the emphasis should not be placed on a single test.
"I feel certain fielding standards are critical. Now I haven't done the Yo-Yo Test. We had the beep test, which is more or less similar. But that shouldn't be the only criterion. It should be a mixture of fitness and also look at the ability of a player. I think the Yo-Yo test is important but also looking at the ability of the player and how to fit or unfit the player is." He was quoted as saying by HT.
He also pointed out the potential threat of English spinners in Tests. https://t.co/eBLnxg4Lbj
— Sportskeeda Cricket (@SK__Cricket) July 23, 2018
In the recently concluded limited overs series, spinners like Kuldeep Yadav and Adil Rashid got much assistance from the pitch.
Tendulkar believes that if the conditions remain same, then the spinners will dominate. This means there will be much competition in the batting lineups. However Sachin also said that he is not a fan of frequent changes in the squad.
"I would say one has to be patient and balanced but that doesn't mean you are not supposed to make any changes. One should make changes if the situation demands those changes but otherwise I feel it's always nice to have that stability and letting the players know that there aren't going to be too many unnecessary changes," he told according to HT.
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Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday held talks with visiting Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen, pledging to forge ahead the friendship and cooperation with Cambodia to a higher level.
"China and Cambodia share profound traditional friendship, and bilateral relations and cooperation have made great progress. The seeds of friendship have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the two peoples," Li said. "China is willing to work with the Cambodian side to continue to inject new impetus into bilateral ties in the spirit of mutual respect, equality, mutual benefit and win-win results."
Li said China would as always firmly support Cambodia following a development path in line with its national conditions, and seek better synergy between the Belt and Road Initiative and Cambodia's development strategy.
"We support Chinese companies to participate in Cambodia's infrastructure construction and operation in such areas as production capacity, transportation and electricity," Li said.
The two sides should make joint efforts to contribute to the construction of key cooperation projects, including the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone, smoothly run the "China-Cambodia culture and tourism year" in 2019, and strengthen communication and coordination under the framework of China-ASEAN cooperation and the Lancang-Mekong cooperation.
Li said China was willing to continue providing assistance to Cambodia in accelerating its development and improving people's livelihoods.
Hun Sen said China was a close cooperation partner of Cambodia. "Cambodia is proud of the great achievements China has made in its 40 years of reform and opening up. The Cambodian side is grateful to China for its long-standing support and great help."
"Cambodia will work with China to consolidate traditional friendship, further deepen cooperation in infrastructure, production capacity, economy and trade, agriculture, and improving people's livelihoods, expand people-to-people exchanges, and strengthen cooperation in international and regional affairs, so as to advance great development of Cambodia-China comprehensive strategic cooperation partnership."
After the talks, the two leaders watched the signing of a series of cooperative documents. The two sides will also issue a joint press communique Wednesday.
Top legislator Li Zhanshu met with Hun Sen earlier Tuesday.
Li, chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, said China was ready to work with Cambodia to expand pragmatic cooperation, deepen construction related to the Belt and Road Initiative, promote common development and push forward the bilateral relations to a new level.
He called on legislative departments of the two countries to improve communication and cooperation, provide legal protection for implementing consensus reached by leaders of the two countries, and consolidate the foundation of public opinion so that the two sides could carry on the friendship for generations.
Hun Sen said Cambodia cherished traditional friendship with China and showed gratitude for China's long-term support and help. He said Cambodia stood ready to work with China to deepen pragmatic cooperation in all fields.
Also on Tuesday, China's top political advisor Wang Yang met with Hun Sen.
Wang, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said the CPPCC stood ready to enhance cooperation with relevant parties in Cambodia, as well as mobilize sub-sectors of the CPPCC to promote jointly building of the Belt and Road and exchanges in various fields.
Hun Sen said China's development had brought great opportunities to regional and developing countries. He said Cambodia attached great importance to participating in the Belt and Road Initiative and was willing to accelerate the synergy of development strategies of the two countries, expand bilateral cooperation, to benefit the two countries as well as the two peoples.


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Home Attractions touristiques Itinéraires touristiques souterrains "Bunker in Konewka" Tourist Route
"Bunker in Konewka" Tourist Route
Itinéraires touristiques souterrains
Commentaires sur. Disponibilitéi - Podane godziny dotyczą okresu VII-VIII. W innym czasie trasa jest otwarta: V-X codziennie (oprócz poniedziałków) w godz. 10-18; XI-IV tylko w weekendy w godz.10-16.
- 3 - 6 PLN
At the end of 1939, the Germans began preparations to build command posts in the vicinity of Spala and Tomaszow Mazowiecki, in the central section of the front due to the already predicted war with the Soviet Union. These structures were given the codename "Anlage Mitte".
FEATURES, ORIGINS, VALUES AND LEGAL PROTECTION
The construction of the twin complexes of concrete shelters was started at the beginning of 1940 in Konewka near Spala and in Jelen, to the east of Tomaszow Mazowiecki. For the work to be carried out with utmost secrecy by the company Chemische Werke "Askania", only workers from Germany and Italy were used. The most important structures were the gigantic, almost 400 metre long reinforced concrete train shelters, which were able to accommodate an entire staff train in their interior. The shelters was located close to technical facilities which included power generators, boilers, filters and fans conveying heated and purified air to the shelter through underground channels. Other facilities housed transformers, wells and water treatment plants and each structure also had its own network of water and sewage facility. Several strategic bunkers were built near Konewka to protect the area and the pre-war Polish airport in Glinnik was expanded. The construction of the two complexes was completed in 1941 and they were not used as command posts during the attack on the Soviet Union. Hitler and his General Staff led the Russian campaign from shelters in the area of Ketrzyn in Prussia, "Wolf's Lair". In the later stages of war, as these shelters were too far removed from the battlefield, they lost their status as command posts. The shelter in Konewka was used as an ammunition depot and the one in Jelen was taken over by a subsidiary of Daimler - Benz to refurbish aircraft engines. Currently, visitors can see a preserved section original tracks in the train shelter as well as accommodation of the train servicing crew. This is complemented by a rich and constantly replenished military exhibition as well as permanent and temporary exhibits on the history of fortification and World War II. The train shelter is connected to the electric power station with an 80 metre underground tunnel which is also open to the public.
TOUR ORGANISER
PPHU IMAX - Lodz
e-mail: imax@o2.pl
www.bunkierkonewka.eu
Tourist Route
e-mail: info@bunkierkonewka.eu
Any questions about the tourist route, services or to arrange times for visits, please contact us at the above address.
ACCESSIBILITY OF FACILITIES BY VISITORS
The site is open:
From May till June and from September till the end of October, daily (except Mondays), between 10.00 and 18.00.
In the summer months (July till August) the site is open daily, between 10.00 and 19.00 (also on Mondays).
In the period from November till the end of April, the site is open only on Saturdays and Sundays, between 10.00 and 16.00.
Length of the route is around 1km, including an overground section.
Tour takes about 1hour.
The temperature inside is 16° C and humidity is 80%.
The route is electrically illuminated.
The facility is suitable for people with physical disabilities.
We recommend comfortable, athletic shoes and warm clothing in the summer.
Sightseeing is unaccompanied but there is the option to hire a guide.
Konewka
Inowłódz
Province: ŁÓDZKIE
La latitude et la longitude: 51.5311945,20.0086471
info@bunkierkonewka.eu


If you're trying to choose a hairdryer, online choice can be overwhelming. They all look the same (or nearly), they're all claiming the same things and the terminology and technology are baffling!
From ceramic and tourmaline to ionic and infrared, there are so many buzzwords surrounding different hair dryers, which can leave any buyer feeling completely perplexed. Surely all hair dryers are the same? They just dry your hair, right? Wrong! Hair dryers really are created differently, and choosing the right hair dryer for you all depends on the type of hair you have, as well as your budget, lifestyle, and needs. This is why you need to take care and consideration when shopping so you can be sure that the hair dryer you choose is the perfect match for you.
Stress no longer – here are our tips to help you buy the right hairdryer for you.
Firstly, what should you consider when looking for a hair dryer?
Your hair type – Your hair type will play a critical role in determining what type of hair dryer is going to be right for you. Ceramic infrared hair dryers are ideal if your hair is dry and/or fine. However, if you have thick hair, hair that is difficult to dry, or frizzy hair, a tourmaline ionic dryer will be ideal.
Your budget – Work out how much money you have available to spend on a hair dryer before you start shopping and this will help you to narrow down your search. There are hair dryers available to suit all budgets today.
Your lifestyle – You need to consider your lifestyle when looking for a hairdryer. Do you have a newborn and require a hair dryer that is as quiet as possible? Maybe you are constantly travelling and you need a hair dryer that you can take with you on all of your trips?
Appearance – Our reviewers rank the appearance of the hair dryer based on a number of different factors. This includes the box, packaging, and branding, as well as the switches, cord, and buttons. How easy are the buttons to use? Is the function of each button evident? How long is the cord? The gloss level and colour are also taken into account.
Controls / settings – We also review all of the settings and controls that the hair dryer comes with, including the cool / set button, power and speed controls, temperature settings, and any other options that come with the dryer in question.
User handling – How does the hair dryer feel in the user's hand? Is it lightweight? Is it big or small? How easy is it to use? After all, we don't want to feel like we have a challenge on our hands every time we go to dry our hair.
Noise level – This point is pretty self-explanatory. How noisy is the hair dryer? This is an important factor to consider whenever purchasing a hair dryer.
Value for money – Once all of the former points have been considered and established, we then look at the price tag to determine whether the hair dryer represents value for money or not.
By aligning your needs with the reviews on this site, you should have no trouble finding the perfect hair dryer for your needs. Remember, it is all about purchasing something that is right for your hair type, your lifestyle, and what you are hoping to achieve with regards to your daily look.


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For Gonzalez, his recent slugging tear is a almost accidental.
Gonzalez — the subject of trade rumors, including to the Angels, Orioles and Mets — before last week's non-waiver deadline, increased interest with his month-long run. He struggled mightily to begin the season — Gonzalez hit just .200 in the first month.
But in July also ranked second in runs (36), third in hits (34), fourth in hitting (.386, 36-for-88) and seventh in on-base percentage (.438).
Gonzalez joins Miami's Giancarlo Stanton (June), Washington's Bryce Harper (May) and Los Angeles' Adrian Gonzalez (April) to win the NL award. Mike Trout won July's AL award.


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Applied for asylum and your application was rejected or it got approved but you still want to return home? If you're unable to finance your return, there are some organisations that will offer travel assistance and for some even some start-up capital to start something once you return home.
Usually after an asylum application has been rejected, you are given a period within which to leave the country, this can range from one week to 30 days. Failure to leave voluntarily will lead to a forceful return to your country of origin (removal). In which case, you must pay the costs for your removal yourself and will have no possibility of entering Germany or another country of the EU legally for many years (entry ban). Remaining here without residence papers is no solution either: as you must expect to be arrested by the police at any time and to be removed to your country of origin.
You can only be supported with REAG/GARP through a counselling centre. There are independent counselling centres, for example welfare organisations, NGOs or other organisations, as well as governmental counselling centres, for example social welfare offices and immigration authorities. Find your nearest counselling centre here.
Stage 1: You receive 1,200 EUR if you apply for an assisted voluntary return before the asylum procedure is completed.
Stage 2: You receive 800 EUR if your asylum application has been rejected and you decide for a voluntary return within the period set for your departure.
Stage S: You receive 800 EUR if you have a protection status according to German law and if you return to your country of origin with StarthilfePlus. As opposed to the other stages, stage S applies to all nationalities within the framework of REAG.
Family assistance: A family can receive an additional 500 EUR if more than four family members together receive StarthilfePlus.
StarthilfePlus is paid out in two stages. The first half will be paid out to you with the GARP payment at your departure and the second half within six to eight months by IOM after the arrival in your country of origin. Children below age 12 get half of the amount.
To be able to leave the country, you have to sign that you withdraw your asylum application and waive legal means. For StarthilfePlus, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) requires that you sign an additional declaration.


HONG KONG • Billionaire Li Ka Shing has agreed to buy an indirect stake in a Japanese maker of electric cars, expanding his investments in an area that is set to benefit from China's push to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles.
Mr Li and two other investors are buying a stake in O Luxe Holdings, according to two company filings in Hong Kong. O Luxe is a distributor of watches and jewellery that is acquiring Japan's GLM, a maker of electric sports cars with plans to license its technology to manufacturers, including those in China.
Sales of electric vehicles have surged in the world's largest car market on the back of generous state support, prompting global manufacturers to boost their line- ups of non-emission autos.
The demand has attracted investments from start-ups as well as companies from outside the industry.
Mr Li's investment in O Luxe, and by extension GLM, gets him a place in the higher end of the electric vehicle (EV) market, a segment that Chinese start-ups like NIO and Beijing CH-Auto Technology are targeting and Tesla now dominates with its imported Model S.
The race to sell more EVs is set to heat up further after China said it would set a deadline for automakers to end sales of vehicles powered by fossil fuels. The announcement follows the government's earmarking in 2010 of new-energy vehicles as a strategic emerging industry meriting state support.
News of Mr Li's investment, via Ocean Dynasty Investments, helped send O Luxe shares surging as much as 6.1 per cent to HK$1.74 yesterday, their highest intraday price since June 2013.
This is not the first time the Hong Kong billionaire, whose global business empire spans ports to retail to telecommunications, has invested in electric vehicles. In 2015, he bought a stake in FDG Electric Vehicles, a Chinese electric-van and bus manufacturer.
Vivaldi International and TCL Industries Holdings are the other two investors subscribing for a total of 570.3 million shares in O Luxe.
In addition, Ocean Dynasty and Vivaldi have agreed to buy 234 million existing shares of the company, Hong Kong-based O Luxe said in a separate filing yesterday.
The share sales are subject to relevant approvals and the completion of the GLM acquisition.


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package com.twitter.scalding.thrift.macros.impl.ordered_serialization

import scala.language.experimental.macros
import scala.reflect.macros.Context

import com.twitter.scalding._
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  }

  // This `_.get` could be removed by switching `subData` to a non-empty list type
  @SuppressWarnings(Array("org.brianmckenna.wartremover.warts.OptionPartial"))
  def hash(c: Context)(element: c.TermName)(subData: List[(Int, c.Type, Option[TreeOrderedBuf[c.type]])]): c.Tree = {
    import c.universe._
    def freshT(id: String) = newTermName(c.fresh(id))

    val innerArg = freshT("innerArg")
    subData.foldLeft(Option.empty[Tree]) {
      case (optiExisting, (idx, tpe, optiTBuf)) =>
        val commonPut: Tree = optiTBuf.map { tBuf =>
          q"""{
              val $innerArg: $tpe = $element.asInstanceOf[$tpe]
              ${tBuf.hash(innerArg)}
            }
              """
        }.getOrElse[Tree](q"_root_.scala.Int.MaxValue")

        optiExisting match {
          case Some(s) =>
            Some(q"""
            if($element.isInstanceOf[$tpe]) {
              $commonPut ^ _root_.com.twitter.scalding.serialization.Hasher.int.hash($idx)
            } else {
              $s
            }
            """)
          case None =>
            Some(q"""
            if($element.isInstanceOf[$tpe]) {
              $commonPut ^ _root_.com.twitter.scalding.serialization.Hasher.int.hash($idx)
            } else {
              _root_.scala.Int.MaxValue
            }
            """)
        }
    }.get
  }

  // This `_.get` could be removed by switching `subData` to a non-empty list type
  @SuppressWarnings(Array("org.brianmckenna.wartremover.warts.OptionPartial"))
  def put(c: Context)(inputStream: c.TermName, element: c.TermName)(subData: List[(Int, c.Type, Option[TreeOrderedBuf[c.type]])]): c.Tree = {
    import c.universe._
    def freshT(id: String) = newTermName(c.fresh(id))

    val innerArg = freshT("innerArg")
    subData.foldLeft(Option.empty[Tree]) {
      case (optiExisting, (idx, tpe, optiTBuf)) =>
        val commonPut: Tree = optiTBuf.map { tBuf =>
          q"""val $innerArg: $tpe = $element.asInstanceOf[$tpe]
              ${tBuf.put(inputStream, innerArg)}
              """
        }.getOrElse[Tree](q"()")

        optiExisting match {
          case Some(s) =>
            Some(q"""
            if($element.isInstanceOf[$tpe]) {
              $inputStream.writeByte($idx.toByte)
              $commonPut
            } else {
              $s
            }
            """)
          case None =>
            Some(q"""
            if($element.isInstanceOf[$tpe]) {
              $inputStream.writeByte($idx.toByte)
              $commonPut
            }
            """)
        }
    }.get
  }

  // This `_.get` could be removed by switching `subData` to a non-empty list type
  @SuppressWarnings(Array("org.brianmckenna.wartremover.warts.OptionPartial"))
  def length(c: Context)(element: c.Tree)(subData: List[(Int, c.Type, Option[TreeOrderedBuf[c.type]])]): CompileTimeLengthTypes[c.type] = {
    import CompileTimeLengthTypes._
    import c.universe._
    def freshT(id: String) = newTermName(c.fresh(id))

    val prevSizeData = subData.foldLeft(Option.empty[Tree]) {
      case (optiTree, (idx, tpe, tBufOpt)) =>

        val baseLenT: Tree = tBufOpt.map{ tBuf =>
          tBuf.length(q"$element.asInstanceOf[$tpe]") match {
            case m: MaybeLengthCalculation[_] =>
              m.asInstanceOf[MaybeLengthCalculation[c.type]].t

            case f: FastLengthCalculation[_] =>
              q"""_root_.com.twitter.scalding.serialization.macros.impl.ordered_serialization.runtime_helpers.DynamicLen(${f.asInstanceOf[FastLengthCalculation[c.type]].t})"""

            case _: NoLengthCalculationAvailable[_] =>
              return NoLengthCalculationAvailable(c)
            case e => sys.error("unexpected input to union length code of " + e)
          }
        }.getOrElse(q"_root_.com.twitter.scalding.serialization.macros.impl.ordered_serialization.runtime_helpers.DynamicLen(1)")
        val tmpPreLen = freshT("tmpPreLen")

        val lenT = q"""
        val $tmpPreLen: _root_.com.twitter.scalding.serialization.macros.impl.ordered_serialization.runtime_helpers.MaybeLength  = $baseLenT

        ($tmpPreLen match {
          case _root_.com.twitter.scalding.serialization.macros.impl.ordered_serialization.runtime_helpers.ConstLen(l) =>
            _root_.com.twitter.scalding.serialization.macros.impl.ordered_serialization.runtime_helpers.DynamicLen(l + 1)
          case _root_.com.twitter.scalding.serialization.macros.impl.ordered_serialization.runtime_helpers.DynamicLen(l) =>
            _root_.com.twitter.scalding.serialization.macros.impl.ordered_serialization.runtime_helpers.DynamicLen(l + 1)
          case _ =>
            _root_.com.twitter.scalding.serialization.macros.impl.ordered_serialization.runtime_helpers.NoLengthCalculation
          }): _root_.com.twitter.scalding.serialization.macros.impl.ordered_serialization.runtime_helpers.MaybeLength
        """
        optiTree match {
          case Some(t) =>
            Some(q"""
            if($element.isInstanceOf[$tpe]) {
              $lenT
            } else {
              $t
            }
          """)
          case None =>
            Some(q"""
            if($element.isInstanceOf[$tpe]) {
            $lenT
          } else {
            sys.error("Did not understand thrift union type")
            }""")
        }
    }.get

    MaybeLengthCalculation(c) (prevSizeData)
  }

  // This `_.get` could be removed by switching `subData` to a non-empty list type
  @SuppressWarnings(Array("org.brianmckenna.wartremover.warts.OptionPartial"))
  def get(c: Context)(inputStream: c.TermName)(subData: List[(Int, c.Type, Option[TreeOrderedBuf[c.type]])]): c.Tree = {
    import c.universe._
    def freshT(id: String) = newTermName(c.fresh(id))

    val valueA = freshT("valueA")

    val expandedOut = subData.foldLeft(Option.empty[Tree]) {
      case (existing, (idx, tpe, optiTBuf)) =>
        val extract = optiTBuf.map { tBuf =>
          q"""
            ${tBuf.get(inputStream)}
          """
        }.getOrElse {
          q"""(new Object).asInstanceOf[$tpe]"""
        }

        existing match {
          case Some(t) =>
            Some(q"""
            if($valueA == $idx) {
              $extract : $tpe
            } else {
              $t
            }
          """)
          case None =>
            Some(q"""
          if($valueA == $idx) {
            $extract
          } else {
            sys.error("Did not understand thrift union idx: " + $valueA)
          }
            """)
        }
    }.get

    q"""
        val $valueA: Int = $inputStream.readByte.toInt
        $expandedOut
      """
  }

  // This `_.get` could be removed by switching `subData` to a non-empty list type
  @SuppressWarnings(Array("org.brianmckenna.wartremover.warts.OptionPartial"))
  def compare(c: Context)(cmpType: c.Type, elementA: c.TermName, elementB: c.TermName)(subData: List[(Int, c.Type, Option[TreeOrderedBuf[c.type]])]): c.Tree = {
    import c.universe._

    def freshT(id: String) = newTermName(c.fresh(id))

    val arg = freshT("arg")
    val idxCmp = freshT("idxCmp")
    val idxA = freshT("idxA")
    val idxB = freshT("idxB")

    val toIdOpt: Tree = subData.foldLeft(Option.empty[Tree]) {
      case (existing, (idx, tpe, _)) =>
        existing match {
          case Some(t) =>
            Some(q"""
            if($arg.isInstanceOf[$tpe]) {
              $idx
            } else {
              $t
            }
          """)
          case None =>
            Some(q"""
              if($arg.isInstanceOf[$tpe]) {
                $idx
              } else {
                sys.error("Unable to compare unknown type")
              }""")
        }
    }.get

    val compareSameTypes: Option[Tree] = subData.foldLeft(Option.empty[Tree]) {
      case (existing, (idx, tpe, optiTBuf)) =>
        val commonCmp = optiTBuf.map { tBuf =>
          val aTerm = freshT("aTerm")
          val bTerm = freshT("bTerm")
          q"""
          val $aTerm: $tpe = $elementA.asInstanceOf[$tpe]
          val $bTerm: $tpe = $elementB.asInstanceOf[$tpe]
          ${tBuf.compare(aTerm, bTerm)}
        """
        }.getOrElse(q"0")

        existing match {
          case Some(t) =>
            Some(q"""
            if($idxA == $idx) {
              $commonCmp : Int
            } else {
              $t : Int
            }
          """)
          case None =>
            Some(q"""
              if($idxA == $idx) {
                $commonCmp : Int
              } else {
                $idxCmp
              }""")
        }
    }

    val compareFn = q"""
      def instanceToIdx($arg: $cmpType): Int = {
        ${toIdOpt}: Int
      }

      val $idxA: Int = instanceToIdx($elementA)
      val $idxB: Int = instanceToIdx($elementB)
      val $idxCmp: Int = _root_.java.lang.Integer.compare($idxA, $idxB)

      if($idxCmp != 0) {
        $idxCmp: Int
      } else {
        ${compareSameTypes.get}: Int
      }
    """

    compareFn
  }
}


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FISH by Jose Andres
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Dining Fact Sheets & Bios
Felt and Blossom Redefine Capital Region's Mixology Scene
MGM National Harbor
Lounges Put Cocktails Center Stage at MGM National Harbor
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD (November 15, 2016) - Maryland is about to experience mixology like it never has before when MGM National Harbor opens its doors Thursday, Dec. 8. From the masterminds at Clique Hospitality, Felt Bar & Lounge and Blossom Cocktail Lounge will introduce guests to alluring cocktails that are delicious, daring and inventive. The cocktail creators inside MGM National Harbor's hottest venues are a new breed of mixologists who understand that a drink is more than just a beverage - a drink is a look and an experience.
"We want the cocktails to be part of the story at these venues, rather than just a beverage that looks great," said Clique Hospitality Lead Bartender Antony Sazerac. "Our intention is to always be thinking of new ways to present drinks so that our guests have a memorable experience that will make them want to return time and again."
Felt Bar & Lounge
Felt will offer sweeping views of the Potomac River, Old Town Alexandria and the Capital Region, along with a cocktail program second to none. The ultimate indoor/outdoor lounge will offer artisanal cocktails with a sophisticated touch, along with a seasonal menu to ensure only the highest-quality ingredients make their way into each beverage selection.
Exclusive to Felt will be a beverage cart featuring high-end cocktails made tableside with offerings to include hard-to-find spirits and specialty drinks with fun presentation elements such as sparklers, smoke infusion or a culinary torch. Highlights of Felt's menu will include:
Amigos in Georgetown, a tequila-based beverage built with Casamigos Blanco tequila, aperol, fresh lemon juice, agave syrup, grapefruit juice and soda water with a smoked rosemary sprig and lime wheel garnish.
Le Peche, a sweet cocktail built of Ciroc Peach vodka, aperol, fresh lemon juice, simple syrup, peach puree and Chandon sparkling wine and adorned with peach slices.
Benny Blanco, a delightful mix of Avion Silver tequila, pineapple-chili shrub, Velvet Falernum syrup, fresh lemon juice, agave syrup and club soda. A skewered pineapple wedge enhances the look of this fine drink.
Dr. Cel-Ray Pepper, a cocktail that will allow guests to select their own base, Belvedere vodka or Bombay Sapphire gin, and then marry it with celery-peppercorn shrub, cucumber, lemon, seltzer and celery bitters. The libation is finished with a beautiful cucumber ribbon garnish, micro celery greens and pink peppercorns.
Blossom Cocktail Lounge
Sitting in the center of the casino is Blossom, a 24-hour venue that will evoke a relaxing atmosphere, akin to the cherry blossoms that bloom along the Potomac River. The libations will be as fresh as the space with attention to detail at every turn.
The classic cocktail menu will feature house-made mixers and fresh juices, eye-catching garnishes and fine spirits with many of the drinks paying homage to the Capital Region. Cocktails that honor the heritage of the surrounding area will include:
Nellie Blossom, a combination of Grey Goose vodka, cherry blossom tea, pomegranate juice, lemon juice, rose syrup and a hint of champagne with a beautiful orchid and lemon peel garnish.
Colonel Rickey, a hand-crafted, gin-based drink featuring Navy Strength Plymouth gin, lime, Thai basil leaves, seltzer, cardamom honey and a splash of club soda, finished with a Thai basil lime wheel.
Congress Heights, a refreshing mix of Atlantico Reserva rum, lime, mint, spiced cranberry gomme, seltzer and orange bitters, topped with a mint sprig lime wheel.
Bye, Bye Miss American Pie, served with George Dickel rye whisky, calvados, chai tea, apple cider, lemon, cardamom honey and an impressive garnish made with skewered apple slices, a cinnamon stick and dash of grated nutmeg.
About Clique Hospitality
Clique Hospitality was founded by Andy Masi, the former Light Group founder and CEO, along with his partners Brian Massie and Shane Monaco. These three visionaries have helped change the dining and nightlife landscape of Las Vegas since 2001. Masi, as well as his partners within Clique, have dedicated their lives to making a simple night out more than just a memory, but also an experience. A boutique hospitality company, Clique specializes in upscale comfortable dining that sets trends, rather than follows them. Hearthstone, a Masi project that specializes in rustic American fare, reinvigorated Las Vegas' Red Rock Resort, bringing in a more contemporary clientele with its worldly flavors. With eight restaurants and lounges in the pipeline in Nevada and California, Clique is transcending hospitality through service and operations, unabashed cuisine, appealing design and unrivaled desire.
About MGM National Harbor
The newest addition to the MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) portfolio, MGM National Harbor's unrivaled setting offers stunning panoramic views of the eastern shore of the Potomac River in Maryland. The $1.4 billion resort sits a short distance from Washington, D.C. to the north and historic sites, including George Washington's Mount Vernon estate across the river in Virginia. The 24-story, 308-room resort will feature premier amenities and experiences for locals as well as visitors from around the world including a dynamic casino with over 125,000 square feet of space that includes slots, table games and poker; a world-class spa and salon; an entertainment theater with flexible seating for up to 3,000; high-end branded retail; 50,000 square feet of meeting space; and restaurants from renowned local, national and international chefs. MGM National Harbor is scheduled to open December 8, 2016.
The newest addition to the MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) portfolio, MGM National Harbor has an unrivaled setting offering stunning panoramic views of the eastern shore of the Potomac River in Maryland. The $1.4 billion LEED® Gold Certified resort, which opened December 8, 2016, sits a short distance from Washington, D.C. to the north and historic sites, including George Washington's Mount Vernon estate across the river in Virginia. The 24-story, 308-room resort features premier amenities and experiences for locals as well as visitors from around the world including a dynamic casino with over 125,000 square feet of space that includes slots, table games and poker; a world-class spa and salon; an entertainment theater with flexible seating for up to 3,000; high-end branded retail; 50,000 square feet of meeting space; and restaurants from renowned local, national and international chefs. For more information and reservations, visit mgmnationalharbor.com.
Statements in this release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. MGM National Harbor has based these statements on management's current expectations and assumptions and not on historical facts. Examples of these statements include statements regarding the expected opening date of the casino resort and scope of the amenities to be offered. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements, including effects of economic and market conditions, competition with other destination travel locations throughout the United States and the world, and the design, timing and costs of the projects and risks relating to permits, licenses, financings, approvals and other contingencies and additional risks and uncertainties described in the MGM Resorts International Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K reports (including all amendments to those reports) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In providing forward-looking statements, MGM National Harbor is not undertaking any duty or obligation to update these statements publicly as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
Beth Bartolini
Clique Hospitality
beth@fingerprintcomm.net
Ashley Farkas
afarkas@mgmresorts.com


Ron Paul Forums / Liberty Forest > News & Current Events > U.S. Political News > Are there no great orators anymore?
View Full Version : Are there no great orators anymore?
Whatever happened to all those great orators of the past who spoke with such eloquence and passion? Is that simply a lost art that no one possesses anymore?
No, there are still some out there.
Alan Keys, say what you will of him, is extremely good at public speaking.
Any advice on how to become a good orator?
A vast vocabulary is also necessary.
I think it takes more than just vernacular mastery to become a good orator. You also need a profound message and the convictions to deliver it with fervor.
It seems to be a rare find these days.
I second that! Too bad he supports the Iraq war. Otherwise, he wouldn't be that far from RP on many issues.


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Q: The number of admissible tuples with last element equal to $h_{k-1}$? Let $k \geq 2$ and $(h_1, h_2,\cdots,h_{k-1}) \in \mathbb{N}^{k-1}$.
Consider the $k$-tuple : $\mathcal{H}_k=(0,h_1,\cdots,h_{k-1})$ with $0<h_1<\cdots<h_{k-1}$.
The $k$-tuple $\mathcal{H}_k$ is admissible if and only if there is no fixed prime number $q$ dividing $p(p+h_1) \cdots (p+h_{k-1})$ for all $p\in\mathbb{P}, p \geq q$.
Example 1: $\mathcal{H}_3 = (0,2,4)$ is not admissible, because $p(p+2)(p+4)$ is always divisible by $3$ when $p\in\mathbb{P}, p \geq 3$.
Example 2: $\mathcal{H}_3=(0,2,6)$ is admissible.

Question: For a fixed $h_{k-1}$, can we know the exact number of admissible tuples with last element equal to $h_{k-1}$ ?

Example 1: Let $h_{k-1}=6$, then the admissible tuples are :
$$(0, 6); \ (0,2,6) ; \ (0, 4, 6)$$
Example 2: Let $h_{k-1}=8$, then the admissible tuples are :
$$(0,8) ; \ (0, 2, 8) ; \ (0, 6, 8) ; \ (0, 2, 6, 8)$$

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THE PET WAR is a hilarious story about the timeless battles of dog vs. cat, brother vs. sister, know-it-all vs. know-nothing. Eleven-year-old Otto wants a dog. His twelve-year-old perfect sister, Lexi, wants a cat. Their mother, who works very long hours as a nurse, wants neither. Pets are expensive so who's going to pay for everything? And what happens to the pet when the siblings are at their dad's for the weekend? Otto has an idea. What if he got a job and earned enough money to pay for the dog? Then Lexi has to open her big mouth. She proposes that whichever sibling can raise enough money first will decide which pet they get. Oddly enough, their mom and dad agree. With Otto and Lexi each out to defeat the other, their business plans become more elaborate and involved. As the competition gets fiercer, the stakes get higher, and the battle lines have been drawn, so let the Pet War begin. . . .
Publisher : Scholastic Press
Eleven-year-old Otto wants a dog, and his older sister Lexi wants a cat, so their mother suggests that whoever can raise enough money to pay for their pet can choose--and so the competition begins.
The Great Cat And Dog Massacre
Author : Hilda Kean
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
In 1939, 400,000 cats and dogs were massacred in Britain, their corpses heaped up outside veterinarians offices. Fear of the imminent German blitz led the government to urge pet owners to spare their animal companions so that they would not suffer in the bombing raids. Hilda Kean s gripping narrative of this little-known event includes tales of smuggling pets into bomb shelters, trading bits of cat food on the black market, and preemptively killing thousands of pets at the start of the war to save the food supplies in England. Kean is able to show vividly how pets were an important part of British wartime experience. She pays close attention to animals, both symbolic and actual, arguing that after the pet massacre, human-animal bonds became stronger and closer. In the process of telling this history, Kean necessary complicates the picture of World War II as the good war fought by a nation of good, animal-loving people. Her close use of primary materials (diaries, personal sources, contemporary newspapers, collective public reports on daily life, etc.) gives palpable reality to the animals and their fate at this time. This forgotten aspect of Britain s history makes us rethink accepted accounts of the War and shows the ways in which animal and human histories are inextricably linked. We are also constrained to rethink our assumptions about ourselves and the animals with whom we share our homes."
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Why our cats are a danger to species diversity and human health In 1894, a lighthouse keeper named David Lyall arrived on Stephens Island off New Zealand with a cat named Tibbles. In just over a year, the Stephens Island Wren, a rare bird endemic to the island, was rendered extinct. Mounting scientific evidence confirms what many conservationists have suspected for some time—that in the United States alone, free-ranging cats are killing birds and other animals by the billions. Equally alarming are the little-known but potentially devastating public health consequences of rabies and parasitic Toxoplasma passing from cats to humans at rising rates. Cat Wars tells the story of the threats free-ranging cats pose to biodiversity and public health throughout the world, and sheds new light on the controversies surrounding the management of the explosion of these cat populations. This compelling book traces the historical and cultural ties between humans and cats from early domestication to the current boom in pet ownership, along the way accessibly explaining the science of extinction, population modeling, and feline diseases. It charts the developments that have led to our present impasse—from Stan Temple's breakthrough studies on cat predation in Wisconsin to cat-eradication programs underway in Australia today. It describes how a small but vocal minority of cat advocates has campaigned successfully for no action in much the same way that special interest groups have stymied attempts to curtail smoking and climate change. Cat Wars paints a revealing picture of a complex global problem—and proposes solutions that foresee a time when wildlife and humans are no longer vulnerable to the impacts of free-ranging cats.
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Spike, a brown Spaniel, has always been interested in certain aspects of humans' lives, so it was no surprise that the dog kept up with the humans' news reports. One day while at home relaxing with his great pal Doug, a Golden Retriever, the two were shocked when cats won the contest for best pet of the year. To Spike and Doug, cats are lazy and mean creatures that only think about themselves. After learning this, Spike thought of a way to make the humans change their minds and redo that poll.After surveying the animals in the city and learning that all the animals were outraged at the results, Spike told them of his plan for his group to help the humans around the city until they see that they were the best animals and not the cats. However, when the cats learned of Spike's team's intentions, they went straight into action. These animals would not take that title from the cats, especially not a dog!In "The Fight for Best Pet," Spike along with his friends, Doug the Golden Retriever, Tweet the yellow Warbler, Charlee the Hamster, and the other various animals, attempt to show the humans that they're the best. However, the cats do not plan to go down without a fight, and they will do anything to keep their title, even if it means turning their enemies into dog food.
Author : Stephen King
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Gene Therapy PTC-AADC Provides Benefits for 5 Years in Children
by Yedida Y Bogachkov PhD | December 8, 2021
The investigational gene therapy PTC-AADC (eladocagene exuparvovec) provides lasting and meaningful improvements in motor and cognitive function in children with aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency, updated results from three clinical trials show.
The greatest improvements were observed in the youngest of the 26 treated children — none of whom had full head control at the study's start — with three of them gaining the ability to walk freely without assistance following gene therapy. Another little girl was able to talk a few years after receiving treatment.
"Rapid improvements in motor and cognitive function occurred within 12 months after gene therapy and were sustained during follow-up for [more than] 5 years," the researchers wrote.
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The study, "Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Eladocagene Exuparvovec in Patients with AADC Deficiency," was published in Molecular Therapy.
AADC deficiency is a genetic and neurometabolic disease caused by mutations in a gene called DDC, which provides instructions to make the AADC enzyme. AADC is necessary for the production of dopamine and serotonin, two neurotransmitters — chemical messengers used by nerve cells to communicate with each other.
Low levels of both dopamine and serotonin in patients with AADC deficiency highly disrupt the communication between the brain and other parts of the body, which leads to physical and mental developmental delays from a young age, usually beginning in early infancy.
PTC-AADC is a gene therapy being developed by PTC Therapeutics that uses an engineered viral vector to deliver a non-mutated version of the DDC gene to cells in the body, allowing them to produce their own AADC. It currently is under regulatory review by the European Medicines Agency.
The therapy is surgically delivered into the putamen, a brain region involved in motor and non-motor functions — such as language, emotional processing, and chronic pain — and that is directly impacted by the loss of dopamine production.
Three clinical trials have evaluated the therapy: a Phase 2b trial (NCT02926066) that began in 2016, a Phase 1/2 trial (NCT01395641) started in 2014, and a compassionate use study, in which the treatment was made available for these seriously ill patients because no other medicines are approved. Initial results have shown that PTC-AADC is well-tolerated and improves motor function in children, but longer-term follow-up is needed to evaluate the therapy's safety and efficacy over time.
Now, a team of researchers in Taiwan presented longer-term results from the trials, which altogether involved 26 children treated at a mean age of 4.1 years (range 1.7 to 8.5 years), who had been followed for an average of 5.4 years. All patients had completed at least their one-year follow-up assessments.
In general, the three trials employed the same treatment protocol, with the exception of five patients in the Phase 2 trial who received a dose of 2.4 × 1011 viral genomes (vg), instead of the 1.8 × 1011 vg dose given to all other participants.
Except for one patient, who identified as Caucasian/Thai, all others were of Chinese descent, and the c.714+4A>T mutation represented 80.8% of all mutated DDC genes.
Across all three trials, two universal tools were used to evaluate the children's motor skills over time: the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales–Second Edition (PDMS-2), which focuses on fine motor function, and the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS), which measures gross motor skills.
In the compassionate use study, researchers used the Comprehensive Developmental Inventory for Infants and Toddlers (CDIIT) to evaluate cognitive function and language ability, while the other, subsequent trials used the Bayley Scale of Infant and Toddler Development, Third Edition (Bayley-III) for that purpose.
PTC Therapeutics Announces No-cost Program for Diagnosing AADC Deficiency
All patients showed improvements in motor and cognitive outcomes over time, the results demonstrated. Indeed, the researchers noted that PTC-AADC was found to have a "remarkable therapeutic effect."
Of particular note were the PDMS-2 scores, which were "very low" before the gene therapy — with a mean of 10.4 — and rapidly and significantly increased to 80.5 after one year, 114.5 at two years, and 116.1 three years after PTC-AADC.
AIMS scores also increased from 1.8 at the study's start (baseline) to 18.8 at one year, 26.9 at two years, and 24.5 five years after treatment.
While none of the children had full head control at baseline, three patients gained the ability to walk without assistance — a milestone achieved about two or three years after receiving the gene therapy — and one of them could even run freely at the five-year assessment.
Cognitive function and language ability also significantly improved from the study's start at all three evaluations, with the greatest increases being seen in the first year.
One patient was able to talk 3.4 years after the gene therapy, reaching a 60-point score on her language abilities at the age of 5. For comparison, a healthy 3-year-old child usually scores about 70 on the test. Many children with AADC deficiency are non-verbal, or have speech and language delays.
The researchers noted that the child able to talk was one of the youngest patients entering the trials, who received the therapy at age 1.7 years.
Further analyses demonstrated that patients receiving PTC-AADC experience a significant increase in homovanillic acid or HVA, a product of dopamine metabolism. That HVA was in the children's cerebrospinal fluid — the liquid surrounding the brain and spinal cord — and indicates an increase in dopamine production. However, no signs of serotonin increase were noted.
PET imaging scans also showed signs of AADC activity in the putamen, which overall indicated that the gene therapy was delivering the DDC gene to cells in the region and increasing dopamine levels, as intended.
In addition, the children's body weights increased following treatment, and their symptoms of AADC deficiency — bad mood, excessive sweating, inability to control temperature, and oculogyric crises, a common eye movement disorder in patients with AADC — were less severe after treatment, according to the patients' mothers, who served as their main caregivers.
Caregivers also reported a significantly better quality of life for themselves.
An important finding from the study is that younger age at the time of treatment is significantly associated with greater and faster motor improvements after PTC-AADC, indicating that the gene therapy should be delivered to patients as early as possible to induce the greatest benefits.
"This is likely related to a greater degree of neuronal plasticity in younger patients," the researchers wrote, speaking of the brain's ability to rewire itself in response to stimulus.
Also, levels of HVA after treatment correlated with greater PDMS-2 scores, suggesting that a greater increase in dopamine production will ultimately result in better outcomes. A moderate correlation also was seen between pre-treatment HVA levels and PDMS-2 scores.
Regarding safety, 24 patients experienced a total of 35 dyskinesia events — involuntary, erratic, writhing movements often associated with dopamine-increasing therapies, which are common among patients with Parkinson's disease — but these were more severe in older children and resolved within 10 months of treatment. Most patients also developed transient immune responses against the viral vector, which may have compromised the overall efficacy of the gene therapy.
Two patients died during the trials, one from brain inflammation due to influenza B infection, and another from aspiration.
"Overall, the current study demonstrated the safety and durable efficacy of eladocagene exuparvovec for AADC deficiency," the researchers concluded.
Yedida Y Bogachkov PhD Yedida Y. Bogachkov is a science writer for BioNews. She holds a PhD in cellular and molecular pharmacology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Prior to joining BioNews, she was conducting scientific research analyzing cancer genomics. She's a Chicago native and hasn't moved out of her hometown. Yes, she actually likes snow and enjoys having all four seasons. Yedida likes being out in nature, and in her free time, she can be found outside enjoying the fresh air or baking (inside). She is, unsuccessfully, trying to persuade the rest of her family to enjoy hiking. Yedida is excited to bring her passion for science and her desire to help people to BioNews.
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LUSAKA National Museum director Victoria Chitungu guiding guests through the exhibition. PICTURE: CHANDA MWENYA
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HOW could Levy Patrick Mwanawasa, the third President of Zambia, be best described in one breath?It depends on which side of the fence you are.
But one thing is agreed upon, he was an eminent lawyer and selfless leader who strove to ride above self-interests in his public life.
Those qualities were vividly brought to life once again in the Levy Mwanawasa Foundation memorial photo exhibition that opened last week at Lusaka National Museum to celebrate the late President's life. Yes, it is already 10 years since President Mwanawasa fell ill while attending the African Union (AU) meeting in Sham el-sheikh, Egypt and sadly passed on after being evacuated to Percy Military Hospital in France.
His life, incredibly lost too soon, was captured in photographs from his early days as a young law student at the University of Zambia (UNZA) through to super structures named after him that includes a hospital, a shopping mall, a stadium and a bridge.
From the early photographs taken as an UNZA student, Mwanawasa possessed a rare charm with his handsome face and fine groomed hair. In fact, the afro style lived to be his brand as it could be seen throughout his life. Although, the exhibition had only two photographs from his early life, they somewhat gave an insight into his ambitious life. But it would have been more interesting to see more of his childhood photographs that are exceptional to the public eye. But again, family photographs were in short supply in the era of the 1940s.
Levy Patrick Mwanawasa was born on September 3, 1948 in Mufulira district on the Copperbelt Province. He was the 10th born child of Patrick Mayamba and Maria Mokola.
After his primary education at Mufulira Central School and his secondary education at Chiwala in what was then Ndola rural, Mwanawasa pursued his law degree at UNZA and graduated in 1973.
As a young lawyer, Mwanawasa practised with a private firm from 1974 to 1978 before forming his own law firm. In 1985, he was appointed Solicitor General. But he did not stay long in that position and went back to private law practice in 1986.
And during the 1991 multi-party elections, Mwanawasa was elected Member of Parliament for Chifubu Constituency on the Copperbelt Province under the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) and was later appointed Republican Vice President, a position he later relinquished.
Mwanawasa's public life oscillated between law and politics but in-between, he had an ordinary one with his close family as was seen in the exhibition.
As a family man, Mwanawasa was seen in some photographs with his wife Maureen and the children. There were images that took the viewer inside the Mwanawasa household. The pictures revealed him as an easy to be round kind of parent. For instance, in one picture Mwanawasa is seen having a meal while his child playfully leaned on him. But don't be completely be deceived, Mwanawasa was a no nonsense man when he was on duty as President.
And a large section of the exhibition shows him on his tour of duty. In his official portraits as Commander-in- Chief, Mwanawasa is seen adorning the ceremonial uniforms of the Zambia Air Force (ZAF), the Zambia Army and the Zambia National Service (ZNS). At 53, and even in military regalia, his charm was still searching.
Mwanawasa is also chronicled with famous world leaders from near and far. He is captured with Libyan President Muammar Gadhafi in Tripoli; he is also seen with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at 10 Downing Street in London.
In another photograph, he is with Germany chancellor Angela Markel. Closer at home, Mwanawasa he is seen flanked by President Robert Mugabe at an African Union (AU) summit.
Perhaps the most absorbing picture could be where Mwanawasa is seen on his arrival in Egypt. It would be the last photograph many Zambians would see of their President alive.
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