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Television|Review: 'The Outsider' Takes a Stephen King Novel and Makes It Darker
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Review: 'The Outsider' Takes a Stephen King Novel and Makes It Darker
The mystery-horror hybrid gets a stylish and extremely moody adaptation from HBO and Richard Price.
Ben Mendelsohn and Cynthia Erivo in "The Outsider," an HBO adaptation of a Stephen King novel.Credit...Bob Mahoney/HBO
By Mike Hale
"The Outsider" is not generally considered to be really top-flight Stephen King. If you look up rankings of his novels, it tends to come in around the midpoint at best and often much lower. Some people are turned off by the way it segues from police procedural mystery to supernatural skirmish. Others think the villain just isn't scary enough.
Presumably the writer Richard Price and the actor and producer Jason Bateman, two of the main forces behind the 10-episode adaptation of "The Outsider" that begins Sunday on HBO, liked the book. You have to wonder, though. Based on the first six episodes, they've gloomed it up and slowed it down, keeping much of the basic story but making something radically different in tone and atmosphere. It's "The Outsider" dipped in noir sauce and coated in HBO-prestige bread crumbs.
Is it an improvement? Having just read the book, I missed King's energy and earnestness, and most of all his sense of relentless forward motion. In HBO's "Outsider" the camera slowly glides, or creeps, or just sits still while actors try out their hard or perplexed or grieving stares. It doubles down on a kind of blue-tinged moodiness that's a popular mode in television mystery these days, from "The Sinner" on USA to Price's "The Night Of" for HBO. (Bateman directed the first two episodes.) It takes King's spooky, jokey, thinly characterized plot machine and turns it into a psychological workout.
If that lines up with your taste, "The Outsider" will be perfectly watchable and probably even enjoyable. The cast, led by Ben Mendelsohn, Cynthia Erivo, Mare Winningham and Julianne Nicholson, is excellent. And Price — he wrote a majority of the episodes, with another eminent crime novelist, Dennis Lehane, contributing a few more — keeps the mystery legible and credible (while negotiating a change of venue to Georgia from Oklahoma). Just settle in for a very slow boil.
Show and book both begin with the discovery of the body of an 11-year-old boy, horrifically murdered, and move directly to the arrest of a solid local citizen, Terry Maitland (Bateman), while he's coaching a youth baseball game. The detective in charge, Ralph Anderson (Mendelsohn), arrests Maitland quickly and publicly because of the crime's brutality but primarily because the evidence against him — fingerprints, multiple witnesses, surveillance footage — is so overwhelming.
But as quickly as it came together, the case begins to fall apart. There's equally compelling evidence that Maitland was at a teacher's conference in another town when the murder was committed. How could he have been in two places at once? And is the answer connected to the eerie premonitions and visitations that begin to afflict people connected to the case, including the wives of Anderson and Maitland (Winningham and Nicholson)?
It is, of course, and part of the fun of the book is the subversive way in which King constructs a classic mystery scenario, studded with references to Poe and Robert Ludlum, and then doesn't bother to solve it in the usual style. The case of Terry Maitland seems impossible, and it is — unless you accept a paranormal explanation (and a classic Stephen King type of story), which Anderson, a dogmatic realist, isn't at first prepared to do.
The literary allusions have been dropped in the series, understandably, but the novel holds a greater challenge for adapters. In service of the bifurcated plot, and indulging his habit of shuffling people from book to book, King revives an old character — the private investigator Holly Gibney (Erivo), from "Mr. Mercedes" — and drops her in halfway through "The Outsider," to function as Anderson's tough-love guide to the world of storybook predators.
The awkward but resolute Gibney is the best thing about "The Outsider," and Price and company know it — they've smushed the first half of the book into the first couple of episodes of the series so that they can introduce her earlier, and from there the series is in large part a showcase for Erivo, the star of "Harriet" and the coming season of "Genius" devoted to Aretha Franklin.
Erivo capably embodies Gibney's under-the-surface compassion and strength, but her performance is hemmed in by the show's decision to amp up the character's idiosyncrasies — this Gibney is practically a rain-woman savant, and Erivo's attempts to give that some nuance can just end up looking dull. King's Gibney drew an excitement and satisfaction from her investigative work that Price's character doesn't seem to feel.
And that tweak is just one of many changes, small and large, that push the show in dark and heavy directions. A suicide, glancingly referred to in the book, is now onscreen and graphic. The amount of time spent in a dank strip club has gone way up. Most tellingly, Anderson's son, alive in the book, is now dead, generating additional stress and marital discord.
There may be a Jason Bateman effect at work here. Noirish gloom seems to follow him around: The first season of Netflix's "Ozark" (the only one I've seen) took material that wanted to be dark comedy and squeezed much of the fun out of it, though Laura Linney, as the wife of Bateman's antihero, worked heroically to counteract that. "The Outsider" takes an entertaining and propulsive, if routine, read and renders it with style and savvy but not much of a pulse. Watch the show and — spoiler alert! — you may find that that's kind of what the killer does, too.


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Low energy users face steepest price hike from Scottish Power
Helen Knapman | Assistant Editor – News & Investigations
Low usage energy customers face the steepest price hikes as a result of Scottish Power's latest round of price rises.
The giant announced earlier this month it will raise electricity prices by 10% and gas prices by a whopping 19% from 1 August, in a bitter blow to 2.4 million households (see Scottish Power to hike energy prices news story).
Other firms are also expected to hike prices, but haven't announced plans yet.
But findings have emerged this week, highlighting how low usage customers will face the brunt of the rises.
The average low energy user on a standard dual fuel Scottish Power tariff will pay £862 from 1 August, which is up 19% on the £722 customers are currently paying.
However, the average high energy user on a standard dual fuel Scottish Power tariff will see their bills increase by the smaller amount of 15%, taking their annual bill up to £1,658.
Price comparison site uSwitch.com does not expect other firms to mirror this move by disproportionately raising costs for lower users.
Why are low users facing greater increases?
Energy tariffs are generally split into two tiers, where consumers pay a higher rate for the first few units they use, after which the price drops per unit of energy to the cheaper second tier rate.
The issue is that low usage customers have a larger proportion of their bill made up of the first tier rate and as Scottish Power's 'tier 1' rates are set to rocket in August, this means low usage customers face steeper price rises.
The average electricity rate on a standard tariff will increase by 29% per unit for 'tier 1' with the price jumping from a typical 17p to 22p, compared to no increase in the 'tier 2' electricity rate.
'Tier 1' gas prices will also see a greater increase of 23% per unit of energy, compared to a 20% increase for tier 2, taking prices to a typical 7.7p and 3.5p, respectively.
Tom Lyon, energy expert at uSwitch.com, says: "We have no reason to think that other suppliers will be doing the same – it's really a waiting game to see what they actually do.
"But, from the consumer perspective this move by Scottish Power does seem counter-intuitive. People are being actively encouraged to reduce their energy consumption but these changes could be seen as a dis-incentive to cut down."
Low energy users face steepest increase
Together Energy ceases trading – here's what it means for your gas and electricity
Together Energy, including its subsidiary Bristol Energy, has ceased trading. In total, the two brands have about 176,000 household customers between them. If you're affected, your supply will continue and credit balances are protected. While it's likely you'll pay more now, there are no savings to be had by switching.
Energy supplier failures will add an extra £94 to household bills next year, warns Citizens Advice
The recent collapse of many UK energy companies will add an extra £94 to household bills from next year as the firms left in the market look to pass on the costs of taking on stranded customers, according to a damning new report from Citizens Advice that is also highly critical of the regulator.
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TUI UK has launched a new advert to promote the Marella Cruises (previously known as Thomson Cruises, before its rebranding, that took place in October 2017.
The spot features people on a Marella Cruise enjoying great service, including exquisite dinners, massage, and more, and ends with the voiceover saying "Marella Cruises – Sail with a smile". The soundtrack music is a cover of "Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)" by Felix Jaehn.
To celebrate the launch of Marella Cruises, the company has announced new itineraries across Asia as part of its winter 2018 programme. Among the destinations the newly renamed Marella Discovery will sail to are Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Cochin, Colombo, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Muscat. According to TUI, customers will be offered "fantastic itineraries, great service and entertainment on board all six ships with the friendliest staff at sea".


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Sligo's Mona McSharry has booked her place in the finals of the women's 50 freestyle as second fastest qualifier, breaking her own national record by 0.12 seconds with a time of 25.42. "That was amazing," said an elated McSharry after the race, "Anything I did this morning that I didn't feel comfortable with I really tried to focus on it. I took a breath a bit later and just powered into the wall. I didn't expect that but it's just amazing, I feel amazing."
Mona continued; "I just got out of the block, and honestly I felt a bit tired, I've been feeling tired in the evenings, it's quite warm in here. I just dived in, and powered through my leg kick, burst out through the water, took my three breaths when I needed to and just hammered into the wall. I just got that time!"
McSharry will now race in her third final this week; "I'm really excited about that, I wanted to make the final in the 50 but after my breaststroke events I didn't expect that, it's just amazing!"
Before her race, the Sligo swimmer always has the same routine, "I am just concentrating on the race at hand and try to not get caught up on negative thoughts. Really just making sure I'm in the moment, because whatever happens, happens, you just got to keep going. I'm just so happy!"
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Kwoklyn has Chinese cooking in his DNA. His grandfather and father were both restaurateurs and he and brother Gok – the fashion guru who found fame with the hit TV show 'How to Look Good Naked' – grew up playing among the tables and chairs.
Kwoklyn gravitated from hide and seek to the kitchen but broke away from cooking to launch a high-flying career in martial arts. The 45-year-old returned to his first love in 2015 and launched kwoklynwan.com, his cookery website.
In January, he will publish The Chinese Takeaway Cookbook, featuring recipes for the nation's favourite takeway dishes, and launch an online cookery school, Kwok on Kitchen.
Kwoklyn recently appeared on ITV's This Morning with brother Gok cooking a feast for presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. He will join a host of fabulous local cooks who will be giving free, hourly cooking demonstrations.
Northampton Winter Food Festival is a celebration of artisan food and drink with nearly a third of the stall-holders based locally. It takes place under cover at The County Ground in Northampton on Saturday November 10 and Sunday November 11 with free parking on Abington Park.
As well as over 80 food and drink stalls, there will be plenty of free foodie fun to enjoy including, chef demos, wine tastings, food talks and gin tastings hosted by Warner Edwards, Northamptonshire's award winning distillers. Adult tickets are £6 in advance or £8 on the day. Children over ten are £3.


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What Warner Bros.' New 2021 Release Strategy Means For The Film And TV Industry
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In an announcement on Thursday Warner Bros. declared that its entire slate of 2021 movies will be simultaneously released on its streaming service HBO Max – in the U.S. – and at cinemas. Originally the company had stated that Wonder Woman 1984 would follow this strategy, largely due to the pandemic and its effect on theater chains, but there was no visibility on the continuance of such a scheme.
The raft of movies being released through this hybrid methodology will include big-budget films such as Suicide Squad 2, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Matrix 4, Godzilla vs. Kong, Dune, Black Messiah and Tom and Jerry. Every film will be released on HBO Max in 4K Ultra HD and HDR to mitigate any perceived drop-off in quality.
"We're living in unprecedented times which call for creative solutions, including this new initiative for the Warner Bros. Pictures Group," said Warner Bros. CEO Ann Sarnoff.
"No one wants films back on the big screen more than we do. We know new content is the lifeblood of theatrical exhibition, but we have to balance this with the reality that most theaters in the U.S. will likely operate at reduced capacity throughout 2021."
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The justification behind the move
Let's leave out HBO Max for a second. When Universal tried to pull this stunt earlier on in the year it was met by condemnation from theater chains, with the now-notorious open letter power play from AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc
. Chief Executive Adam Aron to Universal iterating that their theaters in the U.S., the Middle East or Europe would no longer play Universal movies.
The squabble brought about an agreement between the two behemoths in which movies in the future would have a shorter 17-day exclusivity window before being accessible to premium video-on-demand (PVOD) platforms. It is also expected that AMC will make a cut from at least some of those PVOD sales on the switch.
This, however, is a much more unprecedented and purposeful move then Universal's and at a much greater level threatens the balance between cinemas and studios.
The more notable difference between the two studios' actions is that Warner Bros. took a much bigger hit from its tentpole Christopher Nolan film Tenet, reportedly losing hundreds of millions of dollars off of its – usually fairly accurate – projections. That coupled with the uncertainty over the future of cinemas, especially in 2021, with the slow rollout and uptake of Covid-19 vaccines makes the decision make sense.
One would surmise that there must have been an in-depth conversation between WarnerMedia and the relative theater chains as the distribution plan is very specific in mentioning that the one-month access on HBO Max is just for the U.S. and not worldwide. With many other parts of the world struggling with the pandemic it will be interesting to see whether the domestic only principle stays true.
The streaming war
It's no secret that WarnerMedia wants HBO Max to succeed and is a major element in its plans. Seeing the global success of Netflix
, predicated primarily on their programming and talent, gives the group cause to pause on why their offering isn't picking up as much steam.
Interestingly this solution rings true as ever to the hit two birds with one stone analogy, as WarnerMedia can simultaneously grow HBO Max with very exclusive big-budget content – usually only reserved for cinemas – and solve the major issue of reticence going to the theater from the general public. Though this solution is just for the U.S., at least for now.
This elaborate new distribution process will almost certainly attract people to the platform and people may very well stay on for further releases and additional content. Similarly to how Netflix kept a lot of its subscribers after hit series' such as House of Cards.
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Next year and beyond
It will be interesting to see what happens after the pandemic subsides and cinemas begin to pick up some steam again. If HBO Max turns into a roaring success as a result of this move you can't imagine that WarnerMedia would turn back based on not wanting to further disrupt the already fragile studio-exhibitor relationship.
Especially as in 2019 the number of individuals going to the movies dropped dramatically. Averaging out at just four times for the year that one person would go. Representing an almost twenty-year low, only bested by 2002's numbers.
With this fact, it's difficult for WarnerMedia's parent company, AT&T
, to go to investors and not opt for a strategy like this to at least stop the proverbial bleeding caused through revenue loss due to the pandemic's side effects on the film and TV industry.
With Disney
also teasing going further down this route with its past exhibition strategy with Mulan on Disney Plus, it's starting to seem like regardless of the resurgence of cinemas, dual theater/streaming releases are here to stay.
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This is a piece of advice from Harry of csswizardry.com an award-winning Consultant Front-end Architect, designer, developer, writer and speaker from UK, that really caught my attention much. I was once before aiming some big goals in life and what he stated below of the problem of having a big goals is really true. I was happened turn into disappointment, stressed and worst i surrendered. And this make me realize that i should start first on a smaller one. That goals that i only can manage and attainable that could not cause me any distress. If we think we couldn't possibly make the big ones, why not try the small one first. Taking one pace at a time is much better than taking a shortcut way.
As a beginner, you must start with an extremely manageable and realistic goal and work up from there. So whatever you want to achieve—whether it's losing 20 pounds, running a 10K, or just be able to jog for 20-minute without losing your breath—make sure your goal is realistic, and small. If you can't fly Run, If you can't run Walk, If you can't walk Crawl, But by all means keep moving.
which means they can be anti-climactic.
Of course, that's not to say don't have any goals at all, just be sure to set smaller, more frequent ones. These will be attained more easily and more frequently, meaning you'll feel like you're making more progress. A small goal every two years is better than a big one every ten.
I've always tried to avoid big, monolithic goals purely because I know how much can (and will) change it all. I never once even thought about working in a large, product-based company, never mind thought about the fact I might enjoy that. It just so happens that working in such a place came about almost by chance, and it completely changed what I wanted out of my career. I didn't have any other plans or goals that would get in the way of me pursuing this new interest.
A lot of changes in my career have come about almost serendipitously, meaning that a lot of it has just been changing things up as opportunities presented themselves (you just have to make sure you take them).
If we have goals and dreams in life we simply need to strive hard for it to achieve.
You heard this popular saying always, generally it talks about how a person need to be strong and never give up whatever happen. But, this is not about how people being stable and strong, it's about TRUST IN GOD! Consider ourself, we really had lots of dreams and goals in life that we want to achieve. Sometimes we are actually in a hurry to attain it quickly. But do you think you can achieve it in the time you expected?
I believed if the things are meant to us, God will let this happen at the right time. Whatever we are pursuing to reach our dreams if it's really not meant for us, God will make his own way just to turn us into what he already planned.
I am not saying that what you'd started and you failed, you may think that it's not god's planned for you and you may quit either. Don't be in a hurry, take it easy, just relax. Pray for God, he only knows the best and could help you. Don't just give up easily, think a better way and then just go with the flow. Don't think life too seriously. If you have something that wanted in life and you always not succeed don't be discouraged, make your failure in a positive way. Make it a reason why you failed, you can think maybe God doesn't want me this because he serves me a better one.
Back, in the year 2010, I think I could say this year has not been so good to me and to our family. I lost my job and our small business was stopped I think due to some selfish reason. Do you think that a small business like we have could get lots of attention in one's of I think a powerful man in our town? I don't think so, he used his power just to make us stopped in selling. But poor us, my mother didn't have nothing to do but to stop it. We really had a hard time coping it and thinking how could we live and survive that time as the only source of our living has been gone already, I may think that time that life was really so unfair and to the point that I questions God why he let this thing happen to us.
Despite of this catastrophe happened in our life, we never lose hope either and we never surrender God in our life. We continued praying and asking him to guide and help us every single day. I think he let this thing happened just to make us stronger. I don't believe in god's test of life, god's love could never be questioned by anyone, maybe sometimes we tend to forget to call him but he doesn't mean that he needs to punish us.
And I am so grateful to dearest god, I am of what I am today because of what had happened in the past. Contented and happy with the life I am living now. The blessings are abundantly coming everyday, the breath of life is really one of the wonderful blessings I always get everyday.
So, quitters never win because they never trust god and winners never quit because they believe that God will never turn them back whatever happen.


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(c) firms do not have any other constraints that may prevent them from moving to the optimal, including regulatory or legal limits.
To the extent that these assumptions are unreasonable, the cost of capital approach may have to be modified. One obvious extension is to make the operating income a function of the firm's default risk (or rating), and choosing the debt ratio that maximizes firm value (rather than minimizing operating income). Similarly constraints imposed by regulators, managment or lenders can be built into the process. The most difficult assumption to overcome is the assumption of a constant market debt ratio. To the degree that this makes users uncomfortable, the adjusted present value approach may provide a more realistic solution.
1. The first is to do the entire analysis using book value of debt and equity, looking for the optimal debt ratio. Since the approach we have described is driven by cash flows, the optimal dollar debt that is computed should not be affected significantly by doing this.
2. The second and more general approach (since it can be used to analyze any kind of constraint) is to keep track of the book value debt ratio in the traditional analysis, and view the optimal capital structure as the one the minimizes the cost of capital subject to the book value debt ratio being lesser than the specified constraint.
There are several problems in applying the cost of capital approach to financial service firms, such as banks and insurance companies. The first is that the interest coverage ratio spreads, which are critical in determining the bond ratings, have to be estimated separately for financial service firms; applying manufacturing company spreads will result in absurdly low ratings for even the safest banks, and very low optimal debt ratios. The solution is to use interest coverage ratios tailored for financial service firms, rather than the manufacturing firm ratios.
The second is a measurement problem that arises partly from the difficulty in estimating the debt on a financial service company's balance sheet. Given the mix of deposits, repurchase agreements, short term financing and other liabilities that may show up on the balance sheet, one solution may by to focus only on long term debt, defined tightly, and to use interest coverage ratios defined consistently.
The third problem is that financial service firms may find their operating income affected by their bond rating; as the rating drops, the operating income might drop too. The solution is to make the operating income a function of the bond ratings.
Finally, minimizing cost of capital in a bank has to work within the constraints on book capital ratios imposed by regulatory authorities.
The normalized operating income can also be estimated using returns on capital across an economic cycle (for cyclical firms) or an industry (for firms with firm-specific problems), but returns on capital are much more likely to be skewed by mismeasurement of capital than operating margins.
There are two basic ways in which the probability of bankruptcy can be indirectly estimated. One is to estimate a bond rating, as we did in the cost of capital approach, at each level of debt and use the empirical estimates of default probabilities for each rating. The other approach is to use a statistical approach, such as a probit, to estimate the probability of default, based upon the firm's observable characteristics, at each level of debt.
The bankruptcy cost can be estimated, albeit with considerable noise, from studies that have looked at the magnitude of this cost in actual bankruptcies. It will vary across firms, depending upon the magnitude of indirect bankruptcy costs. Combining the results of Warner on direct bankruptcy cost and Shapiro on indirect bankruptcy cost may provide a measure of the total bankruptcy costs faced by firms.
To build a cross sectional regression for the debt ratio, we began with the benefits and costs of debt in the abstract - the tax benefit and the added discipline on the plus side, and the bankruptcy costs, agency costs and lost flexibility on the minus side. We then looked for measurable proxies for each variable. For the tax benefit, this could be the tax rate or the existence of other tax deductions (such as depreciation). For added discipline, this could be the percent of stock held by manageers. Presumably, firms with significant insider holdings do not need the discipline of debt. For bankruptcy costs, this could be the variability in opeating income; firms with high variability will have higher bankruptcy risk. (Measures such as ratings cannot be used, since they might reflect the current borrowings of the firm). For agency costs, this could be the type of and the liquidity in the assets owned by the firm. Firms with tangible and liquid assets should have fewer agency costs than firms without these assets. Finally, for flexibility, the proxy may be the magnitude of and uncertainty about future investment needs.
It is conceivable that we could explain more of the difference in debt ratios by throwing in other variables into the regression, but kitchen-sink regressions are dangerous and may not be very useful in coming up with predicted debt ratios.


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Aapke Deewane is a 1980 Indian Bollywood comedy,drama film released on Apr 11, 1980. The film is directed by Surendra Mohan, produced by Rakesh Roshan.
The story starts with Ram and Rahim who are good friends. They study in the same college and then their college friend named as Kundan is jealous of their friendship. So, he plans a strategy and puts the blame on Ram. As a result, Ram is expelled from the college. Now years pass by and Ram is an Urdu teacher and Rahim is the Hindi teacher. They both teach the same girl named as Sameera, who is the daughter of Col. Thakur Vikram Singh. Both the friends have fallen in love with the same girl Sameera. Now, whom will she marry? Check out this page for more updates on Aapke Deewane.
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Welcome to another installment of LiveAnalysis! Today we have the fifteenth meeting between World No. 1 Serena Williams and World No. 2 Victoria Azarenka.
Serena Williams has dropped only one set in Cincinnati (against Bouchard in her 1st match), though it could be argued that she should have dropped at least one to Li Na in the semis. Azarenka has matched that feat, by dropping her only set of the tournament to the somewhat resurgent Jelena Jankovic in the semifinals.
Click here for the H2H between these two (which Serena Williams leads 12-2).
Do click on Bobby's link below – there's quite a bit of neat information there.
"Entering the Cincinnati final, Williams is 29-2 on hard court so far this season, and Azarenka is 24-1." This little tidbit is why I'm completely against the tennis habit of not counting withdrawals as losses, particularly when a player has already played a match in a tournament. When you read quote above, you'd think Azarenka has only lost one hard court match all year, right? You'd think she'd have won a bunch of titles, given the sheer number of wins. But no – she's won only two (one of which is the Australian Open). That hardly equals to 24 wins and just one loss.
1. Can Victoria Azarenka serve well enough to survive? The reigning Australian Open champ has been struggling with her serve (and an injury to her upper body) since the hard court season started, and that's a particularly bad problem to have when you're playing Serena Williams. One of the main reasons that this H2H is so lopsided is the mismatch between Azarenka's 2nd serve and Serena's return of serve. If Azarenka is donating double faults and misses first serves constantly, this will be a very, very short match.
2. Can Serena dominate with her serve? If the answer ends up being "yes," again, this will be a short match. Azarenka MUST make every Serena service game a battle. Easier said than done.
3. Will Azarenka be able to get Serena to hit on the run consistently? The World No. 1's footwork tends to deteriorate if she's being pushed from the baseline. If Azarenka can put Serena in uncomfortable positions during baseline rallies, good things will happen for her.
Remember to refresh this page often, as I will be providing game-by-game analysis throughout the match!
First Set – Victoria Azarenka will serve first.
0-0: Azarenka starts with a DF. Bad omen? Another DF follows. A deep return by Serena triggers the error, and she's down 0-40. Azarenka then survives Serena's deep, penetrating return, but a BH DTL ends up handing the break to Serena.
1-0, Williams: Serena holds at love in little over a minute. She's yet to lose a point in this match.
Ominous start for Azarenka. She didn't win a point on serve, and then her returns were easily handled by Serena.
2-0, Williams: Serena goes for a big 2nd serve return, but misses. Azarenka has won a point! Moments later, she fires an ace and she's up 40-15. The pair exchange points, and rather surprisingly, Victoria ends up holding serve.
Serena's footwork in that last game was beyond suspect. Got away with it a couple of times, but more often than not, this will be a problem. Azarenka's challenge is to exploit these opportunities during Serena's service games. As usual, easier said than done.
2-1, Williams: Serena once again is untroubled at serve, and holds serve to 15. Azarenka is having quite a bit of trouble making the World No. 1 move – Serena is being able to just take one or two steps before every shot – even when more are necessary.
3-1, Williams: Azarenka dumps a tame FH into the net, and she's down 0-40 again. Then, a deep return sets up a short ball for Serena, which she calmly blasts away into a corner. Serena breaks again!
This is comically easy for Serena, who is not having to move around the baseline to dominate. Azerenka's shots just can't find the corners of the court.
4-1, Williams: Serena double faults for 30-all, but ends up holding shortly after anyway. Still not moving her feet much, still dominating.
5-1, Williams: Azarenka finally gets Serena on the run…and ends up losing the point anyway, as Serena actually moves her feet to track down a BH DTL and then a dropper. Surprisingly enough, Azarenka ends up holding after a SW.
5-2, Williams: Serena fires an ace up the T for 40-0, and triple SP. A quick rally later, Azarenka can't handle her pace up the middle, and the set is over.
First Set to Serena Williams, 6-2.
Second Set – Victoria Azarenka will serve first.
0-0: Azarenka finds some good serves, and ends up holding easily to 15. That hasn't happened often in this match.
1-0, Azarenka: Finally, some competitive points. Serena puts together a little clinic of net anticipation, as she reads Azarenka's CC FH pass perfectly. She then botches a FH and DFs, so it's Deuce on her serve for the first time in the match. However, she fires an Ace up the T for GP. Azarenka then gets Serena to end up doing splits, and it's Deuce #2. Another Ace is followed by another FH UFE, so it's Deuce #3. Serena DFs for the 4th time in the match, so it's Azarenka's 1st BP of the match. Then a great 2nd serve return by Victoria hands her the break!
2-0, Azarenka: Victoria rolls to a 30-0 lead, but Serena, fed up with herself, fires a CC BH winner to level it at 30-all. She continues the good run of form to boss Azarenka around the baseline, finishing with a CC FH winner. BP for the World No. 1. And then, a God-mode point by Serena, who jumps around the court and fires away shot after shot like a video game boss. She finishes with an outrageous CC FH winner from the opposing doubles alley to break. Insane.
From 30-0 to Azarenka she started shouting at herself, hit 4 winners in a row and broke back. Just like that.
2-1, Azarenka: Serena is flying now. She's moving her feet, and timing the ball beautifully. Shot selection is back to being immaculate. It's 40-15, but then a very lucky letcord, and a great I-O BH make it Deuce. Serena then botches a 2nd ball FH, so it's BP for Azarenka. What follows is superb play by the World No. 2: she fends of a good body serve, and then goes on the offensive with two great FHs. Ends up forcing the error, so Azarenka is up a break again!
Victoria is competing, like any proud champion would. She's also finding the open court more frequently now, and her returns aren't as easy to handle as they were earlier. Serena's top flight moment was brief, apparently.
3-1, Azarenka: Azarenka DFs 3 times, and finds herself down 30-40. Luckily for her, a BH up the middle skids off the baseline, so it's Deuce #1. The letcord comes into play again, as it clips a Serena return and makes it impossible for Victoria to chase down. BP for Serena again. Would you believe it…another letcord! This time, Azarenka does have time to chase it down and put away the short ball. Deuce #2. SW into the body, and Azarenka has a chance to escape. Which she does, crucially.
4-1, Azarenka: Serena was once up 30-15, but soon after, she's down 30-40. Azarenka plays the BP correctly, but her I-O FH misses badly. Unfortunate execution. Deuce #1. Drama ensues, moments later, as Azarenka seems to have hit a BH CC winner, which is called out. Hawk-Eye shows it to be correct, yet the chair umpire (Cicak) has the point replayed. An absurd call, since Serena didn't touch (or have a play on) the shot.
Azarenka hooked. Chair umpire with horrible call. Call well after Serena allowed ball to pass, Williams offered no shot as well.
The women played 30 points in that 18.5 minute game.
4-2, Azarenka: Rather unsurprisingly, Serena goes up 0-40 in about a minute. Azarenka fends off the 1st BP, and Serena misses a FH DTL well wide for the 2nd. One left for Serena to get back on serve. Now Serena botches another FH badly. SW for Azarenka, and she suddenly has a GP. Which she converts, after a SW.
Tactical Update: Azarenka is finding the open court more frequently, and doing so with better shots. Serena finds herself often on the run, which is the key to Azarenka's chances in this match. Also, Azarenka is doing a better job of getting her returns away from Serena.
5-2, Azarenka: Serena's erratic footwork sees her slice a BH well long, and she's down 30-40, SP. It is converted via a gorgeous BH dropper. Such a classy, pretty shot.
Second Set to Victoria Azarenka, 6-2.
Third Set – Victoria Azarenka will serve first.
0-0: Azarenka gets off to the best start possible – a very simple love hold.
1-0, Azarenka: Serena's FH seems to have lost its way. Not the backhand, though: she puts away a short one, and it's 40-30. A Serena UFE ensures a Deuce, but then Victoria can't get a rushed BH over the net. A deep return forces Serena's error, so Deuce #2. Moments later, Serena holds after Hawk-Eye says Azarenka's BH smash was out. Would've been an awesome shot had it landed in.
1-1: Danger for Azarenka, as she misses her favorite shot, a CC BH wide, and she's down 15-30. Serena returns the favor with the same shot, so it's 30-all. Serena then goes on the warpath with a FH DTL, and ends up forcing the error. BP for Serena. Azarenka saves it with a string of great shots into the corners, which allow her to finish with a simple putaway at net. SW, and she can escape this game. She does, behind a good serve and two even better CC BHs.
2-1, Azarenka: It feels weird to type this, but that was a rare love hold for Serena. Hasn't had one in a while.
2-2: Anything you can do, I can do better…or just as well. Azarenka comes up with a love hold herself.
3-2, Azarenka: Victoria gets a great return in play, and Serena casually swats it way long. Bizarre. Anyway, it's 0-40 for Azarenka. 1st BP is saved via a monster serve. But Azarenka gets in a gorgeous I-O BH 2nd serve return, forces the error, and gets the break!
4-2, Azarenka: Serena blasts a BH DTL return winner off a feeble Azarenka 2nd serve. Her problem? That just makes it 30-15. But now 30-all, as Azarenka botches a short, midcourt FH. However, a SW gives Azarenka a chance to hold. Serena nixes it with a great CC FH, so it's Deuce. A great FH return by Serena forces the error, and it's BP for Serena Williams. The pair play a very long rally, and just when Azarenka seemed to have an edge after a great BH DTL, Serena fires back with her FH, forces the error, and gets back on serve!
4-3, Azarenka: Serena avoids the momentum swings of the second set, and consolidates her break with a hold to 15.
4-4: Serena, as she's done in very, very short bursts in this match, plays one of those points where you just shake your head and say "too good." She's up 0-30, but Azarenka holds her nerve and levels the game at 30-all. And then, disaster for Azarenka – she gets tight on a midcourt FH, and dumps it into the net. Crucial mistake, as it sets up BP for Serena. Victoria then seems to have hit an outrageous I-O BH winner off a great Serena return, but the latter's challenge proves it to be out. Serena will serve for the match!
Suddenly Serena looks like the fastest player in the top 10….
5-4, Williams: That might have been the rally of the match (which is not saying much), but it ends with Azarenka completely outmaneuvering Serena. 0-15. A great return catches Serena flatfooted (a frequent occurrence today), and it's 0-30. SW into the body, and it's 15-30. Azarenka gets a good return in play, and keeps moving forward. She forces the error, and is up 15-40. A simply magnificent return that lands smack on the baseline lands Azarenka the break!
More great returning from Azarenka. More pitifully disinterested footwork from Serena.
5-5: Azarenka keeps fighting, and holds to love rather emphatically.
It's been a long time since I've seen Serena look this "over it" in the final rounds of a tourney.
6-5, Azarenka: Serena fires an ace, and has 3 chances to hold. She doesn't move her feet after her serve, and that's just not good enough against Azarenka – 40-15. SW, and we're into a third set breaker.
Final Set Tiebreaker! Victoria Azarenka will serve first.
0-0: Serena goes for a huge 2nd serve FH DTL return…and misses wide.
1-0, Azarenka: Wonderful stuff from Azarenka: a great return is followed by a FH DTL approach, and she finishes with a classy volley at net. Minibreak.
2-0, Azarenka: Serena stops the short rut, as she fires a CC BH past a lunging Azarenka.
2-1, Azarenka: For about the 1084085098th time, someone hits the letcord. It's Serena now, and her FH sails wide.
3-1, Azarenka: An absolutely gorgeous CC FH 2nd serve return by Serena forces the error. Marvelous shot. Minibreak.
3-2, Azarenka: 2nd serve. Gorgeous return is followed by a great BH DTL, and Azarenka ends up at net once again. Minibreak.
4-2, Azarenka: 2nd serve. Azarenka gets in a fantastic FH return up the middle….and then sends another FH into the net. Bad, nervy UFE.
4-3, Azarenka: Slight tactical error by Azarenka, who leaves a CC BH short…and Serena pounces with her own great BH DTL. Minibreak.
4-4: Another short, FH UFE into the net by Azarenka. Horrorshow for her, at the worst possible time. Minibreak.
5-4, Williams: 2nd serve. A wild point ensues, with Serena hitting a dropper that seemed to land wide. Azarenka tracks it down, hits the counter DTL, and Serena can't get the reply to land in the very open court. Minibreak.
5-5: And….a DF by Serena. Minibreak.
6-5, Azarenka: An absolute monster CC BH return by Serena cannot be handled by Azarenka. Minibreak and MP saved.
6-6: POINT OF THE MATCH. The rally is brutal, from side to side with loads of depth, and it ends with a simply incredible volley by Azarenka. MP #2 for her.
7-6, Azarenka: The rally seems to just have started…and it's Serena's FH that ends tamely in the net. A fitting end to this strange, strange match.
Game, Set, and Match to Victoria Azarenka, 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6).
When you have a significant final that involves the World No. 1 against the World No. 2, and this final ends in a thrilling third set tiebreaker, you'd think we had one of the best matches of the year in our hands, right? What if I told you that this match also had an 18-and-a-half minute, 30-point game in the second set? Battle Royale, no?
Victoria Azarenka, who deserves all the praise she's getting for this win, was far beyond mediocre in the first set. She couldn't hold serve, and all her returns were handled quite easily. What I found fascinating in that first set was that Serena seemed completely uninterested in properly moving her feet in order to reach shots that landed more than two steps away from her. Fortunately for the reigning French Open champion, most of Azarenka's shots were landing in that two-step radius anyway, so not much effort was needed to seal that set with the convincing 6-2 scoreline.
But Azarenka was far from mediocre in the second set. And in the third. I was impressed by Azarenka's determination to go down swinging, but also by her ability to raise her game to make that fight worthwhile. You can fight all you want, but if your shots stink, you'll still lose very quickly anyway.
Once the second set started, Azarenka was all of a sudden finding better serves. All of a sudden her returns were pushing Serena behind the baseline, or yanking her to a corner. All of a sudden she was using her trademark down-the-line shots and penetrating cross-court bombs to get Serena on the run, forcing the World No. 1 to take way more than two steps to reach a shot. More impressively, Azarenka hit some pretty solid volleys (part of her efforts to move forward behind great approach shots), along with a simply spectacular one in the third set breaker.
And yet, all these good things seemed to be for naught, as Azarenka failed to convert numerous double-break chances in that endless 4-1 game in the second set, and found herself down 0-40 in her next service game. Yet Victoria's will seemed untroubled, and soon enough she had survived that game and broken again to force a decider.
You can't help but be impressed by the way Azarenka handled adversity in this match – and she had plenty of adversity to deal with: first she got manhandled in the opening set. Then she almost botched a break lead that should've been a two break lead in the second. In the third set she found herself having to break Serena's serve just to stay in the match at 4-5. Lastly, she was in the midst of a full-blown Tomas Berdych tribute, with a couple of nervy forehand unforced errors in the third set breaker that put this victory in serious danger.
And yet, Azarenka ended up taking the ugly trophy, but most importantly, a win over Serena Williams ahead of the US Open. Resiliency was thoroughly rewarded.
Now, let's talk about the World No. 1.
It's easy to write something like "I was completely baffled by Serena's attitude today." It's been written many times before. Just when you thought the 16-time Slam champ was completely detached from the proceedings, she would chase down two impossible shots and finish with a flourish. That would be followed by three or four points in which she would stop moving her feet and instead resort to lunging into shots that would miss by a sizeable margin. Serena was never in Despair mode: she oscillated between I'm Done With This mode and I Still Want To Win This, Dammit mode. She roared, she yelled at herself, she rolled her eyes, she showed no emotion for long stretches, and then she was all smiles calling the winner "Miss Vika." She had horrible footwork, she had impeccable footwork. She served aces, she double-faulted. She drilled great returns by Azarenka, and she dumped simple ones into the net.
Serena had 3 chances to get back on serve in the second and roll from there. She served for the match in the third. And yet, she lost. She was responsible for 5 unforced errors in the first set, but 44 in sets 2 and 3. Most damning of all, Serena Williams, one of the great returners of serve the game has ever seen, somehow allowed Victoria Azarenka to win 63% of her 2nd serve points.
I have no idea what's going on inside Serena Williams on a given day, and I guess that's why I enjoyed the controversial Rolling Stone profile (more like a snapshot, really) of her: she's so many things, all of the time. Sure, some might make you cringe. Others might make you laugh. And you may wish that a few of them stayed longer in our view instead of disappearing from sight so quickly. But that's beyond our control. Or maybe Serena's control.
I guess I'm also annoyed at Serena for not contributing more of her excellence to what could've been a truly brilliant match. There were moments when the women played glorious, no holds barred tennis. But they were too few and far between. And while Azarenka showed me with the look in her eyes that she believed she could win this match, or at least die trying, I had no idea what the heck was going on with Serena Williams.
Regardless of what Serena thinks, there's a problem with being so intermittently focused during today's final: her main threat to a US Open title in two weeks just got a large injection of belief ahead a potential re-match in Flushing Meadows. And given what happened there last year, that extra confidence might be all that's needed for Azarenka to finish what she couldn't do at 5-3 in the third set of the final last year.
Definitely the better final of the two!
Lets hope this was just a warm up…both ladies have looked well below A game all week….they both just seem to have something in them that won't let them lose even if they don't really want to win that badly… If that makes any sense at all.
I don't think that in Azarenka's case the withdrawals greatly impact her overall record. She's only withdrawn from two hardcourt tournaments (Brisbane and Indian Wells), won two (AO and Doha) and lost at one (Carlsbad) before Cincy. Sure 24-3 is worse than 24-1, but not by much. I do agree in general that not counting withdrawals as losses seems strange, but consider the reverse effect of this — every loss for Player A must be a victory for Player B. Maybe a walkover should count as a victory in the head-to-head matchups, but it seems unfair to count matches that were never played. I'd say a better plan would be to find some means of acknowledging walkovers in the win-loss record without counting them as wins or losses.


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NSoft - Responsible Gaming as one of Customer Care Principles
By Jakov Sopta, Head of Legal and Compliance at NSoft
The global iGaming community is devoted to using all of its tools and knowledge to further implement the Responsible Gaming Policy across both retail and digital products, and services.
Here at NSoft, we strive to give our customers and partners the best practices and tools to help them market their products in healthy and responsible ways.
Our ongoing commitment to implement the Responsible Gaming Policy is a critical part of our everyday business practices.
What is Responsible Gaming?
For the majority of people, gambling is a form of entertainment. But for some, gambling can have negative impacts if the player himself does not know how to control his behaviour. Responsible Gaming is the participation of players in the gaming industry, where age, maturity, mental state, and gaming awareness are key in preventing the development of any form of addiction or endangering the mental and material condition of the player from permanent gaming addiction.
By problematic gambling we mean any form of participation in games of chance as gamers, neglecting the risks of developing addiction, and primarily neglecting criteria for participation such as age, maturity, financial status, mental state, and the like.
The best examples are regulated markets and the ones fast-progressing to become regulated. The regulations and clear rules are prescribed by the state are preconditions for creating a healthy gaming market and minimizing the risk of misuse gambling as well as falling into pathology in gambling.
Today we are more aware of that than ever before. No matter what form of gaming it is, the consequences can be very serious both for the player himself and for the people around him.
By implementing Responsible Gaming policies, such phenomena are trying to be reduced in the future. In the short term, as a result of the introduction of such policies, the focus is on certain restrictions that may exclude potential players - players from the market, but in the long run, strengthen confidence in the gaming sector and serve a better reputation of the gaming industry.
NSoft's Customer Care Principles
Our devotion to players and building the most successful products is in NSoft's core beliefs. NSoft's clients are certified organizers - operators, and by implementing the Responsible Gaming policy, NSoft builds a reputation as a reliable and responsible software provider for the betting and gaming industry.
The company also meets strict requirements required by jurisdictions in whose markets NSoft operates. At the beginning of the potential partnership, many operators ask potential providers in the announced tenders to apply such policies as an eliminatory precondition for participating in the tender.
As a software provider, NSoft protects players from gambling addiction by offering various options, which are defined by the following terms:
- Self-Exclusion - the ability for a player to pre-exclude the ability to play certain games;
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As part of customer service, NSoft is always trying to obtain the necessary certifications needed to enter the new markets. With a certificate from an authorized and internationally accredited laboratory, we prove that our software products comply with regulatory requirements of regulators in certain jurisdictions and that the software has no hidden functions that could affect the fair treatment of players and operators. It guarantees operators comply with the requirements of domestic legislation, and players that participating in the game is a decisive factor in the final outcome of the game out of reach of the operator, which directly strengthens players' confidence in the gaming sector.
By meeting the prerequisites prescribed by the regulator, NSoft is devoted to building trust with players and protecting them from all manipulations and other harmful influences on the final outcome of each game. Every player strives that the outcome of the game he plays is influenced exclusively by a neutral factor. That luck plays a truly exclusive key role in the game, i.e. that the outcome is a random, unpredictable, and uncertain result of fortuna.
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Bengaluru/Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 2 (IANS) The travails of the ruling Kerala CPI-M in general and its party state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan continue as a local court in Bengaluru on Monday extended the custody of his younger son Bineesh Kodiyeri for another five days to the Enforcement Directorate.
It was on October 29 that the ED arrested Bineesh in connection with the funding of money to an accused in a narcotic case – Anoop Mohammed.
The court granted his custody to ED till Monday and when he was produced before the City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bineesh said he had vomited 10 times and has body ache.
The ED officials pointed out that he is not cooperating with the probe team and two days he was unwell and hence the questioning could not take place and hence want him for another 10 days' custody.
But the court, while agreeing to give Bineesh to the ED for further questioning did not agree for 10 days, instead gave the ED another five days. The ED has been asked to bring him back on Saturday before 3 p.m.
Anoop Mohammed was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau in Bengaluru a few months back.
Bineesh was first interrogated by the ED officials last month and soon after that the ED had also sent him a notice under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and asked him to give the list of his assets and they directed the State Registration department to prepare a list of his assets and to see that there is no transfer or sale of his assets (properties) without their knowledge.
He was then asked to appear before them on October 21, but he wrote to ED that he needs some time and appeared before them on October 29 and soon he was taken into custody and was produced before a court there, which sent him to ED custody till Monday.
But reports indicate that the travails of Bineesh are not going to end soon, as the NCB is also ready to probe the case as they have already taken into custody Anoop Mohammed and in all likelihood will seek to examine Bineesh and this might happen when the custodial interrogation by the ED ends and if it happens then he is in for a long haul.
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Chapter XXXVI
Chapter XXXVII
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Chapter XL
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Chapter XLVI
Chapter XLVII
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Chapter LIII
RELATES HOW OLIVER TWIST WAS VERY NEAR GETTING A PLACE WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SINECURE
For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking for more, Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room to which he had been consigned by the wisdom and mercy of the board. It appears, at first sight not unreasonable to suppose, that, if he had entertained a becoming feeling of respect for the prediction of the gentleman in the white waistcoat, he would have established that sage individual's prophetic character, once and for ever, by tying one end of his pocket-handkerchief to a hook in the wall, and attaching himself to the other. To the performance of this feat, however, there was one obstacle: namely, that pocket-handkerchiefs being decided articles of luxury, had been, for all future times and ages, removed from the noses of paupers by the express order of the board, in council assembled: solemnly given and pronounced under their hands and seals. There was a still greater obstacle in Oliver's youth and childishness. He only cried bitterly all day; and, when the long, dismal night came on, spread his little hands before his eyes to shut out the darkness, and crouching in the corner, tried to sleep: ever and anon waking with a start and tremble, and drawing himself closer and closer to the wall, as if to feel even its cold hard surface were a protection in the gloom and loneliness which surrounded him.
Let it not be supposed by the enemies of 'the system,' that, during the period of his solitary incarceration, Oliver was denied the benefit of exercise, the pleasure of society, or the advantages of religious consolation. As for exercise, it was nice cold weather, and he was allowed to perform his ablutions every morning under the pump, in a stone yard, in the presence of Mr. Bumble, who prevented his catching cold, and caused a tingling sensation to pervade his frame, by repeated applications of the cane. As for society, he was carried every other day into the hall where the boys dined, and there sociably flogged as a public warning and example. And so for from being denied the advantages of religious consolation, he was kicked into the same apartment every evening at prayer-time, and there permitted to listen to, and console his mind with, a general supplication of the boys, containing a special clause, therein inserted by authority of the board, in which they entreated to be made good, virtuous, contented, and obedient, and to be guarded from the sins and vices of Oliver Twist: whom the supplication distinctly set forth to be under the exclusive patronage and protection of the powers of wickedness, and an article direct from the manufactory of the very Devil himself.
It chanced one morning, while Oliver's affairs were in this auspicious and comfortable state, that Mr. Gamfield, chimney-sweep, went his way down the High Street, deeply cogitating in his mind his ways and means of paying certain arrears of rent, for which his landlord had become rather pressing. Mr. Gamfield's most sanguine estimate of his finances could not raise them within full five pounds of the desired amount; and, in a species of arthimetical desperation, he was alternately cudgelling his brains and his donkey, when passing the workhouse, his eyes encountered the bill on the gate.
'Wo--o!' said Mr. Gamfield to the donkey.
The donkey was in a state of profound abstraction: wondering, probably, whether he was destined to be regaled with a cabbage-stalk or two when he had disposed of the two sacks of soot with which the little cart was laden; so, without noticing the word of command, he jogged onward.
Mr. Gamfield growled a fierce imprecation on the donkey generally, but more particularly on his eyes; and, running after him, bestowed a blow on his head, which would inevitably have beaten in any skull but a donkey's. Then, catching hold of the bridle, he gave his jaw a sharp wrench, by way of gentle reminder that he was not his own master; and by these means turned him round. He then gave him another blow on the head, just to stun him till he came back again. Having completed these arrangements, he walked up to the gate, to read the bill.
The gentleman with the white waistcoat was standing at the gate with his hands behind him, after having delivered himself of some profound sentiments in the board-room. Having witnessed the little dispute between Mr. Gamfield and the donkey, he smiled joyously when that person came up to read the bill, for he saw at once that Mr. Gamfield was exactly the sort of master Oliver Twist wanted. Mr. Gamfield smiled, too, as he perused the document; for five pounds was just the sum he had been wishing for; and, as to the boy with which it was encumbered, Mr. Gamfield, knowing what the dietary of the workhouse was, well knew he would be a nice small pattern, just the very thing for register stoves. So, he spelt the bill through again, from beginning to end; and then, touching his fur cap in token of humility, accosted the gentleman in the white waistcoat.
'This here boy, sir, wot the parish wants to 'prentis,' said Mr. Gamfield.
'Ay, my man,' said the gentleman in the white waistcoat, with a condescending smile. 'What of him?'
'If the parish vould like him to learn a right pleasant trade, in a good 'spectable chimbley-sweepin' bisness,' said Mr. Gamfield, 'I wants a 'prentis, and I am ready to take him.'
'Walk in,' said the gentleman in the white waistcoat. Mr. Gamfield having lingered behind, to give the donkey another blow on the head, and another wrench of the jaw, as a caution not to run away in his absence, followed the gentleman with the white waistcoat into the room where Oliver had first seen him.
'It's a nasty trade,' said Mr. Limbkins, when Gamfield had again stated his wish.
'Young boys have been smothered in chimneys before now,' said another gentleman.
'That's acause they damped the straw afore they lit it in the chimbley to make 'em come down again,' said Gamfield; 'that's all smoke, and no blaze; vereas smoke ain't o' no use at all in making a boy come down, for it only sinds him to sleep, and that's wot he likes. Boys is wery obstinit, and wery lazy, Gen'l'men, and there's nothink like a good hot blaze to make 'em come down vith a run. It's humane too, gen'l'men, acause, even if they've stuck in the chimbley, roasting their feet makes 'em struggle to hextricate theirselves.'
The gentleman in the white waistcoat appeared very much amused by this explanation; but his mirth was speedily checked by a look from Mr. Limbkins. The board then proceeded to converse among themselves for a few minutes, but in so low a tone, that the words 'saving of expenditure,' 'looked well in the accounts,' 'have a printed report published,' were alone audible. These only chanced to be heard, indeed, or account of their being very frequently repeated with great emphasis.
At length the whispering ceased; and the members of the board, having resumed their seats and their solemnity, Mr. Limbkins said:
'We have considered your proposition, and we don't approve of it.'
'Not at all,' said the gentleman in the white waistcoat.
'Decidedly not,' added the other members.
As Mr. Gamfield did happen to labour under the slight imputation of having bruised three or four boys to death already, it occurred to him that the board had, perhaps, in some unaccountable freak, taken it into their heads that this extraneous circumstance ought to influence their proceedings. It was very unlike their general mode of doing business, if they had; but still, as he had no particular wish to revive the rumour, he twisted his cap in his hands, and walked slowly from the table.
'So you won't let me have him, gen'l'men?' said Mr. Gamfield, pausing near the door.
'No,' replied Mr. Limbkins; 'at least, as it's a nasty business, we think you ought to take something less than the premium we offered.'
Mr. Gamfield's countenance brightened, as, with a quick step, he returned to the table, and said,
'What'll you give, gen'l'men? Come! Don't be too hard on a poor man. What'll you give?'
'I should say, three pound ten was plenty,' said Mr. Limbkins.
'Ten shillings too much,' said the gentleman in the white waistcoat.
'Come!' said Gamfield; 'say four pound, gen'l'men. Say four pound, and you've got rid of him for good and all. There!'
'Three pound ten,' repeated Mr. Limbkins, firmly.
'Come! I'll split the diff'erence, gen'l'men,' urged Gamfield. 'Three pound fifteen.'
'Not a farthing more,' was the firm reply of Mr. Limbkins.
'You're desperate hard upon me, gen'l'men,' said Gamfield, wavering.
'Pooh! pooh! nonsense!' said the gentleman in the white waistcoat. 'He'd be cheap with nothing at all, as a premium. Take him, you silly fellow! He's just the boy for you. He wants the stick, now and then: it'll do him good; and his board needn't come very expensive, for he hasn't been overfed since he was born. Ha! ha! ha!'
Mr. Gamfield gave an arch look at the faces round the table, and, observing a smile on all of them, gradually broke into a smile himself. The bargain was made. Mr. Bumble, was at once instructed that Oliver Twist and his indentures were to be conveyed before the magistrate, for signature and approval, that very afternoon.
In pursuance of this determination, little Oliver, to his excessive astonishment, was released from bondage, and ordered to put himself into a clean shirt. He had hardly achieved this very unusual gymnastic performance, when Mr. Bumble brought him, with his own hands, a basin of gruel, and the holiday allowance of two ounces and a quarter of bread. At this tremendous sight, Oliver began to cry very piteously: thinking, not unnaturally, that the board must have determined to kill him for some useful purpose, or they never would have begun to fatten him up in that way.
'Don't make your eyes red, Oliver, but eat your food and be thankful,' said Mr. Bumble, in a tone of impressive pomposity. 'You're a going to be made a 'prentice of, Oliver.'
'A prentice, sir!' said the child, trembling.
'Yes, Oliver,' said Mr. Bumble. 'The kind and blessed gentleman which is so many parents to you, Oliver, when you have none of your own: are a going to 'prentice' you: and to set you up in life, and make a man of you: although the expense to the parish is three pound ten!--three pound ten, Oliver!--seventy shillins--one hundred and forty sixpences!--and all for a naughty orphan which nobody can't love.'
As Mr. Bumble paused to take breath, after delivering this address in an awful voice, the tears rolled down the poor child's face, and he sobbed bitterly.
'Come,' said Mr. Bumble, somewhat less pompously, for it was gratifying to his feelings to observe the effect his eloquence had produced; 'Come, Oliver! Wipe your eyes with the cuffs of your jacket, and don't cry into your gruel; that's a very foolish action, Oliver.' It certainly was, for there was quite enough water in it already.
On their way to the magistrate, Mr. Bumble instructed Oliver that all he would have to do, would be to look very happy, and say, when the gentleman asked him if he wanted to be apprenticed, that he should like it very much indeed; both of which injunctions Oliver promised to obey: the rather as Mr. Bumble threw in a gentle hint, that if he failed in either particular, there was no telling what would be done to him. When they arrived at the office, he was shut up in a little room by himself, and admonished by Mr. Bumble to stay there, until he came back to fetch him.
There the boy remained, with a palpitating heart, for half an hour. At the expiration of which time Mr. Bumble thrust in his head, unadorned with the cocked hat, and said aloud:
'Now, Oliver, my dear, come to the gentleman.' As Mr. Bumble said this, he put on a grim and threatening look, and added, in a low voice, 'Mind what I told you, you young rascal!'
Oliver stared innocently in Mr. Bumble's face at this somewhat contradictory style of address; but that gentleman prevented his offering any remark thereupon, by leading him at once into an adjoining room: the door of which was open. It was a large room, with a great window. Behind a desk, sat two old gentleman with powdered heads: one of whom was reading the newspaper; while the other was perusing, with the aid of a pair of tortoise-shell spectacles, a small piece of parchment which lay before him. Mr. Limbkins was standing in front of the desk on one side; and Mr. Gamfield, with a partially washed face, on the other; while two or three bluff-looking men, in top-boots, were lounging about.
The old gentleman with the spectacles gradually dozed off, over the little bit of parchment; and there was a short pause, after Oliver had been stationed by Mr. Bumble in front of the desk.
'This is the boy, your worship,' said Mr. Bumble.
The old gentleman who was reading the newspaper raised his head for a moment, and pulled the other old gentleman by the sleeve; whereupon, the last-mentioned old gentleman woke up.
'Oh, is this the boy?' said the old gentleman.
'This is him, sir,' replied Mr. Bumble. 'Bow to the magistrate, my dear.'
Oliver roused himself, and made his best obeisance. He had been wondering, with his eyes fixed on the magistrates' powder, whether all boards were born with that white stuff on their heads, and were boards from thenceforth on that account.
'Well,' said the old gentleman, 'I suppose he's fond of chimney-sweeping?'
'He doats on it, your worship,' replied Bumble; giving Oliver a sly pinch, to intimate that he had better not say he didn't.
'And he will be a sweep, will he?' inquired the old gentleman.
'If we was to bind him to any other trade to-morrow, he'd run away simultaneous, your worship,' replied Bumble.
'And this man that's to be his master--you, sir--you'll treat him well, and feed him, and do all that sort of thing, will you?' said the old gentleman.
'When I says I will, I means I will,' replied Mr. Gamfield doggedly.
'You're a rough speaker, my friend, but you look an honest, open-hearted man,' said the old gentleman: turning his spectacles in the direction of the candidate for Oliver's premium, whose villainous countenance was a regular stamped receipt for cruelty. But the magistrate was half blind and half childish, so he couldn't reasonably be expected to discern what other people did.
'I hope I am, sir,' said Mr. Gamfield, with an ugly leer.
'I have no doubt you are, my friend,' replied the old gentleman: fixing his spectacles more firmly on his nose, and looking about him for the inkstand.
It was the critical moment of Oliver's fate. If the inkstand had been where the old gentleman thought it was, he would have dipped his pen into it, and signed the indentures, and Oliver would have been straightway hurried off. But, as it chanced to be immediately under his nose, it followed, as a matter of course, that he looked all over his desk for it, without finding it; and happening in the course of his search to look straight before him, his gaze encountered the pale and terrified face of Oliver Twist: who, despite all the admonitory looks and pinches of Bumble, was regarding the repulsive countenance of his future master, with a mingled expression of horror and fear, too palpable to be mistaken, even by a half-blind magistrate.
The old gentleman stopped, laid down his pen, and looked from Oliver to Mr. Limbkins; who attempted to take snuff with a cheerful and unconcerned aspect.
'My boy!' said the old gentleman, 'you look pale and alarmed. What is the matter?'
'Stand a little away from him, Beadle,' said the other magistrate: laying aside the paper, and leaning forward with an expression of interest. 'Now, boy, tell us what's the matter: don't be afraid.'
Oliver fell on his knees, and clasping his hands together, prayed that they would order him back to the dark room--that they would starve him--beat him--kill him if they pleased--rather than send him away with that dreadful man.
'Well!' said Mr. Bumble, raising his hands and eyes with most impressive solemnity. 'Well! of all the artful and designing orphans that ever I see, Oliver, you are one of the most bare-facedest.'
'Hold your tongue, Beadle,' said the second old gentleman, when Mr. Bumble had given vent to this compound adjective.
'I beg your worship's pardon,' said Mr. Bumble, incredulous of having heard aright. 'Did your worship speak to me?'
'Yes. Hold your tongue.'
Mr. Bumble was stupefied with astonishment. A beadle ordered to hold his tongue! A moral revolution!
The old gentleman in the tortoise-shell spectacles looked at his companion, he nodded significantly.
'We refuse to sanction these indentures,' said the old gentleman: tossing aside the piece of parchment as he spoke.
'I hope,' stammered Mr. Limbkins: 'I hope the magistrates will not form the opinion that the authorities have been guilty of any improper conduct, on the unsupported testimony of a child.'
'The magistrates are not called upon to pronounce any opinion on the matter,' said the second old gentleman sharply. 'Take the boy back to the workhouse, and treat him kindly. He seems to want it.'
That same evening, the gentleman in the white waistcoat most positively and decidedly affirmed, not only that Oliver would be hung, but that he would be drawn and quartered into the bargain. Mr. Bumble shook his head with gloomy mystery, and said he wished he might come to good; whereunto Mr. Gamfield replied, that he wished he might come to him; which, although he agreed with the beadle in most matters, would seem to be a wish of a totally opposite description.
The next morning, the public were once informed that Oliver Twist was again To Let, and that five pounds would be paid to anybody who would take possession of him.


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Palestine Center Brief No. 314 (June 6, 2018)
By Mohamed Mohamed
"Israel is an apartheid state, but you don't have to take my word for it. All you have to do is take a look at the actions of the lawmakers in the Israeli Knesset, the national legislature of Israel.
On June 5, the Knesset issued a press release stating that its Presidium (a group consisting of the speaker and deputy speakers) voted to disqualify a proposed bill that called for Israel 'to be defined as a state of all its citizens' to be placed on the Knesset's agenda.
By its own admission, the Knesset mentioned that this was an 'unusual move,' since it is the 'first time proposed legislation has been disqualified before being discussed in the plenum (the entire assembly of Knesset members) during the past two Knesset terms.' This means that such a swift shooting down of legislation has not occurred in at least five years.
This begs the following question: what content in this bill was so shockingly offensive that Israeli lawmakers could not even allow it to be discussed in the full Knesset session? The bill's major offense lies within its simple objective, which is 'to anchor in constitutional law the principle of equal citizenship while recognizing the existence and rights of the two, Jewish and Arab, national groups living within the country.'"
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