text:
Q: NoReverseMatch at /login/ (Reverse for 'index' not found. 'index' is not a valid view function or pattern name.) I am starting with Django 3 and python 3.8, and I have had a problem, I am trying to start the session and when I press the Ingresar button I get this error:

I have tried many things to try to solve it but I cannot, although I have found similar problems, the solutions they give have not worked for me.
This is the code I have so far:
principal urls.py
urlpatterns = [

    path('',include('django.contrib.auth.urls')),
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('index/', views.index)
]

app urls.py
urlpatterns = [
    path('/index', views.index, name='index'),
    path('/login', views.login, name='login'),
]

views.py
def index(request):
    return render(request, 'index.html')

def login(request):
    return render(request, 'login.html')

base_generic.html
<!DOCTYPE html>

  {% block title %}<title>Read Praxis</title>{% endblock %}
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">

  {% load static %}
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static 'css/style.css' %}">

      {% block sidebar %}

Home

All books

All authors

     {% endblock %}

      {% block content %}{% endblock %}

login.html
<!doctype html>

{% load static %}

    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
    <meta name="description" content="">
    <meta name="author" content="Mark Otto, Jacob Thornton, and Bootstrap contributors">
    <meta name="generator" content="Jekyll v4.0.1">
    <title>Login</title>

    <link rel="canonical" href="https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.5/examples/sign-in/">

    <link href="{% static 'assets/dist/css/bootstrap.css' %}" rel="stylesheet">

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static 'css/login.css' %}">

    <form class="form-signin" method="POST" action="">
        {% csrf_token %}

Por favor ingresa

        Usuario
        <input type="text" id="inputUsername" class="form-control" placeholder="Aquí tu usuario" required autofocus name="username">
        Contraseña
        <input type="password" id="inputPassword" class="form-control" placeholder="Aquí tu contraseña" required name="password">

                <input type="checkbox" value="remember-me"> Recuérdame

        <button class="btn btn-lg btn-primary btn-block" type="submit">Ingresar</button>

© Read Praxis Project

    </form>

index.html
{% extends "base_generic.html" %}
{% block content %}

Bienvenido {{ user.usermane | upper }}

{% endblock %}

settings.py
LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = 'index'

The truth is that I don't know what else I could do, if someone has a solution I would really appreciate it

A: It is giving error because you have given same path for 'index/' at 2 places.
Remove it from app urls.py and replace it at principal urls.py like below.

principal urls.py

urlpatterns = [
    path('index/', views.index, name='index'),
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('',include('django.contrib.auth.urls')),
]

app urls.py

urlpatterns = [
    path('/login', views.login, name='login'),
]


text:
Caricatures in Serbia forbidden again
By Milos Mitrovic/ Published on: 30/11/2018
The caricatures of the famous Serbian artists – Predrag Koraksic and Dusan Petricic – have been forbidden again. The local authorities in the town of Kraljevo did not permitted their exhibition in its premises. The activists of the initiative Local Front reacted by marching with the caricatures through the town.
Earlier this month the caricatures installed in the library in Belgrade municipality Lazarevac had been removed one day after exhibition of Petricic and Koraksic opened. The works of both authors mostly refer to politics in Serbia.
Serbian daily Danas has recently been sharply criticized by the high officials of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) led by president Aleksandar Vucic, because of Koraksic's caricature in which he suggested that some SNS executives were inspired by Hitler and Goebbels. Initially, Vucic reacted negatively, but after criticisms of journalists associations and EU officials he verbally supported the freedom of expression.
SNS rules in almost all municipalities in Serbia, including Kraljevo.
After local authorities forbade the exhibition on Thursday, activists organized the performance "Caricatures Against Dictatorship". Vladimir Marovic, an Local Front activist, said that people from the municipality first said that the exhibition space is occupied; after that, they did not want to respond on further requests to allow the exhibition. "We tried to reach them by phone, but were unable to", Marovic said.
"We wanted to demonstrate that the caricatures represent an artistic project. Where the art is being suppressed, the freedom is suppressed; and where freedom is suppressed there's a dictatorship. Therefore, the citizens have no other choice but to fight for their rights in the streets", Vladimir Marovic explained. The exhibition of the caricatures will continue in the Local Front premises in the next several days./IBNA
Illustration by Dusan Petricic
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Mitsotakis set to select new European Commissioner
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"We are NATO" campaign launched in Montenegro
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BiH, Croatia sign the contract for the construction of the bridge over the River Sava
North Macedonia's Pendarovski calls on EU to keep its promises

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text:
Von V. Pittman
January 2, 2020 January 2, 2020 YolaUncategorized
Our Friend and Editor.
Compass Flower Press and AKA-Publishing have many things to be grateful for since publishing our first book in 2009. One person we have had the pleasure of working with as editor, collaborator, and friend has been author, Von V. Pittman. I received news of his death on December 3, 2019 with deep sadness.
Many of those reading this will recognize his name as their friend through writing organizations, critique groups, and his steadfast commitment to writing and writers. I first met Von when my publishing company was only a year old at a networking event. I learned he was a writer and actively participated in writing workshops, writing classes, several writing groups and chapters of the Missouri Writers' Guild. He took prizes when he competed, and was good at advising his colleagues on ways to make their stories better.
In 2011, Von launched a part-time freelance business called Two Mules Editing. AKA-Publishing contracted him to edit Lightning Ben (2012) by C. Ben Bayse, a military memoir that fit in his vein of expertise.
Our second imprint, Compass Flower Press, was kicked off in 2013, with a nationwide call for short fiction and nonfiction entries was announced. I asked Von to be the editor of the anthology, Uncertain Promise (2014). He was an efficient organizer in leading a panel of judges and selecting the works published in that volume.
When Heather Graham Foote brought her father's WWII memoir to Compass Flower Press, Von was the natural choice to write an introduction placing the work in historical context. Wallace H. Graham: The Man Who Became President Truman's Physician went to press in 2019.
We often discussed his own stories, and our writing and critique group (consisting of Von, Frank Montagnino, and I) worked through many of the pieces now in his collected works, Breakfast at Earl's (2019) over the course of six years or more. Compass Flower Press and Von's family held a well-attended launch party for Von's book release at the Columbia Art League on August 16th to great success. I am thankful to have had Von Pittman's collaboration and friendship these ten years. He is greatly missed.
—Yolanda Ciolli, Publisher
Words From Mike Trial and Frank Montagnino
"I first met Von in October 2012 at a local writing course I was teaching. He impressed me from the first: soft spoken, punctual, informed, enthusiastic, and talented. His writing samples were the best of all the students in the class. I remember in particular his dry irony in stories of Navy life in the 1960s (very clearly taken from life).
"I was there when Von launched his own book titled Breakfast at Earl's. It is a great read. I especially like his 'ESU' stories, set at a University that looks a lot like Von's own alma mater, the University of Georgia. His navy stories are humorous and fast moving, and at the same time insightful and satiric. He had been in the Navy on sea duty during the early days of the Vietnam War and used that background to make his Navy stories come to life.
"The last time I talked to Von was at the Heidelberg Restaurant on a sweltering July afternoon in 2018. He had recently returned from an Iowa Writers Workshop weekend he'd attended, which led to a longer discussion about Iowa City and the University of Iowa. As we spoke, a story began to form in my own mind, about a bright young grad student on the IU campus. Von was a great source of story ideas and story advice.
"I will miss Von's calm presence, our conversations about writing, and that gentle smile of his, hiding a dry and wonderfully incisive wit." —Mike Trial
"I knew Von as a member of our tiny writing group where he was insistent that we pare every non-essential word out of our stories. I tried to defend my work by insisting that those words imparted character to the piece. Von would have none of my weak excuses. In our group we used to joke that Von had a desk drawer at home overflowing with the words he'd deleted from years of writing.
"The words he did use were used beautifully to take readers into wonderful places; the beat-up old car that transported the severely hair-sprayed Rolla Rockets ladies pro basketball team, the decks and depths of the USS Mariana Straits, or the (apparently) even more dangerous and devious world of academia. Von described them all in a delightfully wry, funny and insightful style.
"I particularly admired Von's talent for inserting old brand names into his stories to instantly embellish a scene with realism and nostalgia. Pall Malls, Zippo lighters, S & H Green Stamps and a '57 Chevy 210 four door among many others. I miss Von and I miss his writing. I could go on, but I know he'd say I've already used too many words." —Frank Montagnino
WALLACE H. GRAHAM


text:
package archiver

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
	"testing"
	"time"

	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/fs"
	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/repository"
	restictest "github.com/restic/restic/internal/test"
)

// MockT passes through all logging functions from T, but catches Fail(),
// Error/f() and Fatal/f(). It is used to test helper functions.
type MockT struct {
	*testing.T
	HasFailed bool
}

// Fail marks the function as having failed but continues execution.
func (t *MockT) Fail() {
	t.T.Log("MockT Fail() called")
	t.HasFailed = true
}

// Fatal is equivalent to Log followed by FailNow.
func (t *MockT) Fatal(args ...interface{}) {
	t.T.Logf("MockT Fatal called with %v", args)
	t.HasFailed = true
}

// Fatalf is equivalent to Logf followed by FailNow.
func (t *MockT) Fatalf(msg string, args ...interface{}) {
	t.T.Logf("MockT Fatal called: "+msg, args...)
	t.HasFailed = true
}

// Error is equivalent to Log followed by Fail.
func (t *MockT) Error(args ...interface{}) {
	t.T.Logf("MockT Error called with %v", args)
	t.HasFailed = true
}

// Errorf is equivalent to Logf followed by Fail.
func (t *MockT) Errorf(msg string, args ...interface{}) {
	t.T.Logf("MockT Error called: "+msg, args...)
	t.HasFailed = true
}

func createFilesAt(t testing.TB, targetdir string, files map[string]interface{}) {
	for name, item := range files {
		target := filepath.Join(targetdir, filepath.FromSlash(name))
		err := fs.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(target), 0700)
		if err != nil {
			t.Fatal(err)
		}

		switch it := item.(type) {
		case TestFile:
			err := ioutil.WriteFile(target, []byte(it.Content), 0600)
			if err != nil {
				t.Fatal(err)
			}
		case TestSymlink:
			err := fs.Symlink(filepath.FromSlash(it.Target), target)
			if err != nil {
				t.Fatal(err)
			}
		}
	}
}

func TestTestCreateFiles(t *testing.T) {
	var tests = []struct {
		dir   TestDir
		files map[string]interface{}
	}{
		{
			dir: TestDir{
				"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
				"subdir": TestDir{
					"subfile": TestFile{Content: "bar"},
				},
				"sub": TestDir{
					"subsub": TestDir{
						"link": TestSymlink{Target: filepath.Clean("x/y/z")},
					},
				},
			},
			files: map[string]interface{}{
				"foo":             TestFile{Content: "foo"},
				"subdir":          TestDir{},
				"subdir/subfile":  TestFile{Content: "bar"},
				"sub/subsub/link": TestSymlink{Target: filepath.Clean("x/y/z")},
			},
		},
	}

	for i, test := range tests {
		tempdir, cleanup := restictest.TempDir(t)
		defer cleanup()

		t.Run("", func(t *testing.T) {
			tempdir := filepath.Join(tempdir, fmt.Sprintf("test-%d", i))
			err := fs.MkdirAll(tempdir, 0700)
			if err != nil {
				t.Fatal(err)
			}

			TestCreateFiles(t, tempdir, test.dir)

			for name, item := range test.files {
				targetPath := filepath.Join(tempdir, filepath.FromSlash(name))
				fi, err := fs.Lstat(targetPath)
				if err != nil {
					t.Error(err)
					continue
				}

				switch node := item.(type) {
				case TestFile:
					if !fs.IsRegularFile(fi) {
						t.Errorf("is not regular file: %v", name)
						continue
					}

					content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(targetPath)
					if err != nil {
						t.Error(err)
						continue
					}

					if string(content) != node.Content {
						t.Errorf("wrong content for %v: want %q, got %q", name, node.Content, content)
					}
				case TestSymlink:
					if fi.Mode()&os.ModeType != os.ModeSymlink {
						t.Errorf("is not symlink: %v, %o != %o", name, fi.Mode(), os.ModeSymlink)
						continue
					}

					target, err := fs.Readlink(targetPath)
					if err != nil {
						t.Error(err)
						continue
					}

					if target != node.Target {
						t.Errorf("wrong target for %v: want %q, got %q", name, node.Target, target)
					}
				case TestDir:
					if !fi.IsDir() {
						t.Errorf("is not directory: %v", name)
					}
				}
			}
		})
	}
}

func TestTestWalkFiles(t *testing.T) {
	var tests = []struct {
		dir  TestDir
		want map[string]string
	}{
		{
			dir: TestDir{
				"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
				"subdir": TestDir{
					"subfile": TestFile{Content: "bar"},
				},
				"x": TestDir{
					"y": TestDir{
						"link": TestSymlink{Target: filepath.FromSlash("../../foo")},
					},
				},
			},
			want: map[string]string{
				"foo":                                "<File>",
				"subdir":                             "<Dir>",
				filepath.FromSlash("subdir/subfile"): "<File>",
				"x":                                  "<Dir>",
				filepath.FromSlash("x/y"):            "<Dir>",
				filepath.FromSlash("x/y/link"):       "<Symlink>",
			},
		},
	}

	for _, test := range tests {
		t.Run("", func(t *testing.T) {
			tempdir, cleanup := restictest.TempDir(t)
			defer cleanup()

			got := make(map[string]string)

			TestCreateFiles(t, tempdir, test.dir)
			TestWalkFiles(t, tempdir, test.dir, func(path string, item interface{}) error {
				p, err := filepath.Rel(tempdir, path)
				if err != nil {
					return err
				}

				got[p] = fmt.Sprint(item)
				return nil
			})

			if !cmp.Equal(test.want, got) {
				t.Error(cmp.Diff(test.want, got))
			}
		})
	}
}

func TestTestEnsureFiles(t *testing.T) {
	var tests = []struct {
		expectFailure bool
		files         map[string]interface{}
		want          TestDir
	}{
		{
			files: map[string]interface{}{
				"foo":            TestFile{Content: "foo"},
				"subdir/subfile": TestFile{Content: "bar"},
				"x/y/link":       TestSymlink{Target: filepath.Clean("../../foo")},
			},
			want: TestDir{
				"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
				"subdir": TestDir{
					"subfile": TestFile{Content: "bar"},
				},
				"x": TestDir{
					"y": TestDir{
						"link": TestSymlink{Target: filepath.Clean("../../foo")},
					},
				},
			},
		},
		{
			expectFailure: true,
			files: map[string]interface{}{
				"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
			},
			want: TestDir{
				"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
				"subdir": TestDir{
					"subfile": TestFile{Content: "bar"},
				},
			},
		},
		{
			expectFailure: true,
			files: map[string]interface{}{
				"foo":            TestFile{Content: "foo"},
				"subdir/subfile": TestFile{Content: "bar"},
			},
			want: TestDir{
				"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
			},
		},
		{
			expectFailure: true,
			files: map[string]interface{}{
				"foo": TestFile{Content: "xxx"},
			},
			want: TestDir{
				"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
			},
		},
		{
			expectFailure: true,
			files: map[string]interface{}{
				"foo": TestSymlink{Target: "/xxx"},
			},
			want: TestDir{
				"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
			},
		},
		{
			expectFailure: true,
			files: map[string]interface{}{
				"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
			},
			want: TestDir{
				"foo": TestSymlink{Target: "/xxx"},
			},
		},
		{
			expectFailure: true,
			files: map[string]interface{}{
				"foo": TestSymlink{Target: "xxx"},
			},
			want: TestDir{
				"foo": TestSymlink{Target: "/yyy"},
			},
		},
		{
			expectFailure: true,
			files: map[string]interface{}{
				"foo": TestDir{
					"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
				},
			},
			want: TestDir{
				"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
			},
		},
		{
			expectFailure: true,
			files: map[string]interface{}{
				"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
			},
			want: TestDir{
				"foo": TestDir{
					"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
				},
			},
		},
	}

	for _, test := range tests {
		t.Run("", func(t *testing.T) {
			tempdir, cleanup := restictest.TempDir(t)
			defer cleanup()

			createFilesAt(t, tempdir, test.files)

			subtestT := testing.TB(t)
			if test.expectFailure {
				subtestT = &MockT{T: t}
			}

			TestEnsureFiles(subtestT, tempdir, test.want)

			if test.expectFailure && !subtestT.(*MockT).HasFailed {
				t.Fatal("expected failure of TestEnsureFiles not found")
			}
		})
	}
}

func TestTestEnsureSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
	var tests = []struct {
		expectFailure bool
		files         map[string]interface{}
		want          TestDir
	}{
		{
			files: map[string]interface{}{
				"foo":                                TestFile{Content: "foo"},
				filepath.FromSlash("subdir/subfile"): TestFile{Content: "bar"},
				filepath.FromSlash("x/y/link"):       TestSymlink{Target: filepath.FromSlash("../../foo")},
			},
			want: TestDir{
				"target": TestDir{
					"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
					"subdir": TestDir{
						"subfile": TestFile{Content: "bar"},
					},
					"x": TestDir{
						"y": TestDir{
							"link": TestSymlink{Target: filepath.FromSlash("../../foo")},
						},
					},
				},
			},
		},
		{
			expectFailure: true,
			files: map[string]interface{}{
				"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
			},
			want: TestDir{
				"target": TestDir{
					"bar": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
				},
			},
		},
		{
			expectFailure: true,
			files: map[string]interface{}{
				"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
				"bar": TestFile{Content: "bar"},
			},
			want: TestDir{
				"target": TestDir{
					"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
				},
			},
		},
		{
			expectFailure: true,
			files: map[string]interface{}{
				"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
			},
			want: TestDir{
				"target": TestDir{
					"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
					"bar": TestFile{Content: "bar"},
				},
			},
		},
		{
			expectFailure: true,
			files: map[string]interface{}{
				"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
			},
			want: TestDir{
				"target": TestDir{
					"foo": TestDir{
						"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
					},
				},
			},
		},
		{
			expectFailure: true,
			files: map[string]interface{}{
				"foo": TestSymlink{Target: filepath.FromSlash("x/y/z")},
			},
			want: TestDir{
				"target": TestDir{
					"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
				},
			},
		},
		{
			expectFailure: true,
			files: map[string]interface{}{
				"foo": TestSymlink{Target: filepath.FromSlash("x/y/z")},
			},
			want: TestDir{
				"target": TestDir{
					"foo": TestSymlink{Target: filepath.FromSlash("x/y/z2")},
				},
			},
		},
		{
			expectFailure: true,
			files: map[string]interface{}{
				"foo": TestFile{Content: "foo"},
			},
			want: TestDir{
				"target": TestDir{
					"foo": TestFile{Content: "xxx"},
				},
			},
		},
	}

	for _, test := range tests {
		t.Run("", func(t *testing.T) {
			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
			defer cancel()

			tempdir, cleanup := restictest.TempDir(t)
			defer cleanup()

			targetDir := filepath.Join(tempdir, "target")
			err := fs.Mkdir(targetDir, 0700)
			if err != nil {
				t.Fatal(err)
			}

			createFilesAt(t, targetDir, test.files)

			back := restictest.Chdir(t, tempdir)
			defer back()

			repo, cleanup := repository.TestRepository(t)
			defer cleanup()

			arch := New(repo, fs.Local{}, Options{})
			opts := SnapshotOptions{
				Time:     time.Now(),
				Hostname: "localhost",
				Tags:     []string{"test"},
			}
			_, id, err := arch.Snapshot(ctx, []string{"."}, opts)
			if err != nil {
				t.Fatal(err)
			}

			t.Logf("snapshot saved as %v", id.Str())

			subtestT := testing.TB(t)
			if test.expectFailure {
				subtestT = &MockT{T: t}
			}

			TestEnsureSnapshot(subtestT, repo, id, test.want)

			if test.expectFailure && !subtestT.(*MockT).HasFailed {
				t.Fatal("expected failure of TestEnsureSnapshot not found")
			}
		})
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Shotgun Lovesongs
Butler, Nickolas
Welcome to Little Wing.
It's a place like hundreds of others, nothing special, really. But for four friends—all born and raised in this small Wisconsin town—it is home. And now they are men, coming into their own, or struggling to do so.
One of them never left, still working the family farm that has been tilled for generations. But others felt the need to move on, with varying degrees of success. One trades commodities, another took to the rodeo circuit, and one of them even hit it big as a rock star. And then there's Beth, a woman who has meant something special in each of their lives.
Now all four are brought together for a wedding. Little Wing seems even smaller than before. While lifelong bonds are still strong, there are stresses—between the friends, between husbands and wives. There will be heartbreak, but there will also be hope, healing, even heroism as these memorable people learn the true meaning of adult friendship and love.
Seldom has the American heartland been so richly and accurately portrayed. Though the town may have changed, the one thing that hasn't is the beauty of the Wisconsin farmland, the lure of which, in Nickolas Butler's hands, emerges as a vibrant character in the story.
Shotgun Lovesongs is that rare work of fiction that evokes a specific time and place yet movingly describes the universal human condition. It is, in short, a truly remarkable book—a novel that once read will never be forgotten. (From the publisher.)
Wisconsin Author
. Many of the characters in Shotgun Lovesongs regret specific moments in their life, moments that (perhaps) other people may not regret at all. Do you feel regret is a useful emotion? What do you regret? Which characters (and their regrets) do you identify with?
2. Late in the novel, Lee makes a particular observation about what he thinks America is. Do you feel that his perspective is at odds with your own notions of what America is? Or do you agree with him?
3. Many critics and early readers of Shotgun Lovesongs have remarked that it is a novel that explores adult male friendships. And yet, perhaps at the heart of the story is Beth (and she is given her own voice in the novel). How did you feel about Butler's representation of women? Was it accurate?
4. Fame seems to be an important theme or consideration throughout Shotgun Lovesongs. Do you feel that the novel critiques fame? Celebrates fame? What do you think about the cult of personality in America? Do you care about celebrity? Read tabloids? Why?
5. Some critics have said that Shotgun Lovesongs is overly sentimental, even "precious"? Do you think this novel is sentimental? Is sentimentality something to be altogether avoided in fiction?
6. Beth and Leland share one night of romance. This incident happened when neither character was married or even dating someone. And yet, it is enough to unravel lifelong friendships. What do you think about this? Could you relate to characters and their reactions?
7. There is a kind of dichotomy in this novel between city and country. Has your own life been subject to the push-pull of living rural vs. living urban? What have you had to sacrifice to live where you live? Do you see it as a sacrifice?
(Questions issued by the publisher.)


(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) Burlington, VT – October 23, 2009 – Seventh Generation, the nation's leading brand of non-toxic and environmentally-safe household and personal care products, announced today a new partnership with noted advocate Erin Brockovich and Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families. Together they're launching the Million Baby Crawl, a grassroots effort to raise awareness about the nation's badly outdated chemical laws and encourage parents and others everywhere to ask Congress to pass new stronger regulations that will protect the health of all Americans.
Synthetic chemicals are currently regulated by the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), a decades-old law that experts say has utterly failed to keep the nation's environment and its citizens safe from materials that cause cancer and a host of other serious illnesses. Under the outdated TCSA, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have the authority to demand the information it needs to evaluate a chemical's risk, and neither manufacturers nor the agency are required to prove a chemical's safety before it can be used. In fact, in the 33 years since the TCSA was enacted, the EPA has required testing on only 200 of the more than 80,000 chemical compounds now in use.
Congress is writing a new proposal to reform TSCA, updating last year's Kid-Safe Chemicals Act. Scheduled for a Fall 2009 introduction, the policy will address these and many other deficiencies by establishing tough new safety standards for each chemical on the market and requiring manufacturers to prove that their chemicals meet these standards before they can be used in the products people buy. The bill would give the EPA new authority to restrict any substances that fail to pass the test.
To rally support for the Kid-Safe Chemical Act and raise awareness of the urgent issues it addresses, Seventh Generation, Erin Brockovich, and Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families have launched the Million Baby Crawl, an online initiative designed to educate parents, empower them to work on the legislation's behalf and literally help them create infant avatars. The result will be a virtual march, or crawl, to Washington, DC, where they'll "rattle" legislators for toxic chemical reform.
To learn how you can get involved locally to support stronger standards on toxic chemicals and make a baby of your very own that will crawl to Washington, D.C. to help fight for a healthier nation to grow up in, please visit www.MillionBabyCrawl.com. Follow the Million Baby Crawl on Twitter #mbcrawl.


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Meryl Streep Personal Life
Meryl Streep is an American actress who has actually worked in many functions. She is a nominated performer and is understood for her flexibility and accent versatility. Her best-known efficiencies include her role in the movie "The Postman" and her role in "The Artist" with Leonardo DiCaprio.
1 Acting Career
One of the most well-known and reputable starlets of the modern-day age, Meryl Streep has had a renowned career. She began her acting profession at the age of twenty-one and has gotten many elections for the Academy Awards. A leading competitor for Best Actress, she has likewise starred in a variety of hit movies.
Throughout her time in the public eye, she has become a good example for countless ladies. Understood for her adaptability and grace, she has had the ability to portray a wide array of characters in her career.
Streep started her acting profession on the stage in the 1970s. Her acting in "Julia" (1977) brought her to popularity. From that point on, she has continued to appear in a variety of hit films and TV shows.
In addition to her performing on the screen, Streep has actually been involved with numerous charitable companies. She has actually acted as a representative for the National Women's History Museum and has actually contributed millions of dollars to the museum.
Streep has likewise served as a juror for the Berlin International Film Festival. Although she has actually appeared in a number of Hollywood blockbusters, she has preserved a respected acting career in independent movies. Given that the 1980s, she has actually appeared in a number of popular films, including 'Out of Africa' (1985 ), 'The Bridges of Madison County' (1990 ), 'The Devil Wears Prada' (1995 ), 'The Iron Lady' (2011 ), and 'Florence Foster Jenkins' (2016 ).
As a talented actress, Meryl Streep has won several awards, including the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has actually been nominated for an additional sixteen Academy Awards, making her the most chosen female star in Academy history.
One of the most identifiable starlets of perpetuity, Meryl Streep has actually dealt with both TV and film. She is well-known for her performances in motion pictures, but has also voiced characters in a number of tv shows. Here are a few of her most remarkable functions
Born in Summit, New Jersey, Meryl Streep studied drama at Yale University. After finishing, she relocated to New York City. Her early profession onstage consisted of a number of Broadway productions.
She later on appeared in an Anton Chekhov play. From there, she went on to star in various theatrical films. In the 1990s, she was understood for her performances in The House of Spirits, Dancing at Lughnasa, and The River Wild. Later, she played Aunt Josephine in A Series of Unfortunate Events.
For her acting in the movie adjustment of Angels in America, she won a Golden Globe and an Emmy. She was likewise nominated for an Oscar. Other significant films include Julie & & Julia, The Prom, The Devil Wears Prada, and The Iron Lady.
Streep also voiced a character in an episode of the Simpsons. She has actually appeared in other movies, including The Homesman, Ricki and the Flash, and Mamma Mia! There have been numerous tv functions for Meryl, however none as unforgettable as her portrayal of the character Ethel Rosenberg in the HBO miniseries Angels in America.
She has been nominated for 21 Academy Awards, winning three. Most recently, she was awarded an honorary reward by the American Film Institute in 2004. Some of her other notable films include Julie & & Julia, The Giver, Into the Woods, and the political thriller The Manchurian Candidate.
Few individuals know that Meryl Streep has actually likewise been operating in the television field. She has actually been featured in numerous series, such as The House of Spirits, August: Osage County, and The Post.
Meryl Streep has actually made a profession out of playing a range of different roles. Whether she is playing a tormented female, a popular author, or a country's first female newspaper publisher, she proves to be an outstanding actress.
Although she has received a number of awards throughout her profession, Meryl Streep has likewise needed to face criticism. While she is a great entertainer, numerous critics have grumbled that her efficiencies do not have empathy. Nevertheless, Streep has gotten tremendous regard from both audiences and critics alike. In 2010, she was chosen to the honorary American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Throughout her profession, Meryl Streep's function has actually frequently been that of a tormented or ambitious woman. Her efficiency in "The Iron Lady" (2011) was no exception. For this performance, she made a 3rd Oscar.
Amongst the many other movies that Meryl Streep has starred in are the romantic comedy Mamma Mia!, the action-adventure The River Wild, and the action-adventure film The French Lieutenant's Woman. She has also been a part of the ensemble of HBO's Big Little Lies.
She made her phase debut in 1975, however her first significant movie role came in "The Deer Hunter" (1978 ). This film was a three-hour drama about the Vietnam War. It included John Cazale and Christopher Walken, and Meryl Streep gave an effective efficiency.
Other films that feature Meryl Streep include "The Washington Post" (2007 ), which was directed by Steven Spielberg, and "The Reader" (2007 ), which was adapted by David Hare from the unique by Michael Cunningham. These films both won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Streep has acted in 27 films. She won an Academy Award for her performance in the thriller Kramer vs. Kramer in 1979.
Meryl Streep is known for her outstanding acting abilities, and she is among the most prominent actors in the world. She has played a range of characters, and has made numerous awards and elections for her work. Her phase and screen credits span more than a decade, with functions in a number of classics. Here are a few of her most unforgettable efficiencies
After studying at Vassar College, Meryl Streep started her career as an actress. In her early profession, she starred in a few tv series. Then, in the mid-1970s, she starred in the stage play "Happy End" and made her Broadway launching. This was followed by a role in the movie "Happy End" and "Happy Days".
While at Yale, Streep attended drama school. By her junior year, she was taking voice lessons. She also studied opera. Although she studied drama, she was at first interested in musicals. One of her instructors was a famous singer, and she ended up being so fascinated with the art that she later on signed up with the Yale Drama School.
Throughout the 1980s, Meryl Streep started using up roles that included more severe topics. These consisted of the drama "Julia" (1977) and the Holocaust motion picture "The Deer Hunter" (1978 ).
She likewise starred in the funny "Silkwood" (1983) and the musical "Mrs. Henderson Presents" (1998 ). Other significant motion pictures include "The Homesman" (1983 ), the western "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (1981) and the comedy "The Devil Wears Prada" (2003 ).
For her role in "The Iron Lady", Meryl Streep won her 3rd Academy Award. Aside from her movie performances, she has actually been understood to sing onstage, including cover versions of tunes. Amongst her other stage credits are Mamma Mia!, "Let Them All Talk", "Marvin's Room", and "Big Little Lies".
Streep likewise won her eighth Golden Globe award for her role in The Iron Lady.
Meryl Streep is one of the most embellished stars in movie history. She's won two Academy Awards, and has also gotten lots of elections for different other awards. With 21 Oscar nominations, she's no stranger to the competition.
Her very first Academy Award came for her performance in the 1979 film "Kramer vs. Kramer". It's one of the very best performances ever put to movie. The chemistry in between Meryl Streep and Robert Redford is memorable.
Meryl Streep has actually handled a lot of uncommon roles, but she's always been a great starlet. She's understood for her romantic efficiencies, and she's won an Oscar for playing Margaret Thatcher. Other Oscar nominations have actually come from movies with more standard stories, such as Frozen River and Central Station. However the star has likewise played the matriarch in a bitter family, the author of a movie script, the nation's very first female newspaper publisher, the ex-wife of a neurotic tv writer, and the terminally ill homeless female.
Her most recent nominated role was as the matriarch of a bitter, scheming household in the movie "Miranda Priestly." This is a fictionalized version of Lauren Weisberger's book. In addition to a starring role, Streep likewise made a supporting actress Oscar for her role.
She's likewise dealt with Steven Spielberg for more than 40 years. She also won an Emmy Award for her operate in a Holocaust miniseries.
While her best-known films are the ones she's made with Spielberg, her other roles have been rather unforgettable as well.
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I was wondering, I have the John the Conqueror spell kit, and I read that we have to do the bath thing during the new moon, is it okay if I do it on the 2nd day because I miss the first? Thanks!
Re: HJC Spell kit! New moon..?
Yes. In this case you are drawing something to you.
Be Blessed in your work!
Thanks JW & Triple...Damn... I missed it in the morning... is it okay if I perform it sometime today anyway or should I wait for tom, which is sat morning?
It's really up to you if you want to go ahead and start it during the day today or not. If your trying to fix your spell with the moon cycle then I would make sure to set your alarm and get up early tomorrow. Like many of us have said, if you have need don't wait for the moon.
lol It can be tough sometimes to discipline yourself for the sake of your work. But if it is worth it to you you'll manage. I find a great deal of pride in myself when I make this commitment to my spells, especially when I have to sacrifice sleep early in the morning..lol I am not a morning person... at all. The results are worth the efforts though.
I threw the water exactly when it struck the sunrise minute, luckily my dad drove me, then we sped off, newspaper boy looked at my a little funny, but that's okay.
I then started the rituals as soon as I get home from the crossroads.
I didn't use up all of the sachet powder as it was directed, I had to save some for dressing documents But I made the crown slightly smaller than the mojo would fit, and initially put it sideways, then realized afterwards to have it upright as the jewel, I apologize. So It's a little dusty with the sachet powder, bit that's okay, Right?
I have to say the incense is amazing, and for that moment I felt SO grounded.
I don't have to do the HJC Bath I assume, correct?
Do I dress the candle again?
then light the candle and incense ?
Then smoke the mojo bag in the incense again repeating the affirmation "As John the conqueror...etc. "(I repeated that 9x with the mojo and incense) ?
While I'm performing this spell for 9 days, will it interfere if I do other negative spells as well?
I really will appreciate everyones insight. That's why I post so much Thank You in Advance.
Yes it can. John the Conqueror is a masculine root bit I know women that work with it for that masculine and conquering quality.
Hi, I just got my package and yes I am so excited,lol. I have a problem though, I dont have a car and I live in an apartment. When I do the JTC kit bath part, is there something else I can do besides take the water to the crossroads? Should I wait to do it whenever I can get a ride? I really dont know what to do at this point and I really dont want to mess anything up.
Do you live in an extremely rural area where an intersection is not within walking distance? Just take a travel mug or water bottle full of your bathwater to a crossroads and dispose of it there.
golden, I find this post located on the AIRR website The Crossroads http://www.readersandrootworkers.org/in ... Crossroads is very helpful when discussing the crossroads. You can walk to it, you can drive to it...you can make a portal crossroad.
i just drive to the crossroads toss it out the window, and keep on moving. I usually go late at night so there are less cars or somewhere deserted. Its really not that hard.
I agree with you starsnthesky7, its about getting your routine going; I think we often overthink, someone is watching me, will the police catch me...on and on...once you get the routine going, its second nature.
I am doing the JTC spell kit, and I KNOW I did it correctly so far. But the weird thing is, I have felt extremely depressed since starting it. I am doing it specifically to conquer my low self-esteem and see myself as I truly am, and I find that I am thinking all sorts of negative thoughts about myself and feeling worse than I have in some time. Soooo my question is, is it possible I am experiencing a psychic backlash, possibly spiritual in nature, because I am doing this work?


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Q: Jquery Dragable help disabled when clicked i am currently use Draggable in Jquery i am trying to make it so when you click on a div it will disable you from draging it i have the follow code be it seems to not work can anyone lead me in the right direction please
selected_div = $("input#selected_div").val();

 $("#68").draggable({
          containment: 'parent',
if(selected_div == 68){
          disabled: true,
}else{
          disabled: false,
}
          handle: 'drag_border',
          drag: function(e, ui) {
                 var top = ui.position.top;
                 var left = ui.position.left;
                 $("input#tuPBd0hm_top").val(top);
                 $("input#tuPBd0hm_left").val(left);
                 $("#top").html(top);
                 $("#left").html(left);
}
});

Thank you,

A: An ID in html must begin with a letter, so "#68" really shouldn't select anything. Try putting a letterr a-z in the front of the ID.

A: try this:
var selected_div = $("input#selected_div").val();
var isDraggable;
if(selected_div == "68") isDraggable = true;
else isDraggable = false

$("#a68").draggable({
          containment: 'parent',
          disabled: isDraggable,
          handle: 'drag_border',
          drag: function(e, ui) {
                 var top = ui.position.top;
                 var left = ui.position.left;
                 $("input#tuPBd0hm_top").val(top);
                 $("input#tuPBd0hm_left").val(left);
                 $("#top").html(top);
                 $("#left").html(left);
          }
});

And if you want to be able to disable or enable the div from being draggable after the page has been loaded then look at jquery Draggable API and click the Methods tab
$("#a68").draggable("disable");
$("#a68").draggable("enable");

I hope this helps!

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3D printed furniture sounds interesting idea especially with the major usage of 3D printing in different industries. The new initiative by 4 AXYZ company is to use wood-based filament as the 3D printing material for furniture pieces such as tables and chairs.
Although the 3D printed furniture try to simulate the real wood using fine printed wooden layers, the results may not like real wood and this can be one of the few disadvantages of this technology comparing with the nature wood. I do not have much information about the price of these products, but it may be more expensive than the natural wood especially when the company needs to 3D print large volume for tables or chairs.
On the other hand, the advantages look promising. The first idea that comes to my head is how much first tree can this technology save. Additionally, the 3D printed furniture can take different design approach and help designers to produce innovative ideas and creative furniture designs.
3D printed table assembled without human interaction. Photo by 4 AXYZ.
3D printed furniture. Photo by 4 AXYZ.
Another good advantage of the 3D printed furniture is consumers can customize their own products. if you like a design and would like to customize it for specific area in home, you can simple specify your needs and the furniture piece can be printed based on these specifications.
The 3D printing service by A AXYZ is not limited to furniture; the company collaborated with the Portuguese company, A Catedral, to create smart windows that can respond to different weathers with variety of colors. The 3D printed windows can include sensors to get information about the home energy and how to optimize it.
3D printed window with sensors inside it. Photo by 4 AXYZ.
3D wood printed example. Photo by 4 AXYZ.
The 3D printed furniture can become a revolution in the furniture manufacturing and wood products. Although the obstacles that may face the technology but it can be easily solved by more researches.
In addition to the above examples, the below video is not related to the same company, but it provides information about using wood in the 3D printing industry.


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Q: How to set system property using gradle? I was wondering if it's possible to set a system property, for a Java application, using Gradle?
I tried using gradle.properties file and defining a property as
systemProp.name = my name

but then when I try to get that property from a Java application using
System.getProperty("name")

that property is not found.
build.gradle and gradle.properties are in root folder of the project.
This is what my build.gradle looks like:
apply plugin: 'war'
apply plugin: 'appengine'

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.google.appengine:gradle-appengine-plugin:1.8.6'
    }
}

appengine {
    httpPort = 8081
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    compile group: 'com.google.inject', name: 'guice', version: '3.0'
    compile group: 'com.google.inject.extensions', name: 'guice-servlet', version: '3.0'
    compile group: 'javax.servlet', name: 'servlet-api', version: '2.5'
    compile group: 'org.hibernate', name: 'hibernate-entitymanager', version: '4.2.0.Final'
    compile group: 'mysql', name: 'mysql-connector-java', version: '5.1.27'
    compile 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:2.5.0'
    compile 'com.google.appengine:appengine-api-1.0-sdk:1.8.6'
    compile 'com.google.template:soy:2012-12-21'
    compile 'org.json:json:20090211'
}

And this is what my build.properties look like:
systemProp.firstName=Marko
systemProp.lastName=Vuksanovic

This is part of an AppEngine application and I run it using the following command:
gradle appengineRun

A: This is what worked for me (using Kotlin DSL):
tasks.withType<JavaExec> {
        systemProperty("key", "value")
}

A: The system property set in gradle.properties will be available only in JVM where Gradle is running.
From gradle-appengine-plugin documentation:

appengineRun: Starts a local development server running your project
  code.
jvmFlags: The JVM flags to pass on to the local development server.

If you need your system properties to be available in app engine, which is separate JVM, you should use jvmFlags property.
Explicitly:
appengine {
    jvmFlags = ['-DfirstName=Marko', '-DlastName=Vuksanovic']
}

With gradle.properties:
appengine {
    jvmFlags = ['-DfirstName=$firstName', '-DlastName=$lastName']
}

A: This is how I do it, setting props for Selenide test framework:
test {
    systemProperty "browser", "chrome"
    systemProperty "webdriver.chrome.driver", "$projectDir/drivers/chromedriver"
}

A: I just stumbled on this for use with the gradle application plugin. Add to the run task. Works great:
run {
    systemProperties['MYPROP'] = '/my/prop/value'
}


A four/five-bedroom luxury home in a secluded and tranquil rural location. With a fully fitted Hacker German luxury kitchen complete with Quartz work surfaces. Professionally landscaped front and rear gardens and a double garage.
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The Saxie (Plot 7) is a high specification 2,521 sqft 4/5 bedroom detached home set in this luxury development.
The ground floor comprises a spacious entrance hall with oak flooring, an open plan kitchen & family area family with a fitted handle less German kitchen by Hacker with quartz stone work surfaces and extensive range of built in appliances including wine cooler. The living room features a fireplace with wood burning stove and bi-fold doors to the rear garden. There is a separate dining room, study, cloakroom and separate utility room with side access.
The first floor features a master bedroom with fitted wardrobe and ensuite bathroom with separate shower, guest bedroom with ensuite shower room, two further bedrooms, a playroom/ bedroom 5 and family bathroom.
The development is approached via electronically operated communal development gates opening onto a private roadway. The property features a landscaped front garden, and a generous enclosed rear garden with paved patio. Its block paved driveway provides ample off road parking and the double garage has the convenience of remote controlled door.
Some of the photos above are from previous Amherst Homes developments similar to this one.


Two wooden terraces look out over the fields. There's almost always a cooling breeze to be found here, and the view never fails to amaze. These terraces offer two private nooks for being alone under the stars. The gazebos as well, though they might almost be called huts, offer the same view from the north side—perfect places for panoramic picnic dinners at sunset.
There are a few " secluded places" just for relaxing in intimacy: in the evening, after a day spent exploring this wonderful part of the world, this is the best place for relaxing, lying out on a chaise longue, sipping a glass of wine, watching the flight of the swallows that swoop and listening the chirping birds at sunset. In front of you… the skyline of Siena that will become " burned" at sunset, perfect spot for wonderful pictures!
……just enjoy each other's company, feeling the taste of simply sit together in a romantic garden.
There are 6 parking spaces in the parking area, one for each room. If you come without a car and would like to go to Siena's city center, the bus stop is about 800 meters away (approx. ½ mile) and may be reached by an easy, pleasant walk. It's on the B-line and passes every 15 minutes.
And naturally there are taxis to take you wherever you want.
We would be happy to provide laundry service (machine wash and then… drying thanks to the Tuscan sun!).
Elena on our staff takes care of laundry upon request. She can also iron or "refresh" your clothes.
If you'd like, we'd be glad to put you in touch with a nature guide for walks or hiking:walkabouttuscany.
A brief course in Italian cooking (at very famous Cooking Schools), if you choose, and so much more.
A two-hour and half professionally guided tour of Siena will give you a good overview of the city, its history, its rich artistic tradition, and its Palio horse race—a vital part in the life of Siena.
You'll be led by your Private Guide through the narrow medieval streets across several of the city's famous Contradas (wards), and shown inside the magnificent Duomo—cathedral—without having to wait in ticket-office lines: tickets aren't included in the price of the tour.
Would you like to try the experience of " digging " a truffle out of the soil for the first time under the guidance of an expert truffle hunter and his dogs ?
During your stay with us, if you want to run up to Florence and visit the Uffizi Gallery and the Accademia (where the original of Michelangelo's "David" is housed), we'd be glad to suggest the best time of day for the booking (keeping in mind that, leaving from here, it will take you about two hours to reach the entrance to the Uffizi museum). We can take care of the booking for you, if you'd like, as long as you tell us at least four weeks in advance. Advance booking is essential for this famous museum, as it is for the Vatican Museums or for Leonardo's "Last Supper," if you wish to avoid dishearteningly long lines.
For adventurous spirits, we can book a ride in a hot-air balloon—a one-of-a-kind experience, flying like a swallow over the Crete hills or above the alleyways of Siena—weather, wind, and pilot permitting (300 Euros per person).
If questions come to mind while planning your trip ("Better to take the train, the bus, or a rental car?"), don't hesitate to ask us for a hand. Remember that no one knows the public transport system around here better than we locals. For example, it might surprise people to discover that, when traveling from Siena to Rome, it's generally easier to take the bus rather than the train. It's quicker, you don't have to change anywhere, and the ticket costs less.
We can reserve seats at the GeneralTestRace dinner Tickets: you could take part in the traditional dinner held in the open air by each Contrada (district), along the streets or in their gardens, on the evening before the race, when traditional songs are sung to bring good luck and victory, together with thousand of people.
Or we can provide you with the numbered Tickets on the grandstands around the Square or even at a window overlooking the Start, the same window where Rick Steves was with Franco in his video about the Palio.
To make your trip even more relaxed and "unplugged," we can arrange for a private driver to pick you up from the airport upon your arrival or take you to the airport for your departure. Naturally this option costs more than public transport, but sometimes it's good to forget about taxis, stations, train connections, and bags to carry.
If there are three or four of you traveling together, the price, when shared, becomes quite reasonable. To book this service, please let us know about two weeks in advance.
How the views from our garden inspired a visiting artist, mrs Katherine Firth.
For people looking for a little exercise, beautiful scenic walks lie in both directions outside our gate.
Ten to twenty minutes away on foot, there's a the Santa Regina church from the year 1200 which gives its name to this part of the countryside, there's a lovely aristocratic villa with a cypress-lined avenue and a winery within walking distance, and there's even a medieval castle, plus many characteristically Tuscan villas.
A little further down the road, the area of countryside known as the Crete Senesi begins, the famous "bald" hills made of clay, dotted with farmhouses, farms, churches, and small ancient abbeys—internationally renowned, postcard-perfect views of the gorgeous land surrounding Siena.


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'Hightown' Teaser: Starz Series Mixes Hard Partying With Death and Debauchery
Rachel Morrison directed the first two episodes, which won't shy away from the consequences of the opioid epidemic.
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Jeffrey A. Hirsch, president and CEO of Starz.
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Cape Cod might seem like an idyllic summer retreat, but Starz's upcoming "Hightown" drama will shine a sinister light on its denziens. The series, which has Rachel Morrison ("Fruitvale Station," "Black Panther") as director for the first two episodes, will follow a women's journey to sobriety in the midst of a murder investigation and the region's growing opioid epidemic. Starz revealed a new teaser for the show, which will premiere sometime in the spring, ahead of a "Hightown" panel during the Television Critics Association 2020 Winter Press Tour in Pasadena Tuesday evening.
"Hightown" serves as Morrison's first venture into TV direction, and she noted that she learned a great deal about creating a style for the show — while having the confidence that subsequent episode directors would maintain a consistent tone. Morrison said everyone was supportive of the show's look, and its new teaser, which meshes hard partying with relentlessly bleak imagery, makes clear that the series won't shy away from the darker elements of opioid abuse.
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The "Hightown" TCA panel followed Starz' executive session, where network president Jeffrey Hirsch provided minor updates on several upcoming projects.
Hirsch declined to discuss Orlando Jones' controversial firing from "American Gods." Jones, who portrayed trickster god Anansi on the show, claimed he was fired for "sending the wrong message to black America" in December, though producer Fremantle said his departure was not racially motivated and was due to Jones' character not having a story arc in Season 3. Hirsch echoed Fremantle's "story arc" defense during the Q&A portion of his executive session and declined to comment on Jones' aforementioned claim.
As for upcoming Starz shows, Hirsch said that "The Continental," the upcoming television spinoff of the "John Wick" film franchise, would not premiere until after "John Wick: Chapter 4" hits theaters on May 21, 2021. Hirsch previously revealed that "The Continental" would be a prequel spinoff that takes place years before the "John Wick" films.
Hirsch also mentioned the "Power" spinoffs, which were originally teased during the 2019 summer TCA, would be both prequels and sequels to the main series. In addition, he also noted that "The Girlfriend Experience" Season 3 would begin shooting in London in several months and would likely premiere either late in the year or early 2021.
Watch the "Hightown" teaser below:
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That annual feeling is upon us: goal setting and resolutions sweep the public discourse and flood social media, as they do every January. But what if we made collective, societal goals? After spending a decade in the electric mobility industry, I have seen the compounding effect of individuals in this field working together and it has been quite a transformation.
What would your goals for the e-mobility industry be this upcoming year? What about five and ten years from now? I would love to read them in the comments below this blog post and we can continue the dialogue from there.
Meanwhile, I am proud to share with you a recent 10th anniversary that our industry had: the CCS & ISO/IEC 15118 Testing Symposium that took place in Arnhem, the Netherlands. This International Testing Symposium for the Combined Charging System was co-located with the OCPP 2.0 Plugfest. I have been to many of these events over the years and this was by far the most exciting. We even had an unexpected and prestigious guest, as I'll reveal to you soon.
It's amazing to see this community grow each year. This latest gathering took place on Nov. 15 and 16, 2018. A remarkable 400 attendees and 180 companies from 28 countries joined this combined EV charging test event. Those of you who have been following my blog have seen my posts about previous Testing Symposia ("Videos from the 8th International CCS & ISO/IEC 15118 Testing Symposium" and "6th International ISO 15118 Interoperability and Conformance Testing Symposium").
This event brings together manufacturers of EVs, charging stations, and the suppliers of communication controller to achieve one singular goal: testing and validating that the EVs and charging stations can perfectly communicate with each other. This proves their "interoperability" and offers a testament to the quality of each product. Taking it a step further, test system providers like Verisco and Vector Informatik allow participants to validate whether or not their implementation also "conforms" to the ISO 15118 international standard. If the software of two test participants is conforming to the standard, then interoperability is guaranteed — but this is not necessarily the case the other way around.
This event rotates around the world twice a year. It is important for you and/or your company to prioritize attending these events when they occur close to you. That's why they occur globally. This way, we can all be on the same page about interoperability and conformance. The end user of each EV and charging station is the main beneficiary of our work at these conferences.
ElaadNL hosted this anniversary edition event. They also organized the OCPP 2.0 Plugfest, which took place simultaneously and shared a location with the Symposium. OCPP is short for Open Charge Point Protocol and defines the messages on the communication link between a charging station and its managing IT backend system. ElaadNL is a founding member of the Open Charge Alliance, which produced this amazing video that perfectly captures the spirit and huge success of these combined events. Take a look at the video below.
The video leaves out one exciting detail: Tesla finally joined the ranks of international companies that attend this important global event. In fact, at the same time the event took place, Telsa announced that the company officially supports the Combined Charging System (CCS).
As engineers, programmers, manufacturers and more, we were all happy to see that Tesla has made an effort to become an active member of our ever-growing community. The company even brought a Tesla Model 3. As far as I understand, they were testing their charging communication according to DIN SPEC 70121 as this is what the majority of charging stations out there is equipped these days. However, I'm sure they'll be testing ISO 15118 soon as well. Either way, I look forward to seeing Tesla at the next testing symposium.
On the second day of the symposium, ElaadNL organized a PKI workshop. PKI, being short for public-key infrastructure, is a set of technological and organizational processes that enable trustworthy communication between the EV and charging station. A PKI is based on the creation, management, and distribution of cryptographic key material and digital certificates.
The workshop started with an introductory talk about building a common base of understanding regarding the key concepts of a PKI. A hands-on demonstration orchestrated between e-clearing.net, VEDECOM, and Driivz (starting at 1:39 in the video above) showed how such a PKI is used to install what is called a contract certificate into an EV. A contract certificate is a necessary prerequisite for the user-convenient and secure Plug & Charge feature of ISO 15118. The EV automatically authenticates and authorizes itself for charging — without the driver needing to do anything beyond plug the charging cable into the vehicle. Entering a credit card, opening an app to scan a QR code, and finding that easy-to-lose RFID card are a thing of the past with this technology!
The demonstrated solution is not yet market-ready, but may soon compete with the already-established Plug & Charge PKI ecosystem that Hubject successfully operates. Several from Hubject's team were present at the workshop and showcased their solution within their talks as well. They seem quite successful in rolling out their infrastructure, according to the recent Wired magazine article VW's EV Chargers Make Paying For Power Easier Than Ever and Hubject's press release regarding Greenlots.
The PKI workshop concluded with a panel discussion and ElaadNL handing over their Study on Public Key Infrastructure for ISO 15118. This well-written text explains the public-key infrastructure that is necessary to make Plug & Charge work. I reviewed this document and helped ElaadNL make sure everything is correct from a technical standpoint. In case you are interested in diving deeper into the technical requirements and cryptographic foundations of Plug & Charge (a topic that often troubles many companies when implementing this future-proof technology), check out the latest V2G Clarity Online Courses.
Inspired by the success of the first OCPP 2.0 Plugfest, the Open Charge Alliance (OCA) announced the second OCPP 2.0 Plugfest. This event takes place on Feb. 5th and 6th at ElaadNL in Arnhem, at the same location as the 10th anniversary symposium and the first OCPP 2.0 Plugfest in 2018. This hands-on event will again dive into implementing, supporting, and testing OCPP 2.0. All levels are welcome.
Although not officially announced yet, Electrify America will organize the next CCS & ISO/IEC 15118 Testing Symposium. No information is yet available on the testing symposia website but be sure to keep an eye on my email newsletters. I will inform you as soon as we have more details.
CharIN, the official organization promoting the Combined Charging System (CCS) specification, recently founded the CharIN Academy. This Academy will offer a worldwide program of broad and specific trainings to members and other interested parties. Among these trainings will be the CCS specification and ISO 15118 charging communication in particular. I am proud to tell you that I will lead the ISO 15118 training events. Check out the training dates to save your spot.
I hope to see you at many of these upcoming events! It is my firm belief that we must march forward, together as a global community, toward intentional goals like user-friendly and interoperable EV charging technology. Collectively, we can speed up the adoption of this industry and make fossil fuel-based transportation a thing of the past.


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Good prescriptivism?
People tend to enter their first linguistics classes with a vague but strongly felt idea, instilled by English teachers or by society at large, that some ways of speaking are bad, illogical, sloppy, rule-breaking, etc. One of our first tasks is thus to explain to them that, actually, such ways of speaking are just as logical and law-governed as standard English, they're simply obeying a different set of rules. Not infrequently, we follow that up by telling them everything that's wrong with the prescriptive rules of Standard English, based ironically on a very similar set of tropes: they're illogical (stop splitting infinitives because you can't do that in Latin), they're historically inaccurate (don't use singular they even though the King James Bible does), they're incompatible with the rules of modern spoken English (eg "it is I") to the point of confusing them into gross solecisms ("they gave it to John and I"). Unless we're careful, the students end up walking away from all that with the impression that linguists think prescriptivism is bad, full stop. That, however, would be a mistake. As irritating as these problems and misconceptions are, they don't affect the case for having a prescriptive standard language - just the extent of its ambitions and the details of its usage.
Prescriptivism, of course, is all about power: who gets to talk how where, and who gets to say how they should talk. As good libertarians, our first reflex might be to say that this is all unnecessary: let everyone decide for themselves! That has two different problems. The first is that, when people decide for themselves, what they end up with is in fact a set of implicit rules for what's appropriate in which circumstances, and if you want to make life easier for visitors from other cultures, the least you can do is make those rules explicit somewhere. The other is that, in the event of any clashes, it's the more powerful individual that gets to decide, which is a particular problem in the case of public services. You want a driver's license, and you only speak English? Sorry, our local transport officials aren't really comfortable with English, so you'd better brush up on your Russian.
The latter example may sound like fantasy to American or English readers (not so much to the Irish or Welsh), but it's rather close to reality in a lot of the world. If you understand Arabic, have a look at this video of Moncef Marzouki, one of the two current presidential candidates in Tunisia, having a go at his Tunisian interviewer for using too many French words: "Respect the Arabic language! Plutôt, what does plutôt mean? You say plutôt, what's that? My sister in Douz won't understand plutôt. [...] [Interviewer: It's a chance for her to learn...] No, she needn't learn - you learn the language of Tunisians!"
It's populism, of course - but, like a lot of populism, it makes a good point. Why the heck should the average citizen have to speak a foreign language to deal with officials and other elites in his/her own country? (Especially in one as close to monolingual as Tunisia?) In such a situation, if the populace doesn't prescriptively impose their language preferences through concerted action, the bureaucracy will simply impose their own in one-to-one interactions.
Posted by Lameen Souag الأمين سواق at 11:48 AM 34 comments:
Labels: Arabic, English, language policy, language revitalisation, sociolinguistics, Tunisia
Berber subclassification: Reading Nait-Zerrad
Kamal Nait-Zerrad's 2001 article "Esquisse d'une classification linguistique des parlers berbères" presents a good deal of useful data, but does so in a manner that I find makes it rather difficult to figure out what's going on without plenty of pencil work. In case anyone else has the same experience, here's my take on it. I will not focus on, or even necessarily present, his interpretation here - read the article for that; rather, I'm more interested in figuring out the implications of the data he presents in the light of other work before and since, and in the light of accepted principles of historical-comparative linguistics.
First, he looks at a number of morphological and phonetic isoglosses:
1. The 3rd person singular preterite of CC verbs: yərra vs. yərru. Following Kossmann (2001), we now know that these are actually CC+glottal stop, so the data exemplifies two different sound changes: the relatively trivial *-aʔ > -a, and and the more surprising *-aʔ > o > u. The former is the commonest outcome; the latter is exemplified by: Ait Seghrouchen, Figuig, Beni Snous, Bissa, Timimoun, Mzab, Ouargla, Nefusa. (Ghadames still has o).
2. The proximal demonstrative suffix: -a vs. -u. Again, -a is the default, but -u appears in the same set of varieties as seen in 1, plus one more: Iznasen.
3. The 3rd person singular aorist of CCV verbs: ad yəbḍu vs. ad yəbḍa. Here, -u is the default, and is closer to the original, while -a has spread from the preterite. This applies to the same set of varieties as 2 (excluding Nefusi), plus several more: Rif, Metmata, Chaoui, Jerba.
4. Initial vowel dropping: a- vs. 0-. A number of *(t)a-CV-initial nouns drop the original vowel of the prefix in the same set of varieties as 3, plus Nefusi, Chenoua, and Siwa.
5. Velar softening: in many varieties, in many words, what would elsewhere be k/kk/g/gg corresponds to c/čč/j/ǧǧ. The latter outcome is observed in the same set of varieties as 4, minus Nefusi.
6. Final *-əv: this is retained as such in Ghadames and Awjila, and as constrative length in Zenaga. Otherwise, it becomes -u in most varieties, but -i in the same varieties as listed in 4, plus El-Fogaha (with a few question marks where the author had insufficient data). Cf. Kossmann (1995).
All of 1-6 pick out Zenati varieties, but the exact set differs: 1-2 pick out a core Zenati consisting almost entirely of northern Saharan varieties, while 3-6 pick out a broader Zenati including the semi-arid mountainous lands stretching from the Rif to southern Tunisia, and vary in their inclusion of varieties further east (Nefusi, El-Fogaha, Siwi). Chaker (1972) cites 1-2 and 5 as possibly justifying a Zenati subgrouping, while Kossmann (1999) defines Zenati in terms of 3, 4, and one other morphological innovation, and then cites 5 and 6 as common phonological innovations.
7. Negative intensive theme: retention/loss. The negative intensive is retained in northwestern Morocco (Rif, Iznasen, Senhaja, Ait Seghrouchen, Figuig); in Bissa; in Tuareg and in the nearby oases of Mzab, Ouargla, and Ghadames; and in Jerba. Its loss everywhere else (according to his data, which should be re-checked) shows no prominent genetic patterning, and hence is probably relatively recent.
Then, he moves on to vocabulary, examining 11 lexical variables which I would summarise as follows:
Several forms appear specifically Zenati: irəḍ in the sense of "be dressed" (though it is more widespread in other senses), igur for "go", əɣs for "want", azəgrar for "long", anilti for "shepherd". Of these, El-Fogaha and Siwa share only əɣs for "want", whereas Nefusi shares all except "go in". adəf "go in" is Zenati-specific in the west, but more confusing in the east, being attested in Ghadames and (as an alternative to əggəz) in Air Tuareg.
Several forms appear specifically Tuareg: răgăz for "go", amaḍan for "shepherd", əggəz in the sense of "go in" (elsewhere "go down"), zəgrət (with the extra t) for "long".
One form unites southern/central Morocco with Kabyle: awtul "hare" (vs. pan-Berber a-yərẓiẓ.)
A couple of forms unite Libyan varieties with Tuareg, contrasting with Algerian and Moroccan varieties, in defiance of any plausible genetic classification, reminding us that a tree does not tell the whole story here:
iziḍ "donkey" (Tuareg, Ghadames, Nefusi, Siwa, Awjila) vs. aɣyul (everywhere else except El-Fogaha)
tufat/tifut/tafyi "tomorrow" (Tuareg, El-Fogaha, Siwa respectively) vs. azəkka (everywhere else except El-Fogaha, Awjila, and Zenaga)
Based somehow on all this, he proposes the following very odd tree:
Senhaja, Middle Atlas, Shilha, Kabyle, Zenaga
El-Fogaha
Awjila
Nefusa
Ghadames
Group 4 ("Zenati")
Ait Seghrouchen, Beni-Snous, Timimoun, Figuig, Bissa, Mzab, Ouargla
Iznasen, Jerba
Rif, Metmata, Aures
Chenoua
Apparently, to get this he operated by successively applying at each stage the criterion from his list that divided the data into the lowest number of groups possible, without attempting to distinguish innovations from retentions, much less judge the relative likelihood of independent innovation. The fact that even such a crude method was still able to produce a recognisable Zenati subgroup either says something about the robustness of this distinction or about the selection of features. What this data set actually tells us, bearing in mind that shared retentions have no implications for subgrouping and that Zenaga fails to participate in a number of innovations that otherwise seem pan-Berber or nearly pan-Berber, is something quite different:
There is definitely a Zenati subgroup, as has been known at least since Destaing (1915), but its boundaries are a bit fuzzy. (If this reminds you of the situation of "Hilalian" g-dialects, that's probably not a coincidence.)
Western Zenati:
Core (mainly Northern Saharan): Ait Seghrouchen, Figuig, Beni Snous, Bissa, Timimoun, Mzab, Ouargla
Transitional (the High Plateau and its edges): Rif, Metmata, Chaoui, Jerba
Peripheral:
Chenoua (north-central Algeria)
Nefusi (northwestern Libya)
Eastern Zenati (Libya/Egypt): El-Fogaha, Siwa
There is definitely a Tuareg subgroup, as has always been known: Ahaggar, Iwellemmeden, Air, Taneslemt.
There just might be a subgroup combining Kabyle with Senhaja, Central Morocco and Shilha: they share the innovation *-əv > -u, and the word awtul "hare". The evidence for it is very weak, though, especially since *-əv > -u is also found in some Tuareg varieties.
The rest of the common features almost all look like shared retentions.
Labels: Berber, historical linguistics
Out now: The development of dative agreement in Berber
After about two years in the pipeline, an article summarising the results of my British Academy research on agreement in Berber has just come out in Transactions of the Philological Society. If you have access to Wiley Online Library, you can read it online: The development of dative agreement in Berber: beyond nominal hierarchies. If you're interested but don't have access, email me to ask for a copy. Here's the abstract:
Diachronically, agreement commonly emerges from clitic doubling, which in turn derives from topic shift constructions (Givón 1976) – a grammaticalisation pathway termed the Agreement Cycle. For accusatives, at the intermediate stages of this development, doubling constitutes a form of Differential Object Marking, and passes towards agreement as the conditions for its use are relaxed to cover larger sections of the Definiteness and Animacy Scales. Berber, a subfamily of Afroasiatic spoken in North Africa, shows widespread dative doubling with substantial variation across languages in the conditioning factors, which in one case has developed into inflectional dative agreement. Examination of a corpus covering eighteen Berber varieties suggests that low Definiteness/Animacy datives are less likely to be doubled. However, since most datives are both definite and animate, these factors account for very little of the observed variation. Much more can be accounted for by an unexpected factor: the choice of verb. "Say" consistently shows much higher frequencies of doubling, usually nearly 100 per cent. This observation can be explained on the hypothesis that doubling derives from afterthoughts, not from topic dislocation.
Posted by Lameen Souag الأمين سواق at 9:04 PM 1 comment:
Labels: agreement, Berber, grammaticalization, historical linguistics, morphology, syntax
Linguistics for high schools: what would a syllabus look like?
Today, just for fun, I'd like to invite you to discuss a topic a little off the beaten track for this blog: how much linguistics should a high school graduate know? The question may seem bizarre - there have been occasional efforts to introduce linguistics courses into high schools (MIT, Milwaukee), but you don't expect to see "linguistics" on a high school curriculum. Still, let's not get confused by labels. Linguistics is inextricably woven into language teaching, and even the most resolutely monolingual curriculum includes at least the school's own language. (I recently happened to come across an 8th grade final exam from 1895 from Kansas; no foreign languages were featured, but no less than two out of the six subjects tested, Grammar and Orthography, rely heavily on linguistic concepts.)
One useful way of separating linguistic education from language education is to look at universality. Some of what you learn in English class is useful across practically all languages, like the idea of a verb or of a vowel. Some of it is much more parochial; the fact that the plural of "child" is "children" is a historical accident relevant only to English and, at best, its closest relatives. Such parochial facts can be vital, of course; if you're going to grow up in an English-speaking country, you'd better be able to form your English irregular plurals correctly. But the more general concepts have a deeper interest; they help you analyse what you're saying, and make it easier to learn new languages. Unfortunately, those concepts are precisely the ones that have suffered most in recent decades. In the UK, at least, my own experience suggests that most high school graduates can't even reliably tell a noun from a verb. In theory, the latest changes to the English syllabus should change that - but given that many of the teachers were hardly taught any grammar either, one wonders how successful the reform will be.
In any case, if I were designing a syllabus, here is what I would suggest to start with. I'd be interested to see what other linguistically oriented people think:
Phonetics has never been a focus of early education, apart from the minimum necessary for teaching a child to read and write (and even that gets de-emphasised in some approaches). This is a shame, because the younger you are, the easier it is to learn to hear and pronounce unfamiliar sounds. Why not learn:
- The IPA, or at least the most commonly used symbols in it; be able to pronounce and recognise them. This should include tone if at all possible.
- Basic articulatory phonetics: how the configuration of your vocal organs relates to the sound produced, and how to use this knowledge to pronounce unfamiliar sounds. (If your language uses Devanagari, you should have an advantage, as this is practically built in to the alphabet anyway; students of tajweed too will come across this issue at some point.)
- Phonology: the concepts of the phoneme and of conditioned allophones. That way when you learn another language you'll at least know why some sounds give you so much more trouble than others.
- Metric structure: syllable, foot, etc. (Yes, I know the concept of syllable is controversial, but you'll need this to be able to study poetry anyway.)
Morphology is a lot more language-specific than the other topics here, but one should at least know:
- How to decompose a word into its component morphemes (prefixes, suffixes, templates, roots...), and guess its meaning from them if necessary.
Syntax: Unlike phonology, this has traditionally been deliberately taught, and you should certainly know:
- The parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective, preposition, etc... and how to tell them apart.
- Argument structure and case: subject, direct object, nominative, accusative, etc.
- How to to break down a sentence into its phrase structure: what modifies what? What is a phrase, and what is its head? For best results, try being able to diagram it.
Unfortunately, it's not quite so simple: all three of those - especially the latter - are the subject of major controversies between different syntactic theories... (Two good Language Log posts on this issue: parts of speech and sentence diagramming.) If you teach whatever theory happens to be traditional where you're from, you may not make any friends in academia, and you risk perpetuating some old misconceptions; but you will certainly leave your students much better prepared to learn any more current theory - or any language - than if they had studied no grammar at all.
Historical linguistics and sociolinguistics: The language you speak most likely has relatives, and certainly contains words borrowed from other languages. You should understand:
- That there is normally variation inside a single language, which people often use to signal their social position and to identify the social position of others, and over which people's control is limited.
- That languages change over time as some variants become obsolete and others emerge, and in what ways they change - sound shift, semantic shift, borrowing, morphological and syntactic change...
- That different changes accumulating in different areas can split what used to be one language into several, and that people can abandon one language and start speaking another one instead.
- That sound shifts are usually regular, and that this regularity can be used to identify potential cognates (making it easier to learn languages related to ones you know.)
There should certainly also be some semantics and pragmatics in this list, but I'm not feeling especially inspired on either subject at the moment - any thoughts?
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Movies like Uploading to Angels
Top 10 awesome movies like Uploading to Angels that you will enjoy watching
You just finished watching Uploading to Angels and you can't get over how good this movie was. Now you want to watch more of such masterpieces. We have curated a list of similar movies which are created by the likes of Fred Smith, Nevada Caldwell and Abigail Taylor . Here goes the list -
Little Men
Sugar Creek Gang: Great Canoe Fish
Saint Monica
Turquoise Rose
Hohokam
Decalogue
Little Men is a story that captures how we grow up. The film takes the question of, "Whether girls should be allowed in the clubhouse," and focuses on the reality of the situation. The children, boys and girls, each realize if he or she is a leader or a follower, and struggle with this issue. The children, learning, fight to grow and to understand the next stage in their life, reminiscent for those who are already Big, and foretelling for those still Little.;
This movie, created by Trey Lineberger, Devon Gearhart and Tyler Ross, scores 8.0 on IMDb.
Genres - Drama | Family
Does the Great Canoe Fish actually exist? Or is he a two hundred year old canoe-size legend? The Sugar Creek Gang packs their fishing gear and sleeping bags for a canoe trip to find out. But they're not alone. Dragonfly spills the beans to the local town bullies who follow the gang in hopes of beating them to the catch. A gift from Old Man Paddler gives the gang an advantage, but the bullies keep their presence a secret long enough to nearly shatter the gang's hopes. Join the gang on their journey to the pregnant pig rock, help them catch waterfall worms, and find out if the Great Canoe Fish exists! Look for the other films in the five part Sugar Creek Gang series to complete your collection: Swamp Robber, Revival Villains, Secret Hideout, and Teacher Trouble!
This movie, created by Owen Smith, Jacob Velcoff and Lexi Johnson, scores 7.1 on IMDb.
Genres - Family
A small New Testament passes through the hands of fourteen strangers. For seven of the individuals, their lives will never be the same.
This movie, created by Sharon Wilharm, Jenn Gotzon Chandler and Bella Higginbotham, scores 5.9 on IMDb.
Set during some East Anglian floods, the story revolves around how eight children trapped in a farmhouse manage to cope by themselves until rescued.
This movie, created by Frederic Goode, Waveney Lee and Ian Ellis, scores 6.4 on IMDb.
An Attorney -- with the help of his religiously grounded wife, his no-nonsense computer hacker brother in-law, and a corporate executive struggling with his conscience -- is trying to prove his client's innocence in an accounting fraud charge that other company executives are trying to pin on her. As the story unfolds, the Attorney uncovers an intricate trail by the Fortune 500 company that includes murder, blackmail and accounting fraud, all leading to a plot to corner the Asian poultry market. And in the process, the attorney finds his faith and his client rediscovers hers. Through his new found faith and investigative resources, he must try to get the charges dropped and clear the name of his client.
This movie, created by Frank E. Jackson Jr., Walter Maxfield Jones and Diana Villamonte, scores 5.6 on IMDb.
Portuguese-Canadians Icelia and her ten year old daughter Monica have just moved from the Portuguese neighborhood in Toronto's inner city to a small basement suite in the outer suburbs following Icelia's acrimonious break-up with Monica's father, Vincent. While Icelia tries to make ends meet by doing housekeeping work, her brother Albert, who also lives with them sleeping on their living room sofa, is Monica's reluctant guardian and chauffeur. "Reluctant" as he would rather sleep or watch videos than take care of his niece. Icelia is unaware that Albert still associates with Vincent in order to receive what he believes are small favors from Vincent. Meanwhile, Monica, often left to her own devices, is a solitary girl whose primary fascination and focus is Catholicism, most specifically its rituals and symbols. As such, Monica wants more than anything to go back to her old Catholic school, located miles away, rather than attend her new secular school, and be one of the guardian angels in the church's upcoming processional. Despite her preoccupation with religion, Monica is no saint as she does what it takes to get her wish. Through stealing a pair of angel wings from the church, the wings which are part of a costume for the processional, Monica meets a homeless, seemingly crazy but extremely devout woman named Mary. Although Monica has ulterior motives for initially wanting to meet Mary, Monica becomes absorbed in Mary's daily ritual. In coming to understand why Mary does what she does, Monica comes to her own realization that there may be more important things in life than what was her primary focus.
This movie, created by Terrance Odette, Genevieve Buechner and Clare Coulter, scores 6.1 on IMDb.
A man is faced with the dilemma of helping a family find a missing woman, but to do so he places his own life at risk.
This movie, created by Richard Aldridge, Aaron Scully and Sarah Grant, scores 8.0 on IMDb.
Genres - Drama
"Turquoise Rose" is a coming of age story about a Navajo girl from Arizona. Raised in the suburbs of Phoenix, "T" attends college and is interning as a photojournalist at the local paper. She even plans to vacation in Europe for the summer with her roommate, but all that changes in a heartbeat when her grandmother falls sick.Turquoise is asked to care for her ailing grandma, and suddenly Turquoise must choose between Rome and the Reservation. A "Rez" summer seems dreadful to the Urban Native, who is ready to discover the world behind the lens of her camera. The road ahead seems so completely out of focus, but either way, the journey ahead is sure to be an adventure she will never forget.
This movie, created by Travis Holt Hamilton, Deshava Apachee and Donavon G. Barney, scores 7.9 on IMDb.
After an old friend's visit ends, Lori is feeling a bit down. Bored with her job, agitated at home, and frustrated with money problems, Lori takes out her anger on her ex-marine boyfriend, Anson. However, after a broken mug, a trip to the zoo and a case of the shingles Lori's mood changes.
This movie, created by Frank V. Ross, Anthony J. Baker and Denise Blank, scores 7.3 on IMDb.
An unemployed man opens a Church to live from the tithes. A teenager sells her body to buy the things her mother cannot buy for her. A young girl, sexually abused by her father, cannot accept he has moved out. A bitter man finds a purpose for his empty life in his best friend's wife. An Eastern European immigrant pushes his wife to work in a strip club to pay his debts. Five interlocked stories offer a provocative vision of the Ten Commandments and how nowadays, many people have to break them in order to survive.
This movie, created by Walter Rodriguez, Miguel Paneke and Alyn Darnay, scores 8.2 on IMDb.


February 9, 2018 - The LSTA recently completed two full years of hosting quarterly bankruptcy review webinars when Richard Levin of Jenner Block presented for the eighth time. Unlike in previous webinars, where the focus was exclusively on bankruptcy cases, this time Mr. Levin began by focusing on two pieces of legislation that could profoundly impact bankruptcy and restructuring in the United States. The first, the Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2018, a bill proposed by Senators Warren and Cornyn, would require a company to file for bankruptcy protection where its principal place of business or principal assets are located. It would strictly limit "forum shopping" to places like Delaware or New York where the overwhelming majority of large bankruptcy cases are currently filed. Is this a good thing? As Mr. Levin noted, "where you stand depends on where you sit". If you live or practice primarily in New York or Delaware and are comfortable with the experience and sophistication of the courts in those jurisdictions (and the work cases in those jurisdictions generate), you probably view the bill as a bad idea. If you live and practice almost anywhere else, you may think the bill would keep cases closer to their stakeholders and allow other courts around the country to develop bankruptcy expertise (and provide local lawyers some legal work). Mr. Levin and LSTA General Counsel Elliot Ganz (riding shotgun at the webinar) agreed that, according to sources on Capitol Hill, the likelihood the bill gets passed in this session are remote. As reported in the WSJ, the second bill, already passed into law as part of the recent tax overhaul, eliminates the ability of companies to use current net operating losses (NOL) to offset taxable gains from previous years (while retaining and actually extending the ability to offset NOLs against future gains). Notwithstanding that it is a tax bill and does not amend the Bankruptcy Code itself, the change could have a significant impact on many bankruptcy cases where companies rely on the NOL "carryback" as an important source of cash during the bankruptcy process. The National Bankruptcy Conference, an independent organization made up of prominent bankruptcy judges and practitioners (including Mr. Levin) which advises Congress on the operation of bankruptcy and related laws, took a strong position against this bill (to no avail), asserting that it would "seriously impair the ability of financially troubled companies to restructure, jeopardizing ongoing operations and employment". Whether that turns out to be the case remains will certainly be tested. Mr. Levin spent the remainder of the webinar reviewing a number of important cases that raised critical issues. A recording of the webinar and by clicking here.


What do philanthropists and investors have in common? A lot more than you'd think. A new generation of "venture philanthropists" are looking for real results when it comes to supporting American higher education. To consider both sides of the investor/philanthropist mindset, Mark Grovic of New Markets Venture Partners and Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill, executive director of the Fund for Academic Renewal, will discuss how to consider specific issues in higher education that are ripe for innovative philanthropists to target for giving.