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Les hores (títol original en anglès: The Hours) és una pel·lícula britànico-estatunidenca dirigida per Stephen Daldry estrenada el 2002, adaptació de la novel·la homònima de Michael Cunningham. Es va doblar al català.

Argument
La pel·lícula conta una jornada crucial de les vides respectives de tres dones de diferents èpoques, els destins de les quals són interconnectats per la novel·la Mrs Dalloway. L'existència de cadascuna d'elles no té de raó de ser més que pel seu afecte a les altres.

 La primera, Virginia Woolf, gran novel·lista del començament del , s'avorreix als afores de Richmond, al Regne Unit, on el seu marit Leonard l'ha portat perquè reposi. Comença una nova obra, Mrs. Dalloway, qui serà el més gran èxit de la seva carrera, tot lluitant contra les depressions que té amb freqüència.
 Laura Brown, mestressa de casa a l'Amèrica dels anys 1950, llegeix Mrs. Dalloway  i desitja canviar de vida, ja que la seva ja no li convé. S'ha d'ocupar del seu fill, Richie, noiet hipersensible que viu fascinat per la seva mare de la qual comprèn les inclinacions mòrbides. Laura s'enfonsa en la malenconia i es troba a la cruïlla de dos destins oposats. Temptada per la mort, escull finalment viure però al preu d'abandonar la seva família.
 Clarissa Vaughan, editora de Nova York al , viu la seva homosexualitat i decideix organitzar una recepció en honor del seu millor amic i antic amant, Richard, malalt de la sida. Representa la versió moderna de Clarissa Dalloway, heroïna de la novel·la de Woolf, i s'enfonsa en una existència fútil.

Durant les hores d'una jornada d'aparença trivial però, tanmateix, crucial, els destins d'aquestes tres dones a la recerca de felicitat s'entrecreuaran per tal de teixir un quadre d'una aclaparadora malenconia.

Repartiment
 Nicole Kidman: Virginia Woolf
 Meryl Streep: Clarissa Vaughan
 Julianne Moore: Laura Brown
 Ed Harris: Richard Brown
 John C. Reilly: Dan Brown
 Claire Danes: Julia Vaughan
 Miranda Richardson: Vanessa Bell, la germana de Virginia Woolf.
 Stephen Dillane: Leonard Woolf
 Allison Janney: Sally
 Jeff Daniels: Louis Waters
 Jack Rovello: Richard Brown de nen
 Christian Coulson: Ralph Patrige
 Toni Collette: Kitty
 Eileen Atkins: Barbara, la florista

Premis i nominacions

Premis
 Oscar a la millor actriu per a Nicole Kidman
 Globus d'Or a la millor pel·lícula dramàtica
 Globus d'Or a la millor actriu dramàtica per a Nicole Kidman
 Screen Idol Award per a Meryl Streep
 Os de Plata a la millor actriu per a Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman i Julianne Moore a la Berlinale 2003

Nominacions
 César a la millor pel·lícula estrangera
 Globus d'Or a la millor actriu dramàtica per a Meryl Streep,
 BAFTA a la millor actriu per a Meryl Streep

Al voltant de la pel·lícula
 Per a la pel·lícula i per tal d'assemblar-se a Virginia Woolf, que interpreta, Nicole Kidman porta un nas postís que la fa irrecognoscible. Els plans de prop han estat retocats digitalment, i per això, la pel·lícula no ha pogut obtenir l'Oscar al millor maquillatge, pel qual anava favorita. Nicole Kidman, que era en mig d'un divorci durant el rodatge de la pel·lícula, diu haver-se servit freqüentment del seu nas postís per escapar als paparazzis.
 L'escena d'obertura de la pel·lícula (el suïcidi de Virginia Woolf), Nicole Kidman la va rodar tota ella, sense dobles.
Per interpretar la novel·lista, l'actriu australiana, que és esquerrana, va aprendre a escriure amb la mà dreta i a imitar l'escriptura de Virginia Woolf per a les necessitats de la pel·lícula
 No és la primera vegada que Meryl Streep treballa en una pel·lícula escrita per David Hare: el 1985, Hare, igualment autor d'obra teatral, va adaptar la seva obra Plenty al cinema. Meryl Streep hi tenia el paper principal i la realització va ser confiada a Fred Schepisi.
 The Hours va ser el títol original del llibre Mrs. Dalloway.
 Les escenes de la pel·lícula van ser rodades: en primer lloc, aquelles on surt Meryl Streep i els intèrprets del segment 2001, després, ho van ser les de Julianne Moore i els intèrprets del segment 1951 i, al final, les de Nicole Kidman i els intèrprets del segment 1923. Julianne Moore és l'única de les actrius principals que surt en dos segments de la pel·lícula: el de 1951 i el de 2001.
 Allison Janney ja va treballar amb Meryl Streep a la pel·lícula A risc de perdre't el 1997. L'artista que inicialment havia d'encarnar Barbara, la florista, va insistir a interpretar la companya de Clarissa, encarnada per Meryl Streep, i finalment va fer el paper de Sally.
 Gwyneth Paltrow va estar a punt d'interpretar Laura Brown.
 A Meryl Streep li agrada preparar els seus papers escoltant constantment una obra musical (per a la pel·lícula, va escollir Vier letzte Lieder de Richard Strauss cantada per Jessye Norman). Al realitzador Stephen Daldry li va agradar tant la seva selecció que ho va integrar a la pel·lícula quan Louis, el personatge de Jeff Daniels es troba al pis de Clarissa.

Referències

Pel·lícules dels Estats Units del 2002
Pel·lícules del Regne Unit del 2002
Pel·lícules del 2002 doblades al català
Pel·lícules dramàtiques del Regne Unit
Pel·lícules dramàtiques dels Estats Units
Pel·lícules de temàtica LGBT de la dècada del 2000
Pel·lícules feministes
Pel·lícules sobre escriptors
Pel·lícules de temàtica LGBT del Regne Unit
Pel·lícules de temàtica LGBT dels Estats Units
Pel·lícules sobre l'incest
Pel·lícules dramàtiques del 2002


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Museum details secret role of Japanese Americans in WWII effort
Carl Nolte
WWII US army veterans Asa Hanamoto (left) and Koji Ozawa (right), military linguists for the Military Intelligence Service (MIS), and trained in what is now a new museum, Building 640 Communique, in San Francisco, Calif., walk past an image on the wall showing a grocery store in Oakand's Chinatown during the mid fourties on Friday, November 22, 2013. Building 640 Communique housed the first class of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) Language School, the forerunner of the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey.
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2of10"Ancestor Chimes" by artist Judy Shintani displayed at the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640 Communique, in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, November 22, 2013. The artist's family lived in the Puget Sound, where the oyster shells tell their stories, spending 4 years in the Tule Lake concentration camp and 65 years later recalling happy times.Liz Hafalia/ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
3of10WWII US army veterans Koji Ozawa (left) and Asa Hanamoto (right), military linguists for the Military Intelligence Service (MIS),were trained in what is now a new museum, Building 640 Communique, in San Francisco, Calif., as they look around the museum on Friday, November 22, 2013. Building 640 Communique housed the first class of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) Language School, the forerunner of the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey.Liz Hafalia/ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
4of10An audio and video exhibition of about 27 American Japanese citizens that were confined and the start of language training during WWII at the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640 Communique, in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, November 22, 2013.Liz Hafalia/ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
5of10About 27 American Japanese citizens that were confined during WWII share their stories in an audio exhibition identified by luggage tags at the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640 Communique, in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, November 22, 2013.Liz Hafalia/ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
6of10Koji Ozawa shows a picture of himself at 19 years old when he was drafted into the US Army later becoming a US military linguist, taught at the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640 Communique, in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, November 22, 2013. Building 640 Communique housed the first class of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) Language School, the forerunner of the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey.Liz Hafalia/ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
7of10A look at the entrance to the National Japanese American Historical Society's Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640 Communique, in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, November 22, 2013. Building 640 Communique is a recently opened museum which housed the first class of World War II's Military Intelligence Service (MIS) Language School, the forerunner of the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey.Liz Hafalia/ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
8of10National Japanese American Historical Society's executive director Rosalyn Tonai (left) shows the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640 Communique, in San Francisco, Calif., with WWII veteran Koji Ozawa (right) on Friday, November 22, 2013. Building 640 Communique housed the first class of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) Language School, the forerunner of the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey.Liz Hafalia/ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
9of10National Japanese American Historical Society's executive director Rosalyn Tonai (right) shows the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640 Communique, in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, November 22, 2013. Building 640 Communique housed the first class of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) Language School, the forerunner of the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey.Liz Hafalia/ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
10of10These panels are the honor wall containing the names of 13,000 WWII soldiers of Japanese origin who took language training during their service displayed at the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640 Communique, in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, November 22, 2013. Building 640 Communique housed the first class of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) Language School, the forerunner of the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey.Liz Hafalia/ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
A museum at the Presidio has just opened to tell the story of a top-secret U.S. Army program to train Japanese Americans as interpreters and intelligence personnel in the war against Japan.
The Military Intelligence Service School started only five weeks before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and the new museum is on the school's site. The program was kept quiet for more than a quarter of a century after World War II ended in 1945.
"It is an American story," said Rosalyn Tonai, executive director of the National Japanese American Historical Society.
Their story was not only secret, it was also poignant, because while the Presidio Japanese school was still in session, the families of all persons of Japanese descent were being locked up in internment camps.
Fifty-eight of the 60 students in the first class of the linguist school were Nisei, or second-generation Japanese Americans, and while they were doing secret work for their country as soldiers in the U.S. Army, their families were behind barbed wire.
The work was secret because the Japanese military often sent uncoded messages, never dreaming that Americans could read their complex language.
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The students at the Military Intelligence Service School served as interpreters, interviewing captured enemy soldiers, translating intercepted messages, maps and diaries, and providing U.S. forces with invaluable information about the enemy's forces, plans and morale.
Their work shortened the war by two years, said Maj. Gen. Charles Willoughby, the top Army intelligence officer in the Pacific during the war.
"The United States of America owes a debt to these Nisei linguists and their families which it can never repay," says a plaque just inside the Presidio museum.
The school opened on Nov. 1, 1941, at Building 640, an old airplane hangar not far from Crissy Field. The classes were tough - only 43 of the first 60 finished.
"They were told under threat of court-martial not to tell anybody, not even their families, what they were doing," Tonai said.
After the first class graduated in May 1942, the school was moved to Minnesota. The Presidio site was too close to the Golden Gate, and in the first months of the war, it was feared that the enemy fleet, fresh from its Pearl Harbor victory, might appear off the coast of California.
More than 6,000 Nisei were trained at the school's new home in Minnesota, and two of them were on hand the other morning at the Presidio museum to talk about their war.
They looked at old uniforms, checked out World War II proclamations ordering their families into internment, looked over captured enemy documents, and showed old snapshots.
They talked about it guardedly. Their work remained secret until more than 25 years after World War II ended. The symbol of the intelligence service is the Sphinx, a mythical creature that spoke in riddles.
'Just regular GIs'
Though their work was important to the war effort, none of the Nisei linguists were officers. "We were just regular GIs," said Asa Hanamoto, 88, who served as an interpreter in military intelligence from 1944 to 1946.
He was a teenager living with his family in the Placer County foothills above Auburn at the start of the war. "I was just a farm boy," he said.
Not long after Pearl Harbor, the word came down: The family and all other Japanese in the area had to leave. They could take only one suitcase apiece.
"I had a brand new bike I was very proud of," Hanamoto said. "But we couldn't take it. I had to sell it for five bucks."
The families were sent at first to a relocation camp at Tulelake, on the Oregon border. "I call them concentration camps, because that's what they were," Hanamoto said. "I had to get out of there."
He got various jobs outside the camp, helping harvest crops. Then he was drafted into the U.S. Army.
Other Nisei were trained as infantrymen and sent into combat in Europe with the famed all-Japanese 442nd Regimental Combat Team. But Hanamoto's family had sent him to a Japanese school in the Sacramento Valley, and he had a rare skill for an American soldier.
"I could speak Japanese," he said.
He was sent to the Intelligence Service School in Minnesota to become an expert in the enemy language, culture and customs. After graduation, he interrogated prisoners of war and later worked on war crimes investigations in the Philippines.
Koji Ozawa, 90, was born and raised in San Francisco. He was a student at Lowell High School when Pearl Harbor was bombed. His father, an immigrant from Japan, had an ice cream store and a cleaning business in the Western Addition. Then they received the relocation order.
"We had to sell it very cheaply, sold it for a song," he said.
In due time, Ozawa was drafted into the Army, and recruited for the Military Intelligence Service by his old barber from Japantown in San Francisco. He served overseas, too, interrogating prisoners. One of his mentors was Richard Sakakida, a Nisei who was a respected spy for the U.S. during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.
Tom Sakamoto, the last living member of the first class to graduate from the Intelligence Service Language School at the Presidio, did not survive long enough to see the museum. He died at the age of 95, two weeks before the museum opened on Nov. 1.
However, his spirit is there and so is his picture. There is a quote under it: "I hope and pray we did some good for our country," Sakamoto said.
The Intelligence Service School Learning Center museum is at Building 640, near Crissy Field in the Presidio.
There will be a special free panel discussion at 2 p.m. Saturday with Nisei veterans on the 72nd anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.
The museum is normally open from noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is $10 for adults; free admission for children under 12 and veterans.
Carl Nolte is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: cnolte@sfchronicle.com
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Carl Nolte is a fourth-generation San Franciscan and has been with the San Francisco Chronicle since 1961. He is currently a general assignment reporter and writes a column called Native Son on Sundays. He covers San Francisco and the West and has been an editor andwar correspondent.
Carl is the recipient of the Maritime Heritage Award, 2010, San Francisco Maritime National Park Association; the President's Medal, California Maritime Academy, 2011; President's Medal for public service, University of San Francisco, 2000; Lifetime Achievement Award, Society of Professional Journalists, 1986, and various other awards.

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Mayor Brenda Bethune started Saturday morning's emergency Myrtle Beach City Council meeting apologizing for not having a sound system. She promised the group would "speak loudly".
That move alone cost MyrtleBeachSC News 16 hours of sound enhancement work so that viewers can hear the unbelievable video posted above. Low mics and low sound quality are ongoing issues at Myrtle Beach City Hall.
Our news team's investment of new sound enhancement equipment was a wise purchase this week. We have included the entire meeting so that viewers can hear the odd financing matter the city is choosing to employ. The mechanism will be no less than the suspect former DRC, operating in a new capacity.
WHAT STARTED OUT AS A LIBRARY?
Taxpayer dollars purchased this property promising a Library and Children's Museum
The city's promise of a library turned into five vacant buildings now being renovated. These buildings will continue to be the property and ongoing debt of the City of Myrtle Beach. Mashburn Construction, now located in this area, was given the rights to renovate the 5 buildings located along 9th Avenue North.
OOPS, I FORGOT
Retiring City Manager John Pedersen led the Saturday meeting informing all of City Council that he had forgotten there was a looming deadline concerning the bids put in by Mashburn Construction. He then informed the council that the bids expired one day previous, Friday, December 11th.
However, Pedersen said the construction company would extend the bids until Monday, December 14th if council voted for the measure to approve the Mashburn bids on Saturday, December 12th. Such was the explanation and reason for calling a Saturday morning, December emergency meeting.
Mr. Pedersen is paid by the city over $200,000.00 annually to manage details such as these.
PRICE WILL GO UP
Pedersen warned city council, if they did not approve the measure, under duress, the price would go up for certain.
The Saturday morning meeting was among the most contentious our news team has covered this year.
The measure passed 4 to 3. Councilmen Phil Render, Mike Lowder and Councilwoman Jackie Hatley voted against the measure. Councilman Gregg Smith voted for the measure, but stated he would evaluate the issue and may vote against it on second reading.
Video can be heard of the entire meeting above. Details are provided below.
DRC IS FINANCING MECHANISM
Pedersen says the DRC will be financing vehicle. It's complicated says Pedersen
Managing Member of the DRC is John Pedersen. Mike Shelton, Retired CFO of Myrtle Beach, is another managing member.
Tax payers are now stuck with 5 buildings and their debt during a Covid Economy
The City of Myrtle Beach announced its finalists for City Manager today.
One of the finalists is Fox Simons, Jr. He was present at Saturday's meeting.
Fox Simons, Jr. is currently the Deputy City Manager of Myrtle Beach and was previously the Assistant City Manager of Myrtle Beach. Simons Jr. has a Master's Degree in Public Administration from The American University in Washington, DC.
The Council meeting will be held at 2 p.m. at the Council Chamber, Ted C. Collins Law Enforcement Center in Myrtle Beach on December 17.
The purpose of this special meeting is to select a candidate for the purpose of entering into negotiations regarding the terms of an employment agreement as City Manager and subsequent prospective appointment.
Despite this management miscue, many believe Simons has been chosen for the City Manager's job.
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Check out Madonna's official Spotify #magic playlist HERE If you look closely you'll see that the first couple of songs spell out 'MADAME' which leads us to the rumoured album title of 'Madame X' because we can believe that 'Express Yourself' stands for X ;)
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Classic vinyl reissues, limited collectors' editions and unreleased recordings from Fela Kuti, Prince and David Bowie join rare pressings by the Prodigy and the Notorious BIG this Saturday Madonna – True Blue (Super Club Mix) & La Isla Bonita (Super Mix) Tiding you over until Madonna's new album arrives this summer, the RSD-exclusive editions of…
Madonna urged to avoid Israeli Eurovision
A group of Palestinian academics and intellectuals has urged Madonna to abandon reported plans to perform at this year's Eurovision Song Contest. Madonna has been urged to abandon reported plans to perform at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Israel. A group of Palestinian academics and intellectuals in the West Bank published an open letter…
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Madonna NewsBy Kimberly April 9, 2019
Madonna is set to play two songs during the interval of the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel next month. The pop icon will reach more than 180 million viewers when she takes to the stage in Tel Aviv on 18 May. Her appearance was first announced by local promoters Live Nation Israel, who said the performance…
Madonna to Perform in Israel for Eurovision Song Contest (Variety)
Madonna will perform at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, the singer's rep confirms to Variety. The contest, an international showcase of musical talent in which 43 countries participate, is set for May 14 to 18. According to reports, Madonna will perform two songs — a classic from her repertoire and a new single — at the show's May…
Live Nation Israel confirms Madonna's Eurovision performance
Live Nation is proud and excited to bring Queen Mother Madonna to Israel for a special performance during the competition that will be held this year in the Holy Land and will include the performance of two songs, including a new song in the premiere of the next album. We could not think of a…
Official: Madonna will perform at the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv (Ynet)
It is now official: Madonna will be performing at the Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv and will perform two songs there, the company announced today (Monday) to Live Nation Israel owned by Guy Besser and Shai Mor Yosef. Madonna will arrive in Israel 4 days before the competition and will be staying at the Dan…
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"SF looks towards an imaginary future, while fantasy, by and large, looks towards an imaginary past."
- Frederik Pohl
Garbage-can Banger
An elaborate noise-based weapon.
This non-lethal weapon was dreamed up by PKD in 1965.
"...Frankly, I think we ought to drop a Garbage-can Banger on New Moscow.
"It's a missile that wide-cracks in the atmosphere... above the popcen - the population center - which it's aimed at. We place the Judas Iscariot IV above New Moscow, set to wide-crack at half a mile, and it rains down minned - miniaturized - h'd, that means homeostatic -"
"...They're about the size of gum wrappers. They drift throughout the city...
"They're cam - that is, chameleon; they blend, colorwise, with whatever they land on. So you can't detect them. There they lie, until nightfall, say around ten o'clock at night...
"they start. Each pellet, fully cammed, begins to emit a sound... a horrid sneering sound. Buzzing... The point is, it keeps you awake... I mean wide-awake. Once the noise of a Garbage-can Banger gets to you, for example... you never sleep again... You can't perform your job. You're no good to anyone, yourself included."
As it turns out, our government is hard at work on the Garbage-can Banger. The long range acoustic device sonic weapon developed by American Technology Corporation is a non-lethal means of crowd dispersal. The device weighs about forty-five pounds and emits its beam from a 33 inch diameter pad (not yet minned). At its maximum volume of 105 dB at 300 meters, it creates an intolerable noise similar to that of a smoke detector.
(LRAD Long Range Acoustic Device on USS Typhoon)
The LRAD device has been tested in Baghdad, Fallujah and New York City. The luxury cruise ship Seabourn Spirit used an LRAD to repel pirates who attacked the ship off the coast of Somalia in November, 2005.
Found this connection here.
Garbage-can Banger-related news articles:
- Cognitive Enhancement (For Us) Vs. Degradation (For The Enemy)


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Will - divine or mine?
Have you ever been confused about what decision to make, which pathway to take, wondering if it is God's will or yours? When Christ Jesus gave us the Lord's Prayer, he said, ''After this manner therefore pray ye.'' n1 Even if we don't use the exact words of the Lord's Prayer, we can find the guidance we need by acknowledging and practicing the same ideas that Jesus brought out in the Lord's Prayer.
After beginning the prayer by identifying God as our Father, the loving Parent of all, whose very name is to be hallowed, Jesus says, ''Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.'' An understanding of God's will and nature is important to all of us, and highly practical.
n2 Science and Health, p. 516.
In explaining this concept to my young daughter, I told her that just as it was impossible for us to stand in front of a mirror brushing our hair, and have the mirror show us brushing our teeth, so it was impossible for man to reflect anything unlike God. I suddenly saw that since God was All and I was His image, in truth I was always being governed by God's will. We do, of course, need to be alert to the sometimes subtle intrusions of self-will. But if our motives are Godlike and we humbly trust Him to direct us, we'll know and do what's right.
Because God is infinite and there can be no power apart from Him, there isn't , in absolute truth, a will opposed to God. If there could be, God wouldn't be All. Our job is to prove this, to realize with conviction that as His image we can be no more unwilling to do His will than our mirror could be unwilling to reflect us brushing our hair.
As my understanding of God's will developed, I realized that no decision impelled by Him could adversely affect any member of my family, since His will is only good for each of His children. With this understanding came a complete release from the burden of false responsibility. I saw there was no way that man , the reflection of God, could direct God, or take matters into his own hands, any more than the mirrored reflection could direct the actions of the person standing in front of it. I could rest, assured that God's control was complete and always good. Very shortly after this false burden was released, a decision was made and each member of my family responded to it enthusiastically.


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Q: Host assets on Google Drive, loop to display I am using Google Drive to host images, it gives me a public URL that I am using on my carousel...this is only an issue if I put an image tag and the image does not belong (the result is a blank image in the carousel)
I know you can use JS to detect if an image is available, but would it be possible to write a loop that would display all images in a certain folder?
Current Example -

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In a perfect world my client should be able to dump a bunch of images into an assigned folder (assuming images are named sequentially), and no matter the amount the loop would catch them all.
Is this possible with just JS?
Thank you!

A: Assuming your web host is Linux based (most are) you could perhaps use https://github.com/Grive/grive and run a script at the server to pull files from the Google Drive to the web host on some sort of schedule?
I'm sorry I cannot be more specific than this, but without knowing more about the environment in question, it's sorta guesswork at the moment.

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PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PRESS CONFERENCE
Now we know why it took 65 days for President Biden to hold his first press conference. What we saw was painful to watch. What we saw was embarrassing to watch. What we saw was downright scary. No doubt, what we saw will frighten our allies and embolden our enemies. Politics aside, I actually felt sympathy and empathy for him.
For those Americans who watch the "real" news it was not that surprising. Some of us have seen worse. However, for those who get their news from CNN, MSNBC and the networks who habitually portray Biden in the best possible light you now have seen what the rest of the world has known for some time. Now you know truly "the emperor has no clothes."
I don't want to dwell on what Biden said so much as how he said it and the format of the presser, itself. For example:
Biden's comments were chock full of disingenuous statements, particularly with respect to the southern border. Essentially, he blamed the situation at the border on former president Trump, which is absurd on its face, and he glossed over the crisis he has created and perpetuated by his open door policy. Apparently, his "solution" to the non-crisis crisis is to (a) disperse illegals who have tested positive for COVID or have not been tested at all, throughout the US with a bus or airplane ticket, (b) put them up in luxury hotels at taxpayer expense, (c) alleviate the inhumane living conditions in the overcrowded holding facilities by transporting the overflow of migrants to Fort Bliss and other federal properties and (d) appoint co-President Harris, who has no background or expertise on that issue, laughs when asked about it by reporters, and is on record comparing ICE to the KKK, to fix it. Good luck with that.
As Walt Frazier might say, Biden treated us to an array of fumbles, mumbles, and stumbles. For example, on several occasions he appeared to lose his place, and at one point he stated he had been in the Senate for "120 years."
He misstated and mischaracterized the purpose of the Senate filibuster, which he, himself, and his former allies, such as the late Robert Byrd, who was a very senior KKK member, employed many times. He tried to score a cheap political point by characterizing it as "racist" and a "relic of the 'Jim Crow' era." If he were more familiar with the Constitution he would know that the Founding Fathers included the filibuster rules for a reason. The Senate is supposed to be a body that deliberates and debates matters unlike the House, which generally acts more quickly. (Some would say, rashly.) Biden should have been pressed on that issue, but, alas, he was not.
It was clear that Biden, rather than speaking freely or extemporaneously, was reading from notes, or "cheat sheets" as he calls them, and yet he still was plagued by the aforementioned fumbles, mumbles and stumbles. A few times he lost his place, acted befuddled, and paused for several seconds until he found it. At one point he lost his train of thought completely and just stopped his answer in mid-sentence.
It was clear he had a list of whom he was to call on for questions. No doubt, the questions, themselves, were preapproved in order to prevent Biden from being blindsided by a question he was not prepared to answer. Contrast that with all the other presidential pressers you have witnessed. Not surprisingly the aforementioned list did not include Fox News or any other "unfriendly" news outlets.
There were no questions on important issues such as China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, how to get the teachers' union to direct the teachers to return to work in CA and other states, election reform, the $5 trillion in bailout packages (both enacted and planned), or his tax increase plan, which is hanging over the country like a toxic pall.
I would like someone to tell me one positive result of the presser, other than the fact that he actually held one. To me, there aren't any. On the other hand, our fears and concerns were confirmed. How will the man we saw be able to stand up to Putin, Xi, Kim Jung-Un, the Iranian mullahs, any of the other various bad actors in the world? The obvious answer is, he won't. As I said above, our enemies will no doubt be emboldened, and our allies, as well as we, should be worried. Very worried.
March 26, 2021 by webuiltitblog 2 Comments
THE RUINATION OF AMERICA
2 thoughts on "PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PRESS CONFERENCE"
Gary Sparber says:
Agree Larry. It is also clear that Pelosi and Obama and their oligarch pals are calling all the shots. Not surprisingly they are doing a horrible job. It was an embarrassment. A real press would have demanded Biden to leave via the 25th amendment about 5 minutes after that so called press conference ended.
Thank you for your comment. Are any Biden supporters you know having buyer's remorse yet? What we've seen so far is just the preliminary. The main events will be the filibuster, election reform, packing the Court and the tax increase plan. Strap up.


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8 Myths About Weightlifting !!
Discussion in 'Physical and Sports Medicine' started by Egyptian Doctor, Nov 7, 2013.
1. Myth: Lifting weights will make you bulk up.
This is one of the biggest concerns for women considering starting a weightlifting program, says Rachel Cosgrove, CSCS, author of The Female Body Breakthrough. But unless you're also consuming a ton more calories, your muscles will only grow to a healthy, normal level that promotes an increased metabolism. "You have to really work for every ounce of muscle that you gain, and it's not as easy as most women think to sprout big muscles," she says.
Truth: With proper nutrition, lifting weights will create a leaner physique — not a bulkier one.
2. Myth: Muscle turns to fat if you stop lifting.
Some serious magic would have to happen for muscle to turn into fat, as they're two completely different things, says Cosgrove. "Muscle never turns into fat, and fat never turns into muscle," she says. Muscle will, on the other hand, help you burn fat. Research has found that an intense bought of strength training results in more calories burned in the 16 to 24 hours after your training session ends.
Truth: Your muscle won't turn into flab if you take some time off, and having muscle will actually help you burn fat.
3. Myth: It's best to work one muscle group a day.
You've probably overheard locker room chatter about it being "back day" or "leg day," but unless you're a bodybuilder (or dedicated lifter) it's not always beneficial to adopt this schedule. Michael Carozza, owner of Carozza Fitness in Connecticut, suggests high-intensity interval training and circuit training, which are designed to help build muscle, increase aerobic capacity, burn calories and improve recovery time. Whatever program you choose, just keep in mind that muscles typically need about a day to recover, says Kelvin Gary, owner of Body Space Fitness in New York City, so it's important to vary workouts so you aren't doing the same full-body workout each day.
Truth: Choose compound exercises that work more than one muscle group at a time (like squats, pull-ups and deadlifts) for a more effective workout in a shorter period of time.
4. Myth: Lifting heavy weights is the only way to see results.
Truth: Vary your workout by mixing in heavy weights, light weights and bodyweight exercises.
5. Myth: Weightlifting is bad for the joints.
It's a common misconception that weightlifting puts a harmful load on the joints. But a study published the Journal of Rheumatology found when people suffering from knee joint pain performed weight bearing exercises, they experienced a 43 percent reduction in pain after four months. They were also better at performing daily tasks and reported a higher quality of life than those who didn't strength train. Gary says this is because strength training can help grow strength in the structures around your joints, causing them to be better supported.
Truth: Weightlifting builds muscle that helps absorb shock and protect the joints.
6. Myth: Weightlifting causes high blood pressure.
For years, people with hypertension have been warned to stay away from lifting weights because it could further increase blood pressure. In reality, as with aerobic exercise, weightlifting can actually lower both systolic and diastolic blood pressure — by two and four percent respectively. And, according to the American Heart Association, you only need to fit in two or three sessions a week to start seeing positive results.
Truth: Over time, weightlifting can lower blood pressure and make your heart healthier.
7. Myth: Weight lifting decreases flexibility.
If done correctly, weightlifting can actually have the opposite effect. A study in the Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research found that resistance training improves flexibility as well as static stretching. The key is to work through a full range of motion while lifting, Cosgrove says. For example, lifting dumbbells all the way up and all the way back down during a chest press will allow you to utilize the full potential of your chest and shoulders.
Truth: Use a full range of motion while weightlifting to improve flexibility.
8. Myth: Machines are more effective than free weights.
Au contraire. Weight machines isolate muscles and force your body to move in a single plane of motion, both of which can limit your range of motion — and your results. Lifting free weights, on the other hand, has been shown to recruit more muscles and can result in greater strength gains. In one study, results showed that traditional weighted squats produced 43 percent more muscle activity in the quads than squats using a Smith machine. Gary adds that many bodyweight exercises, such as squats, push-ups and lunges, are just as effective as their weighted counterparts.
Truth: Lifting free weights mimics natural movement and creates greater muscle activity than machines.
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This announcement supersedes that made on April 10, 2019.
The St. Vincent Geothermal Company Limited (SVGCL) announces the arrival of the drill rig named Odinn along with other drilling components on the chartered vessel Fortunagracht on Friday, April 12, 2019.
Due to the expeditious service provided by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Port Authority, the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Customs and Excise Department and other agencies, Odinn will be transported on Sunday, April 14, 2019 instead of the date previously announced.
Odinn is expected to depart Port Kingstown at 5.00 AM Sunday, April 14 and will be escorted by the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force via the Windward Highway to the project site at Bamboo Range.
SVGCL sincerely apologizes for any inconveniences caused by the transportation of Odinn and the drilling components.


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Born in 1943, Leslie Krims is a photographer and printmaker. He earned a BFA from Cooper Union and his MFA from the Pratt Institute. Krims has taught at Pratt (1966-1967), RIT (1967-1969), and is currently teaching photography at Buffalo State, State University of New York. Krims is known for his vivid portrayals of nudes, often using family members, friends, and himself.


E-technology for natural resource management (NRM) within the livestock industry was the key focus of the forum of The Angaston Annual Hogget Competition which was held on March 23. Virtual fencing is currently a topic of great interest in the industry and is proving to be beneficial for a variety of reasons, particularly, NRM practices. Dr Danila Marini from the CSIRO / University of New England began the forum with a presentation on her work in developing a virtual fence within the sheep industry. Given that this is a relatively new idea within this industry her work is still focused on research and development. The overall aim of this product is to ensure greater grazing control and improved weed management through the use of technology. Danila's main research interests are focused on animal behaviour and welfare around the collar to ensure that the welfare of the sheep is never jeopardised. Danila explained how she went about teaching the sheep to respond to the collar. The technology uses sound and an averse stimulus to encourage the animals to keep within a designated boundary. It was shown that the sheep learnt quickly to respond to the stimulus however there were certain variables such as temperament which influenced how quickly the animals learnt. This advertising feature is sponsored by the following businesses. Click the links to learn more. This technology still requires greater development however it is a product that will be beneficial to the sheep industry moving forward. Although virtual fencing is yet to be implemented in the sheep industry it has definitely found its place in the cattle industry. Poppy McBain from Agersons was another keynote speaker who was able to provide insight on how the eShepherd is helping to evolve the cattle industry through virtual fencing. The eShepherd is a welfare friendly device that is allowing farmers to monitor and muster livestock using a smartphone anywhere at any time. This product has had a lot of interest from NRM bodies due to the benefits it has when managing riparian systems. Keeping cattle away from waterways is essential in order to reduce erosion and improve water quality and the eShepherd is able to create effective boundaries around these areas in a reasonably low cost and efficient manner. The commercial product will be launched at the 'Beef Australia' event in QLD in May. The day also included interactive sessions with Michelle Cousins (Cousins Merino Services) who demonstrated electronic tagging for sheep and Pete Treloar who discussed how he has implemented the technology on his own property. By: Kate McCarthy, graduate consultant, Rural Solutions SA (PIRSA). Originally published by the BIGG Bulletin.
Competition: Judge, Wayne Lehmann, Flairdale Merinos with open winner, Neil Loffler, and open hogget of the day runners up, Trevor Mclean (second), Ted Schiller (third) and Gerald Woigt (fourth).
E-technology for natural resource management (NRM) within the livestock industry was the key focus of the forum of The Angaston Annual Hogget Competition which was held on March 23.
Virtual fencing is currently a topic of great interest in the industry and is proving to be beneficial for a variety of reasons, particularly, NRM practices.
Dr Danila Marini from the CSIRO / University of New England began the forum with a presentation on her work in developing a virtual fence within the sheep industry.
Given that this is a relatively new idea within this industry her work is still focused on research and development.
The overall aim of this product is to ensure greater grazing control and improved weed management through the use of technology.
Danila's main research interests are focused on animal behaviour and welfare around the collar to ensure that the welfare of the sheep is never jeopardised.
Danila explained how she went about teaching the sheep to respond to the collar.
The technology uses sound and an averse stimulus to encourage the animals to keep within a designated boundary.
It was shown that the sheep learnt quickly to respond to the stimulus however there were certain variables such as temperament which influenced how quickly the animals learnt.
This technology still requires greater development however it is a product that will be beneficial to the sheep industry moving forward.
Although virtual fencing is yet to be implemented in the sheep industry it has definitely found its place in the cattle industry.
Poppy McBain from Agersons was another keynote speaker who was able to provide insight on how the eShepherd is helping to evolve the cattle industry through virtual fencing.
The eShepherd is a welfare friendly device that is allowing farmers to monitor and muster livestock using a smartphone anywhere at any time.
This product has had a lot of interest from NRM bodies due to the benefits it has when managing riparian systems.
Keeping cattle away from waterways is essential in order to reduce erosion and improve water quality and the eShepherd is able to create effective boundaries around these areas in a reasonably low cost and efficient manner.
The commercial product will be launched at the 'Beef Australia' event in QLD in May.
The day also included interactive sessions with Michelle Cousins (Cousins Merino Services) who demonstrated electronic tagging for sheep and Pete Treloar who discussed how he has implemented the technology on his own property.
By: Kate McCarthy, graduate consultant, Rural Solutions SA (PIRSA). Originally published by the BIGG Bulletin.


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Jimmy Cardwell, Boomer resident, dies on Tuesday
Jimmy Ray Cardwell, 76, of Boomer passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2019, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, July 12, 2019, at Reins-Sturdivant Chapel, with Pastor Jason Whitley officiating. Burial will be in Scenic Memorial Gardens. The family received friends from 6 until 8 Thursday evening at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home.
Mr. Cardwell was born May 13, 1943, in Wilkes County to Conrad and Sadie Pauline Smithey Cardwell. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He was a carpenter, a "piddler extraordinaire" and a professional grandpa. He was an avid outdoorsman, around-the-clock superhero and the best man we ever knew.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Betty Jean Broyhill Cardwell of the home; a daughter, Amanda Boyd and husband, Brandon, of Mulberry; a son, Steven Cardwell and wife, Amy, of Wilkesboro; five grandchildren, Cole Shumate, Jimmy Cardwell, Garrett Shumate, Emma Sutphin and Madison Cardwell; a brother, Robert Cardwell and wife, Gladys, of Millers Creek; four sisters and his fur baby, Peyton.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, 4200 Morganton Road, Suite 200, Fayetteville, N.C. 28314.
Online condolences may be made atwww.reinssturdivant.com.
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Pastured eggs, the kind I buy from Kitty's Chicken City, every Sunday at the Marin County Farmers' Market, have always been pricey, but I'm convinced they're better for the planet, much better for me—and more humane, though vegan friends may disagree, because the eggs are fertile. After months of enjoying eggs raised on pastureland less than twenty miles from me, I became curious about what makes Kitty's such good eggs.
In a nutshell—I mean eggshell—the USDA sets the standards, sorting conventional eggs into three grades: AA, A and B, with AA eggs simply being fresher than As and Grade B eggs having stained shells or other minor defects. The whites of AA eggs are firmer and thicker and the yolk sits up high and round. Most of what's available in supermarkets is Grade A.
An eggshell, which makes up 12% of an egg's weight, should be sound, clean and smooth. The USDA ranks what's inside according to the viscosity of the albumen, its freedom from foreign matter, as well as the shape and firmness of the yoke. An eggshell should be 94 to 97% calcium. A thicker shell is better and the thickness depends on the age and strain of the bird, how long the egg remains in the uterus and the time of day the egg is laid. Eggs laid earlier in the day will have thicker shells. Eggs laid in summer generally have thinner shells. It's important but not easy to keep chickens—especially those raised in many-storied hen houses on factory farms.
All farmers wash off the cuticle or bloom, the protective coating that covers a newly laid egg, seals in freshness and keeps bad bacteria from entering through the shell, and all know not to scare birds, because they want the eggs to be in the shell gland long enough to form a good bloom and thick shell. To avoid thermal cracks, the industry suggests washing eggs in water 20 degrees warmer than the eggs themselves, and when I mentioned this to Kitty at the farmers' market, she thought that sounded about right. Conventional egg companies use sanitizing agents, which make the shells shiny.
If you're like me, you've known for a while that conventional eggs are not really good eggs. The pullets (young hens) that produce for U.S. supermarkets are housed by the thousands, even tens of thousands in huge, artificially lit structures where they're fed a utilitarian diet containing calcium, Vitamin D, manganese, phosphorous and antibiotics. To say the least, there's no pleasure in a conventional hen's life, which is part of why I encourage you to make the switch to organic, free-range eggs—but caveat emptor.
Labels on egg cartons, such as "organic," free-range," "pastured," and "cage-free" can mean many things and not what you suppose. "Free-range" eggs aren't regulated, so there's no set amount of time that the chickens must be out of their cages or outdoors. Most free-range hens don't often get to eat grass and bugs or bask in the sunlight that foraging pastured birds do. Even eggs certified to be organic—meaning they are guaranteed to be antibiotic free—can still be raised in factory-farm conditions, with all the unnatural amenities. It's unlikely the organic eggs you find at your local supermarket are good, healthy eggs.
Pretty easy to see which is really free-range.
True free-range, organic eggs, are laid only by hens that—whether or not their diet is supplemented with organic grains—live on a pasture where they can forage for what they love—seeds, green plants and insects. I call them happy hens, and just as with home-cooked food made with love, you can taste that "happiness" in the eggs they lay.
Every carton of eggs I've gotten from Kitty's Chicken City has been a jewel box of rich, tasty eggs. "In Fresh Eggs, Part Two," I'll tell you why.
Note: The Cornucopia Institute provides a scorecard on organic eggs at: http://www.cornucopia.org/organic-egg-scorecard/. In fact, you might find a lot that surprises you about the organic agriculture at www.cornucopia.org.
I'm likin' your blog, Stef. I engulfed in orange eggs as after as possible. Yummy!
That's great. Like a whole other, uh, animal, aye?
Thanks for the lesson. almost makes me an eggspert.
My pleasure. Stay tuned for Part Two.


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Bette Davis…"Fasten Your Seatbelts!"
A performance trip through the glorious ups and the dramatic downs of a Hollywood life
Bette Davis was one of Hollywood's greatest stars. Between 1931 and 1989, she acted in more than a hundred films, won the Oscar twice and was nominated another eight times. Some of the greatest movies in motion picture history – Of Human Bondage, Jezebel, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, or All About Eve – are Bette Davis films. She was uncompromising, fought for better scripts, had no qualms about playing antagonistic characters and always wanted to be authentic. Davis was a living example that you can have a career and stay true to yourself – if you're prepared to pay the price of loneliness. A life worthy of a movie.
"Bettina Lohmeyer as Bette Davis in 'Fasten Your Seatbelts' ignites into originality and pure entertainment. An evening of blazing theatrical fireworks. Brilliant – it soars!" Joe Franklin, Bloomberg Radio, New York City, 2014
In six scenes, Bette Davis…"Fasten Your Seatbelts!" highlights a life full of triumph and successes, love, tragedies and confrontations. Bettina Lohmeyer takes the audience to a duel with movie mogul Jack Warner in his office, to a cemetery in Maine, to a lonely home, back to shooting on set in Los Angeles, to the Oscar ceremony and finally to the last chapter in Bette Davis' life…
A dream comes true: upon the invitation of U.S. director and producer Susan Batson, Bettina Lohmeyer developed, wrote and performed her play "Bette Davis… "Fasten Your Seatbelts!" in Batson's studio theater in New York. After intense research, including interviews with Bette Davis' contemporaries, Bettina Lohmeyer staged the Davis myth: hard as nails, quick-witted, assertive and just as uncompromising, vulnerable and full of humor.
Bettina Lohmeyer was an ensemble member at Maxim Gorki Theater for six years and also worked at Schauspielhaus Hannover, Staatstheater Mainz, and Schauspielhaus Graz. She has acted in numerous film and television productions, such as Der letzte Zeuge, SOKO Leipzig, Der Baader Meinhof-Komplex and in a continuous starring role in Hinter Gittern.
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Fri, February 16, 2018 | 8pmMain Stage
with 2 additional performances until Feb 18th
Tickets 15€ (9€ students)
Written, designed and performed by Bettina Lohmeyer
Sound and Lighting Design by Marco Uhlmann
Supervision by Susan Batson
In collaboration with Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte
Wikipedia entry for Bette Davis
Interview with Bettina Lohmeyer in IOCO – Kultur im Netz (in German)


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Tebbit: Workplace equality is like 'Muslim transsexual flying a plane'
Thursday 20 February 2014 10:49
Thatcher fanboy Norman Tebbit is his usual charming self while discussing efforts to make the senior civil service less male dominated:
"Who would feel safer if just before take-off the pilot of the airliner told the passengers that she had been promoted to command because they needed more transsexual Muslim captains to meet the airline's inclusivity target?"
The former BALPA shop steward should have done with it and join UKIP.
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3 comments on "Tebbit: Workplace equality is like 'Muslim transsexual flying a plane'"
Ken Adams says:
Tebbit was not discussing efforts to make the senior civil service less male dominated. The push behind his article was passing power away from the elected politician to and unaccountable technocracy.
He said of the civil service
At the heart of the Blair reforms was the utterly insane dictum that "the senior ranks of the civil service should be representative of the community it serves".
Try putting that into practice elsewhere. Who would feel safer if just before take-off the pilot of the airliner told the passengers that she had been promoted to command because they needed more transsexual Muslim captains to meet the airline's inclusivity target?
The senior ranks of the civil service, flight deck crews, surgeons, or any job should be comprised of the best candidates regardless of sexual orientation, gender, ethnic origin or religion. Please note
Tebbit was complaining about a policy that promotes people solely on incidence of their sex or ethnicity. He believes the best people should be promoted regardless of their sex or ethnicity.
well glad that's that sorted, I mean if he had just said that (what you said) instead of what he actually said then we wouldn't be here, yet here we are.
Dave Ratchford says:
Well thanks for the clarity, Ken. Sadly it betrays Norman's fundamental misunderstanding of modern society and, well, life in general really.
His comments are predicated on two glaring mistakes:
1) that workplace equality is based on positive discrimination – this is actually illegal and not at all what has ever been planned. What HAS been suggested is the 'levelling' of potential disadvantage through training and the review of advertising and selection processes to ensure objectivity.
2) that just because a particular situation exists, it must be right and proper and does not require analysis. In this instance, the situation is the under-representation of women and minority ethnic citizens amongst senior management. If this were an objective and equitable situation, it would follow that women and bme candidates are simply not as good as white males. This is patently nonsense. The only logical explanation is that something on the system is skewed in favour of white male candidates. This may be occurring at the rec-selec stage or it may be occurring far earlier in people's education.
The fact he is missing this is entirely human. Psychologists call it confirmation bias – looking for evidence that confirms your beliefs instead of looking at the facts objectively.
Still, it's less palatable that he chooses to indulge in the rhetoric of ridicule, using the mocking hypothetical muslim transexual pilot idea. How unpleasant. But then not the first time.


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An English manor is a manor house and surrounding fortification with the characteristics of cultural and historical England, separated by these English characteristics from other types of manor houses in various European countries such as Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands. Usually, an English manor refers to a fortified country house that served as the center of administration for a manor, which was a territorial diversification in the European feudal system.
Most English manors were owned by the gentry class. In their earliest versions, English manors were fortified to protect against attack, but later these fortifications became more a show of wealth than for any practical purpose.
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In England, a fortified home was seen as a mark of favor, as only feudal lords who were in the good graces of the king were allowed to have what was defined as a manor. All other gentry class individuals were required to build unfortified housing, although that housing could still be quite large. English manors were used to house "feudal lords" as opposed to simply rich men and families who could afford them.
It was not until the relatively stable Tudor period in England that the English manor became an unfortified housing establishment, with Henry VIII taking many of the monasteries from the ecclesiastical ownership and bestowing them upon laymen that were in his favor. The lords that were given these houses then converted them into private country homes, or English manors. This period saw the building of famous English manors such as Forde Abbey and Wobum Abbey.
The architectural design that today populates the general notion of what an English manor is did not come about until the reign of Elizabeth I and James I, her successor. These mansions were designed specifically for the gentry, and were not converted from monasteries as were the previous forms of English manors. As such, they were given different suffixes to differentiate them from the converted monasteries. They were known as "houses" or "palaces," also as "court," "hall," "park," "place," "tower," and "mansion."
Some of the most famous of these later renditions of the English manor are Alford Manor House, Cothay Manor, Icomb Place, Ashton Court, Avebury Manor, Duns Tew, Ascott-under-Wychwood Manor, and Kirby Muxloe Castle.
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Ships Queue off California as Dock Labor Dispute Intensifies
This Feb. 9 file photo the Yang Ming Masculinity, YMMS cargo ship anchored off the Long Beach Harbor waits to be unloaded due to a labor dispute in Long Beach, Calif.
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By Noah Rayman
Ports on the West Coast will partially shut for four days amid an ongoing dispute between operators and workers.
The ports will see reduced activity on Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday as terminal operators and shipping lines accuse workers of deliberately slowing operations, the LA Times reports. The workers would be eligible for overtime pay on Thursday and Monday, which are holidays, and it's unclear whether a continued slowdown or even a total closure will follow.
The union representing the workers denies the allegations and blames the shipping companies for the port congestion that has delayed shipments from Asia. Los Angeles and Long Beach ports are the country's busiest, accounting for roughly 40 percent of incoming container cargo according to the Times.
The nine-month labor dispute, which has left workers without a contract since July, has repeatedly slowed operations and prompted concerns recently of a lockout of dockworkers.
Read more at the LA Times.
Write to Noah Rayman at noah.rayman@time.com.


Biogen Inc. Chief Executive Officer George Scangos, who helped build the U.S. drugmaker into a powerful player in multiple sclerosis treatments, will leave the company after a series of top managers were replaced and sales of its biggest product stalled.
Scangos, 68, will stay on until a replacement is found, Biogen said in a statement Thursday in which it also reported second-quarter earnings. In the last year, the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company announced new heads of sales and research, and its biggest product, the multiple sclerosis pill Tecfidera, disappointed investors.
The company's next leader will face many of the same challenges that Scangos did in recent years -- how to advance the research and development pipeline of a storied biotechnology company that has made big, risky bets in diseases like Alzheimer's, with mixed results. They'll also need to boost sales of current products, which have surprised investors -- for good and bad -- in the competitive multiple sclerosis market.
Biogen will likely look outside the company for a new chief, according to Geoffrey Porges, an analyst at Leerink Partners.
"I imagine what they're looking for is someone who's already running a smaller company or has a track record of leading an integrated business unit focused on the neurosciences," he said. Biogen has said it plans to concentrate on neurological drugs, and is working to spin off its treatments for the blood-clotting disorder hemophilia as a separate public company.
A larger company may swoop in to buy Biogen before a new CEO arrives. Gilead Sciences Inc., Merck & Co., Novartis AG and Pfizer Inc. might all be interested in Biogen's MS franchise and drugs in development, Porges said.
Second-quarter profit excluding some items was $5.21 a share, the company said Thursday in the statement. Analysts projected adjusted earnings of $4.69 a share, the average of estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The company also announced a $5 billion share buyback program and raised the upper end of its financial guidance for the year.
Sales at Biogen more than doubled under Scangos, from $4.7 billion in 2010 to $10.8 billion last year. Tecfidera brought in $3.6 billion in sales in 2015 but still underwhelmed analysts, who had expected more from the product. Last month the stock sank after an experimental therapy for MS failed in a mid-stage trial.
Second-quarter Tecfidera sales were $987 million, according to the statement.
That missed the $991 million average of analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg.


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Samsung Launches Fund for Startups to Tackle the Biggest AI Challenges
Last Modified Date - June 14, 2018
Samsung appears to have made another massive bet on artificial intelligence (AI). The company recently announced that its Silicon Valley-based startup arm, Samsung NEXT, had unveiled a new fund intended for investing in early-stage startups. The fund will help solve AI issues and those that utilize artificial intelligence (AI) in solving computer science complications.
Although the Q fund created by Samsung NEXT does not have a cap, still falls under the company's total $150 million investment fund. This new fund will invest only in both seed and series A investments, which make up the earliest stages in any startup's operations. Even though Samsung NEXT's fund managers are allowed to invest more money, such investments are a maximum of $1 million.
According to one of the Q Fund's managers, Ajay Singh, Samsung NEXT aims at investing in both teams and individuals who will try out new techniques of setting up the groundwork for what artificial intelligence(AI) will become. In a meeting with reporters before the announcement, he also said that the eligible groups for investing include some riskier startups, which other venture capital firms may fail to consider.
As opposed to searching for companies that boast a well-laid out business plan, Samsung is looking forward to identifying startups that are working to solve complicated technical issues. The company plans to do so even without knowing how to profit from their provisions. Vincent Tang, another manager of the fund, told reports in a recent meeting that the businesses model becomes easy upon figuring out the solution for foundational issues in society.
The new Q fund serves as Samsung's recent attempt to venture into artificial intelligence, which is an area that boasts the ability to transform the way human beings live and use technology. Currently, any person with a modern smartphone utilizes AI through Google's Assistant or Apple's Siri. Samsung also joined the market last year through its Bixby digital assistant, which allows you to control various devices including your refrigerator, TV or Galaxy smartphone.
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Samsung has experienced a hard time in generating enthusiasm for most of its software products. The technology company relies on Google's Android software to operate its wide array of tablets and smartphones. Its Tizen operating systems have also had challenges making a name for itself in the market. For now, the company has abandoned most of the services it developed including the Milk Video and Samsung Media Hub.
Samsung NEXT helps in attaining a better foothold in both services and software. The company collaborates and invests in startups that can assist Samsung shift from its focus on hardware. Furthermore, Samsung was behind leading Samsung's acquisition of LoopPay, which offers the technology that supports the Samsung Pay mobile payments service.
Although Samsung has recently unveiled its Q Fund, it has already made about seven investments in AI such as in covariant.ai. Co-founded by the current Berkeley professor and former University of California students, the startup is creating artificial intelligence (AI) software that facilitates teaching robots new, sophisticated skills. According to Samsung, its investment in covariant.ai. demonstrates its interest in companies or startups that use learned systems to replace traditional data structures, algorithms and general purpose computer programs.
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A tradition in some Jewish communities (usually Orthodox) to donate money to provide a dowry for a poor bride.
The mitzvah of showing hospitality.
The portion of the books of the prophets read on Shabbat after the Torah reading. The two usually have parallel themes.
Abraham 's concubine and the mother of Ishmael, the patriarch of Islam. In the book of Genesis, when Sarah cannot conceive, she suggests that Abraham takeher servant Hagar as a concubine in order to conceive a child, which she promptly does. Feeling threatened by Hagar and her child, Sarah convinces Abraham to banish them from their home. God saves Hagar and Ishmael from dying in the desert.
The haggadah is the book used at the seder table on Passover to tell the story of the Exodus, the central commandment of the holiday. It is rich in song, prayer, and legend. There are many different version of the Haggadah produced throughout Jewish history.
Plural of " hakafah ." The hakafah is the procession made with the Torah before the Torah service. The term " hakafot " is the plural and also generally refers to the seven circuits made with the Torah on Simchat Torah .
The layered tradition of Jewish law. It includes the "written law" from the Torah and the oral law developed in the Talmud and is officially codified in the Shulchan Aruch ("Code of Jewish Law").
Anything related to the Jewish law tradition known as halacha .
The Hallel prayers are additional prayers taken from Psalms 113-118 and are traditionally recited on the Jewish holidays of Passover, Shavuot , Sukkot , Rosh Chodesh , and Hanukah.
Lit. (Yiddish) Haman's hat, ears, or pocket.
Triangular cakes with fillings which are traditionally eaten on Purim to symbolize Haman's hat (sometimes his pocket or ears).
Hannah is the mother of the prophet Samuel, who, through her prayers, is rewarded a child. She herself is also considered a prophet. Hannah's intense devotional style of prayer becomes the model, in rabbinic Judaism, for prayer in general.
The holiday which celebrates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem following its conquest by the Syrians in 165 BCE. The holiday is celebrated by lighting candles in a hanukiyah oon each of eight nights. Other customs include the eating of fried foods such as latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganiot (jelly donuts), playing dreidl (a gambling game with a spinning top), and, in present day America, gift giving.
The modern Hebrew term for the Hanukah menorah , the nine-branched candelabrum (eight primary candles plus the shamash/server candle) lit on Hanukah to symbolize the miracle of the oil that burned for eight days.
The fruit and nut paste included in the Passover seder to represent the mortar the Israelite slaves used in Egypt. In Ashkenazic tradition, nuts are ground with apples and wine to make haroset for the Passover seder plate. Sephardic and other Middle-Eastern haroset typically uses dates as the base, often seasoned with ground ginger or cinnamon.
Lit. The Name, referring to the ineffable name of God; used as a substitute for any of the more sacred names of God when not speaking in prayer. Particularly used in conversation.
Annulment of vows, associated with the High Holidays, especially the Yom Kippur liturgy, which includes a passage releasing Jews from vows made in the previous year.
A ceremony performed on Saturday night to mark the end of Shabbat and the beginning of the week, using wine, a braided candle, and sweet-smelling spices.
Commonly has come to mean an alternative prayer community. In the 1970's, havurot (plural) developed as an alternative to large syngagogues. Some havurot pray together; others study, socialize, or engage in some alternative activity.
The one who leads the chanting of prayers.
It is said in Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) that the world stands on three things: Torah (learning), Avodah (worship), and Gemilut Hasidim (acts of kindness).
The intermediate days of a festival. Both Passover and Sukkot have such days. These days which are not as sacred as the days that fall at at the beginning or the end, but they are also not quite regular weekdays, either. The Hallel prayers are recited during hol mo'ed, some kinds of work are forbidden, and religious families often take these days off from work and school.
The genocide of millions of European Jews--as well as other ethnic, religious and minority groups--by the Nazis during World War II. The tragic events of the Holocaust are now commemorated each year on Yom HaShoah ; established in 1952 by the Israeli government. Shoah (calamity) has become the term used to describe the systemic mass slaughter that occurred during World War II.
A prophetess mentioned in 2 Kings. The king asks his advisers to consult her when he realizes that he and the people have not been following God's word. She is noted for her compassion.
The book that contains the text of the Torah . A section of the humash is read and/or studied every week in synagogue.
Marriage canopy symbolizing the couple's new home.


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