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The Artist Is Thinking: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation
Author: Mark Lawson Narrator: Aine Mccartney, Bj Hogg, Hattie Morahan, Joss Ackland, Mark Lambert, Mark Lawson, Miche Doherty, Robin Read Release Date: April 2012
An intriguing murder mystery exploring the desire of the artist to remain illusive and anonymous behind work which is heavily codified and seemingly impenetrable. When a brilliant young art historian flies in the face of the received wisdom regarding the work of the reclusive Anderson Perrine, the artist feels a distinct invasion of his privacy. He sets about laying a series of false trails but her pursuit of him is unrelenting and he is obliged to take radically evasive action. Starring Hattie Morahan, Joss Ackland, Miche Doherty, Mark Lawson and Robin Read, with Aine McCartney, BJ Hogg and Mark Lambert. Written by Mark Lawson. Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan and produced in Belfast for Radio 4.
The People's Princess: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation
Author: Shelagh Stephenson Narrator: Alex Jennings, Chris Mchallem, Jill Cardo, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Mark Lambert, Nial Cusack, Rebecca Saire, Richard Howard Release Date: June 2011
A BBC Radio 4 play about the marriage of George, Prince of Wales, originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 11 December 2008 (and repeated on 9 December 2010). Facing financial ruin, George was obliged by his father, George III, to marry his first cousin, Princess Caroline of Brunswick. But if he had been expecting a docile partner with whom he could maintain appearances, George had seriously underestimated his wife-to-be... Starring Alex Jennings as George and Rebecca Saire as Caroline. Also featured amongst the cast are Julian Rhind-Tutt, Chris McHallem, Richard Howard, Mark Lambert, Jill Cardo and Nial Cusack. Written by Shelagh Stephenson and directed by Eoin O'Callaghan.
Staring Into The Fridge: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation
Author: Annie Mccartney Narrator: James Nesbitt, Jonathan Harden, Katy Gleadhill, Marcella Riordan, Mark Lambert, Richard Orr Release Date: March 2011
A BBC Radio 4 kitchen comedy by Annie McCartney, starring James Nesbitt as the Fridge. 'Staring into the Fridge' was originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 13 September 2010. With two twenty-something children and a dubious boyfriend eating her out of house and home, Maggie (Annie McCartney) is beginning to lose the will to live. She feels she has no one to talk to or to listen. But all of that is about to change when she hears a voice speaking to her from the corner of the kitchen. It seems that the only one who understands her predicament is her Fridge (James Nesbitt). But unlike poor beleaguered Maggie, this Fridge has got 'attitude' and is determined to help her get her life back on track! Also stars Marcella Riordan, Mark Lambert, Katy Gleadhill, Jonathan Harden and Richard Orr. Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan.


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Q: How to create border not around the text, but around box borders? I am trying to create 2 pixel border around box. To get something like:

Container(
  margin: EdgeInsets.all(5),
  decoration: BoxDecoration(
    border: Border.all(),
    color: Colors.blueGrey
  ),
  child: Container(
    child: Text("Some Text"),
  ),
)

But the code above wrap text, so I am getting:

A: You are not giving the parent Container any size, hence it shrinks to wrap its child. Just set height and width for the parent container and the border will "widen".
If you want your parent Container to fill all the available space, wrap it with a SizedBox.expand widget:
SizedBox.expand(
child: Container(
    margin: EdgeInsets.all(5),
    decoration: BoxDecoration(
        border: Border.all(),
        color: Colors.blueGrey,
        ),
    child: Container(
            child: Text("Some Text"),
            ),
    )
)

A: Container(
  margin: EdgeInsets.all(5),
  decoration: BoxDecoration(
    border: Border.all(),
    color: Colors.blueGrey
  ),
  child: Column(
    crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.strech,
    children: <Widget>[
      Text('Some Text'),
    ],
  ),
)

A: Border all class has it's own parameters, you were applying the parameters to the box https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/painting/Border-class.html
        Container(
          width: 300, //example height and widths
          height: 100,
          padding: EdgeInsets.all(5),
          color: Colors.amber,
          child: Container(
            decoration: BoxDecoration(
                border: Border.all(color: Colors.red, width: 2.0)), //Border.all function has it's on parameters
            child: Align(
              child: Text('Some Text'),
            ),
          ),
        )

Here's what this code produces

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Q: Change format and combine info from 2 columns First time posting here so please be patient!
I have a file that looks like that:
POS {ALLELE:COUNT}
1   G:27    A:11
2   C:40    T:0
3   C:40    A:0
4   T:40    G:0
5   G:0 C:40
6   C:40    T:0
7   G:24    A:14
8   G:40    A:0
9   A:40    G:0
...

I want to combine the information from the second and third column for each line in the following format: "number[A],number[C],number[G],number[T]" so that the example above would look like that:
POS {ALLELE:COUNT}
1   11,0,27,0
2   0,40,0,0
3   0,40,0,0
4   0,0,0,40
5   0,40,0,0
6   0,40,0,0
7   14,0,24,0
8   0,0,40,0
9   40,0,0,0
...

Any idea on how I could do that would be much appreciated!

A: Here's a method that works:
lines = open('test.txt','r').read().splitlines()

place = {'A':0,'C':1,'G':2,'T':3}
counts = [[0 for _ in range(4)] for _ in range(len(lines[1:]))]
for i,row in enumerate(lines[1:]):
    for ct in row.split()[1:]:
        a,b = ct.split(':')
        counts[i][place[a]] = int(b)

out_str = '\n'.join([lines[0]] + ['{:<4}{},{},{},{}'.format(i+1,*ct)
    for i,ct in enumerate(counts)])

with open('output.txt','w') as f:
    f.write(out_str)

The resulting file reads
POS {ALLELE:COUNT}
1   11,0,27,0
2   0,40,0,0
3   0,40,0,0
4   0,0,0,40
5   0,40,0,0
6   0,40,0,0
7   14,0,24,0
8   0,0,40,0
9   40,0,0,0

A: I assume that you file is regular a text file (not a csv or delimited file) and that G:27    A:11 is a line of this text file.
for each line you can do as follows (we will take the first line as an example):
remove useless spaces using strip
G:27    A:11.strip() gives G:27 A:11, then split on blackspaces to obtain ['G:27','A:11']. Then for each element of this list split on : to get the allele type and its count. Alltogether it would look like
resulting_table=[]
for line in file: #You can easily find how to read a file line by line
    split_line=line.strip().split(' ')
    A,T,G,C=0,0,0,0
    for pair in split_line:
        element=pair.split(':')
        if element[0]=='A':
             A=element[1]
        elif element[0]=='T':
             ...
    resulting_table.append([A,T,G,C])

And here you go ! You can then transform it easily into a dataframe or a numpy array
This is absolutely not the most efficient nor elegant way to get your desired output, but it is clear and understandable for a python beginner

A: sourse.txt
POS {ALLELE:COUNT}
1   G:27    A:11
2   C:40    T:0
3   C:40    A:0
4   T:40    G:0
5   G:0 C:40
6   C:40    T:0
7   G:24    A:14
8   G:40    A:0
9   A:40    G:0

import re

template = ('A', 'C', 'G', 'T')

def proc_line(line: str):

    index, *elements = re.findall(r'\S+', line)

    data = dict([*map(lambda x: x.split(':'), elements)])

    return f'{index}\t' + ','.join([data.get(item, '0') for item in template]) + '\n'

with open('source.txt', encoding='utf-8') as file:
    header, *lines = file.readlines()

with open('output.txt', 'w', encoding='utf-8') as new_file:
    new_file.writelines(
        [header] + list(map(proc_line, lines))
    )

output.txt
POS {ALLELE:COUNT}
1   11,0,27,0
2   0,40,0,0
3   0,40,0,0
4   0,0,0,40
5   0,40,0,0
6   0,40,0,0
7   14,0,24,0
8   0,0,40,0
9   40,0,0,0

A: $ awk -F'[ :]+' '
    NR>1 {
        delete f
        f[$2] = $3
        f[$4] = $5
        $0 = sprintf("%s   %d,%d,%d,%d", $1, f["A"], f["C"], f["G"], f["T"])
   }
1' file
POS {ALLELE:COUNT}
1   11,0,27,0
2   0,40,0,0
3   0,40,0,0
4   0,0,0,40
5   0,40,0,0
6   0,40,0,0
7   14,0,24,0
8   0,0,40,0
9   40,0,0,0


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Hypocrisy, Fraud and Fake Kids In The Heart of #TeamTommy
Those who regularly follow the trials and tribulations the grifts, and the general unsavoury antics of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson) will be familiar with a number of his close associates. Collectively known as #teamtommy these bigots are prolific on social media, disseminating propaganda on his behalf and generally bigging him up as the second coming.
Mainly of the male variety, the team also comprises a small dedicated circle of mature women who take the hero worship beyond sycophantic levels. These women are usually in attendance at his demos and events clad in stewarding hi-vis jackets and salivating over him on various online platforms.
One in particular has been brought to our attention by disgruntled 'secret sources', not only for her unswerving adulation of the diminutive career criminal and for being a part of #teamtommy, but also because she was convicted and jailed for 4 years for benefit fraud and money laundering in 2010.
This was a sustained organised operation over two years to the tune of £250,000-£500,000. Yes, you read that correctly, half a million pounds worth of taxpayers cash illegally obtained by a gang of unemployed benefit claimants and squandered away by this #teamtommy member and her accomplices. Staggeringly, this individual was charged with being the ringleader of this operation (which involved eight others, including her late father, Keith Taylor).
Step forward Donna Sexton.
Those with long memories will be familiar with Sexton and her support of Yaxley-Lennon and may recall she is not the sharpest tool in the box, hence why it was a surprise to see her tagged as the mastermind of the operation! However criminals who get caught are not that clever and Sexton herself was particularly stupid to think she could get away with such a staggering amount of fraud whilst already on the radar of HMRC.
The details in this Mirror article (below) show that false tax credit claims were made for non-existent disabled children (thus taking resources away from those families in genuine need with vulnerable children) and also the hijacking of stolen identities, including those of dead people.
Note that the article states that Donna Connolly and her father alone raked in £250,000.
The Mirror reports on Donna Sexton (nee Connolly and her "Vulture" family.
This Echo News article states the conspiracy was a £500.000 sting with, presumably the rest of the frauduent funds going to the other seven co conspirators.
Echo News reports on the jailing of Sexton for benefit fraud.
Sexton's then partner protested (whilst sat among some of the spoils of the ill gotten gains) with the incredible claim that Sexton had saved her wages from a previous job as an off licence manager and the fraud accusation was a conspiracy to convict her.
So how do we get from Sexton to Connolly?
Born Donna Marie Taylor, she married one Paul Connolly then (presumably after divorcing him) took the name of her most recent long term partner, Lee Sexton. After release from prison adopting a name change would appear to be a prudent move regardless of marital status.
Donna Sexton/Connolly's Linked in profile can be viewed here
She lists a period of working for Timpsons during the time she was in prison. Timpsons happen to run the largest offender training scheme in the UK for both prisoners and ex convicts.
Sexton also lists a period of work, previous to her unemployment as a deputy manager at a booze outlet, which was confirmed by her former partner at the time of her conviction. Her partner, Lee Sexton also appears on her Linked In profile. The Southend address is confirmed by both sources and thanks to one member of Sexton's clan who appears to be ignorant of Facebook privacy we have been able to link her picture to the woman we know as Donna Sexton.
We traced the Facebook accounts of Keith Taylor and Donna Connelly and found a picture of Taylor that matches the photo published in the press and the link to Donna who is also pictured on his Facebook. This confirms beyond any doubt that Donna Taylor/Connelly/Sexton is the woman convicted of benefit fraud and money laundering.
In keeping with the hypocrisy of their rhetoric. Yaxley-Lennon and #TeamTommy continually berate and label hard working immigrants as benefit scroungers and tar those on the left with the same brush. Yet here we have one of his own, unemployed at the time, living off the state, and convicted of both benefit fraud and money laundering. Not forgetting Yaxley-Lennon himself has also done time for mortgage fraud which was small potatoes of £160,000 compared to the amount Donna screwed the system for.
Prior to that Yaxley-Lennon's wife was also arrested on tax evasion and money laundering charges relating to his sunbed business, and Yaxley-Lennon was later ordered to repay £125,000 in tax. As the Huffpost published:
In September 2010, Robinson's wife was arrested for tax evasion and money laundering. "Overnight every debit card was cancelled and my bank account was closed until two months ago (October, 2015)," Robinson said.Initially, Robinson said, police focused on the takings from his sunbed shop, about £2,000 a week – £1500 paid in cash, the remainder through credit card transactions. Robinson said he used SolarTrack, a system that tracks every sunbed session, so he had "every receipt from the shop four-five bin liners worth in the garage". After police analysed the receipts, Robinson claims, it turned out "by a coupla quid, I hadn't declared enough… the fucken pricks." The amount, he estimated was about "two grand", because he had taken £100 out of the till on the odd occasion over five years. Detectives, Robinson claimed then moved on, focusing instead on his accounts as a whole. They concluded he owed £137,000 in tax – "they were bent as fuck in what they did". The case went to court, and Robinson says he was found not guilty. He was later, however, ordered to repay £125,000.
For avoidance of any doubt as to Donna Sexton's links to #teamtommy and her various names over the years here are some screenshots featuring her with Yaxley-Lennon and other team members and one of her own Facebook profiles under her maiden name and married name.
Note prolific #teamtommy member 'Jack Dawkins' appears in the photographs several times. Resisting Hate will be publishing a further piece on him shortly exploring his links to Donna Sexton and her huge extended family linking the North East and the South East.
Also note that the Dawkins account claims he is barred from using PayPal services and that as a result of this he channels his funding via other accounts, the most recent being Donna Sexton's account, a convicted benefit fraudster and money launderer whose partner at the time stated:
"She never made a dodgy claim. She let other people use her bank account and she would pay the people out of a banker's draft."It was a conspiracy by other people involved."
We hope that those who support Yaxley-Lennon are as appalled as we are that he has a close team member who stole thousands from the state and start asking questions about where their donations are going. They need to think about how #teamtommy members are able to seemingly spend all their time on social media instead of going out to work to pay the bills like the rest of us do. Not forgetting the tax and NI contributions we all make which were abused by Sexton to fund her criminal lifestyle.
Oh and #teamtommy Angels. Really?
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The world's largest asset managers could play a pivotal role in safeguarding the Amazon forest, a report published on Thursday shows, amid concerns Brazil's president-elect Jair Bolsonaro could strip the planet of its lungs.
Due to be sworn in on January 1st, Bolsonaro has advocated for the removal of environmental barriers to economic activities in the Amazon. That could make open new areas of the forest to agriculture.
The authors of the report said the US funds could influence corporate behaviour through voting, direct engagement with managers and divestment (or threat of) "which may push stock prices down and signal discontent".
"The window for climate action is closing. At the same time, the structure of ownership in the global economy is concentrating influence in the hands of very few financial actors," lead author Victor Galaz, deputy director and associate professor at Stockholm University's Resilience Centre told Climate Home News.
"Considering the political situation in Brazil, finance will become a very important aspect in trying to protect the Amazon. All of these comments from investors on sustainability: now would actually be the time to step up and use that influence in a good way."
In 2015, ADM announced a 'no deforestation' policy, a commitment the company describes as "challenging" although it has reportedly made progress on tracing its supply chain. Bunge has a similar policy, but in May the company was fined for activities connected to illegal deforestation.
The three asset managers did not respond to Climate Home News' request for comment.
After Bolsonaro's election last month, BlackRock released a sanguine assessment of Brazil's economic prospects, saying he appeared ready to build on the "reform agenda" of the current government.
But Bolsonaro's environment policy was "more than a reform agenda," said Moira Birss, a campaigner at the NGO Amazon Watch. "It is a crisis of epic proportions for the world's largest rainforest and the indigenous peoples who call it home."
Birss said: "Despite Mr Fink's stated support for climate action, we have seen little to no concrete measures from BlackRock. The closest thing was its announcement two weeks ago of a new suite of 'sustainable' exchange traded funds."
She said those funds contained fossil fuel investments. Three out of six of BlackRock's sustainable portfolios also hold shares in Bunge and ADM.


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Home/Movies Premier/Indian Producers Seek Box Office Bonanza with Megastars – Indian NewsLink
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Dr Malini Yugendran
Auckland, January 12, 2023
Sankranti is an important festival in India, and it is celebrated under various names. It is common to release big-budget films during this festival since many people are on vacation and have more time to go to the movies. During this festivity, fans get to watch a selection of Bollywood, Tollywood, and Kollywood films. This year's films include big-budget movies, pan-India productions, and indie films. This article lists Sankranti/Pongal releases in Aotearoa in the languages: Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu in 2023.
It is unusual for films starring Ajith Kumar and Vijay to be released at the same time during the festival season. Both Ajith and Vijay are well-known actors in the Tamil film industry, and their films are highly anticipated by fans. As a result, filmmakers and studios usually strategically plan their films' release dates to avoid direct competition and maximise box office income. Thus, it was a shock to many movie-goers that both Ajith and Vijay movies were released one day apart. Vijay's Varisu and Ajith's Thunivu were released across Aotearoa on 11 January 2023 and 12 January 2023 respectively
Vijay's Varisu
Varisu (Heir) is an action dramedy film directed by Vamshi Paidipally. The film stars Vijay and Rashmika Mandanna. The estimated budget for this movie is about NZ$54 million. The film's Telugu version of the film is titled Vaarasudu. At the time of this publication, the song Ranjithame from this movie had gone viral with 133 million views on YouTube.
Ajith Kumar's Thunivu
Thunivu (Fortitude) is an action heist film written and directed by H Vinoth. It stars Ajith Kumar, and Manju Warrier, in lead roles. This film's budget is believed to be around NZ$39 million. The movie's Chilla Chilla song has had 32 million hits on YouTube.
The films of Nandamuri Balakrishna and Chiranjeevi have been released in theatres for this Sankranti. Both films were released on 12 January 2023 across cinemas in New Zealand.
Veera Simha Reddy
The action film Veera Simha Reddy, directed by Gopichand Malineni has Nandamuri Balakrishna in the titular role. It also stars Shruti Haasan (legendary actor Kamal Hasan's daughter) and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar (actor Sarathkumar's daughter). The film has been curated with a budget of almost NZ$29 million. The movie's Suguna Sundari song has 14 million views to date.
Waltair Veerayya is an action-comedy film directed by K S Ravindra. Chiranjeevi portrays the title character in the film, which also stars Ravi Teja, Shruti Haasan, and Catherine Tresa. The film's budget is estimated to be approximately NZ$27 million. The lyrics video for Boss Party has garnered 44 million views.
Kuttey (Dogs), is Aasmaan Bhardwaj's (Vishal Bhardwaj's son) directorial debut. The ensemble cast includes Tabu, Arjun Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Radhika Madan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kumud Mishra, and Shardul Bhardwaj. The film will be released in New Zealand on January 13, 2023. The film's budget is NZ$29 million.
Mission Majnu, directed by Shantanu Bagchi, will be released digitally rather than theatrically. Netflix will provide direct digital streaming from January 20, 2023.The leads are Sidharth Malhotra and Rashmika Mandanna.
Five major movies released in New Zealand
Thunivu is distributed in New Zealand by Vansan Movies and is screened in Hoyts Cinemas, The remaining four of the five major theatrical releases are distributed in New Zealand by Forum Film NZ Ltd: Varisu, Veera Simha Reddy, Waltair Veerayya, and Kuttey. These films are screened at Hoyts and Events Cinemas.
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Year 9 score first place in south devon championships
Mon 09 Jul 2018
The College's Year 9 team beat 17 other teams to become champions at the South Devon Rounders Tournament held at Stover School on 12 June.
Placed in Pool B, the talented players confidently moved through the heat stages without conceding more than three rounders in any one game. Convincing victories against Dartmouth and Kingsbridge schools saw the College scoring 11 and 8.5 rounders respectively. Remaining undefeated after eight matches, the College faced Dawlish College in the semi-finals.
Fielding first, the team performed incredibly well, with Imogen Medlam making some outstanding deep-field catches. At changeover, Dawlish College had only managed to secure one rounder and the College put an end to their championship dreams, scoring an impressive 6 rounders in the second half.
Year 9 Rounders Team
In the final, the girls faced Torquay Girls Grammar, who were also undefeated throughout their heat journey. Batting first, the Torquay team scored an impressive four rounders. In a tense batting final half, Newton Abbot College secured 5 rounders and the championship title.
Physical Education Support Assistant, Chantal Greep, said of the win: "This is the best result our rounders teams have had so far in College history. The girls showed real teamwork and strength of character to take the well-deserved title. We are extremely proud of them and their performance and we are looking forward to continuing this success in the future."


Kevin McAvoy couldn't help but pay at least a little bit of attention to the first round of Major League Baseball's amateur draft on Monday night, especially with his Salem Red Sox postponed by rain.
It was only a year ago that McAvoy was following the draft to hear his own name -- and that of his Bryant teammates -- just a week after their season came to an end in an NCAA regional. He wound up coming off the board in the fourth round, selected by a Red Sox team that plays about 50 miles northeast of the Bryant campus in Smithfield.
Now a year into his professional career, the 21-year-old McAvoy is a similar pitcher to the one who struck out a program-record 94 hitters as a junior at Bryant -- except with a new toy.
A fastball-slider pitcher at Bryant, McAvoy began tinkering with a changeup in his 10 starts at short-season Single-A Lowell last July and August. It was when he reported to the fall instructional league in Florida in September that the Red Sox all but ordered him to emphasize his changeup more than he ever had before, taking him a bit out of his comfort zone. He already has seen what the third pitch can do to opposing hitters.
But it's still that two-seam fastball that earns McAvoy his paycheck -- and it's helped him compensate for erratic control that has seen him issue 31 walks in his 53 1/3 innings. He's had to fight a tendency to rush his delivery and pull his fastball across the strike zone rather than letting it sink to his arm side.
But when he makes it work, he also can get ground balls -- he's getting three times as many outs on the ground as in the air -- that can bail him out of jams.
Overall, McAvoy has a 3.54 ERA in 10 starts, including a run of four straight starts in which he allowed just one earned run to begin the season. He's pitching as part of a loaded starting rotation at High-A Salem, one that features former No. 7 overall pick Trey Ball (4.42 ERA) and a trio of intriguing starters in Ty Buttrey (2.40), Daniel McGrath (1.80) and Teddy Stankiewicz (4.10).


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LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Meredith) - Former NFL running back Cierre Wood is facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter, authorities said.
Wood, 28, was arrested Wednesday night after the girl, La'Rayah Davis, died at the Summerlin Hospital in Las Vegas. He was originally charged with first-degree child abuse and neglect.
Police also arrested the girl's mother, 25-year-old Amy Taylor, on child abuse charges.
Doctors found bruises on the girl's torso, legs and abdomen, according to police. In a court hearing on Thursday, prosecutors said she also had a large laceration on her liver. The cause of death has not yet been determined.
The child's biological father, Danaun Davis, reportedly traveled from California to be at Thursday's hearing.
"You purposely hurt my kid. I never thought I'd bury my child at five years old," Davis said.
Jail records showed that Wood was being held without bail. His next court hearing is scheduled for Monday morning. It was not immediately clear if Taylor had been released on $5,000 bond.
Wood played football in college at the University of Notre Dame and spent time in the NFL with Houston, New England and Buffalo. He most recently was released by the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes in 2017.


Quentin Tarantino is not just an iconic independent filmmaker but a true inspiration to whoever passionate towards filmmaking wants to make a movie. From 'Reservoir Dogs' to 'Pulp Fiction', from 'Kill Bill' franchise to 'Django Unchained', he has set the bar high for people in the movie business.
His films are characterized by nonlinear storylines, satirical subject matter, an aestheticization of violence, extended scenes of dialogue. With ensemble casts consisting of established and lesser-known performers, references to popular culture, soundtracks primarily containing songs and score pieces from the 1960s to the 1980s, and features of neo-noir film.
2. I just grew up watching a lot of movies. I'm attracted to this genre and that genre, this type of story, and that type of story. As I watch movies I make some version of it in my head that isn't quite what I'm seeing – taking the things I like and mixing them with stuff I've never seen before.
3. When I'm doing a movie, I'm not doing anything else. It's all about the movie. I don't have a wife. I don't have a kid. Nothing can get in my way… I've made a choice, so far, to go on this road alone. Because this is my time. This is my time to make movies.
4. I don't believe in elitism. I don't think the audience is this dumb person lower than me. I am the audience.
5. I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling. Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing.
6. Whatever's going on with me at the time of writing is going to find its way into the piece. If that doesn't happen, then what the hell am I doing? So if I'm writing 'Inglourious Basterds,' and I'm in love with a girl and we break up, that's going to find its way into the piece.
7. A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
8. When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence.
9. I'm a big collector of vinyl – I have a record room in my house – and I've always had a huge soundtrack album collection. So what I do, as I'm writing a movie, is go through all those songs, trying to find good songs for fights, or good pieces of music to layer into the film.
10. When I make a film, I am hoping to reinvent the genre a little bit. I just do it my way. I make my own little Quentin versions of them… I consider myself a student of cinema. It's almost like I am going for my professorship in cinema, and the day I die is the day I graduate. It is a lifelong study.
11. If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it's because I put the character first.
12. There is such a thing as my kind of actor, and how well they pull off my dialogue is a very, very important part of it.
13. Movies are not about the weekend that they're released, and in the grand scheme of things, that's probably the most unimportant time of a film's life.
14. It's very important that every movie I do makes money because I want the people that had the faith in me to get their money back.
15. Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.
This article has been contributed by Six Sigma Films, a Major Film Production House. It is also one of the top aggregators & distributors of Short Films, Documentaries, Independent Films Online.


The British Dietetic Association (BDA) has today published a policy statement clarifying its long-held position that a low carbohydrate diet should be one of a number of possible dietary approaches suitable for managing type 2 diabetes in adults*. Weight loss remains the cornerstone of effective type 2 diabetes management for people who are overweight, regardless of how it is achieved, be that on a low-carbohydrate, low-fat or very-low-calorie diet.
The statement also makes clear that more research is needed to ascertain the long-term health impacts of a low-carbohydrate diet, including on heart health. Research looking at low carbohydrate diets for longer than 12 months is currently lacking.
A low-carbohydrate approach, defined as diets containing between 50 and 130g of carbohydrate a day, have been one of a number of dietary approaches used by dietitians with patients with type 2 diabetes for a number of years. While some patients have found success with this approach, it will not be suitable for all patients, especially as many find it difficult to adhere to low-carbohydrate diets. A poorly planned low-carbohydrate diet, like any poorly planned diet, can tend to be low in key nutrients, including fibre or essential vitamins, which is why it is important for patients to receive support from a dietitian.
Dietitians have an important role in ensuring that people are able to eat a healthy, well rounded diet that suits them and their lifestyle, and which they are able to maintain in the long term. Dietitians' dietary recommendations are individualised, taking account of a range of elements including taste preferences, cultural factors, medications, exercise levels and cooking skills.
Public Health England and the government's Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) are currently reviewing the evidence in relation to low carbohydrate diets and type 2 diabetes, and are expected to publish their findings in late 2019.
*The BDA's new policy statement doesn't apply to children, or people with type 1 diabetes or gestational diabetes.
Find the full statement online.
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What would it mean to you if you had optimal health and wellbeing?
What are your current barriers to achieving it?
Wellness is defined by the World Health Organisation as "…a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity". As a holistic wellness coach, I believe wellness is a continuous inside-out process of awareness, education and growth – a way of life – which requires balancing the various aspects of the whole person. These aspects are physical, emotional, mental and spiritual, and can be understood by how well we balance our energy within 12 life processes or dimensions (see The Wellness Workbook by John Travis).
Self-responsibility and self-acceptance: I am responsible for myself and accept who I am – I know my needs and how to meet them, I am the expert about myself, I am my own best friend.
Breathing: I breathe – which promotes relaxation, centering the mind, calming emotions and increasing vitality.
Sensing: I navigate my environment through the experience of light, heat, touch, sound, odour, taste and movement.
Eating: I eat, and therefore nourish myself and provide energy to support optimal living.
Moving: I move my body, and a balance of movement and rest is essential to health and wellbeing.
Feeling: I express how I feel, which serves to motivate both thought and action and acts as an internal guidance system.
Thinking: I think, which can be my best friend or my worst enemy. Being mindful of my thinking enables me to make positive choices for personal wellbeing.
Playing & Working: I play and work, and in balancing this I support personal health and wellbeing and gives myself the energy to live optimally and perform at a high level.
Communicating: I communicate, which allows me to share my internal reality of thoughts and feelings with others, allowing me to convey my wants and needs.
Intimacy: I have relationships, and experience intimacy with friends, relatives or lovers with a foundation of trust.
Finding Meaning: I wonder about who I am and why I am here, and addressing these questions encourages a balanced life.
Transcending: I experience flow, being fully awake and engaged in the present moment, connecting to me to a deeper reality.


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Five things leaders must consider to effectively address racial inequality
Diversity scholar Ashleigh Shelby Rosette offers guidance for discussing race at work
By Fuqua School of Business
Published: Sep 23, 2020 08:55:07 AM IST
Updated: Sep 23, 2020 12:25:19 PM IST
The death of George Floyd and resulting protests across the U.S. have prompted many leaders to urgently condemn racism within their organizations.
These public statements are a beginning, but to foster truly authentic dialogue and actual change, business leaders first need to turn inward and assess how prepared they are to lead these conversations, said Ashleigh Shelby Rosette, professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.
Race is one of the most difficult topics to discuss in our society, especially when it comes to the Black experience," said Rosette, whose research focuses on leadership, negotiation and diversity. "Historically we have not been comfortable holding a mirror up to the injustices committed towards Blacks in the United States and owning up to them, so often, we say nothing. We presume that what we have is a true democracy in our republic, and meritocracies in our organizations, when every social indicator from health to economics to education, unequivocally suggests that this is not true."
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"To determine whether they're truly prepared to lead authentic discussions about racism in their organizations, leaders need to ask themselves these five questions, Rosette said recently on LinkedIn.
Do you recognize that racial minorities are not a monolithic group?
In recent weeks, Rosette said, she has seen non-Black people struggle to say the words Black or African-American when talking about race. It's OK to speak about one group, she said.
"When we use the term 'people of color,' we should make sure that the racial phenomenon that we are describing affects all people of color somewhat comparably," Rosette said. "If it does not, it's okay to label and name the racial group of interest."
George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor were all Black Americans who died recently in incidents that demonstrate racism embedded in our systems, Rosette said. Thus, right now, many discussions are focused on the Black experience specifically, while some elements of these incidents may also apply more broadly to all people of color, she said. It's important to recognize different racial and ethnic groups have vastly different experiences and it's important to understand those differences, she said.
"These are fundamentally different phenomena and need to be addressed in fundamentally different ways," Rosette said. "And this should not be a cause for separation, but instead, a cause for unity, solidarity and allyship, as a leader who is equipping themselves to talk about race effectively."
Can you empathize with someone of a different race?
"You are better prepared to lead change if you are capable of racial empathy," Rosette said. "If your Black, Asian, Latinx colleague, peer or subordinate comes to you and says that a recent experience they have had is about race, then it is about race."
First, recognize the courage it took that person to come to you – most likely someone of a different race – to tell you about something that happened they believe was racially motivated, she said.
"Too often, the response to such reports is one of disbelief, dismissal or labeling the person who has shared their experience as too sensitive," Rosette said. "You don't know their story, you don't know their pain, and to you, what may seem like a harmless incident can conjure up a great deal of distress for that racial minority."
How often do you seek others' perspectives?
The key to leading change is to understand another person's story. It goes both ways – people in the majority must work to understand the stories of racial minorities and racial minorities must work to understand the perspectives of the majority, Rosette said.
"Look around you to see from whom you most frequently seek counsel," she said. "Do they look like you? Think like you? Have the same background as you? Are they the same race as you? If so, you may not be as adequately prepared as you could be to handle discussions of race in your organization."
The past two decades have led to some progress, but the fact is, white men still comprise the vast majority of corporate executives, Rosette said.
"That means that white men tend to select and promote other white men," she said. "This means that any discussion of race that you may have may lack the perspective, or perhaps that racial considerations may not be adequately raised in your organization."
Did you know discussing race is riskier for minorities?
Talking about race is inherently risky, and riskier still for racial minorities, Rosette said. When compared to whites, minorities are disproportionately asked to participate in diversity initiatives.
"This means they have to do their regular job and do diversity work, too," Rosette said. "They're working harder, oftentimes with no recognized reward, than are their white counterparts. Second, the emotional toll when engaged in diversity work – in addition to a normal workload – can be exhausting."
Third, she said, recent research has shown racial minorities who engaged in diversity-valuing work were perceived as less competent, and received lower performance evaluations from their bosses than racial minorities who didn't do diversity work. The study showed no difference in perceptions of competence or performance ratings for whites who did diversity and inclusion work.
Do you understand that recent protests are about more than George Floyd?
The deaths of Ahmaud Arberry and Breonna Taylor, and threats against Christian Cooper, a Black patron of Central Park, demonstrate a long history of disparate treatment of Black people by authorities across the U.S., Rosette said.
"Keep in mind, most of these types of crimes have not been captured on video and broadcast for all the world to see, but have been experienced by numerous Black Americans and their forefathers all across this country."
If someone were to approach a Black colleague and ask them about their experiences with racism, Rosette said, she imagines that of the stories they could share, a good portion of these experiences will have occurred at work, a topic Rosette has recently studied.
For leaders who are ready to move forward, they should start by looking for places within their organizations where bias, discrimination and racism can take hold – hiring, promotions and salary.
"Do a real check and commit to real change," she said.
For those who don't have decision-making authority at work, they still can lead change: "Volunteer, be an ally," she said. "Reach out and initiate discussions about race. Do not remain silent."
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I was recently honored to be nominated to the Executive Council of CompTIA's Advancing Women in Technology community. As an important part of the world's largest technology association, the group looks to empower women with resources and information to positively impact their technology careers as well as inspiration to choose careers in technology.
My beautiful wife, Michelle Ragusa-McBain, is the chair and I was happy she helped me compile this list. I think it is critical to build bridges with other organizations that have similar goals.
This is the most comprehensive listing of Women in Technology groups found anywhere on the internet.
Additionally, these Top 100 Women in Technology Organizations can be followed in this Twitter list.
If you are female and thinking about entering the technology field, this is the place to start! Each of these organizations have shown success utilizing innovative methods of encouraging, enabling and empowering women in technology.
The mission of IEEE Women In Engineering (WIE) is to facilitate the global inspiration, engagement and advancement of women in technical disciplines. IEEE WIE envisions a vibrant community of IEEE women and men collectively using their diverse talents to innovate for the benefit of humanity.
ACM-W supports, celebrates, and advocates internationally for the full engagement of women in all aspects of the computing field, providing a wide range of programs and services to Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) members and working in the larger community to advance the contributions of technical women.
The Women in IT Constituent Group collects and disseminates effective practices in the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in higher education IT. Through both virtual and face-to-face networking opportunities and by making good use of its affiliation with the National Center for Women & IT, this group provides a venue for addressing a wide range of issues affecting women IT professionals in colleges and universities, including securing high level leadership roles in higher education.
SIM is an association of over 3500 senior IT executives, prominent academicians, selected consultants, and other IT thought leaders built on the foundation of local chapters, who come together to share and enhance their rich intellectual capital for the benefit of its members and their organizations.
A network of women working in technology fields who provide support to each other through networking meetups, career services, events, and other offerings.
A not-for-profit organization that aims to help women advance in technology fields. They provide education in technology and leadership, networking events, mentoring, and awards.
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is a non-profit educational and service organization that gives women the tools they need to succeed and advance in the field of engineering, and to be recognized for their contributions as engineers and leaders. SWE provides an array of training and development programs, networking opportunities, scholarships, and outreach and advocacy activities that help make engineering a desirable career choice for women.
The National Center for Women & Information Technology is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization chartered in 2004 by the National Science Foundation. NCWIT is a "collective impact" effort, a community of more than 700 prominent corporations, academic institutions, government agencies, and non-profits working to increase girls' and women's participation in technology and computing.
From 2014 to present, Women Techmakers is continually launching global scalable initiatives and piloting new programs to support and empower women in the industry.
The Association for Women in Computing is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the advancement of women in computing profession. Our members are a diverse group of professionals in careers that touch every aspect of the computer industry. You'll discover a camaraderie with our group that you won't find in other professional organizations.
EdTechWomen is a network of educators, technologists, and business experts focused on leadership development for women in education technology. Its mission is to create an inclusive community of women and their supporters from all aspects of the education technology industry in order to build and enhance the leadership capacity of women.
ITWomen is a non-profit organization with the mission of increasing the number of girls and women in the fields of technology and engineering and to provide professional development, student education and scholarships through a supportive network.
BDPA is a global member-focused technology organization that delivers programs and services for the professional well-being of its stakeholders. Founded in 1975, BDPA currently has 2400 members and wishes to be a powerful advocate for their stakeholders' interests within the global technology industry.
The Women's High Tech Coalition (WHTC) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3), non-partisan organization that promotes the exchange of ideas among leaders in the public and private sectors whose focus is technology, innovation and the development of public policy related to technology.
Shine The Light is an international campaign that encourages people to boost the profile of incredible women around the world who are pushing boundaries using technology.
Women of the Channel Online celebrates and fosters female leadership across the IT channel year-round, continuing and building on the conversations and ideas sparked at our industry-leading Women of the Channel events. This site provides a forum for sharing perspectives on life and work, recognizing the unique contributions of the women shaping today's channel, and finding the tools and knowledge to grow and advance both personally and professionally.
Organizes conferences for women and awards for influential female leaders. Their goal is to not only help women thrive in technology fields, but make sure technologies are built to help women thrive.
An organization with 60 local chapters around the world that host events. Girls in Tech University brings workshops and resources to female college students pursuing a career in technology, and they also have mentorship programs for grade-school students.
An organization that promotes female leaders in mobile and digital through events in DC, New York, and San Francisco and spotlights on influential women.
The Women's Leadership Council is a community of women who join together regularly to learn how to raise the overall success rate of enabling their success and leadership potential. This council share best practices, hear from industry leaders, and form other initiatives that drive successful women in Technology!
Based at New America in Washington DC, Opportunity@Work is a civic enterprise whose mission is to re-wire the U.S. labor market to enable more Americans to achieve upward mobility in the job market and workplace, to facilitate actions by U.S. employers to develop the talent they collectively need to succeed and grow, and to scale up innovations that unlock more fully all people's potential for higher-value, meaningful work as a source of economic opportunity and national competitive advantage.
A media organization highlighting female entrepreneurship. Organizers of Founder Friday meetups and the PITCH conferences in Silicon Valley and New York. Their sister organization in Latin America is Ellas 2.0. See our interview with CEO Shaherose Charania.
For us, a feminist approach to technology is a gendered critique of the design, use and impact of technology, as well as empowering women to participate in its future. We believe that equal participation of women in producing and decision-making regarding technology is important to ensure that widely used technologies do not affect women adversely.
#brainbabe is a thought leadership platform founded by Deidre Kashou Diamond dedicated to increasing the hiring of women in the Cyber Security and Technology professions, while also supporting those already in the professions with a communication framework that will advance and empower both women and men in the workplace.
A community that holds dinner events for women in STEM and helps them find inspiration and mentorship.
Wonder Women Tech (WWT) is a non-profit organization which produces an annual conference and series of educational programming and initiatives that highlights, educates, and celebrates women and diversity in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics) innovation and entrepreneurialism. Our conferences and programming offer a variety of speakers, panel discussions, coding classes, community inclusion activities and other dynamic initiatives geared towards empowering women and diverse demographics.
Change Catalyst empowers diverse, inclusive and sustainable tech innovation – through education, mentorship and funding. Our Tech Inclusion programs explore and develop innovative solutions to tech diversity and inclusion. We partner with the tech community to solve diversity and inclusion together through conferences, career fairs, strategic consulting and training. Our work spans the full tech ecosystem, including: Education, Workplace, Entrepreneurship and Policy.
We empower Female Engineers and provide courses and workshops to: educate, encourage professionals in the high-tech industry.
A global organization with local chapter events, discussion boards, and job listings. Organizers of TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs, a two-day conference in New York to teach entrepreneurs to communicate with and manage their technical employees.
The sole purpose of Girl Geek Coffees (GGC) is to pursue charitable purposes of advancing the interests of minority females in Information Technology and related Science, Engineering & Mathematics fields, particularly at the development stages of student and early career.
Women in the Channel connects female leaders in the telecom and IT channels for the purpose of collaborating to grow our businesses, support each other as women and mentor each other.
We are Global Tech Women. Our mission is to create a global network of inspired, connected and self-actualized women in tech.
Created by the Society for Women's Health Research, it helps women find and apply for awards and grants in science, technology, engineering, math, and mathematics.
Tech LadyMafia supports women who work in and around the internet. We are astrophysicists and developers, writers and digital strategists. We believe in very inclusive definitions of the words "women" and "ladies". TLM is open is to anyone who identifies as a woman.
Our events and online community are the place to get motivation, resources, and encouragement to make your dreams a reality. Because you can do it, and you don't have to do it alone.
The Blacks in Technology mission: Deliver the most relevant and beneficial information and network for African Americans in the technology field or pursuing a career in Technology. Focus on creating a community in which African Americans are comfortable, motivated and inspired to pursue careers in Technology.
This is a private group to collaborate on encouraging and keeping half of the total workforce - women - in this amazing industry! Goals: 1. Share best practices to stay in tech. 2. Provide a forum to connect mentors and mentees for women in tech, and connecting them with the right opportunities. 3. Create a group of females in tech who can advocate more programs and services that keep women in the industry.
She's Geeky provides a safe, friendly place for women in STEM to "geek out" and talk about their jobs, their passions, their lives and their hobbies in a supportive, non-competitive environment.
A community created by and for the Latinas in computing with a mission of promoting their representation and success in computing-related fields.
Chicago Women Developers is run by a group of women from a variety of backgrounds and technical expertise, who are all passionate about coding and women in technology. They want to provide a place where all questions are OK and where everyone can learn in a supportive environment.
Tech Savvy Women is an organization that brings Technology focused Women across various industries and disciplines together to create and foster relationships while enhancing their knowledge of technology.
An 8-week summer class teaching programming to high school girls in New York City. The girls take trips to Google,Facebook,Twitter, and Foursquare and work on a final project that tackles a challenge in their community, like recycling.
Npower is a national nonprofit organization of 23 members providing IT training and services to nonprofits and young adults. Through programs and service, Npower aims to bring the IT community together to do social good.
A program where high school girls create a prototype for an Android app, write a business plan, and pitch to VCs, while being mentored by women in tech. Created by Iridescent Learning.
An organization that helps African-American girls ages 7-17 learn programming and take charge of their future, mainly through workshops across the country.
IT-ology is a non-profit collaboration of businesses, academic institutions and organizations dedicated to growing the IT talent pipeline, fostering economic development and advancing the IT profession.
TechGirlz is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to reducing the gender gap in technology occupations. We develop fun and educational hands-on workshops, called TechShopz, and an annual Entrepreneur Summer Camp. These efforts aim to get middle-school age girls interested in different kinds of technology and demonstrate the varied options of careers available.
MentorNet, a division of Great Minds in STEM, connects STEM students from freshman year through the doctoral level with mentors working in a variety of STEM fields. Any STEM student in an accredited institution of higher education in the U.S. and professionals with STEM degrees may join our new open social network for mentoring at http://www.mentornet.org/join. More than 60% of MentorNet mentees are women and more than 30% are pursuing degrees in computing.
AkiraChix is a not for profit organisation that aims to inspire and develop a successful force of women in technology who will change Africa's future.Founded in April 2010, AkiraChix aims to be the leading women's network impacting technology in Africa.
We facilitate hands-on technology-centric events to empower, support, and increase the confidence of women and girls. Through our events, we build community, empower participants to see themselves as leaders, and provide networking and mentoring opportunities in the rapidly growing high tech industry.
Young Rewired State (often stylized as YRS) is an organisation based in the United Kingdom, which run events and schemes for technically gifted young people aged 18 and under. It brings together young developers, designers, and those with other technical skills to build projects (mainly phone and web applications) that attempt to solve real world problems.
HER Ideas in Motion is a 501c3 nonprofit corporation focused on helping girls achieve in technology and media arts. Through hands-on workshops and tech clubs, girls learn technical and creative skills from professionals, while building their own projects. In addition, HER Ideas in Motion has developed a women-led approach that combines female technical and creative professionals teaching and mentoring girls to provide access to female role models in these fields.
A program that teaches computer science to girls in underserved communities, starting in middle school. They run classes in Boston, New York, and San Francisco.
Go Girl, Go for IT aims to excite and engage female secondary school students by introducing them to the vast range of global, lucrative and varied career options in IT. The event focuses on inspiring students with fantastic role model speakers, showcasing technology of the future and challenging their preconceptions of a career in IT. There will be access to a wealth of information that will assist students in making informed decisions about a career in IT.
High school girls are taking high level math and science courses-with the exception of physics and engineering-at similar rates as their male peers; however, gender disparities begin to emerge at the undergraduate level, where men outnumber women in many STEM fields. Women receive only 18.2% of bachelor degrees awarded in computer science, 19.1% in physics, and 19.2% in engineering.
The Girls' Programming Network is run by girls for girls. We run workshop every term for high school girls in the Sydney area on programming & awesome IT stuff!
Women and Hi Tech is an organization of women and men whose goal is to attract, develop, retain, support and promote women who are interested in technology, through networking, role modeling, education and professional development.
The Rich Tech Women In Technology Forum is designed to provide networking, mentoring and educational opportunities for women involved at all levels of technology centric businesses or organizations. The mission of the forum is to be a catalyst in growing the interest of science, technology, math and engineering among today's young women. The council organizes an inaugural Women ETC (Education, Technology, Careers) event that provides professional development, education, and collaboration amongst its participants.
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A conference held at Stanford University on the opportunities, challenges, and role models for women in technology, to inspire more "femgineers": female programmers who use their skills for positive change.
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Formed in 2014, Latina Girls Code is a program created to fill the diversity gap between girls who are interested in technology through education and resources. LGC will provide mentors, access to hardware and digital tools as well as internships through various programs and events throughout the year. It is the endeavor of the organization to provide tangible education to those particularly in disadvantaged areas in hopes to spur interest in the technology.
CodeChix fosters continuous learning through our chapters' events and workshops. Offerings include hacking sessions, technical talks, and hands-on, developer-led technical workshops. Sample events include Wikipedia's Operations Infrastructure, Algorithms and Directed Acyclic Graphs, Mobile/Graphic Design for Engineers Workshop, Toy Robotics: My little Pleo, OpenShift Workshop, and Android Instalfest & App Building 101.
We are an international mentorship group with a focus on helping more women become active participants and leaders in the Python open-source community. Our mission is to promote, educate and advance a diverse Python community through outreach, education, conferences, events and social gatherings.
Technical workshops for female programmers held around the United States, as well as in Canada and Australia. They aim to create a supportive environment where women can join the discussion and show off their skills. Courses are also available online.
A site targeted at women to help them learn technology, including tech terms, Ask Ada (named after the first programmer), and other articles.
A 10-week training program for women in San Francisco – half learning, half doing. Applications for the fall program are due in August, and it costs $6,000.
A firm that invests in early-stage companies with a female founder/CEO or executive. They also offer business training to entrepreneurs and investors.
A not-for-profit organization that offers paid, week-long programs to help female entrepreneurs in technology, life sciences, and clean tech to learn skills for revenue generation, sales, and fundraising. Includes a support network of over 200 investors and 300 startup executives.
Their "Forum Program" is an accelerator with two months of coaching for women-led businesses. They also offer pitch practice and educational programs to learn how to fundraise.
A microlending organization started by Candace Kleinthat helps women-owned startups in Ohio. Borrowers also get a nine-week course on business development.
Organizers of the yearly Women Who Tech TeleSummit, with talks by women in technology, startups, and social media. Creators of the #Women2Follow hashtag onTwitter.
This year, FemaleDev focuses on producing, mentoring, and nurturing female startup founders in Indonesia's tech ecosystem.
A 12-week mentorship program in Mountain View for startups led by a minority founder (African American, Latino, or female).
digitalundivided uses innovation to foster the economic growth and empowerment of Black and Latina women entrepreneurs.
Double Union is a space for your projects - Things women do in this space include sewing, programming, electronics, woodworking, fiber arts of all kinds, and zine making.
Founded in 2013, the Women's Center for Creative Work, or WCCW, is a not-for-profit organization that cultivates LA's feminist creative communities and practices. Combining a co-workspace on the LA river in Frogtown, project incubation facilities, residency programs, a rapidly growing network of over 15,000 followers, and a full calendar of artistic and professional development programming for female creatives, WCCW advocates for female-led creative businesses and projects in Los Angeles.


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https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/After-A-s-lose-Brian-Fuentes-blasts-Bob-Geren-2370651.php
After A's lose, Brian Fuentes blasts Bob Geren
ANGELS 4, A'S 1
Published 4:00 am PDT, Monday, May 23, 2011
(05-24) 04:00 PDT Anaheim --
Brian Fuentes has been the A's closer all season. Now he doesn't know what he is. Thanks to manager Bob Geren.
"The games in San Francisco were unorthodox managing," said Fuentes, who criticized Geren after Monday night's 4-1 loss to the Angels for his in-game managing and communication skills. "I thought it was a National League thing. But tonight was pretty unbelievable."
After Fuentes was handed his seventh loss of the season, tops in the American League, he questioned how Geren has used him recently. Fuentes hasn't had a save situation since May 8, and he entered three straight games with the score tied in extra innings.
Including Friday and Sunday in San Francisco, both Fuentes losses.
On Monday, he was summoned in the eighth inning, again with the score tied, 1-1. Fuentes said when the call went to the bullpen and his name was called, "I thought he misspoke. I thought it was some sort of miscommunication."
No mistake. Fuentes hurried to get warm and began the eighth inning by walking Erick Aybar. The next batter, Bobby Abreu, forced Aybar at second. That was it for Fuentes.
Los Angeles Angels' Torii Hunter hits an RBI-double against the Oakland Athletics during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, May 23, 2011.
Photo: Chris Carlson, AP
Geren replaced him with Michael Wuertz, and Torii Hunter smacked an RBI double to right-center. Later in the inning, Jeff Mathis hit a two-run single.
Asked how he thinks Geren has handled him, Fuentes said, "Pretty poorly." How much communication does he have with the manager? "Zero."
Fuentes believes he's not the only player who has issues with Geren.
"I get up in the seventh inning," Fuentes said. "I have no idea. I didn't stretch. If there was some sort of communication beforehand, I'd be ready, which I was. I was heated up. I was ready.
"But there's just a lack of communication. I don't think anybody knows what direction (Geren) is headed."
Should there be a clear-the-air session with Geren?
"At this point, I have nothing to say," Fuentes said.
Asked how different Geren is from his previous managers, Fuentes said, "It's a pretty drastic difference."
After the game, Geren said if he had needed a closer - if the A's rallied to take the lead in the ninth - it would have been Grant Balfour. Before the game, Geren hinted he was considering a change.
"I've always said I've used a guy in the right situation," Geren said before the game. "The eighth inning is a good spot for Balfour. If there's a better spot in reverse (with Balfour and Fuentes flip-flopping), we could do that, too. It's about winning games."
Fuentes set an Oakland record for relievers by taking a loss in four consecutive appearances.
It was another bad ending to what was a feel-good story for seven innings. In the latest appearance for an A's pitcher overcoming Tommy John surgery, Josh Outman gave the A's a well-needed seven innings.
Outman, replacing injured Brandon McCarthy, took the mound for the first time since June 19, 2009, wearing No. 88 and green stirrups over his yellow socks. Outman had a right to be nervous and walked his first batter, Maicer Izturis on five pitches, Izturis advanced on a sacrifice and scored on Abreu's grounder up the middle.
Outman walked two batters in the first inning but was efficient the rest of the way, issuing just one more walk and preventing any Angels from reaching third base. Hunter doubled with one out in the sixth, but Outman retired Alberto Callaspo and Mark Trumbo on pop-ups.
Deep-sixed
A week ago tonight, the A's swamped the Angels 14-0. Since then, Oakland has lost six straight. In the losing streak, the A's have scored 10 runs, are batting .200 (41-for-205), and have hit all of one home run (by Josh Willingham on Sunday). A look at the dirty half-dozen:
Date Opp. Loss
May 18 Twins 4-3 (10)
May 19 Twins 11-1
May 20 Giants 2-1 (10)
May 21 Giants 3-0
May 23 Angels 4-1
E-mail John Shea at jshea@sfchronicle.com.
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Ganja Origin: Exploring the Slang Terms for Marijuana
There are so many terms for marijuana that it's pretty hard to keep up. Somehow, though, you usually know when someone is talking about pot.
That said, we don't always understand the origins of terms for marijuana because they become so commonplace that they're taken for granted. Digging deeper into things is always a good idea, and we're here to do just that with some of the terms for marijuana.
More specifically, we're going to explore the word ganja origin, followed by a couple of others.
Ganja Origin: Where Does the Word Come From?
The origins of this term run a lot deeper than you may have expected. There are a number of historical factors that come into play if you want to have a full understanding of the word "ganja" and what stands for.
We're going to unpack that all for you here. Let's get started:
Let's Start in India
When a person thinks "ganja," they usually go through a number of associations, none of which dealing with Hinduism or British colonialism. That is until you look back a few thousand years.
Hinduism actually regards cannabis as a sacred plant, and many religious practices and ceremonies are conducted with the use of it. It's likely that the components of the plant and their effects brought on a spiritual association. Hinduism is an ancient religion, dating back over 4000 years.
India's caste system has also had an effect on the way that language is used and passed down, which, in turn, has affected our receiving of the word "ganja," but we'll get to that.
The Indian caste system places holy or religious men at the top of the social structure. They land up above businessmen and kings. They are referred to as the Brahmin caste.
Brahmins were versed in Sanskrit, a holy language which was generally regarded as only theirs to use. The lower members of the caste system spoke Hindi. We're using the past tense here because the structure of things has changed slightly in the modern day, and the lines are a little more blurred as to who speaks what and how they stand in Indian society.
The point is, the Sanskrit word for cannabis, being a religious plant, was used with a lot of importance in the Hindu religion.
British Control in India and Jamaica
The British exerted colonial control over India, to different degrees, from around 1505 all of the way up until 1948.
We don't have time in this lifetime or the next to get into all of the politics and aftermath of their colonial rule, so we won't even try here. If you're interested in learning more about colonialism, it would be wise to do some serious reading on the topic.
The British colonized Jamaica in the late 1600s. They formally claimed it as an English colony in 1655, although Spain didn't cede the territory to them until 1670.
Christopher Columbus is actually regarded as the first European to get to Jamaica, claiming it for Spain. From the time that these people landed until 1833 when England outlawed slavery, African slaves were brought to Jamaica and worked in sugar and rubber plantations.
There is little mention of what happened to the native people living in Jamaica before Europeans came, although it's known that they were treated so poorly by the Spanish and affected by disease that almost each native Jamaican had passed away within 100 years.
Outlawing Slavery and the Need for Work
In the absence of slavery, England needed people to work on their farms and plantations in Jamaica. The recruited 40,000 people from India, mostly indentured servants to work in Jamaica.
Still, many African descendants lived and worked in Jamaica at the time. It may be surprising to note that marijuana is not a native plant to Jamaica. In fact, ganja was first introduced to Jamaicans when Indian indentured servants brought it in the mid 19th century.
Most of us are well-acquainted with the term ganja because of its connection to Rastafarianism and, largely, Bob Marley.
Ganja became a common thing for field-workers to smoke while on the job in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This was commonplace in Jamaica up until the mid-20th century as the social climate began to shift, and ganja took on a whole new meaning.
Rastafarianism was started in 1935 when Leonard P. Howell preached the importance of Haile Selassie. Howell preached that the racial hierarchy would be flipped and that blacks would soon have racial superiority over whites.
This, obviously, was an attractive theme for many of the people living in Jamaica who, even though slavery had been made illegal, still lived lives that were heavily oppressed by whites. Ganja, as we know, is a large part of many Rastafarian religious practices.
Rastafarianism came just before the beginnings of the Black Power movement in the United States, which used marijuana as an anti-establishment message. This sentiment was shared by many Rastafarians in Jamaica, and marijuana penalties were heavily tightened in the 60s.
Those restrictions have since loosened up, with marijuana being far less damaging to one's criminal record now.
There you have it! That's the history of "Ganja."
The Term "Reefer"
The term "reefer" is another one that could be dug into. The word "reef" was used as a verb in the 1850s for sailors who were pulling on a rope to adjust their mast.
Sailors, in large part, were members of the "underworld" as it was called then. In other words, the people who weren't affluent or deemed respectable. Those were also the circles that marijuana was being used in.
Some people suggest that the word "reefer" was used for marijuana because a joint looks like a rope, and you pull it to get smoke out. This is similar to how you "reef" (pull) a rope to achieve the desired effect in sailing.
Look for some more slang terms to dig into? Read more here to learn more.
Ganja in the Modern Day
There's a lot of history surrounding the ganja origin. There's probably a lot more that you could learn about Hinduism and ganja dating back thousands of years.
There's a lot to keep up on in the modern day, too. If you're interested in learning more about marijuana in 2019, visit our site for the information you need.


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Still Life of Gourds, a Pomegranate and an African Clay Pot
signed; inscribed with the title on a Johans Borman Fine Art label adhered to the reverse
oil on artist's board
45.5 by 60cm excluding frame
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Whilst Pierneef is principally known for his extensive landscapes, several still life works exist that provide a unique perspective into the development of his pictorial concerns which merged the techniques of European modernism with a distinctly African vision.
We can deduce that Still Life of Gourds, a Pomegranate and an African Clay Pot was painted in 1938 based on the similar iconography and style employed in the work titled African Still Life which is illustrated on page 330 of Esmé Berman's book, Art and Artists of South Africa.
This rare still life demonstrates the artist's pre-occupation with forging an African identity in his choice of objects that include indigenous gourds and a Venda pot.
By rooting this still life in a South African vernacular seen in the fusion of his painterly style coupled with local subject matter, Pierneef was pioneering a new mode of expression which firmly established his place in South Africa's art history.
In this lot the paint is applied thinly in an illustrative style where Pierneef's faceted brushwork, sound draughtsmanship and modulated tonal planes create dynamism through the monumental scale of his chosen objects. This is achieved through the use of dramatic lighting together with a charged background field that radiates a halo of energy that expands beyond the confines of the pictorial plane.
A Pieter Wenning Gallery label adhered to the reverse.
cf. JFW Grosskopf. (1945) Hendrik Pierneef: Die Man en sy Werk, Pretoria: JL van Schaik, Bpk. A similar example is illustrated, plate 66.
cf. Esme Berman, (1983) Art and Artists of South Africa. Johannesburg: Southern Book Publishers. A similar example is illustrated on page 330.
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Q: Is Organising Test Suite in inheritance hierarchy for DRY a bad thing? What alternatives are there? I develop a system which:

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My problem is that some methods that implement business logic just have a long OK case flow. The business logic is just complex and there doesn't seem to be any reasonable way to move some functionality to a different class. I want to write unit tests that will test all branches in this class. The first tests that cover the arguments checks are simple - just call and expect the exception. After covering first NOK cases, I continue further to NOK cases with a bit of setup code  that pass first checks, call first mock and fail on 2nd checks. I also add some verify there. There are a few ways how execution can fail at this "stage" so each has its own test. Then I do the same for yet another "stage" of the flow. Again adding another layer of setup at the beginning and verify at the end getting closer and closer to the full OK case. The ok case flow has 8-12 "stages" and after each step there are multiple possible NOK case outcomes.
Long story short, I end up with many tests that have duplicated code that comes in "layers" of setup and verify code with each "stage". I remember watching Clean Code episodes where Uncle Bob said that a good way to handle such things is to organize tests in inheritance hierarchy, with each more advanced test inheriting the setup and tear down (verify) of the previous one. This seems to work well with regard to DRY principle for me, however it impacts negatively on tests readability. I have also read many opinions that inheriting is a bad way to organize your test suite.
Do you have any tips or patterns how to better organize such kind of tests? How do you structure your test suites that need to handle similar business logic?


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