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/*
 * This file is part of FFmpeg.
 *
 * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
 */

static int FUNC(sequence_header)(CodedBitstreamContext *ctx, RWContext *rw,
                                 MPEG2RawSequenceHeader *current)
{
    CodedBitstreamMPEG2Context *mpeg2 = ctx->priv_data;
    int err, i;

    HEADER("Sequence Header");

    ui(8,  sequence_header_code);

    uir(12, horizontal_size_value);
    uir(12, vertical_size_value);

    mpeg2->horizontal_size = current->horizontal_size_value;
    mpeg2->vertical_size   = current->vertical_size_value;

    uir(4, aspect_ratio_information);
    uir(4, frame_rate_code);
    ui(18, bit_rate_value);

    marker_bit();

    ui(10, vbv_buffer_size_value);
    ui(1,  constrained_parameters_flag);

    ui(1, load_intra_quantiser_matrix);
    if (current->load_intra_quantiser_matrix) {
        for (i = 0; i < 64; i++)
            uirs(8, intra_quantiser_matrix[i], 1, i);
    }

    ui(1, load_non_intra_quantiser_matrix);
    if (current->load_non_intra_quantiser_matrix) {
        for (i = 0; i < 64; i++)
            uirs(8, non_intra_quantiser_matrix[i], 1, i);
    }

    return 0;
}

static int FUNC(user_data)(CodedBitstreamContext *ctx, RWContext *rw,
                           MPEG2RawUserData *current)
{
    size_t k;
    int err;

    HEADER("User Data");

    ui(8, user_data_start_code);

#ifdef READ
    k = get_bits_left(rw);
    av_assert0(k % 8 == 0);
    current->user_data_length = k /= 8;
    if (k > 0) {
        current->user_data_ref = av_buffer_allocz(k + AV_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE);
        if (!current->user_data_ref)
            return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
        current->user_data = current->user_data_ref->data;
    }
#endif

    for (k = 0; k < current->user_data_length; k++)
        uis(8, user_data[k], 1, k);

    return 0;
}

static int FUNC(sequence_extension)(CodedBitstreamContext *ctx, RWContext *rw,
                                    MPEG2RawSequenceExtension *current)
{
    CodedBitstreamMPEG2Context *mpeg2 = ctx->priv_data;
    int err;

    HEADER("Sequence Extension");

    ui(8,  profile_and_level_indication);
    ui(1,  progressive_sequence);
    ui(2,  chroma_format);
    ui(2,  horizontal_size_extension);
    ui(2,  vertical_size_extension);

    mpeg2->horizontal_size = (mpeg2->horizontal_size & 0xfff) |
        current->horizontal_size_extension << 12;
    mpeg2->vertical_size = (mpeg2->vertical_size & 0xfff) |
        current->vertical_size_extension << 12;
    mpeg2->progressive_sequence = current->progressive_sequence;

    ui(12, bit_rate_extension);
    marker_bit();
    ui(8,  vbv_buffer_size_extension);
    ui(1,  low_delay);
    ui(2,  frame_rate_extension_n);
    ui(5,  frame_rate_extension_d);

    return 0;
}

static int FUNC(sequence_display_extension)(CodedBitstreamContext *ctx, RWContext *rw,
                                            MPEG2RawSequenceDisplayExtension *current)
{
    int err;

    HEADER("Sequence Display Extension");

    ui(3, video_format);

    ui(1, colour_description);
    if (current->colour_description) {
#ifdef READ
#define READ_AND_PATCH(name) do { \
        ui(8, name); \
        if (current->name == 0) { \
            current->name = 2; \
            av_log(ctx->log_ctx, AV_LOG_WARNING, "%s in a sequence display " \
                   "extension had the invalid value 0. Setting it to 2 " \
                   "(meaning unknown) instead.\n", #name); \
        } \
    } while (0)
        READ_AND_PATCH(colour_primaries);
        READ_AND_PATCH(transfer_characteristics);
        READ_AND_PATCH(matrix_coefficients);
#undef READ_AND_PATCH
#else
        uir(8, colour_primaries);
        uir(8, transfer_characteristics);
        uir(8, matrix_coefficients);
#endif
    } else {
        infer(colour_primaries,         2);
        infer(transfer_characteristics, 2);
        infer(matrix_coefficients,      2);
    }

    ui(14, display_horizontal_size);
    marker_bit();
    ui(14, display_vertical_size);

    return 0;
}

static int FUNC(group_of_pictures_header)(CodedBitstreamContext *ctx, RWContext *rw,
                                          MPEG2RawGroupOfPicturesHeader *current)
{
    int err;

    HEADER("Group of Pictures Header");

    ui(8,  group_start_code);

    ui(25, time_code);
    ui(1,  closed_gop);
    ui(1,  broken_link);

    return 0;
}

static int FUNC(extra_information)(CodedBitstreamContext *ctx, RWContext *rw,
                                   MPEG2RawExtraInformation *current,
                                   const char *element_name, const char *marker_name)
{
    int err;
    size_t k;
#ifdef READ
    GetBitContext start = *rw;
    uint8_t bit;

    for (k = 0; nextbits(1, 1, bit); k++)
        skip_bits(rw, 1 + 8);
    current->extra_information_length = k;
    if (k > 0) {
        *rw = start;
        current->extra_information_ref =
            av_buffer_allocz(k + AV_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE);
        if (!current->extra_information_ref)
            return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
        current->extra_information = current->extra_information_ref->data;
    }
#endif

    for (k = 0; k < current->extra_information_length; k++) {
        bit(marker_name, 1);
        xuia(8, element_name,
             current->extra_information[k], 0, 255, 1, k);
    }

    bit(marker_name, 0);

    return 0;
}

static int FUNC(picture_header)(CodedBitstreamContext *ctx, RWContext *rw,
                                MPEG2RawPictureHeader *current)
{
    int err;

    HEADER("Picture Header");

    ui(8,  picture_start_code);

    ui(10, temporal_reference);
    uir(3, picture_coding_type);
    ui(16, vbv_delay);

    if (current->picture_coding_type == 2 ||
        current->picture_coding_type == 3) {
        ui(1, full_pel_forward_vector);
        ui(3, forward_f_code);
    }

    if (current->picture_coding_type == 3) {
        ui(1, full_pel_backward_vector);
        ui(3, backward_f_code);
    }

    CHECK(FUNC(extra_information)(ctx, rw, &current->extra_information_picture,
                                  "extra_information_picture[k]", "extra_bit_picture"));

    return 0;
}

static int FUNC(picture_coding_extension)(CodedBitstreamContext *ctx, RWContext *rw,
                                          MPEG2RawPictureCodingExtension *current)
{
    CodedBitstreamMPEG2Context *mpeg2 = ctx->priv_data;
    int err;

    HEADER("Picture Coding Extension");

    uir(4, f_code[0][0]);
    uir(4, f_code[0][1]);
    uir(4, f_code[1][0]);
    uir(4, f_code[1][1]);

    ui(2, intra_dc_precision);
    ui(2, picture_structure);
    ui(1, top_field_first);
    ui(1, frame_pred_frame_dct);
    ui(1, concealment_motion_vectors);
    ui(1, q_scale_type);
    ui(1, intra_vlc_format);
    ui(1, alternate_scan);
    ui(1, repeat_first_field);
    ui(1, chroma_420_type);
    ui(1, progressive_frame);

    if (mpeg2->progressive_sequence) {
        if (current->repeat_first_field) {
            if (current->top_field_first)
                mpeg2->number_of_frame_centre_offsets = 3;
            else
                mpeg2->number_of_frame_centre_offsets = 2;
        } else {
            mpeg2->number_of_frame_centre_offsets = 1;
        }
    } else {
        if (current->picture_structure == 1 || // Top field.
            current->picture_structure == 2) { // Bottom field.
            mpeg2->number_of_frame_centre_offsets = 1;
        } else {
            if (current->repeat_first_field)
                mpeg2->number_of_frame_centre_offsets = 3;
            else
                mpeg2->number_of_frame_centre_offsets = 2;
        }
    }

    ui(1, composite_display_flag);
    if (current->composite_display_flag) {
        ui(1, v_axis);
        ui(3, field_sequence);
        ui(1, sub_carrier);
        ui(7, burst_amplitude);
        ui(8, sub_carrier_phase);
    }

    return 0;
}

static int FUNC(quant_matrix_extension)(CodedBitstreamContext *ctx, RWContext *rw,
                                        MPEG2RawQuantMatrixExtension *current)
{
    int err, i;

    HEADER("Quant Matrix Extension");

    ui(1, load_intra_quantiser_matrix);
    if (current->load_intra_quantiser_matrix) {
        for (i = 0; i < 64; i++)
            uirs(8, intra_quantiser_matrix[i], 1, i);
    }

    ui(1, load_non_intra_quantiser_matrix);
    if (current->load_non_intra_quantiser_matrix) {
        for (i = 0; i < 64; i++)
            uirs(8, non_intra_quantiser_matrix[i], 1, i);
    }

    ui(1, load_chroma_intra_quantiser_matrix);
    if (current->load_chroma_intra_quantiser_matrix) {
        for (i = 0; i < 64; i++)
            uirs(8, intra_quantiser_matrix[i], 1, i);
    }

    ui(1, load_chroma_non_intra_quantiser_matrix);
    if (current->load_chroma_non_intra_quantiser_matrix) {
        for (i = 0; i < 64; i++)
            uirs(8, chroma_non_intra_quantiser_matrix[i], 1, i);
    }

    return 0;
}

static int FUNC(picture_display_extension)(CodedBitstreamContext *ctx, RWContext *rw,
                                           MPEG2RawPictureDisplayExtension *current)
{
    CodedBitstreamMPEG2Context *mpeg2 = ctx->priv_data;
    int err, i;

    HEADER("Picture Display Extension");

    for (i = 0; i < mpeg2->number_of_frame_centre_offsets; i++) {
        sis(16, frame_centre_horizontal_offset[i], 1, i);
        marker_bit();
        sis(16, frame_centre_vertical_offset[i],   1, i);
        marker_bit();
    }

    return 0;
}

static int FUNC(extension_data)(CodedBitstreamContext *ctx, RWContext *rw,
                                MPEG2RawExtensionData *current)
{
    int err;

    HEADER("Extension Data");

    ui(8, extension_start_code);
    ui(4, extension_start_code_identifier);

    switch (current->extension_start_code_identifier) {
    case MPEG2_EXTENSION_SEQUENCE:
        return FUNC(sequence_extension)
            (ctx, rw, &current->data.sequence);
    case MPEG2_EXTENSION_SEQUENCE_DISPLAY:
        return FUNC(sequence_display_extension)
            (ctx, rw, &current->data.sequence_display);
    case MPEG2_EXTENSION_QUANT_MATRIX:
        return FUNC(quant_matrix_extension)
            (ctx, rw, &current->data.quant_matrix);
    case MPEG2_EXTENSION_PICTURE_DISPLAY:
        return FUNC(picture_display_extension)
            (ctx, rw, &current->data.picture_display);
    case MPEG2_EXTENSION_PICTURE_CODING:
        return FUNC(picture_coding_extension)
            (ctx, rw, &current->data.picture_coding);
    default:
        av_log(ctx->log_ctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Extension ID %d not supported.\n",
               current->extension_start_code_identifier);
        return AVERROR_PATCHWELCOME;
    }
}

static int FUNC(slice_header)(CodedBitstreamContext *ctx, RWContext *rw,
                              MPEG2RawSliceHeader *current)
{
    CodedBitstreamMPEG2Context *mpeg2 = ctx->priv_data;
    int err;

    HEADER("Slice Header");

    ui(8, slice_vertical_position);

    if (mpeg2->vertical_size > 2800)
        ui(3, slice_vertical_position_extension);
    if (mpeg2->scalable) {
        if (mpeg2->scalable_mode == 0)
            ui(7, priority_breakpoint);
    }

    uir(5, quantiser_scale_code);

    if (nextbits(1, 1, current->slice_extension_flag)) {
        ui(1, slice_extension_flag);
        ui(1, intra_slice);
        ui(1, slice_picture_id_enable);
        ui(6, slice_picture_id);
    }

    CHECK(FUNC(extra_information)(ctx, rw, &current->extra_information_slice,
                                  "extra_information_slice[k]", "extra_bit_slice"));

    return 0;
}

static int FUNC(sequence_end)(CodedBitstreamContext *ctx, RWContext *rw,
                              MPEG2RawSequenceEnd *current)
{
    int err;

    HEADER("Sequence End");

    ui(8, sequence_end_code);

    return 0;
}

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So those of you that have the game, what have you found that works with tactics concerning the Aliens? Ive played a few games and have only wow with the Aliens once and it was really a lucky roll.
I hope when the warrior and other aliens come out that the tide will change..
Hey, It change, It change a lot, I have played with proxies, and is like playing another game.
They become a lot less numerous but very effective.
Facehuggers are really good at disturbing units and warriors can wipe out nearly everything they touch.
For the basic game the best tactic I found is patience, nearly all of the missions require marines and predators to cross infested areas, so the best tactic is to wait hiding to avoid massive loses. The only problem are disks and flamethrowers.
And you shall use your cards to force close combat confrontations.
Anyway is as you said quite difficult for aliens to kill. Their best role in hte basic game is play reactive.


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A method of estimating the value of leasehold property.
A mortgage given by a lessee on the security of the leasehold interest in the land.
A transfer of a legal estate or interest in property for the purpose of securing the repayment of a debt.
An independent appraiser's value interpreted by the lender as to the worth of a property in the current market given a reasonable time period to sell the property.
The market value of property less the value of the leassor's interest. The present worth o the annual advantage, if any, accruing to the lessee by reason of the contract rent being less than the economic rent.
The person who grants us of the property under lease to a tenant.
Letter written by the lender containing the amount of the loan, specified interest rate, term of loan, and specific conditions.
Letter issued by a bank or other lending institution promising payment to a third party in accordance with the terms of the agreement. Letters of credit may be used in situations where a deposit is required or a security, eg. Where a builder is about to sign a contract and has to put up security that the job will be finished; or a security deposit under a long term lease.
Upside leverage in real estate occurs when the yield or net return on property exceeds debt service for a loan. Downside or reverse leverage occurs when the debt service is greater than he net return on investment.
A legal claim against a property for money owed.
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The ratio of net operating income to debt service - in general loan coverage of 1.3 to considered adequate for a loan to value ratio of 75%.
A charge for making a loan in addition to the interest charged to the borrower.
A reserve shown on a balance sheet of a real estate company as provision for any future losses in assets.
Analysis of loan applications from prospective purchasers to determine if they meet with requirements and if so, the lender will issue a commitment letter.
The average length of time required for the turnover of mortgage loans, ie. until maturity.
Upon application and approval of a loan, the lender has to go through a fairly standard procedure to finalize and disburse the loan such as the setting up of files, ordering of credit reports, verification of employment, bank accounts, etc.
The ratio of the principal amount of the loan to the lending value of the property.
A clause which restricts prepayment of a loan during a specified period of the whole term of the mortgage. This ensures that the lender receives a stipulated return on his investment and discourages shopping around for another loan.


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Q: laravel обрезать текст есть текст который я заношу через редактор summernote, при выводе текста нужно обрезать его до 200
пробовал так
  {!!Illuminate\Support\Str::limit($post->text,200)!!}

Но так не срабатывает
Так же пробовал так:
{{Illuminate\Support\Str::limit($post->text,200)}}

Но тогда выводятся стили и теги вместе с текстом

A: для корректной обрезки надо удалить сначала теги вот так должно работать
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Nashaba Paddy v Uganda ((Criminal Appeal No.39 of 2000)) [2002] UGSC 17 (15 April 2002);
Evaluation of Evidence
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF UGANDA
AT MENGO
CORAM: ODOKI, G.J, TSEKOOKO, KAROKORA, MULENGA KANYEIHAMBA, JJ.S.C.)
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.39 OF 2000
NASHABA PADDY »»»»»»»APPELLANT
UGANDA »»»»»»»»»»»RESPONDENT
(Appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal at Kampala (Kato. Mpagi- Bahigeine, Berko, J.J.A), dated 9th August, 2000, in Criminal Appeal No 59 of 1996)
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
The background to this appeal is briefly as follows: The appellant and two other persons, namely Sergeant Alfred Beyaka and Peter Kanyarwene, were suspects in the commission of two aggravated robberies in the Bushenyi District, using a gun. One of the robberies was committed at the home of one Bona Byansi and the other at the home of one John Ibara, PW5. The two robberies appear to have been committed and investigated in the same period of time but the prosecution decided to proceed with the trial of the robbery committed at the home of Bona Byansi first. The three suspects were indicted and tried for that robbery, Alfred Beyaka was convicted and sentenced to death but both the appellant and Peter Kanyarwene were acquitted of that particular robbery. This was in 1994. On 4.9. 1995, the same three suspects were tried on an indictment charging them with the aggravated robbery that had taken place at the home of John Ibara, contrary to ss. 272 and 273 (2) of the Penal Code . The appellant was named in the indictment as A2, Alfred Beyaka as A1, and Peter Kanyarwene as A3. At the trial, A1 who by then was a convict and still in custody, was not produced in court. Peter Kanyarwene was acquitted again. The appellant was convicted and sentenced to death. His appeal to the Court of Appeal was dismissed. He has now appealed to this court. It will be apparent from our judgment that some of the evidence in the two robberies overlapped.
The facts in this case may be summarised as follows: It was the prosecution's case that the appellant participated in a robbery committed in the night of 12.7.91 at the home of John Ibara, in Kitagata village, Kyamate in Bushenyi District and a number of goods including two hurricane lamps were taken by the robbers from the home.. Some five days after that robbery, the appellant sold a hurricane lamp to one, Eugene Kagezi, PW4, a bar operator at Mutale trading centre. Shortly after the sale, the appellant was arrested by William Muhangi, PW3, a local administration police sergeant. The lamp was subsequently identified at the trial by the complainant, Ibara, PW5, as one of the goods stolen from his home during the robbery and Kagezi, PW4, identified the appellant as the person who had sold her that same lamp. The appellant was first taken and detained at Mutale Gomborora Headquarters but was later transferred to Bushenyi Police Station.
Sergeant Muhangi removed the lamp from the Kagezi bar and the lamp was later produced in court as Exh. 5. While in police custody, the appellant gave to Assistant Inspector of Police Mirembe, PW2, then a station sergeant, incriminating information affecting himself and two accomplices who included Sgt.. Beyaka. He also told the sergeant that he could lead the police to a place where Beyaka was hiding.
A few days later and after securing a motor vehicle for transport, Sergeant Mirembe accompanied by police officer Kibesigire and Bona Byansi, the complainant in the first robbery case, went with the appellant to Rweshenyi village. On their way to that village, they came across Peter Kanyarwene, A3, who started running away but was pursued, and arrested. Peter Kanyarwene, with the appellant, led the police group to Kanyarvvene's house where Sgt. Beyaka was found hiding in a bed. When interrogated, Sgt. Beyaka admitted having possession of a gun and according to the appellant Beyaka had also participated in the robbery at Ibara's home. Sgt. Beyaka led the group to a spot in a banana plantation near his own house where an army uniform, a gun and ammunition were found.
On 31.7.91, the appellant was taken to a Magistrate Grade II, Amudini Mugerwa, PWl, to whom he made an extra-judicial statement. In the extra-judicial statement, the appellant confessed that he, together with Sgt. Beyaka and one Muhanguzi, had robbed from Ibara's home and taken away diverse items which he proceeded to enumerate in the statement. At the trial, the appellant retracted the extra-judicial statement but after a trial - within - a trial, the learned judge held it to be admissible and it was received in evidence as Exh. P6. The trial proceeded, and on the basis of the extra-judicial statement, the stolen lamp as evidence of possession of recently stolen property and the
discovery' of the gun, the appellant was convicted of aggravated robbery
and sentenced to death. He appealed to the Court of Appeal which
dismissed the appeal. The appeal to this court is based on five grounds
framed as follows.
1- The learned Justices of Appeal erred in law when they upheld the trial judge's decision to admit the appellant's extra-judicial statement.
2- The learned Justices of Appeal made an error of mixed law and fact when they upheld the conviction based on circumstantial evidence that fell short of the legal test.
3- The learned Justices of Appeal erred in law to uphold the trial judge's conviction when the evidence on record was full of contradictions and inconsistencies.
4- The learned Justices of Appeal made an error of mixed law and fact when they rejected the defence of alibi by the appellant.
5- The learned Justices of Appeal erred in law in Jailing to reevaluate the evidence on record.
Mr. Tayebwa, counsel for the appellant, argued grounds 1,4 and 5 separately and grounds 2 and 3 jointly.
On ground I, Mr. Tayebwa contended that the recording of Exh.6 was not done in compliance with the rules governing the recording of extra-judicial statements. Counsel contended that the appellant was not informed of the charge against him before he made the statement, and that the statement was not recorded in the language in which the appellant spoke. Counsel further contended that the holding by both the trial judge and the Court of Appeal that the appellant's extra - judicial statement was made voluntarily was not supported by the evidence. Counsel pointed out the appellant's complaint that for two weeks prior to the making of the statement, he had been in police custody, subjected to torture and eventually, induced by Mirembe to make that statement. It was further contended by Mr. Tayebwa that the trial judge had not given any reason for disbelieving the appellant's evidence. Counsel for the appellant criticised the Court of Appeal for failing to reevaluate the material evidence on the matter before upholding the decision of the trial court on admissibility of the extra-judicial statement.
Mr. Elem- Ogwal, Principal State Attorney and counsel for the respondent, intimated that he would only argue ground 1 of appeal. He contended that the issues in the other grounds advanced for the appellant had not been raised in the Court of Appeal at all and therefore could not be argued in this Court as a second appellate court, He invited this court to ignore those other grounds. In support of his submissions, he cited the case of Festo Androa Asenua & Another v. Uganda, Crim. Appeal No. 1/98 (SC.), (unreported), in which this court commented adversely on a ground of appeal which in substance was the same as one that had been raised in the Court of Appeal but had been abandoned. In our judgment in that case, we said,
"As we have already pointed out, grounds of appeal are objections to the decision from which an appeal arises. It would clearly be unfair to criticise the Court of Appeal on the basis that the Court failed to consider inconsistencies, discrepancies and contradictions, when such matters were not argued before nor drawn to the attention of the Court of Appeal"
We do not find that the principle underlying our statement in the Festo Androa Asenua's case (supra), is applicable to the instant case. Grounds 2 to 5 of this appeal are basically objections or complaints focussing on the inadequacy of the prosecution case. In our view, that was the purport in grounds (ii) and (iii) of the Memorandum of Appeal in the Court of Appeal where it was contended that the doctrine of recent possession of stolen property was inapplicable to the facts of the case and that the evidence had not been evaluated as a whole. Therefore, the contention that grounds 2 and 5 raise issues which were not before the Court of Appeal is untenable. In our view, the Festo Andoroa Asenua case (supra), is clearly distinguishable from this case. In the former case, the issue of contradictions and discrepancies in evidence had been raised and then had been expressly withdrawn from the consideration and determination of the Court of Appeal.
In any event, on ground 1 of appeal, Mr. Elem - Ogwal conceded that the Grade II Magistrate had erred in causing the extra-judicial statement to be recorded by the court clerk instead of himself, and in failing to record that statement in the Runyankore language which the appellant chose to speak. Learned counsel however contended that these minor errors did not occasion a miscarriage of justice in view of the appellant's testimony at the trial, that what was recorded was what he had said. He further submitted and we agree that the Court of Appeal had sufficiently considered the issue of the extra-judicial statement before upholding the findings of the trial judge who believed the testimony of Mirembe that the appellant was not tortured or otherwise induced to make the statement.
Section 24 of the Evidence Act does not prohibit the procedure adopted by the Magistrate in recording the extra-judicial statement in this case. In our opinion, it is not a material departure from the guidelines contained in the circular of the Chief Justice dated 2nd February, 1973 for a magistrate to ask the court clerk whose handwriting is apparently better than his own to record the statement under the supervision of the magistrate. The only omission was that the magistrate did not certify the recorded statement. However, we are of the view that the omission was cured by the confirmation of the appellant that the recording was accurate.
In the Court of Appeal, ground (I) combined the issues of admissibility and credibility. The ground complained that "the learned trial judge erred in law and fact in accepting and believing the extra- judicial statement made by the appellant and thus came to a wrong decision." After summarising the arguments of counsel on this ground, the learned Justices of Appeal said,
"We agree that the Chief Justice's rules for the guidance of magistrates in recording confessions should be followed with punctiliousness and care, but we think that a contravention of the guidelines in recording would not render the record bad if the confession is found to be voluntary. The statement in question was recorded in the court language which language the appellant understands since he is a sixth former and was using English in court himself. These are not rules of law but practice for guidance. If a statement has been made in circumstances not in accordance with the Rules, in law that statement is not made inadmissible if it is a voluntary statement The court however, in its discretion, can refuse to admit it if it thinks that there had been a serious breach of the Rules. The test of admissibility of the statement is its voluntariness. R.v. May Prayer (1972) 56 Crim. App. R. 151: R. v. May (1952) 36 Crim. App. R. 91 at 93. We think that the learned judge was correct in admitting the statement in evidence. We are fortified in our findings by section 29A of the Evidence Act which states: '29A Notwithstanding the provisions of section 24 and 25 of this Act, when any fact is deposed to as discovered in consequence of information received from a person accused of any offence, so much of such information, whether it amounts to a confession or not, as relates distinctly to the fact thereby discovered, may be proved,' This ground of appeal fails."
We think that the requirement that such statements as the appellant made should be recorded in the language the suspect chooses to use in making it, is to ensure that what is produced in evidence is the correct reflection of the statement of the maker so as to avoid or minimize possible distortions, mistakes and or disputes resulting from the translation which the court would not be in a position to verify. It is our view however that, since in this case the appellant agreed in court that what was recorded is what he said, such distortations, mistakes or disputes do not arise.
In this case, we are unable to fault the conclusion by both the trial Court and the Court of Appeal that the statement was made voluntarily. It is noteworthy that the learned trial judge took the initiative to conduct a trial-within - a trial despite defence counsel's statement that the defence did not object to the confession. The appellant did not dispute the fact that he made the statement. On the contrary, he confirmed that what the statement contained is what he had told the magistrate. Consequently, ground 1 of this appeal fails.
Ground 2 and 3 which were argued together by the appellant's counsel constitute an objection to the effect that the conviction ought not to stand because the prosecution evidence did not amount to adequate proof It was the contention of the appellant's counsel that the evidence upon which the appellant was convicted and sentenced to death was of such circumstantial nature as not to satisfy the requirements of proof beyond reasonable doubt in a criminal trial. In support of his submissions, counsel relied on the cases of Simon Musoke v. R (1958), E.A. 715, Charles Bogere v. Uganda, Cr. App. No. 10/98, (SC.) (unreported), and Abasi Ssali & Another v. Uganda Cr. App. No. 7.98, (SC.), (unreported).
Mr. Tayebwa, argued that for a court to convict on circumstantial evidence, the evidence must be such as leaves nothing to chance. The circumstances must not be such as can be explained on evidence other than that the accused is guilty of the offence as charged. Counsel cited the case of Simon Musoke v. R. (supra) In support of his submission he also contended that the evidence relating to the stolen hurricane lamp and its recovery was full of contradictions and discrepancies. He contended that during the recovery of the stolen lamp from Eugene Kagezi, neither John Ibara, PW5, nor his son were present to identify the lamp as theirs. Appellant's counsel also contended that Kagezi's evidence contradicted that of the complainant, John Ibara. Whereas Kagezi testified that the lamp she bought from the appellant was a big lamp and she did not describe its colour, Ibara said that he recognised it as his because it was green and blue in colour. There was also the inexplicable evidence of Ibara that some of the property stolen from his home were found in the houses of two of the accused persons. According to Ibara, his second lamp which had also been taken during the robbery was recovered from Beyaka's house. Ibara also claimed that a pair of boots and bed sheets were recovered from Nashaba's house. However, the police evidence was to the effect that none of these items or indeed any stolen property was found in A2's house. We note that these contradictions and discrepancies relating to the discovery of the stolen property do not affect the facts and evidence which the trial court found and the Court of Appeal confirmed to be material. In any event, the learned trial judge adequately considered and
resolved these contradictions, when he said,
"There were however some discrepancies and contradictions in the prosecution's case. PW5 testified that he recovered a pair of
boots and bed sheets from A2 But PW2 explained that he
never recovered any stolen property from A2. The law regarding inconsistencies is that grave ones in the prosecution case unless satisfactorily explained will result in the evidence being rejected.
The court will ignore minor inconsistencies Uganda v.
Sembatya, (1974) HCB 278. They have no effect on the main substance of the prosecution case."
In his confession which we have confirmed to have been voluntary' and admissible, the appellant said,
"I am (sic.) and Sergeant Beyaka came to Mutera village with a gun. Reaching the village from Kitagata, he talked to me and proposed a plan that we should start dealing with the gun. We went to Kitagata at the home of one Ibara. We were three. We were Beyaka, Muhanguzi and I was the third We had a gun. We arrived at the scene at around 1.00 a.m We asked him to open but he did not open. We forced his porters to open for us. They opened the front area of the house and the three of us entered We arrested these porters and locked them in one of the bedrooms. We looked for Ibara. He was not around We picked Shs.30,000 (Thirty Thousand shillings) from the table from the bedroom, the six foot mattresses, a spraying pump, one pair of sheets. We then left and put our loot at Fred Beyaka's home. While at Fred Beyaka's home, we shared the thirty thousand shillings equally. After four days, I was arrested at Mutara village while I had gone to see Beyaka Fred I found he had left for Kampala. That is all I can state."
The appellant's own evidence of what happened at Ibara's home including the shooting with a gun is amply corroborated by the evidence of PW5, the complainant. Following the information given by the appellant, the police were able to carry out a search and arrest both Kanyarwene and Beyaka, A3 and A1, respectively. Eventually, the three suspects were charged but only the appellant and Kanyarvvene were tried for the robbery at Ibara's home. As a result of the information given and the search carried out by the police with the co-operation of both the appellant and Beyaka, an army uniform , a gun and three magazines of ammunition were found..
One of the household items robbed from Ibara's home was a hurricane lamp which the appellant denied ever having handled or sold. Yet, the evidence of Eugene Kagezi, PW4, is emphatic that the appellant sold the lamp to her. She testified that:
"I still remember the lamp I bought Exhibit I. I remember the person who sold the lamp to me. I can identify him if I see him. That person is in the court"
Kagezi then pointed at the appellant who was co-accused in the court. The appellant denied having anything to do with it but his evidence was rejected. The evidence which the court believed put the appellant in the category of the guilty under the doctrine of possession of recently stolen property without a plausible explanation. The Court of Appeal considered this part of the evidence and observed ,
*The only evidence against the appellant being in possession of a lamp which had been recently stolen had to be considered a long with the important time factor and the appellant's failure to explain its origin , when on the other hand , Mr. Ibara had satisfied the court that it was among the properties stolen from his house. There was therefore ample evidence that the appellant took part in the robbery. We do not doubt that a common participation has been established We have no hesitation in affirming (sic.) his conviction."
We are satisfied that the learned Justices of Appeal properly made a correct decision. Therefore grounds 2,3, and 5 must fail. With regard to ground 4, counsel for the appellant argued that the defence of alibi by his client had not been properly considered and that it was wrong on the part of the Court of Appeal to have simply agreed with the findings of the trial judge. Mr. Elem - Ogwal for the respondent, supported the findings of both the trial court and the Court of Appeal on the alibi. He contended that the trial judge correctly addressed his mind to the defence of alibi and how the prosecution should deal with it.
The trial judge said,
"The position of the law where an accused person puts up an alibi to a criminal charge. (sic) He does not thereby have the burden to prove the same. But the burden lies on prosecution to adduce evidence to destroy the alibi"
In our opinion, the learned judge's statement is in conformity with the decisions we recently made regarding the defence of alibi in the cases of Kifamute Henry V. Uganda Cr. App. No. 10/97 (SC.), (unreported), and Abasi Sali & Another vs. Uganda (SC.) Cr. App. No. 7/1998 (SC.), (unreported). The Court of Appeal was correct to confirm the findings and decision of the High Court on the matter. In consequence, ground 4 of the appeal fails.
As all the grounds of appeal have failed, this appeal is dismissed.
DATED AT MENGO, THIS 15th DAY OF APRIL 2002.
B.J. ODOKI
J.W. TSEKOOKO JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT
N. KAROKORA
JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT
J.N. MULENGA
G. W. KANYEIHAMBA
CPL Kasirye Hamuza & 4 Ors v Uganda ((Cr.Appeal No.70 Of 1999)) [2001] UGCA 17 (28 August 2001);
Amos Binuge & oers v Uganda ((Cr.Appeal No.23 Of 1989)) [1991] UGSC 5 (31 May 1991);
Ofwono Samuel v Uganda ((Criminal Appeal No.17 of 2004)) [2005] UGSC 27 (21 December 2005);
James Ssemwogerere & Anor Vs Uganda (CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 14 OF 1977) [1978] UGSC 4 (25 September 1978);
James Semwogerere & anoer v Uganda (Cr.Appeal No.14 Of 1977) [1978] UGCA 5 (25 September 1978);

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Q: Re-fit a decision tree to add a layer I am wondering if there is a way to re-use an existing DecisionTreeClassifier to add another layer.
My scenario is the following:

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*I have some data (data array X with corresponding labels y) for classification

*I train a DecisionTreeClassifier with max_depth=1 on my (X,y) data.

*While I am not satisfied with my classifier:

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*Re-use the same classifier with the same data, to add leaves at the bottom of my tree, therefore increasing the depth by 1 (It's important that I keep the same tree, I am just adding a layer of leaves at the bottom, I am not retraining a new DecisionTree with max_depth=n+1)

Is there a way to do this with scikit-learn? Or with other classifiers, like a neural network, can you train your neural network with, say, 10 epochs, then if it is not accurate enough, re-train it with another 10 epochs, and so on?

A: Short answer :
No, you can't.
Long answer :
A DecisionTreeClassifier is not meant to be fitted again.
As you can see in the source code tree.py at line 350, the internal tree is built using some class inheriting from TreeBuilder. This class is from the cpython file _tree.py. You can still try to tweak this class by copy / pasting chunks of its code ... I wouldn't recommend it because it is pain in the neck and it is not likely to work at all.
Hope you will find (or found) another solution and will share it with us :)


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The NHIAA Division II girls cross country championship Saturday at Derryfield Park could potentially be a great three-way battle between defending champion Souhegan, Coe-Brown and Oyster River.
As for the boys race, it is hard to imagine anyone overtaking a deep Oyster River team.
The D-II girls run at 11:30 a.m. and the boys at 12:10 p.m. The D-III race times are for 10 a.m. (girls) and 10:40 a.m. (boys) while in D-I, it's 1 p.m. (girls) and 1:40 p.m. (boys).
"We're going well right now," said Coe-Brown co-coach Tim Cox. "But I'm not sure if it's enough (to catch Souhegan). You have to keep your eye on Oyster River. They're coming along and finally healthy at the right time. It's going to be a tight meet."
Souhegan, Coe-Brown and OR are ranked first, third and seventh in the most recent New Hampshire Cross Country online rankings. ConVal (fifth), which Cox calls a sleeper, and Hanover (eighth) are also in the mix.
The Bears have found a fifth runner in senior Sarah Dupuis, which now puts them in the championship conversation.
"She's the most experienced and our anchor," Cox said. "She's really turned the corner."
Cox's freshman daughter, Addison, is the team's No. 1 runner and could finish anywhere from third to sixth. "She's pretty experienced, but not at the high school level," coach Cox said. "She's an unknown entity."
Abigail O'Connor and Eleanor McDonough are second and third behind Addison Cox and key off her. Freshman Ella Malone is a very solid fourth runner.
Healthy Oyster River will be led by senior Danielle Slavin, but coach Fergus Cullen believes the key to doing well will come down to the Nos. 2 through 5 runners: Olivia Lenk, Sophie Sullivan, Lily Doody and Kadence Murphy.
"Souhegan is ranked higher but, in my mind, Coe-Brown is the favorite and Oyster River is the dark horse," Cullen said.
Expect Milford's Rebecca Durham and Manchester West's Julia Robitaille to challenge for the individual title with Slavin and Cox a bit behind them.
The Portsmouth girls get a mention as well, led by Ellen Baker and freshman Angela Hagstrom.
The boys race is really Oyster River's to win. They are that deep.
Add in senior transfer Kieran Murphy from Chicago to an already strong team that would have been a favorite without him.
"Oyster River is so deep and talented," Cox said.
The Bobcats are ranked second in the NHCC poll to D-I Concord. Coe-Brown, the three-time defending champion, is third.
Murphy will challenge for the D-II title with Coe-Brown's Evan Tanguay and Merrimack Valley's David Reynolds.
OR junior Henry Keegan is a top-five runner. After that the Bobcats have a very competitive chase pack, according to coach Scott McGrath, with Max Stenslie, Myles Carrico, Andy O'Brien, Parker Spinney and Owen Fleischer.
"Our greatest competition is Coe-Brown and their freshmen have dramatically improved since the beginning of the season, as well as having an improved pack time," McGrath said.
Tanguay, a fixture on C-B's three D-II championship teams, will challenge for the individual title. The key is the team's promising freshman group led by co-coach Brent Tkaczyk's son, Luke, and Wyatt Mackey.
"Tanguay is probably the favorite to win the title, having run the fastest New Hampshire time at Derryfield Park this year, as well as having run 15:32 at the Brown Invitational," McGrath said. "To win, Murphy will have to be ready to work hard, especially during the middle mile of the course which is hilly and suited to Tanguay's strengths as a runner. "
Both competed at the Manchester Invitational in September but in different races. Murphy ran a 16:39 in the large school boys race, while Tanguay turned in a 16:23 in the small school race. Murphy did beat Tanguay on his home turf at the Black Bear Invitational with a time of 16:18. Tanguay was third in 16:28 just behind Reynolds.
Coe-Brown received a blow when senior Gabe Deely was found to be running with mono and was lost for the season.
Another freshman, Logan Mihelich, has adequately replaced him. Sam Patteson, Dawson Dubois and Gavyn Lewis round out the improving Bears' lineup.
"I like this team," coach Cox said. "I like the way Evan is leading."
The top seven D-I teams and 30 runners advance to the Meet of Champions on Nov. 4 at Nashua South High School. In D-II, it's the top six teams and 25 runners, while in D-III the top five teams and 20 runners move on.
In the Division III girls race, Portsmouth Christian has an outside chance of challenging for a top-five spot led by Eliza Corso.
In Division I, on the boys side, Dover's Josh Thompson, Winnacunnet's Colin Donnelly and Exeter's Jake Winslow should be in the hunt to qualify for MOC spots; same goes for Dani Jewell of Dover and Spaulding's Abby Ward and Lauren Noble on the girls side.
— Some of the information for this story was taken from the New Hampshire Cross Country website.


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El Aeropuerto de Murcia-San Javier  es una base aérea militar del Ejército del Aire que estuvo abierta al tráfico civil como aeropuerto público gestionado por Aena hasta el 14 de enero de 2019. Está situado en la ribera norte del Mar Menor, en la pedanía de Santiago de la Ribera del municipio de San Javier, Región de Murcia, España. Cerró al tráfico civil a partir del 15 de enero de 2019, siendo reemplazado desde ese día por el nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de la Región de Murcia.

Descripción

Operaciones
El aeropuerto tenía la capacidad para recibir aviones de mediano tamaño como un Boeing 757 o un Airbus A321. Cuenta con dos pistas, la principal es la 05R/23L y otra secundaria 05L/23R de menor longitud, abierta en 2011 y destinada en exclusiva a material E-26 Tamiz de la escuela elemental de San Javier, con lo que la principal era utilizada por material E-25 Mirlo (CASA C-101) combinado con vuelos civiles durante todo el día.

La base aérea militar data de la década de 1930 y está situada en el extremo norte del aeropuerto. Se utiliza principalmente por aviones de hélice y de reacción de entrenamiento de la Fuerza Aérea Española, incluyendo un equipo acrobático muy conocido, la Patrulla Águila, que a menudo se les puede ver practicando sobre el Mar Menor.

En los últimos años, el Aeropuerto de Murcia incrementó su tráfico de pasajeros gracias a la llegada de varias aerolíneas de bajo coste. Según Aena, el número de pasajeros pasó de 88 608 en 1995 a 1 181 490 pasajeros en 2012.

Remodelación
Fue remodelado para ser usado como aeropuerto civil en 1995, año en el cual tuvo un volumen de 88 608 pasajeros. En el año 2004 la terminal recibió una ampliación de 1100 metros, además de implementar nuevos equipos en la zona de entrega de equipaje. Hacia 2006 se terminaron las obras de remodelación y ampliación donde se habilitaron 8 mostradores más quedando un total de 18, se aumentó el tamaño de la zona de seguridad, se inauguraron una cafetería y tiendas de duty free además de nuevos baños.

En marzo de 2011 se inauguró la segunda pista del aeropuerto para que pudiese operar como aeropuerto civil las 24 horas al día, tras una inversión de unos 67 millones de euros por parte de la empresa estatal Aena.

En junio de 2011 el nuevo director del aeropuerto de San Javier confirmó que Aena tenía previsto un plan de inversiones (como la ampliación de la terminal de pasajeros) y que no se cerraría San Javier con la apertura del nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de la Región de Murcia en Corvera.

Sin embargo, al quedar Aena como adjudicataria del nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional, se confirmó que todas las operaciones y el personal serían trasladados de San Javier a Corvera, quedando San Javier para uso militar exclusivamente.

El aeropuerto cerró al tráfico civil el 14 de enero de 2019, debido a la apertura el día siguiente del nuevo aeropuerto de Corvera. El último vuelo fue operado por Ryanair entre San Javier y Mánchester.

Este aeropuerto cuenta con una calle para la toma en situaciones de viento cruzado, esta calle llamada Calle Papa, tiene una longitud de 2625 pies.

Historia
En abril de 1939, al terminar la Guerra Civil, el entonces conocido como Campo de Aviación de La Ribera fue habilitado por el bando vencedor como campo de concentración de prisioneros pertenecientes a la aviación republicana. Ya el 6 de abril había 2422 personas internadas, y hay constancia de que en noviembre del mismo año el recinto seguía operativo. Allí se establecieron también tribunales especiales de Aviación encargados de llevar a cabo la depuración franquista de los militares capturados.

Aerolíneas y destinos

En el momento de su cierre operaban en el aeropuerto diez aerolíneas, que volaban a diversos puntos de Europa. De estos destinos, la mayoría de pasajeros eran turistas, que tenían como destino principal las costas de la Región de Murcia y del sur de Alicante y las ciudades de Murcia y Cartagena. Anteriormente, existían vuelos diarios a Madrid-Barajas, siendo esta la única conexión nacional del aeropuerto.

Los destinos citados a continuación operaron desde San Javier en su último año de funcionamiento, el 2018. Todas las aerolíneas trasladaron sus vuelos al nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de la Región de Murcia, a excepción de British Airways y Aer Lingus, que cancelaron sus rutas. Además, Ryanair finalizó las conexiones con Fráncfort y Eindhoven, mientras que Jet2.com dejó de volar a Edimburgo y Newcastle.

Tráfico y estadísticas

Transporte terrestre
Accesos por carretera al aeropuerto:

Véase también
 Aeropuertos de España

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Web oficial del aeropuerto

San Javier (España)
Murcia-San Javier
Fuerzas armadas en la Región de Murcia
Campos de concentración franquistas

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UN Action and IOM help empower Somali Women re-build their lives after escaping Al-Shabaab
Eastern Africa, Somalia. Muse Mohammed/IOM 2017
Sexual violence against women and girls is a silent human rights violation in Somalia. A crime compounded by social taboos, which prevent survivors from seeking help, and one that largely goes unpunished. If a woman reports sexual violence, she is usually blamed and stigmatized for it. And if the woman lives under the control of the Al-Shabaab, speaking up can cost her life.
While significant advances have been made to reduce violent extremist activity and increase resilience to violent extremist influences, the presence of Al-Shabaab continues to fuel conflict and instability. It has been documented that regardless of their roles[1] within the group, women suffer systematic violence, including conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), and that sexual violence is used by Al-Shabaab as a strategy of control.[2]
With the support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), in 2013 the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) developed the National Programme for the Treatment and Handling of Disengaged Combatants, with the aim of establishing a comprehensive process that allows for low risk disengaged combatants to rehabilitate and reintegrate back into their communities. This programme is implemented as a tool to counter the threat of continuous insecurity and is coupled with a declaration by FGS that low risk Al-Shabaab combatants who voluntarily defect from the group will be granted amnesty.
At first, the programme focused only on men as it lacked the capacity to respond to the complex needs of women associated with Al-Shabaab, many of whom are survivors of CRSV. This changed in 2019 when IOM started a unique project within the Women, Peace and Security framework in close partnership with the FGS, women-led civil society organizations, and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM). The project is the first of its kind in the East and Horn of Africa. Since the pilot phase of 2019, the female component of the National Programme has provided 475 women with means to rebuild their lives in their communities.
"Through this Women, Peace and Security project, IOM supports the rehabilitation and reintegration of women formerly associated with violent extremist groups," says one of IOM Somalia's Project Officers involved in the project. "We support the women to recover from their traumatic experiences and provide them with opportunities to build their capacities and to actively contribute to peacebuilding processes in their communities."
Gaining renewed resilience
Women, too often survivors of CRSV, who disengage from Al-Shabaab have diverse hopes and dreams. While their stories are unique, many parallels remain. Many of these women often find themselves as head of households, caring for young children, and yearn for safety, security and a better future for themselves and their families. On this journey, however, women often encounter stigma, isolation, displacement, and struggle to find a sense of belonging in their communities. Harmful coping strategies compound these struggles and worsen mental health outcomes.
Through transitional rehabilitation centres and women-led civil society organizations, IOM is providing holistic and gender-sensitive services to vulnerable women, including basic education and case management to improve their mental health and wellbeing, as well as business development and livelihood skills training to support with rebuilding their lives. The programme strives to contribute to reconciliation efforts within communities by promoting economic and personal resiliency, social integration, and community engagement.
Hafso* is among the women at one of the rehabilitation centres who arrived seeking a better life for herself and her family.
She is now participating in the activities organized at the centre, where she feels she has finally found a safe place to recover from past experiences and rebuild her resilience.
"I am happy to be enrolled in this rehabilitation programme. I have a chance to build a network and share the secrets and the shame I have been hiding my whole life," she said. "This feels good. Here I am not judged. I finally feel as if a burden has been lifted from my shoulders."
Women receiving survivor-centred support
Using survivor-centred psychosocial approaches, IOM has created opportunities for women to explore their identities, establish a sense of belonging within their communities, and build trust with other women. Leveraging IOM's close partnership with line ministries, women-led civil society organisations, and UNSOM, these interventions include art-based workshops and other psychosocial support activities, funded through the UN Action-Conflict Related Sexual Violence Multi-Partner Trust Fund (CRSV-MPTF).[3]
"When survivors come to safe spaces like these, they are still in a traumatic state and are seeking opportunities to recover and heal," says the IOM Director General, Mr. António Vitorino. "It is, therefore, essential that interventions with survivors consistently strive to create a safe and empowering environment, through an integrated and survivor-centred approach."
Ms. Pramila Patten, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict and Chair of the UN Action Network highlights that "the UN-Action network through its CRSV-MPTF can transform survivors' lives. The results are tangible and visible. In my last visit to Somalia in July 2019, I gained first-hand knowledge of the immense protection challenges faced by survivors, particularly in displacement settings. My dialogue with the national authorities was frank and constructive; they did not deny or downplay the gravity of the crimes of sexual violence. Such acknowledgement is critical as no problem in human history has ever been resolved through silence and denial."
Through this project, it becomes clear that it is only by engaging Somali women on their own terms that we can begin to understand how to mitigate the consequences of conflict and contribute to sustainable peace.
*Launched in March 2007, UN Action represents a concerted effort by 18 UN entities to improve coordination and accountability, amplify advocacy, and support country efforts to prevent sexual violence and respond more effectively to the needs of survivors. Projects such as this one are funded through the CRSV-MPTF. We particularly thank the Government of Japan for its generous contribution to changing the lives of Somali women through partial funding of this project.
Invited by the SRSG-SVC, who chairs UN Action, IOM joined the initiative in March 2018. IOM is working towards many priorities of UN Action: Through community-based strategic interventions, IOM builds local capacities and promotes national ownership and leadership to safeguard the rights and recovery of survivors. In tandem, IOM fosters a longer-term approach focusing on resilience of persons at risk, identification of capacities and resources to self-protect, and ensuring that deep-rooted social, economic, and cultural shifts required to reduce CRSV move towards prevention.
*The name of the individual in this story has been changed to protect their identity
[1] Orly Stern, 2019. "The Invisible Women of al-Shabaab: Understanding the role of women in, and their influence on sons, husbands and brothers in, the processes of joining al-Shabaab, defecting from al-Shabaab, rehabilitation, and reintegration".
[2] United Nations Secretary General, Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, report of the United Nations Secretary General, S/2020/487, 03 June 2020, available here.
[3] The CRSV-MPTF supports projects jointly implemented by UN Action Network entities to catalyze new initiatives and programming in order to enhance prevention, response and accountability efforts on CRSV through a survivor-centred approach.
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I was incredibly pleased with the feedback that I received within a tutorial that I attended before the Easter break. I was delighted to hear the tutor mentioning successes within the body of work that I have created and agreeing with me that creating a stop motion was a great way of consolidating my photo manipulations and works well as a final piece to this project. We talked about how everything seemed to inform something and that you could see my journey and progression throughout this project rather that there being lots of random experiments. I was very pleased with this feedback and we then moved on to discuss how the tutor felt I could finalize this work and bring everything together. He felt that making a fade video out of photographs of all my paintings would be beneficial and would allow people to see the development in my work and consolidate a large amount of blog posts and images into one outcome.
After producing this piece, I feel that to me, it shows progression and all the hard work that I have put in to produce paintings alongside my photo-manipulations, animations, experiments and my collaboration work. In terms of the title of my project, I feel that when looking at these paintings you get the feeling of loneliness. I have worked with the topic of the Hidden Loneliness of City life when producing these paintings. When experimenting with photo-manipulation I found that cutting out figures and leaving one left behind portrayed the feeling of being alone in the city even though you are surrounded by others. I thought about the fact that all the other people in the city may as well not exist or at least might as well just be white silhouettes. These paintings were inspired by my photo-manipulation work and I have experimented with grounds, colours, loneliness representation and scale throughout. I think the theme of the white silhouettes running through the video heightens the feeling of the single figures feeling alone amongst the masses in the city.
Overall, I feel that both these paintings and the video portraying them all are highly successful. I think this video shows the journey that I have undertaken during this project and brings together all of my paintings so that they can be viewed all at once. I hadn't realised quite how much work I have created and I am incredibly proud of what I have achieved within this project. The loneliness of City life is heightened within this piece and it showcases my work in a professional and consolidated way.


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Car slides down embankment
Submitted by admin1 on Wed, 01/11/2017 - 11:30
On Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 8:25 a.m., the Crawford County Sheriff's Department was notified of a one-vehicle slide off on Highway 131 just north of County S in Haney Township.
Cara M. Dobson, 36, Wauzeka, was traveling northbound on Highway 131 in a 1997 Suzuki sport utility vehicle. The Dobson vehicle was negotiating a curve, started to slide on the ice-covered curve, slid across the southbound lane of traffic, continued off the left side of the roadway, went down an embankment and came to rest against some trees.
Dobson claimed no injuries from the accident.
Car slides into creek, man uninjured
A 1996 Mitsubishi, driven by Tyler George, 19, of Lynxville, slid off icy roads and into a creek off Highway 35 at County D in Crawford County mid-afternoon Tuesday, Jan. 10. According to the Crawford County Sheriff's Department, George was passing a car when he lost control and went into the creek, in 3 to 4 feet of water. He was able to exit the car on his own. George was taken to Crossing Rivers Health to warm up and be checked out, but he was uninjured in the accident. The car was a total loss. Tri-State Ambulance, Eastman First Responders and Fire Department, the Crawford Conty Highway Department and Bob's Towing assisted at the scene. (Photo by Todd Myers)
Fire department sells nearly 400 Christmas trees
The Prairie du Chien Fire Department's Christmas tree sales are one of its biggest fundraisers. This year, nearly 400 fraziers, white pines and balsams made the department about $7,000. Those funds will be used for equipment, training, fire prevention and more.
"We had about 70 trees that were preordered," Chief Harry Remz said, noting that the Fort Crawford Museum, McGregor Festival of Trees, Crossing Rivers Health and Sawmill Saloon are among the regular customers. "The rest are sold in the lot."
Nelson True Value in Prairie du Chien has allowed the fire department free use of its garden center grounds for Christmas tree sales since the very beginning of this fire department endeavor. Remz believes the department has been selling trees for around 25 years.
"When it started out, the fire department was actually working for somebody else. Then, they took it over on their own," he stated.
MVC raising funds to buy Kickapoo Indian Caverns
The cavern is accessible via existing infrastructure. (Photo by Gary K. Soule)
This is the entrance to Kickapoo Indian Caverns. MVC would make the site free to the public.
Site would be opened up for public tours again while also being preserved
Mississippi Valley Conservancy (MVC) is seeking $200,000 to assist with their purchase of Kickapoo Indian Caverns located west of Wauzeka. MVC will buy the unique 83-acre site as soon as they have all of the funding. MVC Executive Director Carol Abrahamzon said $245,000 has been raised through grants and donations so far, but more is needed.
Man sentenced for fraud involving federal crop loan
A former Bloomington man was sentenced Thursday, Jan. 5, by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to three years probation and ordered to pay $85,424.51 in restitution for fraudulent conversion and sale of crops owned by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (USDA FSA).
Kelly Wachter, 34, pleaded guilty to the above charges on Oct. 3, 2016, according to John Vaudreuil, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin.
Wachter admitted, during his plea, that in May 2014, he obtained a $210,000 loan from the USDA FSA for the purpose of planting corn and soybean crops on farmland he rented in Bloomington. The crops were considered collateral for the loan, and the proceeds from the sale of the crops were to be used first to pay the FSA loan.
Woman charged with possession of meth, resisting an officer
A 30-year-old Prairie du Chien woman has been charged in Crawford County Circuit Court with one count of possession of methamphetamine and one count of resisting an officer.
If convicted of both counts, Chelsay C. Wille faces up to four years and four months imprisonment and $20,000 in fines.
According to the criminal complaint, following a traffic stop, a Prairie du Chien police officer noticed the odor of marijuana coming from inside of Wille's vehicle. The officer conducted a field sobriety test and then arrested Wille, who began to resist and struggle, the complaint said.
A digital scale and meth residue were found in Wille's jacket pocket. A baggie of meth was later found under the back seat of the squad car where Wille had been sitting while being transported to the jail, the complaint said.
No accidents result from broken rail on BNSF tracks
Last week, a Prairie du Chien police officer discovered a broken rail on the BNSF tracks running through Prairie du Chien. The section of rail was replaced within seven hours.
A broken rail was discovered late Tuesday night, Jan. 3, on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe train tracks that run through the heart of Prairie du Chien.
According to the Prairie du Chien Police Department, at about 11:45 p.m., an officer observed a train pass through the city and, after passing, all railroad crossing arms remained down. Based on his previous training and experience, the officer investigated the tracks for broken rails and found a break near the Blackhawk Avenue crossing.
"Because [the officer] has 30 years experience, he recognized that there was a problem, drove down the tracks until he found a break in the rail and called dispatch, who contacted BNSF, which was already aware of [the issue]," Sgt. Kyle Teynor stated.
Crawford County Fair royalty crowned
The 2017 Crawford County Fair court includes (clockwise from back, middle) Keegan Eberling, fair ambassador; Brooklynn Nagel, senior future fair ambassador; Brooke Mitchell, junior future fair ambassador first attendant; Michaela Cauffman, junior future fair ambassador second attendant; and Mya Riniker, junior future fair ambassador. (Photos by Northwoods Photography-Mikaela Baker)
There for Keegan Eberling's crowning moment were her fellow 2016 County Fair court members (front) Alex Crary, junior future fair ambassador; and Elizabeth Garfoot, fair ambassador. Keegan was senior future fair ambassador last year.
The 2017 fair court includes (front row, from left) Michaela Cauffman, Brooke Mitchell, past junior ambassador Alexandria Crary; (back row) past ambassador Elizabeth Garfoot, Mya Riniker, Keegan Eberling and Brooklynn Nagel.
Pictured (front row) Alexandria Crary, 2016 Jr. Future Fair Ambassador; Michaela Cauffman; Brooke Mitchell; (back row) Elizabeth Brownlee, Crawford County Fair Ambassador Program adviser; Amanda Griswold, Crawford County Fair coordinator; Elizabeth Garfoot, 2016 Crawford County Fair Ambassador; Mya Riniker; Brooklynn Nagel; Keegan Eberling and David Olson, Crawford County Fair board member
The newest Crawford County Fair royalty was presented at a special occasion Saturday, Dec. 31, at Nelson True Value in Prairie du Chien. Fair ambassador is 18-year-old Keegan Eberling, of Prairie du Chien. She was crowned leader of this year's fair court by 2016 Fair Ambassador Elizabeth Garfoot and 2016 Junior Fair Ambassador Alex Crary.
Rounding out the 2017 court, Brooklynn Nagel is senior future fair ambassador. Mya Riniker is junior future fair ambassador. Brooke Mitchell is first attendant junior future fair ambassador and Michaela Cauffman is second attendant junior future fair ambassador.
Keegan knew before the New Year's Eve ceremony that she would likely take the reins of promoting the Crawford County Fair for 2017 and she was tremendously thrilled about the opportunity.
Couple welcomes fourth child the first week of the new year
Douglas and Elizabeth Shaw welcomed baby Malachi Gilbert Shaw as the New Year's baby at Crossing Rivers Health on Jan. 3, at 9:21 p.m. He weighed 10 pounds, 13 ounces and measured 21 inches long.
The Shaws and their new baby received a basket full of goodies and gift certificates, sponsored by numerous local businesses.
A darling baby boy weighing 10 pounds, 13 ounces, and measuring 21 inches, was the 2017 New Year's baby at Crossing Rivers Health in Prairie du Chien.
Born on Tuesday, Jan. 3, at 9:21 p.m., Malachi Gilbert Shaw is the fourth child for Douglas and Elizabeth Shaw, of Mt. Sterling. He is the grandson of Jon and Stacy Petersheim, Rising Sun; Tina and Ken Kirschbaum, Lancaster; and Kurt and Denita Shaw, Arizona.
The joyful couple shared a few moments with their sweet new arrival early Wednesday afternoon, before siblings Kolten, 4, Kylee, 2, and Micah, 1, came to greet their little brother. Malachi was delivered naturally one week before his due date, under the care of Crossing Rivers' Family Nurse Practitioner/Midwife Terri Payne.
"We almost didn't make it to the hospital," Elizabeth said, noting that her newborn came quickly. "We weren't expecting him just yet."
Budget cuts stave off Wauzeka-Steuben referendum for at least one year
There will be no referendum to exceed the revenue cap limit for the Wauzeka-Steuben School District for next school year. At the Dec. 29 special meeting, the school board decided to make numerous budget cuts which will amount to a total of about $650,000.


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Strictly Stress
Effective Stress Management: A Series of 12 Sessions for High School Students
Tina Rae - Tina Rae Well Being Training and Consultancy, Professional and Academic Tutor, University of East London
January 2001 | 134 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
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Tina has produced another book based on her work as a behaviour support teacher. This is an ideal resource for use as part of a PHSE programme with a whole class or smaller group work.
It is specifically aimed at students who appear to be experiencing unacceptable levels of stress in their lives and who require support in order to understand, acknowledge and cope with specific stressors/sources of stress.
There are 12 sessions in this book. These include comprehensive teacher notes and photocopiable worksheets for the students. The structure ensures active pupil participation and provides an opportunity to look at both the causes and effects of stress. With a greater understanding of stress, young people are helped to learn and practise better coping strategies.
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Gilmore Girls Reading Challenge: Encyclopedia Brown
Published on Friday, 31 March 2017 18:53
Written by Sally Allen
Lorelai: I came up for a book [...] of Luke's.
Jess: Well if it doesn't have Encyclopedia Brown in the title, that narrows it down a lot.
Encyclopedia Brown is a series of children's mysteries starring an entrepreneurial 10 year old with his own detective agency. When he's not investigating on behalf of his fellow fifth graders (for the reasonable fee of 25 cents), Encyclopedia can be found solving crimes for his father, his town's police chief. (Seems legit.)
The books are divided into episodic chapters called "The Mystery of [fill-in-the-blank]." Each presents a case (just the facts, ma'am) and ends by asking readers to solve the crime. Readers can then flip to the back of the book for each case's solution. This can make these books fun to read aloud with middle graders. Provided you're comfortable transforming the stories' "cowboys and Indians" stereotypes into teachable moments.
The writing brims with silly wordplay. Of a fifth grade gang that goes by the moniker the Tigers, the narrator quips, "They should have called themselves the Berries. They were always getting into one jam after another." Hardy har har.
The cumulative effect of reading these stories: They invite readers to become more savvy at interpretation, especially of empty space. Revisiting my childhood edition of "Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All" this week, I was reminded that the stories are an exercise in locating the unstated assumptions that link tangible clues (i.e. evidence) together.
Before the exchange referenced above, Lorelai sits at Luke's counter expressing her urgent need for coffee to fuel her clothes shopping expedition for her weekend trip to Manhattan. Why does she need new clothes, Luke wonders, then proceeds to inventory her wardrobe, from memory. He's observant, for sure, but he misses the unstated assumption: Sometimes, we want fresh threads for a big outing.
Then he offers to lend her his book on Manhattan walking tours, which leads to Jess and Lorelei's above exchange, right after she bursts into Luke's apartment and finds Jess and Rory lip-locked on the sofa. Later in the episode, we learn that Luke bursts in on the couple every 10 minutes to ensure things don't go too far. So on the obvious level, Jess seems to be referencing Luke's surveillance methods.
But as I've learned again and again from writing this column, literary references rarely (if ever?) operate on the surface level alone. In fact, the episode is rife with intrigue and mystery, enough to keep Encyclopedia busy for a whole book's worth of cases:
Lane and Dave are hiding their relationship from their band mates, who believe Dave is hiding being a devout Christian from them.
Lane is hiding her relationship with Dave from her mother (in perpetuity).
Lorelai feels a little ambivalent about whether she wants Rory to hide details of her, erm, intimacies with Jess.
Emily is hiding her distaste for Jess from Rory (but not from Lorelai).
Dean is probably hiding his true intention for being *just friends* with Rory (ongoing).
And perhaps most significantly, Jess is hiding the real reason he ends up with a black eye.
The episode is called "Swan Song" but could just as well be called "The Mystery of Jess' Black Eye."
The trouble begins when he shows up to Friday night dinner with Emily and Rory sporting a fresh black eye and a sullen refusal to disclose its cause. Rory, who apparently lacks Encyclopedia's listening abilities and penchant for deep detective work, jumps to the conclusion that Jess and Dean got into a fight.
Those of us who have studied at the feet of Encyclopedia might read the empty space more carefully: Jess isn't shy about his dislike for and suspicion of Dean. He's comfortable with hostile confrontations, but not with vulnerability. He's also been openly pugilistic, having (in an earlier episode, in an earlier season) gotten into an unapologetic brawl in a public space. Plus, where are the witnesses of this alleged fight? Surely someone in the fishbowl that is Stars Hollow would have seen them go at it.
A fight with Dean? I don't think so. All signs point to Jess' black eye being the product of something that makes him feel foolish. And there's no evidence that he'd feel foolish about fighting, in particular with Dean.
To be fair, Rory isn't the only one who draws the same evidence-free conclusion. Luke assumes the same. Still, Rory looks a bit petulant and foolish drawing unfounded conclusions and then persisting in them. Rewatching the episode was almost frustrating, really. I kept shaking my head like, "Nope. Encyclopedia wouldn't make that mistake. He'd be sniffing around the grass on all fours looking for drops of blood."
And yet and yet. How tempting it can be to assume ... even when we know it makes an ass out of u and me.
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Forward or Delete: This Week's Fake Viral Photos
Hudson Hongo
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Occasionally, against all odds, you'll see an interesting or even enjoyable picture on the Internet. But is it worth sharing, or just another Photoshop job that belongs in the digital trash heap? Check in here and find out if that viral photo deserves an enthusiastic "forward" or a pitiless "delete."
Image via Imgur
Because the Internet is trolling, trolling all the way down, thousands of people mistook (or at least pretended to mistake) this post by satirical Facebook group Christians for Michelle Bachman as a sincere expression of pot-related panic this week, sharing it over 20,000 times.
Eventually, Snopes was forced to intervene, gently informing readers that, no, bongs don't explode and no, Michelle Bachman doesn't believe they do.
As for the gruesome picture itself, it originated from the Tumblr of a 20-year-old makeup artist, later entering the greater online gene pool—as all things must—via Imgur and Reddit.
Image via Facebook
A map of every car bomb explosion in Baghdad since 2003. pic.twitter.com/A85jier0Ha
— Brilliant Maps (@BrilliantMaps) October 19, 2014
This picture—supposedly showing car bombings in Iraq since 2003—went viral after appearing on Reddit last Thursday, resulting in misleading posts from Vox and news/activism/apparel startup Ryot.
In reality, the map shows a random sample of fatal incidents (including murders and accidents) recorded by coalition forces between 2004 and 2009. Taken from Wikileaks data published by The Guardian, the image first showed up on Arab language social media in 2012, even then mislabeled as "The explosions in Baghdad (2003-2012)."
The real thing, however, is no less sobering. Below is an interactive map we created from the same data set, showing over 30,000 IED-related deaths in Iraq from January 2004 to December 2009. Of those killed, almost two-thirds were recorded as civilians.
Lacoste. Looting. The color of privilege is blinding. #pumpkinfest pic.twitter.com/rdjviqpQC5
— deray mckesson (@deray) October 19, 2014
When the ( overwhelmingly white) student body of New Hampshire's Keene State College smashed windows and attacked police at the Keene Pumpkin Festival last weekend, some commentators called foul, noting that while the riots in Ferguson this summer resulted in the thinly-disguised hand-wringing about "culture" and "thuggery," this one seemed to elicit a collective shrug.
However, one viral image attributed to the pumpkin-inspired insurrection in reality showed an entirely different set of misbehaving white people. As noted by legendary newspaper reader Jim Romenesko, the mad grab for high-end tennis apparel seen here actually took place a decade ago, captured by photographer Ian Waldie at the 2003 G8 summit protests in Geneva.
They need to chill with my feelings. pic.twitter.com/qXlGABB2Jn
— Alfredo Flores (@AlfredoFlores) October 22, 2014
Because #brands now inspire the kind of devotion people previously reserved for God and heroin, the possible existence of red velvet Oreos became one of the most discussed topics on social media this week after pictures of the purported cookies showed up online.
Many outlets quickly declared the photos fake, citing a post by the Facebook page "OreoRedVelvet" declaring "Sorry y'all this was just for a school project."
However, that page appears unconnected to the recent photos and Nabisco itself has remained coy about the cookies, responding to Gawker's inquiries with a Glomar response fit for a uranium-enrichment program:
As I'm sure you've seen, OREO limited-edition flavors are constantly a source of excitement and speculation. Over the last few years, we've seen a number of made up flavors "leak" online, but we've also seen actual flavors leak too. When we have more information to share about any of our new limited-edition flavors, we'll be sure to let you know.
The closest thing to a confirmation comes from The Verge, which published additional photos of the cookies on Wednesday, credited to an anonymous source. According to them, the snack-sampling Deep Throat claims "the creme inside the Red Velvet Oreo is the standard creme, only with the 'taste of that of Red Velvet icing.'"
DashleyinCali Hudson Hongo 10/24/14 03:55PM
I can confirm that Root Beer Float Oreos DO exist, and they're disgusting.
Hudson Hongo DashleyinCali 10/25/14 06:41PM
Earlier this year I ate two full *sleeves* of vile sherbet-flavored Oreos because I was too lazy to cook and am a garbage man.
raincoaster Hudson Hongo 10/25/14 03:36AM
Isn't Red Velvet just Devil's Food with a shit-ton of red food colouring? Help me, people. I don't eat cupcakes, this isn't in my cultural vocab.
Hudson Hongo raincoaster 10/25/14 06:36PM
If I remember correctly, the "red" part of red velvet comes from some kind of chemical reaction between the cocoa and vinegar. But in most contexts these days (including this one) I think "red velvet" just means "red-colored chocolate with some cream cheese-like frosting."
Grant Leavitt Hudson Hongo 10/24/14 08:42PM
i've been seeing an influx of postings regarding an object one person found via Google Maps. The object is purportedly found at the end of a pier in "Kent Harbour, U.K." And they make it seem like it is a giant crab that literally dwarfs the pier. I'll try and find a link. But I'm pretty sure it's fake.
Hudson Hongo Grant Leavitt 10/24/14 08:47PM
I actually covered this last week but I appreciate the tip just the same. Hit me up at hudson.hongo@gawker.com if you happen to see anything in the future.
Grant Leavitt Hudson Hongo 10/25/14 12:38AM
Yeah, I decided to check out the other articles of Antiviral and found it. Wouldn't that be scary if it actually existed?! We'd need Godzilla to come and save us all.
bigroop Hudson Hongo 10/24/14 04:35PM
I work at Kroger and the red velvet oreos are real. I just saw them today.
Hudson Hongo bigroop 10/24/14 04:46PM
I'm pretty ready to believe. Can you send me some sort of visual proof or at least tell me what the deal is (like are they on the shelf)? I'd sure appreciate it.
You can either reply here or email me at hudson.hongo@gawker.com.


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In case you missed it last night, we dropped these Status Error X Fueltopia t-shirts!
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Creation of Foliascope
Pascal LE NOTRE founded in 2011 the production company Foliascope SAS, and co-produced "Poppety in the fall" Special TV and cinema 26' animated puppets HD and 35mm – (directed by Pierre-Luc Granjon) for France télévisions, Canal+/TPS, Carpediem (Canada). With the participation of CNC nouvelles technologies – Audience Award at the 2013 Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Films. Special Award at the 2014 Annecy International Festival of Animated Films. More than 20 selections in international festivals.
2011 "The banquet of the Concubine" short animated film – written and directed by Heifang Wei (Arte, Canal+ / National Film Board – Canada coproduction) and the participation of Centrimages and the Rhône Alpes region. – JURY PRIZE, Montreal International Film Festival, Canada 2012 – DIPLOMA, over thirty selections in international festivals.
2011 "The Inn" short 20' animated film – development and production – director : Izu Troin. based on the book by Maupassant "the Inn" – Golden Goats Award (International Jury), 2012 Ale Kino Festival in Poznan, Poland , 10 selections in international festivals.
Creation of the Foliascope studio
Continuing its development of new productions, Foliascope opened a new studio in Beaumont-lès-Valence with a stop motion film set and larger 2-D production capacity.
2012- Development of " Tepulpaï et le soleil d'or (" Pachamama ?") animated feature film directed by Juan Antin, with the participation du CNC, Canal+, Gebeka and the Rhône Alpes region.
2012 "Vigia" by Marcel Barelli short animated film by Nadasdy films (Switzerland) – special mention at Locarno 2013 and 12 selections in international film festivals.
2013- "Polo" TV series, 52x 6' based on the book by Régis Faller with Bayard audiovisuel and la Fabrique d'images (Luxembourg).
Development of the feature film "The Army of Rabbits"
Foliascope used the capacities of its new studio and seven large film sets for the trailer of The Army of Rabbits, a feature film in cartoon movie format.
Advertising "Les pièces jaunes du petit Nicolas"
Foliascope directs the "Les pièces jaunes du petit Nicolas" TV commercial for the "pièces jaunes" (small change) foundation, prefiguring the development of the Le Petit Nicolas feature film.
Foliascope realized The Tower animated feature film
Les Contes Modernes and the director Mats Grorud entrusted the whole of the stop motion, computer 2-D layout and compositing to Foliascope. An all-round service which can only be provided inside a fully equipped single studio.
Projects being developed
Foliascope is continuing to develop the "Le petit Nicolas, Parfum d'enfance" feature film, which is a tribute to René Goscinny and Jean Jacques Sempé. (An On animation studios / Bidibul productions coproduction).
And numerous other projects, including "Capacocha", a short animated film by Camille Dufayet and Marie Gautier, "the Forest of wolves" an animated feature film directed by Pierre-Luc Granjon, and also stop motion, traditional animation and computer animation services.
Transfer of the company
After an exciting career Pascal LE NOTRE transferred his business to 2 partners so that the excellent work which began over 30 years ago can continue.
Investments, new projects, a new identity. The high quality of the artists, writers and directors remains true to the spirit as the artisans of creation!


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BY THE NUMBERS: U.S. MNT's June World Cup Qualifying
The U.S. Men's National Team just completed a successful three-game stretch in June capped off with four massive points from two important World Cup Qualifiers – a 2-0 win against Trinidad & Tobago and another historic 1-1 draw away to Mexico
Here are some of the significant numbers that stick out:
16,995 feet or 3.2 miles – Combined elevation the U.S. MNT played at during its three June matches: Mexico City (7,382 feet), Commerce City, Colo. (5,164 feet) and Sandy, Utah (4,449 feet).
134 and 39 – Number of overall caps and World Cup Qualifying appearances made by Clint Dempsey. The U.S. forward is tied with Jeff Agoos for third all-time on the MNT caps list and just one World Cup Qualifying appearance behind U.S. MNT leader Landon Donovan (40).
Some current teammates are right on his heels in both categories
All-Time Time U.S. MNT Cap Leaders
All-Time U.S. MNT WCQ Cap Leaders
Michael Bradley
Marcelo Balboa
DaMarcus Beasley
92% - Average passing percentage in the opponent's half by U.S. MNT outside backs Jorge Villafaña (92.6%) and DeAndre Yedlin (91.4%) in the 2-0 win vs. Trinidad & Tobago.
51 – Number of all-time home World Cup Qualifying wins following the 2-0 victory against Trinidad & Tobago. The USA is 51-5-12 in 68 all-time home World Cup Qualifying matches.
WATCH: Michael Bradley Discusses His Chip Against Mexico at Estadio Azteca
40 – Number of yards Michael Bradley chipped Guillermo Ochoa from in the 1-1 draw against Mexico.
30% – Percentage of Michael Bradley's international goals that have come against Mexico (5/17). His five goals against El Trí rank him second all-time for the U.S. MNT (see below).
U.S. MNT All-Time Goal Scoring Leaders vs. Mexico
Aldo "Buff" Donelli
Alexander Rae
12 players tied with 2 goals all-time vs. Mexico
22 – Number of players on the 26-man roster that earned minutes during the three June matches.
20 – Number of players that were used in the two World Cup Qualifiers against Trinidad & Tobago and Mexico – tied with March 2016 for the MNT's most during a two-date World Cup Qualifying window.
14 – Number of World Cup Qualifying clean sheets earned by Tim Howard following the USA's 2-0 win against Trinidad & Tobago. Howard sits second all-time behind Kasey Keller (19).
8 – Number of World Cup Qualifying goals scored by Michael Bradley, placing him seventh on the U.S. MNT's all-time list.
U.S. MNT All-Time World Cup Qualifying Goals Leaderboard
WCQ Goals
Overall Goals
Earnie Stewart
7 – Number of players that made their first appearance at Estadio Azteca with the U.S. Men's National Team.
7 – Number of games the U.S. MNT has gone unbeaten since Bruce Arena took over. The MNT will head into the CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 3-0-4 record this calendar year.
5 – With his appearance against Mexico, the number of World Cup Qualifying cycles DaMarcus Beasley has played in for the U.S. MNT (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018). He is only player in U.S. history to accomplish this feat.
DaMarcus Beasley's World Cup Qualifying Appearances by Cycle
WCQ Cycle
4 – After dropping its first two matches in November, the number of games the U.S. MNT has gone unbeaten in Final Round World Cup Qualifying (2-0-2).
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3 – Number of goals tallied by Christian Pulisic during the three June matches, taking the 18-year-old's international total to seven in 16 appearances.
2 – Number of players that have appeared in all seven U.S. MNT matches during 2017: Michael Bradley and Darlington Nagbe.
Damarcus Beasley 0
Clint Dempsey 0
2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Final Round
U.S. MNT vs. Venezuela - International Friendly - 06/04/2017
U.S. MNT vs. Trinidad & Tobago, Presented by Liberty Mutual Insurance - 06/08/2017
U.S. MNT vs. Mexico - 10/10/2015


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Housing redevelopment in Arlandria would triple the number of affordable residences
Vernon Miles December 16, 2022 at 9:50am
3908 Elbert Avenue development (image via City of Alexandria)
A planned redevelopment of an affordable housing building in Arlandria could triple the number of units on the site.
Community Lodgings Inc. is headed to the Planning Commission on Feb. 7 to pitch redevelopment plans for 3908 Elbert Avenue, currently the 29-unit Carpenters Lodgings building.
The building, originally constructed in the 1940s, was purchased by a housing nonprofit called Community Lodgings Inc. in the 1990s and maintained as an affordable housing residence.
The plan is to replace the current building with a new six-story one (one level of parking and five floors of apartments). All 91 units in the building will be affordable at a range from those making 60% of the area median income (around $59,820 annually for one person) down to those making 30% of the area median income ($29,910 annually for one person).
The building will have 64 parking spaces — above the minimum 60 spaces required — with 15 passenger van parking spots and 30 bicycle parking spots.
The development is part of a pair of affordable housing redevelopments that received financing from the City of Alexandria earlier this year.
Arlandria development Planning Commission
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