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Tamil Interviews
Balki the filmmaker and other stories
BY Sinndhuja Ramprasad On February 24, 2014
Currently shooting his third consecutive project with Amitabh Bachchan, Balki talks about being a fan on the sets; and why he would rather just watch movies than make them
Three things become evident about Balki when I talk to him (and even before).
a) He wants this interview over with. A grim "let's finish this now" text from him – after a week of, let's say…pursuing him – is enough to make me abandon my curd rice and (fresh) lemon pickle mid-way. I generally linger over my meal for a while.
Especially when it's curd rice.
b) He is willing to talk about everything under the sun. Except the project that he is working on right now. With Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush and Akshara Haasan, that is.
c) He loves to emphasise.
Sample this. "When Amitji asked me to reconsider my first draft of Paa, I was sulking and sulking…for a whole week."
"Later, though, when I re-read the script, I realised it was such garbage…such garbage that I deleted it and wrote a new one."
There are also things that are not so evident about Balki. Till he brings them to my notice. For instance, the fact that he never watches his movies or advertisements if he can help it. He admits to looking elsewhere when his ad comes on TV. And when he was "dragged to a screening of Paa", he was, for the most part, looking at his feet. "I suffered through it," Balki exclaims vehemently. And goes on to add that he has never watched Cheeni Kum in a theatre. "I was there with PC (Sriram) during colour correction and song-mixing. But I have never sat through the entire 2 hour 20 minute duration of the movie!"
Is it because he would want something done differently in those movies? "Change something about them? If I could go back, I would not have made them at all!"
It doesn't end there. "I have this strange superstition as well," he confesses in a low whisper. "Before a movie goes on floors, they break a coconut right? And distribute the pieces to everyone? I never touch them. Not that anything has happened to me after eating it; but the sight of that coconut coming towards me is something I find scary." He also very candidly admits to not having eaten any fruit in his life. Ever.
Apart from this, Balki reassures me pleasantly, he's no psychopath. "My wife (Gauri Shinde) thinks I'm quite abnormal though."
So, meet R Balakrishnan; also known as Balki: Copywriter-turned-adman-turned filmmaker ("I also studied computer science for two years at Guindy Engineering College, before I was thrown out," he says matter-of-factly), he describes himself as a Tamilian, born and raised in Bangalore.
"Wikipedia has got it wrong, you know, he adds. "I was not born in Kumbakonam! My grandparents are from there."
Balki had what he calls an "ultra-normal" childhood. A copywriting stint and several years in advertising later, he became the Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of Lowe Lintas India.
Plus, a filmmaker to boot.
"My father let me do what I wanted. No major upheavals or drama," he says. "That is why, I tend to look for abnormalities outside. If my life was abnormal, I would probably do a very normal movie."
Having said that though, Balki also adds that he calls his mother… Bum. He still does, in fact. He doesn't know why, he says. The name stuck. And that was the inspiration for Arundhati Nag's monicker in the movie Paa. Auro affectionately calls his grandmother Bum. When you make a film, some part of you will feature in it, Balki explains. He never had a car of his own for a long time, and used to love taxis. And that's what Balki made Amitabh do in Paa. "Amitji used to go, 'arre yaar, why do you force your life on me? Just because you don't like cars, I have to suffer – walk all over London'," laughs Balki.
But he is also quick to add that he doesn't try to portray reality in cinema. He doesn't draw inspiration from real life. For him, it has already happened once. And he finds it laborious to recreate it again. His ideas are always "off the top of his head." Every story is a lie. "Every story is something that you wish would happen, but never does. When I'm 64, I would want to have a romance like Amitabh Bachchan in Cheeni Kum. If I am 15, I would like to experience the childhood of Auro," he says. Moondram Pirai, the Balu Mahendra flick starring Kamal Haasan and Sridevi in lead roles is what Balki quotes as example. "It was the greatest film ever made during my time. I was about 20-22 then. It made me want to go to a railway station and fall in love with a mentally ill woman. I wanted to experience sorrow. Balu Mahendra made sorrow look so desirable." That, he adds, is the power of cinema.
Balki is primarily a writer, though. A "lazy" one at that, he chuckles. He doesn't have a bank of stories. No drafts that would probably never see the light of day. No crumpled notes lying in his bin. Any story in his computer is something he has already done or is going to work on. "Writing is a huge task. You can't write cinema and let it lie in the computer. It is too much of an exercise. If I have a concept, I bounce it off the people I want to work with and only if they are interested, do I begin the script." That's why, he says, he does films only once in 3 or 4 years. "Because it is more pleasant to just watch films than make them! I live with the idea for a while and wonder whether I should work on it." He would then patiently wait for a calling. And when the moment – "oh god I have to do this" – arrives, he would "just get up and do it."
Balki says he writes for himself. But he also knows that there is an unwritten set of rules to abide by. Especially when it concerns popular media. "All of it is not self-indulgence. People watch a movie only when they think, 'hey this guy has something to say'."
The real challenge about filmmaking, Balki continues, is to recall the first set of images that he had in mind while writing the script. "You write the movie a year before and when it finally goes on floors, you tend to lose perspective," he adds.
Shooting is a breeze, though. And with high-calibre actors like Bachchan, there's no need for words. We mainly communicate through gestures, he shrugs. And it is easier to work with the superstar as a fan. Not as a director.
As a fan, Balki enlightens, one can be more demanding. "When I want something done in a different way, I just say, 'no Amitji, not like this. Then he would pull a face and say, like this? And I would go, yes! That!"
Suggestions and inputs come aplenty too, he says. Often, unasked for. "We are working with highly creative people. In fact, I thought the first script of Paa was fantastic. The concept and story were similar to the one you saw on screen. But it was pure comedy," he recalls. When Amitabh Bachchan heard the script, he smiled. "He asked me whether I really wanted to go ahead with it. I said 'yes, why do you think I have come here?'"
To which, Amitabh patiently explained the dramatic potential the script possessed. Why make a comedy when the scope for emotion and drama is phenomenal? "He didn't tell me anything more. I was angry and was sulking and sulking for a whole week. Later, when I read the script, I realised it was such garbage; such garbage that I wrote a whole new one. Didn't even retain a scene from the first draft." This new version sat well with the senior Bachchan, who took to it at once. "I thought he was pompous. Like every writer, I was egotistic. I went all, actors know nothing and then later realised, Amitji was in fact talking sense."
And anyway, Balki adds smiling, how can you fight with Amitabh Bachchan, yaar?
Production aside, what Balki loves best is "heading to the studio for background."
For, that's when he gets to work with Ilayaraja, whom Balki fondly refers to as the "south Indian Amitabh". "Ilayaraja is a child at heart. A lateral mind who understands movies like the back of his hand. He is always experimenting. And you have to beg him to stop!" exclaims Balki. A massive fan of the veteran composer (music for Paa and Cheeni Kum was composed by Raja and from what we can surmise, the latest project is in his hands as well), Balki remembers the first time he listened to Ilayaraja's music. "I was watching Pudhiya Vaarpugal in the theatre…starring Bhagyaraj and Rati Agnihotri…and this lovely number started playing…"
He hums. Thamthana..thamthana..thamthana…
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihgWYtDEGn8)
"Have you listened to it? The music was so beautiful that I instantly fell in love. That was the first time I listened to Tamil music. Later, I went and watched Bhagyaraj's other films!"
Look out for
Coming up from him early next year is a yet-untitled Bollywood project starring Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush and Akshara Haasan. And Balki claims to have written the script with Akshara in mind. "There are three main characters in this film and one of them is her…she is the perfect fit for it." Prod him further and he clams up. "Can't tell you more. I haven't shot with Akshara yet. Will do so in a week." He also describes Dhanush as a "fabulous actor; who will do well wherever he goes."
Balki's plan for the future doesn't include Tamil cinema for now. "I just want to get this project over with and go back to watching movies!" So he isn't likely to join the band of director-turned-actors? "What?" he exclaims in disbelief. "The camera will explode! It is made for more beautiful images!"
(R. Balki photo courtesy HT Photos, Prodip Guha)
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N. Korea Claims Nuclear Militarization
Kim Jong-un says North Korean scientists have developed nuclear warheads small enough to fit on ballistic missiles. State media published images showing the North's leader standing next to what it claimed was a miniaturized weapon. This claim is impossible to verify from the images alone and experts have long cast doubt on such assertions. This is the latest example of the North stepping up its bellicose rhetoric in response to the UN imposing some of its toughest sanctions in response to the North's 4th nuclear test.
In recent days, Pyongyang has threatened to launch an "indiscriminate" nuclear strike on the US and South Korea, as they began their largest ever round of annual military exercises. "The nuclear warheads have been standardized to be fit for ballistic missiles by miniaturizing them," state news agency KCNA quoted Kim Jong-un as saying. "This can be called true nuclear deterrent," he added.
If the claim is true and North Korea can put nuclear warheads on to the tips of its ballistic weapons, it would represent a clear threat to the North's neighbours and the US. In October 2014, the commander of US forces in South Korea, Gen Curtis Scaparrotti, told reporters that he believed the North had the capability to miniaturize a nuclear device. However, the validity of the nuclear boasts has been widely questioned. Experts also still doubt the North's claim that the nuclear test it conducted in January was of a hydrogen bomb.
Source : BBC News, The Guardian, The Korea Times
N. Korea Fires 2 Ballistic Missiles into East Sea
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Thursday morning. According to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), the missiles, assumed to be Scuds, were fired at 5:20 a.m. from North Hwanghae Province towards Wonsan, Gangwon Province, flying about 500 kilometers.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff said it was monitoring the situation and is prepared to react to any provocations from the North.The South's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it is reviewing ways to respond and whether the latest incident violates United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 that bans Pyongyang from firing any projectile using ballistic missile technology.
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An interview with former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta broadcast on Voice of America has triggered controversy in South Korea. Panetta said in an interview that the U.S. discussed with South Korea, the possibility of deploying the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system on Korean soil, while he was in office between. He served as the Pentagon chief from July 2011 to February 2013. Before that he was Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from February 2009 to June 2011.
Until recently, the South Korean defense ministry had maintained its "3 nos" stance; that no decision was made about THAAD, there were no consultations with the U.S,, and there was no request from Washington. Panetta's remarks indicate that the defense ministry did in fact hold talks with the U.S. and lied about it.
Seoul and Washington recently began working-level discussions about deploying a THAAD battery in South Korea as a deterrent against North Korea's growing missile threats. Before that, Seoul maintained strategic ambiguity over the issue, out of concern that the advanced missile system may anger China, which claims that the existence of a THAAD battery in South Korea could be a threat to Beijing's security.
Regarding Panetta's interview, the ministry said it is attempting to confirm the validity of his remarks. "The defense ministry is now checking whether his remarks from the interview are true or not. It may take some time before the ministry releases its statement on the matter," said Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun.
In the interview, Panetta concluded by saying he expected that the THAAD system is likely to be deployed here within a year.
Source : The Korea Times
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The nozzle's spherical head is adjustable in order to vary the air/water blend and to reduce the amount of water.
Depending on this, we can have variable and clean effects. The nozzle's inclination is adjustable up to 15° and can be easily blocked by tightening a threaded ring. The water column is a bit different if compared to the WUCL one. The jet is thicker and the foam spreads at a higher level. The air rate in the mixture can be anything up to 80%.
The vertical effects we have as a result are various and suggestive, so that the device can either work standalone or in bundle with others. Recurring layouts are rings of foam jets deflecting to the center or out of the ring's center. The effect can be a big pine tree or a thick water crown as a result. Measuring out the pump flow, the effects can be enriched with bursting foam balls or white boiling water.


No amount of falls will really undo us if we keep picking our- selves up each time. We shall of course be very muddy and tattered children by the time we reach home. But the bathrooms are all ready, the towels put out, & the clean clothes are in the airing cupboard. The only fatal thing is to lose one's temper and give it up. It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence.


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"Weird Al" Yankovic's incredible medley of Emmy-nominated TV theme songs
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Last night's 66th Primetime Emmy Awards brought plenty of memorable moments. For instance, Gwen Stefani totally butchered Stephen Colbert's name, and then Jimmy Fallon went ahead and delivered half of Colbert's speech for him. Or when they gave an award to the ceremony's director while he was actually directing? But as far as actually intended comedy gold was concerned, the award should have to go to one "Weird Al" Yankovic for his very special mid-show performance. (Fun fact, Yankovic has an Emmy on his mantle for an episode of The Simpsons.)
Reaching deep into his bag of satirical tricks, Yankovic turned instrumental theme songs from several Emmy-nominated shows into amazing referential parodies. The Mad Men theme became a joke about how Jon Hamm has never won an Emmy, but still wins 'cause he's Jon Hamm. Meanwhile, the Game of Thrones title song was tuned into a plea for George R. R. Martin to hurry up and write more Game of Thrones books. A tired joke maybe, but Andy Samberg made a guest appearance as Joffrey Baratheon, having a briefly creepy interaction with actress Lena Headey (aka Cersei Lannister).
The "Weird" one also poked a little fun at Homeland ("Inigo Montoya grew a beard!"), Modern Family, Scandal, and more, dishing out the little good-natured fun that we've come to expect from a truly memorable awards show outing. Yankovic for 2015 host, anyone? Or, better yet, Yankovic for Super Bowl Halftime performer.
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In order for our students to meet their academic demands with success, a safe, caring, and structured environment is essential. Many boarding schools have behavioral and social expectations quite similar to ours which can be found in the school's Parent and Student Handbook. However, it is our experience that many boarding schools are unwilling to enforce them to the degree necessary to provide the necessary habits of study and respect for others required in an international community. At AIS-Salzburg, students can expect that the requirements discussed in the handbook are carried out and that the resident staff, faculty, and administration see compliance as fundamental and an essential requirement in our efforts to achieve our mission. Whether it is checking that the rooms are clean in the mornings and before evening study hall, or providing a quiet and studious atmosphere during the evening study hall, we do what is necessary to ensure that every student is placed in an environment which is reliably structured and provides appropriate care and concern.
All students have a certain amount of free time each day and can leave campus (with parents permission and sign-out) during this time. As a small, boarding school, it is essential, we feel, that our students be entrusted to enjoy themselves away from the direct supervision of adults provided they uphold our expectations during this time. Therefore, free time off campus is enjoyed by all students provided they have met the five fundamental expectations each day. These include (1) no study hall violations occurred the night before, (2) no lights out violations occurred the night before, (3) all homework was completed and turned in for the day, (4) the room met tidiness requirements when checked, and (5) the dress code was respected.
No student can truly achieve what they are ultimately capable of in a boarding school or elsewhere without an appropriate amount of support, care, and direction. AIS-Salzburg has always been and will remain a small, intimate, and personal boarding school with a very familiar atmosphere and climate. Each and every student is known personally by everyone at the school from the Headmaster on down. No one feels out-of-place or lost. The resident staff, especially, expends a great amount of time getting to know the students, their personalities, and their characters; identifying both their talents and strengths as well as their less-developed habits and weaknesses. In such an environment, everyone feels a part of the program and an essential member of the community. This, then, provides them with the calm and comfort necessary to be able to focus on the challenging academic expectations.
As in all boarding schools, there are some actions and behaviors which are simply unacceptable and violate the very essence of an international education. When such incidents occur, the school calls a disciplinary committee together to discuss the event with the students involved and makes a recommendation to the administration. The disciplinary committee includes representatives from all of the school's community: students, teachers, resident staff members, and administrators. Through evaluation and discussion, the most appropriate consequences and further action are agreed upon.
All students and parents want to be assured that the boarding school they are members of is guided by principles which are fair as well as defined by respect and reason. We feel that the long-term benefits of structure, compliance to decency, and respect for others are worth a great deal to our students' future lives. Therefore, we have defined our expectations with this in mind and enforce them with the knowledge that they are essential in the presentation of excellent students and decent human beings as graduates or our school.
Here are three short videos created by one of our very own ninth graders, Lina. In this series, Lina explains what life is like here at AIS-S and shows some of the normal activities in day to day life. The first video is a guided tour around some of the important parts of the campus. In the second video Lina shows what life is like for students at AIS-S on weekends, including a couple of the activities that students here are able to participate in. This includes the memorable experiences at the English Assistance Center.


RAF Credenhill,situated North West of Hereford, opened and housed No: 11 School of Technical Training in June 1940. It then supported at various times the RAF Secretarial Branch, the RAF Equipment Officers School, No: 1 School of General Service Training, the RAF School of Administrative Training and until 1985, No: 1 School of Catering until that moved to Aldershot. From March 1974 until 1982 it housed the WRAF School of Recruit Training, then in 1983 the camp saw the formation of the Youth Training Squadron (YTS). In all the time RAF Credenhill had been used, and despite the presence of its hangers, it has never housed an airstrip. In 1994 the YTS closed and the Army bought the site. After 22 SAS Regiment had obtained funding to develop the site, extensive rebuilding which started in 1997 took place. 22 SAS finally moved into Credenhill in May 1999.
The freezing winter of 62. Meeting so many lads from all areas of the UK and NI. All just starting out in life.


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On July 16th photographers, sponsors and esteemed guests gathered for the launch of Picture Change, PhotoSensitive's most recent exhibit. Lisa LaFlamme, Patti Gower, Michael Willems and Andrew Stawicki took to the podium and spoke to the power that a photograph carries and the importance of the art form, but there was also the acknowledgement of change in the photography industry that carried through the opening ceremony.
The Beauty Project is PhotoSensitive's next exhibition. After much deliberation and many inspiring submissions from students across Ontario, PhotoSensitive is selecting fifty excellent images to be displayed as portraits in the exhibition at Brookfield Place. A slideshow will be playing all images from the project during the show.
Janek Lowe has continued interviewing PhotoSensitive members and recording onsite launches for the upcoming short documentary. It captures the history of social change power of black and white photography. While the documentary is now in post-production, there are still more photographers to be interviewed while the footage is edited.
View the trailer for the documentary that Janek put together.
Look forward to future interviews and content for the documentary.
A Picture Change book was published for the grand opening. The book contains each of the photographers participating in the exhibit. Accompanying the photographer and their biography is the featured photograph from their portfolio appearing in Picture Change, including a caption that tells the story behind the image and the change it invoked.
PhotoSensitive photographer Jo-Anne McArthur releases a new book.
Drawn from a thousand photos taken over 15 years, We Animals illustrates and investigates animals in the human environment: whether they're being used for food, fashion and entertainment, or research, or are being rescued to spend their remaining years in sanctuaries. Award-winning photojournalist and animal advocate Jo-Anne McArthur provides a valuable lesson about our treatment of animals, makes animal industries visible and accountable, and widens our circle of compassion to include all sentient beings.
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KIM v. CHINN ET AL
District Court of Appeal, First District, Division 1, California.
KIM v. CHINN ET AL.
Civ. 11930.
Decided: January 29, 1943
A. B. Bianchi, of San Francisco, for appellant O. S. Chinn. Manwell & Manwell, of Marysville, and John L. McCarthy, of Watsonville, for respondent.
This action is one for damages for assault and battery brought against O. S. Chinn, Jack Chinn, Johnson Chinn, Chin Wai and two fictitious defendants. Judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiff upon a general verdict against the two defendants first named for the sum of $7,500, and against the first named defendant for an additional sum of $1,000 as exemplary or punitive damages. These two defendants appeal from the judgment.
The complaint contained eight counts. Counts 4, 5, 6 and 7 may be at once eliminated from consideration, since these charge the offense to have been committed either by defendants who were not served with process, or by fictitious defendants as to whom the complaint was dismissed.
The first count charges the assault and battery to have been perpetrated by Jack Chinn, acting alone, with malice and ill will; the second, that it was committed by all O. S. Chinn's codefendants acting under his direction and command and in his presence; the third, that it was committed by O. S. Chinn, and the eighth, that it was perpetrated by Jack Chinn, O. S. Chinn and the two fictitious defendants "with malice and ill will and with the intent and design of injuring and oppressing" plaintiff.
By their answer Jack and O. S. Chinn denied generally and specifically the allegations of counts 1 and 2 made against them respectively, and pleaded that they acted in self–defense; O. S. Chinn denies the allegations of count 3, pleads self–defense and avers that the plaintiff maliciously assaulted him; and both Jack and O. S. Chinn deny generally and specifically the allegations of count 8 and repeat their plea of self–defense.
In support of the appeal it is contended that no punitive damages may be awarded against a joint tort–feasor unless his cotort–feasor is also charged with malice; and, second, that the judgment for compensatory damages against the two appellants is unsupported by the evidence and is also erroneous on other grounds.
The testimony, so far as the principals are concerned, is conflicting. It appears that plaintiff, who occupied living quarters belonging to O. S. Chinn, was in arrears in the payment of his rent. On the evening of April 9, 1939, the latter called upon his tenant, asked for the rent and, after some talk, was invited in. An altercation followed, during which O. S. Chinn threatened to put a padlock on the quarters if the rent was not paid that evening, and plaintiff stated that he would burn the place down if this was done. The two men then set to fighting, going through the door, off the porch and on to the gravel. Plaintiff, an expugilist, thirty–eight years of age, denies that he knocked O. S. Chinn down, but admits that a lodger occupying another cabin warned him to stop fighting; and there is evidence that serious injuries were sustained by O. S. Chinn, a frail and older man, at this phase of the fight. During this activity someone telephoned to O. S. Chinn's place of business, a grocery store and market, in which defendant Jack Chinn had a small interest and was employed as clerk, that there was trouble at the lodgings, and, arming himself with a gun, he immediately left for the scene of the trouble. In the meantime, the two men having fought their way back into the cabin, O. S. Chinn departed, only to return almost immediately. Jack Chinn testified that he did not draw the gun until he had been knocked down several times by plaintiff; and there is testimony that the latter, with one arm around the neck of O. S. Chinn––who was endeavoring to keep the men apart––attempted with his other hand to grab the gun. In any event, the three men continued to fight in plaintiff's quarters and the gun was discharged, wounding him in the legs. Jack Chinn then left the scene, taking the gun with him, and leaving O. S. Chinn in the grip of plaintiff. At about this time, Johnson Chinn, a young college student and the son of O. S. Chinn, appeared on the scene and, in an effort to loosen plaintiff's hold on his father's neck, struck his assailant several times. A noncombatant witness for plaintiff testified that when he arrived plaintiff was on the floor, propped up against the bed; that at this time O. S. Chinn struck him again. The fight was finally broken up by the arrival of the police, and O. S. Chinn and plaintiff, who had both sustained serious injuries, were taken to a hospital.
The first point presented by appellants is that no punitive damages may be awarded against any jointly charged tort–feasor in the absence of proof that each of the defendants so charged acted with malice, and that under the circumstances of this case the following instruction was erroneous: "In this case in addition to his plea for actual damages plaintiff is also praying for punitive damages. Punitive damages can only be allowed where it appears from the evidence that the defendant has been guilty of oppression, fraud or malice. The word 'malice' imports a wish to vex, annoy or injure another person, or an intent to do a wrongful act. If you find that either defendant or both defendants committed an assault and battery upon the plaintiff and that in so doing such defendant or defendants acted with malice, you may in your discretion, although you need not do so, assess against such defendant or defendants in addition to plaintiff's actual damages, an amount of punitive damages for the sake of example and by way of punishing such defendant or defendants. Punitive damages, if allowed against both defendants, should be assessed against them separately." The eighth count alleged malice against each appellant. Exemplary damages may only be awarded against such of them proven to have acted maliciously.
Malice in fact is not presumed but may be proved either by direct evidence of declarations or by inferences drawn from acts and conduct. Davis v. Hearst, 160 Cal. 143, 116 P. 530. In the Davis case, at pages 169, 170, of 160 Cal., 116 P. at page 542, the court said: "There is nothing in our system to prevent the award of compensatory damages against all joint tort–feasors who are found culpable, and to add a specific sum or sums, by way of punitive damages, against such of the tort–feasors as the jury shall find to have been actuated by malice in fact. Not only is this permissible, but it tends to simplicity and avoids the multiplicity of actions which otherwise would become necessary." Thomson v. Catalina, 205 Cal. 402, 271 P. 198, 62 A.L.R. 236; Evans v. Gibson, 220 Cal. 476, 31 P.2d 389. The Davis case is a much later case and presents a sounder rule than Nightingale v. Scannell, 18 Cal. 315, cited by appellant, which contains some language indicating that damages must be estimated according to the guilt of the least culpable.
Appellant argues that the above–quoted instruction was prejudicial, upon the theory that the mere doing of the act by O. S. Chinn proved malice as a matter of law. If such an interpretation could be placed upon the wording of the instruction it was cured by the latter portion thereof reading: "If you find that either defendant or both defendants committed an assault and battery upon the plaintiff and that in so doing such defendant or defendants acted with malice, you may in your discretion, although you need not do so, assess against such defendant or defendants in addition to plaintiff's actual damages, an amount of punitive damages for the sake of example and by way of punishing such defendant or defendants ." Hardy v. Schirmer, 163 Cal. 272, 124 P. 993.
It is further contended that the dismissal entered as to the two fictitious defendants operated as a dismissal of the appellants. The record does not disclose that the fictitious parties were served; hence no persons, so far as the judgment rendered is concerned, participated in the tort other than the parties who were served, and who consequently were the only ones as to whom an issue of fact or law was raised. It does not appear that the injured party received satisfaction from the fictitious defendants either by payment or agreement to pay. For this reason Bogardus v. O'Dea, 105 Cal.App. 189, 287 P. 149, is not in point. Chetwood v. California Nat. Bank, 113 Cal. 414, 45 P. 704; Lewis v. Johnson, 12 Cal.2d 558, 86 P.2d 99; Burke v. W. R. Chamberlin & Co., 51 Cal.App.2d 419, 125 P.2d 120.
The return of O. S. Chinn to the scene of combat, and his actions as heretofore related, are sufficient to justify a jury in reaching the conclusion that he was guilty of malice as a matter of fact. On appeal the rule is that all intendments are in favor of the verdict and judgment.
The evidence shows that O. S. Chinn was the owner of several parcels of real property, on one of which was conducted a grocery store and market; on another of which was a building subdivided into cabins or apartments. Evidence was also admitted relative to the ownership of property by Jack Chinn. There is substantial evidence of malice on the part of O. S. Chinn. The claim that the jury was unconsciously influenced to increase the amount of damages against O. S. Chinn is highly conjectural. The objection is also urged that the trial court did not specifically instruct the jury that evidence of ownership of property should be considered only in assessing exemplary damages. Our attention has not been called to any such requested instruction.
The judgment is affirmed.
WARD, Justice.
PETERS, P. J., and GOODELL, J., pro tem., concurred.


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 Un bard, assemblage primitif de deux branches maîtresses avec treillis de branchage, porté par deux hommes ou trainé par un seul. Employé en traîne, les branches maîtresses se rejoignent généralement avant de toucher le sol. Le petit triangle formé est alors inverse de celui formé par un travois triangulaire.
 Un bard (de l'ancien français bart, peut-être du gaulois barro, influencé par le latin , « porter sur le dos ou à bras ») est une civière sans pied, parfois à claire-voie pour n'importe quel fardeau ou n'importe quelle grosse charge ou amas de terre ou de pierre. Les planches, formant un support des objets portés, peuvent être disposées à claire-voie ou être assemblées de façon jointive en plancher. Le bard équipé, si besoin de bâtons porteurs latéraux ou, de manière fixe, de brancards dénommés « bardelles », tenus par les mains, peut être porté, les bras le long du corps ou sur les épaules. Ce transport par portage se nommait bardage.
 Un bard (de l'ancien français béart ou baïard, du verbe baer, « attendre », terme confondu précocement avec le bart), encore nommé bayard ou bayart, est une civière, à claire-voie ou percée, autrefois souvent utilisée pour le stockage et le transport des linges, plus ou moins humides, plus ou moins dégoulinant d'eau, par les lavandières ou « laveuses de lessive », les blanchisseuses.
 Un bar(d) (origine obscure, probablement par le gaulois barro ou bardo, planche et via le bas-latin barra, signifiant « bois coupé », « pal », « levier », le mot appartiendrait à la même famille que l'anglais  ou l'allemand ) représente un ancien type de bâti en planches ou en petits madriers, de forme carrée ou triangulaire, permettant à l'aide d'un attelage bovin ou chevalin, de traîner grâce à des chaînes à crochet ou à anneaux fixés, des charges lourdes telles quelles, par exemple troncs ou grumes de bois, pierres ou des amas de racines, de matériaux pondéreux ou des réserves d'eau sur plateaux traînés ou glissants. Avec la généralisation de pièces en fer résistantes, transformant parfois ce soutien de traction et d'attelage à une barre minimaliste, le terme de bard tend à disparaître, pour laisser la place à diverses appellations locales caractérisant un système de traîne attelée. Ce transport du lieu d'extraction, de taille ou de (dé)coupe vers les lieux de charge sur véhicule, d'embarquement, de flottage s'appelait autrefois bardage. Il se nomme depuis le  débardage. La racine « bard » a probablement été sauvée par l'emploi du verbe « barder », signifiant « charger (au mieux ou au maximum) », « répartir la charge », « l'amonceler jusqu'à la chute », « couvrir régulièrement ». Il existait, également en ancien français, un autre verbe « bardir » signifiant « remplir », « grossir », « prendre une gigantesque ou énorme proportion ».
 Un bard (terme technique du ) est un brancard en bois utilisé par les tailleurs de pierre pour effectuer le portage des pierres dans les carrières d'exploitation.

Nom de famille
Bard est le nom de famille de
 Alexander Bard (1961-), artiste suédois, producteur de musique, et philosophe.
 Antoine Bard (1821-1899), homme politique français.
 Antoine Marie Bard est un général français de la Révolution française.
 Astrid Bard, journaliste ;
 Ben Bard (1893-1974), acteur américain ;
 Christine Bard (1965-), historienne française
 Daniel Bard (1985-), joueur américain de baseball
 Édouard Bard (1962-), climatologue français
 François Bard (amiral) (1889-1944), préfet de police de Paris en 1941
 François Bard (1959-), artiste peintre français
 Henri Bard (1892-1951), footballeur français
  (1892-1975), écrivain hongrois né József Diamant et exilé en Angleterre
 Joseph Bard (1806-1861), archéologue et écrivain français
 Marcelle Bard (1903-1988), pasteure suisse
 Maria Bard (1900-1944), actrice allemande
 Melvin Bard (2000-), footballeur français
 Mitchell Bard, dirigeant américain de la Jewish Virtual Library
 Patrick Bard (1958-), photojournaliste et écrivain français
 Serge Bard (1946-), cinéaste français

Personnages de fiction
 Bard, personnage du roman Le Hobbit de ,
 Jason Bard, personnage de DC Comics, créé en 1969, qui a parfois eu sa propre série
 un détective de Gotham, il collaborait parfois avec Batgirl

Toponymes

Communes françaises
Les communes françaises portant les noms de Bard sont :
 Bard, dans la Loire
 En Côte-d'Or :
 Bard-le-Régulier
 Bard-lès-Époisses
 Jeux-lès-Bard
 Bard-le-Régulier

 Bard-lès-Pesmes, en Haute-Saône

Communes italiennes
 Bard, commune de la basse Vallée d'Aoste.

Autres toponymes
 Montagne de Bard en Côte-d'Or
 Le Petit Bard, copropriété et quartier de Montpellier.

Entreprise
 C.R. Bard : entreprise américaine de matériel médical
 Demathieu & Bard

Voir aussi
 Le fort de Bard, une forteresse située dans la commune italienne du même nom ;
 L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard, film du début des années 1950 ;
 Bard College à New York ;
 Gare de Hône - Bard ;
 Bard, personnage de League of Legends ;
 Bard (chatbot), prototype de chatbot (agent conversationnel) construit par Google sur la base de leur modèle de langage LaMDA.

Homonymie de patronyme
Homonymie de toponyme

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Reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum), also known as Ling Zhi, is one of the most famous and highly revered tonic herbs of all time!
Reishi has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for thousands of years to strengthen the immune system, reduce stress, increase energy, and promote healthy aging and longevity.
Reishi is regarded as the best "spirit elevating" (Shen) tonics that positively promotes mental well-being, calmness, and helps cultivate more peace, love, and happiness in one's life.
Its ancient wisdom works to protect us on every level - physically, immunologically, mentally, and spiritually. This supreme adaptogenic herb helps support the immune system, heart, and liver.
* ACO Certified Organic. Wild cultivated and 100% log-grown (duanwood) Red Reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) fruiting body. No added grains, fillers, starch, or mycelium.
Other Names: Ganoderma, Red Reishi, Ling Zhi, Mushroom of Immortality, Mushroom of Spiritual Potency, The Supreme Protector, Spirit Reishi.
Dosage: 1/2 tsp per day (1.7g). Individuals sensitive to herbs may want to start with 1/4 tsp.
Size & Servings: 50g = 30 serves. 100g = 60 serves.
Invitations for use: Mix or blend 1/2 tsp of extract powder into your water, tea, juice, smoothie, coffee, hot chocolate, soup broth, or any food and dessert recipes. This extract is not heat sensitive.
We recommend starting with 1/2 tsp (1.7g) per day. When your body feels ready, you can increase your dosage according to your needs and daily requirements. It is safe to consume in high doses.
What is the best time to take Reishi?
Any time of the day. Morning, noon, or night. As an adaptogen, Reishi has the power to energize you during the day and promote a restful night's sleep when taken before bed.
Reishi provides safe and valuable nutrition for men and women of all ages. It is 100% vegan, paleo, gluten-free, non-GMO, and contains zero sugar, no additives, preservatives, or fillers of any kind. Please check with your paediatrician if you have concerns about giving your children Reishi mushroom.
For fast absorption, mix or blend directly into water, hot tea, coffee, nut milk, or juice. You can use Reishi as a great addition to your smoothies, elixirs, hot chocolates, soup broths, raw desserts, baked goods, or simply sprinkled over your favourite ice cream, yoghurt or cereal. The possibilities are endless! This extract is not heat sensitive.
How do I make Reishi tea?
Add your dose (1/2 tsp or more) to hot water and stir until dissolved. The perfect nightcap to rest peacefully this evening.
Yes, absolutely! In fact, we recommend it. Combining these tonic herbs together will actually enhance their efficacy, not reduce it. From an immune perspective, as it is known, mushrooms target different areas of your body's immune system. Therefore, it may be beneficial to consume a variety of different mushroom species to elicit a more intelligent and broad-based immune response.
Is Teelixir Reishi made from mycelium grown on grain?
No, it is exclusively made from 100% log-grown (wood) fruiting bodies and nothing else. There is no residual grains, starch, mycelium, or fillers contained in our extract.
Reishi mushroom is extracted at a 10:1 potency. This means ten kilograms of the fruiting bodies are used to produce one kilogram of Reishi extract. Teelixir Reishi is dual-extracted using water and organic alcohol. Organic ethanol is used to extract the adaptogenic terpenes while the hot water extracts the immune-modulating beta-glucans. This ensures that we extract the full spectrum of compounds, both water soluble and oil soluble constituents which also increases the bio-availability.
Why does it taste bitter?
High-quality Reishi is bitter tasting. The bitter notes are derived from the triterpene compounds that are extracted from the organic alcohol. The triterpenes are very important compounds that offer a wide range of scientifically studied and clinically proven benefits. Our philosophy is- The more bitter, the better! To make Reishi more palatable, we recommend combining it with other bitter foods and beverages such as chocolate and coffee.
Teelixir Reishi is all organically (semi-wild) cultivated, with respect to, and abiding by the fundamental concept of "Di Tao" sourcing in Chinese herbalism. Di Tao means "Earth Tao" or in Chinese, "authentic source." Teelixir Reishi comes directly from its original growing source, the pristine high mountain ranges of China, far from any cities or industrial pollution.
Wild cultivation, or "semi-wild", herbs are grown from seed (or spore) by inoculating a wood medium then placing it into a natural environment (a mountain forest or desert, for example) where it is allowed to grow naturally, without human interference. The semi-wild cultivation process simulates the growing conditions of the wild mushroom where it can accumulate food and energy naturally. Please note that 100% wild Reishi mushroom is extremely rare and very expensive. It's estimated that 1 in every 10,000 trees contains a healthy growing Reishi mushroom fit for consumption. For this reason, it is difficult to source and collect. Fortunately, the semi-wild cultivation method produces Reishi mushrooms with a chemical profile closely similar to the wild material with equal or in some cases, even more, benefits.
I don't want to "trip" out. Do any of your mushroom products contain the crazy psychedelic shrooms?
All of our products only contain functional mushrooms that are legal to sell and consume. You won't find any colourful "trips" or "psychedelic journeys" here.
Is this product independently tested for heavy metals?
Yes, we have independently tested our Reishi and verified that it is extremely low in heavy metals. You can view the exceptional 'Lab Results' for yourself in the next tab on this page.
Teelixir Certified Organic Reishi Mushroom has been independently tested and verified to have extremely safe and low levels of heavy metals.


British actor Daniel Radcliffe has taken his place on the coveted Hollywood Walk of Fame and thinks it's "amazing".
For the occasion, Daniel was joined by Harry Potter director Christopher Columbus and @midnight host, Chris Hardwick. They were also joined by Hollywood Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Leron Gubler.
"It's really an incredible honour," Daniel told Variety.
"We (Brits) have a national embarrassment about people saying nice things about us, so I was taken aback at first but then I had a real sense of gratitude," he went on.
"Only about 20 per cent of people who work in film and television end up on the Walk Of Fame.
"It's kind of amazing. I don't know if they remove these things, but no matter how badly I mess up, they can't remove it."
The world's favourite wizard has been given a prestigious Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
Emma met Noma Dumezweni who plays Hermoine as an adult, saying it was like "meeting my older self"
Daniel Radcliffe will be presented with his star at a ceremony in Los Angeles on 12 November and will be accompanied by director of the first two Harry Potter films Chris Colombus.
The Boy Who Lived joins 2,564 other famous names on the historical star-studded walkway and his addition has been hotly awaited.
"Fans of all ages have been waiting in anticipation of Daniel's star ceremony. We are proud to have him here in Hollywood," explains Ana Martinez, Hollywood Walk of Fame's ceremonies producer.
Radcliffe, who has gone on to carve a pretty impressive film CV for himself since the final Potterinstallation in 2011, will soon be taking on the role of Igor in Victor Frankenstein, alongside James McAvoy, which will be released in the UK on 4 December.
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce (or is it Secrets?) selects members of the entertainment industry to have their names (and legacies) embedded in the sidewalks of Hollywood Bouvelvard - and Daniel's will be emblazoned outside of the Dolby Theatre.
Any muggles (or Potter fans) who are worried about missing the ceremony itself (it's a shame apparition isn't real after all) - can be rest assured that they won't miss a thing as the entire celebration will be streamed online at 11.30am PST on the Hollywood Walk of Fame's website.


LocalSearch approached Amazee Labs with a new design for their website to launch an online platform that would replace their old site. They wanted to be able to create various types of landing pages with a variety of information and media. They also wanted to start an online magazine (blog) and generate press release content. Additionally, they needed to import their job vacancies from an external jobs platform.
One of the first D8 websites Amazee Labs (CPT) ever built relied heavily on the use of Paragraphs to provide multiple options for aligning content, changing background color options and loading various types of media. We built an integration to bridge the API from PreScreen into the Paragraphs within the website, which is also a multilingual site (DE, EN, FR, and IT).


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NewsAugust 9, 2019
Love Your Bookshop Day with Jess Gately
We love stories, and we love the people who connect us with them. This Love Your Bookshop Day, we're celebrating some of our friends who help find and share stories: our local book-sellers.
Here, meet Jess Gately, from local not-for-profit and bookshop Underground Writers.
What's great about working at Underground Writers?
Working at Underground is a different experience for each of our editors, but the one thing we all agree on is that it gives us a focus on the Australian literary scene, so we stop looking abroad and recognise homegrown talent. We've also all learnt a lot and gained an appreciation for the role of an editor. The amount of time and work that goes into reading and thinking critically about a piece and offering feedback is pretty intense.
But most of all we love that we can give unknown writers a voice. Sometimes it's hard (and scary!) to get your work out there, and to have a platform that authors can submit to and get proper, professional feedback is extremely valuable. One example that had us excited was author Kerri Turner, who submitted to us for our issue titled the Hitchhiker, and now she's a published author with an incredible historical fiction book. Seeing authors grow and figure out their voices, and helping them find that voice through our editorial work is so rewarding.
Your bookshop sells debut Australian works, and you're champions of emerging writers. Can you tell us the story of how Underground Writers and Underground Books came to be?
Underground Writers was started by a group of uni students who were studying together at ECU all the way back in 2009 (it's our 10th birthday this year!). They wanted to create a publication that could act as a stepping stone for new authors as they found the process of submitting to the bigger literary journals intimidating. Since then, new groups of editors have come and gone, and the current team have expanded Underground's activities with the aim of helping to build a vibrant writing community, deliver information and advice to new writers, and to help promote the work of emerging writers.
Underground Books was launched last year to help support those goals. We think that when people can, they want to support local writers and authors but it's not always easy to tell in a bookshop who is local and who isn't unless they're writing Australiana type novels. We also know that it's really hard for new writers to break into the market. People are 70% more likely to pick up a book by an author they've read before than one they haven't so getting people to pick up a debut novel is hard. The bookshop acts as a way to help those authors stand out, to find new readers, and at the same time, all profits go back into helping us provide information, services and opportunities for other new writers.
Can you tell us about some of the challenges and opportunities facing emerging Australian writers at the moment?
Particularly here in WA, we can sometimes get lost in the Australian literary scene. With most of the bigger publishers and writers festivals based in Sydney and Melbourne, writers in those cities seem to have more opportunity to speak and network with editors, publishers, and other writers. But WA has a great literary scene too, and we have a really strong writing community here. So we want to help strengthen that community and give them a voice.
The good news is, the WA writing scene seems to be taking off. This year we had the reintroduction of the WA Premier's Book Award, and we had the inaugural Fogarty Literary Award for young writers. The Centre for Stories has also launched a bunch of really exciting initiatives, and it feels like writers centres around the state are really pushing to give emerging writers here the opportunities they need to get out there. We're excited to see where it all goes over the next few years!
What local authors or books are on your reading list right now?
Oh gosh! So many. Between 6 editors with huge TBR piles… we could be here a while. But here are just a few that have our editors scrambling for reading time:
My Longest Round by Wally Carr and Gaele Sobott, Built Perth by Tom McKendrick and Elliot Langdon, Invisible Boys by Holden Sheppard, Driving into the Sun by Marcella Polain, Devil's Ballast by Meg Caddy, Alex and the Alpacas by Kathryn Lefroy, Catching Teller Crow by Ambellin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina—we might stop here before this goes on too long!
We love storytelling—what does it mean to you, and why do you think it's important?
Our editor Shelley summed this up very nicely in a recent discussion. She said, storytelling isn't just about the regurgitation of a narrative, but about sharing and passing on a story. Storytelling is important to pass from generation to generation, but it is also an important aspect of building a strong community that is aware of its past. For many people, storytelling is a way of expressing themselves, of expanding their own minds, of sharing their experiences, and of being understood by the people around them. Therefore there are so many ways in which stories have the power to shape who we are—both in the stories we consume and the stories we tell. They can set us on a path for the rest of our lives or change that path entirely.
So here at Underground, we know that while stories can be a lot of fun, they have a lot of power, and we like to help share those stories so that more people and more diverse stories can be adding to our community's narrative.
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Meet the Intern – Jordan Brunnen
"My time volunteering at a whole range of places has, in a way, been for me to test waters in different fields of work—and along with it, I've worked with many wonderful humans."
Susan Midalia's Launch Speech for 'To Hold the Clouds'
Launched by Susan Midalia on Saturday 14 November at the Centre for Stories.
Short Talks – Susan Midalia
"I've seen emerging writers nurtured by the belief of other people. I've continued to learn that people are gloriously different. I've experienced pleasure, frustration, surprise, pride, and the therapeutic effects of laughter."
Writer Profile – Maya-Rose Chauhan
Maya-Rose is a writer and storyteller. Maya's involvement with the Centre for Stories first began with her involvement in the Saga Sisterhood project where she developed a story called 'Eat Pray Work'.
Short Talks – Sarah McNeill


Representation matters: Girls do better on science tests when their textbooks include images of female scientists. And a 2017 survey by Microsoft found that girls in Europe begin to show interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields at 11 years old but lose it at around 15—and a lack of female role models is one reason for the drop in interest.
That's why we've created this list of books showing girls and women who are passionate about STEM fields. After asking librarians for recommendations, pulling still more from School Library Journal, and checking best-seller and award lists, we selected picture books, biographies, novels, and memoirs appropriate for kids from kindergarten to 12th grade. These books—most of which were published in 2016—represent a wide range of STEM fields, from marine biology to volcanology to math.
You'll find recommendations for lower elementary, upper elementary, middle school, and high school. For each book, we list the appropriate grade levels, and the Lexile measure when possible.


2105 is a year of innovation and development for Chengdu. All kinds of forums and the convening of the general assembly, to create a global benchmark for innovation and entrepreneurship in Chengdu play a role in promoting the city. Recently, the Chengdu public space Knight Knight created four new stores, will help more entrepreneurs.


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PSG Sign Former Man Utd Midfielder
Paris St-Germain have signed midfielder Ander Herrera on a five-year deal following the end of his Manchester United contract.
The Spaniard, 29, joins the French champions on a free transfer after five years at Old Trafford.
He scored 20 goals and produced 27 assists in 187 appearances for United, winning the FA Cup, League Cup and Europa League.
"Paris St-Germain is the greatest club in France," said Herrera.
"It keeps on improving and competes to win every possible title. I hope to continue to make history with the club.
"I promise three things: work, professionalism and passion."
Herrera confirmed in May he would be leaving United when his contract expired at the end of the season, after failing to agree terms on a new deal.
He joined the Premier League club from Athletic Bilbao for £29m in 2014 and has two caps for Spain.


Bo Bergemann has always had a lot to say. Her dolls have functioned as a three-dimensional testament to what has been on her mind and in her heart. During my last round of correspondence with Bo, she was pondering leaving her home base in Hawaii to travel with her daughter to a specialized school for the deaf. Unsure of how she would maintain her gallery/retail space back home, Bo was in a state of flux. However, she knew three things forsure: she loves her daughter; she's devoted to making sure her daughter will succeed; and she's committed to finding a way to adapt to a new lifestyle and make the necessary changes to accommodate creativity on the road.
It is interesting to think of Bo located in California, away from the tropical climes of Hawaii, a landscape that has underscored so much of her earlier work. But when I thought about it some more, I realized that her outpouring of dolls has truly broken down the barrier of being geographic-centric. Even though her cultural upbringing as a Hawaiian, genetically hailing from Germanic ancestry, has colored many of her doll costumes and motifs, she's also conjured up characters that are purely mythic and magical. They exist outside any particular time or place. They reside in a fantasy realm that is mingled with fashion and glamour.
Sassafrass in antique white resin skin tone.
Over the years, I've chatted with Bo and she has always been enthusiastic about whatever she is dreaming up. One of the reasons is that she does have a deep personal bond with whatever she is sculpting.
Sassafrass Sugar version with ostrich.
While most people have an invigorating vacation experience — and buy a T-shirt, refrigerator magnet, or snow globe to commemorate it — Bo was able to infuse a line of dolls with that exhilarating moment of cuddling some big cats and being impacted by their beauty.
In all of her life, Bo has always sought the commonality of what makes someone or something precious. She's attempted to make dolls that are universally sweet or emblematic of more innocent, wholesome times. As a mother, she has watched her children grow up, and has cheered them on as they have matured and grasped at fulfilling their potentials.
Her relationship with daughter Bree has dominated her most recent creations because when Bree was first adopted into the Bergemann household, doctors dismissed her chances of growing up healthy, strong, and with a purposed. Misdiagnosed and underestimated, Bree has had to struggle to attain milestones that others take for granted, but Bo never lost faith and never gave up hope. She was able to perceive something in her child — a spark, a light — that medical experts overlooked. She recognized that Bree had an intellectual capacity that doctors did not acknowledge, and she would mentor her daughter to exceed any limitations that her deafness and other physical disabilities might entail.
"People have asked me over the years how I do it. How did I take 15 severely medically fragile babies for 15 years of my life, and how did I deal with the overwhelming demands that entailed? How have I turned the sorrow of the loss of these foster children, whom I loved as my own, into the joy of doll making? And that is what I have done, and I have found a kindred spirit in my collectors. I find that they have a generosity, and they have a belief in 'putting family first,' no matter what the cost," Bo wrote to me.
Hoping to enroll her daughter into a world-class academy for students with specialized needs, Bo is drawing upon her faith, her support from family members, and her well wishes sent to her from collectors and fans the world over.
This doll's hands sign "kitty cat" in ASL.
Whether the dolls are her new ASL (American Sign Language) lineup, which contains hands that are swapped out for one another, featuring fingers curled into basic words and powerful concepts (friends and family, I love you, school, class, kitty cat, etc.), or her salutes to literary heroines as diverse as Wonder Woman and Alice in Wonderland, each doll holds a portion of Bo's personality in their hands.
Future Shock: Robots are here, and they're just big cuddly dolls, right?


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3 edition of Dumb In June found in the catalog.
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Derick Hutchinson, Senior Web Producer
Published: March 9, 2020, 5:37 pm
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Pregnant teenager injured in shooting involving Oakland County deputy
Isabella Simpson shot by deputy in Pontiac
PONTIAC, Mich. – A pregnant teenager is recovering in the hospital Monday after being shot by an Oakland County deputy in Pontiac.
The incident happened overnight in the area of Arthur Avenue and Bagley Street in Pontiac, according to authorities.
Jessicia Simpson said her daughter, 16-year-old Isabella Simpson, was shot Monday morning by a deputy from the Oakland County Sheriff's Office.
Nevaeh Simpson, 15, said she was in the passenger seat behind her sister when she heard a gunshot. Isabella, who is five months pregnant, was hit as a bullet went through the front windshield. according to officials.
Nevaeh said she and her 14-year-old girlfriend went with Isabella to sneak out of the house to ride with the 15-year-old father of Isabella's unborn child.
In a statement, the Oakland County Sheriff's Office said the 15-year-old boy was not licensed and wasn't authorized to drive the vehicle, which belonged to his parents.
In their written statement, deputies said they tried to do a traffic stop of the white sedan as it rolled through the area. Authorities were there to make a drug-related arrest involving suspected cocaine, they said.
The white sedan slowed and police saw the 15-year-old jump out of the driver's seat, according to authorities.
When the boy jumped out of the car, it was still moving with the three teenage girls inside, police said. As it moved toward a deputy, the deputy pulled out a handgun and fired one shot through the windshield, striking Isabella, officials said.
The deputy immediately tended to Isabella before she was taken to a nearby hospital, police said. She is listed as stable.
You can hear from Nevaeh and Jessicia Simpson in the video posted above.
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Derick Hutchinson
Derick is a Senior Web Producer for ClickOnDetroit and has been with Local 4 News since April 2013. Derick specializes in breaking news, crime and local sports.


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The Validated Assessment Program (VAP) has been created to increase efficiency and reduce redundancy of onsite CSR compliance audits in industry supply chains. Below is a glossary of commonly used VAP terminology.
Auditee: Company whose facility site is the subject of the on-site audit.
Audit Quality Manager: Role assigned to the technical audit program management services support entity.
Corrective Action Plan: Plan approved by the APM to close non-conformances identified during the initial audit.
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Follow-Up Validated Audit: A follow-up audit to a full VA typically covers a subset of previous nonconformance items with the intent to verify status of improvements as defined in an approved VA CAP.
Second-Party Audit: An audit of another organization's program not under the direct control or within the organizational structure of the auditing organization. Second-party audits are usually performed by the customer upon its suppliers (or potential suppliers) to ascertain whether or not the supplier can meet existing or proposed contractual requirements.
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Validated Audit Corrective Action Plan: Corrective action plan completed by the Auditee in the process of improving practices identified as non-conforming in a full VA.
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The Validated Assessment Program is an industry solution for improving business practices by providing companies assurance in identifying risks and driving improvements and robust management systems for labor, ethics, health, safety and environmental conditions in the supply chain. An RBA-approved, independent third-party audit firm provides an onsite audit of a supplier, potential supplier, and/or a company's own facilities.
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Teaching The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
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Rosa Parks is one of the most well-known U.S. women of the 20th century and yet much of what has been taught about her is narrow, limited, and at times wrong. This is changing thanks to the release in 2021 of the young adult book, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, and a new film with the same title — both based on the Parks' biography by Jeanne Theoharis.
The book and the documentary film (produced by Soledad O'Brien Productions and directed by Yoruba Richen and Johanna Hamilton) depict Rosa Parks' life-long dedication to justice. They chronicle her childhood, her activism before and during the historic Montgomery Bus Boycott, her work for Congressman John Conyers in Detroit, and her involvement in causes such as voting rights, anti-apartheid, reparations, fair housing, women's rights, and the fight against police violence.
To facilitate classroom use of the book and film, the Zinn Education Project is coordinating book distribution and educator film screenings, as well as making a teaching guide for The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks available online. Learn more about these resources below. They are made possible by Soledad O'Brien Productions and funded by The Ford Foundation. Lush Cosmetics and Beacon Press provided additional funding for book distribution.
A collection of lessons for middle and high school classrooms based on the book and/or film, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Some of the lessons focus on why Rosa Parks is so widely misunderstood — and what this says about national myths, histories, and memorialization. Others take a deeper dive into a particular event or topic.
Based on the bestselling biography by Jeanne Theoharis and executive produced by award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien, this 2022 documentary depicts Rosa Parks' life-long dedication to justice. The film chronicles her childhood, her activism before and during the historic Montgomery Bus Boycott, her work for Congressman John Conyers in Detroit, and her involvement in causes such as voting rights, anti-apartheid, reparations, fair housing, women's rights, and the fight against police violence. Teachers and teacher educators can request a free license to stream the film for their classes through March 31, 2023.
Stories from the Classroom
Photos and stories from selected classrooms about teachers' use of the book and film, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.
Classroom Stories
Since April of 2022, the Zinn Education Project has shipped 13,000 copies of the young readers' edition of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks to teachers requesting copies to pair with their history or language arts curriculum.
Here are additional resources to supplement lessons on the book and film, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.
Stories from the classroom can inform and inspire more teachers to teach outside the textbook about Rosa Parks. We invite you to share your story. Selected responses will be posted at the Zinn Education Project website. We'll send teachers books in appreciation for sending your feedback.
The Zinn Education Project is supported primarily by individuals. Please donate today so that more teachers receive free lessons, books, and workshops on people's history — like the story of Rosa Parks — that have been misrepresented or omitted from textbooks.


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Q: Identifying Algorithms in Binaries Does anyone of you know a technique to identify algorithms in already compiled files, e.g. by testing the disassembly for some patterns?
The rare information I have are that there is some (not exported) code in a library that decompresses the content of a Byte[], but I have no clue how that works.
I have some files which I believe to be compressed in that unknown way, and it looks as if the files come without any compression header or trailer. I assume there's no encryption, but as long as I don't know how to decompress, its worth nothing to me.
The library I have is an ARM9 binary for low capacity targets.
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It's a lossless compression, storing binary data or plain text.

A: You could go a couple directions, static analysis with something like IDA Pro, or load into GDB or an emulator and follow the code that way. They may be XOR'ing the data to hide the algorithm, since there are already many good loss less compression techniques.

A: Decompression algorithms involve significantly looping in tight loops.  You might first start looking for loops (decrement register, jump backwards if not 0).
Given that it's a small target, you have a good chance of decoding it by hand, though it looks hard now once you dive into it you'll find that you can identify various programming structures yourself.
You might also consider decompiling it to a higher level language, which would be easier than assembly, though still hard if you don't know how it was compiled.
http://www.google.com/search?q=arm%20decompiler
-Adam

A: The reliable way to do this is to disassemble the library and read the resulting assembly code for the decompression routine (and perhaps step through it in a debugger) to see exactly what it is doing.
However, you might be able to look at the magic number for the compressed file and so figure out what kind of compression was used.  If it's compressed with DEFLATE, for example, the first two bytes will be hexadecimal 78 9c; if with bzip2, 42 5a; if with gzip, 1f 8b.

A: Reverse engineering done by viewing the assembly may have copyright issues.  In particular, doing this to write a program for decompressing is almost as bad, from a copyright standpoint, as just using the assembly yourself.  But the latter is much easier.  So, if your motivation is just to be able to write your own decompression utility, you might be better off just porting the assembly you have.

A: From my experience, most of the times the files are compressed using plain old Deflate. You can try using zlib to open them, starting from different offset to compensate for custom headers. Problem is, zlib itself adds its own header. In python (and I guess other implementations has that feature as well), you can pass to zlib.decompress -15 as the history buffer size (i.e. zlib.decompress(data,-15)), which cause it to decompress raw deflated data, without zlib's headers.

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Philippine employers are now feeling the impact of the Fourth (4th ) Industrial Revolution, with changing work environments and flexible work arrangements as one of the earliest manifestations.
This was expressed by ECOP Director-General Jose Roland Moya during a recent forum on the 4th industrial revolution and its impact on the business sector which was organized by the Philippine Institute of Development Studies (PIDS).
"In the Philippines, companies will have a hardtime adapting new technologies as evidenced by the country's regional and global rank on firm technology absorption," Moya said.
The reasons behind the slow progress is generally due to lack of resources, information, and capability. A MacKinsey survey conducted in February this year specified these reasons to be the inability to define a business plan, no integration and coordination across business units, worries over cybersecurity, and the lack of digital talent to execute any transition roadmap.
"The lack in resources and capability is more pronounced in the case of micro, small, and medium enterprises which compose more than 99% of Philippine industries," Moya said.
Inability to catch up with technological advancements can only lead to a decline in competitiveness due to untapped opportunities to maximize productivity, This occurs both at the national and global levels, where firms not only lose to competitors within their countries which are able to adapt, but also within the context of the global supply chain.
Moya observed that these exponential changes in business landscape is occurring simultaneously with constant redefinition of labor standards and regulations within the country.
"Compliance is getting more difficult and expensive since labor regulations are getting more stringent," he explained. Instead of investing time and resources on the needed adjustments resulting from technology change, employers are somehow distracted by the changing and ambiguous requirements of compliance to some labor regulations, Moya said.


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