Location: To the east of the house at Bryn Hir, close to Lon Ednyfed.
Probably built in the early C19 (shown on the Tithe Map of 1839).
Roughly coursed and squared stone with slate roof. 2 storeyed, a balanced design with outer gables, extended to the right as part of the original design to form a small cottage. This has single window to ground floor, with doorway to right, and dormer window in the roof above.Each gable has segmentally arched 4-pane sash window to first floor. Doorway in inner angle of left hand wing, and paired coach house doors in central range and right hand gable.
The stables open off a passage from the entrance door via an archway with semi-octangonal reponds with rough capitals. These are said to have been made with stones removed from the original arcade of c1500 in the Church of Saint Catherine, when it was replaced in a restoration of c1870. The timber stall dividers survive, as does a cobbled fllor, which has been laid according to a very controlled pattern.
The stables form a significant psrt of a group at Bryn Hir, and are especially notable for the quality and character of their internal detailing.
In wooded grounds on the N side of the town, close to Lon Ednyfed.
Set back from the road in gardens, east of the Church of Saint Catherine.


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5. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (1947-1991) 5.1. EXTREME TENSION (1947-1956) The blockade of Berlin: Berlin was in the area occupied by the Soviets After the war it was divided into four: British, French, American and Soviet. In 1948 the allies unified their areas of occupation >Stalin responded by blocking access to West Berlin. >The allies provided the population with food and essential goods by means of plans >The blockade was ended in 1949. The Korean War: After the war the peninsula of Korea was divided through the middle by the 38o North parallel. The north: communist goverment controlled by the ussr. The south: anticommunist dictatorships under american control. the North started a war invading the South : China and Russia supported the North and the usa helped the south.T ended in 1953 with the reestablishment of the previous frontier. 5.2. PERIOD OF COEXISTENCE: THE DÉTENTE (1956-1976) the ussr emerged as a nuclear power>not only the usa could start a nuclear war>the possibility of mutually assured destruction>a period of dialogue and relaxed international political tensions(the detente) started.During this period there were a number of conflicts that put this period of dialogue in danger. In 1961 the communists built the Berlin wall, which physically separated West Berlin from the eastern part. In 1962 the USSR attempted to install military bases in Cuba and provoked the Cuban Missile Crisis. Vietnam War. The communist government of North Vietnam tried to unify the country and the USA intervened to help the pro- Western government of the South .The Soviets Khrushchev and Breshnev and The Americans Kennedy and Nixon tried to end with the political tensions . Reasons: 1internal protests againts the vietnam war in the usa. 2. The failed rebellion in czechoslovakia. 3.The formation of a new group of non-aligned countries.Consequences : The weapons race was limited , A red telephone line was established between Moscow and Washington. Americans abandoned Vietnam, which subsequently unified under a communist government. 5.3. A RETURN TO TENSION AND THE END OF THE COLD WAR (1977-1991) Tension period (1977-1985) The USSR: Tried to achieve military hegemony by installing nuclear missiles (US-20) in Asian and European territories under its control, some of them directly pointing towards Western Europe. The invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 in support of the communist government . USSR intervention in some African conflicts.Tension period (1977-1985) The USA:Supported some Latin American dictatorships and increased its military budget.President Ronald Reagan started a Program of Strategic Defense, known as Star Wars, to develop an anti-missile shield. The end of the Cold War. The URSS led by Gorbachev changed its policy (1985)Reopened the dialogue with the USAWithdrew troops from AfghanistanGave more autonomy to the socialist republics. The Cold War finished with the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.The USA then became the sole world super power. 6. THE CAPITALIST BLOC (1973-1991) 6.1. THE TRIUMPH OF DEMOCRACY 70s-80s: the dictatorships in Southern Europe gave way to parliamentary regimes. Portugal, where the Carnation Revolution (1974) ended the dictatorship of Oliveira Salazar . Greece with the end of the Dictatorship of the Colonels (1974) Spain when Franco died and a period of transition began (1975)
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#ifndef _UAPI_CM4000_H_
#define _UAPI_CM4000_H_

#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/ioctl.h>

#define	MAX_ATR			33

#define	CM4000_MAX_DEV		4

/* those two structures are passed via ioctl() from/to userspace.  They are
 * used by existing userspace programs, so I kepth the awkward "bIFSD" naming
 * not to break compilation of userspace apps. -HW */

typedef struct atreq {
	__s32 atr_len;
	unsigned char atr[64];
	__s32 power_act;
	unsigned char bIFSD;
	unsigned char bIFSC;
} atreq_t;

/* what is particularly stupid in the original driver is the arch-dependent
 * member sizes. This leads to CONFIG_COMPAT breakage, since 32bit userspace
 * will lay out the structure members differently than the 64bit kernel.
 *
 * I've changed "ptsreq.protocol" from "unsigned long" to "__u32".
 * On 32bit this will make no difference.  With 64bit kernels, it will make
 * 32bit apps work, too.
 */

typedef struct ptsreq {
	__u32 protocol; /*T=0: 2^0, T=1:  2^1*/
 	unsigned char flags;
 	unsigned char pts1;
 	unsigned char pts2;
	unsigned char pts3;
} ptsreq_t;

#define	CM_IOC_MAGIC		'c'
#define	CM_IOC_MAXNR	        255

#define	CM_IOCGSTATUS		_IOR (CM_IOC_MAGIC, 0, unsigned char *)
#define	CM_IOCGATR		_IOWR(CM_IOC_MAGIC, 1, atreq_t *)
#define	CM_IOCSPTS		_IOW (CM_IOC_MAGIC, 2, ptsreq_t *)
#define	CM_IOCSRDR		_IO  (CM_IOC_MAGIC, 3)
#define CM_IOCARDOFF            _IO  (CM_IOC_MAGIC, 4)

#define CM_IOSDBGLVL            _IOW(CM_IOC_MAGIC, 250, int*)

/* card and device states */
#define	CM_CARD_INSERTED		0x01
#define	CM_CARD_POWERED			0x02
#define	CM_ATR_PRESENT			0x04
#define	CM_ATR_VALID	 		0x08
#define	CM_STATE_VALID			0x0f
/* extra info only from CM4000 */
#define	CM_NO_READER			0x10
#define	CM_BAD_CARD			0x20

#endif /* _UAPI_CM4000_H_ */

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The anti-romcom: 13 horror films about seriously toxic relationships
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From co-dependency to gaslighting, these horror films are guaranteed to get under the skin of anyone who's ever endured a bad relationship.
From nightmarish pandemics, to serial killer slasher fests, to supernatural spooks, there is guaranteed to be a horror movie out there to suit (and scare) everyone.
One particular horror theme that has universal appeal, of course, is that of the toxic relationship. And we're not just talking obsessive exes: we mean all those insidious little details that can sour a previously good partnership, and turn it into something truly sinister.
With that in mind, then, we've dug out 13 very good horror films about very bad relationships.
Don't blame us, though, if they burrow under your skin and keep you up all night long…
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The Invisible Man begins with a tense escape, as Cecelia – desperate to escape her controlling partner – flees his remote mansion in the middle of the night.
With help from her friends and sister, she goes into hiding and slowly works on rebuilding her confidence. And, just a short while later, she learns that her ex has died by suicide, leaving her a generous portion of his vast fortune. But, as a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, our protagonist's sanity slowly begins to unravel.
Could Adrian really still be alive? And, if so, how can Cecelia ever hope to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see?
Read our review of The Invisible Man (which is currently available to rent on Amazon Prime) here.
After dating for about five months, Chris is ready to meet girlfriend Rose's parents. Sort of, anyway: she hasn't told mum and dad that her boyfriend is Black, and he's worried they're not going to respond well when they come face-to-face for the first time.
Thankfully, his fears on that front seem to be unfounded. If anything, Rose's parents seem almost too friendly towards him. And that's when things start to get weird. Really weird.
But, with Chris' mobile phone randomly unplugged and out of power, will he survive the horrors ahead?
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Let The Right One In
When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied boy living with his mother in suburban Sweden, meets his new neighbour, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship and slowly form a close bond.
Over time, though, it soon becomes apparent that Eli is no ordinary young girl. In fact, there's every chance she knows more about that string of bloody local murders than she's letting on.
Gulp.
Let The Right One In is available on Shudder (via Amazon Prime).
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With their relationship in trouble, Dani joins her boyfriend Christian on a make-or-break trip to an ancestral commune in northern Sweden. Once there, they are invited by the forever-smiling villagers to partake in celebrations for their fabled midsummer festival – and they are all too happy to accept. However, it isn't long before the seemingly pastoral paradise transforms into a sinister, dread-soaked nightmare as the locals reveal their terrifying agenda…
Read our review of Midsommar (which is currently available on Amazon Prime) here.
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Yes, The Shining is about a haunted hotel. Yes, it's about cabin fever. Yes, it's about a man's slow descent into madness. It is also, though, very much a horror film about a marriage – and not a great one at that.
As the film begins, Jack and Wendy seem to have a happy enough relationship. As time goes on, though, he begins undermining her, hiding things from her, berating her for disturbing his work. In the full 146-minute cut, we learn more about his history of violence – something which is only hinted at in the theatrical cut.
We speed our way, of course, to that famous confrontation between husband and wife on the stairs of The Overlook Hotel, as she tearfully pleads with him to see reason. Will he listen?
The Shining is available to rent on Amazon Prime.
A scene from The Invitation. .
Nobody likes spending time with their ex. And, while we're on that subject, nobody likes spending time with their new beau's ex, either. You have to feel for Will and Kira, then, who foolishly accept an invitation to a dinner party at his own ex-wife's house.
This scenario, in itself, is already our idea of a nightmare. However, Will soon realises that his ex and her new husband have seriously sinister plans for their guests – and that's when the true horror begins.
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Quite possibly one of the strangest horror movies in recent times, mother! sees a young woman spend her days renovating the Victorian mansion that she lives in with her husband in the countryside. When a stranger knocks on the door one night, he becomes an unexpected guest in their home. Later, his family also arrive to make themselves welcome. But why is the young woman's husband so friendly and accommodating to them all? And why is he behaving so strangely towards her…?
mother! is available to rent on Amazon Prime.
Serving as a morality tale on the power dynamic between men and women, this unnerving horror film follows Aoyama, a widower who decides to start dating again. Rather than opt for the traditional route, though, he teams up with a film-producer friend to have women "audition" for the role of his girlfriend.
He soon becomes intrigued by the withdrawn, gorgeous Asami, and they begin a relationship. Over time, though, he begins to realise that there's far more to Asami than he first realised. A lot more.
Make sure you stick around for that terrifying climax, yeah?
Audition is available to rent on Amazon Prime now.
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I'm Thinking Of Ending Things
I'm Thinking Of Ending Things isn't going to be available for streaming until later in the autumn, but the trailer has left us counting down the days.
The story is oh-so-simple: after just six weeks of dating, Jake has invited his new girlfriend to his childhood home so that she can get to know his parents. Just before they begin their road trip, though, an uninvited thought lodges in the mind of the young woman in the passenger seat: 'I'm thinking of ending things.'
"Though she doesn't say it aloud, the thought is suddenly so insistent that she's afraid Jake can hear it in her head," reads the official synopsis.
"This won't be an easy ride."
I'm Thinking Of Ending Things is available on Netflix from 18 September, but don't worry: you can read all about it here.
Samara Weaving in the film Ready or Not.
This brutal and brilliant film kicks off as Grace ties the knot with the man of her dreams at his family's luxurious estate. To "officially" become part of his family, though, she has to do one more thing: play a game.
As per the La Domas' family's wedding night, the game is selected at random from a box passed down through the generations, given to them by the family's mysterious benefactor, Mr. Le Bail. But, when Grace draws "Hide and Seek", she has no clue whatsoever that she's drawn the one card that results in death.
Laden down by her heavy white wedding gown, our heroine's task is simple: to hide from midnight until dawn while her new in-laws hunt her down with guns, crossbows and other weapons. Will she and her new marriage survive the marriage?
Read our review of Ready Or Not (which is currently available to rent on Amazon Prime) here.
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Think this is just your standard body horror? Think again. The Fly kicks off as Seth Brundle, a self-involved research scientist, invites Veronica Quaife, a science-magazine reporter, to his lab. There, he prepares to demonstrate his "telepod," which can theoretically transfer matter through space. As they grow closer over the next few weeks, she inadvertently goads Seth into experimenting with human beings rather than inanimate objects. But, when Seth himself unwittingly enters the telepod alongside a tiny housefly, the catastrophic result has dire consequences for his and Ronnie's relationship…
The Fly is available to rent on Amazon Prime.
Every bit as witty as it is repulsive, Slither is ostensibly about alien parasites. If you look beyond the invasive slug-like species, though, you'll find it's also about the complex layers of abusive and toxic relationships. Grant, you see, is a possessive asshole. The kind of possessive asshole who refuses to let his wife, Starla, spend time with her male colleagues. Who cheats. Who lies. Who thinks sex is a wife's marital duty. And who heads out drinking all night long if said marital duty goes unfulfilled.
Grant, of course, gets his much-deserved comeuppance as the film progresses, and the truth of his ugly nature becomes clear to the entire town. Starla, meanwhile, completely reclaims herself transforms into the sort of badass horror heroine who refuses to let anyone – especially her deadbeat slug of a husband – hold her back.
Slither (aka the best horror-comedy since Shaun Of The Dead) isn't currently available for streaming. You can pick up a DVD copy for £4.12 on Amazon, though, if you're interested. And trust us when we say you really should be interested.
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Gerald's Game
We've waxed lyrical about this Stephen King adaptation before, dubbing it a seriously twisted take on Fifty Shades Of Grey. And we stand by that wholeheartedly.
The film begins as a married couple heads out to a remote cabin in the woods. Their aim, of course, is to reinvigorate their relationship and (just maybe) spice things up in the bedroom. But, when Gerald starts handcuffing Jessie to the bed, his wife suddenly realises that she's not a fan of BDSM. At all.
Gerald, though, refuses to stop. And it's around here that everything begins to go terribly, terribly wrong for the duo.
Gerald's Game is available on Netflix.
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The Saskatchewan Book Awards recognize, celebrate, and reward the excellence of Saskatchewan writers and publishers, building greater awareness of Saskatchewan books. These awards have a solid reputation for celebrating artistic excellence, and are recognized nationally. For more information, please visit the Saskatchewan Book Awards website.
Adam's tree : stories
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Adam's Tree is a fictional account of life on the Cowesses First Nation in Saskatchewan during the 1940's and 50's. This period in history finds forces like regulatory policy, World War II, systemic racism, and the long reach of the...
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Ali, Mohamed Abdulkarim
Writing from a homeless shelter in downtown Toronto, Mohamed "Mo" Ali chronicles how he ended up there in this memoir of exile, addiction, and racism. Kidnapped by his father on the eve of Somalia's societal implosion, Ali was taken...
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At the wolf's door : a novel of WWII
Osburn, Chaz
A fierce predator. A determined young officer...An incredible plan to change the course of WWII...As Germany's U-boat wolf packs prey mercilessly on Allied convoys, Winston Churchill and his military advisors realize that if they don't...
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McGrane, David
Allan Blakeney believed in government as a force for good. As premier of Saskatchewan, he promoted social justice through government intervention in the economy and the welfare state. He created legal and constitutional structures that...
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Black writers matter
An anthology of African-Canadian writing, Black Writing Matters offers a cross-section of established writers and newcomers to the literary world who tackle contemporary and pressing issues with beautiful, sometimes raw, prose. As...
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Bone black
GoldenEagle, Carol Rose
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Imagining child welfare in the spirit of reconciliation : voices from the prairies
"Drawing on the expertise of Indigenous scholars and researchers, including voices from the front lines in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, this book examines child welfare practices in kinship care, FASD, homelessness, aging out of...
In my own moccasins : a memoir of resilience
Knott, Helen
"Helen Knott, a highly accomplished Indigenous woman, seems to have it all. But in her memoir, she offers a different perspective. In My Own Moccasins is an unflinching account of addiction, intergenerational trauma, and the wounds...
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Kaidenberg's best sons : a novel in stories
Heit, Jason
In Jason Heit's gritty new novel-in-stories, Prairie settlers discover that their greatest challenge in a new land is each other. Kaidenberg's Best Sons is an unvarnished view of the lives of settlers in the early days of immigration to...
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No surrender : the land remains indigenous
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"Between 1869 and 1877 the government of Canada negotiated Treaties One through Seven with the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains. Many historians argue that the negotiations suffered from cultural misunderstandings between the...
Performing Turtle Island : Indigenous theatre on the world stage
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Phases : new poetry
Betker, Belinda
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Strangers in the house : a prairie story of bigotry and belonging
Savage, Candace
When researching the first occupant of her Saskatoon home, Candace Savage discovers a family more fascinating and heartbreaking than she expected. Napoléon Sureau dit Blondin built the house in the 1920s, an era when French-speakers...
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The absence of sparrows
Kirchmeier, Kurt
Stranger Things meets Alfred Hitchcock in this haunting coming-of-age novel about a plague that brings the world to a halt, and one boy's belief that his town's missing sparrows can save his family.In the small town of Griever's Mill,...
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The dry valley
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"The Dry Valley encapsulates one woman's relationship with herself, her alcoholic spouse, and the world, in three different Saskatchewan landscapes. The poems offer a fascinating interplay between mindful explorations of self and...
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Summer is usually a time of fun and games for most children, but Hanna and Ben Littleton are not your average eleven and twelve-year-old. Their father is Percy Littleton, a famous paranormal investigator, and this summer they are...
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The underdog duckling
Meadows, Sally
When Quinn's mom gets sick and Quinn has to go live with his grandfather in the big city, a nearby pond becomes a place of comfort and peace for him. But when Quinn spots a duckling all on its own, his own feeling of not belonging...
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Vasily Grossman and the Soviet century
Popoff, Alexandra
If Vasily Grossman's 1961 masterpiece, Life and Fate, had been published during his lifetime, it would have reached the world together with Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago and before Solzhenitsyn's Gulag. But Life and Fate was seized by the...
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This past weekend, American Cancer Society held their 1st Annual Birthday Ball in celebration of their 100th Birthday at The Beverly Wilshire. "Glee" star and "Dancing with the Stars" winner, Amber Riley headlined the event and rocked the house performing a set featuring Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain," her personally written song "Colorblind" and ended with the crowd pleaser that got everyone out of their seats, Destiny Child's "Survivor." The American Cancer Society's Birthday Ball raised over a million dollars to help finish the fight and find a cure.
The night also played host to a number of celebrities including: Amber Riley, The Cast of ABC Family (Italia Ricci, Scott Michael Foster, Haley Ramm) and Robbie Amell.
As the official sponsor of birthdays, the American Cancer Society knows how important each and every birthday can be. One hundred years ago, they began the fight of a lifetime – the fight against cancer. And for their 100th birthday, the Society kicked off a yearlong campaign to finish the fight. At the culmination of the milestone year, the Society hosted a BIG finale event – the first annual Birthday Ball. The gala brought together national leaders of business, the entertainment industry, science and medicine to honor the work that has been done in the fight so far and to rally support and funds to help the Society's efforts in finishing the fight within the next century.
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Brooke Shields, Virginia Madsen, Camryn Manheim & Wanda Sykes celebrate "Hot Flashes" to Blow Out Cancer. The American Cancer Society is the "Official Sponsor of Birthdays" creating a world with less cancer and more birthdays by saving lives, helping people get well, stay well, finding cures and fighting back. The Society is dedicated to furthering this mission by co-hostin an intimate dinner at the Montage Hotel with the cast of "The Hot Flashes" to honor courageous cancer surviviors.
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Social Media lights up on April Fools Day to shine awareness on the dark truth of cancer. Christina Applegate, Tina Cervasio, Charlie Davies, Jeri Ryan, Marlee Matlin & Fran Drescher are just some of the celebrities who used the April Fools holiday to fuel cancer awareness last year through the #cancersnojoke Abolish Cancer campaign. The campaign created by Darah Bonham unites all charities, organizations, and people in the fight to abolish cancer.
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Summary:A Chinese parable notes that the "the loudest duck gets shot." Different cultures can teach us a lot about how to improve our own culture.
To be honest I am a little jaded by books on diversity. I'm passionate about the issue of equality - but find so many of the writers on the subject rather narrow and sometimes even condescending. This book is different. It's entertaining, practical and engaging. Liswood shows how we find so many subtle ways to extend an uneven playing feel in our day-to-day work - sometimes even without us knowing it. She suggests many ways in which we can help ourselves and our companies with better approaches to the issue.
In so many ways, this is not about diversity, but it is about having the best team to get the job done.
So, where does the title come from? It comes from a Chinese children's parable about how "the loudest duck gets shot." That's a bit different to our prevailing view that "the squeaky wheel gets the grease." Different cultures can teach us a lot about how to improve our own culture, and Liswood is attempting to do that with this easy-to-read volume.
I was very taken with the author's own blogs on the subject, so would like to offer an extract here (which is not something I normally do). But in this case it seems accurate.
"Multinational companies swear by diversity but behind the scenes swear at it. "Diversity is no longer a nice to have -- it is a need to have" say many annual reports which are filled with diverse people smiling out from the pages. In my new book, The Loudest Duck: Moving beyond Diversity I call that the Noah's Ark theory of diversity -- if we could just get two of each in the Ark, we will have accomplished our goal of diversity! Unfortunately, the results are not promising; diversity has not actually truly happened after all this time, after all the effort and money spent.
What makes it hard for diverse companies to become, well, diverse? I saw a slogan that read "We hire for difference and fire because they are not the same."
In the Loudest Duck I explain why diversity in reality is a lot harder to accomplish than many in management think and why the sea level on diversity has not risen by much. I have worked on leadership and diversity issues for many years -- studied it, spoken about it, researched it and ran organizations. Why is Noah's Ark so hard to really make work? Because the giraffe unconsciously looks at the zebra and thinks "He is funny looking with that stupid short neck and silly black and white stripes. I, the giraffe, am much more capable with my long neck and beautiful brown and white spots."
The argument is not that diversity and heterogeneity are not worthwhile and extremely valuable for competing and getting the best, most creative ideas. It is that to create a true meritocracy and a place where all diverse ideas are heard and diverse people promoted fairly requires much more consciousness of what we think about others and how we react to them, especially if they are different from us. Diversity requires leaders to have more tools in their toolbox than if they were managing a homogeneous workforce.
In The Loudest Duck I talk about how we all bring Grandma to work with us. Who is Grandma? She is the accumulation of everything we learn about ourselves and others. We learn from our parents, peers, teachers, the media, religion, experience, toys, history, myths and legends. We are all taught from Day 1 about the world and that "learning" seeps unconsciously into our brains and it determines how we see the world and others, particularly others who are different than we are.
Grandma teaches American men that it is okay to brag, to trumpet their successes at work. For them, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Grandma teaches women around the world that there is a social penalty for doing that. (She's too ambitious or pushy.) Grandma teaches the Chinese to be modest. They are taught from early on that "the Loudest Duck gets shot." In a diverse American company, the American male manager hears the wheel and not the duck. He hears other American men bragging but hears nothing from the woman or the Chinese man and unconsciously leans toward the American man for the promotion, the pay raise, the better assignments."
in the meantime, check out the book!


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ROWENA WALLACE
This interview originally appeared in TV Eye No. 3, October 1994.
Rowena Wallace needs no introduction. One of Australia's best and most well known talents, she has had an extensive acting career, ranging from her controversial debut in You Can't See Round Corners to perhaps her most well-known role as 'Pat the Rat' in Sons And Daughters.
Where did your acting career begin?
You Can't See Round Corners was my first professional TV series. Prior to that I was working at Channel 7 in Brisbane as a newsreader, host of a children's show, and booth announcer. I worked on a Friday night variety show with George Wallace Jnr. - I was the straight girl in the sketches, and I'd sing the songs and dance with the ballet and do all of that. It was the best training I've ever had. It was Barry Creyton who got me the Corners job - he was originally going to play the lead role, which later went to Ken Shorter. He had seen me playing Calamity Jane in an amateur theatre production in Brisbane, and asked me to come down to Sydney to work in his theatre restaurant with Noeline Brown. But my mother said, "No, she's not going anywhere!". I was about 17 at the time. Barry kept in touch and eventually talked ATN-7 into flying me down to Sydney to audition for the role of Margie in Corners. I was the last actress to audition, and they gave it to me. It was the old fresh face syndrome, and I was a bit like Margie - wet behind the ears and wide eyed! I took to it like a duck to water - I just loved it.
There was quite a furore at the time over that scene in the park...
Just before we shot that scene I remember seeing Ken Shorter talking to the director on the side, occasionally glancing at me. Because I was new I thought I must have been doing something wrong, or perhaps I wasn't good enough and they were talking about improving my performance. But what he was actually telling Ken to do was put his hand up my dress - I had no idea, and that was why it was such a fantastic reaction. Ken and I ended up on the front page of the Daily Mirror with the headline 'Shock scene in new TV series!'. But it was a good little show.
Your next major series was The Rovers.
The two main characters in The Rovers, Rusty Collins and Bob Wild, we referred to as Trusty Rusty and Hero Bob. I played Trusty Rusty, who seemed to have nowhere to live. Hero Bob, played by Noel Trevarthen, had a berth on the boat, Ted Hepple as the Captain had a berth, even the cockatoo had somewhere to live, but you never knew where Trusty Rusty lived. When it came to the question of bunking down for the night Rusty just sort of disappeared. I think the producers were trying to hide the fact that she lived on the same boat as three males. We invented all sorts of places for her to go, but the general consensus was she spent her nights in the crows nest!
That was a great series to work on, I had a lot of fun doing it. It was all based at Brooklyn on the Hawkesbury River, and Noel had a little apartment because he was the star, and they gave me a room at the back of the office because I wasn't a star, but it was easy to have me there to keep an eye on me. I got fired once, because they thought my conduct was unbecoming for their leading actress, so I said, "All right, I'll go." I told Noel Trevarthen about it, and he marched into the office and said, "If she goes, I go". And they thought, "Now, we don't have Trusty Rusty, we don't have Hero Bob, all we've got is the Captain, a couple of animals and a young boy - we'd better rethink this one." So I was reinstated and back in the crows nest again!
In common with other Australian series of the time, were you required to do all your own stunts?
Oh yes, we did all our own stunts. There was a wonderful episode where Hero Bob and Trusty Rusty have to defuse a sea mine which has become unmoored and is drifting. Hero Bob goes out and he gets caught up in the chains, so Trusty Rusty has to dive off the rocks, swim out to the mine, dive under and unhook Hero Bob. So they put me in a wet suit because it was freezing cold, and then stuck my costume over the top, and I looked like some inflated balloon. Then I jumped in and swam over to the mine and attempted to dive underneath, but I couldn't - the wet suit was too buoyant, and I had no weight belt on, so I bounced straight back up to the surface. This happened about three or four times until eventually I grabbed onto something and held myself down. I stayed there for a few seconds for the action shot and then bobbed up again, and we were waiting for 'cut' as that was the end of that part of the sequence. The director, an Englishman, Max Varnel, had a megaphone on the shore and he was calling out "cut, cut", and with his accent it sounded like "shark, shark". Well, you have never seen anyone swim so quickly! I mean, it was across the water literally, I didn't know I could do it. It was incredible, and everyone was looking at me scrambling onto shore out of breath, thinking 'what is wrong with this woman?!!'. We never had any minders around with spear-guns. On Barrier Reef you'd have the guys diving off the boat, and then they'd cut to Ron and Val Taylor underneath who did a wonderful job, absolutely amazing, but they used to do it at feeding time at sunset, and you could see the sharks!
Did you go straight from The Rovers into Barrier Reef?
Yes, I went straight from one boat to another. The Rovers was filmed on the 'Derwent Hunter', a schooner, a beautiful boat but shocking in a swell. Then I went straight onto the barquentine 'New Endeavour' in Barrier Reef. They were great days because we had a wonderful ship's crew, and sometimes on a Sunday we'd take the boat out and go over to Dunk or somewhere with a few of the actors and the ship's crew, and come back at sunset singing sea shanties. We had real sea faring people on board. They were great days, I miss that - we were adventurous, enthusiastic and we had fun.
You joined Barrier Reef halfway through the series - why did they change their leading lady?
I took over from Elli Maclure as she left; Susannah Brett was the original girl before Elli - I don't know why that happened. The crew was never the same each week running. The first thing people would say in the morning is, "Who's gone today - who got pushed?" A lot of people were fired on that show - we used to put up a flag with a black spot on it - people were getting fired left, right and centre.
Peter Maxwell, who directed a lot of Barrier Reef episodes, and I had a game going where we would change the name of the episode on the clapper board. We were filming on Hayman Island, and we were all going a bit ga-ga or troppo - it all gets a bit silly - and we thought we were very clever and very funny doing all this. Finally a memo came out, I think it was from Joy Cavill or Lee Robbo (Robinson), the producers, saying they were going to call a meeting and they needed to speak to me and Peter Maxwell urgently. I thought 'oh no - I'm the next one!' Anyway, Joy Cavill comes up to me and says "We are absolutely disgusted at what you have been doing; it's outrageous and unprofessional, and we are going to punish you for it - you're not going to be in an episode!" So they made me sit on the beach and have a wonderful time; my hand was slapped and my punishment was not to have my face on television! I thought it was hysterical - absolutely hysterical.
Barrier Reef was acclaimed at the time for being the first series in the world to use colour underwater filming on location.
Some of the underwater photography in that was absolutely extraordinary - we always said that Val and Ron and the rest of the divers were the best actors; the stuff they did was superb, it really was. I can't remember much about the mini-submarine, but I remember the jet boats, and I remember having to drive one once straight at the 'New Endeavour', which terrified everybody. I managed that all right, but I very nearly got crushed between a motor launch and the 'Derwent Hunter' once in The Rovers during a swell - it was very dangerous, it was really close.
I met my now ex-husband George Assang on Barrier Reef. George was a Thursday Islander and part of the ship's crew in the show, and we used to call him the token 'boong'. Ihab Nafa, who played a scientist, was an Arab who loved garlic, and he couldn't swim. George used to keep him afloat in the water, and was always telling stories about how he was almost passing out from Ihab Nafa's garlic breath.
Two episodes were written around a cyclone which hit the area at the time.
Yes - a cyclone hit Hayman, a big cyclone which flattened the island, it really was a shocker. We weren't there at the time, we were in Townsville, so what the producers decided to do was quickly write an episode about it. So we were all off to Hayman to film this episode, and the island was wasted, littered and virtually razed to the ground. There were a few buildings half standing, so they got all these old launches and things that they could find to put us all up on. Anyway, everybody went quite crazy and Joe James got to the point where he refused to stay on board this motor boat or whatever it was any longer, demanded accommodation on the island, said he doesn't care what it is, he wants accommodation on the island. So they took him onto the island and George went over one night to see him and found him sitting up in bed with half the roof missing on this room, with a torch learning his lines!
It was terribly difficult - we'd be filming down aft or up front, and somebody would be writing a script up the other end and passing it down on little pieces of paper, and then we'd film it. It was great fun, I loved every minute of it. Peter Maxwell would be screaming out to Mike Kitchenside, the captain, to 'keep the bloody boat still', and of course you can't keep a huge barquentine still. We used to have a spy on the boat and by the time we got back to shore the production office knew exactly what had gone on all day. It was great, it was wonderful, it was such an adventure. They're gone, those days.
You did quite a lot of guest spots for Crawfords, and of course played Constable Jane Bell in the last series of Division 4.
When you did Divvy 4 and Homicide and stuff like that in the early days you supplied your own wardrobe, and if you were living in Sydney they'd ring you up and give you your flight details, details of all the wardrobe you were to bring down because of the kind of character you were playing, then they'd give you directions - get a bus to the city terminal, then a number 12 tram that would take you down to wherever, and you'd be staying at the so and so place, and next morning you're on location out at the boondocks somewhere, so you'd get on a number 42 tram to take you to Balwyn, then get another tram to somewhere else, etc. And because you had your wardrobe with you in a suitcase, you'd get off this tram and finally arrive at this location - you didn't know whether it was the right place or not, you didn't know where the heck you were - and there was no-one there so you'd sit on your suitcase like a schoolgirl running away from home thinking, "I do hope somebody turns up soon, I do hope this is the right place!". And then there weren't any caravans or anything, you'd have to change in the back of one of the crew members cars. I was one of the first agitators, a troublemaker, saying they should supply taxis for us. I went to see them in the middle of an episode demanding this, and they said no and I said, "All right, I'm going home". So then they gave us some taxi dockets.
Apart from some financial constraints, I found the Crawfords people great - they were fabulous. Crawfords was the most encouraging organisation, they were fantastic, a great stable. They were very old-fashioned, but they loved what they were doing and they were so encouraging, not only to actors but also to crew members who wanted to move up the ladder. Just about every writer you've ever heard of was with Crawfords at some stage. We all learned at Crawfords, and I think Crawfords learned from us as well, we were all finding our way. As time went on of course things had to change and one had to be treated differently, but they came to the party. They were a mainstay for so many of us, a place where we could practice our craft. Crawfords was a family, and we all loved it. All actors have very fond memories of Crawfords. I think it would be wonderful to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Homicide, and therefore Crawfords, with a special. I think you'd get a lot of support from everyone in the industry. It would rate through the roof, everybody remembers their shows, people would love it. Those Homicide and Division 4 episodes had some wonderful scripts and superb performances; they've done some extraordinary stuff which, unfortunately, we no longer see.
You played the lead role in 'Night Of The Shark', the McCloud episode filmed in Australia. Did you ever consider taking your career overseas?
I never thought McCloud would open any doors in Hollywood - in fact, I thought I was dreadful in that. When I auditioned I was unbelievably nervous, but when we started chatting they said you've got the role - they just wanted the rapport, they didn't want me to act. And I was determined to act, and the director was desperately trying to get me to loosen up, and I couldn't do it - I was a bit in awe and impressed by everything, and nervous, and I couldn't get the hang of it. But they were all very nice people, they couldn't be kinder, they did all the right things, and I was useless! So even if I had hoped it might open doors for me they would have been slammed very firmly shut after that! It was difficult because our Australian style is like 'we are now going to act', whereas the American thing is really loose - loose when you go into a scene, and you don't necessarily stop at the end of a scene, things go on, whereas in Australia once you got to the end of a sentence and that was the end of a scene you just stood there waiting for 'cut'. But these people didn't, Dennis Weaver and J.D. Cannon, they keep going. When I did an episode of Mission: Impossible up on the Gold Coast, then I got the hang of it, and had lots of fun playing this stupid Russian commandant, because I knew then, I understood.
The problem for actors in Australia is we never get all the practice we need, you do a job and then you sit around for months, and everyone says you must go back to acting class again, or this class or that but no, it's not what you need, what you need is to work. Most actors go for months without doing anything, and what we want to do most is work; it's not about money, it's not about awards, we just want to work - we love it!


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Q: Print out Bytes received from Java to C I am trying to send bytes from Android phone to my Raspberry Pi. When i sent it over, I received some weird symbols in this form: 5000 + weird symbols. Bytes should only be in numeric form when received right?
This is my code on Android.
socket.getOutputStream().write(String.valueOf("5000").getBytes());

And this is my code for receiving on Raspberry Pi.
char Buffer[1024];
nread = recv(clientSocket,Buffer,1024,0);
printf("Data Received: %s",Buffer);

Clearly, I am very new to sockets. Also, the bytes I am currently sending in java should = the bytes I am receiving on RPI? Will be really grateful if someone can explain it to me !

A: The code socket.getOutputStream().write(String.valueOf("5000").getBytes()); sends 4 bytes, because Java use 16 bits chars ONLY for non ASCII character as specified in Java Language Specification 3.10.5.
To be sure, you have to print the value of nread in C program.
The code nread = recv(clientSocket,Buffer,1024,0); receives 4 characters and DOESN'T put the zero to terminate the string, so printf display the contents of the (non initailized) buffer, I suggest memset( Buffer, 0, sizeof( Buffer ))
Code suggested:
if( nread < 0 ) {
   perror("Read error");
   return;
}
Buffer[nread] = '\0';

To encode and decode messages and streams I usually use java.nio.ByteBuffer
To encode and send ASCII 7 java.lang.String:
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

public final class SerializerHelper {

   public static void putString( String s, ByteBuffer target ) {
      final byte[] bytes = s.getBytes();
      target.putInt( bytes.length );
      target.put( bytes );
   }

   public static void putBoolean( boolean value, ByteBuffer target ) {
      target.put((byte)( value ? 1 : 0 ));
   }

   public static boolean getBoolean( ByteBuffer source ) {
      return source.get() != 0;
   }

   public static String getString( ByteBuffer source ) {
      final int len = source.getInt();
      final byte[] bytes = new byte[len];
      source.get( bytes );
      return new String( bytes );
   }
}

In C:
uint32_t len       = strlen( s );
uint32_t lenForNet = htonl( len );
char * p = buffer;
memmove( p, &lenForNet, sizeof( lenForNet ));
p += sizeof( lenForNet );
memmove( p, s, len );
send( sckt, buffer, len + sizeof( LenForNet ), 0 );

A: Strings in Java are 16 bits.  If you want to send a string to C, convert to utf-8 first.  (Or use a 16 bit string library, but generally you'd convert to utf8).

A: I solved the problem. After searching and looking around stackoverflow, I followed the answer from this link. Here
I did:
Buffer[nread] = '\0';
printf("%s",Buffer);

A: Receiving from socket
char recv_data;
 while ((bytes_received = recv(connected,&recv_data,1,0)) > 0){
        printf("\nrecv= %c\n", recv_data);
        }

Sending from Java
 String datatosend = "5000";
   char[] strArray;
   strArray = datatosend.toCharArray();

   while (true) {
   for( int index = 0; index < strArray.length; index++){
       out.write(strArray[index]);
   }
out.flush();

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Home NEWS COVID - 19 : My Eyes Were Closing In Death, But God Brought Me Back To Life - Adegboruwa
COVID - 19 : My Eyes Were Closing In Death, But God Brought Me Back To Life - Adegboruwa
The Daily Crucible 12:00 AM NEWS,
"...My wife anointed me with oil, placed her hands on my chest and kept praying, making positive declarations and confessions of life. The mantle that was prayed upon during the Holy Ghost Service she tied around my neck"
-The Daily Crucible
Human Rights activist and lawyer, Ebun - Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, has given insight into how God miraculously pulled him out from the jaw of death on Saturday night, following botched steps taken to stay safe from the Coronavirus pandemic.
Adegboruwa who is a member of the Lagos State Judicial Panel on SARS, mistakenly misapplied prescribed drugs given to him to take as a precautionary measure against COVID -19 infection when a member of the panel notified him and others of having had contact with someone who had just tested positive for the virus.
The activist lawyer said that the misapplied prescriptions produced adverse reactions in him such as difficulty in breathing with his anus and scrotums shooting out as if to burst while his hands and legs also went limp.
He added that just as his "eyes were closing in death," there was also the faint thought and urge to quickly let his wife know about all bank details and how she should take care of the children as he was racing towards the other side of the divide but no strength or voice left to disclose anything to her.
Meanwhile, his wife who was calm, kept praying all through the night, rubbing him with anointing oil and tied around his neck, a mantle from the Holy Ghost service. She also sang songs of praise from hymn book until God intervened.
" I began to sing melodious hymns to God. My body regained life now, more than before," he said.
According to him, there's only a thin line between life and death.
Using his social media space to narrate how it all started, he said : "A member of the judicial panel on SARS alerted us of contact with one who has tested positive to COVID 19. It was then necessary to take precautionary measures to boost immunity and keep safe.
"The doctor recommended Fansidar for me, to be taken three at once and followed the next day with normal chloroquine. They'd worked perfectly for me in the past, but on this occasion however, I'd forgotten the prescription, so I took the fancidar and chloroquine all together, Friday morning.
"Throughout the sitting of the Panel that day, my eyes were bulging and I was feeling faint. I then followed with another chloroquine when I got home later on. I could hardly sleep. We had the Holy Ghost Service, but I was just barely following. Was feeling dizzy all through the night.
"In the morning on Saturday, I followed with another dose of chloroquine and went to the office to do some work against next week. I could not sit at my table so I managed to sleep a little but I was restless throughout. At about 4pm, a voice told me to go home. I packed my things and managed to drive home, with my eyes almost closing. I slept and woke up about 6pm. I was waiting for the evening so I could follow with another dose of chloroquine phosphate.
"Suddenly around 7pm, I got a seizure and I jumped up from the chair, as I was almost passing out. My wife sat me down again. By now, I was getting hot and sweating, with the two ACs in the room working fully. Then suddenly, I was fainting, my legs were loosing life and my arms were getting motionless. I was having difficulty in breathing. My stomach was turning rapidly and my anus was shooting out as if it would explode! I was now getting dizzy and feeling like throwing up. I tried to drink some water but I had to spew it out.
"We then began the prayers, binding, loosing, pleading the blood of Jesus and asking God for His mercy to spare me this once. I felt some relief and began to thank God, with my wife. In about five minutes, the rush grabbed me again, causing me to become totally agitated. Now I couldn't talk again. I motioned to my wife to call our doctor, but his number was not going through. I managed to tell her to take me to the hospital. By now she was lost in prayers and praises to God, while she was dressing up. I felt some relief again. I could hear the voice of the children in the family lounge playing and giggling away.
"Suddenly again the seizure came, this time more severe than the earlier one. My eyes were closing in death, my arms had gone limp and I was now having difficulty in breathing. I kept telling God that we didn't plan it this way, having survived this wicked year 2020 till now. At a point I gave up, and thought of reminding madam of all the bank accounts, the assets and all. And that she should take care of the children. But I noticed that she was calm all through, still praying and calling on God for mercy.
"Then she sat on the bed beside me and asked me to lean on her shoulder and that proved so very helpful, as I momentarily regained consciousness. My scrotum was shooting out as if to burst, and my eyes were now getting cloudy and turning. I kept leaning on her shoulders and held her so close.
"Then suddenly, she said she read at a time that when one has fainting spells, he should lie down and raise his legs above the head. She lay me down on the bed and raised my legs with the cushion. She anointed me with oil, placed her hands on my chest and kept praying, making positive declarations and confessions of life. The mantle that was prayed upon during the Holy Ghost Service she tied around my neck.
"And instantly, I felt peace, and started to regain my consciousness, but still feeling faint. I thought of life in all, the office, the struggles of life. I'd only gotten elevated to the Inner Bar about a year ago and yet to fully reap the rewards of my promotion. I looked at my phone but I couldn't pick it. I didn't even hear the calls coming and messages dropping. I then said in my spirit that life is vanity. But by now I felt some peace.
"My wife brought the Hymn books and we began to sing melodious hymns to God. My body had regained life now, more than before, but I was still palpitating and having occasional fainting spells. But I could sing and mutter some prayers of my own now. Gradually in moments, calm returned and I felt relieved, till we slept. My wife put the hymn book by my side and held me close. So, occasionally I would wake up in the middle of the night and beg God to allow me sing some hymns. I noticed that I could now urinate properly. This went on till morning time. Couldn't go to church for the first time in months. But my spirit was strong and I decided to fast and to keep thanking God. At a time I became angry in my spirit, that I'd almost killed myself, for no reason. I had no COVID, I had no symptoms and I was hale and hearty and as fit as fiddle. At noon time, I begged my wife to drive us out in the Land Cruiser. I wanted her to have a feel of it and to just sit beside her and thanking God. She drove us to an eatery and we bought food and I ate in the afternoon and regained strength.
"God had saved me. And He told me that He saved me:
To serve Him,
To live righteously, and
Of course I got the message well and began to ask for grace to follow through.
12th December, 2020, a day that God proved Himself faithful.
"It was later on I told my wife what happened and she shouted! The previous prescription was to take the fancidar the first day and then follow up with chloroquine phosphate for the next three days, but I had taken everything at once. As I had no symptoms at the time, the drugs had nothing to fight but my organs.
"From a call to national service to the grave? God forbid! God no go shame us!
"When I gathered strength I started to check the balances in the bank accounts. Hmm! This life. A message had dropped from a Learned Brother Silk in PH for me to handle a matter for him.
"I thought I'd given enough this year but my wife said we should help people more, that life itself is meaningless if doesn't benefit others. Some people just need 5 or 10k to survive!
"I thank you all for your prayers and love.
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Aaron Finch, Australia's captain, believes that his team's reformed attitude in the field has been a factor in a World Cup that has been notable for the spirit between the teams.
In beating England last week on the same strip that will be used for tomorrow's showdown against New Zealand, Finch's Australians became the first team to book a place in next month's semi-finals.
And looking back on the 2015 event in Australia, when they beat the same opponents to secure the World Cup for a record fifth time, Finch admitted that the tone of that tournament on that occasion had been significantly more aggressive, "mainly from us".
But, in the wake of the Cape Town ball-tampering scandal - and the bans for three of their players including the then captain and vice-captain Steven Smith and David Warner - Australia have gone out of their way to present a new, more friendly, attitude. So far at this World Cup, a softer approach has not impacted on their hard attitude in the big moments, and Finch is happy to revel in the wider benefits.
"I think it has been a great spirit out on the field, regardless of results," Finch said. "You see a lot of smiles on people's faces, which is a good sign that the game's in really good hands at the moment, and that it is being played in the right spirit.
"I'm not sure if it's been a conscious effort from individual countries, but it certainly felt like a really, really good tournament."
Australia and New Zealand have been involved in two of the stand-out moments of sporting behaviour in the tournament so far - firstly when Virat Kohli appealed to India's fans at The Oval to stop booing Smith and Warner - an intervention that led to a mid-pitch handshake with Smith shortly afterwards - and then at Old Trafford last week, when New Zealand's players queued up to console Carlos Brathwaite, after his stunning century had come so close to sealing victory for West Indies.
"It's tough to compare different times [but] I know the last one was quite an aggressive World Cup on the field, mainly from us," Finch said. "We were quite aggressive in our approach and how we went about things.
"But it's been great. This one has been absolutely brilliant, and I think what's been really pleasing as well, [comes when] you look around the stands, regardless of who is playing.
"In the past, if the home team is not playing, there could be some really empty stands, but this has been unbelievable. They have been packed-out venues and really quality cricket, so people are definitely getting their value for money, too."
Kane Williamson, New Zealand's captain, echoed the sentiments about the crowd, and looked forward to sampling a different vibe at Lord's from the one that he has been used to on his previous visits.
"The atmospheres have varied a lot," he said. "Pakistan was very loud. Bangladesh, very loud. India, we didn't even play and they were very loud [chuckles].
"Usually you come to Lord's, there's sort of a quiet murmur when you play England, but I guess playing Australia it might be a little bit different when you have Kiwis and Australians filling out the seats. It will be a really good atmosphere, whatever it is, but I know for a fact that both teams are just looking forward to getting into the cricket."
Australia, for once, might not have anticipated going into tomorrow's contest as favourites, having struggled throughout 2018, including a 5-0 series defeat against England. But order has been restored with their comprehensive displays in the crunch moments of this event, and Finch said his side was ready once again to embrace the role of tournament front-runners.
"Oh, I think that any time you have pressure on you, it's because the expectations high, because of what you have done in the recent history," he said.
"So you can never shy away from that, and you can look at it either way. You can look at it as a burden, and only you can stuff it up, but I think at the end of the day, when you're talking about [being favourites] and things like that, you also have to appreciate the amount of work that goes in behind the scenes from the coaches and everyone to get to that position.
"Whether it's us, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Bangladesh, I think the expectation for everyone is all the same; that you turn up and that you can win the World Cup. So if it did happen, it would be a huge achievement for the country."
Despite their damaging defeat against Australia, England remain in the running to win their first World Cup, in spite of Jonny Bairstow's belief that his team's critics are "waiting for them to fail". And while Finch said that he hadn't seen anything quite that explicit in the media, his own team's recent brushes with the opinion columns had persuaded them to ban newspapers in the team environment.
"I haven't seen anything written [about England]," he said. "I've watched a TV, a bit of Sky News and things like that that, but in terms of papers, we don't have them around our team room.
"We have made a conscious effort of that over the tournament, and that was basically on the back of coming over here. We knew that there would be some stuff written and there would be some opinions had when we first landed in the country.
"So we just wanted to take as much white noise as we could away from our focus. It is quite hard to comment on it because I honestly haven't seen much of it.
"But it's about getting away from the game and make sure you're refreshing as much as you can," he added, joking that he had been spending a lot of time on the golf course until his wife arrived in the country, and now shopping is his primary pastime.
"Overall, it's about making sure that if there's half a day, that you take that for yourself and do everything that you can to clear your mind.
"For me, that's cafes and golf. For Usman [Khawaja], that's shopping. A few of us play golf. Steve Smith is still walking around his room with a cricket bat in his hand. It's just totally different for everyone, but just mentally refreshing every chance you get is so important."
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Rawshan Ara Mustafiz is a Bangladeshi singer of Nazrul Sangeet genre. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2006 by the Government of Bangladesh.

Early life and career
Mustafiz learned music from her mother Rashida Khatun Chowdhury and started to perform in children's programs on radio at the age of six. She wrote a book on music titled Shurer Bhubon for learners.

Mustafiz got her breakthrough  when her songs O Madhobi Thako Mor Ontorey and Brihoshpoti Amar Ekhon Tunggey aired on Bangladesh Television. In the 1970s, she focussed on Nazrul songs as well as classical music on Bangladesh Betar and Bangladesh Television. She trained under Ustad Yusuf Khan Koraishi, Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan and others.

Mustafiz is a trustee member of Nazrul Institute.

Awards
 Ekushey Padak (2006)
 Nazrul Academy Award (2009)
 Nazrul Institute Gold Medal
 Shilpaklala Academy Award

Works
 Tomar Hatey Shonar Rakhi (2005)

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Living people
21st-century Bangladeshi women singers
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Recipients of the Ekushey Padak in arts
Bangladeshi Nazrul Geeti singers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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Berlin 2017 Review
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Written by Ed Frankl on February 17, 2017
Chilean director Sebastián Lelio's follow-up to his 2013 hit Gloria is a dazzling companion piece that once again focuses on a woman's resilience in a world where what doesn't kill you doesn't necessarily make you stronger. Timely issues of transgender rights both in Latin and North America help make A Fantastic Woman a bolder, brasher film, fiery in comparison with Gloria's relatively tenderness, but anchored once more by a stellar central performance. Gloria's Paulina Garcia won the Berlinale's Best Actress award here four years ago, and trans actress Daniela Vega could repeat the feat in what would be a watershed moment for mainstream cinema's treatment of transgender actors.
Vega is superb as Marina, a 30-something waitress who moonlights as a singer in upmarket bars. On the surface she keeps to a relatively normal life, in a healthy, caring relationship with sensible 57-year old, Volvo-driving executive Orlando (Francisco Reyes). But that balance lies in tatters when Orlando dies suddenly one night, lurching Marina back into a life where prejudice is a quotidian feature. But Marina doesn't fight back; instead there's a strength of spirit and poignancy to how she gets back up again every time without having to resort to stoop to the level of her haters. Lelio takes care to ground this in a world that's authentic. There are characters like Marina's sister, wholly supportive of her life choices, and Marina's trip to a gay club shows a vibrant LGBT culture in cosmopolitan Santiago.
There are also those sympathetic to Marina's struggles, yet unable to fully process her sexuality, perhaps only unconsciously balking at Marina's trans identity. Doctors talk to her using male pronouns, while a sexual offenses policewoman (Amparo Noguera) believes Marina and Orlando's relationship could be based on prostitution and threat. "I've worked the streets for 23 years," she tells Marina, then giving her a humiliating physical examination. It's a fascinating scene, tactfully filmed with Marina's body shown only above the waist; this is the only point in the movie when she cries. But in those years, did the police officer not come to terms with the fact that the trans community no longer hides in dark alleyways at night?
The harshest judgements come from those who treat Marina with disdain. This is perhaps the film's weakest point, when Lelio's script seems to retreat from three-dimensional characters and into caricature. "I look at you and I don't know what I'm seeing," barks Orlando's ex-wife Sonia (Aline Küppenheim). "A chimera." Sonia is perhaps too much a cliche of a scorned woman, but she's not as weakly plotted as Orlando's sons: a scene when they kidnap and attack Marina reminds of thugs from movies like Boys Don't Cry and stretches credulity in a metropolis like contemporary Santiago.
That urban environment, together with complex emotions, heightened drama, and gutsy female performance reminds one of Pedro Almodóvar, alongside its terrific soundtrack, which mixes Herrmannesque-style score (by Matthew Herbert) and choice tracks like Aretha Franklin's "A Natural Woman." But if music has any great cathartic effect, it's in Marina's own singing, which bookends the film. After Gloria and Marina, Lelio has much to live up to if he'll bring another character as memorable to the screen again.
A Fantastic Woman premiered at Berlin Film Festival and will be released by Sony Pictures Classics on February 2.
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Qualys Acquires NetWatcher for Cyber Threat Detection
Qualys acquires NetWatcher, a network monitoring and cyber threat detection company, for an undisclosed sum. MSSP partner push continues.
by Dan Kobialka • Nov 30, 2017
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Qualys, which specializes in cloud-based information security and compliance solutions, has acquired network monitoring services provider NetWatcher for an undisclosed sum. Now, Qualys will support NetWatcher customers and partners and sell the company's offerings worldwide, according to a prepared statement.
With the acquisition, Qualys plans to integrate the NetWatcher cyber threat detection and response service into the Qualys Cloud Platform in the next 12 months. Also, NetWatcher CEO Scott Suhy will join Qualys as its vice president of strategic alliances and business development, and founder Kenneth Shelton will become Qualys's vice president of engineering for the company's real-time threat correlation platform.
What Does the NetWatcher Acquisition Mean for Qualys?
NetWatcher continuous network security monitoring technology now enables Qualys customers to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities and remediate these issues faster than ever before, Qualys indicated.
In addition, NetWatcher boasts many cybersecurity capabilities that could help Qualys bolster its cloud platform, and these include:
Asset discovery.
Behavioral monitoring.
Intrusion detection.
Log management.
Security information and event management (SIEM).
Vulnerability management.
NetWatcher offers cybersecurity services that enable managed service providers (MSPs) to monitor customer networks. As such, NetWatcher helps MSPs become MSSPs, the company said, and safeguard customers against a wide range of cyber threats.
Qualys Eyes the Managed Security Services Market
The NetWatcher acquisition represents one of several recent moves that may help Qualys further extend its managed security services market reach.
Qualys in July announced the Security Configuration Assessment (SCA) vulnerability management add-on for the Qualys Cloud Platform. The SCA add-on enables organizations to use Center for Internet Security (CIS) benchmarks to assess and remediate security-related configuration issues, Qualys said.
In February, Qualys partnered with IBM, enabling IBM's X-Force Command Centers to leverage Qualys Vulnerability Management, Policy Compliance, Continuous Monitoring and ThreatPROTECT capabilities. The partnership also allows IBM to integrate the Qualys Cloud Platform into its managed security services portal and single sign-on (SSO) platform.
Qualys was founded in 1999 and has roughly 9,300 customers, most of which are small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Moreover, Qualys partners with MSSPs, allowing them to deliver cloud-based security services that provide security intelligence on demand and automate the auditing, compliance and protection of IT systems and web applications.
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District Consumer Protection Forum (DCPF) Srinagar has directed two private medical equipment companies, Bayer Diagnostic and Super Syndicate, to pay Rs 4 lakh compensation to Khan's Clinical Laboratory for causing "harassment and financial loss" by supplying faulty equipment.
"Inaction on the part of opposition parties tantamount to the deficiency of service," it added.
The forum presided over by Muhammad Ashraf Malik, principal district and session's judge and Farah Deeba and Tariq HussainQadri as its members examined the evidence and witnesses, said that opposite parties have failed to cite any evidence in rebuttal.
In his complaint before the forum, Dr AR Khan proprietor Khan's Clinical Laboratory Srinagar had stated that in order to earn his livelihood as also to increase the efficiency in analysis/tests conducted thereof intended to purchase high cost equipment known as "Hematology System". The cost of machinery was Rs 6.70 lakh but soon after installation the equipment went out of order.


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Scottish Parliamentarian hopes to see Sam in March
"Jimmy's winning matches" has proved a major hit with one Scottish Parliamentarian who hopes that when the British and Irish Parliamentary Assembly convenes in Donegal next March they will be afforded the opportunity of seeing the Sam Maguire cup.
This week, Willie Coffey MSP (SNP) for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley tabled a motion to congratulate the county on their epic win.
The motion reads: "That the Parliament congratulates County Donegal on winning the GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, defeating what it considers was an impressive County Mayo team by 2-11 to 0-13 in front of a crowd of 82,000 at Croke Park in Dublin; congratulates coach Jim McGuinness and staff on ending a 20 year wait to take the Sam Maguire trophy back to the county, and notes that Jimmy is indeed "winning matches and bringing Sam back to Donegal again."
Willie Coffey sat in Edinburghs famous pub "Malone's" to watch the game and for luck he wore his old 'retro' Donegal top from the 1990s. "I had tried to get a ticket for the game. I was putting out feelers to all my assembly pals but it didn't work," he said.
Willie has been coming to Donegal since 1990. Initially he stayed with Nora Boyle in Derrybeg and now he and his daughter, Niamh, come to Dunfanaghy to avail of the riding stables there. "I have a long association with Donegal. I first came to the county on the recommendation of friends and I have been coming ever since.
"I got there twice this year. I recommend the place to people all the time. I tell them to take themselves off to Donegal to calm themselves down and relax and enjoy the beautiful scenery," he said.
The politician who is now in his fifth year in parliament is looking forward to March 2013 when he hopes to see the Sam Maguire cup.
"I am really hoping that when the Assembly convenes there in March that we will see the Sam Maguire and pay our respects to Jimmy.
"I would really love that and I am certain others would too. My daughter and I watched the game in Malone's in Edinburgh.
"The pub was busting at the seams with Donegal and Mayo fans. I thought that Donegal won the game in the first ten minutes.
"I have been a fan of the team since they beat Dublin in 1992. I still have an original recording of that game. It was a fantastic game, fairly symbolic," he said.
A large number of parliamentarians have signed the motion to date.


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M. Soccer Visits Hartwick
By wpengine | November 13, 2002
Following its worst loss in recent memory, the men's soccer team (4-7-3, 1-4-1 Ivy) returns to action tonight with a non-conference game against in-state rival Hartwick (9-7-2, 4-1-0 ASC) in Oneonta. The Red will be looking to regain some pride as it wraps up the season this weekend.
"We expect it to be a good, close game," said head coach Bryan Scales, a Hartwick alum who will be making a bit of a homecoming tonight. "They're going to come out and put everything they've got into it and we'll do the same."
The Hawks conclude their regular season tonight, finishing off a strong season, in which they will finish second in the American Soccer Conference behind Florida International.
Hartwick and Cornell had four common opponents during 2002, Adelphi, Colgate, Princeton and Syracuse. The Red went 3-1 against these foes while Hartwick posted a 2-1-1 record, with both squads falling to Syracuse. The Hawks also defeated intra-city rival Oneonta, whose game against the Red last week was canceled due to rain.
In past years, Cornell has enjoyed success against the Hawks, winning 2-0 last year on Berman Field. That win came as part of a four-game winning streak at the end of the season that nearly pushed the Red into the NCAA Tournament.
After Saturday's loss to Dartmouth, the booters spent the following two days of practice trying to put the loss behind them and directing their attention to the two games remaining in the season.
"The guys are focused on the next game," said Scales. "They have put Saturday's result behind them."
Cornell should benefit from a return to its usual lineup tonight. Due to the fact that Saturday was Senior Night, forwards Steve Reuter and Andrew George did not start. They will return to the lineup tonight, as will junior goalkeeper Nate Dunlap, who continues his development this season.
Hartwick boasts a powerful attack led by junior midfielder Rob Cantana, senior midfielder Neil McLean, and junior forward Greg Victor. In addition, senior goalkeeper Randall Moate boasts a 1.37 GAA and has recorded six shutouts on the season. The Hawks are a smaller team than many of the Red's opponents thus far this year, which could prove to be an important advantage in air battles.
Scales, however, is more concerned with getting his squad back on the positive side of the boxscore.
"I'm not so concerned with the other group right now," he said. "I just want to get our guys back into it."
The Red finishes its 2002 slate on Saturday when it travels to New York City for its Ivy finale against Columbia.
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By wpengine November 14, 2002
As the Stones song goes, "it's the singer, not the song," and there's no better proof of it than Billie Holiday. Her unique voice and phrasing allowed her to reinterpret and invigorate any song (including some truly banal ones), turning anything she sang into instant genius. She could've been singing from the phone book and it would've sounded beautiful and emotional. The peak of her career was her time spent on Columbia for over a decade in the '30s and '40s, and this collection is a great introduction to that era of her impressive catalogue (though the 10-disc box set this sampler is culled from is also worthwhile). These two discs are arranged roughly chronologically, and the most striking thing about them is that we don't necessarily hear steady improvement, but instead an assortment of consistently high quality performances. With the possible exception of the slightly hokey (but still nice) "What a Little Moonlight Can Do," all 36 songs feature a timeless vocal style backed by minimal, tasteful jazz arrangements. Holiday turns the corny "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" into a soulful, smoldering piece with her distinctive emotional heft. She's just as adept at interpreting more well-known numbers, as when she transforms the Gershwins' celebratory classic "Summertime" into a downbeat hymn of restrained depression. "They Can't Take That Away From Me" was later popularized by Sinatra, but Billie's earlier take is better: much more low-key and contemplative. Her "Night and Day" rendition seems to be the template for Sinatra's adaptation; traces of Billie's elegant phrasing remain in Ol' Blue Eyes' song. Billie's oeuvre has remained timeless for nearly seventy years now — not an easy feat. Without fail, she poured her all into each performance. It's because of this — and the exceptional bands she was accompanied by — that her music has never sounded dated.Archived article by Ed Howard
Gridders Hitting on All Cylinders
Coming into the 2002 season, the football team (3-5, 2-2 Ivy) had plenty of question marks surrounding it. The Red entered the year with inexperienced players along the offensive line, at quarterback, at tailback, and at the outside linebacker positions. However, after eight games, those players are no longer untested entities but have become proven contributors. Offensively, the Red has begun to consistently put points on the board. After scoring just three points in its season opener at Bucknell, the unit has steadily improved. Cornell put up 25 points in its overtime loss to Princeton two weeks ago, and tallied 21 more in its two-point win over Dartmouth last week. In its victory over the Green, the offense had arguably its best performance of the season while accumulating well over 400 total yards. "We have some people that are getting their first cracks at their position — the O-line, Mick. The more and more reps you get, the better you get at it," senior fullback co-captain Nate Archer said of the linemen and senior quarterback Mick Razzano. "It's been great seeing them progress. They're so much better than they were at the beginning of the year. They're realizing their talents." Razzano's improved play has coincided with the Red's increased offensive efficiency. Getting the first extensive playing time of his career, he has become a steady performer. The young linemen have also done a remarkable job of protecting the signal caller and opening holes for sophomore running back Marcus Blanks. In Razzano's 302-yard passing day last weekend, the offensive line did not allow a single sack. "We have a dominant O-line now, and Mick Razzano is playing to his level, throwing the ball around, It's great to see him do it," Archer said. The defense, which struggled early in the season and had serious bouts of inconsistency, has hit its stride as well. Cornell has employed a bend-but-don't-break defense, allowing large chunks of yardage but limiting opponents on the scoreboard. The Red has also been opportunistic in recent weeks, forcing eight turnovers in its last three games. The defensive line has consistently put pressure on opposing quarterbacks. Senior Pete Combe has spearheaded the group, as he is currently tied for the Ivy League lead in sacks with seven. Meanwhile, the linebackers have made plays all over the field, as the speedy sophomore duo of Brad Kitlowski and Joel Sussman, combined with the veteran senior tandem of co-captain Nate Spitler and Jarad Madea, have begun to shut down the opponents' running game. And the defensive backs, led by senior safety Jamie Moriarty, have been steady all season long in limiting the number of long passing plays. After eight games, the improvement of the young roster is evident. "I look at the sheet right now, and I know we've made progress, both from the beginning of this season and from last year," head coach Tim Pendergast said. "Obviously we're running the ball a hell of a lot better, we're playing better run defense, playing better defense overall particularly these last three weeks. Things are starting to gel." The Red has already assured itself of a better record than the 2001 version. However, the coaching staff is not only pleased by the increase in wins, but also the team's overall play. "We still have a chance to do some good things, and make more progress in the win column. But I look at a lot areas of this team and say, 'Geez we're really ahead of where we were,'" Pendergast said. Archived article by Alex Ip


I agree with you 100% on this! At a rare girls' night out dinner we were talking about this exact subject. We all feel like we have to do all the planning, scheduling, organizing and why can't they give some help. Or if they are given a task list and it is very clear, why can't they just complete it without having to nag or ask when it will be complete. Thanks for this blog post!
Boy do I remember those days! It gets easier as the children get older. Sometimes! Now we are going through the same thing again with our children's families!
In my case it didn't get easier... Plan everything for when my sis visits with the kids, keep track of my mom's drs appointments, run my own home, my classes, my job, my projects... And they change plans always like is not big deal!!
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What a freakin' great post!! Yep!, lady. You do deserve a crown indeed!! Not just for your consistency but specially for the way you plan which is a Master Plan!! Really. I am still trying to get myself to as detailed as you are. You are THE BEST!!! Thank you for this great post! A lot of great efficient ideas for a efficient planning. Love it!!
My husband completely lacks the genetics for planning. But he can fix the car, repair broken plumbing and electrical appliances, stucco the house, lay down new flooring and open extremely well sealed jars. He trusts the money. cooking and planning to me. We have decided that we shall both do what we do best.
I totally feel your pain! But... I must say that my husband responds very well when given a "Honey Do" list. I have long since given up trying to get him to remember his doctor appointments, etc etc.