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Q: trying to show HTML, CSS, Javascript and Jquery offline I'm trying to send stuff for people to look at that includes HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Jquery, but I don't know how to send it to people so they can check it out without creating a website and buying a domain and having them see it there.  Is there a way to send it so people can actually look at it (not just the code) or is there a different work around?

A: You could open a site with 000webhost for free and upload them there. I daresay that's not actually off line but it might be handy anyway.

A: Put it all in a folder, zip it, email it to them, tell them to decompress it and click on the HTML file. It will open in their default browser. Alternatively, if you need to get something from the web, you can put it in a JSFiddle

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Djibouti Suspends USAID-funded Election Observation (with update)
UPDATE Mar 16: Following the reports here, the election observation team was ordered out of the country, reports the Financial Times.
With Djibouti's presidential election scheduled for April 8, and opposition parties announcing plans to boycott and continue protests, the government has come out against an election observation mission that has been working since last fall. The Financial Times story is here:
Djibouti has told the United States that an independent election observer mission is "illegal" and suspended its partnership with the US-funded mission.
The news came amid reports that the north-east African coastal state had arrested two opposition leaders on Friday.
Democracy International (DI), which has a $2.2m, eight-man team in the tiny strategic state, provides the only international technical assistance and observation group in the country, which has been ruled by the same dynasty since independence.
The increasing visibility of the Djibouti's anti-democratic leanings is awkward for the US, which relies on the country for its only military base on the continent and last year doubled aid to the country, funding DI's Djibouti operation. Many of its 3,000 troops are dedicated to fighting piracy and terrorism in neighbouring Somalia.
Sources say efforts to resolve the dispute with DI continue. "We have not closed up our operations, (but) we are not undertaking any active programming," DI co-founder Glenn Cowan told the Financial Times, adding that the group still plans to observe the elections.
Today's Bloomberg report is here. The Washington Post reported on the mission in February, noting that no foreign journalists were working in the country. The story includes relatively positive comments by the mission head on the government's approach to allowing protests and the political climate.
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Review Date: Mar 16, 2015
1989 (February 17, 2015)
Orion Pictures/MGM (Shout!/Scream Factory)
Film/Program Grade: C+
Video Grade: B
Audio Grade: B+
Extras Grade: B-
Phantom of the Opera: The Motion Picture (the film's full title as it was released in 1989) changed the usual formula of the classic Gaston Leroux novel, coming off more strongly as a horror film than perhaps even its creators intended it to be. The project gave Dwight H. Little, hot off of the success of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, the chance to do something different during the time that the title went into the public domain. It also gave Robert Englund the chance to play a different character other than Freddy Krueger, a role he had inhabited for five films and a TV series up to that point. According to Englund, he was looking forward to taking a vacation from acting until the offer of playing the phantom character came along, allowing him to stretch his classically-trained legs a bit more than usual, but also to take part in a role that had been inhabited by many great actors before him. Unfortunately, the film's marketing campaign was hung on the fact that "Freddy" was in it, which was a smart move in some ways and a terrible move in others.
The filmmakers chose to base their film version on none of the previous incarnations of the story, deciding instead to go back to the original novel for source material and then take a new approach. The approach they chose seemed drastic to most people at the time. Many walked into the theater expecting a modern retelling of the classic Phantom tale and were severely disappointed to discover a film that functioned more as a slasher. Set in both modern times and the past, the filmmakers' unique approach did offer the possibility of a sequel if the film were a success. Unfortunately, it wasn't and the film was poorly received by critics.
Today, the film is seen as another in a long line of independent Golan/Globus productions that did poorly. But horror fans see it as a terrific slasher movie with great atmosphere and some good performances. Personally, I feel the film is weak, but I do appreciate the work that went into it, particularly the make-up effects and the cinematography. I believe that the filmmakers were doing something ambitious, and were failed by those who marketed the film. It's true that Phantom of the Opera isn't a story that's known as something overtly horrific, but billing the movie as a "new nightmare" perhaps wasn't the best way to go.
For Scream Factory's release of the film, the Blu-ray presentation is quite good, but not perfect. Film grain is very apparent, almost too apparent, with detail sometimes being lost to it. It's not overly abundant, but some of the close-ups don't feature very strong skin or clothing textures. The color palette, however, is quite rich with lush reds, blues, and browns. Black levels are merely good, with some apparent crush in a lot of the shadow detail. Contrast and brightness levels look good, and there are no signs of digital enhancement to be found. For the audio presentation, there are two options: English 5.1 and 2.0 DTS-HD. Both tracks are pretty much on same playing field with strong dialogue and sound effect levels, but the 5.1 track gives the music a lot more room to breathe in the rear speakers. Composer Misha Segal's musical score is opened up quite nicely, with the rest of the sound work sticking mainly to the front. So both tracks sound pretty great, but if you're interested in having a much larger soundscape for the score, go with the 5.1. There are also subtitles in English for those who might need them.
In the supplemental department, you get quite a few nice extras including an audio commentary with director Dwight H. Little and Robert Englund; the terrific Behind the Mask: The Making of The Phantom of the Opera documentary; the film's original theatrical trailer; a TV spot; a set of radio spots; a still gallery; and some previews for other titles from the Scream Factory label.
All in all, this version of Phantom of the Opera is probably the least-liked amongst filmgoers, but it does have its fans, so it's nice to see them rewarded with a very nice disc. Even if you haven't seen the film in a while, the supplemental material (especially the documentary) makes this release worth picking up and revisiting.
- Tim Salmons
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Steve Puterski/sputerski@mywindsornow.comWindsor High School junior Kyle Gonzales slips a shot past Fort Lupton goalkeeper Jesus Manriquez in the first half on Saturday at H.J. Dudley Field. Gonzales scored two goals as the Wizards rolled to a 6-1 win.
From the first second of the game, the Windsor High School soccer team was all over the visiting Fort Lupton Bluedevils. The Wizards were led by juniors Kyle Gonzales and Matt Lee, as each of them scored twice to give Windsor a season-opening 6-1 Class 4A nonconference win.
Three minutes into the match, Gonzales' shot was blocked from 5 yards out and junior Garrett Winner missed wide left a minute later. Winner sent a cross to Lee minutes later, but Lee put the shot over the crossbar.
However, Lee got even in the 27th minute off a corner kick. Lee stood back, put the corner kick on goal, but goalkeeper Jesus Manriquez muffed the ball and watched the ball trickle in for the first goal.
Lee sent another cross to Winner, but Winner's header went just wide of the net. Gonzales put the Wizards up 2-0 with 16 minutes, 29 seconds left when he corralled the ball, dribbled through three defenders and fired the shot past Vasquez.
Lee again caused trouble when he sent another corner into the goalkeeper's box, but senior Kevin Ernst's header floated wide of the goal. Senior goalkeeper Colton Bigler made a diving save as time expired at the half to keep the shutout in tact.
Four minutes into the second half, Gonzales took a pass from Winner, broke free from the defense and raced down the left side and beat Manriquez as Windsor took a commanding 3-0 lead. Windsor kept the offensive pressure coming, but Manriquez snuffed out a pair shots from Lee.
After Gonzales was fouled, sophomore Jeff Roland touched a pass to Lee, who then nailed a shot off the crossbar. Seconds later, Lee secured the ball and put Windsor up 4-0 with his second goal of the match.
Winner and sophomore Daniel Ellingson added the final two scores for the Wizards. Windsor, however, let down on defense with 26 seconds left in the match as Fort Lupton's Rudy Vasquez snuck through the defense and beat Bigler to avoid the shutout.
Scoring – WHS, Matt Lee; WHS, Kyle Gonzales; WHS, Gonzales; WHS, Lee; WHS, Garrett Winner; WHS, Daniel Ellingson; FLHS, Davy Lind.
Shots – WHS 22, FLHS 6.
Saves – WHS (Colton Bigler) 5, FLHS (Rudy Vasquez) 4.
Corner Kicks – WHS 8, FLHS 0.


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22 Years and Change
Lance Turner Editor's Note
by Lance Turner
Monday, Aug. 2, 2021 12:00 am 3 min read
I wandered into Arkansas Business' old offices in the Heritage West Building in May 1999 just weeks after leaving Arkansas State University with a journalism degree and job offer from fellow alumnus Jeff Hankins. I was 22.
I'd had other job opportunities for which, looking back, I was equally ill-suited. One was as a copy editor on Wally Hall's sports desk at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Deputy Editor Jeff Krupsaw waited patiently while I filled out a paper application and, to his credit, didn't kick me out of the building when I requested some Wite-Out to paint over my misspelling of "Society" in "Society of Professional Journalists." If you believe in signs, well, there's one.
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But Hankins, then Arkansas Business' editor and publisher, had been persuasive, selling me on life in a rare 8-5, Monday-through-Friday journalism job that paid pretty well and put me to work for a discerning audience — affluent business decision-makers — who Make Things Happen in Arkansas. I even got a choice beat, local media, and a weekly column to go with it called "Outtakes."
I was not raised among businesspeople. No one in my immediate family started companies or held corporate jobs. My dad is a retired electrician. My mother did office work for an orthodontist. My maternal grandfather was the exception — he ran his own cattle farm on two plots of land in Calico Rock, one right on the White River.
The closest I came to business class in college was a semester of keyboarding. I had a lot to learn.
My new colleagues were happy to help. John Henry, George Waldon, David Smith, Jim Lovell, Jon Parham and, later that year, Gwen Moritz, whom Hankins lured back to Arkansas to be editor, all taught me foundational lessons about business and business journalism. They helped me hone story ideas, connected me with key sources, mercilessly edited my copy and encouraged me every step of the way.
And my sources were golden. You may not put advertising executives, public relations pros and local television managers at the top of your "most trusted" list. But I was blessed with a bumper crop of fantastic people who genuinely wanted to help a young reporter learn his beat and do a better job of covering it. They taught me about their businesses, suggested stories, commented for stories when they could and, in most cases, took the inevitable unflattering stories in stride. I'm grateful for their professionalism and kindness.
Not long after I joined the Arkansas Business staff as an assistant editor, Hankins announced plans for arkansasbusiness.com, a website that would post local business news daily and deliver it to readers via daily and weekly emails. Hankins needed an editor to oversee the operation, and I volunteered.
I tagged along with Hankins and Brent Birch, our newly hired chief information officer, to regular meetings with Aristotle, the Little Rock web design firm that built the first version of the site. In December 2000, the site launched, and I clicked "send" on the market's first daily business email newsletter.
I used to joke that I've had the same job for 20 years. But so much has changed in those two decades in how we do journalism, and the internet has grown so much, that that's incorrect. The title's been pretty much the same, but the duties have expanded and, at times, contracted. Over the years we've added other websites, digital products, social media, video, TV.
But the core of what I've done — what we all do at Arkansas Business — is the same: to provide meaningful content that our business audience can't get anywhere else.
The delivery mechanisms — print, email, website, television, live events — aren't ends unto themselves but simply the tools we use to accomplish that goal. And the thing to understand is that the tools will change but the mission won't.
Returning to print is exciting for me because it remains the soul of our company and, I think, a place where our readers can come, every week, to find news and information that could change the arc of their business or their professional lives.
And that's where I am today, 22 years and change after walking into the Arkansas Business newsroom.
I've still got lots to learn! Tell me something I don't know. Email me at lturner@abpg.com or send me a tweet @LT.
Lance Turner is the editor of Arkansas Business.
Arkansas Business, Jeff Hankins, Gwen Moritz, Arkansas State University, Brent Birch, Lance Turner, Jeff Krupshaw


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We will continue in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in the prayers, with God's help.
We will persevere in resisting evil, and, whenever we fall into sin, repent and return to the Lord, with God's help.
We will proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ, with God's help.
We will seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving our neighbor as ourself, with God's help.
We will strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being, with God's help.


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After finishing, I then created a sample scaffold CRUD in order to see if the DataTables worked. And it didn't work. It only displays this after creating a sample data for the CRUD.
I then check infyOm's documentation regarding the Datatable. But before that, I run a php artisan infyom:rollback Test scaffold to rollback the previously created scaffold.
I then followed this documentation regarding the setup for DataTable. I've installed the 3 mentioned packages—DataTables, DataTable Button Pluging, and the HTML plugin.
After installing the 3 packages, I then change the 'add_on.datatables' => false into true in the config/infyom/laravel_generator.php file and inserted the necessary providers and aliases within the config/app.php file. I then run a php artisan config:clear command and run another php artisan infyom:scaffold command.
But still, the Datatables still doesn't work.
Did I make a mistake on installing the DataTables?

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Brexit and the long, baffling goodbye
Oonagh Fitzgerald in conversation with Colin Crouch
Oonagh Fitzgerald and Colin Crouch
In a summer rife with Brexit drama, Boris Johnson encapsulated the mood of things when he resigned, with characteristic flair, from his post as foreign secretary. The Brexit "dream is dying," he wrote in his July 9 letter to Prime Minister Theresa May, some two years after Britain voted to leave the European Union. Johnson was one of several pro-Brexit ministers and senior politicians to resign after May's plans for a soft Brexit were adopted. Six months before the Brexit deadline of March 29, 2019, and a month before EU leaders meet to discuss the withdrawal treaty, turmoil still reigns. By mid August, echoing a growing theme of "Bregret," the Independent's petition for a second referendum had more than 500,000 signatures, and EU officials had expressed concerns about the possible collapse of the May government.
Who better to reflect on this ongoing tumult and the path ahead than the British political scientist and sociologist who coined the term "post democracy"? Colin Crouch, professor emeritus of the University of Warwick, has explored the prescient idea in books including Coping with Post Democracy (2000). In The Globalization Backlash, forthcoming from Polity Books in December, he tackles recent trends toward economic isolationism, and debunks challenges mounted to globalism by both right and left.
He spoke with Oonagh Fitzgerald, director of the international law research program at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Waterloo, Ontario. Fitzgerald, who has also been a special advisor to Justice Canada for international law, examined Brexit's wide-ranging repercussions, the dynamics of undoing international agreements, and globalism in a populist era in the timely book Complexity's Embrace: The International Law Implications of Brexit, co-edited with Eva Lein and published this year by CIGI Press.
They spoke via teleconference.
Oonagh Fitzgerald: There was a lot going on this summer with the much-anticipated cabinet "away day" at Chequers, the announcement of the government position on Brexit—finally—and then the immediate resignation of a slew of key people. July must have been a horrible month for Theresa May, capped off by the divisive NATO meeting and President Trump's visit, where he criticized her and gave a ringing endorsement to Boris Johnson as future PM! The European Commission's first reaction suggested perhaps they would be able to work with the new government position, but it's not so clear that they can, or even that the U.K. government can hold itself together in support of the supposed agreement. Where do you think this is heading, Colin? It looks so bleak and there's this sense of inevitability about falling out of the EU rather than an orderly, well planned Brexit.
Colin Crouch: Well, the whole thing has been a mess from the start because the original proposition to leave the European Union was not a proposal from a government. It was a referendum campaign, which meant no one involved in it was responsible for holding any position. The policy of "remain" was clear enough, but "leave the EU" could be associated with about twenty different possibilities, none of which were discussed, and none of which became government policy. Then, in March 2017, the government launched what is called Article 50, which started a two-year-long procedure for leaving the EU. But for months and months and months after that the government itself had no agreed-upon position to put to the EU. The government was unable to negotiate. Finally, as you described, in July Theresa May achieved a position, but this is just a few months before the whole thing has to come to an end, and immediately that led to an enormous crisis within the governing Conservative Party. So we have no idea where we are.
Fitzgerald: At the time of the referendum, one of the things that was so surprising from an outsider's point of view—and especially from an international law perspective—was how unprepared the U.K. government was for the result. They really didn't seem to have thought about how they would undo all these international law relationships and recreate them in a way that would enhance the sovereignty of the United Kingdom and the role of the U.K. Parliament.
It was beyond ironic that they wanted to do all this without even involving Parliament. They took the position that because international law commitments are made through executive action in the U.K. (as in Canada), the executive can simply unmake international law without Parliament's involvement. But EU law only took effect within the U.K. because Parliament enacted the European Communities Act in 1972. Since then, EU law has proliferated and fundamentally changed the law of the United Kingdom.
After a nasty legal battle, the U.K. Supreme Court ultimately ruled that unweaving the fabric of current U.K. law did require Parliament's deep engagement, but it seemed really odd that the government had not recognized this central role of Parliament.
Crouch: Yes, especially since the whole thing was about taking back sovereignty for Parliament. One must remember that some real "hard Brexiters" thought the EU would collapse if Britain left it, so they didn't think they would be leaving anything that existed. Others thought, and I believe this remains the majority view within the government, that Britain's position is stronger than that of the European Union; that we are somehow mightier and economically more significant them, which means they are going to have to give in. So it's a game of chicken: two cars hurtle toward each other until one drives off the road to avoid the collision, and that depends on both drivers making a calculation about which is the stronger party. There is a serious danger there of the game ending in a crash.
The Conservatives have always been divided between romantics and pragmatics. The romantics are now sailing the ship and it is a vision of a buccaneering, freeloading, swaggering British Empire.
Fitzgerald: It seems to be a death wish, because there's no economic data that suggests that the U.K. is going to be better off by leaving. Some Leave voters may have thought their jobs were being taken by immigrants, that economic opportunities were going to other EU member states rather than to the U.K., or that the U.K. could forge better trading relations on its own. Those people will be sorely disappointed. What's the potential of the crash-out and if it happens, what happens next? Would there be civil disorder, rioting in the streets?
Crouch: No, probably not, people would just get sullen and angry. But you must also remember that some people in the Conservative Party really do want a very hard Brexit, a car-crash Brexit, because they believe Britain comes out more powerful from that. But the majority of ordinary people have no idea really what it's all about. The referendum campaign was mainly about immigration, and the unrelated issue of Islamic terrorism, which somehow is made to look as though it has something to do with the EU. More recently the main advocates of Brexit have been saying, "Well, this isn't about immediately getting better off." Jacob Rees-Mogg, one of the leading Conservative MPs in the campaign, said last month that we won't see the benefits from Brexit for fifty years. Then Nigel Farage, the former leader of the UK Independence Party, said recently that he never said Brexit was about being better off economically; it's about regaining sovereignty. So it was about things like stopping immigration and going back to the old colour of our passports instead of having European passports—a bigger issue than the future in the referendum campaign.
It's a very strange thing that a mature democratic nation has decided to end forty-five years of economic relationships—not just with its neighbours, but with other parts of the world, too—without having any alternative plan.
Fitzgerald: There's also the angle of Cambridge Analytica and disinformation, where social media was being used to target people with messages tailored to make them sympathetic to the Leave campaign but for very different, even contradictory reasons. Apparently there had also been soothing messaging to liberal-minded young people about how the EU was not receptive enough to Commonwealth nations and had policies exploitative of the developing world, whereas an independent U.K. would be able to strengthen these important relationships with former colonies. Brexit was thus somehow portrayed as an improvement on the EU.
Crouch: Well, there are many contradictions. A fundamental one was that it's quite likely that a lot of people who voted for Brexit did it for what we call anti-globalization reasons. I think for them it wasn't so much economic globalization as cultural globalization: the dislike of having to mix so much with foreigners, the dislike of immigration, the fear of Islamic terrorism. There was the idea of "Let's just be Britain controlling our borders." On the other hand the leaders of Brexit very much want intensified globalization. The prime minister, herself a very reluctant Brexiter, has coined the slogan "Global Britain." The idea is, instead of being part of little Europe, to be global. Very frequently they say Britain will be the Singapore of the Atlantic, meaning a country with very little social protection, very low taxation, and in which people are exposed to very intensive globalized competition.
Fitzgerald: I guess it's that huge contradiction that has made it so difficult for the U.K. government to come up with a position. They want to continue to have trade with Europe, but they want to set their own terms. They don't want to be subject to EU regulation and yet that's the only way to have smooth, uninterrupted trade with the EU. They want to have an invisible border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and yet this will require deep compromises on the hardline stance on Brexit.
The airwaves are full of this rhetoric about taking back control, making our own laws, and successfully developing new trading relationships with the whole world including the European Union. This makes no sense. You cannot have easy trading relationships with a huge bloc like the European Union without conforming to their regulatory standards. You cannot be part of the EU's global value chains without conforming to their global standards and participating in a customs union. Brexiters do not want these trade-offs. Prime Minister May really did need to lock up her cabinet, take away cellphones, and knock heads to get people to come to a possible compromise.
Crouch: Yes, but there is such a strong disagreement among them. A very important element of the government, including the man responsible for foreign trade negotiations, Liam Fox, says there's absolutely no need to have special relations with countries near to you. Fox wants Britain to join the association of Pacific Rim countries [Trans-Pacific Partnership]. And obviously Brexiters want very special relationships with Donald Trump. So there is a desire to just start all over again. There is also a very deep belief that somehow the Empire will come back, that the Commonwealth will turn into a trading bloc. Then there are others who say, "No we didn't want this; we wanted something much more moderate." This includes people who believe that the European Union is much more dependent on us than we are on them, and so we can have what we want—as Boris Johnson repeatedly said, "We're going to have our cake and eat it too."
Fitzgerald: If it was truly the case that the U.K. was stronger than the EU, would it not have been better to say, "Let's stay in the EU and shape it in our image or have more influence over it"?
Crouch: Yeah, I think that's the view Margaret Thatcher would have taken, because, although she was certainly an English nationalist, she never acted against what she saw as practical economics. The Conservative Party in Britain has always been divided between romantics and pragmatics. The romantics always get sat on and pushed down, and the pragmatics always win. This is the first time really since the 1840s that the romantics have been on top and it has absolutely horrified the business community. The romantics are sailing the ship and it is a vision of a buccaneering, imperial, freeloading, swaggering British Empire.
Fitzgerald: Which is sort of belied by the types of statements Trump makes when he visits his potential trading partner, right? It shows what it's like to be a buccaneer in the face of a bigger buccaneer.
The U.K. may want to be the new buccaneer, taking on the world with the Royal Navy and winning back its Empire. But the fact is that so many other nations have seen the benefit of grouping with others, in the European Union, the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mercosur, and the TPP [Trans-Pacific Partnership], for example. All such groupings offer preferential benefits to member states but require tremendous, deep compromise. Does little Britain have a vision for how to negotiate with these regional and plurilateral behemoths?
Crouch: I think the members of extreme Brexit, including and especially Liam Fox, would say that in the new internet world, geography is irrelevant. That we will be the first nation to realize this and to realize that we could join the Pacific Rim association, which he thinks you don't have to be in the Pacific to join. This is forgetting something that students of regional economies understood quite a few years ago, that in a world where everyone can use the internet, yes, everyone can do electronic trading on an equal basis, but there are added things that you get by locality, by having close relations with neighbours. There are all sorts of costs that are reduced, and communications are easier. So if you decide to become just an internet nation, with no local roots, you've only got what everyone else has got, and I think this is a fundamental misunderstanding in Britain.
Fitzgerald: And you can be copied by anybody, right? You have no special advantage at that point.
Crouch: Absolutely. At another level Brexit is an example of something much more general going on in the world at the moment, which is a retreat from globalization, and in particular an anxiety about contact with foreigners, of which I think Islamic terrorism has been a particularly important part. Also associated with that is the rise of important movements on the extreme right, which have as an agenda not just xenophobia but also a desire to kick over the traces of established order, institutions, and constitutions. You see this with Donald Trump, you see it with post-Brexit, and you see it with various other countries in Europe. There's a bigger picture of which Brexit is just one example.
Fitzgerald: It does seem that the narratives that sufficed in past decades are no longer working. The narrative that it's just good for everyone to do free trade was simplistic, and is obviously falling apart at the seams. And for different reasons that you discuss in your book: The concerns of the right now coming to the fore, when in the past it was the concerns of the left. We need new narratives to be created to explain the values of global interaction or globalization, the values of trade and also its risks and how to mitigate them. Even the World Bank, World Trade Organization, and the International Monetary Fund, in a joint 2017 report1 noted that while globalization and free trade had been good at raising incomes and making consumer goods more affordable, they have left a lot of people behind. In Canada the federal government is promoting a new narrative, and I think some European countries are pushing it too, of a progressive trade agenda: the idea that as countries negotiate trade agreements they find ways to address issues of economic equality and social inclusion, gender equality, and environmental sustainability. Our government is also talking about strengthening international rule of law so that it is more just for people, not merely economically efficient.
Crouch: Yes. Globalization can be reformed. It's possible to have social policy accompanying globalization, in terms of regulating labour conditions in the developing countries, both in the interest of their own workers and in the interest of reducing the heat of competition on the advanced world. It's also possible to have social and economic policy for attending to those regions and cities and industries that lose out in globalization, and this in a way is a repetition at a global level of what we did during the course of industrialization within individual countries.
Fitzgerald: It's also an interesting history lesson because just after the Second World War, there was a more holistic international agenda. In the Charter of the United Nations one discerns a concern that the world could never get lasting peace and security without protecting the human rights of all people and providing economic and social development opportunities for all people. That human rights, social programming, and economic development together foster global security. Neoliberalism seems to forget this historic unity of purpose. The progressive trade agenda could encourage trading nations to rediscover these important ideas.
Crouch: Yes. That's what we have to hope is going to happen now. It may be but that the ruling institutions nationally and globally have received a very sharp shock from all this, and there will therefore be a desire for reform within the neoliberal camp. Meanwhile there's an alternative-right-wing politics that we thought we'd forgotten about years ago, which says that you can actually rally people behind symbols of cultural nationalism and you don't actually have to bother about their economic circumstances very much. That's the new contestation, I think.
Fitzgerald: It really requires that people become more politically active. This seems to have happened in the United States, where there now seem to be a lot of grassroots movements. Do you think that will happen in the U.K.?
Crouch: Well at the moment the U.K. is caught in a kind of freeze frame. The whole country is just in Brexit, and it's not debating Brexit, but Brexit freezes everything else. There's a very widespread view, including among many people who voted to remain, that we just have to get this over with; a belief that somehow the day we leave the European Union next March, it will all be over. But of course that's when it all starts. At the moment we're still full members of the European Union, we still get everything the EU offers: freedom of movement, freedom of goods and services. This country is in a very strange position actually. Although we've got these similar tensions and crises in Italy, Hungary, Poland, the U.S., and elsewhere, it's only in Britain where we've got this curious freeze frame.
Fitzgerald: It is really odd. There is ongoing discussion of transition periods, backstop proposals to address the Irish border issues, and a possible extension of the Brexit deadline. In July, after the Chequers meeting, Michel Barnier, the European Commission's chief negotiator for Brexit, indicated that any extension of the March 29, 2019 Brexit deadline would need the unanimous support of all twenty-seven remaining member states, and that the commission wasn't inclined to extend if there was no clarity about what where the negotiations were heading. There wasn't going to be just an automatic extension to let this navel gazing continue forever. Now there's a growing sense that there could be no deal and a hard Brexit, and that has started other discussions: What will they do about trucks stuck in lengthy queues at Dover? How will they avoid food supply disruptions so people in the U.K. have food?
Crouch: Yes, these discussions started because now we're in August, which we always call the silly season politically because nothing really happens—small events get bigger prominence than they should and no one really confronts anything real. When we all come back again in September, October, people might start confronting it all. But this remains a nation totally unprepared for what is happening to it.
Fitzgerald: I was really interested, as a Canadian, to look at the voting patterns on the referendum, particularly the fact that Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain. In Canada the province of Quebec has held two referenda on the question of secession. The Supreme Court was asked to provide an advisory opinion on how Quebec and the rest of Canada should deal with a referendum on unilateral secession. The Supreme Court was really careful to say that "the democracy principle…cannot be invoked to trump the…rule of law, [and] the rights of individuals and minorities" in the rest of Canada. In other words, minorities and individuals must be considered when trying to make a fundamental change such as breaking up a country. (Or in the U.K.'s case, breaking away from the EU.) The court noted that while such a breakup involves many political issues that courts would not necessarily feel competent to rule upon, the way governments deal with those issues will affect the legitimacy of the process and of new constitutional arrangements.
Now Scotland is unhappy about being dragged out of the EU just because of the rest of Britain. Northern Ireland is concerned about preserving the conditions that have fostered decades of peace. Is the U.K. government doing enough to build support among dissenting minorities?
Crouch: No, because after all the majority for Brexit was relatively small one: 52 percent versus 48 percent. So the minority that wanted to remain is a very, very large minority. But the general treatment of it in the mass media and by government—and also by the opposition Labour Party, which has now become a pro-Brexit party—has been that the minority counts as zero; that it's 52 percent versus zero. In fact if you look at the number of adult persons entitled to vote, only 37 percent actually voted for Brexit. That group is seen as the only one that counts. Especially now that the Labour Party has become a pro-Brexit party, although originally it wasn't. Apart from the small Liberal party, and for Scotland the Scottish nationalists, there are no spokespeople for the other side.
Fitzgerald: Why is that?
Crouch: There are two main reasons. First, part of the Brexit vote was a working class, anti-immigrant, racist vote, and Labour is very, very worried about losing that vote. So they want to reassure that it's willing to be a xenophobic party, certainly against Europeans. They're never racist against Muslims and Hindus because these are mainly people who come from the Commonwealth and they get the vote. Europeans don't have the vote, so you don't need to bother. So there's partly that rather cynical reason. Secondly, the old left wing of the Labour Party has always been hostile to the EU, which it sees as a "capitalist club" that would prevent its members from pursuing protectionist economic strategies—which latter point is of course true.
Fitzgerald: The last two years have been a rude awakening for anyone who imagines the development of global rule of law is essentially linear, knitting all nations and peoples closer together, moving inexorably forward to a more just and cosmopolitan world order. It has been a time of unmaking international law, the ties that bind, with major crises in regional, plurilateral, and multilateral arrangements. Just think of the challenges thrown up to the European project by Brexit, to North Americans by President Trump's assault on the North American Free Trade Agreement, and to the world by his planned withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change and attacks on the World Trade Organization. We can't afford to ignore international law's detractors. It's now essential to reinvigorate support for a rules-based international order, and this means working to improve global rule of law to be more responsive to the challenges we face today, whether economic, social, cultural, or environmental. With some dismay, I foresee lots of work for international lawyers and political scientists.
Oonagh Fitzgerald is the director of the international law research program at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Waterloo, Ontario. She is the co-editor with Eva Lein of Complexity's Embrace: The International Law Implications of Brexit, published in 2018 year by CIGI Press.
Colin Crouch is professor emeritus of the University of Warwick. His latest book, The Globalization Backlash, is forthcoming from Polity Books.
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Stephen Henighan
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Q: Why flutter scheduleMicrotask method not call as expected? I want see what happend underlying scheduleMicrotask ,So I add a litte prints-code in flutter-source-code:

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both source-code are in sky_engine\lib\async\schedule_microtask.dart
Here is my main method:
import 'dart:async';

main(){
  scheduleMicrotask(() {
    print('task1');
  });
  scheduleMicrotask(() {
    print('task2');
  });
}

My question is : Why nethier prints show in output log ,nor break on breakpoint
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logs just was:
task1
task2

A: Answer is here: flutter/issues/104235


Meet Dylan, Shop Director of Sorry Coffee Co. an extension of the Kit and Ace brand located in Yorkville. Dylan's day always starts early (around 5:30 AM) and ends late as he balances his daily hustle with the freedom in the evening to engage with his passions. What are two things Dylan likes most? Coffee and aesthetically nice things! Dylan is constantly evolving who he is and the freedom he feels through his day to pursue his ever-evolving interests all stem from a unique yet routine nighttime ritual. We sat down with Dylan to find out how he powers his day!
I am for sure a night owl as most fun things happen at night, but due to the nature of my job, I have to be an early riser.
How does being a Night Owl impact your daily hustle?
I start my days at 5:30AM to give my dog a decent walk before I leave him all day for work and make a coffee before I go to work making coffee. Working in an environment where I get to interact with a lot of different people and have easy access to great coffee makes being an early riser a bit easier for me. Starting my days early typically means my daily routine is slightly off from the rest of the world so I can enjoy getting around and getting errands done without the crowds. This will leave me with some free time at night to check out a show or grab dinner with friends.
Having a daily sleep ritual really helps set the tone for a full and deep night's sleep. I'll make sure to gulp down a large glass of water before bed and try and read every night. I generally like to read comics or graphic novels in bed as they are quite a bit lighter to digest and make for a quicker read — currently reading Lone Wolf and Cub, a comic about a Ronin Samurai who completes his assassin missions with his child.
A lamp, two books (currently Lone Wolf and Cub, and The Gene) so I have a choice in which one to put me to sleep, a candle that smells like a campfire, a box of matches, and garbage probably.
Bed linens. I had the best sleep in my friend's bed and attributed to their crisp and soft and bouncy linens. So I went and bought the same ones. I run pretty hot, so having cool and airy sheets are very nice. Also, my dog is a nice sleep accessory — personal bed warmer.
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Q: Paragraph breaks missing from shortcode output I created a shortcode in Wordpress to perform a query and display the content, but the content line breaks are being removed.
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function Resource($atts) {

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    'category' => ''
), $atts );

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        'post_status'   => 'publish',
        'orderby'       => 'title',
        'order'         => 'ASC',
        'posts_per_page'=> -1,
        'tax_query'     => array( array(
                            'taxonomy'  => 'category',
                            'field'     => 'term_id',
                            'operator' => 'AND',
                            'terms'     => $categories
                        ) )
    );

    $string = '';
    $query = new WP_Query( $args );

    if( ! $query->have_posts() ) {
    $string .= '
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    }

    while( $query->have_posts() ){
        $query->the_post();
    $string .= '

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        $output = '
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        return $output;

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Any suggestion on why this is happening and what to do to fix it. This is only happening on the shortcode output. On regular pages - the content displays correctly.

A: found a solution through more searches:
function get_the_content_with_formatting ($more_link_text = '(more...)', $stripteaser = 0, $more_file = '') {
$content = get_the_content($more_link_text, $stripteaser, $more_file);
$content = apply_filters('the_content', $content);
$content = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $content);
return $content;
}

works perfect, so I thought I would share..


Conversation starter for one-on-one men's meetings.
Each meeting gives you three contacts with your Brother.
First, a message confirming the meeting in the next eight to 18 hours.
The actual meeting. And scheduling the next meeting.
The post-meeting thankyou message eight to 24 hours later.
You want to give him time to get your message. He also may have a conflict so will need to reschedule. If you do it any earlier, he may get distracted and forget your meeting.
These timings assume you are using cell phone text messaging or a voice call/message. You may need to allow more time if you have to use email. You need to know how your Brother usually responds.
It is a personal note tailored to the upcoming visit. Never used an automated canned message or have some assistant write the words. You are building a personal relationship.
Greet him using his preferred name. If you accidentally send it to the wrong person his guy will probably let you know so you can correct it.
Tell him you are looking forward to seeing him.
Remind him of the time a location.
Again allude to your positive anticipation.
Please do not remind him of anything he promised to do between meetings. Your message is enough of a prompt.
Don't mention anything you plan to give him or do for him. You may learn at the meeting your plan is not best for him now.
Also, don't repeat any gossip you have heard related to him. You are building a positive connection with him. Sharing gossip weakens relationships. Remember you are helping him develop positive relationships with others. Even positive reports are a problem. He may wonder if you also talk to other about him.
Do not ask him to confirm. Just sending him a message does that. If he can not make then, he will let you know. A no-show that tells you a lot about him. Asking him to respond seems like you do not trust him.
Hey Joe. I am sure looking forward to seeing you tomorrow, same time usual place. Frank.
Tom, Sure looking forward to seeing you tomorrow. I have us meeting at the Polar Bear Cafe at 1234 North Antarctic Blvd. for lunch at 11:30. Meet you there. 🙂 Frank.
Here is an outside source that warns about using the word "just" in reminder messages.


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Northern Borders is a coming-of-age movie like no other, with Academy Award-nominee Bruce Dern playing a grandfather who takes in his 10 year-old grandson, Austen, at his home in Vermont. While Austen is there, he will experience once in a lifetime adventures, as well as uncover generations-old secrets about his eccentric e relatives, all the while trying to find a way back home, away from Vermont's wilderness, and his harsh but loving family.
Genevive Bujold
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Girl Meets Boy Looking for inspiration, a wild LA Musician and buttoned up novelist (Ben Savage) will unexpectedly end up double booked...
Beyond the Myth Unfairly known as violent killers, Pit Bulls have suffered from the stigma of negative media coverage that has lead to c...
Battle of the Undead Doron, an Israeli security operative, takes on one last mission: go to Lebanon and capture a top member of the Hezbollah...
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Years ago I was talking to a youth group about what it means to be a Christian. I was trying to show them that it is so infinitely more exciting than becoming an upright citizen who goes to church. I wanted to explode the mental picture they had of the prospect of becoming a Christian. Scratching around for a way to put it, I blurted out "It's much more like being a secret agent!" You have this amazing life, a thrilling quest, while the people around you plod along with their mundane lives. Like Neo in The Matrix, you become aware of a massive contest of cosmic proportions being played out over the hearts and minds of people who are simply oblivious. You need to be smart, and alert, always on your guard. It can be dangerous. It becomes the biggest thing in your life – your choice of 'career' becomes a cover, a front, something you use for a higher purpose.
This is the thrill of being caught up in God's mission – to become a Sacred Agent. Of course, I'm speaking of nothing more and nothing less than the age old idea of being a missionary. But perhaps it's time for us to bring some new imagery to the table. There are so many different ways of serving God's mission, but perhaps this blog can be a place where we compare notes and share ideas. I hope it will be an encouragement for many who long to recapture the thrill of the mission in the face of a tough assignment.
So jump in and join the conversation. I want this to be a safe place – you don't need to be an expert to make a comment or ask a question. We're all just trying to follow Jesus and be made fishers of people.


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The exchange program is a wonderful opportunity to:
Get new knowledge, skills and prospects
Enter the NSU academic environment at the heart of Akademgorodok, an important Russian scientific center
Acquire international experience
Immerse yourself fully in the culture of another country
Develop your resume
Establish professional and academic contacts in Russia
Study the Russian language
You can choose one of two options: programs last one semester or one year.
Any student at any level can participate (we welcome BA, MA and PhD students).
The language of instruction is English or Russian, depending on the program you choose.
Students from NSU partner universities are eligible to participate in the program. Please contact the exchange program department of your university, oro the Admissions office at NSU.
If your university is not on the list of partners, you can come to NSU for short-term scientific or field-based research or as a visitng student by covering your own costs.
If you have chosen the exchange program taught in Russian only, and your level of Russian is not sufficient yet – this is not a problem. You can come to NSU for a 1-year fee-paying Russian language course. This will help you learn Russian at a level sufficient for starting your studies, and to get familiar with the educational environment you are about to enter.
The following specializations are offered in our exchange programs
The Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Specializations available within the program: Economics, IT, Law and Humanities
European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)
Specializations available within the program: all specializations
The University of Erfurt
Specializations available within the program: humanities, linguistics, journalism, philosophy, psychology, economics
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Specializations available within the program: Chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics, humanities, economics
Specializations available within the program: Economics, Management, Sociology, Law
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan
University for Foreigners of Siena - International University
The university of Bologna
Jeonbuk National University
Korea National University of Cultural Heritage
Specializations available within the program: humanities
Busan University of Foreign Studies
The University of Toyama
Hokkai-Gakuen University
Saitama University
Kindai University
Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Paris 1
Specializations available within the program: Economics, Management, Sociology, Social and Political scienes
The New Sorbonne University, Paris 3
Specializations available within the program: Philology, Linguistics, French as a foreign language, Communication studies
Paris-Sorbonne University, Paris 4
Specializations available within the program: Humanities, including Slavic studies
Paris West University Nanterre
Specializations available within the program: Foreign languages, Management, Economics, Law, Intercultural communication, Technologies in education, Communication studies
Paris-Sud University
Specializations available within the program: all specializations of Paris-Sud University
Paris 13 University
Specializations available within the program: all specializations of Paris 13 University
University of Nantes
Specializations available within the program: Law, Economics, IT, Engineering science
The University of Avignon
Specializations available within the program: all specializations of Avignon University
The University of Savoy Mont Blanc
Specializations available within the program: all specializations of Savoy University for the students of 4th grade and higher
University of Nice Sophia Antipolis
Specializations available within the program: Law
Paul Valéry University of Montpellier
Specializations available within the program: History
University Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)
Specializations available within the program: all specializations of Grenoble 1 University
École polytechnique
Specializations available within the program: Exact sciences, Engineering science, Economics
MINES ParisTech Graduate School
The ENSTA ParisTech (Superior National School of Advanced Techniques)
Telecom ParisTech Graduate School
Specializations available within the program: IT, Programming
ESPCI ParisTech School of General Engineering
Specializations available within the program: Physics, Chemistry
Institut d'optique Graduate School
Specializations available within the program: Optics
École des Ponts ParisTech Graduate School
Graduate School in Computer Science and Mathematics Engineering
Specializations available within the program: IT
Aix-Marseille University
Specializations available within the program: Economics, Matematics
The Université Paris-Est Créteil
Specializations available within the program: Economics
The University Paris-Saclay
Specializations available within the program: All exact sciences
The University of Lille
The University of Bordeaux
The University of Toulouse
The University of Pau
Specializations available within the program: Applied math
The PSL University, Chimie ParisTech
Specializations available within the program: Chemistry
Specializations available within the program: Biology, Chemistry


Out-of-town guests? Here's where to take them to eat around Anchorage.
To avoid the old adage about house guests and fish, I'll lead with another: Alaska has two seasons: "winter" and "someone is sleeping on my couch."
Like most Alaskans, this summer I'll be seeing my share of out-of-state family and friends and, like one or two of them, I'll thoroughly enjoy it. Seriously, I love having visitors and experiencing Alaska through fresh eyes. But even the most enthusiastic tour guide can run out of ideas. So I've compiled a few of my own for keeping you and your guests busy, happy and (most importantly) well fed.
Alaskans get to experience the magic of our state in daily doses – a dramatic sunrise during the morning commute, a bite of last summer's halibut in February, a meandering moose in the driveway. But for visitors starting in Anchorage who want a lot of Alaska-bang for the limited-time buck, nothing beats a day trip along the Seward Highway.
Get an early start. Have your guests watch for belugas on one side of the road and Dall sheep on the other while you aim the car toward breakfast.
The rest of the day should be spent in hiking, glacier hunting, and/or wildlife-spotting or, as I prefer to call it, "working up an appetite." But first, after all this exertion, you'll need a cocktail or two to replenish your electrolytes, which by now will be dangerously low. In Girdwood, I recommend the Bore Tide Deli & Bar at the top of Mount Alyeska (the tram ride is the point here) or the bar at the Double Musky (Mile .3 Crow Creek Road, Girdwood; 907-783-2822) for the sheer Mardi Gras-themed weirdness of it all (and bowl of gumbo if anyone needs to warm up). In Indian, hit up the Brown Bear Saloon (off the Seward Highway in Indian; 907-653-7000) for a cold beer, a game of pool and, if you're on a budget, a pretty darned good burger (a deluxe cheeseburger will run you $8).
If you don't have (literally) all day? Serve your guests some Alaska fare with a side of scenery.
If you're feeling high-end, head to the top of the Captain Cook Hotel to the highest culinary destination in town. The Crow's Nest, arguably Anchorage's most elegant eatery, is serving upscale New American cuisine along with unparalleled mountain and inlet views (reservations recommended, attire is business casual; 907-276-6000). A few blocks over (and quite a few floors down), Simon & Seafort's specializes in Alaska seafood and a view of the waters from whence it came (420 L St.; 907-274-3502). And if you're looking for an informal, pubby experience with the same views, 49th State Brewing Company has terrific beers, hearty food and, hands down, the best outdoor deck in the city (717 West 3rd Ave.; 907-277-7727).
Most visitors arrive with a decidedly rustic Alaska bucket list. But in between hiking, camping and fishing expeditions, even the most rugged adventurer will welcome a taste of city life along with a cocktail (at least, this is what I tell myself when I, in fact, would welcome a taste of city life and a cocktail).
When your guests are ready to hang up their hip-waders and channel their inner indoor-enthusiast, head downtown with your Uber app locked and loaded.
I like to kick off the evening with a straight-forward martini from The Crow's Nest, which is for me, the epitome of Alaska elegance. It's also a cost-conscious way to treat your guests to the best views in town.
For early morning regrets, head to the Red Chair Café for authentic scrapple, Spenard Roadhouse for some creative breakfast cocktails (aka hair of the dog), Judy's Café for a classic plate of comfort food, Granny B's for biscuits and gravy, country fried steak and a lot of Alaskana, or Jackie's Place for Hawaiian French bread and to be treated like a local.
You ate. You drank. You were merry. In other words, you were a terrific host. But what if the conversation runs out before the visit does? I have a few suggestions for when, well… you're all talked-out.
After all, family and friends are forever but – don't worry — this visit won't be.


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• Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has said he is happy with the junta's achievements since seizing power three years ago, but has warned that there are still people who are attempting to discredit the government and tarnish its reputation, despite its achievements.
• Deputy Prime Minister for Legal Affairs, Wissanu Krea-ngam, has said that the government has no plans to raise value added tax (VAT) from the current level of 7 per cent to 8 per cent, despite the National Legislative Assembly's (NLAs) endorsement of a report recommending the rate be increased. Mr Krea-ngam said the government had never considered raising the VAT rate.
• The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) is currently examining the draft political party law and the draft electoral commission law. Both organic laws will be tabled for their second and third readings in the House next month. The two organic laws bring the prospect of a Thailand general election closer. The next two organic laws to be tabled will be the draft national strategies act and the draft reform procedures act. A draft law on criminal procedures for political office holders is expected to be submitted to the NLA by the Constitutional Drafting Committee (CDC) by the end of this month.
• The Constitutional Drafting Committee (CDC) has advised that the 2017 Thailand Constitution requirement for a Thailand general election to be held within 150 days of all organic laws being approved does not include the announcement of the results.
• The Royal Thai Army's (RTAs) Fourth Region command has held a meeting with the leaders of eight Islamic organisation in the southern provinces to discus security operation during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
• The Ministry of Energy (MoE) has held a meeting with related agencies to discuss contingency plans for a possible simultaneous shortage of electricity, oil, and gas between August and September this year when the Thailand-Malaysia Joint Development Area, a 7,200sq.km (about 2,780sq.mile) gas field will be closed for maintenance.
• In line with the governments small and medium size enterprise (SME) development policy the SME Bank, in conjunction with the Thai Credit Guarantee Corporation (TCGC), has launched the SME transformation programme which offers unsecured loans of up to Bt10 million (US$291,290) at 1 per cent per annum interest to owners of businesses facing financial difficulty. Loans must be repaid within seven years, with a repayment-free 'honeymoon' period of three years. SMEs in the agriculture, food processing, tourism and hospitality, technology, or innovation sectors are eligible to apply.
• Permanent Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office, Jirachai Moontongroy said he is satisfied with the results to date from the government's rabies eradication programme following an inspection in Mae Chan District of Chiang Rai Province.
• Following a visit to Timor-Leste where an agreement allowing government officials of either country to visit the other visa-free was signed, Thailand Foreign Affairs Minister, Don Pramudwinai, has said the two countries are very pleased with the relationship the two have established in the fields of agriculture, public health, and tourism for the past 12 years. Timo-Leste is hopeful of being admitted to the Asean bloc this year.
• NBT World reports from Hanoi, Vietnam on the recently concluded Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade ministers' meeting. A side-meeting on the long-negotiated Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free-trade agreement was also also held, with the results to be presented for discussion at the 19th round of negotiations in India in July.
• Thailand Foreign Affairs Minister, Don Pramudwinai, has opened the 4th Thailand-Pacific Island Countries Forum (TPIF) under the theme "Thailand – Pacific Island Countries: Putting Ideas to Action Towards Sustainable Development". Delegates from 14 Pacific Island Countries attended the meeting, along with observers from Australia and New Zealand, and international organisations such as the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FPO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS).
• A team of economic officials from Egypt have visited Thailand to study how the One Tambon (district), One Product (Otop) programme has contributed to Thailand's economic development.
Thailand English-language News for November 8 (HD video)
Thailand English-language News For September 15


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Koren Christofides Artist Portfolio
Ceramics Paperclay
Paintings / Drawings
Seven Pitchers
The Year of the Goat Coloring Book
Fables of La Fontaine Illustrated
The King of Africa's Bride
Artist Statement
We humans are now so urbanized that it is difficult to imagine the lives of animals. When we succeed we usually have an anthropomorphic view of them. It is our natural way of recognizing their uniqueness and their innate powers that deep in our psyche still have such a hold on our mind. The Fables of La Fontaine speak of that human-animal relationship brilliantly, while keeping a sharp eye on the real nature of things. In Ovid's Metamorphoses humans who try to match wits with the gods are often turned into animals of all sorts. Proverbs about women, especially with regard to animals, reveal the human imagination at its most outlandish! These and other old stories are part of my inspiration because they are so visually rich and resonate so deeply in human nature that I find them irresistible. One humorous or intriguing line is enough to spark an entire sculpture, albeit with signs and symbols. In A Grimm's Fairy-tale the witch's warty nose is the lock on the golden cage where she keeps young girls and turns them into birds. Chicken Little? A star around her neck, clouds around the legs, the moon at her feet tells us that the sky has fallen.
In the natural world of a farm in Southern France, Constantine Christofides and I lived for ten years among dogs, rabbits, mice, foxes, wild boars snorting under the almond tree at 3AM, cicadas, praying mantis, bats, rats, snakes, toads, owls, glowworms, lizards, millipedes, and the ghosts of dinosaurs. Even when we moved to New York City, early one morning the most pre-historic, gigantic dragonfly flew in our apartment window.
Old tales and such lived experiences led to a Modern Medieval Bestiary presented at Gallery IMA, Seattle, in 2016, ceramic sculptures, paintings, and an artist book, The Year of The Goat Coloring Book. Such interests continue on inspiring a Faux Functional Table Setting for Dining Outdoors with Animals Most Humans Try to Avoid, and a new series of drawings in progress: You Have Had a Very Scary Day.
Koren Christofides, born in Kansas, grew up in Seattle Washington. She received her BA Art History, BFA Painting and MFA Printmaking from the University of Washington where she studied with Jacob Lawrence. An extensive traveler her work has long been informed by world mythologies.
Upon moving to France (1997-2009), where she was an artist in residence for the Maryland Institute College of Art (at the Institut Américain Universitaire, Aix-en-Provence) she organized an international, traveling exhibition of 100 artists from the USA, Europe and Asia on the Fables of La Fontaine (Aix-en-Provence, Rome, Seattle and Baltimore). A selection of fables and images from this exhibition resulted in a new edition of Fables of La Fontaine Illustrated published by the University of Washington Press Seattle/London, 2006. This widely reviewed book, including Le Monde (Le Monde des Livres, September 8, 2006) and the Journal of Folklore Research (May 2007) was awarded the Certificate of Excellence for book design and images by Bookbuilders West, San Francisco, 36th Annual Book Show.
While working on the Fables book Koren Christofides turned her attention to the Contes (erotic tales) of La Fontaine. In 2005 she exhibited 50 paintings based on a single conte, ''The King of Africa's Bride,'' at the Centre d'Art et de Culture, Aix-en-Provence.
In 2007, inspired by the book Never Marry a Woman With Big Feet by Mineke Schipper (Yale 2004), her work turned to proverbs about women from all around the world
A Modern Medieval Bestiary (2016 Gallery IMA/Seattle) returned her focus to the natural world, where it remains today.
Needle and Thread and Paperclay
Thomas Hunter Project Space,
Hunter College, New York, NY
A Modern Medieval Bestiary
Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA
Fashion, Fables and Proverbs, Embroideries, Ceramics and Paintings
'La Fiancée du roi de Garbe', un conte de Jean de La Fontaine –retold
Centre d'Art et de Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France
Tree Mythology, Part 1: 'Where is Inspiration?'
Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
Peintures et Dessins: 1989-1999
Institut Américain Universitaire, Aix-en-Provence, France
Morocco Paintings and Drawings
Junglescapes from the Jardin des Plantes, Paris
Foster/White Gallery, Kirkland, WA
Old Stories, Reverberating Voices
The Artist and Muse and other Musings on Archaeology
Art Center Gallery, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
The Twenty-Third San Angelo National Ceramic Competition
Juried by Jo Lauria
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
April 17 - June 28, 2020
Other (world)ly: Larry Calkins, Koren Christofides, Kathleen Skeels and others
Queer + Peculiar Craft
The Clemente's Abrazo Interno Gallery
Curated by Fred Frelinghuysen Presents
and Andrew Cornell Robinson
Ceramics Exhibition Featuring:
Koren Christofides, Sam Chung and Gunyoung Kim
L' Atelier Buffile, 70 Ans de Céramique à Aix
Expositions – Pavillion De Vendôme – Musée Du Vieil Aix
Gallerie Marcelin/ Gallerie Camille Moirenc
24 Juin - 1er Octobre 2017
Aix -en-Provence, France
Catalogue de l'exposition
L'Atelier Buffile,70 Ans de Céramique à Aix
co-edité par la Ville d'Aix-en-Provence et l'Atelier Buffile
International Ceramic Competition
Juried by Robert Brady and Sandra Simon
Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
Narratives in Clay
Invitational Ceramics
10th Anniversary Group Exhibition
AS | AP
Dumbo Studios Front Street
Brooklyn, NY
SKIN, curated by Matt Nolen
Thomas Hunter Project Space, Hunter College, New York, NY
A Pattern of Warmth: Artists Rugs and Related Works, curated by Layne Goldsmith
Core & Mantle, curated by Jill Conner
M55 Art, Long Island City, NY
The Heroes Show, curated by Laura Sharp Wilson & Elin O' Hara Slavick
LUMP Gallery, Raleigh, NC; Bryce's Barbershop & Room 30, Olympia, WA
Stand. Artists' Designed Rugs, curated by Layne Goldsmith
COLORing words, Color visuals for 10 Color Poems and Photographs by Madeleine Marie Slavick and Zheng Danyi.
2/f fringeclub, Hong Kong
Collaborators, Pleas & Thank yous, retablo paintings, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA and several US cities (1991-1994)
Hiroe Hanazono Award Slipcasting
Greenwich House Pottery
Bookbuilders West, San Francisco 36th Annual Book Show
Certificate for Excellence for book design and images
Christofides & Christofides
University of Washington Press, Seattle/London
Private Collections US, UK, France, Belgium, Greece, Austria
University of Washington Press, Seattle.
Institut Américain Universitaire, Aix-en-Provence, France.
Meany Theater for the Performing Arts, University of Washington, Seattle.