The success of Viet Nam's revolution from the resistance wars against foreign aggression to the country's renewal process demonstrate that the leadership of the Party is the decisive factor to every victory of the revolution. Without the leadership, correct lines and viewpoints of the Party to lead the entire nation, how Viet Nam can be like today. It's the result of successful implementation of Party resolutions. However, there remain contraints and limitations in the implementation of Party resolutions. Every stage from preparation to the issuance of resolutions, from organization of studying resolutions, dissemination, implementation, institutionalization, control, supervision, assessment and summing up of implementation is slow. So what should be done to ensure the feasibility and vitality of the Party's lines, viewpoints, resolutions after they are promulgated?
Party resolutions are the will and the wisdom of the entire Party, people and goals that the resolutions wish to achieve to make "the people prosperous, the country strong, democratic, equitable and civilized." Therefore, the implementation of Party resolutions and summing up of practices reflect Party organizations and members' leading capacity in each revolutionary stage. To successfully implement the goals set out Party resolutions, it is decisive to have constant efforts of the entire political system under the leadership of the Party, revolutionary will and devotion of each party members, resolute endeavor the entire people, effective implementation from study, dissemination to institutionalization, leading, implementation, control, review the implementation of resolutions and draw lessons from from the implementation process. These are very important issues.
What should be done and how can we do to implement Party resolutions once they are promulgated to reflect "the Party's will and the people's agreement" to ensure the most effective and practical realization of Party resolutions?
First, concerning the formulation and promulgation of the resolution. After the Resolution of the 12th Congress of the Party is promulgated, it is recommended that the Party Central Committee facilitates party committees and administrations in terms of time and other essential conditions to expedite the resolutions of higher levels through program of actions and plan for effective and practical implementation. The promulgated resolution must focus on solving problems directly related to the interests of the people, building the Party and the political system. Therefore, it is proposed that when developing and issuing resolutions, problems must be correctly identified. The resolutions must come from life, legitimate aspiration of the people and society, which require Party's leadership through resolutions; Resolution development and issuance must have a scientific basis, conform to rule, and people's aspiration, answer practical questions, and avoid voluntarism, and one-way thinking. Correct projections must be made to make resolution stable and sustainable, avoiding issuing of new resolutions for substitution due to their backwardness. Especially, solutions must be synchronous, resolute and highly feasible. In short, it is necessary to handle the dialectical relations between "breathing life into resolution" with "implementing resolution" and between "the issuance of the resolution" with "implementation of resolutions." Only by so doing can party committees, and administration at all levels easily adapt the resolutions into their local contexts, branches and units to develop programs of action, plans to implement the resolution effectively.
Second, for the organization of learning, and grasping the resolutions. These are very important stages, because only by raising the quality of learning, firmly grasping Party resolutions can cadres, party members and people be fully aware of the lines and points of view of the Party, creating a high consensus in society, thereby strengthening and enhancing the people's trust in the leadership of the Party, improving leadership and fighting capacity of party organizations, cadres and party members, improving the efficiency of Party organizations and cadres, local party members, agencies and units. However, in reality, there are limitations in this work. It is necessary to avoid one-way top down communication of Party resolutions, without discussion among cadres and party members about concrete plans to implement the resolutions.
- Further improve the role and responsibilities of each party committee, administration, especially secretary of party committee, head of agency, unit, cadre and Party member in studying and thoroughly grasping Party resolutions. In particular, the commissions of education and propaganda at all levels must cooperate closely with the commissions of people mobilization and the Fatherland Front at the same levels to proactively advise party committees or corresponding levels to organize dissemination and study of party resolutions in a scientific manner, particularly on time, document, targets, methodology and to assist cadres, party members democratically discuss, contribute opinions and sum up what the learn. For those party cells which do not have qualified communicators to disseminate party resolutions, it is possible to send their party members to party organizations of branches, sectors, organizations to study which have.
- More attention must be paid to the quality and quantity of reporters and specialized communicators who should pass on "the fire", to win the "heart and mind" of listeners and have suitable methods of communication to targets. Each of them must possess good qualifications, competence, political virtue, ethics, lifestyle and devotion to their assigned tasks. They must fully grasp and "learn by heart" the basic, core and new contents of the resolutions, follow closely local situation, be associated with people, know who to mobilize people, be ready to explain and have open dialogue with people. To enhance their professional qualifications, relevant authorities must have plans to constantly training communicators of each locality and unit, especially to cadres who directly communicate and implement the resolutions, focusing training how to effectively organize resolution studying, using support equipment (projector, charts, tables) and training on developing e-learning lesson plans.
The Party, and State need to reasonably adjust allowances for this contingent, especially for those who also work as communicators beside their jobs, and specialized communicators in difficult and complex areas.
Third, the work of information and propaganda have an extremely important role. All sectors of the education propaganda branch must facilitate every cadre, Party member and people to study and imbue with the Party viewpoints and lines and generate great physical strength to build and defend the socialist Viet Nam.
The commissions of education and propaganda, the commissions on people mobilization and the Fatherland Front at all levels should closely cooperate in the organization of learning and disseminating Party resolutions to each member of mass organizations and people of all strata while directing the mass media and cultural branch to flexibly use appropriate communication methods to each target group and locality, directing Central and local newspapers, radio and television stations to well maintain the column "Implementing Party resolutions." The Cultural and Information branch must proactively and creatively integrate the resolutions in cultural, art and literature activities to extensively communicate Party resolutions to people.
Fourthly, institutionalization and concretization of Party viewpoints, sectors, organizations, entities, and local authorities are of decisive factor to the implementation of Party resolutions. If the Party viewpoints and lines are not institutionalized into laws and ordinances of the National Assembly, decrees of the Government, circulars of ministries, not concretized into programs of action, plans, of each locality, agency and unit, Party resolutions can neither come to life, nor become a driving force to national construction and defense of the socialist Viet Nam.
While developing programs, plans, and projects to implement Party resolutions, it is necessary to apply creatively and flexibly lines, guiding viewpoints and solutions outlined in Party resolutions to concrete circumstances of agencies, units, organizations and localities. Avoid stereotyping. Each locality has its own characteristics. At the same time, build capacity of cadres who roll out the implementation of Party resolutions. Sufficient human resources, finance and material resources to implement the Party resolution with the motto from pilot to replication, with focus and replication of advance models. Only by doing can Party resolutions go into effect, really come to life, and bring about new practical results. When programs and plans of action have been developed, the decisive factor is the high determination, close leadership and participation of party committees, administration, support of the entire political system, efforts of and practical actions of cadres, party members, and people of all strata to realize those programs, plans and projects.
Fifth, rally, mobilize forces to implement Party resolutions, mobilize, educate and disseminate party resolutions so that they become the people's will and aspirations. The whole nation must become a unified and solidarity bloc, and invincible strength to put Party resolutions into life in a natural manner and turn Party resolutions into internal and physical strength for implementation. Attention must be paid to criticism from the Fatherland Front, mass organizations, and scientists. Cadres, Party members and people contribute their constructive opinions from preparation to implementation of Party resolutions. If Party resolutions are not fully grasped, and agreed to by people who are determined to realize them, the Party viewpoints and lines will stay on paper, cannot come to life, and cannot become a reality.
Sixth, for the inspection and supervision of Party resolutions implementation. These are effective to minimize mistakes and shortcomings of party organizations and members. If well done, they will make practical and effective contribution, maintaining discipline of the Party, enhancing leadership capacity and combativeness of party organizations, bringing into play the vanguard and exemplary role, and responsibilities of cadres and Party members in the implementation of Party lines.
Therefore, every year, party committees at all levels to must build programs to control and supervise the implementation of Party resolutions in order to check and supervise party committees, party organizations of lower levels in concretizing and implementation of Party resolutions. Party committees consciously and proactively carry out inspection and supervision of the study, as well as the implementation of Party resolutions, considering this as an important requirement to ensure learning, grasping and implementing Party resolutions. It is important to fully implement the coordination between control committees with other party committees, agencies and units concerned with party control, supervision and disciplines, heighten the leading and directing role of party committees towards party commissions in coordination for control and supervision of the implementation of Party resolutions. Control and supervision must be conducted constantly, periodically, abruptly for cross check. Specialized control and supervision must also be carried out. However, control and supervision cannot be widespread, and prolonged but must have focus with control forces appropriate in terms of quality, duration of time and time.
Seventh, in mid-term or final review of the implementation of Party resolutions, it is necessary to ensure practical assessment in time and to draw lessons, pointing to subjective and objective causes of success, as well as of the limitations in the direction and execution.
It should be noted that depending on the time of implementation of each resolution, party committees, administrations and organizations must proactively conduct mid-term and final reviews to identify causes to successes and failure in each stage, responsibilities of levels, branches, organizations, and individuals, assess resolutions' effectives from results of emulation movements which have been launched.
Identify and replicate best and effective practices, and advanced models of organizations and individuals to commend and reward. In this work, it is noted that the models must be representative, correctly identified, recognized and dissemination before being fostered and replicated.
With the political will of the entire Party, promotion of the role, responsibility and authority of the party organizations, administrations and unions, the dedication of communicators, the efforts of all cadres, Party members and people, Party viewpoints, and guidelines in each resolution will surely be practically and effectively implemented.


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It's hard to picture one of the largest event marketing firms in the world as the family business, but for George P. Johnson CEO Robert G. Vallee Jr., it is. His grandfather founded the firm in 1914, counting Detroit's auto industry among his first clients. Robert Vallee has been at the helm of the company for the last 10 years as the company broadened its client base and capabilities. Here, he looks at challenges down the road.
SPECIAL EVENTS MAGAZINE: The chilling economic news worldwide is putting great pressure on business and consumers to scale back spending. How does GPJ see this playing out over the coming year?
ROBERT VALLEE: We are definitely seeing the same signs that are giving brand marketers pause and recognize that budgets have to stay in line with organizational priorities affected by the current economic climate. Fortunately, while live experiences are an important part of the marketing mix in good times, they become absolutely essential when times get tough. No other medium is as cost-effective or as successful at cutting through the clutter and moving customers to a purchase behavior — and repeat purchase behavior — like experience marketing.
One of the ways we are able to provide value to clients during this downturn is by helping them to more closely and strategically evaluate the effectiveness of their events and event portfolios. Through our strategic portfolio planning model, we drive out waste and redundancy from the event program life cycle, eliminating unnecessary spending.
SPECIAL EVENTS: Of particular note, of course, is GPJ's original automaker base, which is facing tremen-dous challenges. How is your company adapting to serve these clients?
VALLEE: We are incredibly loyal to our automotive clients worldwide, and over time we have evolved our capabilities to help them extend their reach using GPJ as a platform. Right now, they're looking for new ways to reach and engage consumers. The way we're helping them do that is by rethinking traditional automotive marketing programs to combine, say, an online marketing component with auto-show marketing and mobile marketing tours to put clients at the center of their customers' world. At the same time, we're cross-pollinating the ideas and technologies we leverage to serve the sectors that make up other areas of our portfolio, namely technology and life sciences. The idea is to help clients, regardless of industry, sidestep competition and do something completely original that creates its own demand.
SPECIAL EVENTS: Looking at 2009, what will be opportunities for event marketing specialists?
VALLEE: One thing we can count on is that chief marketing officers will be looking more closely at the "agency of record" model. The cost-efficiencies you gain from working through this model are compelling; you're not continuously reeducating agencies about objectives. Working off of one technology system and one set of best practices brings clarity to portfolio spend worldwide. And the obvious operational and creative consistencies you can roll out in compressed time frames become very attractive.
I'd also say that in order to retain customers, expand existing business and attract new customers, brands will be making a shift from event management to strategic event marketing. In a nutshell, creativity and innovation — ideas — are as or more important than production and delivery. We're talking about using events to promote creative ideas that drive integrated marketing campaigns. In this model, live experiences become "idea platforms" that move brands to a life-cycle model, where you're tracking customer touch points across the event portfolio and driving them to a specific purchase or loyalty behavior.
Finally, related to marketing integration, we are promoting a greater emphasis on the connections between face-to-face marketing and digital interactions — a connection we refer to as "GPJ OnLive." There's a tremendous upside right now to add new dimensions to the live experience using digital platforms, where we can extend and enrich the attendee experience before, during and after an event and translate that into increased brand engagement and bottom line results.
SPECIAL EVENTS: Along those lines, I understand GPJ has made some interesting acquisitions. What new capabilities will the company now have to serve clients?
VALLEE: We recently acquired an online interactive marketing agency, JUXT Interactive, and a mobile device messaging platform, now called GPJ MobilePromote. There are also several other pending investments that will add additional bench strength in emerging markets and media development. This is part of a long-term plan we've had in place for quite some time, and it adds up to GPJ separating itself completely from the rest of the agency pack — a completely new kind of experience marketing agency upon which CMOs can rest an entire event marketing portfolio.
Contact George P. Johnson at www.gpj.com.


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He likes her, she likes him....being with another guy cause she wants him to be her gay ship lol!
If anyone gets between my ship.. I WILL BURN ALIVE TRY ME!!!!
can i have a apple?
fun fact people. if you are the last,you are the are the first. so there! lolololololol. can i have a apple?
you're being monitered cause of your safety.
The air around him gets animated😝great!


Matthew Marshall and m & s Marshall Productions have added a new character to the evolving story of the Marshall's newest short film Malicious Attack. When asked why the new character was added when the film is half shot Marshall offered this. "As we have got further into filming more stories are coming out from people I have talked to dealing with Bullying it was time to add this part to the story line. Honestly this character was in the original script. But was cut for various reasons." Says Marshall. Now with the film half filmed Marshall felt to add the story line back in, especially when an opportunity presented itself.
Dina is happy to have joined the cast. She comes to the project with a background of working with people and personal desire to want to help people who are suffering in some way. She is gifted with a healing and nurturing heart and is striving to put those skills to use in the future as a nurse. She has seen people around her struggle with the effects of bullying in their lives and has a desire through working on this film to help bring a light to the issue of bullying as well as gain a better personal understand herself of what those who have been the victims of bullying have gone through. Dina comes to this project with a love for the craft of acting and having been previously a part of the play Immigrants to Canada. She looks forward to entering the world of film acting and she is very excited to have the honour to be a part of the cast of Malicious Attack.
The short film Malicious Attack is a dramatic short film that focuses on the issue of bullying. The story that follows Naomi Spencer a teenager girl who is pushed to her limits by several girls at her High School who make her the target of their attacks. The relentless attacks come from three teenagers, Savannah White, and her friends Brittany De Silva and Avery Le Paige. Naomi's best friend Macey tries to find ways to help Naomi expose the bullying, but Naomi is unwilling to come forward. The Attacks on Naomi continue until she is reaches a breaking point.


We have been studying Jude at Coffee with Jesus in the mornings. i love when we can read an introduction and spend the morning talking about it. Jude is one of those introductions.
Much like the whole of Scripture the letter is being written to those who have already accepted Jesus as Lord, they are already born again. The words to follow, are for those that already follow. We often want, and in varying degrees it is assumed, that these are for the non-believer first…well at least it is how we talk and act, it appears this is our thought process.
As we read here in Jude, that couldn't be further from the truth. Verse 2 is spectacular, "May God give you more and more mercy, peace, and love." What do we take away from this? That He, Jesus, has already given us some, if Jude is implying there is more. The reason most of us believe is because we experienced the Mercy, Peace and Love of Christ first.
If we came because Christ first loved us…and we are called to be like Christ, doesn't it stand to reason that we first love others? That we extend mercy, peace and love so that others too can experience the MORE?


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Hilary Bowen
Hilary Bowen was born in Dorchester, England and moved to Southampton in 1973 where she studied psychology before embarking on a career in teaching. She first started woodturning in 1991 and shortly after joined the Hampshire Woodturners Association. Hilary has a long-standing interest in jewellery-making involving a variety of media and techniques which include complex beadwork, pewter-casting and silver-smithing. It is not surprising that her interest in jewellery-making and wood-turning...See more
Hilary Bowen was born in Dorchester, England and moved to Southampton in 1973 where she studied psychology before embarking on a career in teaching. She first started woodturning in 1991 and shortly after joined the Hampshire Woodturners Association. Hilary has a long-standing interest in jewellery-making involving a variety of media and techniques which include complex beadwork, pewter-casting and silver-smithing. It is not surprising that her interest in jewellery-making and wood-turning would lead her to combine the two, to create earrings, bangles, brooches and other similar items. See less
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HBO's Game Of Thrones And Assumptions Of Racism
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Like many other fans I'm looking forward to viewing more episodes in the eight and final season of the Games of Thrones, HBO's popular dramatisation of George RR Martin's multivolume A Song of Ice and Fire, a decidedly gritty fantasy series partly inspired by the works of JRR Tolkien and the history of Plantagenet England and France. However, I could do without the moronic observations of some television reviewers. Here is the editorial assistant Rachelle Hampton and the staff writer Inkoo Kang from the online liberal magazine Slate discussing the latest instalment of the show:
Kang: While everyone willing to fight for Team Human gathered at Winterfell and tried to get over their individual, familial, and tribal resentments to work together at a group, there were two conspicuous exceptions to that project in this episode. What was up with the two little girls who wouldn't talk to Missandei because of her skin color, and are you also hoping that they end up with a fate similar to Lord Umber's as a fucked-up 3D Magic Eye art installation?
Hampton: The show's writers have gone out of their way to spin the Northern resentment toward Dany and her army as justified fear of another Targaryen ruler, though Tyrion assures us that she's not like other girls Targaryens. And still, despite the hedging that it's really a dislike for Dany and not just garden-variety xenophobia, the racism leapt out, ruining what otherwise would've been a sweet scene between Grey Worm and Missandei.
…Even in the face of an army of dead people, those two little girls—and by extension the North—still found time to be bigoted toward the people defending them. For that, I think that they deserve to be crowned this week's worst people in Westeros.
Even in a world of casual twincest and undead armies, it's comforting to know that good old-fashioned racism still makes you the worst.
Give me strength. The Game of Thrones is set in a quasi-Medieval world where the "North" and its inhabitants are separated from the rest of the fantasy continent of Westeros by a vast expanse of wilderness territory. Unless the writers of the show were making a similarly idiotic point, surely it's far more reasonable to assume that the two young girls were frightened and overawed by the appearance of an unfamiliar and exotic-looking woman and her fearsome companions in their backwater region. And were not motivated by notions of "old fashioned racism". And why would a pair of television reviewers want "two little girls" to be done to death in a TV drama (the horrific fate of the character of Lord Umber, a mere boy in the series)? It's reflex virtue-signalling commentary like this, wilfully ignorant of the complex social, economic and political forces which create and sustain racism, that is eroding the standing of progressive opinion in the West. And surely reviewers should be far more animated by the lack of leading black or non-white characters in a contemporary television series, a glaring omission in the Game of Thrones? Which is a facet of real and culturally institutionalised racism.
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Why is the "lack of leading black or non-white characters … a glaring omission in the Game of Thrones"? The continent the series is primarily focused on is mostly white. Inventing a leading token to please people with real-world agendas would be absurd.
Well, because it is an entirely fantasy series set in an entirely fantasy universe, and given that considerable liberties have already been taken with the source materials, a few more people of colour in leading positions would have been a welcome thing.
I'm not talking about tokenism or historical anachronisms, such as in the British ITV series "Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands" which featured a number of ethnicities that were extremely unlikely to have been knocking around a village in post-Roman Scandinavia. Stuff like that is just ridiculous (modern "Doctor Who" is the chief offender in that area).
But I think they could have stretched things in the case of the "GoT".
My ire was more directed towards the lack of thought behind the virtue-signalling in the "Slate" review. I've grown increasingly intolerant of people who identify with the political left dragging it down with their grandstanding opinions.
Well I heartily agree with your last paragraph and that part of your original piece but I feel you might be straying slightly into it yourself! It really is a vile creeping sort of censorship.
Do you mean something like 'The Moor' in Robin Hood (I forget which version)?! Because frankly that was stretching things a bit!
I'd be far more forgiving of having a "Moor" in a Hollywood or fantasied version of the Robin Hood legends. They were, after all, legends and were constantly reinterpreted over the last several centuries. So you have Azeem (Morgan Freeman) in 1991's "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves". And before that, Nasir (Mark Ryan) in ITV's brilliant "Robin of Sherwood". Adding some modern interpretations isn't so bad. In the case of the 1991 film, probably not so much, but it worked with the TV series.
If one were trying to create a "historical" Robin Hood tale, then I would be more critical of having people of colour in it if primary sources were being used (such as exists).
Other stuff, like a Victorian London being filled with Afro-Caribbean people is pretty risible. And it takes away from the real drama of being a minority figure in that historical period and what can be explored through that situation. It's just lazy writing and pandering to shallow notions of modernity. And it avoids addressing the hard questions of race and racism in Victorian England in favour of playing lets pretend multiculturalism. Which is cowardly.
I've just found out that the actor who played Nasir was a white dude from Yorkshire. And a talented guy by the looks of it. You wouldn't get away with that now!
While I have never watched a single Episode of "Game of Thrones", I blame Critical Race Theory for a lot of the more, well strange, read of racism.
Partly what it has done is created a mentality when evil can stem always and only from racism. Or the dictum "Unless you can prove that it's all about race, nobody ever has a case." People who think that way will assume that if some Trump voters weren't motivated by racism, that it would logically follow that there could be no other grounds for finding fault with their decision. If somebody isn't a racist that automatically rules out the possibility they could be authoritarian, cruel, misogynistic, or simply a destructive nihilist.
Also under this reasoning of a historical argument trying to prove that racism was behind a lower minimum wage fails to hold up to scrutiny, that keeping the lower minimum wage or eliminating the law entirely would be just fine!!! As long as racism isn't the motive nothing else could possibly be wrong with it.
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Q: Examples of $L^p \cap L^1$ convergence I'm struggling to find examples of a sequence of functions in two different cases: let $1<p<2$

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*functions $(f)_n \in L^p(\Bbb{R},dx)\cap L^1(\Bbb{R},dx)$ such that $(f)_n$ converges strongly in $L^p(\Bbb{R},dx)$ but not in $L^1(\Bbb{R},dx)$

*functions $(f)_n \in L^p(\Bbb{R},dx)\cap L^2(\Bbb{R},dx)$ such that $(f)_n$ converges strongly in $L^p(\Bbb{R},dx)$ but not in $L^2(\Bbb{R},dx)$
I've tried with a couple of functions involving characteristic functions on sets involving $n$, but can't seem to breakthrough. I appreciate any help!
Edit: for the first sequence I tried $f_n(x) =\frac{1}{n^{1/p}} \Bbb{1}_{[0,n]}(x)$, but the problem is that it's convergent in both $L^p$ and $L^1$ norms. I tried another similar sequence but the problem is always that I can't find a function that doesn't converge in neither norm

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Pharrell Williams: Why Aren't We Talking About Michael Brown's 'Bullyish' Behavior?
Editor's note: An earlier version of this article stated that Pharrell Williams spoke to Ebony magazine about Michael Brown after a grand jury declined to indict Darren Wilson. He did not—Williams spoke to Ebony in an interview conducted in September.
Grammy Award-winning producer Pharrell Williams has previously gotten flak for his comments on race, such as when he told Oprah that "the new black doesn't blame other races for our issues." But that didn't stop the singer-songwriter from voicing his thoughts about Michael Brown several weeks ago, although he said he didn't want to "get … in trouble."
In an extensive interview with Ebony, the star wondered why there wasn't more discussion about why Michael Brown exhibited the behavior he did in the convenience store, which Williams described as "bullyish."
"It looked very bullyish; that in itself I had a problem with," Williams said, referring to released surveillance video that allegedly shows Brown forcefully stealing cigarillos from a store shortly before he was fatally shot by Officer Darren Wilson. "Not with the kid, but with whatever happened in his life for him to arrive at a place where that behavior is OK. Why aren't we talking about that?"
However, he did say that Wilson should be held accountable for shooting Brown. "I believe that [the] Ferguson officer should be punished and serve time. He used excessive force on a human being who was merely a child. He was a baby, man. The boy was walking in the middle of the street when the police supposedly told him to 'get the f—k on the sidewalk,'" Williams told Ebony. "If you don't listen to that, after just having pushed a storeowner, you're asking for trouble. But you're not asking to be killed. Some of these youth feel hunted and preyed upon, and that's why that officer needs to be punished."
The songwriter also blasted police departments' use of force in the inner city, questioning their use of equipment—such as "mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles." He also lamented the fact that President Barack Obama himself has not made an appearance in Ferguson.
"I felt like the president should have gone down there. I think sending Attorney General Eric Holder was a kind gesture, but the president should have gone. He didn't have to go and take a side; all he needed to do was show his presence and everybody would have straightened up. But he didn't go. I won't fault him. He's a man with a lot of weight on his shoulders, but I personally would have gone because being a 'man of the people' means you're right there with them in it," Williams said, citing the examples of Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi.
Read the full interview at Ebony.


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Young Musicians Join Campaign to Rid the World of Plastic Charge Cards
Emerging British musicians are being invited to showcase their work on a new payments app that aims to rid the world of plastic charge cards.
Introducing singer-songwriter Nadine Williams
The first artist to take part will be hotly-tipped Nadine Williams, a 20-year-old singer-songwriter from Southampton, whose debut track 'All I Ask' was released in February this year. As part of the collaboration a 30-second preview of Nadine's follow up single 'Round and Round' is being promoted inside the ImageNPay app from May 4th with the full track being released on the 10th of May across all streaming platforms.
Nadine, who is currently studying international business and marketing at Manchester Metropolitan University, has already built up a substantial following on social media - and says she's delighted to back the app's anti-plastic stance.
ImageNPay - the virtual card reducing plastic waste
ImageNPay allows users to customise a digital charge card with moving images and sound, which are stored on a smartphone. It can then be used as a normal payment card, but without the need for a plastic version.
Users will be able to listen to a preview of Nadine's hotly-anticipated R&B track within the ImageNPay app, which will soon enable users to make contactless payments with the album art from Round and Round.
Supporting the Plastics Oceans charity
The singer-songwriter has chosen Plastic Oceans, a non-profit organisation that aims to reduce the impact of plastic on marine environments, to be the recipient of any donations made.
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Nadine said: "It's difficult for young artists to successfully reach a new audience, so it feels amazing to be the first performer to feature on ImageNPay. As a singer / songwriter, I just try and express how I feel and I'm inspired if my music resonates positively.
"I've always been a water baby and I've scuba dived in the past and often seen the damage that our neglect inflicts on the environment. When I was given the opportunity to work with the app, I felt our interests were aligned on more than just music."
The ImageNPay platform is the brainchild of Michael Donald, a former Chief Commercial Officer of MBNA, who has over 25 years of experience in the payments and banking sectors.
Michael said: "We're delighted to be supporting young British artists who back our stance on the environment. We all pay for goods and services, so why not make it fun and collaborative, whilst also being kind to the environment?
"There are more than 22 billion plastic payment cards in circulation worldwide, which are typically issued in three-year cycles and most cannot be recycled. The planet's oceans are awash with micro-plastics, but together we can work towards reducing further contamination."
You can read more here: YOUNG MUSICIANS JOIN CAMPAIGN TO RID THE WORLD OF PLASTIC CHARGE CARDS - Luxury News Online
Stream Nadine's music: Round and Round - Single - Nadine (smarturl.it)
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Digital payment app runs competition to raise £1000 for charity
Take a look at the article here: https://www.charitytoday.co.uk/digital-payment-app-runs-competition-to-raise-1000-for-charity/
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Q: I am sure Ray knows the answer . (Rewrite using "must be or could (may, might)be or can't be") I learnt in this English lesson that this sentence shows certainty so we should use "must be" but I can not find the rule where we use "must be" + verb .
How should the sentence be like?

A: Using 'must' the sentence can be

Ray must know the answer.

Using 'must be' works in a dialect that uses the present continuous tense in this way

Ray must be knowing the answer.

This phrasing isn't an idiomatic use of the tense in American or British English, although it might be seen in Indian English.
Changing the meaning of the original sentence slightly, I suggest

Ray must be someone who knows the answer.

A: You are really asking about the use of "must" in English.  This word means either the obligation to do something, or certainty about something.  "You MUST finish your work before 5pm."  That does not mean we are certain you will do so, just that you are required to do so.  You might fail.
In comparison, "He MUST be sad now that his pet died" means we are certain that sadness would be felt in this situation, not that there is any OBLIGATION to feel that way.


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Ritz Ballroom, Manchester 02/03/2010
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Manchester will be 'shakin' its ass' to one of the first live performances of tracks from Groove Armada's latest album on Tuesday night (March 2).
Andy Cato and Tom Findlay will be stopping off at the Ritz Ballroom as part of a whistle stop tour of Europe and North America to promote the release of Black Light.The duo's highly anticipated sixth studio album is due out on Monday (March 1) on Work It recordings, in partnership with Cooking Vinyl. The release follows hot on the heels of the first single from the album, Paper Romance, which was released on Monday.
Generous souls that they are, the lads are streaming all 12 tracks from Black Light on their MySpace page this week to give fans a sneak preview. With a reputation for invention, Andy and Tom had stars queuing up to give them a helping hand on their latest recording, which includes collaborations with stars as diverse as Bryan Ferry, Will Young and Nick Littlemore (Empire of the Sun/PNAU).
The result is a big nod to the 1980s dance and house scene, so it is probably only right that Manchester bagged one of only three dates planned in the UK. Tuesday's show at the Whitworth Street West venue will include DJ sets from Urchins and Doorly, who have both produced remixes of Paper Romance. There will also be a live performance from Fenech Soler, who provided vocals on the single alongside Saint Saviour, Groove Armada's live front woman.
For tickets details call the Ritz 0161 832 1111. Visit www.myspace.com/groovearmada before the end of the week to listen to the new tracks.


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Ruminants have no capacity to store cobalt and as a result lambs are very susceptible to Vitamin B12 deficiency. This is also known as "pine" and can result in poor growth rates. In order to tackle a cobalt deficiency a continuous supply of cobalt must be utilised (such as a bolus).
Selenium is required to produce proteins which are integral to the innate and adaptive immune system. Therefore Selenium plays an important role in disease defence. A relationship exists between selenium and iodine and so they must always be considered together when investigating suspected deficiencies.
Iodine is integral to the thyroid hormones T3 and T4. The thyroid hormones regulate the rate of metabolism and control the rate of absorption of carbohydrate from the gastrointestinal tract. This rate is important in achieving a good food conversion ratio. In lambs, for the inactive T4 to be converted into an active T3, an enzyme which contains selenium must be present.
Copper is a component of enzymes which are important for energy metabolism. It is very important to remember that copper can be toxic to sheep and so copper supplements should only be given if a deficiency has been diagnosed. Blue faced Leicester and Texel sheep are particularly susceptible to copper toxicity.
Forage is incredibly variable not only between fields on the same farm, but from year to year. You must also take into account any other supplementation given such as concentrates, lick buckets, drenches etc and you can begin to see that it's impossible to take a 'one shoe fits all' approach between different management systems.
You should work with your vet to determine which, if any, trace element imbalances are present within your livestock. This is very important because there is no benefit to giving trace element supplementation if no deficiencies exist. Indeed, it may even harm the lambs as copper and selenium can be toxic if over supplied.
Sheep, Blue faced Leicesters and Texels in particular, are susceptible to copper toxicity. Selenium may also be toxic if over supplied. Please consult a vet or nutritionist to establish the need prior to supplementation.


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Whole of Africa behind Morocco at World Cup — Regragui
Morocco's coach Walid Regragui (C) attends a training session at the Al Duhail SC Stadium in Doha on December 5, 2022, on the eve of the Qatar 2022 World Cup Round of 16 football match between Morocco and Spain. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)
Morocco will have the backing of an entire continent when they attempt to become Africa's first World Cup semi-finalists by beating Portugal on Saturday, said coach Walid Regragui.
The North Africans will take on Portugal at Al Thumama Stadium as the first Arab nation to reach the last eight after beating Spain on penalties in the last 16.
A World Cup semi-final against either England or France is up for grabs, alongside a place in the history books.
Cameroon in 1990, Senegal's 2002 side and the 2010 Ghana team all fell at the quarter-final stage.
"We have nothing to lose. The challenge is to do as well as we did in the previous games," Regragui said on the eve of the match against Portugal.
"We want to show that Africa deserves to be here, Morocco deserves to be here.
"We have a whole people behind us, a continent behind us and the Arab world behind us. That's a lot of energy behind us. We're going to try and do everything we can.
"We can do it, we can make history again. It (the support) can push us, help us actually to play with this pressure, not to make any mistakes."
Morocco have the best defensive record in the tournament, having conceded only one goal in their four matches.
Morocco's players throw Morocco's coach Walid Regragui in the air as they celebrate at the end of the Qatar 2022 World Cup round of 16 football match between Morocco and Spain at the Education City Stadium in Al-Rayyan, west of Doha on December 6, 2022. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP)
But Regragui warned: "We can't rest on our laurels. We haven't got carried away, we've just surprised a few people and a few algorithms who expected Belgium or Spain to be in the quarter-finals."
– Ronaldo factor –
Cristiano Ronaldo was a surprise omission from Portugal's starting XI for their match against Switzerland in the last 16, with his replacement, Goncalo Ramos, scoring a hat-trick in a 6-1 win.
But Regragui would prefer to see the Portuguese teamsheet without the name of international men's football's greatest goalscorer.
"They're going to be fresh," he said. "I don't know if Ronaldo's going to play, but I hope he doesn't. I know he's one of the best players in history so I don't want him to play."
Morocco's success in Qatar has sparked celebrations back home, but also in several European countries where the Moroccan diaspora live.
Fourteen of Regragui's 26-man squad were born outside the African country.
"People are identifying with us and we've managed to unite Moroccans behind this football team," he said. "I think that's worth more than anything, it's worth more than money, it's worth more than titles.
"We've made people happy, we've made people proud but that's not the only reason we're here — we're here to win matches and go as far as we can in this tournament."
Morocco have had a series of injury concerns, with full-backs Achraf Hakimi and Noussair Mazraoui playing despite not being fully fit.
Centre-back Nayef Aguerd hobbled off injured in the Spain match but could be ready to play on Saturday.
"Lots of injuries, people sick. We've played lots of games without people 100 percent," said Regragui.
"I'm proud for that because nobody has seen Morocco at 100 percent power. Aguerd is waiting tomorrow to see if he can play or not."
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Have a Blu(-ray) Christmas: 8 Gifts Ideas
Thomas J. Norton | Dec 22, 2015 | 1 comments
'Tis the Season—for last minute, desperation shopping. But what could be easier than one or a few Blu-ray discs for that stocking by the fireplace. So here are a few recommendations...
Sneak Peek: Oppo's First Ultra HD Blu-ray Player
Thomas J. Norton | Nov 29, 2016 | 9 comments
Oppo has (finally) released details on its first Ultra HD Blu-ray player. Here's what we know...
"High Definition" Audio?
Thomas J. Norton | Jan 18, 2006 | 0 comments
If you're an old hand at this home theater audio business, you know that both Dolby Digital and DTS first appeared in theaters, then on laserdiscs, and finally moved on to DVD. Because of the limited data space for audio on all of these delivery systems, the audio had to be heavily compressed—not in dynamic range (a common misconception) but to reduce the space it takes up on the film or disc. Both DTS and Dolby Digital use sophisticated encoding schemes to allow them to save space by discarding data that are not deemed audible. This "perceptual coding," together with other clever tricks, allow full-bodied, powerful sound to be squeezed into that itty-bitty living space.
1776 and All That Stuff
Thomas J. Norton | Jul 04, 2009 | 1 comments
We have a gaggle of national holidays, but only a few aren't moved around to fall on a Monday so we can all enjoy a three-day weekend. The fixed dates of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years come to mind. No matter how much some might want to change them, New Years always falls on January 1, Thanksgiving wouldn't be Thanksgiving without Black Friday following it, and Christmas is a religious holiday (don't remind the wrong crowd of that) whose date was set in stone centuries before the U.S. of A. was the U.S. of A.
3D Fits and Starts
3D at home can be fun, but in my reviews of 3D displays from most major manufacturers (Sony, Samsung, LG, Toshiba, and Panasonic), I've come across a problem that has been little noted. This problem is not with the displays themselves, all of which do a good job with the 3D effect, apart from occasional ghosting or crosstalk (double images when one eye sees the image meant for the other eye).
4K HDR Video: What We Don't Know (Yet)
On September 19, 2015, SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) published a Study Group Report titled "High Dynamic Range (HDR) Imaging Ecosystem." The emphasis is on the production side, but the bottom line appears to be this: The industry is still engaged in a protracted study of HDR, with no current standards for the production and display of content in that format.
7 Films Remastered in 4K You May Not Know About
Thomas J. Norton | Oct 22, 2019 | 4 comments
I've said it before, but it's still true, that whenever we have a new video format the movie studios eagerly line up to sell us our favorites all over again—from VHS tape to Laserdisc to DVD to Blu-ray. But today, with movie streaming swamping video discs sales, the line of consumers eager to replace their existing discs is now shorter than ever.
Ultra HD's, however, appear to be fighting the trend. UHD re-releases of popular films are showing up like flies to a picnic.
8 World War II Films Worthy of Any Collection
War is Hell, but it does offer endless opportunities for great (and often not so great) movies. That goes double for WWII. The recently released Dunkirk reminds us vividly of that fact. The reviews have been ecstatic and clearly make it the first film of the year likely to be nominated for Best Picture of 2017, not to mention leaving home theater fans salivating over the release, later this year, of the Blu-ray (and, presumably, the Ultra HD Blu-ray).
While I haven't yet seen Dunkirk, its release sent me scurrying to my disc collection for other great titles. Some worthy entries aren't...
8K in LA
No, you can't yet buy an 8K set anywhere, nor is there any 8k programming being streamed, broadcast, or engraved on a physical disc that a consumer can buy. But that doesn't mean that it isn't being seriously discussed in R&D circles.
In the last week in June a well-attended, two-day seminar on near-future UHDTV display technologies took place in Hollywood, CA. Conducted by Insight Media (www.insightmedia.info), a company that both consults with companies in the video display industry and conducts media-related tech conferences, and sponsored by Samsung, the conference dove heavily into subjects such as 8K, Quantum Dots, and micro LEDs...
9 Outstanding Movie Soundtracks
Thomas J. Norton | Nov 26, 2019 | 15 comments
It's hard to say whether my interest in music and audio started with my first experiences with multichannel sound in the movie theater or whether my interest in movies in theaters, and later in home theater, started with my interest in music. But the fact remains that the film score, mainly of the orchestral variety but sometimes of other sorts (looking at you, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol.1 and Vol.2), remains one of my favorite forms of music.
Film music doesn't have an enviable reputation among classical music connoisseurs. But I see no reason to disparage it because it was written for a more popular type of entertainment...
Finis: CEDIA Expo 2019
Thomas J. Norton | Sep 17, 2019 | 1 comments
The old Blue Bear kept trying to break in but was forever doomed to be on the outside looking in. But the rest of us were more successful, and for three days last week the Denver Convention Center was full of all sorts of goodies needed by custom installers.
A Blu Love Fest
Sponsored by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment but involving all the major studio supporters of the Blu-ray format, a so-called "Blu-ray Festival" was held in Hollywood over the past two days (October 29th and 30th).
A Blu-ray Day in LA
Earlier this week companies supporting the upcoming Blu-ray high definition disc format gathered at the Fox Studios in Los Angeles to give an update to the assembled press. The companies represented were Buena Vista Entertainment (Disney, Touchstone, Miramax), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Panasonic, Pioneer, Dell, and Sony.
A DVD, A Tree, and BSG
Judging from the DVD section in my local Costco, the hot items to put under the Christmas spruce this year are boxed sets of a television series. Not just single seasons, but the whole magilla. You can get everything from the X-Files, complete with a Sing Along (the writers are on strike, but not the songwriters), to 24, with a Day Timer (11:00PM: Whip terrorists' butts; 11:59PM: Leave on hiatus).
Thomas J. Norton | Aug 15, 2007 | 3 comments
What we have here is one of those HDMI "features" that drives both consumers and reviewers crazy. I discovered it after my reviews of both the Samsung BD-P1200 Blu-ray player and the Toshiba 52HL167 flat panel LCD display had been turned in, ready for publication.


While they're redoing the DUI laws, how about this-if you leave the scene of an accident, you spend 1 day in jail no exceptions, no questions asked. If you leave the scene of an accident in which there were injuries, you go to jail for 30 days, no exceptions, no questions asked?
Reminds me of the sequel to Airplane-No, that's just what they'd expect us to do.
Thanks, John. But isn't this what Twitter or Entertainment Tonight is for?
Sadly, the plans were not detailed in the article. Maybe we have to wait for the public revealing?
So if the city reveals something and no one sees it, is it really revealed?
Did anyone even watch it?
Sorry, I was watching Breaking Bad.
The numbers are going to stay high as long as tourists can come here to get high and soothe their dry mouths with excellent locally brewed beer.
Is that good? I'm not sure.
He seemed to be at his best when he played cops or robbers.
I blame the Democrats. All those job killing regulations and business-hating laws. I knew this would happen.
Hickenlooper will never be able to run on his record with the state in this condition.
Any Tea Party nut can beat him. Cake walk next November for Republicans!
Let's be honest. At some point, we're just rewarding OCD behavior.
Topic: Article Discussion: Colorado personal trainer Tarrah Speer Lee vies to be "The Next Fitness Star"
Topic: Article Discussion: Weiner: James Comey understands power of FBI and saying "no"
Article Discussion: Denver has best work environment in U.S.
But Denver has liberals and high taxes!
And since he hasn't been convicted of anything yet, I think he should be able to go online today and buy more!!
I believe he already thinks he's the Governor.


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I am in Malaysia now. In Sabah, at a resort. I am currently in the middle of three solid weeks of buffet breakfasts and dinners and am therefore very full and bursting at the seams (or at least my poor jeans are haha). But not to worry, I can start exercising again and eating less in the new year. Last night we had a full Christmas dinner - turkey, sides, pudding etc. YUM.
I have been eating an insane amount in Malaysia... and yes I've been taking lots of photos of everything I eat so prepare for some massive food blogs after I get back.
I just saw this recipe (though it's scarcely a recipe, merely a guide) for Vodka Sangria on New York Nick, on the Lifestyle channel, and thought I'd better write it down before I forget. But why simply write it, when I can post it here for all the alcoholics I know?
Mix together, preferably in industrial quantities, in a huge bucket, and drink!
Whenever I would see a fat chef on TV, or in a book, I would usually comment to my dad or brother "Wow. He/she must be a great chef, he/she's so fat!" Then I would usually say "Well, if I could cook like he can, I would also be fat".
I think ages ago Adri might have said to me "Nigella's larger than she looks on the TV, apparently" to which I probably replied "Well, if I could cook like that I would also be fat". Not that I think Nigella's fat, but she certainly is generously proportioned (and completely lovely too!).
Anyway, recently (as you will have noticed) I have been cooking a lot, mainly Nigella's recipes, and consequently eating a lot. And I have gained weight. (Not loads, but I've noticed it). Oh well. I suppose it is a result of becoming better at cooking. And the party season. And we're going to Malaysia this week! I'll have to make an effort to eat healthier once we come home.
Last week I went down to Main Ridge for two nights to help out with my friends' film shoot. They were shooting a pilot for a sketch comedy program, and they required a caterer (me).
I had a budget of $350 (we only spent $300 though, YAY). It was more difficult than expected, because I had to cook for 16 people, stay within budget, and attempt to make stuff that most people would find edible. And lots of the people up there weren't very adventurous. (There were people who didn't eat mushrooms, seafood, rice, pork, meat etc).
Here's what I made (mainly made at home, in advance and reheated up there).
Breakfasts were just cereal, toast, milk, fruit and juice. And tea and coffee, of course. I also bought a couple of packets of Assorted Creams. With the leftover money, Lexi (director's girlfriend) went down to the supermarket and picked up loads of snack foods (Timtams, mint slices, chips, snakes, etc).
Oh my god I ate so so much crap. The food I made was high fat and carby enough as is, but combined with the snack food! Jaffe also brought up homemade brownies, with insanely huge choc chips (white, milk, dark). Mmmmmmm. Beautiful and addictive. (Did you know that you can make new brownies by smooshing together leftover brownie crumbs?!) Also I think I ate more than I usually do when I go up there because there just wasn't much to do! Usually when we go to Al's holiday house, we watch DVDs, eat drink talk and smoke all day (well, Al did still smoke a lot - he was very very stressed and was constantly smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee/energy drinks!) But, as most people were working on the filming, I had a lot of spare time in between cooking and cleaning.
I watched DVDs with Lexi, read Past Mortem (all of it in 1.5 days!) slept, watched the filming and ate crap! It was a really good experience overall though. I don't know if I'll ever do anything food-related that's professional, but you never know.
On Saturday last week, I made my first proper feast from Feast. Even though I've made recipes from the book since I got it (Penne alla Vodka, Ricotta and Pine Nut Salad etc), this was the first time that I had people over for a big feast and made a big selection of dishes. Most of the recipes are from "A Mezze Feast for ten to twenty", in the Wedding Feast (hah) chapter, but I got a couple from other sections / Nigella books.
served with sugar snap peas, witlof (aka chicory) and toasted sourdough bread.
Pomegranate and Cucumber Salad - how pretty is it?
I can't believe I made so much! I was so paranoid there wouldn't be enough food (for 6 of us), but believe me, there was PLENTY. (In fact there are still leftovers now, almost a week later!) And the table was groaning with the amount of food - no room for plates at all, so we ate on our laps around the kitchen, haha.
It was all a pretty relaxed process, I didn't stress like usual. I had been out the night before, slept over at a friend's house (Hi Georgina!) and got home at about 8am, had breakfast and then started cooking. Cooking was a good hangover cure! It was pretty hot that day (30 degrees?) so I just took it easy in the kitchen. Jess T & Eliza (the guests) helped to make the guacamole.
It was a really rewarding experience in total. Just a fun day, and it was so so so great to catch up with Jess & Eliza - both a social and a culinary experience, with neither overshadowing the other! (Which, I think, fits in with Nigella's philosophy of food).


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