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Matt Hardy appeared on this week's Kayfabe Wrestling Radio, hosted by Alan Wojcik & Spug. You can listen to the whole show by clicking here (.MP3).
In a nearly 20 minute interview he talked about wrestling in Nashville, how he feels fans approach the product today is if that is regionally based, True Blood and other television and its effect on wrestling, if RAW going to three hours was a mistake, what the WWE should do to help build the fans interest, his appearance in Ring of Honor and the fan's reaction to that appearance, his use of DDP Yoga and the success of it with wrestlers, the Omega Group success, his recent match with Crossfire Heavyweight Champion "King" Shane Williams, updates on MattHardyBrand.com and much more.
Here are some highlights of what Matt Hardy said about:
What he thinks of fans being overly critical of the wrestling product and if there's a regional aspect to that:
"They ruin the experience for themselves, in my opinion. I mean the thing is watching a wrestling match is like watching a really good TV show or watching a really good movie; when it's all said and done you realize, 'Hey, I'm watching this to be entertained." It's really going be as entertaining as you allow yourself to find it. You understand the parameters that go with professional wrestling; there's the situation where guys fight one another, they do these larger-than-life moves, they're almost like living breathing superheroes, they shoot guys into the ropes and guys come back. That's the parameters professional wrestling is built around. So don't over think that, just because you have a feeling of what the business is about because it's so accessible because you can read online or there's so much information out there to get. The thing is, just sit back and enjoy it like a fan. And even the people who are smarter, they realize this storyline happens because that is what draws you into a wrestling match; it's not the moves, people can do moves all day long but if there's not a good story in that match that someone can follow and that is really complex, the fans won't get emotionally involved like they should.
I mean my thing is, if I'm sitting back and watching True Blood, where it's a show that had vampires, werewolves, shape shifters, and all these other things, when something out of the ordinary happens, we thing 'Woah, these parameters are a little big with what we are working with here and there's extraordinary stuff going on,' so sit back and enjoy what's going on and be entertained by it. A lot of times, fane feel like they are over educated and become overly critical of the product; they are just hurt themselves and not allowing themselves to be entertained. "
RAW going to three hours and the problems with that:
"In my opinion, and I know a lot of people said this, three hours is just too long. It was a really nod for the RAW 1000 episode. Past that, from what we've seen, three hours is just a little too long for them, especially considering how many first run shows they do a week, three hours is a long time to try and keep a viewer's attention, especially in 2012."
What he thinks the WWE can do to improve themselves and compete with other TV:
"I don't think it has to be tacky; I think it does need to be edgy in some ways. Once again, it's just like, last night I watched the show (RAW) and this is one thing, to segway into Crossfire for a second; one thing I hope they do in promoting the TV style is using the qualities that southern wrestling is based on: a new, more edgy engineered product, that when you tell the fans one thing, you don't go back on your word; you stay consistent with that. Last night, for instance, there was a storyline, who knows what it'll develop into, where AJ was removed from being the General Manager of Raw because of some sort of controversial dinner date she has with John Cena, and Vickie Guerrero was placed in charge. She's (Vickie) been been fraternizing with Dolph Ziggler the whole while she was the General Manager and she was also married to Edge. The thing is, wrestling fans aren't dumb; they remember these things and I think when the fans see something like that, they go 'Why would they do that? They didn't do that before; they don't think I don't remember that? Do they think I'm stupid?' I think you just need to keep a consistent thing. I think the days of letting the person that's the General Manager of RAW be a heel, and cheat and do bad things, or have someone you just considered yourself or tagged to be a crazy chick, like AJ, as the General Manager who Vince put in charge. I don't think you can do that anymore. I think if you want wrestling to be taken seriously, you have to promote it seriously and stay consistent and there has to be continuity throughout."
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Q: CSS - fixed width span/div I am trying to layout the content for a popup dialog box, but not having much luck
I've tried using both spans and inline divs, but neither of them seem to respect the width or min-width CSS
any ideas?
Here's the Html

Bank Reference

Amount

650.00

Currency

GBP

PaymentDate

02/06/2011

Remitter

Senders Reference

and the CSS
.popupKey
{
    display : inline;
    min-width: 150px;
}

.popupValue
{
    display : inline;
    min-width: 150px;
}

I would like all the items in the popupValue column to be aligned
there's a JSFiddle here:
http://jsfiddle.net/NtK4Y/

A: Use inline-block instead of inline.
You can see updated jsfiddle http://jsfiddle.net/NtK4Y/2/

A: Inline content can't have a width defined. Try using display: inline-block or using display: block; float: left;
I've updated your jsfiddle; have a look at http://jsfiddle.net/NtK4Y/1/

A: A float:left also might help your problem, they will be placed next to each other.

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Q: ftp file upload fails when special character is present in password I was trying to upload a file through application i wrote in c.
As i did not find any API, i decided to go through commands.
Input command line looked like this.
ftp -u ftp://ftpuser:password@123@x.x.x.x/test.txt /tmp/test.txt

Whenever a special character is present, login will fail. when i tried with different user without any special characters in the password upload works.
How this issue can be resolved or is there any another method available like API which can be made use of.
If any sample code available then it will be of great help.
Special character means @, $, # (Ex : password@123, password$123)
code snippet:
RunCommandWithPipe(PSTRING CmdLine)
{
    FILE *fp;
    int status;

    fp = popen(CmdLine, "r");
    if (fp == NULL)
    {
            ErrGen(constErrOpenFile);
    }

    status = pclose(fp);
    if (status == -1)
    {
            ErrGen(constErrCloseFile);
    }
}

A: The reason why this doesn't work is because you are passing unfiltered meta characters into the shell. This is very dangerous. If someone untrustworthy gets to decide the value of any of the parameters to your ftp command, such as the username, password, ftp server, or file name, then that person will be able to run arbitrary shell commands.
You can see what's going on by putting an "echo" in front of your ftp command:
echo ftp -u ftp://ftpuser:password$123@x.x.x.x/test.txt /tmp/test.txt

You'll get this result:
ftp -u ftp://ftpuser:password23@x.x.x.x/test.txt /tmp/test.txt

The shell is trying to evaluate $1 as a variable, leaving an empty result.
There's a couple of things you can do.
1) Make the command safe by escaping all the meta characters. Here you need to be very careful, using a whitelist approach rather than just trying to get rid of the special characters you've thought of. In the whitelist approach you accept that some set of characters are safe, such as [A-Za-z0-9:_-]. Every other character you either strip out or escape by preceding it with a backslash. (eg. "foo:bar$baz&abc" becomes "foo:bar\$bazabc") If you do this way don't try to think of all the characters you know of that are special and escape those. You will most likely forget some, and not handle input this like:
ftp -u ftp://ftpuser:; rm -rf /;echo @x.x.x.x/test.txt /tmp/test.txt

2) Don't pass arguments on the shell, instead control the FTP client through fread()/fwrite() on the pipe that popen() gave you.
In this case what you do is launch the ftp client with no arguments. Then you write "OPEN 192.168.1.1" or wherever you want to connect. Then you write the username. Then you write the password. Then you write the GET or PUT command want. Then you write "EXIT" or write an EOF. You should read the result codes from the server. You'll get 200 series results on success. You'll get a 500 series result if the login is bad, etc.
You still have to watch out when piping into the FTP command because it will take shell escapes like "!rm -rf /", but there is much less opportunity for that than on the shell. You just need to make sure the strings you get to build your FTP commands are one line and that you always precede them with a valid FTP command. You should also watch out for any funny business with untrustworthy filenames. (eg. don't allow absolute paths, "..", and so forth)

A: You propably using a wrong charset to send the password


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These 3 Companies Have Repurchased Their Shares This Week
Sudhan P. | April 13, 2018 | More on: 5UX C31 O39
Warren Buffett is someone who actively encourages companies to buy back their shares if the conditions are right.
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"What you'd like to do as an investor is hook them up to a machine and run a polygraph to see whether it's true. Short of a polygraph the best sign of a shareholder-oriented management — assuming its stock is undervalued — is repurchases. A polygraph proxy, that's what it is."
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Oxley Holdings Ltd (SGX: 5UX)
Oxley is a home-grown property developer and investor with a presence across 12 geographical markets, including Singapore, Indonesia, China, and the United Kingdom.
On 9 and 10 April 2018, the firm bought back a total of 2,000,000 shares at a price range of between S$0.47 to S$0.495. It spent slightly below S$968,000 for the repurchase.
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Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, or OCBC for short, is Singapore's longest established local bank and is one of the world's most highly-rated banks.
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Re: The Future of the Democratic Party
Post by BostonBeaneater » 08 Apr 2020, 3:18pm
eumaas wrote: ↑
BostonBeaneater wrote: ↑
I have no idea how to quantify it, and 2016 seemed to escape quantification. I do know that most of the Bernie supporters I know aren't voting for Biden in November, but I have no idea how statistically significant that is.
Biden is an uninspired choice but for Bernie supporters to boycott or protest vote in this election really seems like cutting off your nose to spite your face. I unfortunately think this will happen and will help shore up another 4 (or more) years of Trump. I understand being principled to a degree but a boycott will likely eliminate any chance in hell that Socialist ever get anything they want.
I don't think it's about principled abstention, actually. It's more about demonstrating that not appealing to the left means that you do not gain their votes. That would at least give the Dems some incentive to move left.
My concern with this tactic is that another term of Trump would give the GOP the opportunity to cripple voting rights and civil rights to the degree that we would be looking at one party rule for the rest of our lifetimes.
This all said, I think Bernie would have had a better shot at beating Trump.
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Post by eumaas » 08 Apr 2020, 3:23pm
In a fair election, or one that goes off the popular vote, definitely. But it's important to remember that there is a class dictatorship behind the democracy and a socialist, even as mild as Bernie, probably never had a chance to begin with. I mean they just ousted Morales for winning a free election, why not try it at home?
The Republicans are a highly effective political party who know how to win elections, whether outright or by rigging. The Democrats are more like a money-making institution for think tank people.
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Post by Dr. Medulla » 08 Apr 2020, 3:28pm
I actually do think the presidency is very important for moving the party to the left because it sets the agenda for who the party backs in the other races, and that has a lot to do with where the money is going to go. Since getting involved in electoral politics I've seen how the money machine backs establishment candidates and drowns out left alternatives in the primaries. I mean Cal Cunningham just won the primary here and I don't think it's a coincidence he's flooded with money. I wouldn't be surprised if the small crop of lefties in the Dems end up getting ousted.
And yet, the crazies took over the Republican Party starting in the 1970s not by seizing the presidency right away, but building up. Again, none of this is to say it's easy—clearly the left has lost far more than it's won in America—but looking at things with a narrow lens is beneficial.
I see no reason to think Biden can be pulled left especially given he's reiterated his opposition to M4A even in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. If there was ever a social event that could push a candidate left on healthcare, it's the pandemic, and yet he won't budge. I also have my doubts that he would even pick Warren for running mate as a concession to the progressives. As far as the Supreme Court, he does not have a good record there either and has made noises about reaching across the aisle since the start of his campaign. I think the people who aren't going to vote (at least for president) in November don't see enough chance of long-term gains with Biden. None of them are confident that he would actually appoint a liberal justice for example. His messaging on policy probably doesn't help anybody having qualms. He also told young people that he had absolutely no empathy for them and their plight and has told people that disagree with him from the left not to vote for him or even to vote for Trump. It doesn't seem like he is interested in young people's vote.
Of course I could be wrong about all of this. Always worth having humility about one's judgment.
And that's all I suggest. Certainly that Biden will lose or that he'll be an absolute disaster is as dubious as saying he's easily going to win and launch a progressive agenda. Few in 1932 would have believed FDR would initiate a welfare state. Hardly anyone would have thought LBJ's landslide in 1964 was actually the last gasp of active welfare state policies. Events are greater than individuals, and our certainty about individuals is often confounded by unforeseen events. Under normal circumstances, Biden is as terrible a candidate as the Democrats could ever put up, but it's safe to say that the future is exceedingly cloudy, so I can't rule out how he'd respond to future crises, especially if polling suggests strong public favour for more progressive policies.
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But the Republicans have the advantage of not challenging class rule. That's already on a much better footing than any left movement could ever be. The wacko right still promise to protect the bourgeoisie.
Again, I just point out that we are in a crisis that one would have every reason to think would push Biden left, but it isn't having that effect at all. It's fine to have some humility about one's judgment, sure, but it doesn't mean you shouldn't say what you think. My assessment is there is little to make me think that he would move left, especially given how triumphal his team has been since he started beating Bernie in the primaries.
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Post by Flex » 08 Apr 2020, 3:36pm
Local stuff may be easier in some places but here in Orange County the real estate developers and landlords who run the local Dems have a hard lock on the offices and real progressives/socialists have found it impossible to make much headway, especially on affordable housing, which is the chief problem in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Never underestimate the enemy's power!
Yeah, there are definitely particularities in each town/county/region/etc. that need to be taken into account. The beauty of returning to a more local focus is people can sort that out for themselves and for their area.
Speaking only for my own region, It was municipal election day for a lot of Colorado yesterday and it pained me how many local elections were outright canceled because of lack of candidates. I kinda wish some more energy had gone into a few of those than the Sanders campaign, tbqh. Some of those towns would have been tough fights, but some would not have been. Maybe I'm wrong and none of it would have mattered, but it seems to me like there was some power there for the taking if someone was interested.
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We also have the example of Obama to suggest that Democrats will not only accept the grievous policies of their predecessors but build on them. It's important to remember that Obama put children in cages, prosecuted more whistleblowers than any prior president, extended the war on terror, caused the immense disaster in Libya, and deported more immigrants than any prior president.
Several of my Never Biden friends are POC and women and one is a Muslim woman of color even so it doesn't seem to be comfort and privilege under Trump driving the abstention either.
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Post by JennyB » 08 Apr 2020, 4:52pm
I agree with this. Biden isn't even close to the top of my first choice, but there is too much at stake with SCOTUS. I will work on behalf of more progressive candidates down ballot, but I will also hold my nose and vote for Biden. I hope he picks Abrams as his running mate. I also don't think there is the seething hatred of Biden like there was with Clinton in 2016. I still think he has a chance.
And as much as the far left will not like hearing this, there is a huge antisemitism problem (this doesn't dismiss antisemitism on the right, but I am not on the right). I see it every day on Twitter. It's insidious and it's evil. And it's driving people like me, someone who has dedicated her life to progressive causes, away.
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I'm saying that there's a difference between being a candidate in a crisis and governing in a crisis. Neither Lincoln nor FDR, notably, governed in ways that their candidacies would suggest. And, again, I'm not saying that that is predictive, only worth considering when making predictions.
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You've said this before with respect to Bernie's campaign. Could you provide some examples of what you mean?
John Cusack's posts (that he doubled down on and issued a tepid "apology" for). If you recall, he tweeted an image with a quote from white nationalist and neo-Nazi Kevin Alfred Strom. The tweet suggested Jews were in control and were not allowed to be criticized. This is one example. The Dyke March. Purity tests of whether one is a good Jew (renouncing Israel) or bad Jew (those of us who believe in its right to exist) - I have witnessed this personally in my work. There are other examples that can be easily googled. Then, like in the UK, we are told by non-Jews that this isn't antisemitism. We are being gaslit because of course, I can't be antisemitic, I support the Jewish guy (which is no different from antisemitic Trump supporters who say he can't be an antisemite because Ivanka is Jewish). The tokenizing of the tiny percentage of anti-Israel Jews who use their platform to bash the rest of us. I criticize the Israeli government constantly, but I still don't pass the purity test. And I didn't even mean to get into a whole Israel thing.
I think your post also illustrates this (I am not calling you an antisemite) - you seem not to take me for my word. I feel like sometimes that we are the only group who isn't allowed to decide when people are working against them. I really wanted someone like Bernie (though not necessarily him - we don't need another old white man). I don't have any agenda to discredit the left. I want to *be* the left. I just don't feel welcome in these spaces.
Again, I am in no way trying to minimize the antisemitism on the right. I know it is much worse. But we expect that from the right. They have always been antisemitic. This is all new for me.
Wasn't about not taking you at your word, just wanted some examples because I hadn't seen anything personally.
I don't follow John Cusack on social media and I was unaware of that post. I also had no idea he was involved in the Bernie campaign. See, that's why an example is useful. Now I know Cusack is anti-semitic.
I'm sorry that asking for clarification and examples crosses some kind of line.
Not your fault - My hackles have been so raised lately that I see everything as an attack, and I didn't mean it that way. Also, it's hard to convey over writing. You're all good.
How much of the constellation of anti-Semitism, I wonder, would reverse itself if Israel elected a left-of-centre government? That is, would right-wing evangelicals withdraw their nominal tolerance and would those on the left shelve their ugly rhetoric? Which is to say, how much of current anti-Semitism is informed by political convenience rather than something more ingrained?
Yeah, I was genuinely asking.
I mostly see Israel popping up in postcolonial/decolonization discourse on the left. I have seen people on the left step over the line in criticism of Israel before (this more like ten years ago tho), like suggesting total decolonization, which like any policy focused on big population transfers seems pretty bad to me. There are many generations of Israelis who have grown up there--just as completely decolonizing the US would be pretty impractical and horrendous, though I think the US could stand to give back a lot of land to Native Americans. The tininess of Israel doesn't compare well to decolonization proposals for the US and Canada.
There's also this anti-semitic trope that Zionist Jews control the US and are the reason for American policy towards Israel, which gets it rather reversed in my opinion--Israel is dependent on the US to some degree and ends up having to accommodate American policy, not the other way around.
For Israel the two-state solution seems dead in the water given the settlements. I would guess scaling back the ethnonationalism put in place by Likud and the ultraright would be the start to an equitable path forward.
I do agree with defenders of Israel who point out that the surrounding Arab states have done little for Palestinians, although I don't think that absolves Israel of human rights abuses either. But it's pretty awful when rich Salafist states complain about Israel's treatment of the Palestinians while doing little to help them materially.
Neil, re: the prospect of a leftier government in Israel, I am not really optimistic. Israel seems to follow the overall global trend towards the far right. From reading Israeli media in English, which admittedly makes my access limited, there seems to be a real siege culture over there right now. I would love to see a peaceful path forward for the Israelis and Palestinians under leftist governance but that seems like a pipe dream.
Anyway none of this has to do with the Democratic Party anymore. Thread drift!
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If you aren't interested in Verona Shakespeare tours, the more general Verona walking tours might be a good match. These walking tours are ideal for visitors who have never been to Verona before, and are looking for an introduction about the history and culture of the city. Top attractions to visit on a walking tour include the Duomo and other churches such as Santa Anastasia, Giardino Giusti, Piazza delle Erbe, Via Mazzini for shopping, and the many museums. The one negative thing about Verona walking tours is that they might make you realize you didn't plan enough time in your itinerary to fully explore this city!
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The "Respirator Idea"
One of the more frustrating things I've witnessed in my ad career (and one that I see repeated time and again from both agencies and brands) is what I call the "Respirator Idea." It's an idea that should have died because it no longer works in its current version, but it's kept alive by people who have a vested interested in seeing something/anything get produced.
"Respirator Ideas" run the gamut from TV spots to websites to social media promotions and the one thing they all have in common is that you can tell that at some point they actually were good ideas.
But then the punch line got cut because it might have been offensive. The prize went from a two week Hawaiian vacation to two nights at the EconoLodge in Utica. Usability went from a site that did everything for you to "well, I'm sure they'll be able to figure it out for themselves."
It's an unfortunate aspect of business in general: people rarely know when to pull the plug on something that was once a good idea. But it's perhaps the most important skill anyone in marketing can have. Because someone's got to be "the one."
The one who says "No one is going to laugh at this."
The one who says "No one is going to want to do this."
The one who says "No one needs a site like this."
The one who says "No one will post this to their Facebook page."
And then actually step in and kill the project.
It rarely happens because of all the politics involved. All the small cuts along the way didn't seem like such a big deal at the time. And a very influential group of people are still in denial about what the "Respirator Idea" has become. In their minds eye, they see the original idea, not the corpse it's become.
And so it's risky to stand up to them and say "the Emperor has no clothes." You'll be accused of being a negativist. A bad team player. An obstacle. You'll make people look foolish and they won't like that.
But someone must stand up. Someone who is going to look foolish no matter which way the decision is made. Because if you make the decision to cut the cord, you'll also look brave, not cowardly.
And in today's business environment, that's no small thing.
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Double award for Warwick in Queen's Birthday Honours list
Dean of Warwick Medical School Professor Yvonne Carter and Associate Clinical Professor Dr Roger Gadsby have both been named in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
Professor Carter, who is also the University's Pro-Vice Chancellor for Regional Engagement, has been awarded a CBE for services to medical education and Dr Gadsby will receive an MBE for services to diabetes and the NHS.
With a medical career spanning more than 25 years, Professor Carter has held many national roles in education and research. Professor Carter is a Member of Council of the Academy of Medical Sciences (Founder Fellow), Member of the Council of the Royal Council of General Practitioners, Governor of the Health Foundation, member of the Appraisal Committee of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence and GMC Quality Assurance Basic Medical Education Visitor. She was also named as the Confederation of British Industry's First Woman of Science in 2006.
Professor Carter joined the University of Warwick in 2003 as Vice - Dean of the Medical School, a year later she became the third female Dean of a medical school in the UK. Initially established as a partnership with Leicester Medical School, she guided Warwick Medical School through a vigorous inspection by the General Medical Council to gain independent-degree awarding status in 2007.
In addition to her busy workload, she continued to work part-time as a GP in Coventry. In August 2007, she finally gave up her work as a GP when she was appointed as the University's Pro-Vice Chancellor for Regional Engagement.
Professor Carter said: "It is such an honour to receive a CBE, the news is only just sinking in and I am absolutely delighted. I feel this award does not just reflect my contributions to medical education, it also reflects the hard work, dedication and inspiration of every member of staff and student I have worked with during my time at Warwick Medical School."
Professor Carter still holds positions as academic GP and Honorary Consultant in Primary Care at Coventry Teaching PCT and Non-Executive Director and Vice Chair at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. She is also Chair of the Comprehensive Local Research Network for West Midlands (South). Most recently she was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for the County of the West Midlands in 2008.
Dr Gadsby has worked part-time at Warwick Medical School since 1992 and has worked as a GP at Redroofs Surgery in Nuneaton since 1979. He developed a clinical interest in diabetes soon after starting as a GP and has been speaking and writing about the condition ever since. He has written three diabetes textbooks and ten textbook chapters, as well as over 200 articles and papers.
He has developed a number of diabetes programmes to help healthcare professionals to look after people with diabetes in the community. Almost 10,000 people, mainly GPs and practice nurses, have successfully completed the Warwick Certificate in Diabetes Care.
Dr Gadsby said: "I was stunned when I received the letter, I just couldn't believe that I had been given an MBE. It really is an honour and a privilege."
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Home / News and Media / Brothers Ronit Roy and Rohit Roy spill each other's secrets on Rajeev Khandelwal's show
Everyone knows that Ronit Roy and Rohit Roy are brothers and are an integral part of entertainment industry. What we probably do not know is that the two are as different as chalk and cheese, and their journey too has been entirely different. In TV industry Ronit is popularly known as Mr. Bajaj of Kasauti Zindagi Kay, while Rohit shot to fame with his role of Rishabh in Swabhimaan. The two recently worked on Hrithik Roshan-starrer Kaabil together and that too as brothers.
The duo on Saturday appeared on the first episode of Rajeev Khandelwal's chat show Juzz Baatt and opened up on things close to their hearts.
Here are the secrets that the brothers revealed about each other:
1. When Ronit delivered a superhit Jaan Tere Naam, Rohit was probably not even thinking of pursuing a career in entertainment industry, and when the elder brother Ronit ran out of luck in films, Rohit shot to popular fame with Mahesh Bhatt's Swabhimaan. There was a time when Ronit did not have enough food to eat, and he would go to Rohit's house for his meals.
2. Interestingly, it is Ronit who rarely goes out, meet with people or hang out, had more girlfriends before his marriage than Rohit, who's considered more flamboyant and social. Rohit reveals that he just had one girlfriend Archana Joshi before getting married to wife Manasi Joshi and also shared some shockingly common things between the two ladies. He said that while Manasi was based in Maharashtra, but is from Gujarat, Archana was based in Ahmedabad, but was a Maharashtrian. Ronit revealed he did not really keep a count of his girlfriends as there were many.
3. Udaan star Ronit says that his wife Neelam is the in-charge of nearly all his things–including finance and kitchen.
4. Shootout at Lokhandwala star Rohit revealed that his elder brother Ronit was a goonda of his colony while their growing up days and always wanted to become a hero. Ronit in his defence said that they lived in an area where you could either beat or take the beating.
5. Ronit said that his father passed away very early, and he considered Subhash Ghai as a father figure. But he has never ever asked him why he didn't cast him in a film so far. Ronit says at one point, there was a strong rumour that Ghai would cast him in Pardes, but later on some other guy was selected.
6. Rohit says he is closer to his mother than Ronit because he stayed with her for a longer time than Ronit, who was struggling in Mumbai. Rohit is also the one who gets more scolded than his brother.
7. Rohit says that Ronit was always a father figure, but he is happy that now he is also a friend.
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It was a time of conversation is an archive and research project. It revisits the story of three exhibitions that took place in the first half of the 1990s in Turkey: Elli Numara: Anı Bellek II [Number Fifty: Memory/Recollection II], GAR [Railway Station] and Küreselleşme–Devlet, Sefalet, Şiddet [Globalization–State, Misery, Violence]. In 2012, SALT visualized the research in the form of an exhibition at SALT Galata in the Open Archive. This was followed by a more developed presentation of the exhibition at SALT Ulus in 2013.
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Courts across the country are permitting only emergency matters to be heard. There have been a number of cases in Canada where the circumstances were sufficiently urgent to be heard by the court. Cases have been reported from Nova Scotia, Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec which give us some guidance on family law issues in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. I have not found any New Brunswick cases referencing COVID-19.
Ribeiro v. Wright, 2020 ONSC 1829 (CanLII)
In denying a mother's motion to stop access due to COVID-19 concerns, Justice Pazaratz stated that children need both parents now more than ever. He then urged both parents to work out the health and safety issues brought on by the pandemic in a more "conciliatory and productive" manner.
Justice Pazaratz set out some guidelines for dealing with access and custody of children during this crisis:
The parent initiating an urgent motion on this topic will be required to provide specific evidence or examples of behavior or plans by the other parent which are inconsistent with COVID-19 protocols.
The parent responding to such an urgent motion will be required to provide specific and absolute reassurance that COVID-19 safety measures will be meticulously adhered to – including social distancing; use of disinfectants; compliance with public safety directives; etc.
Both parents will be required to provide very specific and realistic time-sharing proposals which fully address all COVID-19 considerations, in a child-focused manner.
Judges will likely take judicial notice of the fact that social distancing is now becoming both commonplace and accepted, given the number of public facilities which have now been closed. This is a very good time for both custodial and access parents to spend time with their child at home.
Skuce v. Skuce, 2020 ONSC 1881 (CanLII)
The Court heard a father's urgent motion where the mother was withholding access due to COVID-19 concerns (even though the parties had signed Minutes of Settlement dated March 16, 2020 which provided for access). Access was ordered.
Simcoe Muskoka Child and Youth Family Services v. JH, 2020 ONSC 1941
The Court made an Order for access by the mother where the child had previously been removed from the mother by Children's Aid. The Court relied on Ribeiro v. Wright in reaching its decision.
Eden v. Eden, 2020 ONSC 1991 (CanLII)
The Court determined that there was no urgency in a case where the father was alleged to have allowed children to go to the pet store to purchase a fish, that he has exposed them to third parties (his elderly parents and his friend who is a personal support worker) and that he permitted them. The Court did, however, state that: "Everyone MUST follow Health Canada safety protocols to keep these children safe and healthy."
Le v. Norris, 2020 ONSC 1932 (CanLII) and Chrisjohn v. Hillier, SCJ (Ontario)
In each of these two cases, the Court made an Order authorizing police enforcement of a previous access Order. Access had been withheld out of fear of the access parent's lack of social distancing measures.
In Chrisjohn v. Hillier, the Court stressed that all cases are unique and some situations may warranted access being withheld.
In Le and Norris, the Court stated: "Physical distancing measures must be respected. The parties must do whatever they can to ensure that neither of them nor the child, C., contracts COVID-19. Every precautionary measure recommended by governments and health authorities in Ontario and Canada must be taken by both parties and, with their help, by C. Neither party shall do anything that will expose him/herself or C. to an increased risk of contracting the virus."
L-A.F. v. K.V.S., 2020 ONSC 1914 (CanLII)
The Court ordered that a mother was not to move a child's residence out of the jurisdiction and that the mother was not to allow showings of her home for the purpose of selling the property.
Reitzel v. Reitzel, 2020 ONSC 1977 (CanLII)
A father's motion for access was determined not to be urgent, because (among other reasons), the parties had been separated for six months, and he chose not to bring the access motion until March 23, 2020.
Tessier v Rick, 2020 ONSC 1886 (CanLII)
The court set a date for a motion to take place by teleconference where a mother was denying access to a father due to COVID-19 concerns as she alleges that the father's household is not abiding by the social isolation directives. The mother gave no specific examples of the father's conduct.
Placha v. Bennett, 2020 ONCJ 164 (CanLII)
The Court ordered that a child be returned to Ontario from Newfoundland. The father (access parent) had travelled to Newfoundland with the child for March Break and refused to transport the child back to Ontario upon the announcement of school being cancelled. The father's residence is also in Ontario.
Smith v. Sieger, 2020 ONSC 1681 (CanLII)
The Court ordered the return of a child from Utah to Ontario due to COVID-19 concerns. The child was attending an education program in Utah.
Onuoha v. Onuoha, 2020 ONSC 1815 (CanLII)
The Court refused to order that children be returned to their father in Nigeria from Ontario because of the COVID-19 crisis.
Johansson v. Janssen, 2020 BCSC 469 (CanLII)
The Court declined to make an Order that children be returned from Germany to Canada, citing that there was no urgent issue.
Droit de la famille — 20450, 2020 QCCS 1012 (CanLII)
After making a child support order, the Court went on to say that if the COVID-19 crisis did affect the earning capacity of the parties, they would be free to bring a motion seeking a modification of support.
Baker v. Maloney, 2020 ONSC 1929 (CanLII)
The Court allowed additional time for the delivery of a child support arrears payment due to COVID-19 closures and delays, and further stated that the bank draft was to be delivered "as long as it is safe to do so."
Guerin v. Guerin, 2020 ONSC 2016 (CanlII)
In a case where separated spouses were living separate and apart under the same roof, exclusive possession of the marital home was granted to the mother as the father was not following the COVID-19 measures, and not taking the increased risk to the mother and the children seriously. The court further ordered that communication between the father and children would be by electronic means.
Thomas v. Wohleber, 2020 ONSC 1965 (CanLII)
The Court ordered that a husband replace funds which he withdrew from a joint line of credit. The matter was heard on an urgent basis because the depletion of the LOC deprives the wife of "potential resources that she may require in the future in order to support herself and the children during these difficult times."
Qu v. Calvesbert, 2020 NSSC 115 (CanLII)
The Court declined to consider a potential loss of income for one party due to COVID-19 in making a costs determination.
In some cases, Courts have ruled that, in the circumstances of the Covid-19 emergency, the Reasons for Decision were deemed to be an Order of the court that is operative and enforceable without any need for a signed or entered, formal, typed order.
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Roger's Favorites: Faye Dunaway
We will continue to highlight filmmakers and actors that Roger championed throughout his career. Click here for a full table of contents for our "Roger's Favorites" entries. Below is an entry on actress Faye Dunaway.
Faye Dunaway is a real cinephile who turns up regularly at festivals like Cannes, Telluride and Chicago because of her love of film. She serves on festival juries and even directed a short film, 2001's "The Yellow Bird," that featured the voice of Tennessee Williams. Her ambition is to do more directing, and she certainly has a great deal of experiences to draw from, considering that she worked with several of the industry's top filmmakers throughout her career.
The instant she made her film debut in Elliott Silverstein's "The Happening" (1967), Dunaway caught Roger's attention. She "exhibits a real neat trick of resting her cheek on the back of her hand," Roger wrote in his two-and-a-half star review. Yet it was later that year in Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde," that Roger discovered her power as an actress. "The performances throughout are flawless," Roger raved in his four-star review. "Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, in the title roles, surpass anything they have done on the screen before and establish themselves (somewhat to my surprise) as major actors." He also noted that the film, as a whole, was "aimed squarely and unforgivingly at the time we are living in." Many critics misunderstood the film upon its original release, and Roger hilariously took one of them to task in a satirical article entitled, "Bonnie, Clyde and the Critics."
The following year, Dunaway appeared opposite Steve McQueen in Norman Jewison's "The Thomas Crown Affair." Though Roger wasn't crazy about the film, giving it two-and-a-half stars, he admired how both actors "cunningly seduced" each other. "After the initial suspense falls off, we're left with a love affair between McQueen and Faye Dunaway, who plays the insurance investigator," wrote Roger. "Give the girl credit, she's better than Nancy Sinatra playing Elvis Presley's internal revenue agent in 'Speedway.' Her detection methods are more advanced, too: She looks at a stack of suspects' photographs, points at McQueen's, and says, 'That's the one.' Only a man would ask how she knew."
Another flawed film from a great director, Elia Kazan's "The Arrangement" (1969), "drew nourishment from the remarkable performances" of Dunaway and her co-star, Kirk Douglas. "They're the best things in the film, achieving effects even when Kazan's script is at its most uncomfortable," observed Roger in his two-and-a-half star review. "[They] move through this confusion with so much self-confidence that we become involved with their characters, and the movie almost works. […] Dunaway interacts well and sensitively with Douglas, and the scenes involving their affair form a separate story (almost apart from the confusion of the main event) that is absorbing and real."
Dunaway then re-teamed with Penn for "Little Big Man," which earned four stars from Roger. She also starred in Frank Perry's western, "Doc" (1971), which Roger gave three-and-a-half stars. Yet it was in his three-star review of Stanley Kramer's "Oklahoma Crude" (1973) that Roger noted how Dunaway had never topped the work she did in "Bonnie and Clyde," and said that her career had been "rather absentminded" ever since. He praised her performance in "Oklahoma Crude," saying that she played the role with "a great deal of style," while adding, "Perhaps she has decided to get back to acting."
Roger's suspicions were confirmed the following year in Roman Polanski's "Chinatown," a "1940s private-eye movie" that, according to Roger's four-star review, "doesn't depend on nostalgia or camp for its effect, but works because of the enduring strength of the genre itself. In some respects, this movie actually could have been made in the 1940s." Dunaway had another triumph the year after with Sydney Pollack's "Three Days of the Condor" (1975). In his three-and-a-half star review, Roger called Dunaway's character "the very embodiment of pluck," and said that, "She has three lines of dialogue that brings the house down. They're obscene and funny and poignant all at once, and Dunaway delivers them just marvelously."
After previously receiving Best Actress Oscar nominations for "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Chinatown," Dunaway finally won the trophy for her performance in Sidney Lumet's "Network" (1976). Though Roger gave the film four stars at the time, he admitted that it was flawed, calling it, "a supremely well-acted, intelligent film that tries for too much, that attacks not only television but also most of the other ills of the 1970s." However, he had nothing but praise for the film's leading lady. "Watch her closely as they're deciding what will finally have to be done about their controversial anchorman," wrote Roger. "The scene would be hard to believe—if she weren't in it." He also noted that the film, like "Bonnie and Clyde," was remarkably timely. "Twenty-five years ago, this movie would have seemed like a fantasy; now it's barely ahead of the facts," observed Roger.
There are also several gems in the later years of Dunaway's career that are well worth seeking out, as catalogued in Roger's reviews. He gave four stars to Barbet Schroeder's "Barfly" (1987), which contained dialogue scenes between Dunaway and Mickey Rourke that "are never less than a pleasure," and in one particular case, "poetry." "Rourke and Dunaway take their characters as opportunities to stretch as actors, to take changes and do extreme things," wrote Roger. "The result is a truly original American movie, a film like no other, a period of time spent in the company of the kinds of characters Saroyan and O'Neill would have understood, the kinds of people we try not to see, and yet might enjoy more than some of our more visible friends."
Emir Kusturica's "Arizona Dream" (1995) cast Dunaway alongside Johnny Depp and Jerry Lewis, and if that alone doesn't compel you to see it, Roger's review will. Giving it three stars, the critic said "Arizona Dream" contained "wonderful sights," which included Dunaway, and said that the film was "goofier than hell—you can't stop watching because nobody in the audience, and possibly nobody on the screen, has any idea what's going to happen next." Even in films that didn't work, Dunaway would often improve them considerably, such as Volker Schlondorff's "The Handmaid's Tale" (1990), where she co-starred with Robert Duvall. "Duvall and Dunaway provide the best moments in the movie, he by showing the unconscious egotism of the male libido, she by showing that in all times and all weathers, some kinds of women will gauge their happiness by the degree to which their family's exterior appearance matches the accepted values of society," wrote Roger in his two-star review. And in John McTiernan's 1999 remake of "The Thomas Crown Affair," Roger's two-and-a-half star review argues that Dunaway "had more electricity in 1968 and still does" compared to the woman cast in her original role.
Around that same time, Roger inducted three of Dunaway's films into his Great Movies series. He again praised her "seductive performance" in "Network," and her portrayal in "Chinatown" of "a cool, elegant woman who sometimes—especially when her father is mentioned—seems fragile as china." Yet for Roger, "Bonnie and Clyde" stood in a category all its own. "When I saw it, I had been a film critic for less than six months, and it was the first masterpiece I had seen on the job," Roger reflected. "I felt an exhilaration beyond describing. I did not suspect how long it would be between such experiences, but at least I learned that they were possible."
In closing, allow us to share an apocryphal story from the 2011 Cannes Film Festival in which Dunaway reportedly delivered a line for the ages. She was walking up the steps to attend a screening, and a security guard halted her. "Madame, where's your ticket?" he asked. She didn't have one. Instead, she pointed to the towering festival banner displaying her face and replied, "There's my ticket."
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Cebu City (11 October) -- The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) is implementing strict security measures at the ports area through the inspection of all passengers who arrive in Cebu to prevent the entry of criminals and fugitives.
CPA general manager Angelo verdant said, "We want to help Cebu's local government units reduce crime rate and prevent the entry of criminals." Since it is the primary responsibility of authorities of the ports of origin, Verdan added, they are closely coordinating with them and also with the Philippine National Police (PNP).
The CPA will require all passengers to pass the X-ray and walk-through machines before boarding the vessels. With the strict implementation of security at the ports, CPA expects that gunrunners, illegal traders of firecrackers and pyrotechnics can not ship their illegal goods from Cebu to the Visayas and Mindanao areas. Verdan is confident that hired guns and robbers could not bring their firearms to Cebu.
"Passengers entering Cebu who bring unlicensed firearms and without a permit to carry will be immediately disarmed at the port," Verdan said.
Meantime, Chester Cokaliong, general manager of Cokaliong shipping lines said, his firm requires identification cards (ID) when buying tickets and even those boarding the vessels. However, Cokaliong, who is also the president of the Visayan Association of Ferryboats and Coastwise Service operators (VAFCSO) is not aware if other shipping lines implement the same policy.
In the national scene, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported that the incidence of street crimes in the country has gone down by 42% during the 3rd quarter of 2006 from 4,175 in the same period last year to 2,404.
PNP chief of directorate for operations, P/dir. Wilfredo Garcia said, that of the number, a 48% decrease in drug pushing or from 1,889 cases in the 3rd quarter of 2005 to 982 in the same period this year has been noted. Robbery also declined by 19%; theft by 52%; swindling by 60% and physical injury by 47%, Garcia added.


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Lily is featured in a new photoshoot for The Telegraph. You can read the full interview below!
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THE TELEGRAPH – She's known for playing warm, fizzy characters, from Cinderella to Donna in Mamma Mia!, but are we about to see a different, deeper Lily James?
Lily James and I are on our knees in her dressing room in the basement of the Noël Coward Theatre, packing away her belongings. It is her last day playing duplicitous, ambitious Eve Harrington (opposite Gillian Anderson in the Bette Davis role as Margo Channing) in the celebrated, sell-out 14-week run of All About Eve directed by Ivo Van Hove. James has two shows remaining – a matinee and an evening performance – followed by a celebratory dinner at J Sheekey.
'And tomorrow I'm meant to be flying to Croatia to spend a week on a boat, sharing a cabin with [friend and fellow actor] Freddie Fox,' she explains as we stuff a holdall with teabags, biscuits, sunglasses and a framed picture of her actor grandmother, Helen Horton, who was the voice of 'Mother', the computer in Alien. 'She was so glamorous, like a woman from a 1950s movie, so I had her with me for the run,' says James. She can't decide whether or not to go to Croatia. She doesn't want to let her friends down, but life has been hectic and she yearns for a break.
After the trip she will go straight into two weeks of rehearsals and then filming for Rebecca. She will play Daphne du Maurier's enigmatic ingénue, the second Mrs de Winter, opposite Armie Hammer, in the film by British director Ben Wheatley, who also made Kill List and High-Rise. And in a couple of weeks there will be the premiere of her new film, Yesterday, a modern-day fable about fame written by Richard Curtis and directed by Danny Boyle.
The film depicts a parallel world in which the music of the Beatles has somehow been erased from the collective memory, except for one down-on-his-luck musician, Jack Malik, played by newcomer Himesh Patel, whose unique knowledge of the Beatles back catalogue enables him to become a singer-songwriter sensation, leapfrogging a bemused Ed Sheeran – playing himself for laughs – and leaving Suffolk for Los Angeles.
James plays maths teacher Ellie, Malik's best friend and sometime manager, who has been secretly in love with him since they were at school. It is the sort of fizzy, warm and open-hearted character (see also Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Cinderella, War & Peace…) James plays so well.
'I have been wanting to challenge myself and not always take these kind of roles,' she explains as we drink tea (hers in a pink mug with a big L on it). 'It was one of those parts that I thought, "I know how to do this." So I was like, "Do I want to do this now? Is this right?" And then I met Danny and he just blew my mind. He is so passionate and engaged. He was already in the top five people I wanted to work with, and combined with a Richard Curtis script… I've grown up watching his films on repeat – Notting Hill and Love Actually are part of who I am. So after the audition I rang my agent and said if Danny offers it to me, I am in – 100 per cent in, which wasn't how I thought I would feel.'
Boyle says that he knew James was right for the part after she had read just four lines in the audition. 'The Americans call it emotionality, and boy has Lily got emotionality,' he says over the phone. 'That is where her beauty comes from. People think it is from her physical beauty, but it isn't, it is actually from her emotional honesty.'
James is delightful company, polite and kind – opening two massive packets of expensive chocolate for us to share – with an easy smile and laughter that morphs into proper snorting. But there has been a subtle shift in the parts that she is drawn to – fewer corsets, more psychological complexity. In 2017, she starred in Baby Driver, a stylised heist movie set in Atlanta in which she played a waitress who lures a getaway driver (Ansel Elgort) away from petty criminality.
In All About Eve, the youthful Eve Harrington reveres, stalks and then supplants her hero, Margo Channing, who has been playing the parts of women 20 years her junior. In real life, James found working with Gillian Anderson instructive. 'I learnt so much watching her. I act so much from instinct, whereas Gillian sculpted and fine-tuned Margo from day one of rehearsals, like a piece of art.'
James was drawn to the role of Eve because she felt it tapped into things she recognised in herself. 'The need to try to feel full and wanting more. But that can end up being a negative rather than positive. It's too fast, it's too quick, it's too toxic. It will never be enough and makes you unhappy.'
She explains that her bubbly persona doesn't always reflect how she feels, that it is something she has learnt to put on, to conceal anxieties, stress and self-consciousness. 'I can operate quite well in a certain level of who I am, but there is a part of me that I find harder to communicate.
'I think that is how I have learnt to cope with work and the press and life. It is a mechanism, but then the divide sometimes feels like it gets too big between who you are and who you show to the world… and then I think, "Is it all in my head? Am I this person or am I that person?"'
Lily James was raised in Esher, Surrey, with two brothers – one older, Charlie, and one younger, Sam. It was a semi-rural childhood, outdoorsy and adventurous. Her mother, Ninette Thomson, was a travel agent who gave up work to look after her family. Her father, James Thomson, was an actor, a musician, an entrepreneur and his daughter's hero. 'He was so artistic and so bold. He had such a wild time. There were periods of his life when he went at it hard, like in the '70s when he was an actor living on Sunset Boulevard with a musician friend, when everyone was taking acid.'
Around this time, before he had a family, Thomson was in a terrible car crash. 'My dad had big scars over his face and his shoulders. The scarring was so bad he suddenly went from a romantic lead to a gangster.' He nearly died, so it must have felt like he had been given a second chance. 'There was so much life in him. He was brilliant,' says James. He made the world fun and fantastical for his family, with stories and music. 'In all our home videos I am singing and he is playing the guitar.'
James Thomson died of cancer in 2008, aged 54. This came on the heels of the death of his brother, Lily's uncle, Bruce, who had motor neurone disease, and of her grandmother, who had gone back to America to care for her son. 'She died just before I got into drama school,' says James. 'I remember I was working at The Albert Arms [in Esher] with my brother. My parents arrived at the pub and told us and it was really sad. A lot of my family died in the space of five years, but I am glad that my grandma died before my dad, because if she had seen that… it was like our whole family was suddenly…' James pauses.
Her mother held the family together. 'I haven't always been the easiest daughter and life can be so hard, but she is the most amazing mum, kind and dedicated and my support in everything. I love her so much.'
James went from the Tring Park School for the Performing Arts to the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where she befriended Freddie Fox, who introduced her to the agent Angharad Wood. She changed her name from Lily Thomson to Lily James to honour her father (the screen saver on her phone is also a photo of her dad).
Once she left drama school she quickly began to win roles – in ITV's Secret Diary of a Call Girl with Billie Piper, and as Lady Rose MacClare in Downton Abbey. 'I was definitely thrown in at the deep end,' she says of Downton. 'The first scene I shot was with Maggie Smith. I was so in awe. She gave me a Sarah Bernhardt book, which I treasure.'
It was on the set of Downton that James learnt she had won the part of Cinderella in Kenneth Branagh's reworking of the fairy tale for Disney. She was delighted, covering the walls of her bedroom with images that made her feel like Cinderella, writing diaries in the voice of the character, but it was a tough part, particularly the scene in which Cinderella is told that her father is dead. 'I couldn't really go there. Sometimes there was coldness to me around that.' James says that for a time she closed herself off from her sadness and feels like this affected her work. 'I was trying so hard to just hold on to something. I think I became a bit tough. As an actor you can't do that.'
It has been over a decade since her father died and these days James finds it easier to talk about him. 'Sometimes when I speak I feel relaxed, like talking to you and knowing that you understand [my father died a year after James's], I feel completely at peace and calm. But there are other times when I feel more on edge. If I have to explain something then I can get really upset. It is almost like you feel embarrassed for other people or you have to protect them. We are trying always to be happy, but unhappiness is just as real, just as important an emotion. And if you are closing yourself [from it] you are closing yourself off from other people.'
In April, James turned 30. She celebrated by inviting 15 of her school friends to a performance of All About Eve, followed by a dinner at Mark's Club, where she played the dinner-party playlists that her father had recorded on to cassette tapes for her mother years before, featuring artists like Edith Piaf, Nick Drake and the Stones. There was also a 'big blowout' party at The Box nightclub in Soho. 'I took over the downstairs… I could barely speak for a week afterwards.'
James is relaxed about being 30. She has always looked forward to reaching an age when 'you know what you feel, what you want, what you are about, when you don't have to try to be something'. She says she feels more grounded than she did in her early 20s. 'As I get older I want to settle into a life that feels like it has continuity. Sometimes I am just desperately scouring my diary for a day that coincides with Matt.'
Her partner is the actor Matt Smith, whom she met on the set of the anarchic period film Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. At the time there was a sort of geekish glee about Doctor Who dating Cinderella. 'It was like a weird sci-fi universe,' says James. And as a couple they do have a combined charisma that is electric, lighting up the room when they walk into a party, her all arms and hair on the dance floor, him insisting that everyone comes along with them to the next bar, the next club.
The couple live together in a rented flat in Tufnell Park in north London, where dinner tends to be 'by Deliveroo', or something from the local butcher, 'but we have to ask them how to cook it'. And on those rare days off together (if they have avoided 'getting so excited about having a day off that you drink too much the night before so the day off is a total write-off'), they might go to a pub in nearby Hampstead with actor friends like Douglas Booth, Richard Madden and Jenna Coleman, an art exhibition (the last one was Picasso at Tate Modern), or the cinema. 'Our local has sticky carpets and people eating sweets really loudly, but I love it.'
James hopes that the next stage in her life will be buying somewhere, possibly in the countryside. She will not be drawn on whether this house purchase will be with Smith, or whether they will be getting married and having children any time soon. 'There is more interest because we are both in the industry, so you have to be more protective. It is a weird thing to say, but I feel really proud that there aren't too many photographs of us online. We don't really do many official things together, because it feels like that [the relationship] is just for us.'
But James does say that a family is something that is vitally important to her, and more than anything she is looking forward to being a parent, to creating a life for her children that is full of 'freedom and mystical worlds. I can't wait for that, it is so exciting.'
In the meantime, she wants to continue taking her career in new directions, challenging people's perception of her. She is excited about the role in Rebecca, reading the book again to immerse herself in its manipulations. 'It is told in the narrator's voice, so really she could be anyone. Just because she says, "I was so nervous," doesn't mean she was. It ties in with how I am feeling at the moment – that there is a surface and then there is something else.'
James is also planning to set up a production company with Marene van Holk, a friend from drama school. The company will be called Titus, after the 'twisted and ugly' plant they had in the flat they used to share. She wants to set up the company partly so that she can be part of the creative process from the start rather than just turning up in the middle and getting 'a little lost' in someone else's creative vision. At first, she imagines, it will just be small theatrical productions, with actors that she has known for years, one of whom might be Matt Smith.
'I would really like to work with him. He is an extraordinary actor, the way he can transform… But I am looking for an artistic experience that feels right and raw and correct and deep and a journey. Something that feels really fulfilling. It would not be Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, let's put it that way!'
We have been talking for over an hour and the bell calling James to the stage has gone twice. 'Oh God, I've really got to go,' she says, changing out of her Sandro tea dress into tracksuit bottoms and a striped top. 'But you don't have to rush, stay as long as you like,' she says, leaving me in her dressing room with the boxes of champagne that she will be giving to the cast and crew once the last show is over.
When we talked about her father, James told me that she believes 'you go alongside with them regardless', that our lost loved ones are still with us, watching us. In which case, James Thomson must be very proud of his talented and passionate daughter, who honours his memory by living life to its utmost. And yes, she did go to Croatia.
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Repeal of North Carolina's 'Bathroom Bill' leaves no protections for LGBTQ+ community
Post author:Jason D'Amours
In March 2016, North Carolina legislators passed a bill that required people to use the restrooms and locker rooms that corresponded to the sex on their birth certificate and barred local municipalities from instituting their own antidiscrimination policies. It instead created a new statewide policy that did not mention protections for LGBTQ+ people.
The bill, signed by then Governor Pat McCrory (R-NC), was titled House Bill 2 and sparked nationwide protest and contestation. Public rallies and statements in support and opposition of HB2 and Governor McCrory by civil rights groups and politicians ensued.
"They specifically left gays, lesbians and the transgender community out of the antidiscrimination policy," Sarah Preston, the executive director for the North Carolina office of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), said in an interview with The New York Times. "They want to make it plain that they think that kind of discrimination is O.K."
On March 30, over a year since the passage of HB2, newly elected Governor Roy Cooper (D-NC) signed a repeal of HB2 after it passed the majority Republican legislature. House Bill 142 eliminates the requirement that transgender people use the public facilities that correspond to the sex on their birth certificate. However, HB142 mandates that only state legislators, not local municipalities, can determine rules for public restrooms, locker rooms and other facilities. Although HB142 repealed the restriction on local municipalities from creating their own antidiscrimination policies, it further restricts them from instituting such policies until December 2020.
The ACLU announced on Twitter that the repeal of HB2 is a "fake repeal" for "leaving all LGBT North Carolinians unprotected from discrimination" and that it is "more than [an] economic issue," in reference to the Associated Press report that by not repealing HB2, North Carolina could face a $3.76 billion loss in business over the next 12 years. The ACLU launched a petition calling on the N.C.A.A., who have withheld economic interests from North Carolina, from "being fooled by North Carolina's so-called HB2 'repeal' law."
In effect, North Carolina is faced with a repeal that fails to provide an antidiscrimination policy that protects LGBTQ+ people and one that puts "basketball over civil rights," the ACLU said in a tweet.
Information for this article was gathered from nytimes.com and twitter.com/aclu.


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Advancing towards Syria, the French army under General Jean-Baptiste Kleber found its passage blocked near the border by a fort at El Arish.
The garrison, some 2500 determined defenders, refused to surrender and sat tight within the fort while the French captured its surrounds and brought up cannons with which to blast open a breach.
The 8-pounders did little damage to the strong walls and when an impatient Napoleon Bonaparte arrived to discover the cause of the delay to the advance, he ordered heavier guns into action.
After two days under a ferocious bombardment the defenders finally agreed to give up. Despite giving their parole, most of them then returned to fight Bonaparte at Jaffa.
The siege of El Arish cost Bonaparte 10 precious days and had allowed his enemies time to fully prepare a defence at the formidable fortress at Acre. Bonaparte's chances of victory were now virtually destroyed.


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The Deed is a game in which you must commit a murder and then, through a process of making the right choices and planting the appropriate evidence, convince the authorities of your innocence and somebody else's guilt. The stand-alone expansion Dynasty offers three new scenarios based on this original concept.
Taking place in three different eras, each of these new scenarios allows you to explore the sordid ancestry of the Bruce family as you take control of a character who aims to commit a murder and escape free of suspicion by framing one of the other characters in the game. You will explore a 15th century English castle and a wild west frontier saloon, before finally returning to Dunshiel House fifty years prior to the events of the original game.
Just as in The Deed, every decision you make can influence the outcome and lead to one of many possible endings, which are even more varied and numerous this time. There are many ways to do the deed, multiple pieces of evidence to use to your advantage and a wide selection of characters to frame for your crime.
Explore the Setting
This expansion aims to provide richer and more varied environments which immerse the player in the various historical time periods of the game, whether it's Medieval England under the reign of Henry IV, a violent frontier town in the Old West or a grand old estate in the Victorian era.
Each scenario contains a number of non-player characters, some of whom are based on real historical figures, and almost all of whom can be framed for the murder. The conversation system has been developed and improved, offering a greater amount of control for the player and more branching options which will lead to a more unique experience every time.
Choose the Murder Weapon
Choose from various murder weapons appropriate to the time period in which you find yourself, whether it's a medieval greatsword, a pair of household scissors or a good old-fashioned six-shooter. Figure out which method of murder is likely to point towards a character other than yourself.
Plant the Evidence
Items of evidence can be used in multiple ways to raise the suspicion of the authorities. Think carefully about which piece of evidence could be used to frame which characters, depending on where you plant it.
Face the Authorities
There's no question that the stakes are higher this time. Life in prison is one thing – but what about finding yourself on the headsman's block or strung up at the gallows for a grisly public execution?
Life could be brutal in the olden times, and so could the death of a convicted criminal. Can you manage to do the deed while also avoiding such a terrible fate?
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