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What is the message of Romeo and Juliet?
HomeRules of writingWhat is the message of Romeo and Juliet?
Love is naturally the play's dominant and most important theme. The play focuses on romantic love, specifically the intense passion that springs up at first sight between Romeo and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet, love is a violent, ecstatic, overpowering force that supersedes all other values, loyalties, and emotions.
Is Romeo and Juliet a true story?
"Romeo and Juliet" was based on the life of two real lovers who lived in Verona, Italy 1303, and who died for each other. Shakespeare is reckoned to have discovered this tragic love story in Arthur Brooke's 1562 poem entitled "The Tragical History of Romeo and Juliet" and rewrote it as a tragic story.
What does Romeo say when he kills Paris?
Romeo is reluctant to kill Paris, because he is concerned only with dying himself and entreats Paris to leave. Romeo says to Paris, "By heaven I love thee better than myself." He responded similarly to Tybalt's insults in Act III, Scene 1, "But [I] love thee better than thou canst devise."
Why does Paris blame Romeo for Juliet's death?
Paris blames Romeo for Juliet's death because she "died out of grief." He tries to explain that he is only there to harm himself and that Paris should leave before something happens. We know this because after he kills him, Romeo looks at Paris in grief. All he wanted to do was to die with Juliet.
Why do we need to read Romeo and Juliet?
By reading Romeo and Juliet students will receive more knowledge. Another reason that reading Romeo and Juliet in schools is a great idea is because it is a two in one lesson. Reading Romeo and Juliet in school makes teaching easier and makes learning a two in one combo.
Are Romeo and Juliet's deaths just a tragic accident if not who is responsible?
Many people believe Friar Lawrence, the Nurse, or even Romeo or Juliet are most to blame for the tragedy. The second reason Romeo is to blame for him and Juliet's death is that Romeo decides to avenge Mercutio's death by killing Tybalt. Romeo should have been able to hold his anger against Tybalt and not kill him.
How does Romeo and Juliet impact our world today?
Romeo and Juliet perfectly capture the rush of being in love and the desire to make that feeling, that one moment in time, last forever despite daunting circumstances. The violence of the play also speaks volumes about the needlessness of the deaths in today's society, especially since it all occurs amongst youth.
Why is Romeo and Juliet still so popular today?
Romeo and Juliet is still so popular because of its use of themes. One of the countless reasons 'Romeo and Juliet' is still so popular, is because of the play's use of relatable universal themes. One example of a relatable universal theme: is love and hate can drive people to do outrageous things.
How did Romeo and Juliet die?
Hearing from his servant that Juliet is dead, Romeo buys poison from an Apothecary in Mantua. Romeo takes his poison and dies, while Juliet awakens from her drugged coma. She learns what has happened from Friar Laurence, but she refuses to leave the tomb and stabs herself.
Who caused the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?
At the end of the play, Romeo and Juliet both commit suicide. Although they killed themselves, there were other factors that led them to their demise. The three major causes of Romeo and Juliet's deaths were bad choices, adult interference, and bad luck.
Is Romeo and Juliet relevant to a modern audience?
Although it is old, Romeo and Juliet is still relevant and important to peoples' lives. The themes used in it are the themes that people enjoy, Shakespeare invented a lot of words people use today, and good for education. Romeo and Juliet is still a great play, still has a impact and entertain contemporary audience.
Why are Romeo's last words Thus with a kiss I die also ironic?
What are Romeo's last words, and why are they ironic? Romeo said Thus with a kiss I die, and it's ironic because happy (kiss, love) and sad (death) are together.
What does Romeo say before he drinks the poison?
(ROMEO kisses JULIET and takes out the poison) Come, bitter poison, come, unsavory guide! You desperate pilot, let's crash this sea-weary ship into the rocks! Here's to my love! ROMEO drinks the poison.
What is the last thing Romeo does before he dies?
What is the last thing Romeo does before he dies. He kisses Juliet.
Why did it take Capulet so long to realize how much he loved Juliet?
It took long to realize how much Capulet loved his daughter, because of how strict and ignorant he was towards his daughter on the matter of marriage. For example when Juliet refuses to marry Paris because she was already secretly married too Romeo Capulet yelled at her saying " Hang thee, young baggage!
Who does Paris blame for Juliet's death and why?
Paris believes that Juliet has died due to grieve of Tybalt and he has Romeo to blame because he was the one that killed Tybalt.
Why do we still read Shakespeare today?
Shakespeare's work is still relevant today because we can compare ourselves to the characters, works from a long time ago can still be relevant, and talking about the plays can possibly build friendships. The Bard's work is not irrelevant, and he is still one of the greatest writers of all time.
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Universities and other higher education institutions operate in an increasingly international environment. Many of them run international marketing campaigns and recruit students on a global scale. But even those which do not engage in such activities are flooded with student applications from all over the world. Therefore, policies and instruments for the admission of international students are rapidly gaining in importance. In this situation, institutions are desperately looking for admission models which will both help them get the "right" students and rationalise their administrative procedures. But there is hardly any literature to guide them in this endeavour. The present study tries to change this. It examines admissions policies and tools in different countries, in order to identify a range of models and procedures for the effective and efficient handling of international student admissions and selection.


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Karakalpak, Black Hat in Uzbekistan
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720,000 Karakalpak Islam 0.00 % 0.00 %
The Karakalpaks ("Kara" meaning black, and "Kalpak" meaning hat) live primarily in northwestern Uzbekistan with smaller populations in Turkey, Iran and other central Asian countries.
The Karakalpaks emerged as a confederation of tribes at some time in the 15th or 16th centuries. They are genetically highly heterogeneous. During the 1500s, they became virtually independent, although definitely not united. Unfortunately, their independence was short lived. Over the next 200 years, they became subjects of the Dzungarians, the Bukharans, and the Kazaks. The Dzungarians forced them to flee in two directions. One group, the upper Karakalpaks, went up the Syr Darya River to the Ferghana Basin. The second, the lower Karakalpaks, moved closer to the Aral Sea.
Before the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Karakalpaks were a loose alliance of semi-nomadic tribes. However, in the 1920s, the Karakalpak republic was established in Uzbekistan. The Karakalpak republic in Uzbekistan is a combination of the old Khivan Khanate and the Khorezm People's Republic. This region is extremely dry and rarely receives more than 4.5 inches of rain a year.
The Karakalpak tribes are divided into clans called uru. The uru are further sub-divided into family groups called koshes. The members of a koshe are the descendants of a common male ancestor. They share land and are extremely loyal to each other.
The Karakalpak language is divided into two dialects: northeastern, which is very similar to Kazak, and southwestern, which is more similar to Uzbek. Their language had no written script until 1930.
Agriculture dominates the Karakalpak economy. Most of the farm land is irrigated by water from the Amu Darya River. In Uzbekistan, cotton is the major crop, accounting for much of the farm land and nearly all of the country's income. Feed crops such as alfalfa compose nearly one-fourth of the sown area. The farmers also raise livestock for meat. Approximately half of their herds are sheep and goats.
For several decades the Soviet government diverted water from the tributaries of the Aral Sea and used it to irrigate the region's cotton fields. As a result, the sea has shrunk considerably. Consequently, the water that does reach the sea is usually filled with fertilizer, sewage, and pesticides.
Today, most Karakalpaks live along the major rivers and irrigation channels. Some reside along the main railroad line, while others live along the old shoreline of the Aral Sea. Most Karakalpaks live in single story houses with concrete or wooden floors, the rest live in Soviet style apartment blocks. Karakalpaks living in cities or towns engage in light industrial activities.
The Karakalpaks are generally poor and unemployment is high, but people do what they can to make a living, working on their vegetable plots and gardens, fishing, selling at markets, raising some livestock, doing casual or seasonal jobs, etc. There is no social security system, just a network of local makankenes committees who can provide temporary support for the really destitute.
Karakalpak societies are patrilineal, which means that the line of descent is traced through the males. Large families are the ideal, and the nuclear family is composed of as many as four generations in the same household. The Karakalpaks believe that families who share meals together will stay very close.
The majority of Karakalpak boys and girls receive schooling up to the age of 15 or 16. Although school attendances have fallen since independence, the great majority of both boys and girls are still enrolled in primary schools. Literacy rates are quite high. Many women hold senior positions in various walks of life. These are some of the positive legacies of the Soviet period.
Karakalpaks were once known for their expertise in weaving. However the art of Karakalpak weaving died out in the 1940s. There are only a few dozen expert Karakalpak weavers remaining today. Karakalpaks adorn their homes and yurts (summer tents used by many of the rural people), with decorative carpets, wall hangings, macrame, and wide-fringed belts. They are also recognized for their excellence in work with leather, wood, and bone. Their music reflects an ancient oral tradition and the native songs are diverse in type and theme.
The Karakalpaks are Sunni Muslims of the Hanafite branch. "Sunni," is derived from the Islamic term, sunnah, which means "well-trodden path." It is believed that the correct path is that of the majority. Therefore, the tradition of the Sunni is political conformism.
The Karakalpak Republic is also one of the major centers for the Sufi sect of Islam. Some Sufi Muslims are known for practicing self-hypnosis which is induced by frenzied dancing and chanting.
Health issues are a concern among the Karakalpak. The main causes of Karakalpak health problems are a combination of poverty and poor diet, the collapse of the former Soviet health system and the pollution of water supplies by herbicides and defoliants formerly used on the cotton crop. However there have been recent definite improvements in Karakalpak health care. Infant mortality, once a problem, has declined to approximately 1.8% (2003) thanks to many projects and initiatives and the trend continues downward. The incidence of certain diseases like tuberculosis, anaemia, thyroid ailments, and cancers is higher in the Aral delta than in other parts of Central Asia, but the trend is downward and encouraging.
Very few Karakalpaks have ever heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ; and among those who have heard, very few have responded. There are only a few reported church members in the republic.
* Pray that the Lord will send Christian medical teams to work among the Karakalpaks.
* Pray for a clean water source for the Karakalpaks.
* Ask the Lord to call people who are willing to go to Uzbekistan and share Christ with the Karakalpaks.
* Pray that the non-religious Karakalpaks will begin searching for the Truth.
* Ask God to strengthen, encourage, and protect the few known Christians and for the Lord to raise up strong local churches among the Karakalpak.
* Pray that these believers will have opportunities to share the Gospel with their own people.
* Ask the Holy Spirit to soften the hearts of the Karakalpaks towards Christians so that they will be receptive to the Gospel.View Karakalpak, Black Hat in all countries.
Location in Country: Qoraqalpog iston, Navoiy, Buxoro, and Xorazm regions; along lower Amu Darya, south Aral Sea area.
(Source: Ethnologue 2016)
People Name in Country: Karakalpak, Black Hat
People Name General: Karakalpak
Black Hat Kara-Kalpak
Karapapakh Qaraqalpaqs
Qoraqalpogs करकलपक
Indigenous: Yes
Population in Country: 720,000
Population all Countries: 790,000
People Cluster: Kazakh
Ethnic Code: MSY41s
Primary Language: Karakalpak
Language Code (ISO): kaa Ethnologue Listing
GSEC Status: Level 2 Less than 2% Evangelical. Initial (localized) church planting within past 2 years
Bible Portions: 1996
Complete Bible: None Reported
Film / Video Jesus Film: view in Karakalpak
Text / Printed Matter Bible: Qaraqalpaqsha (Қарақалп� ...
Kazakh Asia, Central
Karakalpak Uzbekistan
Islam Karakalpak
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Each day, Plant Manager Roxie Simon and her leadership team will walk around the network of buildings, tubes and silos that make up Ingredion's Cedar Rapids facility to check on employees.
They'll ask about their work, what's going well and what could be improved.
These "listening tours," as Simon called them, are meant to help the plant create "a culture of inclusion and engagement." In turn, Simon and her team hope that culture makes the plant "the manufacturer of choice" in Cedar Rapids, aiding recruitment and retention of employees — and adding more women to their ranks.
If the plant can create that culture and express that to their hiring base, the thinking goes, a greater diversity of talented candidates will come to the table for an interview.
"The more we can educate people and get them to the table to interview, I think that's going to help our ability in manufacturing to hire the best talent. And I do believe that if we can get more women to the table to interview, I think that we will hire more women," Simon said.
Simon, 38, is the first female plant manager at the Ingredion facility in its 124-year history. In that role, she finds herself in rare company not only as a woman in leadership with a manufacturer, but as a woman in the industry.
Even though women make up 48 percent of Iowa's workforce, they are less than 28 percent of those employed in the state's manufacturing industry, according to 2016 U.S. Census data. That's slightly less than the percentage of women employed in the industry across the United States.
At the same time, women tend to make less than their male counterparts in manufacturing. In Iowa, median annual earnings for men in manufacturing falls around $57,600, while for women it is about $41,700.
Industry members said that while women may avoid entering manufacturing because they think it's male-dominated, the bigger issue is the "dirty, dark and dangerous" stigma that has plagued manufacturers for years.
"Whether they are men or women, the younger generation is not attracted to manufacturing as they are other industries," said Karin Peterson, vice president of human resources for Pella Corp., a window and door maker in Pella.
Dan Martin, Industrial Technologies Dean at Kirkwood Community College, said the school has seen more women enroll its in manufacturing-based classes, but would like to see even more.
Allison Grealis, president and founder of Women in Manufacturing, said there's a lack of understanding of how women can fit within manufacturing, and then — if they do find a position — companies often don't have programs in place to help advance those women into leadership roles.
"Sharing and highlighting these outstanding and very successful women in manufacturing can help inspire and educate a lot of younger women or people making career decisions about, 'Wow, that might be something that I want to do,'" said Grealis, whose Independence, Ohio-based organization promotes women in the industry.
Peterson also pointed to a lack of child care in Iowa and the rigidity of manufacturing schedules as possible deterrents for women interested in the field.
"Whether we like it or not, women are still the primary — not in every case — but women carry a pretty big load of child care. More and more, couples are sharing that, but it's those years that women feel the most pressure between work and home," she said.
Iowa companies, including manufacturers, long have said they're having a difficult time filling open jobs. Iowa's 2.7 percent unemployment rate — the lowest its been in 17 years — has made finding applicants even harder.
"That is exacerbated by the graying of the workforce and people who are retiring out, the baby boomers. There's a little bit of a perfect storm happening for the employers," Martin said.
As manufacturers struggle and compete with each other to find talent and the nation's workforce becomes more diverse, they'll need to give themselves the ability to recruit from all walks of life to stay relevant, industry members said.
"I definitely see improvement and I see companies having the right mind-set to realize that to be successful and to fill all of these open positions that so many are struggling to fill that you can't just look at one gender, that you have to look at the entire population, and whether they be female or a different ethnicity, that they need to look at a diverse pool of candidates to fill these positions," Grealis said.
Ingredion acquired the Cedar Rapids plant when it bought ingredients company Penford Corp. in 2015.
The plant itself sits on about 30 acres in southwest Cedar Rapids and has more than 200 employees. It processes about 87,000 bushels of corn a day into starch and ethanol.
Simon started there in July 2017. She is now one of four female plant managers Ingredion has at its 11 U.S. locations, spokeswoman Becca Hary said. Just three years ago, that number was zero.
Hary said the company's North American leadership team started a push four years ago to enhance its talent pool.
"The pipeline of female candidates wasn't strong and there was a need to attract and develop top talent more aggressively," she said in an email.
Simon said that work and the fact that when she was hired, Ingredion's CEO was a woman, gave her confidence in the business.
"Just seeing that and having a role model at that level, said to me, 'Wow, this company really values that and they're not afraid of the stigma and (will) put whoever is the most talented in that role, which just happened to be at that time a female,'" Simon recalled.
At the time, Ilene Gordon was chief executive of Ingredion, a Fortune 500 company. Only 24 companies on the 2018 Fortune 500 list had female CEOs, down from 32 in 2017, the business magazine reported.
Ingredion announced in September 2017 that James Zallie would take over as its president and CEO at the start of 2018, with Gordon becoming executive chairwoman until she retires July 31.
Now, Simon said the Cedar Rapids plant plan to launch a Women of Ingredion Network group — an employee resource group for men and women to discuss and work through barriers that might exist at the plant.
"There are some unique challenges or factors with being a woman in this kind of environment. I think it's important and we shouldn't shy away from a forum where we can talk openly about that," Simon said.
"Even though it's a union plant, you had opportunities to advance up," Witham, 51, said.
"They are pretty set in their ways that this is a way we've done it, this is the way that it should be and it doesn't involve you being here. But we're making progress," she said.
Regardless, Witham said she enjoys her work and called Ingredion "a good place to work." She said she was also encouraged by a meeting the plant had in May that focused exclusively on respect in the workplace.
"It was pretty empowering for us (to hear), 'Hey, you can stand up for yourself, you can do this job. And if they stand in your way, there's someone that's going to stand beside you,'" she said.
Pella Corp.'s Peterson said manufacturing companies need to be intentional with how they go about recruiting more women and diverse employees.
"Show that you are developing women, show that you're progressing women. We have to be really intentional about this," she said.
Manufacturers also can't just hire more women to simply fill a quota, Grealis said.
"It's not just about hitting that diversity, but it's also about inclusion — once I achieve a population that's more diverse, how am I going to support an inclusive culture that those people want to stay at the organization?" Grealis said.
At the turn of the century, Pella saw census data that showed the nation's workforce becoming more diverse, Peterson said. In addition, women tend to be important decision-makers when it comes to ordering windows and doors and Pella "felt we needed more women in our business to get that diversity of thought," she said.
"We have to open ourselves up to that," Peterson said.
About a third of Pella's employees now are female and in the past 14 years, female leadership at the company has grown by 11 percent, Peterson noted.
Women in manufacturing ranked attractive pay, challenging and interesting work, and work-life balance as the most important parts of their job, according to a 2017 survey by consulting company Deloitte.
When asked what programs they believed would be the "most impactful" to keep women on board, respondents pointed to mentorship program, flexible work practices and increasing the visibility of key leaders who also can be role models.


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Q: No internet access, but DHCP gives out IP? I'm following EliTheComputerGuy's Windows Server 2012 tutorials to setup my Windows Server and office computers with Active Directory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfsXh_LSkgE
I want to setup Windows Server 2012 so all devices connected to my network get an IP address within a given range (10.x.x.x). As DHCP is enabled on the router within my building's reception and I have no way of disabling it, I can't connect the Ethernet wire supplying internet directly to my switch as this will give all devices connected to it an IP addresses within the 10.11.22.x range which I don't want as I want to create my own subnet.
Here's my setup:
Windows server with 2 NIC's:

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*NIC1 = Static IP (10.11.22.50)

*NIC2 = Static IP (10.0.0.1)

NIC1 connects to the external network using an ethernet wire coming into the building.
NIC2 connects to the switch to form my private network.
I've followed the video and all is working well so far: DHCP is working FINE and the server is giving my laptop an IP of 10.0.0.20 (20 ips are reseved as per my network setup).
However, Eli only uses 1 NIC in his video but I have two in my server and have to use two to get access to the external network and my private network.
For test purposes, I've connected my laptop to NIC2 so I can test if internet is working.
The laptop gets an IP address from DHCP but no websites can be accessed from the browser. If I ping from my laptop I get the following outputs:

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*10.0.0.1 = success

*10.11.22.50  = timeout

*10.11.22.254 = timeout

So for some reason Windows server is not letting me access the internet from external devices on my new network through the internet connection that comes to the server from NIC1.
I've already tried messing around with different routing services and disabling my firewall completely to ensure nothing is being blocked, however I'm still facing the same issue. What else can I try to get internet access working?
I appreciate this question may be slightly hard to understand, so I'm willing to provide more information (diagrams, configs, etc.) if need be.
Thanks!

A: Access to the Internet will happen after you can access the gateway, so solve that problem first.  That is, you will need for DHCP hosts to be able to ping 10.11.22.50.
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*The DHCP host is not dropping the ICMP echo request on the wire.

*The transport between the DHCP host and the gateway is not happening.

*The gateway host is not dropping the ICMP echo reply on the [right] wire.

It sounds like you have a local switch with everything hanging off that one switch, so its unlikely to be #2, assuming that DHCP is happening correctly.
To see what is happening on the wire, "wireshark" is your friend.  Install, and look at the sniffer trace.  However, until you go there you can at least review routing tables.
On the DHCP host, you need to have a routing table entry to tell it where to send packets that aren't local.  Look for something like
IPv4 Route Table
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Active Routes:
Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway       Interface  Metric
          0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0          10.0.0.1      10.0.0.X     10

If that isn't there, its the source of your problem.  Your default gateway should be supplied by the DHCP server, so recheck that configuration.
If that isn't there, then its possible that the gateway host for some reason isn't aware of the locally attached network.  (The ping to that interface is working, so its unlikely.)
I'm betting on #1.

A: Make sure you enable the NAT on the external interface on your Routing options,only then the settings you configured in your DHCP Reservation settings will work.

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LGBT (z ang. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) – skrótowiec odnoszący się do lesbijek, gejów, osób biseksualnych i transpłciowych.

Skrótowiec LGBT ma na celu podkreślenie różnorodności cechującej będące w mniejszości grupy społeczne, tworzone w oparciu o tożsamość seksualną lub płciową. Określa się nim ogół osób, które mają odmienną od heteroseksualnej orientację seksualną lub inną niż cispłciową tożsamość płciową. Skrótowiec ma zatem charakter włączający i może być stosowany w odniesieniu do każdego, kto jest nieheteroseksualny lub niecisgenderowy, w tym do osób niebinarnych, nie zaś wyłącznie do osób homoseksualnych, biseksualnych czy transpłciowych.

Aby zaakcentować szeroki zasięg znaczeniowy terminu, popularny wariant LGBTQ zawiera literę oznaczającą tych, którzy identyfikują się jako queer lub nie są pewni swojej tożsamości seksualnej (questioning). Ci, którzy chcą dodatkowo uwzględnić osoby interpłciowe, używają rozszerzonego akronimu LGBTI. Oba akronimy są niekiedy łączone, tworząc jeden wspólny akronim LGBTIQ lub LGBT+, aby objąć spektrum seksualności i tożsamości płciowych.

Termin powstał w latach 60. XX w. w USA. Do powszechnego obiegu wszedł w latach 90.

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Istnieje wiele odmian, w tym takie, które zmieniają kolejność liter; najczęściej stosowanymi określeniami są LGBT lub GLBT. Mimo identycznego znaczenia LGBT może mieć bardziej feministyczne konotacje niż GLBT, ponieważ stawia na pierwszym miejscu L (od "lesbijka").

Może również zawierać dodatkowe litery Q od terminów "queer" (oznaczającego ogół osób nie-heteroseksualnych i/lub nie-cispłciowych) lub "questioning" (odnoszącego się do osób niepewnych swojej orientacji seksualnej lub tożsamości płciowej), tworząc warianty LGBTQ i LGBTQQ.

Kolejność liter nie została ujednolicona; poza różnicami pomiędzy pozycjami początkowego L lub G, wymienione, mniej powszechne litery, jeśli są używane, mogą pojawić się w prawie dowolnej kolejności. Dłuższe skrótowce bazujące na LGBT są czasami określane w języku angielskim jako "literowa zupa" (). Te zróżnicowane terminy nie reprezentują zazwyczaj różnic politycznych w obrębie społeczności, ale wynikają po prostu z preferencji jednostek i grup.

Niektórzy używają terminu LGBT+ w znaczeniu "LGBT i pokrewne społeczności". LGBTQIA jest niekiedy używane i dodaje "queer, interpłciowość i aseksualność" do podstawowego terminu. Inne warianty mogą mieć drugie T dla transwestytów; TS lub 2 dla osób two-spirit; oraz SA lub drugie A dla "sojuszników hetero" (). Jednakże włączenie terminu "sojusznicy" do skrótu wywołuje kontrowersje, a niektórzy postrzegają włączenie "sojuszników" w miejsce "aseksualnych" jako formę wymazywania osób aseksualnych. Inni wskazują z kolei, że A odnosi się też do ludzi aromantycznych i agender.

Włączenie heteroseksualnych sojuszników do akronimu LGBT okazało się kwestią sporną, ponieważ wielu heteroseksualnych sojuszników zostało w ostatnich latach oskarżonych o wykorzystywanie poparcia dla osób LGBT w celu zdobycia popularności i statusu, a wielu aktywistów LGBT krytykowało heteronormatywny światopogląd niektórych heteroseksualnych sojuszników. Podawane są również inne argumenty przeciwko uwzględnieniu sojuszników w akronimie.

Uwzględnienie transpłciowości
Termin trans* został przyjęty przez niektóre grupy jako bardziej inkluzywna alternatywa dla terminu "transgender", gdzie trans (bez gwiazdki) jest używany do określenia transmężczyzn i transkobiet, podczas gdy termin trans* obejmuje wszystkie osoby niecispłciowe (genderqueer), w tym osoby transpłciowe, transseksualne, transwestytów, genderqueer, genderfluid, niebinarne, genderless, agender, trzeciej płci, two-spirit, bigender oraz transmężczyzn i transkobiety.

Jeśli nie uwzględnia się osób transpłciowych, zamiast LGBT używany jest krótszy termin LGB.

Alternatywne terminy

W niektórych kręgach używa się także nazwy MOGII (Marginalized Orientations, Gender Identities and Intersex) oraz SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity). Seksuologia historycznie określała osoby homoseksualne, biseksualne oraz osoby określane jako "transseksualne" (w odniesieniu do osób transpłciowych) oraz jako "transwestytów" (dwa ostatnie terminy całkowicie lub częściowo wyszły z obiegu w terminologii naukowej) zbiorczym terminem ambiseksualizm.

Krytyka terminu
Skrót LGBT nie został zaakceptowany przez wszystkich, których dotyczy. Niektóre osoby mogą nie identyfikować się jako np. lesbijka/gej, mimo że mieszczą się w definicji osoby o orientacji homoseksualnej – odczuwają pociąg seksualny do osób tej samej płci czy nawet uprawiają seks z osobami tej samej płci. Ponadto niektórzy twierdzą, że kwestie osób transpłciowych nie są takie same jak u lesbijek, gejów i osób biseksualnych (LGB). Argument ten koncentruje się na idei, że transseksualizm i transpłciowość mają związek tylko z tożsamością płciową i problemem nieakceptacji swojej płci biologicznej, a nie orientacją seksualną.

Zobacz też

 mniejszość seksualna
 SOGI
 symbole LGBT
 homofobia
 transfobia
 lesbofobia
 heteroseksizm
 Międzynarodowy Dzień Przeciw Homofobii, Transfobii i Bifobii
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Birthday 24 November, 1990
Birthplace Chichester, United Kingdom
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Claim to Fame His album "Long Way Down" (2013), BRITs' Critics' Choice Award winner
Thomas Peter Odell (born 24 November 1990) is an English singer-songwriter. He released his debut extended play, Songs from Another Love, in 2012 and won the BRITs Critics' Choice Award in early 2013. His debut studio album, Long Way Down, was issued on 24 June 2013. His second studio album, Wrong Crowd, was released on 10 June 2016. In October 2018, his third studio album, Jubilee Road was released.


If you compare yourself with others while on social media, you are not alone; such comparisons are fairly common. But if you're a mother making those comparisons,the likelihood that you'll feel worse as a result of them is increased, according to a recent study published in Computers in Human Behavior, and the number of people affected by your comparisons is potentially greater. School of Family Life Professor Sarah Coyne examined the connection between making social comparisons on social networking sites with a mothers' parenting, mental health, and romantic relationship outcomes. Results concluded that mothers making social media comparisons are affected in their parenting, mental health, and romantic relationships.
Coyne and her associates, Brandon T. McDaniel and Laura A. Stockdale, asked 721 mothers social media use, parenting behaviors, and health outcomes, for the iMom Project. Most of them were caucasian, had a college degree, and one or two children, with their youngest or only child being about 1 1/2 years old. Most of them were middle-class, married, heterosexual. Coyne's research acknowledged that people post their idealized life and best self on social media. "If people compare others' 'best selves' conveyed through social media to their own 'normal selves' or 'worst selves' this may result in increased negative social comparisons and decreased overall mental health and well-being,"she says.
With this in mind, Coyne et al. caution others to "focus on developing a positive view of self as a mother as opposed to focusing on comparing one's own self with the many idealized images and portrayals of mothers online. [This] may be helpful in mitigating the negative impact of social comparisons on social networking sites." The College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences at BYU provides many resources to support mothers in those kinds of efforts, from posts and publications on parenting, single parenting, marriage, and relationships, as well as publications and events on those topics, and places to spend family time, like the Museum of Peoples and Cultures.


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Chimi Dorji (born 22 December 1993) is a Bhutanese international footballer, currently playing for Transport United FC. He made his first appearance for the Bhutan national football team in 2009.

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The Gist: Rick Bragg on Jerry Lee Lewis, Mike Pesca on the Gruber gaffe.
Journalist Rick Bragg went deep with Jerry Lee Lewis—and lived to tell the Killer's story.
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Today on The Gist, Mike comes out with his prediction for Time's person of the year. Plus, Rick Bragg brings the greatest rock pianist of all time to life in his new biography Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story. As Bragg tells us, "When you talk about Jerry Lee Lewis getting old, you're talking about a wolf with its foot in a trap." For the Spiel, we're going Gruber.


The Giver was the 1994 novel that I never made it around to reading despite the fact everyone around me was talking about it in my seventh grade reading class. I don't know how it slipped by me and feel really bad about having never caught up with it, but I guess the fact there is now a movie adaptation heading our way is as good a motivation as any to finally dive in. As I said yesterday when posting the first trailer for The Maze Runner, the race to find the next big Young Adult franchise spun from the pages of hit novels is in full speed, but while this initial teaser trailer wants you to believe The Giver is some kind of companion piece to Divergent (which opens this Friday and where you'll likely see this playing prior), the nature of the novel itself feels very different than the dystopian trilogies that have saturated the market as of late. This is a single novel that only recently received a sequel, but still, not in the common sense of the word and one that studios might find both difficult and rather pleasing to adapt into a straightforward film series. As for this first look at the footage though, I'm impressed with what scope the film seems to take on, but as we've seen so many versions of the "perfect futuristic society" lately they are all beginning to blend together and this trailer does nothing to say that The Giver has anything new to offer. I want to believe the narrative and the characters alone will be enough to set this apart and that the rumors about major changes being made when adapting the book for the screen are false as the original novel was a slim work and one I am definintely keen on diving into before August. The Giver stars Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Brenton Thwaites, Alexander Skarsgard, Katie Holmes, Cameron Monaghan, Taylor Swift and opens August 15th.
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Greece resumes migrant deportations to Turkey
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Greece has lifted its suspension of the EU-Turkey migration deal, deporting a second group of migrants to Turkey after a four-day pause amid administrative chaos and civil unrest.
Greece began deporting 150 people from the islands of Lesbos, Samos and Kos early on Friday – the first deportations since the EU-Turkey migration deal came into effect on Monday and was then halted.
The expulsions came just hours after overnight clashes on the island of Chios. Exhausted at being detained in conditions that Amnesty International described as appalling, hundreds of migrants broke out of their detention centre last week and camped in the island's main port. In response, groups of residents began threatening and chasing them, videos showed.
There was further chaos on Lesbos early on Friday, as pro-refugee protestersplunged into the sea and swam alongside EU deportation vessels to try to stop the return of 45 Pakistanis to Turkey.
The men and women, both Greek and foreign, were plucked from the sea by the local coast guard before being taken to the police station and charged.
In Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened to end Turkey's participation in the migration deal unless the EU upheld its side of the bargain.
The EU has begun to fly some Syrian refugees from Turkey to Europe – a prerequisite for Turkey agreeing to take back all asylum seekers who arrive in Greece from Turkey.
But Erdoğan said he was concerned the EU would renege on plans to provide €6bn in aid, ease visa restrictions for Turkish people, and speed up negotiations over the country's potential accession to the EU.
"There are precise conditions," he said in a speech. "If the European Union does not take the necessary steps, then Turkey will not implement the agreement."
Clashes overnight in Chios after exhausted migrants broke out of their detention centre. Photograph: Verifeye
The developments represent the fallout from the EU's new approach to the biggest wave of mass migration within Europe since the second world war. Until recent weeks, European countries were allowing the hundreds of thousands of people who had fled war, poverty or persecution in the past year to travel onwards to the wealthier countries of northern Europe.
Since 20 March, all those arriving in Greece are now detained in camps, and the EU has promised to send back most of them to Turkey on the assumption that Turkey is a safe country for refugees.
The success of the deal rests on whether cash-strapped Greece can care for so many people who previously would have spent just days in the country before moving on; and whether Greek officials have the resources to properly process so many asylum applications within such a short space of time.
Serious doubts emerged this week over both these points, after the UN said that 13 of the first wave of refugees to be deported had been expelled by mistake. Then on Friday, Amnesty International released a damning report about the conditions in which refugees are being held on islands such as Lesbos and Chios.
More than 4,000 people were being detained in appalling conditions on the islands, and had no access to lawyers, proper healthcare, blankets and a respectable quality of food, the human rights group said.
The detainees included a group of up to 100 vulnerable people who needed urgent attention, including a baby with complications after an attack in Syria, pregnant women, people who are unable to walk, and a girl with a developmental disability, Amnesty said.
"On the edge of Europe, refugees are trapped with no light at the end of the tunnel. A setup that is so flawed, rushed and ill-prepared is ripe for mistakes, trampling the rights and wellbeing of some of the most vulnerable people," said Gauri van Gulik, Amnesty's deputy Europe director.
"People detained on Lesbos and Chios have virtually no access to legal aid, limited access to services and support, and hardly any information about their current status or possible fate. The fear and desperation are palpable."
A Syrian man in his late 20s told Amnesty: "I escaped Syria to avoid jail, but now I am in prison."
The report found there was one caseworker to review more than 800 asylum applications on the island of Chios, despite Greece's EU partners having pledged to provide logistical help, including thousands of asylum workers. So far only dozens have arrived.
The situation in Chios is explosive, with locals expressing fears of a major eruption after tensions came to boiling point on Thursday night and Friday morning.
Police dispatched from Athens were forced early Friday to intervene after a mob, led by far-right supporters of the neo-fascist Golden Dawn, turned against refugees and migrants in the port. As many as 500 men, women and children – most from Syria and Pakistan – have been in the port since fleeing the island's overcrowded detention camp hidden in the hills above Chios town.
One volunteer, who witnessed the clashes, described how riot police attempted to form "a defensive wall" between the refugees and hundreds of angry protesters. "A lot of people were beaten up," Benjamin Julian, an Icelandic volunteer, told the Guardian. "I saw at least one refugee being carried away on a stretcher although the fascists seemed pre-occupied with targeting volunteers in the solidarity movement and even the media."
Authorities began evacuating the refugees – taking some to an open camp outside the town and a local police station. Previously they had been unable to clear the port for lack of space.
Chios' mayor Manolis Vournous conceded that conditions were deplorable. "The refugees are not a problem. The conditions under which they are kept are the problem," he said in an interview at the town hall.
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What Are the Most Abused Drugs?
While there are some drugs that may be prescribed for medicinal purposes, others can be taken illegally for their narcotic or stimulant effects which can become addictive. Drug addiction is a serious and potentially fatal disease that is complex and can be difficult to overcome, especially for those using the most abused drugs in the country.
Most Abused Drugs
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the most commonly abused drugs are: tobacco (nicotine), alcohol, cannabinoids (marijuana and hashish), prescription medications (opioids), over-the-counter (OTC) medications (dexomethorphan, loperamide), hallucinogens, steroids, stimulants, and club drugs. Below is a brief description of these commonly abused drugs.
According to the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) it is estimated that in 2019, 14.0% of all adults (34.1 million people) currently smoked cigarettes, with 15.3% being male and 12.7% being female. While nicotine addiction may not appear as harmful as some other addictions, tobacco use claims more lives than any other addictive substance. Cigarette smoking remains the leading cause of preventable disease, disability and death in the US and costs the US billions of dollars each year. Many smokers are unable to quit smoking, despite knowing the potential consequences on their health. In 2015, nearly 7 in 10 (68%) of adult cigarette smokers wanted to stop smoking and in 2018, more than half of adult cigarette smokers reported that they stopped smoking for at least 2 days because they were actively trying to quit. Unfortunately, based on the same research, only 7.5% of people who tried to quit succeeded in 2018.
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), more than 85% of adults over the age of 18 reported having tried alcohol in their lifetime. In 2019, more than 25% of adults over the age of 18 reported that they had engaged in binge drinking (defined as a pattern of drinking that brings blood alcohol concentration levels to 0.08 g/dL – typically after 4 drinks for women and 5 drinks for men—consumed within 2 hours.) Alcohol is the most commonly abused substance and because of the social acceptance of drinking it can make alcoholism difficult to identify initially. Alcohol abuse has many negative consequences, with an estimated 95,000 people dying from an alcohol related cause annually, making it the third leading preventable cause of death in the US. 31% of all driving related fatalities are related to alcohol impairment.
Cannabinoids (Marijuana, Hashish)
Marijuana is a psychoactive drug that contains tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is the chemical compound that causes the drug's effects of altering perception. The effects of marijuana may be different for everyone and depend on how it is consumed. According to the CDC, approximately 1 in every 10 marijuana users can become addicted and if the use started before age 18, the risk is 1 in every 6 users becoming addicted. The legality of marijuana varies depending on state laws and there are medicinal uses for marijuana, although it has not yet gained FDA approval except in the case of synthetic THC drugs used to treat chemotherapy induced nausea and as a way to increase appetite in AIDS patients.
Some signs that a person might be addicted to marijuana include trying to quit but being unable to, giving up important activities in order to use marijuana and using marijuana even when it is causing problems at home, school, and work. Other signs include problems with attention, memory and learning.
Opioid medications are commonly prescribed for pain and can have an analgesic and relaxant effect. Prescription opioids are often used to treat moderate to severe pain, coughing and some forms of diarrhea. Opioids are commonly abused because they can also make people feel very relaxed and high in the short term. However, in the long-term, opioids are also highly addictive and can also cause drowsiness, confusion, and slowed breathing which can lead to hypoxia.
Heroin is one of the most abused drugs and not used for medicinal purposes but it can produce a similar high because it is chemically similar. Unfortunately, in many cases heroin is cheaper and easier to acquire than opioids to people switch to using heroin instead.
Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid that is similar to but 50-100 times stronger than morphine. It is also prescribed for severe pain, especially post-op however has now commonly been involved in overdose deaths in the US. Some drug dealers mix fentanyl with other drugs like cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and MDMA, since it produces a high easily so it makes it cheaper to produce the drugs. This has a dangerous impact on users because if they do not realize their drugs have fentanyl, they may take higher doses than their body is capable of handling, thus causing overdose.
Over-the-counter medications
Two commonly abused OTC medications are dextromethorphan (DXM) which is a cough suppressant and loperamide which is a diarrhea medication. When taken in high doses, DXM can have a depressant and hallucinogenic effect and mimic alcohol or marijuana intoxication. Loperamide can act similarly to opioids and can have euphoric effects when taken in large quantities. While it might not seem like it, these two pharmacy drugs are some of the most abused drugs.
Hallucinogens have been used historically for religious rituals and are often found in plants and mushrooms. There are two broad categories of hallucinogens: classic and disassociative. The classic hallucinogens include: Ayahuasca which has DMT, or dimethyltryptamine which can also be human made, LSD which is a powerful mood altering drug, Peyote which can be found in a cactus or synthetic, and psilocybin which can be found in some mushrooms. The disassociative hallucinogens can have an "out of body" effect and include: Ketamine, which is also used as a surgery anesthetic, PCP, which was first developed for anesthetic purposes and Salvia which is found in a plant.
Stimulants such as methylphenidate (Ritalin, Concerta) and amphetamines (Adderall, Dexedrine) are often prescribed to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as well as narcolepsy. These medications have a stimulating effect on certain neurotransmitters that can lead to a euphoric feeling and increase alertness, attention and energy. At high doses though, this can also lead to dangerously high body temperatures, heart arrhythmia, heart failure, seizures. Misusing or abusing stimulants can also have a psychosis effect, anger and paranoia in some.
Depressants
Depressants are medications that can be used to treat anxiety, panic, acute stress reactions and certain sleep disorders. These include sedatives, tranquilizers and hypnotics which can lead to drowsiness, slurred speech, poor concentration, problems with movement and memory as well as low blood pressure and slowed breathing.
Inhalants are commonly found in the home and workplace. They often contain potent substances that have mind-altering effects when inhaled. While many do not use them initially for the purpose of getting high, even inadvertently sniffing these products can be extremely toxic.
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SpaceX and NASA are moving ahead with the scheduled April 30 launch date of the Dragon spacecraft and its historic docking with the International Space Station after the flight readiness review was approved at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
The comprehensive evaluation of the SpaceX mission is one of the last major steps before the company becomes the first commercial carrier to deliver payloads to the ISS. Although SpaceX founder and chief designer Elon Musk was careful to remind everybody that the flight is a test and success is far from guaranteed.
"I think we've got a pretty good shot, but it is worth emphasizing that there's a lot that can go wrong in a mission like this," Musk told reporters after the review.
The Falcon rocket being used to launch the Dragon has been used twice, once inserting a Dragon capsule into low earth orbit. But Musk and NASA did emphasize that this is not an actual mission. The goal is to demonstrate SpaceX's capabilities to launch, rendezvous with the ISS and return to earth. And while there will be some cargo on board and some cargo will be carried back from the space station, nothing on board is considered critical or irreplaceable. Musk reminded reporters of the difficulty of the mission, but he remains confident SpaceX will succeed.
The mission will take roughly four days until the Dragon will dock with the space station in orbit and combines two separate tests into a single flight. The capsule will then remain attached to the station for 18 days. The first demonstration test will be a flight around the space station to test and verify maneuverability, navigation and communication capabilities.
On flight day three, the Dragon spacecraft will begin a series of maneuvers that will take it on a lap around the ISS beginning with a relatively close 2.5-kilometer (1.5-mile) pass underneath the station. During this close pass the Dragon and the ISS will communicate with each other for the first time. "An absolute requirement for proximity operations," according to NASA flight director Holly Ridings.
The crew on board the space station will send a test command to Dragon to confirm those on the ISS have the ability to control the capsule when necessary. The communication tests are to make sure the crew would be able to command the Dragon to hold or abort if needed when it is in close proximity to the station.
After the 2.5 km pass, the Dragon will move out to 200 km as it continues the lap. It will then again maneuver closer as it passes over the top of the station, this time getting as close as 7 km. The entire lap should take a full day, 22-24 hours according to Ridings.
On flight day four, the Dragon will once again be guided to 2.5 km underneath the station as preparations are made for the final tests before finally docking with the ISS. Once inside this 2.5 km zone, Ridings says the NASA team in Houston has final authority over the mission due to the proximity to the station and the safety of the crew on board.
The next demonstration objectives include interaction with the crew on orbit. From the 250 m hold point, the Dragon team at SpaceX's Hawthorne, California headquarters will issue a command to slowly begin approaching the station, after which the ISS crew will issue a retreat command as the first test. The demonstration will be repeated, this time with the ISS crew issuing a hold command at 220 m.
"That will be the last of our go/no go objectives in terms of the demonstration objective," according to Ridings.
After these demonstrations are complete and everybody at NASA and SpaceX are satisfied, the Dragon will then make the final maneuvers towards the station. With all the functionality of the Dragon checked out, the spacecraft will be commanded by the SpaceX team to cross the KOS boundary for the first time.
The Dragon will then stop at 30 m, where the go/no-go decision will be made by everybody on the ground as well as the crew on the station to make the final approach. Though the Dragon is an automated spacecraft and is capable of performing the entire mission autonomously, Ridings emphasized that the station crew will be heavily involved and is there as a safety net, especially on the first flight.
After maneuvering to just 10 m from the station, the Dragon will park in its final hold position, known as the capture point. Once a final decision is made for capture, the station crew takes over the final steps using the robotic arm to reach out and grab the Dragon and move into its berthing spot on the station.
The final step of the mission from the 2.5 km point to docking is expected to take around seven to eight hours. On the following day, the station crew begins the laborious cargo transfer as 521 kilograms (1,146 pounds) are offloaded from the Dragon, and 660 kilograms (1,452 pounds) of cargo from the station are placed into the capsule to be returned to earth. Thankfully, it's mostly the motions that are laborious and not heavy lifting.
Representatives from the NASA side of the review meeting also reminded reporters of the test nature of the mission. But all sounded confident based on the preparation, simulations and tests that have been completed. NASA space station program manager Mike Sufferdini told reporters there are still some verifications that need to be done, but everything is looking good.
Sufferdini said the past few years has been a positive learning experience for both organizations and he's excited to see a new vehicle arrive at the station. One of the differences during the flight readiness review he pointed to compared to past NASA missions is the bottom line. "There were no requirements for mission success," he said. The simple comment in many ways marks NASA's transition from shouldering the responsibility to deliver payloads to orbit, to a consumer of space delivery services. This point is driven home as today marks the last flight of the space shuttle discovery as it was flown to Washington, D.C., where it will be handed over to the Smithsonian.
SpaceX has one more launch simulation to complete before the launch. Sufferdini said there are some verifications that still need to be completed, but nothing that indicates there should be any issues.
The mission is part of NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program to develop a less expensive way to deliver payloads to orbit. As part of the program NASA has invested $381 million in SpaceX. Musk didn't give a specific number, but he estimated the SpaceX program has cost around $1 billion in total to date. SpaceX and Orbital Sciences are the two companies selected by NASA to provide commercial cargo delivery to the ISS.


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Steven Spielberg And Anil Ambani Come Together To Start A Digital Production Company
December 19, 2015 December 23, 2015 OfficeChai Team
When Bollywood and Hollywood stars are coming together in many movies and even shows, how can producers be far behind. In the latest of collaborations between a Hollywood biggie and an Indian business magnate, director Steven Spielberg ( of Jaws, ET and Jurassic Park fame) and Anil Ambani have come together to form Amblin Partners. The entity will primarily focus on producing and distributing films using the DreamWorks Pictures, Amblin Entertainment and Participant Media brands.
(image courtesy: The Hindu)
Ambani already has a joint venture worth US$1.2 billion with Steven Spielberg's production company DreamWorks and the tieup has contributed to the production of a number of films with Steven Spielberg, including the Academy Award winning film Lincoln in 2012.
The newly formed entity will use the Amblin label for family-friendly movies, the DreamWorks label for adult-themed movies, and the Participant label for social/justice movies, although Participant will remain a separate company.
Spielberg, announcing the joint venture, said, "We are honoured to continue our long-term association with our dear friend, Anil Ambani and his team at Reliance. We have had the opportunity to develop and produce wonderful films, thanks to their ongoing support."
Anil Ambani said, "We are delighted to continue our now seven-year-strong relationship with our valued partner, Steven Spielberg and extend this alliance to the formation of Amblin Partners with Jeff Skoll. We look forward to the combination of Steven's passion and integrity with Jeff's unique socially-conscious vision to create uplifting and quality content to entertain global audiences."
Anil Ambani is one of the largest producers of Bollywood and his major interests in entertainment include 44 FM radio stations, nationwide DTH business, animation studios, and several multiplex cinemas throughout India. Under the Reliance Entertainment umbrella of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), Ambani owns entities like Adlabs media, Bigadda.com, Talenthouse, BigFlix, BigMusic, Phantom films, amongst others.
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Mary Newman died peacefully in her sleep Monday December 3rd in Webster, Tx. Family graveside will be December 8th at 1 p.m., Anchorage Cemetary-Poteet,Texas. A Waco memorial will be held at a future date.
Mary was born October 25, 1933 to John Isham and Betty Thomas in Shelby, Mississippi. Later the family moved to Columbus, MS where Mary attended school and graduated from Lee High School in 1950. Mary graduated from Mississippi State College for Women in 1954, receiving a Bachelors degree in English. Upon graduation Mary moved to Atlanta, Georgia and was employed by Delta Airlines as a flight attendant. She loved people and had many interesting stories about her trips and the people she met. Her favorite celebrity she met was Bing Crosby. Mary relocated to Dallas, Texas with Delta and was Delta's 100th flight attendant and as such did many promotions for Delta. While in Dallas she met her soon to be husband Ivan Newman. They were married in in 1957 and to their union two daughters were born, Pamela Grace and Nancy Ann. The family briefly lived in Roswell, New Mexico while Ivan served in the United States Air Force. Her family re-located to Dallas, Texas while Ivan attended Baylor University School of Orthodontics. The family moved to Waco, TX. In 1965 and called Waco their home. Mary and Ivan were devoted Baylor fans and attended every game they could. Mary was a gracious person with a heart of gold. During her life in Waco she was active with the Waco Chapter of the Texas Dental Association which provided dental education and supplies to Waco school children. She was a member of the Waco Historic Foundation and was a past President of East Terrace. She volunteered for many local organizations but her favorite was the Brazos River Festival. Mary moved to Webster, Tx. in 2011 to be closer to Nancy and her two grandsons.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, in-laws Jasper and May Newman, Husband Dr. Wm. Ivan Newman, and brother John "Blue" Thomas. She is survived by her daughter Pam and son-in-law Paul of Waco. Paul's children, Brandon and Adam Austin of Waco, daughter Erin Howell of Elizabethton, Tn., daughter Nancy Newman of Kemah,Tx. And grandson's Austin Belknap of Jersey Village, Tx. And Michael Belknap of League City, Tx. Mary is also survived by her sister's Opal Bell, Dolores Moore, and Polly Bennett.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to charity of your choice.


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15. Simpson and Delilah
Posted on 18 October 2015 by Ian Jones
"I love you, Karl – er, Marge."
First broadcast: Thursday 18 October 1990, Fox Television
First shown on UK terrestrial television: Saturday 25 January 1997, BBC1
Showrunners: James L Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon
First draft: Jon Vitti
Writing staff: Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Jay Kogen, Wallace Wolodarsky, George Meyer, Jon Vitti, John Swartzwelder, Jeff Martin
Storyboard: Peter Avanzino, Tim Burgard, Rich Moore, Steven Dean Moore, David Shwartz
Animation director: Rich Moore
Episode two of season two repeats the ploy of episode one by focusing almost entirely on a single member of the Simpson family. But there the similarities end. Simpson and Delilah is the kind of sparkling escapade that, in later years, would more than suffice as a season premiere. Jon Vitti's story – his third to date, and easily his best so far – looks to the future in treating Homer as the star. This wasn't at all in keeping with the popular orthodoxy of 1990 which dictated that Bart was the show's headliner. But the switch in emphasis is more than justified by the results.
Homer uses a baldness treatment called Dimoxinil to get a full head of hair. He is quickly promoted by Mr Burns and doted upon by a male secretary called Karl, before the hair falls out leaving Homer back where he started, only more depressed. After last week's meander through pre-pubescence, this episode roars into a mid-life crisis from the off and never lets up. Vitti's script moves at a breathless pace. Dialogue and exposition are packed in tight, expanding the dramatic palette of the series in all directions. Barely a second of screen time is wasted with the plot constantly moving things forwards; whole weeks are compressed into a matter of minutes. But there's still room for moments of real pathos, and Homer's relationship with Karl is particularly touching. Just don't let your attention wander for a second. 7
Homer starts the episode in desperation, passes through several further shades of desperation, then ends up just as desperate as he started. It sounds like tedious viewing. It isn't, because the desperation is never contrived (Homer's Night Out) or overcooked (The Call of the Simpsons). It's understated all the way – just like Homer's needs (a head of hair) and his pleasures (enough tartar sauce in the canteen). Meanwhile Mr Burns has been moved up a rung on the ladder of comic tyranny. We get our first glimpse of him browsing his security cameras:
"Morons! Pathetic morons in my employ!"
– not to mention braying in his giant office, toying with Smithers' emotions and moping about his plight: all building blocks for a grandiosely compelling future. "How old do you think I am?" he asks Homer at one point. "I dunno – 102?" "I'm only 81!" Karl is the first of a string of one-off characters to appear enigmatically in Springfield, bursting with out-of-town wisdom and catholic tastes, who stir things up deliciously then vanish without a trace. His motives for helping Homer with his new job are sketched thinly, but this is much preferable to an infatuation drawn in crude strokes. His ripostes – "The way you smother yourself in bargain basement lime-green polyester!" – are cheeky rather than malicious; his attraction to Homer depicted as charming rather than suspect.
"Say to yourself: I am nature's greatest miracle!"
Homer, Mr Burns and Karl dominate the episode, and they deserve to. Everyone else is rather pushed to the edge, however, and though Patti and Selma get a couple of nice cameos, the rest of the family serve little purpose other than to shuttle Homer from one consternation to another. 7
Locations and design
The power plant is as much a star of Simpson and Delilah as its trio of protagonists. It stands revealed here in all its rambling despotic glory, the inconsistencies and economies of season one banished from sight and replaced with equally commodious opulence and tat. Take Mr Burns' office, swollen in size to a suitably preposterous dimension:
Bear necessities
– or the grotty staff toilet, complete with solitary cubicle:
"Mr Simpson: don't sit on that filthy thing one second longer!"
We're also introduced to Mr Burns' private meeting room, staffed with a dozen or so cowering board members – none of whom ever appear in the show again:
"Let the fools have their tartar sauce."
Crowning them all is the executive washroom:
"It's time. Give Simpson – the KEY."
It is as big as a basilica and almost entirely bare save for a string quartet and water feature, and captures in one Mr Burns' endlessly appealing mix of unquenchable avarice and unending petty-mindedness. Other locations are almost as inspired, such as the slightly over-ritzy emporium where Homer and Karl shop for suits, and Karl's frankly stunning bedroom:
"LET'S GO SHOPPING!"
Only the rough-and-ready background layouts throughout the episode stop this category getting a mark higher than a 7.
Pardon My Zinger
Lisa has only two lines in the entire episode, but both are crackers. On being asked by Homer what she would like from her newly-promoted dad, she deadpans: "An absence of mood swings and some stability in my life." Later, when she discovers Homer mopping the floor with his head in an attempt to soak up every last drop of Dimoxinil, she pauses a beat then concludes:
"Dad is taking this in a less than heroic fashion."
Mr Burns has some zingers as well, the writers having by now cottoned on fully to the comic potential in the character's autocratic mithering ("Rommel – now there's a man who could get things done!") and inability to remember a face ("You!" "I think you mean him, sir."). By contrast Homer gets few one-liners, with most humour stemming from his predicament and interaction with Karl, though his plaintive cry of –
"Hair. Hair! Just like everybody else!"
– is a treat, as is the explanation he writes on his medical insurance form to explain the cost of Dimoxinil: "To keep brain from freezing." 6
Harvey Fierstein is faultless. His blend of gravelly campness and repressed ferocity turns Karl into a truly fascinating character. He sounds utterly unlike any other person so far encountered in The Simpsons, yet still seems to fit right in. Not once does he allow Karl to become any kind of stereotype, even in the most outré scenes ("I just came to say goodbye to the gals in the typing pool"). Never do we feel like he is playing the more tender scenes with anything other than sincerity ("You are one of Springfield's very special creatures"). The energetic rapport Fierstein has with Dan Castellaneta turns all the scenes between Karl and Homer into fizzing showstoppers. "A man's suit should make him feel like a prince!" urges Karl, "it should cry out to the world: here I am, don't judge me, LOVE ME!" "Do any of these suits do that?" replies Homer. "NO!" Karl yelps.
"You! Conceal it!"
Even better is their reading of what could have been a monumentally cringeworthy sequence: "I'm just a big fool." "Oh no you're not." "How do you know?" "Because my mother taught me never to kiss a fool."
No fooling
None of this is played for silliness or innuendo, just brisk, self-deprecating knockabout. And best of all, there isn't a trace of caricature, in this or any other of Fierstein's scenes – which for 1990 was groundbreaking. 10
Patrick Williams is the show's second new composer in as many episodes. He gets more of a chance to shine than his immediate predecessor Arthur B Rubenstein, thanks to a script that calls for a broader emotional spectrum. There's an affectionately bustling cue when Homer and Karl go shopping, proper hail and brimstone when Mr Burns realises an employee has cheated him out of $1,000 of medical insurance ("Ooh, and I was going to buy that ivory back-scratcher!") and just the right amount of sentimentality when Karl bids Homer farewell and disappears into the rain. There's no stand-out moment, though, and the only music that really sticks in the memory is sung: the two renditions of You Are So Beautiful, one delivered comically by a singing delivery man, the second sweetly by Marge and Homer in the very final scene. 4
Mr Burns is still not quite right, but Lenny and Carl are spot on, down to their unwittingly bemused inflections. Patty, Selma and Barney are all fine too, and you sense that the cast are really hitting their stride. Harvey Fierstein pitches Karl superbly right from the start, moving effortlessly between tactical outrage and reticent tenderness. Every second he's off screen you're straining to hear him again. 8
Animation direction
The production of this episode wasn't without its problems. The large number of storyboard artists listed above is testament not only to the scope of the storyline but also a high amount of reshoots. Some mistakes were just left uncorrected:
Hairless Homer
Nonetheless Rich Moore does sterling work in giving the various new locations enough substance to ensure they would remain virtually unchanged from now on (such as Mr Burns' office and the canteen). It's Moore's most assured work for The Simpsons so far; watch how he maps the chessboard floor of the executive washroom on to the exterior of one of the power plant office blocks:
And fade…
…from this…
…to this and…
Bart's T-shirt is still the wrong colour and a fair number of heads are out of proportion to a good few bodies. But you can almost forgive this when placed again Moore's greatest sequence: Homer running deliriously through the streets of Springfield, overcome with joy at his new head of hair:
"I HAVE HAIR!"
It's a shameless tip of the hat to one of the most famous scenes in the 1946 film It's A Wonderful Life, but like all the best tributes it's done out of affection, not laziness. 7
Homages, spoofs, fantasies
Dimoxinil is a pastiche of Minoxidil, which had been around in the US for a number of years but approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration only in 1988. The spoof is carried off with aplomb, right down to a tacky TV advert: "I used to think that losing my hair was as inevitable as the tides," sighs a newly-coiffured everyman. Viewers are invited to send their money to "Hair Plaza, Hair City, Utah", and in return for $1,000 comes six months' supply, gravity boots, a scalp massager and a T-shirt. The episode even throws in a spoof rival product as well: the bottom-of-the-range Hair in a Drum ("Any hair growth you experience while using it will be purely coincidental," adds Homer's doctor, tartly.) On top of the homage to It's a Wonderful Life, the executive washroom is a nod to the 1957 Jayne Mansfield/Tony Randall comedy film Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? ("Rufe is a big success – he has a key to the executive washroom"), while the title itself is a pun on the biblical tale of Samson and Delilah. There's also a brief but sharply-executed fantasy where Bart imagines himself with a goatee beard ("What's happenin' hep cats?!"). All in all, a fine array. 7
Emotion and tone
Unlike in Bart Gets an 'F', our hero's predicament feels utterly plausible. The same goes for his rise and fall at the hands of others. Homer's mood of hopelessness right the way through the episode is sustained imaginatively and there are enough narrative twists to ensure it never turns tiresome. You're happy when he's happy; you're sad when he's sad. Job done. 8
Verdict: 71%
The production team find a rhythm in this episode that really pays off. The result is a meticulous pacing of events, a ruthlessly precise unfurling of the plot, plus a sometimes hectic procession of characters, locations and gags. There's almost no time for reflection until the final scene, when Homer and Marge find solace in a late-night hug and singalong. Bravely (or cynically, depending on your view), the story concludes that things in life rarely change for the better: Karl is still alone, Mr Burns is still enfeebled, Homer is still bald. Appearances do matter, ordinary folk rarely get a lucky break and guardian angels always bugger off in the end. It's bold stuff, done with complete conviction – and, significantly for the future of The Simpsons, almost nothing to do with Bart.
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Season one (1989-90)
1. Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire
2. Bart the Genius
3. Homer's Odyssey
4. There's No Disgrace Like Home
5. Bart the General
6. Moaning Lisa
7. The Call of the Simpsons
8. The Telltale Head
9. Life on the Fast Lane
10. Homer's Night Out
11. The Crepes of Wrath
12. Krusty Gets Busted
13. Some Enchanted Evening
Season one - in conclusion
From season one to season two
Season two (1990-91)
14. Bart Gets an 'F'
16. Treehouse of Horror
17. Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish
18. Dancin' Homer
19. Dead Putting Society
- 19b. Do the Bartman
20. Bart vs Thanksgiving
- 20b. The Simpsons Sing the Blues
21. Bart the Daredevil
22. Itchy & Scratchy & Marge
23. Bart Gets Hit by a Car
24. One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Bluefish
25. The Way We Was
26. Homer vs Lisa & the 8th Commandment
27. Principal Charming
28. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
29. Bart's Dog Gets an 'F'
- 29b. Deep, Deep Trouble (video)
30. Old Money
31. Brush with Greatness
32. Lisa's Substitute
33. The War of the Simpsons
34. Three Men and a Comic Book
35. Blood Feud
Season three (1991-92)
36. Stark Raving Dad
37. Mr Lisa Goes to Washington
38. When Flanders Failed
39. Bart the Murderer
40. Homer Defined
41. Like Father, Like Clown
42. Treehouse of Horror II
43. Lisa's Pony
44. Saturdays of Thunder
45. Flaming Moe's
46. Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk
47. I Married Marge
48. Radio Bart
49. Lisa the Greek
50. Homer Alone
51. Bart the Lover
52. Homer at the Bat
53. Separate Vocations
54. Dog of Death
55. Colonel Homer
56. Black Widower
57. The Otto Show
58. Bart's Friend Falls in Love
59. Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?
Season four (1992-93)
60. Kamp Krusty
61. A Streetcar Named Marge
62. Homer the Heretic
63. Lisa the Beauty Queen
64. Treehouse of Horror III
65. Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie
66. Marge Gets a Job
67. New Kid on the Block
68. Mr Plow
69. Lisa's First Word
70. Homer's Triple Bypass
71. Marge vs the Monorail
72. Selma's Choice
73. Brother from the Same Planet
74. I Love Lisa
75. Duffless
76. Last Exit to Springfield
77. So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show
78. The Front
79. Whacking Day
80. Marge in Chains
81. Krusty Gets Kancelled
Season five (1993-94)
82. Homer's Barbershop Quartet
83. Cape Feare
84. Homer Goes to College
85. Rosebud
86. Treehouse of Horror IV
87. Marge on the Lam
88. Bart's Inner Child
89. Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood
90. The Last Temptation of Homer
91. $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalised Gambling)
92. Homer the Vigilante
93. Bart Gets Famous
94. Homer and Apu
95. Lisa vs Malibu Stacey
96. Deep Space Homer
97. Homer Loves Flanders
98. Bart Gets an Elephant
99. Burns' Heir
100. Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song
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  def self.all_attributes
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  # Check if any of the models is searchable
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  def self.search_enabled?
    klasses = ActiveRecord::Base.send(:descendants).map { |each| each.name }
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  def self.ready?
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Equinix buys 3 data centers in Mexico
Thursday, January 09, 2020 Equinix
Equinix completed its previously announced acquisition of three data centers in Mexico from Axtel for US$175 million in cash. The three facilities, which serve the Mexico City and Monterrey metro areas, generated approximately $21 million of revenues in the 12 months ending December 31, 2018, with an EBITDA margin profile accretive to the Equinix business.
Equinix said the acquisition, when combined with the previous acquisitions of key traffic hubs in Dallas (Infomart) and Miami (NAP of the Americas), will further strengthen its global platform by increasing interconnection between North, Central and South America.
The three data centers will add approximately 115,000 square feet of colocation space to the Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX) data center portfolio. Given the power capacity of these three sites, this transaction will make Equinix one of the largest network-neutral data center operators in Mexico. Including current expansion projects, Equinix has invested more than $500 million in its Latin American operations including Brazil, Colombia and now Mexico.
The two data centers that serve the Mexico City metro are strategically located in Querétaro. Both are carrier-neutral facilities with multiple diverse fiber entry points that include five network service providers currently operating within each data center.
The first facility is a 110,000 gross-square-foot data center with 37,000 square feet of colocation space. It is the first data center in Latin America with an energy cogeneration system. It also features ICREA (International Computer Room Experts Association) certification. This facility has been renamed the Equinix MX1 IBX data center.
The second facility is currently an 80,000 gross-square-foot data center with 6,000 square feet of colocation space. This facility will provide Equinix with expansion opportunities of up to 60,000 square feet of colocation space. This facility has been renamed the Equinix MX2 IBX data center.
The Monterrey area facility is a highly connected data center offering a key connectivity gateway between the U.S. and Mexico. It features 25,000 gross square feet of data center space with 12,500 square feet of colocation space. It is a carrier-neutral facility with 10 network service providers. This facility has been renamed the Equinix MO1 IBX data center.
Equinix currently serves several Mexican businesses in IBX data centers outside of Mexico, such as the Mexican Stock Exchange in New York and multiple Mexican network service providers in Dallas. Upon closing, Axtel will be a customer and a strategic marketing partner in Mexico, and Axtel will retain a small minority ownership position in the three sites.