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December 5 coronavirus news
By Joshua Berlinger, Brett McKeehan and Eoin McSweeney, CNN
Updated 0546 GMT (1346 HKT) December 6, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci says the number of US fatalities could approach 539,000 as the country has "yet to see the effects of any Thanksgiving holiday-related surge.
Experts say these coming months will be a "worst-case scenario" in the US before we reach the light at the end of the tunnel.
The UK has received its first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, which it approved on Wednesday. Other countries, including France and Portugal, plan to begin vaccinations in the coming weeks.
Our live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic has ended for the day.
11:50 a.m. ET, December 5, 2020
Russia Covid-19 cases hit new daily record
From CNN's Mary Ilyushina
Russia reported 28,782 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, the highest number of cases it has ever reported in a single day, according to data from the country's coronavirus response center.
The total number of coronavirus cases in Russia as of Dec. 5 is 2,431,731.
The country reported 508 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall official toll to 42,684.
Russia's counting methods of Covid-19 deaths have been questioned by independent observers and demographers with CNN previously reporting the numbers could be vastly understated.
On vaccines: Vaccination centers across Moscow started to distribute Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine on Saturday.
The vaccine, developed by Russian scientists, still hasn't completed Phase 3 of human trials.
"Civil vaccination has started at 70 points in Moscow today. We work from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week," Natalya Nikolaevna Kuzenkova, chief doctor of Moscow's Hospital 68, told CNN.
"Since our hospital took part in the post-registration trials, this vaccine is not new for us. We have vaccinated a fairly large number of the population during these studies, and all of our doctors and nurses know how to work with this vaccine," she said.
Southern California region could face stay-at-home order due to strain on health care system
From CNN's Alta Spells
Pedestrians cross a street in downtown Los Angeles, on Thursday, December 3. David Swanson/Bloomberg/Getty Images
Southern California counties could face a stay-at-home order after the percentage of available intensive care unit beds in the region dropped below 15%, the threshold set by new measure announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier this week.
On Friday night, the percentage of available ICU beds in the Southern California region dropped to 13.1%, according to data released by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).
Newsom divided California into five regions in order to best monitor and regulate Covid-19 in the state: Northern California, Bay Area, Greater Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California.
The Southern California Region includes 11 counties: Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
The new Regional Stay Home Order, which is aimed at stopping the Covid-19 surge and preventing overwhelming regional ICU capacity in the state, "prohibits private gatherings of any size, closes sector operations except for critical infrastructure and retail, and requires 100% masking and physical distancing in all others," among other things according to the order.
9:26 a.m. ET, December 5, 2020
NFL charging ahead with Super Bowl dreams as Covid-19 threatens to derail path to Tampa
From CNN's Calum Trenaman
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Robert Griffin III rushes the ball against the Pittsburgh Steelers Charles LeClaire / USA Today Sports
Super Bowl LV is scheduled to take place in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 7, but right now the NFL's path threatens to be derailed by a global pandemic running wild in the US.
According to Johns Hopkins University's tally, there have been over 14 million cases of coronavirus in the US and more than 270,000 people have died.
An update from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) on Friday projected more than 500,000 Americans could die from the coronavirus by April.
Every loss has a ripple effect, devastating families and communities.
Professional sports leagues, including the NFL, have had to make tough choices, balancing the need to keep their players safe and bring in revenue.
"It's not about whether or not guys want to play," said Baltimore Ravens quarterback Robert Griffin III this week after Wednesday's 19-14 defeat by the Pittsburgh Steelers. "It's about whether or not our safety is actually being taken into account. I can't say much more than that."
Covid-19 threatens to derail NFL's path to the Super Bowl
Kansas man pens powerful obituary after losing father to Covid-19
From CNN's Christina Maxouris
Courtney Farr says one of the hardest parts of losing his father to Covid-19 earlier this week was knowing he wasn't surrounded by his loved ones in his last moments.
"When my mother passed away about two years ago, I was able to sit with her ... and I was able to hold her hand and caress her face, I was able to be present with her," Farr told CNN Friday night. "And I was able to comfort her the same way that she had comforted me so many times in my life.
"With my father, we couldn't do that, because he was in isolation," Farr said.
He says his family was able to say goodbye to his father, Marvin James Farr, virtually, the morning before he died.
"I'm glad I got to see him one last time, to tell him how much I loved him, how much he mattered to me. But in that moment, what you want to be able to do is you want to be able to reach out and hold his hand, to touch him, to spend as much time with him as you can."
Farr's story echoes the experiences of thousands of other families across the US who have had to say a final goodbye to parents, siblings and other family members through a device because of Covid-19 isolation protocols.
'Harder, scarier and lonelier than necessary.' Kansas man pens powerful obituary after losing father to Covid-19
As hospitals start to max out, medical workers beg officials for new Covid-19 mandates
From CNN's Holly Yan
Dr. Cleavon Gilman wants a temporary stay-at-home order. Without it, he says, "the virus will implement its own shutdown." Dr. Cleavon Gilman
Across the US, the numbers of daily Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths just reached all-time highs.
And the crisis is only going to get worse.
"The reality is, December and January and February are going to be rough times," said Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dr. Cleavon Gilman served in the Iraq War, but he said that doesn't compare to the battle he's fighting as an emergency room physician in Arizona.
"This pandemic is a lot worse than being in Iraq just because when you're in a war zone, you can leave that war zone. You can fly out of Iraq; you're OK here in the United States," the Yuma doctor said.
Now Gilman and other health care workers are pleading for more public safety rules -- such as mask mandates or stay-at-home orders -- to prevent hospitals from bursting past capacity.
"You can't overwhelm a hospital and expect that care is not going to be compromised as a result," Gilman said.
Christmas will put "additional pressure" on health services in the New Year, UK's chief medical officers warn
From CNN's Eoin McSweeney
Britain's Chief Medical Officer for England Chris Whitty speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London, on November 23. Henry Nicholls/Pool/AFP/Getty Images
Despite the UK becoming the first western country to license a vaccine against Covid, the country's four chief medical officers have warned that it will only have a "marginal impact" and festive gathering are likely to put additional pressure on the National Health Service (NHS).
In a joint letter to healthcare colleagues, England's chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty, and others from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, said health services needed to be ready for the "social mixing which occurs around Christmas."
"Although the very welcome news about vaccines means that we can look forward to 2021 with greater optimism, vaccine deployment will have only a marginal impact in reducing numbers coming into the health service with COVID over the next three months."
It is likely that by the spring the effects of the vaccination will begin to be felt and deploying vaccines safely and rapidly presents "a very considerable logistical exercise", they added.
The letter praised workers across the health system, who have been "remarkable in their contributions to researching this new disease," but that even once full vaccination has occured, Covid-19 is not expected to disappear.
"It is therefore absolutely essential that we use the next months to learn as much as we can as we expect COVID to be less common in the future," they said in the letter. "This will allow us to have the best chance of a strong evidence base for managing it over the coming years."
The warning comes after the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was granted emergency authorization by British regulators on Wednesday, with the first doses expected to be rolled out from early next week.
Record number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care in Japan
From CNN's Yoko Wakatsuki in Tokyo
Pedestrians walk at a crossing in Tokyo's shopping district of Ginza on July 25, 2020 KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images
Japan has a record number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care since the pandemic began, according to its health ministry.
The number of daily Covid-19 related deaths has matched the previous record from May 8 at 43 deceased.
Japan's Health Ministry also announced 2,432 new coronavirus infections for Friday.
The country's total nationwide infection stands 158,386 (157,674 on land and 712 on Diamond Princess cruise ship) and death toll to 2,296 (2,283 on land and 13 on cruise ship.)
A further 131,176 patients have been already discharged from the hospitals.
Tokyo reported 449 new cases on Friday, bringing the total number of infections there to 42,793 and 53 patients are in critical condition.
Osaka reported 394 news cases while Hokkaido counted 212.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said in a press conference Friday night that "the new infections and severe cases of the coronavirus infection are hitting record high levels and the situation continues to be extremely alarming. We see the strain on the hospital beds for severe cases and we are dealing with the situation with a full awareness of the crisis."
Hawaii is offering free round trips to remote workers who want to live there temporarily
From CNN's Alaa Elassar
Ho'okipa Beach Park in Maui, Hawaii Shutterstock
What better way to survive a pandemic than to do it on a beach in Hawaii?
For anyone who finds the idea dreamy, Hawaii is offering free round trip tickets to Oahu to out-of-state remote workers who want to live and work there while contributing to the state's economy.
The state launched the temporary residency program, known as "Movers and Shakas," in collaboration with schools and businesses. It's accepting its first group of applicants until December 15.
"Movers and Shakas is a small step towards economic recovery and diversifying our economy," Jason Higa, the group's founder, told CNN.
"The pandemic," he said, "has normalized remote work for the foreseeable future, so we believe this situation presents an opportunity for local residents to return home, and for out of state professionals to experience Hawaii, not as tourists, but as contributing members of our community."
Fifty people will be chosen for the first cohort. Later applicants will be accepted on a rolling basis. To apply, you must be a remote worker and at least 18 years old.
Covid-19 is raging through overcrowded California prisons
From CNN's Isaac Engelberg
As Covid-19 infections surge across California, state correctional facilities have recorded more than 4,000 active cases among inmates and another 1,430 among staff -- the highest numbers recorded since the pandemic's start.
That means California's total number of inmate infections is now up to more than 22,300, including 90 deaths.
That translates to about 227 Covid-19 cases per 1,000 over the course of the pandemic -- or some 20% of the total inmate population, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Statewide among the public, that number is about 32 cases per 1,000 people.
The soaring numbers across prison facilities come as local and state officials are also trying to control a rampant spread across California's communities. On Friday, the state shattered its previous case record, reporting more than 22,000 new cases. Hospitalizations are also at record-high levels, with more than 9,900 Covid-19 patients across the state -- about 2,200 of whom are in intensive care units.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, saying the state was at "a tipping point in our fight against the virus," announced a strict regional stay-at-home order this week, which will go into effect 48 hours after ICU capacity drops below 15% in one of five regions, Northern California, the Bay Area, Greater Sacramento, the San Joaquin Valley or Southern California.


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California sheriff: Criminal act, not falling tree, caused AT&T outage
Oct 16, 2014 9:39am
In a twist on the old falling tree in the forest riddle, Tuolumne County, Calif., Sheriff Jim Mele said a criminal act, not a falling tree, actually caused a fiber cut that disrupted AT&T (NYSE: T) phone and Internet service outside the town of Sonora.
"There was no tree involved," Mele told My Mother Lode. "Why or how (AT&T) came up with that I don't know. We thought that it was very important to set the record straight that it was a criminal act not an act of Mother Nature."
AT&T spokesman Alexander Carey earlier told the publication a "fallen tree" cut the lines carrying voice and Internet service. Technicians, he added, "worked quickly and service is now restored."
Mele said deputies who investigated the damage determined that the tree was not to blame. He added there were no suspects.
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Q: Django app works fine locally, but fails in heroku when logging into admin sit
class UserProfile(AbstractBaseUser,PermissionsMixin):
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phone=models.CharField(max_length=10,unique=True,)
name=models.CharField(max_length=30)
is_volunteer=models.BooleanField()
district=models.CharField(max_length=30,null=True)
areaofvol=models.CharField(max_length=40,null=True)
address=models.CharField(max_length=200,null=True)
lat=models.DecimalField(max_digits=9,decimal_places=6)
lon=models.DecimalField(max_digits=9,decimal_places=6)
is_staff=models.BooleanField(default=False,blank=True,null=True)

REQUIRED_FIELDS=['lat','lon','is_volunteer']

USERNAME_FIELD ='phone'

objects=UserProfileManager()

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The app works locally and I also checked the db.sqlite3 file in heroku bash it had is_staff inside flood_userprofile.

A: This works with PostgreSQL and Heroku and always worked for me:
delete all database
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git commit -m "Databases"
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Mithya
Rating: 3.75/5
February 10, 2008 at 12:36 am by HaribabuBolineni 2013-11-07T06:27:17+05:30
Critic Rating: (3.75/5)
Cast : Ranvir Shorey, Brijendra Kala, Neha Dhupia, Naseeruddin Shah
Director: Rajat Kapoor
Drama unfolds
Mithya (A lie) has so many stratums; viewer is unlikely to be bored. Much like Superstar, co-release film, Mithya too revolves around the life of a struggling Bollywood actor.
Ranvir Shorey plays VK, the struggler in question, whose life turns upside down when he gets unintentionally involved with the underworld owing to the striking resemblance he bears to a person they have grudge. I can reveal as little as that about this film's plot without spoiling profusely.
Mithya is one of those rare films that constantly surprise you; it's one of those films that never stops unraveling, a film that never reveals all its cards at once. Unpredictability, surprise, the unfamiliar film is Mithya In fact, it's got more surprises. It has humor yet tragic.
Starting off as a comedy, Mithya span several genres as it makes it way from start to finish — thriller, romance, suspense — but eventually it settles comfortably into its identity as a black comedy as Rajat projected it to be darker than his previous films.
Working on a nifty screenplay, director Rajat Kapoor delivers a refreshingly complex offering — a film about an ordinary man in a bizarre situation, but all the while it remains a story that's entirely believable because the characters are so real and the situations so cleverly constructed. Sure you complain about the absence of humor in the film's second half, and it's true the film seems much longer than its running time, but those are just small hitches in an otherwise enormously appealing film. Much of the credit for realizing the director's vision must go to the ensemble cast, possibly the best assembled for a Hindi film in recent months.
Ranvir Shorey, in a performance that merits an impromptu acclaim, goes from funny to heart-breaking, to confused, to adorable in a matter of minutes. Never once going over-the-top, in fact staying firmly in character even as the film takes many twists and turns, Ranvir makes your heart go out to VK. The year has only just begun, but we can say this is easily one of finest performances by a leading actor in 2008. More seldom is the supporting cast delivering such consistent performances that it's difficult to pick one over the other in the order of merit — a loud round of applause for the Supporting cast Vinay Pathak, Brijendra Kala, Harsh Chhaya, Neha Dhupia, Iravati Harshe, Saurabh Shukla and Naseeruddin Shah who shine in their roles.
Mithya is a brave, mature effort by a perceptive director. This is a film with so many layers and you're unlikely to be bored. Normally we complain that Hindi films are mindless and predictable, thanks to Rajat Kapoor, here comes a film that attends to it.
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Active Substances and Excipients for Medicines - Rules and Requirements - MedTech I.Q.
Quality Assurance, Quality Systems, quality risk management and Quality Control are the cornerstones of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). Being a globally acclaimed provider of training courses for professionals, Traininng.com introduces these concepts at this online regulatory compliance training webinar.
The expert, Dr Madeleine S. Fairweather, will present these concepts in accordance with EU GMP Part II. However, since most organizations are likely interested in the markets beyond Europe, such as the USA, Australia, Asia or Japan; she will show how to align their Quality Systems with other international guidelines such as ICH Q7 for current Good Manufacturing Practice of APIs.
Dr. Fairweather will also make a detailed discussion of the ICH Q11, which deals with the development and manufacture of chemical, biotechnological and biological components of drug substances. Another topic she will explain includes what criteria need to be met when it comes to releasing these materials for shipping and further processing.
The core of the discussion in this online regulatory compliance training is about the general rules and regulations that must be adhered to in order to ensure successful API and excipient sourcing and manufacture. Dr. Fairweather will discuss the different types of substance and the rules which apply to each and when and how thoroughly to apply cGMP to the phases of manufacturing. Also covered in detail at this webinar are labeling requirements and batch supply chain and considerations for commercially licensed active substances versus APIs for use in clinical trials.
This online regulatory compliance training from this well-known provider of training courses for professionals is aimed at all those whose work involves some element of familiarization with the rules and requirements for selecting, purifying and manufacturing of active substances (active pharmaceutical ingredients or APIs) and excipients for use as starting materials in the manufacture of human or animal medicines.


Chai seeds are an amazing ingredient. They have become such a huge super food as they are packed with lots of nutrients. It's only in the past year or so I started buying them (much later than many people I know), but now I have, I love them. They are great for making various puddings. They cleverly absorb any liquid you add to them and become and jelly like consistency and that's a great texture for kids, as what kid doesn't like jelly, right?
I usually just add fruit and liquid of some sort when making a chai pudding, but this time, I had some coconut milk that needed to be used up, so combining that with some over ripe plums, which I cooked up into a sauce, made these little puddings which are delicious and healthy too. These are the chai seeds I like to use, but you can purchase them at most grocery stores or health food store.
Set aside to cool, and then refrigerate.
Add all ingredients for the chai pudding to a bowl and mix well to combine.
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India's top IT services company Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) is moving to capitalize on growth opportunities in areas such as life sciences and manufacturing, Chief Executive Rajesh Gopinathan said on Friday.
With IT spending in the core banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) segment subdued in the United States - the largest market for India's more than $150 billion software services sector - companies are looking at different sectors and a wider range of service offerings to drive revenue growth.
Gopinathan said in an interview with Reuters that technology was playing a growing role in not just the manufacturing process itself, but also in products, allowing companies such as TCS to target non-traditional sectors more than they did in the past.
"When we look at manufacturing, the extent of smart features that go into not just the manufacturing process, but the product itself are steadily increasing," he said.
From smart refrigerators to connected cars, technology now plays a far bigger role in products, with the proliferation of the Internet of Things and embedded tracking devices helping companies manage logistics and inventory.
TCS posted slightly weaker-than-expected quarterly results late on Thursday, but it reported over 10 percent year-over-year revenue growth from clients in the manufacturing, life sciences and energy sectors.
The three combined currently account for less than 20 percent of TCS's revenue and the BFSI segment accounts for a third.
Gopinathan also said that while TCS would have traditionally focused on servicing the sales and administration functions of such clients, it was now working with those companies even on the final products they market.
"We have a situation where we are under-penetrated in such sectors. On top of that the addressable space in these sectors is rapidly expanding," said Gopinathan. "That's a growth driver and an unfolding opportunity."
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I am using PIACEPoint's function NextEvent to jump between archive events in an ACE calculation. The function returns Nothing in case there are no archive events after the given time. The problem is that there is also logged a message by the archive subsystem.
The message looks like this: "User query failed: [...] Status: [-11032] No Events After Passed eventid"
Is it possible to avoid this message?
..or is there another possibility to check if subsequent events exist?
Tag.PreEvent("*-1h").UTCSeconds == Tag.PreEvent("*").UTCSeconds which means the last archived value at one hour ago is actually the most current snapshot value, then do not use tag.nextEvent or tag.nextVal method to avoid the error.
Thanks! That really helps a lot, it is a working solution.


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Australia's Telstra suffers privacy breach, 132,000 customers impacted By Reuters
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia's largest telecoms firm Telstra (OTC:) Corp Ltd said on Sunday that 132,000 customers were impacted by an internal error that led to disclosure of customer details.
Telstra, which has 18.8 million customer accounts equivalent to three-quarters of Australia's population, said an internal review found the details were made publicly available due to "a misalignment of databases".
Telstra referred Reuters to a company blog post, issued on Friday, that said "some customers' names, numbers and addresses" were listed when they should not have been.
"We are removing the identified impacted customer details from the Directory Assistance service and the online version of the White Pages," Telstra chief financial officer Michael Ackland said in a statement.
The errant disclosure comes after the company in October suffered what it called a small data breach, attributing it to third-party intrusion that exposed some employee data back to 2017.
A Telstra internal staff email put the number of affected current and former employees of that breach at 30,000, according to local media.
Regarding the current issue, Ackland said "no cyber activity was involved".
"Protecting our customers' privacy is absolutely paramount and this is an unacceptable breach of their trust," he added.
"We are in the process of contacting every impacted customer to let them know what has occurred."
Australia's telco, financial and government sectors have been on high alert since Optus, owned by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, revealed on Sept. 22 that a system breach may have compromised up to 10 million accounts.
The data exposed in that breach, taken as part of a sophisticated hack, included home addresses, drivers' licenses and passport numbers in what was one of Australia's biggest cybersecurity breaches.
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Aug. 24, 2017 - Chief Financial Officer Announces Retirement
CFO Steve Fortenberry has announced his retirement effective December 31, 2017, after an almost 35-year career in public education, including two terms in Plano ISD. He returned to Plano ISD as CFO in 2012.
Mr. Fortenberry's leadership continued the Plano ISD legacy of financial responsibility, which includes the district's earning the highest stand-alone credit ratings (Aaa / AA+) carried by any school district in Texas and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) School FIRST top rating of "superior achievement."
As chief financial officer, Mr. Fortenberry has overseen the district's finances, budgeting, accounting, payroll and accounts payable, along with facilities management, demographic planning, purchasing and facility construction and renovation. Mr. Fortenberry was instrumental in educating the public about the May 2016 bond proposal to invest $481 million in Plano ISD facilities and technology efforts. The bond passed by a 79% margin of approval. Also during Mr. Fortenberry's tenure as CFO, the November 5, 2013, tax ratification election passed with 63% of the vote. Both have long-term benefits for the district and the education of students.
Mr. Fortenberry was appointed by the Plano ISD Board of Trustees as Interim Superintendent after the retirement of Superintendent Richard Matkin in January 2015 and prior to the appointment of Dr. Brian Binggeli as superintendent.
"I thank the district for allowing me to come back and finish my career in Plano after a 25-year absence," said Mr. Fortenberry, "In addition, the honor the board bestowed upon me to serve as Interim Superintendent in 2015 was the highlight of my professional career and something I will always cherish."
Retiring CFO Steve Fortenberry with wife Becky at the 2015 Teacher of the Year Gala where he served as honorary chair.
Before joining Plano ISD in 2012, Mr. Fortenberry was the Chief Financial Officer for the McKinney Independent School District in McKinney, Texas, where he was involved in two successful bond propositions. He also served as CFO for Fort Worth ISD in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Calcasieu Parish School Board in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Mr. Fortenberry is a former auditor for Arthur Anderson & Company and began his school finance career in 1983 as assistant director of finance for Plano ISD.
Mr. Fortenberry, a certified public accountant, received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Texas Tech University. He is also the recipient of the Leadership Circle Gold Member Award from the Texas state comptroller for financial transparency.


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How do the Broncos, who gave up four touchdowns by the half of last January's 41-10 first-round playoff loss in Indianapolis, propose to do better in a rematch against a Colt offense that has since taken it up one more level to heaven?
First, the Broncos trade for a Pro Bowl corner, Champ Bailey, to cover Marvin Harrison. Then, they sign Pro Bowl strong safety John Lynch, who continues to play fine and get fined for helmet-to-helmet hits.
Next, they grow so tired of hearing about Peyton Manning, who this season threw for an NFL record 49 touchdowns to an unprecedented three 1,000-yard receivers, the Broncos wear earplugs through Sunday, when they won't hear a damn thing in the Dome anyway.
Finally, Jake (The Fake of a Super Bowl quarterback) Plummer hands the ball off and off and off to Reuben Droughns and Tatum Bell. About 52 minutes of possession might get the job done, but Manning probably will pull it out regardless.
"We're going to raise mortal hell, OK?" said Broncos defensive coordinator Larry Coyer. Hey, when in hell, do what the denizens do. It's a little late to live the perfect life of zero turnovers and escape.
Perhaps by pounding and pounding, the Broncos (10-6) can set up a few long ones over a suspect Colts' secondary. But on any given Sunday indoors, snowballs have a better shot of surviving Manning.
"It is a year I have never seen come around," said Denver coach Mike Shanahan.
Eventually, the defensive backs, who pass out as Manning dizzies them, come around, always too late. "I don't think anybody wants to play Peyton Manning, to be honest with you," said Shanahan. "Anybody that does is not very smart.
The Broncos, having a long season, saved themselves with wins in the final two games, the last over a 12-4 Indy team unmotivated to play Manning more than one series. The Broncos, blitzing more, zoning less than a year ago, have the fourth best defense in the AFC, but statistics are just damn lies when Manning comes to the line, sees what you're doing, and starts waving his arms like Leonard Bernstein in his prime.
"To have three guys (Harrison, Brandon Stokley and Reggie Wayne) with those kinds of stats is very unusual," said Shanahan. "Especially with the running back they have.
What's left to do besides take a wild clutch at a straw, as did Bronco safety Kenoy Kennedy.
Surely they didn't in the AFC title game in New England, where the Colts should be headed for another chance next week.
It doesn't take any Sherlock to realize doubling Harrison becomes Hemlock. So unless Reuben Droughns on and on for 250 yards, why waste any more words sizing up Denver's chances?
Sunday, Ch. 2 – 1 p.m.


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Tomás Valladares (1780 – 1850s) was a liberal Nicaraguan politician, military officer with the rank of brigadier, member of the Democratic Party, and staunch Central American Unionist who served as acting Supreme Director of Nicaragua from 7 November 1839 to 21 September 1840. His son was Juan de la Cruz Valladares.

Biography

Early career
Francisco Morazán had occupied Guatemala City in April 1829 and on 12 May 1830, released Dionisio de Herrera from prison and appointed him as Head of State of Nicaragua. On 1 March 1833 Herrera called a parliament, which would confirm him in this function. Valladares came to this vote as a delegate. He published his dissenting vote and reported the lack of freedom of choice for the delegates, since many people had come to the voting site, made mood for Herrera from the galleries and threatened dissenting voting behavior.

As Supreme Director
He was appointed a Brigadier by the Assembly when Casto Fonseca was appointed Grand Marshal in April 1839, and was handed over the position of Supreme Director after Hilario Ulloa stepped down on 7 November 1839, serving until 21 September 1840 when he handed over power to Patricio Rivas.

Later career
In 1843, under the idea of Morazán's original attempt at restoring the Federal Republic of Central America before his execution in Costa Rica, Valladares commanded Nicaraguan troops trying to bring former Honduran Head of State, Joaquín Rivera Bragas, to power in El Salvador. They were subsequently defeated.

He was also defeated by Francisco Malespín in Choluteca, after attempting to lead a counter invasion into Honduras during Malespín's War.

Publications

 Tomás Valladares: El senador que ejerce el S. P. E del estado de Nicaragua, á los habitantes del mismo, León, March 24, 1840, reprinted in Andrés Vega Bolaños: Gobernantes de Nicaragua, 82., 1944.

References

Presidents of Nicaragua
Year of death missing
1780 births

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It's hard to believe that I am sitting down to craft another stinging review of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program. In August of 2015, I published an article titled, "C-TPAT Off the Rails" and at that time I didn't think that the program could deteriorate much more; but sadly it has. In his remarks at the Seattle Policy Forum just the other day, CBP Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske was lauding the fact that the program now has 11,300 members. The program had 10,000 members more than five (5) years ago, so that's not an accomplishment. In fact, to me it's indicative that the program has essentially flat-lined, or one could even make a case that the C-TPAT membership is receding.
So, what's wrong with the program? Honestly, many things but in my humble opinion one of the biggest problems plaguing C-TPAT has been a lack of continuity in management. The C-TPAT program has been a revolving door of Program Directors over the years; the position is a "rotational position" within CBP. As such, each Director has put their own spin on the program or (worse yet) simply counted the days until their ticket was punched and they could move to their next assignment.
One of the other big problems that continues to be the Achilles heel of C-TPAT is communication; plain and simple. With little exception, few e-mails or voicemails left for Supply Chain Security Specialists (SCSS) are returned. That's not only disgraceful to the position, but it is disrespectful to the tax paying companies who are trying to ask questions or obtain information.
And, then sometimes when they do communicate, it's with wrong information! For example, just the other day a client called and indicated that their SCSS was demanding that they include all Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) transactions in their program too. This isn't the first time that a SCSS has requested this, so it's pervasive across the universe of SCSS's. The fact is DDP shipments should never be included in the program because the importer or customer has no control over the broker, the carrier or the forwarder. Additionally, only the Importer of Record's C-TPAT status is counted during processing and scoring in CBP's Automated Targeting System. So if you've been hoodwinked by your SCSS into including DDP shipments in your C-TPAT program, I recommend that you cease and desist immediately. You are making more work for yourself with absolutely no benefit. We suggested that our client challenge this SCSS and they quickly confirmed that only shipments for which they are the Importer of Record for CBP purposes should be included.
Fallout from C-TPAT Portal 2.0 also continues to hamper the program. The Portal is clunky, very poorly designed and lacks any real substance. It can hardly be viewed as a tool they SCSS can use to determine if the applicant is meeting or exceeding C-TPAT minimum criteria. The narrative questions make no logical sense whatsoever and are all over the board. I have also heard of many companies who were at various stages of applying for C-TPAT when Portal 2.0 was launched. Many of those companies fell completely through the cracks and apparently were no longer visible to CBP and the SCSS's. I know this because we have a client in this category.
But perhaps the most disappointing thing I've heard about C-TPAT recently was that a large (name brand) importer decided they wanted to opt out of the C-TPAT program. Fearing retribution or concern for their reputation with CBP, the company dutifully contacted their trusted customs attorney at a well-known law firm for advice. The advice and answer was quick, absolutely you should resign and we can assure you there will be no fallout. We have a form letter you can use (obviously not the first time they had been asked). The importer sent the form letter to their SCSS at CBP. And so what do you think the response was? Well, let me tell you what it wasn't! The SCSS didn't ask why or inquire about what, if anything, was wrong. The SCSS didn't ask what CBP or the C-TPAT program could have done better? Frankly speaking the SCSS didn't give a hoot! Their answer? "Thanks for letting us know." That's it. No follow-up or curiosity, just a pathetic and apathetic answer by a highly paid, poorly managed and trained government wonk.
In summary, CBP's C-TPAT Program is a train wreck in slow motion. It has been painful to watch CBP ruin a program that was once touted as the most successful private and public partnership ever created.


"Well the future's got me worried such awful thoughts.
I am not sure if this post is just a stream of consciousness, if it is me asking for advice from others, or just a way to bring the concept of living in the present up for discussion. Maybe all three. Yeah, definitely all three.
As a parent I have found it increasingly hard to live for the moment. I am now living constantly for the future. Every day I have to make a decision that will not completely f*ck my child up for the rest of her life, and then on top of that I have to make GOOD decisions that will positively affect her future well being. Here is a short list of things that come across my brain every day/hour/minute: Am I reading enough to my child? How am I going to teach her to read? Does she know enough words for her age group? When am I supposed to potty train her? Do I need to be on a list for preschool? What if I don't want to live in Atlanta in 4 years? What will I be doing in 4 years? Should I get a different job? Am I providing enough? Am I providing anything? Should she be drinking more milk? Her bones can't be brittle. What is she going to be when she grows up? Do I need to start prepping her now? Shes 1…no need yet, right?? How can I make sure she isn't a bully…or get bullied? Why is she fascinated with my iPad? That can't be healthy. On and on and on.
And let's not even get started on thinking about the past. The absolute worst purgatory your brain can be in is stuck in the past. These are things that we literally cannot change, and to dwell upon and reconsider is my definition of misery. However, here come those thoughts as well. I should not have done this…why didn't I do that…ugh.
Now when I lay to savasana I actively try to turn my brain off, and chances are it is still on full power. This was never an issue in the past. I am struggling to find that head space that allows me emptiness in order to find clarity. I need to find that present moment. Where the hell is it?? It is an interesting internal struggle these days.
So I turn this to my fellow yogis, teachers, parents, and gurus…are there any tricks? What am I missing? Will I get my mind back right? Struggling minds need to know!
Absolutely don't let the outside world's societal expectations or deadlines predict your thoughts. Stay the course and make mini plans that are acceptable in your mind and how your daughter is receptive to your efforts.
I totally understand your questioning of living in the now…my mind is in the future with thoughts of starting a family….is it right for us at our age…will I be a good mom…can I give up my career or should I..the list goes on. This is the monkey mind playing it's swift little tricks. You can control the vritti's!
we all have moments of " Am I doing every single thing possible to be successful in every way possible job parenting friendship etc " And if I'm not then what?? Am I a huge failure??? UGH. Don't let the outside world be the judge of how you measure your own success. Relax (easier said) Give your self a moment to enjoy your successes!! you know what they are. Don't let the panic and hype of hurry up and race thru the day the week the month ….. Predict your days.
Love your candor! I hear you sister! Looking to our kids– fur kids included has been a source for getting real to the present tense, for me anyhow. Whenever I get amped into distraction, I get a reality check from them as for their short experience, they teach so much about how to be in the now.


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High-end e-commerce software vendor InterWorld is cutting costs and honing its marketing efforts as it prepares to file for an IPO.
High-end e-commerce software vendor InterWorld is cutting costs and honing its marketing efforts in a push for profitability aimed at filing for an initial public offering, perhaps as soon as April.
InterWorld, based in New York City, has found some success in Asian markets, but the company is not well-known in the United States.
Chris Faust, an InterWorld spokesman, confirmed that eight of the company's 170 employees were laid off last month--seven of them in support functions--but said the company now has an equal numbers of offers on the table for prospective new hires.
"We have been redeploying our head count and streamlining our processes for profitability," said Faust. He added that the company also will outline a new marketing strategy, devised by former IBM and Perot Systems executive Susan Fairty, now InterWorld's marketing VP.
Sources close to the company said executives are deciding whether to file for the IPO quickly or wait until after the rollout of its new marketing strategy, scheduled for the end of March.
"It could be kind of exciting at this point, given that the catalog marketplace has gotten a lot more visibility of late," said analyst Torrey Byles of Granada Research. "Once you go public, there's a lot of pressure to perform on quarter-to-quarter basis. For single-product companies focused on the Web space, that's hard to do."
InterWorld is the second e-commerce vendor eyeing an IPO this year. For example, Intershop, founded in East Germany but now headquartered in San Francisco, is planning to go public, perhaps in Europe.
"I want to get the brand built," said Fairty. "Our biggest issue is that we have wonderful technology and good customer references, but people don't know about us."
InterWorld's software, called Commerce Exchange 2.0, links Web storefronts to existing back-end systems in large companies and includes a catalog-building tool for creating Internet stores. InterWorld's architecture also lets companies customize the application to conform to its existing business.
"You've got to extend your business process onto the Internet," Fairty said. "The crown jewel is our process-centric components." The product ships with templates to link to legacy systems, but its Process Builder tools and components also let companies customize the software to adapt to existing business processes.
Since arriving at InterWorld in November of 1997, Fairty has added to the company's marketing staff, and has prepared a limited advertising campaign. Although InterWorld has its own sales force, Fairty believes the company needs to use resellers to reach its target markets.
"Our sweet spot is the selling chain, business-to-business-to-consumer," she said. "We will go direct to manufacturers, distributors, resellers, and retailers." Within those markets, InterWorld emphasizes manufacturers of PCs, peripherals, semiconductors, medical supplies, and telecommunications equipment. It also is pursuing ISPs that offer e-commerce and catalog services.
InterWorld competes in e-commerce with Open Market and BroadVision, but Fairty said she worries more about future moves in that space by IBM and Microsoft. Netscape's Merchant System, combined with its e-commerce from Actra, also could become a threat if it overcomes its current malaise.
InterWorld expects to announce distribution deals with KPMG and EDS within a few weeks.
Announced customers include Planet Hollywood Online, Broderbund Software, and Bowne & Company, as well as Multiple Zones International's PC Zone and Mac Zone stores.
InterWorld's software starts at $75,000, but a typical configuration averages $195,000. It runs on the Windows NT and Solaris operating systems and supports Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server, and Informix databases.


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Turntable/Phono Stage: Thorens TD126 Mk III (heavily modified), Walker Audio Reference Phono Preamp and Walker Audio Reference Motor Drive (Lloyd's demo units), Silent Source A/C cables, Miyabi 47.
Other Source(s): Sherwood SEL-300, DBX 4BXR, Onkyo TA-2080.
Office system Sherwood SEL-400, Sutherland 12dAX7, Infinity Infinitesimal RS 0.1s, Dahlquist DQ-1Ws, Dahlquist LP-1, Phase Linear 400. Man-Cave hifi Infinity RS1.5, biamped w/Bryston 10B, Phase Linear 700B on bottom, JRDG Model 2 (20-amp special edition) on top, Onkyo P-303 preamp, Yamaha CDX-10000 cd. Patio/yard system McIntosh MA-6900, JBL L200s, Altec 887A Capris and four Infinity Infinitesimal RS 0.1s, powered by two McIntosh MC2100s.
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Tweaks: Walker Audio cones and discs, Dedicated Audio cable elevators, Zoethecus racks, premium shelves.
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Music Used (Genre/Selections): Rock, jazz, blues, classical.
System Goals/Comments: Resolution and dynamics.
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Lockheed Helps Develop University of Central Florida's Cyber Innovation Lab
Brenda Marie Rivers November 28, 2018	Cyber, News
Lockheed Martin has provided $1.5M to the University of Central Florida to support the creation of a cyber laboratory in an effort to foster interest in entering the cybersecurity workforce.
The 970-foot Lockheed Martin Cyber Innovation Lab will be situated within UCF's Engineering I building and will host classroom work as well as cyber defense practice activities, Lockheed said Tuesday.
The lab will be officially opened in early 2019 to support more than 350 students under UCF's cyber programs.
"The nation is facing a challenge filling the pipeline of cyber talent, and we see it as our duty to partner with communities, our customers and academia to create resources that inspire and prepare young people for a career in this critical field," said Tom Warner, director of Lockheed's Cyber Defense, Range and Resilience organization.
A public ribbon-cutting ceremony and Cyber Security Summit is scheduled to take place in the lab in February 2019.
According to a study published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, more than 13K cybersecurity jobs currently remain open in Florida.
Lockheed's cyber solutions unit has grown by 400 percent in Orlando over the past five years.
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Blue Origin, a space company owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, used a capsule with updated crew systems during the company's 14th mission with the New Shepard rocket. The updated capsule featured new push-to-talk communications systems, noise reduction tools, cushioned wall linings, environmental systems and a crew alert system, Blue Origin said Thursday.
A Teledyne Technologies subsidiary has secured an $18M contract from Northrop Grumman to manufacture four more missile defense systems for the U.S. Navy's littoral combat ship mission package.
Lockheed Martin has sent the Orion capsule to NASA's exploration ground systems team for final preparations ahead of the unmanned Artemis I mission to lunar orbit that will launch later this year. The spacecraft concluded assembly operations and testing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - Nov. 13, 2018 -- Informatics Solution for Laboratory Data Management and Coordination between Local, Regional and State Public Health providers.
LIMSABC, a leader in the world of laboratory information management systems (LIMS), has once again hit a homerun with the development of LIMSABC for Public Health. The launch of this innovative technology has caused quite a stir in the industry.
LIMSABC for Public Health was carefully developed to fulfill the unique needs of local health department (LHD) laboratories. Due to the lack of viable systems geared toward this niche, too many underserved laboratories continue to use paper or nonspecific modules of the electronic medical records/electronic health records (EMR/EHR) system for lab patient records, lab orders and reports. This hampers the smooth flow of crucial information between the local health department, the state health department, and the Center for Disease Control (CDC). With LIMSABC for Public Health, the LHD lab will be able to exchange data with the systems at the state and national level in real time, making for a more timely and accurate transmission and receipt of information.
Gabriel Balint, the CEO for LIMSABC said, "The new LIMSABC for Public Health is built on a flexible platform that provides the lab with the ability to adapt to changes in regulations, test menus, and third-party integrations easily." Mr. Balint continued, "Efficient communications between the local health department lab and the electronic health record, local hospitals, clinics, providers, and state and national public health repositories is critical to quality patient care and population health. It's a cost-effective solution that will allow even the smallest local health department lab on a tight budget to function more efficiently. We are very proud to launch LIMSABC for Public Health."
Nancy Rourke, the Vice President of Product and Business Development said, "LIMSABC for Public Health was designed specifically for those "forgotten" city, county and local health departments, who have the same needs of larger health department labs at the state and national level, but don't have the same budget or staff to implement and support a LIMS." Ms. Rourke added, "LIMSABC for Public Health gives them the bridge between the ability to serve their local health department and community healthcare needs, as well as provide a seamless electronic connection to their laboratory partners at the state and national level. Most importantly, we provide it at a cost that works with their limited budgets."
LIMSABC constantly strives to develop new and novel technology to improve the storage, sharing, and coordination of data for laboratories worldwide. When faced with an information management dilemma, the developers accept the challenge and forge ahead to find a practical solution. For more information about LIMSABC for Public Health, visit www.limsabc.com or call 800-834-8618.


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WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST TRENDS FOR HAIR ON THE RUNWAY RIGHT NOW?
"The biggest thing for hair right now is playing with natural texture. A lot of loose ponytails, soft buns; moving out of the long and heavy, motionless hair and working with natural textures just to enhance the beauty of hair."
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WHAT DOES A RUNWAY ORIGINATOR DO?
"We collaborate with the designer and the whole team; see the vibe, examine the clothes, look at the fabric, if it's heavy, you don't want the hair to be heavy as well. For instance, with the clothing line Monse, Fernando did an outstanding job with his collection. Sarah Jessica Parker wore it to the MET ball this year. What we did for the look book… we had the hair big wild and sexy. We then went back and changed the hair because it wasn't about the hair and it wouldn't move. So we figured we should pull the hair back, and not make it about the hair and keep the softness and a little bit of frizz which is so powerful. Because it's not so much about the hair style but the softness of the hair."
You've worked with DVF, Carolina Herrera and Monse, who was your favourite to work with out of the three?
"DVF. She is so inspirational, an incredible woman. She's just the coolest woman out there."
Did you watch her reality show?
"Do I have time to watch TV? (Laughs)"
But then again you're always busy; working with Emma Roberts, Emmy Rossum, Katie Holmes.
"I've been so lucky. They are incredible women, they're powerful, smart, fashionable and trend-setters. Emmy is such a chameleon: we have so much fun creating looks. We see how amazing it is for her to put on a Carolina Herrera gown and then create a look from that. Then you have Katie Holmes and Alicia Vikander on their way to the Oscars or The Golden Globes and you get to be a part of the process, play and create – it's pretty awesome."
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ALICIA VIKANDER, DID YOU DO HER HAIR FOR THE OSCARS?
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Richardson locals team up to open perfect authentic neighborhood bar
There'll be craft cocktails like this Combier Martini, fruity and floral with notes of citrus. Photo courtesy of Brizo Bar
There's a new bar coming to Richardson that promises to bring some authentic neighborhood flair. Called Brizo, it's opening in The Shops at Promenade, that weird low-slung center at 300 Coit Rd., on the southernmost border of Richardson and Dallas.
Brizo is a venture from a group of neighbors including Reid Robinson, John Byrd, Dev Gaymes, Jason Fleming, and Jonathan Lacy, a partner at Barley House, who just want to bring something cool to the neighborhood.
"There's not much in the area, and we thought it would be nice to have a place like this near where we live," Robinson says. "It's a labor of love for our neighborhood."
Robinson is a well known figure in Dallas' local music and arts scene, both for his longtime profile as groovy DJ Woodtronic, and for his roles in arts organizations such as the media & events manager for Dallas' Arts District.
The space itself is a former doctor's office, which they've been renovating for the past four months.
"We're going for a 1960's Hollywood vibe," Robinson says. "We'll have events, maybe a little jazz every once in a while, and we're also going to support the local reading scene. We'll have a wall shelf of books, serving almost as a free library, and we already have a book club lined up to meet there."
The bar will have beer and wine, but craft cocktails will be the thing, overseen by Joe Liscano, formerly of Joule Dallas hotel restaurant Americano. They'll have bourbons, whiskeys, and infused vodkas, plus light snacks including charcuterie plates with cheese and meats from Jimmy's.
Their target opening date is February 22, but they'll have a soft opening prior to work out the kinks.
The group got their feet wet after they took over The Forum, a renowned dive bar located in the exact same shopping center.
"The Forum had been there since 1979," Robinson says. "It was on its last legs when we bought it in March. It was one of the oldest existing bars, and we bought it primarily so that it would still survive, because it would have gone out of business if we hadn't intervened. We remodeled it a little bit, but we didn't want to disrupt it too much for those regulars who've been coming since 1979."
To their delight, the Forum has prospered. But not everyone wants to hang at a dive bar.
"We have friends and neighbors who aren't dive bar people, so we wanted to provide something a little more streamlined, something with small plates and craft cocktails," he says. Enter Brizo.
"If you're an old-timer, you might remember Fair Park, where there was the juxtaposition of the Bar of Soap next door to the State Bar," he says. "The Forum is like the Bar of Soap, and Brizo is like State Bar. The Forum is a payphone, and Brizo is a princess phone."
Downtown Dallas hotel to reopen underground bar with cocktail king
2 Dallas-Fort Worth legislators file to make alcohol-to-go permanent
Clutch high-energy restaurant-bar is opening near Deep Ellum Dallas


The upcoming Ted Bundy film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and, Vile looks to be an interesting take on the infamous serial killer. The Zac Efron led film is seeing some backlash however after the trailer was dropped with some accusing the film of romanticizing and glorifying the serial killer. Bundy who confessed to the murder of 30 women in the 1970s is definitely a vile figure in history and well, Efron is hot and the trailer portrayed him as fairly charming.
Then again, it makes sense to do so cause that's how Bundy had to lure in his victims so it seems like the film is taking the right steps to properly depict the serial killer's persona. Some people aren't really on board with that and the film's director has some things to say about it.
That is so damn true! Films based on real life events and people that are morally abhorrent tend to get some flack especially when the film highlights the "cooler" aspects of this subject matter. The Wolf of Wall Street also got a lot of s–t for showcasing the exorbitant lifestyle of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo Dicaprio) which he gained from engaging in rampant corruption and fraud through his career as stockbroker. That film was a comedy however and Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile is going the more crime/thriller route so we're probably going to see a different response once the film is out in theaters.


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Q: My postgresql database not showing many to many field column but django admin page does. Why? I hope you got the question from the title itself.
After migrating I can select multiple fields from that many to many field in django admin page but when I click on save it saves in the admin page of django but when I check the postgresql database everything that is not many to many field saves but the table lacks many to many field column.

A: There are no many-to-many connections in Postgres, nor other SQL databases as far as I know.  These connections are generally made thru a third table (called thru-table sometimes), connecting values from two tables.
Django does this behind the scenes for you.
You should find the third table in the database.  There are default names for them and you can choose a name too.

A: If you check the database in graphical interfaces such as pgadmin or in the terminal, you will see that none of the databases show the many-to-many relationship, but in practice everything is in order and working.
This could be because you can't change it through tools like pgadmin, and the reason of many-to-many relationships are null = True by default is probably because you can't change them in user interfaces.


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"Miss Lovely" Directed By Ashim Ahluwalia Releases In US Theaters
Published: June 19, 2014, 9:39 a.m.
Filed in: Film
The chance of going to see an Indian movie from an unknown director with unknown actors on a Friday or Saturday night is slim to none for most of us. First, because most Americans do not think past their borders and, second, because most are not interested in discovering what foreign films have to offer. If they do not speak our language, then we are not interested. I have to admit, I am guilty of it as well. Yet, when I heard about "Miss Lovely," which was shot in India and had been selected in the category "Un Certain Regard" at Cannes Film Festival in 2012, also winning the National Film Award- Special Jury Award (Feature film), I was intrigued. Obviously it had to be something special. Ashim Ahluwalia is an Indian filmmaker who was born in Mumbai, grew up in Bombay and studied in New York. Far from embracing Bollywood, he declares himself an Independent who wants to show the world the true India. He made his directorial debut with the feature-length documentary "John & Jane" (2005), which was praised at the Toronto Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival, and won him the 2005 National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director. Recently in New York to promote the release of his film "Miss Lovely," which opens this weekend, I spoke to the director about the difficulties of working as an independent filmmaker.
"Miss Lovely" is the story of two brothers who produce sleazy horror films in the mid-1980s in Bombay's "C" grade film industry. Capitalizing on the profitable but dangerous porn-horror film making, it shows the exploitation of women, the lies, cheating and deception associated with it and two brothers torn apart. It is not the kind of picture we are used to, but it certainly delivers a powerful message and Ashim certainly gets his point across. Here is what he had to say...
Why did you decide to do this movie in particular?
I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that this was never discussed in India. It's a really hidden subculture of Indian filmmaking. None of this material was out there. And I actually went to film school in New York. I went to a place called Bard College and when I moved back to Bombay, I found that I really didn't have a space at all, in terms of what I wanted to do. I wanted to make independent films and there was only Bollywood, which was main stream. There was a kind of state sanctioned art-house cinema. Only four or five directors would keep getting money to make a certain kind of movie, which most people didn't watch.
I didn't really fit in either of those spaces, and I then started noticing these posters of these cheap sex films that were illegal, and were just being made really cheaply. I thought this would be very interesting for me to explore; who these people were that made these films and who watched them.
So I started a project and wanted to make a documentary about this secret cinema. I spent about a year and a half with people from the industry, such as actors, actresses, and directors just to understand it. But then a year and a half later, no one wanted to be in the documentary because Indian pornography is very fiercely illegal so anybody shooting any of this stuff would go to jail for three to four years without any bail. I thought, now I have all of these stories and material, I think one day I'd like to make this into a fictional film. That's what I did — I took all this real material and I wrote a script around it, which kind of became the basis of "Miss Lovely."
Did you want to do this because it hadn't been done?
No, I wanted to do it because I felt like there was a space where there were films being made in a country — which makes the most amount of films in the world — and 70 percent of those films were not being talked about. I wanted to understand why anything that has to do with sexual material is hidden, because it reveals a lot about social dynamic. Why is this stuff illegal? What makes it illegal? So it really talked, I think for me, more about the state of India and the culture of India, than it did about the movies themselves.
We hear about Bollywood from time to time; however, we don't really see the general public in the U.S. watching those movies. Yet your film was included in "Un Certain Regard" at the prestigious Cannes film festival.
Yeah. It was very lucky for me that it did, because I think if it hadn't gone to Cannes, I don't think anybody would have been willing to engage with a movie that is about a different side of India. It also went to the Toronto International Film Festival, and then the International Film Festival Rotterdam after that, so it became something that people were very interested in. Not just the subject of the film, but also the way it's made. It's not made like a fantasy. It's not made like a typical Indian, Bollywood movie. It's quite raw and it's quite dark. You can count the number of dark Indian movies on one hand. Because most films in India are light and fun, and it's all about everyone having a great time. But when you read the newspaper, that's unfortunately not how it is in real life.Why is it so difficult for the Indian film industry to cultivate a public in the U.S.?
I think it's because the films are geared to a certain Indian sensibility and India has a very long tradition of fantasy films. Again, like American films, it's very intertwined with the star system, so Indians watch films not so much for the films, but for the stars. And when you know the star, and you're really into the star, the music, the director, and the songs — then that's a very culturally specific thing. So if you expose that film to another culture, it doesn't quite work because people don't really have the same connection to those stars or to that music or to that style of filmmaking. The stories themselves are not real; they're not about anything. They're fantasies. I think that's what makes it difficult.
Yet there are a couple of films about India that have become popular here. So why do you think that it is so difficult for some directors to appeal to international audiences?
What films are you talking about? Would you say that "Slumdog Millionaire" is a film like that? Because "Slumdog Millionaire" is not an Indian film. If you talk to most Indians, they don't think of "Slumdog Millionaire" as an Indian film at all. It's made by a Westerner, and it's not how an Indian would see India. It's about a very different kind of India. You know what I mean?
However, Indian directors are not making films only for India. You want your films to be recognized in other parts of the world, otherwise you would not be in the U.S. So how do you see this happening?
For me, I think if you make a film that's genuine about the spirit that it comes from, then I think there are audiences around the world. For example; my film will show theatrically in France in a month, and will be released in Japan, Taiwan and Germany. I think it's important to have stories that are Indian, but are out there.
Do you have any support from the Indian government?
The Indian government does not support any kind of cinema other than Bollywood.
That's really interesting. So it must be very hard for you.
Yeah, it's very, very hard to make independent films. Like in France, you have so much support for good cinema, and in India you're always doing it against the system. You have the deck stacked against you, so it's quite hard. This film took three and a half years to raise the money and then the money came from international productions, so if I didn't have Cannes, and I didn't have the Rotterdam, I would not be able to make this film. I would not be able to make any kind of cinema. I would have to make Bollywood films.
Do you see yourself eventually making movies in the U.S. about Indian people or about Indian stories?
I would love to do that. I would love to make films that are cross-cultural and that are not specific to any one place. I'd love to make a film that's set in the colonial period in India, because it would be a very interesting way to forge a kind of European sensibility and an Indian sensibility. But I don't want to make films that are selling India to the West. If they're fake or not believable, I wouldn't want to do them.
What was the process behind this movie?
It was completely an independent film, and it was built from scratch. This kind of film would have been unimaginable, maybe five years ago and this film was released in India about two months ago, so it's really changed a lot of things. The actor — the guy who plays the younger brother — he's now become a star. He's on the cover of GQ. It's really switched a lot of perceptions about what kind of cinema you can make.
What was different about your film and your casting?
Most actors in Bollywood look like models. You don't have actors who look realistic. This guy was the first guy who looked very real, and who's very good and he's very realistic
What about the heroine?
Niharika Singh plays the character Pinky, and what's interesting about her is that she had actually done two Bollywood movies before this film, which did not release. She was very frustrated with the Bollywood system because she said, 'I'm not getting any roles where I can act. All of them are like me just looking pretty and standing behind an actor as the girlfriend or the wife, or whatever.' But she has no roles, because there are no real roles for women in these films because they're always just the decoration usually. So when she saw the script, I said, 'Listen, it's a dark film and it's very crazy. It's quite new in the way it's portraying women in India. It's quite a wild movie.' And she saw the script and she came back to me and she said, 'This is amazing it's like a novel. I would love to do this.' And I was really surprised, and since then she's now of course getting very interesting films to do. All the women in this film are very strong and you don't see women who take charge ever.
Are you working on a new project?
Yeah, I've got a couple of films. One of them is actually very different. It's set in Italy and it's a Renaissance movie, completely different from this. And then there's another film which is set in India and it's in development, so we have a couple of things, but nothing's concrete yet.
By Michele Elyzabeth
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Season Two of the pragmatist podcast Damn the Absolute! will be released later this week with guest philosopher Jessica Wahman discussing the metaphorical nature of scientific knowledge.
Damn the Absolute! – The Pragmatist Podcast Returns with Season Two
February 14, 2022 January 4, 2023 8 min read Jeffrey Howard Announcements
Two years since the idea for Damn the Absolute! was first dreamed up, I'm thrilled to announce the upcoming release of Season Two. We'll explore similar territory, and, hopefully, tread new paths, unstiffen some thinking, and see if we can't embrace a bit more uncertainty in the world.
In personal news, during the off season, I made a few thousand mile move from Cascadia to Southern Appalachia. It's great to be near family again, and to have new opportunities to put some of these ideas into practice.
Looking Forward to Season Two of Damn the Absolute!
You can look forward to new episodes about democracy, community, permaculture, epistemology, and pluralism. And, of course, plenty of air time will be dedicated to dissecting pragmatist thinkers like William James, John Dewey, and Richard Rorty.
Our first cadre of guests includes:
Jessica Wahman ("Scientific Knowledge Is Metaphorical")
Noëlle McAfee ("Fear of Breakdown in American Democracy")
Elin Danielsen Huckerby ("Richard Rorty's Uses for Literature")
Marcia Morgan ("Richard Bernstein's Engaged Fallabilistic Pragmatism")
Jason Ananda Josephson Storm ("The Meaning of Metamodernism")
We are still rounding out and finalizing our guest list for Season Two, so please, email us at damntheabsolute@erraticus.co with your recommendations.
Season Two launches Wednesday, February 16th, so be sure to catch up on the conversations with last season's guests.
Here's a recap of our inaugural season.
Recapping Season One of Damn the Absolute!
S1E01 Richard Rorty and Achieving Our Country w/ Adrian Rutt
We kicked off Season One of Damn the Absolute! with an introduction to Richard Rorty, one of the most influential pragmatist philosophers of the past half-century. Philosophy professor Adrian Rutt gives a tour of Rorty's remedies for leftist political movements in the twentieth century, and beyond.
S1E02 Toward a Politics of Uncertainty w/ Daniel Wortel-London
Continuing the trend of pragmatist insights into political philosophy, Daniel Wortel-London makes the case for a political worldview that begins with uncertainty as the animating value. He draws heavily from the philosopher John Dewey to demonstrate how we might engage in politics in a less dogmatic and more intellectually humble way.
S1E03 Placemaking and the Benefits of Local Scale w/ Jaime Izurieta
Turning an eye to the tensions between global forces and localism, urban designer Jaime Izurieta advocates for placemaking and the benefits of small scale, envisioning a globalism in service of the local, rather than the extractive alternative.
S1E04 Religious Disagreement and Whether Religious Expertise Exists w/ Helen De Cruz
We grappled with questions of God, religious disagreement, and whether there's such a thing as religious expertise. Philosopher Helen De Cruz pulls insights from William James, among a bevy of other thinkers in an attempt to clarify the differences between those who have religious experiences and those we understood to be experts on religion.
S1E05 An Expansive and Democratic View of Physical Education w/ Nate Babcock
To push back against narrow constructions of what physical education (PE) is about, educator Nate Babcock articulates a view wherein PE is an embodied microcosm of what it means to be a democratic citizen. He employs the concepts of bodyfulness, corporeality, and phenomenology to critique prevailing methods used in schools.
S1E06 Levinas and James: A Pragmatic Phenomenology w/ Megan Craig
By placing the philosopher Emmanuel Levinas alongside William James, we find two complimentary philosophies that help to strengthen the weaknesses of the other. Philosopher Megan Craig uses the two thinkers to forge a moral philosophy that eschews moral codes, axioms, or formulaic laws too detached from the messiness of life.
S1E07 Charles Peirce and Inquiry as an Act of Love w/ David O'Hara
Credited with coining the term pragmatism and many of its originating ideas, Charles Sanders Peirce's philosophy was built around the notion of "a community of inquirers," guided by love. Philosopher professor David O'Hara connects the "Principle of Peirce" with a call for greater inclusion and compassion in our collective pursuit of truth.
S1E08 Subsistence Agriculture During the Collapse of Industrial Capitalism w/ Ashley Colby
We got our hands a bit in the mud discussing small-scale agriculture, back-dropped by the apparent cracks in global capitalist institutions, including industrial farming. Both a sociologist and farmer, Ashley Colby champions a model of social change that emphasizes lived practices and concrete consequences over theoretical concerns and ideological commitments.
S1E09 Trust in a Polarized Age w/ Kevin Vallier
Trust in political institutions in the United States has been rattling and declining for decades, worsened by polarization. Political philosopher Kevin Vallier offers his solutions for how liberalism can restore social and political trust.
S1E10 Unschooling and Gentle Parenting w/ Tiersa McQueen
In the history of education, mass schooling is a relatively recent development, with many people campaigning for its major reform. Concerned with the school-to-prison pipeline and the ways conventional schooling fails to meet her children's needs, Tiersa McQueen advocates for unschooling, or self-directed learning, as a worthwhile alternative.
S1E11 A Small Farm Future w/ Chris Smaje
The global industrial economy shows increasing signs of fragility, bringing its sustainability into question. Farmer and social scientist Chris Smaje proposes a "small farm future" built around local economies as a way forward.
S1E12 Philosophers Need to Care About the Poor w/ Jacob Goodson
Returning to the philosophy of Richard Rorty, we examined some of his political predictions for the twenty-first century. Philosophy professor Jacob Goodson explores some of the problems with these seemingly prophetic writings while also pleading for a greater concern for the poor.
S1E13 The Philosophy of Lived Experience w/ Henriikka Hannula
The notion of lived experience has entered mainstream discourse. However, it's a wildly conflated term. Philosopher Henriikka Hannula explains its connection to historicism and the role hermeneutics plays in the human sciences.
S1E14 A Tool for a Pluralistic World w/ Justin Marshall
Galvanizing consensus in a diverse society is incredibly difficult. Enlisting pragmatist thinkers such as Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and Richard Rorty, philosopher Justin Marshall valorizes pluralism as a tool for better coping with the challenges we face in democratic contexts.
S1E15 Making the Commons More Common w/ Neal Gorenflo
Contrasting with the market or the state, the commons offers an alternative for resource management. Neal Gorenflo, executive director of Shareable, details the history of the commons and what benefits it offers in the twenty-first century.
S1E16 Where Do Animals Fit into Human Flourishing? w/ Ike Sharpless
Human flourishing and the well-being of non-human animals is deeply intertwined, but it's unclear how we can ethically benefit one another. Philosopher Ike Sharpless delivers a freewheeling conversation regarding how we might better integrate non-human animals into our social and political systems.
S1E17 Reversing Climate Change w/ Ross Kenyon
Perhaps the most universally pressing issue of our time, there isn't an aspect of society untouched by climate change. However, our conversations about which solutions are most effective can be quite unproductive. Co-founder of the Nori carbon removal marketplace, Ross Kenyon suggests we need a pluralistic approach if we're going to make progress.
S1E18 A Friendly Introduction to Stoicism w/ Derek Parsons
We examined stoicism as a life philosophy relevant for us moderns. A contributing editor at Erraticus and educator, Derek Parsons presents a friendly overview of this ancient moral system that places reason at the heart of the human condition.
S1E19 Buddhist Reflections on Race and Liberation w/ Charles Johnson
Another life philosophy, Buddhism can also be understood as a practice. Award-winning author and Buddhist practitioner Charles Johnson argues for Buddhism as a radical form of liberation, particularly for Black Americans.
S1E20 Can Pragmatism Help Us Live Well? w/ John Stuhr
In the finale, we explore a question central to the entire season: Can pragmatism help us live well? Joined by philosopher John Stuhr, we considered the ramifications of treating pragmatism as "a season of belief" or fashion, and the implications it has for the many problems we face in American society.
Once again, thank you for your dedicated support of Damn the Absolute! and the Erraticus community. I look forward to spending another season with you.
And, as Charles Sanders Peirce says, "Do not block the way of inquiry."
Jeffrey Howard
Jeffrey is the Founder and Editor-in-chief of Erraticus. He also hosts and produces the philosophy-centric podcast Damn the Absolute!
He is a journalist and writer whose research interests center around bioregionalism, philosophical pragmatism, pluralism, and resilient communities. He lives in Southern Appalachia.
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Jeffrey is the Founder and Editor-in-chief of Erraticus. He also hosts and produces the philosophy-centric podcast Damn the Absolute! He is a journalist and writer whose research interests center around bioregionalism, philosophical pragmatism, pluralism, and resilient communities. He lives in Southern Appalachia.


The founder of BeeSweet Lemonade got a sweet offer from Daymond John, CEO of the FUBU clothing line, on an episode that aired Friday night.
John agreed to pay Ulmer $60,000 for a 25-percent stake in her company.
BeeSweet Lemonade, which is made with flaxseed and locally sourced honey, is available at Whole Foods Market stores in Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, as well as at many local restaurants.
The money from John will be used to increase production, Ulmer said. Two new lemonade flavors – prickly pear and iced tea – are set to debut soon.


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Tuesday, November 8, 2022, 12:05 a.m.
Rishi Sunak won the race to become Britain's new prime minister by promising to fix his predecessor's fiscal errors and unify his party. Oddly, he wasn't asked to say much about Brexit — which has hobbled the country for the past six years and remains the government's biggest challenge. Addressing it will make cleaning up the budgetary mess look easy.
Sunak got an abrupt reminder of the trouble ahead after less than a week in office, when a quarrel over trade rules between Northern Ireland, Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland flared anew. When the UK left the European Union, it was understood that an open border between Northern Ireland and the Republic was essential to preserving the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. But this meant Brexit would require an economic border in the Irish Sea, between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
Desperate to "get Brexit done," Britain's government agreed to a so-called protocol making that stipulation in 2020 and set the issue aside. In protest at the new border, the North's Democratic Unionist Party shut down the region's power-sharing assembly in May. The Tories then moved legislation in Westminster to unilaterally cancel the protocol they'd previously agreed to. A trade war between the UK and the EU became a distinct possibility.
It still is. A deadline for restoring the Belfast assembly has passed, triggering new elections. By themselves, to be sure, these will solve nothing: Until the quarrel over the protocol is resolved, the ground is laid for yet more political turmoil and economic uncertainty. Adding to that prospect is a bill moving through Britain's Parliament to excise every piece of EU-derived legislation by the end of next year — a reckless, arbitrary target and a formula for bureaucratic chaos.
Sunak supported Brexit, and he previously said he'd move even faster to purge the EU from the statute book. If he now intends to emphasize pragmatism and managerial competence, a wholesale reset of UK-EU relations would be a great place to start.
The difficulties caused by the protocol are real: Checks on goods moving across the Irish Sea are a costly nuisance. But these problems can be largely resolved through good-faith negotiation, information-sharing and technical accommodations. Talks during the brief term of Liz Truss, Sunak's predecessor, reportedly made progress. Up to that point, Britain's mistake was to lose patience with the EU's devotion to process and pivot to barking commands. That was delusional. The UK negotiates with the EU from a position of weakness. Sunak needs to understand this, even if he can't afford to admit it.
Flexibility on supposedly immovable issues of principle will be necessary — not just on customs procedures but also on matters such as the standing of the European Court in resolving disputes. For its part, the EU can afford to bend on points of contention so long as the UK emphasizes mutual interest, not "We win, you lose." In the same spirit, other post-Brexit frictions in UK-EU trade can be lessened. In due course, a closer trade partnership should be feasible.
For this to work, Sunak will have to distance himself from the Brexit hard-liners who've been intent on digging the UK into an ever-deeper hole. He'll also have to disappoint (or bribe) the DUP extremists who deplore compromise of any kind. It helps that opinion in Northern Ireland seems to be shifting against the DUP, and that Sunak's fellow Tories in Westminster, contemplating their own electoral oblivion, currently prefer unity over factionalism. Geopolitics pushes the same way: Russia's war on Ukraine underlines the need for Britain and the EU to be close friends and allies, not spiteful rivals. If Sunak wants his leadership to make a difference, this is how — and it wouldn't be a moment too soon.
— Bloomberg Opinion
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Manor o Manor house (in italiano maniero, villa, fattoria o castello) può significare:

Aziende
 Manor AG – catena di grandi magazzini svizzera
 Manor Motorsport – scuderia automobilistica britannica
 Manor Studio – studio di registrazione

Geografia
 India
 Manor – suddivisione dell'India classificata come census town
 Regno Unito
 Manor Park – quartiere di Londra
 Boston Manor – stazione della metropolitana di Londra
 Stati Uniti d'America
 Manor – comunità statunitense nella California
 Manor – comunità statunitense nella Georgia
 Manor – borough statunitense nella Pennsylvania
 Manor – città statunitense nel Texas
 Briarcliff Manor – comune statunitense
 Naples Manor – census-designated place statunitense
 Wilmington Manor – census-designated place statunitense

Pagine correlate
Manor House
The Manor