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Susan Rice's latest: 'Our leadership is unmatched'
Boast comes as lone senator tries to stop Obama's next foreign adventure
By Garth Kant
Published June 8, 2014 at 6:42pm
The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration picked what some undoubtedly found a curious time and place to complain about the perception of the president's foreign policy as lacking virility.
The view at Colleville-sur-Mer is uniquely stunning and symbolic, representing the brave and ultimate sacrifices of the soldiers who saved civilization.
Rows upon rows of simple white crosses, and the occasional Star of David, sit against nothing but the emerald lawn and azure sky of Normandy, France.
Just below is Omaha Beach, where the allies landed on D-Day, June 6, 1944, spearheading the liberation of Europe from the Nazis.
This is also the setting where, as world leaders gathered Friday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of that bold, daring and crucial invasion, National Security Adviser Susan Rice chose to complain about the growing sentiment that President Obama's foreign policy is weak and failed.
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"I don't think the criticism has been fair," she told CNN, adding, "our leadership is unmatched."
That might be news to former U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, who resigned in March and explained that last week by telling CNN, "I was no longer in a position where I felt I could defend the American policy."
"We have been unable to address either the root causes of the conflict in terms of the fighting on the ground and the balance on the ground, and we have a growing extremism threat," he added.
But Rice specifically cited the president's Syria policy as an example of robust leadership, along with his intention, announced recently in his speech at West Point, to increase aid to the some of the opposition in the country's civil war.
That, however, leads to another problem: While many worry whether Obama's Syria policy is weak, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is concerned about whether it is wise.
The senator told WND he questions the wisdom of sending of arms to Syria, as the administration plans, because of the risk those weapons will end up in the hands of hardcore terrorists.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah
Lee is so concerned, he was the only member of the Senate Armed Services committee to vote against approving the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, and that panel includes such strong conservatives as Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., and Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.
"This is a big deal to me," Lee told WND, saying he's particularly worried because U.S. Central Commander General Lloyd Austin could not assure him that the assistance America provides will not fall into the wrong hands.
Austin testified that some weapons undoubtedly will wind up in the hands of extremist groups such as al-Nusra, which is affiliated with al-Qaida, and ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), which is so radical, even al-Qaida severed relations with them.
The senator has even more reason to be concerned about Western weapons falling into the wrong hands -- it has already happened.
In December, WND security expert and former Pentagon analyst F. Michael Maloof detailed how nearly all of the weapons supplied by the West to its ally, the Free Syrian Army, were captured by the Islamic Front, a group that subscribes to the strict Islamic law of sharia.
On Friday, Rice admitted the U.S has been supplying arms to rebels, and without addressing where those weapons have ended up, cited it as an example of how the administration "has ramped up its support for the moderate vetted opposition, providing lethal and nonlethal support where we can to support both the civilian opposition and the military opposition."
Some administration critics have cited problems with identifying actual moderates in Syria.
Former ambassador Ford claimed, "We've identified them quite well now. Some people say, well, we don't know them well enough; we can't depend on them. We know them quite well. We've worked with them for years."
Lee said he is sure there are some moderates, as well as "lots of others that are not anything close to what we would call moderates."
But the real problem with vetting, Lee said, is the composition of those groups is changing constantly. "Those we might identify as moderates one day might not be the next day."
So, who are the moderates the administration has identified in Syria?
President Obama met with the head of the opposition National Coalition, Ahmad Jarba, in Washington last month, so that group seems a likely candidate to receive the weapons Obama is planning to send.
However, the National Coalition backs the Free Syria Army, and they are the ones who had their weapons captured in December.
Members of the Free Syrian Army
The weapons were seized by the Islamic Front, which, Maloof reported in WND, is a "coalition of some seven so-called 'moderate' Islamic militant groups opposing the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad."
However, the definition of moderate is one Westerners might find a stretch.
Maloof noted, "the Islamic Front's published charter states that its aim is to establish an Islamic state in Syria with the implementation of Islamic law, or sharia" which calls for the subjugation of women and death to those who insult Islam or the prophet Muhammad.
These "moderate" Islamic militant groups, Maloof reported, "also are also firmly against secularism or any human legislation, believing that laws come only from Allah. It would make any non-Muslims in Syria, particularly Christians and other minorities, second-class citizens."
The boundaries between even those so-called moderate groups and the hardcore Islamists such as al-Nusra and ISIL becomes even murkier, because they all collaborate.
Lee said Director of National Intelligence James Clapper described these groups to be "in an agreement of convenience. The groups are quite fluid. They may disagree ideologically, but when it's convenient for them, in a tactical context, they will agree to work together."
Since the moderates will work with the fanatics, WND asked Lee, what's the difference?
"Yeah. I don't want to sound like there's no way of ever knowing whether some people, or some groups within the opposition, are moderates, but there is enough fluidity out there to cause a real risk here," the senator soberly reflected.
Maloof confirmed that fluidity when he reported, "Islamic Front members such as Ahrar al-Sham are difficult to distinguish from the al-Qaida-affiliated groups. Ahrar al-Sham, for example, recently conducted a joint raid with Nusra Front and ISIL against Hezbollah and pro-Assad militias."
Members of the Islamic Front
And Lee said that fluidity tells him, "You can't just say 'We're going to vet the really well' because even vetting them won't necessarily assure that a group that you get today won't tomorrow be affiliated with an effort that is hostile to the United States."
Doesn't that makes it nearly impossible to identify how strong the moderate force is, in reality?
"Yes, and it also makes it impossible for us to assure ourselves that aid that we provide won't end up, one way or another, in the hands of those who have every intention of harming us. That worries me a lot."
The lawmaker told WND that the uncertainty in sending arms to rebels in Syria has to be taken into account very seriously and ought to be debated separately from the rest of the NDAA, and be the subject of it's own debate in Congress.
Lee looked back at last summer when there was a heated debate over whether to bomb Syria for alleged chemical weapons attacks, "and there was a resounding and negative response from the American people, who made clear they were overwhelmingly against it."
It doesn't mean the idea of arming Syrian rebels would be rejected, he acknowledged, but he said it is certainly something we should discuss and debate.
In closing, WND asked the senator if he thought Obama actually might not mind arming jihadists, thinking they can be dealt with, as he thought about the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt?
"Well, perhaps. If he is inclined to go in this direction, if this is what he wants to do, that would suggest that he thinks he can manage it. It suggests that he thinks, perhaps, that we can affect those to whom we are providing assistance, and that will take care of it. But, again, the facts don't bear that out."
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Garth Kant is WND Washington news editor. Previously, he spent five years writing, copy-editing and producing at "CNN Headline News," three years writing, copy-editing and training writers at MSNBC, and also served several local TV newsrooms as producer, executive producer and assistant news director. His most recent book is "Capitol Crime: Washington's cover-up of the Killing of Miriam Carey." He also is the author of the McGraw-Hill textbook, "How to Write Television News."
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Current Conditions Index nears all-time high and 51% of respondents predict rise in farmland values.
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Producers continue to report strong current conditions on their farms as February's Current Conditions Index value of 200 is near its all-time high as February's Ag Economy Barometer reading changed little. The Ag Economy Barometer is calculated each month from 400 U.S. agricultural producers' responses to a telephone survey. This month's survey was conducted from Feb. 15-19, 2021.
February's Ag Economy Barometer reading of 165 compares to 167 in January. Continuing a trend that got underway last fall, however, the Index of Future Expectations drifted lower to a reading of 148, 3 points below its January reading. February marked the third time in the last four months that the Future Expectations Index declined, leaving it 20% below its October peak.
Ongoing strength in ag commodity prices and farm income continue to support producers' perspective on current conditions. Concerns about possible policy changes and trade changes weigh on future expectations.
February marked the first time in the survey's history that more than half of respondents said they expected a short-run increase in farmland values. Fifty-one percent of respondents said they expect to see farmland values rise during the next year, up 8 points from the January survey. Farmers are also optimistic about the long-run trend in farmland values as 62% of respondents indicated farmland values are likely to rise over the next five years. This was the third month in a row that more than 60% of respondents said they expect to see a long-term rise in farmland values.
Bullishness regarding farmland values spilled over into expectations for rising farmland cash rental rates. The percentage of producers expecting to see higher rental rates has been increasing the last several months, primarily because the percentage of producers expecting rates to remain about the same has been declining. For example, in December three-fourths of respondents said they expected rental rates in 2021 to be about the same as in 2020 with 18% of respondents expecting higher rental rates. By February the percentage of producers expecting rates to be unchanged fell to 61% as the percentage expecting higher rates rose to 36%.
Farm capital investments
The Farm Capital Investment Index drifted lower in February to a reading of 88, 5 points below both its December and January readings. Still, the index in February stood at its third-highest reading since data collection began in 2015 and was 16 points higher than a year earlier, just before the pandemic got underway.
The percentage of producers who seek to purchase machinery dipped 6 points to 9% in February, down from 15% in December and January.
Optimism about farmland values and confidence that now is a relatively good time to make large investments are being fueled by expectations for improved financial performance. The percentage of farms expecting to see a better financial performance in 2021 compared to the prior year has been rising since last summer and on the February survey reached 37%, up 4 points from January and 25 points higher than last July.
This was also reflected in producers' perception of the most critical risk facing their operation in the next 12 months. The percentage of producers citing financial risk as most critical in February 2021 declined to just 18%, compared to 26% when the same question was posed a year earlier. Interestingly, in light of pandemic-related disruptions this past year, 29% of producers ranked production as their most critical risk this year, up from 22% who felt that way a year ago and just 17% two years ago.
Survey respondents are asked about their farms' plans for growth. This year, 50% of commercial-scale farms reported they either have no plans to grow or plan to exit/retire in the next five years. Seventeen percent of this year's respondents, up from 12% a year earlier, said they expect their farm operation to grow, but at a slow pace of less than 5% annually. Twenty-five percent of farms said they expect to increase in size a bit more rapidly, 5% to 10% annually, which was unchanged from last year's survey. Farms that expect to grow relatively rapidly, more than 10% per year, declined from approximately 12% on the 2020 survey to about 9% percent on the 2021 survey. Overall, these results point towards continued consolidation in the farm sector.
Reasons behind the 20% decline in the Index of Future Expectations that's taken place since October appear to be centered on concerns about the long-term future for agricultural trade and uncertainty about a variety of policies affecting agriculture. For example, the percentage of producers who expect ag exports will increase over the next five years stood at 65% in October. That percentage has been declining continuously over the last four months and in February was down to just 45%. The percentage of producers who expect a favorable outcome to the trade dispute with China fell from 65% in October to 37% in February. Interestingly, this has taken place despite the recent ramp-up in ag exports to China. Still, worries about the future of ag trade combined with concerns about the possibility of more restrictive environmental regulations, estate and income taxes, all expressed on previous surveys, appear to be the motivation for the divergence between farmers' perspective on the current vs. the future situation.
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As competition rises in the business world, companies continually need to boost revenues, reduce expenses, and become increasingly more profitable. But, if you've ever been in a budgeting meeting where statements like those above have been defined as goals, it's likely you've been in situations where end-of-year results weren't as good as leadership had hoped.
Blanket-statement goals can, in fact, be downright counterproductive. As just one example, cutting expenses by a certain percent could actually cut revenues even more, ultimately leading to lower profitability.
And, here's another statement you've likely heard in company meetings: "There's got to be a better way!" Fortunately, when it comes to creating forecasts that truly drive success, there is a better way: predictive modeling.
To illustrate how this could work, let's use an international technology company as our example, one with tens of thousands of call center reps who service customers. The customer experience leader who oversees these operations needs to decide how to staff the call center, including how many people to have at what levels of knowledge and experience at what times of the day and week.
The leader will also need to schedule differently, say, in January when significant numbers of people recently received products as holiday gifts or purchased them to upgrade technology for the new year. She will also need to schedule differently when new products are launched and otherwise manage staffing based upon seasonal ebbs and flows.
Finance teams often use historical data to put together budgets and set goals for the following year. Using our call center example, they might automatically build in a certain percentage of funds for extra call staff each January and for the new product launch in July. In other words, past volume needs will serve as a driver for the company's upcoming financial forecast.
Add up the number of service calls received during each week of the previous year.
Determine how many were answered by the front-line team and how many needed to be passed on to someone else with more expertise.
Calculate the wages of everyone involved in each week's servicing at the call center and use that to budget for the following year.
If the call center begins receiving significantly heavier or lighter volumes of calls when compared to historical data, this current market demand data can also be used to estimate volume need. In that case, the company could adjust staffing accordingly.
Then, at the end of each year, finance departments compare projections against actual expenses and revenues to determine how closely budgeting and forecasting goals were met before making next year's projections. This forecasting model has been a longstanding methodology, so much so that this could be considered the standard approach for forecasting.
Information gleaned from the standard forecasting model is typically discussed and relayed through language that accountants use, with references made to income statements, balance sheets, cash flow projections, and so forth. This makes perfect sense to finance professionals, but the information is often shared with people in lines of business such as sales and marketing, customer service, and information technology—and this is seldom the language they use in their own daily work.
So, when you've got the finance team using accounting lingo and the call center using their own specialized lingo, a real disconnect can happen, making it harder to communicate and meet financial goals. Then, the sales and marketing team is probably talking about leads generated, quality lead percentages, and close rates, while the other lines of businesses are using their own niche metrics and jargon. The disconnect grows.
This brings up a key question. For forecasting purposes, how can a company effectively attach a cost to each of the quantitative measures in a way that makes sense to the teams involved? The call center leader, for example, needs to share exactly what this particular line of business needs to effectively play its part in meeting the organization's needs overall. How can collaboration be created?
We've been discussing the standard forecasting approach that typically uses software right out of the box. Then there is an intermediate approach that harnesses predictive planning capabilities, giving the enterprise more statistical opportunities, with the process still driven by finance (as it is with the standard approach). Data inputs in the intermediate approach are similar to those used in the standard approach, typically information pulled from the general ledger or the company's ERP solution. This can provide more guidance, but there's an even more advanced approach to consider.
This is where all can get especially interesting, because now the predictive planning functions are not necessarily owned by the finance department. Instead, they may be owned by the different business areas, such as IT, sales and marketing, as they provide their own non-traditional sources of data, which become inputs into the financial planning process.
So, in this model, the data sets used can be, but aren't necessarily, financial. They can include customer sentiment data, metrics provided by sales and marketing, distribution data (on-time shipping, accuracy in order fulfillment, and warehouse capacity), and more. When using advanced forecasting models, a company must understand the non-traditional sources of data available, from both inside and outside of the organization, and then choose what's needed to make the best forecasting decisions.
After identifying the best data sets, how should they be evaluated? What analytics-based decisions need to be made? These are the choices that drive a company's unique modeling capabilities, and what's important is to ensure that analysis is not being done for analyses' sake, but to build bridges between lines of business, between finance and the lines of business, and so forth.
Traditionally, the finance team sets targets across the entire company, typically with goals mandated by leadership, and then those numbers are pushed down through finance to other lines of business.
The sales team, for example, may receive their goals—and their response might be, "How can you expect me to sell more with fewer resources?" Discord, naturally enough, can set in, but if sales pushes back on finance, the response will likely be that set targets must be met to ensure company profitability.
Through advanced forecasting methods, though, predictive analytics and machine learning can be used to help the finance team manage risk and focus on profitability, while also turning these goals into practical and actionable steps that can be communicated to business lines in a way they can relate to. In other words, predictive dreams can be turned into profitable realities!
Advanced forecasting allows companies and their finance teams to move beyond what happened yesterday, past trying to figure out why yesterday happened, instead facilitating their way into how to have a better tomorrow. Predictive analytics allow enterprises to choose the most effective corrective actions needed to bring them back on track.
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29
All Themes Identity, Belonging, and Coming-of-Age Overlapping Opposites Racism, Poverty, and Alcoholism Confessions, Revenge, and Forgiveness Hope, Dreams, and Loss Drawing, Writing, and Junior's Cartoons
All Characters Junior (Arnold Spirit, Jr.) Oscar Mom Dad Rowdy Mary Runs Away Mr. P Grandmother Spirit Penelope Roger Eugene Gordy Coach Gerald Ted
All Symbols White Travel Chicken Petrified Wood Basketball
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Like the character of Junior in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie grew up in the town of Wellpinit on the Spokane Indian Reservation in eastern Washington. He was born hydrocephalic and suffered from seizures as a child, leading him to spend most of his time reading. When he was in eighth grade, he decided to attend high school in the nearby town of Reardan and played on the basketball team there; The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian fictionalizes some of his experiences during this time. After trying out pre-med and pre-law studies at Gonzaga University, Alexie transferred in 1987 to Washington State University, where he began to write and study literature. His first collection of short stories and poetry was published in 1992; since then, he has published more than fifteen books and received numerous awards. He lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife and two sons.
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Historical Context of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Although Junior's story takes place in the present day, his experiences—particularly the hardships of life on the reservation—are very much informed by the historical oppression of Native Americans in the United States, and Junior and other characters make a few specific references to historical events. The slogan Mr. P recalls from his early teaching days, "kill the Indian to save the child," was coined by Colonel Richard Pratt, who in 1879 established the first of many boarding schools for American Indian children that practiced the educational philosophy—including corporal punishment and harsh prohibitions on expressions of Indian culture—that Mr. P describes. Beginning in the late 19th century, thousands of children were taken from their families to attend these schools on and off the reservation, with enrollment reaching a peak in the 1970s before ongoing complaints and investigations into the schools led Congress to pass the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 and to many of these schools closing. Late in the novel, Junior also refers to the fact that reservations were first established as prisons: beginning with the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the U.S. federal government systematically forced tribes off their ancestral lands into designated areas, with many reservations established by executive order throughout the 1850s and 1860s.
Other Books Related to The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian's coming-of-age themes and gritty realism, as well as its diary conceit and autobiographical qualities, make it similar to Jim Carroll's 1978 memoir The Basketball Diaries, which Alexie lists among his most important influences. (He received a copy of the book as a gift from his father when he was 15, and now considers it one of the reasons he began to write.) As a modern coming-of-age novel with a distinctive first-person narrative voice, Absolutely True Diary can also be compared to The Catcher in the Rye, although Holden Caulfield's privileged background provides a stark contrast to Junior's impoverished one.
Key Facts about The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Full Title: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
When Written: 2005-2006
Where Written: Seattle, Washington
When Published: 2007
Literary Period: Contemporary Fiction
Genre: Coming-of-Age Novel, Semi-Autobiographical Novel
Setting: Wellpinit, Spokane Indian Reservation, Washington, and Reardan, Washington, in 2006
Climax: When Reardan defeats Wellpinit (or Junior defeats Rowdy) in basketball
Antagonist: Rowdy, Angry Tribal Members, Racism, Alcoholism, and Poverty
Point of View: First Person (Junior is the narrator)
Extra Credit for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Most Banned. The novel's explicit language, frank references to masturbation, and other themes make it frequently banned in American school districts; the American Library Association named it the No. 1 most banned and challenged book of 2014.
Basketballness of Me. Alexie has explained his refusal to sell the movie rights of Absolutely True Diary by saying that it would be too hard to find a young Indian actor who could both act and play basketball well enough to portray Junior, who is essentially Alexie's younger self. What's more, between heritage and basketball, basketball would be more important: "I'd rather see myself played by a Puerto Rican or an Italian with a tan than have them ruin the basketballness of me," he told the New York Times in 2009.
Smith, Rosa. "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 18 Sep 2015. Web. 18 Jul 2019.
Smith, Rosa. "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian." LitCharts LLC, September 18, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2019. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-absolutely-true-diary-of-a-part-time-indian.


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World's first electric race plane unveiled at Dubai Airshow
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The world's first electric race plane dubbed White Lightning has been unveiled on day one at the Dubai Airshow, showcasing custom modified technology built by one of the racing teams set to take part in the inaugural Air Race E event next year.
Air Race E, a pioneering electric air racing series headed by international air racing promoter Jeff Zaltman, made history when it revealed the plane on display at the airshow, in association with the series' Official Founding Partner, Airbus.
Speaking at the unveiling, Air Race E CEO and Founder Jeff Zaltman said, "This is a pivotal moment not only for Air Race E, but for the aviation industry as a whole. Our aim by establishing an electric racing series is to develop a unifying platform for the development of cleaner, faster and more technologically advanced electric aircraft. The racing series will provide a testbed for innovation and accelerate the journey towards electric commercial travel. We've now shown it is possible and are on track to again create history when planes like the one on display at the Dubai Airshow take to the skies for the race later in 2020."
The E-Racer Model is the first ever example of an electric race plane, built by Team Condor in their Yorkshire-based workshop in the North of England using a highly-modified Cassutt aircraft with a rich history in formula air racing dating back to 1979.
Team Condor leader Martyn Wiseman and his crew have spent the past months converting White Lightning into a fully-electric racing machine, utilising a Contra Electric twin motor and contra-rotating propeller powertrain. The customised electric motor will enable the plane to race at speeds of around 300MPH. During the races, the combined max continuous power will be set at 150kW, according to the electric formula. Over 100kg worth of lithium batteries installed under the fuselage of the plane will provide power for five minutes of high intensity racing and around 10 minutes of reserve flying at reduced power.
Air Race E will be a series of head-to-head international air races, showcasing the skills, expertise and ingenuity of the best pilots and engineers from around the world. Unlike similar racing events which operate on a time trial basis, Air Race E events will see eight planes fly simultaneously around a tight 5km circuit at just 10m above the ground and at speeds of up to 450kph – faster than any land-based motorsport.
A tender for the first host city is underway, with the successful bid to be announced in due course. Air Race E remains open for parties to register their interest in entering or sponsoring a team or hosting a future race.
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Euros (Grieks: Εὖρος, Latijn: Eurus) was in de Griekse mythologie een van de windgoden (Anemoi) en wel de god van de oostenwind. Hij was de zoon van Eos, de dageraad, en Astraeus. Zijn broers waren de westenwind Zephyros, de noordenwind Boreas en de zuidenwind Notos. Vaak wordt gedacht dat Aeolus zijn vader was. Dit is niet correct: Aeolus was god van de wind en werd door Zeus aangesteld als de bewaarder van de winden. Aeolus houdt deze winden opgesloten in een grot, en kan ze als hij dat wil uitzenden om wind te brengen. In de Romeinse mythologie stond Vulturnus gelijk aan Euros.

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The Longroom
Trapped in the undefined- KL Rahul takes guard
November 17, 2019 November 17, 2019 / himamshubt
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When the bat and ball meet as eager participants of a first date, time seems to slow down to enjoy itself a little more. The air smells sweet, the dreariness of life fades away a little. One cannot help but 'ahh!' one's way to ecstasy. Not that it happens regularly, but when it does, it appears to be a match made in heaven. It surely is more than the Indian media's and the fans' benchmark of greatness. So, what does that make the chap who made the bat do that to the ball? Surely, at least 'great', if not something more pompous, except, that he still manages to evade this adulation, more than it does him.
In Kohli's India, both bravado and cricketing abilities make a reasonable player. There is neither space for self-doubt or meekness nor for the lack of effort and intent. The skipper himself hurtles down this road, tournament after tournament, every season, so the players have no way to excuse themselves. This has made this squad a very different one from those of yesteryears. Each player has had to rise to the occasion and re-write what his best means, regularly. Here, in this pile of victories, accomplishments, improvements, we find a man, often saddled with an inexplicable weight, taking stance, fidgeting, talking to himself and pensive. The bat is not sure, the feet get heavy and the ball, too big to be handled decently. The same chap that just recently played an innings studded with sparkling strokes, would now be painting a glum image of himself, while attempting to do his job. One is left to wonder what the truth is, is it this stutter and stall or that fluency and panache?
It is in the undefined that we find K L Rahul. He leaves us with far too many contrasting shades for one to have any expectation as he takes guard and he has gone on this way for long. Too often, he has come out, woefully out of touch as if he were thrust onto the pitch after years of staying away from the game. The disappointment is only heightened by the potential he possesses and what he can be even if a small part of that could translate into consistency. In what is possibly Indian cricket's most dominant team to date, the space for occasional brilliance is shrinking at a rapid pace. Individual brilliance is being overshadowed by collective capability and consistency and as a natural outcome, winning has become a habit for this team.
Why would such a setup wait and watch for a bolt of magic or an hour of cavalier batsmanship in an otherwise inconsistent run, when those that are making their debuts themselves are doing so on the back of years of consistent toil in the domestic circuit and replicating it on the international stage? Of course, there is always a special talent, for whom the system should be allowed to be more kind, as the player is getting settled and finding form, but it must be noted that the Indian cricket machine has transformed from one that arbitrarily found a diamond in the dirt to that which systematically churns out batches of cricketers, ready to play the big game and the highest level. This is the same model which the Australians of the 90s and the 2000s created, where even players as brilliant as Michael Hussey had to wait until their 30s to break into the national side. When surrounded by such order and predictability, Rahul's frequent trysts with poor form appear too pale to ignore.
What could Rahul's issues be? How does he manage to fall off so dramatically after finally having found form? Technically, he is as sound a batsman as there is in the team, but his demons seem to be seated in his mind. On a normal day, Rahul takes guard rather edgily, worried about too many things and trying to get many more of them correct. What could have been a case of reacting to the ball has bulged into a pre-flight checklist of sorts. This re-runs at each delivery. A very draining exercise, to put it mildly! Batting is no doubt built on technique and skill, but it is equally based on temperament and instinct. This is a fine balance between the mind and body and at its best is a cohesion and culmination. Veering too much onto one side is akin to falling over to a full and incoming delivery. What but an LBW can be the most possible outcome?
After a bout of incoherent attempts at beginning an innings, Rahul threw his shackles away and walked in to bat at the Oval, in the last test of that tour. The result was for everyone to see. While he did survive a few chances and went after everything that he faced, it was refreshing to see him play without the burden of being technically correct nor the fear of failure. He seemed like nothing mattered anymore, except seeing the ball and playing it joyfully. The match and the series were gone anyway, but he found the courage to bat his heart out, without fear or inhibition. He could have resurrected his career from there, but he went back to seek the fetters yet again.
Being on top of one's game is momentary feeling. An edge, a breach of defence, a brute of a delivery can be enough to shatter it. That is why the best batsmen have always spoken of looking at just one ball each time. They have demonstrated how they shut off the noise as they take guard and dive into the moment, become one with it and eventually become the moment itself. Their careers have been a collection of such moments, ball after ball, innings after innings. It is this strength to breathe easy and not get bogged down by the expectation or the challenge that sets the greats apart from the rest.
In the hour of power and muscle, his strokeplay when unfurled soothes the eye and elevates the game to appeal to our finest senses. But the sooner he fixes the issue with how he sees his role and what he should do when taking guard, the better will his chances be of truly delivering to his full ability. His batting is as beautiful and classy as the city of Bengaluru. It shouldn't stutter and choke like its traffic.
For the love of cricket, let's hope it doesn't.
-Himamshu, 17 Nov 2019
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Jay Harrington Reveals Storyline He Fought For on 'S.W.A.T.,' Promises More Family Drama to Come
'If I have anything to say about it, Deacon's storyline will be an ongoing thing,' the actor tells Metacritic.
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Jay Harrington (center) in 'S.W.A.T.'
Warning: This story contains spoilers for the Season 6 midseason finale of S.W.A.T., titled "Guacaine." Read at your own risk!
There was plenty of high-stakes drama to go around when S.W.A.T. aired its sixth midseason finale on Dec. 9.
In "Guacaine," a deadly cartel began targeting food trucks and local grocery stores in a bid to find drug-filled avocados, resulting in several casualties by the deadly gang. Hondo (Shemar Moore) grappled with the safety of Nichelle (Rochelle Aytes) after her community center was robbed, and Luca (Kenny Johnson) had to figure out his commitment to his food truck. Deacon (Jay Harrington), meanwhile, realized the former attack on his family's home is still affecting his children, especially his son Matthew (Colin O'Brien), who beat up another kid.
"It came out of a request I had," Harrington tells Metacritic about the storyline. "It's one thing for a grown man to take stock of something and process it, especially because that's what he does for a living. But these are kids and this is at their home. At some point, in some way, we have to see whether it affected them."
Here, Harrington talks to Metacritic about how that shooting will continue affecting Deacon's character going forward and what to expect when the series returns for the back half of Season 6 in January.
Where does "Guacaine" fall on your list of favorite S.W.A.T. episodes?
I don't think I have one I've ever walked away from and thought, "Boy, that was terrible." But it was fun. One of the things we get a kick out of is the driving on the stunt stuff we get to do. We don't get to do it often but this was one where we did. It's an interesting setup with the guys driving on top of our cars with the cameras. In the old days they used to pull a car, but now it's actually being driven. So when you're driving, you have no steering wheel. It goes round and round and there's no pedals, so you have to pretend. We all have our own style of how we do it, but we're really zipping around. It's just that we're not controlling it. I have a lot of fun.
It's clear in the episode that the house shooting is still really sitting with Deacon's family; how important was it to pick up on that trauma?
We got some real stuff there. I wanted to know what would that be like for the kids. You're going to bed and your house gets shot at? That's not the type of everyday things that happen to people. So, I'm really glad the way they chose to address it.
There was a nice heart-to-heart moment with Matthew where you started to address everything. But is that it, or is this an ongoing conversation?
If I have anything to say about it, Deacon's storyline will be an ongoing thing. Because it's not something that just gets resolved in that moment. When we had the episode a couple years ago with mental health and talking to the doctor, it was, "The stigma of talking about your mental health has become such a thing in our society, but how can we use this?" Deacon has four kids. So if this is how we started the conversation, it will by no means be the end.
You obviously don't need to be a dad to play one, but is there anybody you lean on in real life for advice when it comes to shooting those scenes?
I really just tap into how I remember being a kid, myself, and how my dad used to talk to us. I don't have kids, but I can remember what it was like to be a kid. I didn't have that exact moment happen, but there were things that happened in my life that got me in some good trouble. And ultimately they were learning moments. The benefit I had too was that Colin was just so good. And a couple episodes later, you'll see Amanda Lowe-Oadell play my daughter Lila again. And we have a little fun with her. The subject isn't as heavy, but it's another fatherly thing where Annie (Bre Blair) and I are dealing with it. It's just harks back to my old days of being a kid who made mistakes.
The moment in the kitchen was heavy, but it also didn't feel like an after-school special. How did you approach that scene?
When I was in my early 20s, I used to teach little kids acting — like 5- and 6-year-olds in creative drama and a little older kids. To me, the important thing is talking to kids like they're my peers — unless they're too little. But once they're old enough because they recognize when you talk to them like they're a person. They respond better. So I wanted that moment to be more like that. I joke that it's like an interrogation scene because I'm standing there and he's sitting down. And I wanted to handle it like that, in one sense. But then it's like, "What the hell are you doing? You're lying to me. This is not cool."
Speaking of Annie, Deacon and Hondo had a moment where they spoke about Annie owning a gun and going to the range. Was that a hint at potential disaster to come or should viewers take that at face value?
I would take it at face value. But it's important to me, for the safety of the family, that she knows what she's doing. Just this past weekend, I was at a party [with] a friend of mine who is LAPD and his wife; she is very adept with a weapon because that's what her husband does for a living, and he wanted that to be something important. The reason you want to be good at that is so you never have to use it. So, I like that that was a story. I was trying to give Hondo some advice to say, "Look, you don't like the idea of her having a weapon, but hopefully she never has to use it."
Tell us more about the relationship with Hondo. It's evolved over the years but now that Hondo is going to be a father does this drive them even closer?
I joked with him the other day about how it seems so often now that he comes up for advice. Every day he seems to be coming up to me asking me questions about something! I do like it. At times I can have the elder point of view with him, not in age, but I'm certainly wiser because of the fact that I have four kids. So he's coming to me, like, "I don't know what I'm doing." It's great. We're always going to be a different relationship than any other teammates though because of what we went through at the beginning.
Looking toward the back half of the season, is there anything you're excited for viewers to see?
Yeah, there's a moment coming up that we go back. We don't physically go back in time but we speak about a time in the past where an incident in my life affected me and it drove me to be as faith-driven as I am. So we get to learn about something that happened that affected me in such a way, and how it's applied to the present day. It's a great episode.
S.W.A.T. returns with new episodes beginning Friday, Jan. 6 at 8 p.m. on CBS and Paramount+.
Get to know Jay Harrington:
Before he was leading high-stakes missions on S.W.A.T., Harrington earned critical acclaim as the lead on the short-lived comedy Better Off Ted (Metascore: 73). Prior to that he starred as Dr. Simon O'Keefe in Summerland and Steve Taylor in the U.S. version of Coupling. Before landing S.W.A.T. the actor also starred in Benched (63) and had an 11-episode stint on Hot in Cleveland (66).


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As in the case of "Johan", '''Pieter''' is one of the most commonly found first names in [[Afrikaans]], and '''Fourie''' is equally widespread as a surname in South Africa, thus there are a number of individuals involved in theatre known as '''Pieter Fourie'''. ''Not to be confused with the South African actor '''[[Peter Fourie]]''''' = Pieter Fourie, playwright, director and administrator = [[Pieter Fourie]] (1940-2021) was an actor, director, playwright, poet, producer and manager. == Biography == Born in Phillipolis in the Orange Free State on 3 April, 1940, grew up in Luckhoff. Left school at 15, to become a postal worker in Bloemfontein and Koffiefontein. Then he returned to school in Phillipolis, before going to the [[University of Stellenbosch]], initially doing Drama, but after an argument with the professor, [[Fred Engelen]], he left to finish with a BA and a BA Honours degree in [[Afrikaans]] Literature (1964). A founding member of [[D.J. Opperman]]'s literary laboratory, he initially published poetry in [[Afrikaans]] journals like ''[[Stiebeuel]]'', ''[[Standpunte]]'', ''[[Sestiger]]'' and ''[[Tydskrif vir Letterkunde]]''. He was also a radical student leader at the time and a founding member of **. In 1965 he started his own touring production company, the [[Pieter Fourie Genootskap]], with and in 1966 he joined the [[CAPAB]] Drama Company, in 1967 becoming company manager of the [[Afrikaans]] Company. He would later be a resident dramatist for [[CAPAB]] and [[PACT]], a free-lance writer, owner of a number of guest houses, and the Artistic Director of the [[Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees]] (or [[KKNK]]) and the founding owner of [[Rooderandt Produksies]] (see further below). He has also over the years restored a number of old farm and town houses, among them La Terra de Luc in Franschoek and Rooderandt Guest House in Oudtshoorn. Married the actress [[Liz Dick]] on 2 April in 1969. The couple had two children, Tanya Petrofna and Mashinka, and divorced in 1980. He married Marlize Herselmann in 1983, with whom he also had two daughters, Natasha and Nandi. They divorced in of 1992 and in 1995 he married Maletta. Besides his plays, Fourie has also written quite a number of poems over the years, some published in journals, but his debut volume of poetry, ''Knapsekêrels'' only appeared in 2017, published by Naledi. He passed away on 12 September, 2021. == His contribution to South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance == While a final year student in 1963 he wrote a play called ''[[Tjaka]]'' and in his honours year (1964) translated the play ''[[Close Quarters]]'' (originally ''[[Attentat]]'' by Somin) into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Wie is die Moordenaar?]]'' ("Who is the murderer?"), directed it and performed in it with fellow students [[Marie Pentz]], [[Fanie Smit]] and [[Peter Grobbelaar]] during the vacations. In 1965 he started his own touring production company, the [[Pieter Fourie Genootskap]] ("Pieter Fourie Association"), with actresses such as [[Christine Basson]] en [[Marie Pentz]], writing and directing the work himself. Other performers associated with the company included [[Ilse Eybers]], [[Annatjie Fourie]] and [[Lydia Theron]] In 1966 he joined the [[CAPAB]] Drama Company as the company manager of the [[Afrikaans]] Company and in 1967 he was made Artistic Director for [[Afrikaans]] Drama, and in 1968 Artistic Director for Drama, a position he held for sixteen years (from 1968-1983), though he was fired three times and then reinstated each time. In this period he wrote his first significant work. In 1981 he was appointed [[Playwright in Residence]] with [[CAPAB]], with the commission to write two plays a year, as well as acting as translator and [[dramaturg]] for other work. He held this contract till to 1986. In Januarie 1987 he was appointed to the same position with [[PACT]], under the same conditions, a position he occupied till 1990. There was some unhappiness with his output over the first four years, and more particularly the farces he wrote under the contract, and it was not renewed. In this period he took his anti censorship beliefs a step further, demanding that his plays should henceforth be open to all races and , issuing a direct instruction in this regard to the South African rights organization, [[DALRO]]. When he left PACT in 1990, he briefly worked as a writer for [[Franz Marx]] on the TV series ''[[Grondbaronne]]'', but found it unpalatable, so he then left to spend some time in Bloemfontein with [[Nico Luwes]] and family, giving some guest lectures at the University. At this time he and Marlize were getting a divorce, a process that would only be completed at the end of 1992. He returned to his birthplace, Luckhoff, staying there for three years, restoring houses and furniture and writing as a freelance dramatist. Here he hoped to recoup his energy and creative spirit, and this period of lonliness and introspection became the incentive for his restrospective play, ''[[Post Mortem]]'', which he completed in 1993. In 1994 he was invited to become the Executive Director of the first [[Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees]] ([[KKNK]]) in Oudtshoorn, taking place from 7 tot 13 April, 1995. He moved there and would remain the director till 1998, when he took on the lesser position of Artistieke Bestuurder Woordkuns (i.e. "Artistic director verbal arts"), to give himself more time to write. In 1999 he resigned altogether to return to writing and producing on a freelance basis, founding a production company, [[Rooderandt Produksies]], in 2000, which would go on to produce a number of his works. In 1996 he married Maletta and after his retirement in 1999 he built and they ran the Rooderandt Guest House outside Oudtshoorn till 2006, after which they settled in Stilbaai. They later bought another house in Robertson (2010), and after that one in Onrusrivier, but retained the property in Stilbaai as a beach house. Over the years he was also involved as advisor, judge etc. with institutions such as the [[ATKV]] - notably for their playwriting project [[ATKV Kampustoneel]] and the [[Logan Toneelfees]]. === His career as actor === '''Stage:''' He began his professional career with performances in ''[[Wie is die Moordenaar?]]'' ("Who is the murderer?", 1964), and his own plays such as ''[[Die Onbegraafde Lyk]]'' ("The unburied corpse", 1965), ''[[Die Wakker Wewenaar]]'' ("The spry bachelor", 1965), ''[[Vergewe Ons Ons Skulde]]'' ("Forgive us our trespasses", 1966), ''[[Gee Terug My Pen]]'' ("Give me back my pen") and ''[[Ester die Maltrap]]'' ("Ester the madcap"). '''Film:''' He had roles in ''[[Dr Kalie]]'' (1968), ''[[My Broer se Bril]]'' (1972), ''[[Vlug van die Seemeeu]]'' (1972), '''Television''' === His career as director === He initially wrote and directed his own work for his travelling company, the [[Pieter Fourie Genootskap]] (see names of the plays below). In 1969 he directed his first piece for [[CAPAB]], namely ''[[Fando and Lis]]'' by Arrabal. He went on to direct a large number of translated plays in the sixties and seventies, including ''[[Die Selfmoordenaar]]'' (Erdmann), ''[[Die Twee Laksmanne]]'' (Arrabal), 1971, ''[['n Kop vir die Strop]]'' (Feydeau), ''[[Die Huwelik van Mnr. Mississippi]]'' (Dürrenmatt), Shakespeare's ''[[Othello]]'', ''[[So 'n Liefde]]'', ''[[Roulette]]'' and ''[[Arme moordenaar]]'' (all by Pavel Kohout), . === His career as playwright === '''Original plays''' He began by translating or writing plays for his travelling company between 1964-1966, and the works include ''[[Wie is die Moordenaar?]]'' ("Who is the murderer?", 1964), ''[[Die Onbegraafde Lyk]]'' ("The unburied corpse", 1965), ''[[Die Wakker Wewenaar]]'' ("The spry bachelor", 1965), ''[[Vergewe Ons Ons Skulde]]'' ("Forgive us our trespasses", 1966), ''[[Gee Terug My Pen]]'' ("Give me back my pen") and ''[[Ester die Maltrap]]'' ("Ester the madcap"). These texts have apparently all been lost. He then went on to write many more works over the years, including ''[[The Parents]]'' (an English work, written 1966, performed 1980), ''[[Hansie die Hanslam]]: 'n toneelstuk vir kinders'' (1969, an immensely popular children's play), ''[[Husse met Lang Ore]]'' (1969), ''[[Luilummel en Flenterpiet]]'' (1971), ''[[Faan se Trein]]'' (written 1971, performed 1975), ''[[Faan se Stasie]]'' (1976), ''[[Tsjaka]]'' (written 1963, but published 1976, as both ''[[Tsjaka]]'' and ''[[Shaka]]''), ''[[Die Joiner]]'' (1976), ''[[Die Martelaars]]'' (1977), ''[[Die Plaasvervangers]]'' (1978) ''[[Mooi Maria]]'' (1980), ''[[Pietman se Bloekom]]'' (1983), ''[[Tienuur Maak Die Deure Oop]]'' (1984), ''[[Ek, Anna van Wyk]]'' (1986), ''[[Die Proponentjie]]'' (1987), ''[[Die Koggelaar]]'' (1988), ''[[Donderdag se Mense]]'' (1989/1990); ''[[Die Groot Wit Roos]]'' (1989); ''[[Vat hom, Flaffie!]]'' (or ''[[Hups in die Hydro]]'') (1989), ''[[Daan se Doilie]]'' (1990), ''[[Post Mortem]]'' (1993/2016), ''[[Boetman is die bliksem in!]]'' (2000), ''[[Naelstring ('n band tussen twee teaterstrominge)]]'' (2001 - also done in English as ''[[Fuck thy Father]]''), ''[[Elke duim 'n koning]]'' ("Every inch a king", 2001), ''[[Gert Garries – 'n baaisiekel babelas]]'' (2002), ''[[Koggelmanderman]]'' (2003), ''[[Die Mugu]]'' (2003), ''[[Die Mankind Faan]]'' (2006/7), ''[[Jasmyn]]'' (2008), '''Translations and adaptations''' He also did a number of translations and adaptations, ''inter alia'' in his capacity as [[dramaturg]] with [[CAPAB]] and [[PACT]]. These included ''[[Kyk Hoe Hol Hulle]]'' (''[[See How They Run]]'' by Philip King), '''Film scripts''' He co-wrote the script for ''[[Faan se Trein]]'', based on the two Faan plays. This was filmed in 2013 and released in January, 2014. == Awards == Received the [[Three Leaves Award]] as best director for ''[[So 'n Liefde]]'' (Pavel Kohout) (19**). Other awards include [[Johan Nell Prize]] for his contribution to local theatre, [[Dawie Malan]]/[[DALRO]] prize for the best new play; the [[SACPAC|SACPAC Prize]] for the best new South African text (''[[Die Koggelaar]]''); winner [[Nagtegaal/KKNK-competition]] for a new text, 2002; In 199* awarded an Erepenning (=Honorary Penant) for his contribution to the performing arts by the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]] and in 2003 received the prestigious [[Hertzogprys|Hertzog Prize]] for Drama for his plays. In 2011 an Honorary Doctorate was awarded to him by the [[University of the Free State]][http://www.ufs.ac.za/] == Sources == [[Percy Tucker]], 1997 https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Fourie http://www.wikiwand.com/af/Pieter_Fourie [[Nico Luwes]] 2012. ''[[Pieter Fourie]] (1940-) se bydrae as Afrikaanse dramaturg en kunsbestuurder: 1965-2010''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Bloemfontein: University of the Free State, pp. [http://etd.uovs.ac.za/ETD-db//theses/available/etd-08102012-152250/unrestricted/LuwesNJ.pdf] Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]] = Pieter Fourie, Arts Administrator = Pieter Fourie (194*-) is a hugely influential organisor of the [[ATKV]] drama programmes, festivals and so on (1980**-19**). Perhaps best remembered for his pivotal role in initiating and managing the [[Kampustoneel]] playwriting project (198*-198*). Later a publicist for [[PACOFS]]. = Pieter J. Fourie, Academic= An influential lecturer, theorist and academic writer specialising in the field of Communication Studies, and a part-time drama and film critic '''See [[Pieter J. Fourie]]''' = Pieter-Paul Fourie, playwright and literary advisor= A playwright and literary advisor for [[PACT]] '''See [[Pieter-Paul Fourie]]''' = Return to = Return to [[ESAT Personalities F]] Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]] Return to [[The ESAT Entries]] Return to [[Main Page]]
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Thomas De Witt Talmage, né le  à Bound Brook (New Jersey) et mort le  à Washington (district de Columbia), est un prédicateur protestant américain.

Biographie

Thomas De Witt Talmage est le dernier né d'une fratrie de douze enfants, dont quatre garçons sont devenus pasteurs. Après avoir étudié le droit pendant trois ans en vue de devenir avocat, il décide de se consacrer à la religion et à étudier la théologie.

Appartenant à l'Église protestante réformée néerlandaise, Talmage est tout d'abord le pasteur de l'église réformée de Belleville (New Jersey) puis, trois ans plus tard, de celle de Syracuse, où il reste également pendant trois années. En 1862, il est appelé à la seconde église réformée de Philadelphie.

Sept ans plus tard, en 1869, il devient le pasteur de l'église presbytérienne du Brooklyn Tabernacle, où ses sermons attirent chaque semaine des foules de plus de 5000 personnes. Reproduits dans la presse américaine et étrangère, ils sont lus par des millions de chrétiens. Talmage a lui-même été le rédacteur en chef d'un journal, le Christian Herald.

Le révérend Talmage a également donné des conférences et prononcé des sermons à l'étranger, notamment en Angleterre.

Âgé de 70 ans et malade depuis longtemps, il meurt d'une méningite à son domicile, à Washington, le 12 avril 1902.

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Q: Different start layouts for different user types with asp.net mvc I have three types of roles for each of the menu links.
When the Billing guy is logging into the site
how can I determine dynamically the partial.html file that is shown in the content area?
I can not hardcode the content to the first actionlink in the menu, that means that always the Administration is loaded initially.
What can I do in such a case?

A: These types of decisions are best made in the Controller.
Example:
public HomeController: Controller
{
    public ActionResult Administration()
    {
        // Determine the user's role.
        // "GetRole()" does not really exist on the controller - use your own method.
        string role = GetRole();
        if (role == "Billing Guy")
            return View("AdministrationBillingGuy")
        else if (role == "SalesGuy")
            return View("AdministrationSalesGuy")
        else
            return View();
        // etc.
    }
}

A: I can think of several ways to do this.
if you need all users to get the same url/action then you could do something like this
public ActionResult Custom(RoleEnum userRole)
{
    switch(userRole)
    {
        case RoleEnum.Admin:
        .....
        return Partial("_adminPartial", viewModel);

       // rest of you cases here
    }
}

OR:
public ActionResult Custom(RoleEnum userRole)
{
    var view = GetViewByRole(userRole);
    // where GetViewByRole takes the enum and
    // returns a string with the name of the partial

    return Partial(view, viewModel);
}

Another way to do this is, and one that I'd recommend is to make an MVC Area for each user requiring a different layout and then at login you can redirect them to the proper Area, I recommend it because it allows for deeper differentiation between roles in the UI layer.
Another way to achieve the different layouts (am talking about MVC Layout Pages similar to ASP.Net Master pages) is to pass a string Layout to the view, using the ViewBag or any other method you like, then in the Razor code you could do something like this:
 @model MyViewModel
 @{
      Layout = (string)ViewBag.Layout;
 }

I leaved this last one for last as it appears a bit hacky to me. Hope this helps you

A: Well, you haven't provided enough information give any explicit direction, but generally, you should just alter your login post action to redirect to a different place depending on some identifying factor like a role (following is pseudocode)
// do login

if (user is "Billing")
{
    // redirect to billing action
}

// etc.

The only reason you should be switching out partials or views is if you're doing a SPA (single page application) and utilizing JavaScript for routing. In that case, you would just need some endpoint you could hit with AJAX to get the user's "role".
However, I don't think that's what you're actually doing. If you're just using MVC directly, then you should be actually changing the URL, not just loading a different Razor view.

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Up-to-date analysis of the local political landscape
NC Lt. Gov. Dan Forest: "I'm My OWN Idiot"
"We just don't have a close relationship."
--North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, about his boss, Gov. Pat McCrory
In an interview with John Frank, Lt. Gov. Forest is bragging that he's going to push North Carolina to make teacher pay in the state the highest in the nation, instead of 46th, our current abysmal ranking, which is down there in the cellar thanks to the new Republican majority in the General Assembly (and their stooge, Gov. McCrory).
Forest's "plan," of course, under the current power regime in Raleigh, is patently absurd, even though Republican lawmakers are fully awake to the fact that the teachers of this state would vote them all out of office RIGHT NOW, if they have the opportunity. Several of those Republican lawmakers -- more than just Mr. Forest -- are making promises about raising teacher pay next year, just in time -- they fervently hope -- to blunt the anger before the fall elections. But what that promise is going to do to their sacred austerity budget, or how fulfilling such a ridiculous promise without raising taxes or without wrecking some other part of the NC economy, is The Question of 2014.
While Gov. McCrory is a man without principles, a ship without a rudder, an empty suit who's taken out of the closet and made to dance in the political winds according to what Art Pope thinks best, Dan Forest is a Tea Partier, born and bred. He's the son of Sue Myrick, who never waffled on conservative principles, and he's hugged certain national RWNJs so tightly, he got santorum all over himself.
Forest is the leading opponent of Common Core standards in education, a stance that seems calculated to put air between himself and McCrory (since McCrory has said he supports Common Core, though he could change tomorrow, or simply get run over without anyone in his Party even caring). Forest looks like an opportunist, positioning himself for being the real top leader of Tea Party ideals in the state.
All the talk about raising teacher pay is just that ... talk, and may end up making things worse for Republican politicians when teachers quickly realize that they're to be treated to a worthless show of tokenism or, worse, the old bait and switch in 2014.
In the meantime, Forest will be interesting to watch, especially his "relationship" to Pat McCrory.
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/12/25/3485327/dan-forest-looks-to-make-good.html#storylink=cpy
Posted by J.W. Williamson at 12/26/2013 11:42:00 AM
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J.W. Williamson was the founding editor in 1972 of the Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review, which he edited until July of 2000. He has taught college classes in Appalachian history, cultural politics, and literature, and he has lectured widely on the pop-culture history of "Appalachia" in the American consciousness. His books include Interviewing Appalachia, Southern Mountaineers in Silent Films, and Hillbillyland: What the Mountains Did to the Movies and What the Movies Did to the Mountains. He has won the Thomas Wolfe Award given by the Western North Carolina Historical Society, the Laurel Leaves Award given by the Appalachian Consortium, a special Weatherford Award given by Berea College, and the Cratis Williams-James Brown Award given by the Appalachian Studies Association.
The views expressed on WataugaWatch are solely those of J.W. Williamson or individual contributors and are not necessarily shared nor endorsed by the Watauga County Democratic Party nor by any other adults of sound mind in this or any other universe.
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Replacing Sony's Music Unlimited Service, PlayStation Music will allow Spotify users to stream music through their PS4 or PS3 while playing games.
Sony and Spotify so you get the best experience from the service.
Spotify has over 60 million users, 75 per cent of whom only use the free ad-supported version of the service.
Opening up the app allows you to link your existing Spotify account or create a new one. If you're signing up afresh, you'll get a 30 day free Spotify Premium trial, while those who were previously subscribed to Sony Music Unlimited will get a 60 day trial.
To make it easier, if you use the Spotify mobile app you should be able to find your console over your home Wi-Fi network, allowing you to hook the two up without having to enter all your log-in details again.
The PlayStation Music app is split into two sections – Browse and Your Music. The latter is filled with all your playlists, saved music and your followed playlists, just as it is on your other Spotify devices.
Meanwhile in the Browse section you'll find Spotify-curated playlists, or filter music by genres or moods.
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There's a magnifying glass in the top right hand corner for searching for anything specific.
During play, album art is displayed full screen and you can control PlayStation Music using your controller or your phone using the Spotify mobile app – handy for jukebox-style action.
What we particularly like is the fact there are audio mixing options. PlayStation Music won't drown out your game audio. Instead, you can adjust the game audio in the settings, and adjust the PlayStation Music levels in the PlayStation button menu mid-game. In that screen you can also skip tracks using L1 and R1.
"PlayStation have gaming exclusivity," said Murray Pannell, UK Marketing Driector for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe in an interview with Eurogamer.
But it's not clear how long that exclusivity will last though, meaning you could see Spotify on your Xbox One in the future.
"That's to be decided exactly," added Pannell. "But certainly for the foreseeable".