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Kurssin RUB6 (suullisen kielitaidon kurssi) arviointi perustuu ensisijaisesti läsnäoloon oppitunneilla janiiden aikana tapahtuvaan työskentelyyn. Poissaoloja saa kertyä maksimissaan 2 tuntia, oli poissaolon syy mikä hyvänsä. Tunteja ei pääsääntöisesi voi korvata erillisillä tehtävillä.

Arviointiin kuuluu:

* kurssin aikana pidettävät sanakokeet
* kuuntelukokeet
* työvihkon täydellinen täyttäminen
* elokuvan katselu
* videoprojekti

Tuntiaktiivisuus ja aktiivisesti, paria/ryhmää tukien tapahtuva tuntityöskentely ovat tärkeä osa arviointia ja tietysti positiivinen asennoituminen ruotsin kielen käyttöä kohtaan.

Kurssin lopussa, arviointipäivänä, järjestetään suullisen kielitaidon koe, josta tarkempaa infoa kurssikoe-sivulta. Suullisesta kokeesta saa kaksi numeroa, suullisen kielitaidon numero (erillinen virallinen todistus), sekä suullisen kokeen numeron, joka lasketaan osaksi koko kurssiarviointia.


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20 Sep 2021 - Softwave - System Failure
The new Softwave single 'System Failure' seeks to show how important it is to maintain a permanent balance, a harmony between connecting with other people via a computer – and actually socializing in physical form. A contrast between the modern and traditional way of communication, for lack of better wording.
For the first time ever SoftWave has included vocoded vocals by Jerry Olsen, to emphasize how much certain people live their lives through a computer – and almost communicate to the world with it.
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Stream / buy 'System Failure' on your favourite platform: https://frontl.ink/qe9yvbo
19 Sep 2021 - New Arcades - In The Deepest Of Dreams
New Arcades are officially back with 'In The Deepest Of Dreams', a synth-packed gem packed with magical textures and a high replay value. An absolute must for synthlovers. Features collaborations with Queen of Synthpop NINA, Dana Jean Phoenix and Aviel. Delve into the most wondrous parts of your imagination and enjoy this album on CD, 12" vinyl, cassette or Mini Disc!
19 Sep 2021 - Maxx Parker - Outsider
Outsider is Maxx Parker's debut album released on Aztec Records and features artists LAU, Thought Beings, GeoVoc, Natalie Gray, Young Empress and Syst3m Glitch. The collaboration between such diverse acts delivers songs that are ignited with melodic and atmospheric arrangement and production coupled with emotional, powerful, heartfelt vocals and lyrics.
The album draws on themes of love, heartbreak, nostalgia and self-reflection. The opening track 'Shimmer ft. GeoVoc' starts off the album with a reflective, delicately crafted introduction that eases the listener in. The album cuts between upbeat, 80's pop tracks like 'Wait For Me ft. Natalie Gray' and 'Hot Summer Nights' that will get you moving and tracks like 'Forbidden Treasures ft. Thought Beings', 'Ain't Enough ft. Syst3m' and 'Drown Your Sorrow ft. LAU' guide us through stories of love and heartbreak that anchors the emotional side of Outsider.
The album also produces tracks like 'Neo-Noir' with driving bass lines and catchy synths that are directly for the fans of traditional synthwave whilst songs like 'Last Dance ft. Young Empress' and 'Cloudscape ft. GeoVoc' stride into a more experimental direction showcasing untraditional instrumentation and bold vocals.
Outsider is a smooth blend of contemporary synthwave that draws on elements of traditional 80's pop music whilst incorporating atmospheric, experimental sounds achieving a release that will serve as a fresh paragon in the synthwave/retrowave genre.
18 Sep 2021 - Ships Have Sailed - Love In October (released September 30)
17 Sep 2021 - The Midnight - Deep Blue (Droid Bishop Remix)
Listen to this excellent remix of Deep Blue now!

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Head wrapped in bandages, fork-like pliers tear the eyes, and the mouth is wide open, screaming, if not otherwise then by bending it open with surgical instruments.
In his works, Helnwein, born in Vienna 1948, deals with the post-nazi era angst, the narrow-minded attitudes of the Catholic church and the abuse of children. Helnwein's works have spawned much fear and loathing. Especially works depicting tied and abused children have enraged many a spectator. The works have been censored, even attempted to burn and tear off the walls.
In latter years Helnwein's fury has not diminished, but he has strived to release his own angst by concentrating on the possibilities given by comics and animation. He has even created an art book of the greatest Disney artist of all time, Carl Barks. Wer ist Carl Barks was published in 1993.
Helnwein feels obvious sympathy towards Donald Duck, but Mickey Mouse, the symbol of the entire Disney empire he is not at all kind to. Helnwein's Mickey (1995) is a portrait of a relentless entertainer who spreads his joyous gospel with a wide grin.
In his newer works Helnwein also presents new aspects of international super stars. The hologram-like series Fire (1996) presents a number of non-conformists, from Fassbinder to Hendrix. Patti Smith is the only woman in this group.
Helnwein's photographic portraits amaze. They reproduce every wrinkle in the faces of William Burroughs, Carl Barks, Clint Eastwood and Keith Richards in a razor-sharp manner. One can see their professions from their faces.


Am Fam Physician. 2004 Apr 15;69(8):1983-1984.
Synopsis: Teriparatide (Forteo) is a synthetic human parathyroid hormone labeled for use in men and postmenopausal women with osteoporosis who are at high risk of fractures. It activates osteoblasts to stimulate new bone formation.
Safety: Teriparatide use is not recommended for more than two years because of limited safety data.1 The labeling states it causes osteosarcomas in rats, but the relevance to humans is unknown. Limited exposure (one to two years) may not increase the risk of osteosarcomas. However, it should not be prescribed for patients at increased risk of bone cancer, including those with Paget's disease, metabolic bone disease, skeletal malignancies, unexplained increased alkaline phosphatase, or prior radiation therapy. Hypercalcemia and hyperparathyroidism also are contraindications. Teriparatide is category C in pregnancy and should not be used by nursing mothers.
Tolerability: Side effects are uncommon with teriparatide. Nausea (8.5 versus 6.7 percent), dizziness (8.0 versus 5.4 percent), and leg cramps (2.6 versus 1.3 percent) were reported more often by patients taking teriparatide than by those taking placebo.1 Discontinuation because of side effects occurred in 5.6 percent of the patients receiving placebo and 7.1 percent of treated patients. Transient hypotension also may occur, especially when therapy is started, but can be relieved by placing the person in a reclining position. Hypotension generally subsides after the first few doses and does not preclude continued treatment.
Effectiveness: Teriparatide increases bone mineral density in men and women. The effect on fracture risk has been studied in women but not in men. One study2 found a reduction in vertebral fractures but not hip fractures in women at high risk. In this study, women who had one or more vertebral fractures at baseline were treated with teriparatide for an average of 19 months.2 Treatment reduced the incidence of one or more new vertebral fractures from 14.3 percent in the placebo group to 5 percent in the treatment group (P <.001). Eleven patients will have to receive teriparatide for 19 months to prevent one additional vertebral fracture (number needed to treat = 11). Hip fractures were not reduced, but the study was not large enough to find a difference if one exists. Other therapies that have proven to reduce the risk of hip fractures include alendronate, risedronate, hormone therapy, and calcium with vitamin D either alone or in combination with other agents. Teriparatide has not been studied in women at lower risk of osteoporotic fractures, and fracture risk has not been compared head-to-head with other agents.
Simplicity: Teriparatide is administered as a subcutaneous injection of 20 mcg once daily. It is available as a prefilled pen and patient education is recommended before its use. The product should be kept refrigerated at all times.
Bottom line: Teriparatide increases bone density in men and women with osteoporosis and has reduced the risk of new vertebral fractures in high-risk women. Its role in therapy is not clear. Due to its uncertain safety profile, lack of long-term experience, and high cost, it makes sense to reserve teriparatide for patients with severe osteoporosis who are intolerant or unresponsive to currently approved therapies.
Oralia V, Bazaldua, Pharm.D., BCPS, is associate professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Jan Bruder, M.D., is associate professor and director of the osteoporosis metabolic bone clinic, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
1. Forteo package insert. 2002. Forteo (teriparatide) by Eli Lilly and Company. Accessed online March 10, 2004, at: http://pi.lilly.com/us/forteo-pi.pdf.
2. Neer RM, Arnaud CD, Zanchetta JR, Prince R, Gaich GA, Reginster JY, et al. Effect of parathyroid hormone (1–34) on fractures and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. N Engl J Med. 2001;344:1434–41.
3. 2003 Drug topics. Red Book. Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics Data, 2003.


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Luxemburger Wort: "Wie bekannt ist Luxemburg?", 25/08/16
PRVI.tv: "Islamska država popularnija je od Vatikana, utjecaj im strahovito raste", 21/08/16
Rama-prozor.info: "Islamska država popularnija je od Vatikana, utjecaj im strahovito raste", 22/08/16
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The Seoul Times: "Islamic State Continues Its Meteoric Rise", 21/08/16
MSN News: "An Internet tally shows Daesh is now more globally recognizable than the Vatican", 01/09/15
WorldTribune: "ISIL says its new coin is worth its wait in gold", 31/08/15
The Courier Mail: "ISIS 'branding' lifts profile above Vatican", 31/08/15
Mail Online: "ISIS release pictures of their new gold coins they say will 'break capitalist enslavement' - so why are they still paying their deranged gunmen in US dollars?", 30/08/15
The Sunday Times: "terrorists ahead of Vatican in 'brand recognition'", 30/08/15
WorldPR Global Leadership Ranking 2018©
A Modern Nation Branding Tool
Click here to access the WorldPR Global Leadership Ranking 2018©
Introduction - Every Country Needs a Recognisable Brand
There are more than 213 countries and autonomous financial centres in the world that compete – sometimes quite fiercely – for trade and investment, industry and tourism, regional and international influence, and media attention.
Successful countries such as the United States, China, Germany, and Japan have strong brands associated with high salience. Over many years, they have invested considerable effort, time and money to nurture their positive and recognisable brand images. Other countries have weak brands with low salience. Current examples of such low-profile countries include the Democratic Republic of Congo, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, and Guinea-Bissau.
Most countries aspire to a positive brand, but countries are not corporations and brands cannot be creatively invented out of thin air. They can, however, be strategically shaped and refocused by developing their salience in a skilful manner that takes into consideration current events and global forces. As used throughout the WorldPR Global Leadership Ranking 2018©, "salience" refers to a country's visibility or profile on the world stage. A lack of salience can severely impede brand recognition and make efforts to develop a positive brand image very time-consuming and expensive.
What is a Modern Country Brand?
A country's modern-day brand has developed over time as the sum total of the social and cultural changes it has undergone and the historical events it has experienced, none of which, of course, were planned with a modern nation branding campaign in mind. Culture, religion, history, economics, and contemporary politics all play crucial roles in defining a country's brand image. Successful nation branding campaigns recognise this and play to a country's core strengths.
The great events of the last hundred years – the rise and fall of fascism and communism, two world wars, several catastrophic famines, and the winding up of European colonial empires – have left the world with a patchwork of country brand images. Formerly strong countries such as the United States, Brazil, Thailand and South Africa have high salience brands that are now negative, tainted or weakening. Meanwhile, countries such as Uzbekistan and Serbia, that have taken steps to improve their undesirable images, possess brands that are visibly improving. In contrast, Eritrea, Montenegro, Kosovo, and other new states have low salience and as yet enjoy very little brand recognition. In an attempt to assert their independence and remodel their images, Myanmar, Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and other post-colonial states have adopted new names, a nation branding tactic often hampered by a failure to link the past with the present in a relevant and effective manner.
Low salience and the lack or wrong sort of brand recognition present formidable challenges to new and established states as they compete for export markets, foreign direct investment and influence in a globalised marketplace where a recognised brand image speaks louder than a thousand words.
What is the WorldPR Global Leadership Ranking 2018©?
The WorldPR Global Leadership Ranking© has been developed over time as an internal, practical tool to help us measure where our clients stand with respect to their competitors on the issues that matter most to them: trade, foreign direct investment, tourism, regional influence and international media recognition. Our methodology makes sense to any government that understands the crucial link between its country's brand image and its ability to exert soft power on the world stage. (Click here to follow the discussion on our Facebook page.)
We base the WorldPR Global Leadership Ranking© mainly on publications that appear worldwide on the internet. This reflects our belief that, with the internet being the primary medium now used to gather information, countries need to come to terms with its content and the implications that content holds for their brand salience. They also need to understand and become adept at analysing the character of search-engine generated data, which is usually personalised to reflect location and previous search behaviour, tends to be bloated with irrelevant content, and can be unstable under certain circumstances. It is important to come to grips with these issues because, in looking for information about a particular country, business or topic, people turn first to the internet and, increasingly often, that is the only source they consult. This poses both challenges and opportunities for countries. The WorldPR Global Leadership Ranking is designed to help decision-makers and their communications officers better understand what those challenges are, how to address them, and how best to exploit the opportunities presented. (For further information about our evolving methodology and the challenges and opportunities it has highlighted, we invite you to visit here. For a step-by-step guide to updating the WorldPR Global Leadership Ranking© click here.
In constructing the WorldPR Global Leadership Ranking 2018©, we first ranked each country according to its salience in the sixteen major Western powers. To many governments this is the most important measure. Here we find that China, Canada and France currently enjoy the highest brand recognition as measured by the number of Google hits they garner on websites originating in the major Western countries, just as they did in 2015 and 2016. This year, China shifted out of 3rd place to 1st and France slipped into 3rd. If we limit our query to those hits registered on websites updated in the past year, Canada, Italy and Australia occupy the top spots while China appears in 8th place and France in 9th, which is down from their positions on the same measure in 2015 and 2016. As this suggests, a focus on actively maintained websites generates slightly different results than those produced by less discriminating searches. This is a critical point that warrants careful consideration by analysts investigating brand salience, and one that raises interesting questions about the conditions that give rise to movement in the rankings.
Many internal and external factors influence a country's internet presence and consequent position on the rankings. These vary from country to country and require nuanced analysis grounded in a thorough understanding of the particular country and its political, economic and social circumstances. Common across all countries is a clear link between current affairs and movement in the rankings, as is evident in the case of North and South Korea. During the period covered by the WorldPR Global Leadership Ranking 2018©, North Korea was almost constantly in the spotlight as it taunted the American administration with ever more menacing missile tests and the Trump Administration responded with increasingly bellicose language. Caught in the middle of this exchange was South Korea. The media attention and widespread public concern this generated is reflected in the data. Currently, North Korea ranks 18th on the Western Perception Index, if we tally only those search hits logged for websites updated in the past year. That is up 38 places from 2016. South Korea exhibits a similar pattern: it now ranks 16th on the same index, a upward shift of 17 places. This pattern is also evident elsewhere in the rankings but nowhere more clearly than on the Historical Footprint metric, where South Korea jumps 129 places to 24th and North Korea 142 places to 53rd. This illustrates another key pattern evident in the data: countries in conflict with one another tend to rise and fall together in the ranking.
Turning to Central Asia, we see that Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have also risen in the two rankings just mentioned, with the steepest ascent seen on the Historical Footprint measure, where Kazakhstan is up 24 places and Uzbekistan 17. In trying to make sense of these changes, it is worth noting that Kazakhstan hosted EXPO 2017 last year, currently holds a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council and assumed the UNSC presidency in January 2018. Positive things are also happening in Uzbekistan, which in early 2017 elected its first new President since Independence – the forward-looking Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who served as Interim President for several months prior to his official election. As these two sets of examples illustrate, both positive and negative factors can impact brand recognition.
The WorldPR Global Leadership Ranking 2018© also looks at several other high-priority measures of a country's standing in the world. These are perceptions of it among other countries within its trade group and closest trading partners, among investors in the world's largest financial centres, and among international tourists. Finally, we measure a country's historical footprint, which is an important yardstick of its modern-day salience.
Beginning with trade and investment, we find that Algeria, Kenya and Kuwait currently rank at the top of their trade groups. Here again we see the impact of events on the ground as Algeria – once the most unapproachable country in the Arab Maghreb Union but now one of its least conflict-ridden – replaces Tunisia at the top. In the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), we find Kuwait taking the top spot from Bahrain and troubled Yemen dropping from 3rd to 7th out of eight places. Unravelling changing perceptions among leading trade partners requires more penetrating analysis as a country's major trading partners frequently change and the reason for and impact of those changes must be assessed along with any other factors. More than 77% of the countries on this year's ranking present different trading partner configurations than in 2016. Consequently, important questions to be asked include: Why has the configuration changed? How does the number of major trading partners impact brand visibility? And, which trading partners are most likely to elevate a country's profile? In terms of investor perceptions, the United States, China and France still occupy the top positions in the world's largest financial centres, as they did in 2016.
Derived from the World Tourism Organisation and the Ref Seek search engine rather than from Google, the remaining measures offer a different perspective. Beginning with tourism and using the most recent full-year data available, we find the USA, Spain, Thailand and China in the top four sports with regard to tourist receipts but France, the USA, China, and Spain at top in terms of the number of international arrivals, just as they were on the previous two editions of the ranking. The USA, India, Canada, and France also have the largest historical footprints.
These are just a few relatively straight-forward examples to illustrate the range of fascinating insights to be derived from the WorldPR Global Leadership Ranking 2018©. Taken together, the measures that constitute our ranking provide an immediate snapshot of a country's salience – or international brand visibility – among world governments, the public at large and specialised audiences such as investors, academics and journalists. But there are also other kinds of insights to be gleaned from the WorldPR Global Leadership Ranking©.
What else can we learn from the WorldPR Global Leadership Ranking 2018©?
The WorldPR Global Leadership Ranking 2018© can also be used to identify transnational patterns, to explore complex themes and issues of international interest, and to address questions of concern to individual countries. For example, what insights does the ranking offer with regard to joining or leaving the EU? What kind of impact might China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) have on countries along the route? How are political instability and corruption, conflict, shared regional interests, or uncontrollable events reflected in the rankings? These are just a few of the many issues one could explore using this set of rankings.
Data for the previous edition of the WorldPR Global Leadership Ranking© was collected in the lead-up to the UK's 2016 Brexit referendum. That vote weighed in favour of leaving the European Union. Afterwards, analysts and planners from across the political spectrum looked to several model countries for the UK's post-Brexit trade arrangement with the EU. Three stood out as most realistic: Norway, Canada and Switzerland. The situation has moved on since then, but considerable attention has nonetheless focused on those three countries. In exploring what the leadership ranking can tell us about relations with and within the EU, we look first at the UK and those "model" countries and then move on to the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) – which is singled out because of its unique trade relationship with the EU – and the EU's newest member states.
Nearly two years on from the Brexit vote, change is evident in the ranking. For instance, data from websites updated in the past year show that the UK has slipped back 1 spot to 11th place on the Western Perception Index, Canada remains in 1st place, and Norway and Switzerland have inched up to 27th and 45th place, respectively. But when we include data from all websites irrespective of when they were last updated, we find three of the four countries sitting much higher in the ranking. Canada is slightly lower in 2nd place, as it was in 2016, but the UK has climbed 4 spots to 8th place, Switzerland 4 to 16th and Norway 7 to 24th. This higher positioning may result from more comprehensive searches or elevated interest in older documents and historical trends during the Brexit negotiations.
Turning to trade and investment, we find that Canada and Norway have retained the top positions in their trade groups while the UK has made an impressive climb from rock bottom to 14th place in its 28-member EU group. Switzerland, which is in EFTA along with Norway, has fallen 2 places to the bottom of that four-country group. It is noteworthy that, of the 16 trading groups examined, the EU exhibits the greatest amount of internal variance over 2016 and EFTA the least, followed by NAFTA, which is Canada's trade group. Given the observed patterns and correlations described here and below, it is unlikely that this movement can be accounted for entirely by the difference in size between the groups, although that is undoubtedly a factor. The Major Trading Partners Perception Index presents a messier picture, with Canada down 1 spot to 3rd place, Norway up 21 to 23rd, Switzerland down 60 places to 83rd and the UK down 43 to 64th. All four countries have changed their configuration of trading partners since 2016. This complicates interpretation, but well-contextualised, country-specific analysis is likely to yield insights into how different trading partners and the actual number of trading partners influence a country's worldwide visibility.
With Brexit negotiations between the UK and EU well under way, there has been a discussion about EFTA being a possible model for future relations. This added attention has almost certainly impacted EFTA's standings, as all four member states (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein) have advanced in the World Perception Index, and Switzerland and Norway – two of the leading post-Brexit model states – have also moved up in the Historical Footprint ranking. Except for Switzerland, all of the EFTA countries have risen in the Major Trading Partners Index. Meanwhile, Switzerland and Liechtenstein have climbed in the Investor Perception Index while Norway and Iceland register sharp falls. Unravelling these patterns requires deep study of the countries in question and their particular circumstances and is therefore beyond the scope of this discussion. However, the data begin to make more sense if one distinguishes between general interest in these countries as models for trade between the UK and the EU and more specific interest in them as potential trade and investment partners.
Relations within the EU
Two other patterns detected in the EU data are worth mentioning. The first is that although some countries that have joined the EU since 2004 have leapt up the ranking – most notably Bulgaria, Romania and the Czech Republic – not all of them have enjoyed enhanced visibility as measured by the WorldPR Global Leadership Ranking 2018©. Overall, there is little difference between senior member states and the newer members when it comes to movement on the Western Perception Index. The gap widens, however, on the Historical Footprint measure, where we find the oldest EU member states nudging up a place or two over 2016, while the newer member states have slipped back more than 14 places, on average. Where EU membership does favour the newer members states in our ranking system is in the areas of trade and investor interest. Here we find that the newer members have climbed the Major Trading Partner Index an average of 49 places whereas the older member countries have barely moved. A similar pattern appears on the Investor Perception Index, where the newer members have climbed more than 21 places on average since 2016 and the older members have hardly shifted. These patterns would suggest that, while EU membership has done little to enhance these countries general visibility, membership has attracted added attention from potential investors and trading partners.
Another interesting pattern emerges if we focus on the highest and lowest EU financial contributors and on what some analysts have labelled the top "net givers" and "net takers". When comparing the upper quartile of EU contributors (all of them long-standing member states) with the bottom quartile (6 out of 7 of which have joined since 2004), we find little movement in the ranking among the top contributors but an average drop of 5 places from 2016 among the bottommost(1). The difference between "net givers" and "net takers" is even more pronounced. When we take into account only those websites recently updated, the top 7 "net givers" (25% of all EU member states) on average have barely move on the Western Perception Index, whereas the 7 biggest "net takers" have slumped an average of 3.6 places(2). If we then look at data from all websites regardless of how recently they were updated, we see the "net givers" rising an average of 6 places and the "net takers" an average of just over 10 spots. This historical data suggests that newer accessions enjoy a "honeymoon" period of increased visibility, which then diminishes as interest wanes, unless it is maintained by country specific circumstances or actions.
China's Belt and Road Initiative
In September 2013, President Xi Jinping of China announced an ambitious plan to create a vast trade network connecting China to Europe and beyond. Widely known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), it is comprised of two routes, one stretching from China through Southeast Asia and the Middle East to Europe (the "Belt") and the other from China across Central Asia to Europe (the "Road"). Linking into each route are spurs to adjacent countries. Although there is as yet no definitive list of infrastructure projects completed, under way or proposed, the BRI as now conceptualised spans 71 countries(3). The initiative is still in its infancy but interested onlookers and those already involved will find the performance of these countries on WorldPR Global Leadership Ranking 2018© enlightening. As the BRI moves ahead in the years to come and more information becomes available about specific transnational projects and in-country activities, the leadership ranking should generate more insights and suggest questions that warrant rigorous investigation by individual countries and their transnational partners. This year's ranking will provide them with a useful baseline against which to measure change as the initiative picks-up speed.
But for now, the first observation to be made is that the Belt and Road countries exhibit a slightly higher degree of variance on average from 2016 than one would expect based on the variance of all countries on the Western Perception Index. This pattern carries through to the Major Trading Partners, Investor Perception and Historical Footprint indexes, with the widest gap – albeit still only about 3% – to be found on the Investor Perception Index.
But that is just part of the picture. Average variance does not distinguish between upward and downward movement. Upon closer examination we find that, on average, the BRI countries have slipped slightly on the Western Perception and Historical Footprint indexes. These are general measures of worldwide visibility, as already noted. But when we turn our attention to trade and investment we find that, on average, they have risen slightly on the Investor Perception Index and – with an average of more than 13 places – more significantly in the Major Trading Partners Index. This may be attributable to the fact that more than two-thirds of the BRI countries have changed their configuration of major trading partners since 2016, a realignment possibly triggered by the development of new trade and foreign direct investment opportunities under the BRI umbrella.
Things get even more interesting when we consider actual ranks. If we include only data from websites updated in the past year, the average rank of the BRI countries comes in at 79 on the Western Perception Index, which is significantly higher than median rank of 106.5. If we include data from all websites irrespective of their last update, the average rank slips to 89. At an average rank of 84, the BRI countries also come in well above the median on the Historical Footprint metric. The average rank of these countries on the Major Trading Partners Index is 87 and on the Investor Perception Index it is 89, which is again higher than the index median. Given that many of these are still-developing countries with small economies, this is impressive and bodes well for their future profile on the world scene. These are trends to be closely watched in the years to come.
Some Other Interesting Correlations
There are other intriguing and suggestive correlations that stand out on this year's leadership ranking. Countries tainted by corruption or political instability can be expected to jump up the Western Perception Index as public interest is piqued and media attention focuses on them, only to lose standing on the trade and investment measures as trade partner and investor confidence falters. Once media interest fades and a resolution of the issues seems imminent, the trend reverses.
This is evident in the WorldPR Global Leadership Ranking 2018© as countries in the spotlight due to conflict, controversy or catastrophe in 2016 have fallen back on the Western Perception index – especially when only those websites updated in the past year are considered – but have risen in the trade and investments rankings as confidence is renewed. For instance, Ukraine has dropped in the Western Perception Index by 17 places, Venezuela by 25 and Libya by 20. Meanwhile, all three countries have climbed the Major Trading Partners Index – Ukraine by 62 places, Venezuela by 42 and Libya by 34 – and Ukraine and Venezuela have moved up in the Investor Perception Index.
As one might expect, our rankings also confirm that tourists are put off by internal instability and events that tarnish a country's image. Here we find declining tourist traffic to troubled countries such as Russia and Egypt, this despite their previously high touristic appeal. Also registering a decline in tourism are conflict-ridden countries such as Yemen, Sudan and Ukraine.
Serving the Needs of Government Communications Campaigns
While strictly speaking not scientific due to the challenges inherent in working with data derived from Google and other search-engines, we believe our unique approach offers a more accurate and objective understanding of a country's brand image than any upfront assessment of whether that image is "positive" or "negative". Such determinations are by definition subjective and frequently lead to simplistic or predictable results. We deeply believe that achieving as reliable an international recognition measure as possible is the most effective starting point for any campaign to change or improve a country's brand, and it is for this reason that we continually hone our methodology and upgrade the leadership ranking. Our focus on taking an accurate measure of a country's salience enables us to collect objective data irrespective of whether a country's brand image is positive or negative. It thereby serves as a stable foundation upon which we may work with policy-makers and government strategists to build a successful nation branding strategy with realistic objectives and concrete chances of success.
WorldPR's Global Leadership Ranking 2018© is a comprehensive tool that looks at all the sectors that matter to modern states while taking into account crucial historical and cultural factors at the core of a country's character and, ultimately, its brand image. Taken together, we believe our ranking's constituent measures can help government strategists and their advisers assess the strength of their country's brand and make informed and precise decisions about how best to deploy their valuable resources to increase trade, foreign direct investment and tourism as well as to enhance their nation's influence on the international stage.
About WorldPR: Professionals in Nation Branding
WorldPR is an international public relations company with more than twenty-five years' experience in the field of government and corporate communications. During that time, we have advised twenty-six old and new countries from different regions of the world on their nation branding strategies, their relations with other governments and international organisations, and their efforts to promote and grow their economies by developing closer relations with other countries.
Although our firm's long-standing policy prohibits us from disclosing the identity of our clients, we may state with pride that we have played an important role advising governments on strategies for successful international political communications campaigns, some of which have pursued ambitious goals. The campaigns we have advised on range from winning national elections and hosting international sporting competitions to securing advancement within international organisations such as the OSCE and the EU. Most recently, we have successfully advised two governments on their strategy to secure a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. Our work has included managing a multilingual communications campaign addressed to audiences in 193 countries and overseeing the establishment of a regionally-focused think tank. Many of these campaigns have incorporated specific branding objectives and we have adapted our tactical approach accordingly.
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It is not rare to see a younger guy and an older woman date and have a very intense sexual and romantic relationship, which defies the traditional "older man, younger woman" set-up that we are used to seeing. Dating coaches take a more positive stance on dating after 60. They explain that a change in mindset is essential for women over 60 who want to find romance. So what's a midlife woman who was raised in a world where men were "supposed" to make the first move do? Here are a few ideas to help you get the hang of dating after 60.Read More Age should never stand in the way of true love. If you're considering dating older women, here are the 8 things that you need to know first. Ever heard the saying that age is just a number? Well, if you're a younger man looking to date an older woman, you'll know that there's truth in it. AskMen's Dating channel offers you all the advice you need to become a Better Man in romance and relationships. Well, this topic is definitely right up my alley. As an "older woman" I find that my interests and hobbies have changed, my desire to partner with a long term someone is more discerning in attraction, and there is nothing better than humility and humor when it comes to dating and relationships. Older women have a sense of things in this world, because they have lived and failed and picked. The video below brings both bad news and good news. The bad news is the effect that using Tinder and Bumble likely has on your ability to develop meaningful connections and attachments with people. The best source of information for men interested in dating older women including cougar dating site reviews, online dating tips, and offline dating tips. If you're an older woman getting back in the dating game, it can be daunting to decide if someone is the right age for you. And more often than not, the question is, "Is he too young for me?" Toyboy Dating Free Older Women Dating Sites Suga Mama Older Women Looking For Younger Men, Sugar Momma Dating We have thousands of members from all over the world including the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Ireland. The phenomenon of older men dating younger women is nothing new. According to a 2014 Current Population Survey, the average age difference in heterosexual couples is 2.3 years, with the man being older than the woman.But recent data has shown that as our ideas about men, women, and relationships evolve daters' views on age are changing as well.


I read this article and found it very interesting, thought it might be something for you. The article is called Four Italian Film Festivals in Autumn You Shouldn't Miss and is located at https://www.touritalynow.com/blog/four-italian-film-festivals-in-autumn.
Italy during the autumn months is a wonderful place to be. The rolling landscapes will be taking on the golden colors of fall, and the temperatures are dropping to a comfortable range compared to the heat of the summer months. Not to mention, food will also be in abundance as the harvest season arrives, and there will be a large number of food festivals happening within the country at this time. Also rather abundant in autumn in Italy are film festivals.
When it comes to film festivals, Italy is one place where you will find quite a few you can go to. The country hosts some of the biggest international film festivals in the world. Being able to attend one or more of these during the months of September to November is an experience you wouldn't want to miss.
Probably the most popular film festival in all of Italy, and definitely the oldest film festival in the world, the Venice Film Festival is an annual event that happens early September. It is held on the island of Lido. This film festival started in the early 1930s and is considered one of the Big Three in Europe, alongside the ones held in Cannes and Berlin.
People who attend this festival can enjoy screenings of the entries at the historic Palazzo del Cinema and in other similar venues nearby. Some of the awards that entries can win at this festival include the Golden Lion award, Silver Lion Award, and the Grand Jury Prize, to name but a few. Some of the popular Hollywood movies that received the Golden Lion award include Brokeback Mountain, The Shape of Water, and Monsoon Wedding.
This film festival, which happens every year in October, is a pretty young festival when compared with other popular film festivals in Italy. Held in Rome's Auditorium Parco della Musica and organized by the Fondazione Cinema per Roma, this festival features 35 films that will vie for one or more of the many awards given here. The Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma is an event that began in 2006 and has since become one of the more important festivals for film in the world.
World-famous artists attend this festival every year, with Hollywood actors making their appearances being one of the highlights of this event. The awards that are handed out during this festival are all People's Choice Awards for the different sections that this event has. There is the Cinema d'Oggi (films by successful directors), Gala (world premiere films), Mondo Genere (different genre films), Prospettive Italia (trendy Italian films), and Alice nella Citta (children's films).
Happening at the very end of the autumn season in Italy, this film festival takes place in the city of Turin, which is located west of the Po River. This international film festival was first introduced to the movie-going public in 1982 and is considered the second largest film festival in Italy, second only to the Venice Film Festival. This festival was put together to help an economically struggling Turin be recognized and to re-energize it both culturally and financially.
The festival has a few notable sections that include the Torino 35, which has feature films and documentaries, Festa Mobile, After Hours, and Onde, which are all non-competitive sections, and Italian Corti which is a short-film competition exclusively for Italian filmmakers. The awards that are presented at the end of the festival to the winning participants include Best Film Awards and Special Jury Awards for all competitive categories, and Best Actress, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay for the Torino 35 entries.
Happening at the end of September to the start of October, this film festival happens in Lombardia, in Milan. The festival usually lasts 10 days, and features independent films, giving new filmmakers the kind of support they need to get noticed. This festival began in 1996 and has since grown to such a massive scale that it now attracts over 100,000 participants annually. Screenings for the films that make the cut usually happen in various parts of the city, with squares, plazas, art galleries, and museums becoming movie theaters for this event.
Awards are handed out every year to films that are adjudged Best Film, alongside awards for Best Actress, Best Actor, and Best Director. Since the festival is for independent films, you won't find any big-name stars here during the event, unless of course if some Hollywood A-lister decided to lend their talent to an independent director or screenwriter that they wanted to help.
So cinema aficionados, grab your passports, tickets, and passes (and popcorn… possibly truffle-flavored…) and come over to Italy for these exciting film events!
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Winter may be getting old, but there are lots of new things happening in the media center. Fourth graders have just finished their long term research project on a country related to their cultural background. The unit culminated with students creating an online book about their country and hosting a Taste of the World experience. Third graders are doing research as well. Their topic is natural disasters. Each student will learn about a specific natural disaster and then create a magazine article to share their findings. First graders are learning how to write and defend an opinion. They read about different job possibilities and wrote about what they think the best occupation would be and why. Kindergarteners read the wintertime favorite, The Mitten, and retold the story in sequence using words and pictures.
The Spring Book Fair will be held March 19-21 to coordinate with March is Reading Month. Please call the library at 321-1581 if you are interested in volunteering at the fair.
The library uses a management system called Follett Destiny. The best thing about this program is you can now access the library's holdings from any computer...in the library, in the classroom or at home. To view what is in Indian Lake's collection, go to follett.micase.org, select Vicksburg Community Schools; then select Indian Lake Elementary School. You can search by author, title, series or keywords to see what is available. Please feel free to contact the library if you have any questions.
My First Book of Lacrosse by Beth Bugler . Introduces kids to the plays, positions, and basics of lacrosse through a visual retelling of a professional game.
Old Hat by Emily Gravett. Harbet likes his comfy knitted hat, but the others keep jeering at him--OLD HAT! OLD HAT! No matter what head wear he buys--be it a towering fruit platter hat, an old-boot-on-the-head hat, or a brightly lit traffic cone hat, Harbet cannot keep up with the latest fashions. As soon as he gets a brand new hat it is already...OLD HAT! It seems that Harbet will never fit in. But when one day he decides to go his own way, Harbet discovers just how much more fun it is to stop following others and think for yourself.


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Secretariat (film)
64% Rotten Tomatoes
Director Randall Wallace
Music director Nick Glennie-Smith
61% Metacritic
Genre Drama, Family, History
Duration 123 min
Release date September 30, 2010 (2010-09-30) (Hollywood premiere) October 8, 2010 (2010-10-08)
Based on Secretariat by William Nack
Writer Mike Rich, William Nack (book)
Producers Mark Ciardi, Lawrence Gordon, Gordon Gray
Cast Diane Lane (Penny Chenery), John Malkovich (Lucien Laurin), Scott Glenn (Chris Chenery), Dylan Walsh (Jack Tweedy), Fred Thompson (Bull Hancock), Margo Martindale (Miss Ham)
Similar movies Dallas Buyers Club, The Wolf of Wall Street, Goodfellas, Jobs, Foxcatcher, Steve Jobs
Tagline The Impossible True Story
Secretariat final race scene english
Secretariat is a 2010 American biographical sports drama film produced and released by Walt Disney Pictures, written by Mike Rich and Sheldon Turner with music by Nick Glennie-Smith and directed by Randall Wallace. The film chronicles the life of Thoroughbred race horse Secretariat, winner of the Triple Crown in 1973. Diane Lane portrays Secretariat's owner, Penny Chenery, and John Malkovich plays his trainer, Lucien Laurin. Filming took place on location in Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky, and around Lafayette, Louisiana and Carencro, Louisiana. The film premiered at the Hollywood premiere in September 30, 2010 and was released on October 8, 2010 by Walt Disney Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics and earned $60.3 million on a $35 million budget.
Secretariat trailer
Departures from actual history
In 1969, Denver housewife and mother Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) agrees to take over her ailing father, Christopher Chenery's Meadow Stables in Doswell, Virginia, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. With the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (Malkovich), Chenery navigates the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and one of the greatest racehorses of all time.
Penny learns of her mother's death and returns to her childhood home. She reunites with Mrs. Ham, her father's secretary, and comforts her confused and elderly father. At her mother's funeral, Penny meets Arthur "Bull" Hancock and his son, Seth Hancock, of Claiborne Farm in Kentucky. The Hancocks offer any help she may need during her efforts to bring Meadow Stables back to profitability. Penny's brother Hollis informs her of a dishonest sale that was about to be made by the trainer until their mother stopped him. Penny fires the trainer and asks Bull Hancock to help her find a new trainer. He recommends Lucien Laurin, an aging French Canadian, who initially turns down Penny's offer.
Penny's father had made a deal with leading owner Ogden Phipps that if Phipps breeds his best stallion (Bold Ruler) to Chenery's two best mares (Somethingroyal and Hasty Matelda), the two owners would flip a coin to see who receives which foal. Bold Ruler, the stallion, was fast but couldn't last over distances. Hasty Matelda is the obvious choice for her young age, but Somethingroyal's bloodline is made up of many horses with good stamina. Penny hopes to choose Somethingroyal's foal for the interesting mix of speed and stamina. Phipps wins Hasty Matelda's foal, and Penny wins Somethingroyal's foal, Secretariat.
When Secretariat enters his first race at Aqueduct race track in Queens, New York City, everyone has high expectations. The jockey, Paul Feliciano, is very young with little experience, which worries Penny, but Lucien reassures her. During the race, Secretariat is repeatedly hit by other horses and comes in fourth. Penny and Lucien fight, and Lucien blames Paul for the loss. Penny realizes the only way Secretariat will ever win is if he has an experienced jockey. Penny's flight back home is canceled on the day of the race, and she misses her daughter Kate's solo in a play. Her son holds up the pay phone so Penny can hear Kate sing.
Penny gets experienced jockey Ron Turcotte to ride Secretariat to many victories. Secretariat is named horse of the year after a successful two-year-old season. Penny's father suffers a stroke and dies, leaving Penny and her brother Hollis to inherit the estate. Although she needs six million dollars to pay estate taxes, Penny refuses to sell Secretariat.
Instead she syndicates the horse, selling 32 shares worth more than six million dollars, as long as he can win a three-year-old distance race. She tries to sell a share to Ogden Phipps, who instead offers to buy the horse for seven million dollars. Penny refuses to sell him. When Phipps demands to know why, she tells him Secretariat's value will triple when he wins the Triple Crown – a feat no horse has accomplished in twenty-five years. During this time, Frank "Pancho" Martin, trainer of rival horse Sham, tries to provoke a match race with Secretariat.
Secretariat is taken to the Wood Memorial three weeks before the first of the Triple Crown races to take on Sham and attempt to earn Penny her syndication money. Turcotte notices that the horse's breathing is heavy, he refuses to eat, and he is reluctant to allow the bit into his mouth. After Secretariat loses the race, an abscess in his mouth is discovered that may have caused the poor performance.
Secretariat recovers and wins both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness in record time. Sham comes in second place in both races and Pancho Martin tells Sham's jockey, Laffit Pincay, to stay with Secretariat through the Belmont in an attempt to tire him early and win. However, Secretariat runs an unbelievable race, finishing 31 lengths (over 82 yards (75 m)) ahead of the next horse to secure the Triple Crown. An exhausted Sham ends up in last place, having failed to keep up with Secretariat's record-breaking pace. Penny and her family receive the Triple Crown trophy at the end of the race.
Diane Lane as Penny Chenery
John Malkovich as Lucien Laurin
Otto Thorwarth as Ron Turcotte
Margo Martindale as Elizabeth Hamm
Amanda Michalka as Kate Tweedy
Graham McTavish as Earl Jansen
Kevin Connolly as Bill Nack
Carissa Capobianco as Sarah Tweedy
Drew Roy as Seth Hancock
Scott Glenn as Christopher Chenery
James Cromwell as Ogden Phipps
Nelsan Ellis as Eddie Sweat
Dylan Walsh as John Tweedy
Fred Dalton Thompson as Bull Hancock
Eric Lange as Andy Beyer
Dylan Baker as Hollis B. Chenery
Stephen Stanton as Chic Anderson (Triple Crown race announcer)
Nestor Serrano as Pancho Martin
Penny Chenery made a cameo appearance during the final race
The film is based largely on William Nack's book Secretariat: The Making of a Champion. He was also a consultant for the film, and made a cameo appearance. Part of the film was shot on location in both Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky for three weeks then moved to Louisiana to reproduce the Triple Crown infields at Evangeline Downs, located in Carencro, Louisiana. Several horses were used to depict Secretariat in the film, chief among them Trolley Boy, whose great-great-grandsire was the real-life Secretariat, and Longshot Max, whose bloodline includes Secretariat's sire, Bold Ruler, as well as his grandsire, Princequillo.
Secretariat has received mixed reviews. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 64% based on 144 reviews, with an average score of 6.1/10. The site's critical consensus is: "Rousing, heartwarming, and squarely traditional, Secretariat offers exactly what you'd expect from an inspirational Disney drama – no more, no less." Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert gives the film a four out of four stars saying that "...this whole movie feels authentic". Hannah Goodwyn of Christian Broadcasting Network gave Secretariat a "Jumbo Popcorn" rating, saying: "Though many may consider Seabiscuit as the preeminent horse-racing film, Secretariat beats it by lengths."
Film critic Andrew O'Hehir of Salon.com created some controversy with his review of the film, writing that, although he "enjoyed the film immensely," that didn't "stop [him] from believing that in its totality Secretariat is a work of creepy, half-hilarious master-race propaganda almost worthy of Leni Riefenstahl, and all the more effective because it presents as a family-friendly yarn about a nice lady and her horse." He cited what he felt was the possible xenophobic undercurrent to the film, as well as its 'unpleasant' and 'stereotypical' presentation of non-white characters as justification for his theory. In response, fellow critic Roger Ebert posted that O'Hehir's review of Secretariat was "so bizarre I cannot allow it to pass unnoticed. I don't find anywhere in Secretariat the ideology he discovers there." Bill Nack, the author of the book the film is based on, pointed out that Pancho Martin's verbal attack on Laurin before the Kentucky Derby was not intended to create an image of Martin as 'evil' or 'vaguely terrorist-flavored,' as O'Hehir claimed in his review. The film lifted Martin's diatribes against Laurin from Nack's book, which were a transcription of Martin's actual words as recorded by Nack. Nack wondered who O'Hehir could claim as a source to say that Martin wasn't boastful. Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to victory, said about Martin's portrayal in the film: "It wasn't that way." Conservative media personality Rush Limbaugh also took issue with O'Hehir's review. In response to Ebert, O'Hehir wrote that he was being hyperbolic: "My hyperbole in the Secretariat review was supposed to be funny, and also to provoke a response."
Bill Christine, a former long-time racing writer for the Los Angeles Times, pointed out that the film made some significant departures from Secretariat's actual history. These include:
The film makes no mention of Riva Ridge, a Chenery-owned horse that had won the 1972 Kentucky Derby and Belmont, and helped keep Meadow Stable afloat. According to Christine, but for Riva Ridge's career, Chenery might not have even owned Secretariat by the time he turned three.
The portrayal of several people, including Pancho Martin and Ogden Phipps, is "cartoonish".
The film leads viewers to believe that Sham won the Wood Memorial, a major prep race then held two weeks before the Derby. In reality, that race was won by Angle Light. Chenery's most significant conflict in the run-up to the Derby was not with Phipps, but instead with Edwin Whittaker, the owner of Angle Light (a horse also trained by Laurin).
Steve Haskin, a sportswriter for The Blood-Horse, had some of the same issues, particularly the omission of Riva Ridge and the staging of the Wood Memorial. He also added: "Although the horses who played Secretariat did not capture the majesty and physical presence of Big Red, the equine stars did well enough, considering there isn't a horse alive who could have done justice to him."
The film opened in third place at the box office in its opening weekend, grossing $4 million on opening day and $12,694,770 over the three-day weekend, just falling behind The Social Network and Life as We Know It. The film had an average of $4,132 from 3,072 locations. In its second weekend, the film held extremely well with only a 27% slide to $9.3 million and finishing fourth for a $3,032 average from 3,072 theaters. It then held up even better in its third weekend, slipping only 25% to just over $7 million and finishing sixth for a $2,254 average from 3,108 theaters. The film was a relative box office success, grossing $60 million by the end of its run. In the United Kingdom, the film was released on December 4, 2010 with no promotion and was withdrawn from most UK cinemas after just one week.
Christopher Awards 2010
ESPY Awards 2011
MovieGuide Awards 2010
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2010
Satellite Awards 2011
Women's Image Network Awards 2010
Secretariat was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on DVD,as well as a 2-disc Blu-ray & DVD combo pack on January 30, 2011. Bonus features on the DVD will include: Deleted scenes and a director introduction. The Blu-ray bonuses include a look at how the racing scenes were filmed, an interview with Penny Chenery, and a profile of Secretariat's 1973 Belmont race.
"Silent Night" – Performed by AJ Michalka
"I'll Take You There" – Performed by The Staple Singers
"Oh Happy Day" – Performed by The Edwin Hawkins Singers
"The Longest Goodbye" – Written and performed by Scott Nickoley and Jamie Dunlap
"I Am Free" – Produced and performed by Nick Glennie-Smith
"My Old Kentucky Home" – Written by Stephen Foster, performed by The University of Kentucky Wildcat Marching Band
"It's Not How Fast, It's Not How Far" – Performed by Andrew Wallace
"It's Who You Are" – Written and performed by Randall Wallace and AJ Michalka
"My Old Kentucky Home" – Performed by Tricia Aguirre
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SR to run specials from Chennai Egmore
| Published: Thursday, December 20, 2007, 20:34 [IST]
Chennai, Dec 20 (UNI) The Southern Railways (SR) will run special trains from Chennai Egmore to clear the extra rush of passengers.
A SR release here said the Tiruchirappalli-Chennai Egmore special would leave Tiruchchirappalli at 2130 hrs on December 22, 29, January 5 and 12 and arrive Chennai Egmore at 0430 hrs the next day.
In return direction, the Chennai Egmore-Tiruchirappalli special would leave Chennai Egmore at 2245 hrs on December 27, January 3, 10 and 17 and arrive Tiruchirappalli at 0545 hrs the next day.
Chennai Egmore-Nagercoil Special would leave Chennai Egmore at 2315 hrs on December 23, 30, January 6 and 13 and arrive Nagercoil at 1415 hrs the next day.
In the return direction, Nagercoil-Chennai Egmore Special would leave Nagercoil at 1940 hrs on December 24, 31, January 7 and 14 and arrive Chennai Egmore at 0930 hrs the next day.
Chennai Egmore-Tuticorin Special would leave Chennai Egmore at 2245 hrs on December 25, January one, 8 and 15 and arrive at Tuticorin at 1215 hrs the next day.
In return, Tuticorin-Chennai Egmore Special would leave Tuticorin at 2115 hrs on December 26, January 2, 9 and 16 and arrive in Chennai Egmore at 1000 hrs the next day.
The Chennai Central-Thiruvananthapuram Special would leave Chennai Central at 2145 hrs on Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays from December 22 to January 12 and arrive Thiruvananthapuram at 1630 hrs the next day.
In its return direction, the Thiruvananthapuram-Chennai Central Special would leave Thiruvananthapuram at 2000 hrs on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from December 23 to January 13 and arrive Chennai Central at 1230 hrs the next day.
Chennai Egmore-Thiruvananthapuram Special would leave Chennai Egmore at 1500 hrs on December 27, January 3 and 10 and arrive at Thiruvananthapuram at 0700 hrs the next day.
In the return direction, the Thiruvananthapuram-Chennai Egmore Special would leave Thiruvananthapuram at 1030 hrs on December 28, January 4 and 11 and arrive at Chennai Egmore at 0415 hrs the next day, the release added.
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Will the intelligent algorithms of the future look like general-purpose robots, as adept at idle banter and reading maps as they are handy in the kitchen? Or will our digital assistants look more like a grab-bag of specialised gadgets – less a single chatty masterchef than a kitchen full of appliances?
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To make the cake: Beat eggs at high speed until thick and yellow colour and set aside. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff. Speed the first like the mixture into the prepared pan and smooth the batter. Bake in the oven for about 40 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted into centre comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
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Sure, when you look at the instructions more closely, it produces only a single baked egg yolk. But it's still an improvement. When the AI was allowed to specialise, there was simply a lot less to keep track of. It didn't have to try to figure out when to use chocolate and when to use potatoes, when to bake, or when to simmer. If the first algorithm was trying to be a wonder-box that could produce rice, ice cream and pies, the second algorithm was trying to be something more like a toaster – specialised for just one task.
Developers who train machine-learning algorithms have found that it often makes sense to build toasters rather than wonder-boxes. That might seem counterintuitive, because the AIs of Western science fiction tend to resemble C-3PO in Star Wars or WALL-E in the eponymous film – examples of artificial general intelligence (AGI), automata that can interact with the world like a human, and handle many different tasks. But many companies are invisibly – and successfully – using machine learning to achieve much more limited goals. One algorithm might be a chatbot handling a limited range of basic customer questions about their phone bill. Another might make predictions about what a customer is calling to discuss, displaying these predictions for the human representative who answers the phone. These are examples of artificial narrow intelligence (ANI) – restricted to very narrow functions. On the other hand, Facebook recently retired its 'M' chatbot, which never succeeded in its goal of handling hotel reservations, booking theatre tickets, arranging parrot visits, and more.
We're not used to thinking there's such a huge gap between an algorithm that does one thing well, and an algorithm that does lots of things well. But our present-day algorithms have very limited mental power compared with the human brain, and each new task spreads them thinner. Think of a toaster-sized appliance: it's easy to build in a couple of slots and some heating coils so it can toast bread. But that leaves little room for anything else. If you try to also add rice-steaming and ice-cream-making functionality, then you'll have to give up one of the bread slots at least, and it probably won't be good at anything.
There are tricks that programmers use to get more out of ANI algorithms. One is transfer learning: train an algorithm to do one task, and it can learn to do a different but closely related task after minimal retraining. People use transfer learning to train image-recognition algorithms, for example. An algorithm that has learned to identify animals has already garnered a lot in the way of edge-detecting and texture-analysing skills, which it can move across to the task of identifying fruit. But, if you retrain the algorithm to identify fruit, a phenomenon called catastrophic forgetting means that it will no longer remember how to identify animals.
Another trick that today's algorithms use is modularity. Rather than a single algorithm that can handle any problem, the AIs of the future are likely to be an assembly of highly specialised instruments. An algorithm that learned to play the video game Doom, for example, had separate, dedicated vision, controller, and memory modules. Interconnected modules can also provide redundancy against failure, and a mechanism for voting on the best solution to a problem based on multiple different approaches. They might also be a way to detect and troubleshoot algorithmic mistakes. It's normally difficult to figure out how an individual algorithm makes its decisions, but if a decision is made by cooperating sub-algorithms, we can at least look at each sub-algorithm's output.
When we envision the AIs of the far future, maybe WALL-E and C-3PO aren't the droids we should be looking for. Instead, we might picture something more like a smartphone full of apps, or a kitchen cupboard filled with gadgets. As we prepare for a world of algorithms, we should make sure we're not planning for thinking, general-purpose wonder-boxes that might never be built, but instead for highly specialised toasters.


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EIFF reveals full 2019 programme
EIFF Artistic Director Mark Adams today unveiled details of the programme for the upcoming Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), taking place next month between 19th and 30thJune. This year the Festival will screen around 121 new features, including 18 feature film World Premieres, 12 International Premieres, 8 European Premieres and 78 UK Premieres from 42 countries across the globe.
Mark Adams, EIFF Artistic Director, said: "It is always important that EIFF reflects the changing face of all aspects of society and culture. With attitudes changing throughout the world it is important that this year the festival has a real European spin and presents a series of wonderful films from around Europe with a particular emphasis on Spain this year.
"We are also delighted to be able to present a series of striking new films from women directors and filmmaking teams from around the world. In particular this year we have an amazing selection of genre films from women filmmakers, ranging from gothic romance and Western chills through to science fiction and old-fashioned horror. All this set alongside a tribute to French filmmaker Agnes Varda, a women who has inspired generations of directors."
He added: "We are thrilled to be able to finally announce the full programme for this year's Festival. We are really delighted to be able to stage such a rich and diverse group of films that really do offer something for everybody. The encouragement and support we have received from all around the world has been gratifying and it is with real pleasure that we offer up a feast of fantastic film fare from a wonderful selection of talented filmmakers."
Highlights include In Person events, supported by Johnston Carmichael, with guests including one of Britain's most successful directors, Danny Boyle, award-winning actor and producer Jack Lowden, British documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield and Scottish writer, director and actor Pollyanna McIntosh, who also brings her latest film, Darlin' to this year's EIFF. There will also be a very special In Person featuring award-winning film producer Rebecca O'Brien in conversation with acclaimed director, actor, writer and producer Icíar Bollaín. Bookended by the previously announced Boyz in the Wood and the World Premiere of Mrs Lowry & Son, the Festival will screen Ugly Dolls as this year's Family Gala, supported by Edinburgh Live, and the People's Gala screening of Jamie Adams' Balance, Not Symmetry, supported by Accenture, as well as special preview screenings of Toy Story 4 and Brightburn in advance of the start of the Festival on 16thJune.
Isabel Davis, Executive Director at Screen Scotland said: "It's exciting to see EIFF showcasing a number of British debut features, alongside strong international threads, reflecting Scotland's close affinity with both our European neighbours and filmmakers from across the globe, including Scottish/Swedish co-production Scheme Birds. It's also a chance to encounter stellar filmmakers such as Danny Boyle and Rebecca O'Brien, whose work has brought Scottish stories, unique characters and talent to the world."
Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs Fiona Hyslop, said: "The Edinburgh International Film Festival plays a vital role in Scotland's screen success story, promoting domestic productions, developing talent and encouraging people to go to the cinema. This cutting-edge programme, supported by the Scottish Government, is a diverse mix of established and emerging talent which will proudly showcase our thriving industry to both local and international audiences."
Ben Luxford, Head of UK Audiences at the BFI, said: "We're proud to continue our support of this fantastic Festival. It is a showcase for exciting up and coming talent from across the globe and we are particularly thrilled to see so many women filmmakers represented, across so many genres. This year's programme promises to be yet another year of discovery."
Paul Bush OBE, VisitScotland Director of Events, said: "As one of the world's longest continuously running film festivals and one of Scotland's signature events, EventScotland is delighted to be continuing its support of the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2019. Mark and his team have once again produced a stellar programme that is sure to entice audiences of all ages and interests. I'm particularly delighted to see the continuation of EIFF:Youth, a legacy of Scotland's Year of Young People 2018. Events play a key role in our visitor economy and EIFF provides the perfect stage to celebrate Scotland as a place to explore cinematic ideas as well as Edinburgh's position as a world leading festival city."
This year's BEST OF BRITISH strand includes exclusive World Premieres of Bittersweet Symphony starring Suki Waterhouse as a woman whose Hollywood dreams are on the verge of becoming a reality; a love letter to Europe in The Black Forest from writer-director Ruth Platt; coming-of-age supernatural love story Carmilla from director Emily Harris; new British drama by first-time feature director, poet, actor and publisher Greta Bellamacina, Hurt by Paradise; Masters of Love, a smart and wry take on the classic British rom-com from debut feature film-maker Matt Roberts; Schemers, based on writer-producer David McLean's early years in the music business and the atmospheric noir thriller Strange But True starring Blythe Danner, Brian Cox and Greg Kinnear. Additionally, there is a clash of old and new worlds seen through the eyes of a Cornish fisherman in Mark Jenkin's Bait; the directorial debut of Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, real-life story, Farming; William McGregor's debut feature, the magnificent, moody and mysterious Gothic tale Gwen; Joanna Hogg's autobiographical feature The Souvenir and fun and frothy modern day rom-com, Love Type D. Audiences can also look forward to a screening of Danny Boyle's Yesterday featuring an all-star cast including Himesh Patel, Lily James, Ed Sheeran and Kate McKinnon.
Films in consideration for the prestigious Michael Powell Award will be selected from the BEST OF BRITISH and GALA sections.
This year the AMERICAN DREAMS strand will offer an audiences an exciting, challenging and provocative group of films from across the pond featuring some of the brightest and best global talent. The strand will include: the World Premiere of Liberté: A Call to Spy, a fascinating story of a real life sisterhood of spies and the International Premieres of the clever and deviously dark mystery I See Yous tarring Helen Hunt; Andrew Patterson's sci-fi mystery feature debut The Vast of Night; indie film Justine, which explores the role of a single mother working as a caregiver to a girl with spina bifida and the previously announced comedy drama Go Back to China directed by Emily Ting. Them That Follow, staring Olivia Colman, about an Appalachian sect will receive its European Premiere at the Festival as will Ode to Joy, an unusual rom-com about a man who avoids joy starring Martin Freeman and The Sound of Silence starring Peter Sarsgaard and Rashida Jones. Skin, based on the true story of neo-Nazi Bryon Widner starring Jamie Bell will screen alongside the Cannes 2019 opener, Jim Jarmusch's The Dead Don't Die; comedy drama Driven, about the car designer John DeLorean and Jessie Jeffrey Dunn Rovinelli's quietly radical film, So Pretty.
The EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES strand, supported by James and Morag Anderson, celebrates the rich cultural impact and importance of European cinema and includes films from France, Ireland, Hungary, Belgium, Austria, Croatia, Germany, North Macedonia, Greece, Ukraine, Switzerland, Belgium, Georgia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Iceland. Notable features include: Elfar Adalsteins' End of Sentence where a bickering father and son from America take a road trip in Ireland; the International Premieres of writer-director Mary McGuckian's powerful new film A Girl from Mogadishu that tells the inspiring true story of Ifrah Ahmed, a Somalian refugee and She's Missingfrom Irish writer-director Alexandra McGuinness. The Emperor of Paris starring Vincent Cassel will receive its UK Premiere at the Festival alongside Rudolph Herzog's hilariously funny How to Fake a War starring Katherine Parkinson and Aniara, an epic science-fiction drama about a passenger spaceship lost in the void, as well as titles including Barbara Vekarić's Aleksifrom Croatia; Susanne Heinrich's Aren't You Happy? from Germany and Swiss psychological drama Cronofobia. Audiences can also look forward to the return of France's favourite Gaul in Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion.
This year's WORLD PERSPECTIVES strand offers audiences an exciting and challenging array of new works by talented filmmakers from around the world. Highlights include: the World Premieres of Astronaut, starring Richard Dreyfuss as a lonely widower who dreams of a trip to space andRodrigo Guerrero's Venezia. Australian cinema features prominently this year with the acclaimed Acute Misfortune, a striking, brilliant and unconventional portrait of one of Australia's most acclaimed and idiosyncratic painters, Adam Cullen; The Flip Side, a breezy rom-com about a budding chef and a British actor starring Eddie Izzard; Undertow, a tense and moving female-led drama from director Miranda Nation and Top End Wedding, a rom-com about family ties and contrasting cultures. Other highlights include two South Korean action-adventure masterclasses in the form of Unstoppable and box office smash Extreme Job.
This year's DOCUMENTARIES programme reflects the ability of documentary film to amaze, inspire, challenge, provoke and fascinate audiences, offering them the unique chance to travel the world and see strange and unusual sights. Strand highlights include:Memory: The Origins of Alien, a fascinating documentary about the making of Alien from the very beginning; This Changes Everything which examines the problems faced by women filmmakers and features interviews with Hollywood greats including Geena Davis, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Taraji P. Henson, Reese Witherspoon and Cate Blanchett; Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk narrated by former caddie Bill Murray and Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love,from Nick Broomfield, giving audiences an insight into Leonard Cohen's love affair with Marianne Ihlen. Films in consideration for the annual documentary award are selected from this section.
In addition this year, the Scottish Documentary Institute will celebrate the art of documentary filmmaking through the lens of international female directors in a strand entitled PHENOMENAL WOMEN. The women included in this programme focus their gaze on stories that quietly shift our understanding and experience of the world and pique our curiosity. They include work from Camille Budin, Maja Borg, Elizabeth Mirzaei, Gulistan Mirzaei and Sara Isha. Two shorts programmes will also screen entitled Celebrating 15 years of Bridging the Gap and Syrian Stories, Female Voices.
Ranging from bloodthirsty gore through to ecozombies, this year's NIGHT MOVES strand serves up a wide variety of pulse-pounding genre titles sure to delight audiences. This year, women take the front seat with a double bill of Pollyanna McIntosh in The Woman and Darlin'; The Furies, a gripping modern take on the 1980s slasher film, full of gore; Roxanne Benjamin's Body at Brighton Rock; Carolina Hellsgård's Ever After and Emma Tammi's The Wind, a breathtakingly beautiful and haunting moody tale.
This year's previously announced retrospective strand entitled ONCE UPON A TIME IN SPAIN, will explore Spain's rich cinematic history through three strands: A Retrospective Celebration of Modern Spanish Cinema; A Retrospective Selection of Cult Spanish Cinema and an in-depth celebration of the work of legendary Spanish writer, actor and filmmaker, Icíar Bollaín. Designed to begin where the retrospective ends, FOCUS ON SPAIN features a selection of brand new Spanish cinema by some of the country's most promising directors. Highlights include: Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles from Salvador Simó, an accomplished and fitting homage to the great master of surrealist cinema; the directorial debut from Nicolás Pacheco Cages and gripping sci-fi thriller h0us3from Manolo Munguía, inspired by the mysterious 'insurance files' famously employed by Julian Assange and WikiLeaks.Two Spanish shorts programmes will also feature as part of the strand: Shorts from Galiciaand Spotlight on Contemporary Spanish Short Films, a thematically diverse range of films that filter their narratives through cultural and societal lenses. Losers, Werewolves, Murderers – Spanish Web in the Cinemawith moderator Regina Mosch from Copenhagen Web Fest will present a selection of Spanish webseries that go beyond genre constraints and box office success and that tell stories you might never otherwise see in the cinema. FOCUS ON SPAIN is supported by Acción Cultural Española, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales and Embassy of Spain London.
EIFF will this year present its inaugural strand of special culinary screenings and events, bridging the gap between food and film in CINECUISINE: a celebration of Scottish cuisine and the connections with our friends in Spain. The strand features fascinating documentaries spanning the culture and heritage of Scotland's most well-known export, whisky, in The Amber Light and an exploration of Scotland's cuisine by Spain's Michelin starred chefs the Roca brothers in Chef's Diaries: Scotland. Food for Thought, a one-off event exploring the flavours and future of food in Scotland with an informal panel discussion and a special tasting session presented by world-class cookery school Edinburgh School of Food & Wine; chaired by Fiona Richmond, Head of Regional Food, Scotland Food & Drink and a fascinating free lecture, Kino Cuisine: Food and Drinkon Film with Edinburgh University professor, Dr Pasquale Iannone, will delve into the many ways food is presented in cinema. Continuing the Festival's celebration of food and drink, Festival HQ at Filmhouse is hosted with Johnnie Walker, EIFF's Official Whisky Partner, who have created a special menu of bespoke Johnnie Walker cocktails available during EIFF.
In addition, a number of special events will take place throughout the Festival including the previously announced screening of all six episodes of TV series Good Omens on the big screen which will launch worldwide on Amazon Prime Video on 31st May and on BBC 2 in the UK later this year; a special screening of a restored version of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now: Final Cut to celebrate its 40th anniversary and the Retrospective LIVE! presentation of Robert Mugge's Black Wax. Two very special live events celebrating women in film, Reclaiming the Frame with Birds' Eye View and Girls On Film Live! with film critic Anna Smith, will take place as well as a thought-provoking lecture entitled: Grabbing the Spotlight: Women in the Film Industry. Channel 4 and Film4 classic titles The Acid House (Paul McGuigan), Carla's Song (Ken Loach), My Name is Joe (Ken Loach), and Wedding Belles (Philip John), all made in Scotland, will screen as part of 4 VIEWS OF SCOTLAND, alongside lecture, Scotch on the Box: Channel 4 and Scottish Cinema with Dr Jonathan Murray from the Edinburgh College of Art, who will re-examine some of the key films in question.
This year EIFF will also join forces with Matchbox Cineclub to present CAGE-A-RAMA 3D, a wild-hearted Nicolas Cage extravaganza featuring cult Cage classics Drive Angry and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance in 3D.
The Festival will screen a number of films by the late great Agnès Varda acrossa retrospective strand entitled THE FEATURES OF AGNÈS, in partnership with The Skinny and supported by James and Morag Anderson, as well asVarda by Agnès, her final film which will be introduced by Honorary Patron Mark Cousins.
EIFF is also delighted this year to welcome New Media Scotland and Capital Theatres into the Festival fold to present a pair of unique events that bring classic films to life: a cinema rendition of Robert Altman's Gosford Park will screen at the spectacular Lauriston Castle as part of New Media Scotland's Atmosphere series, and Capital Theatres presents a traditional silent cinema screening of Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera, hailed as the greatest documentary ever made.
Audiences can look forward to a whistle-stop tour of the latest ideas and techniques being explored in the world of animated film in the International Animation selection, as part of the Festival's annual dedicated ANIMATION strand, as well as a screening of an anthology of anime shorts from the Japanese Studio Ponoc – the anticipated successor to Studio Ghibli – in association with Scotland Loves Anime. The McLaren Award for Best New British Animation, now in its 30thyear, will also return with three varied programmes showcasing some of the most highly-anticipated new short animations from the UK. The eventual winner will be chosen by the audience.
The world of experimental film is once again uncovered in the Festival's ever-popular BLACK BOX strand which presents a selection of short and feature-length experimental and artists' films from around the world. These works exist on the margins of commercial film production, pushing the boundaries of visual communication and tying together form and politics in new and exciting ways. Films screening as part of the strand include: Philip Hoffman's Vulture, an observational study of farm life and Home in E Major, a deeply personal and quietly poetic documentary about displacement, friendship and the importance of home as well as a number of shorts programme including Politics of Place, which explore the relationship between humans, nature and technology.
This year's SHORTS section will offer a thrilling showcase of the finest brand-new short films from across the globe including Haunting the Image, which will explore the medium of film as a conductor through which to capture and evoke episodes of ritual and transfiguration; Film Is Resistance, which suggests that film can be an act of potent political resistance, offering ideological provocations and Image Is Memory, which explores the moving image as a powerful marker of memory. EIFF Youth Shorts: Exploring Boundaries will also return with seven stories from around the globe which explore the fascinating world of human relationships. The winner of the EIFF Youth Shorts: New Visions competition, which invites filmmakers from across Scotland aged 14–25 years old to enter, will also be announced.
The Festival's EIFF Youth strand will offer an array of cutting-edge film screenings, special events, talks and masterclasses for young audiences at this year's Festival. In addition the 2019 EIFF Young Programmers have also selected a number of films within this year's programme which are recommended as essential viewing for 15-25 year olds. These include: the opening night film Boyz in the Wood; The Art of Self-Defense, starring Jesse Eisenberg as a mild-mannered accountant who learns karate and Bulbul Can Sing, an adolescent girl's coming-of-age story in a small Indian village. EIFF Youth is supported by Baillie Gifford and funded through the PLACE programme, a partnership between the Scottish Government through Creative Scotland, the City of Edinburgh Council and the Edinburgh Festivals.
As previously announced the immensely popular free open-air cinema event, Film Fest in the City with Edinburgh Live, will also return to St Andrew Square Garden, running from Friday 14thto Sunday 16thJune 2019.
Tickets go on sale to EIFF Friends and Filmhouse Members on Wednesday 29thMay at 12noon and on sale to the public on Friday 31st May at 10am.
ScreenSkills launch Find Your Future in Film and TV
A new campaign will launch this week to introduce people who may know little about the screen industries to the array of jobs available behind the camera – including many involving skills that can be transferred in from other sectors.
Freedom Fields kicks off its cinema release
The captivating and inspiring debut documentary feature by British Libyan Naziha Arebi, Freedom Fields, will be released in UK cinemas on 31 May.
EIFF announces 2019 Youth Programme
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has today launched the full EIFF Youth programme, which will host an array of cutting-edge film screenings, special events, talks and masterclasses for young audiences at this year's Festival.
Scottish International Film Education Conference 2019
The Scottish International Film Education Conference is a UK-based initiative exploring how teachers and other educators work with film in diverse contexts around the world, committed to involving other participants - policy-makers, academics, researchers, cultural agencies and film-makers - in that conversation.


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This is such a fun, easy snack or dessert, and you probably already have all the ingredients on hand!
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Conway says U.S. troops could be in Afghanistan for years
Gen. James Conway, the commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps said Tuesday that it will be a "few years" before the U.S. could turn over the fight to Afghan Security Forces.
President Barack Obama has ordered a withdrawal to begin in less than a year, although he has not said how many U.S. troops should withdraw or how fast when that July 2011 deadline arrives.
"I think it will be a few years before conditions on the ground are such that we would expect to be able to turn it over to the Afghan forces. And I think there's a mindset that needs to accompany that on the part of our Marines, that it may be a while," Conway told reporters at the Pentagon in what may be his last briefing here before his expected retirement this fall.
He quoted one of his officers who said, "either lose fast or win slow."
But Conway emphasized that his Marines are already working with Afghan forces to get them ready for the day when the turnover does happen. "We're partnering right now, almost on every patrol, with Afghan security forces when we go out," Conway said. "The time that we're there, the shaping operation is in a transition for the entire time, transitioning host nation forces to the point where they can do those things."
Conway said for now President Obama's July 2011 deadline is making it tough for Marines in Afghanistan. "We think right now it's probably giving our enemy sustenance. We think he may be saying to himself, in fact we've intercepted communications, saying 'hey, you know, we only have to hold out for so long!'," Conway said.
But he added that later, the pendulum may swing when the Taliban leadership sees that the U.S. is not leaving en masse.
Conway also predicted that the Marine Corps he has served for more than 40 years will soon get smaller. "I think in time, after Afghanistan, that 202,000 Marines in a peace-time Marine Corps is probably too many. People are expensive. I don't know that we could keep 202,000 Marines constructively occupied."
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The reason why if there is no war going on someplace in the world there's going to be a lot of special-interest contractors like Blackwater security and others out of work.
And is going to be the same way with defense contractors they are irrelevant when there's no war going on.
There a lot of career politicians that have a lot of these people in their districts that pay them under the table money all the time.
As a rule of thumb, PMCs do not act where they determine it is detrimental to their home nation (often the United States filling this role), but the PMCs do not require an Afghanistan or an Iraq to necessarily make money. These organizations have a ready pool of customers in war zones all over the world, from the Philipines, Columbia, and the Sudan. I believe it's been said that one third of the world's population is currently at war (not necessarily all of which are combatants, the entire population of the United States could be said to be "at war"), and where there is war there will be war profiteers and merceneries. It's absolutely nothing new, and even the Vatican's Swiss Guard began as an elite mercenary organization.
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Lebanese President Michel Sleiman has officially asked Iran to equip and modernize the Lebanese Army, given the problems Beirut is facing.
Sleiman has asked Iranian officials to consider selling advanced military equipment to the Lebanese Army, reported IRNA.
The Lebanese president has reiterated that the modernization should take place while keeping in mind Beirut's strategic needs as well as its budget limitations.
This follows recent deadly confrontation between Lebanese and Israeli forces.
The exchange of fire left three Lebanese soldiers and one Israeli military officer dead.
After the incident, US officials announced that they would freeze 100 million dollars in military aid destined for Beirut.
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We should take our troops out SLOWLY! I want our men back home but if we withdrawl too quickly then the neighbooring areas will simply come in and more lives will be lost!
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