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Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981 film)
1981 erotic drama film by Just Jaeckin
Lady Chatterley's Lover
French theatrical release poster
Just Jaeckin
André Djaoui
Christopher Pearce
Yoram Globus (executive producer)
Menahem Golan (executive producer)
Marc Behm
Christopher Wicking
by D. H. Lawrence
Richard Harvey
Stanley Myers
Robert Fraisse
Eunice Mountjoy
Cannon Films (U.S.)
Columbia Pictures (non-U.S.)
7 May 1982 (1982-05-07) (USA)
$1.5–$2 million (est.)[1] or $3 million[2]
1,134,750 admissions (France)[3]
Lady Chatterley's Lover is a 1981 drama romance film directed by Just Jaeckin, and starring Sylvia Kristel and Nicholas Clay. It is an adaptation of D. H. Lawrence's 1928 novel of the same name.
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After a Great War injury leaves her husband Sir Clifford Chatterley impotent and crippled, his new wife, Constance Chatterley (called Connie) is torn between love for her husband and her own sensual desires. With her husband's consent, even encouragement, even to the point of bearing him an heir, she is open to means of fulfilling her physical needs. She clandestinely observes their gamekeeper, Oliver Mellors, washing himself at his hut, and is immediately attracted, and uses that image to masturbate in bed that very evening. As she later approaches him at his hut openly, he shows disdain for her prying, due to class differences, he being a common laborer, and she a middling aristocrat.
A later visit to his hut, ostensibly to view newly hatched birds, she sobs at their condition, and Mellors gently takes her in his arms, whereupon they begin a physical relationship. The physical affair between Connie and Mellors grows into love, and they both desire that she should have his child. Gradually, Sir Clifford begins to suspect the affair. After several more clandestine copulations, the lovers agree that Connie should spend an entire night at his cottage. So she does, and it is on this night that Clifford painfully pulls himself to her upstairs bedroom, only to find an empty bed. When Connie returns to the mansion at daybreak, Sir Clifford awaits her. He is shocked and angry that his wife should descend to bedding a member of the lower classes. He sends his wife off to Venice, and fires Mellors. Connie, discovering that she is pregnant, attempts a return to Sir Clifford, only to be rebuffed, as no child of a commoner shall be an heir of his. But she remains in the mansion, while Mellors awaits the finalization of a divorce from his first wife, who never appears in the film.
Sylvia Kristel as Lady Constance Chatterley
Nicholas Clay as Oliver Mellors
Shane Briant as Sir Clifford Chatterley
Ann Mitchell as Ivy Bolton
Elizabeth Spriggs as Lady Eva
Pascale Rivault as Hilda
Peter Bennett as The Butler
Anthony Head as Anton
Frank Moorey as The Priest
Bessie Love as Flora
John Tynan as Roberts
Michael Huston as Footman
Fran Hunter as Maid
Ryan Michael as Gigolo
Mark Colleano as Gigolo
Production[edit]
At one stage, Ken Russell had considered filming the book, but lost the rights. When he heard who was making it he said, "unless the director has turned over a new leaf, Lady Chatterly's Lover is going to be a glossy facile romp in the woods, romp after romp after romp."[4]
Star Kristel said she was "sad that some people may feel" the film was "sort porn. Just Jaeckin and I have been persecuted by this sort porn criticism. I don't want to go through the same nightmare as I did after Emmanuelle."[4]
"We are not making an X-rated picture," said executive producer Yoram Globus. "This will be a cult film. Nudity depends on how you shoot it."[4]
The film was not as popular as the filmmakers expected and Cannon Films ended up recording a loss.[1] However, the film later became more popular in the home video market in the mid-1980s.
Home video[edit]
The film is rated R16 in New Zealand.[5]
Lady Chatterley, 2006 film
^ a b Yule, Andrew (1987). Hollywood a Go-Go: an account of the Cannon phenomenon. Sphere Books. pp. 19, 24. ISBN 978-0-7221-9389-1.
^ Moses, Antoinette (Fall 1982). "British Production 1981". Sight and Sound. London. 51 (4): 258.
^ Sylvia Kristel French box office information[permanent dead link] at Box Office Story
^ a b c Mills, Nancy (26 April 1981). "D.H. Lawrence Comes Back in Vogue". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, Calif. p. n3.
^ "Lady Chatterley's Lover". Film & Video Labelling Body.
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John Thomas and Lady Jane (1927)
Lady Chatterley's Lover (1955)
Young Lady Chatterley (1977)
Lady Chatterley in Tokyo (1977)
Sarapancharam (1979)
Young Lady Chatterley II (1985)
Lady Chatterley (2006)
Lady Chatterley's Daughter (2011)
Lady Chatterley's Stories (2000)
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Obscene Publications Act 1959
The Chatterley Affair (2006)
"Lady Bouvier's Lover"
Films directed by Just Jaeckin
Emmanuelle (1974)
Story of O (1975)
The French Woman (1977)
The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak (1984)
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Десять рублей, или империал Петра III — золотая монета Российской империи номиналом 10 рублей, отчеканенная в 1762 году при правлении Петра III на Санкт-Петербургском монетном дворе. На аверсе монеты изображён портрет императора в профиль, на реверсе — крестообразная композиция из гербов Московского, Казанского, Сибирского и Астраханского царств с размещённым в центре гербом Российской империи.

История
При Петре III традиция чеканить империалы продолжилась, как и при предыдущих монархах. Однако его денежные единицы в Европе ценились гораздо больше в связи с его пронемецкой политикой.

Золотые 10 рублей — самая дорогая монета времён правления императора Петра III. Она находилась в обиходе всего 186 дней — именно столько Пётр III находился у власти. За это время было выпущено  штук десятирублёвых монет.

Над штемпелем для чеканки монет трудились Тимофей Иванов и Самойло Юдин. Так как штемпель работы Юдина пришёл в негодность после чеканки нескольких образцов, то для массового производства был утверждён штемпель Иванова.

Описание
Диаметр империала Петра III, выполненного из золота 917 пробы, составляет ; масса монеты — .

Аверс
На аверсе дестирублёвой монеты изображён правый погрудный профиль Петра III. На его голову надет парик с косой, связанной лентой. Император облачён в кирасу с орлом на груди, через правое плечо перекинута Андреевская лента, с левого плеча спущена императорская мантия.

Под изображением Петра III размещена аббревиатура «СПБ» — знак Санкт-Петербургского монетного двора; сверху по кругу монеты — надпись «ПЕТРЪ•III•Б•М•IМП•IСАМОДЕРЖ•ВСЕРОС».

Реверс
На реверсе полуимпериала изображены четыре узорчатых щита, расположенные накрест. В верхнем щите — герб Москвы: в червлёном поле Георгий Победоносец на коне копьём поражает крылатого дракона. В нижнем щите — герб Сибирского царства: два соболя, изображённые под семизубцовой короной, стоя на задних лапах, поддерживают лук и направленные остриями вниз две стрелы. На левом щите — герб Астраханского царства: в голубом поле семизубцовая корона, под которой изображён восточный меч. В правом щите — герб Казанского царства, на котором изображён коронованный дракон. Над щитом с гербом Москвы — императорская корона; над тремя остальными щитами — пятизубцевые короны. В центре этой композиции расположен Герб Российской империи — двуглавый орёл, увенчанный тремя императорскими коронами, который в своих лапах держит скипетр и державу. В промежутках, образованных периферийными щитами, находятся четыре розы.

По кругу реверса монеты слева размещена надпись «МОН•ЦЕНА ДЕСЯТ•РУБ», справа — «ІМПРСКАЯ РОССІИС». В полях между щитами — цифры, обозначающие год чеканки монеты: «1», «7», «6» и «2».

Гурт
Империал Петра III имеет шнуровидный гурт с наклоном влево.

См. также
 Золотые монеты Петра III
 Пять рублей Петра III
 Червонец Петра III

Примечания

Литература

Золотые монеты Российской империи
Десять рублей
Пётр III

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"The Burning of San Francisco" April 18, 19, 20,...
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Schmidt Label & Litho. Co. / Carl A. Beck
"The Burning of San Francisco" April 18, 19, 20, 1906.
San Francisco / 1906
Striking Cityscape of San Francisco on Fire
Detailed and dramatic view of San Francisco on fire after an earthquake in 1906.
On the wharf, the lithographic print shows steam ships ready to depart the docks. A crowd is gathered nearby, presumably to flee the flames. In the middle ground, individual blocks are shown, with some buildings intact, some on fire, and some reduced to ash. Dominating the view is the massive line of fire, with billowing smoke taking up two thirds of the sky.
The annotation under the cityscape reads:
The greatest conflagration in the history of the world. Over 450 square blocks were destroyed with a loss of over 500 million dollars. In the above scene the fire line is over five miles in length on the evening of the first day.
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and resulting fires
The earthquake that preceded the fire measured an estimated 7.9 on the Richter scale, with tremors lasting for a total of about 67 seconds. Deaths from the earthquake are estimated to number between 700 and 3,000. Beside the deaths, approximately 227,000 people were left homeless as a result of the earthquake, amounting to over half of the city's population. Additionally, the severity of the tectonic shifts was such that the course of the Salinas River permanently shifted, and significant damage was done to the nearby cities of San Jose and Santa Rosa.
While the earthquake was certainly devastating, it is estimated that 90% of the damage was caused by the fire that began after the earthquake. Ruptured gas mains caused the fire, with over thirty hot spots throughout in the city. Interestingly, one of the larger fires was not actually caused by a ruptured gas main, but by a woman making breakfast for her family. This incident became known as the "Ham and Eggs Fire."
Unfortunately, the San Francisco Fire Chief had died from injuries caused by the initial earthquake, impeding the ability of the San Francisco Fire Department to effectively respond to the numerous blazes. Making matters worse, many insurers refused to cover properties in San Francisco for earthquake damages, so some owners began to set fire to their destroyed homes in order to collect insurance payouts. This only increased the number of fires plaguing the city.
As flames began to overtake the city, the interim Fire Chief quickly called in the US Army for support. Roughly four thousand soldiers were involved in the effort to stop the fire and secure the city from chaos. Additionally, the Army impressed many civilians into service. The Army prevented mass looting and secured buildings important to the city's governance, such as the mint, the county jail, and the post office. Additionally, the Army demolished buildings that were in the way of the fire in order to prevent the further spread of the blaze.
After the fires ended, damages rose to the equivalent of $11.4 billion dollars (in 2019 USD), while insurance payouts totaled the equivalent of $6.69 billion (in 2019 USD). While the insurance payments did not cover all the damages, the massive scale of payments caused twenty companies to go bankrupt.
Planning for the reconstruction of San Francisco began even as the fire was still ravaging the city. However, one of the first roadblocks to rebuilding was that the cash reserves in the local banks were unreachable. The fire had caused the vault doors to get so hot that they could not be safely opened, delaying the ability to pay for and acquire materials and labor to begin reconstruction. However, some banks, such as the Bank of Italy's local branch, did evacuate their cash reserves, making it possible to begin some projects.
Eventually, when the vaults of the local banks cooled down and were opened, the money was not enough to rebuild the city. It became necessary to open credit lines from banks on the East Coast. Reconstruction was then swift, with the city able to host the World's Fair in 1915. The fair celebrated the ability of San Francisco to "rise from the ashes." Each year, the city commemorates this event at Lotta's Fountain, which survivors used as a meeting point during the fire.
Since the perspective that the cityscape takes is a bird's-eye-view from above, coming in from the sea, the author, C. A. Beck, had to gather information about San Francisco to make the cityscape, including pictures taken from an airship soon after the fire.
This lithographic print made the fire, a current event of great interest, more visible to a general public eager to learn more. The image could also have been used to raise awareness of the destruction that San Francisco suffered in the wake of the earthquake and fire.
Several repaired tears at the right side of the image.
Wayne Thatcher, "Strain accumulation and release mechanism of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake" Journal of Geophysical Research, 80, 4862-4872; "Casualties and Damage after the 1906 earthquake," USGS Earthquake Hazards Program; "A Dreadful Catastrophe Visits Santa Rosa," Press Democrat, April 19, 1906; "Earthquake and fire today have put nearly half of San Francisco in ruins," New York Times, April 19, 1906; Charles Scawthorn, John Eidinger, and Anshel Schiff, Fire Following Earthquake (Virginia, 2005); "Looting Claims Against the U.S. Army Following the 1906 Earthquake," Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco, March 28, 2008; Matt Brady, 1906 Quake Shook up Insurance Industry Worldwide (P&C, New York, 2006), 12-16. OO
Schmidt Label & Litho. Co. Biography
The Schmidt Lithography Company was based in San Francisco. Max Schmidt, a German immigrant, founded his first printing business in 1873, and he was one of the first printers to use lithography on the West Coast. His plant burned twice, in 1884 and 1886, but by the 1890s he ran a factory in San Francisco, as well as branches in Portland and Seattle.
During the 1906 earthquake and fire the company's premises were destroyed again. Schmidt quickly acquired a nearby paper factory and production continued practically uninterrupted. Within two years of the fire, Schmidt had rebuilt on the site of his former factory at the corner of Second and Bryant Streets.
Schmidt's company was best known for its printed labels, but they also produced other items like separately-issued prints. The company was once the largest printing company on the West Coast and today they are remembered for the clock tower that still stands at Second and Bryant Streets.
Map of the Main Portion of San Francisco
Detailed map of San Francisco, showing towns, wharfs, rail lines, street car lines, roads, buildings, etc.
Straits of Carquines and Vallejo Bay . . . 1850 / Anchorage off Sacramento City . . . / Depot of the Pacific Mail Steam Company, Benicia. / Vallejo and Mare Island Strait from the U.S. Coast Survey ... / Anchorage off San Francisco ... / Anchorage off New York of the Pacific
Nice example of Ringgold's chart of harbors and anchorages from San Francisco to Sacramento.
California: Her Wealth and Resources; With Many Facts Respecting The Climate and People; The Official and Other Correspondence of the Day, Relating to the Gold Region . . . 1848
The First Edition of One of the First Publications On The Discovery of Gold in California. The First Guidebook Aimed at Gold Rushers.
San Francisco Bay World Aeronautical Chart . . . 1947
Detailed aeronautical map of the area around San Francisco Bay, and the Northwestern part of California.
San Francisco Metropolitan Area (Comprising the Nine Counties Bordering on the Bay)
Fine birdseye view of the Bay Area, published by Pacific Gas & Electric Company.


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At 5,000 words, this is a quick, and equally fast-moving read. Told from two viewpoints, that of the protagonist and the antagonist. There is a fairly brief mention of Arthur, but the main protagonist is Dwras. After seeing his wife and baby son brutally slaughtered all he wants is revenge, but as a simple farmer, he does not have either the skill or weapons to fight the evil marauders.
Being Welsh myself, and proud of my Celtic heritage, I could relate to the characters and incidents in this story. The descriptive passages are well written and the scenes unfolded before me like a film. I would have liked a little more of 'the Pendragon' being also keenly interested in the Arthurian legends, but then this is the tale of Dwras and his quest for revenge. He learns to wield a sword in the service of Arthur and is finally ready to wreak vengeance on those who murdered his family. The climax is bloody and thrilling with a fairly predictable twist, but this is, in itself, a satisfying conclusion and means the character has changed and developed considerably from the person he was at the start.. I enjoyed this short read and would like to read more of Kim Iverson's work.
"It was just a dream." Her voice faded away. Sweat beaded on her brow and her body trembled. It must have been a disturbing dream if it affected her like this. The need to comfort her outweighed his common sense to put distance between them and he placed a hand on her shoulder.
This is the third book in the Moldavian Moon series, but is meant to be treated as a 'stand alone'. I have to say I wanted to read the first two books after reading this one, partly because I found the lead characters interesting and easy to relate to, and partly, I have to admit, because although the story itself was easy to follow and when necessary the 'back story' was given fluidly and without the feeling of an 'info drop', there are so many characters I did lose track sometimes and had to check back to find out who was who and what their relationship was. That was probably more my fault than that of the writer's though.
The story has some interesting twists and turns and it was fascinating to find some of the characters turn out to be not quite as black as they appeared to be at first. I thought the theory of how werewolves and vampires evolved, particularly interesting and original The settings are beautifully painted and I felt I was right there.
I loved the 'historical' feel to the book. It is full of action and adventure and by the end I felt I knew the characters and really didn't want the book to end!
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Sabrina (Hardcover)
By Nick Drnaso
On our shelves now:
1 on hand, as of Jul 18 7:15am
(GRAPHICA)
The first comic book to be nominated for the Booker Prize! The deadpan style of an in-flight safety pamphlet heightens the alienation and suppressed anxiety in this story of private tragedy hijacked by the Internet.
— From Stephen
Sabrina is the story about how the family and friends of a young woman deal with her gruesome and highly-publicized kidnapping and its aftermath. More obliquely, Sabrina is about how easily tragedy can be exploited in the internet age, and how disputatious conspiracy theorists have clawed their way into the mainstream public discourse when it comes to these tragedies, often providing "alternative" explanations for them that add a whole new dimension to the pain of the families. This story is brilliantly wrought, beautiful, and told with subtlety and sobriety. It deserves the high praise it has been getting.
— From Emma
THE FIRST EVER GRAPHIC NOVEL NOMINATED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE! A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK! ON 20 BEST OF 2018 LISTS INCLUDING THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, NEWSWEEK, AND THE GUARDIAN!
"Sabrina is the intimate story of one man's suffering, but it also captures the political nihilism of the social-media era—a time when a President can dismiss the murder of a journalist by saying of the perpetrator, "Maybe he did. Maybe he didn't.""
—DT Max, The New Yorker
Conspiracy theories, breakdown, murder: Everything's gonna be all right—until it isn't
When Sabrina disappears, an airman in the U.S. Air Force is drawn into a web of suppositions, wild theories, and outright lies. He reports to work every night in a bare, sterile fortress that serves as no protection from a situation that threatens the sanity of Teddy, his childhood friend and the boyfriend of the missing woman. Sabrina's grieving sister, Sandra, struggles to fill her days as she waits in purgatory. After a videotape surfaces, we see devastation through a cinematic lens, as true tragedy is distorted when fringe thinkers and conspiracy theorists begin to interpret events to fit their own narratives.
The follow-up to Nick Drnaso's Beverly, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Sabrina depicts a modern world devoid of personal interaction and responsibility, where relationships are stripped of intimacy through glowing computer screens. Presenting an indictment of our modern state, Drnaso contemplates the dangers of a fake-news climate. Timely and articulate, Sabrina leaves you gutted, searching for meaning in the aftermath of disaster.
Nick Drnaso was born in 1989 in Palos Hills, Illinois. His debut graphic novel, Beverly, received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Graphic Novel. He has contributed to several comics anthologies, self-published a handful of comics, been nominated for three Ignatz Awards, and coedited the second and third issues of Linework, Columbia College's annual comic anthology. Drnaso lives in Chicago, where he works as a cartoonist and illustrator.
"Nick Drnaso's Sabrina is the best book—in any medium—I have read about our current moment. It is a masterpiece, beautifully written and drawn, possessing all the political power of polemic and yet simultaneously all the delicacy of truly great art. It scared me. I loved it."—Zadie Smith
"Sabrina is startling. Drnaso's formal ingenuity and confidence is matched by the acuity and depth of the story's awareness of who and where we are right now."—Jonathan Lethem
"Nick Drnaso is one of the most ambitious, singular cartoonists to emerge in recent years, and his dedication to novelistic fiction is an inspiration. Incisive, chilling, and completely unpredictable, Sabrina demonstrates the inexplicable power of comics at their best."—Adrian Tomine
"[Sabrina] is a Midwestern gothic tale for our times… A shattering work of art."—The New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year
"Sabrina is not only a step forward for comic strip literary fiction, but a book that shows, as well as tells, the slippery horrors of our post-truth reality."—The Guardian Best Books of 2018
"It's a chilling distillation of the way the world feels nowadays."—NPR's Best Books of 2018
"Drnaso's simple, rigid drawings capture the bleak blankness of much contemporary life, anomie hovering over almost every interaction, both real and virtual... [Sabrina] leaves the audience holding its breath."—Kathleen Rooney, The Chicago Tribune
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
Publication Date: May 22nd, 2018
Minimum Grade Level: 11
Comics & Graphic Novels / Literary
Kobo eBook (December 14th, 2009): $16.95
Hardcover (Spanish) (May 30th, 2019): $28.95


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So I had a customer in Tampa FL call me a few weeks after her carpet cleaning to let me that her carpet spots that I removed had come back. After a deep cleaning some previous spots may come back. These recurring carpet spots are usually caused by wicking or residues that were't removed during the cleaning process. If the spots return almost immediately as the carpet dries then it is most likely a wicking problem. Wicking can occur when soil under the carpet gets wet from the cleaning process. As the carpet begins to dry the soil wicks up into the carpet fiber much like fuel in an oil lamp moving up the wick.
The other type of recurring carpet spots are from residues on the carpet fibers that were not removed during the cleaning process. Residue spots usually show up 3 - 5 days after a carpet cleaning as soil from shoes and other traffic moving through the area and adhere to the residues on the carpet fibers. This customer was on vacation for two weeks after the cleaning and the spots started to show up a few days after they got home. This was most definitely a residue problem.
The good news is that residue spots can be removed with the right cleaning agent. I scheduled her for a follow up inspection and cleaning. It was clear that the spots returned in the same places they were before, also indicative of residue spots. Using a buffing pad and an encapsulation solution I was able to treat her recurring carpet spots with confidence that they would be gone for good.
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May 16, 2018 / 9:21 PM / a year ago
Canada gas pipeline build to start in 2019, pending LNG plant FID
VANCOUVER, May 16 (Reuters) - Construction on TransCanada Corp's Coastal Gaslink pipeline will start in early 2019, pending a positive investment decision on the LNG Canada liquefied natural gas project, the head of the pipeline project said on Wednesday.
The company expects to award contracts for construction of the C$4.8 billion ($3.8 billion) project within the next two months, and will provide a cost update around the same time, Coastal Gaslink President Richard Gateman told reporters at an LNG conference.
"We would be looking at constructing in the early part of 2019," he said. "We could be doing a little bit of field work in the fall (of 2018) if there's an FID decision." ($1 = 1.2790 Canadian dollars) (Reporting by Julie Gordon in Vancouver; Editing by Peter Cooney)


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import android.view.View;
import androidx.annotation.Nullable;

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 * Interface that should be implemented by {@link View} subclasses that support {@code overflow}
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 * if a View is touchable.
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Q: delete space only before and after first colon I have data in below format .
desc                          : ABC 1234567 MNOPQRS 2         AB 0987654

I need data below format
desc : ABC 1234567 MNOPQRS 2         AB 0987654

I tried using  awk but it changes it to wrong format, basically deleting space in between also.
 awk '$1=$1' sample.txt
 desc : ABC 1234567 MNOPQRS 2 AB 0987654

I also tried using different awk but it also doesnt serve the purpose. Here also it adds extra space in output.
awk 'BEGIN{FS=OFS=":"}{gsub(/^[ \t]+/,"",$2);gsub(/[ \t]+$/,"",$1)}1' sample.txt
desc:ABC 1234567 MNOPQRS 2         AB 0987654

Can someone help me where I am going wrong . Number of spaces between desc and colon may change so I dont want to hardcode the space deletion.
Regards.

A: I suggest with GNU sed:
sed 's/  *:  */ : /' file

Output:

desc : ABC 1234567 MNOPQRS 2         AB 0987654

A: If your Input_file is same as your shown sample then following awk solution may also help you in same.
awk '{sub(/ +: +/," : ")} 1'  Input_file

Output will be as follows.
desc : ABC 1234567 MNOPQRS 2         AB 0987654

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April/May 2016 • Health and Beauty
Robotic Surgery: Guiding the Way for Surgeons and Patients
by Photo by: John Sloan, Sophia Karnegis
Written by Photo by: John Sloan, Sophia Karnegis
Technology is an endless cycle of advancement, allowing us to grow as a society and improve in ways we never thought possible. When it comes to the medical field, improvements in technology mean improvements to our collective health. Robotic surgery, arguably the next frontier in surgery technology, is no different — the development of this technology has greatly enhanced the surgical process for doctors and the healing process for patients.
At North Florida Regional Medical Center, many of the doctors have adopted robotic surgery in their respective fields. The da Vinci® Surgical Systems, known for their minimally invasive approach, have drastically changed the standard of care at NFRMC. The systems are also changing the standard of care at other hospitals able to utilize its advanced technology.
The newest and most advanced da Vinci® model, named the 'Xi,' has recently been added to NFRMC's high-volume robotic surgery program. The machine has four arms to provide an extended range of motion, three of which are completely controlled by the surgeon. The surgeon sits nearby at a separate console to operate the machine, each of his or her remote movements are precisely replicated on the patient. The equipment features wristed instruments, which increase the doctors' technical abilities during surgery. The machines provide a three-dimensional magnified view that provides doctors with a better field of vision when performing operations. This new technology also allows doctors to make much smaller incisions, typically eight millimeters or less in size.
"The new method no longer requires a large abdominal incision," said Dr. Daylene Ripley, a gynecologic oncologist at NFRMC. "Secondary to that, patients have a much shorter hospital stay — if any hospital stay at all."
Ripley, who has used the da Vinci® machines for about eight years, finds the technology especially useful in cases of endometrial cancer. This type of cancer sometimes requires patients to undergo a hysterectomy. Prior to the use of robotic technology, patients would routinely spend around five days in the hospital to recover after the procedure. Now, with robotic surgery, patients either go home the same day or, if needed, the following day. In some cases, patients may require additional care after the operation, such as radiation or chemotherapy. This shorter recovery time is advantageous because it allows a patient to heal and proceed with the course of treatment in a timely manner.
"In the past, wound-healing could delay the patient's recovery and increase the risk of complications," Ripley said. "Patients can now move on to the next step in their treatment with fewer delays."
In the field of gynecology, the use of robotic surgery has only recently become a standard of practice. Gynecologists watched as urologists found great success with the method and later adopted it for themselves. Urologists have been able to use the technology to aid in the treatment of prostate, kidney and bladder cancers as well as urinary blockage in surgeries including: prostatectomy, nephrectomy, cystectomy and pyeloplasty. For gynecologists, the approach has proven especially successful when performing hysterectomies for patients with endometrial cancer.
"The use of robotic surgery partly depends on what your specialty is," Ripley said. "The majority of gynecologists are utilizing robotics because it's very useful for the type of surgery we do. Now, it is becoming more widely used in different subspecialties."
In fact, robotic surgery is also becoming more widely accepted in the field of general surgery. Dr. Jeffery Rose, a general surgeon at NFRMC, believes the da Vinci® Surgical Systems significantly elevate the medical status of Greater Gainesville.
"Because NFRMC is a referral center for other nearby hospitals, we need to be using the most current and best practices for general surgery," Rose explained, citing the da Vinci® machines as an example. "If there is an advancement in technology that's going to help patients, we should be exploring that option and staying on top of it."
Rose has worked in robotic surgery for roughly four years. Before becoming a robotic surgeon, he served in the military for several years, which required him to perform mostly open surgery. Here in Gainesville, Rose was able to perform surgeries with the laparoscopic, or minimally invasive, approach, which prompted his fascination with robotics.
Advanced students from Lincoln Middle School and Williams Elementary School test-drive the da Vinci® Xi and learn more about robotic technology from several robotic surgeons at NFRMC.
"General surgeons piggybacked on the success of the urologists and gynecologists because they proved how cost-effective robotic surgery can be," Rose said.
It can be difficult for a surgeon to justify the expense of the da Vinci® machines to a hospital board, but Rose believes the fight is worth it. Surgery with this method means decreased trauma to patients' muscles, which allows patients to get out of bed quicker, enables their bodily functions to return sooner and essentially helps them get out of the hospital faster. Hospitals are constantly faced with such economic conflicts, but this is how the expense of robotics is typically defended.
Currently, NFRMC has three robots and 23 surgeons who are trained to use them. Approximately 4,000 procedures have been performed with these incredible machines in the last eight years. While robotic surgery is not meant for every field, it is becoming more commonplace at NFRMC, and the process continues to improve with each advancement in da Vinci® technology.
In regards to the da Vinci® Xi, both Rose and Ripley agree the machine's abilities have greatly improved in technology as a whole and will continue to benefit surgeons and patients.
"[The Xi is] light-years ahead of the last model," Ripley concluded. "I anticipate that robotics will continue to grow and become even more phenomenal in medicine."
For information on NFRMC's high-volume robotic surgery program, please visit www.roboticscenter.org.
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Hyatt Regency Hakone Resort and Spa
Hakone Resort and Spa
Map 1320 Gora, Hakone-Machi, Ashigarashimogun, Kanagawa, Japan, 250-0408 Call+81 460 82 2000 4.5 Stars 245 Reviews
Map, Parking + Transportation
The hotel provides complimentary shuttle service and also arranges transportation service.
1320 Gora, Hakone-Machi
Ashigarashimogun, Kanagawa, Japan, 250-0408
hakone.regency@hyatt.com
Hyatt Regency Hakone Resort and Spa offers undercover parking for 57 vehicles free of charge. The hotel's car park has a height restriction of 2.3 metres and valet parking is available. Our front desk team will be pleased to assist if you need further help.
Complimentary for hotel guests
For the JR and Bullet Train – between Odawara Station and the Hotel
The shuttle bus leaves Odawara station at 12:15 pm, 1:15 pm and 2:15 pm, and departs from the hotel at 11:30 am, 12:15 pm and 1:15 pm.
* Prior reservations for the shuttle bus are required at least one (1) hour prior to departure.
To use this service, please proceed to the West Exit parking area of Odawara station behind the bronze statue of Hojo Soun, where a bus featuring the hotel logo will pick-up guests. View the Shuttle Bus Stand Map.
For the Hakone Tozan Line – between Gora Station and the Hotel
Please call the hotel on 0460 82 2000 on your arrival at Gora station, which is a five-minute drive from the hotel.
Operation hours: 10:00am to 6:30pm daily
1. Please be reminded that seats are limited.
2. Group tours are not permitted to use this shuttle bus service.
3. The shuttle bus is not equipped with child safety seats and also carry-on of a child's car seat is not acceptable. Children under seven years of age are not able to take this shuttle service.
4. Estimated time of journey is approximately 40-minutes; however, it may take longer depending on traffic.
5. Riding shuttle bus with your dog is not acceptable.
6. Time table is subject to modifications or updates.
■■Information about access to the Hotel under influence of Typhoon 19■■
Due to the suspension of the Hakone Tozan Railway due to the influence of Typhoon No. 19, the railway is not availabe to Gora station. Please use a car (private car) or use the Hakone Tozan train substitute bus.
Since Information will be updated from time to time, please check Hakone Tozan Train HP for the bus schedule.
・Hakone Tozan Train Hakone Tozan Cable Car
https://www.hakone-tozan.co.jp/
For details on the schedule of the substitute bus please check Hakone Tozan Train HP, or contact hotel for more details.
Hotel Tel :0460-82-2000
・Hakone Tozan Bus
https://www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/english/
・Hakone Navi
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More from Hyatt Regency Hakone Resort and Spa
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Elle Macpherson reveals her health and fitness tips | HELLO!
January 18, 2016 - 12:45 GMT hellomagazine.com Elle Macpherson has shared her tips for a healthy body and mind.
If you are in need of a little fitness and health inspiration for the New Year, who better to get it from than Elle Macpherson? HELLO! beauty editor Nadine Baggott asked her to share her secrets for staying happy and healthy, fit and fabulous.
Meeting Elle Macpherson in a public place is always an experience. She commands the room. It is not just her sheer physical presence – she is 5ft 11in, with long honeyed limbs and golden hair – but also her positive energy and sunny personality. The 51-year-old mum of two is, she says, "fitter and healthier than ever" and, thankfully, is happy to share her health and beauty hints and tips. So is being The Body – and you could argue, Face and Hair – of her generation as easy as she makes it seem?
You look as great now as 25 years ago. How do you stay motivated to eat well and keep moving?
"Over the years my focus has changed – now I look after my body not so it looks good, but so I am healthy, strong, energised and happy. That's more important to me than the number on the scales. Plus, I have my children to keep up with. Life is busy and I don't want to miss a second."
What are your tips for keeping energy levels high?
"My Super Elixir [the company co-founded by Elle] Alkalising Greens mixed with coconut water or water; every morning; at least seven hours' sleep; water – at least three litres a day; Super Elixir Nourishing Protein, especially if I am on the go and missing a source of 'clean' protein in my breakfast or lunch; and taking some quiet time, morning and evening, to be mindful."
"Blueberries, banana, chia seeds, almond milk, two teaspoons of my green powder and one large scoop of protein."
"I try to follow a 'clean' diet – lots of leafy greens, salad, fruit and vegetables and clean, hormone-free protein like fish and chicken. I like my protein powder mixed with almond milk – it's a great nutritious snack or a healthy meal replacement. It contains all nine essential amino acids, nutrients to balance blood sugar levels, fibre to keep you feeling full and B vitamins to help combat stress."
"I don't take tons of vitamins and supplements now that I have Super Elixir as it's complete and from organic and whole foods. The greens help me maintain good nutrition and keep my body balanced. Many people believe that an alkaline and pH-balanced body combats disease, encourages cellular renewal and is therefore anti-ageing. I've found that when all of the 11 body systems are nourished well and detoxifying properly, they are in their optimal state. I feel that when my body is balanced, my energy is good, workouts are stronger. I've lost weight around my middle, I have less sugar cravings and I feel more energised."
"I had a health scare a few years ago and it made me more aware of the value of good health. It was also the catalyst to discovering the concept of an all-purpose supplement. With the help of Dr Simon Laubscher we created a product just for me – as a response to my health scare – and Super Elixir was born."
One piece of health advice to your younger self?
You spend a lot of time flying – how do you stay healthy and well, both in- and post-flight?
"With my green powder for overall nutrition and to keep my body in a healthy alkaline range. And water – hydration's so important when flying, for skin and energy. I also use Dr Sebagh rose oil, which is great for dehydrated skin while flying."
What are your favourite ways to stay in shape?
"I make exercise part of my everyday life. I have a much simpler and gentler routine now. I prefer not to go to the gym; instead, I make sure I find at least 45 minutes in my day, usually for a sport outdoors, which is easy in Miami. I love to paddle board, surf, swim or waterski. My advice is to find 45 minutes to move – even something simple; walk the dog; leave the car and walk to work. I'm more likely to stay with it if it's something I love and that fits into my life."
"Adidas by Stella McCartney. Fit, colours, fabric – winning combination. I love her ethical stance with manufacturing and materials and she also makes great trainers. Nike is a staple, too."
And swimwear- given you now live in Miami?
"I love Melissa Odabash's bikinis. And Lisa Marie Ferandez zip-front one-piece is a favourite."
What are your best toning and firming secrets for face and body?
"I exfoliate with this amazing green tea paste I bought in Japan; it's coming to an end and I can't find it again. You can also use exfoliating gloves, great for improving circulation."
You favour classically beautiful, flattering make-up. What's always in your make-up bag?
"I keep it simple when I'm not working – just sunglasses and lipgloss most days. For dressing up I've done pretty much the same thing for years – a smoky eye and neutral lip; hair down. I'd love to do a red lip and eyeliner but it's just not me. You learn what suits you. My go-to products are my Bobbi Brown lipgloss, Kevyn Aucoin mascara – no more panda eyes – and Perricone foundation. For nails my favourite is Essie After School Boy Blazer and I like white on my toes – it just seems chic.
"Guerlain's Vetiver – I've worn it for 30 years."
"With my family – brothers, sisters, parents, children, step-children and my husband. Phew! It's hard to get us all together in one place."
"There are some very exciting new projects with my wellness company WelleCo. Kids' nutrition is something close to my heart and something Dr Laubscher is also passionate about, so this will be an important one for us."
"Simplifying and decluttering my life. I focus on the essentials – quality over quantity."
Finally, what do you wish for in 2016?
"Peace, love, joy and fulfilment."
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Q: QGIS, WKT (Well Known Text) LINES and POLYGON files loaded ok, but POINT not I have several files in WKT format, and something strange happens when I import them in QGIS (v.2.18.1) (layer->add layer->add delimited Text Layer), files containing lines and polygons are correctly located on the map, but those containing points are not, and the same CRS is used  (EPSG: 4326, WGS84) for all files.

The examples that I put correspond to data an area of the north of Spain, and as you can verify, the lines and points are loaded in that zone, but the points go to the Indian Ocean, in the coast of Tanzania.

Here you can download the wkt files used (are only 65KB zip file) :
wkt_example.zip file link
It is very strange, because the coordinates are good, if I take a point of the file that is misplaced, and I copy the coordinates within google maps, the point is correctly located in the north of Spain.
Here I put some lines (only the first ones) with the content of these files (utf-8).
File-> Point.wkt
type|label|geometry
0x6510|Océano Atlántico|POINT(43.71632 -8.14070)
0x6510|Océano Atlántico|POINT(43.73159 -7.99925)
0x6510|Océano Atlántico|POINT(43.80043 -7.98792)
0x5000||POINT(43.66791 -8.05667)
0x5000||POINT(43.67915 -8.03564)
0x5000||POINT(43.68267 -7.99418)
0x6400|Parque Eólico Couce Do Penido|POINT(43.67048 -7.95805)
0x6400|Parque Eólico Couce Do Penido|POINT(43.67100 -7.93513)
0x5000||POINT(43.70138 -8.01916)

File-> Lines.wkt
type|label|geometry
0x15||LINESTRING(43.69263,-8.05847 43.68713,-8.06396 43.68164,-8.05847 43.68164,-8.06946 43.67615,-8.06396)
0x15||LINESTRING(43.67615,-8.06396 43.67615,-8.06946 43.67615,-8.06396 43.67615,-8.06946 43.67065,-8.06946 43.66516,-8.06946)
0x14||LINESTRING(43.66516,-7.85522 43.67065,-7.84973)
0x15||LINESTRING(43.70911,-8.05298 43.70361,-8.05847 43.69812,-8.05847 43.69812,-8.06396 43.69263,-8.05847)
0x15||LINESTRING(43.71460,-8.03650 43.70911,-8.04199 43.71460,-8.04199 43.70911,-8.04199 43.71460,-8.04749 43.70911,-8.05298)
0x15||LINESTRING(43.71460,-8.01453 43.70911,-8.02002 43.71460,-8.02551 43.71460,-8.03650)
0x15||LINESTRING(43.70911,-8.00903 43.71460,-8.01453)
0x15||LINESTRING(43.71460,-7.97058 43.70911,-7.98706 43.70361,-7.99805 43.70361,-8.00354 43.70911,-8.00903)
0x15||LINESTRING(43.70911,-7.85522 43.70911,-7.84973)

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What to Know About Trump's New Sanctions Against Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin applauds during an award ceremony at the Kremlin on April 6, 2018 in Moscow, Russia.
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By Nash Jenkins
April 6, 2018 1:33 PM EDT
The Trump Administration announced Friday that it would impose new sanctions on more than two dozen Russian oligarchs and senior political officials, as well as on several affiliated firms and a state-owned weapons trading company.
The sanctions come in response to what the administration described as Russia's "malign activity around the globe."
"The Russian government operates for the disproportionate benefit of oligarchs and government elites," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in the statement announcing the sanctions. "The Russian government engages in a range of malign activity around the globe, including continuing to occupy Crimea and instigate violence in eastern Ukraine, supplying the Assad regime with material and weaponry as they bomb their own civilians, attempting to subvert Western democracies, and malicious cyber activities. Russian oligarchs and elites who profit from this corrupt system will no longer be insulated from the consequences of their government's destabilizing activities."
Who is being affected by the sanctions?
The sanctions specifically target seven Russian oligarchs — business titans with de facto political power — and 12 companies they control, as well as 17 high-ranking officials in the Russian government. A weapons company controlled by the state and its subsidiary bank are also subjects. All these actors, the Treasury Department said, "benefit from the Putin regime and play a key role in advancing Russia's malign activities."
Among the oligarchs are Kirill Shamalov, an energy magnate who was once married to President Vladimir Putin's daughter, and Oleg Deripaska, a billionaire who previously had close business ties with Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign head. (Manafort was indicted last October in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.) According to the Treasury Department, Deripaska is tied to at least seven of the 12 companies hit by the sanctions.
What do the sanctions entail?
According to the Treasury Department, all assets belonging to the impacted parties that fall within U.S. jurisdiction are frozen. On top of that, U.S. citizens are forbidden from transacting with them, at risk of facing sanctions themselves.
Didn't the U.S. already issue sanctions?
Yes. The U.S. sanctioned 19 Russians over interference in the 2016 election just three weeks ago. These sanctions come after Congress passed a law last summer to sustain the economic offensive against Russia — a bill that Trump signed while holding his nose.
"Our relationship with Russia is at an all-time & very dangerous low," Trump tweeted then. "You can thank Congress."
So what does this mean for the U.S. relationship with Russia?
It's complicated. Trump has faced widespread criticism for his reluctance to act punitively towards Moscow over its interference in the presidential election seventeen months ago. The new sanctions suggest that his administration has acquiesced to pressure from lawmakers. Earlier this week, though, it was reported that Trump and Putin had discussed a potential bilateral meeting at the White House sometime in the future.
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Clemency. 2019. USA. Directed by Chinonye Chukwu. 113 min.
Winner of the Jury Prize in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Chinonye Chukwu's sophomore feature is an enthralling drama anchored by a powerhouse performance from the great Alfre Woodard. Bernadine (Woodard) is a prison warden whose psychic toll has been wrought by years working on death row, and which has caused tensions with her husband Jonathan (Wendell Pierce). After a harrowing botched procedure, her growing investment in the inmate who is next to be executed, Anthony (a mesmerizing Aldis Hodge), encourages her to take a long overdue look in the mirror… Clemency is an immersive, atmospheric film as well as a haunting, tough-minded inquiry into the dignity of work and the morality of capital punishment. New York Premiere
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Who Will Replace Red Berenson at Michigan?
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Red Berenson finally announced his retirement this afternoon, after 33 seasons behind the bench for the University of Michigan. It was an incredible career that took Michigan from a struggling program to one of the strongest, most consistent programs in the NCAA. But time marches, and a new face will be behind the Michigan bench for the first time in over three decades next season. Who will it be?
First for some context. It maybe goes without saying, but this is a a very important hire for Michigan. This will be the first major hire for Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel, and one that will be heavily scrutinized by Michigan fans. Manuel is already behind the eight ball with some, due to the fact that he is allegedly responsible for asking Berenson to return for one more year rather than retiring at the end of last season. I'm not sure a new head coach would have changed Michigan's fortunes all that much for this season. But as final acts go, last year would have been as close to the the perfect, poetic ending to Berenson's incredible career as could reasonably be expected(And who knows, maybe it will be some day when we all collectively agree to pretend the latter half of 2016 never happened). Instead, we get the final image of Red nearly reduced to tears after his team was destroyed by Wisconsin earlier this year.
It also comes at an interesting time in the college hockey world. The dream of college hockey someday turning into a profit-generating powerhouse akin to basketball or football some had when the Big Ten hockey conference was formed has died a swift, and rather embarrassing death. The question Michigan--and many other schools around the country--will be facing is whether it is worth spending money to be a major college hockey power, knowing that money likely isn't coming back, especially if there's a chance of greater return by spending it on football or basketball.
Regardless, what Manuel does with this hire likely sets the tone of his tenure as athletic director, especially since the two major programs at Michigan seem set in terms of coaching for the foreseeable future.
The good news for Michigan is that Wisconsin reset the market for coaching salary last season, when they gave Tony Granato a contract worth $500,000 per year. It's no guarantee Michigan is willing to shell out that kind of money--the difference in attendance for Wisconsin between hiring Granato and keeping Mike Eaves was probably equivalent to a full Yost Arena vs. a completely empty Yost, so there isn't quite the same incentive--but if Michigan did decide to go that route, they'd have no trouble finding the money.
We'll start with the obvious. I don't think it will be Mel Pearson. The feeling I've gotten from people on both sides of the situation is that two or three years ago, it would have been a done deal. But today, I'm not sure it makes much sense for either party.
Mel Pearson is 58 years old now, and I don't think Michigan is interested in hiring a guy that is likely there less than a decade. For Pearson, he's comfortable at Tech and can ride out the rest of his career with little expectations. He's beloved in Houghton and even though he's unlikely to have much national success, it would be almost impossible for Tech to finish outside the top four in the WCHA as the conference now stands. If he left for Michigan, there's no guarantee he would turn Michigan's program around and in three or four years, could find himself as a man without a country.
Beyond Pearson, I see two classes of candidates for the Michigan job, and think the search could go in one of two directions.
The first class are guys with no connections to the Michigan program, but a resume of success that would necessitate Michigan backing up their dump truck full of money and asking them to grab as much as they can take.
The guys I would put in that category would be Jim Montgomery at Denver, Nate Leaman at Providence, Norm Bazin at UMass Lowell and Jeff Blashill, if he were let go by the Detroit Red Wings. Maybe throw UConn's Mike Cavanaugh into the mix too, who Warde Manuel hired to lead UConn's program, though not to the same extent as the other four on the list.
I have no idea if any of those guys would be interested in taking the Michigan job. But if Michigan is really serious about making the best possible hire, they should at least make a competitive offer and hear a "No" from them first before making their decision.
As I said earlier on Monday, Montgomery has been at the top of my list for a while, but has likely played his way out of Michigan's league. There's no way Michigan is going to match NHL money, and Denver winning a national title likely prompts them to come close enough to matching whatever Michigan might offer.
The second group would be guys that don't have as strong of a resume, but would have an advantage thanks to a connection to the program. That group would be current assistant coach Brian Wiseman, current USHL head coach/GM Bill Muckalt. Muckalt would likely have the advantage there, having head coaching experience and running a USHL franchise in addition to NCAA assistant coaching experience. A bigger change in direction might be what is best for Michigan's program as well after the past few seasons.
If Michigan ended up with this type of hire, it certainly could work out, but the likelihood seems way less than if they hired out of the first group.
Whoever ends up getting hired won't have an easy job. There's a lot of work that needs to be done to turn Michigan's program around, nevermind the fact that they'll be replacing a legend. But it's also one of the most attractive, highest-profile jobs in the country, and Michigan certainly has the resources, if they wish to use them, to be a national powerhouse. It will be fascinating to see who ends up in the position, and what they're able to do with the job.


KOTA KINABALU: A man's response of "kenapa" (why) to a question "siapa" (who) resulted in his death with his head nearly severed at a plantation in Sabah's eastern Tawau district.
The Indonesian man, known only as "Omar" was killed instantly by a stroke of a parang when a 39-year-old foreigner thought the victim was planning to steal durians at Ladang Sawit Andrassy in Kampung Ranggu at about 10pm, Wednesday.
Tawau police chief Asst Comm Fadil Marsus said Thursday that initial investigations showed that the victim, believed to in his thirties, was walking through the compound of the suspect who was alerted by the dogs barking.
Suspecting that it was an intruder in his compound to steal durians, the man picked up his parang and chopped his neck, nearly severing the victim's head, he said.
ACP Fadil said that the suspect then took a bath and went to his employer to inform him of the incident.
The employer then took him to the police station to lodge a police report.
He said police have arrested the suspect for investigations under murder and also seized the parang, he said, adding that suspect did not have any valid travel or identity documents.
He said the victim's body has sent to the district hospital for post mortem.
"We believe that it was case of misunderstanding and the incident occurred in darkness," he added.


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Dredd Reckoning: Judge Death: Death Lives!
We've got another special guest this week. David Wolkin is not, in fact, me, although we are frequently mistaken for each other in print for understandable reasons. He's the Executive Director of the Jewish learning organization Limmud NY, proprietor of Wolkin's House of Chicken and Waffles (and Comics), and a Twitter personality. I had the pleasure of talking with David about Judge Death: Death Lives!, the first themed collection published as part of the current U.S. Simon & Schuster Dredd reprint series.
1. The idea of a post-futuristic version of "Cop and a Half" with Sylvester Stallone and Rob Schneider in the title roles appeals to me.
2. I am biologically compelled to watch and enjoy any movie starring Armand Assante. To prove this statement, I will share that on a recent vacation to Hawaii, I was preparing to go to the beach, but was delayed by 2 hours once I saw that Assante's "The Odyssey" was playing on Syfy.
I am not kidding about either of these things even a little bit.
I feel that it's always essential to share my background (or lack thereof) when it comes to cultural commentary so that potential readers can have an honest understanding of where I'm coming from. I may lack the capacity to fully appreciate these stories in their broader context, and I may be more qualified to talk about the incredibly handsome Armand Assante than I am the exploits of one Joseph Dredd. BUT: we reside in a culture in which people excel at taking everything out of context, so none of you have the right to judge (Dredd) me. I'd hold that pun in the last sentence against me, though.
As someone who has sort of fallen in love with British comics though reading collections of Charley's War, I want to address a larger question of form before I get into the meat of this. I'm at a point in my comics reading career where I definitely don't care for the mainstream superhero stuff like I used to. I can spend 4 bucks, buy 22 pages of story, and proceed to read a comic in which it seems like next to nothing happens. But then I can read five pages of a Dredd story (or any 2000 AD prog, for that matter) and be utterly satisfied, no matter when it was created. There's something about this limitation that has trained the creators to truly pack everything they can into a story. Guess I'm a compression guy now.
But let's get to the nonsense, son.
I loved just about every part of this collection. I'm inclined to wonder if my lack of context affected my enjoyment in anyway, because it's interesting to learn what a big deal these characters are in Dredd mythology (or are they?). I read in that interview you sent me that the last time these Dark Judges appeared, it was in a story with Batman. So I'd say that the first strike against this collection is that Batman never showed up. Nor was there anything remotely resembling Armand Assante. Strike two.
I dig Judges Death Fear, Fire, and Mortis. Like, I dig them, the way maybe Lenny Bruce used to ask his audience to dig things (I don't know what this means). But I was struck by the fact that they were simultaneously terrifying and just totally ridiculous, and even moreso by the way they evolved into caricatures of themselves over time, even though they started out as caricatures in the first place. I don't even know what to say about "The Three Amigos," but I know I loved it. Like, I think I need a tutor to explain Clinton Box to me. And I read grown up books!
On a deeper note, I'm somewhat struck by the metaphysical implications of these characters, and my mind kept being drawn back to the Rabbi Neal Gillman's groundbreaking theological work in "The Death of Death". If I remember correctly, that's a book about the broader eschatological claims implied by Biblical texts that suggest a time in which everyone will come back to life.
That would be the perfect time for the Dark Judges to show up, come to think of it.
DOUGLAS: Man, just wait until you see "Judgement Day," whose premise is that an evil magician brings everyone back to life... as zombies.
One thing that's interesting to me about the material collected in here is the tension between what the readers want--their favorite characters, over and over again--and what John Wagner's interested in giving them. I suspect that, given the chance, most mainstream comics publishers would bring back the Dark Judges every few months, like the Joker. Leaving them offstage for 13 years means that their return a couple of weeks ago really did have dramatic impact.
The most eyebrow-raising revelation in this recent John Wagner interview is that Wagner hadn't intended to use the Dark Judges in "Day of Chaos"--which means that "Day of Chaos" isn't the "Dark Judges return" story, which means I have even less of an idea of where it's headed, which is awesome. The takeaway other people seem to have gotten from the interview is "all four are going to be reunited"; I don't know if "if I can find a way to make it work..." quite counts as that. But it does mean that Wagner's mulling over post-"Day of Chaos" stories--that's excellent news!
Still, Wagner mentions another conflict that gets near the heart of both what's wonderful about his writing and what sometimes undermines it: that his impulse is always to go for black comedy. Even the first Judge Death story has undiluted moments of comedy in it; its plot-resolving MacGuffin calls back to "Palais de Boing," which is as silly an episode as Dredd has ever seen. What gives the Dark Judges their impact is that they're absolutely terrifying, both in conception and in design (that sheep skull!)--I dig them too. But they're so serious that Wagner often can't resist sticking banana peels in front of them, especially Death. When they turn up in the middle of "Necropolis," it's a freezing thrill; when they turn up in Batman/Judge Dredd: Die Laughing, it's a "here ya go! just the way you like it!" moment. David Brothers and I talked about The Life and Death of... here last year, and noted the way Death eventually becomes a burlesque of himself when Wagner can't raise the stakes of his appearances any longer.
Consider the publishing context of the post-Brian Bolland stories here. "The Three Amigos" is straight-up fan-service: Death and Mean Machine Angel were two of the Dredd nemeses that readers loved best, and their team-up was intended to lead off the first issue of the relaunched Judge Dredd Megazine in 1995, to tie in with the movie. (It ran so late in production that a couple of short fill-in episodes appeared in the first issue instead, and "The Three Amigos" began with the second issue.) Wagner had killed off the entire Angel Gang at the end of their initial appearance in "The Judge Child," then resurrected Mean Machine a bit later. The whole gang appeared in the movie, though, so Pa and Junior were brought back in this one (with some more explanation in Prog 958's "Awakening of Angels," published the same week as the fifth episode); Wagner later admitted that that was "a step too far." For the most part, in Judge Dredd stories, dead means dead (or at least "kinda dead").
"Dead Reckoning" (after which this blog wasn't deliberately named...) began in 2000 AD #1000, a year later. You can imagine Wagner realizing that he needs to write a big story for the big round number, scraping to work up a Judge Death plot he hadn't done already: maybe if Dredd went to his world... but wait, isn't everyone on it already dead? Well, if he goes to the past of that world... And then he figures out that he can put Death in a little-old-lady dress and wig, and that's amusing enough to get things in motion. Meanwhile, like "The Three Amigos" before it, it had to put Judge Death back in exactly the same box at the end, just to keep the continuity straight for the long, long, long-delayed Die Laughing. Since Wagner habitually leaves major characters in a significantly different place at the end of long stories, both of these seem more like treadmill exercises than they would otherwise. Very nice Greg Staples art on "Dead Reckoning," though. I see how the offer of some more might tempt Wagner to get the band back together.
"Theatre of Death" is really an epilogue to "Necropolis," and Ron Smith drawing it is one more callback to the first act of the series that "Necropolis" ended. It's a little curtain call after that grand finale, leaving open the question of whether the fall of Chief Judge Silver really happened that way at all (Garth Ennis later argued that it didn't). And "Judge Death: The True Story" revisits the territory of old age, infirmity and mortality that Wagner had been poking at since "Alzheimer's Block," and that was particularly a focus of his around this time (see also "Bury My Knee at Wounded Heart" and "Return of the Taxidermist")--that "oh well, they were just old people, NBD" conclusion is brutal.
And as for narrative compression: hell yes. That first Judge Death story is fifteen pages long, and more happens in it than in three issues of any mainstream book published right now except maybe Casanova. Even now, 2000 AD stories tend to be very densely packed, maybe because decompression was never an option for its format. It takes a lot of work to significantly advance a plot in a four-to-six-page episode of a story, especially if its art has room to be more than simply functional, but Wagner (and Pat Mills and Robbie Morrison and Al Ewing and John Smith and others) still pull it off week after week, bless them.
So here's a question for you: what do you think of the look of these stories? How does this stuff compare to American mainstream comics for you, visually?
DAVID: The art, Douglas? You're asking me about the art?
You know how there are those people who read comics and when you talk to them about the art, they say, "I'm not really much of an art guy, I'm really more of a story guy" but what they really mean is, "I lack the intellectual chops to say anything about art but I am ashamed" and you start to ask yourself how such a preference is even possible because you never met a music fan who said "I don't really pay attention to the guitar, I'm more of a bass guy" and that analogy, while imperfect, at the very least illustrates the fundamental ridiculousness of such a preference and I don't know if there should be a question mark at the end of this sentence because I'm like Gabriel Garcia Marquez writing The Autumn of the Patriarch?
By and large, I enjoyed the art on this quite a bit. Brian Bolland's first couple of stories are just so clean and perfect to me, and as much as I enjoy the others, they doesn't compare quite as much in my mind. In that interview you referenced, I was struck by Wagner's mention of the fact that they haven't changed the Dark Judges' costumes since Bolland's original design. Everything he does is always so memorable for me. Greg Staples and Trevor Hairsine particularly reminded me of John McCrea and Carlos Ezquerra, but then again, those are guys who have worked plenty of Dredd stories too.
One thing I noticed: the relative colorful cartoonishness of the art seemed to line up with with the increasing silliness of the stories themselves. Anyways, I really enjoyed Greg Staples in particular... and as for your question about mainstream American stuff, it's hard for me to draw a comparison. Even in these ridiculous stories, I see a precision and care for the art that seems absent in the American books that I've since given up on reading. Which is not to suggest that all American books are bad, which they are not, but to say that the level of quality that I feel like I can get in most of the Dredd stuff I enjoy is that standard, while I have to pick out gems when I'm reading the American books these days.
I also noticed that that most of the pages are pretty crowded. To my surprise, I actually enjoyed that quite a bit.
Anyways, did you know that Armand Assante, Sr. is quite the artist?
DOUGLAS: See, I learn something every time I do one of these dialogues with somebody!
I'm with you on the gloriousness of Bolland's stuff. I still have difficulty understanding the fact that he's drawn more pages of Camelot 3000 than of Judge Dredd.
You're also right that the goofier stories tend to go more to the artists who lean toward comedy, although I don't think Trevor Hairsine had quite found his feet with the funny stuff yet at the time he drew "The Three Amigos." Still, nice job on designing Clinton Box. They do take silliness seriously in British comics.
Thanks again to David! Next week: Blind Justice, collecting John Wagner and John Burns' 1993-1997 collaborations.


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Okay, as we're getting ready for NaNoWriMo (it's just days away, folks!), it seems timely to talk about invention for a minute.
What is invention, after all?
Let's blow the dust off an old Latin text by Horace (from the Ars Poetica):
Either follow tradition or invent what is self-consistent. … If it is an untried theme you entrust to the stage, and if you boldly fashion a fresh character, have it kept to the end even as it came forth at the first, and have it self-consistent. (Horace, Ars Poetica, 119-127, trans. H. Rushton Fairclough)
Let's consider first why Horace suggests to his readers that they "follow tradition." That's not invention! you say. For us blessed moderns, we scoff at this notion of invention. But let's take a closer look.
We have to recognize that for the classical Latin poets as well as for poets of the Middle Ages, invention largely meant revisiting and refreshing old stories. Think of the blind bard in the tavern, who spins his lays and amplifies and alters as he travels from town to town. And think of the bards who succeed him, taking his tales, adding their own spice and flavor. That, for Horace and the medieval poets, is the very heart of invention. As Geoffrey Chaucer would put it, it's tilling old fields and growing new corn. It's re-imagining.
And, given that Those Who Know tell us that there are really only like 7 plots in the entire known universe of language and literature, there really may be something to what Horace has to say.
Let's take an example.
Lady meets Gentleman at a party. Lady likes Gentleman, but Gentleman scorns her for being a country bumpkin. Gentleman's BFF likes Lady's Sister. Gentleman thinks Sister isn't giving BFF the time of day and tells him to find a new love. Lady is totally enraged, so when Gentleman discovers that, lo and behold, he loves Lady, she rejects him with scorn. Gentleman sets out to win Lady's heart by kindnesses, even helping to save Lady's other sister Floozy from a disgraceful situation. In the end, Lady is won over and marries Gentleman, Sister marries BFF, and Floozy and Dude move away…far away…much to the relief of all.
It's Pride and Prejudice, right?
Ye-es…but it doesn't have to be. We could take this skeleton of a situation and bones of a plot and write any number of riffs on it. What if we set the story in the year 2050? What if we set it in 1920s Boston? What if the well-beloved forms of Elizabeth, Darcy, Jane, and Bingley (not to mention Lydia and Wickham) were replaced with fully modern individuals with similar character traits but different situations and struggles? In making these changes, do we not have the makings of a new story, which has all the more depth and interest because it hearkens back to the story that gave it its beginning?
It's a legitimate form of invention, this "following tradition" business. Don't sneeze at it too hastily…you may cheat yourself out of a fantastic treasure trove of inspiration.
But what about Horace's other directive, the one to those who choose to blaze their own literary trail? He charges said trail-blazers with the responsibility of self-consistency. What does that mean, exactly?
It does not mean that your character cannot have an arc.
Characters who don't change, adapt, and overcome in relation to their circumstances are paper dolls. You can change their outfits, but they still have that stupid grin on their flat face no matter what.
Ugh. No.
It does mean that the arc your character follows needs to be consistent with his nature, personality, and traits with which you endow him at the story's outset. It needs to make sense. J. Leigh alluded to this in her marvelous post on Wrangling Runaway Stories. To use her example, you can't have Bob, heretofore an ordinary soul, suddenly have the ability to wield MIGHTY MAGICKS in face of almost certain destruction. (BTW, if you haven't read that post, go do it right now and then come back. It's hilarious…and very instructive!) Bob needs to find a way out of the conflict that is consistent with his established character.
Bottom line? Plot and character are absolutely intertwined. Underestimate their intimate connection at your own peril! This also means that whatever character elements you establish on page 1 had better either still be there on page THE END or change in a believable way. This is what Horace means by self-consistency.
So, where does this brief consideration of invention leave us as we contemplate our NaNoWriMo paths?
Story material is all around you. You can make a story from scratch, or you can reimagine a favorite story or myth in a totally new way, making it all your own. Either way, you're on your way to NaNoWriMo success!
Happy inventing!
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