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Blu-ray Review Yankee Doodle Dandy Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)
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Yankee Doodle Dandy Blu-ray Review
Yankee Doodle Dandy is one of the finest musical biopics ever to come out of Hollywood, and it is now available in a stunningly beautiful Blu-ray courtesy of the Warner Archive.
Studio: Warner Brothers
Distributed By: Warner Archive
Video Resolution and Encode: 1080P/AVC
Audio: English 2.0 DD
Run Time: 2 Hr. 5 Min.
Package Includes: Blu-ray
Disc Type: BD50 (dual layer)
Region: A
The Production Rating: 5/5
My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you. - George M. CohanNearly sixty years ago, when I was in first grade, my classmate Tommy Harrison and I were told that we had been picked to sing a duet in front of the entire student body on St. Patrick's Day. The song which was chosen for us was "Harrigan" by George M. Cohan. The part which Tommy and I sang goes like this:H - A - double R - I - G - A - N spells HarriganProud of all the Irish blood that's in me; Divil a man can say a word agin me.H - A - double R - I - G - A - N, you see,Is a name that a shame never has been connected with, Harrigan, That's me! At the time I had no idea who George M. Cohan was. That changed a few years later when I saw Yankee Doodle Dandy on "Million Dollar Movie," a program on Channel 9 in New York which aired the same film several times a day for an entire week. I was enthralled by it, and for the rest of my life it has remained one of my favorite movies.George M. Cohan (James Cagney) was in fact a "Yankee Doodle Dandy," supposedly born on the Fourth of July (although records show that his mother actually gave birth to him on July 3, 1878 in Providence, Rhode Island). The film opens toward the end of Cohan's life. After years in retirement he has returned to Broadway to play President Franklin D. Roosevelt in "I'd Rather Be Right," a musical from a book by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart and music by Richard Rodgers. George is concerned about possible blowback because of his audacity in playing a sitting President on stage. His concern is heightened when he is summoned to the White House to meet with the President. As it turns out, Mr. Roosevelt has nothing but praise for George, and the film plays out in flashback as George tells the President his life story.George was born into a show business family. His parents, Jerry Cohan (Walter Huston) and Nellie Cohan (Rosemary DeCamp) are versatile vaudevillians who sing, dance, and perform both comedies and drama. George begins to appear onstage with his parents at a young age, and along with his sister Josie (Jeanne Cagney) the act is known as The Four Cohans. George learns to play the violin and is an accomplished dancer, but he also becomes brash and arrogant. As George gets older his undesirable personality traits cause problems for the family because producers no longer want to deal with him.Things come to a head in Buffalo, N.Y. where George (in a very funny scene) meets Mary (Joan Leslie), a young aspiring singer and dancer who is just graduating high school. The Cohans have been booked for a vaudeville show in New York City, and George agrees to give Mary a place in the act. However, when George gives Mary one his own compositions to sing without the approval of the show's producer, the entire family is fired. George, who has been composing his own music, encourages his family to go back on the road while he and Mary try to interest New York producers in financing a show he has written. After numerous rejections he gets a break when he meets Sam Harris (Richard Whorf), and together they persuade Mr. Schwab (S.Z. Sakall) to finance "Little Johnny Jones," a musical about an American jockey in England. The show is a smash hit and introduces two of Cohan's most famous songs, "Give My Regards to Broadway" and "The Yankee Doodle Boy" (the latter song is better known as "Yankee Doodle Dandy").George quickly becomes Broadway's hottest star and impresario. He and Harris are able to persuade Faye Templeton (Irene Manning), who was then Broadway's most famous female singer, to headline George's latest production, "45 Minutes to Broadway." The show introduces George's newest hit song, "Mary Is a Grand Old Name." Subsequent famous songs written by George include "You're a Grand Old Flag" and the World War I anthem "Over There."The centerpiece of this elaborate production is a dazzling and exceptionally energetic performance by James Cagney, who brings George M. Cohan to life as no other actor could have done. Viewers who know Cagney only from his dramatic performances will be astonished by his athletic dancing. The scene of him tap dancing on the stairs of the White House is iconic and unforgettable. His portrayal of Cohan won him a well-deserved Academy Award for Best Actor and earned praise from Cohan himself, who died approximately five months after the film's premiere. Cagney is ably supported by Walter Huston, who garnered an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Joan Leslie, who was less than two months shy of her 17th birthday when filming began, is lovely as Mary, and Cagney's younger sister Jeanne is excellent as Josie Cohan. Yankee Doodle Dandy also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, and Michael Curtiz likewise was nominated for Best Director.Yankee Doodle Dandy is unabashedly sentimental and patriotic, making it the perfect film to be released during the darkest days of World War II. One might assume that such a film would be hopelessly outdated today, but 72 years after its theatrical release this extraordinary new Blu-ray makes Yankee Doodle Dandy seem as fresh as the day it opened.
Video Rating: 5/5 3D Rating: NA
The 1.37:1 1080p black & white image is encoded with the AVC codec and is absolutely flawless. The picture is sharp throughout, there is no evidence of dirt or damage, blacks are solid, whites are perfect, contrast is strong, and film grain is intact, all combining to provide a splendid film-like experience. The outstanding cinematography by James Wong Howe has never looked better.For further details I recommend that you read A few words about...™ Yankee Doodle Dandy -- in Blu-ray by our resident expert, Robert A. Harris.
Audio Rating: 5/5
The DTS HD-MA 2.0 audio faithfully reproduces the original mono soundtrack, and it is beyond reproach. I rarely give my highest audio rating to a mono film, but the musical numbers sound so good here that I will make an exception for Yankee Doodle Dandy. Every word of dialogue is clear and understandable, there is not a hint of distortion in the music, and overall the audio is devoid of hiss, noise, or any other age-related issues.English SDH subtitles are available for viewers who need them.
Special Features Rating: 4.5/5
Warner has ported over most of the extras which appear on the two-disc DVD release from 2003."Warner Night at the Movies, 1942" is introduced by Leonard Maltin and includes the trailer to Casablanca, a newsreel, the amusing Merrie Melodies cartoon Bugs Bunny Get the Boid, and a World War II short subject about the exploits of a decorated Army Air Corps pilot, Captain Hewitt T. Wheless. Happily, Captain Wheless survived the war and retired in 1968 as Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force."Let Freedom Sing! The Story of Yankee Doodle Dandy" is a making-of documentary which was produced in 2003. One of the interesting insights is that George M. Cohan had final approval of the film before it could be released. He was given a private screening in the spring of 1942 and saw it again in a theater in New York City shortly before his death. This short includes excerpts from an excellent interview with Joan Leslie, the only principal member of the cast who is still living. This documentary also points out that some of the film's best dialogue was written by brothers Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein, who received no onscreen credit for their work."John Travolta Remembers Jimmy Cagney" is a five-minute short in which Travolta talks about how he met Cagney when the older man was 80 years old, and they were friends up until the day that Cagney died in 1986. I was intrigued to hear that Travolta, who is six years younger than me and grew up in New Jersey, also saw Yankee Doodle Dandy for the first time on "Million Dollar Movie.""You, John Jones" is a World War II short in which Cagney plays a Civil Defense volunteer who reflects upon the fact that living in the United States has spared he and his family from experiencing the carnage which has been inflicted on other countries throughout the world.Also included is the Looney Tunes cartoon Yankee Doodle Daffy, which features Daffy Duck and Porky Pig."Audio Vault" includes the audio of five musical outtakes and rehearsals, as well as the "Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater Radio Show" version of Yankee Doodle Dandy.The film's theatrical trailer is in fairly good shape, although it pales in comparison to the feature presentation.Finally, the film can be viewed with an informative audio commentary by film historian Rudy Behlmer. He provides an excellent chronology about when and where the various scenes were filmed and he helpfully identifies many of the uncredited actors who appear in the film.
Yankee Doodle Dandy is one of the best Blu-ray releases of 2014 and is highly recommended. Readers who wish to purchase it - and everyone who owns a Blu-ray player should want to own it - can order it at the Warner Archive website.
Reviewed By: Richard Gallagher
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Reactions: Steve...O and Reed Grele
I was also introduced to YDD on Million Dollar Movie, and although I have no distinct memory of what was broadcast, I'd bet that the film was missing quite a bit of footage to enable it to fit into the proper time slot.
Ronald Epstein
Wow. Looks like Warner has pulled off a real winner here.
...but we knew that's what they would have done all along.
Looking VERY forward to receiving my copy/
David_B_K
I never saw it on Houston's Million Dollar Movie, but on countless Late Shows. I always thought Joan Leslie should have been a bigger star.
Steve...O
Great review - thanks. Cagney's performance is even more remarkable considering he was past 40 when this was made. He was in terrific shape and it shows during his song/dance numbers. I get winded just watching him do his routines.
Looking forward to watching this when it arrives.
Darby67
Excellent review, Richard. Yankee Doodle Dandy is truly one of my all-time favorite films.
Wayne_j
I first saw this on DVD.
Brian McP
This will be one of the Christmas attractions at my place, believe me, thundering through the surround speakers in all its mono glory. I suspect Warners may well have taken care of this already, but I hope Joan Leslie has a copy of this bluray in the post to her -- she was sensational in this movie and we're blessed that she's still around to see this restoration and a new generation of fans for this movie.
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Follow the Stars of the Pharaohs to discover how ancient Egyptians studied the skies to tell time, create workable calendars, and align gigantic monuments. Explore the connection they felt with the stars and other astronomical phenomena. Not only does the program include images of the Egyptian ruins as they appear today, but some of the most spectacular temples and tombs of the ancient world have been digitally recreated to reveal their original splendor.
Sunstruck
Our Sun produces the energy that makes life on Earth possible. How does it do this? What is the Sun comprised of and how does it affect the Earth in other ways? Solar storms are a threat to our very existence, and the eventual death of the Sun will mean the end of our planet. How is this similar to the lives and deaths of stars throughout our galaxy? Discover the wonders of our sun. Its incredible energy has supported life on earth for millennia, but is now threatening our technology and way of life. Travel to the distant future to discover our sun's connection to the universe's cosmic cycle of life and death.
Educators' Guide for Sunstruck
Teachers' Resource Guide for Sunstruck
To Worlds Beyond
From the fiery surface of the Sun to the icy realm of comets, travel to worlds with enormous volcanoes, vast canyons, dazzling rings, and storms that would swallow the Earth. Learn more about Mars and Pluto too!
Two Small Pieces of Glass
In 1608, a German-Dutch spectacle maker named Hans Lippershey aligned a pair of lenses—one in front of the other—and noticed objects viewed through the device looked larger than when viewed with the unaided eye. The following year, Galileo Galilei built an instrument that magnified ten times, and directed his telescope to the Moon. Two Small Pieces of Glass puts you in the middle of a modern star party, discovering the wonders that even a small amateur telescope can reveal and learning about the scientists that made such views possible.
The Universe of Doctor Einstein
The stupendous scientific discoveries of Albert Einstein interspersed with vignettes from his colorful life: this is the Universe of Dr. Einstein.
The Voyager Encounters
One of the greatest pioneering explorations of the solar system was conducted by the space probes, Voyagers 1 & 2. These probes went farther than has ever gone before and vastly expanded our knowledge of the solar system. The vast collection of images and data collected by the Voyagers are uncovered in this amazing show! Among other encounters, this show contains those of the Probes' visits to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Come on this exiting trip through the solar system!
Voyager's Golden Record


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Scope Review
LEUPOLD VX-3I LRP 6.5-20X50MM – FULL REVIEW
We check out Leupold's Long Range Precision rifle scope for tactical use
By Melvin Ewing March 3, 2021
Manufacturer: Leupold
Model: VX-3i LRP (Long Range Precision)
Magnification Range: 6.5-20x
Objective: 50mm
Tube Diameter: 30mm
Eye Relief: 3.6"-4.4" (91.4 - 111.8mm)
Click Value: .1 MIL
FOV: 14.30'-5.50' @ 100 yards
Adjustment Range: 23.3 MIL (80 MOA)
Reticle: TMR
Focal Plane: First
Weight: 21.7 oz (615.2g)
Overall Length: 14.6" (371mm)
List Price: $ 1169.99
Street Price: $ 999.99
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When we came back from our visit to the Leupold factory, we were excited to see what the future held for their tactical line of scopes. Especially having seen the quality that goes into each of their scope builds. The Mk6 and Mk8 series of scopes are great and we will be looking at them in future reviews, but another area we were really interested in was what Leupold was going to replace their old basic Mark4 scopes with. The classic Mark4 4.5-14x50mm was just a basic tactical scope that had high quality, great knobs, tons of elevation adjustment and all for a good price, and we were wondering what Leupold had for a replacement. One of the new scopes that Leupold released which seems to be the closest replacement is their new VX-3i LRP series of scopes. LRP is short for Long Range Precision and it is a line of scopes that is not purely tactical but targets the F-Class shooters as well as other competition and long range marksmen. The model we brought in for this review is the 6.5-20x50mm with MIL knobs and First Focal Plane (FFP) TMR reticle.
The scope arrives in a standard Leupold box that contains the scope, instructions, lens cloth, set of bikini style scope caps, Allen wrench, throw lever, and a Leupold sticker. The old Mark4 scopes always came with a set of flip up scope caps which we were a little sad to see not included. The instruction manual has been trimmed down to a fold out pamphlet, but it does include the basic maintenance and care instructions needed for the scope.
Leupold still uses a traditional "slow focus" eyepiece instead of the more popular European style fast focus eyepieces. The entire eyepiece rotates to set the diopter and bring the reticle into focus. By having the slow focus style it allows for very precise adjustment to match the shooters eye. Then once it is set the lock ring is cinched against the eyepiece to hold it in place. This arrangement is very strong and durable and you set it once and leave it, the down side is if you have multiple shooters using the scope and one may require a drastic diopter difference, then it can be slow. Typically if the shooters have 20/20 eyesight, corrected or uncorrected, then setting it once and leaving it should work fine. There is no rubber on the eyepiece to help protect your skin in the event of a scope kiss, but typically on a tactical rifle they get covered with a scope cap anyway. The other benefit of this slow focus style eyepiece is that the eyepiece itself is quiet compact and small.
Directly in front of the short eyepiece and its lock ring is the power select ring, clearly marked in white numbers from 6.5 to 20. This scope only offers a 3x zoom range, which is small by modern high end scope standards today, but is one way to help reduce costs. The range from 6.5x to 20x is a good range that allows the scope to cover a wide spectrum of capabilities. For tactical use, the 4.5-14x model of the VX-3i LRP would also be another good choice to look at, and would be even a bit cheaper. The number markings are on the front side of the power selector ring and they are angled toward the operator to help make them easy to read without much head movement. The ring itself only has light knurling on it to help with grip, but it does also include a larger raised thumb knob to help further. The scope also includes a screw in throw lever that threads into the top of that thumb knob and this is an excellent addition to the scope and was the first thing we attached when we opened the box. It makes quick power adjustments easy and natural from behind the scope. Other scope makers offer this feature and it was good to see Leupold incorporate it into the LRP line.
The number markings on the zoom ring are evenly spread out over a third of the ring and since there is only 3x of zoom range, it allows for quick adjustments from minimum to maximum. The zoom control itself is smooth and even through the entire range. Without the throw lever the force required to move the ring is moderate, but the added leverage from the lever makes it easy, yet still plenty of resistance to keep it in place once placed on the desired magnification. The reticle is a front focal plane reticle that changes size with the magnification, so it isn't important what power the scope is set on for measuring the target, it can be set on whatever range gives the best scanning and field of view, and then adjust if needed when preparing to estimate range or engage the target.
There is 2.6″ inches of 30mm diameter scope tube in front of the zoom selector ring before the start of the shoulder in which to position your rear scope mounting ring. On the old Mark 4 line of scopes, the shoulder was rounded and on this new VX-3i LRP, Leupold went to a more squared off design. There is no real apparent reason why the change was made beyond aesthetics, and it does look good. There is a slight flat spot at the very bottom of the shoulder that Leupold used to locate the direction indicator marks for up and right with small arrows.
The elevation knob is the most pronounced knob and the size of it draws all of the attention when examining the scope. The big knob is a part of the LRP package and it is perched high on a pedestal, or tower, that is about .5″ tall. The size of the knob itself isn't out of line or character for a tactical scope, but that .5″ tall pedestal at first appears a bit awkward, but then it becomes obvious why it is setup this way. As the elevation knob is rotated up there is another cylinder that moves down which has the horizontal markings on it to indicate how many rotations of up have been dialed in. You can just barely see the bottom of it in the image below. That .5″ tall pedestal gives this cylinder room to continue to extend down as the revolutions of up are dialed in.
The knob itself has knurling at the top for extra grip and the numbering is clear and easy to read with clear hash marks for each .1 MIL click. There are markings at both the full MIL marks and half MIL marks. There is only one level of numbers on the dial, though a custom BDC knob would have plenty of real-estate to do multiple levels. The horizontal hash marks on the extending cylinder are labeled with 5, 10, 15… for the number of actual MILs that have been dialed in. There is also a zerostop feature on the elevation knob and it is very easy to set. Just establish the rifle zero and then loosen the two set screws at the top of the knob and rotate the knob back down to zero, which retracts the descending cylinder back up, and then set the screws. This sets the zerostop at the same time.
There are 5 MILS of adjustment per revolution, which is enough to take a 308 175gr rifle from 100 to 600 yards in a single rotation in standard atmospheric conditions. Then it is up to the horizontal markings to keep the shooter on track for longer distance shooting. The markings are clear and very easy to see and read and it should be easy to track. The factory indicates there are 80 MOA of adjustment in the scope, which equates to 23.25 MIL. Our test scope actually had 24.7 MIL, which is a good amount of elevation for most shooting conditions, especially when combined with a 20 MOA base.
The clicks themselves are firm with a good feel to them and are slightly muted. There is a little bit of slop in the knob before the click actually happens which we guess is probably from the introduction of that in-between cylinder that extends down. The old original M1 knobs did not have any slop in them so we were a little disappointed in that, but the clicks are still pronounced and it is clear when a click has been dialed in.
The windage knob is smaller than the elevation knob, obviously, and it is unique in that it comes with a dust cap. It is still a larger target style knob and in fact, the scope ships with a thread protecting ring that can be threaded onto the area where the dust cap threads onto if the operator wishes to leave the windage knob exposed at all times. There is merit to doing it either way. If the cap is utilized, it prevents accidental adjustment. If the cap is not used and its left exposed, then it is always available for rapid changes. The clicks are again a nice click like the elevation knob, but it does not have as much slop as the elevation clicks do. The numbers count up in both directions and with 5 MIL of adjustment per revolution, it means the overlap of numbers happens at 2.5 MIL, or enough to adjust a 308 in a direct 10mph crosswind out to 900 yards without the numbers overlapping.
Located on the opposite side of the windage control is the adjustable objective, or side focus knob. Leupold does not mark their focus knobs with actual distances like other manufacturers do, rather they just use different size dots to represent further distances. They do have an infinity sign on the top end to signify that it is the far end of the focus range. The focus knob on this scope is extremely smooth and works very well. There is just the right amount of force required to keep the knob in place, yet is smooth and easy to adjust. It was a bit odd that the knob rotated about a .5″ past the infinity mark, but in reality it doesn't really matter, just adjust it until the sight picture is as sharp as you can make it, then double check parallax, and you should be good to go.
The LRP scope does not have an illuminated reticle, so there are no other controls on the scope. The solid one piece 6061-T6 aluminum tube steps down off of its shoulder and there is another 2.4″ of tube in front of the shoulder for which to mount the forward scope ring. From there the scope tube tapers up into its 50mm bell housing for the forward objective lens. The scope has an overall matte black anodized finish that is very even and nice looking, but we found it a bit odd to have the two golden rings up on the front bell housing. Leupold's tactical line of scopes do not have these gold rings and while the LRP is not specifically a tactical scope, it is definitely geared toward that use and we would be happier to see the gold rings go away so a sniper doesn't have to do it themselves with paint or tape.
The scope shape and design are very nice and while it is a large scope, it is not the size of many of the very high end tactical scopes that are found on the market today. The scope is available in several different configurations with both MIL and MOA adjustments combined with matching reticles in MIL or MOA. There are also versions that have the reticle located in the first or second focal plane, with this scope having the FFP option with TMR reticle. The TMR has been around for many years now and it is a good reticle with hash marks at the whole and half MILs on both the vertical and horizontal stadia. There are 5 MILs in each direction and in the last MIL there are smaller hash marks at each .2 MIL mark to help with even more precise measuring. At the very center where the crosshairs meet, it is actually open so as not to obscure any of the target right at the aiming point. Some shooters like this, others do not. We have gotten used to it now and seem to prefer it.
The glass quality is very high with the LRP scope using all the latest optics enhancements from Leupold including Diamond Coat 2, Twilight Max Light Management System, Argon & Krypton water proofing, etc. These scopes are considerably less expensive than their top of the line Mark 8 series of scopes, so we would imagine that the quality of the glass itself is perhaps not to the same standards, but it is still very high and the image is bright and sharp in all the conditions we tested the scope in. It certainly compares favorably with other scopes in the same price category.
For out shooting tests we mounted the scope on our Remington 700P test mule rifle chambered in 308 Win. This rifle routinely shoots sub .5 MOA with Federal GMM ammunition and it has been used for many, of not most, of our scope evaluations. We used a set of Leupold Mk4 medium height rings to mount the scope to the Warne 20 MOA canted base which was all done with no problems. If you are not familiar with our testing procedures, please take a moment to read about how we test our scopes.
Our primary shooting day was the morning right after a light snow storm so there was about two inches of fresh powder on the ground and the temperature was about 30 degrees (F) with a 5-8 mph crosswind blowing. The initial zero was quick and easy and our box tracking test went off without a hitch and showed good tracking and repeatability. Next up was to test the click sizes of the scope and we fired our first group which measure just under .5 MOA and then dialed in 6 MIL of left and then fired our second group, which was only .4 MOA. We then dialed in the 6 MIL of right and confirmed that the next round was back to where we started, which it was. Measuring the distance between group number one and group number two the distance was 22.4″ between the two groups. At 100 yards this distance should be 21.6″, meaning the adjustment was 3.7% larger than the technical size. We consider anything less than 5% to be passing and consider sub 3% to be right on. It passed our test, but we would like to see those adjustments a bit more accurate.
Our final two operational tests include checking for any reticle drift during adjusting the focus and when changing the zoom power. We attached our optical boresighting scope and aligned the reticle on one of the grid intersect points and then watched closely as we first adjusted the side focus through its entire range. As we moved the side focus knob we noticed just a very slight up and down movement of the reticle. Through the entire range is drifted maybe .1 of a mil. For long range shooting most of all of the focusing of the scope happens over the last half of that adjustment range which puts the drift even lower than that. Of course we would like to see no drift at all, but it was still a good result. On the zoom test, there was no drift at all and the reticle stays right where it is set all the way from 6.5x to 20x. We need to dig a little deeper into the mechanics of it, but we feel this is likely the case on most FFP scopes.
Shooting the scope at mid to long ranges works well and there is good capability with the optics, magnification range and the amount of elevation adjustments. Those combined with a nice throw lever, FFP reticle, and good knobs allows the scope to be used effectively on a tactical rifle. We would like to see a bit more precision in the click sizes and zero reticle drift on the focus knob, but they were both within spec and acceptable tolerances and are likely the results of tolerance levels of a mid priced scope. The FFP and throw lever are two features we liked as well as a windage knob that could be exposed or covered, though the clever elevation knob we are still trying to determine if we like or not. We found ourselves liking the scope as a whole, though perhaps not loving it. Is it a worthy replacement of the older Mark4 line of scopes? It does not have the pure tactical focus of the Mark4, but that should be expected since it is marketed toward the F-Class shooters and long range hunters and not a pure tactical scope. We suppose we as snipers would have liked to of just seen some of these newer features and upgrades to be added to the original Mk4 scopes instead of replacing them… but maybe we are just being nostalgic.
Sniper Central
Filed under: Scope Review
Tags: leupold, sc endorsed, tactical scope


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The best lessons in life are the ones you can bring back home with you.
The Quarry is a shared vision of a combined 50 years of experience in the restaurant and bar industry of Columbia, Missouri and beyond. After years of working and running kitchens and bars across the town, we wanted to do something on our own that was a little different. Our vision is to bring a little bit of southern culture to the menu and to serve top-notch cocktails in a laid-back pub atmosphere.
Each item on our menu is made fresh daily using locally sourced ingredients and some Louisiana spice.
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Ansco entstand 1907 als Fotofirma (Apparate und Filmmaterial) aus dem Zusammenschluss der Firma der Brüder Anthony (Anthony & Company) mit Scovill & Adams. Der größte europäische Filmhersteller Agfa fusionierte 1928 in den Vereinigten Staaten mit Ansco zu Agfa-Ansco.

Anzumerken ist die Entwicklung der frühen, nur kurz genutzten Memo-Film-Kassette für die gleichnamige Kamera. Als Vorläufer der ähnlichen Agfa Karat- bzw. Agfa Rapid- und der heutigen 35-mm-Filmkassetten stellt sie einen wesentlichen technologischen Zwischenschritt dar.

Im Jahr 1936 brachte Agfa den in Deutschland entwickelten Farbdiafilm Agfacolor-Neu auf den Markt. Dieser Film konnte in den Anstalten des Agfacolor Umkehrdienstes entwickelt werden, Kodachrome-Farbdiafilme mussten im Werk entwickelt werden, was länger dauern konnte. Kodachrome war in der Filmentwicklung wesentlich aufwendiger als Agfacolor-Neu bei dadurch höherer Schärfeleistung und Farbstabilität. Es war eigentlich ein dreischichtiger Schwarzweißfilm, der im Entwicklungsprozess mittels der in den drei Entwicklerlösungen befindlichen Farbkuppler farbig wurde. Bei Agfacolor war die Entwicklung dank der von Hause aus in den Filmschichten befindlichen Farbkupplern (zur Erzeugung der Farbstoffe) einfacher. Agfa Ansco konnte – in Kenntnis der Rezepturen und Fabrikationsunterlagen des deutschen Stammbetriebs Agfa in Wolfen – schon 1938 Ansco Color Diafilme analog Agfacolor-Neu herstellen. Diese Produktion wurde durch den Kriegsausbruch unterbrochen und dann 1942 für das US-Militär wieder aufgenommen. Sowohl Agfacolor als auch Ansco Color hatten wegen ihrer einfacheren Entwicklungsprozesse größte militärische Bedeutung. Kodak arbeitete allerdings 1941 für militärische Zwecke den Kodacolor Aero Reversal Film als Vorläufer des späteren Ektachrome (1946) aus. Diese Filme haben ebenfalls Farbkuppler in den Schichten eingelagert.

Agfa-Ansco wurde 1941 bei Kriegsausbruch zwischen dem Deutschen Reich und den USA unter amerikanische Verwaltung durch den Zusammenschluss mit General Aniline & Film Corporation (GAF) gestellt.
Bis zum Kriegsende wurde Ansco Color ausschließlich für das Militär produziert.
Nachfolger wurden 1955 bzw. 1957 die höher empfindlichen Anscochrome und Super Anscochrome Filme.

Von der NASA wurden im Mercury-Projekt vom Beginn und bis 1965 im Gemini-Projekt auch Anscochrome Filme für hunderte Aufnahmen der Erde verwendet.

GAF hat 1962 die Autoset-Kamera entwickelt, mit der John Glenn aus dem Orbit Fotos der Erde geschossen hat.

Die Firma, die zwischenzeitlich Anitec hieß, ist heute vollständig im Kodak-Konzern integriert.

Siehe auch
 US-amerikanische Farbfilme in Ansco Color
 Farbfilme der Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Ansco Color

Weblinks

 Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth."

Fotounternehmen
Agfa

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Critic's Notebook: On John Rovick, TV's Sheriff John, departed
By Robert Lloyd
Oct. 7, 2012 12 AM PT
Los Angeles Times Television Critic
I spent a lot of birthdays with John Rovick, who passed away Saturday at the age of 93, although only a few of them were mine. There was a birthday party every day on "Sheriff John's Lunch Brigade," the Los Angeles kids' show Rovick hosted on KTTV for 17 years (alongside another show, "Sheriff John's Cartoon Time," he hosted for 18), which is to say there were birthday wishes read out to young viewers by name, there was a cake, which never got eaten, and there was a song.
That song, which begins "Put another candle on my birthday cake" and ends "I'm another year old today" -- in between there was "pie and sandwiches and chocolate ice cream, too" -- is one of the few things in this world I know by heart. ("The Birthday Cake Polka" is its name, though that never came up at the time.) I also vividly recall an instruction to tell mom to buy Maggio carrots (with the "twistem seal," because who wouldn't want something that came with a twistem seal) and a starred checklist of good behavior for daily review. He was a sheriff, after all.
Rovick was one of the three great Los Angeles children's television hosts of my childhood, along with "Engineer" Bill Stulla (on KHJ, now KCAL) and KTLA's Tom Hatten, who dressed in sailor whites, showed Popeye cartoons and drew pictures from "squiggles" that viewers sent in. There were others, less illustrious perhaps, but each with a claim on a corner of my consciousness: Hobo Kelly, Chuck Jones the Magic Man, Billy Barty, Chucko the Birthday Clown, Beachcomber Bill and the hipsterish "Shrimpenstein" team, who taught me something about satire.
Their kind is gone now, because commercial local television, except for the news and the news-lite, no longer exists; only public-access cable and some non-commercial public broadcasters carry that flag now. It is all cartoons and sitcoms in kiddieland now; some of them are excellent. But they are a world apart from the person on TV who knows it is your birthday, and says your name.
Huckleberry Hound and Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse and Fred Flintstone and their alliterative animated like were important to me in my early youth; they were even mentors, in their way. But it's not as though I ever felt I had a relationship, even an imaginary relationship, with them. They were not going to show me kindliness or concern. We remember Mr. Rogers and Captain Kangaroo and Sheriff John -- human beings who looked you straight in the camera's eye -- the way we remember favorite old teachers. Indeed, a show like Rovick's, which began each day with the Pledge of Allegiance, was a kind of rehearsal for going to school.
Rovick had a long, open face, with soft eyes and ears that stuck out a little -- it was a kid's face, in a way, trusting and trustworthy. As a sheriff, he was no Old West gunslinger but a New West ranger, rather, a civil servant, in a white Stetson, crisp khakis and a necktie, easygoing but authoritative. He was a man with a bulletin board. I imagined his "wood-paneled" office being not too far out of town, where the houses got farther apart and the fields still held their ground.
And out of town was not too far, then. He was a neighbor. He might come to your school, to your supermarket.
With nearly two decades wearing the hat and the badge, he belonged to more generations than mine. Indeed, by the time I can remember watching him, he was halfway through his run. After "Lunch Brigade" and "Cartoon Time" were canceled in 1970, he stayed on at KTTV for another 11 years as a staff announcer: a voice that continued to sound like home.
Robert Lloyd has been a Los Angeles Times television critic since 2003.


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Q: SMTPSenderRefused at /Contact/ (530, b'5.7.0 Authentication Required. Learn more at\n5.7.0 I want the users of my website after the login with gmail account using the google api to send to the account1@gmail.com  email after entring the name and the email address and the message  in the contact.html but i get this error despite i have activated the 2 factor authentication for the account1@gmail.com and create a password for my website .
this is my function  contact in my views.py:
 def contact(request):

    if request.method=='POST':

        message_name=request.POST['message-name']

        message_email=request.user.email

        message=request.POST['message']

        print(message_email)

        send_mail(

            message_name,

            message,

            message_email,

            ['account1@gmail.com'],

            fail_silently=False

        )

        return render(request,'store/Contact.html',{'message_name':message_name})

    else:

        return render(request,'store/Contact.html',{}

and this the settings.py:
EMAIL_BACKEND="django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"

EMAIL_HOST='smtp.gmail.com'

EMAIL_PORT=587

EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD='password_of_the_app'

EMAIL_USE_TLS=True

EMAIL_USE_SSL=False

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (

 'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',

 'allauth.account.auth_backends.AuthenticationBackend',

 )

SITE_ID= 14

LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL= '/'

but when i add the EMAIL_HOST_USER='account1@gmail.com' i can send the email from the account1@gmail.com to account1@]gmail.com but not from the email feild that exist in my template.
really any help is appreciated

A: Try this:

*

*Go to your google account.

*Go to security.

*Turn on Less Secure App Access.

*Add this in your settings.py
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'your email'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'your password'

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Twitter is introducing emoji targeting, in an attempt to lure advertisers and create a more effective targeting. What should we expect from now on?
Twitter is getting serious about its advertising platform and is looking for every possible way to increase its monetisation, with segmentation being important when trying to narrow down a campaign's audience.
After Ad Groups and the multiple options of targeting based on the location, the language, or even the keyword, it is now moving to emojis, introducing the so called 'emoji keyword targeting'.
Emojis have become a new global form of online communication and people love adding them in their social interactions in order to be more expressive about a sentiment, or a topic. According to Twitter, more than 110 billion emojis have been tweeted since 2014, a number which explains why advertisers love the idea of targeting them for their campaigns.
How does emoji-targeting help advertisers?
Emojis have become omnipresent and as people love using them, it was only a matter of time until advertisers used them as part of their marketing efforts.
Emoji-marketing may not be knew, with Domino's and WWF creating very successful campaigns with it during the past year, but Twitter is now allowing advertisers to create a custom audience directly through the use of emojis and this sounds quite interesting.
People use emojis in order to express a feeling, a preference, a passion, a reaction that written communication may not always reflect and it's a great opportunity for advertisers to deepen their targeting capabilities during a campaign.
For example, a user that posts a pizza emoji can be targeted by a local pizza shop as part of the perfect audience for the next promotional offer. Or else, a user posting a football emoji may be perfect for a sports brand, while the use of a smiling emoji may indicate the user's mood and the probability of being closer to a purchasing decision.
Many brands have already included emojis in their social posts, but the idea of advertising depending on the emojis that people use takes targeting to the next level, both about the chances of effectiveness, but also about the changing form of communication.
Advertisers understand how internet changed the way we communicate and emojis have been widely used during the past years, which means that brands have to follow and adapt to the changing times.
The use of emojis on tweets has seen an increase of 79% between Q4 2014 and Q4 2015 and Twitter is allowing advertisers to reach an audience that goes beyond written communication to express an opinion.
This may be a great opportunity for many campaigns to become as targeted as possible, although success cannot be guaranteed for every occasion.
How can you tell whether an emoji is used ironically? Can emojis bring you to the right audience, when someone posts for example 10 emojis in just one tweet?
There are many challenges about the idea of emoji targeting and the most important one has to do with finding the right audience from the use of each emoji. If a campaign fails in targeting the right audience, people won't be happy with irrelevant messages and this may be even worse if they are indeed the right group, but the targeting becomes too obvious.
It is important for Twitter's targeting to have a balance and advertisers need to be very careful before creating an emoji targeting campaign, in order to be fully aware of the reasons that make people pick each emoji as part of their social posts.
Before we examine the results of the first emoji-targeting campaigns, Twitter reminds us that there is a World Emoji Day coming up on July 17 and you're all invited to host an Emoji Party!


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Testing as a way to ensure the highest quality is one of the key factors to deliver the best possible products. This is why ever since we founded Netcentric we focused on ways to improve our testing.
We started approaching automation as a way to enhance our products' quality by both extending our test coverage and allowing us to have more in-depth testing rounds.
"Exceed the highest standards and achieve results you are proud of." This is one of the core values that Netcentric strives to achieve. Our main goal is to meet the best quality in everything we commit to. That's why we always aim to improve the products we deliver to our clients in the most efficient way.
Each of our clients has different requirements and preferences. Hence, we have to adapt to different functionalities and components in every project to tailor to their needs. This leads to a fine line between assembling a QA team that understands the expected behaviours to properly test them and automating the testing of each page, component and functionality from scratch.
Being a small team, automating each project from scratch would have been too costly and time-consuming. We had to find a more efficient way to get the desired results.
The solution to this dilemma was to follow the same approach Adobe uses with AEM: To create an API which contains all the common behaviours of an application and then extending and adapting it to the needs of each project.
Adapting to customer's needs by extending the framework's capabilities and implementing specific functionalities for the project.
The inner layer of the figure above corresponds to all the functionalities that correspond to an out-of-the-box AEM instance. Some of the most important features include everything related to checking a structure, creating a new page, adding certain components, publishing pages, checking pages in publish, and checking different component functionalities on publish.
The mid layer will extend the inner layer and adapt the existing components needed from the inner layer to the needs of each individual project. It also contains any additional component that is particularly implemented for a specific project. This way every project will be a natural extension of the AEM core project, the same way as AEM is implemented.
The third and outer layer corresponds to the actual test cases implementation. This layer will be implemented directly in the project's repository and contains the test cases that have been automated. These tests will run against the desired environment in the project, and will report any failures or defects.
Automating test cases can be immensely useful for certain features, but it also requires time and resources to implement it in the first place. It needs time and resources to code, maintain and deliver test cases that are useful and that provide meaningful quality to the project.
That's why creating cases for test automation involves a great deal of careful consideration. If used the right way it will save unnecessary costs and resources in the long run, but it shouldn't be used in every case.
We need to carefully select which test cases fulfil the necessary requirements: the stability of the environment and the repetition of tasks are key factors to determine if a task can be automated or not. If a page is in development stage and constantly changes or a test case will only be executed once during testing round it's not advisable to automate it.
At the end of the day, automation will not substitute manual QA. Instead, it can be used to skyrocket the quality of delivered products: It allows the QA Engineers to do in-depth test rounds and spend time on testing more specific and complex issues while the automation takes care of more repetitive tasks.
On the developer side, it can also improve their code before it is even forwarded to a QA engineer. Test automation can check that the code committed doesn't break any functional aspect of a page.
In the long term automation can be used to support quality assurance engineers and give them time and resources to test complex functionality of an application. This in return improves the quality of products in general as it allows a more in-depth and thorough testing of an application.


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Information on all activities and events is available on this website, or direct from the Sports Centre. Our staff are always willing to show you around or to talk to you about your individual requirements. Please contact us if you would like to make an appointment or would like further information.
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When most people think of the Amazon, images of vast rain forests come to mind. And indeed, upland rain forest covers around 80% of the Amazon Basin. But it´s easy to forget that what makes the Amazon really unique is not that it has lots of rain forest (so do large parts of central America, Africa, and Asia), it's the water and the spectacular complexes of aquatic ecosystems, which together sustain life, both human and wild.
The Amazon Basin is the largest river system on the planet, covering an area about the size of the continental United States and delivering 15-16% of the freshwater entering our oceans. Amazonas State in Brazil, where we focus, is unique in its size and abundance of flooded forests, flood plain lakes, and other wetlands, and is home to an astounding array of globally significant wildlife, including iconic species like jaguar, caiman, pink river dolphin, manatee, giant river otter and Amazonian river turtle.
And let´s not forget about the fish!
Although extractives like oil and rubber have long attracted industry to the Amazon Basin, fish is the most important resource in the Amazon Basin. The basin supports the largest diversity of freshwater fish species on the planet (1800-3000 species), and isone of the most productive in terms of total fish production. In the Basin, you can find some of the largest freshwater species in the world, including the giant pirarucu, which can grow to nine feet and weigh 300 pounds, and many species that evolved with flooded rain forests to feed on fruits and other tree-borne foods.
These ecosystems and species are the foundations of livelihoods for almost 20 million people in the Amazon basin (nearly 4 million people in Amazonas State), providing, among other things, potentially sustainable sources of fish and animal protein for local consumption and income generation, a vast transportation network, and clean drinking water for rural families and growing cities.


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Plan your Wuyishan Tour? Viewing the original six Da Hong Pao tea trees is one of your reason to visit Wuyi Mountains. Da Hong Pao, or Dahongpao in Chinese literally means "Big Red Robe".
Here Da Hong Pao refers to the most famous oolong tea in China, a kind of rock tea in Wuyi Mountains Fujian Province in southeast China. As rock tea, Da Hong Pao tea plants grow on the rocks in the Wuyi Mountains.
There are many kinds of Wuyi Mountain Rock Tea. Da Hong Pao is the best of the Wuyi Rock tea. Now generally speaking, all the rock tea produced in Wuyi Mountains could be called "Da Hong Pao". But under the same brand of "Da Hong Pao", there are many sub-brands of rock tea in Mount Wuyi.
Why the Oolong Tea named Da Hong Pao (Big Red Robe)?
Why the best rock tea or oolong tea was named "Da Hong Pao"?. The legend has it that long long ago there was a student who was going to the capital to take part in the imperial examination.
On the way, he fell ill in Wuyi Mountains. Later he was found by a passing by monk who came down the mountains begging for alms. The monk cured his illness by using the magical tea leaves from the temple.
Before parting with each other, the monk offered the poor student a small pack of the tea leaves. The monk advised him to keep well the pack in case. The student was every much moved, saying "Thanks for saving my life. If I get to the top in the imperial examination, I will return here, helping repair the temple.".
Not long after, the student passed the imperial examination and got the top place. The emperor found the young man excellent both in character and learning, he immediately took him as an emperor's son-in-law, a consort prince.
One day, the empress was ill with much pain in the stomach. All the doctors in the capital city had been called, all kinds of the Chinese medicine used, but the empress still was unable to be recovered.
The new consort prince came to the emperor and narrated the story about how he had been saved by the monk in Wuyi Mountains. Then he presented the pack of tea leaves. After drinking the tea soup, the empress magically felt better and was slowly recovered.
The emperor was very happy and ordered the consort prince to go to Wuyi Mountains for imperial offer to the magical tea. The prince came to Wuyi Mountains. The monk took him to Jiulongke Valley where the monk pointed to the rock tea trees which grew on the rock midway in the mountains.
To thank for the rock tea trees which had saved his life, he sent the big red robe offered by the emperor to the rock tea trees, hence the name of Da Hong Pao ( Big Red Robe).
Now Da Hong Pao Tea is a general branding of the various kinds of the oolong tea in the name of Da Hong Pao or rock tea produced in Wuyi Mountains. It no longer only refers to the rock tea leaves from the six original Da Hong Pao tea trees.
All the Da Hong Pao tea trees in Wuyi Mountains are cultivated through agamogenesis from the six original Da Hong Pao trees. Now common tea lovers can afford to drink Da Hong Pao Tea.
Years ago, the six "mother" Da Hong Pao tea trees only produced a total of 2000 grams of Da Hong Pao tea leaves each year. They were so rare in the market that a small batch of 20 grams was sold at a record high price of RMB180,000 in the year of 2002 in the Guangdong Trade Fair.
In 2006, the sixe original Da Hong Pao tea trees were covered by the insurance for the amount of RMB one hundred million, a record for the plant insurance. On the same year, to protect the six mother Da Hong Pao tees, the local government decided to stop picking the "mother" tea trees.
The last 20 grams of Da Hong Pao tea, the very last batch picked from the original tea trees was given to China National Museum. It is said that in its 50 years' history it was the first time that China National Museum selected a food into its valuable collections.
The six original Da Hong Pao tea trees are the important part of the listing of Wuyi Mountains as World Heritage, natural and cultural.
2010, Impression Dahongpao was successfully put on show, co-directed by Zhang Yimu, Wang Chaoge and Fan Yue, known as the Iron Triangle.
Impression Dahongpao is their fifth production of the Impression series after Impression after the Impression Liu Sanjie in Guilin, Impression Lijiang in Yunnan, Impression West Lake in Hangzhou and impression Hainan Island.
Impression Da Hong Pao has made the rock tea in Wuyi Mountains more popular, deeply impressing the world the brands of Da Hong Pao.
1. Take the shuttle bus to the Da Hong Pao scenic area. After viewing the Da Hong Pao trees, come back to the bus terminal and then take the shuttle bus to the Water Curtain Cave. At the end of the trip, again take the shuttle bus back to the Wuyishan National Resort. 2 + 2 = 4 hours for the two attractions.
2. After visiting Water Curtain Cave, don't return to the bus terminal for Da Hong Pao Attraction. Intead, walk along the mountain trail to Da Hong Pao.
We chose the second choice, hiking from Water Curtain Cave through the picturesque valleys and creeks, then got to the final destination – Da Hong Pao Trees. The whole hiking trip took about 4 hours.
After 4 hours' hike, we safely reached the mountain where the original Da Hong Pao tea trees grow high on the rock. I took a stereotyped picture below the Mother Tea Trees of Da Hong Pao.
Let's have a close look at the original six Da Hong Pao tea trees with an insurance up to one hundred million yuan.
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my ability. pls. I request to scientist, researcher that live to help and revive "DAHONGPAO" Tea.


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Ishrat Jahan, killed in 'fake' encounter, was LeT operative: Headley
Mumbai, Feb 11 (Punjab Mail) – Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley said on Thursday Maharashtra resident Ishrat Jahan was a member of the militant group's female wing, igniting a row over a controversial 2004 police shootout that killed the 19-year-old woman.
A Gujarat Police team shot dead Jahan – a college student in Thane district's Mumbra — and three others on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, claiming she was on a mission to kill then chief minister Narendra Modi.
Headley's comments are in contrast to multiple investigations that found the shootout had been staged and that Jahan had no links with any militant group.
Six years ago, Headley – who is deposing in a Mumbai court via video conference – reportedly told the National Investigation Agency that Jahan was an LeT member but Thursday's remarks will now be admissible as evidence in an ongoing trial into the killing of Jahan.
The day's proceedings saw Headley saying the LeT had a female wing, headed by the mother of a militant, Abu Aiman.
"Are you aware of any female suicide bomber from the LeT?" asked Ujjwal Nikam, the special public prosecutor.
Headley said he did not know any such woman but "Zaki Saheb" (LeT's operational commander Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi) had told him about a botched operation in India.
"It was a shoot-out with police in some picket, and a female member had died in it along with others," Headley said, adding, "I do not remember the name of the place."
When Nikam asked about the woman's name, Headley said he did not remember. But, when the prosecutor suggested three different names – Noorjehan Begum, Ishrat Jahan and Mumtaj Begum — the 56-year-old said "I think it was the second one, Ishrat Jahan."
But Jahan's family rejected the charges, saying she was not a terrorist and that Headley's testimony wasn't reliable as he was a "terrorist".
"We have fought for 12 years, and we will still fight to clear Ishrat's name," her sister Mussarat Jahan told HT.
The family's lawyer, Vrindra Grover, dismissed the testimony as "extremely manipulative".
"The lawyer put words in Headley's mouth," she said.
"Lawyer acts like he is hosting 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' and gave Headley options. I mean, what is happening in the court?"
The development triggered a political storm, with the BJP saying its stand has been vindicated after a decade.
"An important confirmation of a fact that has been in public circulation for a long time. Headley pointed towards Ishrat in 2013 but at that time there was attempt to not accept truth as it was," BJP leader Nalin Kohli told ANI.
The Congress appeared to question the revelation.
"Many people said it's a deal that was made – that Headley will name Jahan as a terrorist, needs far more probing; it's suspicious," Congress leader Sandeep Dixit said.
The shootout was first questioned in 2009 when Ahmedabad metropolitan magistrate SP Tamang called it staged, based on medical and forensic reports.
His inquiry named the 21 policemen and alleged Mumbai police kidnapped Jahan and the other three men –Javed Ghulam Sheikh, Zeeshan Johar and Ajmad Ali Akbar Ali Rana – on June 12, 2004 while Gujarat police killed them on July 14.
Subsequent probes by a special investigation team and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) found no connection between Jahan and any militant group.
But in an affidavit before the Gujarat high court, the Union home ministry said the Intelligence Bureau received specific inputs in 2004 about the LeT planning to assassinate some national and state-level leaders.
The affidavit was filed after Jahan's mother moved a petition, demanding a CBI probe into the alleged fake encounter. The case is being heard by a trial court in Mumbai.
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