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"Miracle Workers" Ends its First Season With a Satisfying Conclusion
So, I really dug the first three episodes of Miracle Workers and I really dug the book, What in God's Name, that the show was based on. With all that said, I was immensely curious as to whether or not the show would stick the landing with its final four episodes. Would it end in a satisfying way or would it just sort of fizzle out? Thankfully, it managed the former, with each of the four final episodes being better than the last, all culminating in a finale that brought all of the plot threads to a nice, satisfying close while also concluding many of the character arcs that had been set up. While different from how the book ended, the finale of Miracle Workers worked perfectly for what the TV series had set up.
Episode 104 – "6 Days" – Written by Heather Anne Campbell, directed by Ryan Case
Craig (Daniel Radcliffe) helps God (Steve Buscemi) recruit a prophet while Sanjay (Karan Soni) heads to the basement to help save Earth.
Episode 105 – "3 Days" – Written by Mitra Jouhari & Gary Richardson, directed by Maruice Marable
Rosie (Lolly Adefope) meets with a competitor while Craig, Eliza (Geraldine Viswanathan), and Sanjay try to dupe God.
Episode 106 – "1 Day" – Written by Lucas Gardner, directed by Dan Schimpf
God meets with potential investors for his groundbreaking new restaurant.
Episode 107 – "1 Hour" – Written by Dan Mirk, directed by Maruice Marable
Craig risks it all in a desperate attempt to save Earth and all of mankind.
The main plot of these four episodes continues to be Craig and Eliza's quest to save the Earth from destruction – by getting Sam (Jon Bass) and Laura (Sasha Compere) to kiss. Along the way, they're able to convince both Sanjay – one of the executive arch-angels – and Rosie – God's assistant – to join them in trying to manipulate these two humans into kissing. Actually getting them to kiss, of course, proves challenging, but in the end, they do eventually kiss. The fun of this story was not whether or not Sam and Laura would kiss – because we all knew they would. Rather, it was the story about how they end up finally kissing. It's the story about how these clumsy angels keep trying to force these supremely awkward humans into romantic situations and how that almost always blows up in their faces. At the end of the day, it's not Angelic intervention that saves the day – though it does help -, it's these two humans finally figuring out that they really dig each other. It's a sweet moment when they finally kiss and it's one that feels 100% earned within the structure of the story. Plus, of course, it happens at literally the last second. For the drama.
Much of the really fun stuff comes from a bunch of the side plots that are specific to individual episodes. The fourth episode sees God trying to find a new prophet – leading to some pretty hilarious results. The fifth episode has this brilliant running gag about God potentially turning people who have angered him into a specific flavor of jelly bean. The sixth episode sees God returning to his childhood home in order to ask his parents to invest in his new venture – and ultimately realizing the Earth is something he should cherish, not be embarrassed by. Like everyone else in the show, God gets his fair share of character growth and it's a lot of fun to see Steve Buscemi play that. Sure, he's still a total idiot who literally can't read, but God has a lot of heart in this show and he frequently wears it on his sleeve. They totally did miss an opportunity to reference Buscemi's infamous line from Spy Kids 2: "Do you think God stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created, here on Earth?" But, alas, you can't always have everything.
If God is the goofball of the show, then Craig and Eliza are the heart of it. Much of the emotional drama of the show is not found in the whole "can they get Sam and Laura to kiss thing" but is found in the relationship between Craig and Eliza. Their two differing methods often leave them at odds with one another, and they frequently, inadvertently, hurt each other in the process of trying to accomplish their mission. Between all of that, audiences get to see the blossoming of a beautiful friendship – or, perhaps, something even more. In the novel, the two are a bit more explicitly romantically interested in one another, but the TV series only hints at this. It seems fairly clear that Craig has some kind of interest in Eliza, but Eliza's feelings toward Craig are a bit more up in the air. Regardless, their friendship is the emotional core of this show and we find ourselves rooting for them to succeed not solely because we don't want the earth to explode but also because we want to see these two friends happy. And, luckily, that's exactly what happens in the ending. Their relationship is the one left most open at the end of the finale. Craig and Eliza dance together as the episode ends and we're left in the air as to where the two of them might go together next. Were there to be a second season, their story is the one I'd be most interested in following.
All in all, Miracle Workers was an absolutely delightful show. Featuring a stellar cast, an even better premise, some very strong and very funny writing, quick pacing, and a whole lot of jokes, it's one of the best comedies I've seen in a while. Sure, there were often times where I wished the episodes were longer – or that there were more of them – but, in the end, I love Miracle Workers just the way it is. I really appreciate that the season told a whole, complete story. I'd love for a second season to still take place in Heaven Inc (instead of the rumored anthology format the show is apparently gonna take if it gets renewed), but I'd be okay if we never got anything more from this setting. I loved these characters and I loved this story, but it also got an ending – one that was deeply satisfying. At only seven 22 minute episodes, Miracle Workers is not a particularly long show, so watching it shouldn't be very hard for new viewers. And I deeply, deeply recommend that new viewers watch this show. It's so enjoyable, irreverent, but still somehow respectful to the religion its premise is based on. If you have an open mind – or can take a joke – then you'll enjoy this show. It's just a whole lot of fun.
4.5 out of 5 wands.
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Ten minutes after arriving, I'm swinging in a hammock high above the Caribbean Coast. I'm looking down through a dense rain forest and I can hear birds and insects. I've already seen monkeys on the drive in from San Jose.
We drove along the coast for the last hour – blue skies and palm trees and not a lot of people. Through small towns and over one lane bridges that were just a tiny bit scary. We're unpacking, showering and getting ready for dinner, and afterwards the hot tub is beckoning.
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Today in Austria: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday
Emma Midgley - [email protected] • 23 Jun, 2021 Updated Wed 23 Jun 2021 09:07 CEST
Sunsets over the mountains of Carinthia and next to Maria Worth church (L) on the Worthersee lake, in Reifnitz part of the district of Klagenfurt land, on July 8, 2012. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEIN (Photo by ALEXANDER KLEIN / AFP)
Find out what's going on in Austria on Wednesday with The Local's short roundup of today's news.
'Vaccination is working' says Kurz
Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has met with Christian Drosten, the head of virology at the Berlin Charite to discuss the delta variant. The Chancellor was extremely optimistic about the fight against the mutant in the autumn, broadcaster ORF reports, and believes lockdowns will not be necessary in the autumn.
"The most important message is: the vaccination is working," he said. The vaccination protects against all variants of the virus, including the delta variant.
Drosten said Austria and Germany might fare better than Great Britain over the delta variant as the school holidays will soon be underway.
Third country nationals can visit Austria more easily
Americans, Serbs and citizens from nine other countries will be able to come to Austria again more easily from Thursday. In addition to the USA, Serbia, North Macedonia, Albania, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam are also on the list of safe countries.
People from these countries wishing to visit Austria must only show that they have been vaccinated against, tested negative for or recovered from Covid-19.
Huge hailstones fall in Salzburg region
Huge hailstones fell after heavy thunderstorms hit the Salzburg region on Tuesday evening. The storms caused delays on roads and railway lines. Fire brigades had to tackle floods, pump out basements and removed uprooted trees.
Schwere Schäden durch die Superzelle, die vom Flachgau in Richtung Mondee und Traunsee gezogen ist. Fotos: Facebook/Wetter-Hausruckviertel pic.twitter.com/XPmmBV8kxY
— Manuel Oberhuber (@manu_bx) June 22, 2021
No patients in intensive care in Salzburg
For the first time in almost nine months, there is not a single patient in the intensive care unit in Salzburg due to Covid-19, Der Standard newspaper reports. This has not been the case since October 1st, Der Standard reports. Only eight people with Covid-19 symptoms are currently being treated in the hospitals. Around 56 percent of the population aged twelve and over have now received at least one vaccination.
Seven day incidence is 11.2
The seven day incidence, or the number of new infections with the coronavirus in the past seven days per 100,000 inhabitants, is 11.2. No federal state has a value above 30, many have a value below 10.0, and the trend has recently been falling. Styria (4.7) has the lowest, Vienna with 23.4 the highest.
Lake Wörthersee is at 26 degrees
The beautiful Wörthersee lake has soared in temperature from just 15 degrees a month ago to 26 degrees this week, due to the current heat wave, broadcaster ORF reports. Johannes Moser from the state's hydrographic service says it is the most rapid rise in temperature for 30 to 40 years.
Vaccination of teenagers picks up pace
Around 10,000 Covid-19 vaccination appointments in Vienna for children between 12 and 17 years of age were booked within two hours on Tuesday, according to a tweet from Mario Dujakovic, press spokesman for City Councilor Peter Hacker (SPÖ). He told Der Standard newspaper another 30,000 appointments will be activated in the next two to three hours - parents can also come and be vaccinated without registering.
Austria does not join in criticism of Hungary
Austria has not joined a group of 13 EU countries, who have called on the European Commission to take immediate action against the controversial Hungarian anti-LGBT anti-paedophile law, broadcaster ORF reports.
Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands were among countries who expressed their "deep concern" about the law passed by the Hungarian parliament last week. It discriminates against LGBT people and violates "the right to freedom of expression under the pretext of protecting children", the statement says.
European Minister Karoline Edtstadler (ÖVP) said while the protection of minors from paedophilia was "very important" and should attract "strict penalties," a link with homosexuality and the withholding of information for young people and children was "really worrying".
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American League MVP in 2002 Pleads Guilty to Lying to Congressional Investigators
Just as one black eye heals, the next one surfaces. Here's baseball's latest black eye. Rest assured, there's more to come.
By Del Quentin Wilber and Dave Sheinin
Washington Post Staff Writers
WASHINGTON — Former Baltimore Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada pleaded guilty this morning to federal charges that he lied to congressional investigators about the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.
Tejada, the 2002 American League MVP who now plays for the Houston Astros, faces up to a year in prison at a sentencing hearing set for March 26. He was released on his personal recognizance.
During a 45-minute hearing in U.S. District Court in Washington, Tejada admitted that he lied to congressional staffers during a 2005 interview in a Baltimore hotel room that focused on the prevalence of steroids in the game.
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The Eyes of the Dragon Audiobook takes place entirely within the realm of Delain (which itself is located within In-World from The Dark Tower Audiobook series). It is told from the perspective of an unnamed story-teller, who speaks casually and frankly to the reader, frequently adding his own commentary on characters' motivations and the like.
At the beginning, Flagg secretly attempts to assassinate Queen Sasha. He finally succeeds in forcing the Queen's maid to cut the queen while she was giving birth to Thomas, her second child, making her bleed to death. As time passes, and Peter, the older brother, grows older, it becomes more obvious to Flagg that the Crown Prince is a far greater threat to his position as royal wizard than was Sasha. Therefore Flagg has King Roland poisoned and Peter framed for the murder. Thomas witnesses this through the glass eyes of the mounted head of Roland's greatest trophy, the dragon.
After a brief trial, during which the judge decides Peter is guilty, he is locked up in the enormous tower called the Needle in the center of the city. Thomas is then crowned King, although he is only twelve years old; due to his youth and his fearful inexperience, he allows Flagg enormous amounts of power.
At the start of his long stay in the Needle, Peter manages to send a note to the judge who convicted him, Anders Peyna, with instructions by which to help rescue him. Peter escapes, with the help of his mother's dollhouse, and napkins which he asked for. After the escape he and his allies rush to get Roland's bow and arrow. However, it is not to be found because Thomas had it once they got into the king's "sitting room".
Flagg, now revealed as a demonic being, is about to kill them when Thomas reveals himself and tells Flagg that he (Thomas) watched Flagg poison Roland. Thomas shoots Flagg in the eye, but Flagg uses magic to disappear and escape. At the end of the novel, Peter is declared to be the rightful king. Thomas, who has become deeply hated in Delain, sets off alongside his butler Dennis to find Flagg. They find him and they confront him, but the outcome is never told.
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, which have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books.
As of 2011, King has written and published 49 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, five non-fiction books, and nine collections of short stories. Many of his stories are set in his home state of Maine.King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, British Fantasy Society Awards, his novella The Way Station was a Nebula Award novelette nominee, and in 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.


It's been a busy couple mouths down here in Kansas! Corn harvest started around the second week of September and the big rush wrapped up around the end of September. Corn yields were a little better than expected with farmers seeing an average of 100-130 bu/acre on non-irrigated farm land. While at first, we were worried about aflatoxin, we ended up having nothing to worry about. Only a couple loads tested positive. Although corn yields were better, we never did see the crazy lines that appeared last year. The biggest day at our Gordon facility was around 560 trucks, a few hundred short of their normal 700-800 trucks a day. Once corn harvest wrapped up, we had about a two and half week stretch where it rained almost every day. Along with the rain, we experienced colder weather and even had our first snow fall! Now that it is finally drying out, bean harvest is just starting to pick back up this week. With this in mind, we are keeping watch for damaged beans and sprouting. There have also been some reports of beans falling out of their pods because of the rain and cold weather. It will be interesting to see how the bean crop turns out this year!
Back in September, while corn harvest was going on in Topeka, I got the chance to go to another Cargill elevator in Cheyenne Wells, CO. Cheyenne Wells is about 15 min west of the Colorado-Kansas border, and the biggest town in Cheyenne County consisting of around 800 people. It is also very flat. As one of my coworkers put it, you can watch your dog run away for two weeks. While I was there I helped shovel bins and got to learn about their operations. Corn, milo, and hard red winter wheat are the primary commodities that the elevator deals with. Soybeans are not grown there because it is too dry. Pivot irrigation is also very common, and their crops are planted with rounded edges to mirror the irrigation. What isn't being used as farm land, is left as pasture. While I was there, corn harvest was just getting started, and farmers were in their fields planting wheat. Most farmers no-till because the top soil is so thin.
Today, I am still a trainee out of Topeka, but I have taken on a new opportunity as well. I am now also the production supervisor at Cargill's grain elevator in Kansas City which is known as Katy. This is a much smaller facility compared to Topeka. It has around 2-3 million bu, deals only with soft red winter wheat, and is a truck in/out operation. This elevator is also over 100 years old! Our main customer is Graincraft, a flour mill, who tells us most of our wheat goes into making cheezits.


Skiers on the Feldberg in the Black Forest no longer have to take a car park ticket, holidaymakers can simply reserve their parking space per app, and there will be an end to traffic jams: in the newly built car park on Baden-Württemberg's highest mountain, Indigo (previously VINCI Park) has integrated advanced mobility solutions to make parking as simple as possible. The new building is 1,300 m above sea level and will be officially opened on 9 December. The highest altitude car park in Germany boasts 1,200 parking spaces for cars and 45 outdoor spaces for buses.
Indigo, the world's largest car park operator, was awarded contract to construct the building as a leaseholder. During a construction phase of just eight months, the company, which has been active for 50 years and which combined its international expertise under the name Indigo in November, equipped the car park with a state-of-the-art infrastructure. This infrastructure includes a newly developed reservation system that allows visitors to reserve their desired parking space in advance and avoid waiting times. Skiers do not have to take a ticket and pay later. Their car parking fees are already included in the ski pass. The new car park also offers heated ski depots and modern sanitary facilities. In summer, the new building provides undisturbed access to the region's nature parks and hiking areas. Thanks to the new car park, cars will no longer block access by parking on green spaces or on the side of the road, meaning an end to tarnishing the natural experience of the Black Forest.
The new building, which has been financed by the investor and principal E&G Funds & Asset Management GmbH, a subsidiary of Stuttgart-based bankers Ellwanger & Geiger, was a necessary consequence the overly cramped parking situation in the Black Forest resort. This situation previously resulted in traffic jams and walking long distances from car to recreational facilities. The new parking spaces, which are right next to the Feldberg ski lifts and the Hotel Feldberger Hof, will not only ease the traffic situation and add value to the summer and winter sport resort; the construction opens up a new, modern parking experience to visitors that is tailored to the individual needs of motorists. "Indigo has set itself the task of redefining parking and making parking as easy as possible for everyone", says Adham Azzam, CEO of Indigo Park Germany GmbH. "The Feldberg car park shows how modern technology can seamlessly and conveniently integrate parking into everyday and leisure activities".
As a market leader for parking procurement and management, Indigo designs, finances and operates 2 million parking spaces, 4,000 car parks and 2,500 km of street parking in 500 cities and 14 countries worldwide. In Germany, Indigo has more than 14,000 parking spaces in 36 buildings and 16 cities, and uses innovative solution to provide customers with added value for parking and road traffic.


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The surprising interplay between climate change and fertility
Climate change could increase fertility rates in tropical countries, in turn magnifying the impacts of climate change on those countries and widening the gap between wealthy and poorer nations.
By Sarah DeWeerdt
Climate change will shape every aspect of human life – often in complex ways. Take the question of deciding how many children to have, for example. A new analysis suggests that climate change could increase fertility rates in tropical countries, in turn magnifying the impacts of climate change on those countries and widening the gap between wealthy and poorer nations.
In the study, researchers built a model that combined standard economic theory with data on how climate change is likely to affect different sectors of the economy. Climate change is widely held to affect agriculture more than other sectors of the economy simply because weather conditions affect crop yields. Other parts of the economy aren't weather-sensitive to the same degree.
They analyzed the effects of climate change on a hypothetical economy modeled after that of Colombia. They found that if high carbon emissions continue, climate change will severely curtail agricultural productivity. This will increase agricultural prices and wages, drawing a greater fraction of the labor market into the agricultural sector.
Agriculture requires less formal education than does success in other areas of the economy. So, parents are likely to invest fewer resources in the education of each individual child, and instead have more children. This so-called "quantity-quality tradeoff" is a well-known phenomenon that has played a prominent role in past transitions from agricultural to industrial economies.
The upshot, for a country like Colombia, is higher fertility rates and lower educational attainment. Higher fertility rates often produce economic struggles for countries, so fertility could be part of a feedback loop that exacerbates the effects of climate change. "Our model suggests that damage from climate change for countries at low latitudes may be substantially larger than previously estimated," the researchers write.
On a positive note, however, cutting emissions to limit climate change could head off this trouble. Dramatic – but still realistic – cuts would essentially erase the demographic effects, according to the model.
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Climate change doesn't affect all countries' agricultural systems the same way. So, the researchers analyzed what would happen to a Colombia-like economy located at 25° latitude. There the changes in temperature would be larger, but the effects on agricultural productivity would be smaller, leading to smaller effects on fertility.
For a Colombia-like country located at 45° latitude – roughly the location of Switzerland – climate change increases agricultural productivity, leading to reduced fertility.
Finally, the researchers analyzed the effects of climate change on a Switzerland-like economy, characterized by greater wealth, lower birth rates, and higher levels of education compared to Colombia. Surprisingly, they found the same patterns: climate change increases fertility and decreases education if the country is located in the tropics, but decreases fertility and increases education at high latitudes.
"The outcomes for Switzerland and Colombia are nearly identical at all latitudes, suggesting that location, rather than development, is the primary source of heterogeneity in the climate-fertility relationship captured by our model," the researchers write.
There are lots of other mechanisms by which climate change might affect fertility – including other economic factors, cultural changes, and events like natural disasters and wars. The researchers zeroed in on one mechanism – the quantity-quality tradeoff – as an example to spur investigations in this under-researched area.
Still, the study suggests that changes in fertility rates could magnify inequities already baked in to climate change. The effect on fertility "may increase the income gap between the richer high-latitude countries and poorer equatorial countries," the researchers write. But that also means that climate change's effects on fertility magnify the benefits of cutting emissions, they point out.
Source: Casey G. et al. "The impact of climate change on fertility." Environmental Research Letters 2019.
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New Zealand humble India by 47 runs
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NAGPUR: New Zealand spin trio demolished the batting power house of India to record a 47-run victory in the opening match of the World Twenty20 Super 10 here at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium on Tuesday night.
Chasing an easy target of 127, India were bundled out for a mere 79 in 18.1 overs. All their batsmen failed to get into runs except captain Mahindra Singh Dhoni (30) and Virat Kohli (23) showed some resistance against the Kiwi spinners while Ravichandran Ashwin (10) was the only other batsman to get into the double figures.
Left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner captured four wickets for 11, his career best bowling figures, while leg-spinner Ish Sodhi bagged three for 18 and off-spinner Nathan McCullum claimed two for 15.
Earlier, Corey Anderson top scored for New Zealand with 34 but it was Luke Ronchi´s (21 not out) 11-ball cameo that took them to a modest 126-7 after captain Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to bat first.
Williamson read this pitch perfectly. He had the guts to leave out Boult, Southee and McClenaghan on this pitch and play Sodhi, Nathan McCullum and Santner, who beat India at their own game to give them a humbling defeat.
This was India's second lowest total in a T20 International as their record remains at 74 against Australia at Melbourne in 2008.
India remain winless in T20 internationals against New Zealand, having lost five in five. New Zealand are the only side to whom India could not beat so far.
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SCO staff gathered at the Glen Cove headquarters Thursday to honor departing Executive Director Gail B. Nayowith with gifts, flowers, lunch, two cakes (with SCO logos) and a staff newsletter dedicated to her accomplishments – along with many speeches and thank-yous for her four years of dedicated and visionary service.
"Gail took us into the future," said Interim Executive Director Doug O'Dell. O'Dell lauded Gail's respect for all aspects of SCO's work – from administrative functions to programs. "She fought for us privately and publicly. She brought advocacy, respect, a great sense of humor and a great smile. And we love you for it."
Staff recalled Gail's avid participation in their activities, showing up in snowstorms, on weekends and evenings; her love of poetry and her zealous defense of staff and the organization.
"You noticed the unnoticed," said Chief Program Officer Rosemary Stein. "You will be greatly missed." Said Assistant Executive Director Vivian Floch: "You nurtured us and served us. You raised expectations and you had our backs. You are an exemplary leader."
Responding to staff, Gail said: "I Love SCO – the work, the staff, the people we serve. It has buoyed me, challenged me, and stretched me every day to be a better person, practitioner, manager, planner, problem solver, mediator, analyst, leader and more. I am a better person for knowing and working beside you." SCO, she says, plays a vital role in New York's social safety net and must every day try to make the world a better place for the people we serve. During the last four years of extensive change and growth, she recalled, SCO built new programs for young children and court-involved youth, responded to Hurricane Sandy, transformed foster care, deepened our roots in Brooklyn, redesigned critical safety net and support services, and much more.
"I am grateful that through all of this, I've had the privilege of working alongside you – the warmest, most dedicated, talented and most inspiring people I have ever known. Each of you, in your own way and through the collective actions of your program or department, brings SCO's mission to life." Explaining that there wasn't time to name each individual, Gail said: "Please know that in this silence lays the most profound appreciation and gratitude. Thank you, keep the faith, stay strong and continue to do much good."
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A significant number of the projects which Damien has managed, have involved extensive public consultation entailing briefing forums, stakeholder workshops and statutory consultations which were prepared and conducted in a manner to gather maximum feedback on the project. Damien has also managed and appeared as expert technical witness at a significant number of Oral Hearings.
Outside of work Damien is an avid taxi driver for his four sport mad kids and coaches both football and rugby teams at underage level.


Rakshasudu First Look Poster Released: Young Hero Bellamkonda Sai Srinivas's upcoming film has been titled as Rakshasudu. The movie is an official remake of Tamil movie Ratsasan The movie is said to be a psychological thriller. The movie is directed by Ramesh Varma who earlier directed the films Ride and Veera is directing this film. The movie first look released today on the auspicious day of Ugadi festival. Anupama Parameswaran playing the female lead role and It is reported that sixty percent of the shoot is completed this film.
The movie Rakshasudu revealed first look poster quite interesting it features Srinivas and Anupama along with a little girl are terrified at the danger from the dark evil holding an axe who is trying to kill them. Ghibran will be coming up with the Music for the film. The film Rakshasudu is produced by Satyanarayana Koneru and Havish Lasksham under the banner of Havish Lasksham Koneru Production. The movie makers are planning to release the film on Eid 2019.


1.) Must have 5 girls and 5 guys on the field.
2.) If your team consists of only 9 players you may have 5 guys and 4 girls or 5 girls and 4 guys.
5.) Courtesy Runners are allowed, the batter must reach 1st base before requesting a runner and Courtesy Runners are only allowed for injuries, i.e. there are no "Pinch Runners", substituting a faster runner for an able bodied runner to gain a competitive advantage.
6.) Tournament is one pitch, you pitch to your own team and the pitching pitcher may not field the ball or interfere with the defensive pitcher.
7.) There is no extra foul, a foul is an out, any pitched ball that is not swung at is an out, any swinging strike is an out, etc.
8.) Tournament is wood bat, bats will be provided. ONLY PROVIDED BATS MAY BE USED !!
10.) In the result of a tie, 1 defensive player will be removed from each team for the first extra inning, an additional 2 defensive players will be removed for the second extra inning ( 1 guy and 1 girl), an additional 3 defensive players will be removed for the third extra inning. If a fourth extra inning is needed an additional 3 defensive players will be removed (leaving 1 defensive player on th field).
11.) An out of the park home run is an out. Good Luck Trying!!
12.) Games are 6 innings 3 outs per inning.
13.) NO ALCOHOL IS ALLOWED ON THE FIELD!!!!!!
14.) Umpires are volunteers, please respect their calls and don't argue. Remember why we are here, few calls get overturned and they are at the discretion of Tournament Staff only. They hold up the games and give an air of unsportsmanlike conduct.
15.) Have fun and remember who we are playing for.


We're being transformed and re-created to fit the desire of radical leftists.
In Wisconsin, teachers chant "the Pilgrims were illegal aliens." Students are encouraged to wear "white privilege" bracelets. Educators honor a Madison-based group founded on the principles of radical racist Black Panther Stokley Carmichael.
They learn about "white privilege," how to overcome their "whiteness" and other outrageous ideas.
Wisconsin bureaucrats are spending our hard-earned tax dollars to change the way teachers and students think.
Radicals are changing America. Who will hold them accountable?
Original source: Education Action Group Foundation, Inc.
EAGnews.org is the flagship website of Education Action Group Foundation, Inc., a national organization headquartered in Michigan. EAG is a non-partisan non-profit organization with the goal of promoting sensible education reform and exposing those with a vested interest in maintaining the status quo.
I do not agree with all of the views of this organisation, however they often sound a sober warning to parents and educators in America and around the world. The underlying themes in this short documentary will be familiar to those Christians who are aware of the inexorable move towards global governance and the anti-Christian, new age religion of' unity in diversity'. Educating our children in these doctrines in a primary function of public education and global curriculums disguised as national standards and curriculums. This is very relevant in Australia today, and is not just a plague in American schools.
This is very real in Australian public schools today teaching global governance and globalisation. The problem is that with a public school as the only option for my kids it means I will have to deprogram them on a daily basis.
It sure is a challenging situation. I don't think we should be fearful, but as Christians we probably need to be talking more about these issues together, with family and friends, and in our church congregations!


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Ke Yona TV hits ground running Appoints Cont chairperson
NEWLY-licensed Ke Yona TV has hit the ground running as they have appointed veteran playwright and content producer, Cont Mhlanga as the chairperson of the TV station's board of directors.
Operating under Fairtalk Communications (which also operates Skyz Metro FM and Breeze FM), Ke Yona TV which will operate from Bulawayo, was one of the six television stations that were awarded national free to air commercial television licences by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) last week.
Also appointed to the Ke Yona board is Qhubani Moyo, who will assume the role of managing director. Moyo said their roles are specific, with Mhlanga dealing with content and him dealing with the administrative and business side.
"These appointments are for people to have a referral point; for example, if you want issues to do with content, you'll see Mhlanga and if you want issues to do with business, you'll see so and so. These are the pillars that are in place to kickstart the implementation," said Moyo.
Already, Ke Yona TV, through their content team, has announced that they will be at Amakhosi Studios from November 27 to December 5 to run auditions for new TV personalities and content producers/ideas.
"We're inviting independent producers who have ideas of what they want to put on TV and some who have produced content in the past three years. The idea is to stock pile content that is going to be used, so that when we launch, we don't run out of content," said Moyo.
He said from the auditions, they will be able to see who they can work with.
"Out of that talent, we are going to identify people who're going to do children's programmes, soapies and different programmes for us. We want to see if we can work with these people and if their productions are in line with the vision of the station," he said.
Other stations that were given the green light to operate are Zimpapers Television Network (ZTN), Rusununguko Media (Pvt) Ltd trading as NRTV, Jester Media trading as 3K TV, Acacia Media Group trading as Kumba TV and Channel Dzimbahwe trading as Channel D.
The six, according to BAZ will have 18 months to roll out operations.
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Hi all, I recently got added to the interns blog so I have a lot of catching up to do. First off, my name is John Orlowski. I am going to be senior this year double majoring in Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. This summer I am a research intern with Syngenta Crop Protection. Syngenta is the largest pure agriculture company in the world. They deal with agricultural chemicals, seed and crop traits like many of the other large companies.
Most of the time an employer is going to care more about what kind of person you are and what work ethic you have, compared to classes or previous jobs.
Include those little summer jobs like baby sitting or working at a summer camp with kids- they can really show a lot about you.
Make sure that you list your volunteer and other activities, again what kind of person are you?
The best way to be able to write a good resume is to actually be the kind of person that would have a good resume. Being at Cornell, you are one of the brightest and most blessed people in this country/world. Make sure that you give to people who are less fortunate than you, and care more about other people than yourself. I know it can be easy to get caught up in "my life is so hard" but when that happens, take everything into perspective and you will realize that you really have it good.
Well that is all for now. I'll write a bunch more to get you caught up on some more lessons learned. Take care.


"From 5 o'clock it is just a frenzy of freight going everywhere; organised chaos, as we start this massive sorting process," says Tim Sullivan of Sullivans Logistics.. "We put every bit of freight across the scales and we check it all off. The parcels go into cages, the paperwork is all printed and collated. It is all split up into the various towns and areas for delivery.
"Trying to get people to read labels is the big secret. We then just load the trailers and try to get out of here by seven or 8 o'clock at night. This gets us into Kalgoorlie by four am. Getting freight to Kalgoorlie is a bit of a race. The company which can get the freight there early, quite often wins the work. It often doesn't matter how much you are charging, so long as you are providing the service.
Trading as Kalexpress, Sullivan's business employs 32 full time people. A lot of the distribution in country towns is handled by agents, who will often distribute the freight from a number of carriers. Most of the smaller drops are unmanned, so when the truck arrives, the driver unlocks the shed, gets the forklift, puts the load in the shed, locks it up and heads on down the road.
The load to Kalgoorlie is a little different. Four or five pallets spaces may be dropped off on route, but the rest is delivered into the depot in Kalgoorlie. Here, there are five or six people involved with distributing the freight. For there are four delivery routes around Kalgoorlie, which start going out around five or six am.
Looking into the future the Kalgoorlie work continues to expand and Tim reckons the nightly run will soon develop into a B-triple plus B-double every night.
In this business none of the customers supply consignment notes. All of the details about the freight is collected and entered into the system by the team in the office at Sullivan Logistics. The company designed a software program to handle job booking 20 years ago and it has been customised and improved regularly over the years. Laptops on the forklifts add extra data to each consignment information updating weights etc.
"We do get misdirection, but so we lose very little, because of the check off system that we use when building the loads," says Tim. "However, if we do lose anything it is because it didn't get it loaded and we find it later in the yard. Of course, we still get the blame.
As with most freight business now there is a lot of staff turnover, especially among the lighter vehicle drivers.


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Die B22 war eine Baureihe von Tenderlokomotiven der Nederlands-Indische Spoorweg (NIS), die in den Jahren 1899 bis 1901 von der Sächsischen Maschinenfabrik aus Chemnitz nach Java geliefert wurden. Sie waren sowohl vor Güter- wie auch vor Personenzügen eingesetzt und waren bis Mitte der 1970er-Jahre im Einsatz.

Geschichte

Die private Bahngesellschaft Nederlands-Indische Spoorweg (NIS) betrieb auf Java ein Streckennetz in Kapspur, für welches die Sächsische Maschinenfabrik vormals Richard Hartmann zwanzig Tenderlokomotiven lieferte. Sie wurden zwischen 1899 und 1901 gebaut und trugen die Fabriknummern 2447–2455 und 2558–2568. Die Lokomotive Nr. 318 mit der Fabriknummer 2561 wurden an der Weltausstellung Paris 1900 gezeigt.

Während dem Zweiten Weltkrieg gerieten 1942 alle indonesischen Bahnen unter eine Verwaltung und die Lokomotiven erhielten die Baureihenbezeichnung B22 mit neuen Nummern, wobei sich das B auf die zwei Treibradsätze bezieht.

Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde eine Lokomotive nach Südsumatra verbracht, die restlichen waren den Depots Solo Balapan in Surakarta, im Abzweigbahnhof Gundih 40 km nördlich von Surakarta, Kudus und Purwokerto zugeteilt. Die Lokomotiven waren bis Mitte der 1970er-Jahre im kommerziellen Einsatz.

Es sind drei Lokomotiven erhalten geblieben: die B2207 und B2209 sind im Transportmuseum im Vergnügungspark Taman Mini Indonesia Indah im Osten Jakartas ausgestellt, die B2220 im Eisenbahnmuseum Ambarawa.

Technik

Die Lokomotive hatte die Aufgabe einen 140 t-Zug mit einer Geschwindigkeit von 25 km/h über eine 5 ‰-Steigung mit Bögen von 200 m Radius zu befördern. In der Ebene musste sie 40 km/h erreichen, 150 m-Bögen mussten durchfahren werden können.

Die Feuerung war entweder mit Kohle oder mit Schweröl möglich, denn es sollte der Brennstoff von den 1893 entdeckten lokalen Ölvorkommen in Cepu im Regierungsbezirk Blora genutzt werden können. Für den Betrieb der Dampflok wurde ansonsten Braunkohle aus Ombilin auf Sumatra oder importierte Steinkohle aus Cardiff verwendet. Die Lokomotiven hatten ein teilweise verkleidetes Triebwerk, das so vor Staub geschützt werden sollte. Das Gewicht der Einzelteile der Lokomotive wurde in Rücksichtnahme auf die geringere Muskelkraft der lokalen Bevölkerung beschränkt.

Das Fahrwerk bestand aus zwei Treibradsätzen und einer Nachlaufachse. Der Antrieb erfolgte durch ein Innentriebwerk, das als Verbundmaschine mit geneigten Zylindern ausgeführt war. Es war mit einer Anfahrvorrichtung System Lindner versehen, die bei der Anfahrt Frischdampf in den Überströmkasten zwischen Hochdruck- und Niederdruckzylinder einleiten konnte. Der Rahmen war als Blechrahmen mit 15 mm Wandstärke ausgeführt.

Der Brenner der Ölfeuerung war unter dem Führerstandboden montiert, der Öltank war sattelförmig vor dem Führerhaus angebracht und fasste 520 kg Schweröl. Er konnte zusätzlich mittels einer Heizschlange mit Dampf beheizt werden, um die Fließfähigkeit des Öls zu erhöhen. Auf späteren Bildern der Lokomotive ist der Öltank nicht mehr zu sehen. Der Kohlenbehälter war hinter dem Führerstand angebracht und fasste 700 kg Kohle. Die Wassertanks waren am Längsträger des Rahmens unterhalb der Schürze befestigt und fassten 2750 Liter.

Siehe auch

 Liste von Lokomotiven auf der Weltausstellung Paris 1900

Literatur

Weblinks

 Fotos auf

Einzelnachweise

Triebfahrzeug (Indonesien)
Tenderlokomotive Achsfolge B1
Schienenfahrzeug (Sächsische Maschinenfabrik)

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Keeping Mason Bees: 10 Expert Beekeeping Tips for Families
In recent years, concerns have mounted over the environmental impacts of pollinator decline, giving rise to focused conservation efforts by average families to protect, enhance, and foster agricultural pollination through beekeeping.
Keeping native non-stinging mason bees — even in urban spaces — is a surprisingly easy way to help the environment, and it's also an inexpensive and educational project for kids. The best news is that these hyper-efficient air pollinators will do wonders for your fruit crops and gardens!
In North America, there are about 140 different mason bee species — with about 200 species worldwide. Osmia Lignaria, referred to as the orchard mason bee or blue orchard bee, is the most common species found in the Pacific Northwest. Known for being great pollinators, orchard bees look very similar to common house flies — with black bodies and a dark blue iridescent sheen.
Unlike garden-variety honeybees, mason bees are non-social creatures that nest in holes rather than in a hive with a queen. Orchard bees work alone, but like to nest in groups when possible — there is no cooperation concerning the nest's construction or the rearing of the brood, and therefore, no aggression issues!
Orchard bees gain their name from the way that the females protect their eggs: They'll form an egg chamber in the deepest part of their hole and seal it with mud, repeating the process until the hole is full of eggs.
Known for being solitary hard workers, orchard bees only live for about 8-10 weeks in the spring, typically from mid March until the end of May or early June (the fittest season for pollinating fruit trees and berries!). The bees will then hibernate for about 10 months and later emerge with great energy for more pollination duty.
Top 10 Mason Beekeeping Tips for Families
1. Don't be afraid. Male orchard bees don't have stingers, and — since they have no queen to protect and all of the females are fertile — they're not aggressive. It's still possible to get stung, though the sting is more akin to a mosquito bite than your average bee sting.
2. Pollen is important. If there isn't enough pollen in your yard, mason bees will move on to other areas. Check out rentmasonbees.com for a full list of common pollen-producing plants that work well.
3. Keeping nesting boxes. South-facing garage, house, or garden shed walls are ideal areas for establishing your nesting boxes. Families will also want to make sure that food is available within about 300 feet of the nest — this is as far as the bees will travel. Make a note of all of the plants on the list that you see in this area, and remember: these bees won't stop at your property line — they'll go across the street or into a neighbor's yard for pollen if they need to.
4. Mud is a must. Since female mason bees need mud for their eggs, it's important to have open ground (without grass or bark covering) nearby. Families can also make a "mud pie," with the soil moist, but not soupy. Your little ones might be the right "chefs" for this project!
Bees are weak when they first emerge, so it's best to keep the mud pie not directly under the nest (they could fall in).
5. Choosing nesting materials. Pull-apart wooden blocks, cardboard with paper lining, drilled blocks and homemade paper tubes can all work well for nesting. Pull-apart wooden blocks can be a great material since they're porous (allowing moisture to escape), and they're easy to clean, sanitize, and reuse.
Paper products can be hard to use due to the Northwest's damp climate, but they're a great project for kids to make on their own. Drilled blocks must be made new each year — they can get infected with microscopic pests and cannot be cleaned.
Check out Missy's tutorial for helping kids make paper mason bee tubes!
6. Observing your bees. Mason bees are fascinating to watch —they can be just as educational for kids as they are eco-friendly. Here are some fun things that kids can observe about their small and industrious new friends:
Pollen on the female as she returns to the nest (a clean belly means that she has mud to take home).
When the female is adding her final mud plug, she'll go around and around the hole's opening as she works to close the egg chamber.
Using a flashlight at night or in the early morning, you can see the bees at rest in the front of their holes, with their eyes looking out at you.
Watch your mason bees as they work on blossoms in the yard, and notice which plants they like to frequent.
Look for the antennae that distinguish them from flies.
Learn to distinguish the males from the females by spotting the white hair on the males' heads.
7. Be on guard for predators. Robins, crows, starlings and woodpeckers prey on adult mason bees as they emerge from their nests. The bees are especially vulnerable in the early morning when they bask in the sun to warm up enough to fly, or while they're out in the open gathering mud.
For the birds, these sweet little bees are like candy — especially if they find a nesting block that happens to be filled with a lot of bees. The best way to avoid predators is to store the nest in the garage or shed at the end of the active period. If you're using a paper product and have lots of squirrels, chicken wire can be added around the box to prevent them from pulling the tubes out and devouring the contents.
8. Setting your materials out in the spring. Nesting units need to be protected from rain and wind. Keeping them mounted with the cavities tilting slightly down will prevent rainwater from entering and creating harmful mold. Securing the nesting units will also prevent movement that could dislodge eggs or young larvae. The space may only be a mere 3/8 of an inch, but the babies are too weak to crawl back in.
Nesting materials need to be set out before nesting begins (mid to late March), since the females lay the most eggs in the beginning of the season. However, it's also important to note that if the materials are set out too early, your progeny could be mostly male.
Placing the nesting units on the south-facing side of the building is key — the bees need to warm up to 80 degrees for their wings to function. Mason bees' black bodies can soak up rays even when it's only 58-64 degrees outside, making exposure to direct sunlight very important.
9. Harvesting your bees. Just like caring for a fish tank, the bees and nesting materials need to be cleaned each fall, or families could risk losing their colony. Pests, mites, and chalkbrood fungus can be greatly reduced by opening and sanitizing the nesting material each October.
For families that are concerned with cleaning their materials properly, renting mason bees might be the perfect solution — you can enjoy them throughout the spring and then simply return them once they go into hibernation! Rentmasonbees.com offers complete rental kits, cleans the cocoons, and stores the bees over the winter for you, making it very easy to enjoy the benefits of keeping the bees.
10. Attracting a variety of pollinators. Fruit trees are not required to be a bee farmer; plant for all seasons, and not just for March-June. Native wildflowers with colors such as blue, purple, and yellow (clover, dandelions) are recommended, along with one of the best sources for pollen: big-leaf maples.
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Being veggie doesn't need to mean missing out on all the fun of summer barbecues and outdoor eating. There are plenty of vegetarian burger recipes that will bring just as much oozing, delicious joy to your veggie plate as their meaty counterparts.
From bean burgers to carrot burgers, from sweet potato burgers to beetroot burgers, we've got lots of delicious meat-free burgers for you to choose from, you're going to be spoilt for choice.
Have a flick through our selection of the best veggie burger recipes around and of course, leave us a comment to let us know if you've tried any or if you've got any tips for making your veggie burger extra tasty. Enjoy!
If you're trying to be good we'd recommend these light and easy Slimming World's carrot and coriander burgers. Sandwich between two bun halves and enjoy with fresh salad.
These delicious, easy-to-make beetroot and mushroom burgers are perfect for whipping up when you've got vegetarian guests over for a BBQ. The earthy taste of the mushrooms work wonders with the feta and beetroot.
Another diet-friendly recipe, Weight Watchers have pulled it out of the bag with this one. This veggie burger combines halloumi, shredded veg and a little tofu to create these little tasty patties. We love ours served in a pitta with a fresh garden salad. Sound good?
Bean burgers: classic fare for any long-established veggie. This recipe shows you how to make these basic burgers from scratch and they can even be prepped ahead of time and frozen. Perfect for when you've got family over for a bit of a get together.
Think of these as a veggie burger without the bun. Meaty aubergine is given a new lease of life when covered with a stringy Gruyere or salty Feta cheese and baked in the oven. These tasty sliders would be perfect served with salad in a pitta pocket, with a dollop of tzatziki on top or if you'd prefer, with or without a seedy burger bun.
One for the kids, this Annabel Karmel recipe packs all sorts of sneaky veg into these mini burgers. Mixed with cheese and covered in tasty breadcrumbs, little fingers will gobble these up in no time at all.
Here's another option that's great for kids. Little people will love the sweetness of the... you guessed it... sweet potato in this lovely breaded crust. You could serve these with a mixed salad and some tangy chutney or they'll also worked well dressed like a normal burger. Don't forget, sweet potato counts as one of your five a day so it's not actually a carb overload if you eat bread with them too!
veggie barbecue that needs tending.
This recipe actually comes from creators of The Nordic Diet and as a result, is very low in fat. Mix flavoursome beetroot with eggs, oatmeal and a selection of herbs to make these tasty meat-free treats. Serve with a barley salad, or if you're less worried about your waistline, in a tasty wholemeal bun.
The soft texture of these chickpea burgers makes them great for kids and the pulses mean they're packed with protein too. We think they're even tastier with a few pickles, a squirt of American mustard and some melted Stilton on top but equally, you can keep things simple and just enjoy the nutty flavours.


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Le Poker menteur est un jeu de dés fondé sur le bluff qui se joue à partir de 2 joueurs, mais qui trouve son piment à partir de 5 joueurs.

Ce jeu est apparenté à des jeux de dés d'origine sud-américaine : le Dudo et le Perudo dans une variante avec la main en commun.

Matériel

 5 dés de poker (As, Roi, Dame, Valet, 10 et 9) ou 5 dés classiques (6, 5, 4, 3, 2 et 1);
 1 gobelet opaque suffisamment grand pour contenir les 5 dés;
 1 plateau de jeu circulaire.

Règles
Le but du jeu est de ne pas perdre les manches en faisant monter les enchères à chaque tour. C'est un jeu d'enchères et de bluff, chaque manche se termine par un perdant (menteur) qui prend 1 point. Le premier joueur à atteindre 5 points est éliminé.

Chaque joueur forme une main avec des combinaisons identiques au jeu de poker.

À chaque tour de jeu, le joueur (receveur) reçoit le plateau du joueur précédent (parieur) avec des dés sous le gobelet (cachés) et d'autres découverts. Le parieur annonce sa main en passant le plateau à son voisin. Le nombre de dés découvert et cachés est à la convenance du parieur et a une grande influence sur le bluff.
Le joueur qui reçoit la main (receveur), doit l'accepter ou la refuser.

 S'il la refuse il déclare « menteur » et découvre l'intégralité de la main.
Si la main est supérieure ou égale à l'annonce, le receveur a perdu et prend 1 point.
Si la main est plus faible que l'annonce, c'est le parieur qui prend 1 point. Le perdant reprend la partie en choisissant le sens de jeu.
 S'il accepte la main, il devra la passer à son voisin avec une annonce supérieure. Pour ce faire il peut rejouer chaque dé une seule fois, dans l'ordre qu'il veut et conserver les dés qui l'intéressent pour augmenter la main reçue.
 Si le receveur accepte la main et ne regarde pas les dés cachés il peut passer la main à son voisin sans rien rejouer mais en annonçant tout de même une main supérieure. Par contre s'il regarde les dés cachés, il doit rejouer au moins 1 dé avant de faire son annonce.

Lorsque l'on joue un ou plusieurs dés on peut les jouer découverts (sur le tapis) ou cachés (sous le gobelet). Les dés peuvent être lancés 1 par 1 ou plusieurs en même temps tout dépend de la stratégie adoptée. La règle fondamentale est que chaque dé ne peut être lancé qu'une seule fois. On peut sortir des dés de sous le gobelet pour les jouer à découvert. On peut aussi cacher des dés découverts avant le  lancé. Pour éviter la triche les dés joués à découvert ne peuvent être replacés sous le gobelet, ils restent découverts.

Une fois la main constituée, le joueur (parieur) passe le plateau a son voisin (receveur) en annonçant plus haut que la main précédente et ainsi de suite jusqu'à ce qu'un joueur refuse la main.

Lorsqu'une quinte de 6 (ou d'As) est annoncée, il est impossible de faire une main supérieure. Si le joueur accepte la main, il doit réaliser une autre quinte de 6 (en rejouant tous les dés) en 5 coups. S'il y parvient, la partie est arrêtée et reprend sans que quiconque perde de vie. S'il échoue, il perd une vie. Il existe une variante qui permet de jouer les quintes plus facilement (voir plus bas).

On peut annoncer une main plus faible que celle réalisée, dans ce cas si le joueur suivant refuse la main, c'est lui qui perd.

Premier tour
Lors du premier tour de jeu (et après chaque fin de tour), le joueur perdant reprend la partie en rejouant tous les dés (avec des dés cachés et découverts à sa convenance). Il choisit aussi le sens du jeu en passant la main à son voisin de droite ou de gauche. À ce moment il est le seul à pouvoir annoncer « rien » comme main de départ.

Les mains (combinaisons)
De la plus faible à la plus forte :

L'annonce est très importante (seule l'annonce orale du parieur compte pas les dés), si un joueur annonce un brelan par exemple sans plus de précision. Le joueur suivant pourra annoncer un brelan de 2 puisque l'annonce ne précisait ni la nature, ni ce qui accompagnait le brelan. Sans annonce spécifique il s'agit alors toujours du plus faible (soit un brelan de 1, accompagné d'un 2 et d'un 3).
De même un brelan de 2 avec un 5 est supérieur à un brelan de 2 avec un 4 ou qu'un brelan de 2 sans précision.

Exemples :
 annoncer une paire, signifie :      (1 1 2 3 4)
 annoncer un brelan de 2, signifie :      (2 2 2 1 3)
 annoncer un brelan de 2 avec un 5, signifie :  (2 2 2 5 1)
 annoncer un full, signifie :      (1 1 1 2 2)
 annoncer un full des 4 par les 2, signifie :      (4 4 4 2 2)

Bluff
Le poker menteur est un jeu de bluff et prend rapidement son piment lorsque les joueurs comprennent comment bluffer.

On peut annoncer une main totalement différente (mais plus faible pour ne pas prendre de risque) de celle réalisée. Si le joueur suivant joue le jeu, son voisin risque fort d'être surpris.

Du fait des systèmes d'échelle des annonces, on peut favoriser l'acceptation du joueur suivant en annonçant une main plus facile à dépasser. Ainsi si le joueur a accepté un brelan de 4, il peut passer à son voisin un carré (sans préciser la valeur) ce qui laissera plus de chance à celui-ci et donc favorisera l'acceptation. En effet si le receveur accepte un simple carré, il pourra au pire, en rejouant 1 dé, annoncer un carré de 4.

Le jeu induit rapidement une certaine « collaboration » de bluff avec ses voisins.
Le placement à la table a donc une certaine importance.

Exemple
Note : les dés cachés sous le gobelet sont indiqués entre parenthèses.

Ainsi : (  )   indique que sous le gobelet on a une paire de 2 et un 3 et à découvert une paire de 1.

Le premier joueur (A) lance les dés (2 à découvert et 3 sous le gobelet) et fait : (  )
 il annonce « une paire » (sans précision).
Le joueur suivant (B) accepte et décide de rejouer simplement le 1 découvert, il obtient : (  )
Il décide ensuite de rejouer le 2 caché à découvert (pour conserver les autres cachés), il obtient : ( )
Il annonce « une paire de 5 » (il annonce moins que son vrai jeu pour bluffer le joueur d'après son voisin)
Le joueur suivant (C) accepte et décide logiquement de rejouer le 3 découvert, il obtient : ( )
Il annonce « 2 paires avec un 2 »
Le joueur suivant (D) accepte et décide logiquement de rejouer le 2 découvert, il obtient : ( )
Il annonce un « Full des 5 par les 4 »
Le joueur suivant (E) refuse et dit « menteur » et découvre le jeu :  full il y a bien, et le receveur perd 1 vie. C'est à lui de relancer une partie.

Variantes
Il existe une variante qui introduit une règle spéciale pour la quinte. Une fois la quinte annoncée, le joueur qui accepte celle-ci doit effectuer une quinte supérieure : très difficile en un coup. On permet alors au joueur de tenter celle-ci en 5 fois (et en conservant les dés intéressants), les 3 premiers coups à découverts et les 2 derniers cachés.
De même on considère qu'une quinte réussie en 4 coups est plus forte qu'une quinte en 5 coups.

Certains joueurs n'utilisent pas les suites. Les suites « cassent » le jeu, car pour suivre il faut annoncer une quinte : très difficile. En même temps c'est une annonce bluffante quand elle se produit.

Certains joueurs arrêtent la partie dès qu'un joueur est éliminé. En effet, plus on est nombreux, plus le jeu est intéressant. À 2 joueurs, le bluff ne joue plus.

Si un joueur est absent lorsque c'est son tour, il est supposé accepter la main et annoncer la main immédiatement supérieure. S'il 'accepte' une paire de 3, l'annonce sera une paire de 3 avec un 2 (puisqu'une paire de 3 signifie par défaut une paire de 3 avec un 1).

Dans certaines parties on accepte les annonces du type « mieux », ce qui implique que l'on monte à la main immédiatement supérieure. Ce type d'annonce implique plus d'attention des joueurs car on s'interdit bien sur de répéter l'annonce initiale, ce qui peut mettre en difficulté un joueur inattentif.

Il existe une variante qui interdit de mentir au premier tour.

Notes et références

Liens externes

 Les règles du Poker Menteur dans le WikiBook Boîte à jeux (jeux du domaine public)

Jeu de hasard raisonné
Jeu de dés
Poker


Black Box is out, folks, go get it! As was said before, it's a US/Canada only release. If you want it outside these areas, you're going to have to import it. Rhino tells me there are no plans for it to be sold elsewhere.
You can get more info on Black Box here.


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All in all, using PDF DRM software is a highly secure way of preventing piracy of your training materials in PDF format.
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struct RefObjectAccess;

#define SLANG_OBJ_CLASS_REFLECT_IMPL(NAME, SUPER, ORIGIN, LAST, MARKER, TYPE, param) \
    public:     \
    typedef NAME This; \
    static const ReflectClassInfo kReflectClassInfo;  \
    virtual const ReflectClassInfo* getClassInfo() const SLANG_OVERRIDE { return &kReflectClassInfo; } \
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// Placed in any SerialRefObject derived class
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#define SLANG_OBJ_CLASS(NAME)           SLANG_RefObject_##NAME(SLANG_OBJ_CLASS_REFLECT_IMPL, _)

namespace Slang
{

class SerialClasses;

// Is friended such that internally we have access to construct or get members
struct RefObjectAccess;

// Base class for Serialized RefObject derived classes. The main feature is that gives away to get ReflectClassInfo
// via getClassInfo() method
class SerialRefObject : public RefObject
{
public:
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    typedef SerialRefObject This;

    static const ReflectClassInfo kReflectClassInfo;

    virtual const ReflectClassInfo* getClassInfo() const { return &kReflectClassInfo; }
};

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struct SerialRefObjects
{
        /// Add serialization classes
    static SlangResult addSerialClasses(SerialClasses* serialClasses);

    static const ReflectClassInfo* getClassInfo(RefObjectType type) { return g_singleton.m_infos[Index(type)]; }

    static const SerialRefObjects g_singleton;

protected:
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    const ReflectClassInfo* m_infos[Index(RefObjectType::CountOf)];
};

} // namespace Slang

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A bold new promenade production of the 17th century Restoration comedy The Rover, by the first female playwright Aphra Behn, will be presented at Hampton Court Palace from Monday July 2 - Sunday July 8.
Presented in conjunction with the Palace's The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned exhibition, and with a cast of 28, the action in The Rover moves through the majestic Baroque apartments and gardens, drawing the audience into a world of beauty, sensuality and danger.
Hugely popular in its day, The Rover depicts a shocking world of unimaginable pleasures, sometimes bought at a terrible price.
Director Amy Hodge was recipient of the Jerwood Directors Award 2007. She directed a highly acclaimed production of Mules by Winsome Pinnock at The Young Vic. She was Associate Director at The Sherman, the main producing house in Cardiff, from 2008-11, where she radically reshaped the literary work and the artistic output - residing over a period of 18 months of site specific work while the building was redeveloped and directing six critically acclaimed productions.
Designer takis has worked on 80 productions worldwide in various indoor and outdoor venues. From 2007-2011 as Designer in Residence for HighTide, takis built the visual identity of the company, designing diverse productions to great acclaim including the very successful Stovepipe in collaboration with the National Theatre (Off West End Design nomination), Ditch with Old Vic and Lidless (Fringe First Award winner in Edinburgh Festival 2010). He is also the artistic director of his own company called ARTLUXE, which produces installation and performance art.
The Rover is produced by ARTLUXE.


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5 Newcastle players set to miss pre-season training camp
Confirmation today from Newcastle United about their pre-season training camp.
Just like last summer, the players will be flying west but touching down a bit closer to home in Ireland.
Rafa Benitez and his players will be based in County Kildare to help prepare for the new season and when they return to Tyneside after a week in Ireland, there will be just three weeks to go until the season kicks off on Saturday 6 August.
However, a number of United's players are set to miss at least this part of pre-season training.
The European Championships take place in France from 10 June to 10 July and Andros Townsend, Paul Dummett and Moussa Sissoko are all currently on track to be part of the action.
Whilst they may not get all the way to that final on Sunday 10 July, with the training camp starting on 9 July all three will surely miss the trip to Ireland as they will be given extra time off due to their international commitments.
Another two Newcastle players who are nailed on to also be missing, are Freddie Woodman and Adam Armstrong. They will be representing ENgland in the Under 19s European Championships over in Germany, that tournament running from Monday 11 July to Sunday 24 July.
International football not dovetailing very well with preparing for a Championship season!
The club say no friendlies are likely in Ireland but that the pre-season schedule should be made public very shortly.
Claims have been made of possible friendlies in Scotland, plus potentially games at Burnley and Doncaster, whilst the Belgium media have claimed that Newcastle will travel to Sporting Lokeren for a friendly on Saturday 23 July.
Newcastle official announcement of pre-season training camp:
'Newcastle United will travel to Ireland in July for a week-long pre-season training camp.
The Magpies will be based in County Kildare from Saturday 9th-Saturday 16th July, where they will step up their preparations for the 2016/17 Skybet Championship season.
At this time there will be no fixtures during the training camp, however the Club are in the advanced stages of finalising a number of friendlies for elsewhere in the pre-season campaign.
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"It will be very hard work and we are confident that it will be the perfect way to prepare for the start of the new season."
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Facebook 'Reality Check': Half of the Social Media Users Could Be Fake, Says Aaron Greenspan, Harvard Classmate of Mark Zuckerberg
Technology Team Latestly| Jan 28, 2019 01:43 PM IST
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Mark Zuckerberg came in 2018 with a promise to fix Facebook. However, it did not go so well, and it is fair to say that the struggle is only increasing. The whole of 2018 has only been scandalous revelations about the social media giant, and nothing could stand in support to the company. According to a new report, it appears that Facebook is lying when it claims to have more than 2 billion monthly users around the world. Yes, that is what tech entrepreneur and former Harvard, Aaron Greenspan, a classmate of Facebook CEO alleges in a shocking report. Taiwanese Hacker Threats to Delete Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Account; Promises to Live Stream the Event.
The report, titled, Reality Check, was released by a non-profit group, PlainSite, which focuses on the legal system. The report's author, Greenspan, stated that more than half of Facebook's monthly users are undoubtedly fake. "Facebook has been lying to the public about the scale of its problem with fake accounts, which likely exceed 50 percent of its network," states Greenspan's report. In the report, he further argues that the social media site, "does not now and will not ever have an accurate way to measure its fake account problem." Here's what Twitter Head Jack Dorsey Thinks about Mark Zuckerberg and Other Tech CEOs.
In 2017, Facebook admitted that about 270 million accounts could be either fake or duplicates. But in a recent statement to Mashable, followed by Greenspan's flak, the company denied his assertion that the number is closer to 1 billion. One of the company spokespeople was quoted in the same report as saying, "This is unequivocally wrong and responsible reporting means reporting facts, even if it's about fake accounts."
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David Nasser (Jaú, 1 de janeiro de 1917 — Rio de Janeiro, 10 de dezembro de 1980) foi um compositor e jornalista brasileiro.

Biografia

História
Era filho de imigrantes libaneses. Logo criança mudou-se para Caxambu em Minas Gerais, onde fazia carretos com charrete e sem saber, conheceu Francisco Alves. Um dia, mudou-se para o Rio de Janeiro e trabalhou como mascate e depois foi vendedor de loja.

Na Cidade Maravilhosa encontrou muitas dificuldades e sofreu bastante. Reencontrou-se com Francisco Alves e daí em diante sua carreira decolou, pois caiu nas graças do já famoso cantor.

Carreira
Como teve meningite quando criança, dedicou-se a ler e escrever histórias. Começou a trabalhar aos 14 anos, em 1934 como contínuo das empresas Diários Associados de Assis Chateaubriand. O conglomerado jornalístico reunia no mesmo prédio a redação dos jornais "Diário da Noite" e "O Jornal", e a revista "O Cruzeiro".

Aos poucos, tornou-se jornalista das empresas dos Diários Associados. Iniciou-se profissionalmente depois do golpe do Estado Novo de Getúlio Vargas em 1937.

Nos Diários Associados, criou Memórias secretas de Giselle, a espiã nua que abalou Paris, espiã fictícia Giselle Monfort tratada como real pelo jornal Diário do Norte, a personagem teve uma série bastante popular de livros de bolso pulp.

Foi contratado, em 1936, pelo jornal "O Globo" dirigido por Roberto Marinho. Saiu em 1943 insatisfeito por não poder realizar ou assinar reportagens importantes.

Em 1940, ele estoura com um sucesso incrível da música Nêga do Cabelo Duro (em parceria com Rubens Soares), e se torna compositor de vários sambas, e sambas canção.

Foi trabalhar, em 1943, na revista "O Cruzeiro" que se tornava, então, a revista brasileira mais popular dos anos 1940 e 1950. As reportagens que fez em parceria com o fotógrafo Jean Manzon de 1943 a 1951 foram fundamentais para o sucesso de vendas da revista cuja tiragem atingiu níveis inesperados para a época. David Nasser e Jean Manzon tornaram-se então a mais famosa dupla de repórter-fotógrafo do Brasil.

Ganhou notoriedade por realizar vários trabalhos conhecidos como "grande reportagem", forma de reportagem que misturava de pesquisa de campo, opinião do jornalista, pedaços de entrevistas e muitas fotografias de alta qualidade técnica. Ocorria assim uma valorização do repórter que conhecia as pessoas e os locas de onde vinha a notícia como a principal figura da redação, em detrimento dos editorialistas e articulistas. A "grande reportagem" tornou-se bastante popular no Brasil dos anos 40 quando foi usada pelos jornais para driblar a censura da ditadura de Getúlio Vargas.

Foi calado pela ditadura militar no Brasil (1964-1985) com a prisão de seu sobrinho Paulo e sua esposa grávida (perdeu a criança durante as torturas) com o aviso "se os quer ver vivos de novo, cale-se". Mesmo assim teve amigos influentes nos seus diversos governos.

Deixou a revista "O Cruzeiro" em 1975, quando esta já estava em decadência. Dizia que sofria pressões para seguir pautas dadas pela direção da revista. Seu pedido de demissão foi notícia de repercussão nacional. Escreveu uma carta aberta intitulada "Por que deixei o velho barco" na qual atacava João Calmon, o diretor dos Diários Associados.

Em fevereiro de 1976 foi trabalhar na revista Manchete, que tinha o mesmo estilo da "O Cruzeiro", seguindo um convite de Arnaldo Niskier. Lá continuou a escrever artigos atacando João Calmon, seu antigo chefe. Recorria aos amigos influentes no governo da Ditadura Militar pedindo para acelerar os processos judiciários civis que abriu contra seus antigos empregadores.

Em Pentagna, distrito do município de Valença (RJ) o grande jornalista David Nasser possuía uma residência, que ainda existe, junto à colônia de férias dos servidores do estado do Rio de Janeiro, bem como uma outra junto à cachoeira, que ainda hoje pertence a seus familiares.

Morreu doente de diabetes e câncer no pâncreas.Encontra-se sepultado no Cemitério de São João Batista, no Rio de Janeiro.

Morou no bairro da Aldeia Campista no Rio de Janeiro e fez parceria com inúmeros compositores de música popular da região.

Reportagens famosas
As versões de David Nasser sobre pequenos e grandes fatos nem sempre refletiam a realidade. Aumentavam e criavam fatos apenas para aumentar a venda de "O Cruzeiro".

Barreto Pinto sem máscara
O deputado federal Barreto Pinto foi entrevistado e deixou-se fotografar em seu gabinete e numa banheira, vestido de fraque e cartola, mas sem as calças (de cuecas samba-canção). O caso resultou na cassação do deputado.

Chico Xavier, detetive do além
Em 1944 viajou para Pedro Leopoldo, junto com Jean Manzon, com o intuito de entrevistar Chico Xavier. À época, a viúva de Humberto de Campos movia uma ação contra a Federação Espírita Brasileira e Chico Xavier, no sentido de obter uma declaração, por sentença, de que se a obra psicografada Brasil, Coração do Mundo, Pátria do Evangelho "era ou não do 'Espírito' de Humberto de Campos", e que em caso afirmativo, que ela obtivesse os direitos autorais da obra. Como Nasser não conseguia ser atendido por Chico Xavier, ele e Manzon usaram nomes falsos e fingiram ser estrangeiros, o que também acharam que serviria para testar se de fato o médium se comunicava com espíritos.

David Nasser e Jean Manzon fizeram uma reportagem não muito simpática com o extremamente retraído médium Chico Xavier, a qual foi publicada em "O Cruzeiro"; todavia, quando Nasser e Manzon chegaram em casa após a reportagem, tiveram uma surpresa, como relatou Nasser numa entrevista à TV Cultura em 1980: "De Madrugada, o Manzon me telefonou e disse: 'você já viu o livro que o Chico Xavier nos deu?'. Falei que não. 'Então veja', ele falou. Fui na minha biblioteca, peguei o livro e estava escrito exatamente isso: 'ao meu irmão David Nasser, de Emmanuel'. Ao Manzon ele havia feito uma dedicatória semelhante. Por coisas assim é que eu tenho muito medo de me envolver em assuntos de Espiritismo".

A briga com Brizola
Em 1963, David Nasser foi agredido pelo então deputado federal Leonel Brizola no Aeroporto do Galeão. O que motivou a agressão foi um artigo escrito por Nasser na revista "O Cruzeiro" com pesadas ofensas ao ex-governador gaúcho e fluminense".

Morreu Jean Manzon
David Nasser e o fotógrafo Jean Manzon forjaram uma reportagem sobre a morte do próprio Jean Manzon. Foi apenas um brincadeira de mau gosto que ajudou bastante as vendas de "O Cruzeiro".

Japoneses e chineses
Em 1945, a dupla David Nasser e Jean Manzon publicou em "O Cruzeiro" uma matéria ilustrada na qual pretendiam ensinar aos brasileiros a distinguir um japonês de um chinês. David Nasser escreveu, entre outras coisas, que o japonês podia ser distinguido pelo "aspecto repulsivo, míope, insignificante".

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Mortos em 1980
Compositores do estado de São Paulo
Jornalistas de São Paulo
Naturais de Jaú
Brasileiros de ascendência libanesa
Brasileiros de ascendência árabe


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Axel Emil Ljungberg (i riksdagen kallad Ljungberg i Lysekil), född 7 mars 1882 i Lundby församling i Göteborgs och Bohus län, död 26 september 1947 i Lysekils församling, var en svensk redaktör och socialdemokratisk politiker.

Ljungberg var redaktör på Nya Lysekils-Kuriren och verkade även som riksdagsledamot i andra kammaren från 1918, invald i Göteborgs och Bohus läns norra valkrets. Han motionerade särskilt om förhållandena inom tullverket och om statens understöd till kommunala skolor.

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