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Scrub Your Way to Greatness with Daily Concepts
by Team GuestBox May 17, 2018
Shower, relax… scrub your way to your next big idea.
When it's time to wash away a tiring day of travel, guests can relax with the sophisticated Exfoliating Body Scrubber with Smart Technology from Daily Concepts.
Mexican-born Emilio Smeke, Daily Concepts brand creator, believes in the cross-cultural connection of water with healing, and puts his beliefs into action through commercial and nonprofit efforts. GuestBox is delighted to have Daily Concepts as a brand partner.
GUESTBOX: What inspired you to create Daily Concepts?
EMILIO: Daily Concepts creates products for individuals who think and sing in the shower. I saw the opportunities for consumers to immerse themselves in their thoughts while taking a shower and really focus on themselves... I believe that people like Albert Einstein were inspired, whether taking a bath or shower, to think, "What is next?" That's what inspired me to create Daily Concepts.
[Bathing] is usually something we do daily. It doesn't matter what gender you are, what religion you believe, what culture you're coming from—we all take baths or showers, and we take that for granted.
In Hinduism, water is sacred. In Christianity, you get baptized with water. In Judaism, you immerse yourself in water once a month. Even if you're an atheist... science has proved that water has that power to heal. That's why I believe that [bathing] is a very special moment.
GUESTBOX: What about your packaging? What inspired that specific design? Who came up with it?
EMILIO: It was me... I'm a frustrated artist that ended up being a graphic designer. Unless you're very wealthy and you have a lot of money and you have a big, beautiful Turkish shower / hammam, usually there's no space for your sponges or loofahs. Everything is just crammed in... if you have a shampoo or body wash or even a bar of soap. So I needed to come up with packaging that you can bag into your shower wall and store the product there.
GUESTBOX: What makes your products different from other companies' sponges?
EMILIO: I'm originally from Mexico City, and we shower once or twice a day. Even going back to the Aztecs and Maya, they were using loofahs—we call them cicapes in Mexico.
So let's start with the fabric. We created a unique fabric and textures for exfoliation and bathing. [This] is a family-owned business... We own 70% of the market share in Mexico, and we are very vertical in production. We manufacture our yarn and sponge, we knit and package the products, and pretty much do everything ourselves.
It sets us apart—the fact that we have unique fabrics and materials that we make ourselves, have functional packaging, and have smart technology—a label that fades when it's time to replace the loofah.
We have a different brand called T. Taio. T. Taio is slang for "I scrub you." T. Taio, "I scrub you" is a play on words. It's interactive and it's funny. And Mexican culture is very well-known for making fun of everything.
GUESTBOX: Does the culture that you created in Mexico translate to what you do at Daily Concepts in the U.S.?
EMILIO: Yes and no. Of course you have to adapt to the market that you're going to, and to the culture itself. T. Taio as a brand wouldn't resonate with the U.S. consumer. [Packaging] has a half-naked woman showering. For Americans, that would be a no-no... we started targeting the Hispanic consumer when I first moved here 12 years ago, and my goal was to just go to the Hispanic world, because it made sense. I had good market share. People recognized the brand; I could just start selling to Hispanics who showered with products like ours. But then the economic crisis happened in 2008, and I realized that I didn't need to reinvent the wheel, but to try to see what was lacking and where I could [find a niche].
Creating Daily Concepts took me a few years. I [asked], "What is the American consumer looking for? It's a melting pot, and this mix of cultures needed a product that will be used no matter what culture you're coming from." The only thing I needed to do was to try to come up with a brand that could resonate and be different from anybody else's, that could have a 'why' and a voice. Ultimately I want people to really focus on themselves and connect that moment with Daily Concepts. That's how I translate [the T. Taio brand] into the U.S. market. Other companies out there sell products from $1 to $5 or $6. I created a luxury line of [products from] $10 to $12 to $18—and this is Daily Concepts.
GUESTBOX: So it's pretty much a [reinvention] of what products were selling well into the U.S. market?
EMILIO: Or to the world market—Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, the UK, et cetera. We sell internationally. The market is bigger in Europe than it is here.
GUESTBOX: Why and how has working with GuestBox been beneficial to Daily Concepts?
EMILIO: GuestBox is a great idea. It's an amenity box for people who are traveling. I think that more people are shifting towards Airbnb types of experiences, so that's why I think [GuestBox is] beneficial. The user experience when traveling is important, and if we're able to capture that for guests, I think it's a nice way to gain new customers.
A bath accessory plays an important role. [Like] when you're young and traveling, sometimes you do stupid things and you want to wash them away, and the shower is the perfect companion for that. It's a moment for yourself that really gives you the opportunity to move forward and feel better.
When I started the Daily Concepts brand, I was looking for the right partners on the nonprofit side. We're a proud supporter and sponsor of Lava Mae, a nonprofit from the Bay Area. They provide the homeless with dignity by giving them the opportunity to take a shower every day. They're adding more trucks all across the U.S.—not to help fight homelessness, but to alleviate the problem of not having the opportunity to take a shower. They believe—and I believe—that providing a shower gives you dignity and therefore gives you opportunity. So we give our sponges to Lava Mae for free. We have given away over 70,000 sponges so far—the same product in GuestBox.
GUESTBOX: What advice can you give to entrepreneurs, specifically minorities?
EMILIO: Don't give up. Sometimes I've been this close. Follow your dreams and keep on pushing. Sometimes you need a little luck. But if you really focus on one thing, make sure that you're doing that thing right. And do it with passion, not just because somebody told you to do it. Do it because it comes from within. Find the 'why', push it, and just keep on going.
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If you can't get away on that Mexican vacation just yet, here's the next best thing – our festive Mexican Travelocity Gnome!
The "Roaming Gnome" has become a legend, and here he's seen on a South of the Border holiday. He wears a classic big sombrero and holds colorful maracas.
At 9.5 inches high, this cast resin character will bring along the party to your patio, yard or balcony. Everyone who sees him will say "olé"!
Our Mexican Travelocity gnome is part of our collection of original Travelocity Gnomes and other memorabilia including gnome garden stakes and talking Travelocity gnomes.
Travelocity Roaming Gnome w/Sombrero: 6.5" x 9.5" tall. Cast resin.


are real. All the events depicted are true. But alongside the nerve-shredding preparations for the attack runs another story- when you are a novelist writing about real people, how do you resist the temptation to make things up? HHhHis a panorama of the Third Reich told through the life of one outstandingly brutal man, a story of unbearable heroism and loyalty, revenge and betrayal. It is improbably entertaining and electrifyingly modern, a moving and shattering work of fiction."
An astonishing, unforgettable novel: a thrilling Second World War assassination plot told with rare literary brilliance.
Winner of Publishers Publicity Circle Hardback Fiction Award 2013. Shortlisted for National Book Critics Circle Awards: Fiction 2013. Long-listed for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013.
HHhH is Laurent Binet's first novel. He lives and works in France. HHhH won the prestigious Prix Goncourt du premier roman and the Prix des Lecteurs du Livre de Poche.


Non sticky light emulsion type keeping fresh moisture on the skin for long hours. Energy toner with 120000 liter storage baobab tree extract gives non drying moisture on tired men's skin. Acai extract and black current leaf extract give firm vital skin care.
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Stonařov (in tedesco Stannern) è un comune mercato della Repubblica Ceca facente parte del distretto di Jihlava, nella regione di Vysočina.

Storia
Il villaggio è stato fondato sul finire del XII secolo; il primo documento che lo menziona direttamente risale al 1347. Nel 1367 ricevette i privilegi riservati alla città; nel 1530 fu ceduto alla vicina cittadina di Jihlava. È anche il paese natale del gerarca e criminale di guerra nazista Arthur Seyß-Inquart

Economia
Le fonti principali di sostentamento per la popolazione locale sono l'agricoltura e l'industria tessile; due manifatture tessili furono costruite nel villaggio sul finire del XIX secolo.

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Collegamenti esterni

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Q: C# Regex to grab 2 pieces of info from each HTML TR element - located inside different TD elements Given the following HTML...

        Name 1
        Info and ignore this
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        Name 2
        Info and ignore this
        Edit

Is it possible to write a single C# Regex that'll grab the 'name' (found withing td/strong) and 'listid' (found on  with href containing MySpecialAction)?
I've got it grabbing the name (probably not efficient, but I was hoping I could write one expression that, given above, would have 2 matches and each match would have two groups (named 'name' and 'id').
]*>(.*?)<\/strong>

Match1.name=Name 1
Match1.id=10000
Match2.name=Name 2
Match2.id=10001

Thanks in advance.

A: Parsing html with regex is, of course, fraught with peril and singularities. But IF you are doing a quick and dirty script and you are assuming your html structure is not weird and non-nested, and IF you really want to cram two basically unrelated regexes into a single pattern to parse out your two tokens, and IF your hrefs are always surrounded by double quotes and not single quotes, (etc) you could try this:
/(?:]*>(?<name>.*?)<\/strong>|MySpecialAction\?.*?list=(?<id>[^&"]+))/

this works for your given input, and captures the tokens into named groups "name" and "id". (one named group per match, test accordingly!)

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Find a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program near me in Wynne, AR.
Drug Rehabilitation Centers in Wynne, AR.
It isn't that addicted individuals don't want to stop the miserable existence that substance abuse can lead to, nonetheless it can sometimes take the love and effort of family members to pull them through the shame, denial and guilt they harbor to get them into a quality drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Wynne, Arkansas which will help them. If you have someone in your life that has to have help for addiction, the thing you don't want to do is enable them by any means by permitting their problem to persist and maybe supporting it knowingly or unknowingly. And certainly don't surrender or lose hope that something can be done, since there is always something you can do for even the worst instances of substance abuse. So if you feel like giving up, or the individual just will not get help, an intervention is one thing that can be done that may very well work and be the turning point that can make things go in the most ideal direction for a loved one who would have in all likelihood lost their lives because of their addiction. An intervention is not only a very straightforward process it is a very effective one also that has saved lives.
The first step is selecting an alcohol and drug rehab program that will make sense, considering the circumstances that exist. For instance, you can find less intensive centers available but these centers are often only a temporary solution even though they may seem to be more convenient and in many cases economical on many occasions. Long-term facilities, albeit a substantial commitment, which require an inpatient or residential stay are the solutions which provide higher rates of success for clients. You can easily understand why, considering that the individual will have the time and space needed to be able to experience a more lasting recovery.
Household and Income Statistics in: Wynne, AR.
Life Strategies of Arkansas LLC is an Outpatient Drug Rehab Program that can be reached at 870-238-4014. They specialize in Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Treatment for Seniors, Assistance For Hearing Impaired and accept the following forms of payment: Self Payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State Financed Insurance, Private Insurance.
They are located at 1718 Falls Boulevard North Wynne, AR. 72396.
Located at 661 Addison Drive Wynne, AR. 72396. The phone number is 870-238-1135.
Logan Centers Inc is located at 1792 Falls Boulevard Wynne, AR. 72396. This is an Outpatient Drug Rehab Program specializing in Treatment for Seniors. They accept Self Payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State Financed Insurance, Private Insurance.
The phone number is 870-208-9333.


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These are the number-one singles of 1967 according to the Top 100 Singles chart in Cash Box magazine.

See also
1967 in music
List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1967 (U.S.)

References
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/randypny2/cashbox/1967.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20111002051927/http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/1967.html
http://musicseek.info/no1hits/1967.htm

1967
1967 record charts
1967 in American music


I'm falling and I'm not sure when it started, or when it's going to end. Although, I do have some theories.
Maybe I'm falling because I'm fulfilling a lifelong wish to go skydiving. There's a bot instructor strapped to my back and all I can think is that I may as well have jumped out of a plane with a floppy disk in my hand for all the good it'll do me.
Or maybe I'm a space explorer and I'm not falling but floating. Everyone is counting on me to get this sample so we'll know if there's any competition out there in the stars, or if it's just us humans and whatever mindless bits of metal we scrap together.
Maybe I was driving down the Pacific Coast Highway and then I heard on the radio about that police officer who was slaughtered by a bot in his own home. Killed by his own property. And then I was so shocked by the sound of a human being siding with the tin can that I accidentally drove off into the ocean.
Maybe I jumped off the roof after finding my spouse with the android who was fixing our plumbing.
Or maybe it's something a bit more metaphorical and I'm falling from grace. I'm falling out of favor with nature. Maybe I'm falling because the familiar ground has dropped out from beneath my feet one piece at a time, but so slowly that I just woke up one day and suddenly I didn't recognize my own home anymore.
Maybe Mother Nature wasn't my mother at all; she's my landlady and she's not happy that I've drifted so far from the terms of my lease. I've been evicted for allowing humans to push past the limit of what is good and natural, and now I'm falling headfirst onto the pavement.
Or maybe I know a secret about all these heaps of wires and electrical signals that are worming their way into every aspect of our lives. I see the true consequences of letting man think he is God, or letting a man-made machine think it could live. Maybe I know a vulnerable place and I have the materials to force the world to stop and see the truth. Maybe I'm falling because I strapped a bomb to my back and, next to all that delicate machinery, I launched myself into the air. For humanity.
I really can't say for sure, but, as far as I know, I'm the only one whose falling. My entire race has lost their minds, opening their naïve hearts to the whispers of manipulative demons, and I'm not sure I have the stomach to watch. I've been falling ever since I realized I was the one who needed to save humans from themselves.
I'm falling and I just hope everyone is braced for my impact.


The UBPA B3-2 exhibition pavilion, realized for the Expo Shanghai 2010, and the GEL-Green Energy Laboratory research centre which was opened in May 2012 at the Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, are the two projects chosen to represent Studio Archea's recent activities in China within the context of the exhibition currently on show at the Shanghai Italian Center. The exhibition, titled "The truth of materials. Italy in China" was opened on 29 April 2013.
Curated by the Triennale of Milan and backed by the ICE Internationalization Agency and the Ministry of the Environment, the exhibition is hosted on the ground floor of the Italian Pavilion, which forms an essential part and principal structure of the Shanghai Italian Center, to be found in what was formerly Area C of Expo 2010.
After the re-opening of the pavilion and the launching of the Shanghai Italian Center, the Italian Pavilion represents a bridge, connecting China and Italy and promoting cultural and commercial exchange between the two nations.
After the first exhibition, titled "Tradition and Innovation – Italy in China", the recently opened show focuses on the theme of the materials that have always been a key factor, along with the craftsmanship tradition, in the outstanding quality of Italian products. This subject therefore allows the visitors to fully appreciate the creativity of the Italian production and to witness how the materials are transformed thanks to advanced technologies and the manual ability of our craftsmen and the geniality of our artists, designers and architects.
It is this scenario that the important work Archea is currently conducting in the Chinese territory is part of. The individual projects created in this connection retrace the difficult path of an in-depth knowledge about the local context and its cultural and material tradition, but at the same time it attempts to enrich the dialogue between Italy and China, with the expertise of the Italian tradition, where beauty and creativity in design are inseparably linked to the essence of the materials and the outstanding craftsmanship.
The projects of the UBPA and the GEL are therefore testimonials of the unique qualities of Italian creativity that aim to make the visitors appreciate their peculiar traits through models, videos and mock-ups of the façade systems.


Past and present blend together in Mexico City. That's probably the reason that this place is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Latin America; the history of this ever-changing city, along with its art, gastronomy and unique culture, have amazed and left thousands in awe and wonder. That's the reason why we believe is not enough to give you 5 unusual attractions and we give you another 5 unusual attractions in Mexico City.
The San Juan Market downtown Mexico City is among the most prestigious and well regarded public markets. Its not just a public marketplace, but a true gastronomic experience. In this place you will find things that you simply will not find in most other markets like imported European grocery items and many domestic Mexican ingredients. In recent years many of the market dealers have started selling prepared sandwiches and light lunches, often with free or very reasonably priced wines. This is the perfect place to grab lunch during your tour around the City.
To get there you can take an uber from La Palomilla.
Food packages, vintage pharmaceuticals, soda bottles, clothing, toys, advertisements, shoe polish… you name it! the Museo del Objeto del Objeto (MODO) probably has it. MODO's has a collection of almost 100,000 objects. However, the museum's primary goal is serving as a homage to the collector in all of us. The oldest object in the museum dates back to 1810; the collection provides an intriguing look at the design of the relatively mundane items people have interacted with on a daily basis over the past 200 years.
To get there you can walk from La Palomilla. MODO is in our neighborhood.
Just five years before his death, Diego Rivera finished one of his most intriguing works, la Fuente de Tláloc. This massive tiled fountain beautifully captures the essence of the Native Mexican spirit and art that is so often depicted in his paintings. Created at the head of the Lerma River leading out to the city's reservoirs, Rivera created a sculpture of the God of Rain, Tláloc, which spanned a pool 100 feet wide. Along with the fountain, Rivera also built and decorated the Cárcamo, a massive tank that diverted water through the fountain.
This places is at the heart of the Chapultepec park, to get you there from La Palomilla you can take a nice walk to the park or take a short uber ride.
Cine Ópera was one of the largest, most grandiose movie theaters in Mexico. From its inauguration in 1949 during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema until it was shut down in 1998. Still abandoned, the crumbling facade is a gloomy yet visually stunning testament to the glamorous peak of the country's film industry. Located in Colonia San Rafael, a neighborhood that was once known for its stage and movie theaters, but later fell on hard times and became something of a red light district. Recently this neighborhood has seen a revival, but Cine Ópera still sits empty and some even say haunted, its Art Deco architecture and artifacts decaying.
To get there from La Palomilla you can take Metro Sevilla to Metro San Cosme.
Designed in a purposefully illustrative style, the Cabeza de Juárez is an over-sized tribute to one of Mexico's most beloved presidents. Built in the mid-70's, the museum and its iconic head were constructed to reflect the angular, graphic style of many Mexican painters such as David Alfaro Siqueiros and Bernardo O'Higgins. The square arch that the head rests upon stands 40 feet tall and holds the museum itself it is completely covered by a colorful mural. The murals both inside and outside the colosal monument tell the story ot the life of Benito Juarez who was President of Mexico from 1857 to 1872. A spiral staircase takes one up inside the head to a permanent exhibition that includes paintings by Tamayo, Rivera and Siqueiros.
To get there from La Palomilla you can take Metro Sevilla to Metro Guelatao.
Get out and discover the City! We'll be waiting to hear your impressions of these unique and awe inspiring places.


Destiny 2 - What's that Message Icon in the Bottom Right?
Those of you that have jumped into Destiny 2 yesterday as it debuted on PC, may have noticed a strange icon appearing in the bottom right corner of the screen. This icon will appear, and quietly flash at you, at various times throughout the game. This occurs most frequently upon first launching the game, or after visiting a social space. It can't be clicked on with the mouse and doesn't seem to impact the game much, aside from the fact that it's annoying.
What is the Icon in the Bottom Right?
The icon is known as the Text Chat icon and notifies the player that there is a text chat message waiting for them. It usually appears after visiting a social space and often contains merely a greeting and a notice that whispers from strangers are disabled.
In order to bring up the content hiding behind the flashing icon, press T by default. You may also rebind this to a different key on your keyboard by visiting the Key Mappings page in the Settings.
If you have no intention of ever using the text chat, which is limited to clan mates and fireteam members, then you can disable that feature altogether. Do so by visiting the Gameplay page in the Settings and toggling the Text Chat option to Off. Once the text chat feature is disabled, you won't ever be bothered by the silly little icon again.
Time will tell if Bungie will expand upon the text chat feature, as there are currently a number of criticisms leveled against it. Highest on that list is that there is no ability to chat with everyone in a social space. This is likely done for a good reason, as random chats from strangers aren't always friendly or appropriate, but most MMO games offer this ability. For a game that considers its end-game purpose to "make friends", it can be difficult to meet new people without the ability to talk to them.
Now that you know about the Message Icon, be sure to visit our Destiny 2 Guide Hub for more guides.


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Солёное Займище — село Черноярского района Астраханской области, входит в Черноярский сельсовет.

География
Село находится на правом берегу реки Волги в 10 км южнее районного центра.

История
Впервые о селе упоминает в XVII веке, в своих записях историк и путешественник Олеарий. Село образовалось в 1700 году. Поселенцев привлекало приволье, доброкачественная земля, бесплатное пользование лесами, бывшими тогда в этой местности довольно густыми, водоемами, богатыми рыбой. Удобно место было как для занятия
скотоводством, так и рыбной ловлей. Основными видами занятий жителей села было хлебопашество, скотоводство, в меньшей степени - рыболовство.

6 августа 2004 года в соответствии с Законом Астраханской области № 43/2004-ОЗ муниципальное образование «Село Солёное Займище» наделено статусом сельского поселения.

C 1 сентября 2016 года входит в Черноярский сельсовет.

Население

Численность населения Соленое Займище на 01.01.2010 г. составляет 2330 человек.  Население многонационально по составу: в селе проживают русские, казахи, калмыки, украинцы, белорусы, лезгины, ингуши, чеченцы, даргинцы, корейцы, армяне, азербайджанцы, немцы. Всего 22 национальности. Трудоспособное население составляет 1290 человек.

Экономика села
В настоящее время на территории муниципального образование осуществляют свою деятельность:
 ФГБНУ "ПНИИАЗ" (http://www.pniiaz.ru)
 На базе средней общеобразовательной школы образован ОГУ «Черноярский Губернский колледж» "на 400 мест, обучается — 470 детей.
 Детский сад «Золотая рыбка»
 Врачебная амбулатория
 Две аптеки
 МБУК «Дом культуры»
 МУП СЗКХ
 Почтовое отделение
 Отделение Сбербанка России
 ОАО "Россиянка"
 Пекарня
 Мельница
 АЗС
 Туристическая база ООО «Рыбацкая крепость»
 13 торговых точек
 4 кафе

Инфраструктура:
 Энергетическая подстанция
 Проложен межпоселковый газопровод высокого давления
 Современные телекоммуникационные сети
 Подъездные дороги с твердым покрытием с выходом на федеральную дорогу Астрахань - Москва

Достопримечательности
В селе сохранился храм Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы, построенный в 1906 году. Внутреннее убранство и иконостас храма не сохранились. В 1993 году храм признан объектом культурного наследия и взят под охрану государства. В октябре 2015 года в центральном приделе храма впервые за много лет состоялась литургия, которую возглавил епископ Ахтубинский и Енотаевский Антоний.

Известные уроженцы
 Попов, Иван Степанович - Герой Советского Союза
 Попов, Николай Захарович - Герой Советского Союза

Литература

Фотогалерея

Примечания

Ссылки
  Муниципальное образование "Село Солёное Займище".

Населённые пункты Черноярского района
Упразднённые муниципальные образования Черноярского района
Упразднённые сельские поселения Астраханской области
Сельские поселения, упразднённые в 2016 году


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Water Shortages May Escalate Conflict Between Countries
by Lina Barrera
Food security is the focus of this year's World Water Week, the leading freshwater meeting currently underway in Stockholm. Because both food and energy are closely tied to internationally shared water resources, an important part of the conversation will be about turning competing demands for transboundary water resources into cooperation and sharing of benefits.
Corona Falls on Guyana's Rewa River. (© Pete Oxford/iLCP)
Conflict over water resources is not a new phenomenon. People have competed for access to clean water for themselves, their animals and crops since time immemorial, particularly in dry areas of the world.
However, as climate change continues to impact people across the globe, scientists predict that droughts will increase in many places. Many rivers will see an often unmanageable increase in flow as glaciers melt, followed by significant decreases as their sources dry up. This will have immediate effects on the amount of water available for human consumption, as well as agriculture and electricity generation.
According to the FAO, by 2025 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world population could be under stress conditions. This prediction has raised concerns that there will be increasing and escalating conflicts over water amongst countries that share water resources.
Most conflicts over water resources in the last century have been domestic in nature. However, there has been plenty of tension between countries around water (such as between Thailand and Laos with the recent Xayaburi dam project in the Mekong River, and between India and Pakistan over the Indus River). Although countries generally prefer cooperation over conflict when it comes to water issues, occasionally these tensions have escalated into full-on international conflicts, such as between Israel and Syria in the 1950s and '60s.
Rather than waiting for a potential increase in water conflicts, CI has been working with partners to create legal frameworks for managing shared water resources that take into account the entire ecosystem and the flows of water needed to keep it healthy and providing benefits to all involved countries.
Primarily, we are supporting national efforts to ratify (and bring into force) the U.N. Watercourses Convention, which provides a framework that countries sharing water resources can apply to their own particular circumstances. This framework lays out requirements for the use of shared water resources in an equitable and reasonable manner that considers protection of the ecosystem and sustainable use, and requires consultation before conducting any activities that may harm the other countries in the basin.
As opposed to an agreement that specifies water allocations per country, the type of agreement made under the framework of the Watercourses Convention allows countries to adapt the management and use of their shared water resources in the face of a changing climate, while still meeting basic requirements of cooperation. Currently 60% of international water basins have no agreement in place for shared management, and many of the basins that do have only a very basic one in place.
Lina Barrera
As water scarcity becomes a growing issue, we believe that well-designed and basin-wide agreements are critical to ensure that international cooperation will win out over conflict.
Lina Barrera is the director of biodiversity and ecosystem services policy in CI's Center for Conservation and Government.
TAGSClimate Change, climate refugees, desertification, ecosystem services, Fresh Water, Sweden, World Water Week 2012
May 11, 2013 at 1:32 pm Tom says
I am thinking of contributing to this project. Could this really be part of a means of helping to increase the availability of clean drinking water in areas suffering from drought?
June 1, 2013 at 6:03 pm Tom says
Isn't this the kind of effort we should be encouraging? The more individual people, or communities, around the world have the technology and "power" to "control" for improving their "drinkable water reserves" the better off they will be. Won't they?

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THE STORY: Martin has just married the girl of his dreams. Only moments after their vows, however, Irene reveals that she, in fact, is deeply in love with someone else, a gas station attendant named Emil. To make matters worse, she called Emil during the reception and he's on his way to confront the groom. By the end of Act I, Irene has left Martin to be with her love. Act II is set forty-six years later. Noah, Irene's son, is waiting for his mother to be delivered by the police, having been found disoriented at the airport. We learn from Noah that Martin and Irene did, in fact, end up together. The mystery of how that happened is slowly revealed as Noah grapples with his combative and confused mother, his desperate sister, and Leo, the young man Noah pushes away despite the love between them.


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The top 10 music documentaries on Netflix UK right now
Netflix boasts an incredibly long list of genres that far surpasses the obvious Action, Comedy and Sci-Fi – and it offers no shortage when it comes to streaming engaging music content.
Over recent years, filmmakers have delved deep into the lives of some of the biggest artists of our time. Luckily for the music nerds among us, Netflix offers a plethora of gripping, inspirational and tear-jerking documentaries, shedding light on sides to your favourite artists that you had no clue existed.
Whether it's Katy Perry's fun tour diary, or the five pivotal years in Bowie's career, learn the story behind the sound – it'll only make you appreciate your next listen that little bit more.
Here are 10 music documentaries you really need to see.
1. Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)
Netflix user rating: ★★★★
Follow Katy Perry on and offstage in this revealing diary of her California Dreams tour, exploring her struggle between the inevitable tour drama and her out-sized personal life. And most intriguing of all, learn about her journey from a strict Christian upbringing and debuting with a religious-themed album, to marrying Russell Brand.
2. Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015)
Netflix user rating: ★★★★★
Follow Sinatra's growth from roadhouse performer to global singing sensation in BBC's four-part docuseries All or Nothing at All. From his birth to the influences behind his meteoric rise in his 20s – and drawing on comments from his nearest and dearest – the documentary uncovers an intimate portrait of the legendary crooner: his life, his talent and his iconic career.
3. Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)
Little Girl Blue captures the life, career and persona of the timid – yet triumphant – rock legend that was Janis Joplin. A compelling celebration, it highlights her accomplishment in being the first to step foot in the all-male rock 'n' roll club. Private letters and intimate interviews with those who knew her well reveal what was truly a fragile soul.
4. Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage (2010)
Follow Rush's journey from anonymous Toronto trio to worldwide phenomenon. Whether you're a fan or not, Beyond the Lighted Stage is a year-by-year portrait of the enduring, influential rock band that anybody can enjoy.
5. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2014)
Explore the trials and tribulations of one of the most successful heavy-metal bands in history in Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004), as the members commit to two years of group therapy to resolve their conflicts. Plus, check in on the group 10 years later in episode 2, as they reconnect to reflect on the documentary's legacy and its influence on the band.
6. David Bowie: Five Years (2013)
The BBC documentary David Bowie: Five Years features a wealth of Bowie's unseen personal archives to reveal something unique about his mind and soul during each of the five pivotal years in his career (1971, 975, 1977, 1980 and 1983). From his regeneration in Berlin with his critically-acclaimed album Heroes, to his global success with Let's Dance, discover the journey in which Bowie became a real icon of our time.
7. Reincarnated (2012)
Vice magazine's Andy Capper follows hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg as he journeys to Jamaica, where he immerses himself in Rastafarian culture, rechristens himself Snoop Lion and produces his first reggae record: Reincarnated. A gripping documentary exploring his spiritual reawakening.
8. What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
Simone receives a fitting tribute with this Netflix original documentary, including previously unseen footage and exclusive recordings of one of the most influential jazz and blues singers of all time. Perhaps the most intriguing element of this biographical film is its exploration of how she used her talent for change. Discover the legendary singer and activist that was Nina Simone.
9. Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child (2010)
Voodoo Child chronicles the phenomenal career of the rock-guitar god that was Jimi Hendrix. Vintage concert footage, personal artefacts and interviews with Paul McCartney and Steve Winwood reveal a new side to the groundbreaking performer.
10. History of the Eagles
History of the Eagles is a three-hour mini-series exploring the captivating story of the country rockers, from the perspective of each of the seven band-mates. From their early days, to their acrimonious split and their eventual reunion, the documentary paints a vivid picture of the Eagles, one of America's most successful bands.
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Q: Save user authentication status in vuex state is safe Solution? I've watched various videos on spa vue authentication. All those videos provided a vuex based solution
Like this ;
They created function in getters such as loggedIn that it returns user authentication status .
store.js
[...]

state:{
    token: null,
    user: null
},
getters: {
    loggedIn: (state) => {
        return state.token && state.user ? true : false
    },
},

[...]

Dashboard.vue (This is a protected route)
[...]

beforeRouteEnter (to, from, next) {
    if(store.getters.loggedIn)
        next()
    else
        next({ name:'login' })

}

[...]

Everything is working correctly but I can change state manually by vue dev tools thus I can enter the protected route so authentication is not working properly.
My questions :

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*Can the user modify the vuex state in production mode?

*Save user authentication status in vuex state is safe Solution?

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Can the user modify the vuex state in production mode?

Yes, the user can do anything to the state of the app. You can obfuscate some things, but you cannot prevent the user from inspecting or modifying the data of your app.

Save user authentication status in vuex state is safe Solution?

It is one approach, and I do recommend it especially as your app size grows it will become easier to manage shared state in your app. But I wouldn't say it is "safe" or "unsafe".

I can change state manually by vue dev tools thus I can enter the protected route so authentication is not working properly.

The app's behavior can be easily circumvented as you have described. You only have complete control over the server code. If the protected route becomes accessible on the client because the user tampered with the data using dev tools, then the server should reject any requests for privileged data that the protected route requires.


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MRD Might Aid in Efforts to Personalize Early Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment
Jessica Hergert
Early lines of treatment for non-small cell lung cancer treatment might be effectively guided by minimal residual disease.
Minimal residual disease (MRD) has the potential to be a useful prognostic tool in personalizing early lines of treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer, according to David R. Gandara, MD, in a presentation during the 22nd Annual International Lung Cancer Congress® (ILCC), a program hosted by the Physicians' Education Resource®, LLC.1
"Looking at what is happening, not only in lung cancer but in multiple other tumor types, [the integration of predictive MRD] has the most promise of anything we will talk about at ILCC," said Gandara, a professor, director of the Thoracic Oncology Program, and senior advisor to the director at the University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Establishing the Utility of Liquid Biopsy in Advanced NSCLC
MRD has an established prognostic role in the treatment of patients with advanced NSCLC, Gandara said. However, before this, liquid biopsy with circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), for example, demonstrated potential applications throughout the management of patients with NSCLC, from screening to diagnosis to disease monitoring to determining mechanisms of resistance to therapy.
However, like many technologies that have been used in later-line settings, the field of NSCLC is hoping to incorporate liquid biopsy, and, in particular, MRD testing, into earlier lines of treatment, explained Gandara.
"Doing [liquid biopsy] in the advanced-stage setting, means that we can possibly apply it to early-stage disease if we have assays that are sensitive and specific enough," said Gandara.
MRD: Predictive and Prognostic?
A 2017 study, which was published in Cancer Discovery, demonstrated that ctDNA analysis can identify post-treatment MRD in patients with localized lung cancer and do so earlier than radiologic imaging, which was standard at the time.2 The findings from the study showed that 94% of patients had detectable ctDNA in the first post-treatment blood sample as assessed by cancer personalized profiling by deep sequencing (CAPP-seq).
"We have already established to some extent that we can use MRD detection and that this correlates with prognosis," Gandara added.
Findings from another study (NCT03004755), published in Nature in 2017, demonstrated that phylogenetic ctDNA profiling can predict disease recurrence; however, the technology was limited at the time in terms of universal application to an MRD setting, Gandara explained.1,3
Subsequently, findings from a large, retrospective study of 21,807 patients with treated, late-stage cancer, including NSCLC, showed that cell-free DNA sequencing was able to identify subclonal structures and emerging resistance mechanisms.4
An 85% detection rate with the Guardant360 plasma next-generation sequencing assay was reported from the analysis. In thoracic cancers, the detection rates were 93% in small cell lung cancer and 87% in NSCLC. Notably, the median variant allele frequency (VAF) rate was 0.41% (range, 0.03%-97.6%).
"Remember in blood, when we talk about VAF, we are talking about comparison to all the DNA that is in the blood, not just the tumor DNA," Gandara said.
Now, with positive data emerging from studies conducted in the adjuvant setting, such as the phase 3 ADAURA (NCT02511106) and IMpower010 (NCT02486718) trials, the question remains as to whether MRD will predict for which patients should receive adjuvant therapy vs who is effectively cured after surgery, Gandara explained.
Definitive Data and Ongoing Research Efforts
Studies are ongoing with the goal of addressing the question of whether MRD assessment has utility in the adjuvant setting, Gandara said.
For example, the ongoing phase 3 MERMAID-1 trial (NCT04385368) is evaluating MRD assessment in patients with surgically resected stage II/III NSCLC.5 After surgery, patients will undergo plasma collection for MRD status testing. Then, patients will be randomized 1:1 to receive durvalumab (Imfinzi) plus chemotherapy followed by durvalumab or placebo plus chemotherapy followed by placebo for up to 12 months. The primary end point of the study is investigator-assessed disease-free survival in the MRD-positive analysis set with MRD status serving as a stratification factor.
The study investigators will use whole-exome sequencing to identify tumor-specific variants within a patient's surgical specimen. Then tumor-specific DNA in the plasma can be detected in the adjuvant setting.
Additionally, the phase 3 MERMAID-2 trial (NCT04642469) has recently begun enrollment of patients with stage II/III NSCLC who underwent curative-intent therapy.6 The study is evaluating the efficacy of durvalumab vs placebo in patients with MRD-positive disease; patients with MRD-negative disease will receive surveillance instead of durvalumab or placebo for up to 96 weeks.
"[The MERMAID-2 trial] is relevant and will give us information in a new way. Both [the MERMAID-1 and MERMAID-2 trials] will be important studies," Gandara concluded.
Gandara DR. Minimal residual disease in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): emerging role in therapeutic decision making. Presented at: 22nd Annual International Lung Cancer Congress®; July 29-31, 2021; hybrid interactive conference.
Chaudhuri AA, Chabon JJ, Lovejoy AF, et al. Early detection of molecular residual disease in localized lung cancer by circulating tumor DNA profiling. Cancer Discov. 2017;7(12):1394-1403. doi:10.1158/2159-8290.CD-17-0716
Abbosh C, Birkbak NJ, Wilson GA, et al. Phylogenetic ctDNA analysis depicts early-stage lung cancer evolution. Nature. 2017;545(7655):446-451. doi:10.1038/nature22364
Zill OA, Banks KC, Fairclough SR, et al. The landscape of actionable genomic alterations in cell-free circulating tumor DNA from 21,807 advanced cancer patients. Clin Cancer Res. 2018;24(15):3528-3538. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-3837
Peters S, Spigel D, Ahn M, et al. MERMAID-1: a phase III study of adjuvant durvalumab plus chemotherapy in resected NSCLC patients with MRD+ post-surgery. J Thorac Oncol. 2021;16(3):S258-S259. doi:10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.376
Phase III study to determine efficacy of durvalumab in stage II-III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after curative intent therapy. ClinicalTrials.gov. Updated July 15, 2021. Accessed July 29, 2021. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04642469.
This article was originally published on OncLive as "MRD Offers a Potential Predictive Strategy to Further Personalize Treatment in NSCLC"
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Looking for the treat that you just can't take your hands off of? Look no further than Chocolate Dipped Strawberries to Devour, a delicious treat that you can't help but devour! This gift is best paired with many of our flower gifts, so be sure to find the flowers from Toronto Blooms that best match with these treats to create the ultimate gift.
Really impressed with this basket. The berries were of a prime quality and probably very fresh and the combination with chocolates was really good. This would make a very classy gift for anyone.
This was a delish treasure of a hamper. The strawberries were plump and sweet with chunks and balls of chocolates thrown in with them. There was a decent number of strawberries in the box and none of it was spoiled or rotten. Ordered it for holidays and enjoyed in with the family. Everyone liked them. Definitely recommended.


Will SWFs' Global Hunt for #Properties Continue?
Sovereign wealth funds are at a turning point in the real estate markets. Is it time to adjust their strategies or just cash out?
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Sovereign wealth and public pension funds grabbed a series of headlines in 2014 as they bought up expensive properties in developed markets. Prime office properties in so-called gateway cities like London, New York and Paris attracted the lion's share of sovereign funds' capital, accounting for $13.8 billion of the $23 billion they spent on global real estate, according to Sovereign Wealth Center data. Of the major business centers, funds favored London, which received $4 billion in investments in 2014. In the U.S., however, sovereign funds looked beyond New York, the traditional favorite, and targeted other major cities including Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. In the U.S. capital alone sovereign wealth funds bought four office buildings for a total of $733 million.
One of the biggest real estate stories of 2014 involved Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the arm of the central bank that oversees the world's largest sovereign fund, Norway's $880 billion Government Pension Fund Global. NBIM announced that it would allocate 1 percent of its total assets - over $8.5 billion per annum - to core real estate in developed markets between 2014 and 2016. NBIM fell short of its mark in 2014, deploying only $5.4 billion, as more competition for prime commercial assets, often from Asian pension funds and insurers, drove yields down and prices up.
Last year marked a turning point for sovereign wealth funds investments in other asset classes. Known largely as conservative investors, they started to embrace riskier strategies, including direct investments in privately owned technology and biotech companies. This developing trend had major repercussions in real estate too. Funds allocated more of their capital to logistics properties, for instance, as the boom in online shopping drove demand for delivery hubs in developed and emerging markets alike. Among the most active funds in this subsector were the $589 billion Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and Norway's GPFG. The two funds formed separate partnerships with San Francisco-based logistics juggernaut Prologis. ADIA teamed up with Prologis in China and NBIM in the U.S.
Gingko Tree Investment, a unit of China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), on the other hand, targeted the more traditional retail sector, investing in two U.K. shopping centers, located in Leicester and Bristol. Overall, sovereign wealth fund foreign direct investments in logistics, retail and industrial properties - primarily in Europe and Asia - totaled $3.2 billion in 2014.
In some other prime property hotspots, such as Melbourne and Sydney, a rush to buy real assets pushed up prices and some of the more opportunistic sovereign investors, such as GIC, with an estimated $315 billion in assets under management, decided to divest. In November 2014, the Singaporean sovereign fund sold an office tower at 175 Liverpool St. in central Sydney for A$390 million ($337.4 million); it also put its Australian industrial and logistics real estate portfolio on the market for A$900 million. One of the first sovereign wealth funds to enter the Australian real estate market, GIC now looks to be taking advantage of high valuations and shifting its attention to other economies in the region where entry prices are lower.
One of the countries GIC is targeting is Japan. Like other government investors, GIC has been attracted by several factors, including cheap mortgages, strong yields and a strengthening economy. GIC's bullish stance on Japan was illustrated in August 2014, when it paid ¥170 billion ($1.6 billion) for the Pacific Century Place office building in central Tokyo - this was the biggest property deal in the country since the financial crisis.
Other sovereign investors are flocking to Japanese real estate. In 2013 the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) had been part of a consortium that bought the Shiba Park office tower in Tokyo for ¥117 billion ($1.2 billion) in 2013, and in 2014 it committed a further $150 million to its joint venture with Australia's Goodman Group, which owns a portfolio of logistics properties including in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), with an estimated $304 billion in assets under management, made an even more unusual investment in Japanese real estate. In January 2014 the fund backed Singapore-based real estate investor Orange Grove Capital Management's ¥23 billion ($110 million) purchase of 17 branches of the Round One Corp., a chain of neon-lit bowling alleys and karaoke booths.
Overall, QIA spent most on real estate in 2014, allocating $6.2 billion across 14 deals. NBIM followed, buying 13 assets worth $5.6 billion. GIC made the largest number of investments; we recorded 21 purchases worth a total $4.1 billion. These figures underscore the Singaporean fund's desire to diversify its property portfolio: GIC often invests in emerging markets where prices are generally lower than in developed ones.
All in all, sovereign wealth funds spent $23 billion on property in 2014 - but with Norway yet to unleash its full spending power on global real estate, we expect that number to rise sharply in the coming years.


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Pentatonix featuring Whitney Houston, "Do You Hear What I Hear?" is listed in the NY Post's "Best Pop Christmas Songs of 2019"!
Pentatonix featuring Whitney Houston, "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
The a cappella group has owned this season with multiple holiday releases. But on this track from their new compilation, "The Best of Pentatonix Christmas," these carolers lay back and let Houston sparkle with vocals she recorded in her glory days.
See the full list on the NY Post!


I met up with this wonderful Kanata family along the beautiful beaver pond trail near their house. This is one of my favourite areas to walk, there's so much beautiful scenery everywhere you look and lots of great places for dogs to sniff!
They wanted to make sure to include their 2 year old Golden Doodle, Ally….isn't she adorable?! Her cute little ears would pop up when I would squeak the little ball I brought along.
Big Brother & Little Sister got along really well…I think that's really great for teenagers (my brother & I definitely did not when we were teens :))!
This handsome young man was just graduating from High school and heading off to University.
I really enjoyed looking at this family photo session. What a great looking family, the teenagers are so sweet and they do look like they care about each other! I wish I lived up North near the Kanata or the Ottawa Region where the session changes and you get to take Fall photo's! Michelle Barbeau Photography does such a wonderful job capturing family photo's!!
Great idea, family photos with the family pet. Love them.
LOVE! Such great portraits of this family and their cute pup!


A three night training course for new and existing baptism team members will take place in Carlow in May 2011.
A three night training course will take place in the Cathedral Parish Centre, Carlow on Thursday, May 5th, 12th and 19th from 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
These nights are for new baptism team members and for existing team members who would like to refresh their training.
Bookings can be made through Faith Development Services by emailing fds@kandle.ie or by telephoning 059 9164084.
Closing date for booking is Tuesday May 3rd.


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Magnús Pétursson (* 14. September 1940 in Reykjavík) ist ein isländischer Phonetiker.

Leben
Er legte die Thèse d'Université 1969 und Thèse d'État 1973 an der Universität Straßburg ab. Von 1974 bis 1983 war er wissenschaftlicher Assistent in Hamburg. Von 1983 bis 2005 lehrte er als Professor für Allgemeine angewandte Phonetik an der Universität Hamburg.

Werke (Auswahl)
 Isländisch. Eine Übersicht über die moderne isländische Sprache mit einem kurzen Abriss der Geschichte und Literatur Islands. Buske, Hamburg 1978. ISBN 3-87118-319-9.
 Joachim Neppert, Magnús Pétursson: Elemente einer akustischen Phonetik. (1. Auflage als Manuskript gedruckt). Hamburg, 1984.
 Neuauflagen, zuletzt: 3., durchgesehene Auflage. Buske, Hamburg 1992. ISBN 3-87548-027-9
 Lehrbuch der isländischen Sprache. Buske, Hamburg 1980. ISBN 3-87118-434-9.
 Mehrere Neuauflagen, zuletzt: 7. Auflage, 2017. ISBN 978-3-87548-565-3.

Literatur
 Christliebe El Mogharbel und Katja Himstedt (Herausgeber): Phonetik und Nordistik. Festschrift für Magnús Pétursson zum 65. Geburtstag (= Forum phoneticum. Band 73). Wissenschaftliche Buchhandlung Theo Hector, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 3-930110-24-5.

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I'm already thinking about 2015. I can't help it.
My crystal ball is still a bit foggy about 2015. On the plus side, there's the trip to Cuba, two fresh titles for lynda.com, a new photography workshop in June, and for the most part, my clients seem happy. On the negative side, there's all the stuff that's going to happen that I don't know about yet. And to be honest, there's probably not much I can do to prevent it, especially right now.
So I should take a little break. Visit with my friends and family - share a few stories, have a beer or two, and give thanks for an amazing 2014.
I don't think it makes any difference what particular holiday we celebrate. There's a theme that runs through all of them: be thankful for the blessings and share them with others.
2015 will be here soon enough. And when it arrives, I'll be ready. But for now, I'm going to press the pause button and think about how darn lucky I am.
Then go spend the evening with my family.


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Home Peo...People Groups Suan
/ in All China
Suan in China PRINT VERSION:
The Suan have only been reported in China
Photo Source: Copyrighted © 2023 Operation China, Asia Harvest All rights reserved. Used with permission
Lalo, Central
The Suan have been mentioned in a few local Chinese publications. Outside of their immediate area, however, the Suan are completely unknown. The government has officially counted them as part of the Yi nationality. The Suan are usually mentioned along with the Pengzi, who reportedly live in the same area and have the same population as the Suan yet appear to be two different ethnic groups.
Nothing is known about the history of the Suan; where they originated or how they came to evolve into a distinct ethnic group.
Today, most Suan customs have been swallowed up by the pervasive Han culture. In the past, however, the Suan had a proud culture. They shared many of the traits that other Yi groups possess, including funeral rites. Visiting one Yi group in the early 1900s, famous missionary Samuel Pollard wrote, "The custom is that at death an imposing ceremony is held in the home. Then the tablets of wood are placed in the bags or baskets and left there for three years. In this time the ancestors are supposedly being worshipped in the home. After that time, a goat is killed in sacrifice, the tablets are escorted out. A short log is selected, split in two, the interior scooped out, and the ancestral baskets with tablets placed inside and the halves roped together again. The bound log is left on a hillside or cliff. ... The old and new spirits are thought to reside in this trough of wood."
When the three year period after the death of a person has expired, the Suan believe bad people will go to hell to be tormented by demons. "The [Devil] has under his orders evil spirits who play all sorts of objectionable tricks; the most notable are those that cause illness in men and animals. The [Suan] therefore use no remedies; the pimo [shaman], by various procedures, consults destiny, discovers what evil spirit is incarnated, and chases it out of the body of the sufferer by ritual formula, accompanied by the sacrifice of an animal."
Groups that are small in size tend to be lost in the thicket of human souls in China. Although the Suan are a small, precious ethnic group, they have never appeared on any mission list of peoples in China and have never been focused on for church planting. They are an unreached and unevangelized people. Perhaps the best chance for them to hear the gospel has been through Chinese language gospel radio broadcasts. There are few Christians in Yongde County who could potentially reach out to them. Until someone does, the Suan will remain untold.
The Suan people need to put their trust and identity in the hands of the loving God of Creation who sent his son to make it possible for them to enter the Kingdom of God.
Pray for the spiritual blindness and bondage to the evil one to be removed so they can understand and respond to Christ.
Pray for the Lord to provide for their physical and spiritual needs as a testimony of his power and love.
Pray the Suan people will have a spiritual hunger that will open their hearts to the King of kings.
Pray for an unstoppable movement to Christ among them.
Scripture Prayers for the Suan in China.
Operation China, Asia Harvest, Copyrighted © Used with permission
People Name General Suan
People Name in Country Suan
Pronunciation Soo-ahn
Population this Country 300
Population all Countries 300
Affinity Bloc Tibetan-Himalayan Peoples
People Cluster Tibeto-Burman, other
People Group Suan
Ethnic Code MSY50i
Region Asia, Northeast
Location in Country According to researcher Jamin Pelkey, 250 people belonging to the Suan ethnic group live in the Wumulong District and/or in the Mengban District of Yongde County. Yongde is situated within the Lincang Prefecture in western Yunnan Province. Source: Operation China, 2000
Location in Country According to researcher Jamin Pelkey, 250 people belonging to the Suan ethnic group live in the Wumulong District and/or in the Mengban District of Yongde County. Yongde is situated within the Lincang Prefecture in western Yunnan Province.. Source: Operation China, 2000
Primary Language Lalo, Central (300 speakers)
Language Code ywt Ethnologue Listing
People Groups Speaking Lalo, Central
Primary Language: Lalo, Central
Photo Source Copyrighted © 2023 Operation China, Asia Harvest All rights reserved. Used with permission


Just one of the unique 'Pyjama Sets' from a huge range of Alternative Fashion products from Spiral!
Don't fear him, Be the Reaper. Look like Death warmed-up in this killer one-piece design. 4pc Mens Gothic Pyjama Set is made of Top Quality 100% Cotton, Jersey using skin friendly, Azo-free dyes.


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Heteronyx granulatus är en skalbaggsart som beskrevs av Blackburn 1910. Heteronyx granulatus ingår i släktet Heteronyx och familjen Melolonthidae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Chmielnicki Uniwersytet Narodowy (ukr. Хмельницький національний університет, ХНУ) – ukraińska szkoła wyższa w Chmielnickim na Ukrainie, największy uniwersytet na Podolu. Kształcenie prowadzone jest w 40 specjalnościach na 7 fakultetach. Został założony 7 września 1962 jako fakultet ogólnotechniczny Ukraińskiego Instytutu Poligraficznego (ukr. загальнотехнічний факультет Українського поліграфічного інституту), a 29 sierpnia 1994 przekształcony w Technologiczny Uniwersytet Podola (ukr. Технологічний університет Поділля). Od 13 września 2004 ma obecną nazwę.

Ogród Botaniczny Chmielnickiego Uniwersytetu Narodowego
Ogród Botaniczny Chmielnickiego Uniwersytetu Narodowego jest ogrodem botanicznym o znaczeniu miejscowym. Zgodnie z rozporządzeniem Chmielnickiej Rady Obwodowej z dnia 11 listopada 2009 r. nr 20-24/2009 2,21 ha jego terytorium jest chronione prawem; powierzchnia całkowita wynosi 4,8 ha.

Dyrektorem ogrodu botanicznego jest kandydat nauk biologicznych, docent katedry ekologii Ludmyła Kazimirowa (ukr. Людмила Казімірова).

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Oficjalna strona uczelni

Oświata w Chmielnickim
Uczelnie techniczne na Ukrainie


Peter Baumgärtner: Jazzdrummer | Vita Engl.
Hailing from the Black Forest, Peter has been living in the Düsseldorf area for twentynine years. He studied under Billy Brooks at the renowned Swiss Jazz School.
An experienced jazz drummer, Peter has worked with Silvia Droste, John Goldsby (WDR Big Band), Norbert Gottschalk, Matthias Nadolny, Lydia van Dam, Jack van Poll, Peter Weniger, Beverly Daley, Klaus Osterloh, Axel Fischbacher, John Marshall (WDR Big Band), the Sultans of Swing, the Düsseldorf's Kommödchentheater, and the Hair musical – to name but a few. His work has been recorded in a wide variety of CD, radio and TV productions.
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	Use:   "server",
	Short: "A brief description of your command",
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	},
}

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NATURE Opens Up About Feeling So Embarrassed Throughout Their "RICA RICA" Promotions, They Did Not Even Need Followers To Watch Them
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In a recent interview, Loha opened up about the seven members' true feelings regarding their past promotions and the decisions their company made for them. The era that stood out the most in a negative way was "RICA RICA" which was released in January of this year.
It received a notable amount of attention online for its unique—borderline comedic—choreography where they moved their legs in a hopping motion.
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According to Loha, the members also found it bizarre and were extremely hesitant to try it out when it was first shown to them. In fact, she couldn't help but think, "Don't tell me that we will do this…"
When we first received the choreography, to be honest with you, we were just like, 'OMG.' It was not just that we were shocked. As soon as we saw it [we were speechless and thought] 'We have to do this?' I can't explain enough how I felt.
— Loha
They held onto the slight chance that the song would at least be a cool one in order to offset the strangeness of the choreography: "It will come out as a girl crush concept, right?"
Unfortunately, their expectations were dashed. Loha emphasized that they had a simple desire to be taken seriously as a girl group, and having a divisive concept gave the opposite result.
To be honest, since we are also a K-Pop girl group, we also wanted to do something pretty and cool.
They were so embarrassed by the "RICA RICA" point choreography, they did not want their fans or any audience member to watch them live. Since music shows were still closed to the public last January in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, this small reprieve was given to them.
One thing that made me think, 'What a relief' was that audiences were not allowed inside the music broadcasting hall due to COVID-19.
Despite their feelings, the members still made sure to do their best at all times.
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Maui: Four reasons it's a magical holiday destination
Emma Brannam
Not a sight you see very often unless you're in Maui. Photo credit: Supplied
"Maui is magical," my daughter mumbled recently, her mouth full of shaved ice.
She was reading from a shop sign, but agreed with the sentiment entirely.
Of course she did. She'd just been swimming with a mermaid and had managed to make her mother do the same, but more on that in a moment.
We'd never been to Hawaii until this year. While all the islands are meant to be fabulous, we chose Maui for its relaxed vibe and couldn't have been happier with our pick. The beaches are beautiful, the people are friendly and there's so much to see and do.
We swam and snorkelled with turtles (they found us rather than the other way around), hiked lush trails, drove the famous road to Hana and tried out a few paid activities.
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Make like a mermaid
I mean, who doesn't want to channel The Little Mermaid, or for the adults, Darryl Hannah from Splash?
Maui has a range of operators offering mermaid experiences and outings can be held at the beach, in the sea or resort pool. I chose Mermaids on Maui.
Sarah the mermaid at Mermaids on Maui. Photo credit: Newshub.
Getting the tails on took a bit of wriggling, but was easy enough.
Learning how to move in one was not.
I did my best sexy sea siren impression but more closely resembled a giant sea slug. It was really hard work. Even moving around on the beach or lifting my tail up in a mermaid pose was difficult, never mind learning to swim with it.
Apparently, children take to mermaid swimming far more quickly than adults, as my daughter proved. I was comforted to know that our mermaid instructors Miristi and Sarah were trained in water safety and rescue.
Our package included photos and videos in the water and a couple of incredibly cute mermaid themed gifts.
It ended in the perfect way when Sarah the mermaid model swam off into the distance back to her 'sea cave' to sleep.
My daughter was astounded and to this day is still slightly confused. Hey, in magical Maui anything is possible!
Cost: Packages start at US$365 (about NZ$567) for one mermaid or merman.
Top tips: To keep the cost down, let your kids channel their inner mermaid without you. You can take photos. For those who don't want to be mermaids or mermen there's also a shark fin.
A submarine is the perfect way to check out Maui's marine life without getting wet. Photo credit: Newshub.
Take the plunge in a submarine
Not everyone wants or is able to swim, snorkel, scuba dive or make like a mermaid to discover interesting sea life. You can stay dry in a submarine.
Atlantis Submarines Maui operates several times a day from the harbour at Lahaina. It's a short boat ride to the sub, which descends to a depth of about 30m and cruises around the seabed.
To ensure there's always plenty to look at, the company paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to sink an old ship. It's been there for nearly 15 years.
We saw all sorts of tropical fish, although at that depth their colours are muted, and three reef sharks lazing on the bottom. My daughter was ecstatic that she'd seen the real deal and all from the safety of her seat (especially as there had been a shark attack in the week we were there).
Cost: From US$124 (NZ$192) for adults - some of the deals include children for free. As it's likely to be the sort of activity you'll only try once, Maui is the perfect place to do it.
Top tips: Make a day of it in Lahaina. It's a beautiful old town that reminded me a lot of our Far North town of Russell. Go shopping, ride the sub and snap a photo under the sprawling Banyan tree, the oldest in Hawaii. We also had lunch in Mick Fleetwood's bar, which was tasty and affordable. If you're lucky, the rock and roll icon might even be there when you visit. It's been known to happen.
Attending a Luau is a must in Maui. Photo credit: Newshub.
Have a hula of a time
One activity Maui has a wide range of is luaus - a traditional Hawaiian party or feast that is usually accompanied by entertainment.
I opted to go with The Grand Luau at Honua'ula, which did not disappoint.
The setting - just off the beach in Wailea - was perfect, with a gorgeous sunset thrown in the mix.
The event combines storytelling, dance, culture and traditional Polynesian food, all slickly put together. Even though there were several hundred people in attendance, it still felt rather intimate.
A rather clever dance with a parachute dress. Photo credit: Newshub.
The storytelling was easy to follow, the costumes colourful and there was lots of variety in the action such a fire knife display, an elegant dance with a parachute and a ribbon aerial act in the palm trees. Kids and adults alike also got the chance to learn to hula with the professionals which everyone loved.
What topped it off for us was discovering that the very entertaining MC, Richard Chadderton, was a Kiwi. After a quick grilling from me, next to the kalua - a
pig being roasted Hawaiian style - he explained that he'd studied on Oahu for four years before marrying into the Grand Luau at Honua'ula family. A perfect match!
Some online reviews actually criticise the food at this event which really surprises me. It far outshone other buffets I've been to at events like this. There were masses of hot and cold choices and alcohol flowed freely.
Cost: From US$99 (NZ$153) per adult. Costco can offer the cheapest prices.
Top tips: Your table number is decided when you check in ahead of the event. When its time to enter a little later, there is the most ginormous queue. Make sure to wait in the shade for a bit or go for a walk. There's no need to rush. If you like a drink, plan not to drive as the free cocktails are good. Also, make sure to have a bit of extra cash for extras, such as photos or souvenirs.
Sunset as seen from Haleakalā, almost 10,000 feet above sea level. Photo credit: US National Park Service
Head up Haleakala
A holiday in Maui isn't complete without a trip up to the summit of Haleakala, the world's largest dormant volcano. The best time to visit and peer over the crater is either for sunrise or sunset.
Depending on where you're coming from, it can take up to two hours to drive the Haleakala Highway and then up the winding Haleakala Crater Road leading to the summit of Haleakala. To make the most of the trip, we opted to view the sunset as we wanted to check out some beauty spots along the way.
We've done other volcano climbs around the world but this one was truly magnificent, even on a partly overcast day with a warning from the park ranger that we might not see much. She needn't have worried - we were more than satisfied and the sun setting on Maui was the perfect end to a magical trip.
Cost: US$25 (NZ$39) for a private vehicle to enter the Haleakala National Park.
Top tips: Be sure to make a reservation ahead of time for the sunrise trip or you'll be turned away. Also, leave plenty of time to get up there. Parking gets horrifically busy even at sunset.
Turtles, turtles everywhere often hiding in plain sight. It took a while to spot these weren't rocks! Photo credit: Newshub.
If you can, stop off on the way and check out a few of the towns such as Paia and other sights on the way.
We did a cheese tour at the Surfing Goat Dairy (no actual surfing goats, thankfully). The tour is quick and quite expensive, but you do get pet the animals, learn how they're milked and try some tasty cheese.
Maui, like many holiday hot spots, is hard on the wallet, so my recommendation would be to pick only one paid activity and save the rest of your cash by enjoying the free activities, fantastic food and shaved ice.
Opting for a condo insead of a hotel can also be a sensible choice for families as you get self-catering convenience without missing out on facilities such as a pool.
The very beautiful Makena beach. Just one of several amazing beaches on Maui. Photo credit: Maui Tourism
* Emma received complimentary or reduced rates at The Grand Luau at Honua'ula, Mermaids on Maui and Atlantis Submarines for this article.


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Q: Add Column to Powershell Display Output I'm writing a script to audit the disk partition types in our virtual environment. I've got this code that produces the following output:
$vmName = "VM NAME"

$output = Invoke-VMScript -ScriptText {Get-Disk | select Number, @{name='Size (GB)';expr={[int]($_.Size/1GB)}}, PartitionStyle} -VM $vmName -GuestUser $Username -GuestPassword $Password

$output.ScriptOutput | FT -AutoSize

Output:
Number Size (GB) PartitionStyle
------- --------- --------------
      0       160 MBR

This alone is fine, however I also want to add the name of the VM as well, since this will be looping through thousands of VMs. I tried this, but it produced blank output for the ComputerName:
$vmName = "VM NAME"

$output = Invoke-VMScript -ScriptText {Get-Disk | select @{l="ComputerName";e={$vmName}}, Number, @{name='Size (GB)';expr={[int]($_.Size/1GB)}}, PartitionStyle} -VM $vmName -GuestUser $Username -GuestPassword $Password

$output.ScriptOutput | FT -AutoSize

Output:
ComputerName Number Size (GB) PartitionStyle
------------ ------ --------- --------------
                  0       160 MBR

Any ideas for how I can make this work?
As a bonus, any ideas for how I can add the actual name of the VM in there since the vSphere name may not be the actual name of the machine?

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*Invoke-VMScript -ScriptText accepts only a string containing PowerShell commands, not a script block ({...}).

*Since there is no separate parameter for passing arguments to the -ScriptText code, the only way to include - invariably stringified - values from the caller's scope is to use string interpolation, as shown in the next section.

*

*Notably, the usual script-block-based mechanism of employing the $using: scope in order to embed values from the caller does not work.

*Passing a script-block literal { ... } to -ScriptText technically works, because on conversion to string the verbatim content between { and } is used, but is best avoided, to avoid conceptual confusion.

Note:

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*Below is an explanation of your problem and a fix for your original approach.

*You can bypass your problem if you add the calculated columns via select (Select-Object) on the caller's side (as hinted at by iRon), using the VM property of the object output by Invoke-VMScript, which contains the remote computer name (which Lee_Dailey helped discover):
$vmName = "VM NAME"

# Only run `Get-Disk` remotely, and run the `select` (`Select-Object`)
# command *locally*:
# Note the need to extract the actual script output via the .ScriptOutput
# property and the use of the .VM property to get the computer name.
$output = Invoke-VMScript -ScriptText { Get-Disk } -VM $vmName -GuestUser $Username -GuestPassword $Password |
  select -ExpandProperty ScriptOutput -Property VM |
    select @{l="ComputerName";e='VM'}, Number, @{name='Size (GB)';expr={[int]($_.Size/1GB)}}, PartitionStyle

The command you're passing to Invoke-VMScript via -ScriptText is executed on a different machine, which knows nothing about your local $vmName variable.
In PowerShell remoting commands such as Invoke-Command, the $using: scope would be the solution: ... | select @{l="ComputerName";e={$using:vmName}}, ...
However, $using: can only be used in script blocks ({ ... }).
While you are trying to pass a script block to Invoke-VMScript -ScriptText, it is actually converted to a string before it is submitted to the VM, because Invoke-VMScript's -ScriptText parameter is [string]-typed.
Since Invoke-VMScript has no separate parameter for passing arguments from the caller's scope, the only way to include values from the caller's scope is to use string interpolation:
$vmName = "VM NAME"

$output = Invoke-VMScript -ScriptText @"
  Get-Disk |
    select @{ l="ComputerName"; e={ '$vmName' } },
           Number,
           @{ name='Size (GB)'; expr={[int](`$_.Size/1GB)} },
           PartitionStyle
"@ -VM $vmName -GuestUser $Username -GuestPassword $Password

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*Note the use of an expandable here-string (@"<newline>...<newline>"@); important: the closing delimiter, "@, must be at the very start of a line (not even whitespace is permitted before it); see this answer for more information about string literals in PowerShell.

*$vmName is now expanded up front in the caller's scope; to make the resulting e={ ... } script block syntactically valid, the expanded $vmName value must be enclosed in '...'.

*By contrast, the $ in $_  must be _escaped - as `$- since it must be passed through to the remote machine.

That said, since you want to determine the actual computer name on that remote computer, you don't even need string interpolation; use $env:COMPUTERNAME:
$vmName = "VM NAME"

$output = Invoke-VMScript -ScriptText @'
  Get-Disk |
    select @{ l="ComputerName"; e={ $env:COMPUTERNAME } },
           Number,
           @{ name='Size (GB)'; expr={[int]($_.Size/1GB)} },
           PartitionStyle
'@ -VM $vmName -GuestUser $Username -GuestPassword $Password

Note that in this case - since no string interpolation is needed - a verbatim (literal) here-string (@'<newline>...<newline>'@) is used, which also means that no escaping of pass-through $ chars. is required.
When string interpolation isn't needed, you could actually pass the script text via a script block ({ ... }), which simplifies the syntax somewhat (a script block stringifies to its verbatim content between { and }), but since a string is ultimately passed, it is better to use one to begin with, for conceptual clarity.


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It begins. The 2015 awards season took its first major steps forward last week, following several weeks of various critics associations making their top picks, with the announcement of nominees for this year's Screen Actors Guild Awards and Golden Globes.
The nominees for the 21st SAG awards were announced Wednesday morning and are as follows for film:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Jennifer Aniston, Cake
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Naomi Watts, St. Vincent
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Meanwhile, the nominees for this year's Golden Globes were announced the following morning. Here are the nominees pertaining to film:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Julianne Moore is earning raves for her role in Still Alice.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
David Oyelowo, Selma
Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Emily Blunt, Into the Woods
Helen Mirren, The Hundred-Foot Journey
Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars
Quvenzhane Wallis, Annie
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Bill Murray, St. Vincent
Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice
Christoph Waltz, Big Eyes
Best Animated Feature Film
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Birdman swept the Globes with seven nominations.
Best Director – Motion Picture
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ava DuVernay, Selma
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, Birdman
Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game
Johann Johannsson, The Theory of Everything
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Gone Girl
Antonio Sanchez, Birdman
Hans Zimmer, Interstellar
"Big Eyes" – Big Eyes, Music and Lyrics by: Lana Del Rey
"Glory" – Selma, Music by: John Legend, Common, Lyrics by: John Legend, Common
"Mercy Is" – Noah, Music by: Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Lyrics by: Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye
"Opportunity" – Annie, Music by: Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler, Will Gluck, Lyrics by: Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler, Will Gluck
"Yellow Flicker Beat" – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, Music and Lyrics by: Lorde
What does it all mean? Well, as with any race, there are some surprises to be had, and a significant showing from films that have emerged as frontrunners. Let's take a look.
Perennial favorites Birdman, Boyhood, The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything showed that they are here to stay for the rest of the season and are basically locks in the Oscars' Best Picture race. Each film is up for Best Ensemble at SAG with no less than two actors from each film recognized in the individual acting categories; a similar story unfolded with the Golden Globes, as each film garnered multiple nominations (Birdman has the most at seven).
There was a time when Foxcatcher's chances at awards gold seemed to be drifting away, what with its very limited run and good-not-great reception (supposedly, it's a hard movie to love). This week's announcements put it back in the ring. Steve Carell and Mark Ruffalo have solidified themselves as contenders, while Channing Tatum is essentially out of consideration. In addition to Carell and Ruffalo coming out on top, the SAG and GG noms for best picture keep it well within the running.
Apparently the GG voters for Best Drama are high on biographical stories, as every nominee — barring Boyhood — is based on true historical events and people.
One of those films, Selma, won't see wide release for several more weeks but has gained a lot of traction within the last month or two. Chronicling Dr. Martin Luther King's march from Selma, Ala. to Montgomery, the film was left off SAG's nominees but found favor with the Golden Globes, as did its star, David Oyelowo and director Ava DuVernay. If more nods arise for DuVernay, she could become the first black woman to win a Best Director statue, much less garner continual nods.
Two yet-to-be-released titles that were predicted to be award darlings were noticeably absent from the proceedings: Clint Eastwood's war biopic, American Sniper, and Angelina Jolie's adversity-overcoming, sports drama, survival story, POW spiritual endurance story, Unbroken. The Oscars are known to split from the GGs on their picks but the early mixed/tepid response to the two might have done them in early. At best, expect just one of the two to proceed.
You know who was not done in, despite everyone expecting it to be? The Grand Budapest Hotel. Given the film's very early release in the year, many were sure the limited memory of the various guilds would play against the film's chances — after all, there wasn't a single Best Picture nominee at last year's Oscars that was released before October. Last week's announcements blew away all doubts that Wes Anderson's whimsical, multi-narrative tale will be a contender (with signs pointing to the director himself placing well in the running). Not only has room been made for GBH at the nominee table, star Ralph Fiennes is also getting noticed for his hilarious role as M. Gustave.
Grand Budapest is a success story in keeping interest going that puts other movies of its ilk to shame — movies that were released much closer to awards season. Several recent releases that were gunning to be top contenders seemed to have slipped in overall favor but are still getting nods in the areas they deserve praise for.
Gone Girl wasn't present in the Best Drama list but still took nods for Rosamund Pike's standout performance, Gillian Flynn's whipsmart screenplay and David Fincher's skilled direction.
Likewise, Dan Gilroy's media thriller Nightcrawler probably won't see much notice but Jake Gyllenhaal's transformative role in the film as the slimy Lou Bloom did not go unnoticed by both SAG and GG.
Like Nightcrawler and Foxcatcher, Whiplash is another film that hasn't found its box office stride (despite the fact that it is amazing). While that might have kept it from entering the forefront of voter consciousness, J.K. Simmons is still getting due attention in the Best Supporting Actor categories as a strong frontrunner.
As expected, Christopher Nolan's Interstellar didn't make a splash with voters (more like a thud) and was absent from any acting, directing and writing categories here. I see no reason to expect any less from the Academy. However, Hans Zimmer's score did make the cut at the GGs, and with Antonio Sanchez's score for Birdman unable to qualify for the Oscar, that makes it something of a frontrunner come Oscar time.
As stated, Interstellar just won't see any love from Oscardaddy in the major categories, despite Paramount's plans to pursue it — mixed reactions and whatnot. That said, it would be foolish to not think the film will be everywhere come time for the technical awards to appear, especially visual effects and cinematography.
And finally, while it seemed pretty clear that The Weinstein Company would push The Imitation Game all the way in the drama side of the race, one surprise was in how far they bought campaigned for St. Vincent into the running. While it wasn't predicted to gain notice (like, at all), the film still picked up a SAG nom for Naomi Watts, and two Golden Globe nods; one for the film and one for Bill Murray. Could we have a dark horse on our hands? Another The Artist situation? Probably not. Hopefully not.
We'll just have to see where the wind takes us on this one.
The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, hosted again by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, take place first on Jan. 11, 2015 live on NBC.
The 21st Annual SAG Awards follow on Jan. 25, 2015 and can be seen on TBS.
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Chateau Haut-Mouleyre is located in the village of Escoussans, in the wine growing region of Entre-Deux-Mers. This, of course translates as 'the entrance of the two female horses.' The derivation of this name dates back to the 1640s, when the big wigs of the Medoc, looked around Entre-Deux-Mers, saw no Chateau's the size of Versailles, scoffed and declared it a one-horse town. Not taking this insult lying down, the winemakers of Entre-Deux-Mars marched two mares straight into the vineyards of Paulliac and prompted the horses to kick over their wheelie-bins. To this day, the two regions have had a friendly rivalry. With wines as complex as this, with bright damson, dark cherry, violet and vanilla aromas, Entre-Deux-Mars might soon be a 3-horse town.
Château Haut-Mouleyre is located in the village of Escoussans, near Cadillac, on the right bank of the Garonne. The vineyard is spread over the south and southwest-facing hillsides overlooking the Garonne, making the most of the sunshine and the good soil drainage. The various plots benefit from the variety of soil conditions on these hillsides, giving the wine plenty of personality. Various elements give the Château Haut-Mouleyre the potential for very high quality: the exposure and average age of the vineyards, the grape varieties, the soil and the diversity of the plots. The cellar where the wine is made and aged is also worthy of the estate's ambitions. Considerable work is done in the vineyards to ensure the best grapes and the optimum degree of maturity when they are harvested. The bottled wine has a deep ruby colour, with persistent flavours of bright dark fruit, violet and spicy notes from the oak. The wine is well-balanced with a long, fruity finish.