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Rebecca Garang Talks About South Sudan's Non-Existence Coup Attempt & Why Salva Kiir Lied
By Ken / Monday, 27 Jan 2014 05:14AM / Leave a Comment
Adapted from London Evening Post
In an exclusive interview, Madam Rebecca Nyandeng Garang de Mabior has told The London Evening Post how the current crisis in South Sudan that has claimed an estimated 10,000 people and left many injured and homeless started and who took the first shots that led to the total destruction of Dr Riek Machar's house and the killing of his brother and 34 Nuer soldiers who were guarding his house. Because of the importance of this story, we have decided to post it verbatim as Mrs Garang has told it to our editor Dr Henry Gombya.
Henry Gombya (The London Evening Post): — Thank you very much for agreeing to have an interview with us. My first question is, we would like you to tell our readers what you know is going on between President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Dr Riek Machar.
Rebecca Garang: Thank you for having me. You know what happened in South Sudan is something that is really bad and taking back the peoples of southern Sudan to war. This was something that happened on the 15th of last month but it had started earlier with some issues which were not being talked about in the party; democracy was not in the party. So some of our members were saying that we needed to reform the party documents and in the party too because there was no freedom of speech, and no freedom of press; a lot of things.
On the 6th of December we said OK then if the President is not calling for a dialogue, let's call a press conference so that our people know what has been happening. So we gave a press conference on the 6th, all of us together – Riek, the deputy chairman, Salva Kiir and at the same time we were the ones who wanted the reforms together with the groups who are arrested now.
RG: Yes it is us the members, including Dr Riek, who wanted reforms and those who were arrested, . [In] the SPLM we were saying that there were things that were not going well. When you use the tools of democracy like a press conference or a rally to prevent it, there are a lot of intimidations. So we said this needed to be corrected because when we started the war, we were a democratic movement even though there were some external problems here and there. But we can say that we were better because we were fighting for the freedom of our people.
Now when it came to the government of South Sudan, it didn't like that and that's why we spoke out. We conducted a press conference raising some issues which were very important. Then then Chairman [of the SPLM] and President, Salva Kiir did not like two of those issues. One was when we asked about the debt of US$4.5billion that needed to be repaid. We as leaders of the party and some of us government officials, we wanted to know what happened, where we got this US$4.5 billion debt. What did we do with it? And there were no national projects which had been carried out so that we could know about the national projects ongoing and the salaries. This is the questions we raised. The second question he did not like also was [about] the army. He [President Kiir] was training a parallel army of 15,000 soldiers which he called "the Republican Guard". We raised that question. Why train a parallel army when the national army was there? If he wanted to train people he could have taken a quarter from the national army. We raised the question of 15,000 being trained. Why is that?
These were the two questions he kept out of the press conference and wasn't happy about. He instructed his Vice President, Comrade James Wani to be at the press conference. And when Vice President James Wani came to the press conference, he did not address or answer the issues we had raised in the press release. He started with insults, insulting the groups. Here was the vice president insulting his army colleagues. They were his colleagues in the struggle, the armed struggle and were also his colleagues in the government.
Nobody answered back. And then we said our rally will follow on the 14th of December. Now they went and put the meeting of the National Liberation Council which is a political organ [to take place on the same day]. Now we went and sat again as a group and said OK. If the meeting of the National Liberation Council will be on the 14th [the same day as their proposed rally] then we don't need to conduct the rally. It will be a controversial issue because we are SPLM and this is a meeting of the SPLM. So we put off the rally and then we sought the advice of the deputy Chairman [of the SPLM] Dr Riek Machar who told us we do as they wanted. We [agreed] to postpone the rally because of the meeting of the National Liberation Council and let the Chairman reciprocate by saying that because [we had agreed to put] off the meeting of the National Council, [we could then] dialogue before going to the meeting.
In the evening somebody came to me and said the president wanted to see me, Madam Rebecca, at 9 O'clock on the 11th and then the group on the 14th [of December]. Then we said OK, maybe the president has accepted what we have proposed; very good gesture. But on the 14th in the morning he didn't call up. Then I was called from the meeting place and people had already gathered. [They asked me] are you not coming? Then I told them Oh! I was expecting that the president was going to see us. They said 'no'. People have gathered and the president is coming in 30 minutes. So all of us went in the meeting.
And when we went to the meeting, two Archbishops; the [Catholic] archbishop and the Archbishop of the ECS (Episcopal Church of Sudan) [Daniel Deng] and all other bishops were in the meeting. So the [Catholic] Archbishop, Archbishop [Paulino] Lukudu [Loro] was given a chance to say the prayers and he gave a very good speech, urging us to dialogue and urging us not to interrupt Christmas, saying that Christians should be allowed to pray well and dialogue. Then came Madam Hilde Johnson, a representative of the UN Secretary General who also took the same line as Archbishop Lukudu.
But when it came to the turn of our chairman, Comrade Salva [Kiir], he just dropped a bombshell of [insults]saying he would not allow 1991 to pass and that if Dr Riek wanted to do anything, he was ready for that and that he was not a betrayer, something like that. It was a very provocative speech which was divisive. Some of us, especially myself, were shocked because I thought that the president, as a leader of our people, would be speaking in the same voice as the people of God were speaking. That was a very bad speech and I think it was the start of all the problems.
In the afternoon session they (the Salva Kiir group) decided that some of us would not be given a chance to talk. The president remarked that he had come here to pass a document. He did not even say we would discuss it which is the SPLM constitution. So the document was passed with all the things that we were supposed to amend and add some other issues because now that we were in a bigger house. The president refused some of us [to speak] saying we should not participate [in any further discussions].
On the [following] Sunday, I didn't go to the meeting. I went to church and from there I returned to my house. Dr Riek called me in the afternoon and said 'did you go to the meeting?' and I told him no, I didn't go. Then he told me that some of our members were feeling this and feeling that and were saying that they did not want to go to the meeting because yesterday we had been refused to talk, not to participate. I think this is when they made a decision that they would do what they did. They may have thought that these people did not come to the meeting and so they were maybe planning a coup. So they made a decision that these people would be arrested. Some of them said they would try to make something so they could accuse these people of planning a coup and arrest them. This is what happened.
This thing happened in his [Kiir's] headquarters. When they went there, they wanted to disarm a group of Nuer. They went and found that in the president's headquarters they were many [soldiers belonging to the] Nuer. Their commander then went to the chief of the general staff and asked what he could do. He was then told to leave the [Nuer] soldiers until the next morning. But the officer did not listen to his orders and proceeded to try and disarm the Nuer soldiers. This was the time when this thing erupted and war begun in the headquarters of the president. Then at one o'clock at night, that is when the army headquarters started shooting because there were Nuer members there. Because they were watching the speech of the president, they knew there was a problem.
So some of them [the Nuer soldiers] went home to Dr Riek's house to get him out because if he had been in his house, he would have been killed. If you went to Juba now you could see the way his house was destroyed and it is not his private house, it is a government house. It was destroyed by Tiger, Kiir's army. And then the soldiers who were in Dr Riek's house, about 34 of them, were all killed, were murdered. The Chief of the General Service had told some people to disarm them [the Nuer soldiers] after telling them he was saving their lives by disarming them. These people (Kiir's Tiger troops) came and killed all of them. His [Machar's] office manager who was his brother, was also tracked down at a hotel and killed. So when they came in, they targeted massacring Nuer members. A lot of officials, administrators in Juba were killed. This is what literally happened.
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Q: Avoiding instance construction of return type while generating stub for method I have issue while trying to mock method that returns instance of abstract class with Rhino Mocks. Issue is that MammalBase constructor is invoked while stub is created and I would like to avoid that. All source code in question is locked for editing and only tests can be changed.
Eventually, base class is processing something by type attributes in constructor, and throws exception if no adequate attributes are detected. That causes a extensive logging.
My hope is to remove unnecessary logs from tests.
Is it possible to instruct Rhino Mocks not to instantiate return type (MammalBase) when it creates proxy while creating a stub?
Is explicit attribute or type setting possible for return value while Rhino creates stub for method with abstract class instance as return type?
Is avoiding constructor even possible without making stubbed method return interface?
I found that issue does not exist if:
1. Stubbed method returns array like MammalBase[],
2. Stubbed method returns derivate class like "Human" first, since no more constructors of base class are invoked.
Thanks in advance!
(Code sample)
public interface IDetermineMammalByType
    {
        MammalBase DetermineMammalByType(MammalBase creature);
    }

public abstract class MammalBase
{
    protected MammalBase()
    {
        CustomAttribute[] attributes = (CustomAttribute[])Attribute.GetCustomAttributes(this.GetType(), typeof(CustomAttribute));

        if (!attributes.Any(x=> x as CustomAttribute != null))
        {
            //This causes issue
            throw new Exception();
        }
    }
}

[CustomAttribute()]
public class Human : MammalBase { }

[System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Class |
                       System.AttributeTargets.Struct)]
public class CustomAttribute : System.Attribute
{
    public CustomAttribute() { }
}

public class MammalDetector : IDetermineMammalByType
{
    public MammalBase DetermineMammalByType(MammalBase creature)
    {
        //Some logic
        return null;
    }
}

//TEST
[TestMethod()]
public void DetermineMammalByTypeTest()
{
    IDetermineMammalByType myTest = MockRepository.GenerateStub<IDetermineMammalByType>();
    var creature = new Human();

    //Here it fails while mocking method
    myTest.Stub(x => x.DetermineMammalByType(creature)).Return(new Human());
}

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Gadfly: Uncommon figure of speech
It was bopping at Sydney's Cockle Bay Wharf Friday week ago. A couple of hundred true believers jammed in for a dinner that paid tribute to Norman Graham Freudenberg, AM, speech-weaver extraordinaire to Gough Whitlam, Neville Wran, Bob Carr and, I'd almost forgotten, Barrie Unsworth and Arthur "Cocky" Calwell.
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Gadfly: Last-ditch posting
Phillip Coorey, AFR's political correspondent, the other day confirmed that PM Trumble's pre-election frontbench reshuffle "would see the departure of Attorney-General George Brandis" – something that has been eagerly awaited for some time. He goes on to say that while London has frequently been mentioned as a likely destination for Bookshelves, "Wellington is now on the cards".
Gadfly: Nonsense of entitlements
While Fairfax boss Greg Plywood lectured the pollies in Canberra about the new world of media and the evils of the ABC having the temerity to promote its online content, his organisation set about its journalists' redundancy program in a manner that brought confusion and despair. First up the hacks were told: "To enable a fast turnaround in providing you with … information, you will see that we have excluded all leave entitlements."
Gadfly: Cranston pickle
It's incredibly heartwarming to see Flag-Pin Morrison muscling up in the wake of the alleged tax fraud arrests. "Those who think they can defraud Australian taxpayers – today's events show that they have another thing coming," the treasurer said, without being too fussed about pre-trial prejudice.
Gadfly: A Mark of respect
There's too much death about, particularly the death of good people. The arseholes seem to live forever. After a long illness and a brave fight, Mark Colvin has gone. He was a fixture on our landscape presenting ABC Radio's PM for 20 years with a voice that reassured us the program was dependable.
Gadfly: Unrepentant. Always.
To the House of Fairfax first, where the knives came out with another grand opening of the redundancy program. The culling of a further 125 editorial jobs at the once mighty publishing group is the most galling act of newspaper bastardry in recent history. The ABC's 7.30 reported on Wednesday night that in the past six years Fairfax has lost more than 600 journalists. The latest cuts are a crippling blow and make farcical the company's incantations about "strengthening journalism".
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The relationship between the Greens and the giant roughhouse union the CFMEU is curious. The union has tipped money into the minority party in rather generous dollops. There seemed to be some quid pro quo with Senator Richard Di Natale and his parliamentary colleagues opposing the restoration of the Australian Building and Construction Commission and legislation to reduce the number of union people on the boards of super funds.
Gadfly: Abercrombie and filch
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Gadfly took a leisurely drive along the Hume Highway to Canberra and what a treat to have Radio National for company. By the Mittagong turnoff there was James Carleton's show "God Forbid" with an item on the advantage of being white, leading into a top-rate discussion on 18C with academics Helen Pringle and Iain Benson. Hands down it was one of the liveliest talks on this well-worn topic since Dr Andreas Bolt (BA-in-waiting) had trouble with his fair-skinned Aborigines.
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ReReeti, Advocates of the Museum Sector in India
Varsha Venkataraman January 5, 2022
Museums are like time capsules that record and preserve crucial information about a civilization, its many communities, the cultural aspects of each community, and the tragedies. These facets evoke emotions of pride in people, and that pride pushes people to create awareness and preserve what is still left of that civilization. Museums across the world gather tourists from different parts of the world. If you truly want to explore a place, make sure you visit their museums too. Indian museums are a treasure-chest filled with gems of history, pearls of ancient wisdom, and other precious stones of India's tangible and intangible cultural heritage.
However, that said, a large crowd does not flock to these museums. Even with the large collection of artefacts, low cost entry tickets, and guided tours, museums do not attract visitors. Maybe, it is time to go beyond collections. That is where ReReeti steps in.
We were in conversation with Tejshvi Jain and Tiggy Allen from ReReeti, an organisation that designs strategies and programs to bring people, cultural institutions, and museums together. ReReeti works with museums across India such as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, the Indian Music Experience (IME), Rumale Art Gallery and more. They spoke to us about the organisation's work and its projects, and their vision for Indian museums.
"Museums are harbingers of tradition and of our collective history, origins, and culture. For India, they are both part of our inherited colonial legacies, and spaces to reclaim national and community histories. This means that museums are a primary way in which our nation can promote itself, and therefore function as a method for communicating what India is, what it has been, and what it can become," they said.
Tejshvi Jain
The Story of ReReeti
Tejshvi Jain is the founder-director of ReReeti, who has had over a decade of experience working with museums and cultural centers. She was selected for a two-week training program at the V&A London, the world's largest museum for decorative arts and design. An eye-opening experience that led her to the best practices of a world-class museum.
"It was during this trip that the idea for ReReeti first came to me. I realized that the UK had a very strong community of museum professionals who were involved in collectively solving challenges faced by them. I wished India too had such a network," Tejshvi expressed. It was only two years later during her Arts Think South Asia fellowship that she was finally able to conceptualize the solution for the gap.
The name ReReeti comes from this origin story: Reeti means traditions in Sanskrit, and museums are holders of traditions of sorts. Our aim is to revitalize these spaces, and hence the name Re-Reeti was born.
Tiggy Allen is the operations manager at ReReeti and her first visit to a museum in India was in the Lal Quila (Red Fort) in Delhi. "With places like this, they are both museums and heritage sites in their own right, so it is slightly different to visiting a private museum or purpose-built space. I was blown away by the breadth of India's history, communities, geography, architecture and art, and I think that the country's wealth of museums reflects this - each is a microcosm of this variety and complexity," she reminisced.
Her time in India was initially supposed to be for a few months, but over time she realised her love for Bangalore - the weather, the people, the buzz - and found a community of people that she did not want to leave. Tiggy's partner is Indian, so the couple chose to stay here. Later, she became involved with ReReeti after reading about their White Pepper Black Pepper: Bangalore in World War 1 project online. She began working as a volunteer soon after, finding ReReeti's approach to heritage and to museum work very interesting and innovative.
Showcasing India's Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage
Integral to the 5000-year old Indian heritage, is her culture and traditions. This most definitely includes India's intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), which has created an impact, in many different ways, on various parts of the world. A dynamic and multifaceted civilization, India's development, over the centuries, can be seen in the various intangible art and cultural traditions, and museums bring them to light.
"There are some great examples of museums in India also working to showcase intangible cultural heritage, for example the Orissa State Tribal Museum, the Conflictorium and Mehnat Manzil in Ahmedabad, and the Museum of Mankind in Bhopal. India also has many national parks that are part of UNESCO's natural heritage (GHNP for example.) Museums have the capacity to showcase both tangible and intangible heritage, and to become leaders in the movement to have more of India's heritage recognised both nationally, and globally," Tejshvi said.
"Most of the collections in museums in India be in archaeology, art, music or on personalities/communities all have an intangible component tied to it either in its influence, making or use. Highlighting these aspects can uplift India's ICH. When creating our learning experiences, we ensure to touch upon these aspects of intangible heritage, where relevant," Tiggy added.
Role of Media in Museums
Growing up, most of us have often come across shows that gave the museums a dull and boring outlook. We asked Tejshvi to help us understand if the media truly had an impact on the public, in this regard.
"I wouldn't blame the media for portraying museums as 'boring places to visit'. Let's ask ourselves how many museums we have visited are interesting? Indian museums have great collections, but unfortunately it stops there. The lack of interesting displays, absences of easy and consumable content and lack of relevant and engaging programming are few reasons for this labelling," she explained.
"Of course this is only the front-facing aspects, as there are many back-end challenges that also add to this perception. One of these is funding: funding for the country's myriad government museums, and private ones, is in the single-digit percentage of the country's GDP. This also limits how much museums can do, or improve upon. These are the problems ReReeti wants to help museums to solve,"Tejshvi envisioned.
That said, we wanted to know how television shows, films, theatres, and other Indian performing arts can create a platform to promote museums.
"We were also curious on how television shows, films, theatre, or other Indian performing arts can create a platform to promote museums. Using the content, collections and stories that are hidden in museums in their scripts is one of the ways to indirectly create curiosity about what museums hold. Engaging the museum space that goes beyond being a venue for an event, hosting relevant and engaging programmes for various audiences and strong communications and marketing plans are few of the other ways to promote a museum."
Stories hidden in museums are plenty. They are natural storytellers, taking us from one civilisation to another, one dynasty to the next, one era to another. Creating stories/films/tv shows with a museum built into the plot, organizing events in museum locations, sharing the stories of the artefacts using tech (AR,VR), can bring the world to the museum.
"At ReReeti, we have also developed object-based learning workshops and worksheets which can transform an object into the origins for a fascinating story for school students. Also taking museums into classrooms, and working with teachers to help them utilise museum resources," Tejshvi said.
In the initial years of ReReeti, they used to host engaging programmes for families and students in museums. These programmes would use the objects in the collections as entry points to explore other related concepts and themes. These had hands-on activities as a very integral part of the experience. They have worked with almost all the popular museums in Bangalore and have also hosted a four day festival at the State Archaeological Museum in Bangalore. This has been more difficult recently, due to the pandemic.
Designing Museums
With designing a museum, the key is to look at its community and its message: who are the regular audiences, who will come occasionally, and who might come once in their lifetime? What does the museum want its visitors to come away thinking about, or reflecting on? By looking at these aspects of engagement, the best way forward for designing the museum becomes clearer.
"We first try to understand the pain points, or problem areas, that the museum wishes us to help solve, and work from there. We always try to put community first, and like to speak to as many members of the museum staff and volunteers as possible to collect information - everyone has a different, and equally important, perspective," Tiggy explained.
Making museum displays interactive is a key way to engage onsite visitors, promoting learning and engagement at a deeper level. Interactives do not have to be hi-tech or costly - simple push and pull mechanisms, space for audiences to add to exhibits themselves, and pop out panels if done well can be equally as effective.
Role of Government and Academic Institutions
Museums in other countries have a lot more funding, and are therefore able to do more, and are marketed better. Also, often when abroad people are on holiday, and therefore have much more leisure time. "The key is to encourage Indian domestic tourists to visit museums when they are on holiday as well - and this requires more funding, and more innovative programming and marketing strategies powered by better resources," Tejshvi expressed.
Indian museums can improve vastly if they have institutional (government and private) funds and resources available to upgrade their displays, make their artefacts and objects more appealing to the visitors, and develop exhibitions that speak louder to local communities (culture, traditions, language). Indian museums contain some of the most interesting artefacts, but suffer from terrible aesthetics and marketing. Simple things like an entire room illuminated with one or two regular tube lights, which isn't enough and often reflects on the glass cases that the objects are housed in. And lastly, relevant and accessible programming to bring people into the museum and engage with the exhibitions could help to increase foot traffic.
"One of ReReeti's central goals is to make history relevant, relatable, and accessible to school students. We've been designing and organizing virtual field trips to heritage sites and developing classroom worksheets on museum objects to help students familiarize themselves with these historical artefacts and understand how they relate to these cultural sites and objects. We regularly partner with interested schools across India to deliver workshops and provide resources aiming to develop museum-based educational opportunities for school children. We also provide teachers with targeted training programmes which develop museum and object-based teaching skills," Tiggy elucidated.
Digitalising Museums
With the pandemic still upon us, we asked ReReeti on how museums can be digitalised, and what has the response been like, with their initiatives.
ReReeti developed a few programmes in response to the pandemic, all of which were virtual. For the museum sector, to support institutions and individuals through the time of crisis, we developed Talking Museums - a series of informal conversations between museum professionals working in a variety of spaces and places, Talking Museums aimed to build community in a time of isolation, providing a safe space for sharing best practices, discussing common issues, creating a network of support within the sector. We also partnered with Science Gallery Bengaluru to offer a free-of-cost practical workshop to fellow heritage professionals about how to build an online exhibition: the workshop was a huge success, and due to the huge numbers registered, we ran it twice at full capacity.
In education, we developed ReReeti Visits... a virtual programme designed to counter the fact that many school-going children missed out on field trips and interactive learning opportunities due to the pandemic. These virtual trips are immersive, interactive, and exciting, and are packed with interactive activities that allow students to look at history through fresh new lenses and engage their critical thinking through fun and engaging discussions. ReReeti currently offers trips to five different historical locations in India, ranging from the Independence Movement to the oldest civilisation in India.
The response to these initiatives during the continuing pandemic could be best described as a wave! The initial response has been very positive, but we have to deal with people's erratic schedules and more so, with screen fatigue. Audiences are interested in attending our variety of online events (skill development, workshops, teacher training, virtual trips for schools) but there have been times the interest has not translated into real-time attendance. We still consider this to be positive as it reflects that our programming is resonating with our audiences!
ReReeti is envisioned to be a platform for museums and museums professionals in India to network, share and collaborate. "We see ourselves as a resource house for museum professionals and a catalyst for museums to increase their social impact by being centres of life long learning and mental well being. We aim to be advocates of the museum sector in India, providing support in as many areas as possible," they remarked.
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Life is Strange 2 is the story of two brothers on the road together, surviving, meeting others and learning about themselves. Their relationship and how it develops is the core of the story.
Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson, who recently left Marvel over creative differences with Doctor Strange 2, has been tapped to helm the Labyrinth sequel.
The second episode of Life is Strange 2 will launch on January 24, 2019. The award winning Life is Strange series continues with a long-awaited sequel from DONTNOD Entertainment Two brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz, 16 and 9, are forced to run away from home after a tragic incident in Seattle.
The final episode of Life Is Strange 2, "Wolves," released on December 3 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. When I try to understand why people did not react with an open outpouring of.
Unfortunately for fans, Life is Strange season 2 won't be revealed next month during E3 2017. "We can't wait to tell you all about it when the time is right, but for now we are hard at work.
As much as I hated Season 1's ending, I think I'll give it a go. Hated this game. Give me a reason story wise or character wise OR EVEN VOICE ACTING why this game is good.
According to Life is Strange Director Raoul Barbet, as well as lead writer Jean-Luc Cano, have confirmed that they are interested in working on a new Life is Strange game. But the decision lies with Square Enix. We do not know the sales figures of Life is Strange 2 just yet with the latest episode coming out just two days ago. It will be a.
Life is Strange sequel in development. We loved Life Is Strange (official site) here at RPS.Even though we're so old that we had to Ask Jeeves (.com) what all of the slang its characters used actually meant, we fell in love with the autumnal world and the people sighing and struggling through their strange little lives.
Game details. One journey. Many paths. The award-winning Life is Strange series continues with a long-awaited sequel from DONTNOD Entertainment. Two brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz, 16 and 9, are forced to run away from home after a tragic incident in Seattle.
A prequel, Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, was released in August 2017, and a sequel, Life Is Strange 2, in September 2018. Gameplay. Players are able to rewind an event within a certain interval of time. Life Is Strange is a graphic adventure.
With the first in the series establishing a rich alive world to interact with, both the prequel Life is Strange: Before the Storm and the sequel Life is Strange 2 should be your first ports of.
I don't think Life is Strange season 2 is going to top season 1. Usually sequels sucks and could never beat the original. The casting and the plot and everything seem to be perfect and they seem to put all their efforts and resources and all their great ideas into this game. I just feel like the sequel won't live up to the original Life is Strange.
Directed by Sam Raimi. With Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong. Plot unknown. Sequel to the 2016 Marvel film 'Doctor Strange'.
Cassidy, center, is a potential romance interest for Sean in "Life is Strange 2." (Square Enix) In many ways, the sequel is the antithesis of the original. The protagonist doesn't have the.
Life Is Strange 2 is an episodic narrative adventure game in the Life Is Strange franchise by DONTNOD Entertainment and a sort-of sequel to the original Life Is Strange. Square Enix returns as the publisher, with Feral Interactive once again providing MacOS and Linux ports. It's October 2016, and Sean Diaz is like any other 16-year-old boy living in Seattle, Washington — he attends high.
Life is Strange 2's second episode is coming to consoles and PC on January the 24th. Titled "Rules", the next installment will follow the Diaz brothers on their journey to a distant relatives' house through a harsh winter. Along the way, they appear to bump into a familiar face in the form of Captain Spirit.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Seventies Mom from A Heart-wrenching, Tearful Journey A heart-wrenching, tearful sequel to the first game, Life is Strange 2 follows the journey of Sean and Dial Diaz, twin brothers who are framed for their father's death and are now on the run. The game explores their relationship as they move from place to place, evading the law and trying to keep Daniel's powers under.
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Well, that didn't take long. The last echoes of the inaugural balls had scarcely faded when the first protest march against Donald Trump hit the Washington Mall. I refer, of course, to the Women's March on Washington which took place on January 22, 2017, the day after Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.
Beloved by much of middle America, reviled by the elites, from the very beginning of his presidential campaign Donald Trump has been a figure almost impossible to ignore.
It was not my intention to write about Saturday's protest march against Trump. But the sheer size and radical nature of the event held in Washington and mirrored at other sites throughout the nation cries out for commentary.


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Traditionally the author was one Lao-Tzu Laozi which is an honorary title meaning the 'Old Master'. This book helps the readers to make difficult business decisions, cut through the unimportant details and roadblocks, optimize the time, and improve the relations with clients and really everyone else in life for that matter. True to the teachings of the Tao Te Ching itself, as well as to the tradition of Zen, Takuan draws from everyday experience and common sense, to reveal the basic sanity of nature and the inherent wholeness of life. People have taken to living their lives after this text, and have thrived upon its valuable advice. Third-party sites are multimedia services that allow you to read and download e-books. The title may be translated as Instruction regarding the Way of Virtue. For centuries, this famous book has inspired, enlightened, and also taught generations the importance of philosophy.
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लेकिन यह एक आयाम ताओ का है। तब पथ का एक दूसरा अर्थ लें: पथ है वह, जिससे पहुंचा जा सके; पथ है वह, जो मंजिल से जोड़ दे। लेकिन ताओ ऐसा पथ भी नहीं है। जब हम एक रास्ते पर चलते हैं और मंजिल पर पहुंच जाते हैं, तो रास्ता और मंजिल दोनों जुड़े हुए होते हैं। असल में, मंजिल रास्ते का आखिरी छोर होता है, और रास्ता मंजिल की शुरुआत होती है। रास्ता और मंजिल दो चीजें नहीं हैं, जुड़े हुए संयुक्त हैं। रास्ते के बिना मंजिल न हो सकेगी; मंजिल के बिना रास्ता न होगा। लेकिन ताओ एक ऐसा पथ है, जो मंजिल से जुड़ा हुआ नहीं है। जब कोई रास्ता मंजिल से जुड़ा होता है, तो सभी को उतना ही रास्ता चलना पड़ता है, तभी मंजिल आती है। ताओ ऐसा पथ है कि जो जहां खड़ा है, उसी स्थान पर, उसी जगह पर खड़े हुए मंजिल को उपलब्ध हो सकता है। इसलिए ताओ को ऐसा पथ भी नहीं कहा जा सकता। जहां खड़े हैं हम, जिस जगह, जिस स्थान पर, वहीं से मंजिल मिल सके; और ऐसा भी हो सकता है कि हम जन्मों-जन्मों चलें, और मंजिल न मिल सके; तो ताओ जरूर किसी और तरह का पथ है। इसलिए एक तो पथ का अर्थ है कहीं गहरे में, लेकिन बहुत सी शर्तों के साथ। दुसरा ताओ का अर्थ है: धर्म। लेकिन धर्म का अर्थ मजहब नहीं है, रिलीजन नहीं है। धर्म का वही अर्थ है जो पुरातनतम ऋषियों ने लिया है। धर्म का अर्थ होता है। वह नियम, जो सभी को धारण किए हुए है। जीवन जहां भी है, उसे धारण करने वाला जो आत्यंतिक नियम, दि अल्टिमेट लॉ, वह जो आखिरी कानून है वह। तो ताओ धर्म है--मजहब के अर्थों में नहीं, इसलाम और हिंदू और जैन और बौद्ध और सिक्ख के अर्थों में नहीं--जीवन का परम नियम। धर्म है, जीवन के शाश्वत नियम के अर्थ में। लेकिन सभी नियम सीमित होते हैं। ताओ ऐसा नियम है जिसकी कोई सीमा नहीं है। असल में सीमा तो होती है मृत्यु की; जीवन की कोई सीमा नहीं होती। मरी हुई वस्तुएं ही सीमित होती हैं; जीवित वस्तु सीमित नहीं होती, असीम होती है। जीवन का अर्थ ही है: फैलाव की निरंतर क्षमता, दि कैपेसिटी टु एक्सपैंड। एक बीज जीवित है, अगर वह अंकुर हो सकता है। एक अंकुर जीवित है, अगर वह वृक्ष हो सकता है। एक वृक्ष जीवित है, अगर उसमें और अंकुर, और बीज लग सकते हैं। जहां फैलाव की क्षमता रुक जाती है वहीं जीवन रुक जाता है। बच्चा इसीलिए ज्यादा जीवित है बूढ़े से; अभी फैलाव की क्षमता है बहुत। तो ताओ कोई सीमित अर्थों में नियम नहीं है। आदमी के बनाए हुए कानून जैसा कानून नहीं है, जिसको कि डिफाइन किया जा सके, जिसकी परिभाषा तय की जा सके, जिसकी परिसीमा तय की जा सके। ताओ ऐसा नियम है जो. And if you are more of a go-getter. Van De Water has collected editions of the world classic the Tao Te Ching and pondered this ancient, yet still vibrant Chinese text of wisdom literature. In the clarity of a still and open mind, truth will be reflected. The Tao Te Ching, Daodejing, or Dao De Jing simplified Chinese:? Some experts believe that the purpose of this style is to get the reader thinking to reconcile these contradictions. I have gone back to it again and again. We regularly check this is a fully automatic process the availability of servers, the links to which we offer you.


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Love, Lies and Murder - Book Tour and Giveaway
Love, Lies and Murder
Genre: Thriller, Suspense
Breathtaking suspense unraveling at train-wreck speed, in an unforgettable collection.
Sometimes the only way to do the right thing is to break the rules.
Love, Lies, and Murder is a collection of 19 short stories that explore the extremes of human emotion and the conflicts that result. Every story will leave you tense and breathless as the characters race to a conclusion that is as unexpected as it is satisfying.
Intense and gripping, each story features a hero that seeks justice and the triumph of good over evil by whatever means necessary—regardless of what society's rules find acceptable.
The collection is taut, visceral, and addictive. All the emotions we feel every day, when taken to their extremes, offer a roller coaster of passion, conflict, and chills.
Nineteen droplets of suspense in a thrilling anthology that will leave you unsettled, longing for more.
Fans of David Baldacci, Robert Dugoni, and James Patterson will love reading Leslie Wolfe.
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Excerpt from The Banjo:
He ran parallel with the train as fast as he could, reaching for the handlebar and trying to figure out how he could hop inside, when the freight car was that high. It was above his waist level, and he needed to grab onto something with both his hands and pull himself inside the car, if he didn't want the risk of slipping under the car and losing one or both of his legs in the process.
Freight train hopping was more difficult than he'd expected. He was almost out of breath and the train seemed to move faster, catching speed, while the distance between his extended hand and the handle he was aiming for increased inch by inch. At least that car had its door wide open and seemed empty. If he could only push forward some more, gain up on the damn thing, come close enough to venture a foot up that step, while grabbing onto the handle.
The train squealed and slowed down, as the tracks curved a little, and he pushed himself to run faster. Then he lunged forward with the last drop of energy he had left, and grabbed that handle while his left foot found the wide step underneath the car's open door. His right arm flailed in the air, desperately looking for something to grab, while his body was pushed backward by inertia. Then he felt a strong hand grip his right wrist and yank him up forcefully. He landed face down on the car's floor, while the same strong grip dragged him all the way inside.
"A thing like that could get you killed out here," he heard a man's voice say calmly.
He looked up at the man who'd pulled him inside. He was young, barely twenty years old, if even. His face was grimy, smudged with dust and sweat and dirt, and his clothes were nothing unexpected for a habitual train hopper. Hs blue eyes were fixed on his Rolex, and he quickly covered it with the sleeve of his windbreaker.
Still panting hard, he pulled himself up to his feet and shook the young man's hand.
"Thanks," he said, "I appreciate it."
"Huh," the young man replied with a grin, dazzling white teeth sparkling against the grime on his face. "You should." Then he laughed, a quick laugh cut short by a few coughs. "You're no train-hopper material, dude," he continued when he was able to catch his breath. "What, you got lost, or somethin'?"
"Nah," he replied, still panting. "Just looking for someone."
The young man whistled. "So, you got a place to live, and nice clothes, and food, but you hop trains for fun?"
"Not for fun, no. I'm looking for my brother," he replied. "Someone said he might have been riding freight trains through these parts of the country."
The young man gave him a good look, head to toe, and he felt he was being evaluated. Maybe the kid was thinking how much money he had on him, or if it was worth killing him. He held his gaze steadily, unafraid, glad to feel the holster of his weapon tight against his ribs.
"Name's Travis," the kid said, extending his dirty hand again.
He took it and shook it firmly. "Jack."
"Got some food on you, Jack?"
He hesitated a split second, then took out two of the chocolate bars he'd stuffed his pockets with before leaving the city.
Travis took one carefully, almost as if he expected him to slap him or punch him or something. Then he whistled again, and slowly unwrapped the bar, savoring the experience. Then he wolfed it down in two good bites, chewed hastily with his mouth open.
"Umm, good stuff."
Jack watched him eat and felt something tug at his heart. This kid was about the same age as Conrad, his younger brother who had vanished almost two months ago. Conrad was going home from school one day, and it was later than usual. He'd stayed at school longer, working in the lab with three other med-school students, colleagues of his at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and those three students were the last people to have seen him.
From the lab, he had to cross the campus and walk a few blocks through Streeterville, to the Brown Line train station. From what Jack was able to deduct, it was already dark when Conrad had left the university about seven, his banjo strapped on his back, and a small backpack in his hand. That's the way his colleagues described his appearance that day. He was his normal self, maybe a little tired after a long day studying countless blood samples on the electronic microscope, and he'd told everyone he was hungry.
Then he vanished. When he didn't come home that night, Jack had called the cops, but Conrad was an adult and they weren't going to open an investigation for at least twenty-four hours. His brother's phone was going straight to voicemail and, lacking any other means of investigating, Jack had gone to the university the next morning. He talked with Conrad's colleagues and heard that he had been in a good mood the day before, doing his usual routine after lunch, when he sang a couple of songs in front of the building for his cheering colleagues and passersby. There was no girlfriend who anyone knew about, nor did he seem disturbed by anything. He'd just left the night before, going home, as he normally did.
Only he'd never made it home.
Jack retraced his steps, with the help of a couple of students who'd walked to the Chicago/Franklin Brown Line with Conrad before, and knew which side of the street he liked to walk on, and where he usually stopped for a snack before hitting the train station. He walked the same street, by the ballpark, carefully observing every detail, yet almost missed the white wood shards that littered the street corner, next to some tangled, coiled banjo strings.
When he realized what those were, all the blood rushed to his chest and his heart thumped heavily, as if fighting to escape his chest cavity. He dropped to his knees next to the scattered pieces of wood, and took one in his hand, gently running his fingers over the glossy finish. Then he crouched lower, looking under the nearby trash can and saw a photo, barely showing from underneath some street litter. He grabbed it with two fingers and held his breath. He already knew what it was, an old photo of Conrad and him, when they were much younger, taken the day Jack had bought Conrad the banjo.
That day Jack had taught him how to play it, and Conrad, a talented guitarist and a natural for anything with strings, was playing the theme song from Doctor Zhivago before the end of the day. Not perfectly, but it was recognizable, and soon thereafter it was better, the twangy sound of the banjo warm and full under his fingers, sounding more and more like the balalaika in the original theme song. Since that day, Conrad had kept their picture tucked inside his instrument's pot, taped in place with a piece of transparent adhesive tape still clinging to the photo in Jack's hand.
He moaned loudly when he noticed the bloodstain on the photo, and, as if living through a nightmare, he heard one of Conrad's colleagues make a 911 call.
Nothing happened after the cops came; nothing useful anyway. Yeah, they'd confirmed the blood on the photo was his brother's. But that's where the trail went cold, despite countless video cameras scattered in the area, and endless interviews with pedestrians whose normal commute took them along the same street at about the same time of day. Then they speculated Conrad might be dead, a John Doe in some morgue, or an amnesic lost somewhere in the hospital system. But they couldn't find him anywhere, not in any morgue or hospital.
Jack didn't trust the police would do a good enough job. Per their official statement, they didn't have anything to go on. No other evidence, no body, no witnesses. Instead, they had countless crimes happening in Chicago every day, so many they were overwhelmed with work and unable to continue pursuing a case that had gone cold that quickly. But Jack didn't give up. He took the rest of the semester off, leaving his students in the capable hands of a colleague, and took to the streets, determined to find out what happened to Conrad. He talked to people, and spent day after day at that street corner, with Conrad's photo in his hands, showing it to everyone.
He was about to give up, defeated, although he still dreamed at night that his brother was out there somewhere, waiting for him, needing his help. But he'd already spoken with everyone, and he recognized almost all the people who commuted on that street on a daily basis. He kept going to that street corner though, as he'd done every day for the past month, and showed Conrad's photo to anyone willing to take a look. More and more people threw sympathetic, sad glances his way, while slowly shaking their heads; no, they hadn't seen him. Not then, not since.
Until one day, he found a homeless woman at that street corner, going through the trash can with shaky fingers. She stared at the photo for a long time, then said she must have been mistaken, because the man she'd seen still had his banjo. It was banged up, but the man still played, mostly at night, riding the freight trains. She'd seen him on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail, headed south, like many others, fleeing the cold and bitter wind of Chicago winters. Or maybe it was Union Pacific? She didn't remember. Probably he was going to California, but she wasn't sure; the man she'd seen didn't talk. He just played sad songs, she'd added, some reminding her of movies she'd seen, many years ago when she still was somebody who had a life.
Now, looking at that kid munching on the second chocolate bar, he only hoped that someone out there had shared their food with Conrad, wherever he was.
"So, who you're looking for?" Travis asked, wiping his mouth with an off-brown sleeve.
Jack took out Conrad's photo. "This is my brother; his name is Conrad. He disappeared from Chicago, two months ago. Have you seen him?"
Travis smacked his lips and sucked his teeth. "What if he don't wanna get found, huh? Man's got the right to roam free, ya know."
"If I find him and he tells me to get lost, I will," Jack said. "Have you seen him?"
Travis thought for a while, biting his lower lip. "I should be smarter than this and milk you of some cash, but you're an okay guy. No, I haven't seen him, but train beaters barb about some guy playing a banjo on them trains."
"Where? When?" Jack asked, suddenly invigorated.
"On the UP lines, mostly, back and forth from California. It's like the man doesn't wanna get anywhere; just wants to ride. Maybe he's a gypsy, not like you and me. But that's just what I heard tramps talk, that's all. I haven't seen him."
"What the hell is a UP line?" Jack asked, frowning impatiently.
"Union Pacific, man. You gotta learn your trains if you want a future that don't end up in the big house."
Jack scrambled to the car's open door, looking outside as if getting ready to jump off the train.
"Whoa, hold it; you're on a UP train now. Relax."
He still stared into the darkness of the moonless night, letting the wind cool off his burning face. One second his heart swelled with hope, and then next it dropped to the abyss of despair. How was he going to find Conrad among so many trains, going in all directions? He could spend years searching and not find him, passing him in the night without even knowing.
Then he turned toward Travis, a glimmer of renewed hope glinting in his eyes. "Will you help me? I got money. I got more in the bank. I just want to find him."
Travis stared at him for a long moment, then muttered, "Uh-huh, it's not like I got any prior engagements, if you know what I mean," he laughed, then coughed some more. "Get some sleep. We'll need to change trains, hit the California line."
Jack sat on the dirty floor, leaning against the car's rusty wall, and tried to doze off but couldn't. The train was going faster, rattling and chugging rhythmically against the tracks. Then it slowed and pulled into a side line where it stopped with a long, screeching sound of iron against iron.
"Uh-oh," Travis said, jumping to his feet. "Not good. Bulls might come."
Travis rolled his eyes. "Bulls, as in railroad cops. They catch us here, we're screwed." He leaned outside, checking the surroundings. It was quiet and dark, nothing moved.
"Ah, we're cool," he said, "we're on a branch line. They're keeping us parked here until another train passes us by. We're low priority," he scoffed, "we're unimportant. What else is new?"
Then he curled on the floor, hands folded under his head in a makeshift pillow. "Great time to nap," he muttered, half-asleep. "It's quiet for a bloody change."
He followed suit, but only leaned against the car wall as he'd done before; he couldn't bring himself to put his face on that grungy floor. The long hours caught up with him, because he dozed off without even knowing it. He dreamed of his brother, playing the banjo, and sometimes singing with it, although he always thought his voice didn't reach the skill of his fingers. But whenever music transported him, he added words and vocals to the instrument, and Jack loved the end result, although Conrad didn't always. Then the sound of a chugging train overlapped, almost drowning the banjo chords, and his eyes opened wide. He lunged to the door and held his breath.
There it was, faint, disappearing with the passing train, the sound of a banjo in the darkness. Without thinking, he got off the train and started running to catch the other one, his feet unstable against the loose ballast. He didn't care, and he forged ahead, clinging to the sound of that banjo as if it were a lifeline. Then he heard Travis behind him, coming fast.
"Move it, if you wanna catch this one, it's a dicer! Move your ass!" he yelled, and slapped his back as he passed him. He was younger, taller, faster, all helpful traits with train hopping.
Travis got his footing on a car and pulled himself inside, then yanked his arm and Jack let himself be pulled up, flailing desperately until he landed on the dirty floor of a freight car covered in loose straw that stunk of cow dung. But he didn't care; if he listened hard enough, somewhere under the chugging noise of the train, he could still hear the sound of the banjo.
"How do we get to him?" he asked, as soon as he could catch his breath.
"Ever been on a train car before?" Travis asked. "On top of it?" he added, gesturing with his finger.
He shook his head.
"It ain't that hard, I'll teach you," Travis said. "Let's wait until we clear the branch line. Someone might see us."
Jack looked at the kid with unspoken gratitude. He could've robbed him by now, taken his money, his cards, and his watch, or just killed him altogether. Instead, the kid was helping him, without asking for anything in return.
"What's your story?" Jack asked. "How come you're here?"
Travis smiled crookedly and turned away a little. "It was either this, or the system. My mom died, and they came to get me. My foster family was crooks, really bad people. I couldn't stay."
"How old are you?" Jack asked.
"Almost eighteen," Travis replied. "Soon I'll be able to do something other than ride these trains. Don't know what, and don't know how, but at least they won't chase me no more."
Slack-jawed, Jack found himself at a loss for words. He worked with young people, he was used to seeing them in school, clean and fed and loaded with attitude, texting and laughing and undisciplined. He wasn't prepared to see someone so young battle life on his own like that, starving on a train.
"Let's get going, we're good now," Travis said. "This cannonball's slowed down a little."
He led the way, demonstrating skill and athletic dexterity in getting them to the end of the car, then on top of the next car. From there, knees shaking worse than they'd ever done, Jack crawled on all fours behind the daring, young boy, who walked the train upright, wind in his face, unafraid as only teenagers can be.
As they got closer to the engine, the sound of the banjo grew louder, clearer, and Jack started to recognize some of the songs his brother used to play. Energized, he felt his fear vanish, and came down from the car's rooftop like a pro, imitating all of Travis' moves without hesitation. Then Travis pulled open a panel, and they entered the car where the banjo sounds were coming from.
It was dark, and the open side door only let occasional, distant light come in. The man didn't stop playing when they entered, and didn't look at them. He continued to play, his fingers comfortable and accomplished on the strings. Jack approached him, holding his breath.
"Conrad?" he called, but the man didn't stop playing.
He stared at the man and didn't recognize his brother. It was dark, and the man wore an unkempt beard that could have been growing for about two months. His clothes were so grimy, he couldn't tell if they were the ones Conrad had last been seen wearing. Jack resigned to listen,crouched on the floor next to the man, not daring to breathe. Soon a new day would break, and he'd know.
When the early light broke through the panels of the freight car, the man laid his banjo on the floor and closed his eyes. Jack searched the man's face, looking for a familiar trait, and couldn't be sure.
"Conrad," he called again, quietly. "It's me, Jack," he said, touching the man's arm.
The man kept his eyes closed, as if sleeping.
"May I?" Jack asked, gesturing toward the banjo, but the man didn't say anything and didn't open his eyes.
He took the banjo gently and started playing "Lara's Song," the theme music from Doctor Zhivago. In his hand, it sounded weird, almost unrecognizable; he'd never had Conrad's talent, only schooling. Note after note, the music came back to him, and his playing became stronger, more confident, and more recognizable.
When he started playing the unmistakable chorus, the man's eyes opened, and in those green irises Jack recognized his brother. He smiled and continued playing, hoping Conrad would say something, but he remained quiet. He watched Jack play the entire song, his eyes speaking volumes, but his words absent.
Then Jack set the banjo down and took out the photo. Conrad looked at it without a sound, but after a while, he took it and tucked it inside his banjo.
"Yes, yes," Jack exclaimed, "that's us, Conrad. You and me." Whatever had happened to his brother, there was still a part of him left intact, buried deep inside that man, and that part would guide Conrad home, just as it had helped him find another banjo to replace the broken one.
The train screeched and stopped, and Travis quickly pulled the door shut. "Trouble," he said. "Be quiet. We're in a big station; I believe it's Yuma."
"Good," Jack replied, and helped his brother to his feet. "We're going home. Come on, Conrad, let's go."
He pulled the car door open and jumped off, then Travis handed him the banjo and helped Conrad down. The kid's eyes were hollow, and his lower lip trembled a little. Jack took his hand to his pocket, and then changed his mind.
"You too, kid."
Travis stood there, in the doorway, staring, stunned.
"Yeah, you're coming home with us. Come on, it will be fun to have another brother. We might even teach you how to play the banjo."
Leslie Wolfe is a bestselling author whose novels break the mold of traditional thrillers. She creates unforgettable, brilliant, strong women heroes who deliver fast-paced, satisfying suspense, backed up by extensive background research in technology and psychology.
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What would readers remember after they finish reading the book?
There's a hidden side to every one of us, a part that only we know about, that's important to us, and that we wish to keep a secret. That hidden side of us is what makes us who we are, what makes us great at what we do. And that hidden side of us is what we, on rare occasions, allow into the open as a sacrifice needed to help those we care the most about.
Your writing style is fast, filled with dialogue, almost at the expense of descriptives and narratives. Why is that?
This is how human beings interact, especially when under pressure or stress. We stop paying attention to our surroundings, and focus on the task at hand. People interact with one another, talk to one another, and have feelings for one another and for everything we do. That's what I'm focused on, rather than specifying each article of clothing someone wears, or the color of the flower vase in an office somewhere. This technique isn't necessarily good or bad; just somewhat different from mainstream.
What's the biggest compliment you received from a fan?
It's when readers tell me they stay up all night to finish the book, because they couldn't put it down. That's music to my ears  Like any other artist and entertainer, I thrive knowing that I deliver that escape into the fictional world in a grasping, addictive, and memorable way.
You mentioned science, technology, psychology. How do you keep it real?
I do extensive amounts of research for my work, and I'm fascinated by what I have the opportunity to learn. Additionally, sections of my books go through a process of validation at the hands of several fantastic partners who are law enforcement officers, attorneys, scientists, doctors in medicine. In Dawn Girl, for example, there are sections that speak about using certain plant extracts and animal venoms to achieve certain goals. Despite the extensive research, my hands were shaking a little as I wrote them, metaphorically speaking, and I was relieved when my research "passed scientific review."
In the entire Las Vegas Crime Series, I had the privilege to enjoy the assistance of three fantastic friends: New York's best criminal attorney, an expert in casino gambling who spent his entire career in Las Vegas, and the most talented fashion director I've ever met. I'm grateful to all of them for lending me their edge.
Do you do any book signings, interviews, speaking and personal appearances? If so, when and where is the next place where your readers can see you? Where can they keep up with your personal contacts online?
Apart from social media and email interactions, I'm a veritable recluse. Email is the best and quickest way to reach me, and I was fortunate to build true friendships with readers over email. The majority of my readers ask me when's the next book coming out, not when I'm getting out of the house, so I get the hint and keep on writing.
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The Gunfighter is een Amerikaanse western uit 1950 onder regie van Henry King. De film werd destijds in Nederland uitgebracht onder de titel Geschonden glorie.

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De gezochte moordenaar Jimmy Ringo wil zijn misdaadcarrière beëindigen en terugkeren naar zijn ex-vrouw en zijn zoontje. Hij gaat naar hen op zoek in het woestijnplaatsje Cayenne. Tegelijk wordt hij op de hielen gezeten door de broers van zijn laatste slachtoffer en door een jonge knaap die zichzelf als revolverheld wil bewijzen.

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Condo owners should have more say, panel recommends
By Donovan VincentHousing Reporter
Wed., Dec. 25, 2013timer3 min. read
Excessive or misused condo fees, financial mismanagement, rigged contract bidding and buildings in poor repair.
These are among the nightmares Ontario's more than one million condo owners frequently face, and a major reason the province is reviewing the 1998 Condominium Act in order to revamp it and give owners more input and protection.
The Consumer Services ministry expects the new legislation will be introduced in the spring.
Stage 2 of the review is complete — a third is planned — and an expert panel on condominium issues recently made recommendations to the province on modernizing the act, Chief among them is an arm's-length oversight body called the Condominium Office, and the introduction of licensing and mandatory qualifications for condo managers.
The Condominium Office would resolve conflicts between owners and managers, or disagreements within condo boards.
A licensing system would require managers to take training courses on operating the buildings. Licensing fees would be covered by property managers and condominium management companies under a self-regulated system, said Dean McCabe, past-president and a current board member of the Association of Condominium Managers of Ontario.
A two-stage licensing process is proposed, McCabe said. The first would deal with a person's background and suitability to hold a position of public trust. The other would require the applicant to get the proper training and familiarity with the Condominium Act, financial management and reporting of records, building management, and administrative and human relations skills.
"There is an overwhelming consensus that condominium managers be qualified and licensed to carry out their significant responsibilities. One in 10 people in Ontario lives in a condominium and their quality of life depends to a great degree on qualified, well-trained condominium managers," Consumer Services Minister Tracy MacCharles said earlier this year.
Costs of the new Condominium Office could be covered by levying a small $1- or $2-a-month fee on condo owners, experts in the review process recommended.
But Linda Pinizzotto, founder and president of the Condo Owners Association (COA), is casting a wary eye on these recommendations, saying owners already pay enough in fees.
She's concerned licensing fees will "get thrown back to owners,'' and sees formation of a Condominium Office as a waste of time and money.
"We (the COA) already have our finger on the pulse of the situation regarding condo owners,'' said Pinizzotto, adding her group receives many calls and complaints from owners, and that the Consumer Services ministry should just work with her non-profit group to address their concerns.
The provincial Condominium Act governs the rights and responsibilities of developers, condo boards, owners and corporations, and has safeguards for owners.
But over the years problems have arisen in relation to Ontario's estimated 600,000 condo units, chief among them fraud or misspent funds derived from fees, said Anne-Marie Ambert, a condo owner and member of the Stage 2 expert panel.
"Problems of finances are the worst. Fees not properly spent, misused, money going missing, owners (not knowing) or disagreeing with where the money is going,'' Ambert said.
Because a large proportion of condo residents are tenants, it's difficult for owners to get together to do anything because they don't know where the non-resident owners are, Ambert said, adding this creates a "big situation of powerlessness,'' for owners.
The Condominium Office would register all condo buildings in the province, as well as the number of condo boards and units in each building, and keep tabs on who the managers are, Ambert said.
A website could explain the new Condominium Act when it's introduced, and owners could call the new office with their problems.
The proposed $1 or $2 fee to set up the Condominium Office would be a form of "insurance,'' Ambert argues.
"It's a small price to pay for knowing that if you have a problem you can ask someone. If the problem is not resolved, you could go to the office in person and speak to dispute resolution officers,'' Ambert said, adding the money could be paid through maintenance fees.
The office would reduce the need for mediation and arbitration of disputes, which she said cost owners a lot of money.
"It would be a place that you could turn to for help finally, a place that has legal teeth,'' Ambert said.
"We want the Condominium Act to be an act for owners, not an act for condo lawyers or other interests.''


A true color image (24 bit image) usually contains thousands of unique colors. This program uses K-Mean algorithm to find out the significant colors in an image and represents the image with less number of colors.
Personal lightweight wiki based on DidiWiki. Upgraded to accept text and highlight color, image resize and video (youtube, dailymotion...) embedded. Written in C, requires less than 1 MBytes of RAM.
Computes the min and max values within the input array, convert to 256 values, and apply a colormap to produce a color image (RGB).
This is a MATLAB implementation of the Color Frequency concept introduced by T. Kashiwagi & S. Oe.
imgs: m*k*n matrix. imgs(:,:,i) is a grayscale/BW image.
2. Compute the valleys of Jmap.
3. Valleys growing as the oversegmentation.


Is there any reason to prefer one approach to the other?
If I replace "Solucion" by "Solución" (please note the accented ó), which is the correct way to write this Spanish word, in both approaches I get meaningless letters instead of the expected output. If I use u"Solución", then Sage raises the error 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xf3' in position 6: ordinal not in range(128). Is there a way to use non-English characters?
I am using SageMath 8.5 on a MacBook Pro with macOS High Sierra.
In Python 2, current base, there is a distinction between strings (which are encoded in whatever your source fine is encoded into) and UTF_8 strings. See the Python documentation for discussion.
Check that you use utf8 strings, e. g. u"Solución".
Sage should use UTF-8 in any case, but maybe you are working on a file inadvertently encoded in, say, Latin1 ?
An alternative in the Jupyter notebook : you can use display_typeset to get all your output processed by Mathjax.
A function generating the HTML representation of an UTF-8 string probably exists in the zillions of available Python libraries. You could try to pip install one of them and import it in Sage, no ?
Of course in this case you just get a hex escape instead of the more readable entity name, which is not ideal. I think there are ways to get entity name conversions as well. Regardless this shouldn't usually even be necessary, but as you wrote unicode will be handled better in Python 3 across the board.
which provides exactly the kind of output I was seeking for.


Mansfield Town striker Shaq Coulthirst will have two front teeth in place for Saturday's trip to Morecambe after a trip to the dentist this week to put back in the one that was knocked out in last weekend's 2-0 home win over Carlisle.
Stags boss Steve Evans was incensed by the challenge that caused it, but as Evans was already serving a one game ban for abuse of the officials at Grimsby, he ended up having to bite his lip.
He said: "It was a red card. You know that and I know that – but the referee's missed it. That disappoints us.
"The other referee missed one at Grimsby and I ended up getting into trouble for that one, so I thought I'd better not mention this one to the referee or I might be in trouble again.
"They were both elbows, both off the ball and both late and dangerous in the face, both on the same player.
"Shaq's got his tooth and he will see a dentist tomorrow he tells me.
"Some players would buckle under that. They'd have a tooth out and their game would go to pieces. But Coulthirst's response was fantastic.


Chicago, IL, USA - March 28, 2018 - Apple today announced a new collaboration with Chicago Public Schools and Northwestern University to offer free professional learning to teachers across Chicago, designed to give educators the tools they need to bring coding and computer science into the classroom. This effort is an extension of an existing collaboration between Apple and the city of Chicago to bring coding opportunities to Chicago's nearly 500,000 students through a citywide expansion of Apple's Everyone Can Code program.
Crowds gather for an evening of programming centered around teaching and creativity.
Apple today announced a new collaboration with Chicago Public Schools and Northwestern University to offer free professional learning to teachers across Chicago, designed to give educators the tools they need to bring coding and computer science into the classroom.
Tim Cook welcomes the keynote audience to Lane Tech College Preparatory High School.
"Teachers make a world of difference in their students' lives, and we owe so much of our own success to their creativity, hard work and dedication," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO.
Angela Ahrendts attends a Today at Apple session at Apple Michigan Avenue.
Together, Apple, Chicago Public Schools and Northwestern University will establish a Center for Excellence at Lane Tech College Prep High School in Chicago, which will serve as a teaching and learning hub to introduce high school teachers to Apple's Everyone Can Code curriculum.
Educator Anthony Stirpe hosts a Today at Apple session focusing on video creation on iPad.
This collaboration will help expand opportunities for local teachers, giving them new expertise to share with their students.
Teacher Tuesday attendees learn how to use Clips.
Teachers will also have the opportunity to be trained on the App Development with Swift course in an effort to help address the national shortage of high school computer science teachers.
Members of the store team hold a jam session using GarageBand on iPad.
This effort is an extension of an existing collaboration between Apple and the city of Chicago to bring coding opportunities to Chicago's nearly 500,000 students through a citywide expansion of Apple's Everyone Can Code program.
Local Chicago artist and Lane Tech graduate Towkio performs at Apple Michigan Avenue.
"There's no better place than Chicago Public Schools — the first urban school district to make computer science a graduation requirement — to see the benefit that computer science instruction is having on students," said Dr. Janice K. Jackson, CEO of Chicago Public Schools.
Tim Cook joins guests for hands-on sessions with students and educators in the Creativity and Coding Labs.
Apple will develop the teacher training in collaboration with Northwestern University, leveraging decades of research and experience.
Professors from Northwestern will lead the sessions.
Apple showcased a variety of AR apps on the new 9.7-inch iPad.
Teachers will gain expertise in the Everyone Can Code curriculum, a free program designed by Apple to help students of all ages and backgrounds learn how to code, starting with basic coding concepts and advancing to tools for building fully functional apps.
The AR app Froggipedia allows students to virtually dissect a frog using Apple Pencil.
"We strive to bring Northwestern's research, teaching, and service missions together in our local communities to make lives better in our hometowns of Chicago, Evanston and beyond," said David Figlio, Dean of Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy.
Apple has worked with the city to bring its free Everyone Can Code initiative to Chicago Public Schools.
In addition to free professional learning sessions at the Center for Excellence, participating educators will also have access to in-school coaching and mentorship opportunities to ensure they are comfortable teaching the complete Everyone Can Code curriculum.
Cathleen Richardson discusses how Apple's Connected initiative works directly with educators to bring Apple products to the classroom.
Apple will provide iPads, Macs, carts and accessories to support the hands-on learning at the Center for Excellence.
Greg "Joz" Joswiak reveals the new 9.7-inch iPad with support for Apple Pencil, bringing the creative tool to even more users.
Swift is Apple's powerful and intuitive programming language that gives developers the freedom and capabilities they need to create the next generation of cutting-edge software.
At Woodberry Down Primary School in London, iPads help teacher Cassey Williams enable every child to find their own path to success.
Popular apps including Airbnb, KAYAK, TripAdvisor, Venmo and Yelp are all created with Swift.
The app economy has generated more than 1.5 million jobs in the US and more than 64,000 jobs in Illinois alone.
Susan Prescott explains how the Schoolwork and Classroom apps are designed to help teachers and administrators manage technology in the classroom.
The demand for coding skills continues to grow, with more than 500,000 programming and coding positions available in the US as of August 2017.
Technology has helped Nikole Blanchard's students at The Dunham School in Louisiana with their presentation skills.
Since the launch of the App Store in 2008, US app developers have earned over $16 billion in App Store sales.
Kasia Derza's older students use Swift Playgrounds to teach coding to the younger students at Chicago's Mariano Azuela Elementary.
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984.
Today, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV.
Apple's more than 100,000 employees are dedicated to making the best products on earth, and to leaving the world better than we found it.


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This is the team Derby County fans want to see against Norwich City
Rams fans have had their say on who they want to see line up for Frank Lampard's side tonight
Derby County fans have picked their team for tonight's Sky Bet Championship clash with Norwich City at Pride Park (7.45pm).
The Rams return home following back to back away trips, which included a memorable penalty shootout win at Old Trafford in the Carabao Cup third round.
That result was then followed up with a 1-0 defeat to Bolton Wanderers in the Championship at the weekend.
Following that defeat, Lampard has said that he could make changes for tonight's clash against the Canaries.
And Rams supporters have had their say on how Lampard's side should line up tonight.
Fans have voted to make three changes from the defeat to the Trotters, with one of those being Scott Malone coming in to replace Craig Forsyth at left-back.
Malone hasn't started a league game since the 2-1 win at Hull City in September, but did come off the bench for the closing stages of the 3-1 win over Brentford last month.
Rams supporters have opted to go with an unchanged midfield three, featuring Mason Mount, Craig Bryson and former Norwich man Bradley Johnson.
Two changes come in the forward trio of the Rams side, with fans bringing in Tom Lawrence and Jack Marriott to replace Mason Bennett and David Nugent - Harry Wilson keeps his place.
The most popular Derby County team to face Norwich City, picked by Rams fans
Lawrence hasn't started since the defeat to Rotherham United last month, where he received a straight red card and saw himself banned for the next three matches.
His first game back from suspension was the defeat to Bolton, where he came off the bench in the second half in place of Nugent.
Do you agree with this XI? You can pick your own team with our custom-designed widget below, and don't forget to let us know who gets in and who misses out!
We want you to get involved by tweeting us @dcfc_live or joining the conversation on Facebook . You can also leave us a comment below.


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S'pore, HK to launch air travel bubble
16 Oct 2020 00:00 | Updated at: 16 Oct 2020 09:45
Singapore has announced its first two-way air travel bubble with Hong Kong, paving the way for leisure and other forms of travel between both places.
This means that people will be able to travel between the two locations without the need to be quarantined, subject to conditions including testing negative for Covid-19. Details are still being worked out, but people could be travelling between both places in several weeks.
Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung yesterday called the move a small but significant step for the two aviation hubs, adding that the agreement sets the model for more partnerships to come to revive air travel. Noting that both countries posed a low risk of Covid-19 transmission, he said the risk of a Hong Kong traveller bringing the virus in to Singapore was not very different from that of a resident in Jurong.
Under the agreement, travellers will likely be tested before they depart. There will be no restrictions on segments of the population, itinerary or purpose of travel.
Hong Kong is the 10th place that Singapore has made special travel arrangements with under the landmark agreement.
There are different types of agreements. The first is a unilateral opening - a standing invitation from Singapore to countries that have comprehensive public health surveillance systems and have successfully controlled the spread of Covid-19. Countries in this group are New Zealand, Brunei, Australia - excluding Victoria state - and Vietnam. Visitors have to apply for the Air Travel Pass that allows all forms of short-term travel, including leisure travel.
The second tier, bilateral green lane arrangements, are for essential business and official travel.
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In Jessica Waltmans quarterly conversation with the ShiftShapers audience, she offers her unique perspective on what really happened on the Hill and where we go from here.
The individual market is in trouble and advisors need to know what to tell their clients.
Last week the Senate failed to bring their reconciliation bill to a vote. Nationwide, the individual market is in trouble and advisors need to know what to tell their clients.