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Q: Issuer giving duplicate verify credential each time, not sure why We are creating a POC with Azure verifiable credentials, we have build an issuer and verifier application and for holder we are using Microsoft Authenticator app. When we scan the QR code from issuer page and try to add card in the wallet then it is adding a new card each time when we scan a generated QR code.
So can anybody please confirm, if is it correct flow, then how to manage only one card for one holder  from one issuer?
Attaching the screenshots of my mobile, showing cards in my wallet:

First Card with claim details

Last card with same claim details

A: Yes, this is correct. You get multiple VCs if you repeat the issuance process. It is up to the business rule of relying party app for issuance to allow/deny this.


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Jan. 15, 2023 HBO
Seasons and episodes
1Season 1 Jan. 15, 2023
When You're Lost in the Darkness Jan. 15, 2023
Infected Jan. 22, 2023
Long, Long Time Jan. 29, 2023
Craig Mazin
Ellie Williams
Twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the United States and depend on each other for survival.
Original title The Last of Us
TMDb Rating 8.944 1,138 votes
First air date Jan. 15, 2023
Average Duration 60 minutes

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Jananne Sharpless was appointed to the California Energy Commission in January 1994 and was a member through 1999.
The five members of the Commission are appointed by the Governor to staggered five-year terms and require Senate Rules Committee approval. By law, the five members of the Commission have professional training and background in specific areas -- engineering and physical science, environmental protection, economics, law and one commissioner from the public at large. Ms. Sharpless filled the environmentalist position.
She has served on the United States Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Act Advisory Committee; Federal Fleet Conversion Task Force; Chairwoman 1990 United California State Employees Campaign; and Chairwoman (1986-1987) Alternative Fuels and Vehicles Review Task Force (AB 234).
She was recognized for her professional efforts with the following organizations: 1991 Clean Air Award from the American Lung Association; 1991 Phillip S. Tow Government Award from the American Lung Association, Sacramento-Emigrant Trail Chapter; 1991 South Coast Air Quality Management District Clean Air Award; and 1993 Richard Beatty Mellon Award from the Air and Waste Management Association.
From 1985 to 1991, Ms. Sharpless was both Secretary of Environmental Affairs and Chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board. In 1991, when the positions were separated and the California Environmental Protection Agency created, she served as California Air Resources Board Chair, from January 1991 to November 1993. From April 1983 to May 1985, she was Chief Deputy Secretary of the Environmental Affairs Agency. Prior to 15 years as a consultant in the California Legislature, Ms. Sharpless was an Administrative Assistant to the late Assemblyman John G. Veneman.
She graduated from the University of California, Davis, with a B.A. Degree in Political Science.


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'Justice League Dark: Apokolips War' Ending the Animated Universe With a Whimper Instead of a Bang
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Michael Oden
In 2018 and 2019 we saw Marvel do a cinematic first in the conclusion of its Infinity Saga with Infinity War and Endgame. These films were the culminating event of over 10 years of storytelling and set a whole new gold standard on both crossover films, and universe expansion. Today I just watched DC try to do the same thing in Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, and in a way it was successful. It is certainly a culmination of story telling that accurately represents the quality of films I have come to expect from this New 52 inspired Animated Universe. In other words it's a horribly paced, sloppily written, lazily designed film with just enough easter eggs and epic fights to distract a fan from the fact that everything else is so lackluster. So without further ado, let's dive into Justice League Dark: Apokolips War.
The movie actually sets the stage really well, starting with Superman gathering every member of the League for a full on assault on Darkseid at Apokolips. However, the sequence is cut short the moment the invasion begins and these Doomsday infused Parademons come out. We only find out about the aftermath of these events in a montage style flash back sequence set off by both Clark and Constantine recounting their memories of events about 15 minutes after the opening credits. The rest of the movie is the narrative trying to play catch up for what was robbed of us in the first act. It really is ironic because as much as this film tries to be DC's Infinity War and Endgame, it completely missed what made both of those films so impactful. This movie should have been a 2 parter that set up the fall of the League and the Titans against Darkseid's forces, and the second part be the rally and final push. This way every loss in the film feels earned, and more importantly Darkseid can get some much needed time to shine. This leads to one of the film's chief problems, which is a complete lack of character motivation for Darkseid.
If you look really closely you'll notice that literally all these characters have the exact same facial model
It's really a sad thing to see these horrible films make Darkseid seem like such a boring character. Ever since his introduction in War there has been no real narrative drive for him. However, even for this animated universe to say that the writing of Darkseid and his scheme in this film is sloppy is an understatement. What's Darkseid's goal and motive? Not sure, honestly it feels like it changes halfway through the film, and even now having digested the film for a few hours I am not sure. While I understand the criticism of changing Thanos' motives in the films, the way they handled it was still compelling and made him an interesting character and actively drove a 2 film narrative. This Darkseid feels hollow and even incompetent at times as he's constantly being played by Luthor to believe his mind controlled Batman has broken his programming. However, Darkseid's lack of character isn't the only thing left in question. The movie leaves you asking way more questions than it has answered and for a finale to a universe, that's a very bad look to have.
Something we never see in the film used as Promo Art
A final film is supposed to use context from previous installments to settle loose ends, however Apokolips War is constantly throwing things at us that have not only not been established, but are completely unprecedented within the context of the animated universe. Batman is forced to sit on the Moebius chair by Darkseid as a way to corrupt Batman, but when has this ever been used as a literary device for the chair before? Did Darkseid use anti life to corrupt the chair? Where is Metron, in fact we hear about the New Gods, but only see Apokolips. What's going on with New Genesis, and Orion? Why aren't they involved? The list of questions goes on and what it's ultimately chalked down to is that Batman sitting on the Moebius chair is a huge moment from a story in the books called Darkseid War, but rather than take the time and earn this moment, they throw it in here as a cheap easter egg. Film is a visual medium and as a result you cannot just have important plot details be left for off screen. However, the worst sin that this film commits, is its awful tie back to Flashpoint.
Now in the first 5 minutes of the film they mention Barry's Flashpoint experience. This is the first time The Flashpoint Paradox has been acknowledged or even mentioned since the movie came out in 2013. However, this tiny minor piece of expository dialogue becomes the key component to fixing everything that makes the time heist plot from Endgame look iron clad in comparison. About 3 quarters of the way through the film, the find out Barry has been kept alive by Darkseid for… reasons?(again Darkseid's motivations are not well flushed out at all) and Constantine does some magic to help Barry calm down and this exposes Constantine to seeing The Flashpoint. This is all done so they can use it as a really bad deus ex machina to "fix" everything at the end of the film. Seriously any Snyder blowhard that has pointed out the plotholes in the resolution of Endgame needs to own up to this being gargbage, because not only is the ending of this film cheap, but it tarnishes the legacy of one of DC's best animated features ever.
We Miss Films Like This
Now of course there were things I enjoyed about this film, in it's final acts there were even moments I wanted to like the film, but it just hadn't earned it. Superman had some really great moments throughout the film, and there is a fight between him and Darkseid at the end of the film that was probably the singular, truly amazing thing about this film. The fighting animation was solid and dynamic all around (which was refreshing) and the voice acting was a LOT better than most of what I have seen from this universe over the past 10 years. However, those things cannot make up for an hour an a half of a poorly paced narrative with bad writing that tries to turn DC into a dark reflection of Marvel. Marvel Ended their 10 year saga of 23 films with an explosion, DC ended this almost 10 year, 15 film era of animation with a whimper. It may not seem to be a fair comparison, but when this film spends 70 percent of its time slapping you in the face with trying to be Infinity War and Endgame, it's kind of hard to ignore. DC's next animated film is called Man of Tomorrow, but rather than being hopeful for a good Superman film, this movie has left me questioning wether it's even worth my time.
Related Topics:Batman, Damien Wayne, Darkseid, DC Animated Movies, John Constantine, Justice League, Opinion, Reviews, Superman, Warner Bros Home Entertainment
Michael is staff writer and reviewer for Up Your Geek. He is a lover of all things in geek pop culture. Michael Oden has been writing about the industry for 4 years. From humble beginnings in the Moviepilot independent creator program; a brief stint at Heroic Hollywood, and running two independent Industry blogs. Michael is here to bring news, reviews and analysis on comics, movies, video games and more to the Up Your Geek Brand! Opinions are my own.
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The window in the laundry is decorated with faux shutters on the sides. They were shelving boards cut to length at Home Depot and I painted them with chalk board paint.
Of course my helper was with me as you can just about see her tail end. She cleared the area of all rabbits and squirrels. I took this image and merged it to the birds so it looked like the birds were sitting on the clothesline!
It almost looks like a sundress and a pillowcase. I just added the tree photo as a layer and erased out the background, trees, leaves and of course the dog.
I then merged this one to the final photo "block" and added some apropos text.
And this image is available now in my Etsy shop, on canvas.CatinoCreations.Etsy.com I will be making the other photo blocks available on canvas as well, so you can decorate your own laundry room. Which, I hear, is for the birds!


For those of you who remember my previous post showing a parking lot full of containerized shade trees, this is an update to some of the questions that were asked. I finally ran out of my gourmet Italian grated cheese stock and made my way to the particular grocery store in this plaza…and this time I brought Uber-Camera, so no lousy cell phone shots.
I also took the time to explore the entire site while evading the rent-a-cops who patrol the plaza and it is much worse than even I, the eternal skeptic, could have imagined. I post this not to ridicule, but to be educational in nature in the hopes that you won't design something like this, or if you see something like this on plans you encounter or at a public review meeting, you will speak up before it is installed. No doubt, this is a vernacular landscape designed by either an engineer or a contractor.
As you can see, this poor Zelkova isn't doing too well. And neither are its brethren (why are we still planting these things? They aren't good parking lot trees!). Most of the nursery stock that showed up should have been rejected. Many have bent trunks, second leaders, or were hacked apart like this poor tree. The tops, as is standard in this region for Zelkovas, are already starting to die off on many. Despite watering and recent rains, the poor things look parched, which I will elaborate on in a minute. Their severe exposure has split the bark of many, which are not long for this world.
The container is about 40″ in diameter, 36″ high with an exposed aggregate finish. There is no irrigation; instead, a landscape maintenance company (also the install contractor) waters the annuals in the planters with a tank truck. There is no mulch placed in the planters, as you can see by the exposed planting soil of the New Guinea Impatiens. Also note the scraggly and really struggling KnockOut roses…and these are in relatively good shape compared to one on the rest of the site. Also note the staking….stay tuned for more with that as well.
Not having any tools with me, I started to dig in the planter around the trunk to find the root flare with my fingers, and while I found some small roots about 2″ down in the soil, I could not dig far enough into the soil to actually find the flare and the top of the major roots…the soil was THAT HARD just below the surface. I tried this with several trees, but I was not able to take any real measurements for depth. There was also a change in soil composition, but I could not tell if it was fill or from the root ball without pretty much taking the whole thing apart, which I was not about to do in the middle of a parking lot in broad daylight with a security patrol roaming about. "Officer, I was checking the depth of the root ball in the planter. Do I work here? Well, no." The soil below the surface was also sandy in nature, and despite the soil on the top in which the annuals were planted, the soil around the tree below the surface was actually a bit dry. This could explain while being watered, they are not being watered enough to meet the tree's needs in this most hostile of environments. Also note the bend in the trunk, a great many of the trees had very crooked trunks and should have been rejected…this one is minor compared to others. With regards to staking, you can see how effective it was, as many of the trees in the photos are leaning. This is what happens when the tree is not staked into undisturbed soil. Staking is rarely done properly by commercial landscapers, who often rely on the weight of the root ball to make the staking work. This, of course, is totally ineffective.
This gem shows another huge flaw in using tall planters and short trees, visibility. Mind you, I have a very low car, but most drivers would have a very hard time seeing oncoming traffic at this intersection thanks to all the obstructions. This is a condition in many parking lots in the area, but this one is one of the worst. When designing parking lot landscaping, do not use any plant materials on the ends of islands or at intersections that will NATURALLY grow to a height of 30″ inclusive of the curb height and the height of the planting soil. To provide proper visibility, there should be a gap in dense plantings (foliage) from 30″ to about 5′ to accommodate a wide variety of vehicles, from sports cars to SUVs. The emphasis on the word 'NATURALLY' is because of maintenance, or a lack thereof. If you plant a shrub in a parking lot island that will get 6′ in height, very often it will do just that, and can cause a very dangerous safety issue.
Moving on beyond just the plantings, this center has some pretty egregious ADA and IBC violations. In addition to some serious cross slope issues on the sidewalks, and some very unusual drainage design, perhaps the most obvious no-no are the storm drain covers on the accessible route from the accessible parking spaces to the rear of the 'main street' to the front sidewalks where the doors are. Yes, the gaps in the covers are 1″ wide, while they legally cannot be over 1/2″. Even two passers-by noticed it as I was taking pictures and picked up on the dangers to wheelchairs and ladies with heels without me even saying anything to them. They approached me! If the lay-person can spot the problem, then how did the designer miss it? I hope to address more ADA/IBC/universal access issues in the future, as it is still a very misunderstood and often ignored topic.
Seeing how not to do things is one of the most valuable ways to learn, we started a forum category entitled, "Design Over-Site", where this conversation can live on. If you have any examples, please feel free to add to the conversation and post your own pictures in the forum, here.
Why Use Empathic Design in Landscape Architecture?
What a story! Can you imagine a fast speed car hitting the planters? Fixed object is another item we should think about.


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Le Suore Missionarie di Maria Aiuto dei Cristiani (in inglese Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians), in origine Missionarie Catechiste di Shillong, sono un istituto religioso femminile di diritto pontificio: i membri di questa congregazione, dette popolarmente Ferrandine, pospongono al loro nome la sigla M.S.M.H.C.

Storia
La congregazione fu fondata dal missionario salesiano Stefano Ferrando (1895-1978), vescovo di Shillong, come compagnia di religiose indigene da impiegare nell'apostolato missionario nelle zone rurali della sua diocesi: nel 1942 Ferrando ammise alla professione religiosa le prime otto aspiranti e nel 1945, ottenuto il nihil obstat della congregazione de Propaganda Fide, emise il decreto di erezione della fraternità in istituto di diritto diocesano. La formazione del primo nucleo di suore venne affidata alle Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice.

Le prime costituzioni dell'istituto vennero esaminate Santa Sede e approvate dal vescovo Ferrando il 24 maggio (festa di santa Maria Ausiliatrice) 1948; le Missionarie di Maria Aiuto dei Cristiani divennero istituzione di diritto pontificio il 21 marzo 1977 e dal 27 giugno 1986 appartengono alla famiglia salesiana.

Attività e diffusione
Le Missionarie di Maria Aiuto dei Cristiani cooperano con il clero diocesano mediante la visita alle parrocchie dei villaggi più isolati, l'apertura di oratori e l'insegnamento del catechismo: si dedicano anche all'istruzione scolastica, all'assistenza gli orfani e alla cura dei malati.

Sono presenti in numerosi stati dell'India: la sede generalizia è a Guwahati, nello stato indiano dell'Assam.

Al 31 dicembre 2005 l'istituto contava 1.004 religiose in 146 case.

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Bibliografia
Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2007, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano 2007. ISBN 978-88-209-7908-9.
 Guerrino Pelliccia e Giancarlo Rocca (curr.), Dizionario degli Istituti di Perfezione (10 voll.), Edizioni paoline, Milano 1974-2003.

Collegamenti esterni

Missionarie, Suore, Maria Aiuto
Famiglia salesiana

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I am a 22-year-old born in AZ and raised in UT. I love adventures + donuts + fun-loving people. My passion for photography started when I lived in New York and every chance I could get I would go to the city to capture all the unique architecture, cultures, and people.
I was blessed to marry my best friend Kyle almost 4 years ago, which I still crazy to me! It has been the BEST choice I ever made, he has been my right-hand man, always helping me follow my dreams. Over the last few wild and fun years, I've traveled the country with my hubby, from San Francisco to New York and so many beautiful places and people in between. Having the chance to travel so much has only brought a greater appreciation of people in this world. Reno-Tahoe is now the biggest little home for me, and I'm a true "Home Means Nevada" girl now! I have fallen in love with the prettiest landscapes and so many people/dreamers, who inspire me everyday.
After being asked where my passion for photography comes from, I've found that it just reflects the joy of making those around me feel comfortable, loved, and happy. My favorite part is becoming best friends with all my beautiful clients! I hope to make each photo I shoot special in its own way and I love that I get to share those wonderful memories with so many new and radiant individuals, families, and couples.
Now that you know me, tell me a little about you!
Terra is the perfect person to capture every special moment. We booked her for our elopement on fairly short notice and she made every effort to keep in continuous contact with us as we finalized everything. Despite the elopement being a little hectic Terra remained patient and kind, putting the groom and I at complete ease. She surprised us with some edited photos almost immediately making us so excited to get the beautiful pictures which we received shortly after. Terra definitely added a bit of magic to our special day and was able to capture every aspect and more. We now have beautiful photos that we can cherish forever, making that special moment last more than just that day.
Terra and I met through Instagram (thank you insta!) and I couldn't be more grateful for our connection! She took my family photos in October and the whole experience was a dream! She is kind, bubbly, patient and SO talented! My two year old loved her and cooperated the entire time because Terra kept her engaged without things feeling staged. She took her time and made sure we had images in all of the locations we desired. I was aware of her normal turn around time, so I was blown away when she had my entire gallery to me the NEXT MORNING! I was seriously shocked. She sent us more images that we initially ordered and they were all SO good. I remember sitting on my couch scrolling through the gallery in total love. I seriously cried! She is incredible and I am so glad I got to work with her! Can't wait for the next time!
We hired Terra to shoot our engagement photos shortly after my now husband popped the question. We browsed many photographers in the area, but something about Terra stood out, her style, the photos she captured, and her communication with us were all so seamless, it just felt so right!


Coming to you from Gerard Undone, this excellent video will teach you all about how apertures and f-stops really work. You've probably learned enough to know that lower f-numbers result in higher light-gathering abilities and shallower depth of field, but the way most of us think about how that math works is actually incorrect and breaks down at more extreme focal lengths. This is because the formula for the f-number is concerned with the size of the entrance pupil (also sometimes called the effective aperture), not the aperture. In many cases, these two quantities will be fairly close in size, but at more extreme focal lengths (particularly in big telephoto lenses), they can disagree by quite a bit, which can be attributed to the magnification caused by the different lens elements in front of the aperture. The video is an interesting look at the physics at play in lenses; I recommend giving it a watch!
Maybe I'm just missing it but I don't see a link to the actual video; just to Gerard's channel. That said, I watched the video last night and it is really excellent. Its companion video about DOF is also definitely worth a view.
I had this too ... until i turned-off my add-blocker for this site.
I found that very informative.
I am pleasantly surprised to be able to say that was actually a very informative video.


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NGC 5379 é uma galáxia espiral barrada (SB0-a) localizada na direcção da constelação de Ursa Major. Possui uma declinação de +59° 44' 36" e uma ascensão recta de 13 horas, 55 minutos e 34,4 segundos.

A galáxia NGC 5379 foi descoberta em 24 de Abril de 1789 por William Herschel.

Ver também
Astronomia extragaláctica
Lista de galáxias
Lista de objectos NGC
New General Catalogue

Referências

NGC 5379
Constelação de Ursa Major
Galáxias espirais barradas


Tuesday Evening social sailing – ideal for new sailors!
When? 17/07/2018 - 6:00 pm - Starts in -276 days!
Open to all members and recent trainees!
An evening of sailing and socialising with safety boat cover.
We might event organise an informal race if there is any interest!!


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Вита́лий Миха́йлович Шаба́нов (1 января 1923, деревня Лобачи Галичского уезда Костромской губернии, ныне в составе  Костромской области — 30 июля 1995, Москва) — деятель Министерства обороны СССР и советской оборонной промышленности. Генерал армии, Герой Социалистического Труда.

Молодые годы
Родился в крестьянской семье. В Красной Армии с 1940 года. В 1945 году окончил Ленинградскую военно-воздушную академию Красной Армии. В период обучения проходил длительную войсковую стажировку в 1943—1944 годах в истребительном авиационном полку действующей армии Великой Отечественной войны на 1-м Украинском фронте в должности техника полка.

Первые послевоенные годы
С 1945 года лейтенант Шабанов — инженер-испытатель, затем — помощник ведущего инженера по испытаниям авиационной техники в НИИ ВВС. В 1949 году переведён в Специальное бюро № 1 (СБ-1) Министерства вооружений СССР (ныне ОАО «Научно-производственное предприятие "Алмаз"»), где принимал участие в разработке и испытаниях первой в нашей стране авиационной радиоуправляемой системы «Комета», в состав которой входили самолёт-носитель Ту-4 с бортовым радиолокатором и станцией наведения снаряда и сам крылатый самолёт-снаряд с автопилотом и станцией самонаведения. Занимался разработкой основных блоков аппаратуры наведения и головки самонаведения снаряда. В 1952 году система «Комета» успешно прошла государственные испытания и принята на вооружение.

На конструкторской работе
С середины 50-х годов — главный конструктор Специального бюро № 1 (СБ-1), руководил разработкой систем К-20 и К-22, предназначавшихся для поражения наземных целей. Обе эти системы также успешно прошли госиспытания и были приняты на вооружение, устанавливались на самолёты Ту-95 и Ту-22М. За создание системы К-22 для В. М. Шабанов был второй раз удостоен Государственной премии. В 60-е годы СКБ № 1 разработало ставшую знаменитой зенитную ракетную систему С-300П.

С 1972 года В. М. Шабанов — генеральный директор ЦКБ «Алмаз», создававшим зенитные ракетные комплексы.

На руководящей работе

С 1974 года — заместитель министра радиопромышленности СССР, курировал работу по созданию радиоаппаратуры оборонного назначения.

С 1978 года — заместитель министра обороны СССР. С ноября 1980 года — заместитель министра обороны СССР по вооружению. Генерал-полковник-инженер (1978). Руководил работами по принятию на вооружение ряда наиболее современных для того времени образцов вооружения и военной техники (ракетные комплексы стратегического назначения наземного и морского базирования, комплексы космической разведки и др.). Именно под руководством Шабанова были поставлены на вооружение известные во всем мире штурмовик Су-25, вертолёт Ми-24, самолёты Ту-160, Су-27, МиГ-29, третье поколение танков (Т-80), боевая машина десанта (БМД-2), новый колесный бронетранспортер БТР-80 с дизельным двигателем и усиленной бронезащитой, ракетный комплекс «Точка», зенитный ракетный комплекс «Куб», самоходное орудие «Нона-С», гаубица «Мста» и другие.

Указом Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 2 ноября 1981 года присвоено воинское звание «генерал армии».

С 1990 года — в Группе генеральных инспекторов Министра обороны СССР. С 1992 года — в отставке. Жил в Москве.

Скончался 30 июля 1995 года. Похоронен на .

Кандидат в члены ЦК КПСС (1981—1983), член ЦК КПСС (1983—1990). Депутат Верховного Совета СССР 11-го созыва (1984—1989). Народный депутат СССР (1989—1991).

Награды и звания
 Герой Социалистического Труда (18.02.1981)
 Два ордена Ленина (03.02.1953, 18.02.1981)
 Орден Октябрьской Революции (26.04.1971)
 Орден Красного Знамени (31.12.1982)
 Орден Отечественной войны 1-й степени (11.03.1985)
 Орден Трудового Красного Знамени (20.04.1956)
 Орден Красной Звезды (30.12.1956)
 Орден «За службу Родине в Вооружённых Силах СССР» 2-й степени (22.02.1989)
 Орден «За службу Родине в Вооружённых Силах СССР» 3-й степени (30.04.1975)
 Медали
 Ленинская премия СССР (1963)
 Сталинская премия (1953)
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Примечания

Литература

Ссылки

 Шабанов Виталий Михайлович

Выпускники Военного инженерно-космического университета им. А. Ф. Можайского
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My son looks exactly like me': Tusshar Kapoor on becoming a father
June 29, 2016 Bak Bak, Entertainmentfather, kapoor, son, tussharjimmy
Tusshar Kapoor reveals that he has become a father to a son through in vitro fertilization procedure and says that his son Laksshya looks exactly like him.
"I wanted to be a father. I met Dr. Firuza Parikh and she suggested this procedure. I was in a hurry to become a father.. I am turning 40 in a few months, so I felt I was in the right stage to become a single parent and I went ahead with what was told to me.
"I am happy that I have taken the right decision. Our family is complete now, we are five now, grandparents, me, my sister and little Laksshya," Tusshar said while addressing the media at his residence.
Tusshar didn't reveal the date of birth of his son but said that he came home a week back and was sleeping during the course of the media interaction.
"I wanted to be a single parent, my dream has come true. My son looks exactly like me, so it makes me very happy. I have no words to express how excited or joyous I feel right now.
"It's just your paternal instinct when you feel mentally that you are ready to become a father… Lot of people adopt, but I didn't want to adopt, I wanted to have my own child."
Previously, both superstars Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan conceived their third child through the IVF and surrogacy procedure.
A conversation with Rajneeti director Prakash Jha, who has an adopted daughter, was one of the reasons behind Tusshar's decision.
"I had visited Tirupati temple last year and while I was leaving after the darshan, I met Prakash Jha who was also in my flight. And in our conversation he said that 'this (IVF) is also a way if you want to have a child, if you want to be a single parent'. He introduced me to a family who had followed the IVF and surrogacy procedure. So I felt very inspired and felt I was ready," Tusshar said.
Actress Sushmita Sen is a single mother to two adopted daughters.
Gang-rape survivor seeks 10 cr in damages from Salman Khan for his comments
June 29, 2016 News, Uncategorizedjimmy
Chandigarh: A young woman who was gang-raped by 10 men in Haryana has sent a legal notice to actor Salman Khan asking him to apologize over his rape remark. She has sought Rs 10 crore in damages from Salman for belittling rape victims.
The gang-rape victim, from Hisar district, sent the notice to the Bollywood superstar at his Galaxy Apartments address in Mumbai's upscale Bandra area on Saturday. The notice was sent through her counsel.
The victim pointed out that Salman Khan had tried to joke about the plight of rape victims by comparing a tough action sequence to the status of a gang-raped woman.
The victim was kidnapped by 10 people and gang-raped in Hisar four years ago. The court sentenced the assaulters to life imprisonment. The victim is seeking death penalty for the accused.
The father of the rape victim committed suicide following the incident.
Asked how he felt doing the strenuous shooting of Sultan, where he plays a wrestler, Salman responded that he "felt like a raped woman… he could barely stand straight after the shoot".
The statement invited sharp rebuke on social media. His father and writer Salim Khan apologized on behalf of his son and admitted the statement was in bad taste.
A case was registered in Kanpur and Lucknow courts on Thursday against the actor.
Salman Khan rape remark row: Amid growing controversy, no apology from actor yet
June 29, 2016 Entertainment, Newsactor, apology, controversy, growing, khan, rape, remark, row, salmanjimmy
Here's the latest on the Salman Khan rape remark row.
Amid the controversy regarding his comments, Maharashtra State Commission for Women has asked Salman to appear for a hearing on 7 July.
The actor — who had been issued a summons by the National Commission for Women for 29 June, and had been asked to apologise for making a derogatory comment — has now responded to the NCW via his legal representatives.
News reports said that the NCW is now assessing Salman's reply — which, apparently, does not contain an apology for the remark, through his lawyers.
Several TV channels have claimed that Salman has said that he is a victim of his celebrity status, and his comments have been misinterpreted.
Salman had said that the physically exhausting shoot schedule for his upcoming wrestling drama Sultan left him "feeling like a raped woman".
He made the remark to a group of mediapersons who were interviewing him regarding Sultan.
However, he had immediately retracted his statement, admitting, "I should not have (said that)…"
The actor's comment, however, triggered national outrage as his flippant remark was seen as the insidiousness of rape culture in our society.
Several fans of the actor rushed to his defence, even as his father Salim Khan issued a public apology on Twitter.
Salman himself has stayed silent silent on the issue, and only made a passing allusion to it at the just-concluded IIFA awards in Madrid, where he said, "Knowing me, the lesser I speak the better".
At the time of publishing this report, it is not clear exactly what was contained in the reply Salman's lawyers have made to the NCW's notice.
Salman Khan just can't seem to say sorry for his rape remark
June 29, 2016 News, PakBcn blogkhan, rape, remark, salmanjimmy
Maybe Salman Khan should realise that the solution to the current predicament he is facing involves doing something very simple: saying sorry.
On Wednesday, Khan responded to the National Commission for Women (NCW) via his legal representatives over the controversy created after he had earlier said that the physically exhausting shoot schedule for his upcoming wrestling drama Sultan left him "feeling like a raped woman".
News reports have said that the NCW is now assessing Khan's reply — which, apparently, does not contain an apology for the rape remark.
In fact, India Today TV reported that in his response, Khan has said that the "NCW should not have taken suo motu cognizance (of this issue)."
Yet again, Khan blew all our minds with his amazing Bhai logic.
Because of course, "the apex national level organisation of India with the mandate of protecting and promoting the interests of women" should take absolutely no interest when an actor with a huge fan following trivialises rape by comparing the trauma faced by a rape victim to the exhaustion felt after an intense shoot.
Reports have also said that the Maharashtra State Commission for Women (MSCW) has also now summoned Khan for a hearing on the matter on 7 July.
Because of his stubborn refusal to apologise, Salman Khan is actually creating more troubles for himself. But despite all the media outrage, summons by a government body, an apology from his father and even Bollywood's divided views on his rape remark, Salman Khan simply refuses to apologise.
This points out something very important: Either Khan actually believes that he did absolutely nothing wrong or he has such a big ego that an apology is simply not an option. Because after all, how can Bhai, the superstar, apologise?
Tubelight': Kabir Khan's next with Salman Khan is a comedy with political backdrop
Filmmaker Kabir Khan's next Tubelight starring superstar Salman Khan will have elements of comedy and drama with politics as its backdrop.
"It is about a personal issue. Can't talk about what exactly right now. Needless to say, my films always have a political backdrop to them because that's what excites me and I find real. So Tubelight also has a little political backdrop," Kabir told PTI.
Right from his debut Kabul Express, to New York and his last, Phantom, the filmmaker has helmed movies that have a strong political background.
Tubelight will mark the third collaboration between Kabir and the 50-year-old Dabangg star after blockbusters Ek Tha Tiger and Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
When asked if their upcoming film will follow the lines of Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Kabir said, "In terms of its emotional space it is similar to Bajrangi Bhaijaan. But story is very different. It is more of humour and emotional space that we (Salman and I) haven't delved into."
t was reported that Salman will be undertaking a journey of enlightenment from India to China in the film. The director said Tubelight will have a 'China element in the story' but he will be shooting the film in Ladakh.
Tubelight is scheduled to release on Eid next year.
Udta Punjab' review: Uneven tone reduces drug addiction to a near-farce
June 19, 2016 Entertainment, Newsaddiction, drug, nearfarce, punjab, reduces, review, tone, udta, unevenjimmy
Once you get past the shock value of hearing those words in more than one language repeatedly on screen – yes, even more than in numerous Bollywood gangster flicks of the past 10-15 years – you will realise that all this is nothing more than what a visitor to many parts of north India will hear in casual conversations. It is hard to understand why the Central Board of Film Certification a.k.a. the Censor Board would get so antsy about invectives that are used more often than the definite article in real life; or why these abuses, which are uttered without beeps by various characters, are inexplicably asterisked out in subtitles in this primarily Punjabi, partly Hindi film.
Here is the actual objection that Punjab's politicians and their Censor Board allies would have had: writer-director Abhishek Chaubey's Udta Punjab minces no words about a fact that the state's netas have been anxious to keep under wraps for years now. Punjab is facing a serious drug epidemic; common sense suggests it is impossible for so many addictive substances to be so easily available to so many people, without the cooperation of the police and the political class.
Now that we have got that out of the way, let us focus on the real problem with Udta Punjab. Sure it is great that Chaubey has chosen to highlight a pressing social calamity, but the erratic narrative style ultimately dilutes what should have been a hard-hitting, revelatory film, in the end reducing the tragedy of drugs and drug addiction to a farce.
"Ever since I saw her, I no longer feel the need to take cocaine. After a long time, a tune has begun playing in my head after I set eyes on her. I've got my mojo back." – This, in a nutshell, is how Punjab-based musician Tommy Singh describes his reaction to a Bihari field worker.
Is this some kind of joke?
A self-destructive drug addict has been 'cured' of substance abuse because he saw a pretty face?
There is more in this film where that came from. The first half of Udta Punjab is consistently grim, deeply disturbing and, appropriately, almost docu-feature-like. The second half though is intermittently farcical and ultimately makes a mockery of the concerns it set out to raise.
Three threads play out simultaneously in Udta Punjab. One involves the artiste formerly known as Tejender Singh, now Tommy (Shahid Kapoor), whose talent and success are fuelled by his consumption of multiple drugs. The second revolves around the young sportswoman-turned-peasant (Alia Bhatt) who gets entrenched in the drug mafia when she tries to sell a stolen cache. The third is about Dr Preet Sahni (Kareena Kapoor Khan) who encounters assistant sub-inspector Sartaj Singh (Diljit Dosanjh) when his brother becomes her patient.
At first, Udta Punjab proves to be a well-researched, sharply observed, much-needed, no-holds-barred account of the extent to which the state is mired in drugs and drug-related corruption. Even if you think you know, it is shocking to see the extent of unscrupulousness of those willing to ruin an entire population and even their own families for financial gain.
The intricate web of powerful folk and minions involved in this conscienceless trade is gasp-inducing, to say the least. It is also unnerving to see the soul-shattering effect that drugs can have on individuals who might otherwise have been humans with dignity.
So far so good. Then though, as if another director or multiple directors have taken over, the film unravels. Udta Punjab's Achilles heel proves to be an inexplicable compulsion to assign a romance to each major mainstream star in the cast. The acting too is surprisingly patchy.
In fact, this film might be a good case study to help students understand that fine acting is rarely possible without the right chemistry between an actor, a director and a script. This can be the only explanation for why Shahid – whose stupendous performance in Haider (2014) remains fresh in the memory – is convincing in the first half but goes all goggle-eyed and almost comical once he apparently gets over his love for coke and sets out to help a stranger; or why the usually dependable Kareena here seems not to know when to wipe the twinkle out of her eyes.
Besides, there is no spark at all between her and the man in whom she appears to develop a romantic interest. As a result, that entire blossoming 'relationship' is awkwardly handled and appears contrived. Their younger co-star, Alia Bhatt, comes off better for the most part.
Likewise, Amit Trivedi's music is as pleasing to the ear as always – especially the foot-stomping title track – but every good song is not good enough to be stuffed into a film. Ikk kudi, for instance, is well sung by Shahid Mallya, nice as a standalone number but maudlin in this context and completely out of sync with Udta Punjab's initial tone.
It is a mystery why this film was allowed to come undone despite the tremendously gifted individuals involved and the extreme poignancy plus conviction of the first half. To watch a woman drugged into sexual submission, to hear her captors assure a potential rapist that "she is well trained" and will therefore not attack him, to witness the depths to which drug-addled brains will fall in their desperation for a fix is chilling beyond description.
After all this, then, to have a character suggest that he has recovered from his addiction because he fell for a woman is infuriatingly irresponsible; to see the film switch between heartbreak and the male protagonist's serio-comic behaviour is confusing.
It is hard to believe that this uneven treatment of a grave issue has come to us from the director who delivered Vidya Balan to us in all her electrifying glory in the otherwise mixed bag that was Ishqiya (2010), from the man who gave us the genteel Dedh Ishqiya (2014) starring Madhuri Dixit-Nene and Huma Qureshi.
Mamta Kulkarni now a co-accused in drug racket case: Thane police
June 19, 2016 News, PakBcn blogcase, coaccused, drug, kulkarni, mamta, police, racket, thanejimmy
Thane Police on Saturday said that former actress Mamta Kulkarni was now a co-accused in a drug racket case along with husband Vicky Goswami, according to new evidence obtained.
"Mamta Kulkarni's husband Vicky Goswami is already an accused," ANI quoted Paramveer Singh of Thane police as saying in a press conference. "We will send a request to Interpol for a red corner notice against Mamta Kulkarni through CBI," he further said.
Singh also said that the police was verifying the Kulkarni's bank accounts and investments in connection with the drug rackets case.
According to The Indian Express , the Thane police has so far arrested 10 people in connection with the case in which ephedrine for medicines was allegedly being diverted from the Solapur unit of Avon Lifesciences Ltd and used for making narcotics.
Police had also said that the main accused in the case was also in touch with Goswami who had planned to used the ephedrine to make meth at a factory in Tanzania.
Another report in The Times of India said that the Thane police had earlier also planned to issue a red corner notice against Goswami.
The report added that the police also mentioned that Manoj Jain, the main accused in the case, had met Goswami along with another accused Kishore Rathor in January.
This entire drug racket first came to light when Thane police arrested a Nigerian man in a drug case on 18 April when the police seized around 18.5 tonne of ephedrine after raiding the premises of Avon Lifesciences Ltd in Maharashtra's Solapur district.
According to police, ephedrine, which is a controlled drug, was allegedly being diverted from the Solapur unit of Avon Lifesciences and sent abroad after processing.
Singh said police have information that Kulkarni and other members of the drug syndicate participated in a meeting held on 8 January, 2016 in Mombasa, Kenya where the logistics involved in transporting ephedrine were discussed. Another meeting was held on 8 April in Dubai where two persons from Morocco were present along with Goswami and Kulkarni, he said.
Avon, whose executives are among those arrested in the case so far, had 2 crore shares of which 11 lakh was to be alloted to Kulkarni. She was also to be inducted on the company's board. Assets and bank accounts of Kulkarni in India, managed by Goswami and her sister, were being probed, he said.
After the case had come under the media scanner, a city-based builder, from whom Kulkarni had bought flats, had denied any link with Goswami, a drug racket prime accused, or with drug syndicate.
Shabbir Patel, who faced allegations of links with drug mafia, had written a letter to Thane Police Commissioner Parambir Singh rejecting the charge.
"I have no links with anyone by the name of Vicky Goswami. The assertion made is absolutely false and unfounded and it is an irresponsible statement made with wanton disregard that is both bad in facts and in law," Patel, of Oscar Builders, had stated in his letter.
Watch: 'Dishoom' trailer is action-porn and John, Varun are the cherry on the cake
June 3, 2016 Entertainmentactionporn, cake, cherry, dishoom, john, trailer, varun, watchjimmy
As soon as we were told that Dishoom stars John Abraham and Varun Dhawan play cops in the film, we already knew who would play the good one, and who would play the bad.
John, playing the stern cop, is like Jackie Chan in Rush Hour, or Sylvester Stallone in Tango and Cash, while Varun Dhawan is the funny/goofy copy a la Chris Tucker or Kurt Russell. It's a trope that works well in action films, and Rohit Dhawan's Dishoom maximises this trope to its full potential.
The Dishoom trailer gets straight to the point, and wastes no time. The film revolves around a missing cricketer, and it's Kabir Shergill (John) and Javed Ansari (Varun)'s job to find him, before a final match. Enter Jacqueline Fernandes, who is also a special agent, but also the token hotness quotient in the film.
To the film's credit, John and Varun haven't escaped the sexualisation (they show off their masculinity and bare abs at any chance they get), so kudos to the makers on not discriminating between genders.
Add a host of action sequences, punches and blows, cars flying that would put Rohit Shetty to shame, and much bravado, and you get the power-packed trailer of Dishoom.
Special mention to Varun Dhawan's comic timing, that seems to be getting only better with time. In a scene, with Jacqueline, he appears upside and tells her, "I've been practising the Spiderman kiss for years. Let's?" and even though the dialogue is quite appalling, you can't help but smile.
While the film seems rather predictable, and has its share of all the masala elements to make it a commercial entertainer, there's something about the film's no-nonsense plot, which paced quite well, makes us curious to watch it.
Also, welcome back Akshaye Khanna. We've missed you dearly.
Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor are back! Actors to shoot a YRF web series
June 3, 2016 Entertainment, Newsjimmy
After Gunday and the controversial AIB roast, bros and co-stars Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh are coming back together on screen.
According to this DNA report, the web series is "a romantic-action-drama that will attempt to showcase the bromance between Ranveer and Arjun apart from some slick action sequences." It will also star a female lead.
While many filmmakers have been trying to get the duo to star in a film together, they have given the nod to this series, to be directed by Y Films creative head, Ashish Patil.
The script, also written by him, is still at a very early stage and dates are yet to be figured out given both the actors have a busy year ahead.
Y Films has done two popular web series so far, Man's World and Bang Baaja Baraat.
Pankaj Tripathi: 'Modi is the traditional Hindustani hero, Kejriwal is the common man'
June 3, 2016 News, PakBcn blogcommon, hero, hindustani, kejriwal, man, modi, pankaj, traditional, tripathijimmy
He had been around for several years in the Hindi film industry before he played the bloodthirsty Sultan Qureshi in the film that became his calling card, Anurag Kashyap's violence-ridden Gangs of Wasseypur in 2012.
Variety is clearly Pankaj Tripathi's glucose as an artiste.
Last year in the internationally lauded and awarded Masaan, he played a hesitant suitor to a feisty female colleague, his manner towards her a marked contrast to the aggressive wooing of women by so many commercial Hindi film heroes even today. He is currently basking in the universal praise he has received for his performance as an eccentric school principal with questionable though well-intentioned teaching methods in the sleeper hit Nil Battey Sannata, in which Swara Bhaskar plays the lead. Nil Battey is now entering its seventh week in theatres, which is unprecedented for such a low-key, low-budget venture.
In a conversation with contributing editor Anna M.M. Vetticad, Pankaj Tripathi discusses the meaning of 'mardaangi' in Bollywood's dictionary and heroes who molest heroines in the guise of courtship. He also explains why the success of small Hindi films these days telling stories of Everywoman and Everyman are a sign of changing audience tastes and an evolving society. These are excerpts from the English translation of an interview that was conducted in Hindi:
There is a line you did not cross with your character's quirks in Nil Battey Sannata. Did you deliberately control yourself? Were you aware that if you crossed a certain line, you would have made Srivastava Sir effeminate?
Yes I was absolutely aware of it.
A caricatured effeminate man is a character we are used to seeing in Hindi cinema. Why did you stop yourself?
When I first read the role, he was quite flat. What you see on screen is not entirely what the character was in the script. I felt that since this film makes such a serious and important point, since it is a serious story of a mother and daughter, and there is humour in only that one scene where the mother comes to get admission for herself in school, my task was to make my character interesting. But there was a line in my mind that I was very clear I would not cross.
Generally, when actors are trying to make their characters entertaining, they end up crossing the very thin line that divides entertainment and buffoonery. I wanted him to be believable as a serious guy. He is a Maths teacher, the kind I would have been if I had become a teacher: he is serious but he makes sure he starts off by livening up the class, catching the attention of students whose minds are wandering, so that everyone is alert when he teaches his subject. While doing so, I was determined that none of this should come across as a caricature, buffoonery or mimicry.
Most actors in such roles end up mimicking an old actor, either consciously or sub-consciously. They'll play the teacher as, say, Prem Chopra, Pran or Jeevan might have played him. My references don't come from cinema. Most actors who join films are very inspired by cinema. I'm not. I've perhaps seen 40 films in my life, perhaps two or three films from Hollywood or world cinema. So my performances are drawn from reality, from the life I've lived, the people I've met.
There's nothing wrong with a man being what people consider effeminate. Why does Hindi cinema choose to caricature such men?
You should watch my next film Anarkali Arawali which stars Swara Bhaskar. I play a dancer from a small town called Ara in Bihar who runs a song and dance troupe and performs with them on stage. He has some very feminine moves when he dances,
You will see that this performance too is one I've given with great care to ensure that it does not cross over into buffoonery and a caricature of the kind actors do when they're playing gay men on screen. Actors usually play gay to draw laughs and they end up misrepresenting gay people.
There is such a thing as maatra, amount. An actor shoud be aware of the economics of his gestures and emotions. Is this too much or too little, if I go beyond this will it be a waste? I learnt this from my guru, Baba B.V. Karanth at the National School of Drama. He said, Pankaj, you should not waste your gestures, they should be measured with care. Many actors get carried away, they start enjoying their own performance on set especially when the crew starts reacting with laughter during the shoot. They begin to think they're doing a great job.
I begin to get worried if people on set enjoy my performance too much, because we forget that what they are seeing in real life and what I can then re-watch on our 16-17 inch monitor will be watched by the audience on a screen of 30 feet. What may seem less while shooting could be too much on the big screen.
Besides, I've worked as a cook so I know the exact texture, thickness, look and smell of a dish even before I make it. My process while acting too is similar.
Would you like to play a conventional macho Hindi film hero like the guy in Singham who flies through the air and beats up 50 people single-handedly? You know the kind of hero who exemplifies the Hindi film fixation with 'mardaangi'?
No, because I would not be convinced myself. Or if I do, I'd make him slightly sanki, slightly abnormal, because I don't think such a man can be normal.
You know, our society has changed quite a bit and is turning its back on many conventions. For instance, earlier when I used to visit Bihar, I would perhaps spot one girl in every five villages who would ride a bicycle and she would be a subject of much discussion, but when I visited my village a few months back I saw dozens of girls riding cycles to schools. So certainly our society's mentality towards women is changing, that whole notion of mardaangi would have been acceptable to most people but now in a small way it is being questioned. The male mindset is changing in a small way, largely because young people who have been exposed to the outside world and to world cinema through the Internet are questioning everything. They are much more aware than us, the older generation.
You mentioned the dramatic change in your village. Do you think the marginal changes we are seeing in the attitude towards this so-called 'mardaangi' is a result of society influencing Hindi cinema, or are our films being influenced by society?
This is always a tough question. In India I feel society is influenced by cinema, everyone is aping films. However, young people who are responsible for filling up halls on opening weekends, these youngsters are refusing to be constrained by society's rules at least in our big cities. If they're gay they want to be open about it, they don't want to hide their sexual preferences. Urban Indian society has become more open-minded and since urban audiences contribute greatly to our film collections, we are seeing more characters who are not the routine macho type.
After Gangs of Wasseypur I kept getting offers to play raw characters who were goondas. I got sick of it. In Bihar there is a term, mahua, which is the complete opposite of macho. I decided I wanted to play a role like that. I'd had enough of the macho stuff.
Earlier actors had a great hunger for roles that were described as powerful, you hear actors giving interviews saying they want powerful roles, when what they're talking about is the traditional macho role where the hero would beat up people, everyone would be scared of him and they would bow before him. These characters emerge from a feudal mindset. Most of our heroes were people with this mentality, but that old feudal system is gone and many of today's real life heroes are people who would definitely not be seen as macho.


Here is the latest weekly report on construction progress. The contractors are finished with the foundation system, and they have poured the first-floor slab. The podium slab in progress, which is a big milestone for the project. Underground work on mechanical, electrical, and plumbing is underway. Site grading is being done as weather permits. The PEPCO transformer is coming in April. Substantial completion is currently projected for the end of 2019/early 2020.
And here is the Draft Good Neighbor Protocol, outlining how the shelter will be run. It provides proposed agreements on: Maintenance of the Property, Safety and Security, Conduct and Behavior, Communications and Mutual Respect.


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Accueil de l'OCDE Gouvernance publiqueImprovements in Chile's regulatory policy would bring major benefits to the economy and society
Improvements in Chile's regulatory policy would bring major benefits to the economy and society
25/04/2016 - Chile has improved its regulatory policy in recent years, but could see benefits from further measures and a comprehensive effort to improve the way it prepares and issues new laws and regulations, according to a new OECD report.
"Regulatory Policy in Chile" finds that, while Chile has taken some steps to improve its rule-making process, it is still behind the OECD average in assessing the impact of regulations, consulting with outside parties on their design and evaluating them over time.
This means Chile is not making the most of a key "third lever" alongside tax and spending policies that can drive growth and well-being. The Review finds that one of Chile's main weaknesses is its lack of a regulatory oversight body. It recommends creating an agency to oversee the rule-making process currently managed by different government departments with no overall supervision.
"High-quality regulation leads to better productivity and more inclusive growth. In today's difficult economic times, it is imperative that governments pay attention to this often neglected third lever," said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría, who delivered the report to President Michelle Bachelet. "Chile should make it a priority to improve its regulatory framework to help achieve its economic and social goals."
While in Santiago, Mr Gurría will also meet with business representatives and trade union leaders to address issues of productivity, inclusive growth, trade, investment and sustainable development, ahead of the annual Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level that Chile will be chairing on 1-2 June, in Paris.
In the OECD's Regulatory Policy Outlook 2015, Chile was found to be among a third of OECD countries that have yet to implement a policy on regulatory compliance and enforcement. The report noted that this creates unnecessary costs for business and society.
The new Review finds that most regulators in Chile prepare new norms without having clear evidence that regulation is the best way for government to intervene. It also finds that good practices in rule-making procedures are limited.
The Review welcomes a proposal in Chile's new National Agenda for Productivity, Innovation and Growth to establish a regulatory oversight body. It also recommends that Chile introduce more transparency and plainer language in its rule-making processes.
Other recommendations in the Review include:
Adopt a formal, explicit, binding and consistent whole-of-government regulatory policy with clear objectives and a communication strategy.
Develop mandatory standards and guidelines for the preparation of laws and regulations, including compulsory consultation practices and forward planning.
Introduce regulatory management tools such as regulatory impact assessments and ex-post evaluations.
Consolidate and broaden the administrative simplification programme in co-ordination with digital government initiatives.
For further information, or to arrange an interview with the author, please contact Carolina Ziehl at the OECD Mexico Centre (+52 55 9 138 6235 or carolina.ziehl@oecd.org)
Working with over 100 countries, the OECD is a global policy forum that promotes policies to improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world
En Chile, mejoras en la política regulatoria aportarán grandes beneficios a la economía y a la sociedad.


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A family spares no effort to save a cat stuck in a tree
Fri Jul 01, 2022 at 3:02pm ET
The cat was stuck in the tree for five days. Pic credit: Pixabay
Two brothers and their mother tried to get rescue workers to help a cat out of a tree for days. Finally, a pruning specialist agreed to assist the feline.
Tyler and Kaeleb Arnold from Coventry, Rhode Island, found a cat seemingly in trouble, the feline was stuck in a tree 20 feet off the ground, WJAR reported. Tyler explained to the news outlet:
"We didn't know how he got there. He was just up there. He had no food, no water,"
The spooked puss climbed even higher whenever they tried to approach him, reaching approximately 50 feet off the ground. At that height, he started swinging dangerously.
A tricky situation
The feline was entirely out of reach for the teenagers, even their father's ladder was far too short to bring him to safety.
Initially, the brothers alerted their mother, Bonnie Arnold. Bonnie then called the appropriate services for help, but since it was Sunday, no one was available.
The mother kept trying the following week, saying:
"Monday and Tuesday, I called everyone I knew. By Wednesday, I thought there was nothing more I could do,"
The odds were not in the kitten's favor, every attempt to help him faced a significant hurdle.
First, Animal Control services did not have a certified climber. Likewise, the fire department was worried about their truck getting stuck in the muddy terrain.
The animal stayed a total of five days atop that tree. Meanwhile, the Arnolds couldn't bear watching this cat in pain, so they didn't give up.
Finally, Bonnie Arnold's brother called a friend named Bob Fratantuono, who had started his tree-trimming business three years before.
Safe at last
Fratantuono and two coworkers, Jeremy Pomfret and Don Presley, arrived on the scene with a bucket truck the next day.
One of the men rose to the kitty's level, while the others drove the engine. He grabbed the kitten and descended.
The feline was visibly pleased to be back on the ground. Afterward, the Arnolds drove him to the local animal control agency.
The family had assumed the kitten was a stray, but that wasn't the case. In reality, the cat belonged to a family who had been desperately searching for them for the past six days.
His owner, Destiny Charrette, had received the kitten as a gift from her father, so she was adamant about finding him. A distressed Destiny had tried contacting shelters and posting comments on a local Facebook page but to no avail.
She lived only a mile away from where her cat was rescued, on Victory Highway, she shared the circumstances of her pet's disappearance :
"His name is Poky Blue. He gets out of the house a lot. He doesn't want to be an indoor cat, but he never goes away. He always comes back at night, but that day he didn't."
Destiny Charrette immediately went to the Animal Services shelter after hearing what had happened. Finding her cat in good condition made the woman euphoric, she praised everyone involved in the rescue operation.
Following the stressful episode, Destiny has attached a tracking tag and harness to her Poky Blue. From now on, she intends to keep tabs on him.
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Laurie Anderson contacted me in meeting her and showing her my work post that she invited me into "Real World Barcelona" a joint project between her, Peter Gabriel and Brian Eno. I submitted 8 proposals to her that were reviewed by Real World London and built a prototype that viewer participant went into meditative states of consciousness via the thalamus, video frequency and "real time sound".
"Flight" was a 35' sq. cu. Ft. Multi-media installation that was composed of a 16 ft. wooden lath airplane (raised on a steel stand), two video monitors, and a 4.5' acrylic stand/steel gun rack loaded with 100 + paper airplanes displaying the text "TO BE FREE".
The two video monitors played synchronized video images at various frequencies. The 16 ft. lath plane was constructed in four sections. The sections were made of 1/8" H x 1 ½" W wooden strips (pop riveted together) and hardware fabricated of sheet metal. The video frequency made the piece hypnotic for the audience (according to viewer feedback).
"Walking on broken glass/Choice" is a performance composed of three performers, tow video monitors, computer altered sound representing a heart beat, (a crucifix designed) steel chair, and a 6' H x 6' W x 6" D box containing 1,000 lbs. of broken safety glass. The video played at different frequencies laced with the audio track made the piece hypnotic for the audience (according to viewer feedback).
The installation was composed of the remnants of the performance, playing both the video imagery used during the performance and a video of the performance. The installation remained for two weeks after the performance.
"Silence" was the first sound sculpture installation to be exhibited at The Delaware Center for Contemporary Art in the summer of 1990. "Silence" was a proposal for a temporary large-scale environmental sound sculpture.The installation simulated two proposed environmental sound spaces within coastal and stream landscapes. A 5'W x 12'L graphite drawing of a coastal landscape installation combined with the audio tapes helped create a clear visual image of the proposed sound sculptures with viewer-participants.
A bench was also provided for the participants who spent longer time in the installation. The audio and ambience of the installation contributed to a hypnotic experience for the viewer (according to viewer feedback).
"Fire & Waster' is an installation composed of three 5'Wx 7'H hanging paintings with cages entitles "Trust" (cast in Aluminum), "Faith" (recorded holographic ally) and "Durability" (etched in glass). Each of the words was a component of the cage structures.
Each cage served the dual purpose of being both an exhibition element and a protective transport housing for the painting that it was displayed in front of. The "Faith" and "Durability" cages were solid units. The "Trust" cage disassembled into two parts, separating the cast word "Trust" from the structure.
"Time" was a 6'Hx 10'Wx 10'D multi-media sound installation composed of two video monitors, a digital clock, a 7' welded steel figure (lined internally with 280 strobe lights); and for sound a cello, a viola, a violin and Javanese bells (recorded with a sampler using a vocalizer).
The video frequency and audio composite made the piece hypnotic for the audience (according to viewer feedback).
Several architects from Seville, Spain, I met at the Art Research Center in Kansas City funded me to develop a one-person multi-media exhibition, "A World Translucent To Our Likeness". The Art Research Center was 4,000 sq. ft. I divided the center in half (20'W x 100'L), exhibiting the "Fluorescent Pinwheel Construction" in one section and seven proposals for sculpture works in the other.
The light frequency (strobe + pinwheel fluorescents) and audio composite made the piece hypnotic for the audience (according to viewer feedback).
"Sound Trees", pictured on the right, was a 15' ft. sq. viewer-participant sculpture. It was composed of 30 1 cu. ft Egyptian styled trees, 50 galaxy plates and a 5.5'H x 2'W x 1'D center structure. The plates, which were attached to the trees, had images of galaxies painted and etched on them. The 5'5"H center structure amplified layered sounds of a car engine, computer, telephone radio and various animals.
As viewers passed through the space over the course of a day, they rearranged the tree pieces and attached plates. This way, the sculpture changed multiple times.


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Milestone: Korea media publishes articles about our 5th Anniversary project
Posted on July 29, 2014 at 2:05 am by nathaniel / 0
As many of you know and have helped, in honor of T-ara's 5th Anniversary today, we have been raising funds to build a forest in T-ara's name. We were able to raise $2,162.39 USD, which surpassed our goal of $2,000, with the help from 75 members who donated to this!
The success of our project has been published in Korean news today (July 29th) detailing the project and what it entails. Below are translations from Daum's article:
Tree Planet's founder Kim Hyungsoo has announced today, July 29th, that the establishment of a forest in honor of the fifth anniversary of T-ara's debut will begin soon.
Through Tree Planet, celebrities' fansites have worked together to raise funds in order to build a forest in their favorite star's name. Tree Planet is is a campaign that can be both beneficial for the environment and also for the star's image itself because it's promoting being Eco-friendly.
T-ara's fan communities from around the world helped make the "T-ara Forest Project" possible, including Korean fansite 'T-aradotcom', and foreign fans 'Diadem', 'T-ARA6JAPAN', 'T-ARACHINA', 'T-ARAHK' joined together. As a result, 250 people participated in raising approximately 9,000,000 won (~$8,750) including donors from Korean, Japan, USA, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Indonesia and a variety of other places.
The "T-ara Forest" will be going in downtown Seoul and currently consultation for it's composition is in progress. It's going to be along the land where the Digital Media City Station (DMC) is on the Gyeongui Line. The station is located right by it which will lead many people to visit the forest which will have an Eco-friendly seating area.
The T-ara fans who participated in the establishment said, "We are just glad to be able to make a forest in T-ara's name where a lot of people can rest and be comfortable when there. I'd like to see it when it is completed."
Since it's establishment in 2009, Tree Planet has planted over 47 forests around the world with over 480,000 trees being planted. This reduces and absorbs about 878 tons of carbon dioxide each year has been able to create over 1.1 billion in annual economic revenue.
In addition to the Daum article, TV Report, Xport News, TV Daily, Happy Today, News Korea, and News Wire have already published articles also detailing the project about the Fifth Anniversary "T-ara Forest" project!
Thank you to every donor from every country and fansite who helped make this project possible. Thank you to Elly for coming up with the idea for the project and every fansite who participated in making the project a reality. Thank you to T-aradotcom's staff who helped with the correspondence and getting this completed for all of us!
This forest will be in the middle of Seoul forever. Not only will we be helping the environment in a multitude of ways by decreasing carbon dioxide and reducing noise pollution, but we will forever leave our footstep in the middle Korea as the foreign fans who have supported T-ara for five years.
Even when T-ara isn't here anymore, the "T-ara Forest" will be stapled in Korea for the rest of time for QUEEN'S to visit and remember T-ara!
Jiyeon to release OST for MBC's Triangle with Mighty Mouth's Shorry ft. F-ve Doll's Seunghee, "Kiss & Cry"
Milestone: Core Contents Media's official Twitter tweets about our 5th Anniversary Forest for T-ara
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Jiyeon and actor Ji Iljoo to lead upcoming zombie film, Gangnam, directed by Lee Soosung
December 22, 2021 at 1:32 am by craZy / 0
Jiyeon and actor Ji Iljoo have been confirmed to be cast for the lead role in upcoming zombie film, Gangnam, directed by Lee Soosung. Gangnam is the story of people risking their lives to survive in the Gangnam district which erupts in chaos after people with unknown symptoms appear. Ji Iljoo plays the role of Hyunsuk, who is struggling to…
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T-ara team up with Dingo to release new album on November 15th, featuring composers Cho Youngsoo and Ahn Youngmin
November 8, 2021 at 1:58 am by craZy / 0
T-ara have released the first teaser images for their upcoming album! The new album, co-produced with media producers Dingo, features composers Cho Youngsoo and Ahn Youngmin who have written numerous songs for T-ara including Cry Cry, Day by Day, and Don't Leave. The new single album (number of tracks currently unspecified) will be released on November 15th, 6 PM KST,…
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Eunjung cast as lead role in upcoming KBS2 daily drama, Love Twist
September 29, 2021 at 9:00 am by craZy / 0
Eunjung has been cast as the female main character in KBS2 Love Twist. Love Twist is a daily drama about the love of the 2 leads and the entanglement of 3 families. Eunjung plays the role of Sori, who was an influencer during her school days and started an online shopping mall with the money she earned. Sori has a…
Eunjung, News
Eunjung signs exclusive contract with Management KOO
Eunjung signs an exclusive contract with Management KOO, who have managed acting activities for her over the past 10 years. On September 27th, an official from Management KOO said, "we have signed an exclusive contract with actress Hahm Eunjung. Eunjung is an all-around actress with infinite talents not only in acting, but also in music and entertainment. We are happy…
News, Qri
Qri releases her first solo digital single, Suri Suri
On September 24th, Qri surprised everyone with a teaser of her very first solo single, Suri Suri. Today, she releases her debut single! Check out the song on the following platforms: Spotify Apple Music MelOn Genie Bugs
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Remember the neoliberal argument. If the price of capital is allowed to move, it can act as shock absorber. It can make the adjustment so the real economy (employment, output), doesn't have to adjustment so much. Capital markets volatility is low. Some say it is a function of market direction, which itself is underwritten by the orthodox and unorthodox monetary policy measures. The economic activity appears to have gotten more volatile.
The short-term market is going into the US report having extended the dollar's gains and with the two-year note yield near four-month highs. The US two-year premium over EMU and the UK is the most in a decade. The CME model, based on the futures prices, estimates a 55.1% chance of a December hike and a 14.5% chance of a Nov move. Bloomberg puts the odds at 51.3% and 23.6% respectively.


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ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Reception and dignity for street children and orphans: the commitment of the Church
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Atyrau Apostolic Administration turns 20, following in the footsteps of Blessed Bukovinsky
Renewal and future projects of Caritas, at the service of the most vulnerable
Caritas support for children with disabilities
National Caritas defines priorities: communication and collaboration
Lake Aral: common commitment to repair the natural disaster
Visit of the Superior of the Missio sui iuris of Afghanistan: "We ask Mary for peace after 40 years of war"
Kapchagay (Agenzia Fides) - "In the early 1990s, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the population of Kazakhstan remained without social and welfare guarantees. Many children ended up on the street or in the orphanage, while some could not afford to attend school. In the face of this situation, we asked our Lady the grace to embrace, in her name, these helpless creatures. Thus, thanks to the commitment of many, the 'Focolare' reception homes were born in October 2000 in Kapchagay, where children are cared for": this is what Fr. Artur Zaras, a Polish priest on mission for four years in the Blessed Virgin Mary parish Church of the Eucharist of Kapchagay, Kazakhstan says to Agenzia Fides, on the occasion of the International Day for the rights of childhood and adolescence (proclaimed by the UN for November 20).
"We welcome sixty-six children from different ages, nationalities and religions, in 6 homes. Almost all come from families destroyed by alcoholism, with seriously ill or unemployed parents. Others grew up in the steppe without any education. We take care of them, bring them to school, buy clothes and games. Every week they undergo pediatric visits", he says.
In carrying out this service, Fr. Artur can count on the help of three Polish Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, Sr. Vera, Sr. Samuela and Sr. Rita. "Besides, once a week there is a Franciscan Sr. Emilia, and a volunteer called Eve, both from Almaty, who prepare the children for the sacraments. There is also an Orthodox couple who takes care of the religious education of the children of that community", the missionary explains, adding that, "besides childhood and adolescence, he also takes care of women who have infants and old people in need, to whom they provide medicines, which are often too expensive".
Kapchagay is in the south of Kazakhstan, in Almaty region, located on the Ili River. The population of 50,000 people is 50% of Asian ethnicities (mostly Kazakhstan), while the remaining part is of European origin (Russians, Ukrainians, Polish, Germans, Baltics). Catholics live in close contact with the faithful of other religious communities, especially Russian Orthodoxs and Protestant Koreans, but also Muslims: "We often meet and sit at the same table with the aim of helping people to live according to the values of brotherhood, to build peace", concludes Fr. Artur. (LF) (Agenzia Fides, 22/11/2017)
ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdallah II donates a minibus to the home for orphans in Anjara, promoted by the religious family of the Incarnate Word
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Lawyer Sandhu: "Justice and prayers for little Badal"
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AFRICA/DR CONGO - Formation and animation for Missionary Childhood educators
AFRICA/CONGO - The Franciscans: a mission of proximity with street children
EUROPE/ROMANIA - First Christmas for Missionary Childhood children
VATICAN - The Star Singers of seven European countries at the Pope's Mass on the first day of the year
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Violence in the East, Bishops' appeal: "Enough to decades of human rights violations"
AFRICA/DR CONGO DR - Protests in eastern DRC after yet another raid by Ugandan ADF rebels
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Education and professional opportunities for the disabled: the commitment of missionaries
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Prayer and solidarity for the earthquake victims in Mindanao
AMERICA/CHILE - "For a fair and worthy Chile": meeting on the challenges of evangelization in the current situation
ASIA/LEBANON - Food banks in parishes, free medical services: the resilience of the Lebanese in the face of the crisis
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The celebrations for the 800th anniversary of the encounter between St. Francis and the Sultan comes to an end: a peace commitment in Pakistan
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A human rights defender killed every day, the Bishops ask for an immediate response from the institutions
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Lasallian missionary brother James Alfred Miller beatified, "martyr for education"
ASIA/MYANMAR - The Bishop of Myitkyina: "Stop violence, which slows down development"


I'm a fitness instructor with bad knees. My clients are often surprised to see me taking an elevator instead of the stairs after a class. I don't take the stairs because walking up and especially down stairs puts a lot of strain on my knees. I save my knees for demonstrating the best form when I'm teaching and being in the best form when I'm taking class.
My knees let me know when I've gone too far. My knees are the reason I challenge my clients to push themselves to THEIR limit versus what I might think they can do. Because each client is the only one who really knows if she's pushing herself, challenging what's comfortable and living up to her potential.
In life as in fitness, you are the only one who knows if you're giving it your best shot or just coasting. And you're the only one who has to answer for you.
You are co-creating your life with every action. Do you like what is manifesting in your life? If so, keep doing what you're doing. If not, make different choices, choose different actions, and act intentionally to manifest something different.


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Veronica de Souza joins WNYC as Director of Digital News & Audience
Read more in this November 4, 2021 note from WNYC Editor-in-Chief Audrey Cooper
I'm thrilled to announce that Veronica de Souza will be joining us as the Director of Digital News & Audience.
Veronica has spent close to a decade working across editorial and tech teams at media companies. She's built publishing strategies, teams and workflows for national and global audiences across emerging platforms. And she started her media career in radio, working in promotions and later production for places like CBS Radio, Music Choice and 1010 Wins.
Veronica was part of the team that relaunched Digg, where she increased social traffic by more than 190%. She left Digg for Gawker Media, where she developed and implemented a social growth strategy, working across editorial teams to start new workflows and increase social traffic by 40%. At The Daily Beast she oversaw social, newsletters, publishing partnerships and podcasts. She led SEO training for the staff and redesigned newsletter templates, both of which resulted in significant audience growth.
Most recently, Veronica was the Senior Director of Publishing at Vice Media, where she once again helped revamp publishing workflows, led trainings with editorial teams, rolled out tentpole products and led visual storytelling efforts across Instagram, Snapchat, Google Web Stories and Tiktok.
In this new role at WNYC, Veronica will oversee an audience development team, which will develop and execute a social, newsletter and audience-acquisition strategy; a data visualization team that will create sticky, utility-based content for our readers and listeners; a web production team that will help program a redesigned Gothamist website; and the Day-Of News desk, which will bolster our daily news report. Veronica will report directly to me.
Veronica officially starts on Thursday, November 18.


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All of the teams that finished the race were eligible for our Grand Prize drawing of 2 Samsung Galaxy Tablets. The Grand Prize winners were the student team from UCLA.
Finally, thank you to our sponsors, W-Trans and Wilson Okamoto Corporation, for their support of the Student Endowment Fund. Please visit our facebook page (www.facebook.com/TheMiteYRace) for photos of this year's race and updates about next year's race in Rapid City, SD!


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Walter Benjmain's notes to his first essay on Baudelaire.
Her parents came to France from Morocco thirty years ago, separated now; she went to college in Dublin, has been to Mongolia and Bolivia and most places in between. This summer is Laos, Morocco, "Hungaria".
In a Lyon apartment, or a café, a "political" meeting, the people change but the type of travel being discussed is always the same: backpacker, alternative, resourceful. It has few limitations of horizon, is of a budget, uses technology for routes, a bed, a hitch, a cheaper ticket. But is about the experience more than the "pleasure".
There is the Swiss-French (with a bit of Irish) puppet maker, the French-African "Elvis" with his "deals", the Chinese-Canadian, the Irishman, the Vietnamese chef…the sons of daughters of the first back-packer generations whose family backgrounds are as much about global movement to find work, gain citizenship, or simply change "lives" as about fun. These are people with a recognition that Lyon is a very cool "nodal" point for their travels. A balance of size, scope, culture and budget.
…How did you get to Nepal, did you drive, or fly….
Elvis is the other side of alternative travel: if the French-Moroccan seeks out the solitary and remote, he is about the new silk roads that lead to raves, to endless beach-summers, and nice profits for somebody. Elvis is the wheeler-dealer who always has a new angle. He can't be impressed, it's not in the job-description: he's the man who "knows" travel.
It is a travel about cheap food, drink, drugs, pleasure; taking something home that says: exotic travel. Except that Elvis's Asia destinations are the new Spain, commonplace, part of growing up. If part of good travel is connection then isn't Modern Northern Europe more of a challenge than remote packed beaches in India or Lombok?
"Look, I know these boys, they just want fun, you're too serious." Elvis says. Connie and John first met at "Burning Man" in Nevada; there are no easy right and wrongs in all this.
Tom Coryat is always fêted is the first "Grand Tourist", but he was also a kind of "alternative" traveller. Balancing high and low, sights and people; going to places that were remote from normal life, a little dangerous, Thomas is the archetype of the "old" alternative.
In the end Tommy "walked" to India, of course: I wonder what the seventeenth century "Elvis" would have sold him in Jaipur? A bootleg CD of Shakespeare Songs, remixed by Ben Jonson, perhaps?


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The Remington Chainsaw 8 in. Saw Chain fits several chainsaw models. When adding a new chain to your chainsaw the pitch, gauge and number of drive links are three necessary numbers you need to know. Chain gauge is the drive link's thickness where it fits into the bar groove.


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Weekend Film Recommendation: A Time for Drunken Horses
The first internationally released Kurdish language film, A Time for Drunken Horses is a shattering experience
I remember the Kurdish area on the Iran/Iraq border as a land of stunning beauty and inordinate risk. No movie captures both realities better than this week's film recommendation: A Time for Drunken Horses. Made by then-unknown Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi in 2000, it's the first widely-released film in the Kurdish language, one of many virtues that help it bring alive this part of the world in an authentic way.
The Kurdish villagers (most of whom Ghobadi had play themselves on screen) eke out an existence by smuggling goods back and forth across the snowy, mountainous border. In addition to avoiding border guards who mete out lethal summary punishments, the smugglers must also scramble to evade armed bandits who raid their caravans. Crushing poverty is the lot even of those smugglers who succeed, but they are too economically desperate to abandon their dangerous business. The film's plot centers on an orphaned family led by a heroic 12-year old boy named Ayoub. He provides for his siblings by smuggling, but his profits are too small to save his deformed, pained and ill brother Medi. Though an operation will only extend rather than save Medi's life, Ayoub takes on increasingly dangerous work out of love for his sickl brother.
This is an achingly sad film that tells a painful story in an unsparing fashion (Analogies to Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves are inevitable and accurate). But it's watchable because of the astonishing performances of the young actors and the inspirational courage and love of the family upon whom the story centers. As a director, Ghobadi is wise enough to never descend into mawkishness or to idealize the moral character of the poor, some of whom are portrayed here as greedy and conniving. Nor does he make the mistake of so many films of this sort by lecturing or scolding the audience (e.g., by having some character deliver an earnest speech about the callousness of wealthy Westerners). Rather, he lets the audience feel their own emotions and draw their own conclusions about the characters' bleak lives.
Saed Nikzat's cinematography captures the harsh gorgeousness of the region. Nitzat also, wonderfully, lets the camera linger in extended shots so that they audience can immerse themselves in the events portrayed rather than have their attention jerked around by constant jump cuts and close ups. The camerawork is so skillfully done that watching this film at times feels like a melancholy form of meditation.
A Time for Drunken Horses is a powerful piece of cinematic art that deservedly raised the profile of Iranian film worldwide. It will not make you happy, but it will stay with you in a way that is precious beyond words.
p.s. Interested in a different sort of film? Check out this list of prior film recommendations.
Author Keith HumphreysPosted on February 7, 2014 February 6, 2014 Categories FilmTags Bahman Ghobadi, Film, Kurdistan3 Comments on Weekend Film Recommendation: A Time for Drunken Horses


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5 Under-The-Radar Photographers on The Hub Capturing Toronto's Scene
The metropolitan of the Great White North, Toronto has a unique vibe that recalls both a youthful New York with California inspiration. The city offers a diverse spectrum of cultures, influences and unity which culminates in a unique environment of untapped potential. Home to it's own music and fashion scene, here are five Toronto photographers to keep an eye out for on your next visit.
Kurt Cuffy
Part-time vocalist and full time touring photographer, Kurt is a local favourite amongst bands and models alike, with his eye for capturing moments with emotion and depth. Having toured worldwide with Toronto band, Movements, Kurt will be spending his summer on Vans Warped Tour. Locally, he is a favourite for portraits and is in demand with local influencers and models when he is in town.
Creator of Dear Photograph, and occasional capturer of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Taylor is a bit of a local celebrity in his hometown of Kitchener, Ontario. Showcasing a variety of talents from portrait, landscape and emotive, Taylor has shown that his skills can cover the spectrum of photography. Take a peek at his feed which shows off his multifaceted perspectives and keen eye.
Clay Li
Conceptual photographer Clay is still building an audience with his colourful portraits. Based out of Montreal, but travelling to Toronto, Clay is experimenting with a Sony A7RII and Canon 5D MkII and long-exposure to create some stunning visuals. Take a scroll and discover Clay before everyone else does.
Jessie Wald
Easily one of the best Toronto city photographers, Jessie has offered a glimpse of the city in it's neon and high-rise glory like no other. Filled with colour, reflection and style, just like the city itself, these photos prove exactly why Torontonians love their city so much. Every city should want to be captured by Jessie.
Andrew Obtinalla
Toronto is nothing without its people. There is something essential about being a Torontonian, and while it is difficult to describe exactly what it is, Andrew captures it in his portraits. Beautiful and classy shots showcase his subjects in dramatic poise that seems somewhat ethereal.
Toronto is a large city and these are by no means the extent of untapped talent the city has to offer. Comment below with your favourite Toronto photographer.
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