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A Human Rights Based Approach to Development in India
Edited by Moshe Hirsch, Ashok Kotwal and Bharat Ramaswami
This book demonstrates why economic development is synonymous with institutional development for the furthering of human development issues.
Unmooring the Komagata Maru
Charting Colonial Trajectories
Edited by Rita Dhamoon, Davina Bhandar, Renisa Mawani and Satwinder Kaur Bains
Unmooring the Komagata Maru challenges conventional historical accounts to consider the national and transnational colonial dimensions of the Komagata Maru incident.
Moments of Crisis
Religion and National Identity in Québec
By Ian A. Morrison
Wide-ranging and theoretically sophisticated, Moments of Crisis offers a groundbreaking explanation for why religion continues to be implicated in national identity crises in Québec.
Identities and Interests
Race, Ethnicity, and Affinity Voting
By Randy Besco
Identities and Interests examines the electoral behaviour of racialized Canadians: how they self-identify, why they support minority candidates, and what these patterns mean for Canadian politics.
A Small Power on a Large Stage
By Adam Chapnick
This is the definitive history of the Canadian experience, both its successes and failures, on the world's largest stage – the United Nations Security Council.
Political Ideology in Parties, Policy, and Civil Society
Interdisciplinary Insights
Edited by David Laycock
This important study demonstrates that varied disciplinary approaches can illuminate the reach and impact of political ideologies on both politics and society.
What's Trending in Canadian Politics? explores the changing nature of political communication and democratic governance in a digital age.
Inside Killjoy's Kastle
Dykey Ghosts, Feminist Monsters, and Other Lesbian Hauntings
Edited by Allyson Mitchell and Cait McKinney
Exploring the making and experience of a lesbian feminist haunted house, this book reframes and reclaims queer feminist histories with humour, provocation, and theoretical sophistication.
Men, Masculinity, and the Indian Act
By Martin J. Cannon
Men, Masculinity, and the Indian Act reverses conventional thinking to argue that the sexism directed at women within the act in fact undermines the well-being of all Indigenous people, proposing that Indigenous nationhood cannot be realized or reinvigorated until this broader injustice is understood.
By the Court
Anonymous Judgments at the Supreme Court of Canada
By Peter McCormick and Marc D. Zanoni
By the Court is the first major study of unanimous and anonymous legal decisions: the unique "By the Court" format used by the Supreme Court of Canada.
Rebuilding Indigenous Nations for a Stronger Canada
By Jody Wilson-Raybould
Jody Wilson-Raybould outlines in impassioned, inspiring prose the actions that must be taken by governments, Indigenous Nations, and all Canadians to achieve true reconciliation in this country.
Culture and the Soldier
Identities, Values, and Norms in Military Engagements
By H. Christian Breede
Culture and the Soldier offers a long-overdue examination of how culture – defined as reproduced identities, values, and norms – both shapes the military and can be wielded by it, informing the way armed forces operate around the world.
For Home and Empire
Voluntary Mobilization in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand during the First World War
By Steve Marti
For Home and Empire compares home-front mobilization during the First World War in three British dominions, using a settler colonial framework to show that voluntary efforts strengthened communal bonds while reinforcing class, race, and gender boundaries.
A World without Martha
A Memoir of Sisters, Disability, and Difference
By Victoria Freeman
A World without Martha is an unflinching yet compassionate memoir of how one sister's institutionalization for intellectual disability in the 1960s affected the other, sending them both on separate but parallel journeys shaped initially by society's inability to accept difference and later by changing attitudes towards disability, identity, and inclusion.
Good Governance in Economic Development
International Norms and Chinese Perspectives
Edited by Sarah Biddulph and Ljiljana Biuković
Good Governance in Economic Development examines what happens at the intersection of international and Chinese conceptions of transparency, accountability, and public participation.
By David A. Neel
UBC Press, On Point Press
Crafted from memories, legends, and art, this powerful memoir tells the uplifting story of an Indigenous man's struggle to reconnect with his culture and walk in the footsteps of his father and the generations of Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw artists that came before him.
Privacy in Peril
Hunter v Southam and the Drift from Reasonable Search Protections
By Richard Jochelson and David Ireland
This book, the second in the Landmark Cases in Canadian Law series, argues that in subsequent, post-Hunter v Southam decisions, the Supreme Court of Canada has strayed from the principles set out in that case, which were intended to protect the privacy of citizens from encroaching state power.
Henri Bourassa and the First World War
By Geoff Keelan
This revisionist account of Henri Bourassa's writings and times reshapes our understanding of why Quebec diverged from the rest of Canada when it came to war.
Bootstraps Need Boots
One Tory's Lonely Fight to End Poverty in Canada
By Hugh Segal
In this deeply personal memoir, Hugh Segal looks back on a life that took him from childhood poverty to the heights of Canadian politics and how these early experiences shaped his life-long advocacy for the poor.
The Impossible Clinic
A Critical Sociology of Evidence-Based Medicine
By Ariane Hanemaayer
The aims of evidence-based medicine cannot be reconciled with its outcomes, yet this impossible practice persists at the intersection of professional medical regulation and liberal governance strategies.
Crossing Law's Border
Canada's Refugee Resettlement Program
By Shauna Labman
Crossing Law's Border offers a comprehensive account of Canada's refugee resettlement program, from the Indochinese crisis of the 1970s to the current era of controversy and flux in refugee and asylum policy.
Marcel Cadieux and Canadian Diplomacy
By Brendan Kelly
The Good Fight is the insightful and entertaining biography of arguably the most important francophone diplomat and civil servant in Canadian history.
Governing the Social in Neoliberal Times
Edited by Deborah R. Brock
This accessible but theoretically sophisticated volume reveals how neoliberalism – as both an economic project and a broader political approach – has come to govern our daily lives, our understanding of the world we live in, and even how we think about ourselves.
In the Spirit of '68
Youth Culture, the New Left, and the Reimagining of Acadia
By Joel Belliveau
In the Spirit of '68 tells the story of how a unique blend of local circumstance and global influence transformed Acadian New Brunswick's youth culture, spawning one of the most influential revolutionary student movements in Canada.
Medicine and Morality
Crises in the History of a Profession
By Helen Kang
The first historical study of morality and science in Canadian medicine, Medicine and Morality shows how moments of doubt in doctors' impartiality resulted in changes to how medicine was done, and even to the very definition of medical practice itself.
Queering Representation
LGBTQ People and Electoral Politics in Canada
Edited by Manon Tremblay
Queering Representation explores what happens when LGBTQ people move out of the closet and into the political arena.
Caring for Eeyou Istchee
Protected Area Creation on Wemindji Cree Territory
Edited by Monica E. Mulrennan, Colin H. Scott and Katherine Scott
In Caring for Eeyou Istchee, Indigenous and non-Indigenous partners reveal how protected area creation presents a powerful vehicle for Indigenous stewardship, biological conservation, and cultural heritage protection.
Trustees at Work
Financial Pressures, Emotional Labour, and Canadian Bankruptcy Law
By Anna Jane Samis Lund
Trustees at Work explores what is means to be considered a deserving debtor in under contemporary Canadian personal bankruptcy law.
Planning on the Edge
Vancouver and the Challenges of Reconciliation, Social Justice, and Sustainable Development
Edited by Penny Gurstein and Tom Hutton
Planning on the Edge explores the reality behind the rhetoric of Vancouver's reputation as a sustainable city and paves the way for developing Vancouver and its region into a place that is both economically sustainable and socially just.
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Town and Country Announces Appointment of Marc Perry to Board of Directors
Marc Perry, Human Health and Performance Contract (HHPC) Manager for Artemis Government Task/Collaboration Agreements at KBR, Inc., in Houston, Texas, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Town and Country Financial Corporation (OTC Pink: TWCF), the parent company of Town and Country Bank, effective September 30, 2021. As a member of the Board, Mr. Perry will also serve on the Board's Audit and Asset Liability Management Committees.
Mr. Perry, a native of Friendswood, Texas, has over 20 years of experience managing technical teams of various engineering and science disciplines supporting Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) operations. Throughout his career, Mr. Perry has led corporate business development initiatives with specific leadership roles contributing to Program Management, Technical Lead, Contract Phase-In, and Solution Architect areas of expertise.
"On behalf of the Board of Directors, we are pleased to welcome Marc as our newest Director. His knowledge, expertise, and perspectives in program management and innovation will complement and enhance the skill set of our Board. We believe his collective contributions will be a significant asset for Town and Country's shareholders, customers, and employees," said David Kirschner, Executive Chairman.
"Marc's deep knowledge in leading intentional organizational performance will be invaluable as we grow our organization and pursue our mission to empower the financial well-being of our communities, one person at a time," said Micah Bartlett, President and CEO of Town and Country Financial Corporation.
Outside of his role with KBR, Inc., Perry serves as a Board Member for Technology Collaboration Center. This independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization was formed as a partnership between the NASA Johnson Space Center, the aerospace industry, and universities to solve complex technical problems through innovative solutions by connecting collaboration partners from across technology sectors. As an active member of his community, Perry also serves as Commissioner on the City of Friendswood, TX Planning and Zoning Commission.
Mr. Perry earned his Master of Science in Technical Management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems and Services from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Mr. Perry, along with his wife Lindsay and their two daughters, resides in Friendswood, TX.
About Town and Country Financial Corporation
Town and Country Financial Corporation, headquartered in Springfield, Illinois, operates as the parent holding company for Town and Country Bank including the Bank's subsidiary, Town and Country Banc Mortgage Services, Inc. (TCBMSI), with locations throughout the central, west-central, and metro-east areas of Illinois. While the Company specializes in commercial banking and mortgage lending, additional products and services offered through its 12 branch offices include retail banking, affordable housing finance options, Small Business Administration 504 and 7(a) loan programs, trust and investments, and agricultural banking. The Company, under TCBMSI, operates Community Mortgage Partners as a third-party provider for residential mortgages to other financial institutions throughout the United States.
Since the Company began in 1962, it has opened multiple branch locations, acquired four community banks and three separate bank branch locations, and grew two Loan Production Offices into full-service branch locations. In 2017, Town and Country became an Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) Company to gain traction toward reaching new goals and producing impactful results for its customers. Town and Country Financial Corporation shares are quoted under the symbol TWCF.


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A new look for Ryan Reynolds, a new impression of Rudolph Nureyev and four of DOXA's best
Volkmar Richter
Also: con artistry from the female side, old women who think they're cheerleaders and two other new films
New this week, we've got a possible challenger to the Avengers' hold on the box office, four excellent documentaries, three films I haven't seen and two I didn't really need to.
Here's the list:
Pokémon Detective Pikachu: 3
The White Crow: 2 ½
Poms: 1 ½
DOXA films: One Child Nation, Midnight Traveler
DOXA films: Miles Davis Birth of the Cool, Who Let the Dogs Out
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POKÉMON DETECTIVE PIKACHU: I'm new to the Pokémon phenomenon. I went to see what I could learn and quite enjoyed the movie. Better to listen to my grandsons, though. They're the natural audience for it; they've collected the cards and seen some of the animated movies or TV episodes and they were entertained by the variation here and the huge special effects scenes it came with.
As I understand it, Pokémon are fanciful creatures that are pitted into battles against each other by their trainers. That's banned in this version because an industrialist (Bill Nighy) has built a city where they and human beings can live together and partner up. Technically, visually on screen, this co-existence is done well, but there's a dark side that three characters discover.
Tim (Justice Smith), his dad's ex-partner in the detective trade (Pikachu, the yellow thing voiced by Ryan Reynolds) and an intern at a TV news station (Kathryn Newton) get into a secret research facility and find a project with good intentions gone wrong. The details are complicated and not all that logical but the presentation is spectacular. The facility is gleaming with sci-fi ambience. Earlier, there's a raucous illegal Pokémon battle and later an earthquake that crumbles the hills around. As thrilling as these are though, it's the buddy comedy that is the real highlight. The wise-cracking Reynolds is a perfect opposite to Smith acting glum. The lines are only intermittently funny but they fly fast. (Scotiabank, Marine Gateway and suburban theatres) 3 out of 5
THE WHITE CROW: At the height of the Cold War, in 1961, Rudolf Nureyev was the first artist to defect from the Soviet Union. It was a major event both culturally and politically. He was revered as the best ballet dancer of his generation and his leaving was a huge loss for Russia. Not much of that comes across about him in this film directed by Ralph Fiennes, scripted by playwright David Hare and taken from a biography by Julie Kavanagh. We don't learn what drove him to excel, need to be the best and why he was such an outsider, the white crow of the Russian idiom.
It doesn't help that the film switches repeatedly between three time frames: childhood, ballet school and a tour to Paris. Fiennes is very low key playing his teacher and the Ukrainian dancer, Oleg Ivenko, who they found to play Nureyev, just doesn't manage to convey his powerful presence. One character calls him "the most selfish man I've ever met" and very arrogant. Then why is the first half of the film so turgid with sedate discussions about the art of ballet, what to communicate and why dance at all? Later in Paris, when Nureyev haunted the art galleries, gay bars and nightclubs, drawing strict warnings from his KGB handlers and leading to his defection, the film does turn interesting and tense. It doesn't explain much though, despite repeated flashbacks to his childhood and Fiennes' own reference to "the ferocity of who Nureyev needed to be." The dance sequences are nice but too short. (5th Avenue) 2 ½ out of 5
POMS: I thought hard and long on how to turn aside my negative feelings about this one. It's so well-intentioned and trying so hard to be uplifting that I shouldn't just dismiss it. But I am. Its cliché-ridden mission to tell old people that it's never too late comes off as more than a little uncomfortable. That's mostly because the seniors here pick the wrong way to show it. They become cheerleaders.
Diane Keaton, Rhea Perlman, Pam Grier, Jacki Weaver and four others form a squad to show they can still do it. They live in a retirement community where anything like that is forbidden. So, they're rebels against unkind authority as well as old people trying to re-live their youth. That's all fine, but the details aren't. Keaton's character is dying of cancer. She vomits into the toilet several times. Another performs in a wheelchair, after a fall. Weaver's character, the liveliest of the lot, likes to attend funerals for the free food. There are a lot of jokes about the problems of old people, an embarrassing video that goes viral and then coaching help from a real cheerleader to get the squad into a national competition. Even as a fantasy, it's hard to take seriously although it does build to a poignant ending. Too late to save the film, though. (International Village and suburban theatres) 1 ½ out of 5
Four DOXA films: The festival is on through Sunday. For more information visit www.doxafestival.ca
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Miles Davis Birth of the Cool
One Child Nation
Rudolph Nureyev
Who Let the Dogs Out
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Candid scenes with Leonard Cohen and his muse, housing problems much like ours in Frisco and what we learned about life from the starfish
Also: loud comedy from an Uber car, grim living in an English family and Jews eluding the Nazis in wartime Berlin
Volkmar RichterJul 11th, 2019
More action from Spider-Man, a pagan cult in Midsommar and Wild Rose hurting to sing country
Also: Because We Are Girls, a stunning real story from here in BC, and Too Late To Die Young, a Chilean film that hides its politics
Volkmar RichterJul 4th, 2019
Beatles tunes and fantasy in Yesterday, a mesmerizing woman quest in China and Buddy, a treat for dog lovers
Also the return of a candid biography of Gordon Lightfoot
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Trump FY 18 Budget Proposes Devastating Cuts to Federal History & Humanities Funding
On March 16, President Trump sent an outline of his proposed fiscal year (FY) 2018 budget to Congress. It includes devastating cuts to federal history and humanities funding including elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Services and Title VI/Fulbright-Hays international education programs.
Here is a link to the proposal known as "America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again." The budget proposes a $54 billion increase in defense and public safety spending that is offset by equivalent cuts in discretionary non-defense programs. A more detailed proposal will be sent later in the spring.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/budget/fy2018/2018_blueprint.pdf
Please note the administration has only submitted a bare-bones budget summary for "major" federal agencies. As a result, smaller agencies that are of interest to NCH members such as the National Archives (which includes the National Historical Publications and Records Commission), Library of Congress, etc. are not included. In addition, the summary in most cases does not drill down to the programmatic level at the larger agencies. There are exceptions which I will set forth below.
The major point to remember is that Congress ultimately controls appropriations. Many Republicans and Democrats on the Hill have already dismissed the Trump proposal as "dead on arrival." The reality is the president is posturing and this budget plays to his base by delivering on his promise to "drain the swamp." So while our community should and will fight vigorously against these proposed cuts, I cannot stress enough that there is no need to panic. This is a war of attrition that will be fought through the appropriations process in both houses of Congress. We will need to focus our attention, as we always have, on the appropriations subcommittees with jurisdiction over the programs that affect our constituents.
Here is what we know. The Trump budget eliminates the following agencies and programs affecting our member organizations:
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
National Heritage Areas program at the National Park Service. There are currently 49 Heritage Areas nationwide.
Twenty individual grant programs at the Department of Education are eliminated. The proposal specifically mentions international education which includes Title VI/Fulbright-Hays.
The Department of Interior's budget is cut 12%. How this affects the National Park Service cannot be ascertained at this point.
In addition, the budget retains Historic Preservation Grants at the National Park Service. The budget notes, "These voluntary programs encourage public private partnerships by providing matching funds that produce greater benefits to taxpayers for the Federal dollars invested."
Here is what we don't know. As noted above, the budgets for many agencies with history-related programs have not been released. These include:
National Historical Publications and Records Commission
History and civics grants at the Department of Education
Other history and cultural-related programs at the National Park Service not mentioned above.
You can expect that NCH will be issuing a number of legislative alerts in the coming months as the FY 18 budget moves through the appropriations process. Over the years we have built lasting relationships in Congress that we can draw upon, including the History Caucus in the House. The National Humanities Alliance held its annual Humanities Advocacy Day earlier this week with a record 250+ attendees. Early reports are that there remains strong support on the Hill for our programs. So our work has just begun.


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NEWS ARCHIVES - ARTICLES News
Announcement Day
Posted in News on May 16, 2016
By Wizards of the Coast
Today we are announcing not only a number of new sets and products coming out in the next year, but also our new way to roll out those announcements.
Let's start with the exciting part—the announcements of six new products and one new way to buy an already announced product (click the links for full product information):
"Invent your Tomorrow" as we explore the plane we first caught a glimpse of in Magic Origins—Chandra's home plane of Kaladesh. Imagination, invention, and ingenuity await when we debut Kaladesh at PAX West on September 2, 2016, and release it in stores September 30, 2016.
In the follow-up to Kaladesh, "It's Time to Take the Power Back" with Aether Revolt. Ingenuity will only get you so far when the revolt comes. Releasing January 20, 2017.
With Kaladesh come new ways to experience Magic. Mark Rosewater introduces and explains the new Bundle and Planeswalker Deck in his latest article.
Magic: The Gathering—Commander (2016 Edition) introduces a twist players have long clamored for—four-color legendary commanders. Choose your champion when the latest in the Commander series releases on November 11, 2016.
Much like Duel Decks: Anthology, the upcoming Planechase Anthology will gather previous Planechase products together in one convenient package. Planechase lets you travel from plane to plane as you battle your friends and foes—and now you can own every planar card ever printed, available November 25, 2016.
Relive the battle between Zendikar's protector and its would-be destroyer. Duel Decks: Nissa vs. Ob Nixilis pits two of the Multiverse's most powerful Planeswalkers against one another—just as they were in Magic Story. Releases September 2, 2016.
Releasing with Conspiracy—Take the Crown, Magic players will be able to pick up a new Draft Pack in North American mass-market stores. The Draft Pack features three Booster Packs of the new Magic multiplayer Draft set, Conspiracy—Take the Crown. Pick one up on your way to your Conspiracy draft and get ready to start plotting against your fellow drafters. Look for Draft Packs in mass-market stores starting August 26 with an MSRP of $11.99.
That's quite a bit to take in all at once. It's going to be an exciting year for Magic.
But why did we announce it all at once?
We want our fans to know when to expect upcoming products to be revealed—and to see further into the future of Magic's release schedule.
Therefore, as of this announcement, we will have two major product announcements every year—one in the spring and one in the fall. In those announcements, we will announce the next block and any supplemental products that will be released during the next year or so.
You will also notice that the pages holding the full announcement details do not all contain every element you might be used to in a set announcement—particularly key art, localized set logos, some amount of text, or other graphic treatments. That is because, for some of these, we are announcing them before those items are finalized.
While we will occasionally announce certain products off-schedule, by and large almost all of our announcements will fit this schedule. You can look for the next Announcement Day in September. We will have more detail on the exact date of those announcements as we get closer to them.
July 8, 2019 Banned and Restricted Announcement by, Ian Duke
Announcement Date: July 8, 2019 Modern: Bridge from Below is banned. Effective Date: July 12, 2019 Magic Online Effective Date: July 8, 2019 at 12 p.m. PT The list of all banned and ...
Core Set 2020 Oracle Changes by, Eli Shiffrin
Oracle Changes We All Scream for Ice Cauldron (Functional) Long ago, every card that instructed you to do something with a card in your hand that had certain characteristics was fixed...


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The African-American Ballplayer Crisis
By Dex Apr 19, 2007, 8:35am PDT
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I'm looking at the results so far from the poll and I'm thinking that maybe this is being phrased incorrectly. I'm in agreement that there aren't sirens going off and warning lights flashing at the decline of black ballplayers in the big leagues, but I also don't think that this isn't something we shouldn't be concerned about. I just think maybe we're not looking at it right.
Look at it this way. The reason baseball is great is because it's the great equalizer. Of all the team sports that we play in America, it's the one that's played pretty much everywhere and it's the one that doesn't rely on you needing to have "something" to make it to the next level except being able to play. If you play basketball, you can get away with not being freakishly tall, but if you are freakishly tall, then you'll get a chance. If you play football, your body type basically determines where you play and even then, plenty of guys who are good at football don't make it because they aren't big enough.
Baseball... Do you necessarily need to be fast? Tall? Short? Strong? Big? No. It's the great equalizer. You just have to be good at baseball. (Incidentally, this is also the reason there's a double standard when it comes to steroids and baseball, but that's for another post)
Now here's where the "crisis" comes in. If baseball is the great equalizer and it's played everywhere in America then it's reasonable to think that the demographics of baseball players should be moving towards the demographics of the population as a whole. If it isn't, then there's something else going on and that's where things get troublesome.
Basically, if what's going on is that young people of different socio-economic groups are getting distinctly different sets of opportunities, then it's a problem. If what's going on is that young people are being conditioned to believe that there are certain sports that they "should" participate in, then there's a problem. If a player picks a sport because they feel that it's more acceptable for a person of their ethnicity or race then it's a problem. All of those are problems because baseball, as I said before, is really the one team sport where you shouldn't have to be "something" to play.
Even if this doesn't make you believe that there's something wrong with the numbers of African-Americans in baseball, I hope that it makes it more understandable why some think there is.
Update [2007-4-19 15:22:11 by Dex]: Dave Stewart touches on this very topic today on his blog.


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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Having satisfied their urge for White Castle, Harold and Kumar jump on a plane to catch up with Harold's love interest, who's headed for the Netherlands. But the pair must…
To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find – an Army private and a prostitute – and sends them to the…
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
A lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for gold. He gets mixed up with some burly characters and falls in love with the beautiful Georgia. He tries to win her…
An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Astronaut Roy McBride must undertake a harrowing journey to the edge of our solar system when his long-lost scientist father seems to have resurfaced despite having been declared dead many…
Country: Brazil, USA
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
A story centered around the plush specialty toys.
The movie follows a 4-year old boy who is struggling to cope with the arrival of a little sister in the family until things turn magical. A mysterious garden in…
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy
Hidden Man
A martial arts-infused spy thriller set in 1937 Beijing. A time when China was lurching between revolution, prosperity, and chaos.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Sew the Winter to My Skin
Set in South Africa's rural Great-Karoo region in the 1950's this epic existential-adventure film chronicles the exploits of the outlaw John Kepe and the various individuals his escapades affected. This…
Country: Germany, South Africa
Genre: Action, Adventure
The Quake
A family is off to the Norwegian city of Oslo, where a massive earthquake will strike.
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Hochelaga, Land of Souls
Mohawk archaeologist Baptiste Asigny engages in a search for his ancestors following a tragic terrain slump in the Percival Molson Stadium.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
The story of two sisters on a journey, where they try to get close to each other and approach the tough questions in life. Euphoria is a contemporary drama about…
Country: Germany, Sweden, UK
Genre: Adventure, Drama
The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—did just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. But a trip to see…
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885….
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
Marty and Doc are at it again in this wacky sequel to the 1985 blockbuster as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the…
A quartet of mutated humanoid turtles clash with an uprising criminal gang of ninjas
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb….
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Sam Witwicky takes his first tenuous steps into adulthood while remaining a reluctant human ally of Autobot-leader Optimus Prime. The film centers around the space race between the USSR and…
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the…
Young teenager, Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to…
Miles Morales is juggling his life between being a high school student and being a spider-man. When Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk uses a super collider, others from across the Spider-Verse are…
Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers…
The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races….
Two boys face an onslaught from witches, monsters, ghouls and a talking dummy after they discover a mysterious book by author R. L. Stine.
Country: Australia, USA
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As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his…
The true story of top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, who after graduating from Emory University in 1992, abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and…
A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to…
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Judah Ben-Hur, a Palestinian Jew, is battling the Roman empire at the time of Christ. His actions send him and his family into slavery, but an inspirational encounter with Jesus…
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The Wages of Fear
In the South American jungle, supplies of nitroglycerine are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense…
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In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of…
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley Of The Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful…
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Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a…
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick…
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
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Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 17th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love save…
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Digital Economy, News & Events, Taxes & Trade
CCIA Offers OECD Comments Supporting Global Tax Reform
BY Heather Greenfield
Brussels, BELGIUM — The Computer & Communications Industry Association offered comments today on the OECD Secretariats' Blueprints regarding the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework Public Consultation Document on the Reports on the Pillar One and Pillar Two Blueprints. The Blueprints regarding Pillar 1 & 2 were released in October 2020 and seek to propose a consensus-based approach to digital taxation to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy.
CCIA encourages countries to deliver on their commitment to achieve a long-term, consensus-based global solution which doesn't ringfence the digital economy. Unilateral digital taxation measures that target U.S. services undermines this goal. CCIA has long been a supporter of global tax reform and previously filed comments on the OECD Secretariat's proposal last November.
The following can be attributed to CCIA Vice President and Head of office Christian Borggreen:
"CCIA remains fully supportive of the OECD process to reach a consensus-based, multilateral solution, rather than the proliferation of digital services taxes. The OECD is the best venue to address concerns related to the taxation of the digitalization of the economy.
"As discussions continue on a mutually-agreed basis, we encourage parties to reach a solution that does not discriminate against a subsect of the digital economy and provides the requisite clarity for tax authorities around the world.
"Rather than pursuing unilateral digital taxes, which could trigger trade disputes, we encourage all countries to prioritise more ambitious, global tax reform."
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CCIA Statement on Canada Moving Forward on Digital Services Tax
Washington — Canada announced this week that it will take steps to implement a digital services tax, as announced by Department of Finance Canada. The Canada tax closely mirrors other unilateral measures pursued by European countries in recent years, which have been subject to trade investigations that found the taxes discriminatory against U.S. tech companies…
News & Events, Taxes & Trade, Canada, digital tax, trade
CCIA Joins 10 Associations In Canadian Digital Tax Letter
Washington — The Computer & Communications Industry Association joined 10 trade associations in a letter to U.S. officials expressing concern with Canada's planned digital services tax aimed at U.S. companies. The letter notes that Canada's tax appears inconsistent with Canada's participation in the OECD/G20 Two-Pilar Solution and its trade obligations with the United States. CCIA…
Taxes & Trade, digital tax, G20, trade
G20 Endorses Agreement on Global Tax Reform
Washington — G20 leaders endorsed the new global tax agreement following the conclusion of the Summit in Rome. G20 ministers had tasked the OECD to undertake this broader tax reform initiative initially and today's endorsement is therefore an important milestone. More than 130 countries reached consensus on a two pillar solution and historic global tax…


A young girl's voiceover explains her take on gender, violence and other dangerous issues. Colourful, flashing images capture the eye in this layered work by the filmmaker from Quebec. From archival footage to historic documents, all accompanied by Alpine yodelling.
A son seeks his father's approval. He relates what it's like to be raised in a country with a culture different to that of your father.
Portrait of Baltimore after Freddie Gray's death. A confused city in pain that counted both protests and classical concerts among its responses. Screens before The Other Side.


Michael Quan, is founder of Interactive Tactical Group, Inc, a Boston tech consultancy. Specializing in 3D capture, 360 video and AR/VR visualization. Quan's original roots are in news photography, having worked as a freelance photographer for the Boston Globe and the New York Times for over 20 years.
In the past several years, he has worked with vehicle mounted cameras and sensors as a partner for earthmine (acquired by Nokia), and has delivered hand held IR and LIDAR sensor products for customers in defense and in.


Lorna's adopted sister, Callie, is part of a mysterious group of non-lingual teens, Icelings, born on a remote Arctic island, who may not be entirely human. Now Callie wants to go home.
Pusheen returns in a delightful coloring book perfect for fans of I Am Pusheen the Cat.


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Q: Cakephp query with WHEN CASE I have below query.
$parents = $this->SurveyQuestion->find('all',array('fields' => array(
                       'SurveyQuestion.id',
                       '((CASE WHEN SurveyQuestion.tree_label%2="" THEN \'tree_label\' ELSE \'label\' END)) AS plabel'
                   ),'conditions' =>
                array('`SurveyQuestion`.`id` <>' => $id), 'recursive' => -1));

I want result like below.
I want result from tree_label column if it is not NULL else I want result from label column.
Above query returns wrong value.. Can anyone please help ?

A: Giving you an similar example, please try like this :
SELECT
COUNT(CASE WHEN published = 'Y' THEN 1 END) AS number_published,
COUNT(CASE WHEN published = 'N' THEN 1 END) AS number_unpublished
FROM articles

$query = $articles->find();
$publishedCase = $query->newExpr()
->addCase(
    $query->newExpr()->add(['published' => 'Y']),
    1,
    'integer'
);

$unpublishedCase = $query->newExpr()
->addCase(
    $query->newExpr()->add(['published' => 'N']),
    1,
    'integer'
);

 $query->select([
'number_published' => $query->func()->count($publishedCase),
'number_unpublished' => $query->func()->count($unpublishedCase)
]);

hope it helps :)

A: May be this will help you
$parents = $this->SurveyQuestion->find('all',array('fields' => array(
                       'SurveyQuestion.id',
                       '((CASE WHEN SurveyQuestion.tree_label%2="" THEN SurveyQuestion.tree_label ELSE SurveyQuestion.label END)) AS plabel'
                   ),'conditions' =>
                array('`SurveyQuestion`.`id` <>' => $id), 'recursive' => -1));

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NEWS SINGAPORE
Colin Tung
, 11 Sep, 2015
Singapore's 99.co launches tool to help users identify constituency
It has also launched a constituency search tool that allows users to identify the constituency that encompasses a piece of property
Technology has made inroads in industries around the world as diverse as commerce, education, finance, logistics, and transport. Even governments have embraced it, with the Obama administration recruiting top technology talent from the likes of Google and Facebook to reboot the way government works. Closer to home, the development of an app by the Municipal Services Office under the Singapore government's Ministry of National Development for the public to give feedback on municipal issues.
While governments are wetting their feet in technology, property website 99.co has published findings that will apprise property buyers and sellers with concerns that the political affiliation of their constituencies — in the aftermath of polling day today in the Singapore General Elections when the dust settles and votes are counted — would influence realty value.
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Not sure who's standing for elections in your area? 99.co's constituency search tool will help answer that question, and let you know who your Members of Parliament are after the elections
A constituency search tool
At the same time, the Singapore-based website announced the launch of a constituency search tool, allowing users to identify the constituency that a piece of property belongs to, together with the political parties and members contesting it.
The constituency search tool, after the elections are over, will help users know who the elected representatives (termed Members of Parliament) of the area are. 99.co believes the information would be useful if users want to find out who to go to to address municipal or local issues.
While the tool makes for a nifty embellishment to the site, its real value is in allowing 99.co to extract and plot property transaction prices by constituency, from data published by government agencies Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and Housing Development Board (HDB).
Does political affiliation of ward affect property value?
With the data from URA, HDB and the constituency search tool, the one-year-old website analysed the pricing trends of the various constituencies over time. 99.co concluded that the location of a piece of realty, whether in a constituency under the jurisdiction of the ruling party — the People's Action Party (PAP) — or an opposition party, has no effect on its value.
Location with regard to other factors such as proximity to major developments and key infrastructure, however, will drive the rate of appreciation of property.
What the numbers say
HDB flats in West Coast GRC and Potong Pasir SMC lead the way in average transaction prices per constituency in percentage change, appreciating nearly 100 per cent or double the amounts in 2006 (Image credit: 99.co)
Plotting graphs from HDB data, 99.co concluded that public housing performed largely uniformly regardless of ward, with resale prices in almost all wards appreciating between 80 per cent and 100 per cent.
Ku Swee Yong, CEO of Century 21 Singapore, a franchise of the global residential real estate sales organisation Century 21, said, "The data from 99.co clearly indicates that there is no difference in the valuations of residences between neighbourhoods. This likely indicates that common areas such as pavements, drainages and landscaping are being managed to similar standards. Otherwise, over two to three years, differences will show and valuations in badly managed districts would drop."
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The private housing sector across all wards observe appreciation in a greater range than that in the public housing sector, of between 50 per cent and 150 per cent
This is unlike the trends observed in the private housing sector, whose appreciation of property prices is less consistent across wards, taking place in the range of 50 per cent to 150 per cent.
According to the report, the average transaction price for private housing in Aljunied GRC (currently held by the opposition Workers' Party) and Potong Pasir SMC (where opposition stalwart Chiam See Tong served as Member of Parliament for 27 years until 2011 when Sitoh Yih Pin of the ruling People's Action Party won the seat) have outperformed the national average — more than doubling (over 100 per cent) on average over the last decade.
The report highlighted Ang Mo Kio GRC and West Coast GRC for representation of private property prices in PAP wards. While the average transaction price for private housing in Ang Mo Kio has performed almost as well as Aljunied, prices in West Coast fell under the national average.
Also Read: 99.co trolls rival PropertyGuru at annual agent meetup


Yesterday, I posted over on Libraries Interact about the state of the biblioblogosphere, which is the hipster term for the complex of blogs written by library and information professionals about professional issues. In the post, I reflected on the noticeable decrease in robust critical commentary and discourse on professional issues.
As I wrote that post, I thought a lot about my own blogging and blogging more generally. I wrote the post in response to a few stimuli, one of which was a conversation on an elist for admins on a collaborative blog. In that conversation, someone asked whether blogging is dead, and someone else asked if maybe the giddy pace of change has slowed and the impetus for blogging has consequently died off. We also mused about the fact that many of us have broader, more diverse interests these days. This conversation prompted me to think about my own use of blogs and my own blogging practices, so I'm sharing these thoughts here in this post.
We're not talking about blogs as a container so much any more (which is really an indicator of how mainstream they are), but blogging as a tool to push out serialised content is still huge. Look at the big magazine-style platforms, like The Conversation, Mamamia, and BubHub (yes, I just put The Conversation in the same category as Mamamia. I know. Scandalous!). These sites all run on blog posts. We just don't necessarily talk about them being blogs. This semester I asked my undergrad IT students whether they use RSS. Two of 60+ do. Many of the others didn't know what it was. I asked them if they read blogs, and they said no. Then I started talking to them about how they engage with content on the web, and I realised they *are* reading blogs, or engaging with syndicated, serialised content. They just don't necessarily know that's what they're doing, or care about the container the content comes in, or the technology that delivers it to them.
I am a huge reader of blogs. I read blogs daily. I have a well organised subscription list in Feedly and I have a morning routine where I sit down with my coffee and I go through the latest posts. I cherry pick, reading the most interesting ones first, and invariably coming back to some of the others later when I'm procrastinating. I read everyday fashion blogs, sewing blogs, educational technology blogs, technology blogs, news blogs, education blogs, interior design blogs, and craft blogs. I read blogs written by friends, a couple of whom happen to be librarians, but I don't read them for their library content. They are categorised in Feedly as 'Library lovelies', which probably tells you a lot about why I read them – they're lovely blogs, written by lovely people whose lives I like to keep up to date with, rather than blogs about librarianship.
I'm just not reading blogs about librarianship at all, and not for lack of interest. Rather, it's because there just aren't that many great or active ones any more.
I shut up shop on my blog Virtually a Librarian about the same time I established this one. I started that blog as a very green new graduate and blogged sporadically there for five or six years. I shut up shop for a number of reasons: because my thinking had moved on and I didn't really identify with who I was in that space anymore; because I found it challenging to blog and produce research articles at the same time; because I started my PhD and my brain filled up with that; because the twins came along and my life dramatically changed.
I didn't stop blogging because I had nothing to blog about. On the contrary, I've got a long list of topics for blog posts that I never get around to writing. My interests have diversified but I've still got plenty to say about professional issues, and plenty to say about related topics like educational technology, learning innovation, creativity and creative practice, leadership, social technologies, and my research. I've also got stuff to say about my personal life – things I want to share about what I get up to away from work.
I just rarely get round to saying any of it.
And I don't think it's true that the biblioblogosphere has died off because there's nothing to talk about. Libraries are operating in a time of enormous change. In the good old days, there was a lot of blogging about social technologies, and yes, there was an invigorating, exciting and urgent vibe around technology and innovation, and that fuelled blogging. But there is *so much* happening in the library and information professions right now that we should be pulling apart, inspecting, interrogating, critiquing.
There is stuff to blog about. It's just not happening.
Obviously I'm no longer working in libraries, but I am teaching librarians-in-the-making, and I am invested in the profession. I used to blog about front line service issues and about technology in libraries, because those were the things I was dealing with on a daily basis. My interests are more diverse, but they are still relevant to libraries and with a bit more professional maturity under my belt, I've probably got more useful things to say than I did back when I was blogging about Library 2.0 (including about how much I hate that term). I have a broader perspective on the industry, having seen it from a different angle for the last five years.
I'm still thinking about and working on things that have relevance to the profession. I'm just not blogging about it.
Now I was never a great blogger, but I think I can still call some of the great bloggers from the giddy naughties my 'contemporaries'. It's true that some of those people have moved on somewhat too, but they haven't strayed that far either. They've moved up, moved into academia, and moved around, but they're still hanging around libraries and they still have useful insights we could all benefit from.
Time poor and thinking-space poor.
I know I'm not alone in having a busy work life. But I'm often surprised by people's perceptions about academic workloads. I think there's a real misconception about what we do, the volume of work we are lumped with, and the pressure there is to perform (particularly for people like me who go from contract to contract). I'm also constantly met with incredulity when I say I work from home because I get more done. People who don't work from home imagine it's either a lovely life of pottering around the house or an enormous challenge to fight off distractions. The reality is I don't go to the office because I've got too much to do. Working from homes saves me hours of commute time and forces me to rationalise the time I spend in meetings. Anyway, I digress. The point is this: You know that image of academics squirrelled away in their cozy offices, reading and writing and just thinking? It's a ginormous myth. To be a successful academic – to establish a solid academic career in the current climate – you have to do a lot more than have a strong research output and churn out good publications. You've got to have your fingers in multiple research pies, because while the applied, industry based research is fun and necessary, you still need to create an intellectual footprint that has value beyond the profession. You've also got to be an excellent teacher, which is a *lot* of work, and when you love teaching, you tend to spend even more time on it. It's also a time sink because it's so incredibly satisfying, and you can see immediate payoffs through student success. Then there's the service component of the job: providing service to the university through committee memberships, advisory groups and leadership activities, and to industry through similar external activities. To do what I do – teach in and coordinate a program for an applied discipline – you've also got to be entrepreneurial, plugged into industry, and visible both in the profession and in academia. On top of the run-of-the-mill teaching, research and service, I run a program of continuing professional education events, I take on consultancy work, I do heaps of marketing by stealth, I spend a significant amount of time on pastoral care, I get involved in external engagement programs… And the list goes on.
I used to carve out time outside of work hours to blog, but the reality these days is that I'm working significantly more than I used to – more than twice as much as I was when I kicked off my first blog, and approaching twice as much as I did when I started this blog. If I was to actively blog again, I'd have to trade off somewhere, and right now I'd be trading blogging for sleep, and I gotta tell you, I am absolutely useless unless as I get a solid seven hours sleep. I can do all-nighters and consecutive nights (even weeks) on minimal sleep, but only when I'm under pressure, and it has consequences in terms of the quality of my work and my well being.
I'm suffering from another type of poverty, too: I'm thinking-space poor. My brain has a limited capacity and it is maxed out. It's a tricky balance to pump out good content for a blog and good research publications simultaneously. I used to think blogging would eat up all my words and I wouldn't have any left for academic publications. The reality is that the words are plentiful, but the room in my head is not, so I find it tricky to carve out the time to think and write anything that's not explicitly work related. I am fortunate to be a really fast writer. (Please universe, I need to live that out today to finish this thesis chapter!) But sense-making takes time. Getting my thoughts together, thinking them through, takes time and writing and drafting and editing and more writing. Take this post for example, and the one I made yesterday on Libraries Interact. I've been thinking about these posts and working on them on and off for about eight days. (It was supposed to be one post, but it ended up ridiculously long. There's another reason I struggle to find time to blog: I sense-make by writing, which means I write *heaps* and then I find it really hard to edit it down, so I never hit publish.) And then there's the (internal) pressure to get it just right, to craft beautiful posts that I won't regret making (you really have no idea how long I've spent on this post, and I know I need to cut it back even though I've split into two, but I'm going to have to embrace the Cult of Done here or it's never gonna make it out of draft).
Time poor + think poor + inner perfectionist = terrible blogger.
In my world, blogs aren't dead, and in fact I don't think they're dead at all, anywhere. I read them, and I think you probably do too, even if you don't necessarily think of them as blogs.
The biblioblogosphere isn't dead either, but it is a little bit sick and I'd really like to see that change. I think we need ongoing professional conversations and I think we need blogs to support this. I also think that as an academic, I have a responsibility to contribute to professional discourse, and I think I've got stuff to contribute related to teaching and learning that's relevant for the profession, too. I also think senior members of the profession have a responsibility to contribute to professional discourse, and I would like to see more of these people blogging. And *you* have stuff to say, even if you don't think you do.
A return to collaborative blogging?
I'm up for getting back into blogging about libraries, but I don't want to do it here, because this is my personal space. I also know I can't sustain a solo blog related to the LIS profession because I have other foci for my blogging, too (namely, my teaching and learning blog). But I'm totally up for collaborative blogging; I'm up for helping to coordinate a collaborative blog; and I'm up for actively calling on academics and senior members of the profession to contribute, too.
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I hear you sister. The conversations are time consuming. Sometimes I write a comment on a post on FB for example and then I delete it before I hit submit because I don't want to have an ongoing conversation. Isn't that terrible?!
I'm really over Facebook. But I love the conversations on IG. They don't seem to be as full on as FB ones but they still have a community vibe to them. I think it's because photos suggest intimacy.
Just thought when i read your comment about people reading blogs and not realizing it. Similarly particularly in academia using library and library resources without thinking or know that they are library resources. e.g. seamlessly getting access to journal articles.
Yes! It's the end game, right? To make it so seamless that you don't know you're doing anything special.
Kate your comments about sense-making and taking time to think things through really resonated with me.
I am a reflective thinker so it takes my brain time to process ideas and I want my posts to be worthwhile. What tends to then happen is the opportunity and the moment has been missed and I think my comment is not current – I am thinking here of the sense of immediacy of the social media platforms.
I hear you Helen. I feel the same. For example this post on blogging, and the one on Libraries Interact… Three separate stimuli lead to writing those two posts. I wanted to write a post after the first stimulus, but didn't get around to it. Then I wanted to do it after the second, but didn't get around to it. Third time lucky! I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing though. It means I don't spend ages blogging about things unless they really have stuck with me and made me really think. The incidental, quick stuff I tend to tweet about. But the lengthier posts often end up happening well after the event or stimulus. I think for the most part that's okay. I've had to adjust to dipping in and out of the flow of information in social media, rather than being constantly immersed in it, by necessity. But I'm looking forward to life calming down a bit and being better able to keep up with flow.
Lovely to hear from you, btw!
So agree about blogging and something else I feel as well, that is when you say you go from contract to contract well I go from library to library:) In my career I have experienced so many libraries and everyone has an opinion on how each and everyone is unique and special and needs to have their space – I get quite blogged out (is that a word?) If I was to comment about each and everyone of my experiences, I would not have a life! having said that I still blog if an interesting article arises or someone sends me info I really enjoy -like yours:). I like blogging and enjoy writing them- but as you say – time poor! I hear you Kate:) my next blog would be my experience in setting up a school library that has 1,000 distance education students attached -well maybe:)!! Thanks Kate.


Extracting oil from soybeans using an OilPress.co Oil Press at Jerry Martin's Farm in Northern WI, USA. Jerry Martin has a complete setup with a Commodity Cleaner and Oil Press.
Extracting oil from soybeans using an Oil Press Company at Jerry Martin's Farm in Northern WI, USA. Jerry Martin has a complete setup with a Commodity Cleaner and Oil Press.
Oil Pressing Soybeans using an Oil Press Company at our shop.


The heat index had already hit 100ºF by 11 AM Monday, and it could go higher than 105ºF through early evening as actual air temperatures hover in the mid-90s. It cools slowly this evening: only to the low-80s by 10 PM (with a heat index still near 90ºF through 8 PM). Any isolated storms slowly drifting along this evening fade away before 10 PM.
It's more of the same for Tuesday: highs in the mid-90s, a small chance that you are the one getting the isolated downpour, and a heat index that makes it feel about as bad as it's been all summer between 102ºF and 107ºF. There is some good news ahead, though! The heat backs down as the chance of rain rises later this week.
Needing rain? Most of us need some rain in a big way to catch up on what we've missed lately. There are some notable exceptions; Lookout Mountain, most of Sand Mountain, the southern end of Brindlee Mountain, and some spots here and there across The Shoals have had more than enough rainfall over the past 60 days.
Do we finally see an everybody-gets-a-soaker rain chance this week? Not exactly.
The nature of the beast this time of year is that we don't usually see a lot of evenly-spread rainfall. Most of it comes in the form of hit-or-miss downpours that drop tremendous rainfall in one spot and leave another completely dry.
This week's rain potential rises as a weak front moves into North Alabama Wednesday evening. It stalls and hangs around through Thursday and Friday; that gives us a good chance of daily showers and thunderstorms, but it does not guarantee an evenly-spread soaking rain for every square inch of every county around here.
More scattered storms this weekend: The weak front lingers around through the weekend as well, and that keeps the clouds, showers and locally-heavy thunderstorms developing here and there for Saturday and Sunday.
Expect highs in the 80s, lows in the upper 60s and lower 70s with some sun, some clouds, and a better-than-average chance of a downpour especially in the afternoon and early evening both days.
Drier, hotter next week: The upper-air pattern keeping the weather unsettled through the weekend clears up some next week: bringing back the heat and thinning out the storms. Monday's chance of rain stands at 20%, but it drops to 10% or lower through the middle and end of next week. High temperatures surge back into the lower and middle 90s by then, too.


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Opolo
They say good fences make good neighbors, but it was a love of wine an...
They say good fences make good neighbors, but it was a love of wine and winemaking that was the entrée between Opolo owners Rick Quinn and Dave Nichols. Their two families have lived side-by-side in Camarillo since 1996. As Nichols remembers, "I knew Rick to say hello to, but that was about it. Then one day, he said to me, 'Hey Dave, I just planted 10,000 grapevines!' " And so began the evolution of Opolo, one of Paso Robles' newest labels. Quinn and Nichols have been neighbors in two counties since 1997 when Nichols bought vineyard property adjoining Quinn's. Together they now own about 280 acres of vineyards in Paso Robles, about 200 acres on the Eastside and 80 on the Westside. The Westside vineyards are in the Adelaide Hills, producing wines such as Pinot Noir and Sangiovese, while the Eastside properties produce varietals such as Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon. The majority of vineyards have been producing fruit since 1998, and a small percentage of it has been finding its way into wine made by Quinn and Nichols ever since.
1999 marked the first commercial crush under the Opolo label, when Quinn and Nichols produced Merlot, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese, Zinfandel, and Muscat Canelli. Quinn and Nichols have essentially taken over the viticulture and winemaking duties, not an easy task considering they both still have their "day jobs." Quinn used to own one of the largest Century 21 brokerages in the country and Nichols runs his own wireless electronics firm.
Opolo Cabernet Sauvignon 2000
Cabernet Sauvignon from Paso Robles, Central Coast, California
Ships Mon, Jan 1
Opolo Paso Robles Syrah 2000
Syrah/Shiraz from Paso Robles, Central Coast, California
Opolo Paso Robles Merlot 2000
Merlot from Paso Robles, Central Coast, California


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Q: How do I handle file uploading on distributed application? I have photo uploading functionality in web application using PHP. Which is going to host as distributed application on many servers.
Now, problem is how should I handle that photo uploading functionality so, that photo can be available on all server? My application is in php.

A: You could use an already existing platform to perform syncing. Most modern OSes support syncing, and you could also use external tools.
At the OS level:

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*You can use rsync for *nix servers (plus, this has been ported to Windows too)

*Here's a way to do it between Windows servers

Using external tools:

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*Goodsync enterprise

*Syncbreeze

*Under *nix, you could use rsync

*Here's a collection of programs (free and paid) to do this

*You could use a cloud-based service like Dropbox in all your servers

Using PHP:

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*You could use librsync

*You could add an FTP/SSH server to each one of your distributed servers. Once a file is uploaded to one server, it can be uploaded via FTP to the others. PHP includes functionality for FTP - check the FTP section in the PHP handbook.

*Use FXP to transfer files between servers. The KioobFTP class can be used for this, as it implements FXP transfers


In challenging and competitive economy, companies have to analyze the internal and external environment carefully to make a precise business goals and strategy for existence and sustainable development.
In reality, many organizations simply evaluate employees through sales revenue or profits, but lack of connection between performance evaluation and the strategy or business goals. The Balanced Scorecard (BSC), a solution to these problems, is a strategy performance management tool created by Professor Robert S. Kaplan of Harvard business School & David Norton. The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is applied by most of the leading companies in Fortune 500 list .Nevertheless, it is not easy to understand and apply this model in company.
With systematic thinking ability, logical thinking and experience in carrying out BSC, Balance together with your company set up performance evaluation system linked from the corporation strategy to the individual employee - Right job, right time, right goal is a key to achieve good results for company and contribute to open Vietnam' desires.


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Interview: Tony Iommi Discusses His New Book, 'Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath'
By John Katic 2011-11-11T12:59:41Z
These days, the book store has just as many musical legends as the record store. There are dozens of great autobiographies out there from Ace Frehley, Sammy Hagar, Duff McKagen and many more.
One title that is sure to catch the attention of any metal fan is that of Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi. His new book, Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath, from De Capo Press is now available in hardcover and gives the reader a rare look into the life of one of metal's most reserved and respected musicians.
We had a chance to talk to this living legend about his experience writing the book.
You've got a new book out, Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath, and it's been a great read so far. Can you describe the experience of sitting down and writing this book -- and what TJ's (T.J. Lammers, co-author) role was in the process?
We started about two years ago and TJ would come to my house and stay over for three days. We usually did three days at a time and put up a couple tape machines and just talk. We'd come out about 10 hours later and we'd take a break and go back and write it all up. Then he'd come back another time and do three more days. We did that for a period of a couple years.
You've been a career musician. Is it surreal to look at yourself in 400-plus pages?
It's very strange. For me, I've never talked about my private life. It's always been about Black Sabbath. It's strange to open up and talk about me as a young lad, my relationships, marriages and what not. I found that very hard.
I know you've been surrounded throughout your career by front-men who typically do a lot of the talking. I found that as a fan of Black Sabbath and Heaven & Hell, it was very interesting to go back and learn more about you as a person. You mention in the book that you left school at age 15. In Birmingham, was 15 where school ended typically for kids?
It was if you were like I was: not very good at school. I hated school. After 15, you went off to college if you were good enough. It didn't appeal to me so I left school. I did what everybody did, get a job.
One of the stories in the book, the industrial accident that took part of your fingers, is familiar to anyone who has followed your career. The thing that stood out to me is that, where you were with the Birds and the Bees -- getting ready to take that big jump -- and the heartbreak that that must have caused. What was it like to go through that?
Absolutely awful. Here I was ready to leave my job. I'd given my notice the week before and to have that accident on the day I was leaving was devastating. All my thoughts of being out on a plane and playing went straight down the tubes. It was very difficult to accept that. I was very depressed.
Your mother was the reason you went back to work that day. She was trying to instill a good work ethic in you. Did find yourself resenting your mother?
I was probably not very pleased with it, and she probably felt really bad as well for making me go back to work and finish the day. At the time I was so depressed and down. It was hard to accept life. Playing was all I wanted to do.
You alluded to this question in the book. Why didn't you just flip the guitar over and play it right handed?
Thinking of it now and if I had known what I know now, I probably would have. It seemed like I'd already been playing three years and that I'd have to start again. It seemed like an eternity. It didn't seem like an option.
You talk about fighting with the string manufacturers to go with a lighter gauge to help you with bending and also concerns people had with your tone. Is that what led you to make the switch from the Stratocaster to the SG?
No, I used to use the Strat and I loved the Strat I had. I'd done all the work on it myself. I took everything down and constantly had it in pieces to do some adjustments to it, to the pickups. I was fanatical about getting it to play better for me. The only reason I went to Gibson was, when we were in the studio recording the first album and I was recording "Wicked World" with the Strat, the pickup went. I had the SG there and I used that. I used that for the album. I thought since that was the sound on the album, that was it.
You talk very glowingly about a band called The Shadows and Cliff Richards and their melodies. How do you think that shaped the musician you became?
I think everyone starts out with somebody. At the time for me, because they were playing instrumentals, they were great. It was something you could actually learn. There were very few instrumental bands around. You had The Ventures in the States and we had The Shadows. They were tunes you could learn and play with a band. It sort of helped me. Of course, it had nothing to do with how I ended up sounding, but it started me off. It gave me something to learn.
In the book you said one of your supervisors at the factory where you had your accident brought you a Django Reinhardt record. You mentioned that it had a big impact. Can you talk about that?
Yes, I was very depressed at the time. The manager brought me an EP and told me to a listen, and I said, "No I don't want to." But I did and I said, "Yeah, it's great." Then he told me the story of Django Reinhardt and it really inspired me. I felt inspired to knuckle down and do something about it and solve my problem.
You mention how you used vibrato on the guitar as opposed to full chords because of the difficultly fretting full chords. How did you stumble onto that technique?
More I worked on it sounding full. There were only two guitars. From our day, there were always three guitars. You had a lead guitar, rhythm guitar and a bass player. We had bass player and a lead guitar player. I wanted to make it sound full so I started putting vibrato on the 5th.
You have had a lifelong relationship with Geezer Butler, specifically as a bassist. His style of playing is certainly more elaborate than most bass players. When you write, do you have to consciously work to keep your guitar lines out of the way of his bass lines?
No, absolutely not. We just play away and he just plays the right thing, really. It's been good, especially the way he plays, he's not a one-note bass player. He bends the strings and can follow me to a tee. Over the years of playing together, we developed that harmony and he knows what I'm going to play.
Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath is available now.
John Katic


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#ifndef EXAMPLE
#define EXAMPLE

#include<iostream>
#include<string>
#include<vector>
#include<sstream>
#include<fstream>

#include"lib/print.hpp"
#include"lib/string_lib.hpp"

class Word
{
public:
	std::vector<std::string> _row_features;
    static int ROW_FEATURES_SIZE;
public:
	Word(std::string& line)
	{
        _row_features.reserve(ROW_FEATURES_SIZE);
		std::stringstream ss(line);
        int num = 0;
		for (std::string tmp; ss >> tmp; _row_features.push_back(tmp))
            ++num;
        if (ROW_FEATURES_SIZE == 0) {
            ROW_FEATURES_SIZE = num;
        }
        else if (ROW_FEATURES_SIZE != num) {

        }
	}

	std::vector<std::string>& get_row_features()
	{
		return _row_features;
	}
};

class RowSentence
{
public:
	std::vector<Word> words;
public:
	RowSentence(std::vector<std::string>& lines)
	{
        words.reserve(lines.size()); // faster
		for (auto& line:lines)
		{
			this->words.push_back(Word(line));
		}
	}

	std::vector<Word>& get_words()
	{
		return this->words;
	}
};

class Example
{
public:
	std::vector<RowSentence*> sentences;
	int columnSize; //number of clumns of train data

public:
	Example(const std::string& file_name)
	{
		this->ReadExampleFile(file_name);
		this->set_columnSize();
	}
	~Example()
	{
		for (auto tmp : this->sentences)
			delete tmp;
	}

	void ReadExampleFile(const std::string& file_name)
	{
		std::ifstream fp(file_name);
		if (!fp.is_open()) {
			std::cout << "Failed to open file " << file_name << std::endl;
			exit(1);
		}
		std::vector<std::string> lines;
		for (std::string line; getline(fp, line);)
		{
			if (trim(line) != "")
				lines.push_back(line);
			else
			{
				this->sentences.push_back(new RowSentence(lines));
				lines.clear();
			}
		}
		if (lines.size() > 0)
		{
			this->sentences.push_back(new RowSentence(lines));
			lines.clear();
		}
		fp.close();
	}

	int get_columnSize() const
	{
		return this->columnSize;
	}
	/*
	set this->clumnNum and check format
	*/
	void set_columnSize()
	{
		this->columnSize = this->sentences[0]->get_words()[0].get_row_features().size();
		for (size_t i = 0; i < this->sentences.size(); i++)
		{
			std::vector<Word>& words = this->sentences[i]->get_words();
			for (size_t j = 0; j < words.size(); j++)
			{
				if (this->columnSize != words[j].get_row_features().size())
				{
					PrintError("file with wrong format, number of clumns is different. columnSize is "
                            + std::to_string(this->columnSize) +
                            ", and current column size is " +
                            std::to_string(words[j].get_row_features().size()));
					exit(1);
				}
			}
		}
	}

};

#endif

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Meet Gentry Chidester, the wolf of E-Learning
7 December 2021, 11:58 am Edit
Gentry Chidester (courtesy)
Advanced technological developments have come with many benefits, including opening the world to become a global village. You can easily connect and engage with anyone in different parts of the world, provided they have access to the internet. This ease of communication has also made it easier to share knowledge with others from any location worldwide.
E-learning has become common, particularly with the onset of the COVID pandemic in early 2020, where gatherings and movements were restricted. The world seems to have awakened to this revolutionary technology that has been around for a while. Nevertheless, most people seem to have embraced its usage, with seminars, workshops, meetings, and even classes going the way of e-learning. Entrepreneurs have also tapped into this technology in pursuit of bettering their services and gaining more success.
Gentry Chidester, the CEO of Elite Closers, is one of the entrepreneurs living a career in the e-learning space. The wolf of e-learning is a successful high-ticket consultant who leads and manages multiple 7–8 figure sales teams. He is a self-made entrepreneur who has crowned the 25 million dollar award through click funnels for Elite CEO's, one the company he sells for. Gentry also runs one of the largest Facebook communities on high-ticket sales, where he engages and trains others to find their potential and success in the industry.
Gentry's career started a little over three years ago while in college studying medicine. He had grown up with a dream to become a doctor. This was one of the best traditional careers to help him fulfill his childhood dream of helping others while helping himself. But everything took a different trajectory on his 21st birthday, where he was faced with a difficult life choice to drop out of college and hustle for his now wife, who was expecting their first child. He wanted to find a job and help secure a future for his young family.
Gentry found himself working for 18 hours a day in two full-time jobs. He was selling internet on the phones for Comcast while still working on online health coaching. But, his career took a different path after he was introduced to high-ticket online sales. He was so hungry for success, and he had nothing to lose. So, he started selling 3–6K online coaching programs and earned five times his income in 30 days. He even started making more money selling high tickets than he would have ever made being a doctor.
Today, Gentry dominates online high-ticket sales and the e-learning space, where he has programs to empower others. He uses the platform to share sales and closing wisdom with others. This includes sharing how he has sold over 35 million dollars in 3 years and how they can learn skills to do the same. Gentry's goal is to help other individuals who feel trapped to learn and help them get into the remote closing industry. In addition, he sees it as an opportunity to get his company Elite Closers onto the Forbes 30 under 30 list.
The e-learning mogul wants to use his story to show others that you can control what life gives you if you don't let the outside noise crush your dreams. Gentry believes he would still be stuck in college, holding on to his dream and waiting to become a doctor if he hadn't found remote closing. He wants you also to appreciate the impact of taking control and action of your own life to create your success.
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