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Anatomy of the Action: SFX Coordinator Chris Corbould on James Bond and No Time to Die
The opening credits sequence of a James Bond film, and the often-chart-topping crooning that accompanies it, has helped establish the identity of countless 007 installments these past 60 years. But it's the sequence that immediately precedes the jingle and the titles that tends to really set the tone for a new Bond adventure.
Think of Sean Connery's humorously disguised amphibious arrival en route to detonating a Latin American drug lab in Goldfinger. Or Roger Moore's over-the-top remote-control helicopter thrill ride in For Your Eyes Only. Timothy Dalton's skydiving franchise debut in The Living Daylights gave fans an idea of what to expect from his new spin on the character, while Pierce Brosnan's River Thames boat pursuit in The World Is Not Enough got the adrenaline flowing early on for his third stint as the suave secret agent.
In the Daniel Craig era, these moments have become a whole new creative arena for stunt and special effects teams. A cool and gritty prequel-like vignette in 2006's Casino Royale and a riveting auto chase that leaves Bond catching a stray bullet to the shoulder in 2012's Skyfall stand out as fan favorites, in fact. Those sequences, and many, many more dating back decades, largely fell under the purview of Oscar-winning special effects supervisor and Academy member Chris Corbould, who marks his 15th Bond excursion with Cary Joji Fukunaga's No Time to Die.
Daniel Craig in 'No Time To Die'.
Corbould first came aboard the franchise as an assistant on 1977's The Spy Who Loved Me, making him a bridge all the way back to Moore's tenure in the tux. He further plied his trade as a technician on films like Superman II and The Delta Force, with Chuck Norris, before eventually graduating to the ranks of supervisor. He first took the Bond reins himself on GoldenEye in 1996, and with what he says is his final spin around the globe with Ian Fleming's enduring creation, he wanted—as ever—to get the blood pumping right out of the gate.
"Our aim is always, at the start of the film, to grab hold of the audience in the most spectacular way we can," Corbould explains. "We had a bit of a rocky start on this film with Danny Boyle [leaving the project], and then Cary came on board and the script was actually just rewritten from scratch. So, we were all throwing ideas into the hat."
What he came up with, in concert with various other teams across the production, was a dazzling pursuit through the cascading streets and rooftops of Matera, an ancient, picturesque city in southern Italy. The setting's unusual geography allowed Corbould and company to craft a pulse-pounding sequence that moves from motorbike to Bond's iconic Aston Martin DB5. Only this time the silver sportster—which first debuted in 1964's Goldfinger—comes with a lot more bite.
"The DB5, for me, that was thrilling, because it was now going to be in aggressive mode rather than just a cameo, driving off into the sunset," Corbould says. "We had a walk around the city and discussed various options, and it was then left down to Lee Morrison, the stunt coordinator, and myself. We went back to Matera probably 15 times, walking the city, finding little interesting places. We kept going back to Cary, reporting what we found, how we thought the sequence could evolve."
Craig and director Cary Joji Fukunaga talking things over on the set of 'No Time To Die.'
Corbould and his team then sought out 10 separate versions of the car for shooting purposes, a number that left key members of the British car manufacturer stunned to silence when it was first uttered. How to assemble this fleet? Buying 10 cars at $1 million to $2 million a pop wasn't feasible. Nor was renting them. After all, would you loan out your cherished DB5 to a James Bond movie? In the end, Aston Martin supplied two original versions of the car for non-action shots, and agreed to build eight more that special effects crews could wrangle for various other shots.
Two of the new builds had driving pods on the roof, for stunt drivers to operate as the actors performed inside. Two were essentially toys for the stunt teams to go mad building out elements of the sequence. Two others were on reserve, should the production decide to go in a drastic new direction with a stunt. (A parachute gag is never far away when it comes to Bond.)
The final two cars were tricked out for the DB5's most dazzling displays: gadgets and weaponry. Yes, Corbould was able to go full Batmobile with the car this time around, outfitting it with machine guns, explosive mines and a classic smoke screen.
"The DB5 was a full action car in Goldfinger, and that's where the first introduction of gadgets came about, but there was a lot of discussion on this one," Corbould says. "Should we stick to the traditional gadgets or should they be updated? If you remember, in Skyfall, we blew up the DB5, so it gave us a bit of scope to experiment a little bit. We went from the single-barrel machine gun coming out the small light to this revolving mini-gun out the main headlight, which gave us great scope to open up all the bullet impacts in that square."
The final result serves up just the kind of action appetizer audiences have come to expect, an exhilarating and exotic spectacle that soon enough gives way to Grammy-winning singer Billie Eilish's sultry addition to the Bond canon.
Following No Time to Die, Corbould will bring his special effects career to a close next year with a Marvel swan song: Sam Raimi's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. He plans to then move into second unit directing and beyond, but the trade he has dedicated half a century to finds itself at a crossroads. The proliferation and cost-effectiveness of computer visual effects has pushed the handmade side of special effects to the margins as filmmakers like Christopher Nolan and franchises like Bond and Mission: Impossible are more and more the exception for capturing practical action, in-camera. Corbould, who won an Oscar for Nolan's Inception in 2011, hopes the art form can maintain a foothold as he bids farewell to the franchise that afforded him such exceedingly rare opportunities.
"One thing I do think is, as great as the CG world is, it certainly dates a film," he says. "When you look at it now you think, 'Oh my God.' But you can go and watch Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia and Dr. No, and they're all still great films. The Bonds gave me the resources and encouragement to really show off my craft. They've let me do things that any other film company would have said, 'No, we haven't got the time. We haven't got the money. It's too big. Just do it CGI.' Bond, no, they let me do it. It's been the perfect playground."
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Student Life wants every student to get the most out of his or her UCR experience. Below is a list of every service and program we provide, separated into four categories: Prepare Yourself, Enjoy Yourself, Inform Yourself and Involve Yourself.
From assisting new students during orientation and providing workshops for first-year students, to providing an off-campus housing guide, programs for commuters and leadership training, Student Life has created literally dozens of resources to serve and assist UCR's growing and ever-changing family of diverse students.
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Freethought San Marcos: The great municipal religious promotion of the 21st century
Freethought San Marcos: A column
by LAMAR W. HANKINS
City councils have no jurisdiction over religion, yet throughout Texas and the rest of the country, they promote it, sometimes fervently. While city councils have no power to deal with religion, they love to use religion's reflected glory to enhance their own status. When government officials meddle in religion, they lose all perspective and begin to see themselves as righteous and doers of God's will, even in every zoning change they approve, every no-parking zone they create, and every pothole they order filled.
These council members reject Thomas Jefferson's view that it is not in the "interest of religion to invite the civil magistrate to direct its exercises, its discipline, or its doctrine." Ignoring this view, city councils are sponsoring prayer at the beginning of their meetings as though they have some ecclesiastical mandate to promote such religious exercise. They quarrel regularly with the author of the First amendment, James Madison, who stated, "There is not a shadow of right in the general government to intermeddle with religion. Its least interference with it would be a most flagrant violation."
When President Andrew Jackson was asked to proclaim a national day of prayer and fasting, he said he could not do so "… without transcending the limits prescribed by the Constitution for the President and without feeling that I might in some degree disturb the security which religion nowadays enjoys in this country in its complete separation from the political concerns of the General Government." Many mayors and city council members don't believe that they should have such limits.
Historian R. Freeman Butts reports, "Virtually every state as it came into the Union in the nineteenth century adopted the principles that the state guaranteed freedom of religious conscience and that the state would not use public funds to aid or support any churches or their schools." But city councils in all parts of the country regularly use their offices, public property, public employees, and public resources to promote religious activity–namely, prayer.
Dozens of cities over the last few years have been challenged regarding their sponsorship of prayers, especially Christian prayers. The best advice many of these city councils have received is to adopt policies that establish only non-sectarian prayers. The City of San Marcos, Texas, in 2009, was challenged about its prayer policy by Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the ACLU of Texas. In response, the city council adopted a policy that approved only prayers that do "not advance any one religion, disparage any other religion," or are used to proselytize.
The new policy, adopted in August, 2009, was based on the leading Supreme court decision on the subject, Marsh v. Chambers. In following the Marsh decision, in 2004, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals held that any sectarian invocations of deities in legislative prayer demonstrate affiliating the government with a particular sect or creed and/or advancing a particular faith or belief: "Marsh does not permit legislators to … engage, as part of public business and for the citizenry as a whole, in prayers that contain explicit references to a deity in whose divinity only those of one faith believe." This decision effectively prohibited sectarian prayers, yet the City Council of San Marcos continues to promote mostly Christian prayers offered as invocations.
One flaw in the San Marcos scheme is that it establishes the city council as the purveyor of a privilege to practice religion in its chambers as a part of official government business, a notion that eats at the heart of the First Amendment's prohibition against an establishment of religion. In addition, the policy limits invocation participants to "clergy," though this provision is ignored at the will of the council or its mayor or city clerk, who is given the responsibility to implement the prayer scheme. For example, several non-clergy associated with one religion or another have been allowed to offer invocations. But the policy limits participation to those who represent a "faith tradition," effectively excluding others who are not part of a faith tradition, but who are capable of giving an invocation, which is nothing more than a petition for help or support. This provision makes clear that the city council is promoting religion over non-religion.
Since the adoption of this new invocation scheme in San Marcos and through February of this year, there were 37 invocations at regular city council meetings. All but four of those prayers were directed to the Judeo-Christian God (at least two prayers were arguably addressed to some other deity, or a generic deity), and two of those invocations–both nonsectarian–were offered by a member and a minister, respectively, of the San Marcos Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Twenty-one of the prayers specifically invoked the name of Jesus, with phrases like "In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior," "In Jesus' name we pray," "in Jesus' precious name," "in the name of Jesus as the Christ," and similar phrases. One of the prayers included a recitation of "The Lord's Prayer," recognized as the prayer uttered by Jesus, according to some Gospel accounts. Many of the prayers were fawning and jingoistic, suggesting the righteousness of city council members, the city, and the country.
At least thirty-three of the invocations given since the change in the invocation policy before the San Marcos City council were sectarian prayers–acts of religious worship to the Judeo-Christian God. They were done at a time when the chamber was full of citizens who came to participate in the governance of the city. Frequently, visitors and citizens in attendance when the prayers were introduced were directed to behave in a certain manner, e.g., stand and bow their heads, "pray with me," "let us pray"–clearly religious practices. Visitors and citizens in attendance were referred to in many of the prayers, if not all of them, as in the use of the inclusive "we" in reference to speaking to God for all in attendance. A new practice introduced by Mayor Daniel Guerrero this past February is to invite an elementary school child to lead those in attendance in the Pledge of Allegiance immediately after the prayer, subjecting the young child to the practice of government-sponsored prayer, something not allowed under the Constitution in our public schools.
The public broadcast of the prayers over the internet and cable television provides the City Council a way to religiously exhort those of its citizens who watch via those media. And the invocation is difficult to avoid if one wants to do so: The agenda is not followed in the order posted; or the actual time the prayer will be given cannot be determined except through guesswork, making it difficult to know when the invocation will be called for. The invocation is never placed at the beginning of a meeting, but posted often as the 4th, 5th, or 6th item, and may be done after a workshop, an executive session, public comments, and after proclamations are issued, so city council members, officials, administrators, and staff, as well as visitors present at the meeting, cannot easily avoid participation by being absent during the prayer.
One of the clergy who regularly offer prayers before the San Marcos City Council asserted before one of his invocations that "it can't hurt to have a prayer." On the contrary, the freedom of religion guaranteed by the US Constitution's First Amendment necessarily carries with it the right to be free from religion imposed by the government, just as the freedom of speech does not permit the government to require me to speak, nor does the freedom of association require me to associate with those the government wants me to associate with. When the government uses the religious practice of prayer while carrying out its civic functions, it compels all citizens who want to participate in our civic life or observe its government in action to partake of that religious exercise.
One of my favorite quotes about government sponsorship of religious practices is by the late Republican Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona: "Can any of us refute the wisdom of Madison and the other framers? Can anyone look at the carnage in Iran, the bloodshed in Northern Ireland or the bombs bursting in Lebanon and yet question the dangers of injecting religious issues into the affairs of state?… By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of the world with religious wars. Throughout our two hundred plus years, public policy debate has focused on political and economic issues, on which there can be compromise. …"
Most of those who cooperate with city councils to promote prayer do so with noble intentions bereft of an appreciation of how their use of government to advance religion violates the rights of those who have different religious beliefs. For instance, I do not believe that I should have to participate in another's religious practice in order to participate in my government, but this is exactly what the San Marcos City Council compels me to do by its sanctioning of official prayer, mostly sectarian, at its meetings.
The early American patriot, abolitionist, and Baptist minister John Leland said, "[W]henever men fly to the law or sword to protect their system of religion and force it upon others, it is evident that they have something in their system that will not bear the light and stand upon the basis of truth." Another early American patriot and author of "Religion and the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: Contributions to Original Intent," wrote, "The framers [of the Constitution] sought to divorce religion from government. … [T]o make religion dependent upon government was to depreciate true religion; to rely upon government to throw its weight behind religion was to declare God impotent to further his purposes through voluntary means."
While I am encouraged that a long line of American patriots and US presidents from George Washington to Jimmy Carter appreciated the need to keep government out of religion, that history does me no good when no member of the San Marcos City Council will rise to the defense of our forebears and disapprove government sponsorship of religion in our civic life.
As I have suggested before, one of the greatest ironies of this government prayer promotion is that the most prominent proponents of it are the Christian evangelicals, who believe most literally in the words of the Bible. None of them have ever explained publicly how their behavior can be reconciled with the teachings of Jesus to pray in secret and not in public where they can be seen by others as pious. It is a feeble and flaccid religion that needs the imprimatur of government to find its relevance. If all who call themselves Christian followed the admonitions of Jesus, we would not have a problem with sectarian prayers at city council meetings throughout the United States.
© Lamar W. Hankins, Freethought San Marcos
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5 thoughts on "Freethought San Marcos: The great municipal religious promotion of the 21st century"
Lynny Moore on 05/18/2011 at 11:26 am said:
We have tried to avoid having to go through the "prayer moments" at City Council, School Board and other local government meetings by showing up late but it is true that sometimes they occur after the meeting has started so it is to no avail. It is impossible to not be subjected to participating in them and we consider not saying anything to be giving a nod to accepting them. Our fear, of course, is that if we were to start piping up and objecting to them, we would be removed from the meeting or prevented from entering future meetings. Perhaps, our fears are unfounded and it is time to start testing their validity as being based in fact. Once again, your words inspire us to action, Lamar.
ErinM-J on 05/18/2011 at 8:01 pm said:
As an atheist, I now use the "..bow down your head and pray" time to look around me and reflect on your Matthew 6:5-6 quote: 'And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others.'
A 'good Christian' woman stood up at a school board meeting last month and spewed hatred towards some of God's children who were made in his image. But the children came out gay and she could not accept the fact that her God might be gay. Or could she not reconcile that maybe her God made a mistake? I'm not sure where it says in the Bible that it is a Christians duty to be overly involve about what goes on in private between two consenting people. I meant to ask her (since she brought it up first and with so much passion)about her and her husband's favorite position.Let me guess:the missionary.
In Texas, Hays Co., and San Marcos, politicians of a certain party that claim to be the defenders of family values and protector of our Christian nation, have successfully brainwashed their constituents in believing that the poor, sick, or elderly exist only to swindle them out of their fistful of dollars. So during prayer I imagine those followers are fervently praying, "Dear God: Just make it go away -'I'll say it again–it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!'"
In retrospect, it's all a moot point since the rapture is tomorrow.
otis on 05/27/2011 at 9:41 am said:
The first act of the first Congress of the newly constituted United States was to appoint a chaplain to open each session with a prayer.
Lamar Hankins on 06/01/2011 at 10:15 am said:
What the members of the first Congress decided to do to themselves is far different from the situation today when we have mass media covering city councils, internet broadcasts, etc. and people who need to appear before the city council on business. The city council functions very differently from the Congress, which involves citizens in their business generally only in committees where prayers are seldom, if ever, offered. To my knowledge, there is no comment period for citizens every time the Congress meets.
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    base_version = _get_bzr_latest_tag()
    if base_version is None:
        base_version = "0.0"
    return base_version

def _get_bzr_branch():
    stat, out = commands.getstatusoutput("bzr nick")
    return out.strip()

def _get_bzr_revision_id():
    cmd = "bzr log -r-1 --show-ids"
    stat, out = commands.getstatusoutput(cmd)
    for line in out.split("\n"):
        if line.startswith("revision-id"):
            return line.split()[1]

def _get_bzr_full_revno(before):
    stat, out = commands.getstatusoutput("bzr revno")
    return int(out.strip())

def _get_bzr_revno(before):
    if before:
        # Prefix versioning wants the total number
        return _get_bzr_full_revno()
    else:
        latest_tag = _get_bzr_latest_tag()
        if latest_tag is None:
            return _get_bzr_full_revno()
        else:
            cmd = "bzr log --line -r tag:%s.." % latest_tag
            stat, out = commands.getstatusoutput(cmd)
            if stat != 0:
                # probably a tag in the history on a sub-rev
                return _get_bzr_full_revno()
            log_lines = out.split("\n")
            return len(log_lines) - 1

class bzr(version.version_info):

    def __init__(self, base_version=None):
        self.current_tag = _get_current_tag()
        if self.current_tag is None:
            self.final = False
        else:
            self.final = True

        if base_version is None:
            self.before = False
            if self.final:
                self.base_version = self.current_tag
            else:
                self.base_version = _get_bzr_base_version()
        else:
            self.before = True
            self.base_version = base_version

        # final gets set if the version we're on is tagged
        self.branch_nick = _get_bzr_branch()
        self.revision_id = _get_bzr_revision_id()
        self.revno = _get_bzr_revno(self.before)

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Swedish Vertical Farming Company "Plantagon International" Declares Bankruptcy
A widely popular Plantagon 'plantscaper' design for an office building that incorporates agriculture production into half of the building's interior. Plantagon's $40 million "World Food Building" began construction in 2012 in Linköping, Sweden, and was planned to be finished in 2020, according to Business Insider.
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Plantagon International has declared bankruptcy. Cashflow problems turned out to be insurmountable for the Swedish company.
'Agritechture'
Plantagon International is headquartered in Stockholm and describes themselves as an Agritechture company. "Plantagon moves food and food production into the city by implementing technical solutions into existing city infrastructure", they explain on their website. "In practical terms, that means using existing assets and real estate with lower need for capital investments."
The company made it into the news regularly with their city and indoor farming concepts and plans - like the 'plantscraper' and office blocks containing 60-metre high urban farms. Last year, the first Plantagon farm was opened, partly owned by Plantagon International.
(Editor's note: Plantagon International has no affiliation whatsoever with this blog or our company, Agritecture Consulting. If you are thinking about growing food in a controlled environment and wish to avoid the mistakes of past companies in this exciting but risky industry, please see our consulting services and reach out today!)
This week, Plantagon International was declared bankrupt. According to Henrik Borjesson with Fylgia, the company handling the bankruptcy, the issue - it might not be a surprise since the company is declared bankrupt - is money and the (lack of) cashflow. "Currently it is too early to make more comments on the case. Our focus is to get a clear view on the situation and to sell the products we have in the bankruptcy. There's no hard value assets involved - it's mainly patents and trademarks. The company has a clear idea and view, but hasn't been able to get it into business. Now, we're looking for someone who wants to pick up the ideas, patents and trademarks, and go on with it."
Back in 2017 Plantagon announced its 40th approved patent - with 28 more to be pending. The patents filed within four patent families, all related to growing plants indoors.
A design for Plantagon's first 'plantscaper' in Linköping, Sweden: The World Food Building. According to the company's website, the $40 million building broke ground in 2012.
Stockholm farm
Last year, the Plantagon CityFarm in Stockholm started production. The company is an example of modern indoor farming, located under office tower DN Skrapan and equipped with over 244 vertical positioned, 2500 mm long LED-fixtures and re-using the heat harvested from the lamps in the building.
Plantagon International is a shareholder of the Stockholm farm. Money for this enterprise was also collected through a crowdfunding: last year over 420.000 euro was invested by 477 investors, both private as corporate, and according to the Fundedbyme-page, this resulted in 4.21% of the company's shares.
During the crowdfunding, the company declared plans to open 10 large-scale farms. "With Plantagon CityFarm, you can now buy local and sustainable vegetables. The first facility in Stockholm is fully-financed and begins its production under 2018's 1st quarter. Our target is to build 10 CityFarms in Stockholm by 2020", the crowdfunding website read.
Whereas the farm itself is unavailable for comments today, insiders report the company has had trouble selling the produce for the needed price. Within two months after production started, the CEO left the company.
The future of the Stockholm farm is currently unclear, as well as the situation of the international offices. On their website, Plantagon reports having Shanghai, Mumbai & Singapore offices.
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This Farmhouse Design Concept Combines Vertical Farms and Modular Homes
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Nematicidal potential of Taraxacum officinale.
This study was aimed to investigate the activity of the Asteraceae species Taraxacum officinale against the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita. Leaf and root extracts of T. officinale were tested in vitro at a range of 62.5-1000 and 250-1000 μg mLconcentrations on nematode juveniles and eggs, respectively, whereas treatments with 10-40 g kgsoil rates of dry leaf and root T. officinale biomass were applied to soil infested by M. incognita in greenhouse experiments on potted tomato. Peak 36 and 50% juvenile mortality and 14.8 and 23.8% egg hatchability reduction were recorded at the maximum concentration of leaf and root extracts, respectively. Soil treatments with T. officinale leaf and root material strongly suppressed nematode multiplication and gall formation on tomato roots and significantly increased plant growth. Chicoric acid and 3-O- and 3,5-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid were found to be the main components of leaf and root extract, respectively, and proved, as the total hydroalcoholic extracts from T. officinale leaf and root material, for an antioxidant activity. Data from this study indicate the suitability of plant materials from T. officinale for a potential formulation of nematicidal products to include in sustainable nematode management strategies.


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"Acceptable" Racism
On October 27, 2016 October 28, 2016 By Emtibu
One of the issues constantly raised about the Trump campaign is that his rise is fueled by the support of the white male. Trump is known to have a commanding lead in this demographic of voters. That fact is then used to promote the narrative that Mr. Trump's supporters are racist. Many of these Americans have been labelled negatively for no other reason than that they are fed up with the status quo, they do not like the direction in which the country is going, or they are just fed up with the business as usual attitude of their leaders. The people of this demographic are constantly attacked and maligned, and their concerns dismissed because they are white. They are the one group about whom one can say just about anything without being held to the same standard that they are held to if they said something negative about another group.
On any given day one can tune in to the news stations, read the newspapers, listen to commentators, advocacy groups, comedians and others castigate the white male for different reasons. These attacks on white males almost seem like the cool thing to do. They are not only committed by fringe groups or radical extremists. They are often carried out by mainstream organizations, high profile personalities and many others with influence. Often the rhetoric goes beyond the snide remarks about "white male privilege" to downright nasty, vitriolic, and hateful attacks. When people (mostly white men) raise concerns about this trend that seems to have gained traction among many in the populace, they are summarily dismissed, and their concerns are not given the same legitimacy that is given to other groups who fit the image of those targeted because of the color of their skin. Some view this as white men receiving mild comeuppance for their years of injustice, intolerance and other misdeeds that they have committed against others, and do not view it as a real problem.
Some of the things that have been said about, and to white males would generate widespread protests if they were said about any minority group. In the past we have seen people lose their jobs, resign from positions of influence, lose prestige and had their reputations tarnished and destroyed for saying hurtful things decades earlier, or making harmless jokes or other innocuous statements, all because the things said were against the "wrong" group, however; it is apparently clearly permissible to say much worse about white people in general, but particularly the white male.
One thing that is noteworthy and ironic in all of this is that the attacks on white males often come from other white people (mostly liberal men and feminists). There seems to be a concerted effort to shame white men into keeping quiet on the issues of our day. This is another strategic move by liberals/leftists who want to implement their radical agenda without any opposition. Since white males make up the largest group that opposes the liberal agenda, liberals are on a mission to delegitimize the white male in America and shame them into silence. It is for this reason that many white people in liberal circles see themselves as enlightened and courageous for identifying white males as the cause for many of the problems in America. They can then self-righteously proclaim that anyone who does not make the changes that they deem necessary are steeped in their prejudice and racism. That is why this group of Americans who have the same needs, the same fears, who share many of the same goals and aspirations for themselves, their families and friends can so easily be disparaged. After all, they are not like the rest of the population. They deserve the treatment that they get. They brought it on themselves by being such horrible people.
It is now commonplace to hear people joyously talk about how white people are about to be a minority group in the coming decades. People see it as a reason for celebration that the numbers of the largest ethnic group in America are dwindling. Think about that for a minute! In this celebration is the not so subtle notion that white people are evil and therefore their dwindling numbers are a reason to rejoice. It is a sad reflection on any society that hatred against a particular group has been justified to the point that it is now considered as a sign of progress that their numbers are declining. Here they make fun of it.
Universities now teach courses in white privilege. The idea behind this is that simply by being white, white people have an easy life or automatically get some kind of head start if front of everyone else. This concept is based purely on a narrative that has been propagated by those who profit in the race industry. It is not based on the idea that we should judge all people, or make conclusions about them based on merit. Instead, a large blanket is cast on a whole group of people, deeming them privileged. The message is clear. It is ok to cast aspersions on a whole group of people, and make blanket statements about them as long as those people are white.
The following is a list of some things that have been said about white people:
Last year a caller into a radio program affiliated with the black lives matter movement said: "when those mother f**kers are by themselves, that's when we should start f***ing them up. Like they do us, when a bunch of them ni**ers takin' one of us out, that's how we should roll up." "Cause we already roll up in gangs anyway. There should be six or seven black mother f**ckers, see that white person, and then lynch their ass. Let's turn the tables." The radio host responded approvingly with no rebuke of the caller and there was no outcry in the media.
Cornell University (you read that right folks, Cornell University) Assistant Professor Russell Rickford said that some white people are ready to commit race suicide and that this "treason to whiteness" would be an "expression of their loyalty to humanity." He still teaches at Cornell where he peddles in white hatred daily.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Professor, Dr. Noel Ignatiev called for the destruction of the White race. He said that "if you are a white male you do not deserve to live." You are a cancer, you're a disease, and "white males have never contributed anything positive to the world They only murder, exploit and oppress non-whites!" He was praised for his speech.
North Carolina State University Professor Kamau Kambon said that the solution to the problems faced by many blacks is the "extermination of white people off the face of the planet."
A few days ago students at Berkley University protested to demand "safe spaces" and "spaces of color." They blocked access to certain areas of the university, but allowed non protesters who were not white to pass while harassing white students and refusing to let them pass. Similar targeting of white students on campuses happen frequently
Recently students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison rolled out a clothing line that castigated white people. One of the pieces had a sign emblazoned on the front that reads "All white people are racists." A description of the product line reads: "Racism is a set of systemic, institutional, cultural, and epistemological (although not limited to said forms) structures that inherently empowers white folk and in turn disempowers people of color." There were no repercussions to the students.
President Obama's national security advisor Susan Rice told students at Florida international University that "there are too many white people in key government posts, creating the danger of "groupthink" that could put U.S. security at risk". Other madness includes separate housing for black students, and a "minority only" conference on another college campus.
During the Milwaukee riots a few months ago, the rioters turned their attention and their rage toward any white person in the vicinity within their reach and proceeded to beat them for no other reason than being white. The media was mostly silent on this.
Every year across the country groups of marauding black teens in flash mobs ranging in numbers up to 250, and other gangs randomly target and attack white people at malls, on city streets and other public places. In the aftermath of them wreaking havoc the media usually comes out to reassure everyone that the attacks were not racially motivated, just as they do when they report on the "knockout game" where most of the attacks are black on white.
One does not have to look too far to find examples of this attitude and behavior by prominent people and mainstream organizations toward white people.
This is not meant to portray white people as victims, but to highlight a very disturbing trend that history has always shown to be dangerous when tolerated and not confronted. The world and history is littered with examples of how badly this type of behavior, if allowed to fester can turn out. This type of intolerance when accepted on a micro level always ends up being problematic in the long run. Every time we discuss racism in America it is from the perspective of white racism against blacks, but no one can point to similar behavior by whites or any other group being considered as acceptable behavior. The slightest hint of racism by whites evokes the harshest criticism, condemnation, and intense media coverage. Many times racist motives are even attributed to people when there is none. For some reason this behavior is tolerable when done to whites.
Many people will be dismissive of the argument that white people are the victims of racism, some will suggest that the examples are just a little bit of "karma." They will tell us that these are just some examples of "what goes around comes around," others will say let's not overreact this is just "poetic justice," or no big deal. This attitude is dangerous. Remember that most current day white Americans have no connection to Jim Crowe, Slavery, or any of the injustices commited by white people in the past, but even if they did through their progenitors; they are not responsible for the sins of others in the past. We still owe it to treat people based on merit. We will do well to remember the words of Dr. Martin Luther King and remember his dream of living in a nation where people are judged by the content of their character and not the color of their skin. Let us also heed his warning that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
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♦ RS Components has announced plans to cut around 280 full-time jobs and 90 agency jobs at its Corby headquarters. The cuts are part of a reorganisation aimed at cutting RS' operating costs by £15m. Managers are forgoing their bonuses and salaries have been frozen. However, RS plans to create 140 new posts at its Nuneaton distribution centre.
♦ The Rockwell Automation distributor Routeco has signed an agreement with Newtown-based Olsen Engineering to supply its Exlar rollerscrew linear actuators in the UK. The servo-electric actuators are more efficient than pneumatic or hydraulic actuators. They are supplied with Rockwell encoders and seen as extra axes by Rockwell motion systems.
♦ B&R Automation has opened a second UK office, in Andover, Hampshire, as part of its expansion program. The office, managed by Chris Hansford, will serve machine-builders in the South of England. B&R's UK headquarters are in Peterborough.
♦ Stober Drives, the UK subsidiary of the German drives and power transmission supplier Stober Antriebstechnik, has appointed Martin Preece as sales director. Preece, formerly sales director at Berger Lahr, will be in charge of the Stober's Essex facility. Stober employs about 650 people worldwide and has a turnover of €85m. Its products include planetary and helical gearboxes, servodrives, and variable speed drives integrated with motors. "We are growing worldwide and want to develop and expand our presence in the UK Market," explains CEO, Patrick Stober.
♦ Siemens Automation & Drive Technologies' Flender mechanical drives division has developed a test rig that compares the efficiency of geared motors to show the potential savings that can be made by using helical bevel gears (with efficiencies of up to 96%) rather than worm gears (typically efficiencies 70–80%). The rig can be seen in action at Siemens' Automation Experience 2009 event at Coventry's Ricoh Arena on 25 and 26 March.
♦ The Technology Strategy Board has announced that it is investing a further £24m in research and development projects involving high-value manufacturing. Preference will be given to projects that could improve the UK's international competiveness. Initial expressions of interest are due by 26 February, with the final closing date for applications being 30 April.
♦ The British Fluid Power Association is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. It began life in 1959 as the Association of Hydraulic Equipment Manufacturers and changed to the BFPA in 1985 when a group of pneumatics companies joined. The BFPA now has more than 200 members.


Traditional GSAK twin screw diesel motoryacht. Sturdy build by Neptunus Yard in the Netherlands. Good accommodations with twin seperate cabins, saloon with dinette and saloon in pilothouse.
GRP twin screw diesel motoryacht Neptunus 107 Twin "Miejolie", dim.: 10,70 x 3,40 x 1,00 mtrs, built in 1981 by Neptunus Shipyard, The Netherlands, design by W. De Vries Lentsch, grp hull, deck and superstructure (grp needs cosmetic work), headway: 2,74 (incl. windscreen, could be lowered), teak on aftdeck, roundbilged hull with twin skegs, displacement: 8,4 tonnes, Vetus hydraulic wheelsteering in- & outside, fueltank: 650 ltrs, freshwatertanks: 2 x 225 ltrs.
Classic mahogany interior, 2 cabins and saloon, dinette, 4(+2) berths, headroom: 1,88 mtrs, 1 x u.w.toilet, 1 x shower, Webasto diesel ducted hot air heating, galley with electric waterpressure system, Fasto hot water geyser, 4 burner gasstove, Electrolux 12/220v/gas front loading fridge.
2 x Fiat Aifo 806AM 135 hp (kW) diesels, installed in 1981, approx. 2300 runninghours, indirect coolingsystem, hydraulic gearbox, 2 x three bladed fixed propellers, 12/220v electrical system, 4 batteries, shorepower.
Compass, VDO Logic log & echosounder, Navico VHF.
Fixed windscreen (can be lowered) with red canvas sprayhood and cockpit extension, Vetus manual windlass, searchlight, Caribe rigid inflatable, 5hp Mercury outboard motor, s.s. davits, lifebuoy, anchor with chain/line, boarding ladder, bathing platform.


After Christmas Sales when the deals are even better for season specific things.
Bienvenidos al sitio Web de Bienes Raíces en San Antonio.
C-c-c-c-cold! in San Antonio Texas?
Devastating fire in Northern San Diego County, why having home insurance and careful - even pictorial documentation of the stuff inside your personal space is an excellent idea.
Joggers, bikes and dogs along the Salado Greenway, San Antonio's park and greenways.
Many households used to home-weave cloth for clothing and trade.
Meat, potatoes, and several kinds of veggies make up this full meal salad.
Razzle-dazzle the Red Hat Ladies in San Antonio with a homemade bottled Easter egg basket gift.
San Antonio Parks: Salado Creek Greenway paths are completely paved and winds gently through the old Voelcker farmstead.
South Town and Blue Star scene is coming ever more close to bein an art district. Sort of the Texas So-Ho.
School boundaries in the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District will change next school year.
The Goliad Massacre. On Palm Sunday, 1863, about three hundred Texians were divided into three groups, and marched out of town in three different directions, before being shot down by Mexican guards.
The San Jacinto reenactment is April 16, 2011. This is the 175th anniversary of the war for Texas independence..
We aren't quite up there with junkers. But scroungers and scavengers we are.


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Understanding Data grids and Using them to Power up your Designs
|By Gabriel Manfredy
The best UX experiences achieve consistency of elements. Connections between these elements build a harmonious visual system that users can navigate seamlessly. To achieve this, web designers are always finding solutions to visual and organizational problems.
Large amounts of data fit optimally in the rows and columns of a data grid. When faced with overwhelming content, it is best to let user behavior define your grid-based design approach.
Understanding Data Grids or Tables
Grids form the backbone of cost-effective, responsive websites by handling data disintegration and improving page readability. They build websites that render consistently in all browsers and at any number of resolutions (known and unknown).
By organizing and placing content uniformly across devices, grids create a look and feel that resonates with users. Creative teams and designers can also use them to plan for a responsive website design.
Also known as data tables, grids vary in size, content, complexity, and purpose. Regardless of the use-case, well-designed tables clarify the information presented, and in many cases, help users with actionable insights.
Data grids are handy for customizing data and giving users the power to act in specific scenarios.
Here are the benefits:
Clarity/Order — Grids make layouts look orderly. Users can navigate information with ease on an uncluttered webpage.
Efficiency — Designers can quickly add elements to a layout when the structure has already been built.
The Economy of Scale — Designers can collaborate on the design using grids as the design blueprint. Grids become the agreed structure for element placement, interactions, and design references.
Consistency/Harmony — Grids create a visual hierarchy and design congruity across a single site or several sites. Units, rows, fields, columns, gutters, and other parts rely on natural proportions to bring about structural harmony to your layout.
Plotting data into the rows may seem easy, but it's not, especially if you're designing for mobile.
The size of mobile devices poses an immediate hurdle for data grids. Responsive mobile designs are crucial. However, utilizing grids for mobile-first designs is ideal because:
Developers can build mobile-first designs even when it was conceived in a desktop aspect ratio.
Grids show how elements will break at different layout sizes using breakpoints when the browser decreases or increases in size.
It allows designers to focus on percentage-based design instead of pixels.
Designers can build standards and apply them to grid-focused frameworks like Bootstrap and Foundation.
You can establish guidelines for later revisions without making tweaks that look out of place or inconsistent.
Most layout editors have a tool called "snap to grid." Red or blue lines appear when elements move inside the design so that designers can ascertain when the edges line up accordingly. More complex layout editors help position elements proportionately by showing the distance between them.
Five predominantly used grid types include:
Manuscript Grids
These are used in documents, ebooks, pdfs, and presentations with lots of text.
Column Grids
These come in handy while organizing content in columns for e-magazines and enhance readability.
Baseline Grids
These are defined by the line in which the text sits and require a more technical approach. This grid improves the reading rhythm for any text-heavy design.
Modular Grids
This kind of grid is used when there are too many elements to fit in a column grid. Modular grids are also great for laying out forms, schedules, and charts.
Hierarchical Grids
Hierarchical grids are mostly used for organizing content by importance; they can be set up with reference to a modular grid or as freestyle.
Grid Behavior
Grids are usually implemented based on their behavior (scaling and resizing).
Fluid Grids
Fluid grids include scalable and resizable columns. Breakpoints can be used in the layout to determine if it needs to change dramatically.
Fixed grids
Fixed grids use fixed-sized columns with fluid margins to keep content consistent within each breakpoint range.
A fixed grid's layout can only be changed at an assigned breakpoint.
Data tables are incredibly user-friendly when it comes to scanning, comparing, and analyzing information. However, designing a mobile-friendly version of a complex grid can be a challenge.
Mobile interfaces are becoming more engaging when it comes to content presentation and the aesthetic quality of designs. Data grids play a pivotal role in the organization and layering of simple and complex elements.
Here are some important considerations to make while designing using data grids for mobile.
The optimal number of columns in the grid for mobile
The right number of columns may be the most confusing fundamental design aspect to a UX designer. A 12-column grid is one of the most convenient formats for mobile interfaces; it accommodates an even and an odd number of elements in a row. However, the width of one column is too small to fit fundamental elements.
We recommend using additional grids rather than sticking to the one-grid format. In this case, it is vital to maintain equal layout margins, equal or proportional gutters between the columns, and one behavior when changing individual column sizes.
Keep the columns large enough to be readable.
It is impossible to give users readable information and see all information on a data grid. Users need readable, scalable rows and columns for the best mobile experience.
Stick Column Headers in Place
For any table that accommodates more than a single vertical screen, sticky column headers maintain the context of what the table is displaying. Losing track of your location on the page can be easily remedied by including a header that remains on screen.
You can also add a header that appears while the user is not swiping and hides during a swipe, removing any interference and allowing a user to jump to another section or tab quickly.
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Clarity about Horizontal Scrolling
Indicating if/when horizontal scrolling is required is essential. Swiping and scrolling are fundamental interactions when operating a mobile interface.
Including accurate scroll bars, pagination, page counts, and implementation of scrolling to said pages help users keep track of their current location on a page. Though viewing in a horizontal view may be ideal for large tables on mobile screens, there must be indicators like arrows or cut-off elements.
Freeze the leftmost column of the data grid for comparison
The leftmost column (indicating the row headers) should be locked in place, allowing users to see the required labels no matter where they scroll. That way, they will always have the context of the content within the first column and associate the remainder of the data grid content against it.
Consider providing customization options for your users.
Provide users with the information relevant to their needs when all the data don't fit on the mobile screen.
The ability to customize the volume of content, type of data, and the options that users want to see is a powerful feature in this context and can be provided by:
Allowing the user to refine the data set as needed before seeing data.
Giving users control of the data view as they see the data.
Help Users Find What They Need
Small screens allow users to see a small portion of a massive data table. Icons such as locked headers orient users when they scroll through the data. Similarly, tools that display selective content according to user-specified criteria add value to the data being viewed.
Grouping Data with Accordions
Accordions present vertically stacked data useful for users when selecting based on what is available in the table. Grouping data logically with Accordions lets users directly access the information of interest and perform an action. It also provides an organized view of content to the user.
A grid system can help you create responsive and engaging UX designs for web and mobile. Additionally, grids make a design more consistent and efficient, saving time and budget dollars!
Want to know how? Connect with our UX experts today!


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Slave Theater auctioned at foreclosure sale
New owner can build up to ten stories along Fulton Street corridor
By Nico Simino
After years of neglect, family squabbles, so-called squatters, and partial structural collapse, the Slave Theater, 1215 Fulton Avenue, will be auctioned off by the city, as this news paper goes to press.
The theater, which was mired in all of these problems and more, is finally close to finding an actual owner after the previous owner, Judge John L. Phillips, lost it due to mental deterioration.
Since 2001 the theater has been in languish over who actually owned the property. Several people have claimed rights to the property, but the state recognizes Rev. Samuel Boykin, Judge Phillips nephew, as the legitimate owner.
Clarence Hardy, the self-described chief of the Slave Theater who has been there since the mid-90's, and Rev. Paul Lewis, who held twice-weekly services on the second floor as part of his Messengers for Christ World Healing Center, have both at times also claimed ownership.
Hardy and Lewis were both accused of squatting by Boykin, who claims he has been trying to get both Hardy and the church evicted from the property for several years, and spending in excess of $100,000 in doing it.
In recent months, Boykin succeeded in getting both Hardy and Lewis evicted, but now the property is going to auction because there is about $190,000 in liens and about $2 million in back taxes and other fees owed – neither of which Boykin can pay.
Now that the property is in foreclosure, the city has taken it back and will auction it off to the highest bidder. A city Department of Finance Spokesperson said that whoever buys the property must also satisfy $27,000 in city back taxes.
According to the city's Department of Buildings, the theater is zoned mixed use commercial meaning whoever the next owner is can build almost anything they want up to ten stories high.
Currently the building is a complete mess for the most part, the seats and wall are deteriorating and the ceilings are starting to crumble.
Earlier this year, On Feb. 4, an outdoor smoking area collapsed during a reggae party, injuring four people and brought in the Buildings Department. It was following this incident that Hardy and Lewis were evicted.
City Councilman Charles Barron hopes that the theater doesn't become just "another commercial entity," especially as the neighborhood grows and developers are attracted to it now, due to gentrification.
Judge Phillips, a longtime Bed-Stuy resident, bought the Slave Theater in theater in 1982 and named it to remind Black people of their history. Filled with African-American political art, the theater hosted speakers and showed films of, by, and about Black people. Soon, it became a meeting center for activists like the Reverend Al Sharpton, Attorney Alton Maddox and Scholar Amos Wilson.
Phillips died in 2008 without a will.


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101 Things to Do Southern Oregon & Del Norte, CA
Your Guide to Activities, Entertainment, Dining, Lodging, and More
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#101 – Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Ashland's Oregon Shakespeare Festival was founded by an enthusiastic young teacher named Angus L. Bowmer, and was officially born on July 2, 1935 with a production of Twelfth Night. Since then the enterprise has grown considerably, and currently employs approximately 500 people.
It has also changed direction significantly in recent years. Although it is still named after the Bard of Avon, only a relatively small percentage of its performance art now consists of plays written by him, and even those few, with rare exception, have been reinvented with novel interpretations and, of course, the nontraditional costumes and sets that have become de rigueur for such productions. The 2020 season, already announced, promises to provide even greater departure from tradition.
The venue has also grown, from one stage to three (the outdoor Elizabethan Stage and the indoor Angus Bowmer Theatre and Thomas Theatre). The festival itself, originally a 4th of July event, is now an entire season that runs from February through November, with the outdoor Elizabethan Stage open June through October.
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Table tennis is among the sports contested at the Summer Olympic Games. It was introduced at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where singles and doubles tournaments were held for both genders. The doubles events were dropped from the 2008 Summer Olympics program and replaced by team events. The competitions are conducted in accordance with the rules established by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).

Ma Long (China) is the all-time Olympic medal leader, having won five golds. Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Germany) have won six medals in the men's competitions, while Ma Lin and Zhang Jike (China) are the male with three gold medals. Wang Nan (China) is the best-performing athlete in the women's competitions, having won four golds—a figure shared with fellow Chinese players Deng Yaping and Zhang Yining—and one silver medal.  Thirteen players have won four medals and six have won three. Chen Jing competed for China when she won her first two medals in 1988, and for Chinese Taipei when she gained her most recent two medals at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. Since 1992, the winner of the women's singles has also won the doubles or team event: Deng Yaping, in 1992 and 1996; Wang Nan, in 2000; Zhang Yining, in 2004 and 2008; Li Xiaoxia, in 2012; Ding Ning, in 2016; and Chen Meng, in 2020. In the men's competition, Liu Guoliang (1996), Ma Lin (2008), Zhang Jike (2012), and Ma Long (2016 and 2020) have achieved this feat. Besides Deng, Zhang and Ma Long, no other female or male player has successfully defended their singles title, while in the doubles, back-to-back victories were achieved by Deng Yaping and Qiao Hong (1992, 1996), and Wang Nan (with Li Ju in 2000, and Zhang Yining in 2004).

China has been the most successful nation in Olympic table tennis, winning 60 medals (36 gold, 23 silver, and 8 bronze). Since 1992, Chinese players have won at least one medal in every event. At the 2008 Games, China achieved an unprecedented medal sweep in both the men's and women's singles tournaments, and won both team tournaments. With 18 medals, South Korea is second to China in the overall medal count, and is the only other nation to have won double-digit medals. As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, 115 medals (37 gold, 37 silver, and 41 bronze) have been awarded to 102 players selected from 12 National Olympic Committees (NOC). Third-place matches were not held at the 1992 Summer Olympics, so all losing semifinalists were given bronze medals, resulting in four additional bronze medalists.

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 The years indicate the Olympics at which the medals were won.

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There has been three podium sweeps in Olympic table tennis history. This is when athletes from one NOC win all three medals in a single event. This has not been possible since the conclusion of the 2008 Olympic games, since following China's podium sweeps, the ITTF has limited each country at the Olympics to a maximum of two contestants per gender.

See also
 World Table Tennis Championships
 Table Tennis World Cup

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Scotland's National Animal Is A Unicorn
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Scotland's national animal is actually a unicorn which isn't even a real animal. But why is Scotland's national animal a unicorn? The unicorn is a symbol of purity and grace. The coat of arms of James VI of Scotland had two unicorns on it. But come on. It's a creature of myth and legend. Are the Scots breaking the rules here? Well, not really. There aren't even rules to break, and both Singapore and North Korea also have make believe beasts as their national symbols. But even with these three odd examples, nothing even comes close this. Let's explain the reasons behind Scotland's zany national symbol.
Scotland's other national animal
Like many countries around the world Scotland actually has two national animals. While the most notable one is the unicorn, the other is the red lion. Yeah, there's no mistake here. One is not real, the other isn't a native to the country. When he became king of both Scotland and England following the death of Queen Elizabeth I, James I combined the unicorn with the lion on the coat of arms. This was a powerful symbol as it was regarded that the lion and unicorn were mortal enemies. It was no secret that Scotland and England had a frosty relationship.
For those who don't know, the unicorn is a mythical horse-like creature that has a horn protruding from the center of its head. It has been said that it possesses magical abilities, is a symbol of purity and grace, and can only be tamed by a virgin. Some have even said that the horn can render poisonous water potable and heal the sick. It is little wonder that when choosing a symbol for their country that Scotland settled on the unicorn as its national animal.
It is common for countries to adopt a national animal that is synonymous with their identity or is a native animal of that country. In this case, a mythical creature was more fitting than a real one, as it enshrined many of the features and standards that Scotland hold high. Please, don't anyone tell the Scottish that the unicorn isn't real or the red lion isn't native to the British isles.
Scotland isn't the only country with a weird national animal. A few countries, and even at least one city have odd symbols of identity. North Korea has one creature that is comparable to Scotland's. You can check it out by visiting this link. But North Korea is known for being, let's say eccentric. Singapore, on the other hand, has a creature that it somewhat more terrifying than either Scotland or North Korea, and it too is as real as Leprechauns.
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Laredo CBP Officers Apprehend Fugitive Sought for Sexual Offense
LAREDO, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), officers at the Laredo Port of Entry, detained one male U.S. citizen wanted for a sexual offense against a child.
"Child sexual abuse is a serious violation of human well-being and of the law," said Port Director Alberto Flores, Laredo Port of Entry. "CBP collaborates with other law enforcement agencies to bring alleged offenders to justice."
CBP officers escort a wanted person at a U.S. port of entry.
The fugitive apprehension occurred on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge. A CBP officer inspecting vehicle traffic arriving from Mexico, referred Isaul Salinas, a 51-year-old male United States citizen, for a secondary inspection. After escorting the passenger to secondary, subsequent biometric verification through law enforcement databases confirmed that the subject had an outstanding felony warrant for a sexual offense- fondling of a child, out of the Dallas County Sheriff's Office, in Dallas, Texas. The warrant was confirmed to be active. The subject was turned over to the Webb County Sheriff's Office to await criminal proceedings.
The National Crime Information Center (NCIC) is a centralized automated database designed to share information among law enforcement agencies including outstanding warrants for a wide range of offenses. Based on information from NCIC, CBP officers have made previous arrests of individuals wanted for homicide, escape, money laundering, robbery, narcotics distribution, sexual child abuse, fraud, larceny, and military desertion. Criminal charges are merely allegations. Defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
Follow the Director of CBP's Laredo Field Office on Twitter at @DFOLaredo and also U.S. Customs and Border Protection at @CBPSouthTexas for breaking news, current events, human interest stories and photos.
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Nick Cannon Makes History Two Sold Out Arena In One Night
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Performing before a sold-out crowd is every comic's dream, but it was simply unheard of for a comedian to perform at two separate arenas in one night—let alone on the other side of town. However, on Dec. 22, to end the Wild 'N Out Live tour on a high note, Nick Cannon did just that; headlining at both Show Place Arena in Maryland and Capital One Arena in Washington, DC. Of the ten city run, this was by far the largest stop on the tour, with Cannon pulling in more than 20,000 fans at the nation's capital. Cannon raised the bar in comedy yet adding another item to the long list of groundbreaking things that the multi-talented comedian has accomplished. Though Cannon was in uncharted territory, after such a successful run on his first major tour, he has rightfully earned his place at the table with comedic peers like Kevin Hart and Katt Williams.
Comedy is without a doubt, one of the toughest industries to be successful in and Cannon knows this too well. In the beginning of Wild 'N Out, TV networks did not understand the concept of a hip-hop improv show. Yet twelve years later, Wild 'N Out is staple show on MTV and has been budding comics from all over the world. With the huge success of the show, Cannon took the show on a country-wide tour for thousands of adoring fans to experience up close and personal. Cannon traveled with his cast members Rip Micheals, DC Young Fly, Emmanuel Hudson, Justina Valentine, Conceited, Hitman Holla, Charlie Clips, DJ D Wrek and more. The perfect blend of comedy and hip-hop sets Wild 'N Out Live apart from other comedy shows. Every show of the epic Wild 'N Out Live tour included musical performances by the biggest name in the industry. Joining him on stage were 21 Savage, Kodak Black, Yo Gotti, Waka Flocka, Rick Ross, YFN Lucci, Wale and that's only the tip of the iceberg. Fans also got the chance to get on stage for "Family Reunion" and battle head to head with the cast in "Wild Style".
With the affluent outcome of Wild 'N Out Live, Cannon's inner humanitarian was hard at work, donating over $40,000 to organizations like UNICEF and Angel by Nature to help victims of Hurricanes Irma and Harvey. The cast became accustomed to being drowned out by screaming fans in Chicago, New York, Atlanta, and even Nick's hometown of Charlotte. Among them being hundreds of invited special guests from the Boys & Girls Club and other youth organizations. The joyous faces of the youth held a special place in the cast's hearts. Noted for its infectious high energy and surprise celebrity performances, the tour has become both a critical and commercial pillar for the Wild 'N Out brand; engaging audiences across the United States. There are no signs of stopping, Cannon and his incredible gang of improvisers have plans to bring the tour back in 2018.
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Q: How to setup a simple local linux proxy that caches all HTTP requests for offline browsing is there a simple way to setup a local proxy on a linux pc that caches ALL HTTP requests in ANY case ('hard refresh' ..., after some time ...), if it has loaded the resource ONCE, configurable by URL/host patterns white list / black list? There should be a possibility to clear the cache for specific resources or at least to clear the complete cache by cli command or web interface.
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In this case squid is an product for that. It is easy to set up and provides a lot of features, including an very persistent/stubborn caching behaviour.
If you use ubuntu, you can find here an tutorial for quick startup: https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/squid.html
Btw: squid is an very powerful tool. Depending on your needs lightweight alternative could fit your needs, like Lighttpd

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Govt mobile app services may help raise efficiency 80%
Use of mobile applications in public services, offered by the central and the state governments, can help increase efficiency of administrative processes by 80 per cent, according to a report by the India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) and the KPMG India.
New Delhi: Use of mobile applications in public services, offered by the central and the state governments, can help increase efficiency of administrative processes by 80 per cent, according to a report by the India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) and the KPMG India.
Titled 'Contribution of Smartphones to Digital Governance in India', the report said by rolling out mobile apps for government services the processing time of such services could be increased eight times.
"Smartphones and e-services can be leveraged by the government to unlock 80 per cent improvement in efficiency and 8x reduction in processing time," the ICEA said.
The report refers to efficiency of online processes, like land use change, water connection, passport issuance in paperless government offices.
As per the report, around 45 crore citizens have benefited through 300 government apps and it's a success for the "Digital India" programme. The government has adapted these services to suit the growing consumer demand for mobile apps, which is fuelled by advantages offered by Open OS (operating system), like Android.
According to the report, the growth in internet use is expected to be driven by rural users, many of whom will use these devices in local languages. Essential elements for digital governance apps and portals, included local language capabilities, offline functionality, low storage need and integration with other governance platforms, it said.
All these features were enabled by Open OS with over 300 essential government services being made available through mobile apps on the Play Store, it said.
Several states are also accelerating digital initiatives through select government apps. Smartphones have proved vital to the government response to the Covid-19 crisis, enabling the government to reach citizens through apps, like Aarogya Setu, which has seen over 13 crore downloads and is available in 12 Indian languages.
Ajay Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, said, "Smartphones have facilitated access to a rapidly expanding range of digitally delivered services through apps, like Umang, Digilocker and Bhim, and also through mobile-friendly websites."
Smartphones were helping transform the lives of Indians, both urban and rural, through communication and assimilation of information, he said and added, they were essential components for delivery and improving effectiveness of e-governance initiatives.
Pankaj Mohindroo, ICEA Chairman, said the momentum towards digital governance had many benefits, like increase in efficiency, reduction in processing time and access to citizens.
"The prevalence of Open OS in smartphones has facilitated inclusion of vernacular languages and reduced the time taken to build supporting mobile apps. With the goal to digitally equip and connect every citizen, India is using smartphones and technologies to stride towards a truly digital nation," he said.
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