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Capacity Building for the Development of Food-based Dietary Guidelines to Promote Healthy Diets and Lifestyles
Title: "Capacity Building for the Development of Food-based Dietary Guidelines to Promote Healthy Diets and Lifestyles"
Countries: Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines
Duration: 2004 - 2007
Responsible Ministries/institutions/partnerships, including UN: Dominica: The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment; Grenada: Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries; St. Lucia: Ministry of Health, Human Services and Family Affairs; St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Ministry of Health and the Environment.
The aim of this project was to build national capacities in the development of nutrition educational tools and communication strategies to address the problems of increasing obesity, cardiovascular diseases, Type 2 diabetes and some cancers in four Caribbean countries. The governments of Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines sought FAO assistance in developing national Food-Based Dietary Guidelines (FBDGs). A related activity was the promotion of dietary changes in secondary schools in Grenada.
To strengthen the capacities of each of the four countries to assess their nutrition situations and prioritize nutrition education and communication objectives.
To build support for promoting dietary changes among multiple stakeholders within each country.
To train national staff in the creation of nutrition education messages, tools and communication strategies.
To develop and disseminate culturally appropriate food-based dietary guidelines in each country.
To develop, test and implement a pilot nutrition education project in Grenada to promote healthy diets and lifestyles in a school setting.
Main activities:
Each of the four countries developed their national FBDG using a 10 - step process of assessing the national nutrition situations, identifying and prioritizing problems to be addressed, building support among key stakeholders, creating and testing communication messages and planning and implementing communication strategies. These activities are described in detail in the Developing Food-based Dietary Guidelines: a manual from the English-speaking Caribbean.
Four inter-country training workshops were conducted with expert consultants. The workshops included information on the purpose of FBDGs and steps for preparing FBDGs; development of the technical guidelines of the FBDGs based on assessments of the health and nutrition situations; field-testing methodologies for designing culturally appropriate messages and materials; development of communication strategy and preparation of work-plans to develop and implement FBDGs.
A pilot nutrition education and communication programme was conducted in Grenada to promote consumption of fruits and vegetables and reduce consumption of excessively fatty and sweet foods in secondary schools. Students, teachers, food service staff and vendors, as well as students' families participated in discussions about nutrition and ways to promote healthier diets and lifestyles. Together, they developed and implemented a communication strategy to promote healthy diets and change the school environment.
Main outputs
Nutritionists in each country developed a set of national FBDGs and a food guide. These guidelines were approved by the national authorities and announced at a national launch event involving high government officials and mass media.
In Grenada, the two pilot schools made tangible changes with regard to the provision of healthier food choices, including an increase in the availability of local fresh fruit. Due to the success of the pilot intervention, the Ministry of Education plans to implement the project in all secondary schools in the country.
The national staff acquired new knowledge and skills in nutrition assessment, planning and promoting dietary changes.
FBDGs can form the basis for a long term strategy to improve the dietary patterns in each country. The messages aim to prevent chronic, diet-related health problems which are rising in the Caribbean region.
The FBDGs can assist in setting goals for national policies with regard to agricultural production, health systems and education systems.
The pilot in secondary schools in Grenada led to provision of healthier foods being made available in schools, including increases in the availability of locally produced fresh fruits.
The project created a network of resource persons in Grenada and the Caribbean and supported capacity building efforts in implementing nutrition education and communication activities for the public.
Developing Food-based Dietary Guidelines: a manual from the English-speaking Caribbean
"Developing Food-Based Dietary Guidelines to Promote Healthy Diets and Lifestyles in the Eastern Caribbean" Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
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Cosmic Times Is Going Digital!
By Jay Katz 12 years ago
South Florida based comic book publisher Cosmic Times is partnering with My Digital Comics to release their titles in a digital format. More inside…!
COSMIC TIMES IS GOING DIGITAL WITH MY DIGITAL COMICS
South Florida based comic book publisher Cosmic Times is partnering with My Digital Comics to release their titles in a digital format. This will allow readers to view Cosmic Times products on computers, iPads and other portable digital devices.
Currently Cosmic Times is offering the first issue of their critically acclaimed series "Arthur: The Legend Continues" for $.99. Ultimately their entire catalog of titles including "Decisions" and the forthcoming mini-series "Souled" will be made available. Cosmic Times is committed to delivering quality content via digital platforms at the $.99 price point as long as the market will allow.
"This is a new direction for Cosmic Times," said Cosmic Times publisher Martin T. Pierro. "We have had a fantastic experience working with Discount Comic Book Service, so when we decided take the first steps into the digital world it only made sense to team up with My Digital Comics (a sister company of DCBS). Going forward we will continue to focus on physical comics, but our goal has always been to deliver quality stories to potential readers and we view the digital market as another way to do just that."
About Cosmic Times: Cosmic Times was created by Martin T. Pierro in 2009 as a small press comic book publisher. The first offering from Cosmic Times was "Arthur: The Legend Continues", a high concept series that follows the adventures of King Arthur as he returns to England in a post apocalyptic future to free his people once again. "Arthur: The Legend Continues" was received with critical and fan acclaim and was followed in 2010 by Cosmic Times' latest series "Decisions". Following the success of "Arthur" and "Decisions" Cosmic Times recently announced their third project "Souled", a five-issue mini-series written by author Christopher Faulkner.
About My Digital Comics: My Digital Comics is an on-line digital comic store that allows readers of comics and graphic novels to download content from various publishers at reasonable prices. My Digital Comics currently offers hundreds of individual comics and graphic novels for download, and they distribute titles from Top Cow Productions, Dynamite Entertainment, PKD Media and many others. My Digital Comics currently offers all of their digital downloads in both .pdf & .cbz formats with no DRM limitations. Links- Cosmic Times – http://www.cosmictimes.net/ My Digital Comics – http://www.mydigitalcomics.com/
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Behxahr (en persa, بهشهر, també Behshar, antigament Àixraf o Àixraf ol Belād) és una ciutat de l'Iran, de la província de Mazanderan, a 8 km de la costa de la mar Càspia i propera a la capital provincial Sari (56 km). La seva població estimada el 2005 és de 93.282. És capital d'un districte (buluk). El seu nom nom vol dir "ciutat celestial". Hi va viure Abbas I el Gran. La seva activitat és principalment agrícola i té també industria de producció d'oli vegetal (des de 1951) la més gran de l'Iran. En diverses excavacions durant el  s'hi ha trobat una antiga necròpolis i alguns objectes. Abbas Abad, antic palau reial, és ara un lloc turístic.

Història
Inicialment era una vila sense importància amb el nom de Kharkuran, però Abbas I el Gran hi va fundar una nova ciutat el 1612/1613. Inicialment només eren un conjunt de granges rodejant el palau, però les residències reials es van ampliar i van arribar a ser sis edificis:
 Bagh-i Shahi
 Imarat-i Shahib-i Zaman
 Haram
 Khalwat
 Bagh-i Tappa
 Imarat-i Cashma
Al seu entorn va sorgir una vila. Al  la vila i residència reial foren saquejades pels afgans i més tard pels zand. Nàdir-Xah Afxar va fer reconstruir un edifici i sota Muhammad Ahmad Qadjar es van fer altres reparacions, però les restes dels edificis imperials foren enderrocats pel governador de Mazanderan Muhammad Khan Sawadkuh. La vila va quedar deshabitada. Aga Muhammad Khan s'hi va refugiar quan es va escapar dels zand i va fer reconstruir la vila el 1779/1780. El 1826 tenia 500 cases, i 845 el 1859, i més de 1200 el 1874.

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Bibliografia

 H. L. Rabino de Borgomale, Mazanderan and Astarabad, Londres 1928

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Lesbian flees Afghanistan to escape forced marriage to Taliban member
Posted on 30/12/2021 by ListeningAri | Leave a comment
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Rabia was just 15-years-old when she became engaged to a Taliban officer against her will in a small village in Afghanistan.
Now 22-years-old, Rabia has fled Afghanistan and has managed to get away from the man who made her adolescence hell. She is temporarily living in Pakistan, but she's hopeful she will ultimately be able to claim asylum in either Canada or the UK so she can build a life for herself.
Like so many others, Rabia had no choice but to flee when the Taliban seized power. She is a lesbian, which makes her a threat to Taliban rule. To make matters worse, she knew the man she was engaged to as a teenager was still trying to track her down.
That's why she and a friend – another lesbian – decided to travel to the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
"We had lots of problems because the Taliban stopped us along the way several times," Rabia tells PinkNews.
Thankfully, Rabia and her friend managed to get into Pakistan with the help of a journalist who advocated for them at the border – but she wishes leaving was never a necessity in the first place.
Continue reading: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/27/afghanistan-lesbian-taliban-forced-marriage/ (source)
Tagged Discrimination, homophobia, Lesbian refugees, lesbians in Afghanistan, Lesbophobia, persecution, seeking asylum, Taliban
Lesbians subject to dual brutal oppression as women and homosexuals as the Taliban take over Afghanistan
Posted on 19/08/2021 by Liz | Leave a comment
As women, lesbians will be subjected to the brutal sex based oppression imposed on them by the Taliban, as well as being subjected to the brutal penalties for homosexuality, worsening the already dire position of lesbians in Afghanistan.
Those who concern me most, as a journalist who reported on the last takeover by the Taliban, are the women, girls and LGBT+ people of Afghanistan. It would be impossible to overstate the terrors they each face, now, simply by the mere fact of their existence in a male-dominated, cis-het society in which they have no real place and in which they are at best second-class citizens with no autonomy.
Reporters in Afghanistan are already detailing the threat. And if they weren't, the Taliban leadership has itself been succinct: Sharia law — Islamic law, religious law — will define everything in Afghanistan going forward. Within that construct there is no room for female, queer or trans autonomy.
Imposition of the death penalty for homosexuality has been classified as judicial murder of gay and lesbian people; a form of genocide. Yet it is, according to Afghans and human rights advocates, imminent.
On August 16, Nemat Sadat, the first gay Afghan to come out publicly, tweeted: "It's not hyperbole to say that the Taliban will do what Nazis did to homosexuals: weed them out and exterminate them from Afghan society. Please help."
Last month, Gul Rahim, a Taliban judge, told the German newspaper Bild that, "There are only two penalties for gays: either stoning or they have to stand behind a wall that falls on them. The wall must be 2.5 to 3 meters [about 10 feet] high." I have reported on "corrective rape" and honor killings of lesbians for various publications.
I reported on lesbian asylum seekers fleeing Sharia law to the U.K. and stringent new asylum laws here in the U.S. NGOs have reported for years that gay men and lesbians have been raped as punishment–which the U.S. government knows. "[Gays and lesbians] continued to face arrest by security forces and discrimination, assault, and rape," said the U.S. State Department's country report on Afghanistan in 2020.
Victoria A. Brownworth, Taliban takeover could mean more deaths of women and LGBTQ people in Afghanistan
Continue reading at: https://epgn.com/2021/08/18/taliban-takeover-could-mean-more-deaths-of-women-and-lgbtq-people-in-afghanistan/ (Source)
Further reading at:
The world must not look away as the Taliban sexually enslaves women and girls
LGBT Afghans face 'extermination' at the hands of the Taliban
Tagged Forced Marriage, honour killing, lesbians in Afghanistan, persecution, sex based rights, Taliban, Victoria A. Brownsworth
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Blackjack is one of the most popular games in the world. Almost all offline casinos play this game. Love for this game brought to the situation when so many variants of the game appeared. This is especially noticed in the online casinos that offer the variants of blackjack with unusual and bold changes in rules that can seem alluring for visitors. As a result some of them refused from classic blackjack in favor of new games. But in reality it brings to the situation when losses occur more often than wins. We do not want you to make mistakes therefore we will regard two varieties of blackjack that are rather wide-spread in the online casino and discuss why it is not worth playing them much.
Blackjack Switch is rather popular version of the game, in which 2 hands are dealt and the player gets a unique opportunity to exchange the top 2 cards between hands. For instance, the player received 6 in one hand and then 10. 16 points that he receives present dilemma for him. It is risky to continue taking cards, because dealer is going to win in any case. But it's a risk to take an additional card because you can get more than 21.
In the other hand the player has 9 and 3 and 12 points that he gets is also impossible to refer to good hands. Therefore the switch decision is evident because the score will be 9 and 19 after it in the hands. There is no hesitation about the further actions of the player: one should take the card to the first hand and in the second one – leave the way it is.
That means that blackjack has an advantage for the player. It is hard not to notice it and one can't deny that. But this additional opportunity can cost you twice as much.
•	First of all, the dealer does not lose when he gets 22. In this case the draw is announced (the exclusion is the case, when there is blackjack in hands). Only this point increases the edge of the casino by 10%.
•	Blackjack is paid not 3:2, but 1:1, that also adds edge to the casino.
Certainly, the opportunity to exchange cards between the boxes makes these unprofitable for the players rules even, however odds of the casino in blackjack are considerably higher than in classic variants. Within long timeframe the lover of blackjack switch doesn't have a chance to win. Is it worth to yield to temptation to change cards between the boxes at your discretion if this does not give any odds, but only deteriorates the position of the player? Of course not.
The name of this blackjack variety speaks for itself. Both dealers' cards are exposed. This makes the task easier for the player. You have probably guessed that this loosening of rules must be leveled by something for the casino. In this case it happens in this way.
•	Blackjack is paid 1:1.
•	Dealer always wins at the even amount of points with the exception of cases when the player has blackjack.
In spite of the fact that different strategies for different types of blackjack were developed telling us what to do in different situations, it is not possible to decrease the odds as in classical game. In any case if you want to make the game of blackjack more diverse, do it first in the fun mode that is provided in many casinos. You may not at least make big bets. If you make serious bets, you should play the games that you know well.


Nigerians are in principal the largest African community in London – both officially and un-officially. We all know that. 1,000,000+ human beings of Nigerian heritage currently call London home. Over a million adults born in Africa (excluding South Africa) are living in the UK, with a more middle-aged age distribution than the other large country groups, but fewer post working-age (MigrationWatchUK, 2014). The Mayor of Brent, Michael Adeyeye however declared a year before "nothing less than 1,000,000 Nigerians are living in the UK". It may be a surprise for some but few within the British-Nigerian community would bet against it.
Peckham, Thamesmead, Woolwich, Abbeywood and Deptford areas on weekday evenings, Friday Nights, Saturday afternoons and Sunday mornings are quite simply a remarkable sight. Added to this, Camberwell, Brixton (well sort-of), Bexleyheath, Barking and Dagenham, Erith and Newham will also test your Yoruba and Igbo listening skills. And Hausa and Edo too (as explained later in the article).
Nigerians of England blog are doing a great job!
Nigerians are everywhere and so too are the various stereotypes that follow them. Do checkout Nigerians of England blog who are doing a great highlighting the good works and determination of young British-Nigerians. The blog serves as a mouthpiece to declare "to the world that Nigerians in the diaspora are not just 'hustling' for personal gain but rather are striving for excellence and alleviating the sociological and economical burdens of our communities." Good on them! There are many social, cultural and economic dilemmas British Nigerians go through; Tobi Oredein makes a good point of this in her excellent article How I learned to be both British and Nigerian article.
It's also good to point out the exclusive group of Super Rich Nigerians buying up central London property. You'll see some job ads (appear twice a year) for fluent Yoruba and Hausa speaking Sales gurus at Heathrow, Harrods and other department stores – especially during the summer. They come in droves and pretty much buy everything; houses too. But i'll leave you to read some of the comments on Battabox's Excellent Video on Rich Nigerians Spend Millions on Central London Property as to what some Nigerians at home think about that! Come to think of it, Battabox deserve a mention!
Their videos are an excellent resource and window into the lives and mindsets of many 1st generation Nigerian and African migrants that call London home. Nigerian International Students also represent the largest student group of African International Students in the UK (as explained in a previous post) but creative entreprises such as AfroExpressUK (these guys deliver your favourite African grocery items delivered to your uni once a month).
AfroExpress bring TomTom, Agege bread, Mini Flemish bottles, 4-6 plantains, seasoning, Indomie, Chin Chin and more within the food packages to universities and residences across the UK – Fantastic Initiative!
Culturally, one will observe that many non-Nigerian Londoners and British folk (if there is such a term) have a rather Yoruba-centric view of Nigerians. In some black majority neighbourhoods; the feeling is that 4 out every 5 black people are Nigerian; but rather 4 out of 5 Nigerians are Yoruba. The rather colourful, demonstrative and at times well animated Yoruba natives have been set apart from others (many non-Yoruba lament).
This is especially true in Woolwich, Abbeywood and Deptford. If you go to some parts of Germany and Turkey and ask some of the locals to describe the Nigerian Community; it's more than common to be responded with "they are reserved people, conservative, gentle and keep-to-themselves". This will raise eyebrows to many of us in London; but that's because their remarks of the Nigerian community they are familiar are rather Hausa-centric. And Yes; there are many Hausa Nigerians in Turkey and Germany.
Similar to these countries; there are sizeable Hausa communities in London and the UK. Mellow, reserved and often preferring outside London; don't believe the hype that there are no Hausas in London – that's quite simply not true. Hausa Nigerians are based in small pockets in Central London and North London and in larger pockets in Coventry, Birmingham, Manchester, Leicester, Surrey and other cities in the country. It is also important to mention that Idoma, Tiv and Edo Nigerian communities (particularly in South London and Newham) also make up the demographic fabric of this popular and populous group here in London.
Moving away from the various colours and barriers of tribalism (before being accused) to Media. Nigeria's 'super-rich'—or rather, their children—were also a a source of intrigue bordering on obsession within the British media for the best part of the last 18 months, as a 'new' breed of uber-consumer, jetting in from Lagos to live the high-life in London. The show was disliked by many – I can see reasons why (will explain later). Many British-Nigerians don't see themselves as well-represented on mainstream British Media; From David Cameron's infamous 'Nigeria is Fantastically Corrupt' comments to the David Attenborough style once a year descriptive documentaries on Nigeria's poverty and corruption to even unfair recipients of racist attacks before, during and after the Brexit vote.
British-Nigerian Historian and Broadcaster David Olusoga is an Award winning TV Presenter / TV Producer and critically-acclaimed Writer who resides in Newcastle shared an all to familiar tweet about this a few months back.
The map above illustrates at least how four London boroughs are Nigerian Centric. This is the (2016) Map of the largest Foreign born population in London by borough with people from India being the dominant nationality in Ten areas.


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Jim Smith: Intolerance won"t fly in courtrooms…
Jim Smith: Intolerance won"t fly in courtrooms that run on facts
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PUBLISHED: August 8, 2010 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 30, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.
My father and mother were big on tolerance. Sure, there were people they didn"t like, or detested, but it was usually for reasons of character, not sex, race, or personal beliefs.
Their philosophy might best be described as modified libertarian, although they were ardent Democrats. In brief, they had a live-and-let-live attitude. People might live lifestyles my parents personally considered offensive, but as long as they didn"t try to "convert" others to their ways of living, then it was of no consequence.
It made for an interesting time around the house. When my parents held parties, one could be sure of an eclectic mix of individuals. We had all manner of people walking through our living room, some diametrically opposed to one another, but able to get along — at least in front of us kids — because they set aside their personal differences from the time they entered the front door to the time they shut it on their way out.
I"ve tried to follow that pattern in my life. I"m personally opposed to the way some people live their lives, but my feelings are irrelevant. They don"t count because how others choose to live their lives is none of my damn business as long as they are not physically harmful to me or society at large.
So, when opponents of Prop. 8 sued in federal court last year to overturn the ban on gay marriage, I thought it was a huge mistake because they were going to try using emotional arguments in an arena where facts rule. And so it happened.
It turned out that the courtroom was a great place to make the case that Proposition 8 denies same-sex couples the due process and equal protection rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. Innuendo and fear-mongering may affect voters, but they don"t make good legal evidence.
And when stripped of emotional rhetoric, there simply is no factual basis under law to argue that gays and lesbians don"t deserve the right to marry.
Or as my parents would put it: Don"t tell others how to live.
Defenders of the 2008 initiative presented just two witnesses, both of whom were dismissed as unqualified. Not that it mattered. Neither could offer any credible evidence that gay marriage harms heterosexual marriage or that barring gays from marrying promotes any legitimate state interest.
The witnesses presented by the plaintiffs were, by contrast, distinguished academics, public officials and scientists. They made an airtight case that marriage, whether between same-sex or opposite-sex couples, promotes family stability. Married people are healthier, live longer and have more financial resources. The children of same-sex married couples see substantial benefits. Cities and the state would gain revenue if gays and lesbians were allowed to wed.
In his opinion, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker concurred with that view, stating "The evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples."
Wednesday was a thrilling day for those who believe in the American ideal of equality for all. More than that, the ruling reaffirmed something we should all do: Keep our noses out of the private lives of others.
The ruling provides a measure of hope that as the case wends its way to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and, ultimately, the Supreme Court — a conservative court at that — facts will continue to win out over bigotry and petty mindedness.
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France threatens Britain with customs levies in fishing row
Posted on December 24, 2021 Author Comments Off on France threatens Britain with customs levies in fishing row
The EU could impose customs duties on British goods if the government fails to give French fishermen a further 73 licences to operate in UK waters, a French minister has said.
Clément Beaune, the French Europe minister, made the threat in a television interview. It is the latest chapter in the battle over fishing licences after Brexit.
In the interview Beaune issued a warning to Liz Truss, the British foreign secretary, who has taken over the Brexit portfolio after Lord Frost's resignation, that her predecessor's strategy, "which consists of seeking the division of Europeans", had never worked.
"[The British] have tried in recent months," Beaune told France 2, the state TV channel. "We reacted and we obtained a lot of licences through this firmness."
However, the European Commission, which has formal responsibility for taking action against Britain in disputes over the Brexit withdrawal deal, appeared less gung-ho than Beaune, saying only that it would study the French request for litigation.
Two weeks ago Virginijus Sinkevicius, the Lithuanian EU commissioner in charge of fishing, seemed to imply that the row had been settled when he hailed the award by Britain of 80 additional licences to French fishermen as a "very important step".
France said the move meant its fishermen had received 93 per cent of the licences they had requested to continue working in British waters after Brexit. However, President Macron's government insists that 73 fishermen are still without licences and it is pushing the EU to take legal action over them.
Beaune implied that the EU was certain to back France. He said he was due to meet European Commission representatives on January 4 before the launch of litigation at the Arbitration Tribunal, which was set up to judge disputes between the EU and the UK under the Brexit Trade and Co-operation Agreement.
Beaune said: "It is a signal that the Europeans all together are asking the British to apply [the agreement]. There can be reciprocal measures like customs duties and other things if the British don't.
"The UK needs Europe. [The EU] is its biggest market. If the British don't respect the agreement, they will not have free access to the market."
Under the deal, EU vessels that had fished in British waters between 2012 and 2016 were allowed to continue doing so. But there has been argument over the level of proof required to show that vessels meet the criteria, with the UK demanding evidence from electronic tracking systems.
Most European boats were able to supply such evidence, but the French fleet includes numerous vessels of less than 12m long that are not equipped with electronic tracking devices. The dispute has centred largely on whether such vessels could provide written evidence like logbooks instead.
A spokesman for the European Commission said: "For the requested but not approved licences, we will examine together with the French authorities the legal circumstances around every requested licence which has not been granted."
Further cuts to train timetables have been made in response to Covid-related staff shortages. South Western Railway (SWR) said it was running 28% fewer weekday trains from Monday, compared with pre-pandemic levels, due to staff absences caused largely by the Omicron Covid variant. The Rail Delivery Group's latest figure for rail staff absences is at […]
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The EU could impose customs duties on British goods if the government fails to give French fishermen a further 73 licences to operate in UK waters, a French minister has said. Clément Beaune, the French Europe minister, made the threat in a television interview. It is the latest chapter in the battle over fishing licences […]
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All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come
While reading "Anna Karenina" I came across a very interesting subject being discussed: problem of serfdom.
Konstantin Levin, 32 years old landowner, wants to increase productivity on his farmland. Sees how peasants are not motivated and wonders, whether giving them ownership of his land will change their commitment to work. Also issue of moral justification of serfdom comes up.
"Anna Karenina" was written 1870's and touches on contemporary Russian problems. At that time Tsar Alexander ll was at power. Serfdom of Russian peasants was hotly discussed topic. It took Tsar 6 years after coronation, but finally emancipation of serfs was accomplished by imperial ukaz in 1861. It had immense political and economical implications. Alexander ll was killed by a bomb in 1881 in St Petersburg, not far away from the place he signed the document.
At that point I realized, that I heard this story somewhere. Yes, it was a part of American history with Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation and his death in 1865.
When I read more about that period in history, I realized how close these countries were to each other in the second half of 19th century.
Russia was supporting the Union in the war with Confederates by sending war ships to New York and San Francisco area. She was also opposing Britain and France, who were backing Confederates.
Slavery is as old as records can reach. In the Bible it is mentioned as an established institution. Code of Hammurabi prescribes death for everyone, who helps fugitive slave. Slavery flourished in classical antiquity, middle ages, Renaissance and Enlightenment. Evolving political and economic systems as well as humanitarian issues were forcing a need for change. Alexander within a year of his coronation announced to his advisors "I've decided to do it, gentlemen. If we don't give the peasants freedom, they will take it from below". After 5 years of back and forth discussions with his advisers, he decided to cut it short and did it by imperial fiat.
Lincoln opposed slavery more on moral basis. He also proposed a compensation to slave owners, but bill was never voted on by Congress .
Serfdom was abolished
1811-1850 in Prussia
1848 in Austria
1861 in Russia
1864 in Poland (partitioned)
Abraham Lincoln signed Emancipation Declaration September 22 ,1862 and it went to effect on January 1 ,1863.
Lincoln's and Alexander's paths had crossed, but their origins couldn't be more diverse. One grew up in a log cabin in Kentucky, the other one in imperial palace in StPetersburg.
They never met, but exchanged letters signed "your good friend, Alexander" and "you good friend, A.Lincoln". Lincoln was 9 years older.
They signed their respective documents and were assassinated in same places, Washington DC and StPetersburg, 4500 miles apart.
Alaska was bought from Russia in 1867, two years after Lincoln's death. Tsar didn't think is was militarily feasible to defend that territory from possible British invasion.
American artist Alonzo Chappel painted a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. He also painted a famous portrait of Tsar Alexander ll.
And there is a sculpture by Alexander Burganov of Lincoln and Alexander shaking hands.
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Q: What's the optimal server configuration for fastest inserting in a MySql database in this scenario? I have a MyISAM table partitioned by range with 90 partitions representing the last 90 days. I expect this table to receive somewhere between 500 million to 1 billion records before i start rotating partitions (dropping old ones and creating new ones).
What server configuration options would you put in your .my.conf file to ensure that the fastest possible insertion into this table was possible at all times?
Any other tips would also be appreciated.
EDIT: By 'fastest possible' i mean best possible insert speed and being sustained once it contains 100's of millions of rows.

A: When ur thinking about faster insert , MYISAM is a good choice , but retrieval will be difficult because entire table will be locked . If you plan for retrieval , MYISAM will not be good option , then we need go for Innodb because it supports row level locking .
If your thinking about partition , create your partition based on your business logic. Try to eliminate all related keys apart from partition index
If we go for MYISAM , you should rethink about select queries

A: I guess your application logs data into the database, in one table. To get highest speedup you have to change your data (table) definition. You have to eliminate every index, auto increment, key or unique.
Better you refactor your application. Split your writes. First write into a log file, this is really fast. Second, use a second process that reads your data from log file and writes it into you database. You should split these new two application on different server.

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This postcard shows a view of Loch Maree and Ben Slioch in Wester Ross. The loch has been popular with fishermen and visitors alike since Victorian days. It has the reputation of having the largest sea trout in Great Britain and its many islands attract numerous visitors every year. The fresh water loch is twelve miles long and extends from Kinlochewe to near Poolewe. Most of the loch is only about half a mile wide but broadens into about a mile in places.


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Courage to run a café
July 9, 2018 | Luxembourg's business sectors | Claude François
Coffee shops have a future, especially in Facebook and Twitter times!
François Koepp, general secretary of the Horesca, states, "There is a future in operating a coffee shop, because in the age of Twitter, Facebook, and Co. people have a need to communicate properly."
In the last contribution of the four-part series on employment prospects in hospitality and gastronomy, François Koepp takes up the cudgel for coffee shops. "There are so many deserted cafés in Luxembourg where thousands of cars pass by every day. Such operations should certainly be more successful than expensive luxury hangouts in the capital, which must struggle with tremendously high costs every day and don't know whether they will be able to make ends meet by the evening," says the secretary general of Horesca.
Cafés change their structure
It is not uncommon to pick up an inn for an interesting price, especially in the countryside.
"If you make a good impression and offer good service, you can build a very successful business."
François Koepp, general secretary of the Horesca
However, many inns have ceased operations in recent years. "It is true that the number of inns is decreasing. But the industry is changing in its structure," explains Koepp. "It may happen that a small café run by two people stops operating... but somewhere else a new one is set up for which a chef, three waiters, and perhaps a dishwasher are employed. Then you have as many people working there as in two smaller establishments..."
Most of these restaurants are privately run. We are especially looking for employees for service, sometimes bartenders, and even a chef, who would mostly produce typical bistro dishes. "It doesn't have to be someone who has already worked with star chefs but rather who has earned his spurs in small bistros, with regional cuisine. S/he has to be a good cook, who serves his guests a good meal at noon so that they can eat well and go back to work," Koepp concludes. An occupation that is open to almost everyone.
At the moment, young people tend to get together and open a café.
Someone who wants to run a café needs no previous experience with the profession at all. The prerequisite is however that the compulsory course is completed at the Chamber of Commerce ("Accès aux professions de l'Horeca"). After that, you must have worked for three years, no matter in which sector. If a trade authorisation is granted, a restaurant may be opened.
Of course, anyone from the hotel or catering trade can open a restaurant. The majority, however, are people who want to try their luck as coffee shop operators. "Not infrequently they are people who have not been lucky or failed in other projects," Koepp says. But this is also a problem. "Running a coffee shop is a serious occupation!"
An industry with potential for success
Koepp also confirms that a good coffee shop owner can make real money. "You have to know that you have to work hard, but the profession can be a lot of fun and joy. And it often doesn't end there. I know a lot of small cafés that have become very successful over time and have built up something great," testifies the Horesca secretary general.
At the moment, young people tend to get together and open a café. They do not necessarily come out of the profession, but "they do the right thing – they take the experts on board!" They are well-educated people, who do not have the necessary capital to start on their own business and who are subsequently integrated into the business by partners. "This leads to success!" assures Koepp.
The Horesca secretary general also includes that of barman among the interesting occupations in this sector.
"The profession has a lot of potential, because many a barman who has worked in a small setting has already risen to being head barman in big hotels!"
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"With You" is undoubtedly one of Dirty South's most revered tunes from his album of the same name. And while the original presents itself as a slow ballad with minimalist percussion and tempo, Regulators' official remix brings the 808s.
The tune is turned into a heavenly trap banger that still retains a fair bit of emotion from the original. With chopped vocals and a wonderful backing harp, the 808s blend in to create a wistfully melodic trap tune that lets you rage as much as it lets you sway and feel.
The Regulators remix can be found on the With You (The Remixes) EP which came out a week ago. You can pick up you copy here.


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Current Music composes theme for NBC's Indianapolis 500 coverage
By Dak Dillon
The Indianapolis 500, along with the complete IndyCar season, transitioned to NBC Sports this season as part of a new rights package.
For its coverage of the 103rd running of the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing," NBC Sports opted for a dramatic new tune from Current Music to lead the broadcast.
"They were looking for an instantly identifiable, dynamic theme to debut at the Indy 500 on May 26th. Something to celebrate the granddaddy of speed, while pumping our adrenaline and fueling our imagination for the remainder of the 2019 season," said Christian Salyer, COO of Current Music.
Aram Mandossian of Current Music composed the new theme with Salyer serving as producer on the project. Along with the primary theme, mixes were created in a variety of styles including rock and electronic versions.
"We didn't have a stylistic example at the time, so we veered towards hard rock, but on steroids. Like AC/DC but with a modern production," said Mandossian.
"They also had a cool idea to incorporate some actual racing sound effects into the music. So I took some samples of cars whizzing by and used them to build tension at certain moments in the piece. It made it the music sound tailor-made for racing."
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UL EHS Sustainability, an industry leader in occupational health and safety software and training, today announced a free software tool that will help streamline OSHA reporting requirements.
The free online tool, accessible at http://ulehssustainability.com/osha-injury-tool, is built on the PureOHS platform, UL's proprietary software solution that streamlines the data management process. With the new tool, users enter injury data once and receive outputs for all necessary forms required by OSHA.
"Tabulating data by hand or in spreadsheets is no longer the best way to keep track of workplace illness and injury. Companies in leading health and safety cultures have found that the quickest and most effective option is to maintain injury data in an automated program," said Mark Ward, general manager of UL EHS Sustainability. "It ensures that injury data is recorded accurately and can be accessed easily. Further, digital data can be more easily analyzed within your organization to look for leading indicators that might further improve your safety culture."
The impetus for this offering is a rule change within OSHA that requires establishments with 250 or more employees to submit their workplace injury forms electronically. Forms 300, 300A, and 301–which summarize job-related injuries and illnesses logged during the 2017 calendar year–all must be digitally provided to OSHA on or before July 1, 2018. Establishments with 20-249 workers in certain high-injury rate industries will need to electronically submit Form 300A by that same time.
To find out more, visit http://ulehssustainability.com/osha-injury-tool.
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How much should my cat sleep?
Cats are true masters when it comes to sleeping. They can sleep anytime, any place, under any circumstance. But why do cats sleep so much? Do they have sleep cycles like people do? Read on to find out more about cats and sleep.
You may be wondering why your cat sleeps most of the time, don't worry, cats actually require a lot more sleep than you and I. Cats are crepuscular creatures, crepuscular is just a fancy term that means they're most active at dawn and dusk. Their vision is best adapted to the light levels at those times in the day so that is when they like to play, socialize, and hunt.
Younger cats and kittens require around 20 hours of sleep a day while adult cats will only need around 13~16 hours a day. Of course your cat may need more or less sleep than others just like the rest of us require different amounts of sleep.
Cats don't really sleep eight-hour sessions like us, they will cycle in and out of naps throughout the day. While they are sleeping their senses remain finely tuned. They can jump out of bed at a moments notice to be alert. Just as quickly as they awoke they can fall back asleep.
Cats are predators and they are hardwired to chase and hunt small creatures, mainly at night. Although cats are domesticated, for the most part, housecats are still in touch with their wild side. Even when cats play they still show these instincts of creeping about and pouncing on their prey. Hunting takes quite a bit of energy and all that sleep is used to reserve that energy for hunting, running, climbing, and stalking.
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Excessive sleep in kittens is rarely a concern but if your adult cat is sleeping more it may indicate a medical concern. Many feline diseases don't begin to develop until adulthood. Any single illness can cause your cat to spend more time asleep. Excessive sleep in an adult cat could also mean they are in pain, such as arthritis.
If your cat seems to have endless energy and is sleeping less it may be a sign of medical problem such as hyperthyroidism. Other signs of hyperthyroidism may include weight loss, diarrhea, vomiting, increased appetite and thirst.
If your kitten seems lethargic or uninterested in her surroundings they may be sick and should be taken to the vet. Sudden changes in behavior, including sleep, can mean there is a problem.
This entry was posted in Cats, Pet Care and tagged cat, cat behavior, catnap, Cats on July 18, 2017 by admin.
There have been recent cases of Dog Flu breaking out all over central Illinois. Be cautious with your dog around other dogs. Veterinarians say this is a new and highly contagious airborne virus that can spread quickly from dog to dog.
This virus can be transferred via nose and mouth secretions, coughs, and even sharing water bowls. Because this particular virus is airborne, it can spread without contact.
Most dogs are not naturally immune to the virus and when exposed to it will most likely contract it.
The first thing you should do is talk to your veterinarian about canine influenza to see what they recommend is best for your dog.
If you notice anything out of the ordinary isolate your dog and call your veterinarian as soon as possible. Do not wait or hesitate as this is a very aggressive virus and your should seek medical treatment immediately.
A vaccine is available, if you have not already, the H3N2 vaccination is available for your dog. Discuss whether the vaccine is right for your dog with your veterinarian.
Start boosting your dog's immune system by feeding them a healthy and balanced diet. Give them plenty of vitamins and minerals, essential fatty acids and probiotics. You can also use some of the many natural immunity boosting supplements and herbs to improve your dogs overall health and well-being.
Be sure to watch your dog for common symptoms such as: coughing, lethargy, lack of appetite, nasal or eye discharge. Give your dog lots of water and plenty of time to rest.
If your dog does get the flu, keep them away from other dogs for at least 21 days.
This entry was posted in Dogs, Pet Care and tagged dog, dog care, dog flu, dogs on July 10, 2017 by admin.


We pride ourselves in our Bespoke Service ensuring an uncompromising level of craftsmanship and service. We style you perfectly beyond your imagination. It's about creating designs unique to you. We rise to the challenge of collaborating with you to create a perfect outfit that fits your body shape, lifestyle and taste. With bespoke tailoring you can create illusions of being slimmer, taller and curvier.
Our inimitable selection of hand woven and hand embroidered fabrics that are solely hand loomed in Nigeria are second to none amongst the finest of silks and jacquards that can only be found in our showroom.
At Karen Gold we design and make bespoke dresses for bridesmaids, which compliment suits that can be tailor made for groomsmen alike.
One of the biggest concerns for women is their tummy, and we can conceal and flatter, just in the way the skirt or the trousers pull that in. And we leave a lot of inlay (excess fabric) in bespoke pieces, meaning you can let garments out by up to six inches if you change shape or want to adapt the silhouette slightly.
Wearing a Bespoke outfit is an understated way of dressing that means you are confident, you have the most flattering garments in your choice of fabrics, with exactly the neckline, hem length, sleeve shape etc. that you like. Once you have started buying like this, you rarely consider buying off the rails, you would prefer customized made to order outfits.
We produce the finest business; formal and dinner wear in the cutting room and workshops of our premises. With a team of experienced cutters, tailors, finishers and a presser working on site, we hand-cut and tailor clothing in-house, ensuring that the highest standards are maintained at every stage. Bespoke clothing is made to last and if looked after properly should last a lifetime.
Get in touch with our creative team detailing your requests and we will be in touch within 24hrs.
"There is something about the process of being measured, choosing the details such as the right shoulder line, the lapel, the silhouette, going for fittings, the impeccable finishing. You gain a level of craftsmanship and quality, from skilled workers, which is simply not possible in a ready-to-wear garment.
It is a great feeling to know that you are wearing something unique that you will never ever find on someone else and our confidentiality agreement with all our staff ensures that lips are sealed with regards our services from consultation through to measurement, fitting and collection".


Speaking of balls, UPS ($UPS) unveiled a new policy this week: surcharge pricing for holiday shipping. This is either brilliant or ridiculously stupid. Brilliant, short-term, because more and more commerce is shifting online and so someone - whether it's the end consumer or the business itself - is going to have to absorb the cost of the increased volume. Prior to a recent uptick, UPS' stock had not performed well of late as it spends to try and revamp ops to handle the shear increase in package volume. This new policy ought to help. On the flip side, we can't help but to think that Jeff Bezos has just injected his shipping team with HGH with a clear directive to figure out a way to cut out the shipping middleman and control their own supply chain. UPS just poked the bear. That typically doesn't end well. Finally, as retailers shift to e-commerce this policy will hurt their bottom lines at a critical time. Perhaps they'll take a page out of Amazon's book and offer incentives to encourage order-online-pickup-in-store initiatives. Maybe an extra few percentage points off? If they have stores. Hence the omni-channel conundrum.


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Q: Making button call multiple functions Does anyone have a clue on how I can solve this please? Answer below doesn't work.
I googled this question and found lots of answers but not suited to my problem.
I am trying to make a button call multiple functions (2 to be exact):
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                canvas.toBlob(function(blob) {
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I've tried the following:
1. Call two functions from same onclick
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Which really sums up every other answer.
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A: $(function(){
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HISTORY OF THE BROS HOCKEY CLUB
Deep in the bowels of the Pond Hockey Club on a mild, Texas winter night in 2015, The Bros Hockey Club was born. Originally branded as Bros Before Hossa, the team moniker was frequently abbreviated to "Bros." The team's inaugural season was in the Pond's 4×4 pond-style league, and the organization finished the season without registering a victory. After two more seasons of finishing last, and with the help of strategic drafting and cultivating players who continued to remain Bros, the team found itself and finished… second to last. As a cause for celebration, the team ordered jerseys and branded themselves with the iconic Star and Cannon of Gonzales fame.
The Gonzales Flag represents a small group of Texians who fought off two nearly impossible Mexican raids in 1835 to keep a small cannon that was previously given to them to ward off the raiding Comanches. Both attempts by the Mexicans failed, and the Battle of Gonzales triggered the Texian rebellion against the Mexican government; thus, the war for Texas' independence was born. The Texians fought for an ideal. They fought for a principle. They fought for something so insignificant as a marginally functional, 30-inch, temperamental cannon that could barely launch anything with a diameter greater than a shooter marble. The Bros adopted the same attitude, a certain je ne sais quoi over the past two years.
After winning third place an astounding five-straight seasons, the team name was rebranded and changed to Bros Hockey Club. The Bros collectively jumped to the Barn for the inaugural B1 5×5 season for Fall 2016. After starting 0-3, the team tore through the league, finishing the season with a 9-4-1 record and as season champions.
-Winter 2017: Introduction of gold alternate sweater featuring the Gadsden snake. In addition to the alternate sweater, the team featured gold and black socks. Introduction of the white, red, and blue Nosh and Bevvy sweaters.
-Fall/Winter 2018: Debut of the "Hermanos" themed kit.
CHAMPIONSHIPS: Fall 2016, SPRING 2017, SUMMER 2017, SUMMER 2018
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I'd be remiss if I didn't wish a slightly delayed birthday to peroxidepirate . You haven't been posting lately, but I hope that's because three-dimensional life is being good as well as busy and challenging. May the year treat you kindly, may you be very happy in it.
And I'll take the time to wish a very happy birthday to roadnotes as well - I hope your celebration is as quiet or as lively as you'd like it to be, and may the coming year provide peace and joy to you, with many good meals with friends and loved ones, many beautiful mornings, and many, many songs sung.


Michelle Tesoro is a Drama and Feature Film Editor based in Los Angeles. Her impressive list of credits includes 'House of Cards', 'Fringe', 'The Newsroom' and 'In Treatment'. In 2011 She won best editing at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival for 'Natural Selection' . She recently finished her latest film 'Shot Caller' and is currently working on 'When We Rise' a mini-series chronicling the LGBT civil rights movement. She has crossed paths with the likes of Michael Mann, JJ Abrams and David Fincher to name but a few, and here she tells us how hard work and some chance meetings got her to where she is today.
Dublin Editors: What drew you to working in post production?
Dublin Editors: What was your first professional job and what led you to where you are today? Did you start out assisting and if so, how did you make the move to Editor?
Michelle Tesoro: My first job was a Video/Film Librarian at Abkco Music & Records, Inc. in New York. It's a music publishing company which owns the publishing and masters to a lot of big artists in the 60s such as The Rolling Stones, Sam Cooke, The Animals, etc. In the beginning my job was to log old Ed Sullivan performances and interviews. After 3 years there I was involved in the DVD production of some music films they helped produce: The Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus and Sam Cooke Legend to name a couple. I also got to produce and edit a music video for Fatboy Slim's remix of Sympathy for the Devil. Being at a small company allowed me to wear many hats.
My goal was to cut television and feature films, and at Abkco my hours were fairly regular, so sometimes I'd pick up odd jobs doing some assistant editing on a documentary, or editing on freelance projects in order to build a reel, and rack up some credits and get some experience. New York post production in the early noughties was a difficult scene to break into, and some of my classmates had found success in LA so I decided to make the move while I was still young. An editing professor, Lora Hays, recommended I apply to the ACE Internship Program. She put me in touch with some other former students of hers, Paul Barnes (Ken Burns' editor), Marty Nicholson, and Peter Frank. I didn't get the internship, but through these connections I got a job as an assistant on a pilot with Editor Peter Frank.
That pilot was 'Saved', written and produced by David Manson. It went for one season, but that is basically where my career really started. After that show wrapped I went on to do another short lived series with a producer and an editor from 'Saved', called 'Raines'. There I met Ron Rosen. After we were cancelled, Ron and I left to do a pilot with Alan Poul called 'Swingtown'. It was picked up for mid-season and wouldn't start till October of 2007, so I was looking for a job in between. My friend Lisa de Moraes, the other assistant on 'Saved', had assisted Editor Lisa Bromwell (also editor on 'Saved') on this new HBO series 'In Treatment'. She said they were looking for a 3rd assistant for Michael Ruscio (also an editor 'Saved'). I got the job since they all knew me.
The whole time I was assisting, I kept editing. Again, like I did in New York, I picked up odd jobs, usually freebies or for low pay, to just get more cutting time and credits. I did a web series with my friends from New York called 'Mimi and Flo', I did a short with Rodrigo Garcia (a director/producer on 'In Treatment') for Make a Film Foundation called 'Put it in a Book'. I did a lot of free stuff. We wrapped 'In Treatment' at the end of 2007, then the Writers' strike hit, and the work dried up. Lisa Bromwell, however was doing this super indie movie with Sebastian Gutierrez called 'Women in Trouble'. She asked for my help, and I assembled the editor's cut, and cut these little photo/flashback sequences that are used as transitions in the movie. The timing worked out where when I was done with that the writer's strike ended and I was back assisting on 'Swingtown'.
Eventually, I got bumped up to editor for an episode on 'Swingtown' after my editor left for another show, and then again for the second season of 'In Treatment' when, again, most of the editors from the first season were unavailable.
That is how it all got started. I had to rely on all the contacts I had made while I was an assistant to get my next couple of jobs: The Beautiful Life (CW) and Fringe (FOX). I stayed on In Treatment until the end of its run. The HBO executive, Gina Balian, who worked with me on In Treatment, recommended me on 'Luck'…I think. Then my career really took off.
That was a very high profile show, that was tough to work on because Michael Mann is known to be difficult to work with. I survived that, and in fact, I'm not credited but I helped Michael out on a recut of Blackhat recently that was screened at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music). He also helped me get onto 'House of Cards': 'Luck' had gotten cancelled because of too many horses getting euthanized. But he told me about this series that Fincher was doing, and that he had recommended a bunch of people from the crew including me. That was lucky!
While I was on 'House of Cards' the producer who I mentioned earlier, Alan Poul, called me to see if I was available for season 2 of 'The Newsroom'. That was great timing too!
At that point I had been thinking a lot about what I wanted my career to look like down the road, and I started to think about movies. I could've rested on my laurels and kept doing high-end TV but that doesn't translate into a film career. I may have been working with a lot of big time feature guys, but they weren't necessarily hiring me to cut big budget movies. I figured I had to get my feature career started, and I had to start small. So I started with a low-budget independent feature 'Revenge of the Green Dragons'.
Dublin Editors: You have worked on quite a few dialogue driven shows; from "In Treatment" to "House of Cards" to "The Newsroom", how do you approach a dialogue heavy scene?
Michelle Tesoro: I look at the coverage of the entire scene – what angles the director has shot, etc. I try to remember what they are in my head. Then I read the scene, and I start marking in the script the "scenes within scenes". Or marking where the dramatic changes are in the conversation. Also technical things like, do they stand up? Do they sit down? When/where is some important plot point revealed in the conversation? I'll sometimes note if it would be nice to be wide, or where it would be nice to be tight. This is all a guide. Then I watch all the dailies in script order line by line, action by action, and based on notes from the director and my own comparison in performance I choose the best bits to make the scene from. Performance drives it though.
Dublin Editors: How do you approach a scene or sequence that is proving difficult or isn't quite working?
Michelle Tesoro: Hopefully the director knows what they want from the scene, and they can communicate that. Then from there, you gotta create what you think it should be from what you have. If they don't know what they want, God be with you. Be ready to compromise. Be ready to recut that scene till the end of time.
Dublin Editors: When editing a feature film like "Revenge of the Green Dragons" is your approach / work-flow /involvement different to working on television drama?
Michelle Tesoro: How I approach cutting the scenes is basically exactly the same. The workflow is different and my involvement overall is different. The editor is responsible for more from beginning to end – you are the creative head of that department. You have to weigh in on sound, VFX, color. More is expected of you. In TV because there are so many episodes, and the work is multiplied, in order to accommodate that kind of schedule, the Post Supervisor/Co-Producer has taken over a lot of the editor's responsibilities on the mix stage, in color, and VFX. However, there are a lot of good Post Producers out there who still creatively defer to the editors in those departments.
Dublin Editors: Where do you look for inspiration and how do you stimulate your creativity when you feel blocked?
Michelle Tesoro: Sleep is very important, and exercise. I try to watch as many movies and TV as I have time for. Mostly, I go to the theatre (how refreshing, everything live!), concerts, art museums and gallery shows. I watch music videos on the internet. I play the cello, and I use what I learn in my lessons (rhythm, theory, phrasing) to help me in the cutting room.
Dublin Editors: What do you love most about your job?
Michelle Tesoro: Being creative! Learning new things. Creating something important and new with a group of people.
Dublin Editors: What is your biggest gripe about it?
Michelle Tesoro: Long hours working with narcissists!
Dublin Editors: What are your plans / goals for the future?
Michelle Tesoro: Keep being happy with what I do – keep challenging myself, keep learning. Try to work on projects that make more of a social impact.
Dublin Editors: What advice would you give someone trying to get into Editing?
Michelle Tesoro: Make sure you are not looking for validation. There is none! If you like to solve puzzles for the joy of solving them, this is for you! If you want to be thanked and appreciated for all you do, this is not for you. 🙂 Not for those with big egos, for in the end it isn't YOUR film/TV show. It's THEIR film/TV Show. Be practical and save your money.


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Q: python compare two dict lists and show missing items I have two lists
list_1 =  [{ "id" : 1, "name" : "kitten"}, { "id" : 2, "name" : "puppy"}, { "id" : 2, "name" : "mouse"}]

list_2 =  [{ "id" : 1, "name" : "kitten"}, { "id" : 2, "name" : "mouse"}]

I would like to have a new list created that shows items missing from list_2. so list_3 for example would show
list 3 = { "id" : 2, "name" : "puppy"}

Would someone be able to help me achieve this?
Thanks

A: In [1]: list_1 =  [{ "id" : 1, "name" : "kitten"}, { "id" : 2, "name" : "puppy"}, { "id" : 2, "name" : "mouse"}]
   ...:
   ...: list_2 =  [{ "id" : 1, "name" : "kitten"}, { "id" : 2, "name" : "mouse"}]

In [2]: [i for i in list_1 if i not in list_2]
Out[2]: [{'id': 2, 'name': 'puppy'}]


For most of Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa's (Bapu ji's) hunger strike, the politicians in Punjab have ignored his plight to free Sikh political prisoners. Questions directed at the former Chief Minister of Punjab (CM), Parkash Badal, about Bapu ji's hunger strike, were often ignored or laughed at. As more time passed, and Bapu ji heroically remained steadfast in his resolve, the Punjab Government was inevitably forced to acknowledge his hunger strike and meet with representatives on Bapu ji's behalf.
His hunger strike has now surpassed two years. So far, 18 Sikh political prisoners have been permanently released and long-serving prisoners have been granted temporary parole. However, many more prisoners remain in jail, despite completing their given sentences. Bapu ji has stated he will continue his hunger strike until all the prisoners, who are eligible for release or can be released on humanitarian grounds, are granted their freedom.
One major change occurred earlier this month when the 2017 Punjab election results were announced.
Badals' political party was ousted, and the Indian National Congress (INC) was reelected after 10 years. The leader of INC, Captain Amarinder Singh, was elected as the new CM of Punjab.
What does this mean for Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa's hunger strike and the Sikh political prisoners?
Four years ago, in 2013, Captain Amarinder Singh gave a speech in which he directly addressed his stance on this issue. In it, he references his visit with the President of Pakistan, General Musharraf. He states that during this visit he had brought a list of Indian political prisoners that were being jailed in Pakistan for minor or no plausible offenses. General Musharraf agreed to let them go and Singh was able to secure the release of more than 300 prisoners.
video of partial speech below.
His message is clear: Punjab's Sikh political prisoners should be released.
While previous politicians in Punjab have gone to great lengths to avoid the political prisoner issue, Captain Amarinder Singh has explicitly stated his staunch support for their freedom. He even mentions specific numbers, stating there are more than 100 political prisoners that are eligible for release.
In the speech, he also repeatedly refers to an individual who, at the time, is on hunger strike. In November 2013, Gurbaksh Singh started a hunger strike in Mohali to bring awareness to the issue of Sikh political prisoners. Captain Amarinder Singh expresses that he agrees with what Gurbaksh Singh is saying about the prisoner issue and that according to the law, he's speaking the truth.
After ending his first hunger strike in late December 2013, Gurbaksh Singh started a second hunger strike in November 2014. It was when he ended his second hunger strike in 2015, that Bapu ji decided to undertake this mission and begin his hunger strike on January 16, 2015, to finish Gurbaksh Singh's commitment to free the Sikh political prisoners.
Present day, Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa is the individual on hunger strike and Captain Amarinder Singh is the political party in power. The current CM of Punjab has clearly stated his views on this issue and has made it exceedingly clear that these prisoners should be released from jail.
Will Captain Amarinder Singh and the INC practice what they preach and release the Sikh political prisoners? Or will they decide to continue the torture of an innocent 84-year-old man on hunger strike?


MORA, In civil law. This term, in morÉ, is used to denote that a party to a contract, who is obliged to do anything, has neglected to perform it, and is in default. Story on Bailm. 123, 259; Jones on Bailm. 70; Poth. PrÇt a Usage, c. 2, 2, art. 2, n. 60; EncyclopÇdie, mot Demeure; Broderode, mot MorÉ.
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Putin wanted to interrogate me. Trump called it 'an incredible offer.' Why?
When foreign affairs are, literally, personal.
Stephen isn't the only person shocked to hear Trump invited Putin to the White House. So was Trump's Director of National Intelligence.
Maybe the president is exactly as compromised as he looks.
.. No matter how low your expectations for the summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on Monday, it was hard not to be staggered by the American president's slavish and toadying performance.
.. Dan Coats, gave a speech about America's vulnerability to cyberattacks, particularly from Russia. "I'm here to say, the warning lights are blinking red again," he said, comparing the threat to the one that preceded Sept. 11.
.. Trump sided with the Russian president against American intelligence agencies while spewing lies and conspiracy theories. "He just said it's not Russia," he said of Putin's denials. "I will say this. I don't see any reason why it would be." Continuing in a free-associative fugue, he asked, "What happened to the servers of the Pakistani gentleman that worked on the D.N.C.?" referring to a debunked right-wing claim about a former Democratic I.T. staffer.
.. Perhaps the most sinister part of the news conference was Trump's seeming openness to a deal in which F.B.I. investigators could question people in Russia in exchange for letting Russians question Putin critics in America.
.. "I've known for a long time that Putin has been trying to use every trick in the book to get me arrested in a foreign country and extradited back to Russia," Browder told me after the news conference. It's chilling that Trump appeared willing to help Putin with his vendetta.
.. John McCain, Republican of Arizona, described it as "one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory." Even some Trump partisans were aghast. Newt Gingrich decried it as the "most serious mistake" of Trump's presidency.
.. Trump's behavior on Monday recalled his outburst at Trump Tower after the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, when he insisted there were "very fine people" among the racist demonstrators.
.. everything Trump said was in keeping with things he'd said before. The shocking part was his frankness.
.. it forced, if just for a moment, a collective apprehension of just what a repulsive abomination this presidency is.
.. It's always been obvious that Trump does not hold Russia's hacking of the 2016 election, which he publicly encouraged and gleefully benefited from, against Putin.
But it's clear that Trump is willing to sell out American democracy for personal gain.
.. on July 27, 2016, he publicly called for Russia to find Clinton's emails, and, thanks to Friday's indictments, we now know Russia started trying to hack the domain used by her personal office that very day.
.. Trump's collusion with Russia has always been out in the open, daring us to recognize what's in front of our faces.
.. Some doubt that Trump is a Russian puppet precisely because his fealty to Putin is so blatant and undisguised.
.. who worked for the Russian politician and alleged organized crime figure Alexander Torshin, presented herself as a Russian gun rights activist, and spent years cultivating links to the National Rifle Association.
.. She became a fixture in some pro-Trump circles and was reportedly especially close to a conservative operative named Paul Erickson.
.. hosting a birthday costume party that was attended by Trump aides.
.. At the party, Butina reportedly boasted that she'd helped the Trump campaign communicate with Russia. If there was a reason to doubt that she was a Russian spy, it was only that one would expect a Russian spy to be subtler.
.. Sometimes things are exactly as bad as they appear.


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Young Okinawan Leaders Support Independence
From left to right: Lima Tokumori Kinjo, Shinako Oyakawa, Yuzo Takayama, and Robert Kajiwara
On February 23, 2019 in Naha City, Okinawa, a symposium was held in which four young leaders of Okinawa shared their thoughts on the present issues Okinawans are facing. Among the hot issues of the day are the continuing heavy U.S. military presence on tiny Okinawa Island.
Flier advertising the symposium of young Okinawan leaders. Designed by Reona Nishinaga.
The symposium was held just one day before the historic referendum in which the people of Okinawa voted overwhelmingly against the construction of the military base at Henoko – a bay that contains a rare coral reef that is home to hundreds of rare and endangered species, including the Okinawa dugong.
The coral reef at Henoko, Okinawa, home to hundreds of rare and endangered species. The Japan government is building a new U.S. military base against the will of the Okinawan people that will destroy the reef.
Among today's young Okinawan leaders is Yuzo Takayama, a YouTuber who often discusses Ryukyu issues in fun and relevant ways. His channel, うちなーありんくりんTV, can be translated into English as "Okinawa, This and That." Takayama is also a music teacher and musician, who specializes in a genre called Ryukyu rock, which is a hybrid of traditional Ryukyuan music with American-style rock.
Takayama lives in Nago City, which is right next to Henoko. He has been a vocal critic of Japan and the United States' handling of the Henoko military base which has had numerous design flaws, such as the "mayonnaise-like" foundation which the base is being built on. Takayama, like many Okinawans, believes that neither Japan nor the U.S. has any respect for the will of the Okinawan people.
Music video created by Yuzo Takayama about the issues of the military base at Henoko, Okinawa.
Takayama, also like many Okinawans, favors a return of Okinawa's independence.
Okinawa was an independent nation known as Ryukyu or Lewchew up until Japan invaded and annexed Lewchew in 1879. The annexation helped spark the Ryukyu diaspora, where thousands of Ryukyuans fled into exile overseas.
"I want my future children to grow up knowing their Ryukyu identity," said Lima Tokumori Kinjo. A Peruvian Okinawan, Kinjo served current Governor of Okinawa Denny Tamaki in an unofficial capacity as he ran for election largely on a platform of stopping the base at Henoko. She helped drum up community support for Tamaki, particularly among Okinawan millennials. Kinjo has since gotten an official position in the Okinawa Prefecture Government. Though she prefers to stay mostly behind the scenes, Kinjo's willingness to serve the Okinawan people, along with her ability to network and strategize, have made her one of the most influential Okinawans of the day.
During the twentieth century many Okinawans migrated to Peru and other South American countries where they established thriving Okinawan communities.
Lima Tokumori Kinjo (left, in black) dances kachashi (traditional Okinawan dance) at the announcement of the victory of Denny Tamaki (center) as Governor of Okinawa
The long history of discrimination by both Japan and the United States against Ryukyuans is encouraging support for a return of Ryukyu's independence.
"We are in the gap between two countries – Japan and the United States. Neither one respects us," said Shinako Oyakawa, co-director of the Association for the Comprehensive Studies for Independence of the Lewchewan peoples (ACSILs). Oyakawa is also a Ph.D. student in Linguistics at Okinawa University, studying the revitalization of Shimakutuba – the Ryukyu languages, all of which are in immediate danger of dying out due to ongoing colonization efforts by Japan.
Shinako Oyakawa (center) speaks at the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples while wearing a traditional Okinawan outfit.
ACSILs believes that by regaining their independence from Japan and removing all military bases from Lewchew, that their islands can once again become a nation of peace, hope, and friendship with the other nations of the world.
Oyakawa has twice spoken at the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples in New York City, advocating for a return of Ryukyu independence.
Robert Kajiwara, an Okinawan Hawaiian, has also been a very vocal supporter of independence.
"Ryukyu has a long history as a peaceful, prosperous, advanced independent nation," said Kajiwara. "It was only in 1879 that Japan annexed it, against the will or Ryukyuans. So why should Ryukyu be ruled by Japan today?"
Occupied Okinawa: The United States of America and Japan's Desecration of Okinawa's Democracy and Environment, by Robert Kajiwara. Available on Amazon.
Kajiwara is President of the Peace For Okinawa Coalition, a 200,000-member think-tank and cultural organization dedicated to advancing peace, diplomacy, justice, and human rights through the promotion of Okinawan culture, history, language, and issues. The Peace For Okinawa Coalition is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, where a large Okinawan community has existed for over a century, but its membership is multinational and spread throughout the world.
Kajiwara is also a Ph.D. in History student researching the history of Ryukyu – China cultural exchange.
Robert Kajiwara with his great-grandfather's sanshin - a traditional Okinawan musical instrument.
In his book, Occupied Okinawa: The United States of America and Japan's Desecration of Okinawa's Democracy and Environment, Kajiwara states his belief that five critical aspects make up the Ryukyu people – culture, history, language, environment, and identity. All five, he says, are under attack through colonization by both Japan and the U.S. "To lose any one of these five elements," says Kajiwara, "would be to eventually lose all of them, since they are all intricately connected to each other, and one cannot survive without the others."
Roughly 1.4 million Ryukyuans presently live in the Ryukyu Islands, with another 300,000 living overseas in Hawaii, South America, China, Japan, the continental United States, and elsewhere. Ryukyuans all over the world maintain close connections with each other, as can be seen in events such as the Worldwide Uchinaanchu Festival, held every five years, where thousands of Okinawans living abroad return home to visit relatives and friends, and to reconnect with one another.
Robert Kajiwara (right) with Yuzo Takayama (center), Reona Nishinaga (center, in purple) and Shinako Oyakawa (far left) at a speaking event at Nago City Hall, Okinawa
Ryukyuans have a long history of music, dance, and art dating back to ancient times, and young Ryukyuans today are continuing that tradition to preserve their identity and advance Ryukyuan causes.
Reona Nishinaga is an art student at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts Graduate School. Through experimental art she explores her own family heritage and identity.
Young Okinawan graphic artist Reona Nishinaga uses shadow puppets and creative lighting to tell stories of her family history.
Referring to the decision of the Ryukyu people to stop the construction of the military base at Henoko, Nishinaga said she "wants this declaration to be known [throughout the world.]"
Nishinaga says her long-term dream is to do art, graphic design, and Ryukyu activism.
Though these five young Okinawan (or Uchinaanchu in the indigenous Okinawan language) leaders come from different backgrounds, have different interests and vocations, and possess different personality types, all share a great pride in their Uchinaanchu identity and love for Okinawa. All five would also like to see Ryukyu once again become independent.
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Strong leaders are always important. If you have a capable leader, then you will able to do lots of things. I mean, look at Lebron James, he is the best player, and he is also the best leader. He was able to go to 10 finals in his career, and he was always the leader of the teams that he took there. I hope that I can see him play a lot more, I want to see what he can do for the game.


There are many benefits to participating in a professionally run therapy group, which is one of my clinical specialties.
Group therapy is a safe place where members help others, are helped by others, and learn productive ways of relating to others. Groups provide a way to release shameful feelings, regardless of their origins. In group you revisit times when you felt alone, depressed, or isolated, and share these experiences with like-minded members. As you proceed at your own pace, you begin to recognize your emotional blind spots and help fellow members recognize theirs. Working together, you experience being listened to and cared about for who you are.
In my groups each person is responsible for protecting the confidentiality of other members. Such boundaries allow you to safely share your concerns and issues. In addition, sessions are scheduled the same time each week to create continuity and consistency within the group.
Group therapy is a cost-effective method of getting help--usually half the price of individual sessions. While it is not a requirement for group members to be in individual therapy, the greatest benefits come if you have had some individual counseling and have taken steps towards self-awareness.
To learn more about participating in one of my therapy groups, contact me to arrange a consultation.


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Sarah E. Davies
sdavies@law.virginia.edu
SL109B
Lisa A. Napier
Sarah Davies heads the Student Affairs Office, and is responsible for providing a wide range of services to students, including managing new student orientation, supporting the Peer Advisor Program and other student organizations, assisting in making arrangements for disability accommodations, serving as a liaison with faculty, and providing assistance and support to individual students on an as-needed basis.
Before joining the Law School in 2014, Davies was a member in the Commercial Litigation Department in the Philadelphia office of Cozen O'Connor, where she also served as the chief legal administration partner. She handled a wide range of commercial cases, including complex class action defense, construction and real estate matters, and matters arising from business disputes and related business torts. In her administrative role, she had primary responsibility for managing the Legal Recruiting and Professional Development Department and previously served as the co-chair of the Cozen Women's Initiative, hiring partner, summer program director, and chair of the Diversity Committee. She began her legal career as a litigation associate in the Philadelphia office of Morgan Lewis & Bockius from 1991 to 1997.