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Talking Movies [Godzilla Month]: The Return of Godzilla / Godzilla 1985
Toho's famous atomic beast, and easily the most recognisable kaiju in the entire world, Gojira first emerged from the waters of outside of Japan to wreck the city of Tokyo on November 3rd, 1954. To celebrate "Godzilla Day" this month, I'm dedicating very Saturday in November to looking back at the undisputed King of the Monsters' many reboots.
Released: 15 December 1984
Director: Koji Hashimoto
Distributor: Toho
Budget: $6.25 million
Stars: Ken Tanaka, Shin Takuma, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Yosuke Natsuki, Keiju Kobayashi, and Kenpachiro Satsuma
Decades after Tokyo was devastated by a gigantic, radioactive dinosaur, reporter Goro Maki (Tanaka) finds evidence of another incarnation of Godzilla (Satsuma) after a fishing boat is attacked by a monster that emerges from a volcano. Although Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura (Kobayashi) tries to keep the beast's return under wraps, the government is forced to turn to their advanced cadmium-firing Super X weapon in a desperate attempt to halt Godzilla when it rampages through Tokyo once more.
When Gojira (more popularly known worldwide as Godzilla) made his big-screen debut in Godzilla (Honda, 1954), he represented very real lingering fears regarding the threat and consequences of nuclear war. Since then, the character has appeared in numerous films and been depicted as both a saviour and destroyer of Japan, a protector and an unrelenting force of nature that has become an iconic figure in pop culture over his many decades of cinema. In 1975, Honda helmed the fifteenth film in the original line of Godzilla movies, Terror of Mechagodzilla, which proved to be such a box office failure that Toho put the franchise on a premature hiatus. Over the next ten years or so, Toho attempted many times to reinvigorate the franchise, but all attempts were shelved until series creator Tomoyuki Tanaka took charge or revitalising the series and adding a contemporary shine to it following incidents such as the accident at Three Mile Island. Initially, American director Steve Miner seemed set to direct his own Godzilla movie, though the project was hampered by his insistence on utilising costly stop-motion animation and 3D effects, and when this production fell apart, Tanaka hired director Koji Hashimoto to helm a direct sequel to the original 1954 film that disregarded the character's more heroic, anthropomorphic characterizations. Teruyoshi Nakano returned to direct the film's special effects scenes, which saw the creation of the biggest and most detailed and expressive suits and miniatures seen in the franchise so far; the special effects were further bolstered by a sixteen-foot-tall animatronic Godzilla dubbed "Cybot" that was used for the creature's close-ups and cost ¥52,146 to construct. The Return of Godzilla was a modest success, bringing in ¥1.7 billion at the Japanese box office, and has been noted to be one of the Big-G's finest cinematic outings. The film also kicked off the second stretch of Godzilla films, the Heisei Era, the era that introduced me to the franchise, and received a slightly edited and altered American dub titled Godzilla 1985 (Kizer and Hashimoto, 1985). Godzilla 1985 saw the return of Raymond Burr, who made some bizarre demands upon signing on, and saw the inclusion of more comedic elements to the script. Godzilla 1985's $4.12 million box office made it a modest success; this it received lackluster reviews, it was notable for being the last of the Toho films to receive a major North American release for some fifteen years.
Just as in my review of the original Godzilla, I feel it's worth highlighting that I'm reviewing the uncut and uncensored version of The Return of Godzilla, as opposed to Godzilla 1985 with Raymond Burr. However, unlike with that original version, my copy of The Return of Godzilla is dubbed into English, so any purists out there will just have to excuse me for taking advantage of this option. Like a lot of the later films in Godzilla's Millennium Era, The Return of Godzilla also positions itself as much as a direct sequel to the original as it does as a more contemporary retelling of that film's events, meaning that Japan has suffered through an attack from a Godzilla before, in 1954, and a number of the film's characters either directly reference, or were directly affected by, those events (crucially, the monster is also positioned as being the same kaiju seen in that film, rather than a different one). Consequently, I would classify The Return of Godzilla as more of a "requel" than either a straight-up sequel or remake, which is honestly one of my preferred tropes in cinema since it allows filmmakers to pay reverence to a classic and yet still build upon and represent the themes of a previous movie in a new way.
Despite having proof of Godzilla's return, Maki's story is blocked from running to avoid a panic.
The Return of Godzilla opens very much in the same way as the original, with a Japanese fishing vessel, the Yahata-Maru encountering a gigantic, radioactive, prehistoric beast while adrift at sea. In this instance, we see that Godzilla is awoken following the suddenly eruption of a volcano on Daikoku Island and, rather than incinerating the ship with its atomic blast, Godzilla left the vessel largely intact but devoid of all life, save for the badly wounded Hiroshi Okumura (Takuma). Okumuru (and the ship's strangely decomposed crew) are discovered by reporter Goro Maki, who is attacked by a giant sea louse but saved by the shell-shocked Okumura; terrified out of his mind by the events, Okumura is only able to deliver a brief and vague description of Godzilla and its attack but it's more than enough for Maki to bring the story to his editor. While recuperating in hospital, Okumura is visited by Professor Makoto Hayashida (Natsuki) and basically confirms that the creature was Godzilla are being presented with pictorial evidence of the original monster's attack on Tokyo. Hayashida believes Okumura's story and speculates that the sea louse grew so large because it fed off Godzilla's radioactivity, like a parasite, and that the creature was disturbed by the aforementioned volcanic eruption. Cabinet Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura (Kobayashi) is naturally concerned by the news and orders that Godzilla's return be kept quiet until they can investigate further; this, as well as Maki's claims to have witnessed the aftermath of a giant monster's attack and the Japanese government's efforts keep the creature's presence under wraps (something that you'd think would be impossible given the nature of its original rampage but don't worry too much about that), mean that Maki's story is blocked from being run by his editor, Godo (Kei Satō), to avoid raising a panic.
Maki tries to reveal the truth about Godzilla, whose search for sustenance causes political tensions.
Maki is sent to talk to Hayashida, who reveals that his parents were lost during Godzilla's 1954 attack and that, rather than trying to kill the creature, he has spent his time trying to properly research the creature for a potential weakness. During the interview, Maki crosses paths with Okumura's sister, Naoko (Sawaguchi), and earns her favour by revealing that her brother is alive since he doesn't agree that the media blackout has kept her in the dark. Naturally, she rushes to the hospital for a tearful reunion, barging past the laughably incompetent government detail stationed to keep him from having visitors, and reuniting Maki with Okumura in the process. After Godzilla destroys a Soviet submarine out in the Pacific, tensions between the Soviets and the United States escalate to the brink of all-out nuclear war and Mitamura is forced to reveal that Godzilla was behind the attacks in order to prevent a third World War, officially revealing Godzilla's presence to the world during a press conference. Okumura publicly declares his desire to see Godzilla dead, and both he and Naoko are aggravated at Maki turning their reunion into a media circus, and see him as symptomatic of the press's sensationalist reaction to Godzilla's return. While the media has a field day reporting on the kaiju's return and speculating on whether or not it will attack Japan, a hastily-constructed Godzilla countermeasure committee discuss their options to defend themselves should Godzilla attack and resolve to employ their top secret super weapon, the "Super X", to combat and destroy the creature.
To combat Godzilla, the JASDF deploy their futuristic Super X craft armed with cadmium rounds!
Designed in secret to defend the capital, the Super X is comprised of a highly durable, heat-resistant titanium alloy and fires cadmium rounds specially-created to pierce Godzilla's skin, this flying fortress is prepared for battle alongside the entirety of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). However, Godzilla makes landfall at the Shizuoka Prefecture nuclear power plant without any resistance whatsoever since his approach was masked by fog, of all things! Luckily, its feeding time is interrupted by a flock of birds, which draw it back out to sea, which Hayashida attributes to a migratory radar not unlike the homing abilities of birds. This odd and convenient inclusion means that Godzilla is now highly susceptible to magnetic forces, but raises the question of why it even came ashore to feed if it was due to migrate; the film seems to suggest that the birds somehow activated this sense within it, which is a bit of a stretch for me but then again this is a film about a gigantic, radioactive dinosaur so… Anyway, this development leads to them contacting renowned geologist Professor Minami (Hiroshi Koizumi) and, together, they develop a plan to use this knowledge to lure Godzilla to Mount Mihara on Ōshima Island and trigger a controlled volcanic eruption that will imprison the creature. While Hayashida is determined to safely subdue Godzilla without killing it, the remainder of the world's superpowers are determined to use their nuclear arsenal to destroy the creature, something Mitamura vehemently denies; while Hayashida views the monster with a certain awe and respect, Mitamura has no desire to have nuclear weapons of any atomic yield dropped on Japan even if Godzilla attacks because of how destructive they are and a severe lack of evidence that they'll even harm the kaiju.
I mentioned in my review of the original film that pretty much every single Godzilla movie follows either a reporter or a member of the military, and the same is true of The Return of Godzilla. In fact, we follow three different staples of humanity that would become the "Holy Trinity" of the Heisei Era, especially: the press, the army/JASDF, and the increasingly ineffectual and perplexed Japanese government. I can see why so many Godzilla movies follow this format; it's important to see the government being overwhelmed and inadequate against Godzilla, whom they view with a mixture of awe and dread, to emphasise not only how their procrastination and fear costs valuable time and lives in preparing for Godzilla's attack but also that the creature has no respect for their authority or societal law. Framing the narrative largely through Maki/the press is generally always a quick and easy way for the characters to learn about Godzilla, and thus position themselves as the audience surrogate; it's somewhat redundant over fifteen movies into the series, but this was the first Godzilla film in about ten years so it's not too surprising that they'd want to properly introduce the monster to new audiences. Finally, following the JASDF allows for some of the more explosive and exciting action sequences of the film and the now-traditional trouncing of all of then-modern society's most powerful weapons by this unstoppable force of nature. As ever, the human characters prove to be the weakest element of the film (well, them and the large amounts of time where Godzilla is entirely absent form the film): there's a bit of a romantic sub-plot between Maki and Naoko, but this appears to be based on little more than him being attracted to her and her…I dunno, letting her emotions get the better of her, I guess? They really don't have all that much chemistry and she doesn't really do much except worry about her brother and patch up Maki when he gets hurt. Hayashida is certainly nowhere near as interesting as Doctor Daisuke Serizawa (Akihiko Hirata), and while Okumura gets to have a measure of revenge against Godzilla by triggering the explosions that trap it in Mount Mihara, he really doesn't have all that much else to do (it might've been better to have him piloting the Super X to allow him to go toe-to-toe, figuratively speaking, with Godzilla).
Godzilla rampages through the city, shrugging off all attacks, until confronted by the Super X.
As in the original movie, a great deal of The Return of Godzilla's early going is spent building tension regarding the titular kaiju; Godzilla is only briefly glimpsed during the first thirty-odd minutes of the film, seen as a gigantic shape lumbering from the ground or passing through the murky depths of the ocean, and its attack on the Soviet submarine is framed pretty much entirely from within the vessel to heighten the sense of terror surrounding the creature's destructive intentions. When the creature does finally appear, it's revealed from a very unique perspective of a showed and terrified security guard who is suddenly confronted with Godzilla's massive feet; from there, this composite shot pans upwards to the creature's face and Godzilla's new, bulkier design is revealed for all to see. Perhaps taking its cue from the Showa Era films that proceeded it, The Return of Godzilla also features the brief appearance of a secondary giant monster of sorts, in the form of a large and unpleasant sea louse. While Godzilla itself remains an impressive and fun combination of suit work and animatronics, the sea louse leaves a lot to be desired; similar to Mothra's maggot form, you can practically see the wires that propel it through the air as it lunges for Maki, and watching him struggle with the bit lump of rubber and plastic aboard the ship is particularly ridiculous in all the wrong ways. Rather than having Godzilla battle another kaiju, The Return of Godzilla sees the return of its conflict against the futuristic might of he JASDF, which is of little consequence against such an unconquerable force of nature as Godzilla. That is, of course, until the Super X enters the fray and basically turns the film into Godzilla vs. Thunderbirds (1965 to 1966); a highly advanced flying fortress, the Super X hovers around the city and distracts Godzilla with flare bombs so the pilots can fire cadmium shells into Godzilla's mouth. This is surprisingly effective as Godzilla's atomic breath is entirely useless against the craft and the monster is apparently now also easily distracted by pretty lights and the cadmium rounds successfully render the beats inert after a few shots, though the visual of a bulky, cumbersome little space craft battling the Big-G isn't necessarily the most visually striking opponent for the titular monster.
There's been a clear upgrade in the quality of the effects and overall presentation.
Naturally, though, Godzilla looks worlds better than he did in the original movie; the suitmation evolved quite extensively throughout the Showa Era and Godzilla slowly become a lot cuter as he was anthropomorphised and transformed into a heroic, almost comical, protector figure to appeal to kids. The suits did seem to drop in quality, however, appearing for more floppy and goofy compared to the intimidating original and, while a lot of close-ups of Godzilla's feet don't do much to sell the illusion of a giant monster rampaging across the land, the far more expressive and detailed face helps to make give Godzilla a decent amount of personality (although its unblinking eyes do look quite goofy). A far larger and bulkier creature than we saw before, Godzilla is a lumbering, aggressive force of nature; it trounces the power plant, toppling buildings and crushing carefully-constructed miniatures and causing countless deaths in its desire to feed off the nuclear reactor stored there, leaving a disaster area in its wake. After much political procrastination on how to best defend and prepare for Godzilla's inevitable attack, the G-Man finally comes ashore to attack Tokyo and the JASDF; shots of Godzilla wading through Tokyo Bay as explosions fire off all around its head and of it rampaging through the city smashing apart models and toy tanks really help to make up for the hour-long build up to the creature's first big action scene, and the scenes of destruction are far more detailed and impressive than those seen in the original. Godzilla smashes through the streets, swatting skyscrapers out of the way, crushing a train (much like in the original), and lays waste to the JASDF using its atomic breath (now represented as a bright blue/white beam of radioactive energy rather than a stream of smoke). Mass evacuations are ordered to try and minimise casualties, though this does little to limit Godzilla's destructive and devastating rampage. Many of these scenes of devastation are brought to life not just through practical, in-camera effects of a man in a suit tearing through a highly detailed recreation of Tokyo or splashing about in large water tank, but also through some ambitious (if, obviously, somewhat dated) composite shots that take full advantage of Godzilla's impressive animatronic head. After decimating the JASDF and shrugging off even their high-powered laser cannons, Godzilla is finally subdued by the Super X, whose cadmium shells are fired into its mouth and successfully slow its heart rate, apparently similar to quelling an out of control nuclear reactor and, while Tokyo is left in ruins, the creature is rendered unconscious.
Revitalised by an EMP, Godzilla is summarily lured to a volcano and trapped by its own instincts.
However, angered at Godzilla destroying one of their submarines, and what they perceive as Mitamura's weakness, the Soviets launch a nuclear missile into the heart of Tokyo in an effort to destroy the creature. Although the U.S. intercept it with a missile of their own, they unintentionally cause Godzilla to be revived from the resulting nuclear storm and, to make matters worse, the electromagnetic pulse of the explosion temporarily disables the Super X. This not only revives Godzilla but, in a trope that would be revisited time and time again after this film, also greatly empowers it; as the Super X is all out of cadmium shells, even its advanced missiles and laser weapons have no effect against the vengeful Godzilla, who causes even more destruction as it lumbers after the flying fortress, threatening Maki and Naoko (who are still trapped in the city and helped to safety by a very strange drunkard (Tetsuya Takeda)) in the process and leaving the city in shambles. Although the Super X is faster and more nimble, Godzilla is only further enraged by its attacks and final destroys the craft, and its plots, for good by dropping a skyscraper on it! Victorious, Godzilla threatens to continue its rampage through the city as an unstoppable force of nature until Hayashida finally gets his homing signal up and working; unable to resist the call of the homing signal, Godzilla heads out to see and over to Mount Mihara, where it stupidly topples into the volcano like a good little puppy and is subsequently trapped when Okumura triggers the detonators and a controlled eruption, which encases Godzilla is molten rock. Once again, we're left with a rather anti-climatic ending for the world's most famous kaiju, however it's interesting to note that, where Godzilla was originally defeated by a scientific device that was even more deadly than the creature itself, this time it is conquered by turning its very nature against it. As a force of reckoning, a warning regarding the dangers of nuclear power, Godzilla is an overwhelming force but, here, its also just as explicitly a slave to its instincts and the call of nature as any other creature. This ultimately proves to be its downfall and allows Godzilla to be subdued not by the highly advanced Super X, but by manipulating its instincts against it, indicating that only nature can defeat nature.
The Return of Godzilla is certainly visually impressive; the effects have come a long way from the original movie, and Godzilla and the miniatures it crashes through and stamps under its feet had arguably never looked better before this film. Brilliantly brought to life through a heavily detailed suit and animatronic head, Godzilla has a real weight and viciousness to it; it swipes skyscrapers like they were nothing, tramples through streets and buildings like they were nothing, and shrugs off everything from explosive missile rounds and high-powered laser cannons. It's a shame, then, that the creature is absent for so much of the movie; this was, and would continue to be, a recurring issue in many Godzilla films and I get that it's a new introduction to the character and a great way to build a sense of tension, awe, and dread up to its first big reveal, but the film really drags while you're waiting for the Big-G to finally show up and cause some mayhem. The Super X would be just one of many futuristic craft constructed to fend of Godzilla, with later models and vessels being far more versatile and interesting; here, it's just a clunky bit of kit that meanders around the city firing off its weapons before being crushed by Godzilla. The idea of turning Godzilla's nature against it to manipulate it to its anti-climactic end is an interesting one, but results in a bit of an uneven representation for the titular kaiju: Godzilla is both paradoxically an invincible and inexhaustible force of nature but also a living creature that can be easily distracted and lured away by manipulating its instincts. Thematically, I quite enjoy this, and a running them throughout the subsequent Heisi Era would revolve around pitting Godzilla against creatures born from its cells or even more impressive feats of technology (and sometimes both!), but it feels bit clunky here and actually weakens Godzilla in many ways. Overall, it's a much bigger and more impressive version of the original film, with some great practical effects and scenes of monstrous destruction, but drags a little too much and seems to be lacking both the fun of the later Showa Era films and the dark, gritty message of the 1954 original.
Did you enjoy The Return of Godzilla? How did you feel it holds up today, especially compared to the original and other films of the Heisei Era? Did you like Godzilla's depiction and the animatronic head used to bring it to life? Were you also disappointed by Godzilla's lack of screen time and the Super X? Did you enjoy the bigger, more detailed miniatures and scenes of destruction? What did you think to the film's message and the way in which Godzilla was overcome? What is your favourite Godzilla movie and why? How did you celebrate Godzilla Day this year? Whatever your thoughts on The Return of Godzilla, feel free to sign up to leave a comment below or leave a reply on my social media, and check back in next Saturday for more Godzilla content!
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'Chicago PD' Season 1, Episode 7: 'The Price We Pay'
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"Chicago PD" season 1, episode 7: "The Price We Pay" airs Wednesday on NBC.
Coming up on the next episode, the Fitori murder case is brought to the intelligence unit and Voight's son, Justin, may be involved. Gradishar fills Antonio in on the arrangement between Internal Affairs and Voight, which increases friction between Voight and Antonio. Back at the precinct Ruzek helps Burgess get back at desk sergeant Platt.
"From Emmy Award-winning executive producer Dick Wolf and the team behind "Chicago Fire" comes "Chicago PD," a riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head-to-head with the city's street crimes and the Intelligence Unit that combats the city's major offenses – organized crime, drug trafficking, high profile murders and beyond. The vast responsibilities that these jobs entail extend far beyond the walls of the precinct, often taking an emotional toll on personal lives of these men and women."
"Chicago PD" season 1, episode 7 airs Mar. 5 at 10 p.m. EST on NBC.
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Q: time delay between AT commands for sending sms I am working on an application that sends SMS through GSM Modem, and i use AT Commands for that. When i debug my application, Then sms is sent to reciever, but when i run the application sms is not sent to Reciever.
My code is below and my gsm Modem is D-Link DWM-156.
is there any wrong here in my code?
thanks.
if (SPort.IsOpen)
            {
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                SPort.Write("AT\r");
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                SPort.Write("AT+CSCS=\"HEX\"\r");//char set
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                while ((res = SPort.ReadExisting()).Contains("ERROR")) ;
                resultResponse += "3" + res + "---";

                SPort.Write("AT+CSMP=17,71,0,17\r");
                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(100);
                while ((res = SPort.ReadExisting()).Contains("ERROR")) ;
                resultResponse += "4" + res + "---";

                string hexString = msgs[i];

                SPort.Write(string.Format("AT+CMGS={0}\r", (hexString.Length - 16) / 2));
                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(100);
                while ((res = SPort.ReadExisting()).Contains("ERROR")) ;
                resultResponse += "5" + res + "---";

                SPort.Write(string.Format("{0}{1}\n", hexString, Convert.ToChar(26)));
                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(100);
                while ((res = SPort.ReadExisting()).Contains("ERROR")) ;
                resultResponse += "6" + res + "---";

                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1500);
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        }

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is there any wrong here in my code?

Yes, you need to rework your response handling a little bit, but you are actually close (and way better that the unfortunately not uncommon send-sleep pattern that I initially thought you were using when I saw a call to Sleep). And you are correctly using \r to terminate AT command lines, so good start.
After sending an AT command you should continuously read (over and over again) response lines from the modem until you get a Final result code (using
Contains("ERROR") is not good enough). See this answer for the code flow structure and reference to a function for determining if a line is a final result code.
You can keep the 100ms delay between sending the command line and starting to read the response; I have in fact added 200ms to my atinout program recently (locally, not released yet).
And for the AT+CMGS command, you must wait until you have received the "\r\n> " string before sending any payload data (also covered in the answer linked above).

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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A recent consumer study by Kasasa® revealed that unsurprisingly, consumers are significantly more likely to shop for a loan with an institution that they currently consider their primary financial institution. The 2016 survey gathered results from a panel of 1,050 consumers, who responded to a series of questions about their loan preferences and habits.
This is both good news and bad news for community banks and credit unions. The study drew on respondents from ages 18-59 from urban, suburban and rural districts, and found that those ages 50-59 are most likely to bank with a community bank or credit union, and therefore look for a loan there first. However, those ages 30-39 are more likely to bank with a megabank, and therefore shop there first for loans.
To attract borrowers across all age groups and not just young Baby Boomers, community financial institutions must have something new and unique to talk to consumers about. Financial institutions have historically competed on rates while emerging FinTechs and alternative lenders are touting speed of loan approvals, but neither of these are good enough to compete on. A superior front-end experience and quick lending decision are important to the borrower, but rushing them through the loan application and decisioning process is not the best approach. Consumers are not rushing to get into more debt; they want to quickly pay it off. To meet consumers' needs and wants, financial institutions must provide both a speedy application process and favorable rates, while also delivering a product that helps them pay off debt faster.
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The Kasasa Loan not only provides a competitive advantage for financial institutions, but it empowers the consumer to make better financial decisions and reduce debt. In fact, Kasasa Loans are preferred by nine out of ten consumers over comparably priced loans, and in extensive testing, 98 percent of consumers said they would refinance existing debt at the same rate in order to get a Kasasa Loan with the take-back functionality.
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Assume that the encryption for Skype for Business Server 2015 is disabled. When you try to join an Audio Video Multipoint Conferencing Unit (AVMCU) meeting, you may experience a delay or a failure.
Removing a muted user with disabled encryption can introduce the delay or failure in the AVMCU.
To fix this issue, install the January 2018 cumulative update 6.0.9319.514 for Skype for Business Server 2015, Conferencing Server.


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Video captures man riding on outside of New York City subway
by: Tribune Media Wire
Posted: Jul 10, 2018 / 07:56 AM CDT / Updated: Jul 10, 2018 / 07:56 AM CDT
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. — A rider's cell phone video shows an extremely dangerous and illegal trend known as Skylarking on the New York City subway.
"Living in New York for 17 years, I've seen a bunch of wild things, but this is one of the most wild things I've ever seen," Matthew Beary, who posted the video on Instagram, told WPIX.
Beary says he saw the daredevil Friday morning around 8:30 a.m. at the Clinton-Washington Avenues stop. When the man missed the train, he grabbed on to the door outside. Beary began recording the video seconds after the train moved.
"I was very concerned that he was going to possibly fall off and I felt weird taking the video," said Beary. "It was just sort of like spur-of-the-moment, take a camera out not knowing what was happening, but realizing as I'm taking this video that this guy is clearly hanging on."
Beary says the man safely made the trip to the next stop at Lafayette Avenue. It appears he either exited the station or entered a car up ahead.
Subway surfing, also known as Skylarking, is illegal, dangerous and should not be attempted.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee's GOP-dominant Legislature has approved a contentious plan for a drastic overhaul of the state's Medicaid program.
On Friday, the House followed the Senate's vote a day before in hopes of making it difficult for the incoming President-elect Joe Biden's administration to overturn the deal.


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Map of the Austrian Empire, Italian States, Turkey in Europe, and Greece.
A beautiful example of the legendary American map publisher Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr.'s 1872 map of the Austrian empire, Italy, Turkey in europe and Greece. Covers from Bohemia south as far as the Mediterranean Sea. An inset in the lower left quadrant features the Maltese Islands.
The Austrian empire, founded in 1804 by the last Holy Roman emperor, Francis II, lasted only till 1866. It was transformed into the Austro-Hungarian empire after Austria was defeated in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. Meanwhile Greece and the Balkans were witnessing the waning years of Ottoman hegemony in the region, with the Greek Independence movement liberating Peloponnese in 1821. The Ionian Republic, under the protection of Great Britain, was also free of Ottoman control. The other Grecian and Balkan states, including Serbia, Croatia, Moldavia, Wallachia, Albania, and Macedonia, remained at least nominally under Ottoman control until 1878.


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Le Gabon participe aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2012 à Londres au Royaume-Uni du 27 juillet au 12 août 2012. Il s'agit de sa  à des Jeux d'été. Le taekwondoïste Anthony Obame devient le premier gabonais médaillé olympique en décrochant l'argent dans la catégorie des plus de 80 kg.

Médaillés

Athlétisme

Les athlètes du Gabon ont jusqu'ici atteint les minima de qualification dans les épreuves d'athlétisme suivantes (pour chaque épreuve, un pays peut engager trois athlètes à condition qu'ils aient réussi chacun les minima A de qualification, un seul athlète par nation est inscrit sur la liste de départ si seuls les minima B sont réussis) :

Hommes

Femmes

Boxe

Hommes

Matchs

Judo

Taekwondo

Hommes

Notes et références

Liens externes
 Le Gabon sur le site du CIO

Gabon
2012
Olympiques 2012
Jeux

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Nahid Anahita Ratebzad (; * 1931 in Guldara; † 7. September 2014 in Dortmund) war eine afghanische Diplomatin und Politikerin.

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Nahid Anahita Ratebzad besuchte das Malalai Lycée in Kabul und studierte in den 1950er Jahren an der Chicago School of Nursing Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege. In Kabul leitete sie ein Frauenkrankenhaus und lehrte Krankenpflege. Als 1963 an der Universität Kabul ein Lehrstuhl für Medizin eingerichtet wurde, arbeitete sie dort im Lehrkörper.

1965, nach Inkrafttreten der neuen Verfassung, setzte sie sich im Wahlkreis Kabul bei der Wahl zur Wolesi Dschirga gegen Mir Fath Muhammad als eine von vier Frauen durch. Bei handgreiflichen Auseinandersetzungen nach dem 25. Oktober 1965 schützte sie Babrak Karmal davor von Parlamentskollegen erschlagen zu werden. In dieses Gremium wurde sie 1969 erneut gewählt und fungierte dort als Vorsitzende. 1976 wurde sie in das Zentralkomitee der Demokratischen Volkspartei Afghanistans gewählt.

Im Zuge der Saurrevolution 27. April 1978 wurde sie in den Revolutionsrat der Demokratischen Republik Afghanistan gewählt und fungierte dort als Sozialministerin. Innerhalb der Demokratischen Volkspartei wurde sie der Parcham-Fraktion zugerechnet. Am 10. Juli 1978 wurde sie vom Parteiflügel der Chalqis als Sozialministerin entlassen und als Botschafterin nach Belgrad gesandt.

Von 1980 bis 1981 war sie in der Regierung von Babrak Karmal Bildungsministerin. 1989 gehörte sie dem Politbüro der Demokratischen Volkspartei an.

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Bildungsminister (Afghanistan)
Sozialminister (Afghanistan)
Afghanischer Botschafter in Jugoslawien
Afghane
Geboren 1931
Gestorben 2014
Frau
Person (Dortmund)


Fridays are shaping up to be THE night of the week this month with live music to brighten up January.
This week – 4th January – we start the year off with the very talented vocalist, Jane Woodward. Jane has an amazing voice with a wide repertoire of songs ranging from the 1960's to present day including music fro Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Adele, Duffy and Lady GaGa to name but a few.
Jane will be returning on 11th January … she is definitely a Kinmel Arms favourite.


Christendom recently established a new scholarship, the Michael J. McGivney Annual Scholarship, which will be restricted to qualified Christendom students who are children of members of the Knights of Columbus.
In response to Pope Benedict's decree last March 16, which recognizes formally the heroic virtue of the "Venerable Servant of God" Father Michael J. McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, "We were looking for ways both to honor Fr. McGivney and to build up the popular relationship between Christendom and the Knights of Columbus," said President Timothy O'Donnell.
Christendom plans to award its first McGivney Scholarship in the Fall term of 2009. Questions about how your council may support the Michael J. McGivney Annual Scholarship may be directed to VP Ciskanik at 800.877.5456, ext.1250.


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Eucyclops vandouwei – gatunek widłonoga z rodziny Cyclopidae, nazwa naukowa gatunku została po raz pierwszy opublikowana w 1909 roku przez austriackiego biologa i zoogeografa Vincenza Brehma.

Bibliografia
 Walter, T. Chad (2012). Eucyclops vandouwei Brehm, 1909. In: Walter, T.C., Boxshall, G. (2012). World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species

Cyclopidae
Gatunki i podgatunki zwierząt nazwane w 1909 roku


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Our techniques and methods applied are not just for quality Recycling Service in Springfield, NH, but important steps in renewing the life of the products and waste we manage. We're not only dedicated to creating a greener tomorrow, but we're dedicated to our service to you and ensuring we meet all your requirements. It's a better way to get accurate recycling in Springfield, NH.
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"Hercules: a hero for all ages" – June 2013, join us in person or via podcast!
The Hercules conference logo wth images of Hercules: a Roman sculpture, a fresco from a Christian catacomb, a Victorian sculpture from Leeds and a lithograph by New Zealand artist Marian Maguire.
Classics Talks has been asked to host the audio recordings for the "Hercules: a hero for all ages" international conference exploring the extent of Hercules' significance as a cultural figure being held in Leeds this summer. The conference will bring together classical reception specialists, scholars from the fields of medieval and later European history, art history, literature and drama, with contemporary writers and artists.
So there will be lots of people talking about a classical character and his connection to later periods – from Mediaeval Florence to contemporary Greece, from Shakespeare to Helen Eastman, from Renaissance art to Asterix, from C17th opera to C20th pop, from Portuguese kings to British Trade Unions, from Joshua Reynolds to Marian Maguire, from early Christianity to children's stories. And much more! Take a look at the programme on the Hercules conference website.
Anyone is welcome to attend the conference, 13:00 Monday 24th June – 14:30 Wednesday 26th June 2013 and non-residential (£100 waged; £65 unwaged/student/retired) and day rates (Monday £22.50; Tuesday £45.00; Wednesday £32.50) are available to book online.
Anyone who is interested in experiencing the conference via podcast can register as a Virtual Delegate (£35.00) and will be sent a password to gain access to audio recordings of the sessions from the conference, along with slides and handouts. For more information or to book online see the Hercules conference website.


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Palma Violets était un groupe de rock indépendant britannique, originaire du district londonien de Lambeth, en Angleterre. Le groupe s'est formé en 2011, sous l'impulsion de ses membres fondateurs Samuel Fryer et Chilli Jesson. Il se sépare officiellement en 2018.

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Premiers albums
La musique du groupe se base principalement sur du rock indépendant, agrémenté de garage rock et d'influences psychédéliques. Le premier single de Palma Violets, Best of Friends, est élu chanson de l'année 2012 par le NME. Leur premier album 180 sort le . À l'instar des Libertines, c'est en ligne que le groupe se constitue un réseau de fans, avant même la sortie de leur premier single, notamment via la publication de vidéos de concerts. Palma Violets est à l'affiche du NME Awards Tour 2013, aux côtés de Miles Kane, Django Django et . Depuis lors, le magazine fait allègrement leur promotion et les mentionne régulièrement dans ses pages. Le , la BBC annonce que le groupe est nommé pour son sondage Sound of....

Le , Palma Violets sort son second album Danger in the Club avec le label indépendant Rough Trade.

Séparation
Après la sortie de Danger in the Club, le silence du groupe sur les réseaux sociaux conduit leurs fans et la presse spécialisée à spéculer, dès 2016, sur une éventuelle séparation du groupe. La séparation du groupe n'est confirmée que deux ans plus tard dans une interview de Matt Wilkinson avec le guitariste du groupe, Sam Fryer, le . Tous les membres de Palma Violets à l'exception d'Alexander "Chilli" Jesson, bassiste du groupe, font actuellement partie d'un nouveau groupe appelé "Gently Tender" avec Celia Archer du groupe The Big Moon.

A propos de la séparation du groupe Sam Fryer commente:« Nous ne sommes pas brouillés ou quelque chose comme ça. Nous avons juste changé en tant que personnes. Nous avions 18 ans quand nous avons commencé le groupe et à l'époque c'était assez facile de se mettre sur la même longueur d'onde, d'écrire le même genre de musique tout le temps. Alors qu'à 24 ans, après cinq ans de tournée, je pense que vous devenez des personnes différentes et nous avons naturellement évolué. »Alexander Jesson pour sa part fonde un groupe appelé « Crewel Intentions ».

Membres

 Samuel Thomas Fryer (chant et guitare)
 Alexander "Chilli" Jesson (chant et basse)
 Jeffrey Peter Mayhew (clavier)
 William Martin Doyle (batterie)
 Paul Band

Discographie

Albums studio

EP

Singles

Notes et références

Groupe anglais de rock indépendant
Groupe anglais de garage rock
Groupe musical de Londres
Groupe musical britannique des années 2010
Groupe musical formé en 2011
Lauréat d'un NME Award
Groupe musical séparé en 2018


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Netflix Gilmore Girls Renewal: New Season
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Gilmore Girls first released in 2000 and instantly became a hit. The show ended in 2007 and got another season in 2016. It was also streamed on Netflix. Netflix likes Gilmore Girls as well. The streaming service was a huge part of the new season of the series.
A lot of people like this show. It is considered one of the best shows from the 2000s. People like the show because of its simplicity and storyline. Netflix is the reason why the new generation is familiar with this show. Fans are demanding for another season from Netflix. There are many shows on Netflix that tried to have the same storyline as Gilmore girls but failed. "The sweet magnolias" is one of the examples.
We can not wait to listen to Carole King's Gilmore Girls theme song again. It will be a magical ride for the fans of Gilmore Girls.
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Amy Sherman-Palladino on Gilmore Girls: A Year in the life
Amy Sherman-Palladino is the creator of the show. She is one of the reasons why the show is the best thing. 4 years ago she was this in an interview with Vogue magazine:
It was more like two intense years in the making. But it feels really great. It was such a whirlwind, from the moment we walked in to pitch it because we had a clock ticking. If we were going to [do it], we had to do it in a certain time frame, because it was the only time the [Warner Bros.] backlot was available to us, which was Stars Hollow. So there was no time to be slow. It was more like, "If we're going to do this, we need to do this now! Start doing costumes; I don't care what they look like!"
It is true. A lot of shows are shooted in the Warner Bros studio. You will notice many movies having the same set as the Gilmore Girls. So it is clear. The reboot of the series completely depends upon the time slot of Warner bros. If Warner Bros is interested we might get another season.
Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling together in a high budget Netflix movie "The Gray Man"
The future of the series
We saw how Lorelai secretly married Luke Danes in the last season "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the life". After all the years Lorelai still finds it difficult to find love and a stable relationship. Emily Gilmore is going to find a job. Rory was revealed to be pregnant in the last part. We are going to see who is the father in the next season of the show or the show might end with this mystery.
There should be another show with Rory
If Warner Bros agrees, they can create another show with Rory or continue the show with Rory. Rory is a lot like her mother Lorelai. She has been a difficult person as well. Her behavior changes unpredictability and she is a split image of both Lorelai and Emily. They can continue the show with Rory as the lead.
There is no statement about the release date of the show. It is more like a rumor or warner bros are still thinking about another season of the show.
There is no trailer out yet. It seems like you will have to rewatch Gilmore Girls for a while
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How do you turn social media data into a business tool?
Listen to the data with focused and tactical opportunity on your mind.
The reality of the social media adoption trend is that relationship information has shifted; the past few decades had given us the luxury of forming relationships on a personally managed level.
That isn't a 100% true anymore.
Ten years ago it was pretty difficult for an outsider to know who was in a circle of friends. A private investigator could have researched where I was and who I met on a daily basis, but the act of knowing who was in my social circle took a tremendous amount of effort to discover, track, and visualize.
Skip ahead to today's current social experiment and a majority of us have 'opted in' to sharing our social connections. In many cases the act of using tools like Google and Facebook have opened up a Pandora's box of social data that very few of us understand.
Data researchers like myself can sit down at a keyboard with some advanced computer scripts and draw a picture of an individual, community, or marketplace in a fraction of the time it would have taken ten years ago.


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bank motusbank Would you trust an online bank - motusbank launches in Canada
Would you trust an online bank - motusbank launches in Canada
Ryan Moore Tuesday, April 02, 2019
So I watch TV online. I typically shop for many items online (definitely do research for it). We book our trips and hotels online. My music and books I purchase online.
I even do my banking online. Which reminds me... gotta do some transactions, be right back.
Okay ... so I bank with one of the big banks. Been there since I was a kid and had that little bank book you gave to them to print your transactions on. It allows me to set up my etransfers for my kids tutor, arrange auto deposits to savings etc...
I even pay all my bills through it. I can't recall the last time I stepped foot into the bank aside from ATM (okay, every few years having to do my mortgage renewal). Why not have a 'digital bank'?
motusbank is a new option, which feels like a credit union - which even has backing from Meridian CU.
It's an interesting concept, lower overhead means less fees to pass on to users. But are people willing to accept it? I know personally when I advise clients - I like to tell them about my 'yell factor' (meaning that if something goes wrong, I like to be able to YELL at a physical person if at all possible).
What do you think? Fintech is all the rage and disruption is happening everywhere.
Check out their presser:
Introducing motusbank: The fresh, new banking alternative for digitally-savvy Canadians
Toronto, ON, April 2, 2019 – Starting today, every Canadian who has ever felt frustrated or underwhelmed by their banking experience has an entirely new and exciting option available to them. Allow us to present motusbank: a full-service bank providing Canadians with an exceptional digital service offering, as well as access to some of the most competitive rates and fees in the country.
"This is a truly momentous and exciting day, not only for our organization, but also for the millions of Canadians who have told us they are eager for an attentive, competitive and digitally-friendly alternative to the Big 5 banks," says Bill Maurin, President and CEO of Meridian and motusbank. "motusbank is a full-service, digital bank with a full retail product line that is supported by friendly and professional member service."
To celebrate its official launch, motusbank is introducing an unprecedented new mortgage offer with a highly competitive low rate of 3.09% on all one to five-year fixed rate mortgages. In addition to this time-limited mortgage offer, it is also offering the same amazing rate for a five year variable closed mortgage and 3.75% for a Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC).
"We believe that every Canadian deserves a shot at owning a home," says Dave Baldarelli, COO, motusbank. "Because we're committed to offering a truly tailored and personalized approach, we're giving our members an opportunity to choose what mortgage term fits their needs best. motusbank is a simple and hassle free way to bank with a seamless and exceptional digital experience. There's the added comfort in knowing that knowledgeable and professional staff are just a phone call away to help people make important decisions that require customized solutions."
While motusbank operates as a standalone digital bank, it is owned and backed 100 per cent by Meridian, Ontario's largest credit union, and Canada's fastest growing credit union by membership. motusbank brings Meridian's unique value proposition digitally to all Canadians.
"We think Canadians will be particularly delighted by our level of friendly, attentive service, complimented by a full suite of banking products and services," says Maurin. "Our digital platform is super simple to navigate and every member will have access to quick, courteous service through our online support and member services."
motusbank's unique offerings include end-to-end digital platforms for deposit account openings, unsecured loans and lines of credit. Its digital mortgage platform enables members and prospects to apply for and receive mortgages completely online – on their own time and at their own pace – from the application phase straight through to the receipt of funds.
"We are the first financial institution to offer a fully digital lending experience for mortgages and for unsecured lending," says Maurin. "And with the backing of Meridian, Canadians can feel confident in securing loans from an established organization with a track record of financial strength and stability."
motusbank also says its members will benefit from better pricing and services than traditional banks because there are no public shareholders demanding increased returns every quarter. Members of motusbank will be actively engaged as valued partners to provide their feedback to improve and enhance the motusbank experience on an ongoing basis as it evolves.
"motusbank is about a different way to bank," says Maurin. "We've built an exceptional, friendly and transparent digital banking experience that is designed to make every experience a superior one, no matter how motusbank is accessed. And, on top of that, we're serving up some of the most competitive rates in the country."
To experience a whole new approach to banking and to take advantage of our low, introductory mortgage rate, please visit motusbank.ca for more information. Follow @motusbank on Twitter and Instagram, Facebook and Linked In.


Oct 3, 2007 Windows XP What's new in omega drivers version 3.8.413: the official 7.9 CCC Control Panel from ATI after my drivers so you have access to the new cards (including Mobility models): 7000, 7200, 7500, 8500, 9000, 9200, 9250. Mirror 7 [ 1091 downloads | Report broken.
Oct 26, 2007 Windows XP They are based on the Official ATI Catalyst 7.10 drivers, but unlike them, these Mobility models): 7000, 7200, 7500, 8500, 9000, 9200, 9250. DNA-Force 3.8.16376x32 XP · Radeon Omega Drivers 3.8.421 .
From Cat 6.6 and up ATI removed driver-level support for the following series of cards (including Mobility models): 7000, 7200, 7500, 8500, 9000, 9200, 9250. Since the Omega Drivers use ATI drivers as a base, that means they will also not include support for these chipsets, they may install, but the PC may give you a BSOD or a black screen.
It also failed to install the ATI Radeon 9250 driver for Windows 7 but it gave me a nice clue. It referred a website page link to download.
Description: ATI Catalyst 9.7 for Windows XP 32-bit Display Driver ATI WDM Integrated Driver Catalyst Control Center (English Language Only) Download ATI Radeon 9250 Catalyst Software Suite v.9.7.
Add ATI Radeon 9250 to your hardware list Windows 7 , Windows 7 64-bit , Windows Vista , Windows Vista 64-bit , Windows XP , Windows XP 64-bit , Windows 2000 , Windows XP Media Center Manufacturer:.
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It referred a website page link to download the XP driver for Radeon 9250. I downloaded the referred XP driver and extracted the downloaded file by using winrar. Then I went to device manager and installed it manually. Finally I became successful to make this graphics card working under my Windows 7 Operationg System. Here is the Procedure to install ATI Radeon 9250 AGP Graphics Card driver for Windows.
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Dec 12, 2006 Need updated driver for ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 Here's the link that I used (I have Windows XP Professional): Or you could try Omega's drivers based on Catalyst 5.10 to 6.5. (ie// pick the Radeon 9250, or 7500.etc). 6: In Vista, go to C:\ATI\SUPPORT-4_vista32_dd_ccc_enu_44985 (Or .
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DfE Consultation: Primary Assessment
31 July 2013 By C213615
Glyn Barritt, SSAT Learning Technologies Coordinator, writes…
On 20 July 2013 the Department for Education launched its consultation on Primary Assessment and Acccountability under the new Curriculum. Media headlines focused on the national ranking of primary school children through decentile banding, putting all 11 year olds into one of ten bands, according to their results in assessments at the end of key stage two. SSAT's network of primary schools has misgivings about this element of the Government's proposals but agrees wholeheartedly with the sentiment expressed by the Deputy Prime Minister at the launch of the consultation when he spoke about high aspirations for children. Importantly SSAT's schools also recognise the importance of research and evidence which demonstrates that it is the combination of high aspirations with support structures that leads to raising standards for all.
This focus on high aspiration combined with professional support lies at the heart of SSAT's networks of schools – providing high quality professional development for the very people who are making the biggest difference to children's lives: the teachers.
SSAT agree with the key principles of the consultation; that ongoing assessment should be left to schools, that progress should be given at least as much weight as attainment, that a range of information should be available to parents about their child and school, and that both formative and summative assessment are important.
There are many elements to the consultation, including:
changing the Early Years Foundation Stage profile to non-statutory, whilst at the same time introducing formal assessment early in Reception upon which to form an accountability baseline for progression across Early Years and key stage one;
removing national curriculum levels and at the same time encouraging schools to adopt their own approaches to formative assessment and progression tracking;
more ambitious expectations and content for the new national curriculum tests – replacing those at the end of key stages 1 and 2;
reporting of national curriculum test results using scaled scores; comparing children against the national cohort by decile and by comparison to children who had similar prior attainment;
raising of floor standard from 65% to 85%, publishing both attainment and value-added progress measures;
aligning the assessment framework with the school curriculum, as designed by the school itself.
Specifically, schools are expected to have a curriculum and assessment framework which;
sets out steps for children to reach or exceed expectations in the new national curriculum;
measures whether children are on track to meet expectations;
enables pinpointing of children who are falling behind or performing exceptionally well;
supports teacher planning;
enables regular reporting to parents and, where children move schools, identifies strengths, weaknesses and progress.
The pressure on teachers to 'deliver' has never been more intense. Somehow, for all the leaps that have been made in education in the past twenty years, schools are being asked by all of us – employers, parents, policy makers, students themselves – to dig even deeper.
SSAT has always believed that teachers make students' lives. Our mission is to help them to carry out this vital job even better, more confidently and more professionally than before.
Thus, we welcome the opportunity to contribute to the DfE consultation on Primary Assessment and Accountability under the new Curriculum. Throughout this year our member schools have been engaging in lively debate on these very themes of Curriculum, Assessment and Intelligent Accountability through our Redesigning Schooling campaign, along with leading educational thinkers and academics including Tim Oates, Dylan William, Christine Gilbert, Guy Claxton, Bill Lucas and Andy Hargreaves.
These are issues with which we are familiar and for which we have professional, positive and purposeful recommendations.
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A Ukrainian National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) is the key to effectively managing resources and building a modern sustainable economy. An NSDI permits agricultural land, forests, infrastructure, and water resources to be inventoried and monitored, allowing more effective government policies to be developed, and improves decision making within the Ukrainian civil service. A successful NSDI requires civil servants who are prepared for the transition to a digital Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI).
Ukraine is currently developing a Spatial Data Infrastructure, which will permit map and geospatial database information to be shared within government departments, and between Ukraine and other national governments, non-governmental organizations, private companies, and individual citizens. One of the important applications is that the Ukrainian Spatial Data Infrastructure will allow effective management of the country's cadastral data, enabling the purchase and sale of privatized agricultural land. Although this is a very important result, the "larger picture" benefit of a Spatial Data Infrastructure will be the creation of an "information economy" in Ukraine. Such a transformation will enable Ukraine to become a vastly more efficient country, socially, environmentally, and economically. For example, an NSDI permits agricultural land, forests, infrastructure, and water resources to be inventoried and monitored, allowing more effective government policies to be developed, and improves decision making within the Ukrainian civil service.
As with any new technology, the implementation of a Spatial Data Infrastructure is not possible without people. A successful NSDI requires civil servants who are prepared for the transition to a digital SDI. It is much easier to implement new technologies when experienced, enthusiastic, and trusted advocates of the project are readily available within government offices.
The goal of Laying the Foundation for a Spatial Data Infrastructure: Building Capacity within the Ukrainian Government to Support Sustainable Economic Growth (Ukrainian SDI Training Program) is to encourage the adoption of this new technology by developing a locally administered training program with highly qualified Ukrainian instructors providing instruction to 100 trainees from the Ukrainian Civil Service.
The Ukrainian SDI Training Program is one key building block in a larger process. When considered as a part of the larger National Spatial Data Infrastructure project, a more extensive set of indirect goals can be identified. The Ukrainian SDI Training Program can support the development of Ukrainian SDI through the:
Preparation of certified professionals for key government agencies in the fields of GIS and SDI;
Transfer of Canadian experience in the field of education training for SDI;
Education of the public about the need for SDI and how it can be used;
Creation of an educational centre centred around the National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, which provides educational and scientific expertise for the Ukrainian SDI;
Production of educational and instructional materials for education in SDI; and
Support for the adoption and development of SDI in Ukraine.
The civil servants enrolled in the program will be trained in Ukraine by a cadre of local, Ukrainian speaking trainers, who will be trained in Canada for one month between April and June 2014. At the end of this project, the local trainers will be able to continue with SDI training activities, ensuring that the momentum developed during this project can continue indefinitely. The goal is to develop a functional, ongoing NSDI training program in Ukraine that can be sustained after the project has ended.
The following outcomes are expected:
Immediate outcomes:
Four male and two female GIS trainers trained in technologies to support the Ukrainian NSDI;
Six course curricula on SDI developed, adapted, and translated; and
Approximately 100 Civil Servants (70 female and 30 male) trained and certified in Spatial Data Infrastructure and Geomatics technologies.
Intermediate outcomes:
An educational program curriculum established to support the rapid adoption of an SDI in the Ukrainian Government. Academic expertise in SDI will be established in Ukraine;
The Ukrainian Government and trainers will retain all program materials after project completion;
Intellectual property protection conditions on the use and distribution of VIU training material will be explicitly defined within the agreement between VIU and its Ukrainian partners when the project begins;
Trained personnel will manage land ownership more effectively;
There will be an increased ability within the Ukrainian Government to work with Ukraine's European neighbours;
In each of the courses that are translated and taught, data used in examples will be gender disaggregated wherever possible, and in each course there will be a minimum of one graded exercise where gender analysis or disaggregation is required for exercise completion
Introduction to SDI Projects
Lithuania Summary
Lithuania Program Overview
Program Detail Course Descriptions
Ukraine Summary
Ukraine Program Overview
Executive Summary, Goals, Results
Courses Descriptions
Project Activities and News
Project Management and Governance
VIU ADGISA Transfer Program
Короткий опис проекту
Структура Виконавчого Комітету Проекту
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Manitoba hires private security firm to crack down on COVID-19 rule breakers starting this weekend
Nov 17, 2020 HerbalDepEcoNa
Private security officers will crack down on rule breakers after shoppers crowded into big-box stores, where many bought non-essential goods during the first weekend of the province's latest lockdown.
The province has hired security firm G4S Canada to boost its enforcement of COVID-19 regulations, and their personnel should be handing out tickets by this weekend, Premier Brian Pallister said Tuesday.
The province is also filing charges in addition to levying fines against those who took part in a rally in Steinbach this past weekend where protesters flouted COVID-19 regulations, Pallister said.
"I believe Manitobans want to see deterrents to the kind of behaviour they saw on the weekend, and we're going to make sure those deterrents exist," he said.
Pallister said he respects people's right to peaceful protest, but those who took part in that protest put people in danger.
"You don't have to believe in COVID, COVID already believes in you," he said.
Personnel from G4S Canada are in orientation right now and will be working this weekend, Pallister said.
The staff at the security company are skilled at dealing with confrontation, which is part of the reason they were hired, Pallister said.
"It's a company that has people who are used to dealing with situations where, let's just say, it's not always pleasant … as opposed to a lot of our government employees that don't have that experience personally," he said.
WATCH | Premier Brian Pallister explains why G4S was hired:
Premier Brian Pallister gives Manitobans an update on enforcement of COVID-19 measures as the province continues to record the worst per capita rates of the virus in Canada. 43:53 Band-Aid solution: MGEU
A total of 32 tickets were issued for various offences over the last week, including for large gathering sizes, failure to quarantine and a northern travel violation, says a news release from the province.
Michelle Gawronsky, president of the Manitoba Government and General Employees' Union, called the hiring of G4S a Band-Aid solution, and said the province should have done more to invest in its own workforce.
"Though civil servants are more than willing to do their part in the fight against COVID-19 and will continue to do so, simply adding unfamiliar pandemic enforcement duties to existing staff workloads is not a sustainable solution," she said in an email.
"Having stripped the civil service to the bone and having failed to prepare for the second wave [of COVID-19], this government is scrambling to bring in temporary support for enforcement on an urgent basis."
All of Manitoba was put into code red restrictions last Thursday, forcing most non-essential businesses and services to close, as the province's caseload continues to soar.
Essential products include groceries, personal hygiene items, hardware and household appliances.
Restrictions for big box stores being looked at
A new daily record was set on Sunday, when 494 more COVID-19 cases were announced. Another 392 cases were announced on Monday, and 270 more on Tuesday.
The total number of deaths in the province due to the pandemic is now 179. Of those, 110 deaths have come since the start of November.
On Monday, Pallister said the government was considering imposing tighter restrictions on big-box stores, suggesting they are flouting the spirit of the lockdown orders.
Places like Walmart, Costco and Superstore have been allowed to remain open because they are deemed essential retailers, providing groceries and pharmacies.
Long lines of customers have been seen waiting to get inside those stores, where they are able to purchase non-essential goods like toys, books and furniture.
Some people have also complained that stores like Ikea and Best Buy have also remained open.
Smaller independent businesses that don't carry a wide range of products have been forced to shutter during the lockdown.
Preventing big-box stores from selling products not considered essential is clearly "one element that has to be looked at," Pallister said on Monday.
Watch Pallister's full news conference below:
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    }

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Well, Saturday night I thought for sure we'd wake up Sunday morning with some new kids in the barn. I got up early Sunday morning and saw there were no kids yet, so I let Sugar back out with the other goats. The rest of Sunday and all day Monday we checked… and we fretted… and we wondered… and we checked… and we paced… and we checked…. then we checked… and we…. well, you get the point. There were still no babies yet.
The kids were both up and running around and dried off. Sugar must have had them shortly after we left for my appointment. After checking them over, we rounded them up, put them in a stall in the barn, and tucked them in the straw for the night.
The next morning Miley and I went out to check on them, do chores and get some more pictures since it was too dark to get many good ones the evening before.
There is one of each, the black one is a buck and the brown is a doe.
The kids are already very spoiled!
One little girl and one baby goat makes two happy kids!
This entry was posted in The goats and tagged homesteading, Nubian goats, nubian kidding on February 27, 2015 by humblelittlehomestead.
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The lengthy operating spat between former Dash Berlin frontman Jeffrey Sutorius and his former group continues to get uglier. While now Sutorius is performing below his and taking part in a headline gig at ASOT Miami, the dangerous blood hasn't gone wherever.
Sutorius took to Twitter to talk out on the continued feud, as Dash Berlin begins to get extra energetic by itself socials and begins teasing .
The cause why I haven't reaced to E+S's @dashberlin tweets thus far is threefold. I've mentioned what I wanted to say within the assertion I've made to date. Missed? Please learn when you want @DJmag. This has nothing to do in any respect with E+S their so known as "operating to the media".
Reactions on @dashberlin messages are minimized to let's say zero,01 to zero,05% of the full @dashberlin Twitter followers. The guys are very good and each single motion, video and publish is rigorously mentioned and deliberate to finally effectually erase me from Dash Berlin.
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Q: Perl subroutine getting arguments without sending any I'm attempting to do some hacking in some Git source code (as in the source code for Git, not just some random piece of code managed by Git). The bit I'm looking at is in Perl, and I'm having trouble understanding what's going on.
I have very little experience (and that several years old) of Perl; I've asked a couple of friends with more experience for advice, but they've turned up nothing.
The relevant bit of code is in the v1.8.1.5 source code, where git-svn.perl's cmd_fetch function includes the line:
$_fetch_all ? $gs->fetch_all : $gs->fetch;

My best reading of this is that it will call either the fetch or fetch_all functions (I can't see how it could be doing anything else, certainly).
In SVN.pm we find that fetch function, which starts with the following line:
my ($self, $min_rev, $max_rev, @parents) = @_;

I recognise that as collecting the function arguments, but (and finally, my question): where do these arguments get passed in?

A: The function called with the arrow notation is called as a method. The first argument to a method is the object whose method was called. $self will be therefore set to $gs. The rest of the arguments is empty, hence undef.

A: First, I really hope there is an assignment to the left of the code you cited.  Using the conditional operator for control flow is a crime against humanity.  That said, your intuition about what happens is correct:  Depending on the value of $_fetch_all, either $gs->fetch or $gs->fetch_all is called.  Now, on to the argument question.
Perl method calls pass arguments by prepending the invocant to the list of arguments, so the call
$gs->fetch

results in the arguments ($gs) being passed into the method as @_.  The argument assignment line
my ($self, $min_rev, $max_rev, @parents) = @_;

then list-assigns
my ($self, $min_rev, $max_rev, @parents) = ($gs);

List assignments assign corresponding elements until an array or hash on the left-hand side eats all the arguments or the list of assignees is exhausted, padding the list with undef as needed.  So $self gets $gs, $min_rev and $max_rev get undef, and @parents gets the empty list.  It turns out that these are all valid values, and so nothing untoward happens.
If you wanted to affect the values of $min_rev et al., you would alter the call site to read
$gs->fetch(5, 9)

(it turns out @parents is ignored, so I don't know what its legal values might be).


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Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf (Frankfurt (Oder), 13 December 1860 – Glücksburg, 1 September 1936) was a Prussian military officer, and a general in the First World War.

He joined the German army at the age of 18. By 1912 he was Major general and Oberquartiermeister of the German General Staff. In 1914 he was promoted to Lieutenant general.

At the outbreak of World War I, he became Chief of Staff of the 5th German Army, which was formally led by Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany. But the Crown Prince was only thirty-two years old and had never commanded a unit larger than a regiment, and was therefore ordered by his father the Emperor to always follow the advice of his experienced Chief of Staff.

Schmidt von Knobelsdorf was one of the main architects of the plans to launch a major attack against the French at Verdun in February 1916. As de facto leader of the 5th Army, it was also Schmidt von Knobelsdorf who directed the attack and who pushed for victory at all costs. This led to several conflicts with the Crown Prince.
When the attacks didn't deliver the expected results, Schmidt von Knobelsdorf was awarded the Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves on 21 August 1916, and moved to command the X Corps at the Eastern Front.
As Chief of Staff of the 5th Army, he was replaced by Walther von Lüttwitz.

Until the end of the war, he remained commander of the X Corps, which was moved to the Western Front by the end of 1916. He was promoted to General of the Infantry just before the Armistice.

Schmidt von Knobelsdorf retired from the Army on 30 September 1919.

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Lexikon Erster Weltkrieg

1860 births
1936 deaths
German Army generals of World War I
Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class)
People from Frankfurt (Oder)
Generals of Infantry (Prussia)
Military personnel from Brandenburg


NEW YORK, February 4, 2014 — Confide, a new startup created to bring off-the-record professional communication to the digital world, today announced it has closed $1.9 million in seed financing. The round, which closed on the heels of Confide's January launch, was led by WGI Group. Other participants include Google Ventures, First Round Capital, SV Angel, Lerer Ventures, CrunchFund, Lakestar, Marker, BoxGroup (David Tisch), Jeremy Stoppelman (Co-Founder/ CEO of Yelp), Doug Ellin (Creator of Entourage) and Billy Bush.
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Michael Walrath, partner at WGI Group and former Co-Founder and CEO of Right Media, will join the Confide Board of Directors.
Confide, founded in 2014, was created to bring off-the-record professional communication to the digital world. The Confide app is a mobile messaging platform that combines end-to-end encryption with disappearing messages to foster honest, unfiltered and secure communication.
Confide was co-founded by Howard Lerman, Jon Brod and Dan Sutera and its investors include WGI Group, Google Ventures, First Round Capital, SV Angel, Lerer Ventures, CrunchFund, Marker and Lakestar. For more information, visit www.getconfide.com or follow @confide on Twitter and fb.com/getconfide on Facebook.


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Karyn Joan Walsh  is an Australian social justice advocate.

Walsh is known for her work as a founding member of the not-for-profit organisation Micah Projects where she is the chief executive officer.

The organisation was established in 1995 based on a St Mary's social justice initiative known as Project Micah, with an aim to engage with people experiencing various forms of adversity. The organisation's name relates to the prophet Micah who, according to Micah 6:8, said "Act Justly, Love Tenderly, Walk Humbly".

Walsh is credited with working with the Department of Housing and other agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland to ensure 1,700 people such as the homeless and those escaping domestic violence, had access to emergency housing during the lockdowns.

Walsh originally trained as a nurse at the Mater Hospital in Rockhampton in the 1970s during which time she volunteered at a women's shelter and became the city's first outreach youth worker for the homeless.

During her career, Walsh has served in numerous roles including as the president of the Queensland Council of Social Services, as a former executive member of the National Coalition for Gun Control, as a former coordinator of the Domestic Violence Resource Centre, as a member of the Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Implementation Council, as co-chair of Queensland's Anti-Poverty Week, as a council member at the Queensland Mental Health Commission and as a director of the Australian Alliance to End Homelessness.

In recognition of her work in the field for over 40 years, Walsh was awarded an honorary Doctor of Social Work and Nursing from the University of Queensland in 2016.

In the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours, Walsh was made a Member of the Order of Australia for her service to the community, supporting people with mental health issues, the homeless and children through various social welfare initiatives.

Walsh was named as a Queensland Great in 2021.

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Living people
Members of the Order of Australia


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Mini-Heap
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Here's the latest Mini-Heap—10 recent items from the Heap of Links, the frequently updated list of links to material that might be of interest to philosophers.
The Heap of Links consists partly of suggestions from readers; if you find something online that you think would be of interest to the philosophical community, please send it in for consideration for the Heap.
Discussion welcome.
"I… want to help philosophers connect with popular culture in a way that we academic types often find difficult" — an interview with Micah Tillman, host of the Top 40 Philosophy podcast
A collection of Simone de Beauvoir's love letters were just sold to Yale University — by a lover of hers who was worried about efforts to erase him from her life story
Perhaps philosophical education should concern itself with "raising apprentices of listening rather than masters of discourse" — Pablo Muruzábal Lamberti on listening and philosophical dialogue
Free speech on college campuses — Gerald Dworkin tries to "complicate in a useful way the tensions in the debate"
The varieties of introductory philosophy courses — a new series at the Philosophers' Cocoon
Illustrations of philosophical thought experiments — from Helen de Cruz (Oxford Brookes)
Former FBI Director James Comey will be teaching "Ethical Leadership" at William & Mary — Which case studies will be on the syllabus? "I have no comment on that."
"My approach to deciphering the Critique has been no different than to cracking a safe" — "I was a bank robber until I read Kant"
"The challenge is to find a policy that copes with the market failures while conforming to moral commitments" — Daniel M. Hausman (Wisconsin) on health policy in the U.S.
The philosophy of jokes — a discussion with Jack Weinstein (North Dakota) and Al Gini (Loyola, Chicago) on Why? Radio
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