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September 25, 1968 (age 50)
Who Is Will Smith?
Music Career
Wife & Family
"I want to represent the idea that you really can make what you want ... I believe I can create whatever I want to create.""I want to do good. I want the world to be better because I was here.""I have a great time with my life and I want to share it. I love living. I think that's infectious. It's something that you can't fake.""Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity. Why would you be realistic?""There's no easy way round it. Your talent is going to fail if you're not skilled.""I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. Where I excel is ridiculous, sickening work ethic. While the other guys sleeping, I'm working. While the other guy is eating, I'm working.""The first step before anybody else in the world believes it is you have to believe it.""There's no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A.""Don't chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard.""I'm a student of patterns, at heart I'm a physicist."
Will Smith Biography
Rapper (1968–)
Will Smith transitioned from successful rapper to Hollywood A-lister, starring on 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air before headlining such films as 'Independence Day,' 'Men in Black' and 'Ali.'
Will Smith was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1968. After he met Jeff Townes at age 16, the duo launched a highly successful rap career as DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. Smith starred on the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air for six seasons, before establishing himself as a Hollywood A-lister with Bad Boys (1995) and Independence Day (1996). He has since headlined such popular films as Men in Black (1997) and Hitch (2005), and earned Oscar nominations for Ali (2001) and The Pursuit of Happyness (2006). Smith also earned acclaim for Concussion (2015), before returning to action fare with Suicide Squad (2016).
As teens, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince began producing music, but steered clear of the gangsta rap sound that was emerging from the West Coast by groups like N.W.A. The Fresh Prince rapped about teenage preoccupations in a clean, curse-free style that middle America found safe and entertaining. The pair's first single, "Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble," was a hit in 1986. Their 1987 debut album, Rock the House, hit the Billboard Top 200, and made Smith a millionaire before the age of 18. The early success put any thoughts of attending college out of Smith's mind.
Early on, it was reported that Smith had turned down a scholarship to Boston's elite Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), but Smith later dispelled the rumor when he told an interviewer: "My mother, who worked for the School Board of Philadelphia, had a friend who was the admissions officer at MIT. I had pretty high SAT scores and they needed black kids, so I probably could have gotten in. But I had no intention of going to college."
In 1988 DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince continued their success with the album He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper. Featuring the radio-friendly singles "Parents Just Don't Understand," "Brand New Funk," and "Nightmare on My Street," the album won the first ever Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance. It was followed in 1989 by And In This Corner..., which continued the pair's rise to stardom.
'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'
Two years later, Smith began his remarkable crossover into acting. Drawing on his experiences with fledgling stardom, NBC signed Smith to headline a sitcom about a street-smart kid from Philadelphia who moves in with stuffy relatives in the posh Los Angeles neighborhood of Bel-Air. Playing on his rapper persona, and at times featuring his friend Towne, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was a huge success that ran for six seasons.
Meanwhile, Smith and Towne continued producing music, their 1991 album Homebase producing the hits "Summertime" and "Ring My Bell." Their final album together, 1993's Code Red, was notable for "Boom! Shake the Room."
'Where the Day Takes You,' 'Six Degrees of Separation'
While still making The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Smith began a second crossover into movies. Small roles in the drama Where The Day Takes You (1992) and the comedy Made In America (1993) were followed by a critically acclaimed lead in Six Degrees of Separation (1993). Holding his own alongside Donald Sutherland, Stockard Channing and Ian McKellen, Smith played a street-wise gay hustler who cons his way through elite circles.
'Bad Boys'
Smith's first steps into superstardom came with his next film, Bad Boys (1995). The high-budget cop movie saw him team up with comic Martin Lawrence, breaking away from the black-cop-white-cop formula that had been so successful for Beverly Hills Cop and the Lethal Weapon series. The two black leads proved an instant success and Smith — playing the smooth lady killer to Lawrence's clown — was established as leading man material.
'Independence Day'
Smith next took on the epic sci-fi flick Independence Day (1996), a role that confirmed him as a major player in Hollywood and the go-to guy for summer blockbusters. He played an Air Force pilot leading the counterattack against invading alien forces, and his comedic talents effortlessly transformed into the pithy one-liners all action heroes need to be able to drop while dispatching their enemies.
'Men in Black,' 'Enemy of the State'
Smith fought aliens again in his next blockbuster, the comic sci-fi action film, Men in Black (1997). Playing opposite Tommy Lee Jones, Smith chewed up the screen as the new recruit to Jones' old hand. Smith rapped the theme song, and its inclusion on his 1997 solo album, Big Willie Style, brought the multi-talented actor more success. Another blockbuster followed with the slick conspiracy thriller Enemy of the State (1998), which earned Smith an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture.
'Wild Wild West,' 'The Legend of Bagger Vance'
The string of hits came to an end in 1999 with Wild Wild West, a sci-fi cowboy Western co-starring Kevin Kline. Despite the film's lackluster box-office performance, the track Smith cut for the film became a hit on his 1999 album, Willennium. The golf movie The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) was his next big film, with Smith playing the caddie to Matt Damon's out-of-sorts swinger.
Oscar Nomination for 'Ali'
The 2001 biopic Ali, based on boxing legend Muhammad Ali, gave Smith the opportunity to regain his big-screen swagger. His turn as the charismatic boxing great saw Smith put in the performance of his life, training and disciplining himself to extraordinary lengths to do justice to the athleticism — and ego — of the titular character. The film underwhelmed at the box office despite a record-breaking opening day, but Smith's performance was strong enough to garner him his first Academy Award nomination.
'Men in Black II,' 'Bad Boys II,' 'I, Robot'
A couple of sequels were next, with Smith reprising his roles in Men In Black II (2002) and Bad Boys II (2003). Neither was a flop, but neither matched the impressive box-office take of its predecessor. Staying with the sci-fi action theme, Smith moved on to I, Robot in 2004. The Isaac Asimov adaptation featured Smith as a futuristic cop investigating a murder by a robot and then battling a robot insurgency. The film performed well, grossing more than $144 million domestically.
'Hitch,' 'The Pursuit of Happyness'
Smith's smooth-talking charmer persona was put to use in the 2005 romantic comedy Hitch, playing a dating consultant who helps luckless guys with their romantic moves. Smith also penned the theme song and included it on his 2005 album, Lost and Found. Hitch was a massive success, and it was followed in 2006 by another critical and financial hit, The Pursuit of Happyness (2006). Starring alongside his real-life son Jaden, Smith captivated audiences with the story of a single father who has to build a life from scratch. He received his second Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance.
'I Am Legend'
In 2007 Smith starred in I Am Legend, a remake of the Charlton Heston film Omega Man, in which he battled bloodthirsty vampires. The film became a national and international hit.
'Hancock,' 'Seven Pounds'
Smith then took on the dual role of actor and producer for Hancock (2008), in which he played an alcoholic anti-superhero, and for Seven Pounds (2008), about a man who sets out to change the lives of seven people. He also helped produce two more films released that year, Lakeview Terrace and The Secret Life of Bees.
After a hiatus, Smith returned to the big screen in 2012 with Men in Black 3, followed by a turn as a military commander in the critically panned M. Night Shyamalan sci-fi flick After Earth, which co-starred Smith's son Jaden. He then made a cameo as Lucifer in the film Winter's Tale (2014).
'Focus,' 'Concussion,' 'Suicide Squad'
Smith's next leading role came with the 2015 heist caper Focus, co-starring Margot Robbie. Later in the year he starred as Dr. Bennet Omalu in the sports drama Concussion, earning a Golden Globe nomination for his role as a doctor fighting to raise awareness about head trauma in NFL players.
In 2016 Smith starred in the DC Comics blockbuster hit Suicide Squad, which became his most successful film since 1996's Independence Day. The same year, he also took on a more somber role as a father who loses his young daughter in the drama Collateral Beauty. Although a follow-up endeavor, Bright (2017), was thoroughly panned by critics, audiences responded more positively to the urban fantasy crime flick.
'Aladdin,' 'Gemini Man'
In February 2019, Smith announced that he would not be returning for the Suicide Squad sequel. Around that time, a commercial during the Grammy Awards revealed that he would be starring as Genie in Guy Ritchie's live-action adaptation of Disney's Aladdin in May 2019.
Shortly before Aladdin hit theaters, a trailer for Ang Lee's upcoming Gemini Man showed Smith pulling double duty — with help from digital technology — as a 50-year-old assassin assigned to kill a 23-year-old version of himself.
Smith has been married twice. His first marriage, to Sheree Zampino in 1992, lasted only three years but produced a son, Willard Smith III (b. 1992), also known as Trey. He has been married to actress Jada Pinkett Smith since 1997. The couple's son, Jaden, was born in 1998, and their daughter, Willow, was born in 2000.
Smith leans politically liberal and has made donations to the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama. As of 2019, his net worth was estimated to be $300 million. Smith is a fan of chess and video games, and is known to take his mother on vacation every year, usually to the Canyon Ranch spa in Tucson, Arizona.
Famed actor/musician Will Smith was born Willard Carroll Smith Jr. on September 25, 1968, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to mother Caroline, a school board employee, and father Willard C. Smith, a refrigeration company owner. His middle class upbringing saw him attend the strict Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School, despite his family's observation of the Baptist faith. He went on to attend Overbrook High School.
His West Philadelphia neighborhood was a melting pot of cultures where Orthodox Jews co-existed with a large Muslim population. Smith was a good student whose charming personality and quick tongue were renowned for getting him out of trouble, a trait for which he soon gained the nickname "Prince.''
Smith began rapping at age 12, emulating heroes like Grandmaster Flash but tingeing his rhymes with a comedic element that would later become his trademark. At 16 Smith met future collaborator Jeff Townes at a party. The pair became friends, and the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince was born.
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Patti Smith is a highly influential figure in the New York City punk rock scene, starting with her 1975 album 'Horses.' Her biggest hit is the single "Because the Night."
Starting his comedy career as part of the Groundlings, Will Ferrell went on to fame as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and in feature films.
Jada Pinkett Smith is an American actress who has appeared in the TV show 'A Different World' and the films 'The Nutty Professor' and 'Girls Trip." She is married to actor Will Smith and is the mother of Jaden and Willow Smith.
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Novosibirsk Oblast (Russian: Новосиби́рская о́бласть, Novosibirskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative and economic center is the city of Novosibirsk. Novosibirsk Oblast is located in the south of the West Siberian Plain, at the foothills of low Salair ridge, between the Ob and Irtysh Rivers. The territory of the oblast extends for more than 600 kilometers (370 mi) from west to east, and for over 400 kilometers (250 mi) from north to south. The oblast is mainly plain; in the south the steppes prevail; in the north enormous tracts of woodland with great number of marshes prevail. There are many lakes, the largest ones located at the south. The majority of the rivers belong to the Ob basin, many of them falling in dead lakes.


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A Toast to 2018, the Year Movies Roared Back
Top 10 TV Shows of 2018
A Wrinkle in Time: Ava DuVernay's Humanity Is Worth More Than Any Effects Budget
April Wolfe
Storm Reid (right) plays Meg, who hopes to find her missing father, and takes her new friend Calvin (Levi Miller) on a Technicolor search-and-rescue mission through time in Ava DuVernay's A Wrinkle in Time.
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April Wolfe | March 7, 2018 | 11:00am
I'll get this out of the way: I haven't read Madeleine L'Engle's beloved science-fiction adventure novel A Wrinkle in Time, but I have seen Ava DuVernay's heart-on-its-sleeve adaptation. No doubt there will be those who compare and contrast the book and the film, as L'Engle's words have touched the childhoods of so many, but I'm going in fresh. And while I cannot fold time and return to my youth to experience what it would be like to find comfort in the fictions of a woman who deeply understood children's fears and insecurities, I can say that as an adult, I was transported by DuVernay's adaptation to the mindset of my girlhood — embarrassing insecurities and all. This is not a cynic's film. It is, instead, unabashedly emotional.
At times, the choices DuVernay makes seem antithetical to the traditional big-budget adventure tale. Early in the film, she employs the vérité techniques she honed in low-budget indies — intimate, handheld cameras, lingering on a person's face before cutting to two hands touching, or maybe the back of someone's neck, followed by an extreme close-up on a profile. And forget the establishing shot orienting you in a place; in these first scenes, DuVernay is most concerned with the people, always ready to begin and end with them filling the frame, not a room or a house.
Rating: PG Genre: Action/Adventure Running Time: 109 min.
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Take the opening scene, where Mr. Murry (Chris Pine) is showing his daughter Meg (played at her youngest by Lyric Wilson) a physics experiment in his backyard laboratory. The tone between the two actors is light and easy, touched with improv, something you don't see in most $100 million movies but that here quickly grounds us in Meg's emotional state. When we see Meg four years later (now played by Storm Reid), she's mourning her disappeared father. Those first moments of realism prove crucial: The adaptation must then compress hundreds of pages into an hour and 49 minutes, sending Meg, her little adopted brother, Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe), and her new friend Calvin (Levi Miller) on a Technicolor search-and-rescue mission through time.
Helping the children along the way are three near-divine beings of light — the astral-traveling Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey), Mrs. Who (Mindy Kaling) and Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon) — who are adorned in any number of multicolored, puffy, flowy, metallic, knit, quilted and woven gowns. As always when she takes an acting role — most recently in 2017's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks — Winfrey reminds us that she's not just a brand name. Jennifer Lee's script gives her one beautiful monologue to chew into, the kind of pep talk about fighting against the darkness that you may need to put on repeat these days.
Witherspoon's wry humor lands a few solid laughs. She's the self-important Mrs. Whatsit, playfully berating the low-confidence Meg like an older sister, needling into Meg's fears but out of love. Meg is a pressurized bottle just waiting to pop, afraid to trust in the world or herself. Mrs. Whatsit is rightly frustrated with this girl, and when Meg says those two annoying little words — "I can't" — Mrs. Whatsit cocks her head and replies with a parent's firm encouragement: "At least try." The film sends the simultaneous messages that it's futile to coddle children but also that it's okay to feel the icky stuff that you feel, because even your weaknesses can be transformed to strengths.
And who would have thought in a film with this cast that the most cathartic moment would come from Zach Galifianakis? The comic plays the Happy Medium, a seer who forces Meg to find balance within herself so that she can open up to the world and locate her missing father. After a session channeling difficult truths about her father and why he left her to "shake hands with the universe," Meg and the Happy Medium embrace, the hug truly moving. "It's okay to fear the answers," he assures her, and you believe it.
But this film belongs to the kids, the ones in the audience and the film's stars. Little McCabe is no older than nine, and yet he's capable of playing both a character so pure of intention that he beams like a ray of sunshine — but also a character so callous that he seems to beam evil from his eyes. A horror director could make great use of him. Miller, who happened to star as a psychopathic villain in one of the funniest/scariest horror-comedies of 2017, Better Watch Out, proves here he can be the nice kid, playing a role usually reserved in the movies for the girl sidekick who must admire the boy hero's smarts and tenacity.
Reid, while a little unsteady in scenes where she must play joyful, nails the darker emotions, like the moment when Meg asks Mrs. Which if she could possibly come back through the tesseract that bends space and time as someone different, because she hates herself so much. Often, Calvin offers comments on Meg's hair, saying how nice it looks, and each time, Meg refuses to believe him. Meg, who is mixed-race, wears her black hair curly. I may be white, but I've listened to enough African-American women to understand the hurt and pain that can come from living in a world where European hair is seen as the desirable norm. That DuVernay uses her latest film to tell little girls that their natural hair is good and pretty is the kind of touch we'd expect from the activist filmmaker. That she does it in a tentpole blockbuster is revolutionary.
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Long Phu 1 (1200 MW)
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Long Phu 1 is located in Long Đức commune, Long Phú district, Sóc Trăng province.
This plant has been embroiled in corruption scandals, with a Petrovietnam 's former chairman charged for economic mismanagement. According to the New York Times, Petrovietnam withdrew its application for funding from the US Export Import Bank, after the US extended its sanctions relating Russia to OJSC Power Machines, one of the engineering, procurement and construction companies (EPC) for the project. The same article indicates that UK Export Finance also withdrew support for the project.
Market Forces has also lodged a complaint with the EU and the United Kingdom Treasury Office regarding possible violation of UK sanctions against Russia because of the involvement of a Russian bank, Vnesheconombank.
According to a June 2017 report authored by Bruce C. Buckheit and comissioned by Friends of the Earth US, "Based on the design information available at this time, the Long Phu 1 units are supercritical units greater than 500MW and, therefore, are ineligible for ECA funding under the OECD Sector Understanding."
Estimated cost: USD $1.9 billion
The sponsors will finance the project on a 70:30 debt to equity ratio – seeking US$1.4 billion in debt.
Expected financial close: 2017
Status: Construction commenced
Completion expected: 2018
Another 1320MW power plant (Long Phu 2) has been announced for the same site.
PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PetroVietnam Group)
Gazprombank (Adviser to OJSC Power Machines)
OJSC Power Machines (Russia)
BTG Energy (Slovakia)
PetroVietnam Technical Services Joint Stock Corporation (PTSC)
Lead Arrangers (US$650M)
HSBC (global coordinator)
Cathay United Bank
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
SACE (Italy)
Hermes (Germany)
Egap (Czech Republic)
Exiar (Russia)
Development Banks
International Investment Bank
Vnesheconombank (Russia)
GE (2 September 2015), 'GE High-Efficiency Steam Turbines Selected for Petrovietnam's New Coal-Fired Power Plant'
Vietnam Energy Online, (9 August 2015), 'Long Phu 1 Thermal Power Project is beeing (sic) developed as planned'
Vietnam Today (9 August 2015), 'Long Phu 1 Thermal Power Plant breaks ground'
Project Finance International (7 September 2016) 'Funders Appointed on Long Phu 1'
PetroVietnam (2017), 'Long Phu Thermal Power Plant'
IFR News, (15 Apr 2017), PetroVietnam seeks US$650m PF'
Vnesheconombank (8 Sep 2017), 'VEB and IIB to Finance Power Plant Construction in Vietnam'
Information updated: 12 September 2017
In addition to the references noted above, Market Forces also considers information from financial journals, companies' public disclosures, and news reports.


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We must look carefully at other aspects of the transport industry. The Transport Committee is investigating security in transport across the board. It is plain that there is still not a full acceptance of the different situation that we now face in relation to those who would destroy our peace and stability by violent
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means. We should encourage the development of new techniques of transport security, and clear and well developed policies in relation to a ports police. The Government have suggested that they might consider a border police force. In the British Transport police we have the core of an existing force that is properly trained and which understands the existing techniques of policing railways, ports and aviation. The force should be expanded and seen as a professional force with the ability to provide a high level of security for the country. It should be a force that we understand.
The Government should examine closely the relationship between the United Kingdom and the European institutions. We have handed over responsibility for aviation, we are increasingly subject to directives in relation to railways, and I have no doubt that in due course there will be some kind of discussion in the European institutions about how they can rationalise and harmonise the congestion charging and road tolling systems in operation.
That is all perfectly well, if we are having abstract and pleasant seminars on transport planning for the 22nd century. What will not do—this is becoming increasingly clear—is institutions taking over powers that they do not fully exercise from a position of informed consent. The Government must make a real effort to ensure that institutions such as the European Aviation Safety Agency, which will change how aviation operates, proceed on the basis of not only what is workable, but what is acceptable, which is not the current situation. Indeed, the changes in aviation safety introduced by EASA are likely to result in direct and dangerous consequences before very long.
I could cheerfully follow those hon. Members who have discussed aspects of immigration and other changes. There is a marvellous dichotomy among Opposition Members, who say that we must always have economic development, but not in their constituencies. I understand that point, but I do not support it.
The present Government, in their zeal to improve, occasionally confuse the word "modernise" with the word "change". Human beings will respond to change—they respond to challenges—but they cannot be stampeded into enormous changes without very good evidence. The probation service has done a good job in the United Kingdom. I have great confidence in those of its staff who operate in my constituency, and I work closely with them. Constantly suggesting that the probation service will be privatised and that somebody else can do a better job for profit is not only not very bright; it is very damaging. I say to Ministers that we do not want a Prison Service that is as efficient as private industry is in the transport field, because we have enough problems without that.
Mr. Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden) (Con): I want to follow some of the comments made by my hon. Friend the Member for Hertsmere (Mr. Clappison). Although I welcome the characteristically trenchant thoughts of the hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Mrs. Dunwoody), I hope that she will forgive me if I do not take them up.
The Gracious Speech includes a Bill to provide the immigration service with more powers to control immigration. We know that the Government want to appear tough on controlling immigration, because that approach plays well with people who are hostile to immigration per se. That approach also gives the impression that the real policy concerns illegal immigration rather than lawful immigration, which is permitted and encouraged by the Government.
The Government have not given us a rationale for controlling immigration. The one lesson that I learned as a Minister is that it is absolutely crucial to have a rationale for any policy or Bill that one wants to introduce and see work effectively. It is clearly necessary to have a rationale for controlling immigration, if one is to determine which powers are needed. It is also important to have a rationale if one is to determine which categories of immigration one will allow and which categories one will deem to be illegal. Far more importantly, if Ministers do not spell out the rationale, the purpose, the reasons and the justification for what they are doing, such measures will never be enforced.
Officials can implement a policy only if they understand what it is for and if they can see the rationale and can put it into practice. If they do not see a rationale, they will not implement the policy, which may be one reason why the Home Office has not been implementing controls on immigration and has sought to turn a blind eye to large categories of illegal immigration, which led to ministerial resignations a year or two ago.
We know the Government's policy on lawful immigration, as they have spelled it out. It was spelled out to this House on their behalf in a Home Office document by officials who were probably unduly free at the time because the Home Office Minister concerned was being upbraided in the press about his personal affairs and was unable to be concerned enough about what his officials were releasing. The document stated:
"The Government wants to encourage lawful migration to the country...sustaining and perhaps increasing current levels of lawful immigration".
We know the rationale for that policy. The Government have made it clear that they believe that immigration is good for us—an unalloyed good—and that there are no negatives associated with it. The specific economic justifications that they have given all imply that the benefits are proportionate to the numbers that come here. They have never given any reason why any economic migrant should not be permitted to enter the country. They say that we should welcome lawful immigration—why should not we welcome all economic migration? [ Interruption. ] If the hon. Member for Crawley (Laura Moffatt) wants to tell me that that is her policy, she is free to intervene—but no, she has suddenly become glued to her seat.
We are left with a Government whose position seems to be that illegal immigration is not good for us because it is illegal. I prefer things to be illegal because they are not good for us rather than its being a purely circular thing. There may be reasons for the Government's position, and I will suggest some. It could be that it is a question of numbers—that
although all immigration is good for us, there should be a limit on numbers. That happens to be my view, but it is not the Government's. They have said that there should be no upper limit on immigration and have vilified Conservative proposals to set an annual limit on the numbers. I was delighted that our Front-Bench spokesman reaffirmed that we believe in a numerical limit on economic migration into this country.
The Government have said that we must accept as many people into this country as our employers want to accept. That is a potentially unlimited amount, because the demand for labour at less than the going rate is always unlimited. There is a virtually unlimited supply of labour across the world from people who are willing—anxious—to work here for less than those already here are accustomed to accepting.
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon) (Lab): I am listening with interest to the right hon. Gentleman's speech. He is making strong assertions. Why, in 2005, did his party abstain on two clauses in the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill that would have tightened restrictions on appeals and improved our ability to strip citizenship from those who pose a risk to Britain?
Mr. Lilley: If the hon. Lady paid more intention to my speech than to the Whip's brief, she would know that I was talking about economic migration, not asylum, which is a different matter that I shall deal with on another day. When I have an opportunity to catch the Speaker's eye and talk about asylum, I shall do so, but today I am talking about economic migration.
Mr. Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con): On economic migration, does my right hon. Friend accept that the latest figures show that the most economically competitive countries in Europe are Switzerland and Finland? Switzerland has some of the tightest controls; Finland does not, but nobody wants to go there.
Mr. Lilley: My hon. Friend makes a good point, although I think that lots of people do want to go to Finland—it is just that it is quite difficult to get to from the places that immigrants tend to come from.
Could it be that the Government want to reject unskilled migrants? No. The Home Office issued a document that stated:
"There is clearly unsatisfied demand at all skill levels in the labour market...skill shortages and unfilled vacancies manifest themselves at all skill levels".
So it is not simply a matter of allowing in a narrow group of skilled people—we are told that unskilled people are as necessary if not more necessary. Indeed, the Prime Minister specifically said that we need people to do jobs that British people will not do. We are allegedly too grand to do the dirty work and must therefore import a class of helots, who will presumably be required to do only that and never move on to anything else, such as the higher paid jobs that the domestic population finds preferable. Once one allows them to do that, the stream will be unlimited. People will come in initially to do the unpleasant jobs at artificially low wages and then move on to other jobs. The answer is that we should pay people a decent rate for the job. We would then have no difficulty in
persuading members of the domestic population to be dustmen and so on. Indeed, there is no shortage of people.
The Government's economic arguments all lead in the direction of unlimited immigration. If they are accepted—they tended to be accepted by a broad political and business consensus until recently—we reach two unacceptable conclusions. The first is that the number of economic migrants to this country should be unlimited and the second is that the only reason for opposing or restricting immigration is hostility to immigrants. Sadly, sections of the press and parties that are anxious to restrict immigration play to the caricature of immigrants as lazy criminal scroungers and so on.
Unlike most hon. Members, I have lived in largely immigrant areas. I have represented many immigrants in my constituency and worshipped in the same church as people from immigrant communities. I therefore know that the caricature is false. Most economic migrants who want to come to this country are hard working and law abiding and want to make a positive contribution. I would not be prepared to base a policy on a caricature founded on hostility to them.
However, it is important to examine the economic arguments to ascertain whether they lead ineluctably to unlimited access to this country. When we do that, we find that they do not. The Government's first argument is that immigration is good for economic growth. It is true that immigration makes the labour force bigger but it does not necessarily make it richer per head. Indeed, the Government's own figures are based on the assumption that, although the people coming to this country will add to the labour force, they do not add to output or income per head. That is not surprising.
Some people believed that there might be a dynamic effect and that a flow of immigrants would raise the rate of increase in output per head. However, since the Government have encouraged the process of increasing the flow of often unskilled labour into the country, there has been a decline in the growth of productivity. That applies not only to this country but to America, which is often held up as an economy booming because of immigration. It has grown bigger because of immigration, but, since immigration accelerated there, output per head has grown only at much the same rate as that in Europe and on this side of the Atlantic. Immigration does not, therefore, have that dynamic effect.
The Government's second argument, which also, if true, means that we should have more and more immigration is that a fiscal benefit ensues; that the amount of tax paid by immigrants exceeds the cost of benefits. Of course, we all know that the initial sums were calculated in a year when there was an overall surplus, so everybody, not only those of immigrant origin, paid more tax than they received benefits. Even if one corrects for a different year, as the Institute for Public Policy Research did, there appears to be a small differential in favour of net taxes—payments to the Exchequer by immigrants. However, that is the case only on the assumption—the Government have refused to revise the figures or acknowledge the need to do that—that all children, one of whose parents is an immigrant and the other is of domestic birth, are counted as British citizens. Their total costs are
attributed to Britain, rather than half of them—as one would expect—being attributed to the immigrant parent and the other to the domestic population. Once we take that into account, there is no net surplus fiscally. In any case, we know that rich people pay more in taxes than they receive in benefit, by and large, and that it is the other way round for less well-off people. That would lead purely to differentiation in the type of immigration by the likely income level of immigrants, if the Government really believed that it was the case, which they probably do not.
There is an argument that we should import a finite number of people to deal with a finite shortage. Some years ago, the Prime Minister referred to there being some 500,000 vacancies in this country, and said that we therefore needed to import the labour to fill them. Since then, we have let in the best part of a million workers—that is the net figure—yet there are still 500,000 vacancies. That is no accident, because every new worker not only assuages the demand for one unit of labour but is also a consumer. Through their consumption, they create the need for just as much labour as they provide. So there is no net filling of vacancies. Nor do those people undermine the jobs of existing workers here, as the British National party suggests, making the mistake known as the lump of labour fallacy. If there were a domestic labour shortage, we would experience wage inflation, yet we have never seen it at a lower level than now. Furthermore, the answer would not be to encourage unlimited immigration but to tighten monetary policy appropriately.
We need to look closely at the Government's arguments for justifying virtually unlimited immigration and to recognise that some immigration is necessary to this country. However, it should be more a lubricant than a fuel. A limited amount is good for us, but an unlimited amount is unnecessary and would bring costs and problems in its train. We will need control of immigration, and it is sad that the Government have not given us a rationale for the powers that they propose to take.
Mr. Doug Henderson (Newcastle upon Tyne, North) (Lab): One of the problems with the Queen's Speech debate is that we have to cover two very important issues in one afternoon. It is tempting to allow oneself to be dragged into a debate on both issues, and I am certainly tempted to take up some of the points on migration raised by the right hon. Member for Hitchin and Harpenden (Mr. Lilley), as I take a very different view from him. I believe that economic migration is generally good for the nation—I think that I could even argue a free market case for that—but perhaps I should discuss that with the right hon. Gentleman on another occasion.
I want to say a few words today about the relationship between climate change and our transport systems. I have no ideology about which form of transport is preferable to any other. If air transport is the best form of transport for a particular journey, we should use air. If rail is the best, we should use the railway, and if road transport is the best, we should use the roads. That applies to all the other forms of transport as well. So I start from a non-ideological
position, but I believe that we need to have a very close look at the effect of climate change on our transport systems.
Transport produces about 14 per cent. of our carbon emissions on average, which is a significant part of the annual emissions not only of this country but throughout the world. If we are to tackle climate change and to reverse some of the developments of the recent past, we must address the issue of transport. We must ask ourselves what we can do, and in what time span, to effect the necessary changes in our transport systems.
I am not someone who loves to quote statistics in the Chamber, but two statistics have hit me right between the eyes. The first is that 85 per cent. of the public transport movements between Glasgow and London are by air. That is a phenomenal increase compared with when I first started travelling around the country about 35 years ago. In relation to the second significant statistic, I have comparable figures for Newcastle and Glasgow, but I would rather use the ones that apply to my own constituency. With regard to carbon emissions, travelling from Newcastle to London in an average petrol car will emit 73 kg of carbon per passenger journey, whereas by air 93 kg of carbon will be emitted, and by rail only 16 kg of carbon will be emitted. The message is clear. If we are to tackle the link between transport and climate change, we must move away from air—I say that as someone who enjoys flying and flies regularly—and away from road transport towards rail, in inter-city transport.
As for transport within a city, there are other solutions including cycling and walking. If I had said in the Chamber 20 years ago that the Labour party should have policies to encourage cycling and walking as a solution to our transport problems, people would have thought that I was a raving lunatic. Today, however, cycling and walking provide a real solution in the inner city. I applaud the action of the Mayor of London in linking up the various London squares. We need to find a way of making safe journeys either by bike or on foot throughout our cities.
A lot needs to be done on moving towards rail. Little can be done quickly, as real changes will involve massive investment. It cannot be done in one country alone. Just as attempts to address climate change, if they are to have any impact, must be bound by an international agreement, so must transport change. If we are to have a competitive airline industry, we cannot take measures in relation to this country's airlines if similar measures are not being taken by those elsewhere in Europe and the United States.
I have always supported the idea of a fixed rail link from the north to the south of Britain. I first travelled on a fixed link in Japan, probably 20 years ago, and was very impressed. We have seen such development in France and some other European countries, and it now seems logical to have a fixed rail link for inter-city passenger transport throughout Europe. Just as we make the case for a co-ordinated system of public transport in Newcastle or Britain, we should make the case for such a system in Europe. One should be able to get on a train in Newcastle and get off where appropriate in Europe. Travelling from Newcastle to
Majorca, it would be silly and inefficient to try to go by train and boat, unless one likes sailing and a long journey. If we are to tackle climate change, however, it should be possible to travel from Newcastle to Benidorm—which many people do regularly—and other mainland locations in Europe on a fixed rail link as speedily as possible, as within 750 miles, fixed-link railways are competitive.
Stewart Hosie: When I was young, I travelled from Dundee to Alicante by rail on three occasions, which is a wonderful journey. One could go to a Transalpino office and buy all the tickets. Is the hon. Gentleman aware that there is no longer a place to buy tickets for such trans-European travel?
Mr. Henderson: As a student I worked as a railway booking clerk, so I do know about such things. The old joke was that if people were going to Dunfermline, they should change at Inverkeithing. We need a coherent system, including ticketing and so on, but it needs major investment.
Similarly, the east coast main line has no more capacity. We cannot put any more inter-city passenger trains on it. Therefore, if we take people off aeroplanes, where do we put them? That issue must be faced by Government, local government and Parliament. We need to look closely at what kind of investment is possible in what time scale. Things should be co-ordinated at European level if through trains are to carry people from one destination to another, but it must also be affordable. At present it is often much cheaper to fly from Newcastle to City airport on Eastern Airways than to travel on GNER—unless we book 12 years in advance.
We need a transport revolution as big as the industrial revolution. Can the market system deal with that? We all agree, in the House and elsewhere, that we want to protect the environment and to be safe from certain things. How do we move from that to changing our transport systems? The same might apply to electricity generation, incidentally, but that is another issue for another day. Can this be left to the market?
I have no particular ideological objection to market economics. I recognise many of its strengths. However, I do not think it can deal with this issue, just as it could not deal with the issue of pollution from factories or sending kids up chimneys in the 18th and 19th centuries. There had to be regulation at that time, which meant intervention in the market system. When it comes to the big issues that we are discussing today, I do not see a market solution. I think that considerable regulation will be needed. I say that with regret, because I do not want a lot of red tape, but I do not see how we can get that passenger train from Newcastle to Benidorm without a number of interventions by the state and the European Union in all the different issues involved: basic investment in the track, common rail systems, and links with bus systems and perhaps with air systems.


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Establishing a regional diabetes register and a description of the registered population after one year
Kirsten Coppell, Patrick Manning, Ray Anton, Ron Craft, John Gillies, Sherry Lilley, Patricia McKewen, Tim Medlicott, Dean Millar-Coote, Pauline Mumm, Eleanor Murphy, Elizabeth Newsham-West, John Rutherford, Marce Steele
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Aim: To establish a regional diabetes register in order to determine baseline data with which to monitor diabetes care in Otago, New Zealand. Methods: All general practitioners (GPs) in Otago were invited to participate in the project. Diabetic patients were identified from GP diabetes registers and invited to participate in the project. Written consent was obtained before any data were transferred from general practices to the Otago Diabetes Register. An Access-based computer programme was developed to record and analyse patient data. Results: In 1998, 1693 consenting diabetic patients were enrolled on the Otago Diabetes Register. The ratio of male to female patients was almost 1:1; the median age was 67 years; 11.9% had Type 1 diabetes and 86.5% had Type 2 diabetes; 44.5% were treated with hypoglycaemic tablets only and 25.6% were treated with insulin only. For those aged over 16 years, the mean systolic BP was 140.6 mmHg and the mean diastolic BP was 78.7 mmHg. 65.4% had undergone a retinal examination within the previous two years and 36.2% a feet examination within the previous year. Conclusions: The 1998 data will be used to monitor changes in diabetic care over time. Ongoing patient recruitment and data collections will also assist with informing funding decisions for diabetes services and improving diabetes information in New Zealand.
New Zealand Medical Journal
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
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Coppell, K., Manning, P., Anton, R., Craft, R., Gillies, J., Lilley, S., ... Steele, M. (2002). Establishing a regional diabetes register and a description of the registered population after one year. New Zealand Medical Journal, 115(1160).
Establishing a regional diabetes register and a description of the registered population after one year. / Coppell, Kirsten; Manning, Patrick; Anton, Ray; Craft, Ron; Gillies, John; Lilley, Sherry; McKewen, Patricia; Medlicott, Tim; Millar-Coote, Dean; Mumm, Pauline; Murphy, Eleanor; Newsham-West, Elizabeth; Rutherford, John; Steele, Marce.
In: New Zealand Medical Journal, Vol. 115, No. 1160, 23.08.2002.
Coppell, K, Manning, P, Anton, R, Craft, R, Gillies, J, Lilley, S, McKewen, P, Medlicott, T, Millar-Coote, D, Mumm, P, Murphy, E, Newsham-West, E, Rutherford, J & Steele, M 2002, 'Establishing a regional diabetes register and a description of the registered population after one year', New Zealand Medical Journal, vol. 115, no. 1160.
Coppell K, Manning P, Anton R, Craft R, Gillies J, Lilley S et al. Establishing a regional diabetes register and a description of the registered population after one year. New Zealand Medical Journal. 2002 Aug 23;115(1160).
Coppell, Kirsten ; Manning, Patrick ; Anton, Ray ; Craft, Ron ; Gillies, John ; Lilley, Sherry ; McKewen, Patricia ; Medlicott, Tim ; Millar-Coote, Dean ; Mumm, Pauline ; Murphy, Eleanor ; Newsham-West, Elizabeth ; Rutherford, John ; Steele, Marce. / Establishing a regional diabetes register and a description of the registered population after one year. In: New Zealand Medical Journal. 2002 ; Vol. 115, No. 1160.
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The massive, 120-foot tall bridge taking shape at the edge of the bustling University District east of downtown has its name.
The Spokane City Council voted unanimously Monday night to dub the $12 million span for pedestrians and cyclists "The University District Gateway Bridge," adopting the placeholder name the span has been known as for years. The decision follows the recommendation of the Spokane Plan Commission, which elected in March not to name the bridge after a specific person despite public interest in honoring the celebrated Spokane artist Howard Balazs, who died in December.
"What they realized is that, with the type of structure being named, there were no names of people either living or dead that really reflected the value of the bridge," said Andrew Worlock, a planner with the city of Spokane overseeing the naming effort.
Other options under consideration included a Salish name that translated in English to "Spokane Way," "The U Crossing," "The U District Nexus" or "The People's Unity Bridge." City Council members could have adopted any of those names, or decided their own moniker for the bridge, but opted to follow the recommendation of the Plan Commission, which began considering names for the structure in February after receiving 281 potential titles from the public.
The 12-story tall, cable-stayed bridge is slated for completion in September, according to the city. Its construction is being funded with $8.8 million in state transportation dollars, $2.6 million in property and sales taxes collected from within the University District and about $330,000 in local funding. Once built, the top of its concrete arches will still fall short of Riverfront Park's clocktower (155 feet tall), and U.S. Pavilion (145 feet tall). The bridge will rival the height of the Spokane County Courthouse (125 feet tall).
Originally envisioned in 2004, the bridge is intended to link the more than $740 million in private and public investments in the University District with the lower South Hill and the newly rebuilt East Sprague Avenue by giving commuters the option to cross railroad tracks owned by BNSF.
City Councilman Mike Fagan, who's been a critic of the bridge's price tag, said he still hadn't been swayed Monday night but voted to approve the name selected by commissioners.
Martin Luther King Jr. Way east of Division Street closed earlier this month to facilitate work on the bridge. That closure is expected to continue until mid-August as Garco Construction completes its work.
City Council President Ben Stuckart and City Councilwoman Lori Kinnear were absent Monday and didn't vote on the naming.
Editor's note: This article was changed on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 to correct the name of Martin Luther King Jr. Way.


Now back to how to choose your rims, if you are looking stricly from an appearance perspective, then it's easy, just choose custom wheels that you feel fits with the style of your vehicle and your personal preferences. If you want perfornance for racing, then light alloy wheels are the best way yo go. Steel rims are no good, they will only slow your automobile down. Heavy wheels add unnecessary weight to your car, which in return lower the driving performance.
If you do lots of city commuting in traffic, then alloy wheels are a great choice. Alloy rims actually offer cool air flow over your car's brake system which will prevent overheating. Alloy aluminum wheels are lighter than chrome or steel wheels you can also improve your gas mileage slightly.
The offset is also very important If you install the wrong offset size, there will be problems with the steering and handling of your car, so make sure to find the right offset. A sales person at the wheel shop will be able to help you choose the right offset for your vehicle, so don't worry if it sounds complicated.
Where can you buy wheels from? You have a few choices here, you can shop at the local car accessory store or you can shop online for your wheels. Each has their own benefit. If you shop at a brick and mortar store you can touch and feel the rims before you and if you have questions a sales person can answer your questions. If you shop online you have less help, but the benefit is in the savings, you can save hundreds of dollars compared to retail stores. It's a give and take situation, if you have the knowledge I suggest you shop online, why pay more if you don't have to.


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Q: Different signs for standardized and unstandardized coefficients in linear mixed model with interaction term I use R and the lme4 package to fit a linear mixed model that includes a random intercept as well as an interaction term: y ~ (1 | s) + a + b + c + a:b.
Only the variable s is categorial.
To obtain standardized regression coefficients for the fixed effects, I refit the model with standardized data obtained via R's scale function, applied to the raw y, a, b, and c values.
However, some of the standardized regression coefficients obtained in this way have a different sign than the respective unstandardized coefficients.
Can this be a meaningful result, or is there something wrong with my approach to determining the standardized coefficients by scaling the data?

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Q: Saving data on server side using REST I'm using django rest framework and trying to save some data so it will be accessible by GET, PUT, DELETE.
So when user send GET request server send some information (a random number, for example) and that information is needed after user sends PUT request on the same url. How would one save such information? I'm using class-based views.
So i want to save that information on GET method.

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*I tried saving that information to class variable self.information, but the problem is self.information is empty when PUT method is getting called.

*I also tried saving it to session, but like class variable, session is also empty when PUT method is being executed.
class SampleClass(mixins.RetrieveModelMixin, mixins.UpdateModelMixin, generics.GenericAPIView):
    serializer_class = SampleSerializer

def get(self, request):
    random_number = random.randint(0, 10)
    request.session['number'] = random_number;
    content = {'random_number': random_number}
    return Response(content)

def put(self, request):
    number = request.session['number'] #  key doesn't exists
    process_number(number)
    # ...

A: Before I begin, it's important to note that HTTP is a stateless protocol, and you are looking to add state into the mix. If you can rework what you are doing to not depend on previous requests, that will probably be better in the long run.

I tried saving that information to class variable self.information, but the problem is self.information is empty when PUT method is getting called.

This is because the class is re-initialized for each request. Because of that, the class variables don't persist across requests. Even if they did, that would mean everyone would get access to the persisted value, and it isn't made clear if that is what you are looking for.

I also tried saving it to session, but like class variable, session is also empty when PUT method is being executed

This doesn't work because Django sessions are persisted through the use of cookies. While this might work for SessionAuthentication, it won't work for any authentication that happens outside of the browser. This is because the session cookies won't be included, so Django will think the new requests are under a different session.

Now, just because HTTP is mostly stateless and doing this might lead to future trouble, that doesn't mean that you should never do it. The Django sessions wouldn't exist if there wasn't a need for it, and there are ways to save state without Django sessions.

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*Create a new model for the state - This is usually the best way to save state per-user and ensure that it doesn't fade away. The model needs a user field along with the fields that the state will be stored in, and all you need to do is have a query that retrieves the state object for the user.

*Use the Django cache - This is the way I would recommend it for the case that you specified in your question. When you don't need to store much state, the state is shared among everyone, or you can live with it not existing (expiring), storing the data in a simple cache environment will probably work the best. You have much more control over what is stored, but at the expense of having to do more work.


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Q: Slack does not render properly a suer by userID through workflow
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*Save a userID in a google sheet doc.

*Try to push a message in a chat with the userID (read from the doc) but instead of normal @AdamLol I see <@USERID123>.
Can I somehow see the real name?

A: Since at-handles can change, it's not recommended to rely on them. As such, you have three options in terms of output.

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The past two weeks have been intense. Hurricane Harvey did unimaginable damage to the Houston area and we've only started seeing the dire and long term ramifications.
Also unimaginable are the Hurricanes Irma and Jose that are wrecking havoc and causing anxiety across the Caribbean Islands and Florida.
Sitting on the other side so recently after our own preparation to face a natural disaster is unnerving. Watching news reports, studying whether maps, and calling relatives who are being urged to evacuate but getting stuck in congested, frantic traffic has overwhelmed our sense of peace.
hasbi allahu wa ni'mal wakeel.
God is enough for me and He is the best disposer of my affairs.
The first and second Ribaat Retreats held sessions studying the names of God. While we focused more on the collective 99 names in the most recent program, the first retreat captured my attention in my own relationship with each different name.
Allah has designated 99 names for Himself – and each one is such a manifestation of His glory and encompassing divinity that even a semester length long course didn't seem enough to fully embrace their meanings.
Wakeel. The compilation of Imam Bukhari's collection of Prophetic narrations quotes this name in a prayer invoked by Prophet Abraham (a) as he was thrown into a fire.
Wakeel. Popularly translated as representative, agent, and authority. An entity that is entrusted in taking care of you. This is what we have to hold on to during trials.


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Al Reem Isle is a natural island, located off the northeastern coast of Abu Dhabi city, previously referred to as 'Abu Al Shuoom', 'The Pearl' and 'Emirates Pearl Island', it will become home to a residential, commercial and business development.
The development will be connected to the Abu Dhabi city island by two or three bridges and be located 20 minutes from the Abu Dhabi International Airport.
Al Reem Island will cover an area of 633 hectares (68 million square feet) and is being built by three developers -Tamouh Investments, Sorouh and Al Reem Investments. The island is expected to accommodate 280,000 residents and will include schools, medical clinics, shopping malls, restaurants, a 27-hole golf course, hotels, resorts, spas, gardens, and beaches.
In 2009, Will Alsop was invited to propose a vision for the Najmat area and to develop this through detailed design. The Marina is the focal point of the Masterplan. It features a multipurpose, kinetic stage which can vary in height for different performances and rotates to form a projection screen for open air shows. To the north of the stage are dedicated, raked seating platforms for open-air performances.
The boardwalk stretches from the marina to the East to the vehicular bridge to the West. With its natural, wild landscape it offers a different experience from the rest of the master plan. It will be a romantic destination with juice and oyster bars.
Around the marina, outdoor dining tables are cantilevered on platforms over the water's edge. These tables are sheltered by large petal canopies which offer shading and cooling by day and by night, animate the marina's edge.


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Response Required: Dealing with race, drugs and gay sex
By Charles Stephens and Andrew Spieldenner Jan 25, 2019
Two African American gay men have died in one white gay man's home in West Hollywood in just over a year. Crystal meth and sex were involved in the relationships.
The response of the HIV community will be critical to what happens next.
Despite the HIV movement being on the vanguard of addressing the needs of people who use crystal meth, we have been less successful in supporting people who engage in sex work. The movement has continued to fail black gay men, especially those who engage in sex work and/or use crystal meth. How do we have a conversation about crystal meth, sex, power and racial/sexual trauma without problematizing the drug use or sex? Is it possible to consider that drug use is a sane response to managing institutionalized trauma? Can we talk about how these African American men got to be in this environment—where a white gay man controlled their access to drugs and sex? Can we discuss crystal meth use in the context of race, sex, and power, and other forms of control and domination?
The deaths of Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean have brought about an unspeakable rage and pain for many of us. Rage and pain toward a system that refused to charge and prosecute Ed Buck. Rage and pain toward a mainstream media that resists covering this horror as extensively as it deserves. And rage and pain toward an LGBTQ community that still barely lifts a finger to address the white supremacy wedged into its institutions. However, as we grieve, we continue to fight, because as we see time and time again, our lives depend on it.
This is what we know so far: both Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean were found dead at the home of Ed Buck, a 64 year-old, prominent Democratic donor, ex-model and businessman, who once ran for the West Hollywood City Council. Gemmel Moore was found first, back in 2017. His body was discovered on a mattress in Buck's living room, naked. The coroner's report said it was methamphetamine overdose that killed him. There was an investigation, however the District Attorney's office declined to file charges against Ed Buck: not murder, not voluntary manslaughter, not furnishing Moore drugs, not even drug possession. Apparently Ed Buck knew the right people to make sure he wasn't charged.
We must understand that harm reduction is not just about protecting people who use drugs from the harms that may arise from substance abuse, but also creating systems and structures to protect people who use drugs from structural violence. Crystal meth exposes vulnerabilities in our communities, institutions and personal lives. For those of us who have been active in the crystal meth community, we know how power dynamics can be exacerbated by who supplies the drug and how it's distributed. Whatever happened in Ed Buck's home is not an isolated incident. We have to hold the Ed Bucks accountable to move forward as a community.
The HIV community has done extensive work with crystal meth use. Many large HIV organizations in the United States have initiatives to understand, support and provide services to people using crystal meth—especially gay men. But we also live in a community where it's easier to isolate people or ignore people when they develop serious challenges due to substance use. We turn away without providing resources. In this society, it's so easy to dismiss people with substance use issues as weak or evil, as somehow "less than" for not being able to "handle it."
There is a violence committed to people, even after death, when narratives surrounding them further stigmatize who they were. The things many of us do to cope with structural violence and trauma, the things we do for survival, or even the things we do for pleasure, once discovered, can fuel narratives about us, that become weaponized. Yes, drugs and sex were involved in the deaths of Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean. Yes, there was some kind of exchange involved with Ed Buck. We need to have community discussions that acknowledge and do not vilify or sensationalize these facts. In the HIV community we must continue to uplift, elevate, and support our artists and storytellers to create our own narratives. For those of us who work at the intersection of HIV justice and harm reduction this can be a powerful means to proliferate more complicated narratives of who we are, as a way to inspire greater public empathy and shift structures. As we see with the already waning public attention being paid to what happened to Gemmel Moore and TImothy Dean, we can not always depend on the mainstream media to tell our stories. Thus, the HIV community could play an important role in supporting storytellers from citizen journalists to screenwriters, in creating our own narratives. Journalists, writers, and cultural workers like Jasmyne Cannick, whose courageous journalism and advocacy has kept pressure on the powers that be and has been the leading media voice going after Ed Buck. Filmmaker Michael Rice and writer and activist George M. Johnson, just to name two, have played a critical role in this discussion, and have been models of activist journalism.
HIV funders can also play a critical role in pushing LGBTQ funders to support efforts seeking justice for Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean. Funders could support grassroots efforts, invest in citizen journalism, and resource coalition building efforts, particularly on the ground in Los Angeles. Most critically funders at the intersections of HIV, LGBTQ community and harm reduction should collaborate on convening, resourcing, and supporting research and action around people who use crystal meth and anti-black racism and white supremacy.
As we mourn the deaths of two black men, at least, we also gear up for what will likely be a long arduous fight. A fight to ensure justice is done in the names of the dead, dignity is restored and reforms are made in the institutions that previously failed. The HIV justice movement must be a part of this work. We must hold each other responsible, even through the discomfort and pain.
Charles Stephens is the Founder and Executive Director of The Counter Narrative Project.
Andrew Spieldenner is an Assistant Professor of Health Communication at California State University, San Marcos, and Chair of the US People Living with HIV Caucus.
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Benjamin Diamond (real name: Benjamin Cohen) is most famous for his collaboration with Alan Braxe and Thomas Bangalter (of Daft Punk fame) in the one-time band Stardust for the hit single Music Sounds Better With You back in 1998, for which he provided the vocals.
He has already released three albums and one EP. His two first albums are very different but are rated high in reviews. The first was made during the last bit of the French House craze led by Daft Punk, and is very electronic, partly under pressure of his record company at the time.
The last one is more band-like, and could be described as friendly pop/rock, somewhat similar in sound to Phoenix, also from France. Discography (may be out of date)September 2008 : Baby's on Fire – maxi - remixes by RAFALE, D.
I.M.October, the 20th, 2008 : 3d album Cruise Control – french release + shows.November 2008 : Don't Stop – maxi -remixes by DatA and guests.January 2009 : European album release and European tour.
September 2008 : Vocals on two tracks on the DatA's first album (Naïve/Ekler'O Shock) : Skywritter and So much in Love.2006/2007 : World tour, maxi Out of Myself, collaborations, remixes.2005 : Tell me EP - Fantastic Plastic Machine – featuring Benjamin Diamond (Avex).
2005 : Album Out of Myself (Diamondtraxx/ !K7) – may 2006 – released in 25 territories.3 maxi single Let's get high (remixes by Alan Braxe, The Modernist), There is a girl (video directed by Nicolas Hidiroglou), Out of myself (remixes by Ark and Pilooski) 50 gigs accross Europe and Japan.
* 2002/2003/2004 Featurings :- Octet : Sneakers and thongs (feat. Suzanne Thoma) – taken from the album Cash and Carry Songs (diamondtraxx/discograph)- Cosmo Vitelli feat. Benjamin Diamond : Icons (Cosmo Vitelli's album Clean Solid/Labels)- The Eternals feat.
Benjamin Diamond Strange World (The Eternals -album Astropioneers – Diamondtraxx/Labels-EMI)- Curtis featuring Benjamin Diamond Zero gravity* 2001- Benjamin Diamond Fit Your Heart 3d single taken from Strange Attitude album (DT/Epic)- Benjamin Diamond Solitaire Dior's Homme défilé - jannuary.
2001 (Diamondtraxx)- Benjamin Diamond Little Scare Diamond Traxx/Epic /2dsingle* 2000 :Benjamin Diamond In Your Arms Diamond Traxx/Epic – 1st singleBenjamin Diamond Strange Attitude Diamond Traxx/Epic /Album – released in 25 countries* 1999 : Benjamin Diamond " Joyride " Diamondtraxx* 1998 : Stardust Music sounds better with you (with Thomas Bangalter/Alan Braxe) Roulé/VirginRemixes- 2008 - DatA Rapture – vocals by Grainger- 2005 - Oxtongue EP (Kompakt)- 1998 - Björk Alarm Call, French Dub Remix by Benjamin Diamond and Alan Braxe ; Björk Overseas Ltd / One Little Indian Records / Mother Record/Universal.
Benjamin Diamond performs club, electronic, house music and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, or other music performances. The estimated booking fee range to book Benjamin Diamond for your event, Please Contact. Benjamin Diamond has more than 57.6K listeners worldwide and really knows how to entertain your audience. Similar artists are The Supermen Lovers, Le Knight Club, Alex Gopher, Spiller, Junior Jack, Alan Braxe, Tim Deluxe . Contact AAE Music agency for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Benjamin Diamond for an upcoming event.


We'll continue with the interviews with people affected by epilepsy for Epilepsy Awareness Month but I first want to come clean about something.
We enjoy our silly moments!
I have to admit it: I like to shop on Black Friday.
I am apparently in the minority since I keep hearing people talk about all those "crazy" people going out to shop on Black Friday (although there are quite a few of us out there). I feel a little on the defensive so want to explain why my daughter and I have a tradition of shopping on Black Friday (and it's not because we're ungrateful for what we have or greedy or ridiculously materialistic although we may have a shoe addiction do like shoes).
Rach was in high school when we first started this night owl shopping. She and I always love to shop together anyway so we thought this was an event made for us. We bundled up in comfy, warm clothes, grabbed some coffee and off we went. Over the years, shopping after the mashed potatoes, stuffing and pie have barely been put away has become a cherished tradition we both look forward to.
That and the new shoes.
I don't care about being first in line to buy a big TV (I personally think those people are nuts but don't want to judge). I avoid big electronic stores and would never go anywhere near a Wal-Mart. I have my standards!
Our Black Friday shopping experience has included meeting a friendly woman shopping for her "rebel" daughter and asking Rach for perfume suggestions. Last year we met another wonderful woman who dragged her husband out to the mall after they had a ceremony at the cemetery that morning honoring her father who had passed away the previous year on that date (a custom in her family). We saved her place in line while she continued shopping and then she repaid the favor by letting us check out ahead of her.
Later, when stopping for food, we met a man who was encouraging his son to go to UC Santa Cruz and asked Rach about her college experience since she was wearing her UC Davis sweatshirt.
We usually buy some modest things to give as gifts (and treat ourselves to new shoes or boots – naturally!). We spend the day night together having a great time, laughing and being silly (more so than usual because we're sleep deprived) and we always curse the lack of parking spots.
Last year, Rach and I decided to venture out early in the morning instead of the dead of night and my husband spent the day with Robert. He loved that I entrusted Robert to him and Robert loved the guy time. Rach and I had our usual amount of silliness and laughter and returned home to hide Christmas presents and to squeeze another pair of shoes in our closets – then take a nap.
Shopping on Black Friday is, for us (and most likely many others) more about another fun, family tradition and less about finding the best deal.
But hands off those boots – I saw them first.


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Q: UIProgressView only Update Values Instead of UI I am doing a analysis process on image. As I run through all pixels, I want to have a feedback about the progress. Here is my code:
       for _ in 0 ..< height {
            for _ in 0 ..< width {
                analyzeImage(currentPixel)
                currentPixel = currentPixel.successor()
            }
            updateProgress()
        }

func updateProgress() {
    self.fractionalProgress += self.fractionalRatio
    if (Int(self.fractionalProgress / self.fractionalRatio) % 20) == 0 {
        self.progressBar.progress = self.fractionalProgress
        print(self.progressBar.progress)
    }
}

I called updateProgress inside a nested for loop.
The printed result is updating, but the bar is not changed visually. It is only updated at the end.
Thanks for any help in advanced !!!!

A: UIKit is single threaded and is only meant to be run from the main thread.  If you've got a loop performing work on the main thread, then UIKit won't update until after your code has finished running and your method has returned.
In order to show progress, you need to perform the work on a background thread and update UIKit on the main thread.  Read Concurrency Programming Guide.


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WWE - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures now available at Walmart
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NINJA SUPERSTARS SLAM INTO WALMART
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and WWE Unite for Ultimate Action Figure Collection from Playmates Toys
El Segundo, CA (November 11, 2016) – Ninja Superstars, a unique line of co-branded action figures from Playmates Toys featuring Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles dressed as iconic WWE Superstars, is now available exclusively at Walmart stores nationwide. The figures generated much excitement after being unveiled by WWE Hall of Famer Sting during a Nickelodeon panel at New York Comic Con in October.
The one-of-a-kind collaboration between Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and WWE has united two of the most popular brands in entertainment, bringing the Turtles from the sewer to the ring for the first time. The action figures were developed by Playmates Toys, the longtime master toy licensee for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and are available in the following assortment:
· Leonardo as WWE Superstar John Cena
· Raphael as WWE Hall of Famer Sting
· Donatello as WWE Superstar Undertaker
· Michelangelo as WWE Hall of Famer "Macho Man" Randy Savage
Each 6" tall figure is highly detailed to capture the signature look of the WWE Superstar. They are also fully articulated and come with full ring gear and all the necessary accessories to perform knockout ninja moves in the ring.
"The initial response to Ninja Superstars has been incredible and we're thrilled that the figures are now available for fans," said Karl Aaronian, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Playmates Toys. "WWE and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans will appreciate the high level of detail that was put behind the development of the collection in order to create the unique Turtle figures."
"Following its unveil at New York Comic Con last month, the enthusiasm from TMNT and WWE fans for Ninja Superstars has been off the charts," said Jon Roman, Senior Vice President, Toys, Nickelodeon. "Ninja Superstars is one of our most exciting collaborations to date and, with the holiday season just around the corner, we can't wait for fans to get their hands on them."
"We are thrilled that the Ninja Superstar action figures are now available exclusively in Walmart just in time for the holiday season," said Casey Collins, WWE Executive Vice President, Consumer Products. "Fans of both WWE and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are sure to enjoy this one-of-a-kind collaboration between two of the most iconic brands in entertainment."
About Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Since its launch in 2012, Nickelodeon's all-new CG-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has re-energized these iconic characters of this wildly popular franchise. Currently in its fourth season, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is seen in over 170 countries and territories and translated in 50+ languages. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles follows four mutant turtles—Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo—trained in the art of ninjutsu by their mutant rat sensei, Master Splinter, who teaches the turtles to battle evil from the New York City sewers. Executive produced by Ciro Nieli and Brandon Auman, the series is created at Nickelodeon in Burbank, Calif.
About Playmates Toys
With a history of over 50 years, Playmates Toys is today among the most well-respected and innovative marketing and distribution companies in the global toy industry with a proven history in the creation of imaginative products as well as the development and management of profitable, long-term brand franchises. Key brands include TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, one of today's top-selling male action brands. From its offices in Hong Kong and California, Playmates designs, develops, markets and distributes its products in over 60 countries worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.playmatestoys.com or http://facebook.com/TMNTPlay.
About WWE
WWE, a publicly traded company (NYSE: WWE), is an integrated media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family friendly entertainment on its television programming, pay-per-view, digital media and publishing platforms. WWE programming reaches more than 650 million homes worldwide in 25 languages. WWE Network, the first-ever 24/7 over-the-top premium network that includes all live pay-per-views, scheduled programming and a massive video-on-demand library, is currently available in more than 180 countries. The company is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Mexico City, Mumbai, Shanghai, Singapore, Dubai, Munich and Tokyo.
Additional information on WWE (NYSE: WWE) can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com. For information on our global activities, go to http://www.wwe.com/worldwide/
About Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon, now in its 37th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 90 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 20 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB).


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It seems to me that there are several Premiership teams whose squad is filled up to 25 with footballers earning anything up to £50k a week who are actually pretty useless at that level. When the first 11 are rested they really really struggle. Cardiff, Huddersfield, Fulham, Leicester, Newcastle, and so on, embarrassed by lower ranked teams, and yet fielding a team earning up to half a million pounds a week between them.
Our club struggled to beat a fourth tier team with 10 men for all but 2 minutes of the game, despite the squad being so thin that Zaha and Townsend had to play their 9th game in 5 weeks. We have unloaded three "squad players" this week, Puncheon, Williams and Mutch. None have been near the first team for more than a game or two for two years. Mutch has had nearly four years of £50k a week and could rarely even be farmed out on loan. We have been playing virtually the same 11 most of the season, apart from injuries.
We are now in the January transfer window, and struggling Premiership clubs are being urged by their fans to "sign a striker", "spend the premiership millions to save us from relegation" and so on. This rarely leads to success. Remember Jan 18 window? Daniel Sturridge, huge loan fee, barely played, West Brom relegated. Jordah Hugill (or maybe Jordan Who) £10 million to West Ham, barely played, now shipped out. I could go on.
Congratulations to Gillingham, Newport, Barnet, Oldham and the other lower tier teams who shamed their supposedly superior and better paid opponents. I hope you make a lot of money from this competition.
We've got decent depth everywhere but attack (not just strikers - wingers and attacking midfielders). Makes a big difference in league games too, as those are the players you need off the bench to change a game. We can't do that at the moment.
Can any of the lower half of the Premier say they have game changers on the bench?
For all fans that are moaning about new players and who are we going to sign, I personally don't think we need anyone. Here me out.
We clearly don't have lots of money and we are doing our best to reduce the wage bill (Mutch, Williams and Punch all leaving). Roy's boys will have enough to stay up so let's not get ourselves in a bidding war, paying inflated prices and more huge wages.
We have Benteke and Wickham to come back which will give us (different) options up front. I'd prefer we save the money and get some better players in the summer. It's the Euros the year after so players will be wanting game time to get into their respective national sides. Solanke went for 19m for goodness sake. There will be better value in the summer.
As I post this - I meant SIGNING.
We need someone who will shoot it in the right direction.
yeah, sold for 19 million with an injury!
I think we probably do need a couple in attacking positions, but having just seen Solanke go to Bournemouth for 19m with an injury I can't disagree with you about waiting it out.
We should survive this year and it's a good observation about the summer tournament. Maybe best to wait.
It sounds good on paper, but it's a dangerous game to try to stay up with the smallest margin for error as possible.
Wickham has been injured constantly, it's likely he'll miss more games. Let's face it.
Benteke has been useless when healthy, so I'm not how getting him back will benefit us, since he can't score a goal to save his life anymore. Ayew is more prolific.
Ok, so even without those two, we're not in dire straits. But what about if Wilf gets hurt? If that happens, how would you feel about our chances to survive with no reinforcements?
It does seem like this is another transfer window where we go into it thinking we're getting all new star players, and end up getting nothing. Maybe it's good to save money in January...Unless it puts us in danger of relegation in May.
If we got Batshuayi and Moses- we'd be golden.