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Coping with imbalances in the Euro area: Policy alternatives addressing divergences and disparities between member countries
Eckhard Hein
(Berlin School of Economics and Law and Institute for International Political Economy)
Daniel Detzer
(Berlin School of Economics and Law and Institute for International)
In this paper we outline alternative policy recommendations addressing the problems of differential inflation, divergence in competitiveness and associated current account imbalances within the Euro area. The major purpose of these alternative policy proposals is to generate sustainably high demand and output growth in the Euro area as a whole, providing high levels of non-inflationary employment, as well as preventing 'export-led mercantilist' and 'debt-led consumption boom' types of development, both within the Euro area and with respect to the role of the Euro area in the world economy. We provide a basic framework in order to systematically address the related issues making use of Thirlwall's (1979; 2002) model of a 'balance-of-payments-constrained growth rate' (BPCGR). Based on this framework, we outline the required stance for alternative economic policies and then we discuss the implications for alternative monetary, wage/incomes and fiscal policies in the Euro area as a whole, as well as the consequences for structural and regional policies in the Euro area periphery, in particular.
Eckhard Hein & Daniel Detzer, 2014. "Coping with imbalances in the Euro area: Policy alternatives addressing divergences and disparities between member countries," Working papers wpaper63, Financialisation, Economy, Society & Sustainable Development (FESSUD) Project.
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Two Years of Real Democracy
Guest Contributor Posted On May 29, 2017
By: Jonah Ibiamagabara
For today's article marking Nigeria's "Democracy Day", a quote by Michelle Hodkin should provide a suitable explanatory introduction. The quote goes thus: "Thinking something does not make it true. Wanting something does not make it real."Extending this, Philip Dick concisely says that "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."Combining these two quotes, I believe there is a strong enough foundation for this essay. Let us begin.
On 28 March 2015, Nigeria's presidential elections held amidst fear of violent eruptions across the country. Despite an attempted drama on live television by a now infamous "elder statesman", the electoral umpire announced the results—an incumbent president was defeated for the first time in Nigeria's tumultuous history. The erstwhile General Muhammadu Buhari, presented as Nigeria's unrelenting Abraham Lincoln, and Professor Yemi Osinbajo, erudite law professor, were to become Nigeria's next president and vice president.
The awaited day—29 May 2015—came and Nigeria's new leaders were sworn in. Their ascension ended an electioneering season in which Nigerians were promised the best of heaven, delivered by the anointed born-again democrat, and first of his name, the messianic President Muhammadu Buhari. If you feel that the descriptive words added before Buhari's name are unwarranted or seem like smirky sarcasm, you may want to review campaign materials used for the election. Whereas even Jesus was careful with his promises by saying only his Father knew the time of his return, Buhari's campaign effectively made incredible promises to woo voters, forgetting that the specificity of the promises made tracking possible.
Buhari promised real democracy. If one were to comprehend the different campaign statements made, one would believe Nigeria never had a democracy—it only had an illusion for sixteen years—and Buhari was coming in to fix that and institute real democracy. Sadly, two years after his triumphant entry, his government had been a failure on that count. I do speak plainly when I grade the Buhari administration as a failure. I understand the import of this claim, and I fully stand by it. Buhari has failed so far. The real democracy he promised has turned out to be more of the same, enmeshed in sanctimonious hiding of heads in the sand.
For sixteen years, Nigeria's democracy was deeply rooted in corruption. Cronyism, nepotism, and outright fraud were the highlights of three civilian administrations that had some good points but failed to address the hydra-headed monster named corruption. While it is understandable that the complexity of the Nigerian political space makes any corruption fight difficult, when Buhari was making promises to clean the Aegean stables, he should have been prepared to deliver as promised, or at least, make some headway. Instead, what we see now is merely a refurbishment of pass illusional dramas tagged corruption fights.
What has changed since May 2015? Nothing. Government apologists may point to returned funds, captured funds, and some corruption-based arraignments. However, I don't see how this is any different from President Obasanjo's vaunted fight against corruption. In a way, it is still the same custom of going after political opponents and anyone who fails to simply "chop, clean mouth and keep quiet". Even those who have been arrested are having their cases thrown out of the courts. While some would be inclined to blame this on the corrupt judicial system, it is instructive to note that the prosecuting agencies routinely fail to do their investigations correctly to present watertight cases.
Moving away from government-level corruption, a look at the government structure shows that nothing has truly changed. One of the campaign mantras was plugging waste and bringing the bloated bureaucracy under check. However, the past two years have shown that in structure, an APC government is exactly like a PDP government. If there has been any change in the civil service structure, it has not been made public. The same is seen in government appointments. A president that pledged slim governance has at least two spokespersons with some others bearing social media and ancillary portfolios. This is exactly what past administrations did—rewarding supporters with unnecessary political appointments.
If President Buhari had hit the ground running in May 2015, maybe the story would have been different. Instead, six months were wasted without a functioning cabinet. Those early days when Buhari had an incredible amount of public goodwill, which could have been used to drive his agenda. For years, there has been complaints about the limitations of Nigeria's security and investigative agencies, alongside worries about the judicial system, the civil service and virtually everything else in Nigeria. Imagine if Buhari's executive arm had submitted key bills to the national assembly in those early days, just as Obama pushed his health bill vigorously. With Buhari's immense popularity back then, it may have been suicidal for legislators to be seen as obstructing the messiah. Instead, he "allowed" infighting in the legislature and spent those first months clocking frequent flyer miles on the presidential jet before being slowed down by ill-health.
Today, on the second anniversary of the Buhari administration, which is the midpoint, Nigerians still await the change they were promised. Nigeria has a president in London, and an Acting President in Abuja, and to be fair, Acting President Osinbajo appears to have much more presidential material than Buhari. With two more years to go,maybe by 2019 the Buhari-Osinbajo scorecard would have changed and they would have moved out of the assembly of failures. Well, I hope so. However, for now, our democracy has not changed because "By changing nothing, nothing changes."
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A systematic review of genome-wide research on psychotic experiences and negative symptom traits: new revelations and implications for psychiatry
Ronald, Angelica and Pain, O. (2018) A systematic review of genome-wide research on psychotic experiences and negative symptom traits: new revelations and implications for psychiatry. Human Molecular Genetics 27 (R2), R136-R152. ISSN 0964-6906.
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We present a systematic review of genome-wide research on psychotic experience and negative symptom traits (PENS) in the community. We integrate these new findings, most of which have emerged over the last four years, with more established behaviour genetic and epidemiological research. The review includes the first genome-wide association studies of PENS, including a recent meta-analysis, and the first SNP heritability estimates. Sample sizes of <10,000 participants mean that no genome-wide significant variants have yet been replicated. Importantly, however, in the most recent and well-powered studies, polygenic risk score prediction and linkage disequilibrium (LD) score regression analyses show that all types of PENS share genetic influences with diagnosed schizophrenia and that negative symptom traits also share genetic influences with major depression. These genetic findings corroborate other evidence in supporting a link between PENS in the community and psychiatric conditions. Beyond the systematic review, we highlight recent work on gene-environment correlation, which appears to be a relevant process for psychotic experiences. Genes that influence risk factors such as tobacco use and stressful life events are likely to be harbouring 'hits' that also influence PENS. We argue for the acceptance of PENS within the mainstream, as heritable traits in the same vein as other subclinical psychopathology and personality styles such as neuroticism. While acknowledging some mixed findings, new evidence shows genetic overlap between PENS and psychiatric conditions. In sum, normal variations in adolescent and adult thinking styles, such as feeling paranoid, are heritable and show genetic associations with schizophrenia and major depression.
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President's Council Launches Semiconductor Working Group
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A Working Group under the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology has begun work to sustain U.S. leadership in the global semiconductor industry.
Semiconductors are essential to many aspects of modern life, from cellphones and automobiles to medical diagnostics to reconnaissance satellites and weapon systems. The semiconductor industry directly employs 250,000 workers, is the third largest source of U.S. manufactured exports, and has the highest level of investment in research and development (R&D) as a percentage of sales of any major industry. In addition, the semiconductor industry creates foundational technologies that enable innovation in virtually every sector of the U.S. economy. A loss of leadership in semiconductor innovation and manufacturing could have significant adverse impacts on the U.S. economy and even on national security.
The industry may also be approaching technological and economic inflection points. Based on the currently commercialized approach to semiconductor technology, the industry may soon be unable to continue the pace of advance described by "Moore's Law"—doubling the processing power of chips every 18–24 months—a pace that has brought with it rapid advances in the capabilities of systems that use semiconductors, opened up new applications, and thus fueled economic growth while increasing quality of life and strengthening national security. Indeed, the exponentially growing cost of designing and fabricating higher-performance chips in the conventional mold is already stifling innovation, making it more difficult for startups and new ideas from university research to create new markets—a key source of competitive advantage for America's entrepreneurial economy.
Additional public and private investments in R&D are almost certain to be required if the past remarkable pace of improvements in price and performance of semiconductors and the benefits deriving therefrom are to continue—R&D that looks to create new technologies that can leapfrog beyond the limits of today's technology and explore entirely new computer architectures and their integration into systems well beyond the traditional computing sphere, including automotive and other mobile applications.
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FTC Announces Panels for Debt Collection Dialogue in Dallas on September 29, 2015
The Federal Trade Commission has announced the panels for the Debt Collection Dialogue in Dallas on September 29, 2015, the second of three such planned events. Representatives from the FTC, other federal and state law enforcement agencies, and the debt collection industry will discuss enforcement actions, consumer complaints, compliance issues, industry best practices, and how regulatory enforcement actions are investigated and pursued.
NOTE: The Federal Trade Commission has moved the Dallas Debt Collection Dialogue to Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law on September 29, 2015. The FTC changed to this larger venue because the number of pre-registrations had almost reached the maximum for the originally planned venue. Pre-registration, which was closed on August 13, has now been re-opened.
The event will feature two moderated panels with representatives from enforcement agencies and the collection industry. This is the tentative schedule:
1:30 - 1:45 p.m. Opening Remarks
Christopher Koegel, Assistant Director, FTC Division of Financial Practices
1:45 – 3:15 p.m. Panel 1
Moderator: Mary Spector, Professor, Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University
Christopher Koegel, FTC
Gregory Nodler, Senior Counsel for Enforcement Policy and Strategy, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
Jessica Lesser, Managing Attorney, Dallas Regional Office, Consumer Protection Division, Office of the Texas Attorney General
Michael Frost, Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel, CBE Companies, Inc., and member of the ACA International Board of Directors
Patricia Baxter, General Counsel, Recovery Management Systems Corp., and President-Elect of DBA International
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Moderator: Dama Brown, Director, Southwest Region, FTC
Gregory Nodler, CFPB
Robert L. Föehl, Vice President & General Counsel, ACA International
Joann Needleman, Sr. Counsel and Practice Group Leader, Clark Hill, PLC, and President of the National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys
5:00 – 5:10 p.m. Closing
Dama Brown, FTC
The event will be in the Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak Street. More information, including how to pre-register and how to submit questions for the two panels in advance, is posted at www.ftc.gov/debtcollectiondialogue-dallas. Pre-registration is not necessary to attend but is encouraged for event planning.
The third Debt Collection Dialogue, to be held in Atlanta, will begin at 1:30 p.m. on November 18 at the Latin American Association, 2750 Buford Highway. Information is available at www.ftc.gov/debtcollectiondialogue-atlanta.
Both events will be free and open to the public.
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Taylor Jacobson Tells Us About Her 'Better' Life Post-Rachel Zoe, Talks Kate Middleton & Wants To Go Into Costume Design One Day!
We got to catch up with the stylist who filled us in everything from who's she styling to her return to television! You may know Taylor Jacobson best from her role as Rachel Zoe's former right hand -- but even though she isn't in the spotlight doesn't mean the super stylist isn't keeping busy! From styling campaigns (she just worked on Michael Stars) and star clients (like Kate Beckinsale, Ashley Benson, and Mena Suvari, to name a few) Taylor is definitely in demand -- and she's finally returning to television! The stylist will act as a judge for the second season of Hair Battle Spectacular -- and she said it was unlike anything she's ever done before.
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"I've never judged anything before, I mean I judge everyday in my real life and what I do for a living," she said. "I don't know, I never knew what the whole hair world consisted of so I was really thrown off during the first challenge. I was like, 'this is gonna be horrible everything looks like sh*t coming out,' just being honest! But then there was a major silver lining. Some of them really floored me with how talented they were — it was also really nerve wracking, I didn't want to be mean. To be honest and I didn't wanna make anyone cry."
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I'm sure you can all recall the public split and how everything played out when Taylor decided to part ways with Rachel — but the young stylist has no regrets. When asked how her life is post-Zoe, she said, "Better with a capital B, 100%." While you may think they have crossed paths since Taylor went out on her own, she said she hasn't seen her. "No, never thank G-d. When I'm not working I really keep a low profile, I like to stay home. I work so much that at the end of the day the last thing I want to do is go to an event."
Taylor and Rachel may not be tight, she's still close to her former co-worker Brad Goreski. When asked if they keep in touch she said, "Yes, there's no bad blood between us. I wish him all the best and I'm very happy with his success and everything he has going on." Does that mean we might catch a glimpse of Taylor on Brad's new show? "You never know!"
While Taylor doesn't rule out having her own show one day, "You never know, I don't know what my afternoon is gonna look like, let alone my week. I don't rule it out," she said. "I don't rule anything out," her goal is to move from styling stars to working in costume design. "I really would love to segway into costume design, like period pieces that are very 60s 50s 40s, the Renaissance, stuff like that. If would wear a costume everyday if I could! I'm a huge fan of Tim Burton and all of his movies have a recognizable aesthetic. That's what i would love love love to do. No more gowns and cocktail dresses and, 'Oh that earring is SO amazing,' I wouldn't mind if there was no more of that. But I'm of course very appreciative and happy I get to do it now."
Taylor may wear a lot of black and has a more edgy sense of style, but she appreciates Kate Middleton's look and the fact that she doesn't seem to put much thought into her outfits. "I think she's really chic and I think her whole look is so effortless. To be honest, I don't think she puts that much emphasis on it, and I think she just rolls with it. That's why she doesn't care about repeating a dress, if she likes how something fits she just goes with it," she said. "I mean she could out-buy anyone and can have 75 million different dresses per hour, but who cares? That's not her thing. She's obviously very chic and sophisticated."
Taylor returns to television this Monday, on Aug. 15 — and she told us we'll probably catch a few of her signature eye rolls! "I used my hands a lot," she said when asked how she reacted to the contestants. So, did she have favorites? "Definitely. I'm consistent, once I like you I stick with you. A few I really like and a few I hated. I hated their attitudes! I cannot deal with people that have egos and are unnecessarily mean or have diva moments and treat people like crap."
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I don't know about you, but I'm so excited for Taylor to return to television — and we couldn't be happier that the talented young stylist is busier than ever!
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Yesterday I finally managed to finish off a unit of US militia that I'll need for my MayDay game. I also did up two other command figures to replace the British command figures in my other painted unit of militia. Figures are from All The King's Men.
All I have left to paint is a pair of US mounted generals and a unit of US cavalry. The horses should be done today so I should have no problem getting these done in time. Then it's on to terrain.
Last night I finished off a unit of US artillery. Figures are from All The King's Men.
Remaining for my MayDay game is a unit of militia, US cavalry and two US generals. The militia are already well under way and I hope to have them almost finished by the end of the weekend.


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Oakridge Elementary Teacher Named 2011 Utah History Teacher of the Year
(Utah State Office of Education Press Release) Jan Rolan, a teacher at Granite District's Oakridge Elementary and member of the Granite Education Association, has been named the 2011 Utah History Teacher of the Year. The award is co-sponsored by The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, HISTORY(r) (History Channel) and Preserve America.
Rolan has been teaching at Oakridge Elementary for eleven years. "Jan constantly works to find ways to make history come alive for her fifth-grade students, and to push them to excel," said Dawn Hauser, Granite School District K-12 Instructional Specialist. "We are so proud of her, and of her commitment to history education."
Rolan will receive a $1,000 honorarium and will be in the running to be named the National History Teacher of the Year this fall. Oakridge's library will also receive a core archive of history books and educational materials from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and HISTORY(r). Rolan will also receive an invitation to a Gilder Lehrman summer seminar and Oakridge will be named a Gilder Lehrman Affiliate School.
"This award gives us the chance to recognize great history teachers across the country," said Lesley S. Herrmann, Executive Director of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. "It puts exceptional educators front and center."
Inaugurated in 2004, the National History Teacher of the Year Award promotes and celebrates the teaching of American history in classrooms across the United States. The award honors one exceptional K-12 teacher of American history from each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Department of Defense schools and US Territories.
The 2011 award honors elementary teachers of kindergarten through sixth grade. The selection of the state winner is based upon several criteria, including: at least three years of classroom experience in teaching American history; creativity and imagination in the classroom that address literacy and content beyond state standards; close attention to primary documents, artifacts, historic sites, and other primary materials of history, including oral history; and evidence of thoughtful assessment of student achievement.
From the state winners, one is recognized as the National History Teacher of the Year and will be honored in a fall ceremony. The winner, together with the nominator and two of the winner's students, will travel to the national recognition ceremony with expenses paid by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
About the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is a nonprofit organization supporting the study and love of American history through a wide range of programs and resources for students, teachers, scholars, and history enthusiasts throughout the nation. Gilder Lehrman creates and works closely with history-focused schools through its Affiliate School Program; organizes teacher seminars and development programs; produces print and digital publications and traveling exhibitions; hosts lectures by eminent historians; administers a History Teacher of the Year Award in every state and US territory; and offers national book prizes. The Gilder Lehrman website, www.gilderlehrman.org, serves as a gateway to American history online with rich resources for educators designed specifically for K-12 teachers and students.
About HISTORY(r)
HISTORY(r) and HISTORY HD(r) are the leading destinations for revealing, award-winning original non-fiction series and event specials that connect history with viewers in an informative, immersive and entertaining manner across multiple platforms. Programming covers a diverse variety of historical genres ranging from military history to contemporary history, technology to natural history, as well as science, archaeology and pop culture. Among the network's program offerings are hit series such as American Pickers, Ax Men, Brad Meltzer's Decoded, Ice Road Truckers, Top Gear, Pawn Stars and Top Shot, as well as acclaimed specials including America the Story of Us, WWII in HD, 102 Minutes That Changed America, The President's Book of Secrets and Life After People. HISTORY has earned four Peabody Awards, seven Primetime Emmy(r) Awards, 12 News & Documentary Emmy(r) Awards and received the prestigious Governor's Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for the network's Save Our History(r) campaign dedicated to historic preservation and history education. Take a Veteran to School Day is the network's signature initiative connecting America's schools and communities with veterans from all wars. The HISTORY website, located at The HISTORY website, located at www.history.com, is the leading online resource for all things history, featuring over 20,000 videos, images, audio clips, articles and interactive features that allow visitors to dig deeper into a broad range of thousands of historical topics.
About Preserve America
Preserve America is a federal partnership program begun in 2003 that encourages and highlights community efforts to preserve and enhance the priceless cultural heritage of the United States as well as associated natural resources. The program's goals include fostering greater public knowledge of, and appreciation for, the nation's past and its cultural traditions; encouraging broader support for saving the special places that help document and tell the story of America; strengthening civic pride and participation in ways that help build and sustain communities by preserving, enhancing, and using cultural heritage; and improving local economic vitality and livability through heritage development and heritage tourism. The Preserve America program is administered by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation in cooperation with the White House, the U.S. Department of the Interior, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.


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Tom Harper Takes Audiences Up, Up And Away With 'The Aeronauts'
Angela Dawson Contributor
I am an intrepid journalist who has covered Hollywood for two decades
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 08: (L-R) Tom Harper, Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne attend "The ... [+] Aeronauts" premiere during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall on September 08, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)
A lot of people have been asking filmmaker Tom Harper about changing the gender of one of his protagonists in the new $40 million adventure drama The Aeronauts, which is based on an actual event that happened more than 150 years ago. The British director has a ready answer: it was more interesting to have a feisty female balloon pilot (played by the charismatic Felicity Jones) as a complement to stoic scientist James Glaisher (played by Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne), who soared 37,000 feet above the English countryside, shattering the previous manned balloon altitude record while collecting weather data during the historic ascent.
"On that flight, there were two men (the other was aeronaut Henry Coxwell) who didn't really speak to each other at all, and the reason they didn't was because they were taking these measurements," explains Harper, by phone. "Whilst what they did was admirable and an amazing achievement, two people in a basket not talking to each other isn't necessarily the most dynamic film."
So, Harper and screenwriter Jack Thorne, who previously collaborated on The Scouting Book for Boys and War Book, played around a bit with history and expanded the scope of the film, based on Richard Holmes' 2013 book Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air. They combined a number of events from the book chronicling the history of ballooning into one eventful flight. Jones' character partially was inspired by 18th century French balloonist Sophie Blanchard.
Of course, it doesn't hurt that the leads in the film—Oscar nominee Jones and Oscar winner Redmayne—previously demonstrated their onscreen chemistry in the 2014 Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything, in which Redmayne played the renowned physicist and Jones his steadfast wife, Jane. This time around Redmayne, who won his Academy Award for that earlier performance, plays meteorologist James Glaisher, who hopes to prove his theory that the weather can be predicted by measuring the temperature and humidity of the atmosphere while reaching heights never before achieved by man. He enlists an experienced balloonist in Amelia Wren (Jones), a widow.
Glaisher faces an uphill battle trying to convince other member of the scientific community that his theory is valid and his scheme will work. Part of the film is devoted to him trying to raise the funds necessary to construct the 80-foot tall, 55-foot wide, red and white stripped silk gas balloon. He also has to convince Amelia herself, who has experienced tragedy while previously trying to shatter ballooning records, to join him. Nevertheless, the duo eventually end up in the basket together, taking off before an enthralled crowd who view the launch as a stunt rather than an act of scientific investigation. As the 93,000 cubic feet balloon soars over the English countryside the two opposites aboard the vessel form a friendship as they experience various unexpected wonders and life-threatening obstacles on their journey into the atmosphere.
Angela Dawson: Audiences likely will be delighted to see Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones together again onscreen. Did their previous onscreen collaboration convince you they had the right stuff to make this story work?
Tom Harper: Yes. It's always nice when your actors already have a good working relationship beforehand because you never quite know how that dynamic will be. But they were very generous in terms of bringing me into their established relationship. It was actually a real pleasure because they had such trust among themselves and because of that, they dare each other to take risks. So, for me coming into that, I become part of that.
AD: Your War & Peace cinematographer George Steel introduced you to the book, right? Had you heard of James Glaisher?
TH: No, it was a pretty new idea. I'm always looking for remarkable stories, of course, as any filmmaker or storyteller is. The reason it caught George's attention was because of the possibility of turning it into a film and what kind of visual opportunities that might offer. When I started reading it, I found out about these characters and the extreme lengths people went to to go on these journeys, and it started getting more and more exciting. That's the way these films come about for me. Once you start scratching the surface, it starts to reveal more and more.
AD: At what point did you decide to make Glaisher's balloon partner a woman?
TH: We made that decision very early on. When I was reading about Glaisher's flight, the thing that caught my attention was the feat of going nearly 37,000 feet, which is higher than anyone else has gone up in a balloon either before or since without additional oxygen. I read some more stories and decided we could combine a number of different flights into one so we could have this white-knuckle, roller coaster ride where you get to see all these amazing things happen. Pretty much everything that happens in the film is real, it just so happened at different times. Because we realized we would be drawing from different flights, it made me think that two middle-aged men in a basket not talking to each other isn't the most interesting character dynamic, so if you're going to bring in someone who's quite different from James Glaisher, who would that be? That's when I started reading about Sophie Blanchard, who's the main character that Felicity's character is based. She was such a flamboyant firecracker. She was driven, primarily, by instinct. So, I thought if I took those two characters, it could be something quite remarkable.
AD: What struck me was how believable you manage to make the ascent and the characters affected by the plunging temperatures as they soar higher and higher. How did you achieve that?
TH: A number of ways. The starting point was always trying to do as much in the air as possible. Even when we couldn't do things for real, we'd try and recreate it. The first question we had to address was could we build a 19th century gas balloon and make it flight-worthy? We sent up a lot of our crew up in the balloon to see what it was like. We weren't sure about the practicalities of it. But we were successful in that. So, we were able to get Eddie and Felicity into the balloon and they did scenes in it. We did all the climb on the side of the balloon. It turned out we could do a lot of it for real. What that meant is that not only did we have a sort of benchmark for which we had to get all the other shots up to that level of reality, but also it affected all of our decision-making later on. As an example, we wanted every single shot in the film to be shot as though it was shot from a helicopter or from within the basket. We took that and applied it to everything we did in the studio.
As far as making it seem really cold, we chilled the studio down to minus-1 (C). You can see their eyes watery and their face get pink. Both Eddie and Felicity embraced those conditions and brought that into their performance. I admire them for that.
Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones prepare for liftoff to break the altitude record and perform ... [+] weather experiments in a gas balloon in THE AERONAUTS.
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AD: Tell me about Felicity climbing to the top of the balloon. How much of it was her and how much was a stunt double?
TH: Felicity insisted from the beginning to do as much as possible the stunts herself. She basically did everything herself except for climbing up the balloon at 3,000 feet. She did it in the studio. It was incredibly challenging with the bruises and physical endurance she had to go through to do it. She trained for it. I have huge admiration for her. When you see her trying to get inside that basket, that's really her trying to do it.
AD: There's a magical scene where James and Amelia fly through a swarm of butterflies at an expectedly high altitude. Was that scene based on a real account or fictional?
TH: That was from one of the original stories from the book. There was a flight where there was a migration of butterflies as seen from a balloon.
AD: How did you feel when you're up in a balloon?
TH: It's wonderful. I'm addicted. I'm going to get my balloon pilot license. I think I'll be going many times again.
Angela Dawson
I am a formally trained reporter who spent years covering hard news for various print and television news outlets before discovering Hollywood nearly two decades ago. M...


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I'm returning to SoonerCon as a panelist this year, and as kind of a last-minute surprise, I will have a very limited edition of "The Grave Tales: SoonerCon edition" with me, featuring a brand-new story by me and Ellis Goodson.
Mike Kennedy provided the cover; you can also check out pinups by Johnnie Johnson, Robert Henry and Christopher Michael Elliott.
Here's where you should be able to find me through the weekend. SoonerCon runs June 22-24 at the Reed Conference Center, 5800 Will Rogers Road in Midwest City.
Movies? Make Mine Marvel. TV? DC for Me.
Friday, June 22, 2018, 1:00 p.m.
With few exceptions, Marvel is great at making movies and DC generally falls short of the goal. DC rocks at TV, and Marvel could stand to improve, i.e. Inhumans. What's behind these differences? Is it budget or production time? Doesn't it all come down to the writing?
If You Like That Comic, Then Try This!
Friday, June 22, 2018, 2:00 p.m.
Our distinguished panel of comics experts give suggestions based on reader favorites and ask for suggestions, too. Come ready to share your not-so-known titles and discover new comics to try.
Saturday, June 23, 2018, 9:00 a.m.
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Lloyd Lee Barnett (Avatar, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Ninja Apocalypse) and Glenn Garland (Vampire Diaries, Altered Carbon, Preacher, Grindhouse, The Devil's Rejects, The Fantastic Four) talk production, the current movie marketplace, funding, and making films your day job.
Sunday, June 24, 2018, 1:00 p.m.
Did you know George did stories before A Song of Ice and Fire? It's true! For those unfamiliar with the Wild Cards series, come learn as longtime fans celebrate the series. Started in 1987, it's recently seen its 25th book released. Now edited by George R. R. Martin, many authors come together to create an everyday superhero universe.
Award-winning writer and producer Matthew Price is features editor at The Oklahoman newspaper, where he also writes and podcasts about comics, film and geek culture. Matt is the co-writer and producer of the indie superhero feature film The Posthuman Project and the writer and producer of the film The Grave. Matt also co-wrote the short films Paradox, Heroes of the Realm, and The Bulleteers. Matt has written comic books including The Grave, Agent Blue, and Team: Awesome!
Matt and his wife, Annette, own the Eisner Award-nominated comic-book store, Speeding Bullet Comics, in Norman, OK.


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The Insult (2017) with Q&A by lead actor Kamel El Basha Staff Pick
When: Thu., Feb. 21, 7 p.m. 2019
Price: $9.50-$7
Twenty-five years after the Lebanese civil-war, its wounds linger. In today's Beirut, a small incident between a Palestinian refugee, Yasser (Kamel al-Basha), and a Lebanese-Christian, Tony, turns into a complicated trial, in which the personal becomes political. Competing narratives and mutual accusations of that war are laid out to show, as one lawyer states, ""no one has a monopoly on suffering." Kamel El Basha is a Palestinian actor from al-Quds (Jerusalem). He has had an impressive career in theatre, including serving as artistic director of the Palestinian National Theatre, as well as a film actor. His performance in The Insult won him the award for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival.
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So… NHK's asadora "Asa ga Kita" is in full swing, and I am 3 weeks into the story. So far, it's very good! But what I really like is that the theme song (sung by AKB48) is really good compared to the most recent asadora songs. Since we hear it every morning, a main requirement is that it doesn't get too annoying. But I think this song is great!


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Q: Stopping Button Click Function in C# Winfoms I have a Save Button that grabs information and stores it in SQL from a Winform.
The issue I'm having is that if you click the save button, it still stores blank information in the database.  I don't want this.  Here's my code.  Keep in mind, the actual saving, updating, getting data work perfectly.
        private void btnSave_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (txtLocalSourcePath.Text != null)
        {
            if (ResourceKey == 0)
            {
                ConnString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["Dev"].ConnectionString;
                GetData(ConnString);
                InsertData(ConnString);
                GetData(ConnString);
                lblInsertNewRecord.Visible = true;
                lblInsertNewRecord.Text = String.Format("You have inserted a new record at {0}", System.DateTime.Now);
            }
            else
            {
                UpdateData();
                GetData(ConnString);
                lblInsertNewRecord.Visible = true;
                lblInsertNewRecord.Text = String.Format("Updated Record at {0}", System.DateTime.Now );
            }
            ClearData();
        }
        else
        {
            lblInsertNewRecord.Visible = true;
            lblInsertNewRecord.Text = "Cannot add record.  Please select file.";
        }
    }

I have tried these options:
stopping a function executed on a winform button click
How to cancel any event in winforms?
How to cancel winform button click event?

A: You probably want to try if (txtLocalSourcePath.Text != null && txtLocalSourcePath.Text.Length > 0), or the solution proposed by basher:
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(txtLocalSourcePath.Text))
The .Text property is NOT actually null, but instead just a blank ("") string.
Edit: Russ Wilson's recommendation in comments is also handy: if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(txtLocalSourcePath.Text)), which guarantees that the string is not just spaces/tabs/etc.

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Jeff Van Gundy had himself quite a first quarter in New Orleans on Friday night.
The ESPN NBA analyst and former coach came down on the side of Pelicans management in its dealings with All-Star forward Anthony Davis, who has told the front office (through agent Rich Paul) that he wants to be traded. The Lakers tried to pry Davis from the Pelicans and pair him with Paul client LeBron James prior to Thursday's trade deadline but were rebuffed.
Van Gundy also took a swipe at the NBA for threatening to fine New Orleans ownership $100,000 per game if it were to bench a healthy Davis at any point. Davis returned to the lineup Friday after missing nine games with a finger injury (New Orleans went 3-6 in those games), and he has said he wants to play in the Pelicans' remaining games.
Van Gundy wasn't finished. He essentially called the New Orleans market, including its newspaper, the Times-Picayune, apathetic.
Jeff Van Gundy is making some completely asinine comments right now.
"Very passive boos. This fan base just isn't passionate. They're just not. And that's why it's a half-empty arena, too."
For the record, Andrew Lopez is the Pels beat writer for the Times-Picayune, and word of Van Gundy's crack got back to him quickly.
Hey @espn ... Can someone let Jeff know that the Pelicans have some great beat writers covering this team?
Further, Friday's crowd sounded pretty engaged with it booed Davis during pregame introductions and into the first half.
Yes, it's just another night in The Association.
UPDATE: Davis had a huge night with 32 points, nine rebounds and three blocks in just 25 minutes, but he also sat the entire fourth quarter and watched as the Timberwolves tried to rally.
"AD and I talked about that early. I was not about to have him first game back play 38, 40 minutes, 39 minutes or whatever," Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry told reporters after the game. "We had talked about playing between 22 and 25 minutes. That's why he didn't go back in the game. I thought he played well, went in there and did a good job. . . . He was typical Anthony."
The Pelicans hung on for the win and improved to 25-31; they're now five games out of a playoff spot in the Western Conference.
SN's Blair Berry contributed to this report.


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Expediting Japan's Civil Court Proceedings with adoption of Microsoft Teams
January 29, 2020	 | Microsoft Stories Asia
Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. announced the incorporation of Microsoft Teams, a unified communication and collaboration platform to facilitate IT infrastructure development for civil court proceedings, a transition promoted by Japan's Supreme Court. Microsoft Teams will be integrated into the evidentiary proceedings of civil court cases in nine locations across Japan as of February 2020, and an additional five locations as of May 2020. This marks the global debut of Teams as a tool used in civil court case proceedings.
"Teams, a collaborative app that serves as a hub for Office 365 teamwork, is used daily by more than 20 million users worldwide. Through chat-based discussions, the tool integrates with a variety of applications, facilitating document sharing and simultaneous editing, online conference meetings and calls. Teams also provides individuals with the opportunity to work remotely, therefore revolutionizing organization workstyles and recognizing digital transformation,", said Tomonari Sato, Managing Director, Public Sector Lead, Microsoft Japan.
"As client data is stored at a Microsoft Data Center in Japan, even domains with strict oversight policies such as those of central and local governments, public agencies, and medical and educational facilities, can safely use Teams with confidence.".
Participants who live in remote locations have had to participate in evidentiary proceedings of civil court cases through telephone calls or video conferencing. However, drawbacks to such methods include the inability to see participants' facial expressions during these calls, and those in pending lawsuits must travel to a nearby courthouse for video conferencing services due to limited availability and connectivity. These methods restrict the judge and representatives from viewing and discussing documents and visuals concurrently. Such constraints prevent the use of video conferencing as a tool, and additional challenges such as time, distance and travelling costs also lead to trial postponements when key parties involved are unable to coordinate and sync their schedules.
The Phase One rollout of Teams in evidentiary proceedings will enable trial participants, regardless of where they are, to peruse documents and simultaneously view facial expressions and discuss key points.
■ Benefits of Microsoft Teams in evidentiary proceedings of civil cases
View facial expressions of participants who are not physically present in court during evidentiary proceedings
Case participants can join evidentiary proceedings from remote locations such as law offices through the Teams' Web conferencing feature
Utilizing Teams document sharing and simultaneous editing features, enabling parties to include additional claims to the "evidentiary proceedings summary" drafted by the court, for a more unified document
Availability of Teams' screen-sharing feature for all parties to identify and view relevant documents (such as contracts and documents clarifying the dispute issues) as though they are physically in the same place, enabling document confirmation, discussion and negotiation of key issues.
Tokyo's law court area.
■ Achievable results using Microsoft Teams in evidentiary proceedings of civil cases
Web conferencing feature enables the scheduling of evidentiary proceedings without having to buffer for transit time, shortening the duration of trials
Eliminates the need for trial participants to travel significant distances, creating cost and time savings for the counsel and other relevant parties
Presents an excellent opportunity to review and improve the current practices of evidentiary proceedings. Among all (approximately 139,000) civil suits litigated in district court across Japan in 2018, over 40% (some 60,000) incorporated evidentiary proceedings.
As the use of IT is enhanced for civil trials and web conferencing is gradually used in evidentiary proceedings, other legal reforms and changes are also being considered for oral arguments, that can bring about more convenience and expedite ligation. This includes determining oral argument dates, the digitization of lawsuit petitions and fee payments, preparatory documents and online scheduling confirmations by related parties. Collectively, such achievements will present unprecedented and advanced digitalized trials globally.
Microsoft Japan aims to support to digital transformation that enhances IT use in Supreme Court civil case proceedings, and seeks to help realize expedited, efficient, and secure trials that are more user-friendly for the country's citizens.
Visualization of the role of Microsoft Teams in evidentiary proceedings of civil court cases:
For details on the start of new evidentiary proceedings and operations implemented with IT tools such as Web conferencing:
http://www.courts.go.jp/about/topics/webmeeting_2019/index.html
Refer to the above site for details on courts utilizing Teams in evidentiary proceedings.
Note: Evidentiary proceedings are procedures through which civil courts identify disputed issues between parties and the means through which evidence will be examined to elucidate the truth. The proceedings include preparatory oral arguments in open court as well as closed preparatory oral and written (documentation) proceedings. Teleconferencing and videoconferencing are permitted in the latter (closed proceedings).
*Microsoft, Office 365, and Microsoft Teams are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the USA and/or other countries.
*Other corporate names or products are registered trademarks or trademarks of the relevant corporations.
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