It's a glorious morning on Halcyon Pond.
I went out early, wanting to enjoy the early sun's rays glancing across the garden. I was confronted with one of the most plaintive, painful sounds I've heard. I followed the sound to its source and found a small faun stuck in a fountain pool.
I have no idea how long it had been there. I lifted it out and when I set it down found it was too weak to stand. It was soaked through, so I took off my sweatshirt (spring seems equivocal this year, uncertain it wants to stick around) and wrapped the faun so I could dry and warm it. Such a small helpless creature, shivering as I held it, with either fear or cold or both.
I am not a romantic about nature. I know it's all about the circle of life and that every creature lives and dies and one way or another becomes food for some other creature. It is necessary. And in a paradoxical sense, it is what gives life meaning. Without death life would have no meaning.
The deer ravage my garden each year. I like to joke (ruefully) that we have gourmet deer; that our garden is listed in their Zagat guide as having the best salad bar in town. I spray regularly, with some success, but last night we had 20 mph winds. Spraying would have been useless. And last night the little buggers grabbed the opportunity to come have a nice, fresh spring mix comprised of fresh hosta leaves with some epimedium blossoms thrown in for spice. And so, of course, there was murder in my heart. And yet, my heart breaks when I see an animal harmed, and especially when it is the result of our unnatural acts.
I dried and held the faun until it felt a little warmer.
As I finished, I checked the spot where I had left the faun. It was gone and I was relieved. I hope it is a good storyteller. I hope it tells its mates a tale that will keep them away from my garden. Either a tale of the good fairy who lives in the woods, or of the dangers of the great sea in which they might drown.
Because… I love my garden.
Thank you, Victor. Your photos are really beautiful!
A very good fairy, with a very even hand.
The deer ravage our garden, too. Grrr. But what is it about baby animals that make our hearts melt? Nature really does have us sorted, doesn't it? I appreciate how you take the time to reflect on both sides of this issue… And I'm glad the fawn got away.


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Fiona Barton on The First Chapter
Fiona Barton, author of 2016's compelling new thriller The Widow, discusses the process of writing that crucial first chapter, and bringing Jean's voice to life.
Sally Gaminara on Editing
In a career spanning almost forty years, Transworld Publishing Director Sally Gaminara has worked with authors including Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins and Nick Robinson. Exclusively for Think Smarter, Sally reflects on the editing process.
A.L. Kennedy on Writing
An accomplished novelist and short story writer, and a professor of creative writing at the University of Warwick, A. L. Kennedy understands the perils of relying on real life to draw your fictional characters. In this extract from On Writing, Kennedy describes the responsibility of invading a reader's space, and how not to fill your fiction with the ghosts of your past.
The story behind… The Fox and the Star
Best known for designing the iconic covers for the Penguin Clothbound Classics, illustrator Coralie Bickford-Smith has now created her first tale. Here she tells us the story behind becoming an author as well as a designer ahead of the release of her original fable, The Fox and the Star.
Louis de Bernières' journey into The Dust that Falls from Dreams
Louis de Bernières discusses that journey that led him to writing his latest work, The Dust That Falls from Dreams, an epic story of love and war, and of England in the first half of the twentieth century.
An interview with Jennifer Niven #AllTheBrightPlaces
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Category / 2012 films
Kelly's Eye
2002 films, 2005 films, 2007 films, 2012 films, British films, documentaries, documentary film, film reviews
2002 films, 2005 films, 2007 films, 2012 films, adaptations, Barbican, British films, city symphonies, documentary, festival of britain, film reviews, iain sinclair, kieran evans, niall griffiths, paul kelly, saint etienne, whitechapel art gallery
This is Tomorrow (Paul Kelly, 2007)
Finisterre (Paul Kelly and Kieran Evans, 2002)
What Have You Done Today Mervyn Day? (Paul Kelly, 2005)
Kelly + Victor (Kieran Evans, 2012)
So, Paul Kelly has made at least three documentaries with Saint Etienne, a musical beat combo whose work I confess I'm not familiar with, although I've listened to some since. And I suspect that means I'm missing something with Finisterre.
Of course, This is Tomorrow is mistitled, because it surely refers to the iconic exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1956, featuring artists such as Eduardo Paolozzi, William Turnbull, Richard Hamilton, and many more. Instead, it takes us back to the Festival of Britain in 1951, of which the Royal Festival Hall is one survivor. Designed by Leslie Martin, Peter Moro and Robert Matthew, compromises in building meant the acoustics were not as rich as they might have been. There was an attempt to improve this in 1964, followed by a major restoration and improvement between 2005 and 2007. The documentary shows the festival and then moves into an account of the work. I confess I was interested more in the former than the latter and it's such a shame the Skylon was destroyed.
Having realised this was a loose trilogy, I then watched Finisterre, which includes extracts from The Shipping Forecast and music from the album by Saint Etienne. It's a version of the City Symphony genre although, despite some really interesting shots and juxtapositions, doesn't compare with Manhatta (Paul Strand, 1921) or Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis (Walter Ruttmann, 1927). It's a day in the life of the city, from 6.00am to 6.00am at Victoria Station, apparently also biographical of the band. I missed all this, but did like the snark about Camden.
Like This is Tomorrow, Mervyn was commissioned to be performed and screened in the Barbican, and is a depiction of the Lower Lea Valley, at around the time of the announcement of the 2012 Olympics. This coincided with the 7/7 bombing, which is brought in via snippets of news broadcasts. The trajectory depends on the wanderings of a paper boy, Mervyn Day (Noah Kelly, presumably the director's son) on his rather extended paper route. David Essex and Linda Robson contribute as his grandfather and mother. Presumably his name is taken from a Leyton Orient footballer. It's diverting enough, I learned a fair bit, and maybe needed to be watched alongside reading Iain Sinclair's Sorry Meniscus (1999), about trying to walk to the Millennium Dome.
Kelly and Saint Etienne have since collaborated on How We Used to Live (2014), which I haven't seen.
Evans, co-director of Finisterre, has also made a fiction film, Kelly + Victor, (apparently) loosely based on a novel of the same name by Niall Griffiths. Kelly (Antonia Campbell-Hughes) and Victor (Julian Morris) meet at a club and go back to her place where they have violent sex in which she bites and chokes him. Kelly is a shopworker, who occasionally helps out her dominatrix friend, whilst Victor is a romantic who works on Liverpool dock and whose idea of a date is wandering around the Walker Gallery or Sefton Park.
Of course, this can't end well, so it needs a bit of caution.
A Dream of Everlasting Love
2012 films, British films, film reviews, Uncategorized
2012 films, British Film, British films, derek Jarman, film review, film reviews, sally potter
Ginger & Rosa (Sally Potter, 2012)
Potter has produced a couple of masterpieces — Orlando and The Man Who Cried — on minimal budgets and seems to be able to attract Class A character actors. Here we have Timothy Spall and Annette Bening, not to mention Christina Hendricks and Oliver Platt and Alessandro Nivola. Continue reading →


Through its Classifieds business OLX Group, Naspers is investing US$1.16 billion in Avito, acquiring an additional 29.1% stake and bringing its ownership to 99.6% on a fully diluted basis.
January 25, 2019: Naspers' Classifieds business, OLX Group, announced today an investment of US$1.16 billion, at an implied enterprise value of $3.85 billion, to acquire a further 29.1% stake in Avito, the leading online general classifieds and property platform in Russia. OLX Group's stake increases from 70.4% to 99.6% on a fully diluted basis. The remaining shares are held by existing management.
The transaction closed on January 25, 2019 and was funded by Naspers' existing cash resources.
Swiggy, Takealot, Udemy, and WeBuyCars.


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Q: API.AI - Catch Strings between quotation marks? I use api.ai to understand what end-user wants from my app.
One of my apps functionalities is translating text using google api.
For that i need to catch string between quotation marks.
How to catch them?

A: You could use the @sys.any for that. It's a system entity that can be used to capture any kind of string conform a sentence structure.
I've post a picture below as an example of how I achieved this with the expected output.
API.ai Example

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Also: Serbian crisis, Alan Dershowitz on the use of torture and Iranian elections.
Serbia is still reeling from Kosovo's declaration of independence last month.
The decision provoked a furious response from countries with secessionist movements of their own and left Serbia in turmoil.
The political crisis deepened this week when Boris Tadic, Serbia's president, dissolved parliament and announced snap elections for May 11.
This came as the recently formed governing coalition collapsed after ministers failed to agree on whether to suspend ties with the European Union, in protest at recognition of Kosovan independence by some EU countries.
Vuk Jeremic, Serbia's foreign minister, joins Sir David to discuss the political crisis and what it means for the country's future. Jeremic reiterates Serbia's plans to oppose Kosovo's declaration of independence.
He also says the forthcoming elections will determine Serbia's future in the EU.
This week the US House of Representatives upheld a presidential veto of a bill to prevent the CIA from subjecting enemy detainees to interrogation methods that critics say amount to torture.
Under the legislation controversial interrogation methods, including water boarding and sensory deprivation would have been banned.
George Bush, the US president, said the legislation would have removed one of the most valuable tools in the 'war on terror'.
But some have said the decision has undermined the US's international credibility and could expose US military personnel to similar treatment if captured in a warzone.
Alan Dershowitz, the American lawyer and political commentator, joins Sir David to discuss the issue of torture.
Dershowitz says that in extreme circumstances the use of torture can be justified. But he expresses his disappointment that the presidential veto was upheld.
Annie Lennox is a solo artist and the lead singer of The Eurythmics. The Scottish singer-songwriter has sold over 78 million records during her long and illustrious musical career.
She has won a host of awards including four Grammys, two Golden Globes and an Oscar.
During her career Lennox has supported a number of charitable causes, including Amnesty International and Children in Need.
Her most recent project, the SING Campaign, is aimed at raising awareness of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and its impact on women and children.
As part of the campaign Lennox has teamed up with 23 acclaimed female singers to produce a single.
Annie Lennox joins Sir David to discuss the project and her musical career. Lennox says that she is aiming to use music as a vehicle for raising awareness about HIV/AIDS.
She also criticises politicians for not addressing the virus soon enough and says every child has a right to medical treatment.
The election in Iran on Friday is likely to keep conservatives firmly in control of parliament.
Reformists had hoped to capitalise on rising public discontent, with Iran's economy struggling.
But unelected state bodies, led by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, barred many opposition candidates from contesting the vote.
A victory for the conservatives in the poll is likely to increase Iran's determination to continue its nuclear programme, which the US and various other countries oppose.
It may also exacerbate Iran's hostile foreign-policy towards the West.
Nazenin Ansari, an Iranian journalist, joins Sir David to discuss the vote. Ansari criticises the democratic credentials of the Iranian political system and says the poll will not lead to change in the country.
Ansari also says Iran is misunderstood by people who only focus on the last 30 years of the country's history.
On Tuesday the US Federal Reserve injected $200bn into the financial system amidst mounting fear in US financial markets.
The move initially stemmed market panic. This stability was short-lived – the dollar subsequently fell further and there were record highs in the prices of oil and gold.
This comes against a backdrop of increased global economic uncertainty.
Some analysts have said we are in the midst of a sharp economic downturn. Meanwhile, one of the largest banks in the US has said the country is already in recession.
Sir David talks to Hamish McRae, a columnist for The Independent, about the global economic troubles.
McRae says the downturn is part of a global economic cycle and warns that things will get worse before they get better.
But, he says the powerful economies of China and India are keeping the world economy afloat.


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Tom Brady won his sixth Super Bowl on Sunday. Amari Cooper has yet to play in his first.
But Cooper trusts in Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott to get him there.
NESN.com asked Cooper if he could imagine playing with the Patriots quarterback. The Cowboys receiver predictably plugged his own quarterback since the chances are slim to none that Cooper and Brady ever play together.
Prescott, 25, has gone 33-18 in his three-year career, including a 1-2 postseason record.
While others may doubt whether Prescott is a franchise quarterback — opening debate about whether the Cowboys should pay him like one — Cooper has no doubt.
I guess we can file this under "silly things that players say" and leave it at that.
If Cooper had only one season left to play and you asked him that question I'll bet his answer would be different.
Don't worry Amari, Bill Belichick won't be calling any time soon.
A lot of people want to beat TB12. Shoot for the stars. Give it your best shot.
Prescott / Cowboys have a .647 winning percentage with Dak at the helm. That's better than most teams in the same time frame.
Good luck with that Amari.
It is funny, but what else could he say?
Dak Prescott without the running game and Elliott isn't much better than a quality backup.
Dak has the 2nd most wins since he entered the league; only behind Tom Brady. I'll take that all day.
in order to play him in the playoffs you have to go to the Superbowl, Good luck with that with the cowgirls. or the chokers would be more appropriate.
That's a really good win percentage. Most QBs would be very satisfied with winning nearly 2 games every 3 games you play.
Is Amari Cooper sure about that?
First get yourself a head coach. Then get a qb that is accurate over 10 yards.
Of course he's going to say that. He's a Cowboy. What else would he say?
Dak's winning percentage is propped up by a rookie year sustained by the best OL in football.
I guess Amari needs to get with another team! The Cowboys have yet to bet the Patriots under Tom Brady.
Come to Buffalo, you'll get two chances per year.
There are Talkers and there are doer's, too bad there's a lot more of the Talkers around.
Last time I checked, football is a team sports. Neither you nor Brady will be on the field at the same time. Stop thinking of yourself and think of your team beating the Patriots. It is a team sports as evidenced in the SuperBowl. There were no one putting up superstar stats. They worked together to help each other. Gronk was a decoy to allow Edelman to be open. Brady did not put up huge numbers but managed the game well (after his first INT).
He didn't want to beat Nick Saban, he wanted to play for him, because he doesn't like challenges. He would love to play for Belichick.
If I were a teammate of Amari,.. I'd be pumped to hear that. That's positive locker room stuff. That's how you become a team leader.
Well, we know the Cowboys aren't going to the Super Bowl anytime soon, so that leaves a regular season matchup. Next time they play will be 2021. Brady will be 44 years old, so there is a slight chance that you might beat him – assuming you're still in the league and still playing for the Cowboys.
And Lamar Jackson says he wants to win multiple Super Bowls.
Personally, I think these guys should let their play do the talking.
That's exactly how every player in The NFL Should think. If you don't think that way I would not want you on my team.
Amari first has to realize that he needs to get out of Dallas if he wants to see a SB. That's the only way he will see Tom Brady.
To the individual who's not wise enough to recognize a complement! Now what doesn't happen a lot ,is a young man (Lamar Jackson) given credit where it's due! Now that doesn't happen often that's why I'm glad we've got him. But as for sir! You're a straight 🐴🐴,two times over!!
Screw all these haters. Amari is wise and a grown man, and he knows the difference between silly and facts that gets shown on the field. For some reason Dakota Prescott gets criticized more than basically any other quarterback. It's simply some bs and it's not ok but Prescott deals with it. Much love Dallas Cowboys Fan but also a Stats, Fact Loving SportsFan.
HaHa, it would have been awesome if I caught the ball.
The Cowboys won three games this last season by questionable calls. The Saints lost one by a bad call and it has been a non-stop topic ever since. The NFL (read) Goodell want and need Jerry's team to be part of the discussion. I'm not a Pats fan, but the winning numbers don't lie.
Only a moron would not want to play for Belichick.
He'll get a chance to beat Brady in Foxboro in the fall. I'm sure this quote is already on the bulletin board.


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When I was stopped at a weight loss plateau, I got discouraged, I was definitely disappointed, but I did not quit.
I thought about one of my favorite quotes from Albert Einstein. His quote gave me both the inspiration and the answer to my weight loss plateau. Albert Einstein said, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Therefore, if I wanted to drop more weight, and what I was currently doing was not moving me towards my goal, I needed to alter what I was doing. I refused to quit. I refused to feel sorry for myself. I just made a few changes to what I was doing, until I got the results I expected.
I did two things that worked. I increased the number and lengths of my exercise routines, and I reduced my calorie intake. These two things always worked for me.
The amount of calories a person needs to maintain their weight reduces as their weight lowers. What worked when you are 275 pounds may not work when you are 190 pounds. Therefore, as you drop weight, you need to become more aggressive towards what you are doing.
The big mistake that people make when they reach a weight plateau is to get disappointed and quit. However, this is not the time to quit. It is the get more aggressive. This is the time to finish what you started. You have proven to yourself that you can lose it. You just need to take it to the next level. Let's take it to the next level and let's finish it.


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Read Next:	Sally Field, Linda Ronstadt and 'Sesame Street' Among 2019 Kennedy Center Honorees
Handleman distribbery on a roll in 1st qtr.
Company posts $1.7 mil net income, 155% profit jump from previous year
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HOLLYWOOD — Handleman Co., a "rackjobber" that distributes music and video products to department stores, more than doubled its new income and boosted sales in a fiscal first quarter that the company noted is usually a weak one.
The Troy, Mich.-based company, which also operates a North Coast Entertainment division for proprietary music, video and licensing operations, posted $1.7 million in net income for a three-month period ended July 29. That represented a 155% rise from profit of $682,000 in the same period of the previous fiscal year and a 16th consecutive quarter of earnings improvement.
Overall, revenue rose 2% to $231.4 million. CEO Stephen Strome noted that music unit sales for U.S. rackjob customers rose almost 3%, though units sales industrywide increased less than 2%.
"We are pleased with our overall results for the first quarter, which has historically been the company's weakest quarter for both sales and earnings," Strome said.
In the NCE division, sales were off 15% for its Madacy Entertainment record label, and were flat at homevideo distributor Anchor Bay and children's filmed-entertainment unit itsy bitsy Entertainment, officials said.
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John Ford has stepped down as general manager of NPact, the trade association that represents unscripted TV producers. Ford is exiting the post he's held since 2015 because of the potential for conflicts of interest arising from his role as head of programming for digital multicast outlets Justice Network and Quest Network. The channels were [...]
Sally Field, Linda Ronstadt and 'Sesame Street' Among 2019 Kennedy Center Honorees
Sally Field, Linda Ronstadt, "Sesame Street," conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and R&B veterans Earth, Wind and Fire have been selected as the 2019 Kennedy Center Honorees. The kudos will be handed out Dec. 8 at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D.C. The award to "Sesame Street" marks the first time the prestigious laurel [...]
Jeffrey Epstein, the high-living financier who partied and traveled with Hollywood stars and world leaders, has been denied bail. The multimillionaire businessman is accused of sexually abusing underage girls as young as 14 years old and collecting child pornography. Prosecutors argued successfully that Epstein's wealth made him a serious flight risk. He faces up to [...]
AWAL Names Bianca Bhagat as Senior VP, Synch & Brand Partnerships
AWAL, Kobalt's recorded music company, announced the hiring of Bianca Bhagat as senior vice president, synch & brand partnerships. Based in Los Angeles, she will oversee AWAL's global synch & brand partnerships team, pursuing creative marketing opportunities for the AWAL roster, according to the announcement. Most recently with Glassnote, leading the Film and TV department [...]


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Mark Schoefield continues to impress by keeping track of matters and following promptly with you. He anticipates issues and over communicates which is positive for sure. Thanks.
Mark is always a pleasure to work with.
Just had my 2016 GL550 in for service for the first time at Mercedes of Tucson. Evan Stark was my advisor. Since this is my first Mercedes, I had many questions. Evan was patient and knowledgeable and answered all of my questions. The service was fast and efficient. Great experience!
Talk about a credit to a company. Steve listens to your concerns and makes sure things are done correctly and on a timely basis. Does a great job of keeping you informed.
Evan Stark is a real pro, he made the visit a real pleasure.
Always the Best! Mark worked with my constraints and got me in and out conveniently. Great job too! I tell everyone about your service organization.
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Boston, MA -- Nearly half (48%) of firearm retailers in New Hampshire displayed materials from a firearm suicide prevention campaign generated by a coalition of gun owners and public health professionals, according to a new study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers. It is the first collaboration between firearm retailers and public health professionals around suicide prevention.
The study appeared online October 28, 2014 in Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior.
Following a spate of suicides in 2009 in New Hampshire involving recently-purchased firearms, the New Hampshire Firearm Safety Coalition initiated a study of the problem and discussed ways in which it could be addressed. Composed of firearms retailers, other firearms rights advocates, and suicide prevention experts, the coalition identified all commercial firearm retailers in the state and conducted structured interviews to discuss the role of firearm access in suicide prevention and obtain input on draft campaign materials. Packets of final campaign materials for both firearm retailers (providing tips to reduce the odds of selling a firearm to someone who may be suicidal) and their customers (encouraging customers to consider off-site storage if someone at home is suicidal) were mailed to all firearm retailers, and stores were visited unannounced six months later to assess their response to the packets.
"We were quite pleasantly surprised to discover so many stores had the materials we developed for their customers on display," said lead author Mary Vriniotis, who conducted this work while at Harvard School of Public Health and is now a researcher at the American Institutes for Research in Washington D.C. "I knew from conducting many of the interviews while developing materials that retailers were very thoughtful about this issue, but conveying a message to one's customers indicates a willingness to put thought into action."
The only factor identified in the study that was related to a store's likelihood of displaying campaign materials was the owner's belief that reducing a suicidal person's access to firearms could save a life: 69% of those who believed this displayed campaign materials, whereas only 41% of retailers who did not believe this displayed these materials.
"I'd hate to think a gun I sold was used in a suicide, and others feel the same way," said study co-author Ralph Demicco, former owner of Riley's Sports Shop in Hooksett, NH and co-chair of the coalition. "That's why we're learning about warning signs and spreading an additional message of gun safety to our customers: If you're worried someone is suicidal, offer to hold on to their guns until they are in a better place."
"This coalition demonstrates that there is common ground and even overlap between the gun-owning community and the public health community," said study co-author Elaine Frank, co-chair of the coalition and director of a program at Dartmouth College to counsel health care professionals on reducing a suicidal person's access to lethal means. "Legislative approaches to improving firearm safety tend to get stuck, but when an atmosphere of respect is cultivated around a shared goal, it is possible to avoid polarizing debate even around a subject as contentious as firearms--not only possible, but critical if progress in saving lives is to be made. We are pleased that this project is now being replicated in multiple states around the country."
Catherine Barber of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center at HSPH was a co-author.
This study was supported by funding from Riley's Sport Shop Inc., the NH Department of Health and Human Services' Bureau of Behavioral Health, the Joyce Foundation, the Bohnett Foundation, the NH Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and the Injury Prevention Center at Dartmouth University.


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Of jokes and their proper placement
Greetings, programs!
Let's talk about comedic timing for a bit. I'm not talking about the kind of timing that actors and actresses need to have, in which they deliver their funny lines with sufficient timing that it maximizes comic effect and gets the biggest laugh. I'm more talking about the placement of the joke itself within the story.
You can't just have a joke any old place. You have to plan these things. If you put a joke in your story's most emotional moment, it has to be good, and it has to allow for a certain release of the tension of the BIG MOMENT. But I'm not talking about this, either.
What I'm talking about for a minute or two is the joke itself, and when it can happen. Sometimes jokes occur to writers outside of the confines of the story's timeline, and it's tempting to throw them in wherever. But you can't do this. You have to think about a joke, and where it's going, and why.
Basically, the story itself has to support the joke.
I have a good example here, from the 1987 movie Broadcast News. (This is one of my favorite comedies of all time, by the way.) The movie is about the news division of a television network in the late 80s, and the challenges faced by one producer (Holly Hunter) and one reporter (Albert Brooks) as the times change toward budget cuts and flash over substance. The story isn't important for the point I'm making, but the relationship between Jane (Hunter) and Aaron (Brooks) is.
These two have been working together for years and have the kind of relationship where they can speak to each other in shorthand, where they can anticipate each other's thoughts and finish each other's sentences. They are close enough that it's amazing that they're not a couple, a possibility which hasn't even occurred to Jane until she falls for a new reporter (William Hurt), and has to have things spelled out for her in one of the best declarations of love in a movie ever.
The joke isn't there either, though.
As the movie progresses, obstacles arise left and right, and it gradually becomes clear that events both internal and external are going to force Jane and Aaron apart. They are going to go different ways professionally, and when they realize that their hearts are simply not going to align anymore, we know that while their friendship might not be specifically ending, it will never be as close as it's been again.
And then, near one of the film's last scenes, comes a throwaway joke, a single line, that is very easily overlooked. Blink and you'll miss it…but everyone I've ever known who knows and loves this movie knows this line. Jane calls Aaron and asks if they can meet to talk, and Aaron says this:
"OK. I'll meet you at the place near the thing where we went that time."
And she gets it.
This is a great joke and a great line, even though it's over so quickly, precisely because of where it happens in the movie. If this exchange happens in the first half hour, sure, it might get some laughs, but it wouldn't be memorable. It wouldn't be–it wouldn't feel–true. And that's what's great about it: it feels true.
A line like that gives a little hint to us, watching this friendship get slowly pulled apart, that there's still a little life there, that these two people do still share some kind of connection where they can innately understand one another and comprehend this sort of shorthand that only the very closest of friends can have.
The story supports the joke, which could come any time in the script but which comes when it does because our writer, James L. Brooks, knows exactly where this joke has to come. The joke helps us maintain optimism that Jane and Aaron can still be friends, and the only way the joke can do that is if we're already invested.
So when you have a joke that serves a specific purpose, you have to be careful about where you put it in your story. Your jokes help create the tone in your story, but your story has to support its jokes too.
And that's all I have for today. See you around the Galaxy, folks!
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Daily 2 Cents: Face in the Closet -- Bizarre Beaver Attack -- Schoolgirls Suffer 'Mass Demonic Possession'
Face in the Closet
Dan Froggner e-mailed Dave about a strange experience he had while living with his grandparents:
"In 2010 I started dating my current wife. At the time, I had been living in my grandparent's house for three paranormal activity free years. Once I started dating her, I would notice a faint glow in my closet. It wouldn't happen every night and I chalked it up to my white shirt reflecting the moonlight. After awhile the glow became a fuzzy face. Too fuzzy to make out details. It would freak me out enough to shut the closet door but when I would wake up after a couple of hours, the door would be open and the face would still be leering out. I also woke up to myself sitting in the bed chatting with the thing in the closet. When I realized what I was doing, I would ask it to kindly leave me alone, turn my back to the closet door and fall asleep. My lady friend had a funny feeling about it on her first visit and a couple of weeks later, noticed the face. I ended up moving out a month after it started and haven't had any experiences since. When I would would visit my grandparents I would check out the old room just because and nothing would happen. It was crazy. A random experience and part of me wants to know what it was and why it chose that period in my life to show itself."
Source: Darkness Radio - December 7, 2015
Transcribed by Jamie Brian
Croatia Remembers Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla, whose numerous inventions gained worldwide fame, was born exactly 160 years ago in Smiljan near Gospić, and the anniversary is being remembered in Croatia, reports tportal.hr on July 10, 2016.
The physicist from the Centre for the Advancement of Science, Humanism and Critical Thinking Slobodan Bosanac says that Tesla was "a symbol of all our giants" and the first in a series of exceptional scientists who came from Croatia. His spirit is global and we simply have to be proud of him, says Bosanac.
Tesla was raised in Smiljan and Gospić, where he finished elementary and junior high school. Remembering childhood, he once said that together with his father he practiced "strengthening of memory and reason". He thought that, after the completion of a high school in Karlovac, he would have to follow in his father's footsteps and become an Orthodox priest. However, his father let him choose his own career. Therefore, he enrolled at the Higher Polytechnic School in Graz. Later, he also tried to go to study in Prague, and much later, in 1894, he received honorary doctorates from distinguished Universities of Columbia and Yale in the United States, as well as numerous other awards.
Tesla spent most of his life in the United States, working in different companies and laboratories, including those that he himself founded. Tesla was a man of the world. He was born and raised in Croatia, but America enabled him to become what he has become, says Bosanac.
In the USA, he patented around 700 inventions in the field of electrical engineering and radio. He designed the first AC electricity power plant, as well as the first Croatian hydroelectric power plant on the Krka river. He also worked on the idea to use the upper parts of the atmosphere for transmission of electricity from one end of the globe to another, as well as on the idea to light up the dark side of the Earth.
In 1917, Tesla received the Edison Medal, the highest award in the field of research of electricity in the United States, and the international unit of magnetic field strength was named after him.
In 2006, a memorial to Tesla was inaugurated in Smiljan. Also, many streets are called after Tesla, as well as several schools, a college, a company, a state prize for science, and a state medal. But, the most that could be done for Tesla would be to improve the educational system in Croatia: to enable young people to have access to knowledge and good teachers. School curricula should also include not only Tesla's inventions, but the Tesla himself, just like students learn about great writers, says Bosanac. - Croatia Remembers Nikola Tesla on the 160th Anniversary of His Birth
Bizarre Beaver Attack
A beaver suspected of carrying rabies attacked a paddle boarder on Beaver Lake on Friday, inflicting multiple lacerations.
"I saw a big splash, but I didn't see what the splash was from," said Betsy Bent, 67, who has used Beaver Lake for 22 years. "It came up under my board and knocked my board over, and then it latched onto my leg and wouldn't let go. I didn't know what it was at that time. I didn't think there was any 'Jaws' in Beaver Lake."
Once Bent fell in the water, the beaver kept attacking.
"I was yelling, 'Help, I'm being bitten!'" she said. " A very nice fisherman was talking to me and motioning me to come over, and then it turned around and attacked me again and latched onto my hand. Then it came around a third time and latched onto my other hand."
The angler helped beat the beaver off her, and brought Bent to shore. She was transported to Mission Hospital for care of multiple lacerations.
"Beavers chew on logs, so I've got some pretty good lacerations and staples and stitches," Bent said.
She also had to begin the rabies shot protocol, which requires multiple shots over several days.
The beaver was to be tested Monday for rabies, a serious viral disease often transmitted through animal bites. The vast majority of rabies cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention each year occur in wild animals like raccoons, skunks, bats, and foxes, according to the CDC's website.
The rabies virus infects the central nervous system, ultimately causing disease in the brain and death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The shots prevent the disease from progressing.
An Asheville Police Department's Animal Control officer helped the Beaver Lake warden catch the animal after the incident, which was reported at 3:24 p.m.
"On Saturday, July 9, APD Animal Services was called by the Beaver Lake Game Warden to assist in impounding a beaver," department spokeswoman Christina Hallingse said. "The beaver was impounded and transported to the Western Veterinary Diagnostic Lab for testing at the state lab in Raleigh. Further testing is scheduled for today, July 11."
Mike Carraway, a wildlife biologist with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, said it is unusual for beavers to attack humans.
"It's pretty rare, but it has happened before and it has happened in North Carolina before," Carraway said. "In a situation like that, you want to treat it like it is rabies."
Bent said she Googled beaver attacks and found that the animals can be aggressive when defending their dams or young, and continued development has encroached on their territory.
Bent, who retired from Mission as director of senior services, said the series of shots is not as bad as the older routine, which involved more than a dozen shots in the abdomen. She did receive three shots the first day, has a followup shot Monday and will need shots on the seventh and 14 days after the attack.
Insurance will cover most of the cost, she said.
A frequent lake user, Bent said she's never fallen off her paddle board before this incident. She also does not want people to get a bad impression of the popular north Asheville lake.
"We've lived just up the road for 22 years," Bent said. "It's a wonderful lake. This is just a bizarre accident. We'll be back again." - Possibly rabid beaver attacks paddle boarder on Beaver Lake
Schoolgirls Suffer 'Mass Demonic Possession'
The children were screaming and writhing in the traumatic incident in Colombia and one claimed she saw 'man in black' in vision.
This is the chilling moment 22 schoolgirls - aged between 12 and 15 - 'suffered mass demonic possession' after playing a game of 'Charlie Charlie'.
The children were screaming, writhing and hallucinating - and some were even foaming at the mouth.
One victim claimed she could see a 'man dressed in black' while possessed - and locals are praying against witchcraft as authorities warn against playing the game.
The traumatic incident happened on Saturday in the Choco region of Colombia which borders with Panama.
The children were rushed from their school to to a medical centre in Nóvita - all suffering with the same symptoms. Read more at 22 schoolgirls 'suffered mass demonic possession' and foamed at mouth after playing game of 'Charlie Charlie'
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Amateurs Do It Right….
By Mark Graban	 On Sep 28, 2006 Last updated Jan 31, 2013
I like this quote from, of all companies, General Motors — a GMC Truck ad:
"Amateurs work until they get it right. Professionals work until they can't get it wrong."
The ad shows images of football, but it makes me think of our lean efforts. Did you prepare enough, train enough, coach enough, practice enough to do it right once or to make sure you're doing it right every day?
Professionals work until things are habit or automatic. Professionals would also, I suppose, error proof processes so things don't go wrong.
I strive to be a professional. That's my goal.
Teaching Managers to Manage (or Better Yet, Lead)
Incentives for On-Time, But What About Quality?
joe wilson says 13 years ago
Not to be nit picky, but isn't the tagline more like "Amateurs work until they get it right. Professionals work until they cant get it wrong".
I don't really care if GM's ads are quoted accurately or not, but I think the actual line ties in more to the point you are trying to make.
UAW says 13 years ago
Yes Mark I aggree with your comments. We must educate our employees well enough with this culture change that our Kazien events changes become second nature to us ,we must strive to make it a spontaneous respons to future improvements.This is when we have created the right emviroment,or we have successfully changed the culture.


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Charleston Church Shooting Survivor Says She Prayed as Dylann Roof Gunned Down Parishioners
Roof is accused of killing nine people on June 17, 2015.
BySTEVE OSUNSAMI, KRISTEN MCFANN, EMILY SHAPIRO AND TARA FOWLER
In this June 18, 2016 file photo, Dylann Storm Roof is escorted from the Shelby Police Department in Shelby, North Carolina.
Chuck Burton/AP Photo
— -- The federal trial for Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old accused of killing nine people in a Charleston, South Carolina, church, continued today with one of the three survivors of the deadly rampage taking the stand.
Polly Sheppard, 72, told the court of how Roof opened fire on her and her fellow parishioners as they stood to pray at the end of Bible study. Sheppard's emotional 911 call was also played in court.
Roof, who is white, is accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners during a Bible study at the predominantly black Emanuel AME Church on June 17, 2015. Roof allegedly entered the church armed and "with the intent of killing African-Americans engaged in the exercise of their religious beliefs," according to the federal indictment against him.
Roof was captured in North Carolina the day after the shooting.
Sheppard told the court that she chose to attend Emanuel because her husband was a third-generation member there. She said she was a member of the trustee board together with victim Myra Thompson.
On June 17, 2015, Sheppard said she went to the quarterly conference meeting at the church at 6 p.m. She told the court she planned to leave after the meeting, but ended up staying for Bible study that day because Thompson had asked her to.
Sheppard spoke fondly of the victims on the stand. "She sang like an angel," she said of Rev. DePayne Middleton-Doctor. She told the court that Sharonda Coleman-Singleton was working on a Ph.D. at the time of her death. "She could preach real well," Sheppard said. Cynthia Hurd loved to read and "was just a lovely person," while Susie Jackson sang in the choir and would do anything for you, said Sheppard.
That fateful day, Sheppard said she sat in the back of the room for Bible study, hoping to sneak out. When asked why she didn't, Sheppard said of Thompson, "She kept watching me."
Roof joined them, Sheppard told the court. Sheppard said that Rev. Clementa Pinckney asked Roof to sit beside him and gave him the lesson and Bible.
As Bible study ended, Sheppard said they planned to finish with a prayer and the benediction. They did not get to the benediction because Roof opened fire as they began praying, she said.
At first, she told the court, Sheppard thought it was an electrical problem. But then Felicia Sanders, one of the other survivors, screamed that it was a gun, she said. Sheppard said she saw Roof shoot Rev. Daniel Simmons, then she ducked under a table.
She told the court that she listened to the gunshots ring out as she hid. She said she saw the casings bounce and roll across the ground, and watched as Roof's boots came closer and closer. When Roof got to the tables, he told her to shut up as she was praying out loud, she said.
Then she said Roof asked her if she was shot. She told him no, she said, and he replied that he wouldn't shoot her. "I'm going to leave you alive to tell the story," Sheppard said Roof told her.
Sheppard said she saw victim Tywanza Sanders, Felicia Sanders' son, sit up and try to draw attention away from the living. He told Roof that none of them meant him any harm, but Roof responded that he had to kill them, Sheppard said. He then shot and killed Tywanza Sanders right at Sheppard's feet, she said.
After killing Tywanza Sanders, the gun clicked twice, which made Sheppard think it was empty, she said.
"My first thought was to call somebody," Sheppard said. She found Ethel Lance's phone covered in blood on the floor next to her and called 911, she said.
The call was played in court. In it, Sheppard can be heard sobbing and begging for help. "He's coming. He's coming. He's coming. Please!" she tells the dispatcher. In the background, moaning can be heard.
"There's so many people dead," Sheppard says in the call. The dispatcher then tells her to be quiet.
The defense declined to cross-examine Sheppard.
Earlier, the prosecution called Erin Presnell, the head forensic pathologist at the Medical University of South Carolina, who performed all nine autopsies on the victims. Presnell testified that each victim was shot multiple times.
The prosecution rested its case once Sheppard was done speaking.
Roof told the judge that he did not want to testify, and the defense called zero witnesses before it, too, rested.
Closing arguments are slated for Thursday, then the jury will begin deliberations.
Accused Charleston Church Shooter Dylann Roof Had Handwritten Note Listing Churches
Accused Charleston Church Shooter Dylann Roof Laughed When Admitting to Shooting in Video 'Confession' Played in Court
Prosecutor: Accused Charleston Church Shooter Dylann Roof Stood Over Victims, Shooting Repeatedly
The 33 federal counts against Roof include hate crimes resulting in death and obstruction of exercise of religion resulting in death. If convicted, Roof faces the death penalty.
Roof has pleaded not guilty.
He also faces a state trial, set for early next year, in which he may also face the death penalty.
Charleston Church Shooting


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Q: How to properly record local storage(sharedpreferences) for a list(todolist) I am new to flutter. I have a task to create a local repository for a task list. I tried many options to write the code but none of them worked. I read and watched a lot of videos and articles. Please write your options how I can record it
Here is my code:
import 'dart:convert';
import 'dart:collection';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
import 'package:flutter/rendering.dart';
import 'package:shared_preferences/shared_preferences.dart';

class Home extends StatefulWidget {
 const Home ({key}): super(key: key);

  @override
  State<Home> createState() => _HomeState();
}
  class _HomeState extends State<Home> {

  final myController = TextEditingController();
  bool submit = false;

  Color mainColor = Color(0xFFEEEFF5);
  Color secColor = Color(0xFF3A3A3A);
  Color tdBlue = Color(0xFF5F52EE);

String temp = "";
  List todoList = [];

  @override
  void initState() {

    super.initState();

    myController.addListener(() {
      setState(() {
        submit = myController.text.isNotEmpty;
      });
    });

      todoList.addAll(['Biy milk','Dishhh Wash','Придбати картоплю', 'Buy cucumbers', 'Kylunuch'],);
  }

  @override
  void dispose() {
    // Clean up the controller when the widget is disposed.
    myController.dispose();
    super.dispose();
  }

  void clearText() {
      myController.clear();
  }

     @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context){
   return Scaffold(
      backgroundColor: mainColor,
     appBar: AppBar(
       elevation: 0.0,
       backgroundColor: secColor,
      title: Text ('ToDo - List', style: TextStyle(fontSize: 26.5, fontWeight: FontWeight.bold, fontStyle: FontStyle.italic),),
     ),
        body: Column(
          children: [
            Container(

              margin: EdgeInsets.only(
                top: 15.0,
                left: 13.0,
                right: 8.0,
              ),
              child: Row(
                children: [
                  Expanded(
                    child: TextField(
                      onChanged: (String value) {
                        temp = value;
                      },

                      controller: myController,
                      decoration:
                      InputDecoration(
                          prefixIcon: Icon(Icons.notes, color: Colors.orangeAccent,),
                          labelText: 'Замітка',
                          hintText: 'Введіть замітку',
                          filled: true,
                          fillColor: Colors.white,
                          border: OutlineInputBorder(),
                          contentPadding: EdgeInsets.all(10.0),
                          enabledBorder: OutlineInputBorder(
                            borderRadius: BorderRadius.all(Radius.circular(30.0),),
                          ),
                      ),
                    ),
                  ),
                  SizedBox(
                    width: 10.0,
                  ),
                  ElevatedButton(
                    style: ElevatedButton.styleFrom(backgroundColor: tdBlue),

                    onPressed:
                    submit ? () => submitData() : null,
                    child:
                    Text('+', style: TextStyle(fontSize: 35),),
                  ),
                ], // Закривається 2-ий чілдрен
              ), //Row 1-ий
            ),

            Expanded(
              child: Padding(
                padding: EdgeInsets.only(
                  top: 15.0,
                ),
                child: ListView.builder(
                    itemCount: todoList.length,
                    itemBuilder: (BuildContext context, int index){
                      return Dismissible(
                        key: Key(todoList[index]),
                        child: Card(
                          margin: EdgeInsets.only(
                            top: 16.0,
                            left: 25.0,
                            right: 25.0,
                          ),
                          shape: RoundedRectangleBorder(borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(25.0)),
                          elevation: 0.0,
                          child:
                          ListTile(
                            leading: Icon(Icons.delete_sweep, color: Colors.orangeAccent,),
                            title: Text(todoList[index],
                            ),),

                        ),
                        onDismissed: (direction){
                          if (direction == DismissDirection.endToStart) {
                            setState(() {
                              todoList.removeAt(index);
                            });// Закривається Сетстейт (")") і }
                          }
                        }, // Закривається ОнДісмісед
                      );
                    },
                ),
              )

            ),

          ], // Закривається 1-ий чілдрен
        ),
   );
  }
  submitData()  {

    setState(() {

      todoList.add(temp);
      clearText();

    });
  } // submit data
}

I tried many options to write the code but none of them worked.

A: Try this
  List<String> todoList = [];

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    myController.addListener(() {
      setState(() {
        submit = myController.text.isNotEmpty;
      });
    });
    omLoadData();
  }

  submitData() async {
    setState(() {
      todoList.add(temp);
      clearText();
    });
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    await prefs.setStringList('todo_list', todoList);
  }

  omLoadData() async {
    SharedPreferences prefs = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
    final data = prefs.getStringList("todo_list");
    todoList.addAll(data!);
  }


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Emmys Forecast Podcasts Columns
January 17, 2018 12:00pm PT by Scott Feinberg
As Montecito Recovers From Mudslide, Santa Barbara Film Fest to Open as Planned
Executive director Roger Durling at the 2017 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
"As we move ahead with the film festival and remember those we have lost and thank our first responders, we also want to help those who remain in need," Roger Durling said in an open letter to the community.
As Montecito, just south of Santa Barbara, recovers from the deadly mudslide that hit Jan. 10, the 33rd Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which opens Jan. 31, will continue as planned, the festival announced Wednesday.
While the 101 Freeway, the main artery that connects Los Angeles with Santa Barbara, is still closed in the Montecito area as clean-up efforts continue, it is expected to reopen to traffic sometime next week. Caltrans on Tuesday issued an update on its progress, saying, "It will still be at least six more days of clean-up and repairs with no specific opening estimate yet."
"Many people have been asking me if the Santa Barbara International Film Festival will take place," Roger Durling, executive director of the festival, said in an open letter Wednesday in the wake of fires and mudslides that have killed dozens of locals, destroyed many homes and devastated the community. "My answer is an emphatic 'Yes.'" He added, "The honest answer is that it is needed now more than ever."
The festival, a key stop on the awards circuit, will open as planned with the world premiere of Emilio Estevez's The Public, which stars Alec Baldwin, Jena Malone, Christian Slater, Taylor Schilling, Che "Rhymefest" Smith, Gabrielle Union, Jacob Vargas, Michael K. Williams and Jeffrey Wright. The event is set to run through Feb. 10.
Among the talent that has been announced as tribute recipients during this year's edition are The Florida Project's Willem Dafoe, Darkest Hour's Gary Oldman and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri's Sam Rockwell. Other names will be announced in the coming days.
The fest also announced Wednesday that it will host the world premieres of 23 feature films: A Sniper's War, Acid Horizon, Broke: The Santa Barbara Oil Pipeline Spill of 2015, Chasing the Thunder, The Doctor From India, The End of Meat, The Independents, Living in the Futures Past, Making Babies, Metamorphosis, My Indiana Muse, Oh Mamy Blue!, Off the Menu, One Last Night, The Public, The Push, Scotch: A Golden Dream, Silicon Beach, Threesome, Waiting for the Drop: Rise of the Superstar DJs, The War in Between, We Are Galapagos and The White Orchid.
"As we move ahead with the film festival and remember those we have lost and thank our first responders," Durling's letter continued, "we also want to help those who remain in need. To that end, we will be highlighting each day of our event the organizations that are working tirelessly to help those affected and encouraging attendees and our sponsors to support these efforts. We will keep you updated on our website on all of these details."
He closed, "The Santa Barbara community built this film festival in 1986 — and their love and pride — grew it into what it is today. Movies have always had an immeasurable power to heal. As Santa Barbara begins to recover, we welcome and encourage film lovers and visitors to gather around our strong, beautiful and resilient community."
The full text of Durling's letter can be read below.
Dear Cinephiles,
Many people have been asking me if the Santa Barbara International Film Festival will take place. My answer is an emphatic "Yes."
How do you do a film festival following the immense tragedy unfolding in Montecito and Southern California? Well — the honest answer is that it is needed now more than ever.
Movies have always provided a sense of community. It is an opportunity for people to gather — reflect — experience — feel — and process.
Throughout most of the 1930's, during the Great Depression, Americans flocked to theatres. They did not do this because movies can be easily categorized as a distraction. Yes, audiences welcomed the chance to laugh, forget their problems, and get out of the cold — but most importantly — by going to the movies, audiences felt less isolated as they experienced emotions together. They were together.
As we move ahead with the film festival — and remember those we have lost and thank our first responders — we also want to help those who remain in need. To that end, we will be highlighting each day of our event the organizations that are working tirelessly to help those affected and encouraging attendees and our sponsors to support these efforts. We will keep you updated on our website on all of these details.
The Santa Barbara community built this film festival in 1986 — and their love and pride — grew it into what it is today. Movies have always had an immeasurable power to heal. As Santa Barbara begins to recover, we welcome and encourage film lovers and visitors to gather around our strong, beautiful and resilient community.
I look forward to seeing you from January 31 to February 10.
Roger Durling
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Although indigenous people are the original inhabitants of the Americas, they are minorities throughout practically all of its modern countries. The exact numbers change depending on your data source, but only Bolivia and Guatemala could legitimately claim that their populations consist mostly of indigenous people.
In some countries, the percentage of indigenous people is negligible. Puerto Rico, for example, counts indigenous people as being somewhere between 0 and 0.2 percent of its population. In Brazil, the biggest and most populated country in Latin America, the indigenous population is about 900,000, or a mere 0.4 percent of its total inhabitants.
The result is that indigenous issues in North, Central and South America are, usually, not even an afterthought. That reality allows organizations, governments, settlers, and multinational corporations to regularly threaten the well-being of indigenous populations with few repercussions.


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BISHOP, Maj Gen Sir (William Henry) Alexander (1897-1984)
Reference code(s) : GB 0099 KCLMA Bishop
Held at : Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London
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Full title : BISHOP, Maj Gen Sir (William Henry) Alexander (1897-1984)
Date(s) : 1971
Level of description : Collection (fonds)
Extent : 2 vols
Name of creator(s) : Bishop | Sir | William Henry Alexander | 1897-1984 | Major General
Born in 1897; educated at Plymouth College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; served with Dorset Regt in Mesopotamia and Palestine, 1915-1918; served in India, 1919-1925, War Office, 1933-1935, and Colonial Office, 1937-1939; served in East Africa, North Africa, and West Africa, 1939-1944; Col, 1941; Brig, 1941; Maj Gen, 1944; Director of Quartering, War Office, 1944-1945; Deputy Director-General, Political Warfare Executive, Ministry of Information, 1945; Chief of Information Services and Public Relations, Control Commission, Germany, 1945-1946; Deputy Chief of Staff, Control Commission, Germany, 1946-1948; Regional Commissioner, Land North Rhine/Westphalia, 1948-1950; Assistant Secretary, Commonwealth Relations Office, 1951; Principal Staff Officer to Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, 1953-1957; British Deputy High Commissioner in Calcutta, 1957-1962; Director of Information Services and Cultural Relations, Commonwealth Relations Office, 1962-1964; British High Commissioner, Cyprus, 1964-1965; retired, 1965; died in 1984.
'Look back with pleasure', typescript memoirs covering his life and career, 1897-1965, notably his service in Mesopotamia and Palestine, 1915-1918, India, 1919-1925 and 1957-1962, Africa, 1939-1944, Germany, 1945-1950, and Cyprus, 1964-1965, written in 1971.
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
Presented to the Centre by Bishop in 1980.
Liddle Collection, Leeds University: typescript recollections of World War One service as 2nd Lt, Dorset Regt, Mesopotamia. Imperial War Museum Department of Documents: additional memoirs, 'Humorous tales from the Army and the Civil Service', written in 1983; reports and correspondence relating to the Control Commission, Germany, and post-war German reconstruction, 1945-1950; correspondence relating to his service in India, 1960-1962; correspondence relating to his service in Cyprus, 1964-1965.
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Students are creating a low-cost training tool for cervical cancer screening
Trays hold cervical models designed to depict a range of potential conditions. The models are part
of a low-cost, durable and comprehensive training tool for pelvic examinations.
By Alexandra Becker | June 28, 2019
Waheed Mia sits on a bench in Blantyre, Malawi, a tiny paintbrush in his hand. He holds a small cylindrical figure between his fingers, already covered in bright pink paint, and flicks tiny red and white squiggles onto its surface with careful brush strokes. Then he sets it down and starts another. He is satisfied with his work. At the end of the day, the surfaces look just like cancerous and precancerous lesions of the cervix.
Mia hopes they will also save lives.
Nine thousand miles away, undergraduate students at Rice University are busy perfecting another part of that same project, a prototype that they and Mia, along with another student from Malawi Polytechnic, initiated during a summer internship in 2016. Made of 3D-printed material, wood, PVC pipe, water-resistant fabric and foam, as well as easy-to-source hardware, the final product is a low-cost, durable and comprehensive training tool for pelvic examinations.
Known as LUCIA—a loose acronym for "low-cost universal cervical cancer instructional apparatus"—the completed kit includes a standalone "pelvis" and more than 20 3D printed cylindrical cervical models, which allow trainees to examine and detect a range of potential conditions, including cancer. Clinicians-in-training can peer into the model vaginal canal using a speculum, just as they would in clinical practice. Inside, they will encounter one of the cervical models, which fits into a special holder. Eight of the models are designed to change color when swabbed with hot water—mimicking exactly what might happen in an OB-GYN setting during a colposcopy or visual inspection with acetic acid.
"In real life, clinicians put acetic acid onto the cervix and, when you have abnormal areas, they turn white," explained Kathleen Schmeler, M.D., associate professor in the department of gynecologic oncology and reproductive medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the clinical lead on the project. "We actually use hot water instead of vinegar for the models, and they made the models temperature-sensitive, so there are small areas that will turn white when exposed to hot water, and then the other areas will stay pink, simulating what really happens."
The prototype is a tool for both practicing clinical screening and also for recognizing when areas are abnormal—as well as treating some of the most common conditions. The team has created additional components for the kit that include gel-based models for practicing biopsies or performing a LEEP, a procedure in which abnormal cells are removed via a small electrical wire loop. The students are also designing tools to allow for the simulation of cryotherapy and thermocoagulation techniques, which are both procedures for removing precancerous lesions.
Sonia Gomez Parra, who earned a Ph.D. in bioengineering from Rice this spring and returns to medical school in August to complete her training in obstetrics and gynecology, mentored the undergraduate students throughout the project.
Multiple clinicians have expressed interest in the model, she said, for training purposes and also for their patients.
"A lot of people have said, 'You know, this would be really helpful for my patients because, when I talk to them, they don't know what a cervix is, they don't know what is happening during a procedure. I can show them with these models exactly what I'm planning to do, what's going on, and just further educate them on why it's important that we do these procedures," Parra said. "Everywhere we go, I'm impressed that everyone is so receptive to it. And everyone wants to buy it."
Sonia Gomez Parra, left, who earned a Ph.D. in bioengineering from Rice this spring, uses the LUCIA model during a training course in cervical cancer prevention in Beira, Mozambique. (Courtesy photo)
Fail early and often
Worldwide, cervical cancer kills about 300,000 women each year, with approximately 85 percent of these deaths occurring in developing countries, according to the World Health Organization. But if detected early through proper screening, nearly 100 percent of these deaths could be prevented. The problem LUCIA addresses is the widespread lack of clinical providers trained to perform pelvic examinations to screen for cervical cancer. In some low-resource settings, this type of training uses models adapted from animals, which aren't as effective or true-to-life as the LUCIA model. Other models are prohibitively expensive.
The LUCIA kit was conceived in the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK) at Rice, a workshop that fosters innovative solutions for real-world problems, and the Rice 360° Institute for Global Health, a program that creates new technologies for health challenges in the developing world. Through collaborations with students and clinicians in low-resource settings, Rice 360° works to design tools that are effective but also low-tech and inexpensive. One of the many challenges in solving global health problems is the fact that existing technology often doesn't work in places with unreliable electricity, scarce resources and sometimes harsh environments. Rice 360° is working to develop alternatives better suited for those conditions.
"This kind of environment is all about reducing barriers for the students to accomplish their design tasks," said Maria Oden, Ph.D., director of the OEDK and co-director of Rice 360°. "We have a facility where it's really easy to laser-cut, 3D print, get into the machine shop—so students can try things out and if they don't work the first time, they are surrounded by tools and people who have ideas, so they can keep improving it over time relatively quickly."
Oden encourages students working in the OEDK to build low-fidelity prototypes early as a way of communicating ideas and determining— quickly—where those ideas break down.
"We strongly espouse the concept of fail early and often so you'll have sooner success," Oden said. "We have so many different kinds of tools and we have a lot of different students working here who have different levels of expertise in these tools, and it opens up a lot of opportunity. LUCIA uses a laser cutter, 3D printer, simple brackets and fasteners and screws and nuts and bolts. All of it was here for the easy taking, so they could try things out. The first few times they made it, the frame wasn't sturdy enough, but then they were able to get advice quickly and try again."
Because students are working on real-world problems, Oden said, they feel more invested in their projects.
"Students of this generation really do want to work on real projects, and when they find something they care about personally, they are more motivated to work much harder than they would normally for just a grade," Oden said.
Karen Vasquez Ruiz, a bioengineering major at Rice who graduated in May, was one of the first students to work on the LUCIA model the summer after her freshman year. She said that the opportunity to focus on pressing global health issues was exactly the kind of experience she had hoped to gain at the university.
"In a lot of classes, we learn so much theoretical stuff and never really know how to apply it outside of class. If you take initiative and join Rice 360° or come to the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen, you can get involved with projects that are actually making a difference," Ruiz said. "I really wanted to help with low-resources settings and disadvantaged communities who don't have access to health care, and Rice 360° has really been the way that I have been able to get involved with that and give back to those communities and address global health problems around the world."
A global push
In the three years since its inception, LUCIA has evolved based on student ideas and feedback from clinical partners. It has been used in trainings in Africa, Central America and even Texas, including the Rio Grande Valley. Schmeler, who is working with the World Health Organization's initiative to eliminate cervical cancer among other international teaching and training missions with MD Anderson, believes the model could fill a much-needed gap in screening efforts.
"There's a global push to eliminate this disease, and so there's going to be a lot of training and education going on over the next decade and this is a great tool for that," Schmeler said. "The models aren't any good without teachers, but it makes that teaching easier, more fun, more consistent and more effective."
In fact, medical schools in Texas have already expressed interest in using the models as part of their curriculum.
"It's not just limited to low-resource settings," Schmeler said. "The models are innovative enough and easy enough … . The reality is, I think we can use them anywhere."
This summer, the team is working to create 50 kits to distribute to medical partners around the world—all hand-painted by artists and engineers in Malawi. The students hope to get additional feedback about how LUCIA can improve and eventually work with a commercial partner on manufacturing and widespread distribution.
"These problems are big, and to solve them we need a diverse group of people and people who think differently," Schmeler said. "This has really been a collaboration between Rice and Malawi Polytechnic and MD Anderson, and I think that whole idea of bringing together a very diverse team—people from different cultural and educational backgrounds but also their training and professions—has been very valuable."
The innovative teaching model may seem simple, but it is effective.
"We think that sometimes we need to have these elaborate, complicated or highly technical solutions, but really it's about filling a need," Parra said. "I think if we collaborate more, we'll be able to figure out the most important problems and tailor our skills to that."
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Welcome to the eccentric food world of Josh Catalano, where the love of food goes well beyond the kitchen, and where the kitchen is not what you would expect!
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Q: Adding Alt Tag and Dimensions columns to Media Library I use the code below to show the alt tag in the Media Library column, but I also use an extra column/code to show the image dimensions. The only problem now, is that the dimensions are also shown in the alt tag column. What is it in the code that adds the dimension data to the alt text?
Hope someone can help me out, thanks!
function wpse_media_extra_column( $cols ) {
    $cols["alt"] = "ALT";
    return $cols;
}
function wpse_media_extra_column_value( $column_name, $id ) {
    if( $column_name == 'alt' )
        echo get_post_meta( $id, '_wp_attachment_image_alt', true);
}
add_filter( 'manage_media_columns', 'wpse_media_extra_column' );
add_action( 'manage_media_custom_column', 'wpse_media_extra_column_value', 10, 2 );

function wh_column( $cols ) {
    $cols["dimensions"] = "Dimensions (w, h)";
    return $cols;
}
function wh_value( $column_name, $id ) {
    $meta = wp_get_attachment_metadata($id);
           if(isset($meta['width']))
           echo $meta['width'].' x '.$meta['height'];
}
add_filter( 'manage_media_columns', 'wh_column' );
add_action( 'manage_media_custom_column', 'wh_value', 10, 2 );

A: You don't have to create a new function each time you add a new admin column. You can use below functions to show both your media data in separate admin columns.
function column_id($columns) {
    $columns['media_alt'] = __('Alt');
    $columns['media_dimensions'] = __('Dimensions');
    return $columns;
}
add_filter( 'manage_media_columns', 'column_id' );

function column_id_row($columnName, $columnID){
    if ( $columnName == 'media_alt') {
        $image_alt = get_post_meta($columnID, '_wp_attachment_image_alt', true);
        echo $image_alt;
    }
    if ( $columnName == 'media_dimensions') {
        $image_size = wp_get_attachment_image_src($columnID, 'full');
        if ( $image_size ) {
            echo $image_size[1] . ' x ' . $image_size[2];
        }
    }
}
add_filter( 'manage_media_custom_column', 'column_id_row', 10, 2 );


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Q: How can I create a hierarchical JSON from Django model? My goal is to use d3js for a Django app to make a hierarchical tree of supervisors and employees. To do that, I understand that I need a hierarchy of JSON data (as seen in this example). My model contains data regarding employees and their supervisor:
class people(models.Model):
    namelast = models.CharField(max_length=100, verbose_name='Last Name')
    namefirst = models.CharField(max_length=100, verbose_name='First Name')
    position = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    supervisor = models.ForeignKey('self', blank=True, null=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL, verbose_name='Supervisor')

    def __str__(self):
        return "%s %s" % (self.namefirst, self.namelast)

A supervisor will have multiple "children," and those children may or may not be supervisors with more "children."
I've tried looping through the model objects, but haven't been able to come up with something hierarchical. The closest I've gotten is:
data = {}
for s in supervisors:
    data['name'] = str(people.objects.get(pk=s))
    children = people.objects.filter(supervisor=s)
    cdict = {}
    for c in children:
        cdict.update({'name':str(c)})
        data.update({'children':cdict})

But that isn't hierarchical, and the last line overwrites prior children because I'm running into the issue that Python dictionaries can't have multiple keys with the same name.
The output JSON I need is something like:
{
  "name": "Bob",
  "children": [
    {
      "name": "Mike"
    },
    {
      "name": "Joe",
      "children": [
        {
          "name": "Jane"
        },
        {
          "name": "Chad"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Where Bob supervises Mike and Joe, and Joe supervises Jane and Chad. But with Python dicts, Joe's "children" can't both have the key name.
Any advice on how I can prepare a Django model like this for use with d3js?