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Bacurau (translated from the Portuguese as “nighthawk”) is a fictional village in northeastern Brazil and the setting of the latest film from Kleber Mendonça Filho (Aquarius, Neighboring Sounds) and his production designer turned co-director, Juliano Dornelles. Bacurau the movie is a little harder to explain: It’s the craziest western Sergio Leone never made, a homage to The Most Dangerous Game, and a tender portrait of a very quirky, isolated community, laced with an angry political message.
The first 40 minutes are deceptively quaint. A woman named Teresa (Bárbara Colen) returns to Bacurau for the funeral of her elderly grandmother, an event that brings out the whole town and is loudly disrupted by a drunken dissenter who happens to be the town doctor (veteran Brazilian star Sonia Braga). A visit from a corrupt local politician reveals that the town is dependent on outside sources for clean water and is being ruthlessly underserved and exploited. Gradually, more ominous signs appear: Cell phone service dies; a truck carrying water arrives riddled with bullet holes; a weird flying saucer drone looms overhead; two garishly dressed motorcyclists enter the town. Those strangers, it’s soon revealed, are affiliated with a group of American tourists who’ve paid big money to hunt down the residents of Bacarau. Let the vicious games begin!
Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival (an award shared with France’s Les Misérables), Bacurau opens on March 6 via Kino Lorber. Mendonça Filho’s previous films have earned international acclaim, but his latest—already a big hit in Brazil—seems poised to find a much broader audience. “Probably because it has a strange mix of different elements,” Mendonça Filho speculated during his visit to Manhattan for the New York Film Festival in October. “Sometimes it’s an action film, and then it gets quite violent, and then it’s quite compassionate. It’s a little bit funny here and there, and it’s a very honest portrayal of a small community in a faraway place. But it’s also universal in a strange way.”
One quality Bacurau shares with Mendonça Filho’s more understated earlier films is a simmering aura of menace. “It’s a wonderful device in any decent dramatic narrative,” he says. “You know, when things don’t go so well, you get worried and that generates tension, and then you want to see how the story will develop. But now, because it’s a genre film, everything is more spelled out and spectacular. In Neighboring Sounds , the tension was there, but you couldn’t put your finger on it. Most of the time, nothing really happened. Aquarius  is a little more explicit in its intentions. And this one is like an all-out classic western setup, which also came from my and Juliano’s love for the best American films of the ’70s. I was very young in the ’70s and I was a teenager in the ’80s. Juliano is 11 years younger than I am, so he had a different experience with VHS and DVDs. But Michael Cimino, [Sam] Peckinpah, [John] Carpenter, John McTiernan—very good classic American directors, very American in a very interesting way for us to observe American cinema. [Other influences were] Leone and Corbucci from the Italian side, and of course Brazilian cinema from the ’60s, which is one of our best vintage periods.”
Reporting from Cannes, New York Times critic Manohla Dargis compared Bacurau’s “heart-thumping political allegory” to the work of provocative horror director John Carpenter. Mendonça Filho is a fan, and he even uses Carpenter’s music composition “Night” in Bacurau. “When I think about Carpenter, I think more about his amazing visual style, his Panavision shots, and his sense of rhythm and menace. And, of course, I also think about some of the political commentary he has made: They Live and Prince of Darkness. But I really think about his style and his sense of menace and space. He’s part of my life. In December 1981 I was 13, and I went to see with my mom Raiders of the Lost Ark, an unforgettable cinemagoing experience. But that film did not make me want to make films, because it felt so spectacular: ‘This is impossible. I live in Recife, Brazil. I’m 13, and this is not gonna happen.’ But two years later, I took home on VHS three films by John Carpenter: Escape from New York, Assault on Precinct 13, and Halloween. When I saw Assault on Precinct 13, I said, I think I can make a film—because it’s very simple, very strong, very good, very American in the classic sense. So this was inspiring. And I’ve been in that mode since 1983. Halloween is a similar example. A couple of houses, streets, a lot of darkness and shadows. A strange, scary mask, which I think you could buy for a dollar. You don’t have to spend a lot of money.”
Mendonça Filho continues, “Neighboring Sounds and Aquarius are very straight dramas about people living life—kitchen-sink dramas, like the British used to say. But I would shoot a scene in a kitchen, and in my mind it would be a scene John Carpenter could probably shoot if he made a kitchen-sink drama. I wouldn’t shoot it like Ken Loach with a handheld camera. For me, I was already making Bacurau, but Bacarau is so much more because we have horses and landscape vistas and people with guns and it becomes a much clearer exercise in genre. Aquarius leaned a little bit towards the thriller, but it never really admitted that it was a thriller.”
At the same time, Bacurau is steeped in authenticity: The gritty location and the weathered actors (many of them nonprofessional) give the film a near-documentary quality. “We got very lucky,” says co-director Dornelles, “because we discovered a place, and places nearby, where there were people with wonderful faces and personalities. We made this film together, and they understood very well the kind of film they were doing and the story—it’s almost like they had already experienced some of the emotions. You can feel it in the film.”
Dornelles explains that the area where they filmed “is very isolated and they suffer a little bit of prejudice from the bigger city. It’s a district of a bigger city of 20,000 inhabitants, and only about 80 people live there. They kept asking us, why do we want to make a film there? There’s nothing there. They didn’t understand. And now everybody’s so proud of the film.”
“When we were traveling to find the location, to discover the place,” Dornelles continues, “we had some beautiful confirmations that we were on the right path in terms of the script. For example, an 80-year-old lady invited me to visit the museum of the community. And of course I said yes, because I’m very smart. When I entered her house, she pointed to one of the walls of the living room and said, ‘This is the museum.’ A lot of photographs, objects hanging, and newspaper clippings. Very dignified. It was a museum, very small-scale but legit. [A similar town museum plays a key role in the film.] That was wonderful to experience. It makes me feel like Bacurau really exists. Good things can happen in places like that.”
Dornelles calls Bacurau “a micro-representation of Brazil. We have many different ethnicities. It was very important to us, because it’s a film about the community. There are no leading roles, there are many important characters. So if they are very different from each other, it’s more interesting.”
Dornelles’s “promotion” from production designer to co-director occurred “in a very natural way,” he says, “because we have been friends for 16 years and we had the idea together in 2009. We never discussed how we were going to do it; we just started to talk about the idea. We started to look for funding and then it happened. … We spent eight months writing the final draft of the script. We just make everything together, since the beginning. We are still friends and we still love each other.
“I’ve always worked with friends as a production designer. I have my own projects as a screenwriter and director. It’s a group of friends that love cinema. I’ve always loved Kleber’s films and ideas, and he keeps inviting me and I keep accepting.”
Mendonça Filho is currently embroiled in a fight with the right-wing Brazilian government of President Jair Bolsonaro, which is demanding he return the money it gave him to finance Neighboring Sounds, claiming the production exceeded the maximum budget qualifying it for the funds. “One thing that makes me sleep at night is the understanding that I’m not the first, and I won’t be the last artist to be attacked by people in government,” the director says. “I have this ideological disagreement with them, and it has happened many times before. It’s such a bizarre, unprecedented manipulation of fact and fiction to put together some crazy accusation, that we are absolutely sure it’s gonna go away. We’re working with lawyers and everything, but it has never happened before—a film being made and delivered, being successful. And then years later, after everything has been filed and approved, at exactly the time when Brazil begins to leave the democratic road, new people from the extreme right get to the minister of culture and they go back to folders which have long been put away in filing cabinets. They come up with a crazy, nonsensical demand to give back all the money for a film that cost $450,000 and has represented Brazilian cinema internationally. It’s very much a portrait of what’s going on in the country now. And, in fact, the same minister of culture was actually scrapped. He was prepared for the scrapyard by the same people who accuse me. On January 1st [of 2019], the ministry of culture was extinguished after 40 years of incredible services to Brazilian culture and cinema, theater, literature, music. It’s a scandal. It’s a complete lack of understanding of the importance of culture, a complete lack of respect for artists. It’s just a sinister moment for the country.”
The two directors also believe strongly in the importance of the big-screen experience. “This film was made to be seen in cinemas with a wide screen,” Dornelles asserts, “with Panavision anamorphic lenses, with people applauding and shouting.”
“I would be thrilled if this film makes its way to streaming after it has gone through the old-fashioned, exciting filmgoing experience that I cherish so much as a cinephile,” Mendonça Filho says. “I’m 50 now, so I can say that. Julian is 39 and he sticks with me. We shot it for the wide screen. We’ve been incredibly lucky, because since May we have screened Bacurau in probably the best large-scale classic cinemas in the world. The State Theatre in Sydney, the Lumière in Cannes, Alice Tully Hall in New York City, the Luxor in Paris. And the São Luiz theater [in Recife, Brazil], a thousand-seat, 1952 movie palace, which is the top-grossing cinema in the country for Bacurau. It’s like a church. Baroque. It’s incredible, a jewel. So every time it plays in some place like that, something happens with Bacurau. It establishes an atmosphere and people just get really excited with the film, and there is applause in the middle.”
“We’re also going to show it at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, which is one of the best cinemas in the world. I grew up in England, and I used to go to Leicester Square with my family. There was the Empire, probably the best cinema on the planet, and then the Odeon, which wasn’t very far, and the Warner West End. So it’s such a privilege, such an honor.
“We are very old-fashioned. I think the film should come out on Blu-ray, it should be seen on Netflix, it should be seen on digital platforms, but it’s essential that it has the best, longest, most amazing life on the big screen.”
“I don’t like the idea of someone seeing this film on a telephone,” Dornelles interjects.
“We can’t really help it. It’s going to happen.”
“I don’t want to think about this.”
“But it’s gonna happen, and it’s fine,” Mendonça Filho responds, “My point is we should protect the film in terms of getting adequate windows for each of its lives. … What we are doing with Bacurau in Brazil, where we have complete control, is being draconian in terms of not letting the film leak. No links go out, no DCPs, nothing. We say, no, no, no, no. We only show the film on a proper DCP. We are on the sixth week, and it has just opened in France and it hasn’t shown up on the internet. I hope it stays that way until maybe December. It’s very important because people are going to the theater and it has been quite an experience. We also sent a little letter—it’s been done before, Lynch did it with Lost Highway—asking the projectionist very nicely: Please, play it a little stronger. Just turn it up a little bit. It’s good for your business, because there is a difference.”
In closing, Mendonça Filho mentions an ally in the fight for the big screen. “None of the big chains in Brazil wanted Roma when they offered it. One of our most enthusiastic exhibitors owns 19 screens, and Bacurau is bringing in a lot of money for him. He’s a very nice guy, and last year Netflix wanted to pay him something like $100,000 to stage three big high-profile screenings of Roma. And he said, with all due respect, fuck you, because I get paid now, and then I will lose in the future with you committing violence against the act of going to the cinema.”


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- 07-Jul-2022: Latest News from Denton Hall Stables the home of Michael Dods Racing
- 05-Jul-2022: Wor Willie strides to easy success under Paul Mulrennan at Pontefract
- 01-Jul-2022: Second career win for Alethiometer under Connor Beasley at Doncaster
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- 10-Jun-2022: Gale Force Maya makes it her 10th career win at York
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Dods hoping for rain as Dakota Gold heads to Ascot
TRAINER Michael Dods says it's a case of the more rain the better as Dakota Gold heads to Ascot for the listed Rous Stakes tomorrow.
The five furlong sprint was one of the five races won by Dakota Gold during his prolific season in 2019 and the conditions look like they should suit the six-year-old gelding as he bids for a repeat.
It was soft when Dakota Gold won the Beverley Bullet in August (see main picture) and he's been placed twice since then on going that was faster than ideal. Connor Beasley takes the ride as usual.
Michael discusses Dakota Gold's prospects, along with the stable's other Saturday runners, in his regular Weekend Preview below...
"We’re heading towards the end of the season now, with the weather definitely starting to turn, but we’ve still got a fairly busy weekend ahead of us with seven runners at Ascot and Redcar on Saturday.
We start at Redcar, where we’ve got three runners – BRYANWOOD, LOUIS THE WARRIOR and SANDERLIN – all going in the EBF Stallions Novice Stakes (1.10). They’re all nice horses, but they’re all more three-year-old types than two.
Bryanwood has had two runs, but he’s a big horse that really still needs some education. It’ll be good to get another run into him, then he’ll be put away for the winter after the run. Louis The Warrior ran well at Ayr on his debut, finishing in mid-division on his first run. Hopefully, he’ll learn a fair bit more from this run because he still needs to learn what racing is about.
Sanderlin is a nice horse, but this is his first run and he’s one we’ve always seen as more of a three-year-old. It’s his first day at school, and it’s a bit of a shame he’s been drawn in one, so he’ll be on the outside. Like I say, with all of three of them, it’s a case of them hopefully enjoying themselves and having something to build on at three.
DAKOTA GOLD is heading to Ascot to run in the tote.co.uk Rous Stakes (1.55). They’re forecast a fair bit of rain down there, and it’s really a case of the more, the better for him. It looks a very competitive race, but hopefully the ground will be in his favour and he’ll put in a big run.
We also had Que Amoro entered for the race at one stage, but it was fairly obvious from an early stage that the ground was going to be no good at all for her, so we took her out. That will be it for the season now for her. She’s had a really good year and deserves her rest.
Back to Redcar, and we’ve got MYRMIDONS, pictured below, running in the Market Cross Jewellers Handicap (2.15). We had been thinking about stepping him up in trip, but there weren’t really any suitable races, so we’ve decided to keep him at this trip but put a pair of blinkers on him. We’re hoping that will sharpen him up a bit because the talent is there. We just need to get it out of him.
BRUNCH, pictured below winning at York, runs in the Racing TV EBF Stallions Guisborough Stakes (2.50) at Redcar. It’s a Listed race, so it would be lovely to get some black type. Brunch has done nothing wrong all season, winning three races and finishing second last time out at Ayr. To be honest, I thought he was very unlucky in that Ayr run. He just got himself a bit too far behind, then flew home but got beat a short head. I thought he was an unlucky loser. We know seven furlongs is probably just on the short side for him, but it’s going to be soft ground, so that should help.
Last but certainly not least, ROYAL CONTEXT, pictured below, goes in the John Guest Racing Handicap (4.15) down at Ascot. He needs soft ground, so hopefully it’ll keep on raining through the night. The ground was a bit too quick for him at Musselburgh last time out. Unfortunately, he’s been drawn in one when you’d much prefer him to be in the middle somewhere. We’ll have to see where the pace of the race is, but you’d imagine they’ll come down the middle of the track so he’s going to have to tack across and try to get involved."


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A US senior naval officer nominated to be the next chief of the country's Indo-Pacific Command says the possibility of Chinese military action against Taiwan is the biggest concern for the region.
At a confirmation hearing at the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, Admiral John Aquilino said, "the most dangerous concern is that of a military force against Taiwan."
Aquilino said US forces that could respond quickly combined with allies and partners who share the same values would make for a strong position for the deterrence to work.
Republicans are voicing concern that the Biden administration may compromise with China on security issues in exchange for Beijing's cooperation in tackling climate change and other issues.
Aquilino told the hearing that US vessels should continue passing through the Taiwan Strait and carry out other freedom of navigation operations in which US vessels navigate parts of the South China Sea claimed by Beijing.

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After a wild New Year's Eve, Jack tries to undo the damage he caused from leaving a drunken message on an ex-lover's voicemail. In the meantime, Jenna pursues a faux relationship with actor James Franco in an attempt to cover up his embarrassing secret. After "outing" her sheltered cousin to his family, Liz welcomes him to New York City, while Tracy discovers a newfound respect for women. Written by
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"This rich pasta toss is great for everyday dinners or special occasions. I can come home from work and throw this dish together in a half hour." — big daddy cooks
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bacon strips, diced
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cream cheese, cut into cubes
freshly shredded Parmesan cheese
fresh green peas
diced cooked ham
This was a last minute dinner attempt after my original dinner tanked. VERY simple which I appreciated. I did not have ham or peas, what I did was throw in a good amount steamed broccoli. I also added a good amount fresh ground pepper. I sprinkled fresh parmesan over each portion before serving. The boys and I inhaled this. VERY good.
This would have been much better if I had drained the bacon grease. I should have gone with my gut and done that. Then I would have just softened the garlic in the butter. This is an easy way to make a last minute dinner, and it is kid friendly.
Made this the other night...can't stop thinking about it. Ten stars. Followed exactly. This stuff is no joke. Will probably have to make it again in a couple days:)
Delicious but it does take a long time. I also added pepper to taste
Very yummy! Slightly time consuming but well worth the extra effort! I added shredded grilled chicken to mine as well which was a nice added touch.
I found this recipe with not much in the house to cook and craving pasta. I did not find it time-consuming to cook as others have commented. I had to substitute the Parmesan cheese for shredded "pizza" 5 cheese blend and bacon for ham. It came out super tasty. I'd say a mix b/c spaghetti carbonara and alfredo sauce. Will definitely make again.
Not bad, and it doesn't take a long time if you use already cooked and crumbled bacon, which is what I did. I don't think I could handle the bacon grease it calls for personally, but that's me. I fully expected this recipe to have eggs; since it doesn't, I suppose it's more of an Alfredo sauce, but it's not bad. Hubs and I had for a quick lunch. I added red peppers in place of peas since we didn't have any and used tri color rotini and penne since that is what we have. Thanks for the recipe.
Eliminated the ham, used more bacon and put some red pepper flakes in for ooomph, delicious!
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Reggae fusion singer and songwriter, Gia Gee releases a lyric video for her single titled ‘Anything’.
Anything is a motivating song that encourages everyone who hears it to talk to Jah about anything, ask and receive. It is one of the singles on Gia Yee’s latest album “Reggae Prescription”. Watch the lyric video for Anything below:
“We’re often tested, it’s a part of life, we might not feel the joy, if we felt no strife…” says Gia Yee (lyrics from ‘Anything’).
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A program offering free roadside help would
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State officials are working with a local towing company to resolve a dispute that has delayed indefinitely the Transportation Department's $3 million project to offer free roadside assistance to Oahu motorists.
"Until we resolve this protest, we can't move forward," said department spokesman Scott Ishikawa.
The protest was filed by Stoneridge Recoveries, which says it already provides such services under a contract with the city and that the new program would take away up to 80 percent of its business.
"Stoneridge will sustain significant damage if you proceed as planned," the March 22 letter to the Transportation Department states.
Gov. Linda Lingle announced the federally funded Freeway Service Patrol project in December as part of the state's overall efforts to ease congestion on Oahu's freeways by clearing stalled cars and minor accidents as quickly as possible.
Transportation officials estimate that for every minute a stalled car or accident blocks a lane, a 10-minute backlog ensues for traffic behind it.
The program ultimately would have six trucks offering services such as towing, fueling, fixing flat tires, jump-starting dead batteries, providing coolant, offering free emergency phone service and, in the case of minor accidents, providing basic first aid and clearing debris.
Ishikawa said the state wanted to have the first phase of the project running in October and was soliciting bids from service providers when they received the protest from Stoneridge.
Under a five-year contract signed in 2002, Stoneridge pays the city $8,900 per month for the exclusive right to provide towing for the Honolulu Police Department. Its costs are recouped through charges to motorists who use the service.
Mark Kawata, an attorney for Stoneridge, did not return a telephone message left by the Star-Bulletin yesterday. He previously said the state should have looked at the situation more closely before moving ahead with soliciting bids.
The letter asks the state to put off the project until Stoneridge's contract with the city expires in July 2007.
Ishikawa said the department is attempting to resolve the situation without going to court.
"We're going to try to sit down and try to resolve this protest issue and look at our options," he said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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NBA player Royce White -- who famously missed his rookie season with the Houston Rockets due to mental health issues -- is at the center of a criminal investigation in Texas after allegedly beating up his then-girlfriend ... TMZ has learned.
We know ... White's ex-girlfriend Tania Mehra -- a Maxim model -- filed a police report on August 30 to report an incident that went down at Royce's Houston-area home back in June.
According to law enforcement, records show someone called 911 on June 22, 2013 to report a laceration above Tania's right eye. Cops say at the time, Tania claimed she suffered the injury from an "accidental fall."
But Tania changed her tune last week ... and filed an incident report in which she claims she LIED on the night of the incident -- and says in reality, Royce is to blame for her injury.
Cops tell TMZ, "The victim said she had lied earlier because the suspect played for the NBA and did not want the incident to damage his career."
Law enforcement also tells us, "The victim stated that White had assaulted her after she became angered by his advances toward her friend."
Cops say the incident is "under investigation" -- and so far, no charges have been filed against the 22-year-old NBA player.
Sources connected to the investigation tell us ... Tania claims Royce also grabbed a candleholder and threw at at her during the altercation ... but it missed, instead smashing into a mirror and causing it to shatter.
Sixers blog LibertyBallers received an official comment from White's attorney:
"Royce has seen today's media reports that law enforcement in Texas is investigating claims of domestic violence by a terminated and disgruntled former employee of his charitable organization. Royce vehemently denies the allegations and is looking forward to a speedy and just resolution of these unfortunate and unfair claims. It is all too easy to make allegations, especially when directed at a person who is in the public eye. Royce hopes that the media will be equally attentive when these allegations ultimately are rejected."
-- Peter R. Ginsberg Law, LLC
White did not appear with the Rockets last season after a bitter dispute over treatment of his anxiety disorder and a refusal to report to Houston's D-League Vipers. He was traded as part of the Rockets' surge of moves to land Dwight Howard. Liberty Ballers reports that the Sixers were never overly interested in White as a player and instead were focused on Furkan Aldemir who came along with him.
White tweeted the following Wednesday.
Everybody has something say about something... facts or no facts, Which is illogical YET common practice. Hmmm, weird. #BeWell— Royce White (@Highway_30) September 5, 2013


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- Updated: November 16, 2019
Cavaliers head coach John Beilein indicated on Saturday that Zizic may see his first action of the 2019-20 season when the Cavs host the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.
— Spencer Davies (@SpinDavies) November 16, 2019
Zizic has yet to play this season due to a plantar fasciitis injury in his left foot that he suffered last month. At the time of the diagnosis, Zizic was expected to miss a month of action, a timeline that coincides with his potential return against the Sixers.
One of the chief reasons why having Zizic for any amount of time in the near future is important is because of teammate Larry Nance Jr.’s uncertain status. Nance has been dealing with an injured thumb over the past two weeks and was expected to consult with a hand specialist on Saturday concerning the issue.
Last month, the Cavaliers announced that they would not be picking up the option on Zizic’s contract. That move doesn’t preclude the Cavs from ultimately signing the veteran to a new deal that would presumably cost them less money.
Zizic was originally drafted by the Boston Celtics in 2016 and came to the Cavaliers the following year in the Kyrie Irving deal. He’s started 27 of his 91 NBA contests, the bulk of those coming last year when Tristan Thompson was out for an extended period. He has career averages of 6.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per game.

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text: This paper presents the DYON simulations of the plasma burn-through phase at Joint European Torus (JET) with the ITER-like wall. The main purpose of the study is to validate the simulations with the ITER-like wall, made of beryllium. Without impurities, the burn-through process of a pure deuterium plasma is described using DYON simulations, and the criterion for deuterium burn-through is derived analytically. The plasma burn-through with impurities are simulated using wall-sputtering models in the DYON code, which are modified for the ITER-like wall. The wall-sputtering models and the validation against JET data are presented. The impact of the assumed plasma parameters in DYON simulations are discussed by means of parameter scans. As a result, the operation space of prefill gas pressure and toroidal electric field for plasma burn-through in JET is compared to the Townsend avalanche criterion.

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No matter what you choose, it’s sure to make your skater friend happy!
- What should I look for when buying a skateboard as a gift?
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With these tips in mind, you’ll be sure to find the ideal skateboard that your loved one will enjoy!
- What skateboarding brands are popular for gifts?
Skateboarding is a popular past time for teenagers, so it makes sense to give them skateboarding-related gifts. Some of the most popular brands for skateboarding gifts include Element, Vans, and DC Shoes. These brands offer quality products that will last long enough to be treasured by your loved ones.
With their stylish designs and reliable construction, you can’t go wrong with any of these top skateboard brands!
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A skateboarder would appreciate and love to receive apparel that is comfortable and allows them to move freely. Look for items such as a lightweight hoodie, t-shirt, or shorts with stretch fabric technology.
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Skateboarders are always on the move and would love a gift that helps them with their passion. For the adventurous type, why not get them a new skateboard deck or the latest accessories to customize their board.
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I don’t usually do them, but I went ahead and took a shot at predicting the BAFTAS.
Nominations will be announced Friday, let’s see how I do!
We have the complete list of the 2015 Oscar nominations, ranked by contenders most likely to win. Also we wanted to post this so we could comment on each category individually to voice our just concerns!
The Imitation Game
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Theory of Everything
The only real surprise in Best Picture is the lack of “Gone Girl,” but it was already a bubble contender since people weren’t sure how many first place votes it would receive. “Boyhood” is easily winning this though.
The 67th annual Festival de Cannes will start May 14th and go through May 25th. This is the second festival to Sundance that may potentially reveal to us some of the best films of 2014.
Many great filmmakers have films in competition this year for the Palme d’Or. 18 films are in competition and, at this point, it looks like it could be anyone’s game. Here’s a brief history for the last five winners:
2013 – “Blue is the Warmest Colour”
2012 – “Amour”
2011 – “The Tree of Life”
2010 – “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives”
2009 – “The White Ribbon”
Michael Haneke’s “Amour” went on to earn both Picture and Director Oscar nominations as did Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life.” It could be a dark horse or a film already buzzing this year, so we’ve compiled and ranked what we think will stand-out this year and included a brief synopsis of each film so that you can make your own predictions.
Here are our predictions: (more…)
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Force Majeure – Sweden
Winter Sleep – Turkey
Leviathan – Russia (more…)
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The 2022 SSAA report was recently published. We go over the key points brought up in relation to demand drivers.
The past year has definitely been interesting for self storage operators, with the pandemic still affecting many facets of operation. However, it was also a year for growth and improvement. The Self Storage Association Asia (SSAA) published its Annual Survey for 2021. The survey is compiled of responses from operators and investors, and provides key insight into the self storage industry in the Asia Pacific region. While the report covers a wide range of topics, we want to focus on and summarise their analysis of the self-storage industry in general, as well as their insight on demand drivers.
The first striking statistic from the report is that in 2021, the individual took up more of the share in demand than in 2020. This is due to GDP contraction across the area as a result of the pandemic, which leads to lower demand from businesses. The report concludes that this rise in individual demand is more likely a result of higher consumer awareness, as well as continually changing circumstances due to the ongoing pandemic. Most drastically, China’s percentage of individual demand shot up from 56% in the last year to 80% this year. Furthermore, operators reported that the top three demand drivers were all individual related.
The SSAA report shows that the self storage customer on average doesn’t tend to use a single type of storage, but rather a product mix that varies among markets. In Singapore and Malaysia, this year has shown the highest increase in climate-controlled storage units. This trend can be expected to continue in developing markets such as India. Specialised storage units, such as for antiques or wines, are still fairly limited in the AP region, but are expected to increase.
Storage mix among AP markets is relatively similar to last year’s survey. The SSAA report for 2021 highlights the use of valet storage in specific service cultures such as in India or Vietnam. Furthermore, they propose that developing markets will soon offer valet storage more often to differentiate themselves in a niche market. The report also showed that value added services have definite room to grow, with operators reporting these services taking up 7% of their bottom line.
Urbanisation was of particular focus on the report, especially when explaining individual demand. The rate and extent of urbanisation in the Asia Pacific region remains one of the highest in the world, being home to 53% of the global urban population, and as a result is providing several reasons for the rise of individual demand in self-storage. These urban populations will have to deal with issues of shrinking living space, growing rental prices, as well as adjusting to their changing circumstances much quicker.
Further, people in urban populations will tend to move more frequently, and will require a temporary storage solution. The lack of affordable housing as a result of a global supply shortage and low interest rates also highlight the effect of urbanisation, and along with the aforementioned factors show why individual demand has been on the rise.
The SSAA also reports that the explosion of e-commerce in the Asia Pacific market has been a major demand driver for self storage. While e-commerce has already increased exponentially the past few years, it’s only expected to get bigger, with a growth of 11% CAGR expected over the next 5 years. This figure is almost double the growth seen in the rest of the world, standing at 6% CAGR.
Online continues to be a key factor in referrals. Similar to last year, referrals resulted in the highest conversion rates in 75%, but the website and online ads came in second at 50% and 46% respectively. It’s vital to have a versatile platform that can be adaptable to different devices and provide a number of different services, such as online payments, rentals, virtual tours etc.
Perhaps the biggest takeaway from the SSAA report is how resilient the self storage industry has performed despite challenges stemming from the pandemic. Occupancy rate and rental rate are both holding steady, at 77% and 3.8 psf pm respectively, with the ‘major six’ regions showing a slight increase in these metrics. Developing markets are also trending upwards, with Vietnam and India expected to stabilise occupancies going forward. Most optimistically, 79% of operators expect to achieve a positive annual rental growth in the year of 2021. This is higher than the 72% of respondents who expected rental growth pre-COVID, proving that the rental growth trajectory is already back on track.
The 2022 SSAA report is full of analysis on insight on how the self-storage industry is dealing with its various challenges. Hopefully, this has been a useful summary of the significant points in the report, specifically the key demand drivers for self-storage in the Asia Pacific region.
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Bentonville, Arkansas (KNWA/KFTA) — A Bentonville parent of a kindergartener who was left on a school bus for hours spoke to the school board Tuesday.
Michael and Michella Carpenter detailed to board members that their son Charlie was left on the bus and found by a maintenance worker. The carpenter said that Charlie was hot and soaked with his own urine.
“He cried four times, four times, and he said it many times, and no one heard him cry,” Michela Carpenter said.
The carpenters have raised their concerns with the school board to ensure this does not happen to other children in the area.
“At least one person is still negligent, and I still believe there are multiple levels of negligence,” Michela said.
Michela said Charlie was doing better on Tuesday and went to school, but Michael Carpenter said he wouldn’t take the bus again.
“He now has a fear of how this will affect him when he goes to the field,” Michael said.
Another parent contacted KNWA/FOX 24 to say their child had been left on the bus last year after falling asleep and not dropped off at the school. The parent, who asked not to be named, said their child is older and has a mobile phone. Children were able to contact their parents for help and were not harmed.
Every school board member apologized to the Carpenters at the meeting, including board chair Eric White.
“We knew it could be worse, and we took it very seriously,” White said.
White said the school district will investigate the matter. He said the bus driver should have checked the bus after dropping off the children, but that didn’t happen in Charlie’s case on Monday.
“Training is important, we have a human-based double-check system, but in this case we failed,” White said. “We’re layering technology with our new transit system.”
Bentonville Public Schools implemented a new system this year called “Transportant” to track when children get on and off the bus. However, the ability to notify parents when students get on and off to scan has not been implemented. White said the feature should be up and running by mid-October, and the recent incident shows how important it is for the region to have the system fully operational.
The Carpenters said they will continue to follow up on the incident to ensure safety remains Bentonville’s top priority.


Former Florida DB Brian Edwards has reportedly found his new school. He has selected CMU as his transfer destination, reuniting him with former Gators coach Jim McElwain.
Edwards, a Miramar product from Hollywood, Florida, was rated a 3-star recruit in the class of 2017. He played in 18 games during two seasons (2017-18) at UF.
In two seasons, Edwards recorded seven tackles, four pass breakups and a fumble recovery. Edwards will need to sit out the 2019 season before having two years of eligibility remaining.


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This paper analyses a corpus of Italian films produced in the last 15 years which, in various ways, have dealt with the Holocaust theme. All of these films were recognised as 'film d'interesse culturale e nazionale' (films of cultural and national interest). Starting from this assumption, the article will trace the connections between didactical purposes, quality claims and the concept of 'impegno' (political and cultural commitment), which all come to light from these films. After a brief overview, based mainly on quantitative data, the paper focuses on a specific case study, which is also the last Italian Holocaust film to be exhibited in movie theatres: Anita B. (2014, R. Faenza). Through a deepened analysis of both the critical reception and the distributive plan of actions, the article illustrates how, on the one hand, the production of the film seems to adhere to several precise cultural and memorial paradigms; on the other, how the marketing strategy distances the film from all the preceding cases.
|Translated title of the contribution||[Autom. eng. transl.] "Not to forget". Quality and sustainability of Italian Holocaust films|
|Number of pages||12|
|Publication status||Published - 2016|
- italian cinema, holocaust film, holocaust memory

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Microsoft's aggressive expansion of the Game Pass also expands to offer more content from third-party developers.
Age of Empires got the spotlight during X019's Inside Xbox show with several announcements and trailers. Microsoft has stated that it will have world premiere hands-on gameplay of over 24 titles. But the game selection already looks pretty impressive, with more than 50 titles planned, including Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Gears 5, Sea of Thieves, Halo 5: Guardians, Tales of Vesperia and many others.
The narrative adventure will see its multiple chapters released in summer 2020.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection will be available on PC for an upfront cost of $39.99, which will include Halo: Reach. Users can also get free engraving added to these controllers from December 3 to December 31. More importantly, Microsoft also announced that xCloud is coming to Windows PCs in 2020, so if you have Game Pass, and for some reason find cloud streaming preferable to running your games locally, it'll be an option. Support for Bluetooth controllers is being expanded including popular choices like the DualShock 4 wireless controller and game pads from Razer. Oh, and of course some new details about Microsoft Flight Simulator. If you like playing multiplayer games on your Xbox One X, or if you're looking to try out the newest releases as soon as possible on your console and PC, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is definitely something you've heard of. 2020 is shaping up to be even bigger too, as Microsoft will want to pull out all the stops for Project Scarlett's launch.
Kingdom Hearts 1.5+2.5 Remix is coming to Xbox sometime in 2020; the package includes Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, Re: Chain of Memories, 358/2 Days (remastered cutscenes), Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, Birth By Sleep Final Mix, and Re:Coded (remastered cutscenes). The focus of the night, however, was very much on new projects from reliable Xbox studios and major boosts to the company's digital gaming services.
And it will also make it possible for gamers who don't want to spend big on hardware to enjoy games from Xbox.
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Medina, Albion merchants give kids an early Halloween treat
Beggar’s Night draws several hundred in 2 villages
Photos by Tom Rivers
Twin brothers Logan (right) and Landon Scribner, 8, of Medina are dressed as Pokemon characters while headed for treats at Main Street TV & Appliance in Medina on Friday evening during the annual Beggar’s Night put on by the Medina Business Association.
Nearly 1,000 kids come out for the event, where downtown merchants hand out candy and treats.
Abbygal Fuller is dressed as a clown and her sister Grace Fuller is a scarecrow. They were passing out candy at Della’s Chocolates, which is run by their mother, Susan Fuller.
“I get to see all the children in their costumes and I get to dress up myself,” Grace said.
Fitz William “Mr. Fitz” dressed up for the occasion. Mr. Fitz is a 5-year-old English springer spaniel. He is owned by Kelly Herbert, left. Bonnie Heck, right, is the owner of Herbalty Cottage. Her husband Tom Heck is in back.
Herbert recently moved to Medina from New Jersey. She said she enjoys the quaint little town, and the many fun activities in the downtown.
“I love that the town and the businesses support the events,” she said.
Kasey Sprester, left, of Middleport holds her 6-month-old son, Mathew, while being greeted by Cindy Robinson, owner of the English Rose Tea Shoppe.
Kathy Blackburn dressed as Belle from Beauty and the Beast and greeted children and their families at the start of the Beggar’s Night route. Blackburn always dresses up as a character to kick off Beggar’s Night.
Madelyn Hill of Medina is delighted to get so much candy before Halloween. She dressed up as a skeleton.
There were a variety of costumes on display, with a dinosaur inflatable very popular.
The Albion Merchants Association and Village of Albion also put on their Beggar’s Night celebration on Friday. Albion Agencies was among the many businesses and organizations to decorate their store and hand out treats.
The staff at Roots always wears costumes for Beggar’s Night. This year they went with a Willy Wonka theme. Pictured from left are Jenna O’Connor, Lisa Heidemann, owner Amber Mogle, and Gretta Smith.
Mitzi Peglow, owner of Orleans Travel, and her daughter Stephanie Spencer hand out candy.
There was also a witches dance on Main Street in Albion.


Even without Nene, the Wizards found little trouble scoring on the Bulls. A lot of 3-pointers sure seem to help with that. Trevor Ariza was simply on fire beyond the arc.
He hit four of his six 3-point makes in the first half as he scored 30 points for the game. Chicago was slow to rotate out to him and close out as the Wizards moved the ball expertly around the basket. Chicago was simply unable to copy the success offensively from Game Three.
Chicago committed 16 turnovers which turned into 29 Washington points. The Wizards shot worse — a bit better than 40 percent — but were able to control the pace because of those fast break opportunities.
The Bulls got 32 points off the bench from Taj Gibson, but put only two other players in double figures. Offense remains a problem for Chicago. And so too does the score in the series. The Bulls are one loss away from going home.


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IoT Security Interview Questions & Answers
Q. List out IoT OWASP Top 10 2018 vulnerabilities.
Ans: Below is the list of IoT OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities:
- Weak, Guessable, or Hardcoded Passwords
- Insecure Network Services
- Insecure Ecosystem Interfaces
- Lack of Secure Update Mechanism
- Use of Insecure or Outdated Components
- Insufficient Privacy Protection
- Insecure Data Transfer and Storage
- Lack of Device Management
- Insecure Default Settings
- Lack of Physical Hardening
Q. How can we find vulnerabilities of the most prevalent vulnerability of weak, guessable, or hardcoded passwords?
Ans: While configuring IoT devices, administrators/users tend not to change the default or easily guessable password for convenience. Also most of the IoT devices have backdoors to access it via root passwords.
Most of the attacks happen because the administrator/user has not changed the default password.
Attacker easily brute force to guess the correct password of the IoT device if the account lockout mechanism not implemented.
Q. What type of issues comes under Insecure Ecosystem Interfaces?
Ans: Any vulnerable web interface, mobile, cloud interface or API may be the components of insecure ecosystem interfaces. Below is the list of issues which may be found under this category:
- Authentication issue while accessing sensitive data
- Server certificates not validated by device
- Security updates not installed
- Leaking API keys
Q. What are the possible test cases of secure update mechanism of IoT devices?
Ans: I am listing out possible test cases to test update mechanisms of IoT devices:
- Check for firmware validation while updating
- Check for mechanisms to prevent rollback to the previous version
- Check for delivery of firmware is encrypted or not
- Check for vulnerabilities in the updated firmware
Q. What are the possible attacks on IoT devices?
Ans: I am listing out possible attacks on IoT devices:
Physical attacks: These types of attacks possible only after compromising the physical security of IoT devices. Attackers can temper IoT devices and extract different components, data and code reside in it.
Network Attacks: Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are the type of network attacks. This attack starves all the resources of IoT devices.
Cloning: Attacker clone the IoT device by using RFID attacks (due to poor authentication) and replace it with genuine device.
Encryption attack: Attacker employed side channel attacks to extract keys of cryptographic algorithms.
Q. What are the activities involved in security testing of IoT products?
Ans: List of activities involved in security testing of IoT products:
- Threat modeling of IoT product
- Firmware security
- Review of encryption used in IoT product
- Code review
- Privacy review
- Protocol fuzzing
- Network traffic analysis
- API Testing
- Penetration testing
Q. List out some tools used for IoT security.
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|Multimeter, Wireshark, UART, Flash Dumper, network bridging, Ubertooth On, Split-port adapters, BLE Sniffer||Wired and Wireless testing|
|Binwalk, IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, firmware emulators (QEMU)||Firmware Testing|
|Wireshark, Bettercap||Network related vulnerabilities|
|Nmap, Nessus, Metasploit, IBM AppScan, Netsparker, Burp Suite, ZAP Proxy, SQL Map||Network and Web Application Testing|
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Technologies for bioelectronic medicine of the future interface with the neural, muscular and cardiac tissue using electricity, magnetism, light or ultrasound. They are soft, flexible, stretchable, and non- or minimally invasive. They last a lifetime and thus are biocompatible, biostable, and upgradeable. Moreover, they adjust themselves to the varying therapeutic needs of the patient in a closed-loop fashion and are either wirelessly powered or employ energy scavenging from the body itself.
Recently, advancements in material engineering, microfabrication, micro- and nano-electronics, biosensors, bio-MEMS and micro-system integration have created new opportunities for the seamless integration of bioelectronic devices with living cells, tissues and organs. Emerging classes of wearable and/or implantables such as electronic skin, recording/stimulating electrodes, optogenetics, and low-intensity focused ultrasound, will play an important role in disease diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of neural disorders, inflammatory disorders, and lost senses and motor control.
This new collection of Bioelectronic Medicine aims to collect articles regarding recent advancements in microscale systems for neuroscientific discovery and for diagnostic, monitoring and therapeutic interfaces for advanced healthcare, ranging from implantable chronic devices, injectable and dissolvable devices, to skin-interfaced wearable devices, and to robust technologies for at-home use.

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Yesterday, we saw the Malaysian launch of the swoopy 2020 VW Arteon after a long wait.
its segment. 0-100 km/h takes 9.2 seconds.If outright firepower is what you’re looking for, the Volvo
Volvo is intent on walking the talk when it comes to phasing out internal combustion engines (ICE).
Coming in second place is the VW ID.3 hatchback (5,735 units sold), while the Renault Zoe caps the podium
needs.Today, we take a deeper look at 2 of the more popular SUVs in the C segment, the Honda CR-V and the VW
Earlier today, Volvo Car Malaysia (VCM) launched the 2021 Volvo XC40 T5 Recharge, essentially a plug-in
The executive sedans - BMW 5 Series, Mercedes-Benz E-Class, and Volvo S90 - are due a facelift, all of
There are 3 variants available for the Volvo XC60 – T5, T8 Inscription, and T8 Inscription Plus
- Volvo S60 T8 takes the cake Performance Comparison BMW 330e Volvo S60 T8 Engine
playing cupid with their “Score a Fling” social media campaign.From now until 29th February, VW
wheels; which makes this Volvo 480 just plain bonkers.
If you’ve ever thought of switching to a plug-in hybrid, the 2021 Volvo XC40 T5 Recharge might
Along with the e-Beetle, VW has also reserved e-Samba along with e-Karmann and the e-Kubel.
, the strategy targets a market share of more than 50% for full-electric vehicles by 2030.Under the VW
The locally assembled (CKD) Volvo S60 T8 has arrived and now it is at level playing field with the Mercedes-Benz
Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) just took the covers off the VW Tiguan Allspace – a 7
Meanwhile, the Volvo XC90 T8 Inscription Plus goes for RM 391,150 (without SST).Volvo XC90We’ve
If you’re looking for an SUV within the range of RM 350k, the BMW X3, Volvo XC60 and Mercedes-Benz
See, talk about VW and you’ll most probably think of sedans (swoopy or otherwise) and maybe some
Volvo Car Malaysia today paved a new path for customers with the launch of its 360 total-care used car
Earlier today, Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) launched its first-ever VW Tiguan Allspace,
resulting from the coronavirus pandemic will accelerate the move to electrification.Christian Dahlheim, VW
Image creditThe eighth-generation of Volkswagens iconic hatchback, the Mk8 VW Golf, makes its official
With a sleek fastback silhouette and coupe-style frameless doors, the VW Arteon is one of a kind.
Seven months since then, VW has updated the R-Line with new infotainment features.
Is the Proton X50s using the same engine as the Volvo XC40?
Like the SUV, the new hatchback is also built on the well-known Geely-Volvo CMA platform and utilizes
The second-generation VW Tiguan is a popular SUV here in Malaysia.
According to the few morsels of information we have, the new model is a SUV based on the Volvo XC90.Also
2WD though all-wheel-drive is available for the 2.2-litre Skyactiv diesel variant.Dimensions – VW
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i had a aregument with the VW guy in my machining class. VW vs. RWD Volvo... They never agree.
#Audi vs #BMW vs #Fiat vs #Ford vs #Hyundai vs #Kia vs #Lexus vs #Mahindra vs #Mazda vs #Mercedes vs #Peugeot vs #Vauxhall vs #VW vs #Volvo
LeMons Southern Discomfort Day 1: VW Golf-vs-Volvo 262C Bertone Drama, Duratec-Powered Geo Metro Leads Class B - http://t.co/eR2QgoWQ3i
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Used car 2005 Ford freestyle AWD vs. 2002 VW passat 4motion vs. 2004 Volvo XC70 AWD: I am trying to decide on on... http://t.co/Jl62I9Ja
@NotThatTesla @tesla_truth * Both VW and Volvo execs have publicly praised Tesla/Musk. * Analyst says Tesla is massively undervalued. * VW's ID3 pricing/specs are less competitive vs Tesla than promised. * End of Quarter estimates continue to go up; record breaking Q looking increasingly likely.
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@callherthato @armathe90 @MapsMaponyane 😹😹😹😹 nibuzile moss... And I actually explained it to you in the easiest way. Volvo Vs VW, something which you can actually understand with ease😹😹😹. But anyways


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The Leopardito Boot by Yippee Ki Yay is constructed from tan suede with a faded leopard-print pattern. Details include a 9-1/2" shaft, 1-3/4" heel, pull tabs, and snip toe. Handmade in Mexico. Pairs well with skinny jeans, leggings, or a skirt. Handcrafted in Mexico by a skilled Old Gringo artisan.


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Lynch, Kate (2012) "For a splendid cause": Irish missionary nuns at home and on the mission field, 1921-1962. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.
McDonagh, Briony A.K. (2007) Manor houses, churches and settlements: historical geographies of the Yorkshire Wolds before 1600. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.

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Shaheen's Libya failure: Party over the people
January 23. 2013 7:29PM
Four Americans died in a terrorist assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Four months later the members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee finally got to question Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about it. If you had that rare opportunity, what would you ask?
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a member of that committee, had the opportunity. When it came, she asked not a single question about how the security in Benghazi was left so weak despite repeated requests from State Department officials there for upgrades. She made no effort at all to get to the bottom of the issue. Instead, she called Clinton a great leader and called for spending more money on the State Department.
Shaheen used her question time to advance the Democratic Party's effort to deflect attention from the fatal Benghazi failure by focusing on current State Department funding. She asked Clinton whether $1.4 billion dedicated for spending in Iraq had been transferred for use on embassy security. Of course, she already knew the answer. Senate Democrats have had fun pointing out that approval for the transfer was inserted into the Senate's Hurricane Sandy relief bill, but removed by the House (because it was completely unrelated to Sandy relief). She used her rare opportunity to make a partisan political point.
In addition, as a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, surely Shaheen would know that Charlene Lamb, deputy assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security, told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in October that a lack of funding was not the reason for Benghazi's security shortage. The funding issue is a diversion, nothing more.
Shaheen had a choice. She could either help her party deflect blame for Benghazi or help the people understand what happened. Ever the loyal partisan, Shaheen chose her party over the people.

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Job Carder started his culinary career in a small Texas and Louisiana style barbecue house called Little Lou’s in Santa Cruz, CA while still in college. He went on to work at a family owned Northern Italian restaurant called Bienvenuto Trattoria, where he gained a true understanding of the cuisine and of the different styles of regional Italian cooking.
He moved back to his hometown of Los Angeles, with the goal of honing his talents in classic and contemporary French cooking and set forth to continue his culinary training in some of the city’s finest kitchens, spending almost 6 years working his way up the hierarchy of chef positions within the Patina Group restaurants and catering, honing his talents in every area of the professional kitchen from butchering to desserts.
Job was recruited by Café Bizou in Santa Monica to their executive chef, a position that made Job the youngest executive chef in the Los Angeles area at the age of 24. Under Carder, Café Bizou was voted L.A.’s most popular restaurant by Zagat Guide. Following Café Bizou, Job spent two years leading the team at La Scala; one of the oldest and most highly regarded Italian restaurants in Los Angeles. In October of 2003 he was brought on board with Mix Restaurant by Chef John Jackson, to help open and run the kitchen. Job Carder created a cuisine that was unique to the L.A. area by keeping his dishes simple, flavorful and staying true to the ingredients and the regional style of French and Mediterranean cuisines.
In 2005 Job Carder joined the food and beverage team at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area as Executive Chef of the Ski Resort as well as only fine dining restaurant on the mountain as both Chef and General Manager, Parallax Restaurant. Overseeing the dining room, three food courts and two bar style restaurants, the food and beverage grossed over $11.6 million in sales with 98 employees and four management teams who reported directly to him.
In August of 2007 an opportunity arose at Manzanita Restaurant in the heart of the California wine country of Sonoma County in Healdsburg. Job Carder was always drawn to this area of California because of the richness of the agriculture, farms and phenomenal wines. Honing in on what the area has to offer Chef Carder created relationships with organic produce and livestock farmers as well as local fishermen.
At Manzanita Restaurant Chef Carder created an ultra-seasonal menu of local organic and wild produce, farm fresh organic meats and local wild seafood. While Chef Carder was at Manzanita the restaurant grew into a favorite of the Healdsburg community and the wine country tourist. Chef Carder created the only wood burning oven program, at that time, in Healdsburg with gourmet pizzas and oven roasted fish, duck, lamb and veal dishes. Chef Carder received an award of excellence from the Sonoma County Health Department for four consecutive perfect inspections, the second time he had received the award. Chef Carder Also received a double gold, gold and two silver medals for his recipes from the Sonoma County Harvest Fair and Published recipe’s in Sonoma County’s “Tasting Along the Wine Road” cook book. He was also the featured Chef of U.C. Davis’s Sonoma County Meat Buying Club.
While at Manzanita, Carder met David Johnson, who discussed with Carder his desire to open a smart California bistro in Pasadena. A native of the area, for Carder it was an easy decision to make this a reality for them both, “I wanted to bring a quality dinning place back to my home town—and give my family and friends a comfortable, quality restaurant where they would want to dine often,” says Carder. “This is where it all started for me; I love this town and its people, why wouldn’t I want to give something to them when they have given me so much.”
Chef Carder personally designed both the kitchen and the bar from the ground up at Dish Bistro. He over saw all aspects of remodeling and opening, sourced all materials, equipment and purveyors. At Dish Bistro Carder designed a critically praised seasonal bistro menu consisting of unique “tapas” style small plates and large plate selections. With Chef Carder leading the team Dish Bistro was named by Pulitzer Prize winning food critic Jonathan Gold, his favorite restaurant in Pasadena and received 3 stars from Merrill Schindler, the Los Angeles Zagat Survey editor and food critic for the Star News and host of KABC’s “Feed Your Face”. Dish Bistro also received the Los Angeles Magazine’s Best New Restaurants 2010 for Glendale, Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley and was voted “Best New Restaurant” in San Gabriel Valley by “THE” Magazine. While at Dish Bistro, Chef Carder taught “Exposure to Organics and Nutrition” classes for inner city children with the WORKS Foundation and REAL FOOD FOR LIFE program.
Most recently Chef Carder was at Plate 38 in the east Pasadena area as both chef and general manager, again. Chef Carder took over the reins of The Plate 38 three years after it opened. While there, he completely redesigned the menu to focus on freshness and quality. He created a specials, craft beer and live music programs. During Chef Carder’s time at Plate 38, he hosted many of Pasadena’s Muir Ranch Organic Farm dinners and won best chef in Pasadena, 2014 and 2015, by the readers of the Pasadena Weekly.
Over the last 20 years, Chef Carder has sought out the best in the restaurant business, in the kitchen, on the dining room floor and with the farms. Teaming up with them and nourished these relationships over the years, creating loyalties and respect, both to him and his food.

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Syria ceasefire: UN’s Ban Ki-moon makes aid plea
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Russia and the US to push all warring sides in Syria to allow safe passage for desperately needed aid, the BBC reports.
Lorries with a month’s food supply for 40,000 people are stuck at the Turkish border, 48 hours into a ceasefire.
Getting aid to civilians in besieged areas like the rebel-held eastern half of the city of Aleppo is a priority.
But disagreements between warring sides and concerns about safety are delaying emergency deliveries, the UN says.
“It’s crucially important [that] the necessary security arrangements” are made so the convoy can travel, Mr Ban said.
“I have been urging the Russian government to make sure that they exercise influence on the Syrian government, and also the American side to make sure that Syrian armed groups, they also fully co-operate.”


Despite a plethora of development projects initiated in different parts of the country, there are many small communities that fall between the cracks. One such community is in Deniyaya. It is a Tamil community whose members work on tea plantations.
Two training sessions were held in Colombo for 83 police officers under NPC’s project, Collective Engagement for Religious Freedom (CERF). At the first session, NPC Executive Director Dr Jehan Perera explained the objectives of the training to the participants.
Two meetings were held in the Batticaloa and Trincomalee districts under NPC’s project, Inter-faith and Inter-ethnic dialogue in Sri Lanka, for DIRC members, local politicians, police officers and government officials to discuss common concerns and issues causing religious and ethnic tension in the areas.
Kandy District Inter Religious Committee (DIRC) members travelled to 14 districts across the country sharing their experiences of how they dealt with the anti-Muslim violence that erupted in their district earlier this year.
Newly elected Municipal Council members from the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) and selected municipal staff members participated in three day workshop that was organized with support from USAID’s Strengthening Democratic Governance and Accountability Project and NPC. NPC resource persons provided inputs on the reconciliation process for councillors.
Under the IMPACT project, NPC conducted two Transitional Justice (TJ) workshops for students of Nilwala College of Education in the Matara District. Resources persons were lawyer Jagath Liyana Arachchi and NPC Project Manager Saman Seneviratne. Two hundred participants attended both training programmes.
The Ampara District Inter Religious Committee (DIRC), local politicians and community leaders organized a Peace Conference in Kalmunai under NPC’s Religions to Reconcile (R2R) Project. Over 200 community members from Kalmunai, Irakkamam, Digavapi and Higurana, including differently abled people, attended the conference.
A series of training workshops on Transitional Justice (TJ) was held for university students and youth under NPC’s project Youth Engagement with Transitional Justice for Long Lasting Peace in Sri Lanka, which is funded by the UN Peace Building Fund. The programme for universities was held at the Eastern University for 53 undergraduates and was supported by the Secretariat for Coordinating Reconciliation Mechanisms (SCRM).
A peace march to promote religious freedom and pluralism was organized by the Local Inter Religious Committee (LIRC) in Weligama and NPC’s local partner Voice of South under the NPC’s project Collective Engagement for Religious Freedom (CERF). The message of the march was creating coexistence through multi religious values, teachings and celebrations.


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Ukraine returns to football field with friendly win in Germany
Ukraine is back on soccer.
The Ukrainian men’s national team returned to action Wednesday for the first time since the invasion by Russia, beating German club Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-1 in a charity fundraiser.
The friendly was a chance for the Ukrainians to get back into form ahead of a World Cup qualifying playoff game against Scotland next month, but also to show their team is still going, despite everything.
“We thank you all for your great help,” former world heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko, whose brother Vitali is the mayor of Kyiv, said in a video message to the German club and fans. It felt as if “both (teams) are playing for us,” he added.
The squad for the unusual club-versus-country friendly was assembled from Ukrainian clubs whose league seasons were frozen on Feb. 24 on the morning, Russian troops, invaded.
Ukraine has banned men of the fighting age from leaving the country during the war, so the players needed special permission to travel. Some have been touring Europe for weeks, first with the Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk clubs playing fundraising games, then at a national team training camp in Slovenia.
Coach Oleksandr Petrakov said when the Ukrainian anthem was sung before the game, “I had tears in my eyes.”
“Thank you to the Ukrainians who came and supported us,” he said, “and thank you to the Germans.”
Petrakov said he had spent the early stages of the war in his apartment in the capital, Kyiv. At that time, when Russian forces were closing on the city, “you sit in the apartment and you don’t know where a projectile is going to land,” he said. “I don’t wish for anyone to go through that.”
The crowd of 20,000 at the game contained many Ukrainians — they were given free tickets — who roared their appreciation when winger Mykhailo Mudryk rounded the goalkeeper and scored in the ninth minute to give Ukraine the lead.
Gladbach responded five minutes later with a powerful shot from Ireland youth international Conor Noss to level the score.
Mudryk had another good chance midway through the second half but could only tap the ball into the keeper’s arms. Substitute Oleksandr Pikhalonok gave Ukraine the win in the 82nd with a low shot from just outside the box. Both of Ukraine’s scorers were representing the national team for the first time.
Ukraine hadn’t played since beating Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0 on Nov. 16 and had to reschedule games because of the war. Petrakov said he was pleased with the performance after such a long time without playing, but the team still needed to work on its mistakes.
If Ukraine beats Scotland in the playoff in Glasgow on June 1, it will face Wales four days later in Cardiff for a place at this year’s World Cup in Qatar.
Ukraine’s highest-profile players, including Manchester City left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko, West Ham forward Andriy Yarmolenko and Benfica striker Roman Yaremchuk, are expected to join up with the squad in time for the World Cup qualifying playoffs once their club seasons finish.
Before that, the national team will play friendlies against Italian club Empoli and Croatian club Rijeka next week, the Ukrainian Football Association said Wednesday.


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