County officials are heading to Harrisburg next week to meet with Pennsylvania State Police and Motorola regarding the ongoing emergency radio system upgrade.
City officials are grappling with whether they need additional equipment.
And how much should be budgeted to cover the expenses.
While the Warren County Commissioners approved the purchase back in May, the system has yet to be implemented.
City of Warren Fire Chief Sam Pascuzzi told Warren City Council earlier this week that he was budgeting $55,000 for purchase of additional radio equipment that the county's allocation may not cover.
He said there will be "some impact" financially to the city but does not "know for sure what that's going to be.
He added that the question of whether the county's purchase will meet their departmental needs "remains a question.
"(I) wish it would be resolved soon. The county needs to do some testing to determine what the capability of this is going to be. Then we have to make a decision about whether those capabilities" will meet the department's needs.
He specifically questioned whether the new system will sufficiently penetrate buildings and, if it doesn't, noted that repeaters – which would enhance the radio's range – would need to be placed in the vehicles.
Pascuzzi said the budgeted amount was a "best guess on what (we) will need" and expressed optimism that the number could be reduced.
Police Chief Brandon Deppen said that $40,000 was allocated for radio purchases for the police department.
Commissioner Ben Kafferlin told the Times Observer that he and Public Safety Director Todd Lake are going to Harrisburg next week for a status update, which will include meetings with the Pennsylvania State Police and Motorola.
He noted that further information on the status of the project would be available after those meetings.


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4- When you're done and you have an area that looks good, go back to the Layer Palette and click the Edit Selection. You will now have a selection. On a new Raster layer, flood fill that selection with black.
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The Latest: Trump kicks off 2020 bid by airing grievances
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
President Donald Trump has kicked off his reelection campaign with a grievance-filled rally that focused more on settling scores than on laying out his agenda for a second term.
On Tuesday night in Orlando, Florida, Trump complained that he had been "under assault from the very first day" of his presidency by a "fake news media" and "illegal witch hunt" that had tried to keep him and his supporters down.
He also painted a disturbing picture of what life would look like if he loses in 2020, telling the crowd that Democrats "want to destroy you and they want to destroy our country as we know it."
The apocalyptic language and finger-pointing made clear that Trump's 2020 campaign will probably look a whole lot like his 2016 run.
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says President Donald Trump is "a man way out of touch with the needs of ordinary people and a man who must be defeated."
Speaking after Trump's 2020 campaign kickoff event in Florida on Tuesday night, Sanders said Trump's rally was "an hour and a half speech of lies, distortions and total, absolute nonsense."
The Vermont senator was the only candidate among the nearly two dozen Democrats seeking the presidency to offer a live rebuttal immediately following the speech. Vice President Joe Biden's campaign released a statement nearly an hour before Trump was scheduled to speak.
Biden's deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield said that the country faces a choice, "we can make Trump an aberration or let him fundamentally and forever alter the character of this nation."
President Donald Trump is promising to eradicate AIDS in America and to come up with cures to many diseases, "including cancer and others," during his second term.
The president made the promise Tuesday at his 2020 campaign kickoff rally in Florida. It came shortly after Trump's eldest son mocked former Vice President Joe Biden for laying out the same goal on cancer. Donald Trump Jr. said earlier Tuesday before his father spoke: "Why the hell didn't you do that over the last 50 years, Joe?"
Former President Barack Obama had tasked Biden with developing a "moonshot" to accelerate the fight against cancer. The effort resulted in Congress passing a bill to speed the development of cures in the final weeks of Obama's presidency. Biden's son, former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, died from brain cancer in 2015.
President Donald Trump is decrying "illegal mass migration" as he tries to fire up supporters at his kickoff rally for the 2020 election.
Trump made border security a focus of his first presidential run and returned to the topic frequently on Tuesday in Florida.
Trump says millions of low-wage workers who come to the U.S. illegally compete for wages and opportunities against the most vulnerable Americans.
Trump is also claiming that schoolchildren across the country are being threatened by MS-13 gang members and blames "Democratic policies."
He says if Democratic officials "had to send their children to those overcrowded, overburdened schools, they would not tolerate it for one minute."
President Donald Trump is returning to a familiar theme of attacking old trade deals as he tries to appeal to working-class voters in his campaign kickoff for 2020.
Trump said Tuesday in Orlando, Florida, that the U.S. is taking in billions of dollars in tariffs and that companies are leaving China as a result of the 25 percent tariffs he has imposed on $250 billion in Chinese imports. Trump is preparing to target $300 billion in Chinese imports that he hasn't already hit with tariffs.
Trump says the U.S. helped rebuild China, and "they took us for suckers, and that includes Obama and Biden."
Trump tells supporters he's fighting for them. He says, "I have news for Democrats who want to return us to the bitter failures and betrayals of the past: We are not going back."
President Donald Trump is telling supporters in Florida that he has taken on the "political machine" during his presidency and "that is why the swamp is fighting back so viciously and violently."
Trump formally kicked off his 2020 campaign on Tuesday by complaining that "for the last 2½ years we have been under siege."
Despite that, Trump claims that he has accomplished more than any other president during his first 2½ years in office.
Trump is complaining about special counsel Robert Muller's investigation into Russian meddling in 2016, stating, "We went through the greatest witch hunt in political history."
He is proclaiming that his opponents have been given a "free pass" and is telling supporters: "They are really going after you. That's what this is all about."
Vice President Mike Pence says America needs four more years of President Donald Trump.
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At a 2020 campaign kickoff rally Tuesday in the critical swing state of Florida, Pence told a crowd of thousands: "It's on everybody. Time for Round 2."
Pence says Trump promised to make America great again, "and that's exactly what we've done."
Pence says the president has made unprecedented investments in securing the U.S. border with Mexico. The crowd chanted, "Build that wall!" — one of Trump's catchphrases.
He is also crediting Trump with delivering 5.8 million jobs since the last election and says four more years means more jobs and judges. He says: "It's going to take at least four more years to drain that swamp."
He says, "As the campaign begins, I encourage you: Bring all your enthusiasm and have faith."
President Donald Trump has arrived in Orlando, Florida, where he is set to kick off his reelection campaign with a rally.
Campaign advisers say Trump will seek to connect his first term to the goals he hopes to achieve with four more years as president.
They say his brash version of populism, combined with his mantra to "Drain the Swamp," still resonates, despite his administration's cozy ties with lobbyists and corporations and the Trump family's apparent efforts to profit off the presidency.
Trump supporters began arriving as early as Monday for the Tuesday night campaign rally, braving downpours and listening to a cover band playing Southern rock standards.
Democrats say Trump won't be credible running again as an outsider, and they claim that he's made life harder for people after two years in office.
Hundreds of anti-Trump protesters clapped and took photos when a 20-foot blimp of a snarling Trump baby in a diaper was inflated near the Orlando, Florida, arena where President Donald Trump was set to formally launch his reelection campaign
It wasn't the only helium-filled balloon outside Tuesday's rally. Lane Blackwell, who owns a clothing and swimwear store in Orlando, had manufactured 200 small balloons with Trump in a diaper.
At least twice, groups of men wearing black Proud Boy T-shirts tried to enter the street where the anti-Trump protest was being held. They were stopped by groups of police officers and deputies.
Shaun Noble says his mother was at the Trump rally while he was at the anti-Trump protest.
He says, "It's really caused a divide in our relationship." But he says it's his right to believe what he wants and his mother's right to believe what she wants.
A boisterous crowd of thousands of supporters has gathered in front of the Amway Center arena in Orlando, Florida, hours before President Donald Trump will hold a rally to formally launch his reelection campaign.
A cover band on a stage played Southern rock standards such as Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home, Alabama."
Vendors for blocks around sold water, as well as pins, hats and T-shirts with slogans including "Trump 2020" and "ICE ICE Baby." In the summer heat, some women wore "Make America Great Again" bathing suits.
Fifty-six-year-old Margaret McDeed says she came from Tampa and supports Trump because "his policies are for the American people." She adds that, as a tax accountant, she's seen savings from the Republican-backed tax cuts.
Thirty-three year old Alex Fuentes wore a shirt that said "Make Democrats cry again." The rally is set to begin at 8 p.m. local time.
"Wild" like a rock concert.
That's how President Donald Trump envisions his campaign kickoff rally in Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday night.
To Trump, Republican enthusiasm is at an all-time high. But the political event is also drawing protesters.
Trump says his re-election launch will be a political spectacle. In a tweet, he says: "People have never seen anything like it (unless you play a guitar). Going to be wild — See you later!"
Some supporters started lining up Monday to attend the event.
Opponents are launching their protests at a gay bar in Orlando. The city is home to a large Puerto Rican population and it's also where a shooting at a gay nightclub killed 49 people three years ago.
President Donald Trump is set to kick off his re-election campaign with a rally Tuesday night in Orlando, Florida.
Democrats say Trump won't be credible running again as an outsider and they claim that he's made life harder for people after just two years in office.
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In an interview with VG24/7, Alexis Kennedy – a freelance writer who worked on Dragon Age 4, among other games – mentioned that Telltale had approached them for consultancy on a strategy game similar to This War of Mine, with Fallen London being a major inspiration.
"It was a project that had been ongoing for years, with a variety of different people coming and going, to try to find a way to do something different to the usual Telltale approach," Kennedy explains."It was something that didn't require hand-tuned content but allowed room for stuff that emerged naturally from procedural generation," said Kennedy.
The game, planned for mobile but possibly also considered for other platforms, would be built around base management and resource gathering. It was supposed to stick to Telltale's iconic art style, but the stories were to primarily stem from its systems interacting with one another. Players were supposed to manage various resources, including their manpower, and the drama was then to come up organically through gameplay.
It would have been good to see Telltale trying something different for once, but sadly that ship has sailed. Renowned for their storytelling skills and iconic characters, the legacy of Telltale would surely live on.


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An Act to Amend Title 51, United States Code, to Extend the Authority of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to Enter into Leases of Non-excess Property of the Administration.
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The 2018 season of Pixies Holt residentials finished with a bubbly and enthusiastic 3C form group.
Fortunately we saw the best weather Dartmoor could offer with a sunny walk from Haytor to Hound Tor. Pupils pushed themselves out of the their comfort zone in the climbing, abseiling and weasling with some particularly courageous efforts from Felix Tamblyn and Izzy Olotu.
A Mint Feast was the order of the day at the Hound of the Basketmeals where pupils enjoyed a well-deserved ice cream.
Evenings were packed with fun, games and team building activities. In an amazing display of flexibility, Holly Metcalf, Connie Croft and Rosie Burrage proved to be elite cereal box lifters in a game where Harry Ireland drew the loudest crowd. The Best Catwalk Model award went to Ryan Paget, Best Made Bed award won by Tom Knapp and Best Motivational Speaker, for ongoing support and positive encouragement, went to Ed Witcomb.
Form Tutor Phil Hyde said the weekend was busy, exhausting but thoroughly enjoyable.


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Why do 400,000 women rave about the all-male American Chippendales?
Michael Arditti goes to Mansfield to observe a showbiz phenomenon.
When Nancy Astor took her seat as the first woman in a previously all-male House of Commons, she can hardly have felt more conspicuous than I did in Mansfield among an otherwise all-female audience for the Chippendales British tour.
Security was so tight that the gentlemen's lavatories were locked, and as the lone male I was directed towards the disabled – an association I wasn't too keen to pursue. Devoted fans made such extravagant offers for my backstage pass that for a moment I was sorely tempted … but warning bells rang, both in the auditorium and my head.
The source of all the furore was a seventeen-strong American dance group, which does indeed take its name from the furniture: the first Chippendales club in Los Angeles having been founded in a disused store. Although they proudly boast that should anyone now speak of finely crafted, highly polished, perfectly proportioned pieces, they're far more likely to mean the men.
But they're by no means wooden. The show soon developed from its crude 'kiss and tip' beginnings into a slick Las Vegas-style extravaganza through the involvement of Academy Award choreographer Steve Merritt. For two heady hours the larger men pose and pout while the slighter ones bump and grind through spectacular Bob Fosse-influenced routines. The latter carry the show, but the former carry off the prizes. When it comes to audience response, shirt size is all.
The music is eclectic but loud. Some of the ballads seem better suited to soul- than torso-baring; but numbers like 'Great Balls of Fire' are raunchily reinterpreted. Props are basic – bananas, truncheons and candles; while pool cues are handled even more suggestively than in the latest Levis ad. By the end it's hard to say which are the more strained: the men's pelvic muscles or the women's vocal chords.
But the Chippendales are no longer just a show; in true American style they've become a concept. The bigger the men, it seems, the bigger the business. They merchandise clocks, mugs, tea-towels and tee-shirts. You can exercise to a Chippendales aerobics video, cross off the days on a Chippendales calendar, and even play "Strip Jack Naked' with highly appropriate cards.
Their empire has expanded as rapidly as their chests. Having opened his original club in 1979, Steve Banerjee added a second four years later in New York. Shortly after, they began to tour, first coast to coast in the States and then internationally, to Australia, South Africa and Hong Kong. With their Los Angeles building closed for extensive renovation, the time seemed right for their first assault on Europe. A trans-Atlantic love-affair had begun.
Since their London debut last winter, the Chippendales have been seen by nearly 400,000 women across the country. Their somewhat anodyne appearance on Daytime TV provoked official outrage and public delight. To meet the demand, a second troupe was quickly imported; and, while one now plays in the West End, the other continues to tour. The shows are interchangeable, and so it seems are the men, who must be prepared to change costumes and continents at a moment's notice. As one confided: 'It's like being in the army … but not so bad.'
Their British fans have welcomed them with open arms – sometimes literally; in Glasgow, guards had to form a human chain to keep them back from the stage. While in Manchester, firemen were called to rescue a girl who'd tried to hurl herself down from the balcony. The Mansfield audience may have proved less gymnastic, but their enthusiasm was no less intense.
The 'Chips' themselves vigorously deny any suggestion of exploitation and insist that they're merely figures of fantasy; adding somewhat disingenuously that it's not they who are the women's fantasies but the women who are theirs. To the charge that they present the unacceptable face of feminism, they claim that the raucous response simply proves that women have more in common with men than either sex might like to pretend.
Certainly the shouts of 'Gerremoff' sounded all too familiar, albeit in a somewhat higher key. But then that of course is precisely what they don't, at least not completely. Rather like the old Windmill Theatre with its tastefully posed tableaux, the Chippendales draw the line, or at least the g-string, at full frontals. The emphasis rests on the second syllable of their strip-tease.
This leads to endless back views or games of 'peek-a-butt' and niftily nabbed, strategically placed hats and towels – although it must be said that in the beach-hut shower scene they bend their rules and bodies about as far as they can go … Mitzi Gaynor washing that man right out of her hair will never again seem the same.
I didn't trade in my backstage pass … and in conversation it soon became clear that the men have a charm and a confidence which constitutes the major part of their appeal. They come from a variety of backgrounds – such as models, musicians and mechanics. One, Mark Lavach, is an economics student at the University of Southern California, who has taken a year's leave of absence for this somewhat unorthodox 'grand tour'. Another, John Ford, is a former rock singer. Many were discovered in gyms pumping iron.
And yet if the women were being fed a fantasy on the stage, I was equally conscious of being fed an image in the dressing rooms. Something about the men seemed too good to be true. They clearly enjoy their work and are richly rewarded. Several claimed that their prime motivation was the chance to travel – although they had so far seen little more of Britain than the inside of a coach, a theatre and a gym.
They insisted that within the group there was no rivalry, simply healthy competition. Although it was hard to believe that none of these big men – with biceps the size of most thighs – had an ego to match. And when I asked how many of them there were in all, I was told around 160, but with the rapid rider that there were only 40 real Chippendales . . . Once again the less muscular dancers had failed to receive their due.
I probed for the cracks in the squeaky – or rather, husky- clean image. I sensed a darkness and ambiguity which they were anxious not to reveal. They insist that they're just good old fashioned showmen and regard their tackier rivals, the numerous clubland copycats, with the traditional scorn of the variety artist for the burlesque. And yet their protestations of innocence appear, to say the least, disingenuous, in the light of their routines.
I spoke to one, Auguste Jacobson, who was most concerned to present himself as the clean-cut, all-American boy; and yet he performed a military strip to the strains of 'An Officer and A Gentleman' which would hardly endear him to President Bush.
Later, when I asked about his parents' reaction, he blushed blondly and claimed that his mother had loved the show; besides, he wasn't involved in any of the more salacious routines … After which he went into a bedtime solo involving baby oil and a brass bedstead which definitely wasn't aimed at a maternal kiss.
But then it's inevitable – if ironic – given the all-male cast and all-female audience, that the show should be both narcissistic and onanistic. This was most blatant in a motorcycle number graphically depicting American man's love affair with his machine.
And even when a member of the audience was drawn in, she tended to be used as a prop. Though that too seems to feed the fantasy; for when I questioned a surprised participant who'd been thrown to the ground in a simulated rape, handcuffed and manhandled by three rescuing policemen, flung over a shoulder and bundled offstage, she insisted it was all 'bloody brill'.
In that she evidently spoke for the whole audience. And as she queued at the end to pose for a Polaroid (£5 a time) with a hand on a sun-tanned, sweat-stained, oil-streaked shoulder, my neighbour, a proud great-grandmother, explained that the entire country had been struck by Chippendale fever. And with their initial run at the Strand already extended from July 22nd to September 2lst, it's clear that the capital itself is far from immune.
© Michael Arditti 2006 Log in


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Conan ou Conan le Barbare au Québec (Conan the Barbarian) est un film d'heroic fantasy américain en trois dimensions réalisé par Marcus Nispel sorti en 2011. Il s'agit de l'adaptation du personnage Conan le Barbare créé par Robert E. Howard.

Le film est sorti en salles le  dans quatre pays différents : France, Belgique, Islande et les Philippines.

En phase de préproduction il était prévu que le film s'intitule simplement Conan, puis plus tard Conan 3D, mais en décembre 2010, alors que le tournage était déjà terminé, il fut finalement décidé de lui donner le titre Conan the Barbarian, le même que celui de la toute première adaptation cinématographique du personnage (Conan le Barbare, 1982, avec Arnold Schwarzenegger). Malgré cela le titre simplifié en Conan fut conservé pour la distribution en France. Au Québec le titre original fut traduit littéralement : Conan le Barbare. Dans les principaux pays francophones Conan est distribué en salles par Metropolitan Filmexport en France, Splendid Film en Belgique, Les Films Séville au Canada, le , et Warner Bros. Transatlantic Inc. en Suisse, le .

Le film sera qualifié de Flop et a reçu des critiques majoritairement négatives de la part de l'ensemble de la presse.

Synopsis
Pendant l'Âge hyborien, un groupe de sorciers créèrent le masque d'Acheron, objet puissant et maléfique qui permet à son possesseur de contrôler le monde. Mais les créateurs de cet artefact furent vaincus par les Cimmériens, de redoutables barbares menés par Corin (Ron Perlman). Pour empêcher que ce dangereux artefact soit utilisé, les vainqueurs brisèrent l'objet maléfique en plusieurs morceaux avant de les disperser aux quatre coins de la terre. Après ces évènements, le village de Corin est attaqué.

Transpercée, mortellement blessée, l'épouse de Corin donna néanmoins courageusement naissance à leur fils, Conan, aidée par Corin, et ce en plein milieu de leur village fraîchement ravagé et devenu de fait un champ de bataille.

Le village depuis a été reconstruit par son fier peuple barbare... et, le temps passant, le jeune Conan grandit pendant plus d'une décennie avec son père.

Un jour, ils furent attaqués par les forces de Khalar Zym (Stephen Lang). Ce modeste brigand-seigneur de guerre tente depuis fort longtemps et est presque sur le point de réunir tous les morceaux du masque avec l'aide de sa fille Marique (Rose McGowan), une sorcière prometteuse qui sent les choses... Zym détruit le village de Conan et parvient à obtenir ce qu'il est venu chercher et par jeu met Corin dans une situation mortelle.

Malgré tous les efforts de Conan, son père meurt sous les yeux du jeune homme, bouleversé de ne pas avoir réussi à le sauver.

Désormais empli de soif de vengeance, il se promet qu'un jour il prendra la vie de Zym.

Vingt ans plus tard, Conan (Jason Momoa) est devenu un fier guerrier accompli qui tente de survivre tel un partisan dans un monde impitoyable. Alors qu'il mène des esclaves récemment libérés (à la suite d'une de ses actions) à la cité de Messantia, il trouve une piste prometteuse menant aux responsables du meurtre de son père et de l'attaque qui fut jadis fatidique à son village natal.

Ses aventures le mèneront à affronter Khalar Zym plusieurs fois et à enfin assouvir sa vengeance.

Toutes ces aventures le mèneront à découvrir l'amour en la personne de celle que recherche Zym : Tamara (Rachel Nichols)…

Fiche technique

 Titre original : Conan the Barbarian
 Titre français : Conan
 Titre québécois : Conan le Barbare
 Réalisation : Marcus Nispel
 Scénario : Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer, Sean Hood, Dirk Blackman et Howard McCain, d'après le personnage Conan le Barbare de Robert E. Howard
 Musique : Tyler Bates
 Direction artistique : Ivaylo Nikolov, Antonello Rubino et James Steuart
 Décors : Judy Farr et Valentina Mladenova
 Costumes : Wendy Partridge
 Photographie : Thomas Kloss
 Montage : Ken Blackwell
 Production : Boaz Davidson, Joe Gatta, Fredrik Malmberg, John Baldecchi, Danny Lerner, Les Weldon et Henry Winterstern
 Producteurs délégués : George Furla, Samuel Hadida, Victor Hadida, Frederick U. Fierst, Eda Kowan, Avi Lerner,
 Producteurs délégués : John Sacchi, Michael Paseornek, Jason Constantine, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short et George Furla
 Coproducteur délégué : Lonnie Ramati
 Sociétés de production: Lionsgate, Millenium Films, Nu Image, Paradox Entertainment, Nimar Studios et Cinema Vehicle Services
 Sociétés de distribution :  Lionsgate,  Maple Pictures,   Benelux Film Distributors et  Metropolitan Filmexport
 Budget :  $ (USD) (estimation)
 Pays d'origine :
 Langue originale : Anglais
 Format : couleur -  - 2.35:1 - son Dolby Digital | Datasat
 Genre : Action, Aventure, Fantastique, Fantasy
 Durée : 113 minutes
 Dates de sortie :
  :  (Avant-première) (Los Angeles, Californie)
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 Classification : Interdit aux moins de 12 ans en France lors de sa sortie en salles

Distribution
 Jason Momoa (VF : Jérémie Covillault et VQ : Jean-François Beaupré) : Conan
 Rachel Nichols (VF : Aurore Bonjour et VQ : Émilie Bibeau) : Tamara
 Stephen Lang (VF : Jean-Bernard Guillard et VQ : Éric Gaudry) : Khalar Zym
 Rose McGowan (VF : Marie-Laure Dougnac et VQ : Camille Cyr-Desmarais) : Marique, un succube mi-humaine mi-sorcière.
 Saïd Taghmaoui : Ela-Shan
 Ron Perlman (VF : Marc Alfos et VQ : Denis Mercier) : Corin, chef des Cimmériens et père de Conan.
 Leo Howard : Jeune Conan
 Steven O'Donnell (VF : Denis Boileau et VQ : Stéphane Rivard) : Lucius
 Raad Rawi (VF : Jean-Pierre Leroux) : Fassir
 Nonso Anozie (VF : Daniel Lobé et VQ : Benoît Rousseau) : Artus
 Bob Sapp : Ukafa
 Milton Welsh (VF : Paul Borne) : Remo
 Nathan Jones : Akhun
 Bashar Rahal : Quarter Master
 Morgan Freeman (VF : Pierre Dourlens) : Le Narrateur (non crédité)
Source et légende : Version française (V. F.) et Version québécoise (V. Q.) sur Doublage QC

Production

Genèse
À l'origine, pendant neuf ans, ce film devait être tourné par les Wachowski, Brett Ratner qui, pourtant, a longtemps travaillé sur ce projet et l'a abandonné en raison d'énormes problèmes de planning sur d'autres projets et Robert Rodriguez devait le remplacer. En 2008, le nom de Rob Zombie est apparu pour réaliser ce remake mais c'est Marcus Nispel qui reprendra ce projet, un vieux rêve depuis son enfance, selon Variety : c'est son troisième remake après Massacre à la tronçonneuse (2003) et Vendredi 13 (2009).

En fin , les producteurs de Nu Image/Millennium Avi Lerner et Joe Gatta produisent alors ce film en compagnie d'un autre producteur de Lionsgate Fredrick Malmberg.

Le titre du scénario était provisoirement Conan avant que la production ne le change en Conan 3D en raison de la projection tridimensionnelle et ne reprenne finalement Conan the Barbarian, titre du film de John Milius (1982), au début de . En France, le titre officiel est finalement resté sur Conan.

Scénario

À la fin des années 1990, Oliver Stone et John Milius avaient écrit une suite de Conan le Destructeur (1984) sous le titre de King Conan: Crown of Iron (littéralement, Conan le Roi : La Couronne de fer) avec toujours Arnold Schwarzenegger. Ce dernier étant malheureusement occupé par sa campagne électorale au poste de gouverneur de Californie en 2003, le projet fut abandonné.

D'après le script de Thomas Dean Donnelly et Joshua Oppenheimer, ceux-ci ont retravaillé et mis en forme le scénario avec Sean Hood. Joshua Oppenheimer, ayant écrit l'histoire de Sahara et du futur film sur le Docteur Strange, écrit un scénario proche des comics Conan, la série du scénariste Kurt Busiek et du dessinateur Cary Nord parue chez Dark Horse Comics. Les écritures sont respectueusement basées sur des nouvelles de Robert E. Howard avant que les deux complices ne passent à d'autres projets et que Andrew Lobel ne réécrive finalement en  avec toujours Sean Hood.

Quand ce dernier, étant admirateur de l'auteur Robert E. Howard, est engagé, fin , pour revoir le scénario en toute plénitude, déterminant les scènes d'action, les clarifications de la mythologie du film, l'ajout de nouveaux personnages et modifiant les dialogues. Il précise qu'en essayant d'en être plus fidèle, l'histoire n'est pas forcément l'adaptation de l'œuvre, mais le personnage et l'univers sont toutefois tenus en estime. .

Distribution des rôles

Le producteur de Lionsgate Joe Gatta avait précisé que le casting était ouvert à tout le monde, n'importe qui dans les quatre coins du monde entier, bien qu'il ne cherchait pas à remplacer Arnold Schwarzenegger. Le site Deadline Hollywood a décidé en  que c'est finalement Jason Momoa, la star de Stargate Atlantis ayant débuté dans Alerte à Malibu en 1999, qui incarne Conan le Barbare. L'autrichien Roland Kickinger, Jared Padalecki (Supernatural) et Kellan Lutz (Twilight) y étaient également pressentis dans ce rôle.

Dolph Lundgren lui-même avait discuté  avec les producteurs pour le rôle du père de Conan dans le film, puis Mickey Rourke fut choisi pour être Corin, avant qu'il ne quitte au bout de deux semaines pour le tournage du film Les Immortels de Tarsem Singh : Ron Perlman l'a donc rapidement remplacé.

À la suite de la proposition des producteurs, Stephen Lang, l'infâme colonel Quaritch dans Avatar de James Cameron (2009), a accepté de jouer l'horrible Khalar Sing au côté de Shad Gaspard, un des membres de Cryme Tyme à la fédération World Wrestling Entertainment, qui avait auditionné après avoir , raconte ce dernier, .

Dernièrement remarqué dans G.I. Joe : Le Réveil du Cobra (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra) de Stephen Sommers (2009), Rachel Nichols et Saïd Taghmaoui faisaient déjà partie de cette distribution. La première dans le rôle de Tamara, la compagne de Conan, et le second est Ela Shan, chef d'un groupe de voleurs sauvé par Conan : . Sans oublier Leo Howard qui y avait interprété le jeune Snake Eyes, il campe ici le jeune Conan.

Le webzine américain Pajiba annonce en  que Rose McGowan abandonne le projet du remake Red Sonja de Robert Rodriguez à la suite des problèmes de financement et, selon Variety, qu'elle tient un rôle de mi-humaine mi-sorcière Marique, fille de Khalar Zym.

En , l'acteur méconnu Raad Rawi, étant le dernier à joindre le projet, enrôle le personnage Fassir, chef du monastère ayant la charge de maîtriser la garde et l'éducation de la princesse Ilira.

Tournage
Le tournage se tourne entièrement en Bulgarie le , précisément à Bistriza pour commencer, d'où l'équipage comprend près de mille cinq cents membres américains, français, britanniques et bulgares.

Le , dans les Studios NU Boyana Film à Sofia, l'environnement est reconstruit de cinq mille ans plus tôt par plus de deux cent travailleurs guidés par des décorateurs bulgares Ivan Ranguelov, Ivailo Nikolov et Valia Mladenova. En fin avril, ils se déplacent vers le nord, là où se trouve la mer Noire, à la plage Bolata, à Dobritch avant de gagner sur les ponts d'or, appelé là-bas Zlatnite Mostove, de la montagne Vitosha et le quartier Bistriza près de Sofia.

 Lieux de tournage

 Bulgarie
 Bistriza
 Studios NU Boyana Film, Sofia
 Bolata, Dobritch
 Pernik
 Vitosha
 Zlatnite Mostove, Les Ponts d'or à Vitosha

Décors
Le réalisateur utilise de décors naturels tels que Pobitite Kamani dans l'oblast de Varna, sur la route entre Varna et Sofia autour de plusieurs villages juste à l'ouest de Varna, ou encore les grottes de Kaliakra au nord-est, dans la région de Dobroudja du Sud et l'oblast de Dobric.

Cascades
Le long métrage s'attache à la réalité, plus que les deux films précédents, comme le souhaite Marcus Nispel qui explique : .

Musique

Pendant le tournage à Bulgarie, Marcus Nispel avait pensé à la musique traditionnelle bulgare pour les scènes se déroulant en Cimmérie.

Tyler Bates est confirmé en  pour composer la musique du film, en collaboration avec Timothy Williams. Ensemble, ils produisent également la bande originale Music From The Motion Picture Conan The Barbarian qui sort le .

 Pistes

Promotion
Le blog Conan The Movie Blog voit le jour du  où se donnent des informations aux admirateurs du personnage cimmérien.

Après la présentation sur la page Facebook en début , Lionsgate dévoile, le , une affiche animée sur le site officiel du film avant d'y mettre à jour la première aguiche, le  aux États-Unis, dont, selon le webzine Première,  et, finalement, en , une autre en montre beaucoup plus, deux minutes.

Le 10 mai, le webzine Collider annonce une nouvelle affiche non animée montrant Conan le Barbare dans son élément naturel avec un slogan , ce que l'on peut également traduire  pour la France, ainsi qu'un synopsis officiel.

Accueil

Sorties
Ce film est classé R-Rated aux États-Unis, c'est-à-dire interdit aux mineurs, en raison de la fureur martiale et de la brutalité sanglante.

En France, interdit aux moins de douze ans, la sortie nationale a subi de nombreux changements de date, d'abord prévue pour le  et le , la date officielle est désormais le  dans quatre cent salles, soit en même temps que Captain America: First Avenger dont la projection est prévue dans 480 salles.

Box-office

En France, dans les quatre cents salles, elles comptent  du 17 au .

Aux États-Unis, bien que Conan the Barbarian ait coûté 90 millions de dollars, les producteurs Nu Image, Millennium Films et Paradox Entertainment espéraient les vingt millions de dollars en un week-end du 19 au . Malheureusement, le film ne rapporte que , se trouvant à la quatrième place du box-office et a été qualifiée par l'ensemble de la critique et même son scénariste de Bide de l'année.

Pour rappel la version précédente de 1982 intitulée Conan Le Barbare a rapporté  rien qu'aux États-Unis.

Justice

Selon The Hollywood Reporter du , la société Stan Lee Media, fondée par Stan Lee en 1998 avec Peter F. Paul, alors disposant à cette époque les droits de Conan Properties, porte plainte contre le film, réclamant les droits des œuvres concernant au personnage cimmérien.

L'histoire remonte en 2001, en raison de la faillite de cette entreprise, un avocat aurait transmis les droits à Conan Sales Co qui s'est ensuite affairé la vente avec Paradox Entertainment, une société suédoise, ce qui explique l'impossibilité de vendre à n'importe quelle firme.

Notes et références

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Conan le Barbare
 Robert E. Howard
 Conan le Barbare, le film en 1982.
 Liste des plus gros échecs au box-office

Liens externes

Film américain sorti en 2011
Film de fantasy américain
Film réalisé par Marcus Nispel
Adaptation d'une nouvelle au cinéma
Film tourné en Bulgarie
Film tourné à Sofia
Film en relief
Conan le Barbare
2011 en fantasy
Pernik

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Feeling way too cold for the month of April, locked out of Greta's room, we cuddled on the couch to exchange spring break tales, or rather, spring adventures. Greta traveled a grueling 20 hours to Hoi An, Vietnam; meanwhile, Eleni went without wifi (gasp!) for a week in Havana, Cuba. Of course, after a play-by-play about how much pho Greta consumed and Eleni's evenings spent salsa dancing, we naturally shifted to a more serious discussion about fashion.
GO: I think people, myself included, forget that the fashion industry exists everywhere. Fashion and clothes are a part of every culture: it extends past the Core Four: New York City, London, Milan and Paris.
ET: Often I am more intrigued by what is worn outside fashion capitals. Fashion has always been a global business, but it is definitely more accessible in some places than others. I was really inspired by Cuban street style, aware that consumer culture doesn't have much presence due to a lack of physical and financial resources. The Cubans still take pride in the way that they dress, standing out through bright color combinations or mixing styles from different decades.
GO: In Vietnam, it's all about consumer culture – not theirs, but the rest of the world's. The streets were lined with tailors, and each shop owner was quick to usher us in. Seriously, you can find dresses and suits in any style , not to mention the huge variety of handmade and dyed silks to choose from. Of course, I indulged in a thing or two.
ET: The Cuban design students had impeccable technical skills too. Everything is custom-made but in a different sense – I saw designs made from recycled car mats and Victoria's Secret fashion show-worthy bathing suits. The students even designed the Cuban baseball team's uniforms but there wasn't much in terms of ready-to-wear.
GO: That's so cool. I mean, why don't we hear about these things?! I think that fashion education needs to start expanding. Our world is huge, and to limit ourselves to four cities is ridiculous. I actually spent my day of recovering from the jetlag watching Vice's new TV show "States of Undress." You would LOVE it. It's a documentary series that "explores the fashion industry and issues that industry often ignores." In the first two episodes, the host traveled to Pakistan and the Congo.
ET: Still unemployed, how do I get that job? My dream is to travel the world and learn about the different textile production methods and how they eventually develop into local fashion styles. From Kashmir's cashmere to Peruvian weaving, I think it is all fascinating. I mean clothing has a basic survival aspect, but survival can be loosely defined. We always say fashion is a form of personal expression, but it is an industry that conforms to a need, demand or even a value system.
GO: I don't think we are wrong to say fashion is about personal expression but I think we both maybe forgot that this personal expression is heavily influenced by the context of where you are born and raised. As two girls from western society our idea of self-expression has always been rooted in a privileged, media-centric world. Just as diet, religion, architecture and governments vary from place to place, so does fashion. Just because another culture's fashion differs from ours does not mean it is non-existent.
GO & ET: and empowered!
Canada's former Prime Minister and chairman of the conservative learning International Democrat Union, spoke to Cornellians about his experiences as Prime Minister and encounters with U.S. presidents.


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The Entomological Society of New Zealand
How effective are different lights for collecting adult aquatic insects?
Stephen R. Pohe *1, Michael J. Winterbourn 1, Sharyn J. Goldstien 1, Jon S. Harding 1
1 School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury
Eligible for student prize
Light-trapping is a common method used to collect flying insects, including adult stages of aquatic species. Most commonly, a light for attracting insects is suspended over a dish of liquid into which they fall, or the light is positioned inside a trap and insects are directed into a container of preservative. The light used to attract insects ranges from low-intensity fluorescent tubes run by batteries, to high-intensity vapour lamps run by a generator. Light in the ultraviolet spectrum is preferred, and an assumption of 'the brighter the better' is generally made. A literature review revealed little useful information on the effectiveness of differing wavelengths or intensities of light for trapping aquatic insects. We therefore decided to examine the effect of differing light configurations on capture rates of adult stages of aquatic insects. In a field trial using five Northland forest streams, over eight consecutive nights in late October 2013, we tested the effectiveness of different lights – Blacklight (BL), Blacklight-Blue (BLB), Cold White light (CW), and a BL/CW combination – to attract adult aquatic insects. We tested these at two low intensities (16 or 32 watts). Catches were analysed for species richness and abundance of Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera, and abundance only for Trichoptera (caddis identification still in progress). All light types attracted adult Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera but BLB and BL lights were most effective. 32 watt lights were more effective than 16 watt, however differences were not significant (P > 0.05). Also, in the interest of reducing non-target taxa we investigated the abundances of terrestrial Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Diptera. Terrestrial insect results mostly mirrored those of the aquatic taxa, however BL outperformed BLB for Lepidoptera. This may indicate that BLB could be more useful in aquatic studies, producing good aquatic insect catches with less by-catch, though more testing is needed.
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Eat Green on St Patrick's Day! Top Five Recipes.
Green foods are some of the healthiest around - they are also quite tasty! Green veggies and leafy greens have a wonderful grassy, salty, sweet, savory flavor to them. I remember in college I used to crave greens and would find myself eating baby spinach leaves right out of the bag around lunchtime. Kinda like chips! I guess I had already retrained my palate to crave healthy foods by then.
Here are my five fave green recipes. This was very hard to narrow down..


Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) is an advanced centre for medical specialties and accredited university that works in medicine and technology with a focus on high-quality patient care and health research.
Originally established by the Government of Kerala as an advanced centre for medical specialties, SCTIMST developed into an institute of national importance with the status of a University in 1980 under the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
The Institute has three wings: the Hospital Wing, Biomedical Technology Wing and the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies.


Vaulorent sits just above the Grand Cru vineyards of Chablis. It is essentially part of Fourchaume but has a higher clay content to its soil and is generally considered a superior vineyard - in fact, some call it the finest of the Chablis 1er Crus.
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Brief report: effects of sensory sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty on anxiety in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder
Mirko Uljarević*, Sarah Carrington, Susan Leekam
This study examined the relations between anxiety and individual characteristics of sensory sensitivity (SS) and intolerance of uncertainty (IU) in mothers of children with ASD. The mothers of 50 children completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Highly Sensitive Person Scale and the IU Scale. Anxiety was associated with both SS and IU and IU was also associated with SS. Mediation analyses showed direct effects between anxiety and both IU and SS but a significant indirect effect was found only in the model in which IU mediated between SS. This is the first study to characterize the nature of the IU and SS interrelation in predicting levels of anxiety.
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Investment Incentives in Ethiopia
Written by Demissew Melese
Category: Investment
Ethiopian investment incentive schemes are generally outlined in the following major laws:
Investment Proclamation No. 769/2012 DOWNLOAD
Council of Ministers Regulations No. 270/2012 DOWNLOAD
Investment Incentives and Investment Areas Reserved for Domestic Investors and its amendment Regulation No. 312/2014 DOWNLOAD
Export trade Duty Incentive Schemes Proclamation No. 768/2012 DOWNLOAD
According to these laws, there are three types of incentives under the Ethiopian Investment Incentive Scheme; Fiscal Incentives, Non-fiscal Incentives and Financial Incentives. The export incentives under the current investment incentives, with the above stated incentives, will be discussed below.
The reader is advised to consult the above stated laws to have a comprehensive understanding of Ethiopian investment incentives scheme.
1. Fiscal Incentives
Fiscal incentives are tax measures geared to encourage industrial development designed to assist manufacturing entrepreneurship. The fiscal incentives under the current legal system are incentives relating to customs duty, income tax duty, and export incentives.
Customs Duty Exemptions
Customs duty exemptions are applicable to both domestic and foreign investors engaged in eligible new enterprises, as stated under the Regulation, or expansion projects in manufacturing, agriculture, agro-industries, generation, transmission and supply of electrical energy, Information and Communication Technology Development (ICT), tourism, construction contracting, education and training, star designated hotel, specialized restaurant, architectural and engineering consultancy works, technical testing and analysis, capital goods leasing and importation of LPG and bitumen.
Customs duty exemptions include:
100% exemption from the payment of customs duties and other taxes levied on imports is granted to all capital goods, such as plant, machinery and equipment and construction materials. An investor granted with a customs duty exemption will be indefinitely allowed to import capital goods duty free, if his investment is in manufacturing and agriculture and if his investment is in other eligible areas for five years. Moreover, Investment capital goods imported without the payment of custom duties and other taxes levied on imports may be transferred to another investor enjoying similar privileges.
Spare parts worth up to 15% of the total value of the imported investment capital goods, provided that the goods are also exempted from the payment of customs duties. There is even an automatic/zero rates on customs duty and other taxes (VAT, sur tax, withholding and excise tax) on imported spare parts by textile and apparel, and leather and leather products manufacturers. There is a publication by MoFEC which lists the spare parts (required by textile and apparel and leather industries) which are qualified for the automatic exceptions.
An investor entitled to a duty-free privilege who buys capital goods or construction materials from local manufacturing industries is refunded the customs duty paid for raw materials or components used as inputs for the production of such goods.
Exemption from customs duties and other taxes (VAT, Sur tax, Withholding and excise tax) on selected imported vehicles. (See article 14 of regulation no. 279/2012-as amended and Ethiopian Investment board directive on Duty-free Import of Motor Vehicles No. 4/2005 (E.C)).
Investors who engage in export trade (producer exporters, indirect producer exporters, raw material suppliers, and/or, exporters) are exempted from customs duties and other taxes on all imported raw materials and accessories -including packaging materials- used for export processing.
Investors engaged in manufacturing (up to six years), agribusiness (up to ten years), generation, transmission and supply of electrical energy (up to five years), and ICT (up to five years) are entitled to income tax exemptions for a period ranging between 1 and 10 years, depending on the specific activity and the location of the investor.
In addition, any investor who establishes a new enterprise in Gambella; Benshangul/ Gumuz; Afar (except in areas within 15 kilometers right and left of the Awash River); Somali; Guji and Borena Zones (in Oromia); or South Omo Zone, Segen (Derashe, Amaro, Konso and Burji) Area Peoples Zone, Bench-Maji Zone, Sheka Zone, Dawro Zone, Keffa Zone, Konta and Basketo Special Woredas (in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region) is entitled to an income tax deduction of 30% for three consecutive years after the expiry of the income tax exemption period specified above.
Hotel and tour service providers in non-traditional tourism destinations are accorded an income tax exemption up to five years. The list of non-traditional tourism destinations is defined through Investment Board Decision (on 7, January 2016) which includes: Bale and Simien Mountains; Ertale, Gerehalta mountains; rift valley lakes (Abaya, Shala, Chamo and Abiyata); and Wanchi mountain (lake and afro-alpine).
Business Income Tax exemption in industrial parks incorporates an additional two-four years for industrial park enterprises with 100% export plan with an at least 80% achievement of the plan. Moreover, industrial park developers are granted an income tax exemption from 10 years up to 15 years. Ten years if the park is in Addis Ababa and Special Zone of Oromia Surrounding Addis Ababa and fifteen years for industrial parks in other areas.
An investor who expands or upgrades his existing enterprise and increases at least by 50 percent its production or service capacity, or introduces a new production or service line at least by 100 percent of an existing enterprise is entitled to the income tax exemption period specified in the first bullet above.
Investors who export at least 60% of their products or services, or supply these to an exporter, will be exempted from the payment of income tax for an additional 2 years.
Business enterprises that suffer losses during the income tax exemption period can carry forward such losses, following the expiration of the income tax exemption period, for half of the tax exemption period. Any loss incurred during income tax exemption period is not allowed to carry forward for more than five income tax periods.
2. Non-Fiscal Incentives
Non- fiscal incentives are given to all investors who produce export products. Such investors will be allowed to import machinery and equipment necessary for their investment projects through suppliers' credit.
A foreign investor has the also a right to make the following remittances out of Ethiopia in convertible foreign currency; profits and dividends; principals and interest payments on external loans; payments related to technology transfer agreements; proceeds from the sale or liquidation of an enterprise; compensation paid to an investor; and proceeds from the sale or transfer of shares or partial ownership of an enterprise to a domestic investor.
3. Financial Incentives
Financial incentives are grants that may be provided by the government to foster the success of firms in selected sectors. These grants may be provided by the government as investment grants or ―direct subsidies‖ which may cover the entire or substantial part of capital, production or marketing costs in relation to an investment project.
These are some of the financial incentives under the current scheme:
Guarantee by Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) that covers 80% of loan and interest provided by commercial banks to exporters with bankable export project except for coffee export.
DBE grants a soft loan for strategic investment projects, mainly by domestic investors, in priority sectors (agriculture, agro processing, manufacturing and extractive industries). Repayment term goes up to 20 years and interest rate ranges between 9-9.5percent depending on export capability. Also longer grace period (up to five years) is provided, and the project itself is taken as collateral.
Domestic investors engaged in the manufacturing sector and undertaking their investment in industrial parks (with export orientation) can access 85% start-up loan from the DBE.
(See the 2017 Development Bank of Ethiopia Credit Policy, which is available here, for further information on the above three incentives)
The DBE grants a Soft loan for capital goods/machinery purchase by SMEs (domestic businesses with paid up capital ranging between ETB 500,000 - ETB 7.5 million). DBE finances full cost of machinery including installation cost (ETB 1 million - 30 million) using the capital good/machinery as a collateral; interest rate of about 9%; repayment schedule goes up to five years with grace period of about six months after commissioning/commencement of production or service provision. However, the investor has to contribute at least 20% of the machinery value for running cost. Ownership is transferred up on full repayment.
4. Export Incentives
Fiscal incentives available to all exporters include:
With the exception of a few products (e.g. semi-processed hides and skins-150%), no export tax is levied on Ethiopian export products
Duty Drawback Scheme: this scheme offers investors an exemption from the payment of customs duties and other taxes levied on imported and locally purchased raw materials used in the production of export goods. Duties and other taxes paid are drawn back 100 percent at the time of the export of the finished goods. The beneficiaries of this scheme are producer exporters, indirect producers, raw material suppliers and exporters.
Voucher Scheme: A voucher book means a document printed by the Ministry of Revenue, to be used for recording the balance of duty payable on raw materials imported or bought from bonded input supplies warehouse, for use in the production of goods for external market by persons availing themselves of the voucher scheme. In plain words, a voucher is a printed document having monetary value, which is used in lieu of duties and taxes payable on imported raw materials. Exporters cannot be the beneficiaries of the voucher scheme rather producer exporters, indirect producers and raw material suppliers.
Bonded Factory and Manufacturing Warehouse Schemes: producers not eligible for voucher scheme but having licensed for bonded are entitled to operate such factory or warehouse in importing of raw materials duty free. Beneficiaries of this scheme are persons who are engaged in the production of export commodities. Additionally them must have a manufacturing plant which meets the national standards and obtain a certificate of eligibility.
Non-fiscal export incentives include:
Exporters are allowed to retain and deposit in a bank account up to 20 percent of their foreign exchange earnings for future use in the operation of their enterprises and no export price control is imposed by the National Bank of Ethiopia
Franco valuta import of raw materials is allowed for enterprises engaged in export processing. Franco-vaulta means using one's own hard currency to import an item instead of applying for it and getting permission from the government.
Exporters can benefit from the export credit guarantee scheme, which is presently in place in order to ensure an exporter receives payment for goods shipped overseas in the event the customer defaults, reducing the risk of exporters' business and allowing it to keep its price competitive.
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Q: Confusion regarding divergencies of the Kretchmann scalar for the time dependent Schwarzschild metric First of all, I know the Vaidya metric exists and I know the properties of the Ricci scalar/Ricci tensor for this metric. But The metric I use is the following:
\begin{equation}
ds^2=\left( 1-\frac{r_s(t)}{r} \right)dt^2-\left( 1-\frac{r_s(t)}{r} \right)^{-1}dr^2-r^2d\Omega^2
\end{equation}
I expected some divergencies of the Ricci tensor's components at the horizon, and it is the case. Together with the Ricci scalar, it gives a nonvanishing stress-energy tensor that diverges at the singularity and at the horizon.
Now, I've calculated the Kretschmann scalar and it has the following expression:
\begin{align}
K=\frac{12r_s^2}{r^6}+r^4 \left( \partial_0 \frac{\dot{r}_s}{(r-r_s)^3} \right)^2+\frac{2r_s}{r}\partial_0\frac{\dot{r}_s}{(r-r_s)^3}-\frac{18}{r^2}\left( \partial_0 \ln\left( 1-\frac{r_s}{r} \right) \right)^2
\end{align}
and gives the right scalar when $r_s(t)=r_s$. But, this scalar diverges at the horizon, and the Kretschmann scalar is said to diverge only at the true singularities. The usual Schwarzschild metric has coordinates singularities at the horizon and one can suppress them by a simple change of coordinate. But in this case it is not true. Are at first sight my calculations wrong or is the fact that one can change the coordinate system to remove the coordinate singularities, a simple mathematical coincidence?

A: *

*If you set $r_s(t)$ to be a constant $r_s$, $K$ becomes
$$
K=\frac{180 r^2 r_s^6-240 r^3 r_s^5+180 r^4 r_s^4-72 r^5 r_s^3+12 r^6 r_s^2+12 r_s^8-72 r r_s^7}{r^6 \left(r-r_s\right)^6};
$$

*Then taking the limit $r\to r_s$ gives us
$$
\lim_{r\to r_s} K= \frac{12}{r_s^4}
$$
which is not divergent. In other word, $r=r_s$ is not the divergent point of $K$.

A: As already mentioned in the comments, the metric isn't a vacuum solution to the Einstein field equations, and in fact we have the off diagonal equation
$$
G_{01}= \frac{\dot{r_s}}{r^2 - r r_s} \ .
$$
This means that for some $T_{\mu \nu}$ we need some momentum flux, whereas a vacuum solution only exists for $r_s(t)=$ const. I'm not sure of what physical interest the proposed metric has.
Another point is you mention (in the comments) looking at a limit $r = r_s(t)$, but the function $r_s(t)$ is a function of time not the radial coordinate $r$. The Einstein tensor itself is singular if you assume that the radial coordinate and the function $r_s(t)$ coincid, but again, you should solve the Einstein field equations for a given $T_{\mu \nu}$ first before looking at things like the Kretschmann scalar.

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Improving Educational Outcomes for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Pupils: What Works?
Between February and June 2009, case studies were undertaken in ten secondary schools, five primary schools and five alternative education provisions. The sample was selected from schools with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils on roll that completed and returned a national survey in the autumn term 2007. The main aim of the case studies was to explore in greater depth some of the strategies and approaches described by schools in the questionnaire returns. Researchers conducted face-to-face interviews with senior leaders and other key staff from schools and local authorities, and led focus group discussions with pupils, parents and teachers.


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Two Iowa Residents Place In National Braille Challenge
LOS ANGELES (June 22, 2015) – On Saturday, June 20th, Bettendorf, IA resident Emily Groves and Adel, IA resident Lauren Thomson both placed 3rd in their age range at the 15th Annual Braille Challenge®in Los Angeles, the only national reading and writing contest in braille for students who are blind and visually impaired. Sponsored by Braille Institute, The Braille Challenge is an academic competition designed to motivate students and emphasize their study of braille, while rewarding their success with fun-filled, challenging events. This year, regional Braille Challenge events were held at 46 different sites in the US and Canada from January through March. Collectively, more than 1,100 students participated in the regional events. Fifty-seven finalists (three finalists were unable to travel to the event) from the United States and Canada competed over the weekend.
"Braille is a crucial tool that opens the doors of literacy and drives educational advancement and future employment opportunities," said Peter Mindnich, President, Braille Institute. "We continue to be inspired each year by the passion and commitment of the students who compete in The Braille Challenge. Their achievements can empower others who are affected by sight loss to develop their braille skills as well."
Of all the literacy issues in America, braille literacy is one of the most underrated and overlooked, and advancements in technology have not replaced the need for children who are blind or visually impaired to learn to read using this vital medium. Understanding how essential braille literacy is for success in the sighted world, Braille Institute developed the two-phase, annual competition as a way to encourage children who are blind and visually impaired to fine tune their braille skills and celebrate their accomplishments.
"This challenge has influenced so many families who have a child or children who are blind or visually impaired. For many participants, this is their only opportunity to truly test their skills against others academically." said Nancy Niebrugge, Associate Vice President of National Programs, at Braille Institute.
2015 Winners of The Braille Challenge (full list of all contestants is available):
Apprentice Brooke Petro, Leawood, KS
Freshman Richard Tienter, Ballwin, MO
Sophomore Christopher Abel, Acworth, GA
Junior Varsity Richelle Zampella, Muskogee, OK
Varsity Cricket Bidleman, San Diego, CA
Apprentice Maggie Wehrle, Victoria, BC, CAN
Freshman Audrey Bethay, Prairie Village, KS
Sophomore Kaleigh Brendle, Freehold, NJ
Junior Varsity Kate Antolak, Venice, FL
Varsity Harley Fetterman, Austin, TX
Apprentice Emily Groves, Bettendorf, IA
Freshman Jennifer Kasunick, Bay Village, OH
Sophomore Paige Drury, Glastonbury, CT
Junior Varsity Mitchell Bridwell, Pittsboro, IN
Varsity Lauren Thomson, Adel, IA
TEACHER OF THE YEAR Patricia L. Leader, San Jose, CA
NBC4 AWARDS
Reading Comprehension Kate Antolak, Venice, FL
Spelling Brooke Petro, Leawood, KS
For additional information about the competition and this year's winners, please visit www.braillechallenge.org.
About Braille Institute
Braille Institute is a nonprofit serving tens of thousands of people of all ages through an array of integrated educational, social and recreational programs and services designed to help people with vision loss lead enriched and fulfilling lives. Funded entirely by private donations, all services are free. For additional information, please visit www.braillechallenge.org or www.brailleinstitute.org. Follow Braille Institute on Facebook and Twitter (@BrailleInst).
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tannawings July 10, 2018 at 10:18 PM
It is nice to see two Iowans there. Have you ever been to the school in Vinton? It is amazing. An Uncle of mine who was blind was involved in that as wellas his wife who is sighted.
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