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Haven't had a discussion about Ashwin's future at KXIP yet, says coach Kumble
There have been rumours doing the rounds that Kings XI captain Ravichandran Ashwin might shift to the Delhi Capitals next season. When asked about Ashwin's future in the team, new coach Anil Kumble said there is still some time to take a call on that. "I have just come on board and haven't had a discussion about the squad yet. We still have time to think about it. We will let everybody know of our decision but nothing as of now," Kumble told India Today. Kumble's appointment comes at a time when Kings XI are struggling to make an impact in IPL despite the presence of big names in the side. But the former India coach is not too worried about KXIP's past record and just wants to make the team more consistent in the upcoming season. "I have got another opportunity to work with the players and I am really looking forward to that. In IPL, whether you have a good start or not the finish has to be good, it's a roller coaster ride. I don't want the team to panic because it can happen when if you constantly focus on the points table. "If you are third on the table and lose 2 games then you can drop down to 7th. Then after a win you can go up again. You keep going up and down in the table in the IPL. Consistency will be my main focus in Kings XI Punjab," Kumble told India Today.
Updated : October 17, 2019, 12:47 pm
KL Rahul dropped for three-match Test series against South Africa
Shubman Gill replaced KL Rahul in 15-man squad for the 3-match Test series against South Africa which is slated to start from October 2. In the recently concluded West Indies series, Rahul managed to score only 44, 38, 13 and 6 respectively in the 4 innings of the two Tests. India had lost to South Africa 1-2 the last time these two teams met in early 2018. However, India had won the Test series against South Africa at home in 2015 - that was Virat Kohli's first full Test series as captain. India's squad for Test series vs South Africa: Virat Kohli (Capt), Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vc), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk),Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Shubman Gill
Updated : September 12, 2019, 5:47 pm
Salaam Cricket 2019: Younis backs Bumrah to top bowling charts at World Cup
At Salaam Cricket 2019, Younis Khan agreed that India's bowling attack is much more balanced than Pakistan's. "India have a better bowling attack than Pakistan. 3 to 4 of their pacers can bowl over 140, 145+ kmph. India also have quality spinners. Bowlers will win you 60 to 70 percent matches. "Bumrah can surely be the most successful bowler in the 2019 World Cup. He is a specialist bowler across formats," he said. R Ashwin said India and England were the two favourites in the 2019 World Cup and said these two would play the final at Lord's.
Updated : June 2, 2019, 11:45 pm
R Ashwin on Mankading in IPL 2019: My conscience is very clear after the incident
R Ashwin defended Mankading Jos Buttler during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 clash between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals on March 25. Speaking to India Today, the India off-spinner said he is not worried one bit about the criticism that has come his way following the Mankading that became one of the major talking points of IPL 2019. Ashwin employed the controversial mode of dismissal to run Jos Buttler out during a tense chase in Jaipur. Following Buttler's wicket, Rajasthan collapse and handed Kings XI Punjab their first points of IPL 2019. Ashwin faced a lot of backlash as English cricketers (former and current) raised the Spirit of Cricket issue while several other experts defended Ashwin's Mankad act. "I think whatever I say is going to raise a few eyebrows. I am sure there have been debates about how far he was down the ground. But I believe Rs 1 is still a theft. Whatever, it is, I have to control my space. I still believe I was right in doing what I did. For me, everything is about my conscience. My conscience is very clear after what I did. There have been a few people speaking about this over and over again," Ashwin said. He added: "True (not in the spirit of the game). If you look at it that way, people have nicked the ball and have actually debated about taking a DRS. There is no question of deliberating a DRS there. Sometimes, you make a strategic DRS decision as well when it comes to crucial batsmen. That all can be invoked as spirit of game debate. "I believe that if you are going to talk about spirit of the game again and again then it's up to the authorities to decide if it's in the rules of the game or not. It's absolutely nothing. I have to inform which side of the wicket I am bowling from, I have bowl from behind the crease. "The line belongs to the umpire, the line sometimes belongs to the batsman. He can stand right-handed and hit me left-handed. he can make a switch hit. And he can actually walk down the pitch and hit me too. I think the spirit of the game is evoked when it comes to the bowlers' psyche. "You can debate about it. It's up to the people's perception what they believe it is. But to me, like I said, it's all about conscience. Before some 10 years, there was rule wherein you warn somebody and then do it. Look that was a 50-over game, this is a 20-over game. Maybe the warning space is also lesser. "See, there have been even debates about whether I waited for him to leave the crease. But what people don't understand is I hadn't even reached the crease when he started walking away. Once I complete my action, I can't go down and hit the stumps. I will have to wait and then only flip the stumps. It makes no sense to me. There will be no end to this. People will keep giving their opinions."
Updated : April 4, 2019, 9:06 pm
R Ashwin on criticism over Mandaking: Has not affected me one bit
Kings XI Punjab captain R Ashwin said he was not affected by the criticism after the Mankading episode in the team's opening match of the 2019 Indian Premier League against Rajasthan Royals. Ashwin had stirred up a storm after Mankading Jos Buttler in Jaipur. Rajasthan Royals were cruising along in their chase but crashed to a 14-run defeat after Buttler was controversially run out. Several England cricketers including Eoin Morgan, Jason Roy and others slammed R Ashwin over the Mankading row. Australian spin legend Shane Warne said Ashwin's act was disgraceful but Ashwin said he was not affected by all the criticism. Speaking exclusively to India Today, R Ashwin said he could understand English cricketers standing up for their own and said he was glad he got a lot of support from the Indian cricket fraternity. "You can debate about it. It's up to the people's perception what they believe it is. But to me, like I said, it's all about conscience. Before some 10 years, there was rule wherein you warn somebody and then do it. Look that was a 50-over game, this is a 20-over game. Maybe the warning space is also lesser," Ashwin told AajTak. "See, there have been even debates about whether I waited for him to leave the crease. But what people don't understand is I hadn't even reached the crease when he started walking away. Once I complete my action, I can't go down and hit the stumps. I will have to wait and then only flip the stumps. It makes no sense to me. There will be no end to this. People will keep giving their opinions," Ashwin added.
Kings XI Punjab have a good blend of skill and youth: KL Rahul
Kings XI Punjab opener KL Rahul spoke at length to India Today about the combination and composition of his Indian Premier League 2019 team and said they feel they have a solid team, that can go on to win the tournament. "Last year there were a few spots we felt, we could have gotten better players so we discussed that with the management and they've been more than nice to listen to our thoughts and we've gone into the auction with a clear plan and got exactly who we wanted. We've not gone in for big names but we've seen who will fit our thought process and who will be very useful in Mohali. We play in big ground but slowish wicket so you need somebody who can adjust to that kind of wicket. We are very happy with the picks we have got. "Me, Chris [Gayle] and Mayank [Agarwal] at the top order. Mayank has had a great start to his Test career and that will give him a lot of confidence. He is very focused this year. Someone like Sarfaraz [Khan], Mandeep [Singh] and Karun [Nair] in the middle order, who have been around for a while, they have experience and they're still young and they know what it takes to win, they've been part of winning teams. All that experience and youth is so important. We have all-rounders in Sam Curran and Moises Henriques, guys who can bowl and bat a bit. We've got pace in [Mohammed] Shami and this South African bowler Hardus [Viljoen], who has good pace. Then we've got two mystery spinners in Mujeeb [UrRahman] and Varun [Chakravarthy]. Varun we have still not unleashed, once he comes on, you'll see. He has a lot of mystery, I have not been able to play him. I have played him 4-5 times in the net and I still don't know which way the ball is going. I used to think I played spin very well till I played him, it's just going all over the place. Then [Ravichandran] Ashwin with all his experience. "So we have a really goo quality side with skill, youth and experience so the team's looking good so far and fingers crossed, we can keep getting better and better as the tournament goes," Rahul told India Today.
Updated : March 27, 2019, 12:54 pm
Nikhil Chopra on R Ashwin's mankad act: It's a personal choice
Rajasthan Royals opener Jos Buttler on Monday became the first victim of 'Mankading' in the history of the Indian Premier League when a desperate Kings XI Punjab skipper Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed the batsman in the controversial manner during their IPL match in Jaipur. With Buttler going strong at 69 off 43 balls while chasing 185 runs, Ashwin mankaded the Rajasthan Royals opener without giving him any warning. As per the laws of the game, the third umpire declared Buttler out but such a dismissal had always raised eyebrows as it is considered against the spirit of the game. As expected Buttler seemed furious and had a heated exchange with Ashwin before leaving the field. The dismissal is sure to create a big controversy going into the 12th edition of the IPL. Kings XI Punjab registered a convincing 14-run win over Rajasthan Royals. Among Indians, it was Kapil Dev who had mankaded Peter Kirsten of South Africa during the 1992-93 series and in Indian domestic cricket Railways' spinner Murali Karthik had mankaded Sandipan Das of Bengal during a Ranji Trophy match.
Updated : March 26, 2019, 9:44 pm
New team has the perfect balance this season: KXIP co-owner Preity Zinta
Having never won the Indian Premier League (IPL) title, Kings XI Punjab will aim to claim the title for the first time in the 2019 edition of the lucrative Twenty20 tournament. The 2018 squad of Kings XI Punjab included Indian and international stars like Ravichandran Ashwin, KL Rahul and Chris Gayle. They have retained these stars for this year's tournament as well. three consecutive poor campaigns in 2015, 2016 and 2017 prompted the team owners to overhaul the entire squad, retaining only spinner Axar Patel. One of the areas where KXIP have made major changes is their opening and top order combinations. They now have a host of options in Chris Gayle, KL Rahul, Nicholas Pooran, Karun Nair and Mayank Agarwal. They also have a strong middle-order comprising David Miller and all-rounders Sam Curran and Moises Henriques. KXIP also has a strong Indian contingent which is one of the basic requirements for success in the IPL.
AajTak comes on board as title sponsor for Kings XI Punjab
AajTak, India's No. 1 news channel, was on Sunday announced as the title sponsor of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kings XI Punjab. KXIP will take the field with AajTak logo on their shirts in the IPL 2019 season, which got underway in Chennai on Saturday. Speaking at the title sponsor announcement event, KXIP head coach Mike Hesson said the IPL franchise is delighted to be associated with a formidable brand in AajTak. "From a Kings XI Punjab perspective, to have a relationship with Aaj Tak.. we are delighted to have that partnership. We know partnerships are important in terms of making sure we have got similar ideas and concepts around how we want to operate," Hesson said after AajTak was announced as the title sponsor of KXIP. "Aaj Tak is a formidable brand. It's a brand that brings the news to everybody and certainly from a KXIP perspective, we are about being creative and we are about being ahead of the game and we are about making sure we are very proactive about how we operate. "So the relationship is a lot of synergy between Aaj Tak and Kings XI Punjab. So delighted to have Aaj Tak on our jersey. and I look forward to working closely this year." Aaj Tak's Sweta Singh and Rahul Shaw (Chief Operation Officer) posed with the new jerseys alongside KXIP captain R Ashwin, Hesson and CEO Satish Menon. KXIP will begin their IPL 2019 campaign on Monday, March 25 against Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
Azhar on Australia's first ever Test defeat to India at home: What can be more insulting?
India beat Australia 2-1 in the Border-Gavaskar series to register its first ever Test series win Down Under and become the first Asian team to achieve the feat. Mohammad Azharuddin lauded Virat Kohli and his team for their performance in Australia and said that nothing can be more insulting for a team than to lose a Test series on home soil. "What can be more insulting? It can't be more embarrassing for a team to lose at home. If you lose at home it can't be more embarassing. Indian team not only beat the Australian team but also shut up the Aussie public," Azharuddin said at India Today Mind Rocks 2019. Kohli became the first Indian captain to win a series in Australia. He came very close to setting the Indian record of registering three Test wins in Australia but will have to be satisfied with two victories, a feat which Bishan Singh Bedi had managed as India skipper on the 1977-78 tour Down Under. The series win was largely set up by India's fast bowlers who bagged a total of 51 wickets in the four matches with Australia getting bowled out 7 times out of 8 during the series. Jasprit Bumrah finished as the highest wicket taker from either side with 21 wickets, while Mohammed Shami managed 16 and Ishant Sharma got 11. Umesh Yadav picked up two wickets in the lone Test he played in Perth. Spin-twins Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin got 7 and 6 wickets respectively while Kuldeep Yadav bagged 5 wickets in the Sydney Test, the only match he featured in the series.
Kuldeep Yadav puts India on the brink of 3-1 Test series victory
India's disciplined unit of fast bowlers have been instrumental in the success of the tour of Australia but, with their maiden series triumph Down Under all but secured, it was spinner Kuldeep Yadav who grabbed the spotlight on Sunday. The left-arm wrist spinner's five for 99 helped the tourists dismiss Australia for 300 before enforcing the follow-on on the rain-disrupted fourth day of a fourth test they only need to draw to take the series. Kuldeep happily admits to being India's third-string spinner behind the injured Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja but, according to bowling coach Bharat Arun, the 24-year-old brings something very special to the team. Kuldeep took 4/91 on his test debut against Australia in Dharamsala in March 2017, but had only five more outings until this week in Sydney. Those included his maiden five-wicket haul against West Indies in Rajkot last October, but also the disappointment of a wicketless match against England at Lord's.
Updated : January 6, 2019, 8:07 pm
I have been able to manage my injuries due to effort I have put in: Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli shared the way he has managed his back issues over the years in the background of all talks focused on the regular fitness issues that Ravichandran Ashwin has been having. At the press conference in Sydney, Kohli said that he usually just gets spasms when the workload increases and it is not something that he is really concerned about. "On my personal fitness concern, I have had disc issues since 2011, it's nothing new. I have been able to manage it because of the physical effort I have put in in the last few years. When you have a back, which has disc issues, you can only maintain it that way so I'm not too bothered by it. "When the workload gets high, it can get into a spasm. You don't really get serious issues, you get fine in 2-3 days but at that point of time you get into a spasm. That's very easy to heal so I am not too concerned with it," Kohli told reporters on Wednesday. Kohli said it has been the change in his routine like diet and sleep pattern that has helped him stay at the top of his fitness in the gruelling world of international cricket. "The physical part has definitely helped me massively in the last three years. I feel like I can switch formats easily. And I can be at the top of my energy levels or intensity levels that is required to play international cricket because I work really hard no my fitness. There are many factors involved: the diet, the sleep patterns and all these sort of things are very crucial." Virat Kohli and Team India will play Australia in the final Test in Sydney starting January 3 and are looking for a historic first-ever series victory Down Under.
India vs Australia: Fans in Sydney enamoured with Virat Kohli ahead of New Year's Test
Virat Kohli and Team India took to practice a day after celebrating the New Year under the shining sun at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday. Ahead of the practice, Kohliwas seen interacting with the fans at the ground. The fans, especially kids, could be seen asking Kohli for his autograph and selfies and the Indian captain obliged to their requests. With the Indian flag in the background, Kohli wowed the fans interacting ahead of the practice. At the ground, Kohli hit the nets while Ravichandran Ashwin, who is battling his fitness to be ready on time for the Sydney Test, was seen bowling a few deliveries. Pujara also batted at the nets while many team members were seen practicing fielding on the ground. The Indian staff members also inspected the pitch at the SCG to gauge the conditions well. India announced their final XIII on Wednesday with Ashwin being named in the squad despite not being 100 per cent fit. Ishant Sharma missed out due to "rib cage" issues and Umesh Yadav replaced him in the squad. On the other hand, KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav found their place in the final 13, though it remains to be seen if they will be named in the playing XI. India's 13-man squad: Virat Kohli (C), Ajinkya Rahane (VC), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav.
Updated : January 2, 2019, 12:43 pm
India raring to go with renewed viguour in 3rd Test vs Australia on Boxing Day
Virat Kohli's Team India will be raring to go all guns blazzing when they take on Australia in the 3rd Test from Boxing Day in Melbourne. Openers Lokesh Rahul and Murali Vijay have paid the price for putting together just one double-digit stand at the halfway point of the four-Test series, hardly the starts that would help bring India a first Test series win Down Under. Mayank Agarwal will make his Test debut on Wednesday with spinning all-rounder Hanuma Vihari joining him in a new-look opening pair. After their decision not to play a specialist spinner spectacularly backfired in Perth, where Australia levelled the series 1-1, the tourists included Jadeja in the playing XI after first choice Ravichandran Ashwin failed to recover from an abdominal strain. India also left out paceman Umesh Yadav, while Rohit Sharma returned to bolster the middle order. "Yeah last time the pitch played a big part in not being able to have a result either ways for both sides but seeing the pitch now - it has a lot more grass than last time so I hope it's going to be a lively pitch. I hope that it does as much as in the first two games because as a side, you know you're always in for a result that way," Kohli said at the pre-match press conference. "The surface, from what I saw yesterday, looked pretty dry underneath. There's a good coverage of grass which should keep the surface intact but again, we'll have to figure out on the field how the pitch actually plays and figure out our plans accordingly. I think it should have enough for the bowlers to be interested on all days of the Test match and hopefully it's a much more lively wicket than the last time we played here," Kohli added.
Cheteshwar Pujara was the difference between India and Australia: Virat Kohli
Team India captain Virat Kohli was all praise for man of the match Chesterwar Pujara for his innings and also lauded off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin for perfect execution of his skills. "Look as a captain you obviously want someone to put his hand up and Pujara was outstanding. He was the difference between the two teams for sure," said Kohli. Ashwin picked up three wickets in each innings after bowling 86.5 overs in the match. "He was given a specific role. I think he was very economical and bowled in the right areas, just to create enough chances and keep one end tight, because we didn't want to go overboard wanting him to attack too much as that would have opened up scoring options as well,"Kohli said about Ashwin. "He controlled the game nicely and kept us in the game, not letting it drift away too much away at any stage. I think he did his job perfectly, that's a good start for him. He hasn't started that well in Australia before and I think he can build on that."

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From Oscar at TheCure.MX: Brief Cure ad played on the screens of Foro Sol at Vive Latino 2013. He added the music.
Sven (@curevideo) is posting some videos from Zillo Festival 2002 on his YouTube channel.
Tickets for the Cure's show in Asunción, Paraguay are scheduled to go on sale at 10 AM today (check local time here). Good luck!
Also, a tip from Jay for any international fans still having trouble getting tickets - ask your hotel's concierge to buy them for you. Worked for him with the Bogota and Rio tickets.
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Stories from Wednesday, November 2, 2011
A MEMORABLE SEASON (High School Sports ~ 11/02/11)
Beachler's first year at NHS went well
Ida Louise Lasley (Obituary ~ 11/02/11)
Ida Louise Lasley, 89, Pittsburg, Kan., formerly of Nevada, passed away Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, at Sunset Manor in Frontenac, Kan. She was born May 1, 1922, in El Dorado Springs, Mo., to Maupin L. Jennings and Mary H. Remer Jennings. Louise was married June 12, 1943, to Robert Glenn Lasley, and he preceded her in death April 15, 2003. They were the parents of two daughters and two sons...
Tickets Oct. 13-Oct. 18 (Police/Fire Report ~ 11/02/11)
Oct. 13 Gage W. Brooks, Nevada, speeding 50/30. Oct. 14 Robert P. Gentry, Nevada, no proof of insurance. Kyle L. Norbury, Nevada, expired license plate. Tina J. Wisecup, Nevada, no proof of insurance. Oct. 15 Daniel D. Laning, Sheldon, Mo., speeding 41/30...
Motorists beware -- deer on the road (Local News ~ 11/02/11)
Missouri motorists are warned to be on special lookout as the highest number of auto accidents involving deer traditionally occur during the last three months of the year, an insurance industry spokesman said today. "Statistics show that the majority of all deer/vehicle accidents in Missouri occur during the fall of the year," according to Calvin Call, executive director of the Missouri Insurance Information Service. ...
Technology and mapping coming to city hall (Local News ~ 11/02/11)
Mark Mitchell, Nevada's chief information officer, told the city council Tuesday night that the city's information technology department has four main goals: to increase the efficiency of the city government, improve the citizens access to the city government, enhance economic development and to invest in infrastructure...
Walter Truitt: Gunner's mate 3rd class (Local News ~ 11/02/11)
Walter Truitt was hoeing cotton for a West Texas farmer for 15 cents an hour, 10 hours a day when trouble erupted in South Korea. He quit his job and enlisted in the Navy. "I was 21-years-old and I knew what I was getting into. My brothers had told me about their time served during World War II, but I felt somebody had to do it," Truitt said...
Fear awaits all who dare enter (Local News ~ 11/02/11)


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Jared Leto will reportedly reprise his role as the Joker for a standalone movie
By Kate Feldman
Jared Leto stars as the Joker in movie "Suicide Squad" (2016). (Warner Bros)
Jared Leto's widely panned performance as the Joker is getting a second take.
The actor will star in and executive produce a standalone movie about the "Suicide Squad" anti-hero, Variety reported Tuesday.
Leto stepped into the villainous shoes in the 2016 DC flick, a portrayal the Daily News kindly called "a decent job." He famously took a method approach to the role, staying in character off screen and going as far as to send his co-stars rats, bullets and used condoms, although he later denied sending the prophylactics. Leto's screen time, however, was hacked in production and he ended up more as a cameo appearance.
"Suicide Squad," which co-starred Will Smith, Margot Robbie and others, grossed $746 million worldwide.
It's unclear what exactly this movie would cover. Warner Bros. previously announced that Margot Robbie will be getting her own Harley Quinn movie, based on the "Birds of Prey" comic. There were also rumors about a spin-off about the Joker and Quinn's "criminal love story."
Joaquin Phoenix is also linked to a Joker origin movie, while "Suicide Squad 2" is rumored to begin production this year.
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Atheist Protesters Get Apology After Being Denied Portable Toilet Rental
Kelly Frazier
Portable toilet service apologizes for denying service to atheist protesters at Ark Encounter Theme Park. Ark Encounter, a $100 million Biblical theme park in Grant County, Kentucky, built by the religious...
Congress Sued After Atheist Denied Chance to Give Invocation
Atheists file lawsuit against Congress for rejecting their invocation for the National Day of Prayer. The United States observed the National Day of Prayer last Thursday, May 5. The day saw millions...
Colorado School Distributes Satanist and Atheist Materials
Gary Nguyen
Colorado school district has approved the distribution of Atheist and Satanic material to students. Students in the rural school district of Delta, Colorado, will be given pamphlets and books on Atheism...
Chino Valley Unified School District Ordered to Pay Over $200,000 to Atheist Group
Freedom From Religion Foundation was awarded $202,970.70 in a religious case filed against the Chino Valley School District. The Chino Valley Unified School District is a school district located in San Bernardino...
Satanists Will Deliver Invocation At Phoenix City Council Meeting
It is expected that the event of invoking Satan will attract more observers to Phoenix City Council Meeting. The local chapter of The Satanic Temple has made plans to offer an invocation during the council...
Clemson Football Blurs the Line Between Church and State
Patrick Elliott, the staff attorney of FFRF, has warned of a culture which forcefully injects religion into Clemson University's football program. Clemson University has received a complaint from...
The War on Christmas Displays: Atheists, Confederates and City Councils
Controversial Christmas Displays around U.S. A sign proclaiming "Winter Solstice" was erected by The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) at Springfield, the Illinois capital during...
In Indiana, The FFRF Displays a Nativity Scene that Features the Bill of Rights
Holiday displays outside an Indiana courthouse showcase both religious and secular symbols, including one Nativity scene celebrating the Bill of Rights. For five decades, there has been a legal battle...
Ambulances in Texas Now Display Their Trust in God
"In God We Trust" is displayed on ambulances in Lamesa, Texas. Just after the recent incident of Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) asking the Childress Police Department to take off the stickers...
Why is a Police Chief telling Atheists to "Go Fly A Kite?"
A Texas police chief gave a remarkably unprofessional answer to the Freedom From Religion Foundation's most recent letter on "In God We Trust" stickers. Freedom From Religion Foundation, also known...


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Liam Neeson Speaks Out on His DARK KNIGHT RISES Role
After a major spoiler slip from Joey King that revealed that she will be playing a young Talia al-Ghul, we are now hearing from Liam Neeson about his return to the role of Ra's Al Ghul.
According to WorstPreviews, Neeson confirmed in a new interview that he also can't say anything about the film. This time, however, it's not because of any gag order, but more because he literally hasn't been told a thing:
"I can tell you nothing about 'Dark Knight Rises,' seriously…I was on set for maybe an hour-and-a-half and the director didn't tell me anything of what it's about. So, I'm being very honest when I say I have no idea what's going to happen."
The excitement is building, isn't it…
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES hits theaters this summer.
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Jonah Hill "Overwhelmed" By His Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nomination
Demi Moore Rushed To Hospital, Being Treated for 'Exhaustion'
Disney Just Released A 'Hocus Pocus' Board Game And It Looks Wickedly Fun
Someone Is Selling 'A Bug's Life' Sex Toy On eBay And We Can Officially Kiss Our Childhood Goodbye
The Invisible Man Movie Trailer Looks Terrifying
The First Look at CATS The Movie Is Out
Sneak Peek: Renee Zellweger's Mysterious New Netflix Series Promises Secrets, Suspense and Seduction
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"I am NOT a hero."
|In Honors
|By George Drake
I Am Not a Hero
"When I opened my photo exhibit in the main lobby of the new city hall of the Metropolitan City of Gwangju, South Korea, there were a lot of speeches given, by Mayor Park Gwang-tae, by the Vice Mayor, by an officer of the US Forces, Korea, etc. All the speeches had been printed in the program for the event, in English and in Korean. When I read what was to be said I was shocked. It was "George this, George that, etc, etc," ad nauseum. I immediately rewrote my speech and gave a copy to the interpreter. When I got up to speak I said "If a messenger comes bearing bad news it is not nice to shoot the messenger." I paused and the sentence was put into Korean. A number of persons laughed. I continued "and if the messenger comes bringing good news it is totally inappropriate to make the messenger into a hero." [pause, translation] "I am not a hero. I am merely a messenger. I am a sociologist. I tell stories. Focus on the story, not on George Drake. Thousands, nay, tens of thousands of GIs did as much and even more than I for the children of Korea during the war. THAT is the story. Focus on it." And I sat down.
I can understand the need of a reporter to interview a single person, or a few persons for a story. You can't interview a thousand persons. The real story that I have to tell is the immense and formerly totally unknown scale and scope of what we GIs did for the children. As a professional sociologist I am interested in collective behavior, what the group did, not what any one individual did or does. I collected almost 2,000 documents on this subject and very few of those articles attempted to take the broad view and make a generalization to US Forces Korea. That is what I tried to do. I am fully aware of the limitations of my data but I can still say with confidence that the UN Forces in Korea saved the lives of over TEN THOUSAND CHILDREN, helped sustain upwards of 54,000 children in orphanages. Helped build or repair over 400 orphanages. Donated millions of dollars from our pay of about $50 a month, wrote thousands upon thousands of letters home seeking help for the orphans and brought in thousands of TONS of material aid. On one occasion the army had to lease an additional freighter to bring to Korea all the packages for the orphanages that were piling up in San Francisco! THAT is the story, not what George Drake did. What "Professor," "Doctor" "Sociologist" George Drake did was to add two and two and come up with four. I put the story together. I am a story teller, not a hero. Get it?"
Since writing those two paragraphs I have given more thought as to why I am so sensitive about this issue. Sure as hell, I am not shy around reporters and have hundreds of articles written about me and my various projects. As I look over the matter I discern two main underlying reasons for my irritation about being called a "hero" by reporters writing about the War Child of Korea. The first reason is that when a reporter does that he/she doesn't 'get' the real story. The story I am trying to tell is one about the compassion of our forces in Korea during the war years (and following). I want to ensure that the story of the compassion of our young men and women who served in Korea and their aid to the children that suffered so greatly in those times becomes part of the history of the Korean War. When a reporter focuses on me rather than on the story I feel that I have failed to achieve my goal of making the world aware of the incredible efforts expended by the men and women of our armed forces to aid the war child of Korea.
But there is a second reason I get really upset with this false emphasis on George Drake rather than on the US 'Army of Compassion' which represented the finest values of American society. There is a personal, egotistical danger in such reporting. Everyone (?) loves to have their ego stroked, get their name in the paper, win a medal, receive letters of commendation, etc. When such is fully deserved it is OK. The problem is that George Drake does not warrant such recognition for his work for the orphans, the collective men and women of the armed forces we sent to Korea deserve that recognition. When I accepted the honor of being made an "Honorary Citizen" of the Metropolitan City of Gwangju, South Korea, I made it clear to Mayor Park Gwang-tae that I was accepting it on behalf of the US Forces in Korea during the war years. I wanted it made clear that I was merely the person who 'told the story' of the efforts of our men and women to save the lives of the children.
I guess I have a fear of allowing what happened to Col. Dean Hess happen to me. He wrote a book (Battle Hymn) about his experiences in Korea and included in it a section on the Kiddy Car Airlift. He wrote it in such a manner that, without actually saying so, the inference was that he was the one who was responsible for the rescue of the 950 orphans and 100 orphanage staff whose lives were saved in that rescue. The book was followed almost immediately with a film of the same name in which the innuendo became transferred into the true story of the rescue operation. Immediately Hess became a hero. He was given the highest medals of the Korean government. Scores of articles appeared telling how he rescued the children. All of it was false and the tragedy of it all was that not once did Col. Dean Hess say "Stop. That is not the way it happened. You have to talk to Chaplain Russell Blaisdell or his Chaplain's Assistant to get the 'on the ground' report of that rescue."
Hess got so caught up in the glory of being a hero that he shamelessly accepted credit for what he did not do and never backed off from the fraud that was now being perpetrated in his name. Hess began to believe the press reports of his role in the rescue of the children and to this day (December, 2009) he has not publically stated the well documented truth, namely that it was not he who saved the kids, it was Chaplain Blaisdell and SSgt Strang. The problem is, once these stories get published in the press and appear in a popular movie the story has a life of its own that feeds on itself. The movie was a gross travesty of justice and a fiction passed off as a true story. It showed Dean Hess walking with the children from Inchon to Kimpo Airport. Not a single child walked. They all came by trucks. Later, as Hess was getting medals for his rescue of the children the reporters cited the movie story for 'facts' on the rescue. And Hess never corrected them.
I have no intention of becoming a second Dean Hess, accepting recognition for acts that I did not do. Yes, I was a very active members of our little company orphanage committee but I was merely the corresponding secretary. I was not the chairperson. I was not the treasurer. I was not on the committee that supervised the orphanage. I was just one more committee member. On a larger scale, I was just one of thousands upon thousands of US servicemen and women doing as much and even more than I. A few, such as Chaplain Blaisdell and Mike Strang are true heroes. The body of individuals who made up the 'army of compassion' is, collectively, the hero. It is the group that warrants special recognition and not one or another individual who did no different than the rest.


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namespace NUnit.SourceInfoWriter
{
  using System;
  using System.Diagnostics;
  using System.IO;
  using System.Text;
  using System.Xml;
  using NUnit.Engine.Addins;
  using NUnit.Engine.Extensibility;

  [Extension]
  [ExtensionProperty("Format", "nunit2withsourceinfo")]
  public class NUnitV2WithSourceInfoResultWriter : IResultWriter
  {
    public void CheckWritability(string outputPath)
    {
      using (new StreamWriter(outputPath, false, Encoding.UTF8)) { }
    }

    public void WriteResultFile(XmlNode resultNode, string outputPath)
    {
      using (var writer = new StreamWriter(outputPath, false, Encoding.UTF8))
      {
        WriteResultFile(resultNode, writer);
      }
    }

    public void WriteResultFile(XmlNode resultNode, TextWriter writer)
    {
      var nunit2Output = new MemoryStream();
      using (var nunit2OutputWriter = new StreamWriter(nunit2Output))
      {
        var nunit2XmlResultWriter = new NUnit2XmlResultWriter();
        nunit2XmlResultWriter.WriteResultFile(resultNode, nunit2OutputWriter);
      }

      nunit2Output.Position = 0;
      var nunit2WithSourceInfo = new XmlDocument();
      nunit2WithSourceInfo.Load(nunit2Output);

      // ToDo: SourceInfoHelper does not yet understand nunit2 xml format
      SourceInfoHelper.AddSourceInfoToTestResults(nunit2WithSourceInfo);
      writer.WriteLine(nunit2WithSourceInfo.OuterXml);
      WriteDebugToOutput("WriteResultFile (TestWriter): " + nunit2WithSourceInfo.OuterXml);
    }

    [Conditional("DEBUG")]
    private static void WriteDebugToOutput(string format, params object[] arg)
    {
      Console.WriteLine(format, arg);
    }
  }
}

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Серж Моско́вичи ( — Московиси́; первоначальное имя Срул-Герш Моско́вич (); 14 июня 1925, Брэила — 16 ноября 2014, Париж) — французский психолог, автор работ в области социальной психологии; глава лаборатории социально-психологических исследований в Высшей школе социальных исследований при Парижском университете.

С 1963 года президент Европейской ассоциации экспериментальной психологии, с 1979 года директор Европейской лаборатории социальной психологии, которую он основал в 1975 году.

Биография
Серж Москович родился под именем Срул-Эрш Москович в валашском городе Брэила в семье торговца зерном. Вырос в Кагуле на юге соседней Бессарабии, которую впоследствии считал своей родиной. В середине 1930-х годов семья переехала в Галац, а затем в Бухарест, где исключённый в 1938 году из лицея в силу нововведённых антисемитских законов Москович поступил учиться на механика в профессиональное училище «Ciocanul».

В 1939 году стал членом Румынской коммунистической партии. Во время войны, как еврей, был интернирован в лагерь на принудительные строительные работы, с 1944 года (после освобождения) работал сварщиком на бухарестском заводе «Malaxa». В следующем году был арестован в Араде по подозрению в участии в подпольной сионистской организации, переведён для суда в Тимишоару. В 1947 году Москович нелегально покинул Румынию и после кратковременного пребывания в лагере для беженцев в Италии поселился в Париже, где окончил Парижский университет.

В 1969—1978 годах — профессор École Polytechnique в Париже.
В 1972—1980 годах — профессор антропологического департамента Университета Париж Дидро.
В 1980—1995 годах — приглашённый профессор Нью-Йоркской школы социальных наук.

Член Европейской АН (1990), Нью-Йоркской АН (1992). Почётный член Венгерской АН (1998).

Кавалер ордена Почётного легиона (1989).

Почётный доктор ун-тов Женевского (1980), Глазго (1982), Брюссельского (1994), Болонского (1998) и др.

Сын Сержа Московичи, Пьер Московиси (р. 1957) — министр по европейским делам в правительстве Лионеля Жоспена, вице-президент европейского парламента (с 2004 года).

Книги на русском языке
Все — под именем Серж Московичи.
 Социальные представления: исторический взгляд. — : Психологический журнал, 1995.
 Век толп. — : Центр психологии и психотерапии, 1996 и 1998.
 Психология масс. — : Бахрах, 1998.
 Машина, творящая богов. — : Центр психологии и психотерапии, 1998.
 Власть — неизбежный источник отношений между людьми. // «Психология и психоанализ власти». Хрестоматия. — Т. 1. — : Бахрах, 1999.
 Монстр власти. — : Алгоритм, 2009.
 Век толп. Исторический трактат по психологии масс. — : Академический проект, 2011. — 395 с.

Примечания

Персоналии:Молдавия
Психологи Франции
Психологи по алфавиту
Социальные психологи
Персоналии:Кагул
Члены Румынской коммунистической партии
Выпускники Парижского университета
Преподаватели Политехнической школы
Почётные члены Венгерской академии наук
Иностранные члены РАО
Кавалеры ордена Почётного легиона
Лауреаты премии Бальцана
Почётные доктора Женевского университета
Почётные доктора Университета Глазго
Почётные доктора Болонского университета
Почётные доктора Университета Бразилиа

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Regulation of Crypto Currencies in the USA Is Still Complicated
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The emergence of cryptocurrencies on the world market has created more questions for investors than opportunities. Prevailing regulations from the SEC and other international governing bodies put a damper on peak interest shown by seasoned investors. There is however, a positive swing in the growth of new investors wanting to enter the market because of the "newness" cryptocurrencies offer. In particular, the establishment of either exchange-traded funds, or exchange-traded notes. Both of these buy-in options would allow people to purchase cryptocurrency profit participation, rather than actual currency portions. Both ETFs and ETNs, with full approval, would radically shift the way international markets behave. An exchange-traded fund (ETF), allows people to purchase something similar to a traditional stock. It would create a fund scenario, for something like Bitcoin, that is very similar to existing funds that operate presently. Bitcoin value gains would be distributed to fundholders in a way that is very familiar to places like Wall Street. An exchange-traded note (ETN), is like an ETF, but the purchased interest would be backed by the assumed solvency of a banking body. This puts another blanket of regulation on a concept that has already experienced major setbacks. The real problem with ETNs includes the possible involvement of entities that use them to fuel money schemes. Again, if rules that are heavily-weighted against the success of cryptocurrency were lifted, the risks would be more calculable for investors. For these reasons, integrating a crytocurrency ETF into the present market would be an investor's dream. It would literally open an new universe of investing options to established and novice buyers. Some dreams do come true, but an integrated cryptocurrency ETF application could be far away. Normally, international exchanges experience sharp increases and decreases with only the hint of a new investor opportunity. Pairing a traditional ETF system with something as volatile as cryptocurrencies, though some show amazing promise, seems to be quite unlikely. Of course, like markets have done in the past, an unexpected shift could happen. If so, a cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund would be an investors dream come true.
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As a personal retrospective of my use of computers (in chemistry), the Macintosh plays a subtle role.
1985: In the previous part, I noted how the Corvus Concept computer introduced a network hard drive (these still being too expensive for any one individual to afford one); the same principle applied to the 1985 Macintosh but now relating to the remarkable introduction of the laser printer. Until then, us chemists had used french curves (see previous post for an explanation), stencils or transfer lettering. It could be really tedious preparing a complex manuscript. Indeed, in some published articles of the time, one often saw hand-drawn chemical diagrams! So when the Macs arrived in 1985 (and it has to be said the associated rise of ChemDraw at that time), it became imperative to network them so that everyone could have access to that precious laser printer (I still remember its network name, selected using the aptly named Chooser utility). Fortunately, the Mac came with a network port (unless I am mistaken, this was not an invariable feature of the IBM PC of the period). The network was created using a router (the first time I had come across one of these) from the Webster corporation in Australia, and our local electrician and his colleagues suddenly found themselves putting in Appletalk cables everywhere. The poor chemists in the department not only had to get used to the mouse pointing device and unfloppy floppy disks, but to the idea of selecting network devices.
1987:We also acquired a Microvax with an Evans and Sutherland PS390 stereographics device at this time (more of which later in another post), and this came with an interesting bonus. Haggling had managed to leave about £25K left over, which I decided to spend on a "grown up proper network". This took the form of a thickwire ethernet of about 400m length. This stretched from the Microvax to the main college hub and thence the outside world (the "Internet") and also to the close-by new network distribution cabinet where one end of the Fibre optic cable was terminated (a bonus of all this was a Pirelli calendar, yet another story that must wait to be told). The fibre was strung to a catenary connecting to our other building (the idea being that it should be immune to lightening strikes. I had earlier explored the idea of a copper cable routed through tunnels connecting the two chemistry buildings, and spent a most interesting day down in those tunnels exploring. Therein lies yet another story for another day). Anyway, we now had a 10 megabit network (1000 times faster than the old PADs, which were still around) and this was connected to the Webster multigate routers (there were two of them now, one for each building). Our Macs all had the Internet!
Apple, bless their hearts, distributed a control panel called MacTCP, and after I figured out what it all meant (network masks, Class C subnets and the like) I let everyone know that another network device had been added to join the laserprinter. Few IBM PC owners could boast this. At this stage, in truth, there was not that much people could connect to. Using MacTelnet, we could indeed access CAS Online, and print the search to a laserprinter. Using MacFTP, we could get files remotely from other FTP servers, and we started to acquire coordinate files for our molecular modelling. This in turn brought the realisation that the existing formats (Brookhaven protein databank files were the most common at the time) were not ideally suited for the purpose, and this could be seen as another spark for the CML (XML) work that started about nine years later. I also remember discovering that Apple computer ran their own FTP server, where I could download the latest operating system disk images (Systems 5-7 as I recollect were obtained from this site ). Things were free (but not always that easy) in those days. Our Macs ended up have the latest OS on them (in other words, they tended to crash a little less) almost as soon as it was released (and the Mac app store™, with its impending 4.6 Gbyte of OS X Lion about to be downloaded is merely the latest example of this).
1987: Armed with all this experience, I was also asked to serve a two year stint on the editorial advisory board of the Royal Society of Chemistry. At the time, what is now called supporting information was just starting, and of course it was going to be in print only. I suggested that perhaps the RSC should plan for the day when it could be online instead (the term online was not, I think, in that common use then, and electronic journals were also not yet common). I was still not happy that the only way to access that information would have to be FTP file transfers, but then little did I realise then that Tim Berners-Lee at CERN already had a glimmer in his eye.
1988: The network on the Macs became a little more useful in this year, when a Macintosh email client called Eudora was released (in truth, I had already sent my first email in 1976, from CMU in Pittsburgh whilst on a visit there, to the person standing next to me!). The Microvax alluded to above provided the mail relay, and a few brave individuals started sending email (not that many people had email addresses in those days mind you). The RSC was still grappling with this. I remember putting my email address at the top of an article submitted to them, and the copy-editor deleted it from the proofs as "unrecognised address form". I re-instated it, they deleted it again. After some telephone negotiation, it remained (although the RSC assured me it would confuse the journal readers mightily). For the record, if you do manage to find it, it no longer works (being something like rzepa@vaxa.ch.ic.ac.uk. We were still learning how to do things properly then).
1989: I managed to convince the department that it would be useful to use computers for undergraduate teaching, and we opened a computer room with 12 Macs. I maintained them using a wonderful network utility called RevRDist for Mac, which cloned a master Mac onto the 12 clients, and made the task of adding new software very easy. There was always lots of good software for Macs in those early days. But to introduce students to how to use them, I did feel impelled to produce a 4 page printed handout explaining it all. And I only did this once a year. Clearly again, the need to manage this better must have been in my mind.
This post focuses on a very short period, because I wanted to get across how (in my mind at least) chemistry became globally networked for the (chemical) masses (or at least those with Apple Macintosh computers!), and the role the laserprinter Pippa played in this development.
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What It's About: Martians invade the Earth. Can anything stop them from annihilating mankind?
Why Watch it Today?: On this date in 1938, Orson Welles famously broadcast his version of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, which, thanks to its "live broadcast" format perfectly suited to radio, created a panic in some parts of the country as listeners tuned in late and did not realize they were listening to a piece of fiction. In 1953 George Pal produced his own adaptation, updating it for the Atomic age and creating the basic template for the Alien Invasion film used even today. Although it's more of a sci-fi film than a horror film, as a child the clips used on TV specials aired around Halloween chilled my bones, and the book, which I read quite young, did an even better job.
Other Choices: Why not listen to Orson Welles' broadcast and see what the fuss is about? Or maybe you'd prefer to read the book?
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Unregulated consumption of content online and on OTT is a challenge: Jawahar Goel, Chairman and MD, Dish TV
Dish TV's recent merger with Videocon DTH will make it one of the largest players in cable and satellite distribution in the country. Jawahar Goel, Chairman and MD of Dish TV, speaks about the company's new game plan
by Ruhail Amin
The broadcast distribution space has been witnessing new developments of late. And one of the top players in the space—Dish TV, is getting aggressive about its market share, especially after taking over its rival Videocon DTH. The merger will make Dish TV one of the largest players in cable and satellite distribution platforms in the country.
If we look back, ever since digitisation, the cable and satellite distribution players have shaped the broadcasting landscape in a big way. It has helped them reach out to newer geographies more effectively and at a reasonable cost too. Speaking about the evolution of satellite distribution business in the last two decades, Jawahar Goel, Chairman and MD, Dish TV, said, "I believe digitisation has been an enabler to accommodate more channels. We were in an analogue environment and there was limitation of capacity and from there we have come a long way. Now you can tune in to over 2000 channels, thanks to digitisation."
While newer distribution rules have come in to play there are concerns about its impact on the broadcast business and distribution revenues. However, Goel believes that the satellite broadcasting industry has gotten more streamlined with new regulations. "The DTH industry has got streamlined with new regulations being framed and new guidelines being followed. Not only that, it has also become a participatory process where all the stakeholders are invited to share concerns and the feedback is implemented," explained Goel.
Raising concerns about unregulated online content and the need to have it regulated the same way as mainstream media, Goel added, "I think this is a challenge to the entire broadcasting industry because we have content regulation for TV, Print and Radio. However, the consumption of content online and on OTT is beyond the regulated content and that is a challenge for the broadcasters, the content creators, social scientists and even the government. I think it is important to avoid a scenario where there is regulation for one stakeholder and not the other; it should be uniform across the board."
Dish TV recently made some changes in the top leadership and appointed Anil Dua as its new Group CEO. While the group has its presence in Sri Lanka, it has no plans to look beyond India for now. Sharing the Dish TV vision for the near future, Goel said, "As far as more international presence is concerned, right now we don't have any plans beyond our footprint. Moreover, India for us is already a big market as far as media is concerned and we want to focus here."
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New Middlesbrough FC signing Antonio Barragan has written a letter of farewell to Valencia's fans after five years at the Estadio Mestalla.
The 29-year-old became Boro's sixth summer signing on Friday, and has jetted off with the rest of his new teammates to Marbella for a week-long training camp.
Barragan - who began his career at Liverpool in 2005 - spent only one year in the Premier League as a youngster, before joining La Liga sides Deportivo, Real Valladolid and later Valencia.
The right-back is expected to make his Boro debut against Real Betis tomorrow night in the Costa del Sol (7pm UK time), and today wrote a heartfelt message to the Valencia fans on his personal Twitter account.
"After passing the last five years of my life in Valencia, it's now time to head elsewhere," Barragan said.
"Five years after (arriving) I close one door and open another. But before I go, I want to say that during this time I felt very at home sharing with you many dreams, triumphs and dreams, and dealing with defeats and the tough times.
"I leave the Mestalla with five years of memories and above all, friends.
"I look forward to knowing wherever I go, I have many people to thank - from the coaching staff, my peers, managers and coaches, and the fans of course, for (supporting) the job which I have always wanted and accompanying me.
"Although goodbyes are never easy, there are times when saying goodbye is the only way to continue the journey.
"Back to the Premier League is a challenge that I face with all the enthusiasm and desire of the world.
"I hope my new stage in Boro brings me so much joy as I wish and hope. Thank you for the trust and Go Valencia!"
The new Boro recruit follows Viktor Fischer, Bernardo Espinosa, Marten de Roon, Jordan McGhee and Victor Valdes into the club.


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Q: send mouse_event without triggering mouse hook I'm basically creating an app that as long as you hold down the left click on your mouse, it will execute left clicks in a loop in a specific cooldown, the problem I'm facing is that when you hold down the left click its executing another clicks which makes the program think that you stopped to hold the button, so I'm searching for a way to send mouse_event function
amd make my mouse hook ignore the mouse event function somehow
     void mouse_OnMouseActivity(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e)
    {
        if (Utils.dont || !mode)
        {
            return;
        }
        if (mode && !Focused && e.Clicks == 1 && e.Button == MouseButtons.Left && !down && Threads.Count == 0 && !Utils.dont)
        {
            down = true;
            Console.WriteLine("DOWN");

                    Thread th = new Thread(() => {

                        Workers++;

                        while (!Focused && down && mode)
                        {

                            Console.WriteLine(">> " + Threads.Count+ " | "+Utils.dont);
                            Console.Title = Workers.ToString();

                            Utils.Click();

                            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(delay);
                        }

                        Workers--;

                    });
                    th.Start();
                   Threads.Add(th);

        }
        else
            {

            if (e.Clicks == 2 && e.Button == MouseButtons.Left && !Utils.dont)
            {
                down = false;
                Console.WriteLine("UP " + (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left));
                if (Threads.Count != 0)
                {
                    Workers= 0;
                    List<Thread> ToRemove = new List<Thread>();
                    foreach (var thread in Threads)
                    {
                        ToRemove.Add(thread);
                    }

                    foreach(var thread in ToRemove)
                    {
                        Threads.Remove(thread);
                    }
                }

            }
        }
    }

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Do You Prefer Size 30 or 35 Birkin?
Do you prefer size 30 or 35 Birkins? I have a 30 Birkin but sometimes I wish it had more room. I have been trying to get a size 35 Birkin from Hermes for the past 2 weeks and it is exhausting going to the store everyday. When I was at Hermes the other day, I saw at least 5 shoppers in the store with size 30 Birkins. Seems like it is the preferred size for shopping, since 30 is the size of a normal handbag. Which size do you prefer? Describe your experience carrying the Birkin. Thanks.
35 i'm also 5'10 so i love big bags.....I also carry a lot of stuff.
It depends on where I go or what I do. For work, I love my 35cm Birkin as it carries alot and documents fit beautifully. 30cm is kinda small for that..
I love wearing my 30cm when I want a more casual look, usually during weekends when I go shopping or in the evenings when I go out for a casual dinner.
I like the 35, but for everyday probably the 30cm I'll take w/e one comes first though!
I definately prefer the 35, in the smaller size I prefer the Kelly..
I like the 35 better because I think it suits my size, but I try not to carry much in my purse so a 30 would be fine - perhaps even better. Sometimes I feel as if the 35 just screams "look at me - i'm rich and powerful" (even if it's not actually the case) and the 30 is more understated.
I have a 35 and it holds a lot of stuff, I can even slip my lightweight computer in.
I want one of each!!!! Now, does that help anyone out here with decisions? Nope. But I still do!!


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Q: How to extract list of specific keys from the dictionary in Python? I have a list of dictionaries that looks like that:
lst = [{'id': 'ID1', 'Name':'Name1', 'Surname':'Surname1'},
       {'id': 'ID2', 'Name':'Name2', 'Surname':'Surname2'},
       {'id': 'ID3', 'Name':'Name3', 'Surname':'Surname3'}]

I would like my output to look like that:
idnumber: ID1 ; Name: Name1 ; Surname: Surname1
idnumber: ID2 ; Name: Name2 ; Surname: Surname2
idnumber: ID3 ; Name: Name3 ; Surname: Surname3

As my strarting point, at least to start with id part, I wrote:
for l in lst:
    for key,value in l.items():
        if l.keys() == "id":
            print("idnumber: ", l.values())

Unfortunately, it doesn't work for me :( Any suggestion would be helpful.

A: Here is an approach:
lst = [{'id': 'ID1', 'Name':'Name1', 'Surname':'Surname1'},
       {'id': 'ID2', 'Name':'Name2', 'Surname':'Surname2'},
       {'id': 'ID3', 'Name':'Name3', 'Surname':'Surname3'}]

keys = ['id', 'Name', 'Surname']
aliases = {'id': 'idnumber'}
for d in lst:
    for i, k in enumerate(keys):
        print(f'{aliases.get(k, k)}: {d[k]}',
              end=' ; ' if i+1<len(keys) else '\n')

output:
idnumber: ID1 ; Name: Name1 ; Surname: Surname1
idnumber: ID2 ; Name: Name2 ; Surname: Surname2
idnumber: ID3 ; Name: Name3 ; Surname: Surname3

How it works:

*

*keys holds the list of keys to use in order

*aliases holds the name of the key to print (aliases.get(k, k) searches for an alias and uses the key name if there is no alias)

*enumerate allows to identify the last key to print a newline instead of the ; separator

A: Iterate over the list of dictionaries and format each key-value pairs to finally join them together.
lst = [{'id': 'ID1', 'Name':'Name1', 'Surname':'Surname1'},
       {'id': 'ID2', 'Name':'Name2', 'Surname':'Surname2'},
       {'id': 'ID3', 'Name':'Name3', 'Surname':'Surname3'}]

for d in lst:
    print('; '.join(f"{k}: {v}" for k, v in d.items()))


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Insolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-structuring
Australia: Small business restructuring process (SBRP)
by Simon Cathro
Cathro & Partners
Will businesses in financial distress or teetering on the edge of insolvency start to utilise the small business restructuring process introduced in January 2021 now that we have emerged out of the COVID lockdowns, related legislative protections and support packages?
It has almost been one year since the Federal Government introduced legislation that provided a new insolvency option to restructure small businesses.
What is small business restructuring?
The small business restructuring process (SBRP) provides those companies which have accumulated total liabilities of less than $1 million to access a type of restructure or turnaround which is aimed at being more cost-effective and allows the business to remain under the control of the Company's directors whilst the process is taking place.
A review of the SBRP:
Since its introduction we have not seen a wide scale use of this process. The likely reasoning is due to minimal enforcement from the Australian Taxation Office and the introduction of various laws which provided relief to businesses from critical creditors such as landlords resulting in low insolvency appointments.
In addition to the above, the government also provided significant support packages to ensure that employees for SMEs did not lose their jobs and that mass redundancies and unemployment across the country were avoided. These initiatives achieved that objective. In rolling out these packages, the government injected significant amounts of money into the economy well above what businesses truly required thus causing a sharp drop in insolvency appointments. But was this "pushed down the road?"
We have now reached a point in the economy where the double dose vaccination rate is in excess of 70% and in some states, such as New South Wales over 80% has been achieved, thereby allowing the state economies to reopen. Businesses are reopening and government support packages are slowly being wound back.
The Tax Office continues to undertake selective and minimal enforcement against business owners that have fallen into tax arrears and we are not likely to see any strong recovery action taken by the ATO until late in the first quarter of calendar 2022.
As these government packages are wound back and businesses reduce their reliance on advisory services provided by their accountant, this is the opportune time for businesses with their advisers to sit down and assess what is the true financial position of their business.
It may demonstrate that the business is about to enter into a strong period of revenue, but it may also mean that as these support packages and legislative protections are wound back and some businesses will be required to deal with the deferred debt that has accumulated as a result of the Covid experience.
It is here where we may see the small business restructuring process start to be utilised in a way that the federal government was hoping it may be.
It is important when you are advising your financially distressed clients whether the business can qualify or is eligible for this restructuring process. An opportunity to perform a turnaround might be required so as to avoid an insolvency of your client.
How do you qualify for the SBRP?
To determine whether your client is eligible there is the criteria that must be met in order to undertake the process. This includes:
You must be incorporated under the Corporations Act.
It must be a business with total liabilities of less than $1 million on the day it enters into the process. This excludes employee entitlements.
It must be a business who has not engaged in the SBRP or undertaken a simplified liquidation in the last 7 years.
Resolve that it is insolvent or likely to become insolvent at some future time.
Payments to employees for wages, superannuation and other entitlements must be up to date.
Tax lodgements must be up to date.
The second stage is that you then determine that you want to save the business and believe that there is a way forward after the restructuring process and that the business can thrive after that restructure.
It is at this point that the company's directors will appoint a small business restructuring practitioner and that the practitioner's role will be to assist the company to develop the proposal and plan to present to creditors.
The plan to restructure must ensure that what is being offered to creditors will be a better return than if the business was to be wound up.
It is also through this process that the restructuring practitioner will be required to investigate the company's affairs.
Once the appointment has taken place, the company and the practitioner will have 20 business days to work through and build a plan to restructure the business. The plan will provide the necessary information to creditors for them to decide on whether the offer that has been put forward to them should be accepted.
The plan will typically outline what the potential return to the creditors will be, how long the process and payment of the proposal will be made and whether it's in a better return than liquidation.
The small business restructuring practitioner will then prepare a report which will be sent to creditors for them to review the plan being offered to them and determine whether it should be accepted.
It is at this point that the business and the practitioner should ensure that all employing entitlements have been paid, tax obligations are up-to-date and that the company has been substantially complying with the above.
Once the creditors have received the proposal, they will then have 15 business days to determine their vote on whether to accept the proposal or not.
Who has control of the company during a SBRP?
Importantly, during this process, the directors of the company stay in control of the trading operations and can undertake transactions that are in the ordinary course of business. Given the low numbers of restructure plans that have happened to date, it will be interesting to see whether the cr100editor0s and customers will continue to support businesses which choose to run this process.
How is SBRP different to a Voluntary Administration?
When compared to a voluntary administration, the voluntary administration process is a lot more involved for the insolvency practitioner as they are required to take control of the trading and are personally liable for any debts incurred during that period.
It is because of this personal liability that the insolvency practitioner is very vocal and proactive with the customers and creditors of the company. Whilst both processes are quite public, the goal of the SBRP was to try and reduce the cost of the restructure and also to allow the directors to have and maintain relationships with suppliers and customers without the damaging impact of an insolvency practitioner taking control of the trading during the restructure.
Interestingly, it remains to be seen how primarily creditors, will react to the director controlled trading during the process given those same directors, arguably were involved in the cause of the insolvency of the business and loss of full payment to those creditors. I would suggest that creditors will really want to test the restructure proposal put to them in a way that ensures the future trading of the company has changed so as not to result in the same problems going forward.
Due to the low number of insolvency appointments generally, the majority of insolvency practitioners have not been yet been given the opportunity to undertake the SBRP since its inception. Further, it is possible that the issue of the company having liabilities less than $1 million might limit its true value because businesses of this size simply are not willing or are unable financially to restructure and inject those further funds. It will be interesting to see if further legislative changes will lift the limit from $1 million to a greater number (possibly $5m).
Given we are now coming out of the COVID protected lockdowns and businesses now have to deal with whatever deferments they may have accumulated during that period, it is now important for advisors to monitor their clients business even closer and consider whether this option might be worthwhile. Certainly, creditors will be more understandable of such a process given the challenges we all have faced during the COVID pandemic.
Simon Cathro
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Clear glass whiteboards are just the beginning. Here's a primer on general glass use in interior design.
Clear glass whiteboards, fixtures, and walls: how glass is applied in interior design
Glass has been a mainstay of interior design for over 100 years. There are good reasons for that. Glass is elegant, versatile and very tough. Our clear glass whiteboards are proof enough of that. However, aside from windows and whiteboards, glass has many other indoors applications too.
Here's a primer on glass use in interior design.
It doesn't stop at clear glass whiteboards
Yes, clear glass whiteboards are a testament to the versatility and superior aesthetics of glass, but they're only the beginning when it comes to glass application in office design. While most people think of glass as a straightforward material, there are in fact countless varieties of it. Here are some of those variations most commonly applied in interior design.
Eco-friendly glass
Eco-friendly glass is as energy efficient as it is visually pleasing. Eco-friendly glass works to prevent heat from escaping an area during colder months and keeps interiors cool during the warmer ones. This, in turn, reduces the use of heating and air-conditioning - saving you money and preserving the planet's resources.
Some eco-friendly glass can even decrease the sun's effects on interior furnishings, preventing fading and protecting colours.
Textured glass is glass that's been imprinted with a pattern - it is not a stick-on transfer as some people think. This imprinting is done at extremely high temperatures, while the glass is still in its malleable or semi-molten state. Common textures that are imprinted:
Pebbling
Textured glass is a great way to add interest to your interior. It's also great for offices that require a level of privacy while still letting in natural light.
Low-iron glass
Low-iron glass is high-clarity glass made from silica, an oxide of silicon commonly found in nature as quartz. The higher level of iron in typical glass is what results in its classic greenish-blue tint. Remove this iron and the degree of tinting is much reduced - and even entirely absent.
Low-iron glass is sold under a range of brand names, including:
UltraClear
Some suitable applications for low-iron glass include whiteboards, display cases, aquariums and, occasionally, windows. Essentially, it matches any use in which clarity is desired. This is why our clear glass whiteboards use Starphire glass.
Acoustic glass is made up of two or more sheets of tempered glass bonded together. The interlayers act to control noise, damping the soundwaves as they travel through the panes of glass.
This type of glass is ideal for use in the doors, windows and walls of particularly busy or privacy-conscious offices. There's no need to sacrifice privacy for aesthetics.
Historically, stained glass was coloured by adding special chemicals during the glassmaking process. Nowadays we use a process called body tinting. Body-tinted glass has melted colourants added during manufacture. This is done for both solar-radiation absorption and decorative effects.
Glass throughout history
Naturally occurring glass - caused by volcanoes and lightning strikes - has been around since the formation of planet Earth. Even so, man-made glass is an ancient technology. According to archaeological evidence, the first chunks of artificial glass were probably made in Egypt and Eastern Mesopotamia about 6000 years ago. Some 2000 years later, the first glass pots and bowls were made in the same regions.
Since then, human applications of glass have grown to encompass everything from windows to phone screens to, yep, clear glass whiteboards. As a result, interior design has been heavily influenced by glass technology throughout the ages. Here are some of the highlights.
Italian Baroque interior design
The Baroque period is an artistic style that started around the year 1600 in Rome. It describes a style of heavy ornamentation, grandeur and precise geometry. Great examples of this style still exist today in the churches and cathedrals of Europe.
As for glass: stained glass windows rose to prominence during this period. However, they weren't the only decor getting the treatment. Stained glass was used in everything from furniture to mirrors to bowls.
Bauhaus and International Style
Founded by Walter Gropius in 1919, the Bauhaus School of Design gave rise to what would become known as the International Style.
The International Style is an approach to design that prioritises usefulness over looks. It's particularly notable in modern architecture. The "traditional" commercial block with glass exterior walls didn't even exist until 1935 with the unveiling of the Glaspaleis Department Store in the Netherlands (which looks shockingly contemporary even today).
The International Style dictates that whatever materials are used, they must be the best material for the job. The versatility of glass made it a star of the International Style. The style also dictates that materials be used without artifice. The viewer should be able to tell when an object or fixture is glass.
Art Deco and Modernism
Art Deco and Modernism appeared in the first few years of the 20th Century (somewhat setting the stage for Bauhuas). As a global movement, it sought new alignment with the values and experiences of modern industrial life. The idea was to use new techniques and materials to create works that reflected the hopes and realities of technological progress.
As an interior design practice, Modernism embraces clean lines, a simple colour palette and the uses of base materials. Those base materials? Glass, chrome, stone and concrete.
This is how glass became synonymous with "modern" even though it is among the oldest artificial materials. Present-day modernism also encourages eco-friendly design – another approach in which glass is an ideal material.
The rise of glass in modern interior design
Glass is super versatile. It's strong, attractive and lends a sophisticated air to office interiors. There's a reason the best whiteboards available are glass boards. Yet quality is only one cog in a bigger machine driving the rise of glass in office interiors. So, what makes glass so appealing to architects, designers and company owners?
The illusion of space
Offices are getting smaller. As employers become more savvy to the benefits of flexible work hours and hot desking, the average square-metre per employee has been shrinking. And, as offices become cosier, we're naturally looking to ways to keep our surroundings from edging into "cramped". Glass interiors - walls, fixtures, and furniture - extend sightlines, making every enclosed square-metre feel bigger.
Glass technology is progressing
Our ability to manufacture large pieces of glass more cheaply has meant fewer limitations upon the application of glass walls and fixtures. Apple Park in California features panels of glass longer than city buses, meanwhile Philadephia's Dilworth Plaza has structures made entirely of glass laminate seven layers thick. This increased versatility has seen glass in interior design boom in a big way. Essentially, designers are able to make even their wildest ideas into a transparent reality. Note the sudden surge in all-glass staircases.
A focus on eco-friendly design
The effects of global warming are starting to be felt. As a result, interior design is pushing towards greener manufacturing and building. Glass, particularly eco-friendly insulated glass, is an ideal way to reduce your emissions and pull down your energy bills.
The eco benefits of glass are two-fold:
Eco-friendly glass serves to better insulate a room, resulting in less reliance on cooling and heating
Glass captures natural lighting, resulting in less use of electricity overall.
Glass is also incredibly long-lasting and durable. It's why our clear glass whiteboards come with a lifetime warranty – ensuring less waste produced as a result of worn or broken products.
Clear glass whiteboards in interior design
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