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General elections were held in Paraguay on 22 April 2018. President Horacio Cartes and Vice-President Juan Afara of the Colorado Party were not eligible for re-election. The presidential elections were won by the Colorado Party's Mario Abdo Benítez, who defeated Efraín Alegre of the GANAR alliance. The Colorado Party also won the most seats in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. The new President and Vice-President took office on 15 August 2018 and will leave office in August 2023.

Electoral system
The President of Paraguay is elected in one round of voting by plurality. The 80 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by closed list proportional representation in 18 multi-member constituencies based on the departments. The 45 members of the Senate are elected from a single national constituency using closed list proportional representation.

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Departmental Governors

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From Voter ID to debates to 'fiscal cliff,' a national politics roundup
Air Date: October 5, 2012
Hour 1
We close a whirlwind week of political news by looking back at the two biggest political stories of our week and a look at the stories we haven't been hearing about. First, Tuesday morning's decision by Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson on Pennsylvania's controversial Voter ID bill kept the law in place, but orders votes to be tallied even if the Pennsylvania voter lacks a state-approved photo ID. But the Voter ID bill and others like it have featured in campaigns seeking to Get Out the Vote, characterized by Democrats as an attempt at disenfranchisement and vote suppression. Slate columnist SASHA ISSENBERG has examined the first scientific test of Voter ID in campaign Get Out the Vote efforts, and the results are surprising. Then, we'll pivot to a national political roundup, finishing up our analysis of this week's first presidential debate and its effect on the presidential campaigns, the struggle for control of Congress, the domestic political implications of foreign crises like Syria and Libya, and the "fiscal cliff" negotiations that this Congress punted to the lame-duck session after November 6th when they recessed at the end of September. Joining us will TODD S. PURDUM, Vanity Fair national editor; and SUSAN FERRECHIO, chief congressional correspondent for the Washington Examiner.
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Phoenix Sinclair inquiry prompts Manitoba to keep kids out of CFS care | CBC News Loaded
Phoenix Sinclair inquiry prompts Manitoba to keep kids out of CFS care
The Manitoba government is pledging to overhaul the province's child welfare system to keep more children, including aboriginal children, with their families and home communities rather taking them into foster care.
Changes being made in response to inquiry into 2005 murder of Phoenix Sinclair
CBC News · Posted: Jan 27, 2015 10:01 AM EST | Last Updated: January 28, 2015
The Manitoba government is pledging to overhaul the province's child welfare system to keep more children, including aboriginal children, with their families and home communities rather than taking them into foster care.
Family Services Minister Kerri Irvin-Ross says the government will boost support services in communities, in an effort to reduce the number of children in care.
She made the announcement on Tuesday as she released a report by AMR Planning and Consulting on implementing recommendations from the Phoenix Sinclair inquiry.
Read the province's full report (PDF)
Led by commissioner Ted Hughes, the $14-million public inquiry — one of the biggest in Manitoba's history — the public inquiry examined how Manitoba's child and family services (CFS) system failed five-year-old Phoenix before she was murdered by her mother and stepfather in 2005.
"Phoenix's legacy will continue to shift the child welfare system's focus from protection to a more holistic system that will stress prevention and early intervention services. We want all children to grow up in strong, healthy families," Irvin-Ross told reporters in Winnipeg.
Manitoba sorry for failing to protect Phoenix Sinclair
Some Phoenix Sinclair recommendations could take years
Phoenix Sinclair inquiry: Read our reporter's blog from the hearings
Hughes's report contains 62 recommendations for improving the child welfare system and is a call out to address what he called "deeply rooted" issues.
The inquiry into the death of Phoenix Sinclair laid bare the failures of Manitoba's child-welfare system. (Inquiry photo) (Inquiry photo)
"Based on the work of the Hughes Commission and AMR Planning and Consulting, we are going to strengthen supports for families and create healthier communities for children," Irvin-Ross stated in a news release.
"We're shifting our emphasis from protection to prevention. Prevention is the best protection."
Irvin-Ross said an increased focus on early supports for families will be phased in as quickly as possible.
The funding model for CFS agencies will see a 60 per cent increase for family supports, in order to allow agencies to deal with complex family situations.
"If, you know, Mom has a medical crisis and rather than taking the child into care because of the medical crisis, if we can put some support services around that family and keep them intact, that's what we'll do," Irvin-Ross said.
87% of children in care are aboriginal
As well, the province will hire an indigenous associate child advocate "to work on behalf of aboriginal families and children, ensuring they are treated fairly in all dealings with the CFS system," Irvin-Ross said.
The minister noted that 87 per cent of children in CFS care are aboriginal, up from the previous estimate of 70 per cent.
Manitoba Family Services Minister Kerri Irvin-Ross recently released the recommendations from the Phoenix Sinclair inquiry. (CBC)
"The root cause is poverty and ... around the issues of residential schools, the '60s scoop, and colonization," she said. "We need to start healing, supporting families along that journey of healing."
The government will create a pilot project called Circle of Care at Sagkeeng First Nation. This project will assist families "in working their way through difficult issues while respecting cultural needs and focusing on families first, rather than the system," Irvin-Ross said.
"We want families who are struggling to know where to go for help and be sure the help is accessible," she said.
"The child welfare system must be a response to a larger issue that affects the fastest growing population in our province."
Terry Nelson, grand chief of the Southern Chiefs' Organization, agreed that extreme poverty in First Nations communities is a key issue in the child welfare debate.
"Unless the poverty issue is tackled, there is no long term solution to CFS," Nelson said in a news release, adding that many First Nations face unemployment rates of 60 to 95 per cent.
"The creation of urban reserves, natural resource development, hydro development, BiPole [III transmission line], etc. need to be addressed if a solution to the poverty of First Nations is a priority."
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, which presented its own proposal last year for changing the child welfare system, says it has invited Irvin-Ross to a special assembly on Feb. 25 to discuss solutions.
Critics raise concerns
Meanwhile, critics took aim at the government for what it has not been doing since the Hughes report came out just over a year ago.
Kim Edwards, one of Sinclair's former caregivers, said important recommendations from last year's report still have yet to be implemented, and she isn't particularly hopeful the province will act on things in the new report either.
"I've been out there in the political circle and tried to talk about the child care system and 'that's not a political [issue] we need to talk about.' The children are not important to Manitoba," said Edwards.
"We've got the human rights museum in our city and children's rights are being broke every single day by every single member of society."
Ian Wishart, the Progressive Conservatives' family services critic, says while he can support many of the changes outlined in the new report, he's worried about other recommendations from the Hughes report, such as reducing social workers' caseloads down to 20 cases.
"We're very concerned. I think ratios are very important, even when you move beyond just focusing on the individual child and look at the family," he said.
"The ratio is still important. It's support to the family, which is something we've been saying all along."
Wishart admits there are not enough social work graduates in Manitoba to reduce case loads at this time.
Manitoba Children's Advocate Darlene MacDonald says the new report had been in the works for a year since the Hughes report came out, and she's disappointed that it's "soft on timelines" and "absent of clear recommendations."
The Hughes report called on the province to give the Office of the Children's Advocate a stronger mandate to hold public services accountable, but MacDonald said that won't likely happen soon.
"I am pleased that the government has gone on record saying they intend to introduce independent legislation for the Children's Advocate," she said in a news release.
"But instead of clear timelines, the government is now calling for more consultations and more committees on a long-studied and well analyzed gap in the system. Are we going to be sitting in the same place in another year from today?"
Read Options for Action: An implementation report for the legacy of Phoenix Sinclair, by AMR Planning and Consulting below.
ON MOBILE? Read the report here.
Death of 21-month-old "eerily similar" to that of Phoenix Sinclair, MLA says
Some Phoenix Sinclair recommendations could take years, Manitoba says
Manitoba Tories demand Phoenix Sinclair report be made public
Province of Manitoba: Read the Options for Action report
Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry: Read the full report


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Songs: A Million Ukeleles
Aware of student safety he left three prefects in charge
Of the bonfire of recorders which he'd lit in the school yard
He strode into the staff room to applause
They knew today's the day that he had finally been and bought
Fifteen ukeleles for the school, fifteen untried music teaching tools
Fifteen chances he could get the sack, fifteen ukeleles and a match
The children, they all loved it 'cause it's easy and it's fun
The other teachers opened their doors so that they could sing along
The parents made a fuss at the PTA
Until the classicist Headmaster found himself begrudged to say
We need thirty ukeleles urgently, thirty ukeleles to fulfil forecasted needs
If it carries on like this we'll end up cancelling PE, bring me thirty ukeleles ASAP
Schools in the same authority were soon following their lead
Music shops ran out of stocks as it spread through families
But their appeal was by no means unanimous
There were a lot of strong letters in the local press
From concerned music buffs
Saying Ban these ukeleles right away
They're not a proper instrument, they're too easy to play
They're too portable, affordable, open to anyone - ban these ukeleles,
They look like fun
Well of course nobody listened to this miserable elite
Before too long the sound of strumming rang through every street
And though I woke to find it was a dream
It could become reality, the only thing we need
Is a single ukelele to begin
To see why ukelele players wear such silly grins
Then a hundred then a thousand until suddenly we find
We've got a million ukeleles and a million smiles
Oh a million ukeleles play in time
A million ukeleles from Isle Of Wight to Isle Of Skye
We need a million signatures, a million letters to MPS
Saying a million ukeleles - we'd like them, please
OK, this is going to take in several TIME PERIODS as the song was a long time in the producing - here's what I said back in April 2007, when I'd finished writing it:
blockquote> My first thoughts about this song came WAY back on August 11th 2005, when on my way into work one day... well, I let Hibbett 2005 explain, as writ on the BLOG for that day:
On the way into work this morning i was thinking about ARTS FUNDING. Okay, i was ACTUALLY imagining doing a BIG INTERVIEW and having "Things'll Be Different" brought up, and then being asked exactly WHAT would i do... er... and then outlining my REASONABLE PLAN to become ENNOBLED (temporarily, until i get round to democratising the House Of Lords, as stated in THE SONG obviously) and become Arts Minister, abolish ARTS FUNDING and introduce HIBBETT TICKETS (this isn't the time or place for that one...). This is why i have got into SODUKU on long journeys, it keeps the BRANE busy. ANYWAY, abolition of Arts Funding is favoured by ME because to GET any you have to fill in loads of forms and, crucially, know the KEY WORDS involved to GET any, so that the actual CA$H would, i would suggest, be MUCH more likely to go to The Middle Classes who know how the system WORKS. Hey! Call me crazy, but I've SEEN the Local Paper stories about "Local Band Gets Arts Council Help" and they always seem SUSPICIOUSLY well kempt and ALREADY in possession of EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT.
But then I thought "HANG ON! But then HOW DO we get THE KIDS into the beautiful and health-giving world of music?" I considered my own MUSIC schooling, which PUT ME OFF the very IDEA for several years, because it was so BORING and HORRID. Learning to play "Yellow Bird" on the xylophone for weeks at a time did NOT inspire me to go out and ROCK, and playing scales on the RECORDER didn't either. It sometimes seems to me that Schools, and indeed THE MUSIC ESTABLISHMENT, actively try and DETER most people from getting involved in music. Just look at the ridiculous arcane terminology that's STILL used (Muslim Preachers may well be persuaded to preach in English, but I doubt they'll ever get Music Teachers to do it), and don't get me STARTED on the LUNACIES of having different instruments playing in different "keys". PAH! Small babies DANCE in the womb, but we are excluded from music from an early age by an establishment that OBSCURES itself in language, BORES us with awful sounding instruments that can't play anything interesting, and then anybody who isn't deterred YET is forced to either play INCREDIBLY DULL yet DIFFICULT pieces of music on an INSANELY EXPENSIVE piece of FURNITURE (i.e. Piano), or a VIOLIN, with a guarantee it will sound HORRIBLE for at least the first couple of years of playing it.
Is it any wonder, i say, IS IT ANY WONDER, that SO MANY people say "Oh, i'm not musical, i can't sing"? We can ALL sing, there's only about 12 people in the COUNTRY who are Actually Really Medically TONE DEAF, the rest of us are PERFECTLY able to sing, but have been PERSUADED that we can't, and made to feel BAD about it. OR! OR! "Trained" to sing in that horrible KARAOKE style - goodness me, the British Voice is a multi-faceted, many accented thing of DELIGHT and INNOCENT BEAUTY, but everywhere we go it is DERIDED and DROWNED out by people EMOTING in a variety of unreal accents heard off the radio or BELLOWING in a tortured "classical" facsimile of the long dead. All children EVERYWHERE can sing, and they do so in their own UNIQUE ways and voices. My friends, let us sing AS THE CHILDREN DO, in our OWN ways. It's GRATE!
AHEM. RANT over... temporarily. So yes, this led me to think "But what would you do about it Hibbett? What would you replace Recorders, Xylophones, Pianos and Violins with? What IS there that's easy and FUN to play, that you can play recognisable and ACTUALLY PLEASANT TO HEAR songs with almost instantly, that can also be used to write NEW songs or versions of songs in the charts, that can lead on to OTHER instruments if need be, that is PORTABLE by children, and that is WELL within everybody's price range?"
All together now: THE UKELELE!
Imagine it! A whole generation of children introduced to the delights of The Ukelele! CLASSROOMS all belting out THE TUNES OF TODAY, then going out into the playground and playing their OWN songs, or songs off the telly. THE KIDS, they LOVE the music - look at RINGTONES for heaven's sake - and this way they could make their OWN. The money NOT spent on subsidising Posh Kids In A Recording Studio, or Daring Musical Theatre, or OPERA for heaven's sake, could buy A MILLION UKELELES, to be PRESSED into the EAGER young hands of a new generation of MUSICALLY ENABLED YOUTH! (NB not Musical Youth, necessarily). The pleasure and the beauty of the REGIONAL SINGING ACCENT could be CELEBRATED and ENCOURAGED - goodness me, i grew up on several summer holidays worth of GEORGE FORMBY films on BBC2 at my various Nans' houses, they are RIPE for enjoyment by kids. George Formby as CORE to a new history curriculum! "Emperor Of Lancashire" on the GEOGRAPHY SYLLABUS!
All right, maybe not the latter, but i think you see my point. As I thought of all this i thought also "Hey! SONG IDEA!" and the CHORUS came STRIDING into my brain, also VAGUE STRUCTURE and also THE EXCITING CHORUS BEFORE THE END: "I heard a million ukeleles, strumming still. I heard a Million Ukeleles... COMING OVER THE HILL!" HUGE drum fill, into A MILLION people PLAYING UKELELES and MARCHING towards us! I actually became deeply MOVED at the idea, i am not ashamed to admit it.
I also felt i was CHANNELLING Chris T-T (i would say "I felt Chris T-T in me, but that gets worrying close to SINGER SONGWRITER SLASH FICTION: "Just then i caught the eye of Winston Echo..."), as it does bear similarities to his GRATE SONG "Giraffes", in a sort of Inspirational Metaphor kind of way, so we shall have to SEE how it PANS OUT as an actual song, but still - STICK IT IN THE MANIFESTO, i think it's a WINNER!
YEAH! Testify, Me From Two Years Ago! At the time I was full of ENTHUSIASM to go and write a song about it, very much featuring a bit at the end where someone dies, and hears "A million ukeleles strumming still, a million ukeleles... COMING OVER THE HILL" which never made it into the final version as ... er... i couldn't get it to work. Anyway, rather than write a song about it I wrote a FANZINE ARTICLE instead, and then never got around to writing the song itself.
FLASH FORWARD 19 Months and I received an email from Mr D Haldane alerting me to an article in The Telegraph covering much the same ground. EGAD! It was time for me to SPRING into action and WRITE the song at last, before THE RIGHT took over!
And THUS that is what I did... although rather gradually. The chorus was pretty easy to work out, not least because I'd been singing it to myself for nearly two years, but the structure of the song was a bit more difficult. As with SO MANY of my songs, to start with it sounded a bit MEAN and SARCASTIC, just SLAGGING OFF some people I don't really like, and it wasn't until i got the idea for the "He strode into the staffroom..." bit that I thought "AHA! I shall do it as a STORY!"
In then took a few weeks of INCREMENTAL ACTION, writing pretty much a verse a weekend, to get it sorted out, helped in a MYSTIC WAY by the purchase of a Nice New Guitar (bought for the Frets On My Neck, not me!) to make it an DELIGHT to play. For some reason this led to the WORDS being a bit more FITTED than usual i.e. they tend to follow the same SYLLABULAR STRUCTURE throughout, rather than me speeding up or slowing down to fit different bits in. It may not seem like that to Outside Ears, but it does to me anyway!
I quite like the way it ends POLITELY too - SO many times I have been on MARCHES or seen posters saying "We want it NOW!" or "Fuck the government! YEAH" and so forth, and i don't think that's a) nice b) helpful. Surely saying "Please" would be of help in these circumstances?
If we do record this with The Vlads and release it I plan to feature Ukeleles (i've learnt to play it on mine!) and BANJO, and also to include in the CD Booklet not only the CHORDS on ukelele, but also a guide to UKELELE tuning, to encourage other people to go out and buy one. If you've read this far and are considering it, I'd URGENTLY advise you to go and buy one, they really are GRATE!
SPOOKY! For LO! here back in the present day i DID feature ukeleles and BANJO, and DID put a guide to ukelele playing in the booklet - I'd completely forgotten that I'd thought of it here!
The banjo was played by the MARVELLOUS Mr Phil Wilson, along with MANDOLIN. My main memory of mixing it together was putting the lead banjo part in and thinking "Eh? But this doesn't fit AT ALL?!?" and PANICKING... then putting the rythmn banjo and two similar mandolin parts in and realising it all slotted together PERFECTLY. I just think he does a fantastic job on it, especially at the very end, which was so nice i faded it out and then used it again for the ending of the whole album.
Apart from Phil's ACE SESSION WORK my other favourite part of the recording is the sound of a match being lit, right over to the far right of the stereo picture after the first verse. I recorded that with ACTUAL MATCHES in our back garden, and felt like GEORGE MARTIN for doing so! Oh, and the bit where I sing "It looks like fun" is pretty much my FAVOURITE bit of singing by me... EVER!


Stars from Michelle Obama to Billy Eichner are working to get out the vote.
"Veep" star Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who plays the president of the U.S. on the hit TV show, is encouraging Americans not only to vote but to also get out and volunteer this election season.
(Justin M. Lubin/HBO) Julia Louis-Dreyfus is pictured on season six of "Veep."
Louis-Dreyfus is bringing her star-power to her first PSA ever, for the Multiply Your Vote campaign, urging Democrats to take action. The actress has donated money and volunteered for campaigns in the past, but said that this year she felt a new urgency to do something more.
To people who say celebrities like herself should not get involved in politics, Louis-Dreyfus argues she is a citizen first.
(Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) In this May 25, 2017, file photo, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, a cast member in the HBO series "Veep," poses at an Emmy For Your Consideration event for the show at the Television Academy in Los Angeles.
"I'll start by saying that Donald Trump is a celebrity, number one," she said. "Number two, I am an American citizen so why in the world shouldn't I speak out with my opinion."
Obama is a co-chair of the voter registration nonprofit When We All Vote.
Michelle Obama said she hoped to get Nevada residents "fired up" to vote.
She added, "I don't pretend to be an expert. I'm not running for office. I am not a politician. I don't have all of the answers but I am a concerned citizen who has a very strong point of view and I happen to believe that we are on a really devastating path."
A high-profile figure like Louis-Dreyfus attaching her name to a political cause does have an impact, election experts say.
"Celebrity endorsements are important because they are signals," said Andra Gillespie, associate professor of political science at Emory University. "If you like a celebrity and you know that celebrity's politics, you may use their cues to make decisions."
The most effective way to get people to vote is to reach out to them in person by knocking on doors, Gillespie said.
For celebrities, the more they encourage volunteering or use their profile to raise money, the more effective their message can be, Gillespie added.
"If the celebrity's support is then translated into buying more pizza to feed volunteers or getting people to go knock on doors, then that's effective," she said. "They can help get the funds to stage the in-person voter mobilization that can actually drive up turnout."
Louis-Dreyfus is in good company, using her celebrity voice to help get voters to the polls on Nov. 6.
Here are four other high-profile names who have launched initiatives for the midterms.
The former first lady rallied more than 2,000 people in Las Vegas Sunday during her first event for the When We All Vote voting initiative she launched this summer.
(Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks during a rally for When We All Vote's National Week of Action at Chaparral High School, in Las Vegas, Sept. 23, 2018, in Las Vegas.
Obama's initiative features star power beyond her own.
In addition to Obama, the nonpartisan When We All Vote counts Lin Manuel Miranda, Tim McGraw and wife Faith Hill, Janelle Monáe, Chris Paul and Tom Hanks as its co-chairs.
The initiative's Week of Action, taking place now through Sept. 29, includes events in cities like Milwaukee, New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta and more.
The "Billy on the Street" star teamed up with comedy website Funny or Die for an initiative called "Glam Up The Midterms!" aimed at young voters.
(Matt Baron/REX/Shutterstock) Billy Eichner at the Vanity Fair and FX Networks Emmys Party, in Los Angeles, Sept. 16, 2018.
The initiative gets its point across in the opening line on its website: "Only 12% of young people voted during the last midterm election. Wow. That's super embarrassing, America, time to step our game up."
Eichner is using comedy and his celebrity friends to reach young people. The initiative recently released a "Non-voters Anonymous" video starring Eichner as well as Mandy Moore, Randall Park, Kumail Nanjiani and Darren Criss.
This year is the first year "Black-ish" star Yara Shahidi can vote.
(Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) Yara Shahidi arrives at the premiere of "Crazy Rich Asians" at the TCL Chinese Theatre, Aug. 7, 2018, in Los Angeles.
The 18-year-old wants her fellow youth to get to the polls, too, and she's reaching out to them through her "Eighteenx18" initiative.
She is leading a #WeVoteNextSummit on Sept. 29 in Los Angeles that aims to "educate and inspire the most powerful voting block in America," according to the website.
Also rallying young people to go vote are the survivors of the Feb. 14 shooting at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 students and staff.
(Taimy Alvarez/Sun Sentinel/TNS via Newscom) Marjory Stoneman Douglas students hold a press conference on June 4, 2018 at Pine Trails Park in Parkland, Fla.
The Stoneman Douglas students behind the "March for Our Lives" movement spent the summer making more than 70 stops across the country on their "March for Our Lives: Road to Change" tour.
The tour kicked off in June in Chicago, where student activists like David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez were joined by singer Jennifer Hudson and gun control advocate Gabby Giffords.
Some of the Parkland survivors also appear in a get out the vote video released by HeadCount.org, a non-profit organization that uses music to promote voting.
"The best way to prevent so many bad things is well-educated voting," said Hogg, who is focusing full-time on the effort in his gap year before college. "We have to make sure that the people that are in power that refuse to take action on this are no longer in power."
When "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" star Rachel Brosnahan took home an Emmy this month, she used her limited time on the stage to deliver a message about voting.
(Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Rachel Brosnahan accepts the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series award for 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' onstage during the 70th Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater, Sept. 17, 2018, in Los Angeles.
"Vote. Show up and bring a friend to the polls," she said.


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Fortunately for a Greenfield couple, they were on vacation in Florida when a SUV crashed into their home and wound up in their kitchen. According to a Greenfield Police Department report, the 70-year-old driver of the SUV blacked out while driving, and when his wife who was in the passenger seat tried to wake him up, he was unresponsive. Eventually the vehicle crashed into a shed and then into a home near South 124th Street and West Holmes Avenue. The driver of the vehicle and his wife sustained minor injuries as a result of the accident. The owners of the home told the media that they feel lucky that they were not in the residence at the time of the accident. While the driver of the vehicle declined to speak to the media, the police report indicates that he did not have any pre-existing medical conditions that would have caused him to black out behind the wheel.
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On Thursday, Israeli lawmakers urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel the visit, citing, among other things, Orban's recurrent use of "propaganda with a whiff of anti-Semitism."
During the meeting, first reported by Channel 10, Ben-Shabbat was a main speaker at the gathering.
Orban was recently reelected in an April election fought on a fiercely anti-immigration platform that demonized Jewish American billionaire George Soros and liberal NGOs he backs. Last week, Hungary's parliament approved legislation that criminalizes some help given to illegal immigrants.
Under the new law, officially called "STOP Soros," individuals or groups who help migrants not entitled to protection to submit requests for asylum or who help illegal migrants gain status to stay in Hungary will be liable to prison terms.
Netanyahu made a congratulatory phone call to Orban after his reelection and invited him to visit Israel.
In February, Netanyahu met a senior foreign policy adviser to Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto. The two discussed the possibility that Israel will host a meeting of the Visegrad group.
If Netanyahu's efforts bear fruit and the summit is held in Israel, it will mark a new level in relations with these Central European counties, whose governments are considered the most right-wing in Europe.
Also Thursday, Haaretz learned Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is planning a visit to Israel in September, with talks to coordinate the meeting taking place between the two countries.
Duterte is also considered a controversial figure among world leaders, and garnered some infamy in Israel when he compared himself to Hitler in his crusade against drug dealers in the Philippines.


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The Ministry of Oil Announces for the Kut Investment Refinery.
The closing date of selling data portfolios is at the end of the work hours of Sunday the 29th of April 2018.
- The receipt of the documents from the companies which would like to invest in the above mentioned refinery must be to the end of the work hours of Sunday the 14th of June 2018.


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package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.inference.preprocessing.customwordembedding;

import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;

import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.not;

public class ScriptDetectorTests extends ESTestCase {

    public void testGreekScript() {
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("Ͱ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptGreek));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("Ͽ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptGreek));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("δ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptGreek));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("Θ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptGreek));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("Δ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptGreek));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("a".codePointAt(0)), is(not(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptGreek)));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("a".codePointAt(0)), is(not(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptGreek)));
    }

    public void testCyrillicScript() {
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("Ѐ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptCyrillic));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("ӿ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptCyrillic));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("ш".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptCyrillic));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("Б".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptCyrillic));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("Ӱ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptCyrillic));
    }

    public void testHebrewScript() {
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("֑".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptHebrew));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("״".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptHebrew));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("ד".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptHebrew));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("ה".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptHebrew));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("צ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptHebrew));
    }

    public void testArabicScript() {
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("م".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptArabic));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("خ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptArabic));
    }

    public void testHangulJamoScript() {
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("ᄀ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptHangulJamo));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("ᇿ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptHangulJamo));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("ᄡ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptHangulJamo));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("ᆅ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptHangulJamo));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("ᅘ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptHangulJamo));
    }

    public void testHiraganaScript() {
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("ぁ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptHiragana));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("ゟ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptHiragana));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("こ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptHiragana));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("や".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptHiragana));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("ぜ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptHiragana));
    }

    public void testKatakanaScript() {
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("゠".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptKatakana));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("ヿ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptKatakana));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("ヂ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptKatakana));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("ザ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptKatakana));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("ヸ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptKatakana));
    }

    public void testOtherOneByte() {
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("^".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptOtherUtf8OneByte));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("$".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptOtherUtf8OneByte));
    }

    public void testOtherTwoBytes() {
        // Unrecognized 2-byte scripts.  For info on the scripts mentioned below, see
        // http://www.unicode.org/charts/#scripts Note: the scripts below are uniquely
        // associated with a language.  Still, the number of queries in those
        // languages is small and we didn't want to increase the code size and
        // latency, so (at least for now) we do not treat them specially.
        // The following three tests are, respectively, for Armenian, Syriac and
        // Thaana.
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("Ձ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptOtherUtf8TwoBytes));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("ܔ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptOtherUtf8TwoBytes));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("ށ".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptOtherUtf8TwoBytes));
    }

    public void testOtherThreeBytes() {
        // Unrecognized 3-byte script: CJK Unified Ideographs. Not uniquely associated with a language.
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("万".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptOtherUtf8ThreeBytes));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("両".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptOtherUtf8ThreeBytes));
    }

    public void testOtherFourBytes() {
        // Unrecognized 4-byte script: CJK Unified Ideographs Extension C. Not uniquely associated with a language.
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("𪩘".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptOtherUtf8FourBytes));

        // Unrecognized 4-byte script: CJK Unified Ideographs Extension E. Not uniquely associated with a language.
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("𫢸".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptOtherUtf8FourBytes));
        assertThat(ScriptDetector.Script.fromCodePoint("𫫇".codePointAt(0)), is(ScriptDetector.Script.kScriptOtherUtf8FourBytes));
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Trump Warns Iran Faces 'Big Problems' If Doesn't Keep Honoring Nuclear Deal
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a rally at Youngstown, Ohio. July 25, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump issued another warning to Iran late on July 25, saying Tehran must honor its nuclear deal with world powers or face "big, big problems."
It was the latest in a series of high-level warnings exchanged between Washington and Tehran and came after the U.S. Navy announced on July 25 that it fired warning shots at an Iranian vessel in the Persian Gulf.
Trump last week certified that Iran is complying with the 2015 nuclear agreement, which requires it to curb nuclear activities in exchange for international sanctions relief.
But Trump told thousands of supporters at a rally in the U.S. state of Ohio that he remains wary of Tehran.
"If that deal doesn't conform to what it's supposed to conform to, it's going to be big, big problems for them. That I can tell you. Believe me," he said.
Rather than be grateful for the sanctions relief granted by the deal, Trump said Iran has become more aggressive.
"You would have thought they would have said 'thank you United States. We really love you very much.' Instead, they've become emboldened. That won't take place much longer," he said.
U.S President Donald Trump warns 'emboldened' Iran
Separately, Trump told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published on July 25 that he would be "surprised" if Iran is found in compliance with the nuclear deal when time for recertification comes up in three months.
Trump's harsh rhetoric against Iran, which was a feature of his campaign and has continued since he took office, recently has provoked equally harsh responses from Tehran.
Last week, a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander warned that the United States should move its military bases in the Persian Gulf region and keep its forces at a 1,000 kilometer distance from Iran.
Mohammad Ali Jafari was quoted by Iranian news agencies as saying that the United States would pay a "high price" for any "miscalculations" in the region.
On July 25, the U.S. military said a U.S. Navy patrol boat fired warning shots at one of the IRGC's patrol boats because it came dangerously close to the American warship during exercises in international waters.
The Pentagon said the close encounter carried a "risk of collision," but it was averted after the Iranian boat veered off its collision course.
With reporting by AP, Reuters, CNBC, and Wall Street Journal
U.S. Lawmakers Aim At Fresh Sanctions On Hezbollah
CIA Director Calls Iran 'Serious Threat'
Trump Warns Iran Faces 'Serious Consequences' Unless Frees U.S. Prisoners
Iran Announces Production Of New Air Defense Missile


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Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic calls out Australian authorities for their 'SHAMEFUL' treatment of Novak Djokovic and sends support to his Serbian compatriot
Graham Potter needs to sign a striker in January to silence booing Brighton crowd... it might be the only meaningful solution after wasteful Neal Maupay missed two of their TWENTY shots against Leeds
Brighton drew 0-0 with Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds at the Amex Stadium on Saturday
Graham Potter's high-flying Seagulls dominated the game but failed to score
The result drew booing from the Amex crowd despite Brighton sitting eighth
The reaction left Potter baffled as he looked to the stands and shook his head
By Riath Al-Samarrai for the Daily Mail
All is not well. That would seem to go as much for Marcelo Bielsa's failing machine at Leeds as it does for the failing minds within Brighton's support.
In terms of the latter, a decent chunk of the home crowd took the passing of an eighth game without a win as an opportunity to boo.
If Graham Potter's players took their chances like he took exception to that reaction, none of the following outburst would have happened.
Brighton boss Graham Potter was left baffled by the home crowd's booing at full-time
Brighton dominated the first half with superb Tariq Lamptey (left) but failed to find the net
Graham Potter at full time is confused with the boos from Brighton as he looks up to the crowd and shakes his head 👀 pic.twitter.com/o4NvgYZaOC
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) November 27, 2021
'They're entitled to their opinion... but I disagree with... Jamie Redknapp says 'something is not quite right' between... Brighton 0-0 Leeds: Graham Potter's high-flying Seagulls hit... Leeds star Raphinha insists he CAN achieve his ambitions at...
'They're entitled to their opinion and I'm entitled to mine — I totally disagree,' said Potter. 'Obviously I'm sorry that we're only eighth in the Premier League and we're playing young players and we're drawing with Leeds United. I have to apologise for that.
'Perspective sometimes is hard for people, the emotion of the game. They pay their money and they can say and do what they want, unfortunately. I have to defend the players. The players were fantastic.
'If our supporters cannot see it, there is nothing I can do. To get us a point, to put us eighth in the Premier League, above Manchester United, and when I look at the history of this football club, I find it hard to understand.'
Nicely done, and all reasonable, but none of it should serve as a detraction from Potter's recurring problem.
This was another of those games his side dominated without achieving the fundamental point of putting a ball in a net. They had 20 shots and got nothing for them, with two excellent chances wasted by Neal Maupay. Spending in January might be the only meaningful solution.
That Brighton threatened so much points again to the second-season struggles at Leeds, where they have one win in six.
They had 20 shots and got nothing for them, with two chances wasted by Neal Maupay (left)
What looked so refined and hard to contain in the 2020-21 campaign is looking all the more confused in the 2021-22 edition.
It was noted that Bielsa started this one with Kalvin Phillips, a deep-lying midfielder, at centre back and had his right back, Stuart Dallas, in midfield, and centre back, Diego Llorente, at right back.
Bielsa likes that kind of shuffle, but when it fails it can make an awful mess. He ditched the plan after 20 minutes and Phillips was subbed at half-time. Phillips wasn't injured, according to Bielsa, so that is a relationship worth monitoring.
With Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool in Leeds' next six fixtures, life could get harder before it gets better.
Marcelo Bielsa likes to shuffle his side and started Kalvin Phillips (right) at centre back
Brighton: Graham Potter needs to sign a striker in January to silence booing Amex crowd
Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic calls out Australian authorities for their 'SHAMEFUL' treatment...


Mueller's former law firm, WilmerHale, represents President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who met with a Russian bank executive in December, and the president's former campaign manager Paul Manafort, who is a subject of a federal investigation.
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According to the Associated Press, Hutchinson had been sought since March when he failed to appear for a court hearing in Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis. His company hunts as many as 50 fugitives at a time and works with dozens of bounty hunters. "It's very risky because you don't have the police authority being a bounty hunter", Steel said.
The SITE Intelligence Group, a USA terrorism monitor, said an Islamic State-linked Filipino operative who provides daily updates on the ongoing clashes in Marawi claimed "lone wolf soldiers" of the Islamic State group were responsible for the attack.
Three men fled the van with large knives and attacked people at bars and restaurants in nearby Borough Market, police and witnesses said. Despite the London attack, DeHaan said he would not hesitate to go back to London ; like many Londoners he refuses to live in fear.
Some 225 million women in the world say they want to choose when and where to become pregnant, but can't access contraception - which means a lot of overpopulation. At the White House briefing on Tuesday, a reporter asked press secretary Sean Spicer if the president believes that human activity is contributing to the warming of the climate.
Author: - Giugno 05, 2017 0	Can Google's New OS Destroy Android?
There are many user-facing features that Android fans will appreciate, but also several under-the-hood changes that should make Android even better in the coming years. However, drivers and enthusiasts have started raising questions about why can't they expect the same level of advancements in technology for cars, as they get in other devices, like smartphones .
Fifty percent of respondents said they wanted either major or minor changes to the bill, 8 percent said to pass the bill as it is now, and 29 percent said to not pass the bill. And 58% of those surveyed said they were less likely to support the bill due to the Congressional Budget Office's estimate that costs would increase for older people and decrease for younger Americans.
Mladenovic has been struggling with a bad back since the eve of the tournament and served 16 double faults. Mladenovic's serve seemed to be the key stat in the match. He is now scheduled to face Austria's rising star Dominic Thiem, also safely through after recording a 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 win against Horacio Zeballos of Argentina.
Testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said that in 2016 alone, almost 2,000 names of USA citizens were unmasked. The House Intelligence Committee's investigation is just one of several congressional probes into Russian Federation, along with one by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
At the public hearing, Comey is expected to answer questions that may put pressure on the embattled Trump administration, including describing the conversations Comey had with Trump regarding Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. The former FBI chief is scheduled to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is also conducting an investigation into the election and possible collusion.
At least 1,000 people were injured, seven seriously, after a bomb scare triggered a stampede among Juventus fans assembled to watch the Champions League final in Turin , Italy , police said yesterday. Around 1,400 people were treated for slight injuries, Italian media reported. "I'm shocked at what happened in San Carlo Square, #Torino, and close to the people involved".
Moon vowed to focus on income-based economic growth by creating more decent jobs and reducing irregular workers. The ministry said the budget will also support women on maternity leave, jobs at small- and medium-sized firms and jobs for the elderly.
After witnessing North Carolina's experience - losing over $3 billion as a result of boycotts, according to an Associated Press analysis - lawmakers in states across the country have been reluctant to take a stance on the transgender bathroom debate for fear of public backlash.
In Mosul , Iraqi forces are steadily closing in on remaining pockets of territory held by IS, but unlike past urban battles against them in Iraq, the militants still hunkered down in the city are mounting a stiff resistance, and the more the battle stretches out, the greater the risk for civilians remaining behind.
NY has become the latest American city to put into action its commitment to the Paris climate accord after Donald Trump signalled that the U.S. would drop out of the deal. The decision by the U.S.to walk out of the Paris climate agreement has opened the debate about China now assuming global leadership for a greener world.
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets supporters in Moscow, December 1, 2011. They can be in Russian Federation, in Asia , even in America, Latin America. "And I got up and left", Putin told Kelly . "He used to be in the security services". Putin told Kelly that he doesn't know Flynn, even though he sat next to him at a dinner in Moscow in 2015.
Macron stressed out that France saw a "red line" in Syria in terms of the use of chemical weapons. The New York Times confirms that Macron trashed the Russian propaganda outlets , which he says are not examples of true journalism.
Star Wars Battlefront II won't hit game store shelves until this fall, but you can already pre-order the game for new Kylo Ren and Rey costumes from Star Wars: The Last Jedi plus ability upgrades and more. Nimble AT-RT Walkers race around corners, pursued by roaring AATs. "Agile Clone Jet Troopers hop from rooftop to rooftop, while rampaging B2 Super Battle Droids level everything in their path." the blog post describes.
The Wessels say the tornado was further away than it appears in the photo and was moving away from their home. No one was injured or killed in the storm - there was only minor property damage. Watching from her home on the eastern outskirts of town, she said the tornado bypassed her house before continuing east. No injuries were reported from the tornado, though some photos show downed trees and a barn with its roof ripped off, the Canadian Press reported.
I terroristi sarebbero stati poi uccisi dalla polizia . Downing Street riferisce che il primo ministro Theresa May è in contatto con le forze dell'ordine per seguire l'evoluzione della vicenda: si tratta di "un potenziale atto di terrorismo " quanto accaduto stanotte nel centro di Londra , ha detto.
Meanwhile, Darren Fletcher and Mikael Silvestre were unused substitutes in Moscow, and both featured on Saturday, the latter from the bench. Michael's brother, Graeme Carrick, also made a cameo appearance. He recently penned a new one-year deal at Old Trafford to keep him at the club until the summer of 2018. Since arriving from Spurs in 2006, Carrick has notched up an wonderful 459 appearances for the club, scoring 24 goals.
The Israeli government supports relocating the embassy. MICHELE KELEMEN, BYLINE: Good morning. After the president and his advisers spoke to Arab leaders, including during Trump's " tremendous " May visit to Saudi Arabia, the administration started to cool on his promise to move the embassy.
A week-long assault by Islamist rebels in a southern Philippine city is being fueled with stolen weapons and ammunition and fighters broken out of jails, the military said on Wednesday, as troops battled militants resisting ground and air attacks.
Saudi Arabia said Qatari troops would be pulled from its ongoing war in Yemen. The four nations also said they planned to cut air and sea traffic to the peninsular country. The UAE's state news agency WAM reported the Emirates cut ties and gave diplomats 48 hours to leave the country, citing their "support, funding and embrace of terrorist, extremist and sectarian organisations".
The song, written by Manchester band Oasis in 1995, has become a symbol of the city's resilience in the face of tragedy. Seven people were killed and 48 injured in the attack. "Last night, this nation was challenged, and you had a decision to make whether to come out here tonight", Braun said to the crowd, estimated at around 50,000.
Scotland Yard ha parlato di 'una serie confusda di eventi' su cui gli inquirenti e le forze di sicurezza stanno ancora cercando di fare luce. La polizia ha confermato la morte di sei persone. "Gli attacchi non sono collegati ma siamo di fronte a un nuovo trend: il terrorismo chiama il terrorismo e gli assalitori vengono ispirati da altri assalitori", ha aggiunto la premier.
The Sumbal camp of the CRPF is the headquarter of 45th battalion which was headed by Chetan Kumar Cheeta who survived despite taking nine bullets while fighting militants in Bandipora district past year. However, preliminary investigations carried out by the police suggest the militants are foreigners. Earlier on June 3, at least two Army personnel were killed and four injured in attack by terrorists on Army convoy in the Qazigund district.
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere confirmed on Sunday that two Germans were hurt in the attack, including one person who was severely injured. "Evil, evil people", he told The Guardian newspaper. "Then I was screaming at them, picking up bottles from a beer barrel". British police have asked for people with photos or videos of the incidents to hand them to authorities so they can be used as possible evidence.
Germany was set to send Afghan migrants who were denied asylum back to their homeland on Wednesday, however, the deportation was postponed as the powerful blast rocked Kabul , killing up to 90 people and causing damage to numerous buildings, including the German embassy.


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This is not a cover – sorry! Nothing could ever be as amazing as the Weather Girls' original, but you can put away your side-eye, because this song is good. It's really good. It might be the best thing Rihanna has done since "Disturbia." She maintains the gritty confidence ("Player, keep the money, I can buy my own drink") showcased on Rated R but gets rid of that dark ballad vibe in favor of the sunny Caribbean feel that made her successful. The beat's irresistible, Rihanna's singular voice is irresistible, Nicki's verse predictably continues her string of irresistible verses. Rihanna's fifth record Loud is out November 16, I can only hope it's all this good.


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Once Upon a Time was a magical, heartfelt and engaging drama series that aired on ABC from 2011 to 2018, and its impact on myself and countless others is immeasurable. It brought together groups of people who became friends, it inspired artists and writers alike, and it gave audiences a weekly dose of fun new twists on classic fairy tale characters and stories, many inspired by Disney films, as well as lovely affirmations about hope, family and true love. Sometimes corny, never perfect, but always well intended, this series was and will always be incredibly special to me for so many reasons. Over time I learned to just embrace it all and focus on all the positives that this series provided. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Pilot episode, which feels very surreal. Watching this series from the very first night I still remember the feeling I got from the moment I heard the first notes of Mark Isham's gorgeous score and saw Prince Charming riding his regal steed in search of the fair Snow White. I was instantly captivated. Looking back on the 7 seasons and 156 episodes, there were some highs and lows, but when it comes to any series we hold dear to our hearts, remembering the very best is what brings a smile to our faces. Let's look back at the 20 greatest episodes of Once Upon a Time.
20. The Crocodile (Season 2, Episode 4)
The first appearance of Killian Jones and the origin story of Captain Hook also reveals another side to the character of Rumplestilskin. Not only is he the Beast to Belle, he is the Crocodile to Hook. In a dark and complicated story, Hook runs away with Rumplestlskin's wife Milah, and when he becomes the Dark One seeks revenge and a magic bean, as he kills Milah in anger for abandoning him and their son Baelfire and cuts off Hooks hand, who vows to find a way to kills the demon who murdered his love. And thus a great rivalry is formed between two dynamic characters. Meanwhile in the present day Mr. Gold is dealing with his newfound relationship with Belle in Storybrooke who wants him to find courage and learn to trust her as the pair find themselves a in new form of their relationship that is precarious but hopeful.
19. Tallahassee (Season 2, Episode 6)
In the first true backstory for Emma Swan, we see how her past misadventures and life of crime with her partner and father to Henry, Neal Cassidy, contrasts with her present day adventure with Captain Hook climbing up a beanstalk to steal a magical compass from a giant. A past love and possible future love, we learn more about what makes these characters tick, their motivations, and their trust issues all in one engaging and poignant story. "Tallahassee" represented what could have been Emma, and is the reason she has closed herself off to love. Combine that with Snow and Aurora bonding over the painful dreams that come from being under a sleeping curse, something the end of the episode reveals is plaguing Henry as well, we are treated to one amazing episode.
18. Smash the Mirror (Season 4, Episodes 8 and 9)
One of the most important moments of development for main character Emma came in this two part episode from the "Frozen" arc of season 4, which also showcased the seamless blending and beauty of the Frozen story into the Once Upon a Time narrative most especially with the character of Elsa. Meanwhile, Killian's deal with Rumplestilskin turns dark as his heart is taken, Henry learns that being special comes from his truest believer heart, and we see the bonding of Snow and Regina which leads to a lovely moment of hope between Regina and Robin as a storybook page of another possibility magically appears to them. Most importantly however was the story of Emma's, so fearful that she cannot control her magic and may hurt the ones she loves that she's willing to sacrifice it. But in a moment of self acceptance and love, much like her good friend Elsa, Emma gains control of her magic, showcasing the importance of facing your fears and accepting yourself just as you are. It's a beautiful message in a wonderful episode.
17. Swan Song (Season 5, Episode 11)
Dark, emotional and devastating, this mid season finale of season five brought the Dark Swan arc to its conclusion, leading right into a new story that takes our characters to the Underworld. With the strength of all the Dark Ones wreaking havoc on Storybrooke, we see the true strength of Killian and Emma, and the true darkness of Rumplestilskin. Killian fights back against the darkness he let consume him, willing to sacrifice himself to save Emma and his friends, with Emma being the only one strong enough to do the devastating thing and stab him with Excalibur. Meanwhile, the sacrifice was all for naught as the darkness the couple believe they were destroying forever was merely channeled back into power addicted Rumplestilskin who becomes the Dark One once more. Killian and Emma's swan song as the Dark Ones was utterly heartbreaking but the episode's final moments were beautiful in its declaration of steadfast hope as Emma proclaims her family's motto "I will always find you" to her love Killian.
16. Hat Trick (Season 1, Episode 17)
The character of the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland has never been quite so dynamic and charismatic as Jefferson, who is equal parts mad and twisted, tender and loving. In his backstory we see he is a loving but struggling single father, who is tricked into using her portal jumping magical hat one last time by Regina, trapping him in Wonderland and separating him from his daughter Grace. While in present day Storybrooke, it's revealed that he not only is awake and aware of the curse but driven so mad that he kidnaps both Mary Margaret and Emma desperate to get his hat to work again. Darker and different than many other episodes, there are aspects that a bit horror-esque in style, making it not only one of the most unique episodes but also one of the most chilling. And yet the moments of clarity and warmth give us that Once Upon a Time charm we love with the everlasting theme of family and faith seen in the moments between Emma and Mary Margaret and Jefferson and Grace.
15. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (Season 1, Episode 7)
Part of the mystery and suspense of the earliest episodes of Season 1 was who the residents of Storybrooke were back in the Enchanted Forest, and with the presence of Emma the question of will the curse finally weaken and their true personas begin to shine through. In this episode it's revealed that Sheriff Graham is none other than The Huntsman, a brutal and yet sensitive man who is hired by the Evil Queen to kill Snow White, but is so touched by her compassion that he lets her go free, an act that leads to his heart being taken by Regina, making him at the mercy of her control. In the present day, Graham enlists the help of Emma as he is slowly discovering his truth. And as the two grow close and a kiss awakens him from the curse, it's a brief flicker of hope of the possibility of love for Emma, but sadly the final moments for Graham as Regina crushes his heart. Intense and sorrowful with eerie atmosphere and unexpected moments, this episode showcased the strength of Emma and the threat of Regina with both the awakening and the loss of a main character.
14. Good Form (Season 3, Episode 5)
The character of Captain Hook has never been so captivating and in this Season 3 episode we finally are treated to the origin of how this dashing rapscallion went from a naive and earnest sailor Killian Jones in the King's Royal Navy to the pirate captain of the Jolly Roger. From the wonderful, emotional flashbacks to Killian and his older brother Liam, to "Team Mom" working together to get a message to Henry, to the unlikely friendship formed between David and Killian, this episode was thoroughly engaging. And of course who could forget the passionate first kiss between the Savior and the dashing pirate that left both breathless! It was an intense moment filled with passion and promise, and one that propelled the narrative in an amazing way.
13. Lady of the Lake (Season 2, Episode 3)
A beautiful and poignant episode, one of season two's finest episodes was about love in all its forms – romantic love, familial love, and all its joys and sorrows. There were so many moving moments that warmed our hearts and made us cry, from David bonding with Henry, determined to find their loved ones and partaking in a play sword fight that one cannot help but smile at, to Jefferson reuniting with his daughter Grace after finding the courage to find her, to David's mother Ruth willingly letting Snow be cured rather than herself, sacrificing her life for her son's happiness, and Snow and Emma finding what was to be her nursery and Emma breaking down confessing she's not used to people putting her first. All of these heartfelt moments showcase the strength of that familial bond in truly touching ways. Seeing that Snow and David were married by Lancelot, the man who along with Ruth, is the reason Emma was able to be born was so sweet and moving. But most especially, it was that journey and discovering of that last drop of mystical healing water of Lake Nostos, a drop that made Emma's existence possible, that was such a beautiful symbol of love and its ability to heal, to restore, and to give strength even when all hope seemed lost.
12. Skin Deep (Season 1, Episode 12)
The character of Rumplstiltskin is one of the most dynamic and complicated characters of the series, and in this episode they explore a new aspect to the impish Dark One- his romantic past. And this past is with none other than Belle, making him this show's version of the Beast. With moments of sweetness, nuance and tragedy the exploration of this love story brings forth new depths to the already interesting character in a poignant way. Combined with modern day Valentine's Day woes for Mary Margaret and David and happiness as Ashley and Sean (Cinderella and Prince Thomas) get engaged, this episode proves that love is only true when deep.
11. Sympathy for the DeVil (Season 4, Episode 19)
One of the most unique, decadent and simultaneously deliciously dark and glittering golden episodes of the series, Sympathy for the Devil definitely has the traditional Once Upon a Time format with a dynamic flashback that informs the present day threats. In this case we see why Cruella DeVil's name is so apropos. She is a gin soaked, sultry villain, who refreshingly has no morally redeemable qualities. She is evil for evil's sake, and in the flashbacks we are treated to a story of a 1920s neo noir world of champagne and jazz, with a manipulative villain who steals an author's heart and his magical quill for her own evil and murderous desires. These flashback moments are absolutely brilliant in their uniqueness and drama, while the reveal that in the present that Cruella cannot harm anyone as Emma is slowly descending into to darkness will give you chills. This episode is fabulous, darling!
10. Fall (Season 4, Episode 10)
Fasted paced, emotive and engaging, "Fall" is brilliant in its ability to move and give each character their time to shine with moments of villainy and true love that left us crying and completely captivated. Sometimes it's the build up to something that is more intriguing and such is the case as our heroes prepare for Ingrid's spell of "Shattered Sight" which will turn them into their worst selves. And the love filled moments were nothing short of breathtaking. Regina and Robin sharing a lovely goodbye wanting to remember this moment as true, real, and filled with looks of love, Elsa and Anna's strong sisterly bond with Elsa's wish to find her sister being so pure it miraculously reunites them, Anna and Kristoff swearing their love, hands clasped believing they're about to drown, Emma and Killian saying goodbye in a heart wrenching moment with Killian believing it to be for the last time, and finally Snow and David not only demonstrating unfailing faith in their love for each other, but also in Emma's ability to always succeed. The episode flies by and the ending montage with the emotional musical score was the perfect example of how Once Upon a Time can be so beautiful aesthetically and dramatically. And the final shot of Snow and David as their expressions change from love to utter disdain was absolutely chilling!
9. New York City Serenade (Season 3, Episode 12)
In an episode that feels both like a fresh new start and a parallel to the Pilot, we are treated to a mix of mystery, exciting new characters and relationships, tender and poignant familial moments, a little humor, and the cusp of romance, as the episode shows both present day New York City with Killian trying to convince Emma that she must help save her family that is in danger, as well as flashbacks to the people of Storybrooke newly returned to their original home in the Enchanted Forest. There is just about everything in there to satisfy the audience as the show resets with another curse that's brought everyone back to Storybrooke in the end, with no memory of the missing year, while Emma, who trusted her gut, and a devilishly handsome pirate and drinks a potion that restores hers, bringing her back in to action, ready to be the Savior once more, complete with red leather jacket. And just like the Pilot which had her familial True Love- her son Henry- bring her to the sleepy little town, this time it's her eventual romantic True Love who does. And just like the title suggests, every little moment like the one just mentioned, and others like Snow and Regina bonding over letting go of their children, or Robin Hood aiding the queen, Killian, trying to humorously navigate the modern world, or the reveal of the Wicked Witch Zelena, it feels like a divine serenade.
8. A Land Without Magic (Season 1, Episode 22)
The season 1 finale of Once Upon a Time was a fantastic example of what the series did in spades. It gave us an exciting back and forth dichotomy of flashback and present day each mirroring each other in significant ways, in this case mirroring Charming's heroic efforts battling the dragon Maleficent in order to find Snow White and awaken her from a sleeping curse, with his equally heroic daughter Emma, now embracing and believing in magic, battling Maleficent to find a way to save her son Henry who too had fallen into a sleeping curse. But what Once Upon a Time did so well and so often was subvert expectations. For as much as this show was about what we come to expect about love about fairy tales with romantic stories of true love defeating evil, seen here as Charming awakens Snow, Once Upon a Time, was perhaps even more so about the power of familial love. And when Emma kisses her son, not only waking him up but breaking the curse of Storybrooke, we see that the love between a parent and child is just as strong and powerful, with the curse being broken a poignant metaphor for the magic and awakening of one's true self and spirit that comes from opening your heart.
7. Snow Falls (Season 1, Episode 3)
One of the first truly romantic episodes of the series gives us the backstory of how Snow White and Prince Charming first fell in love, contrasted against modern day Storybrooke where Charming, or David Nolan, wakes up from his coma, after Snow reads to him and he wanders off not remembering who he is. The concept that their true identifies are still glimmering beneath the surface in Storybrooke is showcased here wonderfully, while we are treated to a rousing and fresh new take on a classic story, where Snow White is not a damsel, but rather a thief on the run, who doesn't swoon at first sight of the prince but hits him over the head with a rock. This established the show's brilliant portrayal of heroines in a different light without sacrificing any romance these tales are known for. On the contrary, we see two well defined characters who a strong willed and find not only an attraction but mutual respect for each other, fall in love in the fairy tale world in a realistic and lovely new way, showcasing how Once Upon a Time is both traditional and modern, and above all hopeful.
6. The Song in Your Heart (Season 6, Episode 20)
This sweet, fun filled but also very emotional and poignant episode of Once Upon a Time tackles something that many a series has done to varying degrees of success, but one that seems prime for a show about fairy tales, primarily Disney inspired ones: the musical episode. And Once Upon a Time succeeded beautifully. With songs that are melodically and lyrically fantastic, giving each character their moment to shine in the spot light, we see the idea that characters suddenly burst into song blend perfectly and seamlessly into the already established narrative for the season. With the Black Fairy threatening Storybrooke and the approaching wedding of Emma and Killian, we flashback to a wish Snow made for her unborn daughter, culminating in the realization that Emma, and those who love her, have had a song in their heart all along, giving her the strength she needed. And when Emma and Killian are wed surrounded by their family and friends, them all bursting one of the most glorious moments, ever, we see what this show embodies: That "There's no storm they can't outrun and they will always find the sun." In other words, that no matter what darkness may come, love will always prevail.
5. Operation Mongoose (Season 4, Episodes 22 and 23)
With a story that literally has our charatcers trapped inside a book that is a topsy tuvry world where they each are embodying different personas, the two part finale of season 4 gave us fun adventure, romantic drama, emotional moments of sacrifice, the ever apparent theme of family and love, and gripping final moments that leave the viewers breathless. In this alternate world, Rumplestiltskin is a grand hero, Emma is no longer the Savior, Snow White is an Evil Queen, Regina is wanted bandit, Killian is a meek deckhand and Robin Hood wants to marry Zelena, giving the actors and characters new territory to portray, and the audience a dramatic alternate universe to witness, with beautiful moments where truth breaks free. Regina chooses to save Henry instead of stopping Robin's wedding, while he holds a wounded Regina afterwards, while Killian sacrifices himself so Emma and Henry can escape. In the end we get a mix of a happy ending when Henry becomes the new author and saves the day, and a dark new potential as Emma's sacrifices herself and becomes the new Dark One, with the final image of her name on the dagger taking the term dramatic cliffhanger to a whole new level.
4. Birth (Season 5, Episode 8)
Dramatic, fast-paced, intense, romantic and filled with visceral performances, "Birth" is the type of episode that makes you believe in television's remarkable ability to move you deeply. Up until this moment is Season 5, the origins of Emma's descent into darkness, was a great mystery. But in this episode the drama comes to a head as the dark truth is revealed showing that Emma's saving Killian's life in Camelot simultaneously gives birth to another Dark One. The blend of sweetness, exquisite melodrama, a haunting musical score, truly moving performances, and one of the most remarkable twists the show had ever done, "Birth" was an episode that stays with the audience in very affecting ways.
One of the greatest Pilot episodes ever produced, the concept that is a mix of fairy tales and modern sensibilities with fresh new takes on classic characters, which are so well defined from the beginning, the first episode of this series is brilliant and beautiful. The episode that started it all is one of the best of the series, establishing the tone of the series perfectly as we see that mystery, magic, family drama, epic love, hope and belief are abundant and showcased exquisitely with each character in different ways. The approaching of the dark curse was intense, evocative and dramatic. And the beginning of Emma's story was sad but hopeful as we see a woman who is strong but deeply wounded. She may be cynical but still buys a cupcake on her birthday and makes a wish. And then her life irrevocably changes. That belief that love and happiness are possible and that things can get better is the theme of the show and is demonstrated touchingly by Emma's wish as well as the final image of Henry as he sees the Storybrooke clock tower move for the first time in his life. These images epitomize that beautiful and timeless theme of hope.
2. Going Home (Season 3, Episode 11)
A game changing episode if there ever was one, the midseason finale of Season 3, gave the audience things that were completely unexpected while still giving us the drama and twists the show is known for. While trying to stop Peter Pan from enacting the dark curse, we see both Rumplestilskin and Regina make grave sacrifices in order to save everyone from once again losing their memories, and being cursed into ageless, clueless monotony. Rumple gives up his life as he kills his father, while Regina says goodbye to Henry, and brings everyone back to the Enchanted Forest while Storybrooke disappears, seeing Emma and Henry drive away to a new life, blissful with new memories of having always been together. The tears that came at every new revelation in the episode were only matched by the excitement when Killian knocks on Emma's door in New York one year later, with a warning and True Love's kiss attempt, and the anticipation of so much to come. The greatest episodes bring forth the gambit of emotions and "Going Home" does this extraordinarily.
1. Snow Drifts/There's No Place Like Home (Season 3, Episodes 21 and 22)
The pinnacle of Once Upon a Time magic was this two part finale of Season 3 that embodied everything the show exemplified beautifully. In a clear homage to Back to the Future, Emma and Hook accidentally fall through a portal to the past and interrupt her parents first meeting, so like Marty and Doc must race against the clock and help get Snow White and Prince Charming back on the road to True Love while having to deal with the Evil Queen's villainy and Rumplestilskin's unpredictability. With time travel, sword fights, romantic waltzes, intrigues, a wedding, magic, the beauty of seeing these stories both rewrite themselves, while still arriving at the same place, this episode showcases that lovely dichotomy of both free will and destiny, how our choices truly define us, and that home is not just a place but the people you love. Emma accepting Storybrooke as her own is a special moment in her character's journey as it shows an acceptance of her parents, of the magic that lives in her, and the love she is finding with Killian Jones, the man who gave up his home- his ship the Jolly Roger- to bring her back to hers. That moment and the subsequent montage includes seeing all the couples radiating happiness: Emma and Killian sharing their first love filled kiss, Belle and Rumplestilskin's wedding, Regina and Robin Hood on a happy and romantic stroll, and Snow and Charming basking in the joy of their new son. And this moment and truly the entire episode is what Once Upon a Time exemplifies, the power of Hope and True Love.
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5 Things that Should Happen in the Once Upon a Time Series Finale
As the end of the fairy tale series reaches its final chapter there are certain things each of us wish to see in those precious last 42 minutes of screen time. Despite this final season being a divisive one, I think all will agree that during these past 7 years there were stories and characters that captured our hearts and our imaginations in ways that cannot possibly be measured.
Of course there are certain things many would like to see happen that are extremely unlikely: season 7 is some sort of dream or Henry's authoring gone haywire to explain away the incoherent timeline and plot holes, Belle didn't really die, and Robin Hood can be brought back to life to be with Regina. The chances of these happening seem very slim, so therefore the following list are things (many of which are connected) that have a greater chance of occurring. Regardless of how the rest of the season goes, a SERIES FINALE should include those from the many seasons of the show, not just a single one. And there are just some things that really should be in the last episode ever to conclude the current stories and most especially to bring the series to a hopeful and satisfying conclusion- a true happily ever after.
5. Earned and Wrapped Up Season 7 Storylines
The crux of this is that characters get what feels deserved and logical. This means that there should be no redemption for Gothel but an ending fitting such a vile villain, Wish Hook's heart should be cured so he can be with his daughter again, Tiana deserves her own restaurant, Henry, Lucy and Ella are saved and safe, Regina finds some form of happiness, Rumple is reunited with Belle (and Emilie De Ravin returns) even if that means death, and Alice and Robyn and Zelena and her fiancé find happy endings together. However, I also do not think, as I saw suggested, there should be something as special as a SERIES Finale wedding for these couples who are also guest stars. They just don't warrant such an auspicious event. The only ones who would are already married (Emma and Killian), or we have not seen this season (Robin and Regina). However, while the main focus of the finale will most likely and should be centered on Henry, if we can see the return of Sean Maguire for a wedding between the alternate Robin and Regina, who got engaged in the Season 6 finale, that would be lovely. Lastly, the Guardian should be a character that is logical and worthy- so not a new alternate character like Anastasia, or one who would not exist had the story not been altered like Alice. The only ones that make sense would be Emma and Killian's child, being the product of True Love twice over, or Henry who was always meant to be Rumple's "undoing" and has a pure heart. Whether all of these stories are wrapped up in the finale or simply final episodes remains to be seen, but they definitely should be on the roster.
4. Wish Hook goes in search of Wish Emma
As discussed in detail in this article, the one good thing about the Wish Hook character now being from a parallel universe is that it means there should be another Emma out there that exists for him to find, who was displaced when our Emma was brought into that realm by the Evil Queen's wish. A wish cannot erase a very real person from existence. She's out there somewhere. All he has to do this find her. For many reasons, which also includes finding that realm's version of Henry, when all is settled with his daughter the next thing this Hook should do is seek out the woman who is meant to be his romantic partner, to maintain that steadfast theme about True Love and soulmates, no matter the realm, no matter the version of the character, and fulfill that promise of "I Will Always Find You." It does not matter that a lot of time has passed or that it hasn't been mentioned yet. It should happen to complete his story and maintain the integrity of the "Captain Hook" character. Whether we actually see him find his Emma is determinant on whether Jennifer Morrison returns and how much time is available. So, if that is limited, precedent would have to be placed on the appearance of the original Emma, and knowing he is seeking her out would be enough. But if there's time for both, this would be the perfect ending to his storyline and give audiences the delight in seeing that first spark of True Love again, and the beginning of what would be many adventures together.
3. We See Snow and Charming Again
Although Snow and Charming got their happily ever after in the Season 6 finale, moving to a farm in Storybrooke, raising their son, and living a peaceful life surrounded by family, they also should make an appearance in the Series Finale not only because they are truly wonderful characters, but the Charming Family was very much the family that was the heart of the series and I cannot imagine the show concluding without them. The very first scene of the entire series began with their True Love's kiss. The final episode needs to include them to help maintain symmetry with the Pilot and especially in connection with the final two things that the finale should entail.
2. Henry and his family return to Storybrooke
It is still difficult to reconcile why Henry and Ella remained in the Enchanted Forest for 8 years after Lucy was born. We cannot get that time back and that's heartbreaking to me. But to help ease that and end things right, Henry, Ella, and Lucy, and Regina as well, need to return to Storybrooke and their family. Storybrooke is HOME. It always has been on Once Upon a Time, and Henry has always been all about family, so a reunion and meeting between him, Ella and Lucy with his grandparents Snow and Charming, and Mother and Stepfather Emma and Killian, as well as his new sibling, is imperative to ending the series in a way that maintains who Henry is as a character and ending it on the right emotional note.
1. We See Emma, Killian and their Child
In the connection with the previous necessity, seeing Emma, Killian and their child in the series finale is also imperative to maintaining a connection to the Pilot and the integrity of who the series centered on, and what the series has always embodied: love, hope and family. After marrying at the ending of Season 6, we saw very little of their happy life together, and only the news that they were expecting a baby was revealed. We have no idea whether the child was a boy or girl, their name, and didn't see the birth. With the timeline the way that it is, most likely these things would have to be seen in flashback, and perhaps by now they have multiple children, but it's difficult to know for sure. But we should see at least one scene of the couple with their baby born out of True Love- a happiness that contrasts the utter devastation Emma experienced when she gave birth to and gave up Henry. More than anything, after such a long journey for Emma especially, the series should end with her, and the family she has found and created. The foundation of the series began with her son finding her in Boston and the start of their relationship. It should end with Henry and his wife and child reuniting with his mother and her husband and child, bringing everything full circle, perhaps concluding with her birthday, paralleling the Pilot where she made a wish that she didn't have to be alone. Whatever the circumstance, the finale moments of Once Upon a Time should be with the characters that started it all, and the ones that became part of this beautiful family in very much the way the exquisitely moving montage in Season 6 finale did. That would be a true and touching happily ever worthy of the last page of this beautiful and poignant storybook.
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